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  .wayback-search-1 .search-field.wayback-search svg.wayback-search {
    position: absolute;
    top: 2px;
    left: 3px;
    width: 2.4rem;
    height: 2.4rem;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 .search-field.wayback-search .fill-color.wayback-search {
    fill: #999;
  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .wayback-search-1 form.wayback-search {
      margin: 0 auto;
    }

    .wayback-search-1 p.wayback-search {
      margin-bottom: 3rem;
      font-size: 1.6rem;
      text-align: center;
    }

    .wayback-search-1 img.wayback-search {
      margin: 0;
    }

    .wayback-search-1 fieldset.wayback-search {
      margin: 0 auto;
      font-size: 0;
    }

    .wayback-search-1 fieldset.wayback-search a.wayback-search,
    .wayback-search-1 .search-field.wayback-search {
      display: inline-block;
      width: 50%;
      vertical-align: middle;
    }

    .wayback-search-1 fieldset.wayback-search a.wayback-search {
      text-align: center;
    }

    .wayback-search-1 .search-field.wayback-search svg.wayback-search {
      width: 2.8rem;
      height: 2.8rem;
    }

    .wayback-search-1 .search-field.wayback-search .fill-color.wayback-search {
      fill: #333;
    }

  }

  .wayback-search-1 p.wayback-search {
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
    font-size: 1.6rem;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 fieldset.wayback-search {
    padding: .5rem;
    border-radius: 5px;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 input.wayback-search {
    padding-left: 3rem;
    margin-top: .3rem;
    font-size: 1.4rem;
    border-color: #bca38e;
    background: #fff;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 input.wayback-search::placeholder,
  .wayback-search-1 input.wayback-search::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #8e8e8e;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 .search-field.wayback-search svg.wayback-search {
    top: 50%;
    transform: translateY(-50%);
  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

    .wayback-search-1 fieldset.wayback-search a.wayback-search,
    .wayback-search-1 .search-field.wayback-search {
      display: block;
      width: auto;
    }

    .wayback-search-1 fieldset.wayback-search a.wayback-search {
      margin: 0 1.5rem;
    }

  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for save-page-form -->
<style scope="save-page-form-1">
  .save-page-form-1 div.save-page-form {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
    grid-column-gap: .8rem;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    border: none;
  }

  .save-page-form-1 input.save-page-form[type="text"] {
    width: 100%;
    height: 3rem;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    border: 1px solid #999;
    border-radius: .5rem;
    color: #222;
    font-size: inherit;
  }

  .save-page-form-1 input.save-page-form[type="submit"] {
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    -moz-appearance: none;
    appearance: none;
    padding: .4rem .8rem;
    font: normal 1.3rem 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #fff;
    border: none;
    border-radius: 16px;
    background: #222;
    cursor: pointer;
  }

  .save-page-form-1 .error.save-page-form {
    display: none;
    margin-top: .5rem;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #ffcd27;
  }

  .save-page-form-1 .visible.save-page-form {
    display: block;
  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .save-page-form-1 h3.save-page-form {
      margin-top: 0;
      font: normal 100 1.6rem 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    }

  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for wayback-slider -->
<style scope="wayback-slider-1">
  .wayback-slider-1 h4.wayback-slider {
    font-size: 1.6rem;
  }

  .wayback-slider-1 a.wayback-slider {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #fff;
  }

  .wayback-slider-1 ul.wayback-slider {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    list-style: none;
  }

  .wayback-slider-1 li.wayback-slider+li.wayback-slider {
    padding-top: 1.5rem;
  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .wayback-slider-1 h4.wayback-slider {
      margin: 0 0 1rem 0;
      font-weight: 100;
    }

    .wayback-slider-1 ul.wayback-slider {
      font-size: 1.3rem;
    }

    .wayback-slider-1 li.wayback-slider {
      padding-bottom: .5rem;
    }

    .wayback-slider-1 li.wayback-slider+li.wayback-slider {
      padding-top: 0;
    }

    .wayback-slider-1 li.wayback-slider a.wayback-slider {
      display: block;
      overflow: hidden;
      white-space: nowrap;
      text-overflow: ellipsis;
    }

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .wayback-slider-1 {
      display: block;
      grid-column: 1 / 4;
      padding: 0 1.5rem;
    }

    .wayback-slider-1 h4.wayback-slider {
      margin-top: 0;
      font: normal 100 1.6rem 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    }

    .wayback-slider-1 .grid.wayback-slider {
      display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: minmax(auto, 260px) 1fr minmax(auto, 260px);

      grid-column-gap: 2.5rem;
    }

    .wayback-slider-1 .link-lists.wayback-slider {
      display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: calc(50% - 1.25rem) calc(50% - 1.25rem);
      grid-column-gap: 2.5rem;
    }

  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for more-slider -->
<style scope="more-slider-1">
  .more-slider-1 ul.more-slider {
    padding: 0;
    margin: -1rem 0 0 0;
    list-style: none;
  }

  .more-slider-1 a.more-slider {
    display: block;
    padding: 1rem 0;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #fff;
  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for media-subnav -->
<style scope="media-subnav-1">
  .media-subnav-1 h4.media-subnav {
    font-size: 1.6rem;
  }

  .media-subnav-1 a.media-subnav {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #fff;
  }

  .media-subnav-1 ul.media-subnav {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    list-style: none;
  }

  .media-subnav-1 li.media-subnav+li.media-subnav {
    padding-top: 1.5rem;
  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .media-subnav-1 h4.media-subnav {
      margin: 0 0 1rem 0;
      font-weight: 100;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 ul.media-subnav {
      font-size: 1.3rem;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 li.media-subnav {
      padding-bottom: .5rem;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 li.media-subnav+li.media-subnav {
      padding-top: 0;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 li.media-subnav a.media-subnav {
      display: block;
      overflow: hidden;
      white-space: nowrap;
      text-overflow: ellipsis;
    }

  }

  .media-subnav-1 img.media-subnav {
    display: block;
    width: 90px;
    height: 90px;
    margin: 0 auto 1rem auto;
    border-radius: 45px;
  }

  .media-subnav-1 h3.media-subnav {
    margin-top: 0;
    font-size: 1.8rem;
  }

  .media-subnav-1 .icon-links.media-subnav {
    display: -webkit-box;
    display: -ms-flexbox;
    display: flex;
    -webkit-box-pack: space-evenly;
    -ms-flex-pack: space-evenly;
    justify-content: space-evenly;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .media-subnav-1 .icon-links.media-subnav a.media-subnav {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 12rem;
    margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
    overflow: hidden;
    white-space: nowrap;
    text-align: center;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
  }

  .media-subnav-1 .icon-links.media-subnav a.media-subnav+a.media-subnav {
    margin-left: 2rem;
  }

  .media-subnav-1 .featured.media-subnav h4.media-subnav {
    display: none;
  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .media-subnav-1 {
      display: -ms-grid;
      display: grid;
      -ms-grid-columns: 40% 20% 40%;
      grid-template-columns: 40% 20% 40%;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .wayback-search.media-subnav {
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
      -ms-grid-column-span: 3;
      grid-column: 1 / 4;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 h3.media-subnav {
      display: none;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .icon-links.media-subnav {
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .icon-links.media-subnav a.media-subnav {
      padding-top: 3.5rem;
      max-width: 16rem;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .links.media-subnav {
      padding: 0 1.5rem;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .featured.media-subnav {
      -ms-grid-column: 2;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .featured.media-subnav h4.media-subnav {
      display: block;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav {
      -ms-grid-column: 3;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav {
      display: -ms-grid;
      display: grid;
      -ms-grid-columns: 50% 3rem 50%;
      grid-template-columns: 50% 50%;
      -ms-grid-rows: (auto)[7];
      grid-template-rows: repeat(7, auto);
      grid-column-gap: 3rem;
      grid-auto-flow: column;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(1) {
      -ms-grid-row: 1;
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(2) {
      -ms-grid-row: 2;
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(3) {
      -ms-grid-row: 3;
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(4) {
      -ms-grid-row: 4;
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(5) {
      -ms-grid-row: 5;
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(6) {
      -ms-grid-row: 6;
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(7) {
      -ms-grid-row: 7;
      -ms-grid-column: 1;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(8) {
      -ms-grid-row: 1;
      -ms-grid-column: 3;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(9) {
      -ms-grid-row: 2;
      -ms-grid-column: 3;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(10) {
      -ms-grid-row: 3;
      -ms-grid-column: 3;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(11) {
      -ms-grid-row: 4;
      -ms-grid-column: 3;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(12) {
      -ms-grid-row: 5;
      -ms-grid-column: 3;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(13) {
      -ms-grid-row: 6;
      -ms-grid-column: 3;
    }

    .media-subnav-1 .top.media-subnav ul.media-subnav>*.media-subnav:nth-child(14) {
      -ms-grid-row: 7;
      -ms-grid-column: 3;
    }

  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for media-slider -->
<style scope="media-slider-1">
  .media-slider-1 .media-slider-container.media-slider {
    position: relative;
  }

  .media-slider-1 .overflow-clip.media-slider {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    top: 3rem;
    right: 0;
    left: 0;
    height: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    transition: height 0.2s ease;
  }

  .media-slider-1 .information-menu.media-slider {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    left: 0;
    padding: 0;
    height: 31.9rem;
    overflow-x: hidden;
    font-size: 1.4rem;
    background: #333;
  }

  .media-slider-1 .open.media-slider {
    display: block;
  }

  .media-slider-1 .hidden.media-slider {
    display: none;
  }

  .media-slider-1 .info-box.media-slider {
    padding: 1rem;
  }

  @media (max-width: 889px) {
    .media-slider-1 .overflow-clip.open.media-slider {
      display: block;
      height: 35.8rem;
      left: 4rem;
      top: 0;
    }

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .media-slider-1 .overflow-clip.media-slider {
      display: block;
    }

    .media-slider-1 .information-menu.media-slider {
      left: 0;
      z-index: 3;
      height: auto;
      min-height: 21rem;
      background: #474747;
      transform: translate(0, -100%);
      transition: transform 0.2s ease;
    }

    .media-slider-1 .overflow-clip.open.media-slider {
      height: 22rem;
    }

    .media-slider-1 .information-menu.open.media-slider {
      transform: translate(0, 0);
    }

    .media-slider-1 .info-box.media-slider {
      max-width: 100rem;
      padding: 1.5rem 0;
      margin: 0 auto;
    }

  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for desktop-subnav -->
<style scope="desktop-subnav-1">
  .desktop-subnav-1 ul.desktop-subnav {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 3;
    padding: .8rem 0;
    margin: 0;
    font-size: 1.2rem;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    text-align: center;
    background: #333;
  }

  .desktop-subnav-1 li.desktop-subnav {
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 0 15px;
  }

  .desktop-subnav-1 a.desktop-subnav {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #aaa;
  }

  .desktop-subnav-1 a.desktop-subnav:hover,
  .desktop-subnav-1 a.desktop-subnav:active,
  .desktop-subnav-1 a.desktop-subnav:focus {
    color: #fff;
  }

  .desktop-subnav-1 .donate.desktop-subnav svg.desktop-subnav {
    width: 1.6rem;
    height: 1.6rem;
    vertical-align: top;
    fill: #f00;
  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for signed-out-dropdown -->
<style scope="signed-out-dropdown-1">
  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .nav-container.signed-out-dropdown {
    position: relative;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 nav.signed-out-dropdown {
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    z-index: 4;
    overflow: hidden;
    font-size: 1.6rem;
    background-color: #333;
    transition-property: top;
    transition-duration: 0.2s;
    transition-timing-function: ease;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .initial.signed-out-dropdown,
  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .closed.signed-out-dropdown {
    top: -1500px;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .closed.signed-out-dropdown {
    transition-duration: 0.5s;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .open.signed-out-dropdown {
    max-width: 100vw;
    overflow: auto;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 h3.signed-out-dropdown {
    padding: 0.6rem 2rem;
    margin: 0;
    font-size: inherit;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 ul.signed-out-dropdown {
    padding: 0.4rem 0 0.7rem 0;
    margin: 0;
    list-style: none;

    max-height: calc(100vh - 7.2rem + 1px);
    overflow: auto;
    box-sizing: border-box;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .divider.signed-out-dropdown {
    margin: 0.5rem 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #666;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 a.signed-out-dropdown,
  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .info-item.signed-out-dropdown {
    display: block;
    color: #fff;
    text-decoration: none;
    padding: 1rem 2rem;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .info-item.signed-out-dropdown {
    font-size: 0.8em;
    color: #a0a0a0;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 .callout.signed-out-dropdown {
    position: absolute;
    margin-left: 10px;
    padding: 0 5px;
    border-radius: 2px;
    background: #fee257;
    color: #2c2c2c;
    font-size: 1.4rem;
    font-weight: bold;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 a.mobile-upload.signed-out-dropdown {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: left;
    align-items: center;
  }

  .signed-out-dropdown-1 a.mobile-upload.signed-out-dropdown svg.signed-out-dropdown {
    fill: #fff;
    margin-right: 1rem;
    height: 1.4rem;
    width: 1.4rem;
  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .signed-out-dropdown-1 nav.signed-out-dropdown {
      display: flex;
      overflow: visible;
      top: 0;
      left: auto;
      z-index: 5;
      transition: opacity 0.2s ease-in-out;
      font-size: 1.4rem;
      border-radius: 2px;
      background: #fff;
      box-shadow: 0 1px 2px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 nav.signed-out-dropdown:after {
      position: absolute;
      right: 7px;
      top: -7px;
      width: 12px;
      height: 7px;
      box-sizing: border-box;
      color: #fff;
      content: '';
      border-bottom: 7px solid currentColor;
      border-left: 6px solid transparent;
      border-right: 6px solid transparent;
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 h3.signed-out-dropdown {
      display: none;
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 ul.signed-out-dropdown {
      max-height: calc(100vh - 8.5rem + 1px);
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .divider.signed-out-dropdown {
      border-bottom-color: #666;
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 a.signed-out-dropdown {
      padding: 0.5rem 2rem;
      color: #333;
      transition: background 0.1s ease-out, color 0.1s ease-out;
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .info-item.signed-out-dropdown {
      padding: 0.5rem 2rem;
      font-size: 0.8em;
      color: #6f6f6f;
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 a.signed-out-dropdown:hover,
    .signed-out-dropdown-1 a.signed-out-dropdown:active,
    .signed-out-dropdown-1 a.signed-out-dropdown:focus {
      color: #fff;
      background: #4b64ff;
      outline: none;
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .initial.signed-out-dropdown,
    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .closed.signed-out-dropdown {
      opacity: 0;
      transition-duration: 0.2s;
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .open.signed-out-dropdown {
      opacity: 1;
      overflow: visible;
    }

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 a.mobile-upload.signed-out-dropdown {
      display: none;
    }

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .initial.signed-out-dropdown,
    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .closed.signed-out-dropdown,
    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .open.signed-out-dropdown {
      right: 18.5rem;
    }

  }

  @media (min-width: 990px) {

    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .initial.signed-out-dropdown,
    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .closed.signed-out-dropdown,
    .signed-out-dropdown-1 .open.signed-out-dropdown {
      right: 26rem;
    }

  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for ia-topnav -->
<style scope="ia-topnav-1">
  .ia-topnav-1 {
    ;

    color: #fff;
    font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  }

  .ia-topnav-1 primary-nav.ia-topnav:focus {
    outline: none !important;
  }

  .ia-topnav-1 #close-layer.ia-topnav {
    display: none;
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    z-index: 3;
  }

  .ia-topnav-1 #close-layer.visible.ia-topnav {
    display: block;
  }

  .ia-topnav-1 .topnav.ia-topnav {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 4;
  }

  @media (max-width: 889px) {
    .ia-topnav-1 desktop-subnav.ia-topnav {
      display: none;
    }

  }
</style>
<style>
  body {
    transition: opacity ease-in 0.2s;
  }

  body[unresolved] {
    opacity: 0;
    display: block;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
  }
</style>








<ia-topnav locallinks="true" waybackpagesarchived="1 trillion" class="x-scope ia-topnav-1"><!---->
  <div class="topnav style-scope ia-topnav">
    <primary-nav class="style-scope ia-topnav x-scope primary-nav-1"><!---->
      <nav class="style-scope primary-nav">
        <button class="hamburger style-scope primary-nav" title="Open main menu"
          data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavHamburger">
          <icon-hamburger class="style-scope primary-nav x-scope icon-hamburger-1"><!---->
            <svg viewBox="0 0 40 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-labelledby="hamburgerTitleID hamburgerDescID"
              class="style-scope icon-hamburger">
              <title id="hamburgerTitleID" class="style-scope icon-hamburger">Hamburger icon</title>
              <desc id="hamburgerDescID" class="style-scope icon-hamburger">An icon used to represent a menu that can be
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      <pre>JOURNALS 


‘HOUSE of COMMONS. 








From SEPTEMBER the 14th, 1830, 


In the Frrsr Year of the Reign of 


Kine WILLIAM the Fourth, 


To NovEMBER the 22d, 1831, 


In the Seconp Year of the Reign of 


KinG WILLIAM the Fourth. 


—_—— 


Sess. 1830-31 &amp; 1831. 


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Part the Second, 
From June the 14th to November the 22d, 1831. 








Printed by Order of The House of Commons. 








VOL. 86.— (Part IT.) 














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Sess. 18351. 








By The KING. 
A PROCLAMATION, 


For Dissolving the present Parliament, and declaring 
the Calling of another. 


WILLIAM R. 
| eee We have thought fit, by and with the 


advice of Our Privy Council, to dissolve this 
present Parliament, which stands prorogued to Tuesday 
the Tenth day of May next: We do, for that end, pub- 
lish this Our Royal Proclamation; and do hereby dissolve 
the said Parliament accordingly ; and the Lords Spiritual 
and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, 
and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs, of the 
House of Commons, are discharged from their Meeting 
and Attendance on the said Tuesday the Tenth day of 
May next. And We, being desirous and resolved, as 
soon as may be, to meet Our People, and to have their 
advice in Parliament, do hereby make known to all 
Our loving Subjects Our Royal Will and Pleasure to 
call a new Parliament: And do hereby further declare, 


VOL. 86. 


That, with the Advice of Our Privy Council, We have 
given Order to Our Chancellor of that part of Our United 
Kingdom called Great Britain, and Our Chancellor of 
Ireland, that they do respectively, upon Notice thereof, 
forthwith issue out Writs, in due Form and according to 
Law, for calling a new Parliament: And We do hereby 
also, by this Our Royal Proclamation under Our Great 
Seal of Our United Kingdom, require Writs forthwith to 
be issued accordingly by Our said Chancellors respec- 
tively, for causing the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and 
Commons, who are to serve in the said Parliament, to 
be duly returned to, and give their Attendance in, Our 
said Parliament ; which Writs are to be returnable on 
Tuesday the Fourteenth day of June next. 


Given at Our Court at Saint James's, this Twenty-third 
day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
one, and in the first year of Our Reign. 


GOD save The Kine. 


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R/ CHARD Marquis Wellesley, Lord Steward of His Majesty’s Household, and one of His Majesty’s Most 
honourable Privy Council; TO all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. Know ye, That I, the 
said Lord Steward, by virtue of my said’ Office of Lord Steward, have constituted,.named and appointed, and by 
these Presents do constitute, name and appoint, The Right honourable Charles Manners Sutton ; the Right 
honourable Lord Viscount Althorp, Chancellor of His Majesty’s Exchequer; the Right honourable Sir James 
Robert George Graham, Baronet; the Right honourable Charles Grant; the Right honourable Lord John 
Russell; the Right honourable Sir James Mackintosh, Knight; the Right honourable Robert Grant; the Right 
honourable Robert Grosvenor; the Right honourable Sir George Murray; the Right honourable Sir Robert Peel, 
Baronet ; the Right honourable Henry Goulburn; the Right honourable John Charles Herries ; the Right honour- 
able Sir Henry Hardinge; the Right honourable Thomas Frankland Lewis ; the Right honourable T’homas Peregrine 
Courtenay ; the Right honourable Sir George Cockburn; the Right honourable John Wilson Croker; the Right 
honourable John Calcraft; the Right honourable Charles Watkin Williams Wynn ; the Right honourable Sir Stratford 
Canning ; the Right honourable Sir John Newport, Baronet; the Right honourable Sir John Nicholl, Knight ; the 
Right honourable Sir John Beckett, Baronet ; the Right honourable Sir George Henry Rose; the Right honourable 
Sir George Warrender, Baronet; the Right honourable Thomas Spring Rice ; the Right honourable George Robert 
Dawson ; the Right honourable Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley ; the Right honourable Charles Poulett Thomson ; 
the Right honourable Francis Jeffrey ; the Right honourable Sir Henry Parnell, Baronet; Edward Ellice, Esquire ; 
Sir Thomas Denman; Sir William Horne, Sir James Scarlett, Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, Knights; Lord 
Viscount Belgrave ; Lord Viscount Clive ; the Marquis of Douro ; Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset; Sir Samuel 
Scott, Sir George Clerk, Baronets ; Lord Stanley ; Matthew Wood, Joseph Hume, John Pearse, Charles Dundas, 
Esquires; the Marquis of Chandos; Lord George Augustus Henry Cavendish; Lord Viscount Ebrington; Lord 
Viscount Eastnor ; Sir John Saunders Sebright, Sir Berkeley William Guise, Baronets; Lord Viscount Milton; the 
Earl of Surrey; Lord Viscount Mandeville; Thomas Fowell Buxton, George Bankes, John Cam Hobhouse, William 
Thompson, Robert Waithman, Esquires ; the Honourable John Stuart Wortley ; Edward Berkeley Portman, Masterton 
Ure, Charles Callis Western, Edward Webb, Edward Bolton Clive, John Atkins, John Bonham Carter, Thomas 
Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, Esquires ; Sir Rowland Hill, Baronet; William Yates Peel, Edward William Wynn 
Pendarves, Robert Gordon, John Bastard, Lewis William Buck, Nicholas William Ridley Colborne, William John 
Bankes, Henry Clive, Michael Thomas Sadler, Thomas William Coke, John Savile Lumley, John Wood, Ralph Bernal, 
Charles Ross, Francis Lawley, Esquires; Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson; Lord Arthur Hill; Sir Edward Kerrison, 
Sir John William Head Brydges, Sir John Wrottesley, Sir Edward Pryce Lloyd, Sit James Macdonald, Baronets ; 
Lord Viscount Holmesdale; the Honourable Edmund Phipps; Thomas Lefroy, Charles Tyrell, Christopher Rice 
Mansel Talbot, Frederick William Trench, Owen O’Conor, Edward Southwell Ruthven, Charles Fyshe Palmer, 
Esquires; the Earl of Brecknock; the Earl of Uvbridge; Lord Patrick James Herbert Crichton Stuart ; Lord John 
George Lennox ; Clinton James Fynes Clinton, Richard More O’ Ferrall, Thomas Peers Williams, James Grattan, 
Charles Brownlow, Henry Maxwell, Daniel O'Connell, Henry White, Charles Russell, Alexander Dawson, Robert 
Cutlar Fergusson, Robert Farrand, William Venables, William Robert Keith Douglas, Thomas Francis Kennedy, 
Esquires ; the Honourable William Gordon; the Honourable Anthony Maitland; the Honourable John Henry Knov ; 
William Holmes, John Maberly, Charles Tennyson, Charles Denham Orlando Jephson, William Tyrwhitt Drake, William 
Astell, George Byng, Nicolson Calvert, Stephen Lushington, Charles Calvert, Joseph Cripps, William Joseph Denison, 
Davies Gilbert, Thomas Greene, Edward John Littleton, Esquires; Sir John Dugdale Astley, Sir Francis Burdett, 
Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Sir John Benn Walsh, Baronets ; 
the Marquis of Tuvistock, the Earl of Belfast, Lord Killeen, Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, Sir Thomas Baring, Sir 
Arthur Chichester, Sir Robert Heron, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Baronets; James William 
Freshfield, John Cheesment Severn, William James, Spencer Perceval, Thomas Law Hodges, Harry Baines Lott, 
Esquires ; Sir Antony Buller ; Lord Viscount Howick ; Lord Nugent ; the Honourable Horatio George Powys Towns- 
hend ; William Henry Trant, Herbert Barrett Curteis, Charles De Laet Waldo Sibthorp, Esquires; Lord Viscount 
Morpeth ; Sir John Vanden Bempde Johnstone, Baronet; Hylton Jolliffe, James Bradshaw, John Ivati Briscoe, Louis 
Hayes Petit, John Easthope, William Ewart, John Forbes, Richard Hanbury Gurney, William Hughes Hughes, 
Benjamin Lester Lester, Anthony Lefroy, Charles Palmer, Charles Wynne Griffith Wynne, John Edwards Vaughan, 
Benjamin Hall, Frederick Pollock, Esquires ; Lord Viscount Encombe, Lord Tullamore ; Sir Matthew White Ridley, 
Sir Charles Forbes, Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering, Sir William Henry John Browne Folkes, Baronets, and John 
Tomes, Esquire, or any Six, Five, Four, Three, Two or One of them, my Deputies and Deputy, in my place 
and stead, to tender and administer the Oaths mentioned in a Statute made in the first year of the Reign of their 
late Majesties King Witt1am and Queen Mary, intituled, “ An Act for removing and preventing all Questions 
“ and Disputes concerning the assembling and sitting of this present Parliament,” according to the directions of the 
said Statute, and of all and every other Statute and Statutes directing the taking of the said Oaths before me, to all 
and every Person and Persons who is, are or shall be elected or appointed a Knight, Citizen, Burgess, Baron of any 
of the Five Ports, or Commissioners of Shires or Burghs, of the present Parliament appointed to meet the Fourteenth 
day of June instant, and to take and receive the Oaths of all and every the said Person and Persons who is, are or 
shall be elected or appointed a Knight, Citizen, Burgess, Baron of any of the Five Ports, or Commissioners for 
the Shires or Burghs aforesaid for the said Parliament; and also to tender and administer the Oath mentioned in a 
Statute made in the seventh year of the Reign of his late Majesty King Grorce the Second, intituled, “ An 
“ Act for the better regulating the Election of Members to serve in the House of Commons for that part of Great 
“* Britain called Scotland ; and for incapacitating the Judges of the Court of Session, Court of Justiciary, and Barons 
“ of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, to be elected, or to sit or vote as Members of the House of Commons ;” 
according to the directions of another Statute made in the sixteenth year of his said late Majesty’s reign, directing 
the said Oath to be taken before me ; to all and every Person and Persons who is, are or shall be chosen a Member 
to serve in Parliament for any Shire or Stewartry within that part of Great Britain called Scotland, and who was not, 
were not, or shall not be present at the Meeting of Election, and to take and receive the Oath of all and every such 
Person and Persons, giving them, my said Deputies, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two or One of them, full Power and 
Authority to execute and perform the Matters hereinbefore mentioned ; ratifying and confirming all and whatsoever 
my said Deputies or Deputy shall do and perform in this behalf, in as ample, perfect and full manner as if I myself 
had personally been present and done the same. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this 
fourteenth day of June, in-the First year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord Wiiiiam the Fourth, by the 
Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, Annoque 


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Parliamentum, inceptum et tentum apud civitatem Westmonas- 
teriensem, die Martis, 14° die Junii, anno regni Domini nostri 
WILLIELMI Quarti, Dei gratia, Britanniarum Regis, Fidei 
Defensoris, 1°; Annoque Domini 1831. 


QO* which day, being the first day of the meeting 
of this Parliament for the dispatch of business, 
pursuant to a Proclamation (hereunto annexed), the 
Most honourable the Marquis Wellesley, Lord Steward of 
His Majesty’s Household, came, between eleven and 
twelve of the clock, into one of the rooms belonging 
to the Clerk of the House of Commons, and John Henry 
Ley, Esquire, Clerk of the House of Commons, and John 
Rickman, and William Ley, Esquires, Clerks Assistant, 
and the other Clerks attending according to their duty ; 
and Edward Wilbraham, Esquire, Deputy to the Right 
honourable Earl Bathurst, Clerk of the Crown in Chan- 
cery in Great Britain, having delivered to the said John 
Henry Ley, Esquire, a Book, containing a List of the 
names of such Members as have been returned to serve 


‘in this Parliament, the Lord Steward did himself, in per- 


son, administer the Oaths appointed, to several of the 
Members who appeared, and afterwards made a Com- 
mission or Deputation under his hand and seal (here- 
unto also annexed), empowering several Members therein 
named, to administer the said Oaths to the rest of the 
Members returned ; some of which Commissioners admi- 
nistered the same accordingly to such other Members as 
appeared: Which being done, the Members repaired to 
their seats in the House of Commons. 


After which, a Message was delivered by Mr. Pulman, 
Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod ; 


Gentlemen, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty’s 
Commission, desire the immediate attendance of this 
Honourable House, in the House of Peers. 


Accordingly, the House went up to the House of 
Peers ; where the Lord Chancellor, sitting with several 
other Lords, on a Form, between the Throne and the 
Woolsacks, said, 


My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


H's Majesty not thinking fit to be present here this 
day in His Royal Person, has been pleased, in order 
to the opening and holding of this Parliament, to cause 
Letters Patent to be passed under His Great Seal, con- 
stituting us, and several other Lords therein named, His 
Commissioners, to do all things in His Majesty’s Name, 


VOL. 86. 


on His part, necessary to be performed in this Parliament ; 
this will more fully appear by the Letters Patent them- 
selves, which must now be read. 


Then the said Letters Patent were read; and are as 
followeth ; 


WILLIAM R. 


Witt IAM the Fourth, by the Grace of God, of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, 
Defender of the Faith: To all to whom these Presents shall 
come, Greeting. Whereas, by the advice of Our Council, 
for certain arduous and urgent affairs concerning Us, the 
state and defence of Our United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, and the Church, We have ordered a 
certain Parliament to be holden at Our city of Westmin- 
ster, on Tuesday, the fourteenth day of June instant: And 
forasmuch as for certain causes, We cannot conveniently 
be present in Our Royal Person in Our said Parliament 
on the said fourteenth day of June instant, Know ye, 
That We, trusting in the discretion, fidelity and care 
of Our most dear Brothers and faithful Councillors Ernest: 
Duke of Cumberland, Augustus Duke of Susser, Adolphus 
Duke of Cambridge; Our most dear Cousin and faith- 
ful Councillor William Frederick Duke of Gloucester; the 
Most Reverend Father in God and Our faithful Councillor 
William Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metro- 
politan of all England; Our well-beloved and faithful 
Councillor Henry Lord Brougham and Vaur, Chancellor 
of that part of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland called Great Britain; the Most Reverend Father 
in God and Our faithful Councillor Edward Venables, 
Archbishop of York, Primate and Metropolitan of Eng- 
land; Our most dear Cousin and Councillor Henry 
Marquis of Lansdown, President of Our Council; Our 
well-beloved and faithful Councillor John Lord Durham, 
Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Our most dear Cousins and 
Councillors William Spencer Duke of Devonshire, Cham- 
berlain of Our Household ; Bernard Edward Duke of 
Norfolk, Charles Duke of Richmond, George William Fre- 
derick Duke of Leeds, John Duke of Bedford, Alexander 
Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, George Duke of Gordon, 
James Duke of Montrose, William Henry Duke of Port- 
land, Charles Duke of Dorset, Hugh Duke of Northum- 
berland, Arthur Duke of Wellington, Richard Duke of 
Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Marquis Wellesley, 

6R Steward 








522 


Steward of Our Household, Charles Ingoldsby Marquis 
of Winchester, George Granville Leveson Marquis of Staf- 
ford, Francis Charles Marquis of Hertford, John Jeffreys 
Marquis Camden, Henry William Marquis of Anglesey, 
George James Horatig Marquis of Cholmondeley, Charles 
William Marquis of Londonderry, Henry Marquis Co- 
nyngham, Edward Earl of Derby, John Earl of Westmor- 
land, George Earl of Carlisle, Cropley Ashley Earl of 
Shaftesbury, William Charles Earl of Albemarle, George 
Earl of Jersey, Thomas Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, 
Thomas Earl of Haddington, James Earl of Lauderdale, 
George Earl of Aberdeen, Charles Augustus Earl of Tan- 
kerville, George Earl of Macclesfield, William Earl Fits- 
william, Philip Earl of Hardwicke, George John Earl 
Spencer, John Earl of Chatham, Henry Earl Bathurst, 

vhn Charles Earl of Clarendon, Charles Earl Talbot, 
Robert Earl Grosvenor, Richard Earl of Mount Edge- 
cumbe, James George Earl of Courtuwn, Robert Earl of 
Roden, John Earl of Carysfort, John Earl of Clare, James 
Earl of Rosslyn, Richard Earl of Clancarty, Edward 
Earl of Powis, Charles Earl Grey, Dudley Earl of Har- 
rowby, William Earl Cathcart, John Earl of Eldon, Richard 
William Earl Howe, William Pitt Earl Amherst, John 
William Earl of Dudley, Henry Viscount Hereford, Percy 
Clinton Sydney Viscount Strang ford, William Viscount 
Melbourne, Robert Viscount Melville, Henry Viscount 
Sidmouth, Thomas William Viscount Anson, Granville 
Leveson Viscount Granville, William Carr Viscount Be- 
resford, Frederick John Viscount Goderich, the Right 
Reverend Father in God and Our faithful Councillor 
Charles James Lord Bishop of London, Our well-beloved 
and faithful Councillors Peter Robert Lord Willoughby 
De Ereshy, Henry Richard Lord Holland, Thomas Lord 
Foley, George Lord Carteret, William Wyndham Lord Gren- 
ville, George Lord Auckland, Charles George Lord Arden, 
Alleyne Lord Saint Helens, Edward Lord Ellenborough, 
Thomas Lord Manners, Rowland Lord Hill, William 
Lord Maryborough, William Lord Stowell, Nicholas Lord 
Bexley, Charles Lord Farnborough, John Singleton Lord 
Lyndhurst, Charles Lord Tenterden, William Lord Plun- 
ket, Henry Lord Cowley, Charles Lord Stuart de Rothesay, 
William Lord Heytesbury, Thomas Lord Wallace, and 
William Draper Lord Wynford, by the Advice of Our said 
Council, do give and grant, by the tenor of these Presents, 
unto the said Duke of Cumberland, Duke of Sussex, Duke 
of Cambridge, Duke of Gloucester, Archbishop of Canter- 
bury, Lord Brougham and Vaur, Archbishop of York, 
Marquis of Lansdown, Lord Durham, Duke of Devonshire, 
Duke of Norfolk, Duke of Richmond, Duke of Leeds, 
Duke of Bedford, Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, Duke 
of Gordon, Duke of Montrose, Duke of Portland, Duke of 
Dorset, Duke of Northumberland, Duke of Wellington, 
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquis Wellesley, 
Marquis of Winchester, Marquis of Stafford, Marquis of 
Hertford, Marquis Camden, Marquis of Anglesey, Marquis 
of Cholmondeley, Marquis of Londonderry, Marquis Co- 
nyngham, Earl of Derby, Earl of Westmorland, Earl of 
Carlisle, Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl of Albemarle, Earl 
of Jersey, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Earl of Had- 
dington, Earl of Lauderdale, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of 
Tankerville, Earl of Macclesfield, Earl Fitzwilliam, Ear\ of 
Hardwick, Ear\ Spencer, Earl of Chatham, Earl Bathurst, 
Earl of Clarendon, Earl Talbot, Earl Grosvenor, Earl of 
Mount Edgecumbe, Earl of Courtown, Earl of Roden, Earl 
of Carysfort, Earl of Clare, Earl of Rosslyn, Earl of 
Clancarty, Earl of Powis, Earl Grey, Earl of Harrowby, 
Earl Cathcart, Earl of Eldon, Earl Howe, Earl Amherst, 
Earl of Dudley, Viscount Hereford, Viscount Strang ford, 
Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Melville, Viscount Sid- 
mouth, Viscount Anson, Viscount Granville, Viscount 
Beresford, Viscount Goderich, Lord Bishop of London, 
Lord Willoughby De Eresby, Lord Holland, Lord Foley, 
Lord Carteret, Lord Grenville, Lord Auckland, Lord Ar- 
den, Lord Saint Helens, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Manners, 
Lord Hill, Lord Maryborough, Lord Stowell, Lord Bexley, 
Lord Farnborough, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Tenterden, Lord 
Plunket, Lord Cowley, Lord Stuart de Rothesay, Lord 
Heytesbury, Lord Wallace, and Lord Wynford, or any Three 
of them, full power, in Our Name, to begin and hold Our 
said Parliament, and to Open and declare, and cause to be 
opened and declared, the causes of holding the same, and 
to proceed upon the said affairs in Our said Parliament, and 
in all matters arising therein, and to do every thing which 
for Us, and by Us, for the good government of Our said 


14° Funit. 


A. 1831. 


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and other 
Our Dominions thereto belonging, shall be there to be 
done ; and also, if necessary, to continue, adjourn and 
prorogue Our said Parliament ; commanding also, by the 
tenor of these Presents, with the assent of Our said 
Council, as well all and every the Archbishops, Bishops, 
Earls, Viscounts, Barons and Knights, as all others whom 
it concerns, to meet in Our said Parliament; that to the 
same Duke of Cumberland, Duke of Susser, Duke of 
Cambridge, Duke of Gloucester, Archbishop of Canter- 
bury, Lord Brougham and Vaux, Archbishop of York, 
Marquis of Lansdown, Lord Durham, Duke of Devon- 
shire, Duke of Norfolk, Duke of Richmond, Duke of 
Leeds, Duke of Bedford, Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, 
Duke of Gordon, Duke of Montrose, Duke of Portland, 
Duke of Dorset, Duke of Northumberland, Duke of Wel- 
lington, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquis 
Wellesley, Marquis of Winchester, Marquis of Stafford, 
Marquis of Hertford, Marquis Camden, Marquis of An- 
glesey, Marquis of Cholmondeley, Marquis of Londonderry, 
Marquis Conyngham, Earl of Derby, Earl of Westmor- 
land, Earl of Carlisle, Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl of Albe- 
marle, Earl of Jersey, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Earl 
of Haddington, Ear] of Lauderdale, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl 
of Tankerville, Earl of Macclesfield, Earl Fitzwilliam, 
Earl of Hardwicke, Earl Spencer, Earl of Chatham, Earl 
Bathurst, Earl of Clarendon, Earl Talbot, Earl Grosve- 
nor, Earl of Mount Edgecumbe, Earl of Courtown, Earl 
of Roden, Earl of Carysfort, Earl of Clare, Earl of Ross- 
lyn, Earl of Clancarty, Earl of Powis, Earl Grey, Earl 
of Harrowby, Earl Cathcart, Earl of Eldon, Earl Howe, 
Earl Amherst, Earl of Dudley, Viscount Hereford, Vis- 
count Strang ford, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Melville, 
Viscount Sidmouth, Viscount Anson, Viscount Granville, 
Viscount Beresford, Viscount Goderich, Lord Bishop of 
London, Lord Willoughby De Eresby, Lord Holland, Lord 
Foley, Lord Carteret, Lord Grenville; Lord Auckland, 
Lord Arden, Lord Saint Helens, Lord Ellenborough, Lord 
Manners, Lord Hill, Lord Maryborough, Lord Stowell, 
Lord Bevley, Lord Farnborough, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord 
Tenterden, Lord Plunket, Lord Cowley, Lord Stuart de 
Rothesay, Lord Heytesbury, Lord Wallace and Lord Wyn- 
ford, and any Three of them, they diligently intend in the 
Premises in the form aforesaid. In Witness whereof We 
have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent. Wit- 
ness Ourself at Westminster, the fourteenth day of June, 
in the first year of Our Reign. 


By The KING Himself. 
Signed with His own Hand. 
BATHURST. 


And then the Lord Chancellor said : 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


We have it in Command from His Majesty, to let you 
know, That His Majesty will, as soon as the Members of 
both Houses shall be sworn, declare to you in Person the 
causes of His calling this Parliament ; and it being neces- 
sary a Speaker of the House of Commons should be first 
chosen, it is His Majesty’s pleasure, that you, Gentlemen of 
the House of Commons, repair to the place where you are to 
sit, and there proceed to the choice of some proper person, 
to be your Speaker, and that you present such Person whom 
you shall so choose, heré, To-morrow, at half an hour after 
two of the clock, for His Majesty’s Royal approbation. 


And the House being returned ; 


The Right honourable Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 
addressing himself to the Clerk (who, standing up, 
pointed to him, and then sat down,) proposed to the 
House for their Speaker, The Right honourable Charles 
Manners Sutton, and moved, ‘“ That the Right honourable 
Charles Manners Sutton do take the Chair of this House 
as Speaker,” which Motion was seconded by Sir Matthew 
White Ridley, Baronet. 

The House then calling Mr. AZanners Sutton to the 
Chair, he stood up in his place, and expressed the sense 
he had of the honour proposed to be conferred upon him, 
and submitted himself to the House. 


The House then again unanimously calling Mr. Manners 
Sutton to the Chair, he was taken out of his place by the 
said Mr. Williams Wynn and Sir Matthew White Ridley, 
and conducted by them to the Chair ; where, standing on 
the upper step, he returned his humble acknowledgments 

1 to 


Lord 
Chancellor’s 
Speech, 


Mr. Manners 
Sutton chosen 
Speaker. 





| Mr. 
; app! 


by 1 





ers 
sen 


| Mr. Speaker 
approved of 
| by The King. 


Mr. Speaker 
takes Oaths. 


Members 
take Oaths. 


Members 
take Oaths, 


XUM 


1 Wit. IV. 14°—15°—16° 


to the House for the great honour they had been pleased 
to confer upon him, by unanimously choosing him to be 
again their Speaker. 

And thereupon he sat down in the Chair ; and then the 
Mace (which before lay under the Table) was laid upon 
the Table. 

Then the Right honourable Sir James Robert George 
Graham, Baronet, having congratulated Mr. Speaker elect, 
moved, That the House do now adjourn ; and the Right 
honourable Sir Robert Peel, Baronet, having also con- 
gratulated Mr. Speaker elect ; seconded the said Motion. 





The House accordingly adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercuri, 15° die Juni; 
Anno 1° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


T HE House being met; and Mr. Speaker elect having 
taken the Chair ; 


A Message was delivered by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman 
Usher of the Black Rod : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty’s Com- 
mission, desire the immediate attendance of this Honour- 
able House in the House of Peers. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker elect, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers; where Mr. Speaker elect was 

resented to the said Lords Commissioners, for His Ma- 
jesty’s Royal approbation: And, 

Then the Lord Chancellor, one of the said Lords Com- 
missioners, signified His Majesty’s approbation of Mr, 
Speaker elect. 





The House being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House had been in 
the House of Peers: Where His Majesty was pleased, 
by His Commissioners, to approve of the choice the 
House had made of him to be their Speaker; and that 
he had, in their name, and on their behalf, by humble 
Petition to His Majesty, laid claim to all their ancient 
Rights and Privileges, particularly that their Persons, 
their Estates and Servants might be free from Arrests 
and all Molestations; that they may enjoy Liberty of 
Speech in all their Debates ; may have access to His Ma- 
jesty’s Royal Person whenever occasion shall require ; 
and that all their Proceedings may receive from His Ma- 
jesty the most favourable construction ; which, he said, 
His Majesty, by His said Commissioners, had confirmed to 
them in as full and ample manner as they have been here- 
tofore granted or allowed by His Majesty, or any of 
His Royal Predecessors. 

-- And then Mr. Speaker repeated his most respectful 
acknowledgments to the House, for the high honour 
they had done him. 

Mr. Speaker then put the House in mind, that the first 
thing to be done, was to take the Oaths of Allegiance and 
Supremacy, and to take and subscribe the Oaths of Ab- 
juration and Qualification by Law required. 

And thereupon Mr. Speaker first alone, standing upon 
the upper step of the Chair, took the first-mentioned 
Oaths, and took and subscribed the said Oath of Abjura- 
tion; and also delivered in to the Clerk of the House an 
account of his Qualification, and took and subscribed the 
Oath of Qualification. 

And, after him several other Members took the first- 
mentioned Oaths, and took and subscribed the said Oath 
of Abjuration ; and such of the said Members as are by 
Law required to deliver to the Clerk of this House, an 
Account of their Qualification, and to take and subscribe 
the Oath of Qualification, delivered such Account, and 
took and subscribed the said Oath accordingly. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 16° die Junii ; 
Anno 1° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 
et ne other Members present took the Oaths 


of Spence and Supremacy, and took and sub- 


scribed the Oath of Abjuration, according to the Laws 
VOL. 86. i 


17°—20°—21° Funii. 


523 


made for those purposes ; arid such of the said Members 
as are by Law required to deliver to the Clerk of this 
House an Account of their Qualification, and to take and 
subscribe the Oath of Qualification, delivered such Ac- 
count, and took and subscribed the said Oath accord- 
ingly. 

And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 17° die Juni; 
Anno 1° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS, 


er ae other Members present took the Oaths jfompbers 
of Allegiance and Supremacy, and took and sub- take Oaths. 
scribed the Oath of Abjuration, according to the Laws 

made for those purposes; and such of the said Members 

as are by Law required to deliver to the Clerk of this 

House an Account of their Qualification, and to take and 

subscribe the Oath of Qualification, delivered such Ac- 


count, and took and subscribed the said Oath accord- 
ingly. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 20° die Juniz ; 


Anno 1° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


EVERAL other Members present took the Oaths of Members 
Allegiance and Supremacy, and took and subscribed take Oaths. 

the Oath of Abjuration, according to the Laws made for 

those purposes ; and such of the said Members as are by 

Law required to deliver to the Clerk of this House an 

Account of their Qualification, and to take and subscribe 

the Oath of Qualification, delivered such Account, and 

took and subscribed the said Oath accordingly. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Martis, 21° die Juniiz ; 


Anno 1° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. . 


genie other Members present took the Oaths of Members 
Allegiance and Supremacy, and took and subscribed take Oaths. 
the Oath of Abjuration, according to the Laws made for 

those purposes ; and such of the said Members as are by 

Law required to deliver to the Clerk of this House an 

Account of their Qualification, and to take and subscribe 

the Oath of Qualification, delivered such Account, and 

took and subscribed the said Oath accordingly. 


A Message from His Majesty, by Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, Message to 
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: attend His 


Majesty. 
Mr. Speaker, 


The King commands this Honourable House to attend 
His Majesty immediately in the House of Peers. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to 
attend His Majesty: —And being returned ; 


Several other Members present took the Oaths of Members 
Allegiance and Supremacy, and took and subscribed the take Oaths. 
Oath of Abjuration, according to the Laws made for 
those purposes ; and such of the said Members as are 
by Law required to deliver to the Clerk of this House an 
Account of their Qualification, and to take and subscribe 
the Oath of Qualification, delivered such Account, and 
took and subscribed the said Oath accordingly. 


A Bill for the more effectual preventing Clandestine Outlawries 
Outlawries, was read the first time; and ordered to be Bill, read. 
read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Religion do Grand Com- 
sit every Tuesday in the Afternoon, in the House. : ae ap- 
Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Grievances do ?°"™ 

sit every Thursday in the Afternoon, in the House. 
6R 2 Ordered, 





Committee 
of Privileges 
appointed. 


Other usual 
Orders. 


Elections. 





524 


Q1° 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Courts of 
Justice do sit every Saturday in the Afternoon, in the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Trade do sit 
every Friday in the Afternoon, in the House. 


Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges be appointed : 
—And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Bernal, Mr. 
Williams Wynn, the Earl of Surrey, Sir James Mackintosh, 
Mr. Davies Gilbert, Sir George Warrender, Sir John New- 
port, Sir Matthew Ridley, Mr. Alderman Wood, Mr. Cour- 
tenay, Mr. Nicolson Calvert, Lord Viscount Clive, Sir 
Henry Parnell, Lord Nugent, Lord John Thynne, Mr. 
Littleton, Lord Viscount Eastnor, Sir Charles Forbes, 
Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Hobhouse, Mr. Goulburn, Sir James 
Macdonald, Sir John Nicholl, and all the Knights for 
Shires, Gentlemen of the Long Robe, and Merchants, in the 
House :—And they are to meet upon Friday next, in the 
Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and to sit every 
Wednesday, Friday and Monday, in the Afternoon; and all 
who come are to have Voices; and they are to take into 
consideration all such matters as shall or may come in 
question, touching Privileges; and to report their pro- 
ceedings, with their opinion thereupon, to the House, from 
time to time; and the Committee are to have Power to 
send for persons papers and records for their information ; 
and if any thing shall come in question, touching the 
matter of Privilege of any Member, he is to withdraw 
during the time the matter is in debate. 


Ordered, That all persons who will question any Re- 
turns of Members to serve in Parliament, for any county, 
city, borough or place, in Great Britain, do question the 
same within fourteen days next, and so within fourteen 
days next after any new Return shall be brought in. 

Ordered, That all persons who will question any Re- 
turns of Members to serve in Parliament for Zreland, do 
question the same, by presenting a Petition to this House 
within fourteen days next, and so within fourteen days 
next after any new Return shall have been brought into 
the office of the Clerk of the Crown of Great Britain, 
or by lodging a Petition in the office of the Clerk of the 
Crown in Jreland, within fourteen days next, and so 
within fourteen days next after any new Return shall 
have been brought into the said office of the Clerk of 
the Crown in Great Britain. 

Ordered, That when any such Petition shall have been 
lodged in the said office of the Clerk of the Crown in 
Ireland, within the time before limited, the said Clerk 
shall forthwith make a Copy thereof, to be preserved in 
the said office, and immediately thereupon shall transmit 
such original Petition (in the method used in conveying 
Returns of Writs) to the Speaker of the House of Com- 
mons, to be by him laid before the House: And that in case 
no such Petition shall have been lodged in the said office 
within the time before limited, the said Clerk of the Crown 
shall forthwith transmit a certificate in the like manner to 
the Speaker of the House of Commons, signed by him- 
self, or his deputy, specifying the time when such Return 
was made, and that no such Petition had been lodged in 
his office previous to the date of such certificate. 

Ordered, That all Members who are returned for two or 
more places in any part of the United Kingdom, do make 
their election for which of the places they will serve, 
within one week from and after the expiration of the four- 
teen days before limited for presenting Petitions, provided 
there be no question upon the Return for that place; and 
if any thing shall come in question touching the Return 
or Election of any Member, he is to withdraw during the 
time the matter is in debate ; and that all Members re- 
turned upon double Returns, do withdraw till their Re- 
turns are determined. 

Resolved, That no Peer of this Realm, except such 
Peers of Ireland as shall for the time being be actually 
elected, and shall not have declined to serve for any 
county, city or borough, of Great Britain, hath any right 
to give his vote in the election of any Member to serve 


' in Parliament. 


Resolved, That it is a high infringement of the liberties 
and privileges of the Commons of the United Kingdom, 
for any Lord of Parliament, or other Peer or Prelate, not 


being a Peer of Jreland at the time elected, and not 


having declined to serve for any county, city or borough, 
of Great Britain, to concern himself in the election of 
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A. 1831. 


Members to serve for the Commons in Parliament, except 
only any Peer of Jredand at such Elections in Great Bri- 
tain respectively, where such Peer shall appear as a Can- 
didate, or by himself or any others be proposed to be 
elected ; or for any Lord Lieutenant, or Governor of any 
County, to avail himself of any authority derived from 
his commission, to influence the election of any Member 
to serve for the Commons in Parliament. 

Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person hath 
procured himself to be elected or returned a Member of 
this House, or endeavoured so to be, by Bribery, or any 
other corrupt practices, this House will proceed with the 
utmost severity against such person. 

Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person hath 
been tampering with any Witness, in respect of his evi- 
dence to be given to this House, or any Committee thereof, 
or directly or indirectly hath endeavoured to deter or 
hinder any person from appearing or giving evidence, 
the same is declared to be a high crime and misdemea- 
nor ; and this House will proceed with the utmost seve- 
rity against such offender. 

Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person hath 
given false evidence, in any case before this House, or 
any Committee thereof, this House will proceed with the 
utmost severity against such offender. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
House, do from time to time take into his custody any 
Stranger or Strangers, that he shall see, or be informed 
of to be in the House or Gallery, while the House, or any 
Committee of the whole House, is sitting; and that no 
person, so taken into custody, be discharged out of cus- 
tody without the special Order of the House. 

Ordered, That the back door leading to the Speaker’s 
Chamber be locked up every day at the sitting of the 
House, and the key delivered to the Clerk, to be locked 
up by him; and that he do not presume to deliver the 
same to any person whatsoever, without Order of the 
House; and that the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
House do take care to clear the Speaker’s Chamber every 
day before the door is locked up. 

Ordered, That no Member of this House do presume 
to bring any Stranger or Strangers into the House or 
Gallery thereof, while the House is sitting. } 


unit. 


Ordered, That the Constables and other Officers of Constables. 


Middlesex and Westminster, do take care, that during the 
Session of Parliament, the passages through the streets 
between Temple Bar and Westminster Hall shall be kept 
free and open; and that no obstructions be made, by cars, 
drays, carts, or otherwise, to hinder the passage of the 
Members to and from this House; and that the Serjeant 
at Arms attending this House do give notice of this Order 
to the Officers aforesaid. 

Ordered, That the Constables in waiting do take care 
that there be no Gaming or other disorders in Westminster 
TIall, or the passages leading to the House, during the 
sitting of Parliament ; and that there be no annoyance by 
chairmen, footmen, or otherwise, therein or thereabouts. 

Ordered, That the said Orders be sent to the High 
Bailiff of Westminster ; and that he do see the same put 
in execution. 

Ordered, That no Footman be permitted to be within the 
Lobby of the House, or upon the stairs leading thereto. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
House, do take care that there be no Gaming, or other 
disorders, in the room appointed for the Footmen attend- 
ing the Members of this House to wait in. 

‘Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
House, do take into his custody such Footmen as shall 
presume to disobey the Orders of the House ; and that no 
such Footmen be discharged out of custody but by the 
special Order of the House. ’ 

Ordered, That, to prevent the intercepting or losing of 
Letters directed to Members of this House, the person 
appointed to bring Letters from the General Post Office 
to this House, or some other person to be appointed by the 
Postmaster General, do for the future every day during 
the Session of Parliament, Sundays excepted, constantly 
attend from ten of the clock in the morning till seven in 
the afternoon, at the place appointed for the delivery of 
the said Letters ; and take care, during his stay there, to 
deliver the same to the several Members to whom they 
shall be directed, or to their known servant or servants, 
or others bringing notes under the hands of the Members 
sending for the same. 


Ordered, 


Witnesses. 


Strangers. 


Footmen. 


Letters. 








Pray 


Vol 
prin 


Re: 
res 
Pri 





PS, 





XUM 





Prayers. 


Votes to be 
printed. 


Resolutions 

respecting 

Private Bills. 
No. 1. 


Mr. Speaker 
reports His 
Majesty’s 
Speech. 


1 Witt. IV. 


Ordered, That the said Officer do, upon his going away, 
lock up such Letters as shall remain undelivered ; and that 
no Letter be delivered but within the hours aforesaid. 

Ordered, That the said Orders be sent to the Post- 
master General. 

Ordered, That when any Letter or Packet, directed to 
this House, shall come to Mr. Speaker, he do open the 
same ; and acquaint the House, at their next sitting, with 
the contents thereof, if proper to be communicated to 
this House. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
House, do from time to time, when the House is going 
to Prayers, give notice thereof to all Committees; and 
that all proceedings of Committees in a morning, after 
such notice, be declared to be null and void. 

Ordered, That the Votes and Proceedings of this House 
be printed, being first perused by Mr. Speaker ; and that 
he do appoint the printing thereof; and that no person 


but such as he shall appoint do presume to print the 
same. 


Resolved, That this House will not receive any Peti- 
tion for Private Bills after Monday the 27th day of this 
instant June. 

Resolved, That no Private Bill be read the first time 
after Monday the 4th day of July next. 

Resolved, That this House will not receive any Report of 
such Private Bill after Monday the 25th day of July next. 

Resolved, That upon every Petition which shall be pre- 
sented to the House during the present Session, and re- 
ferred to a Committee to examine the matter thereof, and 
report thereon to the House, the Committee do examine, 
in the first place, whether the said Petition be the same 
in substance as any Petition for the same purpose, and 
from the same Parties, in the last Session of Parliament, 
and whereupon any Proceedings were pending on the Dis- 
solution of the last Parliament ; and, in such case, that 
all Minutes of Evidence, together with the Documents 
therein referred to, which were taken before the former 
Committee on such Petition, be received in evidence of 
the matter of the said Petition, and in proof of the Stand- 
ing Orders having been complied with, in respect thereof. 

Resolved, That the Committee upon any Private Bill 
do examine, in the first place, whether the said Bill be 
for the same purpose as any Bill which was presented 
in the last Session, and contain the same Clauses and 
Provisions as were contained in such former Bill in the 
last stage of its proceeding, and whereupon any proceed- 
ings were pending on the Dissolution of the last Parlia- 
ment; and, in such case, that all Minutes of Evidence, 
together with any Documents therein referred to, which 
were taken before the former Committee on such Bill, be 
received in Evidence of the Allegations therein contained, 
and in proof of the Standing Orders having been com- 
plied with, in respect thereof. 

Resolved, That the time between the First and Second 
Reading of Private Bills, whereupon any Proceedings 
were pending on the Dissolution of the last Parliament, 
and which, according to the Standing Orders of this House, 
require Seven Days, be shortened to Three Days; and the 
time between the Second Reading of Private Bills, where- 
upon any Proceedings were pending on the Dissolution of 
the last Parliament, and the meeting of the Committee, be 
shortened to Three Days, during the present Session of 
Parliament, the Parties giving the regular Notices in the 
Private Bill Office. 

Resolved, That all Petitions presented in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament against Private Bills, and which were 
referred to the Committees on such Bills, be referred to 
the Committees on the same Bills in the present Session of 
Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be printed. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the House had, this day, 
attended His Majesty, in the House of Peers, where His 
Majesty was pleased to make a most gracious Speech from 
the Throne, to both Houses of Parliament; of which 
Mr. Speaker said he had, to prevent mistakes, obtained a 
Copy; which he read to the House, and is as followeth ; 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


I have availed Myself of the earliest opportunity of 
resorting to your Advice and Assistance after the Dis- 


solution of the late Parliament. 
VOL. 86. 


21° Funie. 


525 


Having had-recourse to that measure for the purpose 
of ascertaining the Sense of My People on the expediency 
of a Reform in the Representation, 1 have now to recom- 
mend that important Question to your earliest and most 
attentive consideration ; confident that, in any measures 
which you may prepare for its adjustment, you will care- 
fully adhere to the acknowledged Principles of the Con- 
stitution, by which the Prerogatives of the Crown, the 
Authority of both Houses of Parliament, and the Rights 
and Liberties of the People, are equally secured. 

The Assurances of a friendly Disposition, which I con- 
tinue to receive from all Foreign Powers, encourage the 
hope, that, notwithstanding the civil Commotions which 
have disturbed some parts of Europe, and the Contest 
now existing in Poland, the general peace will be main- 
tained. To the preservation of this blessing My most 
anxious care will be constantly directed. 

The Discussions which have taken place on the affairs of 
Belgium have not yet been brought to a conclusion, but 
the most complete agreement continues to subsist between 
the Powers whose Plenipotentiaries have been engaged 
in the Conferences of London. 

The principle on which those Conferences have been 
conducted has been that of not interfering with the Right 
of the People of Belgium, to regulate their internal affairs, 
and to establish their Government according to their own 
views of what may be most conducive to their future Wel- 
fare and Independence, under the sole condition, sanctioned 
by the Practice of Nations, and founded on the Principles 
of Public Law, that in the exercise of that undoubted Right 
the Security of neighbouring States should not be en- 
dangered. 


A series of Injuries and Insults, for which, notwithstand- 
ing repeated Remonstrances, all Reparation was withheld, 
compelled Me, at last, to order a Squadron of My Fleet 
to appear before Lisbon, with a peremptory Demand of 
Satisfaction. A prompt Compliance with that Demand 
prevented the necessity of further measures ; but I have 
to regret, that I have not yet been enabled to re-establish 
My Diplomatic Relations with the Portuguese Govern- 
ment. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


I have ordered Estimates of the Expenses of the current 
Year to be laid before you, and I rely with confidence on 
your Loyalty and Zeal to make adequate provision for the 
Public Service, as well as for the farther application of 
the Sums granted by the last Parliament ; always keeping 
in view the necessity of a wise and wholesome Economy 
in every branch of the Public Expenditure. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


It gives Me great satisfaction to state to you, that the 
large Reduction of Taxes which took place in the last and 
in the present year, with a view to the Relief of the Labour- 
ing Classes of the Community, has not been attended with 
a proportionate diminution of the Public Income. I trust 
that such additional means as may be required to supply 
a part of the Deficiency occasioned by these Reductions 
may be found, without any material abridgment of the 
comforts of My People. 


To assist the Industry, to improve the Resources, and to 
maintain the Credit of the Country on sound principles, 
and on a safe and lasting foundation, will be, at all times, 
the objects of My Solicitude, in the promotion of which 
I look with Confidence to your zealous Co-operation. 

It is with deep concern that I have to announce to you 
the continued progress of a formidable Disease, to which 
My attention had been early directed, in the Eastern 
parts of Europe. Information having been more recently 
received that it had extended its ravages to Ports in the 
Baltic, from whence there is a great Commercial Inter- 
course with My Dominions, I have directed that all the 
Precautions should be taken which experience has recom- 
mended as most effectual for guarding against the intro- 
duction of so dangerous a Malady into this Country. 

Great Distress has unhappily prevailed in some Districts, 
and more particularly in a part of the Western Counties 
of Ireland, to relieve which, in the most pressing cases, 
I have not hesitated to authorize the application of such 
means as were immediately available for that purpose. 
But assistance of this nature is necessarily limited in its 
amount, and can only be temporary in its effect. The 

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Resolution 
for Address. 





526 


possibility, therefore, of introducing any measures, which, 
by assisting the improvement of the natural Resources of the 
Country, may tend to prevent the recurrence of such evils, 
must be a subject of the most anxious interest to Me, 
and to you of the most grave and cautious consideration. 

Local Disturbances, unconnected with any political 
causes, have taken place both in this part of the United 
Kingdom and in Ireland. In the county of Clare, and in 
the adjoining parts of Roscommon and Galway, a system of 
Violence and Outrage had for some time been carried on 
to an alarming extent, for the repression of which, the 
Constitutional Authority of the Law has been vigorously 
and successfully exerted. By these means, the necessity 
of enacting new Laws to strengthen the Executive Go- 
vernment with further powers will, I trust, be prevented. 
To avert such a necessity has been, and ever will be, My 
most earnest desire; but if it should unfortunately arise, 
I do not doubt your firm resolution to maintain the Peace 
and Order of Society, by the adoption of such measures as 
may be required for their more effectual protection. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, to express to His Majesty the humble Thanks of 
this House fur His Majesty’s most gracious Speech from 
the Throne : 

To acknowledge with thankfulness, as a new proof of 
His Majesty’s paternal solicitude for the welfare of His 
People, His Majesty’s having availed Himself of the earliest 
opportunity of resorting to our Advice and Assistance after 
the Dissolution of the late Parliament, a measure to which 
His Majesty had recourse for the purpose of ascertaining 
the Sense of His People on the expediency of a Reform in 
the Representation : 


That we shall, in obedience to His Majesty’s Commands, 
apply our earliest and most attentive consideration to that 
important object, keeping constantly in view the acknow- 
ledged Principles of the Constitution, by which the Pre- 
rogatives of the Crown, the Authority of both Houses of 
Parliament, and the Rights and Liberties of the People, 
are equally secured : 

That we have learnt with the most lively satisfaction, 
that the Assurances of a friendly Disposition, which His 
Majesty continues to receive from all Foreign Powers, en- 
courage the hope that, notwithstanding the civil Commo- 
tions which have disturbed some parts of Europe, and the 
Contest now existing in Poland, the general peace will be 
maintained : 

That we are confident that His Majesty’s most anxious 
care will be constantly directed to the preservation of this 
blessing : 

That, though the Discussions which have taken place 
on the affairs of Belgium have not yet been brought 
to a conclusion, we have derived great pleasure from 
His Majesty’s assurance, that the most complete agree- 
ment continues to subsist between the Powers whose 
Plenipotentiaries have been engaged in the Conferences 
of London; and that we cannot too strongly express our 
concurrence in the principle on which those Conferences 
have been conducted, that of not interfering with the 
Right of the People of Be/gium to regulate their internal 
affairs, and to establish their Government according to 
their own views of what may be most conducive to their 
future Welfare and Independence, under the sole condition, 
sanctioned by the Practice of Nations, and founded on the 
Principles of Public Law, that, in the exercise of that un- 
doubted Right, the Security of neighbouring States should 
not be endangered : 

To thank His Majesty for having vindicated the Honour 
of His Crown, by having ordered a Squadron of His Fleet 
to appear before Lisbon, with a peremptory Demand for 
Satisfaction, in consequence of a series of Injuries and In- 
sults, for which, notwithstanding repeated Remonstrances, 
all Reparation was withheld, and to rejoice that a prompt 
Compliance with that Demand prevented the necessity of 
further measures ; but at the same time to regret that His 
Majesty has not yet been enabled to re-establish His 
Diplomatic Relations with the Portuguese Government : 

To thank His Majesty for having directed the Estimates 
of the current Year to be laid before us: 

To assure His Majesty, that He may rely with con- 
fidence on our making adequate provision for the Public 
Service, as well as for the further application of the Sums 
granted by the late Parliament, always keeping in view 


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A. 1831. 


the necessity of a wise and wholesome Economy in every 
branch of the Public Expenditure : 

That we participate in the great satisfaction which His 
Majesty expresses in stating, that the large Reduction of 
Taxes which took place in the last and in the present 
year, with a view to the Relief of the Labouring Classes of 
the Community, hasnot been attended with a proportionate 
diminution of the Public Income, and that we trust that 
such additional means as may be required to supply a 
part of the Deficiency occasioned by these Reductions, 
may be found without any material abridgment of the 
comforts of His Majesty’s People: 

That His Majesty may be assured of our zealous Co- 
operation in His Majesty’s endeavours to assist the Indus- 
try, to improve the Resources, and to maintain the Credit 
of the Country on sound principles, and on a safe and 
lasting foundation : 

That we have learnt with deep concern, that a formid- 
able Disease, to which His Majesty’s attention had been 
early directed, continues its progress in the Eastern parts 
of Europe, and that it has extended its ravages to Ports 
in the Baltic, from whence there is a great Commercial In- 
tercourse with His Majesty's Dominions, and to offer His 
Majesty our Thanks for having directed, that all the Pre- 
cautions should be taken which experience has recom- 
mended as most effectual for guarding against the intro- 
duction of so dangerous a Malady into this Country : 

To lament that great Distress has unhappily prevailed 
in some Districts, and more particularly in a part of the 
Western Counties of Ireland, to relieve which, in the 
most pressing cases, His Majesty, with a benevolent care 
for His People, has not hesitated to authorize the applica- 
tion of such means as were immediately available for that 
purpose : 

To agree with His Majesty, that since assistance of 
this nature is necessarily limited in its amount, and can 
only be temporary in its effects, the possibility of intro- 
ducing any measures which, by assisting the improve- 
ment of the natural Resources of the Country, may tend 
to prevent the recurrence of such evils, must be a subject 
of the most anxious interest to His Majesty, and to us of 
the most grave and cautious consideration : 


That, while we deeply regret that local Disturbances, 
though unconnected with any political causes, should 
have taken place both in this part of the United Kingdom 
and in Jreland, and that in the county of Clare, and in 
the adjoining parts of Roscommon and Galway, a system 
of Violence and Outrage should have been for some time 
carried on to an alarming extent, for the repression of 
which, we have learnt, with the greatest satisfaction, that 
the Constitutional Authority of the Law has been vigor- 
ously and successfully exerted, we entertain, with His 
Majesty, the earnest hope that, by these means, the ne- 
cessity of enacting new Laws to strengthen the Executive 
Government with further powers may be prevented : 

That we beg leave gratefully to acknowledge the bene- 
volent and constitutional feeling which has made it His 
Majesty’s earnest desire to avert such a necessity, but that 
we beg His Majesty to be assured, if it should unfortu- 
nately arise, of our firm resolution to maintain the Peace 
and Order of Society, by the adoption of such measures as 
may be required for their effectual protection. 


uni. 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 22° die Junii 1831: 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up Committee 
an Address to be presented to His Majesty, upon the to draw up 
said Resolution:—And a Committee was appointed of A¢4ress- 


Mr. Anderson Pelham, Sir John Johnstone, Lord Viscount 
Althorp, Sir JamesGraham, Lord John Russell, Mr. Stan- 
ley, Mr. Charles Grant, Sir James Mackintosh, Sir Henry 
Parnell, Lord Viscount Howick, Mr. Attorney General, 
Mr. Solicitor General, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Spring 
Rice, Mr. George Lamb, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Bernal, or any 
Five of them: And they are to withdraw immediately 
into the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That His Majesty's most gracious Speech to Speech 


both Houses of Parliament, be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return Returm respect- 


of the several Parishes in England and Wales in which 
Commutations of the whole Great or Small Tithes of such 


9 Parish 








| Avon: 
- Glouce 
 Railwz 
' tion 


| Ker 
Na’ 
&gt; Pet 





Vinm 





Avon and 


‘ Gloucestershire 
Railway Peti- 


tion. 


- Kennet 


Navigation 


' Petition. 


XUM 


1: Wi... IV. 


Parish have been authorized under any Act of Parliament; 


distinguishing the cases in which Allotments of Land may 


have been assigned in lieu of such Tithes, from those in 
which Corn-rents have been made payable; and further, 
specifying in each case, whether the Tithes so commuted 
were the Property of Clerical Rectors, of Impropriators, 
or of Vicars. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
one of the clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned 


till this day. 





Mercuri, 22° die Juniz ; 
Anno 1° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


PETITION of the Avon and Gloucestershire Rail- 
way Company, was presented, and read; reciting 
an Act for making and maintaining a Railway or Tram- 
road from Rodway Hill, in the Parish of Mangotsfield, in 
the County of Gloucester, to the River Avon, in the Parish 
of Bitton, in the same County ; and setting forth, That, 
since the passing of the said Act, the Petitioners have 
found, from levels and surveys which have been made and 
taken, that the Line of the said Railway or Tramroad, as 
authorized to be pursued by the said Act of Parliament, 
might in some parts thereof be rendered more advantage- 
ous to the Petitioners, and more commodious to the Public, 
if certain variations and alterations were to be made 
therein ; and the Petitioners have also found, that several 
Branches from the said Railway or Tramroad to certain 
collieries and quarries in the neighbourhood thereof might 
be made with great advantage to the Public, and it is 
expedient that some of the powers and provisions of 
the said Act should be altered and amended ; and pray- 
ing, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the 
same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Charles Dundas, &amp;c. ; 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to send for persons papers and 
records. 


A Petition of the Proprietors of the Kennet and Avon 
Canal Navigation, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That, by virtue of several Acts, the several Persons 
therein named were authorized and empowered to make 
the said River Kennet navigable from Reading to New- 
bury, in the county of Berks, and for that purpose, amongst 
other things, to make and build such and so many Locks 
and Sluices, and other conveniences, on the said River 
Kennet, and on the several passages and cuts leading from 
and into the same, as should be necessary for the purposes 
of the said navigation ; and that the said several Persons 
so nominated as aforesaid, and their successors, did ac- 
cordingly, under the powers vested in them by the said 
several Acts, make the said River navigable from Reading 
to Newbury aforesaid, and, amongst other things, did 
make several Pound Locks on the said River, and on the 
several passages and cuts belonging thereto, and leading 
from and into the same, and that many of the said Pound 
Locks have become and now are in a very dilapidated 
state of repair, and the same having been built with 
timber, and of a size much larger than is now necessary 
for the convenient navigation of the said River, a very 
unnecessary loss and consumption of water is occasioned 
by the passing of boats and barges through the said Locks, 
to the prejudice of the said navigation, and of the mills 
situated on the said River Kennet; and that the naviga- 
tion of the said River would be facilitated, and the owners 
of mills situated on the said River would be greatly be- 
nefited, if the Petitioners were authorized to alter and 
lessen the present form and size of the said Locks, and the 
making such alteration would, by expediting the trans- 
port of goods along the said River, be of great public 
advantage; and it is expedient that some of the provisions 
of the said several Acts should be altered and amended ; 
and praying, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 


mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Charles Dundas, &amp;c. : 
VOL. 86. 


2 1°— 22° Funiz. 


527 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Cham- 


ber; and have Power to send for persons papers and 
records. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing an Act for 
repairing the Road through the Parishes of Saint Michael, 
Saint Alban, Saint Peter, Shenley Ridge, and South Mims, 
in the Counties of Hertford and Middlesex, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That the Money borrowed on the 
credit of the Tolls, still remains due, and cannot be repaid, 
nor can the said Road be effectually amended and kept 
in repair, unless the term granted by the said Act be 
continued, the powers thereof amended and enlarged, 
and the Tolls increased, the said Act repealed, and 
further and other powers and provisions granted; and 
praying, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 


ingly: And that Mr. Godson and Sir Francis Vincent do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing several Acts for 
repairing the Road from the Bridge on the old River at 
Barton to Brandon Bridge, in the county of Suffolk, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Money bor- 
rowed on the credit of the Tolls, still remains due, and 
cannot be repaid, and the said Roads kept in repair, un- 
less the term and powers of the said Acts be further con- 
tinued and enlarged; and praying, That leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Mr. Charles Tyrell and Sir Henry Bun- 
bury do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of several Owners of messuages, lands and 
tenements within the several townships or divisions of 
Hugill, Applethwaite and Troutbeck, in the parishes of 
Kirkby-in- Kendal and Windermere, in the county of West- 
morland, was presented, and read; setting forth, That 
there are within the said townships or divisions several 
commons, mosses, waste lands, common fields, stinted 
pastures, and other commonable lands, which might be 
improved if divided and inclosed ; and praying, That 
leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Mr. Henry Lowther and Mr. Nowell do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of several of His Majesty’s Justices of the 
Peace acting in and for the county of Worcester, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Guildhall of 
the city of Worcester, wherein the Assizes and the General 
Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the county of Worcester 
have been usually held, is too small, and is otherwise 
inconvenient for holding such Assizes and Quarter Ses- 
sions, and for transacting the other public business of 
the said county ; and it is therefore expedient that a new 
building should be provided for the purposes before men- 
tioned, and also, that additional accommodation should 
be provided for His Majesty’s Judges when holding the 
Assizes for the said county, together with offices for the 
reception of the records and other public documents of 
the said county ; and praying, That leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Foley, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of several Proprietors of estates within the 
several parishes, townships and places hereinafter men- 
tioned, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the 
making and maintaining of a Turnpike Road, to commence 
at or near to a certain Inn, called or known by the name 
of The Angel, within the parish of Darlington, in the 
county of Durham, thence across the River Tees, by means 
of a Bridge, and through or into the several parishes of 
Croft Stanwick otherwise Saint John Stanwick, Barton, 
Barton Saint Cuthbert, Barton Saint Mary, Cleasby, Man- 
field, Middleton Tyas, Melsonby and Gilling, and to 
terminate at or near to Barton-lane End, in the county of 
York, with a Branch to commence at or near a certain 
close, called Stapleton Holme, in the parishes of Croft and 
68 2 Stanwick 


St. Alban’s 
and South 
Mims Road 
Petition. 


Barton and 
Brandon Road 
Petition. 


Kirkby-in-Ken- 
dal Inclusure 
Petition. 


Worcester 
County Hall 
Petition. 


Darlington aud 
Barton Lane 
End Road Pe- 
tion. 





Chester and 
Birkenhead 
Railway Peti- 


tion, 


Cheltenham 
Roads Peti- 
tion. 





528 


Stanwick otherwise Saint John Stanwick aforesaid, through 
or into the several parishes of Croft Stanwick otherwise 
Saint John Stanwick, Cleasby, Manfield and Gilling afore- 
said, and to terminate in the Turnpike Road from Rich- 
mond to Lousy Cross, within the township of Manfeld, 
in the said county of York, would be of great advantage 
to the Petitioners and others residing in the neighbourhood 
of the said Roads, and of public utility ; and praying, 
That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the 
same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Cradock, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of several Owners and Occupiers of estates 
within, and other Inhabitants of the city of Chester, and 
county of the same city, and of the county palatine of 
Chester, and also of the town of Liverpool, and the county 
palatine of Lancaster, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That the making and maintaining of a Railroad, to 
commence at or near to a certain archway or gateway, 
called The Eastgate, in the parish of Saint Oswald, in 
the city of Chester, and county of the same city, thence 
through or into the several parishes or precincts of Saint 
Oswald, the Cathedral Church of Christ, and the Blessed 
Virgin Mary, Saint John the Baptist, the Holy and Undi- 
vided Trinity, or some of them, all in the said city of Chester, 
and county of the same city; and of Saint Mary-on-the- 
Hill, Saint Oswald, the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Shot- 
wick, Backford, Eastham, Bromborow, Neston otherwise 
Great Neston, Bebbington otherwise Great Bebbington and 
Bidstone, and the chapelry of Birkenhead, or some of 
them, all in the county palatine of Chester, and through 
or into the several townships, hamlets or places of Chester, 
Biacon-cum-Crabwall, Newton, Bache, Upton, Moston, 
Caughall otherwise Coghull, Backford, Chorlton, Lea, 
Great Mollington, Little Mollington, Great Sutton, Little 
Sutton, Capenhurst, Ledsham, Childer, Thornton, Thornton 
Hough otherwise Thornton Mayow, Hooton, Eastham, 
Willaston, Raby, Little Neston, Great Neston, Brombo- 
row, Poulton otherwise Poulton-cum-Spittle, Lower Beb- 
hington, Higher Bebbington, Tranmere, Claughton-cum- 
Grangeand Birkenhead, or some of them, all in the said 
county palatine of Chester, and to terminate on the south- 
western side or shore of the River A/ersey, opposite to the 
town of Liverpool, and within the chapelry, township or 
place of Birkenhead aforesaid, would be of great advan- 
tage to the Public; and praying, That leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be refered to a Com- 
mittee:—And it is referred to Mr. Cradock, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing an Act for 
more effectually repairing the Road from Piffs Elm, in 
the parish of Boddington, near Cheltenham, to Shipton- 
lane, near Frogmill Inn, and certain other Roads therein 
mentioned, in the county of Gloucester, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Money borrowed on the 
credit of the Tolls, still remains secured thereon, and that 
the Tolls payable at several of the Toll-gates on the said 
Road are much evaded, and a certain part of the said 
Roads between the town of Cheltenham aforesaid and the 
town of Tewkesbury, in the said county of Gloucester, is 
circuitous, and, by reason of the short turnings therein, 
is dangerous, and that it would materially tend to pre- 
vent such evasion of Tolls, and would be beneficial to the 
Public, if the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads were 
empowered to make and complete a new line of Turnpike 
Road, to lead from and out of the Turnpike Road from 
Cheltenham aforesaid to Bishops Cleeve, in the county of 
Gloucester aforesaid, near to the Trinity Church in Chel- 
tenham, and to join the Turnpike Road leading from 
Cheltenham aforesaid to Tewkesbury, in the said county of 
Gloucester, at a place called The AZoores; and also to 
make turnpike, improve and complete a Public Road 
leading from and out of the Turnpike Road from Chel- 
tenham to London, near the Toll-gate called The London 
Turnpike-gate, and to join the Turnpike Road leading 
from Cheltenham towards Bridlip, near to or opposite a 
Road leading to the village of Leckhampton, in the said 


QO Fun. 


A. 1831. 


county of Gloucester, and another Public Road leading 
from and out of North Place, in Cheltenham aforesaid, 
by Mauls Elm, to or near to the village of Swindon, in 
the said county of Gloucester ; and that, in order to effec- 
tuate the above-mentioned alterations and improvements, 
and to raise funds for defraying the expenses thereof, and 
to secure the repayment of the Money now due on the 
credit of the Tolls of the said Turnpike Roads, it is expe- 
dient that the term granted by the said Act should be 
enlarged and continued, and the powers thereof extended, 
and certain alterations made in the Tolls thereby granted ; 
and praying, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Sir William Guise and Mr. Moreton do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Trustees for executing the Act for the 
tore effectually repairing several Roads in and through 
His Majesty’s Forest of Dean, and the waste-lands thereto 
belonging, in the county of Gloucester, and in the parishes 
of Newland, Awre and Lydney, in the said county, and 
for making and maintaining several new Roads in and 
adjoining the said Forest, was presented, and read ; set- 
ting forth, That it would be for the benefit of the Public, 
and prevent the evasion of Tolls, if the said Trustees were 
authorized to take under their care and management, and 
convert and maintain as Turnpike, a certain Highway 
from the cross-ways in the parish of Newland, and in the 
Road from Colford’s-lane End otherwise Dark Stile-lane 
End, and through the town of Colford to Highmeadow, 
being one of the Turnpike Roads in the said recited Act 
mentioned, to Smith’s-lane, in the parish of Staunton, and 
also a Highway in the said parish of Newland, from the 
termination of the Turnpike Road at Berry Hill, being one 
other of the Turnpike Roads in the said recited Act men- 
tioned, to the town of Colford, and being parts of the High- 
way leading from the town and borough of Monmouth, 
through the village of Staunton, to the town of Colford, in 
the said county of Gloucester; and it is expedient that the 
term granted by the said Act should be further extended, 
and the powers and provisions thereof altered, amended 
and enlarged ; and praying, That leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ac- 
cordingly : And that Sir William Guise and Mr. Moreton 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Commissioners for executing several 
Acts for abolishing certain Dues, called Petty Customs, 
Anchorage and Groundage, and for improving the Port 
of the Town of Southampton, for making a convenient 
Dock for the security of ships, for extending the Quays 
and Wharfs, and making Docks and Piers in the Harbour 
there, and for erecting Warehouses for the safe custody 
of goods and merchandize, and for imposing certain Du- 
ties for the above purposes, was presented, and read ; set- 
ting forth, That the said Port, being a place of great 
public resort for persons passing and repassing to and 
from the Is/e of Wight, the islands of Guernsey and Jersey, 
and France, particularly by steam-boats or vessels, it 
would tend much to the convenience and safety of pas- 
sengers embarking and landing at the said Port, and to 
the accommodation of trading vessels, if a separate and 
more convenient Landing-place were made for passengers 
and their baggage, to prevent any necessity for passen- 
gers being conveyed by boats to and from such steam- 
boats or vessels, from and to the shore, and being de- 
tained on board the vessels, as they now are, by reason of 
the obstruction of the mud, and would otherwise be of 
great public utility; and praying, That leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee:—And it is referred to Mr. Atherley, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of the Bolton and Leigh Railway Company, 
was presented, and read; reciting several Acts for making 
and maintaining a Railway or Tramroad from or near the 
Manchester, Bury and Bolton Canal, in the parish of 
Bolton-le- Moors, to or near the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 
in the parish of Leigh, all in the county palatine of 

Lancaster ; 


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1 Witt. IV. 


Lancaster ; and setting forth, That the said Company have 
expended several sums of money authorized to be raised 
by virtue of the said Acts, and that the capital stock of 
the said Company now consists of 66,000/., divided into 
660 shares, of 100/. each share; and that the said Rail- 
way has been opened to the public, but the same, and 
the works thereof, are not yet completely finished ; and 
that the said Company, in the constructing of the said 
Railway and Works, have expended the sum of 20,354/. 
over and above the money by the said several recited 
Acts authorized to be raised, of which said sum of 
20,354/. the said Company have raised among them- 
selves, by a contribution of 25/., for and in respect of 
every share of 100/., into which the capital of the said 
Company is divided as aforesaid, the sum of 16,500/. ; 
and it is expedient that the said sum of 16,500/. should 
be added to the capital of the said Company, and be 
divided into 660 shares, of 25/. each share, and that the 
said Company should be authorized to borrow, on the 
credit of the said Undertaking, the remainder of the said 
sum of 20,354/., and also a further or additional sum or 
sums of money, completely to finish and perfect the said 
Railway and Works, and that it is also expedient that 
some of the powers and provisions in the said several 
recited Acts should be in part repealed, and in part 
altered and explained, and that further powers and pro- 
visions should be granted ; and praying, That leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Ewart, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet to To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of several Owners and Occupiers of estates 
within, and Inhabitants of, the town and parish of Liver- 
pool, was presented, and read; setting forth, That an addi- 
tional Church hath been lately erected within the parish 
of Liverpool, by voluntary subscriptions, upon land on the 
east side of Percy-street, of which Ambrose Lace, of Liver- 
pool aforesaid, Gentleman, hath given his leasehold inte- 
rest, and the Mayor, Bailiffs and Burgesses of the town 
of Liverpool have granted the reversion in fee; that the 
said Church hath been consecrated, and dedicated to the 
service of Almighty God, as a place of divine worship, 
according to the Liturgy and usage of the Church of Eng- 
land; and that it is expedient that provision should be made 
for the endowment of the said Church ; and praying, 
That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Ewart, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of estates within, 
and other Inhabitants of, the county palatine of Lancaster, 
and the west riding of the county of York, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That the opening a cheap, certain 
and expeditious communication between the town of 
Manchester, in the county palatine of Lancaster, and the 
west riding of the county of York, would be of great ad- 
vantage to the Public; and that, with a view to effect the 
before-mentioned object, the Petitioners and divers other 
persons are desirous to obtain power to make and main- 
tain a Railroad, to commence at a certain piece of vacant 
ground on the south-east side of the Turnpike Road 
from Manchester to Blackley, and near to Saint George’s 
Church, in the township and parish of Manchester, thence 
to extend or pass to, through or into the several parishes, 
townships, hamlets or places of Manchester, Prestwich 
otherwise Prestwich-cum-Oldham, Middleton, Rochdale, 
Hundersfield otherwise Honorsfield, Manchester, Newton 
Failsworth, Moston, Chadderton, Alkrington, Tonge, Roy- 
ton, Middleton Hopwood, Thurnham otherwise Thornham, 
Castleton, Butterworth, Blatchinworth, Blatchinworth and 
Calderbrooke, Littleborough, Wuerdale and Wardle, Tod- 
morden, Wardleworth, Walsden otherwise Todmorden and 
Walsden, all in the said county palatine of Lancaster, or 
some of them; and also to extend or pass to, through or 
into the several parishes, townships, hamlets or places of 
Halifax, Todmorden, Lang field, Stansfield otherwise Stans- 

Jield-cum- Routanstall otherwise Stansfield-cum- Blackshaw, 
Erringden, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge, Mytholm Royd, 
Wadsworth, Midgley, Warley, Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge, 
all in the west riding of the county of York, or some of 
VOL. 86. 


22° Funit. 


529 


them, to, and to terminate in a close of land in the oecu- 
pation of Isaac Smith, and being glebe land, belonging to 
the Incumbent for the time being of Sowerby Bridge 
Church, and which close of land is situate in the township 
of Sowerby, in the parish of Halifar, in the west riding 
of the county of York, and is bounded on the north- 
westerly side thereof by the River Calder, and on the 
north-easterly side by the Turnpike Road from Halifax to 
Blackstone Edge; and praying, That leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Lord Viscount Morpeth, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to send for persons papers and 
records. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing and maintaining the Road from Wakefield to 
Austerlands, in the West Riding of the County of York, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That it is expe- 
dient that the term and powers of the said Act should be 
enlarged, some additional powers granted, and the Tolls 
increased, the said Act repealed, and other powers and 
provisions granted instead thereof; and praying, That 
leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Lord Viscount Morpeth and Sir John 
Johnstone do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of several Owners and Occupiers of estates 
within, and other Inhabitants of, the town of Manchester, 
in the county palatine of Lancaster, the town of Stock- 
port, in the county of Chester, the several counties of 
Lancaster, Chester and Derby, and the west riding of the 
county of York, and the town of Sheffield, in the said 
west riding, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the making and maintaining of a Railroad, to commence 
at or near to a certain Street called Oldfield Road other- 
wise Oldfield Lane, in the township of Salford, in the 


Wakefield 
and Auster- 
lands Roads 
Petition. 


Sheffield and 
Manchester 
Railway Pe- 
tition. 


parish of AZanchester, where it will join into or commu- — 


nicate with the Liverpool and Manchester. Railway, and 
thence to proceed through or into the several parishes, 
townships, hamlets or places of Manchester, Salford, Man- 
chester, Hulme, Moss-Side, Withington, Didsbury, Bur- 
nage and Heaton Norris, or some of them, in the county 
of Lancaster ; Stockport, Brinnington, Stockport, Bred- 
bury, Offerton, Romiley, Marple, No-Man’s-Land, Disley 
otherwise called Disley Stanley, Tavall and Yeardsley- 
cum-Whaley, or some of them, in the county of Chester ; 
Glossop, Ludworth, Mellor, Whittle, Beard, Bugsworth, 
Chinley, Brownside, Chapel-en-le- Frith, Eccleshall, White- 
Haugh, Combs Edge, Bradshaw Edge, Chapel Milton 
Wash, Bowdon Edge otherwise Bowden Edge, Slack Hall, 
Ford, Sparrow Pit, Peak Forest, Rushop Edge, Castle- 
ton, Castleton Hope, Hope, Pindale, Smatldale, Brodwell, 
Aston Brough, Thornhill, Shatton, Offerton, Hather- 
sage, Bamford, Outseats, Hathersage, Hathersage Booths, 
Nether Padley, Hope, Upper Padley, Eyam, Migh Law, 
Hazleford, Leam, Grindleford Bridge, Dronfield, Holmes- 
Jjield, Totley Dore, Beauchieff, Beauchieff Norton, Wood- 
seats and Norton, or some of them, in the county of 
Derby, and Sheffield Ecclesall, Bierlow, Nether Hallam, 
Heeley and Sheffield, or some of them, in the west riding 
of the county of York, to, and to terminate at or near, 
the end or termination of the Canal called the Sheffield 
Canal in Sheffield, would be of great advantage to the 
Petitioners and the Public at large, by opening a cheap, 
certain and expeditious communication between the eastern 
and western parts of England, through the county of 


Derby, and between the town and neighbourhood of. 


Sheffield, and the town and neighbourhood of Manchester, 
and the port of Liverpool, and would in various other re- 
spects be of great public utility; and praying, That leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Lord Viscount Morpeth, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber; and have Power to send for persons papers 
and records. 


A Petition of several Proprietors of estates within the 
parishes of Fishlake, Campsall, Womersley, Kellington 
and Snaith, in the west riding of the county of York, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That there - 

within 


Went 
Drainage 
Petition. 








Ferrybridge 
Inclosure 
Petition. 


Bradford and 
Leeds Rail- 
way Petition. 


Monmouth 
Roads Peti- 
tion. 


530 


within the several townships of Sykehouse, Fenwick, Moss, 
Campsall, Askern, Norton, Little Smeaton, Stubbs, Walden, 
Womersley, Whitley, Baln, Pollington and Snaith, and 
Cowick, in the respective parishes of Fisklake, Campsall, 
Womersley, Kellington and Snaith, all in the west riding of 
the county of Y ork, certain low lands, which now are, and 
for some years past have been, subject to be overflowed 
with water in wet seasons, so as to be wholly unfit for the 
purposes of agriculture ; but the same, as well as certain 
other low lands within the same townships, are capable of 
being rendered productive, and of greater value to the 
proprietors thereof, if the same were drained and im- 
proved ; and that such drainage and improvement might 
be effected, by deepening, widening and straightening 
the watercourses of the River Went, and other existing 
rivers, rivulets or drains, and by making proper new 
drains and other works; and praying, That leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Lord Viscount Morpeth, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's 


Chamber; and have Power to send for persons papers 
and records. 


A Petition of the Right honourable John Earl of Mexr- 
borough, George Wilson, of Dallam Tower, in the county 
of Westmoreland, Esquire, and the several other Proprie 
tors of estates in the township of Ferrybridge otherwise 
Ferryston, in the parish of Lerryfryston, in the west 
riding of the county of York, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That there are within the said township 
certain open common fields, mesne inclosures, ings, com- 
mon or stinted pastures, and some small portions of waste 
grounds, which might be improved, if inclosed ; and pray- 
ing, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Lord Viscount Morpeth and Sir John 
Johnstone do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of estates within, 
and other Inhabitants of the west riding of, the county of 
York, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the 
making and maintaining of a Railroad, to commence at or 
near to a certain parcel of ground on the south-east side of 
George-street, within the township and parish of Bradford, 
in the west riding of the county of York, and on the west 
side of the Turnpike Road leading thence to Leeds, in the 
said west riding, the property and in the possession of 
Charles Harris, Esquire, thence to pass through or into the 
several parishes, townships, hamlets or places of Bradford, 
Bowling, Calverley, Calverley-cum- Farsley, Tyersall, Pud- 
sey, Stanningley, Bramley, Armley, Wortley, Holbeck, Leeds, 
Hunslet, Knosthorp, Temple Newsam otherwise Temple 
Newsham, Whitkirk and Leeds, or some of them, all in 
the said riding, and to terminate in, and to unite with, the 
Leeds and Selby Railroad, at or near a certain close of land 
on the east side of a Farm-house called Green Farm, 
within the said township of Temple Newsham, and in the 
parish of Leeds aforesaid, in the occupation of Abraham 
Croisdale, together with a Branch from and out of such 
intended main Railroad, to commence at or near to a 
close of land in the township of Holbeck, within the parish 
and borough of Leeds aforesaid, in the occupation of 
Thomas Benyon, Esquire, and to terminate at or near to 
a parcel of ground, the property of the heirs or devisees 
of Benjamin Wilson, deceased, on the eastern bank of 
the River Aire, and on the west side of a street called 
Neville-street, in School Close,in the township and borough 
and parish of Leeds aforesaid, would be of great advan- 
tage to the Petitioners and the Public at large, by open- 
ing a cheap, certain and expeditious communication 
between the two large manufacturing towns of Bradford 
and Leeds, and also to and from the neighbouring country, 
and would be of great public utility; and praying, That 
leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Lord Viscount Morpeth, 
&amp;e.; And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s 


Chamber ; and have Power to send for persons papers 
and records. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Acts 
for repairing and widening the Roads leading to, through, 
and from the Town of Monmouth, was presented, and 

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22° Funi. 


A. 1831. 


read ; setting forth, That the Money borrowed on the 
credit of the Tolls cannot be repaid, nor the said Roads 
be effectually amended, widened, improved and kept 
in repair, unless the term granted and continued by 
the said Acts be further continued ; and that the making 
and maintaining of the several new Lines and Diver- 
sions of Road hereinafter mentioned and described, (that 
is to say) a new Line of Road from and out of the 
Turnpike Road leading from Monmouth to Redbrook, to 
commence at or near a place called The Coal Wharf, in 
the parish of Dizton, in the county of Monmouth, and to 
terminate at or near a place called Smith’s-lane, in the 
parish of Staunton, in the county of Gloucester ; also anew 
Line of Road from and out of the Turnpike Road leading 
from Monmouth to Tregare, to commence at or near 
Dingestow Church, in the parish of Dingestow, in the 
county of Monmouth, and to terminate at or near a place 
called The Onen, in the parish of Lanvihangel Ystern 
Lewern, in the same county, on the Turnpike Road lead- 
ing from Monmouth, by Landilo, to Abergavenny; also a 
new Line of Road from and out of the said last-mentioned 
Turnpike Road, to commence at or near the said place, 
called The Onen, and to terminate at or near a place 
called Newcastle, in the parish of Langattock Vibon Avel, 
in the said county of Monmouth ; also a Diversion or new 
Line of Road from and out of the Turnpike Road leading 
from the village of Rockfield, by Nantygern, towards Sken- 
Sriuh, to commence at or near the said village of Rock/ield, 
and to terminate at or near the said place called Nanty- 
gern, or at or near the said place called Newcastle ; also 
another Diversion or new Line of Road from and out of 
the said last-mentioned Turnpike Road, to commence at or 
near a place called The Boot, and to terminate at or near 
the village of Skenfrith, or at or in the Turnpike Road 
leading from Ross to Abergavenny, near a place called 
Norton, in the parish of Skenfrith, in the said county of 
Monmouth ; and also a certain other Diversion or new 
Line of Road, from and out of the Turnpike Road leading 
from Ross to Monmouth, to commence at or near the 
entrance of a lane nearly opposite Dixton Church, lead- 
ing from the said last-mentioned Turnpike Road, towards 
Manston’s Cross, and to be continued in a line, so as to 
avoid the liability to floods from the River Wye, and to 
terminate at or in the present Turnpike Road near the 
top of Munnow-street, in the town of Monmouth, would 
be of great public advantage; and praying, That leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Lord Granville Somerset and Mr. Addams 
Williams do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of several Owners of estates in the hamlet 
or township of Langley, in the parish of Claverdon, in the 
county of Warwick, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That there are within the said hamlet or township 
several open and common fields and meadows, common- 
able lands and waste grounds, which might be improved 
if allotted and inclosed ; and praying, That leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ac- 
cordingly: And that Mr. Lawley and Sir Gray Skipwith 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Cropley Ashley 
Earl of Shaftesbury, and of several Owners of lands and 
hereditaments in the parish of Woolvercot, in the county 
of Oxford, was presented, and read; setting forth, That 
there are within the said parish several open and common 
fields, common meadows, common pastures, commons and 
waste lands, which might be improved if divided, allotted 
and inclosed, and be rendered of much greater value ; 
and it would be very beneficial to the owners and occu- 
piers of land, if the said lands, as well as the old inclosed 
lands, within the said parish, were discharged from tithes ; 
and praying, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ac- 


cordingly: And that Mr. Lawley and Mr. Harcourt do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of several Owners of estates in the several 
parishes of Hatton, Haseley and Wrovhall, in the county 
of Warwick, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
there are within the said parishes divers commons and 


waste 


Langley 
Inclosure 
Petition. 


Woolvercot 


Inclosure 
Petition. 


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waste lands, which might be improved if allotted and 
inclosed ; and praying, That leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ac- 
cordingly: And that Mr. Lawley and Sir Gray Skipwith do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of several Owners and Occupiers of estates, 
lands, tenements and hereditaments within, and other In- 
habitants of, the town of Birmingham, and the counties of 
Warwick and Stafford, and the county palatine of Chester, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That the esta- 
blishing a cheap, certain and more expeditious communi- 
cation between the important manufacturing towns of 
Birmingham and of Wolverhampton, the iron manufac- 
tories and mining districts of Staffordshire, the salt-works 
of Cheshire, and the town and port of Liverpool, would 
be of advantage to the Public; and that, with a view to 
effect such desirable object, it is expedient that power 
should be granted for making and maintaining a Railroad 
(intended to form a portion of the said Line of communi- 
cation between Birmingham and Liverpool), commencing 
in or near to a certain estate called Bedl’s Barn, near the 
Birstal Road, in the parish of Saint Martin Birmingham, 
belonging to Frind Cregoe, Esquire, and passing thence 
through or into the several parishes, townships, hamlets or 
places of Saint Martin Birmingham, in the county of 
Warwick, of Handsworth, Harborne, Smethwick, West- 
bromwich, Tipton, Sedgley, Brierley, Darlaston, Bradley, 
Bilston, Willenhall, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, Bushbury, 
Brewood, Coven, Somerford, Water Eaton, Kinvaston, 
Penkridge, Whiston-cum- Bickford, Levedale, Bradley, 
Billington-cum-Littywood, Haughton, Seighford, Derring- 
ton, Coton Clanford, Ranton, Ellenhall, Eccleshall, Walton, 
Chebsey, Three Farms, Slindon, Mill Meese, Cotes, Standon, 
Chapel Choriton, Hill Chorlton, Swinnerton, Hatton, Whit- 
more and Madeley, all in the county of Stafford, and of 
Wybunbury, Checkley-cum-Wrine Hill, Blakenhall and 
Chorlton, all in the county palatine of Chester, and termi- 
nating in the township of Basford, in the parish of Wy- 
bunbury aforesaid, in the county palatine of Chester, there 
to unite with an intended Railroad from Liverpool (which 
last-mentioned Railroad is proposed to form the other 
portion of the said Line of communication between Bir- 
mingham and Liverpool), and also to make and maintain a 
Branch Railroad commencing or branching off from the 
main Railroad at or near the Turnpike Road from Wolver- 
hampton to Walsall, near the point at which the said main 
Railroad will cross the said Turnpike Road within the 
parish of Wolverhampton aforesaid, and passing thence 
through or into the parish, townships, hamlets or places 
of Wolverhampton and Wednesfield, and terminating at or 
near Snow Hill, within the town and parish of Wolver- 
hampton aforesaid ; and praying, That leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Lawley, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of the Most noble Hugh Duke of Nor- 
thumberland, and of several Owners and Occupiers of 
messuages, burgages, cottages, lands, tenements and 
hereditaments, in the parish of Rothbury, in the county 
of Northumberland, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That there is within the said parish a large forest 
or tract of uninclosed waste land, commonly called or 
known by the name of Rothbury Forest, which might be 
improved if divided and inclosed ; and praying, That 
leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Mr. John Hodgson and Mr. Beaumont do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing an Act for 
more effectually amending, widening and repairing the 
Road leading from Aylesbury, in the County of Bucking- 
ham, to Hockliffe, in the County of Bedford, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That the Money borrowed on the 
credit of the Tolls, cannot be repaid, nor the said Road 
properly maintained and improved, unless Tolls are granted 
and powers are given for those purposes ; and that the said 
Act commenced and took place upon and from the twenty- 


sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ten, 
VOL. 86. 


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531 
and was declared to be in force and have continuance for 
the term of twenty-one years, and from thence to the end 
of the then next Session of Parliament, and will conse- 
quently expire at the end of the present Session; and 
that the powers and provisions of the said Act have been 
found insufficient, and the Tolls are inadequate to repair 
and maintain the said Road, and pay off the debt due upon 
the same; and it is therefore necessary to establish new 
and additional powers, and to vary, alter and increase the 
said Tolls; and praying, That leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to the Marquis of Chandos, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Cham- 


ber; and have Power to send for persons papers and 
records. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing an Act for 
more effectually repairing and improving the Road from 
Wendover to the Town of Buckingham, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That the provisions of the said 
Act are insufficient to answer the purposes thereby in- 
tended, and it is expedient that the same should be 
altered and amended, and the Tolls increased ; and pray- 
ing, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the 
same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ac- 
cordingly: And that the Marquis of Chandos and Mr. John 
Smith do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of several Owners of estates and Inhabitants 
in or near the parish of Glossop, in the county of Derby, 
was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the opening, 
making and maintaining of a Turnpike Road, to commence 
from the north-easterly side of the Stockport and Marple 
Turnpike Road, at or near T’hornsett Hall, within the 
hamlet of Thornsett, in the parish of Glossop, in the 
county of Derby, and to pass, by means of a Bridge, over 
the River Sett, or Kinder-in-Thornsett aforesaid, through 
or into the several hamlets of T’hornsett aforesaid, and of 
Ollerset, Beard and Bugsworth, all in the said parish of 
Glossop, and from Bugsworth aforesaid, by means of 
Bridges to be erected over the River Goit and the Peak 
Forest Canal, through or into the township of Yeardsley- 
cum-Whaley in the parish of Taral, in the county of 
Chester, and terminating at the Manchester and Buxton 
Turnpike Road, near the Furnace Colliery in Yeardsley- 
cum-Whaley aforesaid, and in Disley, in the parish of 
Stockport, in the said county of Chester, or one of them ; 
and a Branch from and out of the said intended Turn- 
pike Road, at or near Marsh-Lane Head, within Beard 
aforesaid, through Beard and Ollerset aforesaid, and, by 
means of a Bridge over the said River Sett or Kinder, 
into the hamlet of Whit/e, in the said parish of Glossop, 
and thence to join into and communicate with the said 
Stockport and Marple Turnpike Road, at or near The 
Red Bull Public-house, in New Mills, within Whitle 
aforesaid ; and another Branch from and out of the said 
intended Turnpike Road, at or near the watering-trough 
on the westerly side of the said intended Road in Ollerset 
aforesaid, through or into Ollerset and Whitle aforesaid, to 
Waterford Bridge, in Whitle aforesaid, and thence to join 
into and communicate with the said Stockport and Marple 
Turnpike Road, near the Whitle Toll-bar, in Whitle afore- 
said, and the adopting certain of the present Highways 
within Beard, Ollerset, Whitle and Thornsett aforesaid, 
as parts of the said Turnpike Road, and widening and 
improving the same, would be of great benefit and ad- 
vantage to the Public; and praying, That leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee:—And it is referred to Mr. Vernon, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of several of the Trustees for executing the 
Act for making and repairing a Road from Soho Hill, in 
the Parish of Handsworth, to the Walsall Turnpike Road, 
on the northern side of Hamstead Bridge ; and also an- 
other Road from Brown’s Green, to a House called The 
Friary, all in the County of Stafford, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the said Act expired at the end 
of the last Session of Parliament, and the Petitioners con- 
ceive it is necessary and expedient to give effectual powers 

6T 2 for 


Wendover 
Road Peti- 
tion, 


Thornsett 
and Stockport 
Road Peti- 
tion. 


Handsworth 
Roads Peti- 
tion, 








Ashton-under- 
Lyne Tithes 
Commutation 
Petition. 


Lincoln 
County 
Buildings 
Petition. 


532 22” 


for repairing, widening, diverting and improving the 
Road comprised in the said Act, and also to increase the 
Tolls thereby imposed; and that it would be of public 
advantage and convenience to make a diversion of the 
said Road from Soho Hill to the Walsall Turnpike Road 
aforesaid, and for that purpose to make and maintain a 
new Line of Road through the said parish of Handsworth, 
commencing near Handsworth Parsonage, on the eastern 
side of the said Road, from Soho Hill to the Walsall 'Turn- 
pike Road, and terminating near the new Bridge over the 
River Tame, at Hamstead aforesaid ; and that it will be 
expedient to abandon, as a Turnpike Road, such part of 
the said Road from Soho Hill to the said Walsall Turn- 
pike Road, in the said parish, as may be rendered un- 
necessary, by making the said new Line of Road, and to 
close up and discontinue the use of so much of the said 
last-mentioned Road so to be discontinued, as lies be- 
tween the Lodge-house of Nathaniel Gooding Clarke, 
Esquire, and the Bridge at Hamstead aforesaid, and to 
improve and shorten a Road leading out of the said pro- 
posed new Line of Road, passing by Butler's Coppice, 
into the present Turnpike Road ; and praying, That leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Mr. Lité/eton and Sir John Wrottesley do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Reverend George Chetwode, Clerk, 
the Rector of the Parish and Parish Church of Ashton- 
under-Lyne, in the county palatine of Lancaster, and of 
several Land-owners and Inhabitants within the said pa- 
rish, was presented, and read; setting forth, That the 
Petitioner, the said George Chetwode, as Rector of the 
said parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, claims to be entitled 
to all the Tithes and Dues, both great and small, arising 
or becoming due within the said parish of Ashton-under- 
Lyne, but in respect to certain parts thereof, the Pe- 
titioners and others, land-owners within the said parish, 
claim to be exempt from the payment of such Tithes or 
Dues, or some of them, by virtue of certain Moduses, 
Compositions, or small annual Payments in lieu thereof, 
and disputes and differences have arisen between the said 
Rector and certain of the owners and occupiers of lands 
in the said parish respecting the Tithes claimed by the said 
Rector, and the Moduses, Compositions or annual Pay- 
ments set up by such owners and occupiers in lieu of the 
same; and it is desirable, in order to prevent litigation 
and expense in future, that such disputes and differences 
should be settled, and that certain yearly rents or sums 
of money should be paid to the said Rector and his suc- 
cessors by way of commutation, and in lieu and satisfac- 
tion of the said Tithes or Dues, Moduses, Compositions 
or annual Payments; and praying, That leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee:—And it is referred to Mr. Littleton, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of the Right honourable John Earl Brown- 
low, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Lincoln, and of 
several Justices of the Peace for the divisions of Lindsey, 
Kesteven and Holland, in the said county, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That The King’s Most Excellent 
Majesty, in right of His Duchy of Lancaster, is seised in 
fee-simple of the Castle of Lincoln and the Castle-yard, 
and the Bulwark and Moat surrounding the same, subject 
to a lease, heretofore granted thereof, under the Duchy 
Seal, to the Lord Lieutenant of the said county, the High 
Sheriff, and certain Justices of the Peace for the said 
three divisions of Lindsey, Kesteven and Holland, in trust 
and for the benefit of the said county, and of which lease 
thirteen years only, or thereabouts, are now unexpired ; and 
that in the year 1790 a Common Gaol or County Prison 
was erected upon the site of the said Castle, and in the 
year 1829 a County Hall end Courts of Assize, and other 
public buildings and conveniences for holding the Assizes 
for the said county, were erected and built in the said 
Castle-yard ; and in making and completing such erec- 
tions and buildings, and other improvements upon the site 
of the said Castle, the sum of 50,000/. and upwards has 
been expended by the Justices for the said three divisions, 
and further sums of money may hereafter, in like man- 
ner, from time to time, be required to be expended on the 


A. 1831. 


premises for various county purposes, and in maintaining 
and preserving the same; and that it would be greatl 
for the benefit and advantage of the said county, if the 
Petitioners were enabled to purchase of His Majesty the 
Fee-simple and Inheritance of the said Castle and Castle- 
yard, and the Bulwark and Moat surrounding the same, 
in order to extinguish the present lease thereof, and to 
render a renewal unnecessary, and also to purchase other 
lands immediately adjoining to the said Castle and Castle- 
yard belonging to other owners and proprietors, if there 
shall be occasion, and the same shall be found necessary 
for prison security ; and that the Chancellor and Council 
of the said Duchy of Lancaster have expressed their con- 
sent on behalf of His Majesty to treat for the sale and 
conveyance of the Inheritance in fee-simple of the said 
Castle of Lincoln, and the Castle-yard and Bulwark, and 
Moat surrounding the same, to the Petitioners, for the 
purposes aforesaid, and it is desirable that power should 
be given to carry such treaty into effect; and that it is 
expedient that the powers and provisions of an Act passed 
in the forty-ninth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the 3d, to enable the Justices of the Peace for the 
several parts of Lindsey, Kesteven and Holland, consti- 
tuting the three divisions of the county of Lincoln, to pro- 
vide a convenient House, with suitable accommodations, 
for His Majesty’s Judges at the Assizes for the said county, 
should be transferred from the Commissioners for execut- 
ing the said Act to the Petitioners, and that the Petition- 
ers should be empowered to provide for the repairing 
and maintaining the County Hall and Courts of Assize, 
erected in pursuance of an Act passed in the third year 
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the 4th, to 
enable the Justices of the Peace for the divisions of Lind- 
sey, Kesteven and Holland, in the county of Lincoln, to 
take down the present County Hall for the said county, 
and to erect a convenient Hall instead thereof, with suit- 
able offices and other accommodations ; and that it is also 
expedient that the Petitioners should be empowered to 
raise and levy Rates upon the inhabitants of the said three 
divisions for accomplishing the several purposes afore- 
said, and for defraying all other necessary expenses affect- 
ing the said county at large ; and praying, That leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Anderson Pelham, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's 
Chamber; and have Power to send for persons papers 
and records. 


unit. 


A Petition of several Owners and Proprietors of estates 
in the several townships or hamlets of Frodingham, Scun- 
thorpe, Bromby, and Gunhouse otherwise Gunnas, in the 
parish of Frodingham, in the manor and soke of Kirton- 
in-Lindsey, in the county of Lincoln, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That there are within the said town- 
ships or hamlets several open and common fields, ings, 
meadows, pastures, moors, commons and waste lands or 
grounds, which might be improved, if the same were 
divided, allotted, inclosed and drained, and satisfaction 
made for Tithes; and praying, That leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Anderson Pelham, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To- morrow, in the Speaker’s Cham- 


ber; and have Power to send for persons papers and 
records. 


A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of estates, and 
other Inhabitants, in the county of Chester, and also Mer- 
chants resident in Liverpool, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the making and maintaining of a Rail- 
way or Railways, or Tramroad or Tramroads, with proper 
works and conveniences attached thereto or connected 
therewith, for the passage of waggons, carts and other 
carriages, which said Railway or Railways, or Tramroad 
or Tramroads, will commence at or near to a place called 
Chester Street, in the township of Birkenhead, in the 
county palatine of Chester aforesaid, and extending to, 
or passing through or into, the several parishes, townships, 
hamlets or places of Birkenhead (which is, or is reputed 
to be, extra-parochial), Bidston-cum-Ford, Claughton- 
cum-Grange, Bebbington, Tranmere, Storeton, Poulton- 
cum-Spittle, Woodchurch, Prenton, Oxton, Bromborow, 
Brimstage, Neston, Great Neston, Little Neston, Raby, 

Willaston, 


Frodingham, 
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tion, 








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Willaston, Thornton-in-the- Hough, Ledsham, Eastham, 
Childer, Thornton, Little Sutton, Shotwick, Woodbank,Capen- 
hurst, Great Saughall, Little Saughall, Backford, Great 
Mollington, Saint Mary-on-the- Hill, Moston, Little Mol- 
lington, Upton, Holy and Undivided Trinity, Saint Oswald, 
Blacon-cum-Crabhall otherwise Crabwall Hall, or some 
of them, all in the county palatine of Chester aforesaid, 
and the several parishes or places of Saint Mary-on- 
the-Hill and Saint Oswald, or one of them, in the county 
of the city of Chester, and terminating near to Upper 
Northgate-street, in the said parish of Saint Oswald, in 
the said county of the city of Chester, together with one 
or more Branch or Branches from and out of such Rail- 
way or Railways, or Tramroad or Tramroads, commencing 
at or near to acertain place called Chester Street afore- 
said, in the said township of Birkenhead, in the county 
palatine of Chester aforesaid, and extending to, or passing 
through or into, the said township of Birkenhead, and ex- 
tending to, or terminating at, the respective places called 
Woodside Ferry and Birkenhead Ferry, in the said town- 
ship of Birkenhead, and within the said county of Chester, 
will be of great advantage to the Public; and praying, 
That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Lord Viscount Belgrave, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speakers Cham- 
ber; and have Power to send for persons papers and 
records. 


A Petition of several Proprietors of the Yorkshire Fire 
and Life Insurance Company, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That several persons have formed themselves 
into a Company, by the name of The Yorkshire Fire and 
Life Insurance Company, and that the said Company 
was established at the city of York in the 5th year of the 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for 
the purpose of insuring property from loss or damage by 
fire, and for effecting insurances upon lives and survivor- 
ships, and for other purposes, which have proved very 
advantageous to the public in general, and a considerable 
revenue is derived to His Majesty therefrom, and that 
difficulties have arisen, and may hereafter arise, in re- 
covering debts due to the said Company, in maintaining 
actions for damages done to the property of the said Com- 
pany, and also in prosecuting persons who may steal or 
embezzle the monies or effects of the said Company, or who 
may commit or be guilty of any other offence against the 
said Company, since by law all the members for the time 
being of the said Company must be named in every action, 
suit or prosecution carried on for such purpose; and that 
it would be convenient that persons having demands 
against the said Company should be entitled to sue in- 
dividual members thereof; and it is therefore expedient 
that the said Company or Society should be enabled to 
sue and be sued in the name of the Chairman of the Di- 
rectors for the time being of the said Company, or the 
name of any other member of the Company, or in the 
name of the Secretary for the time being of the said Com- 
pany ; and praying, That leave may be given to bring in 
a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That. the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Sir John Johnstone, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's Cham- 
ber; and have Power to send for persons papers and 
records. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Directors of the West- 
India Dock Company, was presented, and read ; reciting 
several Acts relative to the said Company, for rendering 
more commodious and better regulating the Port of Lon- 
don, and for the sale of the City Canal, and for other pur- 
poses relating thereto; and setting forth, That the said 
Directors have purchased the said City Canal and Lands, 
and the same have been appropriated to the purposes of 
the said Acts; and that the affairs and concerns of the 
said Company are regulated under the provisions of the 
said Acts, many of which have been found inconvenient 
in practice, and have become inapplicable, the said Com- 
pany having originally been established in connection 
with the Corporation of the city of London, which con- 
nection it is now desirable to bring to a termination, and 
with certain privileges for a term of twenty-one years, 
which has now expired ; and it would therefore be of 
great public advantage, as well as important to the inte- 


VOL. 86. 





QQ” Funit. 


533 
rests of the West- India Dock Company, that the said seve- 
ral Acts should be repealed, and the provisions thereof 
be consolidated and amended in one Act, and it would 
be greatly to the advantage of the said Company to be 
incorporated ; and praying, That leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Irving, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of several Inhabitants of the parishes herein- 
after mentioned, was presented, and read; setting forth, 
That the making and maintaining a Railway or Tramroad, 
or Railways or Tramroads, with proper works and conve- 
niences for the passage of waggons, carts and other car- 
riages, commencing at, from or near a certain Quay at 
Portmadoc, in the parish of Ynyseynhaiarn, in the county 
of Carnarvon, to or near to, and terminating at, a certain 
Slate Quarry or Slate Quarries, called Rhiuw-bryfdir, and 
Diffs Slate Quarries, in the parish of Festiniog, in the 
county of Merioneth, will open a more direct, easy and 
cheap communication for the conveyance of slates, stones 
and other like articles, and all kinds of goods, wares and 
merchandizes, to and from the said Slate Quarries, and 
will in many other respects be of great utility and advan- 
tage; and praying, That leave may be given to bring in 
a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com 
mittee :—And it is referred to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 
&amp;e.: And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber ; and have Power to send for persons papers 
and records. 


The House being informed that Mr. Danvers, from the 
Court of Directors of the East India Company, attended 
at the door, he was called in; and at the bar presented 
to the House, pursuant to the directions of several Acts of 
Parliament,—An Account of the Annual Revenues and 
Charges of Bengal, under the respective heads thereof, 
for Three years, according to the latest advices; with an 
Estimate of the same for the succeeding year. 

A Comparison of the estimated and actual Revenues 
and Charges of Bengal for the year 1828-29. 

An Account of the Revenues and Charges of Fort Saint 
George, under the respective heads thereof, for Three 
years, according to the latest advices; with an Estimate 
of the same for the succeeding year. 

A Comparison of the estimated and actual Revenues 
and Charges of Fort Saint George for the year 1828-29. 

An Account of the Revenues and Charges of Bombay, 
under the respective heads thereof, for Three years, ac- 
cording to the latest advices; with an Estimate of the 
same for the succeeding year. 

A Comparison of the estimated and actual Revenues and 
Charges of Bombay for the year 1828-29. 

An Account of the Revenues and Charges of Prince of 
Wales Island, Singapore, Malacca and Saint Helena, for 
Three years, according to the latest advices; with an Esti- 
mate of the same for the succeeding year. 

General Abstract View of the actual Revenues and 
Charges of India, for Three years, according to the latest 
advices; with the Estimate of the same for the succeeding 
year ; showing the net Revenue, the Amount paid for In- 
terest on Debts, and the remaining surplus Revenue and 
surplus Charge. 

Abstract Statement of the Receipts and Disbursements 
of the Bengal Government, from Ist May 1828 to 30th 
April 1829. 

Abstract Statement of the Receipts and Disbursements 
of the Madras Government, from Ist May 1828 to 30th 
April 1829. 

Abstract Statement of the Receipts and Disbursements 
of the Bombay Government, from Ist May 1828 to 30th 
April 1829. 

Abstract Statement of the actual Receipts and Dis- 
bursements at Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and 
Malacca, for 1828-29. 

An Account of the Balance of Quick Stock, exhibiting 
a State of the Company’s Affairs in respect to their Assets 
and Debts, as they stood at the several Presidencies of 
Fort William, Fort Saint George, Bombay, and at the Pre- 
sidency of Prince of Wales Island, including Singapore 
and Malacca, at the conclusion of the year 1828-29. 

6 U Amount 


Festiniog 
Railway Pe- 
tition. 


East India 
Revenue 

Accounts, 
presented, 


No, 4. 





Petition 
respecting 
Reform of 
Parliament. 


Resvlution 
respecting 
Pecuniary 
Penalties made 
a Standing 
Order. 


Petition 
respecting 
Criminal 
Laws. 


Petition for 
alteration of 
Tithe Laws, &amp;c. 
(Treland.) 





534 


Amount of Bond and other Debts owing by the East 
India Company, at their several Presidencies in the Kast 
Indies, on the 30th April 1829, the rates of Interest which 
such Debts respectively carry, and the annual amount of 
such Interest. 

Abstract Estimate of the probable Receipts and Dis- 
bursements of the Bengal Government, from the Ist May 
1829 to 30th April 1830. 

Abstract Estimate of the probable Receipts and Dis- 
bursements of the JZadras Government, from the 1st May 
1829 to 30th April 1830. 

Abstract Estimate of the probable Receipts and Dis- 
bursements of the Bombay Government, from the 1st May 
1829 to 30th April 1830. 

Abstract Estimate of the probable Receipts and Dis- 
bursements at Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and 
Malacca, from the 1st May 1829 to 30th April 1830. 

An Account of the annual Charges defrayed by the 
East India Company, for the Management of their Trade 
and Commerce in Bengal, Madras, Bombay and Prince of 
Wales Island;—also, an Account of the Factory Charges 
at Canton, for Three years, according to the latest advices ; 
with an Estimate of the same for the succeeding year. 

An Account of the Amount received at the several Pre- 
sidencies of Fort William, Fort Saint George, Bombay 
and at Prince of Wales Island, for Sales of Import Goods, 
for Three years, according to the latest advices ; with an 
Estimate of the same for the succeeding year. 

An Account of the Prime Cost of all Cargoes purchased 
by the East India Company in India, and shipped for 
Europe, for Three years, according to the latest advices: 
—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts and Papers do lie 
upon the Table ; and be printed. 


A Petition of George Gunning, a Lieutenant on the 
Half-Pay of His Majesty’s First Regiment of Dragoon 
Guards, was presented, and read; praying, That the 
House will be graciously pleased to proceed to pass Lord 
John Russell's Reform Bill into a law with as little delay 
as possible, as, without it, the wants and wishes of the 
ie will never be provided for. 

rdered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That the Petition be printed :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Resolution of the 
House of the 12th day of April 1831, respecting Pecu- 
niary Privileges, might be read; and the same was read, 
and is as followeth ; 

Resolved, That in any Bill which, having passed the 
House of Lords, shall be sent down to this House for their 
concurrence, or in any Bill which, having passed this 
House, shall be returned by the Lords with Amendments, 
it shall appear that any Pecuniary Penalty or Forfeiture 
is thereby imposed, varied or taken away, The Speaker 
shall, before the Second Reading of such Bill or Amend- 
ments, report to the House his opinion whether the object 
thereof be to impose, vary, or take away any Pecuniary 
Charge or Burthen on the Subject, or whether the same re- 
lates only to the punishment or the prevention of offences; 
and the House shall thereupon determine whether it may 
be expedient in such particular case to insist upon the 
exercise of their privilege to originate all such provisions 
respecting Pecuniary Penalties or Forfeitures. 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be made a Standing 
Order of this House. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Halifar, was presented, 
and read; praying for a repeal of the punishment of 
Death for Offences against Property. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the united parishes of 
Ballon and Rathoe, in the county of Carlow, was pre- 
sented, and read ; praying the House so to regulate the 
Tithe system as to render it less oppressive on the people ; 
and also to amend, or altogether repeal, the Vestry Act. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


20° Funi. 


A. 1881. 


A Petition of Burgesses and Inhabitants of Appleby ;— 
of Freemen® of Durham residing at Sunderland, South 
Shields, Gateshead and Seaham ;—and, of Inhabitants of 
Castlecomer,—were presented, and read ; taking notice of 
the Bill of the last Session of Parliament, to amend the 
Representation of the People in England and Wales; and 
praying, That the same may not pass into a law as it now 
stands. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and parish of 
Llanrwst, in the county of Denbigh, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners occupy a parish 
upon the border of the large and populous county of 
Denbigh, distant from the towns of Denbigh and Ruthin 
about twenty miles, and Wrexham about forty miles ; and 
that the town of Llanrwst is the chief market and fair 
town for a great extent of country, and, as a mart for the 
sale of grain, is not surpassed by any town of equal mag- 
nitude in the northern part of the Principality ; that the 
Petitioners have heard with satisfaction, that it is in the 
contemplation of the framers of the Reform Bill to 
extend the Elective Franchise to the populous town of 
Wrexham, which the Petitioners humbly consider both a 
just and necessary act; and pray, That the House will 
also take into consideration the population of L/anrwst, its 
central situation, and important position in so vast a tract 
of country; and, lastly, the necessity of its influence, 
weight and numbers in procuring a due balance in the 
choice of a Member for the boroughs of Denbigh, Ruthin 
and Holt, which, by the intended introduction of Wrevham, 
would fall totally into the hands of the latter place ; the Pe- 
titioners therefore earnestly pray the House will not refuse 
to entertain the question of their application ; and, relying 
on the wisdom and justice of the House, as well as confid- 
ing in the merits of their case, they hope to be placed ina 
situation equally honourable with the inhabitants of the 
other towns of trade and manufacture in the county. 

A Petition of Clergy, Gentry and Freeholders of the 
Barony of Gallen ;—and, of Inhabitants of the town of 
Westport, in the county of J/ayo,—were also presented, 
and read; setting forth, That it is proposed by the new 
Reform Bill to give additional Members to twenty-five 
counties and twenty-six districts, that sixteen out of those 
twenty-five counties are inferior in the number of their 
inhabitants to the county of AZayo, which is, on the lowest 
scale of calculation, entitled to four Representatives ; and 
therefore they humbly trust, that such alterations will be 
made in the Bill respecting Zreland as will ensure her 
this advantage, as well as every other, that is contem- 
plated by the Bill towards the Sister Kingdom. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and, except the first, to be printed. 


A Petition of Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders and In- 
habitants of the county of Denbigh ;—of Inhabitants of 
the united parishes of Ballycallan, Killmanagh and Kil- 
laloe ;—of Inhabitants of Kinclaven ;—of Inhabitants of 
New Deer ;—of Common Councilmen and Inhabitants of 
the ward of Bassishaw ;—of Inhabitants of the ward of 
Bridge ;—of Inhabitant Householders and Rate Payers 
of the ward of Castle Baynard (London) ;—and, of Opera- 
tive Silk Weavers of Spitalfields,—were presented, and 
read ; praying for a Reform in the Representation of the 
People in Parliament. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table ; and that the last be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders or Occupiers of, 
and other persons beneficially interested in, houses and 
habitations in the parish of Saint Giles-without-Cripple- 
gate, London, was presented, and read ; complaining of 
the present system of levying Tithes; and praying the 
House to take the same into consideration, with a view to 
reduce the sum now paid to their Vicar toa moderate and 
just remuneration for his services, and compensation in 
lieu of Tithes, or by simply repealing the Act 7 Geo. 4, 
c. 54, leave the Vicar’s claim to be settled by a new and 
equitable arrangement between the Vicar and his Pa- 
rishioners, and to take the whole of the Tithe system 
into their early and serious consideration, and particularly 
to repeal the Act of the 37th of Henry the 8th. | 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 

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Petitions for 
repeal of 
Sale of Beer 
Act. 





Petition against 
proposed Plan 
of General Re- 
gistry for Deeds. 


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on Standing 
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Accounts, &amp;c. 
ordered : 


Sa da. ee Seana ialetiaaea 
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Coal Duties 
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1 Witt. IV. 


A Petition of Purchasers and Sellers of Grain in the 
Saint Andrew’s District of the county of Fife, was pre- 
sented, and read ;: praying the House to pass a law for 
the protection of the bond fide Purchasers of Grain in all 
cases after delivery and payment. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Grand Jury, sworn and serving at the 
Lent Assizes held at Zaunton, in and for the county of 
Somerset, in the year 1831 ;—and, of Justices of the 
Peace acting in and for the division of Bathforum,—were 
presented, and read ; reciting the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 64, to 
permit the general Sale of Beer and Cider by Retail in 
England ; and praying, That the same may be repealed. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Landholders and other Inhabitants of 
Yeovil, was presented, and read; taking notice of the 
Bill of the last Session of Parliament for establishing 
a general Register of all Deeds and Instruments affecting 
Real Property in England and Wales ; and praying, That 
the same may not pass into a law. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, to 
whom shall be referred all Reports from Committees on 
Petitions for Private Bills, in which it shall be stated 
that any of the Standing Orders of this House have 
not been complied with ; and that such Committee do 
report their opinion thereupon, from time to time, to the 
House :—And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Litt/e- 
ton, Mr. Nicolson Calvert, Mr. Byng, Sir Matthew Rid- 
ley, Lord Stanley, Mr. Calcraft, Sir William Guise, Mr. 
Wolryche Whitmore, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Charles Dun- 
das, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Lawley, Mr. Bonham Carter, 
Lord Viscount Clive, Sir George Clerk, the Earl of Surrey, 
Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Pendarves, Lord Ashley, Mr. Port- 
man, Mr. Robert Clive, Lord Viscount Morpeth, Mr. 
George Dawson, the Marquis of Chandos, Sir Thomas Fre- 
mantle, Mr. Slaney: And they are to meet To-morrow, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power to send for 
persons papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of all Local Dues and Taxes, other than such as 
are chargeable to the Crown on the Importation and Sale 
of Coals in the several Ports of Ireland, during each of 
the last Three years ; stating the authority under which 
charged, and how appropriated. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Imports into and Exports from the Port of 
Waterford, during each of the last Fifteen years ; dis- 
tinguishing the Quantity and Value of all Articles seve- 
rally exceeding the amount of £. 500; also, of the Num- 
ber of Vessels, with the Amount of their Tonnage, that 
entered Inwards and cleared Outwards during the same 
period, distinguishing British and Foreign, so far as the 
same can be made out. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Limits, to the East and West, of the Port of 
Lyme in Dorsetshire, and the Out-stations comprehended 
in the said Port, and the Distance of each Out-station from 
the Head-station :—also, of the Number of Officers em- 
ployed in the Collection of the Customs at the Head- 
station, and at each Out-station of the said Port, and the 
Name, Salary and Emoluments of every such Officer :— 
also, of the Number and Aggregate Tonnage of the Ships 
entered Inwards and Outwards, and cleared Coastwise, at 
the said Head-station and each Out-station, during each of 
the last Ten years, distinguishing the Number and the 
Aggregate Tonnage of the Ships above and below 100 
tons:—also, of the Imports and Exports, and the Duties 
upon Imports, at the said principal and Out-stations re- 
spectively, during each of the last Ten years. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of all Dividends received upon Rentes placed in 
deposit with the British and French Commissioners under 
the Convention, No. 7, of 20th November 1815, and with 
the British Commissioners under Convention of 25th 
April 1818 ; stating the Dates of such Receipts, and an 
Account of all Rentes purchased with such Dividends, 


from the period at which the Return to the House of 
VOL. 86. 


QQ” Funii. 


535 


Commons, dated June 29th 1821 (No. 728), ends, down 
to the 26th July 1826 :—also, an Account of all Sums of 
Money remitted by such Commissioners to England during 
the same period, and the Rates of Exchange at which, 
and the times when, such Remittances were made, and an 
Account of all Sums invested in British Public Securities 
during that period, with the Dates of such Investments, 
the Rates at which the same invested, and all Dividends 
received thereon. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Maghera 
and Killelagh, in the county of Londonderry, was pre- 
sented, and read; praying the House to abolish at once, 
and for ever, the Tithe system in Jreland, to consign the 
provision for the clergy of every denomination in Ireland 
to the voluntary oblations of their hearers, and, after the 
decease of the actual Incumbents, to appropriate the re- 
venues of the Glebes and Church Lands to the erection 
and repair of the several houses of Christian Worship in 
Ireland, to the relief of the indigent, the aged, the infirm, 
to the education of the poor, to the construction and re- 
pair of Roads and other Public Works, and thus to banish 
discontent, extinguish religious discord, and unite all His 
Majesty’s Irish subjects in one firm band for the support 
of His Crown and Dignity. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels of Malt charged with 
Duty in the United Kingdom, and the Amount of Duty 
thereon; separating each Country, and distinguishing 
the Quantity used by Brewers, or other Persons licensed 
to brew Beer for Sale, and the Quantity used in the Dis- 
tillery, from 10th October 1829 to 5th January 1830 ;— 
a similar Account from 10th October 1830 to 5th January 
1831; and also, from 5th January 1830 to 5th January 
1831. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels of Malt made, and the 
Amount of Duties thereon, in each Collection of Excise in 
the United Kingdom, from 5th January 1830 to 5th 
January 1831]. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Duty charged on Hops grown in the United 
Kingdom in the year 1830; distinguishing the old and 
the new Duty, the several Districts, and the Amount of 
Duty charged in each District respectively. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Total Number of Statute Acres of Land 
in the United Kingdom, under the cultivation of Hops in 
the year 1830; distinguishing the Number of Acres in 
each Parish, and in each Collection. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Quantity of Hops exported from the United 
Kingdom to Foreign Parts, in the year ending 5th January 
1831; distinguishing the Countries to which the said 
Hops have been exported; also, British from Foreign 
Growths, and the Quantities to each Country respectively, 
and the Date of the year in which the said British Hops 
were grown ; also,an Account of the Quantity of Hops 
imported into the United Kingdom from Foreign Parts, to 
the same period, and distinguishing the Countries from 
which the said Hops have been imported, and Quantities 
respectively. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Total Number of Barrels of Beer exported 
from England and Scotland to Ireland, and from Ireland 
to England and Scotland ; distinguishing the Number of 
Barrels so exported to each Kingdom, from 5th January 
1830 to 10th October 1830. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Total Number of Barrels of Beer exported 
from England, Ireland and Scotland, to Foreign Coun- 
tries ; distinguishing the said Countries, and the Quan- 
tities to each Country respectively; and also, each King- 
dom from which the said Beer was exported, with the 
Amount of Drawback paid thereon, from 5th January 1830 
to 5th January 1831). 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Quantity of all the different sorts of Beer 
made in Great Britain, from 5th January 1830 to 10th 
October 1830, stated in Barrels, the Rates of Duty per 
Barrel, and the Total Amount thereof. 

6U 2 Ordered, 


Petition for 
Abolition of 
Church Esta- 
blishment 
(Ireland.) 


Accounts, 
ordered : 


Malt. 


Hops. 


Beer. 








Brewers. 


Spirits. 


Candles and 
Wax. 


Distress 
(Ireland.) 


Resolution 
classing 
Election 
Petitions. 


536 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Barrels of Strong, Table and 
Intermediate Beer, chargeable to the Duties of Excise, 
brewed in Great Britain, from 5th January 1830 to 10th 
October 1830; distinguishing the Number of Barrels 
brewed within the limits of the Chief Office, and within 
each of the several Collections, particularizing the Quan- 
tity brewed by Public Brewers, Licensed Victuallers, In- 
termediate Brewers, and Retail Brewers in each Collection, 
and showing the Quantity of Malt used in each Collection 
in making such Beer. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Brewers, Retail Brewers, Licensed 
Victuallers, and Intermediate Brewers, in Great Britain ; 
distinguishing the Number of each, within the limits of 
the Chief Office of Excise, and in each of the several Col- 
lections, and setting forth the Number of Licensed Vic- 
tuallers who brew their own Beer, from 5th January 1830 
to 10th October 1830. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Brewers, Licensed Victuallers, 
and Persons licensed under the Act ‘‘ to permit the Gene- 
ral Sale of Beer by Retail,” in the United Kingdom ; 
distinguishing the Number of each within the limits of 
the Chief Office of Excise, and in each of the several 
Collections, and setting forth the Number of Licensed 
Victuallers, and of Persons licensed to. sell Beer by 
Retail, who brew their own Beer, and showing the Total 
Quantity of Malt used for the brewing of Beer by such 
parties respectively, and particularizing the Quantities 
used byBrewers, Licensed Victuallers, and Persons licensed 
to sell Beer by Retail, in each Collection, from 10th 
October 1830 to 5th January 1831. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
_ount of the Total Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits of 
the manufacture or distillation of the United Kingdom 
that paid Duty for Home Consumption, in each Kingdom, 
in each year, from 5th January 1828 to 5th January 1831, 
the rate of Duty per Imperial Gallon at Proof, and the 
Total Amount of Duty at that rate for each Kingdom, and 
showing the Total Number of Imperial Proof Gallons of 
such Spirits, and Total Amount of Duty thereon for the 
whole United Kingdom for each of these years. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Total Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, 
Brandy, Geneva, and all other Foreign Spirits that paid 
Duty in each Kingdom, in each year, from 5th January 
1828 to 5th January 1831, the rate of Duty per Imperial 
Gallon at Proof, and Amount thereof, and Total Number 
of Gallons of all kinds, and Total Duty thereon, for each 
Kingdom, and Total Number of Gallons of each kind, and 
Total Duty thereon, and Total Number of Gallons of all 
kinds, and Total Duty thereon for the United Kingdom, 
in each of these years. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Amount of Duty paid on Wax and Spermaceti 
Candles, from 5th January 1830 to 5th January 1831. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Amount of Duty paid on Foreign Wax imported in 
the last Three years. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ae- 
count of all Sums of Money advanced by order of the 
Treasury, or by the Lord Lieutenant in Jreland, for the 
Relief of the Poor in the Western and North-western Dis- 
tricts, and of the manner in which such Money has been 


expended. 


Several Petitions, complaining of undue Elections and 
Returns, being offered to be presented ; 

Resolved, That whenever several Petitions complaining 
of undue Elections or Returns of Members to serve in 
Parliament shall at the same time be offered to be pre- 
sented, Mr. Speaker shall direct such Petitions to be all 
of them delivered at the Table, where they shall be classed 
and read in the following order ; viz. 

Such Petitions as complain that no Return has been 
made of a Member or Members to serve in Parliament, in 
the First Class. 


Such as complain of double Returns, in the Second 
Class. 

Such as complain of the Election or Return of Mem- 
bers returned to serve for two or more places, in the Third 


Class. 


20° Funt. 


al. 1831. 


m Such as complain of Returns only, in the Fourth Class. 
nd, a i 

The residue of the said Petitions in the Fifth Class. 

And the names of the places to which such Petitions 
(contained in the First Class, if more than one) shall re- 
late, shall, in the first place, be written on several pieces 
of paper of an equal size; and the same pieces of paper 
shall be then rolled up, and put by the Clerk into a box, 
or glass, and then publicly drawn by the Clerk; and the 
said Petitions shall be read in the order in which the said 
names shall be drawn; and then the like method shall be 
observed with respect to the several Petitions contained 


in the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Classes respec- 
tively. 


Then the said Petitions were delivered in at the Table 
accordingly ; and being all of them Petitions of the last 


class, were put into the glass at the Table, and drawn by 
the Clerk in the following Order : 


A Petition of Rees Howell Gronow, of N° 4, Chesterfiela- 
street, May Fair, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, 
and Henry William Hobhouse, of N* 129, Mount-street, 
Grosvenor-square, in the same county, Esquire, was 
read; setting forth, That at the last General Elec- 
tion of Members to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Great Grimsby, in the county of Lincoln, 
George Harris, Esquire, John Villiers Shelley, Esquire, and 
the Petitioners, were Candidates to represent the said 
Borough in Parliament; that at the said Election a ma- 
jority of legal voters of the said Borough tendered their 
votes in favour of the Petitioners, and that many of such 
voters were by the Returning Officer illegally rejected and 
prevented from giving their votes for the Petitioners, and 
many other persons not being legal voters of the said 
Borough, not having any right or just claim to vote in the 
said Election, were by the Returning Officer received as 
voters, and were permitted to vote on behalf of the said 
George Harris, and on behalf of the said John Villiers 
Shelley, whereby the said George Harris and John Villiers 
Shelley obtained an apparent and colourable majority of 
votes over the Petitioners, whereby the Petitioners had 
the majority of legal voters on the said poll, and were duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned Members for 
the said Borough; that the said George Harris and John 
Villiers Shelley by themselves, their agents, friends and 
managers, and by persons employed in their behalves, did, 
after the teste of the Writ for the said Election, before the 
same Election, and at and during the said Election, give, 
present, and allow to various persons having or claiming to 
have votes in the said Election, money, meat, drink, pre- 
sents, rewards and entertainments, and made and entered 
into promises, agreements, obligations, and engagements 
to give and allow money, meat, drink, presents, rewards 
and entertainments to and for such persons, and to and 
for the use and advantage, benefit, emolument, profit and 
preferment of such persons, in order that they the said 
George Harris and John Villiers Shelley might be elected, 
and for their being elected as Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough ; that the said 
George Harris and John Villiers Shelley by themselves, 
their agents, friends and managers, and by persons em- 
ployed for them, and for each of them, before and at and 
during the time of the said Election, were guilty of open 
and extensive bribery and corrupt practices, in order to 
corrupt and procure, and did corrupt and procure, persons 
having, or claiming to have, a right to vote at the said 
Election, to vote for them the said George Harris and 
John Villiers Shelley respectively, at the said Election, and 
to forbear to vote for the Petitioners, and in order to pro- 
cure the said George Harris and John Villiers Shelley to be 
returned to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough; that the said George Harris and John Villiers 
Shelley, by their agents, friends and managers, and by per- 
sons employed on their behalves, before and at and during 
the time of the said Election, were guilty of various cor- 
rupt acts of bribery and illegal practices, and used various 
threats and promises, and employed undue influence, and 
other illegal and improper means, and gave, and caused 
to be given, divers sums of money, and gave, and entered 
into, and caused to be made and given, and entered into, 
divers gifts, rewards and promises, agreements and en- 
gagements to several persons having, or claiming to have, 
a right to vote, in order to procure them to vote at the 
said Election for the said George Harris and John Villiers 


5 Shelley, 





Great Grimsby 

Election. 

Petition of 

Mr. Gronow 

and Mr, Hob. 

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Petersfield 
Election. 
Petition of 
Mr. Ogle and 
Mr. Marsh. 


] Wit. IV. 


Shelley, and to forbear to vote for the Petitioners, and in 
order to procure the said George Harris and John Villiers 
Shelley to be returned to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough aforesaid ; that many of the persons who 
gave their votes at the said Election for the said George 
Harris and John Villiers Shelley, were induced so to give 
them by bribery and corrupt promises and contracts, and 
other corrupt practices, and that the apparent majority of 
votes in favour of the said George Harris and John Villiers 
Shelley, was obtained by the votes of persons who were 
bribed, or induced to give their votes to the said George 
Harris and John Villers Shelley, by such corrupt. pro- 
mises, contracts and practices; that the said George 
Harris and John Villiers Shelley, by the use of the said 
corrupt and illegal practices, were and are, and each of 
them is, wholly disabled, incapacitated, and ineligible to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough, and the Return 
of them and of each of them was and is wholly null and 
void; that by the several illegal ways, means, and prac- 
tices aforesaid, the said George Harris and John Villiers 
Shelley obtained a colourable majority of votes over the 
Petitioners upon the poll, and procured themselves to be 
returned to serve for the said Borough, whereas the Peti- 
tioners had a majority of legal votes at the said Election, 
and were duly elected, and ought to have been returned as 
so elected ; the Petitioners therefore humbly pray, That the 
House will take the premises into their consideration, and 
declare that the Petitioners are duly elected, and ought to 
have been returned Members to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough, and direct the Clerk of the 
Crown to erase the names of the said George Harris and 
John Villiers Shelley from the said Return, and to insert 
therein the names of the Petitioners, or otherwise to de- 
clare the said Election to be wholly void, and to grant to 
the Petitioners such other relief as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of July next, at 
three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons papers and records as shall 
be thought necessary by the several parties on the hear- 
ing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of John Ogle, Esquire, and Henry Marsh, 
Esquire, was also read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners were Candidates at the Election held on the 
29th day of April last, of Burgesses to serve in Par- 
liament for the Borough of Petersfield, in the County of 
Southampton ; that Hylton Jolliffe, Esquire, and Sir William 
George Hylton Jolliffe, Baronet, were also Candidates at 
the said Election ; that by the partial, illegal and arbi- 
trary decisions of the Returning Officer at the said Elec- 
tion, the Petitioners were deprived of the votes of many 
persons possessed of bond fide freeholds, and entitled to 
vote under the last determination of the right of voting for 
the said Borough, who were present at the Election, and 
desirous of giving their votes for them, and claimed their 
right to do so, and tendered their votes at the said Elec- 
tion for the Petitioners, and that thereby the said Hylton 
Jolliffe and Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe obtained a 
colourable majority of votes over the Petitioners, and were 
illegally and improperly returned as the Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough, in violation of 
the rights and franchises of the legal Electors of the said 
Borough, and to the prejudice and injury of the Petition- 
ers, who submit, and are prepared to prove, they had a 
majority of the votes of the legal and bond fide freeholders 
of the Borough, and ought to have been returned to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough ; the Peti- 
tioners therefore pray, That the House will take the pre- 
mises into their consideration, and that the said Hylton 
Jolliffe and Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe may be de- 
clared not duly elected, and the Petitioners may be 
declared duly elected to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough of Petersfield, or that the said Election and 
Return of the said Hylton Jolliffe and Sir William George 
Hylton Jolliffe may be declared wholly null and void, and 
that the Petitioners may have such further and other relief 
asthe nature of the case may require, and the House 
shall deem meet. 

- Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into conside- 
ration upon Tuesday the 12th day of July next, at ten 


minutes after three of the clock in the Afternoon. 
VOL. 86. 


QQ” Fun. 


537 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons papers and records as shall be 


thought necessary by the several Parties on the hearing of 
the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Henry Charles 
Somerset, commonly called Marquis of Worcester, was 
also read; setting forth, That at the last Election of 
a Member to serve in this Parliament for the Town and 
Borough of Monmouth, in the county of Monmouth, the 
Petitioner and Benjamin Hall, of Lanover, in the said 
county of Monmouth, Esquire, were respectively Can- 
didates to represent the said Town and Borough in 
Parliament ; that a poll being demanded, the same was 
granted, and proceeded on, and James Burton, Esquire, 
Mayor of the said Borough of Monmouth, acted thereat 
as the Returning Officer, and that the said Benjamin Hall 
was returned as duly elected; that the Burgesses, Inha- 
bitants of the boroughs of Newport and Usk, in the said 
county of Monmouth, have a right to vote in the Election 
of a Member to serve in Parliament for the said Town 
and Borough of Monmouth; that, at the said Election, 
divers persons who had been admitted Burgesses of the 
said Borough of Newport within twelve months before the 
said Election, and after the teste of the Writ for the same, 
and without being legally entitled to be so admitted by 
birth, marriage, servitude or otherwise, and divers other 
persons who claimed to be Burgesses of the said Borough 
of Newport, but who had not been duly elected, and were 
not entitled to be elected Burgesses, and also divers other 
persons who had no legal right to vote at the said Elec- 
tion, were allowed to vote for the said Benjamin Hall, and 
divers other persons who had a legal right to vote at the 
same Election, and who tendered their votes on behalf of 
the Petitioner, were not allowed to vote at such Election ; 
that the said Benjamin Hall, by himself, his agents and 
managers, and by persons employed by him, and on his 
behalf, was guilty before, at and during the said Election, 
of bribery, and of corrupting and procuring divers electors 
to give their votes for the said Benjamin Hall, and to 
forbear giving their votes for the Petitioner at the said 
Election, and also, that the said Benjamin Hall, after the 
teste of the Writ for the said Election, and at and during 
the said Election, and before his election to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Town and Borough of 
Monmouth, did give, present and allow to various persons, 
having or claiming to have votes in the said Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment, and promises, agree- 
ments, obligations and engagements, to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, presents, rewards and entertainments, 
to and for such persons, in order to be elected, and for 
being elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Town and Borough of Monmouth ; that by the several 
illegal ways and means aforesaid, the said Benjamin Hall 
obtained a colourable majority of votes over the Peti- 
tioner, and procured himself to be returned to serve for 
the said Town and Borough, whereas the Petitioner had a 
legal majority of votes at the said Election over the said 
Benjamin Hall, and ought to have been returned to serve 
for the same; that the said Benjamin Hall, by such 
practices, and by other undue, corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices, was and is wholly disabled and incapacitated, and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Town and Borough of Monmouth, and the Return of the 
said Benjamin Hall was and is wholly null and void ; the 
Petitioner therefore humbly prays the House to take the 
premises into consideration, and to declare the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Benjamin Hall wholly null 
and void, and that the Petitioner was duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned to serve in Parliament for the 
said Town and Borough of Monmouth, or that the House 
wil] afford the Petitioner such further and other relief in 
the premises as to the House shall seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into conside- 
ration upon Tuesday the 12th day of July next, at a 
quarter of an hour after three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons papers and records as shall be 
thought necessary by the several Parties on the hearing of 
the matter of the said Petition. 

Memorandum :—In pursuance of the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 22, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
to the Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns 
of Members to serve in Parliament, Notices were 

6 X sent 


Monmouth 
Borough 
Election. 
Petition of 
the Marquis 
of Worcester. 








Election 
Petition Re- 
cognizance. 


538 


sent to the several Parties, with orders for their 
attendance, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
at the times on which the said several Petitions 
were ordered to be taken into consideration. 


The House was moved, ‘That the sixth, seventh and 
eighth Sections of the Act 9 Geo. 4,.c. 22, “‘ To consoli- 
date and amend the Laws relating to the Trial of Contro- 
verted Elections or Returns of Members to serve in Par- 
liament,” might be read ; and the same were read; and are 
as followeth ; 

“VI, And be it Enacted, That on the day when any 
such Petition shall be presented, or on the next day at 
furthest, the Petitioner or Petitioners shall deliver, or 
cause to be delivered, in writing, to the Clerk of The 
House of Commons, the names, together with the addi- 
tions and usual places of residence, of the persons who 
are proposed to become such sureties, which names shall 
be entered in a book to be kept by the said Clerk in his 
office, open to the inspection of all parties concerned. 

“ VII. And be it Enacted, That the said Recognizance 
shall be entered into before The Speaker of The House of 
Commons, who is hereby authorized and empowered to 
take the same; and the sufficiency of the sureties named 
therein shall be judged of and allowed by the said Speaker, 
on the report of two persons appointed by him to examine 
the same, of which two persons the Clerk or one of the 
Clerks Assistant of The House of Commons shall always 
be one, and one of the following officers, not being a 
Member of the said House, shall be the other, (that is to 
say) Masters of the High Court of Chancery, Clerks in 
the Court of King’s Bench, Prothonotaries in the Court 


of Common Pleas, and Clerks in the Court of Exchequer; » 


and the said persons so appointed are hereby authorized 
and required to examine the same, and to report their 
judgment thereupon, and are also hereby authorized to 
demand and receive such Fees for such examination and 
report as shall be from time to time fixed by any Resolu- 
tion of The House of Commons: Provided always, that 
seven clear days at the least shall intervene between the 
day on which the names shall have been delivered in and 
entered in a book kept in the office of the Clerk as afore- 
said, and the day on which the sufficiency of the Sureties 
shall be examined, as hereinbefore directed. 

“ VIII. And be it Enacted, That if the party or parties 
who are to enter into such Recognizance, or his or their 
sureties, or either of them, shall reside at a greater dis- 
tance from London than forty miles, it shall and may be 
lawful for such party or surety respectively to enter into 
such Recognizance before any of His Majesty’s Justices 
of the Peace, and His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, or 
any of them, is and are hereby authorized and empowered 
to take the same; and such Recognizance, being duly 
certified under the hand of such Justice, and being trans- 
mitted to The Speaker of The House of Commons, shall 
have the same force and effect as if the same had been 
entered into before the said Speaker: Provided also, that 
it shall and may be lawful for the persons to whom it is 
referred by The Speaker, to examine the sufficiency of the 
sureties, to receive in evidence in their said examination 
any affidavits relating thereto, which shall be sworn before 
any such persons, or any Master of the High Court of 
Chancery, or before any of His Majesty’s Justices of the 
Peace, who are hereby each of them respectively autho- 
rized to administer such oath, and to certify such affidavit 
under his hand.” 

Resolved, That for the due execution of an Act passed 
in the ninth year of the reign of his late Majesty, in- 
tituled, “‘ An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns 
of Members to serve in Parliament,” so far as the same 
respects the Recognizance thereby required to be entered 
into by any person having presented a Petition to this 
House, complaining of an undue Election or Return of a 
Member or Members to serve in Parliament ; or complain- 
ing that no Return has been made to any Writ issued for 
the Election of any Member or Members to serve in Par- 
liament on or before the day on which such Writ is made 
returnable ; or if such Writ be issued during any Session 
or Prorogation of Parliament, that no Return has been 
made to the same within fifty-two days after the day on 
which such Writ bears date; or that any Return is not 
according to the requisition of the Writ; or complaining 
of the special matters contained in such Return; it is 


29° Funit. 


A. 1831. 


expedient that the Examiners of Sureties to be appointed 
by virtue of the said Act should attend for the purpose of 
examining the sufficiency of any Surety or Sureties to: be 
named in such Recognizance, in one of the Committee 
Rooms belonging to this House, at such time or times 
(within the time limited by the said Act) as shall be ap- 
pointed by such Examiners; and that such Examiners 
do give three clear days’ notice in writing, to be affixed in 
the Lobby of The House of Commons, of the time and 
place of such Examination. 


Resolved, That, in this present Session of Parliament, 
all Orders of the day set down in the Order Book for 
Mondays and Fridays, shall be disposed of before the 
House will proceed upon any Motions of which Notices 


shall be entered in the Order Book. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to inquire 
what temporary Laws, of a public and general nature, 
made by the Parliaments of England, or Great Britain, or 
Ireland, or of the United Kingdom, are now in force, and 


- what Laws of the like nature, passed by the English, Bri- 


tish, Irish, or United Parliaments, have expired between 
the first day of the last Session of Parliament and the first 
day of the present Session; and also, what Laws of the 
like nature are about to expire in the course or at the end 
of the present Session, or on or before the Ist day of 
August 1832, or in the course or at the end of any Ses- 
sion which may commence during that period, or in con- 
sequence of any contingent Public event, and to report 
the same, with their observations thereupon, to the House : 
—And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Bernal, Mr. So- 
licitor General, Mr. Williams Wynn, the Lord Advocate, 
Mr. Leader, Sir James Mackintosh, Mr. Davies Gilbert, 
Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, Mr. Robert Grant, Mr. 
Estcourt, Mr. Lamb, Sir Henry Parnell: And they are 
to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have 
Power to send for persons papers and records. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, 
That they do report their Opinion from time to time to 
the House, which of the said Laws are fit to be revived, 
continued, or made perpetual. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, not- 
withstanding any adjournment of the House. 

Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 8th day of 
November 1830, was made from the Committee on tem- 
porary Laws of a public and general nature, be referred 
to the Committee. 


Mr. Anderson Pelham reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed yesterday, to draw up an Address to be presented 
to His Majesty, That they had drawn up an Address accord- 
ingly ; and the same was read ; and is as followeth ; 


Most Gracious Sovereign, 


We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the 
Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to return 
Your Majesty our humble Thanks for Your most gracious 
Speech from the Throne : 

We acknowledge with thankfulness, as a new proof of 
Your Majesty’s paternal solicitude for the welfare of Your 
People, Your Majesty having availed Yourself of the ear- 
liest opportunity of resorting to our Advice and Assistance 
after the Dissolution of the late Parliament, a measure to 
which Your Majesty had recourse for the purpose of ascer- 
taining the Sense of Your People on the expediency of a 
Reform in the Representation : 

We shall, in obedience to Your Majesty’s Commands, 
apply our earliest and most attentive consideration to that 
important object, keeping constantly in view the acknow- 
ledged Principles of the Constitution, by which the Pre- 
rogatives of the Crown, the Authority of both Houses of 
Parliament, and the Rights and Liberties of the People, 
are equally secured : 

We have learnt with the most lively satisfaction, that 
the Assurances of a friendly Disposition, which Your 
Majesty continues to receive from all Foreign Powers, 
encourage the hope that, notwithstanding the civil Com- 
motions which have disturbed some parts of Europe, and 
the Contest now existing in Poland, the general peace 
will be maintained ; and we are confident that Your Ma- 
jesty’s most anxious care will be constantly directed to 
the preservation of this blessing : aa 

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1 Wit. IV. 


We have derived great pleasure from Your Majesty's 
assurance, that although the Discussions which have 
taken place on the affairs of Belgium have not yet been 
brought to a conclusion, the most complete agreement 
continues to subsist between the Powers whose Plenipo- 
tentiaries have been engaged in the Conferences of Lon- 
don; and. we cannot too strongly express our concurrence 
in the principle on which those Conferences have been 
conducted, that of not interfering with the Right of the 
People of Belgium to regulate their internal affairs, and 
to establish their Government according to their own 
views of what may be most conducive to their future 
Welfare and Independence, under the sole condition, 
sanctioned by the Practice of Nations, and founded on 
the Principles of Public Law, that, in the exercise of that 
undoubted Right, the Security of neighbouring States 
should not be endangered : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for having vindicated 
the Honour of Your Crown, by having ordered a Squadron 
of Your Fleet to appear before Lisbon, with a peremptory 
Demand for Satisfaction, in consequence of a series of 
Injuries and Insults, for which, notwithstanding repeated 
Remonstrances, all Reparation was withheld, and we rejoice 
that a prompt Compliance with that Demand prevented 
the necessity of further measures; but at the same time 
we regret to learn that Your Majesty has not yet been 
enabled to re-establish Your Diplomatic Relations with 
the Portuguese Government : 

We thank Your Majesty for having directed the Esti- 
mates of the current Year to be laid before us; and we 
assure Your Majesty, You may rely with confidence on 
our making adequate provision for the Public Service, 
as well as for the further application of the Sums granted 
by the late Parliament, always keeping in view the neces- 
sity of a wise and wholesome Economy in every branch 
of the Public Expenditure : 

We entirely participate in the great satisfaction which 
Your Majesty has been pleased to express in stating, that 
the large Reduction of Taxes which took place in the last 
and in the present year, with a view to the Relief of the 
Labouring Classes of the Community, has not been at- 
tended with a proportionate diminution of the Public 
Income, and we trust that such additional means as 
may be required to supply a part of the Deficiency occa- 
sioned by these Reductions, may be found without any 
material abridgment of the comforts of Your Majesty’s 
People : 

Your Majesty may be assured of our zealous Co-opera- 
tion in Your Majesty’s endeavours to assist the Industry, 
to improve the Resources, and to maintain the Credit of 
the Country on sound principles, and on a safe and last- 
ing foundation : 

We have learnt with deep concern, that a formidable 
Disease, to which Your Majesty’s attention had been early 
directed, continues its progress in the Eastern Parts of 
Europe, and that it has extended its ravages to ports in 
the Baltic, from whence there is a great Commercial Inter- 
course with Your Majesty’s Dominions, and we humbly 
thank Your Majesty for having directed, that all the Pre- 
cautions should be taken which experience has recom- 
mended as most effectual for guarding against the intro- 
duction of so dangerous a Malady into this Country : 

We deeply lament that great Distress has unhappily 
prevailed in some Districts of Zreland, and more particu- 
larly in a part of the Western Counties, to relieve which, 
in the most pressing cases, Your Majesty, with a benevo- 
lent care for Your People, has not hesitated to authorize 
the application of such means as were immediately avail- 
able for that purpose: 

We fully agree with Your Majesty, that since assist- 
ance of this nature is necessarily limited in its amount, 
and can only be temporary in its effects, the possibility of 
introducing any measures which, by assisting the improve- 
ment of the natural Resources of the Country, may tend to 
prevent the recurrence of such evils, must be a subject 
of the most anxious interest to Your Majesty, and to us of 
the most grave and cautious consideration : 

While we deeply regret that local Disturbances, though 
unconnected with any political causes, should have taken 
place both in this part of the United Kingdom and in 
Ireland, and that in the county of Clare, and in the ad- 
joining parts of Roscommon and Galway, a system of 
Violence and Outrage should have been for some time 
carried on to an alarming extent, for the repression of 


VOL. 86. 


22° Funii. 


539 
which, we have learnt, with the greatest satisfaction, that 
the Constitutional Authority of the Law has been vigo- 
rously and successfully exerted, we entertain, with Your 
Majesty, the earnest hope that, by these means, the neces- 
sity of enacting new Laws to strengthen the Executive 
Government with further powers, may be prevented: 

We beg leave gratefully to acknowledge the bene- 
volent and constitutional feeling which has made it Your 
Majesty’s earnest desire to avert such a necessity, but 
we beg Your Majesty to be assured, if it should unfor- 
tunately arise, of our firm resolution to maintain the Peace 
and Order of Society, by the adoption of such measures as 
may be required for their effectual protection. 

The said Address being read a second time ; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House doth 
agree with the Committee in the said Address to be pre- 
sented to His Majesty. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by the whole House. 

Ordered, That such Members of this House as are of 
His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, do humbly 
know His Majesty’s pleasure when He will be attended 
by this House. 


Ordered, That His Majesty’s most gracious Speech to 
both Houses of Parliament, be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 16, 
to amend the Laws relating to Bankrupts, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the said Act: And that Mr. Ireshfield and Mr. 


Attorney-General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to re- 
peal so much of certain Acts as requires certain Oaths to 
be taken by Members of the House of Commons before the 
Lord Steward, or his Deputies: And that Mr. Williams 
Wynn and Mr. Cutlar Fergusson do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to au- 
thorize Exchanges of Lands and other Possessions of 
certain Ecclesiastical Corporations : And that Mr. Greene, 
Sir Thomas Fremantle, and Mr. Buller, do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Freshfield presented a Bill to amend an Act of the 
sixth year of his late Majesty for amending the Laws re- 
lating to Bankrupts: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Williams Wynn presented a Bill to repeal so much 
of certain Acts as requires certain Oaths to be taken by 
Members of the House of Commons before the Lord 
Steward, or his Deputies: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Petition of several of the Trustees for executing the 
Act for repairing the Road from North Shields, in the 
County of Northumberland, to the Town of Newcastle- 
upon- Tyne, and certain Branches communicating there- 
with, was presented, and read; setting forth, That the 
Money borrowed on the credit of the Tolls, still remains 
due, and that an easier and more convenient communica- 
tion by land between the towns of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
and North Shields aforesaid might be effected, by making 
certain new Lines of Road, or additional Branches to the 
old Road existing under the said Act or the Acts therein 
referred to; (that is to say) a new Line of Road from the 
western Branch of the old Road, commencing at or near 
a place called The Red Barns, and terminating at and 
communicating with, the said old Road at or near to a 
place called Byker Bar, and which said new Line of 
Road is intended to pass through or into, and to be made 
within, such part of the parish or.parochial chapelry of 
All Saints as is situate within the county of the town of 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the townships of Byker and 
Heaton, or one of them, in such part of the said parish 
or parochial chapelry of A// Saints as is situated in the 

6 X 2 county 


King’s 
Speech, to be 
considered. 


Bankrupt 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill, 
ordered, 


Oaths before 
the Lord 
Steward Bill, 
ordered, 


Ecclesiastical 
Lands Exchange 
Bill, ordered. 


Bankrupt 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill, 
presented. 


No. 2. 


Oaths before 
the Lord 
Steward Bill, 
presented. 


No. J. 


North 
Shields Road 
Petition. 








Huddersfield 
and Wood- 
head Road 
Petition. 


540 


county of Northumberland; and also a new Branch com- 
mencing from the said old Turnpike Road, at or near to 
a place called Percy Main High Row, and terminating at 
two points or places in the township of North Shields, 
one at or near the west end of a street called Union-street, 
and the other at or near a public street near the new Quay, 
which said last-mentioned Branch is ‘intended to pass 
through or into, and to be made within, the townships of 
Chirton and North Shields, or one of them, in the parish 
of Z'ynemouth, in the county of Northumberland aforesaid ; 
and that the Tolls at present collected and levied upon 
the old Turnpike Road between Newcastle-upon- Tyne and 
North Shields, should be varied and increased, inasmuch 
as they are not sufficient for the payment of the Interest of 
the sums of Money charged thereon, and for maintaining 
the same Road and Branches; and also, that the Tolls 
collected thereon should be more fairly and judiciously 
apportioned; and it is expedient that the term of the 
present Act for repairing the said Road and its Branches 
should be enlarged, and some of its powers and provi- 
sions altered and amended, and further powers and pro- 
visions given and made, as well for carrying into effect 
the improvements aforesaid, and maintaining the proposed 
new Lines of Road or Branches, as for maintaining the 
present Turnpike Road and its Branches, and for regu- 
lating the traffic thereon; and praying, That leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ac- 
cordingly: And that Sir Matthew Ridley and Mr. John 
Hodgson do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Acts 
for diverting, altering, widening, repairing, and amending 
the Road from Huddersfield, in the West Riding of the 
County of York, to Woodhead, in the County Palatine of 
Chester, and from thence to a Bridge over the River J/er- 
sey, called Enterclough Bridge, on the confines of the 
County of Derby, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That the Money borrowed on the credit of the Tolls, can- 
not be repaid, nor can the said Road be amended and kept 
in repair, unless the term and powers of the said recited 
Acts are enlarged and the Tolls increased, the said Acts 
repealed, and other and greater powers and provisions 
granted in lieu thereof; and that the said Road is in 
some parts thereof steep, narrow, circuitous and incom- 
modious to the Public, and it would much improve the 
communication between the said township of Huddersfield 
and Woodhead aforesaid, and other places, and be of much 
convenience and advantage to the Public, if a certain new 
piece of Road, or Diversion of the Line of the said Road, 
were made, commencing at or near toa place called Robin 
Hood’s Well, in the township of Almondbury, and extend- 
ing from thence to, or near to, a certain house, called Park 
Riding, in the occupation of John Oldfield, in the town- 
ship of Honley ; and also if another new piece of Road or 
Diversion were made, commencing at, and extending 
through the corner of, a certain garden in the township 
of Honley aforesaid, in the occupation of John Bawtry, 
and extending from thence, through a wood, called Hagg 
Wood, to a place called T’hongsbridge, in the township 
of Netherthong ; and also if another new piece of Road 
or Diversion were made, commencing at the corner of a 
garden in the township of Netherthong aforesaid, belong- 
ing to Thomas Morehouse, and extending from thence to 
certain buildings in Netherthong aforesaid, in the several 
occupations of Daniel Kitchin and Thomas Boothroyd; and 
also if another new piece of Road or Diversion were made, 
commencing at or near to a dwelling-house belonging to 
William Stephenson, in the township of Netherthong afore- 
said, and extending from thence to a certain Wood, called 
the Bridge Mill Wood, in the township of Upperthong ; 
and also if another new piece of Road or Diversion were 
made, commencing at the corner of a dwelling-house be- 
longing to George Farrer, in the township of Upperthong 
aforesaid, and extending from thence to or near to a barn 
at a place called Bottoms, in the township of Austonley, 
in the occupation of Jonathan Hirst ; and also if another 
new piece of Road or Diversion were made, commencing 
at a place called The Windy, in the township of Holme, 
and extending from thence, in a westward and southward 
direction, to the corner of a close of land, called The 
Yelker Syke, in the occupation of Allen Hollingworth, 
in the township of Holme, all in the parish of Al/mond- 
bury, in the west riding of the county of York; and 

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A. 1831. 


praying, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
the same. ~ 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Lord Viscount Morpeth and Mr. Ramsden 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made yester- Order for Re. 


day, that there be laid before this House, a Return of the 


several Parishes in England and Wales in which Com- charged. 


mutations of the whole Great or Small Tithes of such 
Parish have been authorized under any Act of Parliament; 
distinguishing the cases in which Allotments of Land 
may have been assigned in lieu of such Tithes from those 
in which Corn-rents have been made payable; and fur- 
ther, specifying in each case, whether the Tithes so com- 
muted were the Property of Clerical Rectors, of Impro- 
priators, or of Vicars, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Address 


Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the several Parishes in England and Wales in which 
Commutations of the whole Great or Sinall Tithes of such 
Parish have been authorized under any Act of Parliament; 
distinguishing the cases in which Allotments of Land 
may have been assigned in lieu of such Tithes from those 
in which Corn-rents have been made payable; and further, 
specifying in each case whether the Tithes so commuted 
were the property of Clerical Rectors, of Impropriators, 
or of Vicars. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 23° die Junii ; 
Anno 1° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Poulett Thomson reported to the House, That His The King 


Majesty, having been waited upon pursuant to their 
Order of yesterday, humbly to know His Majesty's Pleasure 
when He will be attended by this House, had been pleased 
to appoint to be attended this day at half an hour after 
one of the clock, at His Palace of Saint James. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the Adjournment 


House this day, adjourn till a quarter of an hour before 
four of the clock in the Afternoon. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take into King’s 
consideration His Majesty’s most gracious Speech to both Speech con. 
Houses of Parliament; and the same was again read by ‘sidered. 


Mr. Speaker. 

And a Motion being made, That a Supply be granted 
to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider of 
that Motion. 


And then the House adjourned till a quarter of an hour 
before four of the clock in the Afternoon. 


Post Meridiem. 


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within the City of Edinburgh, and adjacent to the same, Petition. 


was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the provisions 
of the said Act have been found to be defective, and the 
sums of money thereby authorized to be raised and pro- 
vided for carrying into effect the purposes thereof, have 
been found insufficient ; and it is therefore expedient that 
the said Act should be altered and amended, and that 
powers should be given for raising a further sum of 
money for carrying into effect the purposes thereof, and 
also for increasing the rate, and extending the endurance 
of, and otherwise altering and modifying, the assessments 
thereby imposed, and for imposing new assessments, and 
for granting other powers for raising the necessary sums 

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Barton and 
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presented. 


Ashton-under- 
Lyne Tithes 
Petition, re- 
ported. 


Handsworth 
toad Bill, 
presented. 


Committee 

of Appeals on 
' Private Bills, 

appointed. 


* Kirkby-in- 
Kendal In- 
closure Bill, 
presented. 


Langport 
Roads Peti- 
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and for carrying into effect the purposes of the said recited 
Act; and praying, That leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill for the same. - 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Adam Dundas, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to send for persons papers and 
records. 


Mr. Tyrell presented a Bill for repairing the Road from 
the Bridge on the old River at Barton to Brandon Bridge, 
in the County of Suffolk: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Littleton reported from the Committee on the Peti- 
tion of the Reverend George Chetwode, Clerk, the Rector 
of the Parish and Parish Church of Ashton-under-Lyne, 
in the county palatine of Zancaster, and of several Land- 
owners and Inhabitants within the said parish ; That they 
had proceeded according to the Resolution of the House 
of the 21st day of June instant, and had examined the 
matter thereof; and the Report was brought up, and 
read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for set- 
tling disputed Rights respecting Tithes within the Parish 
of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County Palatine of Lancas- 
ter, and for fixing certain Annual Payments in lieu thereof: 
And that Mr. Littleton and Mr. Stanley do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Littleton presented a Bill for more effectually 
maintaining and improving the Road from Soho Hill, in 
the Parish of Handsworth, to the Walsall Road, on the 
northern side of Hamstead Bridge, and another Road from 
Brown's Green to the Friary, in the County of Stafford: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh 
and Eighth Resolutions of the House, of the 28th day of 
November 1826, respecting Appeals on Private Bills ; and 
also the Resolution of the House of the 15th day of 
February 1827, respecting the Bond or Obligation to be 
entered into for payment of Costs, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Committee of Appeals on Private 
Bills be appointed: And a Committee was appointed of 
Mr. Littleton, Mr. Nicolson Calvert, Sir Matthew Ridley, 
Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Byng, Mr. Calcraft, Lord Stanley, 
Sir Robert Peel, Sir William Guise, Mr. Wolryche Whit- 
more, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Charles Dun- 
das, Mr. Williams Wynn, Sir Henry Parnell, Mr. Lawley, 
Lord Viscount Clive, Mr. William Peel, Mr. Alderman 
Wood, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mr. Anson, Lord Viscount 
Belgrave, Mr. Slaney, Mr. Gisborne, Mr. Stuart Wortley, 
Sir George Warrender, Mr. Harcourt, and all Knights 
for Shires and Members for Cities. 


Mr. Henry Lowther presented a Bill for inclosing Lands 
within the Townships or Divisions of Hugill, Applethwaite 
and T'routbeck, in the Parishes of Kirkby-in- Kendal and 
Windermere, in the County of Westmorland: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Act for 
more effectually repairing and improving certain Roads 
leading to, through and from the Towns of Langport, 
Somerton and Castle Cary, in the County of Somerset, and 
for making and improving other Roads in the said county, 
was presented, and read ; setting forth, That it would be 
of advantage to the Trusts of that Turnpike, as well as to 
the Public, if the Branches of Road hereinafter described 
were made Turnpike, and put under the care and manage- 
ment of the said Trustees ; (that is to say) the Parish Road 
branching out of the Turnpike Road in Kingsbury Epis- 
copi, leading through Southey and East Lambrook to i 
ler’s Mills, and there from a new Road to be made across 
several closes of land into Hams Lane, and that Lane, to 
the Turnpike Road at Bridge Cross Gate, and the Parish 
Road therefrom, through Overstratton and South Harp, 


to the Turnpike Road at MJerriott; also the Parish Road 
VOL. 86. 


23° Funt. 


541 


leading from the Turnpike Road at New Cross, by East 
Lambrook and Gawbridge Mills, to the commencement of 
the Martock Turnpike Road near thereto; and also the 
Parish Road from the Turnpike Road near the pound at 
Muchelney, across Wet Moor, to the Martock Turnpike 
Road at Long Load, or otherwise across such Moor, and 
through a Road or Drove to the said Martock Turnpike 
Road near Stapleton Gate; with powers (if the Trustees 
shall think proper so to do) to make a new Road from 
East Lambrook aforesaid, across several closes of: land, 
into a Road lying on the eastern side of the town of South 
Petherton, and to make Turnpike that Road to Over- 
stratton aforesaid, instead of making, or in lieu of, so 
much of the first hereinbefore described Line of Road as 
lies between East Lambrook aforesaid and Overstratton 
aforesaid, and which said several Roads, Lanes, Droves 
and Lands lie in the several parishes of Kingsbury Epis- 
copi, South Petherton, Martock, Merriott and Muchelney, 
in the said county of Somerset; and that, under and by 
virtue of an Act for more effectually repairing the Roads 
from Dyed Way to Somerton, and from Gawbridge to Tin- 
tinhull Fords, and from a stream of water called Ford, to 
Cart Gate, in Martock, and other Roads therein men- 
tioned, in the County of Somerset, the Roads therein de- 
scribed, as from a place called Hurst Bow, in Martock 
aforesaid, through a common meadow called Petherton 
Broadmead, and thence, through the Parishes of South 
Petherton, Shepton, Beauchamp and Barrington, to join 
the Turnpike Road leading from J/minster to Langport, 
and from South Petherton aforesaid, through parts of the 
several parishes of South Petherton and Lopen, to White 
Cross, in the parish of open, in the said county of 
Somerset, are placed under the care of the Trustees acting 
under the last-mentioned Act of Parliament; but that it 
would be of advantage to the Public if powers were 
granted to transfer so much of such Roads as now remain 
under the care and management of such last-mentioned 
Trustees to the care and management of the Trustees act- 
ing under the said first-mentioned Act of Parliament, 
when the said Trustees of such Roads are empowered by 
Parliament to make such transfer; and praying, That 
leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ac- 
cordingly: And that Mr. Ayshford Sanford and Mr.Gore 


Langton do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Acts 
for repairing and widening several Roads leading to, 
through and from the Town of Frome, in the County of 
Somerset, and for giving further powers to the Trustees, 
for repairing the Roads from the Town of Warminster to the 
City of Bath, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the Money borrowed on the credit of the Tolls thereby au- 
thorized to be taken, cannot be repaid, nor can the said 
Roads be effectually amended, improved and kept in re- 
pair, unless the term and powers of the said Acts be 
further continued and enlarged; and that it would be 
of great advantage to persons travelling along the said 
Roads, and to the Public generally, if power were granted 
to make and maintain a new Branch or Line of Road from 
the present Turnpike Road at Mells, in the said county of 
Somerset, commencing near the west end of the Rectory 
Garden there, across lands belonging to Thomas Strange- 
ways Horner, Esquire, and joining the present Road near 
a house belonging to Mr. Greenland; and also a new 
Branch or Line of Road, to commence near the Pound in 
the present Turnpike Road, from the Seven Dials, in Frome 
aforesaid, to Murtery Bridge, through Robin’s-lane, near 
the Ring-of-Bells, across land belonging to Mr. Baily, 
across Nunney-lane, and land of Mr. Dommett, behind the 
Weighbridge House, and to join the present Road near 
the Packhorse Inn; and also a new Branch or Line of 
Road, commencing near a pond in the present Turnpike 
Road, from Frome aforesaid, to Maiden Bradley, in the 
county of Wilts, deviating to the west across an old Road, 
and joining the present Road near Maiden Bradley Cross; 
and also a new Branch or Line of Road, commencing at 
a Turnpike Gate called North- Hill Turnpike Gate, in the 
parish of Frome aforesaid, through the hamlet of Clink, 
and joining the present Turnpike Road, from Wallbridge 
to Penleigh Gate, near a place called Lamb’s Gate; and 
also a new Branch or Line of Road, from near the first 
milestone, on the Road from Frome aforesaid,to Buckland, 

: 6 Y across 


Frome Roads 
Petition. 





Crediton and 
Chudleigh 
Road Peti- 
tion. 


Teignmouth 
and Dawlish 
Roads Peti- 

tion. 


542 


across Vallis Farm, then skirting the north side of Port- 
way Hill, to Murdercombe; and also a new Branch or 
Line of Road from the Brewery at Welch Mill, in the 
present Turnpike Road, from Frome Bridge to Murtery 
Bridge, through Coffin Spring-lane, across the Bath Road, 
near a house in the occupation of Mrs. Clark, into the lane 
from Fromefield to Clink Cross Roads ; and a new Branch 
or Line of Road, commencing from the south-west end 
of a lane near a house belonging to, or in the occupa- 
tion of, William Ashman, Esquire, at the bottom of Port- 
way Fill, into the present Turnpike Road between Egg- 
ford and Whatley, and to make and take the same lane 
as Turnpike Road; and that the Road from Frome 
Bridge to Murtery Bridge, near the house late in the oc- 
cupation of Mrs. Clement, in Frome, and near the Brewery 
at Welch Mill, and also near the house at Spring Gardens, 
in the occupation of John Wilkins, and also the present 
Road from Alurtery Bridge to Buckland Bridge, near 
the top of Buckland Hill, and adjoining the lands of 
Mrs. Emblin and William Phippen; and also the present 
Turnpike Road near the George Inn in West Woodlands, 
in the parish of Frome; and also the present Turnpike 
Road near Bugley Turnpike Gate, in the parish of War- 
minster ; also the present Turnpike Road near the said 
house, belonging to, or in the occupation of, the said Wil- 
liam Ashman, at Egg ford aforesaid; and also the said 
Lane near the bottom of Portway Hill aforesaid, to Great 
Elm, are in many respects narrow and incommodious for 
passengers and vehicles, and that it would be of great 
public convenience and advantage if the same were pro- 
perly amended, widened, altered and improved ; and that 
those parts of the present Roads hereinafter mentioned, 
will, after the making, widening and improving the Lines 
of Road hereinbefore described, become useless, and that 
it is expedient that the same should be abandoned, and 
cease to be maintained as Turnpike ; (that is to say) the 
Road from Egg ford Bridges to the Seven Dials in Frome ; 
and the present Road, from the west end of the said Rec- 
tory Garden, to the said house belonging to Mr. Green- 
land; and the Road from near the said pond to near Maiden 
Bradley Cross; and the Road from the foot of Portway 
Fill to Murdercombe ; and the Road from the foot of a 
hill called Styles Hill, to near the above-mentioned Gate, 
called Lamb's Gate; and praying, That leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Mr. Ayshford Sanford and Mr. Gore 
Langton do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of several Owners of lands and Inhabitants 
in or near the parishes of Crediton, Saint Thomas-the- 
Apostle, Tedburn Saint Mary, Dunsford, Bridford, Chris- 
tow, Hennock, Trusham and Chudleigh, all in the county 
of Devon, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the opening, making and maintaining of a Turnpike Road, 
to commence at or near the Blacksmith’s Shop in the occu- 
pation of Richard Strong, adjoining the Turnpike Road 
leading from Crediton to Eveter, in the parish and near the 
town of Crediton, and to terminate at or near the western 
end of Chudleigh Bridge, in the parish of Hennock, near 
the town of Chudleigh, all in the county of Devon; and 
also a Branch Road leading out of the aforesaid Road, 
to commence at or near Crockham Bridge, in the parish 
of Flennock aforesaid, and to terminate at or near the 
Lveter Turnpike Road, in the [igh-street of the town 
and parish of Chudleigh aforesaid, and which said Roads 
are intended to pass from, through and into the several 
parishes of Crediton, Saint Thomas-the-Apostle, Tedburn 
Saint Mary, Dunsford, Bridford, Christow, Hennock, 
Trusham and Chudleigh, all in the county of Devon, will 
be of great benefit and advantage to the Public; and 
praying, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Lord Viscount Ebrington, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's 
Chamber; and have Power to send for persons papers 
and records. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Act 
for more effectually maintaining and improving the Road 
from Teignmouth to Dawlish,and for making and maintain- 
ing the Roads from Dawlish to the Ereter Turnpike Roads, 

S 





Q3° Fun. 


A. 1831. 


together with a Road from Southtown to Chudleigh, and 
certain Branches communicating with the same, all in the 
county of Devon, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That the Money borrowed on the credit of the Tolls, 
cannot be repaid, nor can the said Roads be effectually 
amended or kept in repair, unless the term and powers of 
the said Act are continued, enlarged and amended, and 
the Tolls increased ; and that it would be of great public 
benefit, if the said Trustees were empowered to make a 
new Road from Dawlish to the Thorns-upon- Haldon, in the 
parish of Ashcombe, in the county of Devon, by the Line of 
Parish Road through Dawlish Water Vale, and the Vale 
of Ashcombe, and to make the said Highway Turnpike, 
and to make Turnpike the present Highway from West 
Teignmouth, by Little Haldon and Colley-lane, to the 
Thorns, on the Eveter and Newton Bushell Turnpike 
Road on Great Haldon, and to make certain deviations in 
the said existing Line of Highway; and also to make 
Turnpike the present Highway from West Teignmouth, 
through Bishopsteignton and Kingsteignton, to Teignbridge, 
and to make certain deviations in the said existing Line of 
Highway ; and to make a new Road from Kingsteignton 
to the town of Newton, both in the county of Devon, and 
which said new Road is intended to diverge on the south- 
west side of the said town of Kingsteignton, across certain 
marshes belonging to the Right honourable Lord Clifford, 
to enter the said town of Newton, near the Market-house 
in the said town; and praying, That leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Lord Viscount Ebrington and Lord John 
Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing, widening and improving the several Roads lead- 
ing to and from the City of E.veter, and for making certain 
new Lines of Road to communicate with the same, and for 
keeping in repair Eve Bridge and Countess Wear Bridge, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That the Money 
borrowed on the credit of the Tolls, cannot be repaid, nor 
can the said Roads be effectually repaired, unless the 
term and powers of the said Act are continued, enlarged 
and amended, and the Tolls increased ; and that it would 
be of great advantage to the Public, if powers were given 
to the said Trustees to make and maintain a new Road 
from the Red Cow Turnpike Gate, on the H.veter and Cre- 
diton Turnpike Road, on the south-west side of the pre- 
sent Turnpike Road, to a dwelling-house in the occupa- 
tion of William Froome, situate in North-street, in the 
city of Exeter; and a Branch Road diverging from such 
last-mentioned new Road, near Head Weir Field, by the 
Line of the existing Highway, to the Bonhay, and thence 
to Eve Bridge, in the county of the city of E.veter, and to 
make the said Highway Turnpike ; and also a new Branch 
Road diverging from the intended new Road at or near a 
garden, in the occupation of James Turner, into Longbrook-~ 
street, in the county of the city of Eveter; and a new 
Road commencing near Belmont Lodge Gate, on the Eweter 
and Crediton Turnpike Road, diverging on the western 
side thereof, to and through the Fish Market, into the 
High-street of the city of Eveter ; and also to alter and 
divert part of the present Turnpike Road leading from the 
city of Eveter to Barnstaple Cross; and to make a new 
Line of Road commencing near the White Hart Inn, in 
the parish of Crediton, to Saint Lawrence's Green, in Cre- 
diton aforesaid ; and also to make a new Line of Road, 
to diverge from the existing Crediton and Eveter Turn- 
pike Road, near to the Smith’s Shop in the occupation of 
Richard Strong, in, to and through the Highways called 
Broad and Narrow Streets, in the west town of Crediton 
aforesaid, to Saint Lawrence’s Green, and thence by the 
Highway to Barnstaple Cross, and to make the said High- 
ways Turnpike; also to make a new Road, commencing 
at Manstree, in the Turnpike Road leading from Jde to 
Dunchideock, by and through the Eminster Road, to the 
Exeter Turnpike Gate, near to Lower Shilling ford, and 
to make the said Highway Turnpike; and also to make 
certain deviations in the Turnpike Road leading from 
Eveter to Newton Bushell, to commence at or near the five 
milestone on the said last-mentioned Turnpike Road, di- 
verging on the eastern side thereof, to the seven milestone 
on the said Road, and thence, by the existing Road, to the 
Thorns-on-Haldon, and thence, by certain other deviations 

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from the said Road, to Sandy Gate Bridge, and thence, by 
the existing Road, to New Cross Turnpike-gate ; also to 
make a deviation in the Turnpike Road from Crediton to 
Drayford Bridge, commencing at the twelve milestone 
upon the said Turnpike Road, to pass through Kenner- 
leigh Wood, and to fall into the said Road at a gate at 
the northern corner of the said Wood ; also to make a de- 
viation in the existing Turnpike Road leading from E.veter 
to Honiton, to commence at or near the one milestone from 
Eveter, and to fall into the said Turnpike Road near a 
field, in the occupation of Thomas Rew; also to make 
the present Highway leading from the Thorns-upon-Hal- 
don to the town of Teignmouth, Turnpike, and to make cer- 
tain deviations in the said Highway ; also to make Turn- 
pike the existing parish Road diverging from the Eveter 
and Teignmouth Road, near to Ashcombe Church, to the 
town of Chudleigh ; also to make a deviation in the pre- 
sent Turnpike Road from near Lewick, to join the Road 
leading to Eeter, by way of Eve Bridge; and that it is 
expedient that the Turnpike Road from the finger-post 
on Stoke Hill, through Bradninch, to its junction with the 
new Turnpike Road near the town of Cullompton, and 
also the Road by way of Brodcilist, from its junction with 
the new Cullompton Turnpike Road, near to the six mile- 
stone, to a place where the Crab-Tree Alehouse formerly 
stood, situate in the Turnpike Road leading from the city 
of Exeter, by way of Stoke Hill, to Cullompton aforesaid, 
and also the Road from Manstree aforesaid to the village 
of Zde, should be abandoned, and shut up; and that it 
would be of great public benefit to incorporate the new 
Turnpike Road, diverging from the six milestone on the 
present E.veter Turnpike Road, towards the town of Cul- 
lompton, with the said /.veter Turnpike Trust; and the 
Petitioners are therefore desirous of having the said Road 
placed under their care and management ; and praying, 
That leave may be given to bring ina Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Lord Viscount Ebrington and Lord John 
Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Charles Dundas reported from the Committee on 
the Petition of The Avon and Gloucestershire Railway 
Company; That they had proceeded according to the 
Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June instant; 
and found, that the Standing Orders relative to Bills for 
making Railways, had been complied with ; and that they 
had examined the matter of the Petition; and the Report 
was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to alter 
the Line of the Avon and Gloucestershire Railway ; to 
make certain Branches from the same; and to amend the 
Act for making the said Railway: And that Mr. Charles 
Dundas, Sir William-Guise, and Mr, Moreton, do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Charles Dundas reported from the Committee on 
the Petition of the Proprietors of the Kennet and Avon 
Canal Navigation ; That they had proceeded according to 
the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June in- 
stant; and found, that the Standing Orders relative to 
Navigation Bills, had been complied with ; and that they 
had examined the matter of the Petition; and the Report 
was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to alter 
and amend the several Acts for making navigable the 
River Kennet, in the County of Berks: And that Mr. 
Charles Dundas and Mr. Throckmorton do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing the Road from Norwich to Aylsham in the 
County of Norfolk, and to make and maintain the Road 
from Ay/sham to Cromer, and part of the Road leading 
towards Wolterton, branching off from the Cromer Road 
to the Eagle Inn in Erpingham, in the said County, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Money bor- 
rowed on the credit of the Tolls, cannot be repaid, and the 
said Roads effectually amended and kept in repair, unless 
the term and powers of the said Act are continued and 
enlarged, and the Tolls increased; and praying, That 
leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly : And that Sir William Browne Folkes and Mr. Coke 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


VOL, 86. 


Q3° Funi. 


543 


Sir William Guise presented a Bill to continue and Dean Forest 
amend an Act for more effectually repairing several Roads Roads Bill, 
in and through His Majesty’s Forest of Dean, in the Presented: 
County of Gloucester, and to convert certain Highways in 
the Parishes of Staunton and Newland, in the said County, 
into Turnpike Roads: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir William Guise presented a Bill for more effectually 
repairing and improving several Roads leading into and 
from the Town of Cheltenham, in the County of Gloucester, 
and for making new Branches of Road to communicate 
therewith: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Cheltenham 
Roads Bill, 
presented. 


Mr. Foley reported from the Committee on the Petition 
of several of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, acting 
in and for the county of Worcester; That they had pro- 
ceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the 
21st day of June instant; and found, that the Standing 
Orders relative to Bills for County Rates, had been com- 
plied with ; and that they had examined the matter of the 
Petition ; and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
erecting a County Hall, Courts of Justice, and other 
Buildings for public purposes; and also for providing 
Accommodation for His Majesty’s Justices of Assize in 
and for the County of Worcester: And that Mr. Foley 
and Mr. Spencer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Worcester 
County Hall 
Petition, 
reported, 


Birmingham 
and Bastord 
Railway Peti- 
tion, reported, 


Mr. Lawley reported from the Committee on the Peti- 
tion of several Owners and Occupiers of estates, lands, 
tenements and hereditaments within, and other Inhabitants 
of, the town of Birmingham, and the counties of Warwick 
and Stafford, and the county palatine of Chester; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June instant; and found, that 
the Standing Orders relative to Bills for making Railways, 
had been complied with ; and that they had examined the 
matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, 
and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railroad from Birmingham, in the County of 
Warwick, to the Township of Basford, in the Parish of 
Wybunbury, in the County Palatine of Chester; with a 
Branch to the Town of Wolverhampton, in the County of 
Stafford: And that Mr. Lawley and Sir Gray Skipwith do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Lawley presented a Bill for inclosing Lands in the 
Hamlet of Langley, in the Parish of Claverdon, in the 
County of Warwick: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Langley In- 
closure Bill, 
presented. 


Woolvercot 
Inclosure 
Bill, pre- 
sented. 


Mr. Lawley presented a Bill for inclosing Lands in the 
Parish of Woolvercot, in the County of Oxford, and for 
commuting the Tithes of the said Parish: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Lawley presented a Bill for inclosing Lands in the 
several Parishes of Hatton, Haseley, and Wroxhall, in the 
County of Warwick: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Hatton In- 
closure Bill 
presented. 


Warwick and 
Northamp- 
ton Road 
Petition. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Acts 
for repairing and widening the Road from the Great 
Bridge in the Borough of Warwick, through Southam and 
Daventry, to the Town of Northampton, was presented, 
and read; setting forth, That the Money borrowed on 
the credit of the Tolls, cannot be repaid, nor the said Road 
be properly amended and kept in repair, unless the term 
of the said Acts be further continued, and the powers 
thereof altered and enlarged, and the Tolls increased or 
altered, and that the term granted by the above-mentioned 
Acts will expire at the end of the present Session of Par- 
liament ; and praying, That leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :— And it is referred to Mr. Lawley, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


6 Y 2 Sir 








Lincoln County 
Buildings Peti- 
tion, reported, 


Blackmoor 
Vale Roads 
Petition. 


Darlington and 
Barton Lane 
End Road Pe- 
tition, reported. 





544 


Sir William Ingilby reported from the Committee on 
the Petition of the Right honourable John Earl Brownlow, 
Lord Lieutenant of the county of Lincoln, and of several 
Justices of the Peace for the divisions of Lindsey, Kesteven 
and Holland, in the said county; That they had pro- 
ceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the 
21st day of June instant; and found, that the Standing 
Orders relative to Bills for making Railways, had been 
complied with; and that they had examined the matter 
of the Petition ; and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Justices of the Peace for the three Divisions 
of the County of Lincoln to purchase the Castle of Lin- 
coln, and the Castle-yard, Bulwark and Moat surrounding 
the same; and for converting the said Castle into a 
County Hall, Court of Assize, and other Buildings for 
transacting the Business of the said County: And that 
Sir William Ingilby, Mr. Anderson Pelham, and Mr. Sib- 


thorp, do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing the Roads leading out of the Turnpike Road 
between Poole and Wimborne Minster, into the Turnpike 
Road between Blandford Forum and Dorchester, and for 
repairing and improving the Roads from Durweston Bridge 
to Caundle Bishop, from Bagber Common to Holton-street, 
and from North Cheriton to Lattiford, all in the Counties 
of Dorset and Somerset, so far as relates to the Vale-of- 
Blackmoor Turnpike Roads, was presented, and read; set- 
ting forth, Fhat the Money borrowed on the credit of the 
Tolls, still remains due; and that it has been found, that 
the communication between the town of Sturminster 
Newton Castle, the Collieries, and the city of Bath, and 
between the said town of Sturminster Newton Castle, the 
parish of A/arnhull, and the towns of Stalbridge, Mil- 
borne Port and Sherborne, would be greatly facilitated, 
and the inhabitants of the surrounding country much be- 
nefited, if power were granted to make and maintain as 
Turnpike, and to widen, divert and improve the Roads 
from Sturminster Bridge, in the parish of Sturminster New- 
ton Castle, and from thence, through the town and parish 
of Sturminster Newton Castle, and the parishes of Hinton 
Saint Mary and Marnhull, by Walton Elm, over King’s 
Mill Bridge, towards and through the parishes of Sta/- 
bridge and Purse Caundle, by Basset Bridge and Copse 
Flouse, to join the Sherborne Turnpike Road at Purse 
Caundle aforesaid, and from Walton Elm aforesaid, in the 
said parish of Alarnhull, through the several parishes of 
Marnhull, Todbur, Stower Provost, Stower East and Gil- 
lingham, to join the present Road leading from thence to 
Bath, and also from White Post, in the parish of Stower 
Provost aforesaid, over Trill Bridge, and through the 
several parishes of Fifehead, Magdalen, Stower West, and 
Kington Magna, to join the present Road from Sherborne 
to Shaftesbury; and that it is expedient to discharge the 
said Trustees from making, amending and keeping in re- 
pair such part of the said Vale-of-Blackmoor Turnpike 
Roads as was intended to lead from Bagber Common, 
through Thornhill, to Stalbridge Pound, and to make and 
maintain as Turnpike, and to widen, divert and improve 
the Road from Lydlinch Common, over Wall Bridge, by 
Drake's Mill, to Stalbridge Pound in lieu thereof ; and that 
it is also expedient that the said Act, so far as relates to 
the said Vale-of- Blackmoor Turnpike Roads, should be 
altered and amended, and further continued, and the Tolls 
thereby granted, altered and enlarged ; and praying, That 
leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Mr. Portman and Mr.Calcraft do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Cradock reported from the Committee on the Peti- 
tion of several Proprietors of estates within the several 
parishes, townships and places thereinafter mentioned ; 
That they had proceeded according to the Resolution of 
the House of the 21st day of June instant; and found, that 
the Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been 
complied with ; and that they had examined the matter of 
the Petition ; and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill formaking 
aTurnpike Road (with a Branch therefrom) from the Angel 
Inn, near Darlington, inthe County of Durham, to Barton 
Lane End, in the County of York: And that Mr. Cradock 
and Mr. William Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


23° Funii. 


A Petition of several Trustees under an Act for estab- Writers toy, | — 


Widows’ Puy 7 


A. 1831. 


lishing a Widows’ Fund for the Society of Writers to the 
Signet, was presented, and read ; reciting several Acts for 
raising and securing a Fund for making provision for the 
Widows of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet in Scotland ; 
and setting forth, That the experience which the contri- 
butors have had of the scheme since its commencement, 
has suggested several improvements in the plan, in refer- 
ence both to the principles and to the mode of manage- 
ment expedient to be adopted for protecting the Fund, 
and for securing adequate annuities to the Widows ; and 
it has been deemed expedient to apply for a new Act for 
repealing the said Acts, with or without certain excep- 
tions, and for better raising and securing the said Fund, 
established for making provision for the Widows of the 
said Writers to His Majesty’s Signet; and praying, That 
leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Kennedy, &amp;c: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of Robert Dalgleish, Esquire, Lord Provost 


of the city of Glasgow, James Martin, Esquire, Chief tte Labou 


Magistrate of the barony of Gorbals, and of the Preceptor 
of Hutcheson’s Hospital, and John Alston, Deacon Con- 
vener of the Trades House of Glasgow, and of the Trustees 
appointed under several Acts for making more effectual 
and converting the Statute Labour within the said County, 
and for repairing and regulating the Roads within the 
same; and another Act for regulating the conversion of 
the Statute Labour within the said Barony of Gorbals, was 
presented, and read; reciting several Acts for repairing 
and widening several Roads leading through the County 
of Lanark, and for building a Bridge over the River 
Clyde, at or near a place called The Howford, in the said 
County, and for regulating the conversion of the Statute 
Labour within the said Barony of Gorbdals, in the City of 
Glasgow and County of Lanark ; and setting forth, That 
the said Acts were altered and amended, in so far as re- 
lated to the barony of Gorbals, and certain rates and 
powers of assessment, and other powers were granted to, 
and conferred upon, the Trustees appointed by the said 
last-recited Act; and that by the said last-recited Act it 
was however enacted, that, except in so far as regarded 
the defraying the expense of obtaining the same, its whole 
provisions should be suspended until the said barony of 
Gorbals should be disjoined quoad civilia et quoad sacra 
from the parish of Govan, in which the greatest part of the 
said barony is included, or until certain legal measures to- 
wards the attainment of this object should have been 
prosecuted by the parties therein specified ; and that as 
such disjunction, and measures therein proposed, cannot 
now be accomplished, the enactments of the said Acts have 
become inoperative, to the great inconvenience and injury 
of the said barony; and that it has therefore become 
expedient and necessary that the said enactments sus- 
pending the operation of the said last-recited Act should 
be repealed, and the Act itself be otherwise altered and 
amended, and brought into full and immediate operation ; 
and praying, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Kennedy, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
aud have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council of the 
royal burgh of Rothesay, in the county of Bute, was pre- 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That the Harbours of the 
burgh of Rothesay and Piers thereof have been recently 
improved and enlarged, and large sums have been bor- 
rowed on the credit of the Harbour Rates and Duties, the 
greater part of which sums is still owing ; and that other 
and additional improvements are necessary, particularly 
the erecting a Breakwater on the entry from the east to the 
outer Harbour, erecting a Wharf at the head or south side 
of the said outer Harbour, increasing the breadth of the 
west Pier, erecting a Draw-bridge to unite the east Pier and 
west Pier, and further deepening, cleansing and improv- 
ing the said Harbours; and that the customary Harbour 
Rates and Duties now payable by the owners and masters 
of ships and vessels resorting to the said Harbours, are 
inadequate to the expense of the said operations, and of 


properly 


Signet— 


Petition. 





Gorhbals §, 


Petition. 


Rothesay Har- 
bour, Gaol, aud 
Court-house 
Petition. 








Pollo 
Gove 
way 


Stirli 
Road 
tion. 














Is Sty 
‘abou 
nm. 


say Har- 
Gaol, aud 
-house 


On. 





Polloc and 
Govan Rail- 
way Petition. 


Stirlingshire 
Roads Peti- 
tion. 





oe 


1 Witt. IV. 93° 


properly maintaining the said Piers and Harbours, and 
discharging the debts and expenses incurred and owing, 
and it is expedient'that new and additional Harbour Rates 
and duties should be granted, and that powers should 
be given, and rules and regulations should be made and 
established, for the repair, maintenance and government 
of the said Harbours and Piers, and for the regulation and 
government of all persons and vessels using the same ; 
and it is also expedient that the present Gaol or Prison 
and Court-house, and Public Offices of the said burgh of 
Rothesay, should be altered, enlarged and improved, or 
that a new Gaol, Court-house and other Public Offices, 
for the accommodation of the Sheriff and Justice of the 
Peace Courts, and other Courts of Justice, and of the 
County and Burgh Meetings, should be erected and main- 
tained, and that sufficient funds should be provided for 
these objects; and praying, That leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Kennedy, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Polloc 
and Govan Railway, was presented, and read ; reciting an 
Act for making and maintaining a Railway from the Lands 
of Polloc and Govan, to the River Clyde, at the Harbour of 
Broomielaw, in the County of Lanark, with a Branch to 
communicate therefrom; and setting forth, That by the 
said recited Act, the Petitioners were authorized to make 
and maintain a Railway from certain parts of the lands of 
Polloc and certain parts of the lands of Prettythree to the 
River Clyde, at the Harbour of Broomielaw, with a Branch 
to connect the said Railway with the Glasgow, Paisley 
and Ardrossan Canal, and with wharfs, depots and other 
conveniences; and that the said object will be more 
effectually obtained, and the local and public utility of 
the said Polloc and Govan Railway be greatly enhanced, 
if a Railway were formed in continuation thereof, with 
proper works and conveniences attached thereto, or con- 
nected therewith, from a point at or near the Glasgow, 
Paisley and Ardrossan Canal, by or through the lands of 
Tradeston, and the grounds belonging to the city of Glas- 
gow, and the preceptor and patrons of Hutcheson’s Hospi- 
tal, and by or through the lands of Little Govan, Polmadie, 
Blackfaulds, Shawfield and Rutherglen Green, to Horse- 
croft, in the parish of Rutherglen, with a Branch from the 
said continuation of the said Railway to the Glasgow, 
Paisley and Ardrossan Canal, and if the Petitioners were 
authorized to levy rates thereon, and if the said recited 
Act were amended, to the effect of abridging the extent of 
the present Railway, thereby authorized to be made ; and 
praying, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—-And it is referred to Mr. Kennedy, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of several Trustees for putting in execution 
the Acts for making and repairing several Roads leading 
across the county of Stirling, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Money borrowed on the credit of 
the Tolls, cannot be repaid, nor can the said Roads be 
kept in repair, unless the powers thereby granted be en- 
larged ; and that it would be of great public utility if the 
following Roads were made; viz. a Road from Cassel’s 
Bridge, on the Turnpike Road betwixt Linlithgow Bridge 
and Causeyhead, to Beancross, on the Road described in 
the said Acts; a Road from the Road described in the 
said Acts, where it crosses the Forth and Clyde Canal, to 
Grangemouth, and from thence to Haining, in the county 
of Linlithgow; a Road from, at or near where the Bandeath 
Road joins the Road first before-mentioned, to, at or near 
the Shotts Check-bar, on the Road described in the said 
Acts; and if the following Roads were made, altered, 
straightened and repaired, viz. the Road from Kersie 
Toll-bar to Kersie or Alloa Ferry ; the Road from the said 
Check-bar to the village of Newmarket; the Road from 
the separation of the Stirling and Saint Ninian’s Roads 
to the Road from Linlithgow Bridge to Causeyhead, in the 
town of Stirling; and the Road from the said point of 
separation to the Turnpike Road betwixt Falkirk and 
Stirling, at or near Saint Ninian’s; and it is expedient 


VOL. 68. 


unit. S45 
that the powers and provisions of an Act for regulating 
Turnpike Roads in that part of Great Britain called 
Scotland, should be applied to the said several Roads ; 
and praying, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Ramsay, and Sir 
Alexander Hope, do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Commissioners for forming a new 
Street, called London Street, in the city of Glasgow, was 
presented, and read ; reciting several Acts for opening a 
Street from the Cross of Glasgow to Monteith Row; and 
setting forth, That the Commissioners have formed the 
said Street, and opened the same for the use of the Public, 
in doing which, they have incurred certain debts to persons 
from whom they have purchased lands and houses, and 
others, and as the said property cannot be possessed and 
made use of by the Commissioners themselves in their 
corporate capacity, it is expedient that the said property 
should be divided among the Shareholders by lot, in such 
portions as may be arranged by themselves, for doing which, 
it is necessary that a sum of money sufficient to discharge 
the debts and engagements of the said Undertaking 
should be raised and contributed among the Shareholders 
and others; and praying, That leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Kennedy, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


Lord Granville Somerset presented a Bill for more effec- 
tually repairing and improving several Roads therein 
mentioned, leading to, through and from the Town of 
Monmouth, and for making several new Lines and Diver- 
sions of Road to communicate therewith, in the Counties 
of Afonmeuth, Gloucester, and Hereford: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Act for 
more effectually repairing and keeping in repair several 
Roads leading to and from the Town of Abergavenny, in 
the County of Monmouth, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That considerable sums of Money have been bor- 
rowed on the credit of the Tolls arising on the said Roads ; 
and that it would be of great advantage to the town and 
neighbourhood of Abergavenny, and to persons travelling 
on the said Roads, if powers were granted to make and 
maintain certain Diversions and new Branches or Lines of 
Road to communicate with the existing Roads ; (that is to 
say) a new Line of Road deviating from the Turnpike 
Road from Abergavenny to Pontypool, at or near a place 
called Rhydymerch, and to communicate with the same 
Turnpike Road where the Abergavenny and Pontypool 
Districts of Roads unite, and which said new Line of Road 
will pass through and into the several parishes of /anover, 
Goytrey and Mamhilad, in the said county of AZonmouth ; 
also another new Line of Road, to branch off from the 
Turnpike Road to Pontypool, over Llanvihangel-juvta- Usk 
Bridge, near Panty Goytrey House, and to communicate 
with a Suspension Bridge lately erected over the River 
Usk, and which said last-mentioned new Line of Road will 
pass through the parish of L/anvair Kilgeddin, in the said 
county; also another new Line of Road, to branch off from 
the last-described new Line of Road at or near a High- 
way in the said parish of Llanvair Kilgeddin, leading to 
a Farm called Cross-yn-y- Pant, and te communicate with 
the first-described new Line of Road at or near a barn 
in the occupation of John Moses, and which said last- 
mentioned new Line of Road will pass through and into 
the said parishes of Llanvair Kilgeddin, Goytrey and 
Mamhilad; also another new Line of Road deviating from 
the Mail Turnpike Road from Abergavenny to Monmouth, 
at or near a cottage in the occupation of Francis Adams, 
and to communicate with the said last-mentioned Turnpike 
Road at or near the dwelling-house of William Davies, 
Miller, which said last-described new Line of Road will 
pass through and into the parishes of L/anarth and Llan- 
vihangel-juxta-Usk, in the said county ; also another new 
Line of Road, to branch off from the Road from Maindiff 
Bridge to Cross Ash, hereafter described, at or near 
Werndce House, in the parish of Llantillio Pertholey, in 

6 Z the 


Glasgow 
Improvement 
Petition. 


Monmouth 
Roads Bill, 
presented. 


Abergavenny 
Roads Petition. 














5406 


the county aforesaid, and to communicate with the Road 
leading from Abergavenny to Coed Morgan, at or near a 
stable in the occupation of Jacob Yeats, in the parish of 
Llanthewy Rytherch, in the county aforesaid, and which 
said last-mentioned new Line of Road will pass through 
and into the parishes of Liantillio Pertholey and Lianthewy 
Rytherch; and also another new Line of Road leading 
from Monk-street, in the said town of Abergavenny, to a 
place called Cross-onen, in the parish of Abergavenny, and 
from thence, by a dwelling-house lately occupied by John 
Cheese Watkins, and by Triley Mill, both in the said parish 
of Llantillio Pertholey, to a Cottage called Crossway Cot- 
tage, in the parish of Llanvihangel Crucorney, in the said 
county, and which said last-mentioned new Line of Road 
will pass through and into the said parishes of Abergavenny, 
Llantillio Pertholey and Llanvihangel Crucorney; and also 
another new Line of Road to branch off from the last- 
mentioned Line of Road at or near the said place, called 
Cross-onen, and to communicate with the Turnpike Road 
from Abergavenny aforesaid to the city of Hereford, near a 
Barn, called Skybor-Wen, in the said parish of Aberga- 
venny; and also another new Line of Road to branch off 
from the said new Line of Road from Monk-street afore- 
said to Crossway Cottage aforesaid, at or near the point 
in the said parish of Abergavenny where the Llanvihangel 
Railway crosses a lane, called Cross-onen Lane, and to 
communicate with the Turnpike Road from Abergavenny 
aforesaid to Maindiff Bridge aforesaid, where the said 
Railway unites with the last-mentioned Turnpike Road ; 
and also to widen, divert, amend and improve the Turn- 
pike Road leading from or by Crossway Cottage aforesaid 
to the point where the Highway to Penisharplwyff and 
Pandit branches off from the said Turnpike Road ; and 
also to make turnpike, widen, divert, amend and improve 
the said Highway from the said point where it branches 
off trom the said Turnpike Road to or near to Penishar- 
plwyff Farm-house, and a blacksmith’s shop at Pandi 
aforesaid ; which said last-mentioned Turnpike Road and 
Highway will pass through and into the said parish of L/an- 
vihangel Crucorney and the hamlet of Penbiddle, in the 
same parish; and also the following Highways; (that is to 
say) the new Road leading from AZaindiff Bridge aforesaid, 
to or near to a place called Cross Ash, in the parish of 
Llantillio Cressenny, in the said county, where the Aberga- 
venny and Ross Districts of Roads unite, which said new 
Road passes through and into the said parishes of Llantillio 
Pertholey, Llanthewy Skirrid, Llanvetherine and Llantillio 
Cressenny ; also, the Highway leading from Penypound, 
in the parish of Abergavenny, by Hill House, to the point 
where the said Highway unites with the Parish Road 
leading from the Hereford Turnpike Road to a place called 
Chapel Chain, in the hamlet of Lloyndee, in the said 
county ; also, the new Road branching off from the Turn- 
pike Road leading from Abergavenny to the town of Bre- 
con, by a foundry, in the occupation of Thomas Lewis, 
and communicating with the Turnpike Road leading from 
Abergavenny to the town of Merthyr Tidvil, at Tudor- 
street Toll-gate ; also, the Highway leading from the last- 
mentioned new Road at the point where the same com- 
municates therewith, and crossing the Turnpike Road 
from Abergavenny aforesaid, to Brecon aforesaid, at the 
Coal Yard in the said parish of Abergavenny, to or near 
to the said place, called The Chapel Chain, which said 
three last-mentioned Highways and Roads pass through 
and into the said parish of Abergavenny and the said 
hamlet of Lloyndee ; also, the Highway called the Hard- 
wick-lane, branching off from the Mail Turnpike Road 
from Abergavenny aforesaid, to the town of Monmouth, 
opposite a blacksmith’s shop in the hamlet of Hardwick, 
and communicating with the Turnpike Road from Aber- 
gavenny to Pontypool, near the Hardwick Farm-house, 
which said last-mentioned Highway passes through the 
said hamlet of Hardwick ; and that the existing Roads can- 
not be effectually maintained and repaired, the said diver- 
sicns and new Branches or Lines of Road and improve- 
ments made and maintained, nor the Monies borrowed 
on the credit of the Tolls arising on the existing Roads, 
repaid and discharged, unless the term and powers of the 
said Act are extended and enlarged, and the Tolls in- 
creased ; and praying, That leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Lord Granville Somerset and Mr. Addams 
Williams do prepare, and bring it in. 


Q3° Funi. 


A. 1831. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth reported from the Committee 
on the Petition of Owners and Occupiers of estates within, 
and other Inhabitants of, the county palatine of Lancaster, 
and the west riding of the county of York; That they 
had proceeded according to the Resolution of the House 
of the 21st day of June instant ; and found, that the Stand- 
ing Orders relative to Bills for making Railways, had 
been complied with ; and that they had examined the 
matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, 
and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railroad from the Town of Manchester, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, to Sowerby Bridge, in the 
West Riding of the County of York: And that Lord 
Viscount Morpeth and Sir John Johnstone do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth reported from the Committee 
on the Petition of Owners and Occupiers of estates within, 
and other Inhabitants of the west riding of, the county of 
York ; That they had proceeded according to the Resolu- 
tion of the House of the 21st day of June instant; and 
found, that the Standing Orders relative to Bills for making 
Railways, had been complied with ; and that they had 
examined the matter of the Petition ; and the Report was 
brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railroad from Bradford to Leeds, in the West 
Riding of the County of York, together with a Branch 
therefrom: And that Lord Viscount Morpeth and Sir John 
Johnstone do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth reported from the Committee 
on the Petition of several Owners and Occupiers of estates 
within, and other Inhabitants of, the town of Manchester, 
in the county palatine of Lancaster, the town of Stockport, 
in the county of Chester, the several counties of Lan- 
caster, Chester and Derby, and the west riding of the 
county of York, and the town of Sheffield, in the said 
west riding; That they had proceeded according to the 
Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June instant ; 
and found, that the Standing Orders relative to Bills for 
making Railways, had been complied with; and that 
they had examined the matter of the Petition; and the 
Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from Manchester, in the County Pa- 
latine of Lancaster, to Sheffield, in the West Riding of the 
County of York: And that Lord Viscount Morpeth and 
Sir John Johnstone do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill for maintain- 
ing the Road from Wakefield to Austerlands, in the West 
Riding of the County of York: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Lord Viscount AZorpeth presented a Bill for inclosing 
the several Open Common Fields, Mesne Inclosures, Ings, 
and Common or Stinted Pastures, within the Manor and 
Township of Ferrybridge, otherwise Ferryfryston, in the 
West Riding of the County of York: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Sir Matthew Ridley presented a Bill for more effectually 
repairing the Road from North Shields, in the County of 
Northumberland, to the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 
and certain Branches communicating therewith, and also 
for making and repairing additional Branches of Road: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Acts 
for repairing the Roads from Doncaster, through Ferry- 
bridge, to the south side of Tadcaster Cross, and also from 
Ferrybridge to Wetherby, and from thence to Borough- 
bridge, in the County of York, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Money borrowed on the credit of 
the Tolls arising on the said Road from Doncaster, through 
Ferrybridge, to the south side of Tadcaster Cross, cannot 
be paid off, nor can the said Road be preserved in a 
proper state of repair, unless the term and powers of the 
said Acts be enlarged ; and that it would tend to the ac- 
commodation of the Public, and to persons travelling on 

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Leeds Rail. 
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reported, 


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Railway Peti- 
tion, reported, 


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Austerlands 
Road Bill, 
presented. 


Ferrybridge 
Inclosure 
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sented. 


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Road Bill, 
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Chester and 

Birkenhead 

Railway Peti- 
tion, reported. 


West-India 
Dock Company 
Petition, re- 
ported. 


Rothbury In- 
closure Bill, 
presented. 


Bolton and 
Leigh Rail- 
way Petition, 
reported. 


Manchester, 
Bolton, and 
Bury Railway 
Petition, 


1 Witt. IV. 


the Line of the said Road, if power were granted to make 
a new piece of Road, or diversion on the Line of the said 
Road, in the township of Brotherton, lying between the 
south-east corner of an orchard there, belonging to Robert 
Acaster, and the Inn, known by the sign of the For; and 
that it is expedient that all the said several Acts, so far 
as they relate to the said Road from Doncaster, through 
Ferrybridge, to the south side of Tadcaster Cross, should 
be repealed, and that other powers and provisions be 
granted instead thereof; and praying, That leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ac- 
cordingly: And that Mr. Strickland and Lord Viscount 
Morpeth do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Viscount Belgrave reported from the Committee on 
the Petition of several Owners and Occupiers of estates 
within, and other Inhabitants of, the city of Chester, and 
county of the same city, and of the county palatine of 
Chester, and also of the town of Liverpool, and the county 
palatine of Lancaster ; That they had proceeded accord- 
ing to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June 
instant; and found, that the Standing Orders relative to 
Bills for making Railways, had been complied with; and 
that they had examined the matter of the Petition ; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making and maintaining a Railway from the Township of 
Birkenhead, in the County of Chester, to the City of 
Chester, in the County of the said City: And that Lord 
Viscount Belgrave and Mr. Wilbraham do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Lord Stanley, by Order, reported from the Committee on 
the Petition of the Chairman and Directors of the West- 
India Dock Company ; That they had proceeded accord- 
ing to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June 
instant; and found, that the Standing Orders relative to 
Bills for making Docks, had been complied with; and 
that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate and amend the several Acts for making the 
West-India Docks: And that Lord Stanley, Mr. Irving, 
Mr. Byng, and Mr. Hume, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Stanley, by Order, presented a Bill for inclosing 
Lands in the Parish of Rothbury, in the County of Nor- 
thumberland: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on the Peti- 
tion of the Bolton and Leigh Railway Company ; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June instant; and found, that the 
Standing Orders relative to Bills for making Railways, 
had been complied with ; and that they had examined the 
matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, 
and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend and enlarge the several Acts relating to the Bolton 
and Leigh Railway: And that Lord Stanley and Mr. Hey- 
wood do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Canal 
Navigation from Manchester to Bolton, and to Bury, was 
presented, and read; reciting several Acts for making and 
maintaining a Navigable Canal from Manchester to or 
near Prestolee Bridge, in the Township of Little Lever, 
and from thence, by one Branch, to or near the Town of 
Bolton, and by another Branch to or near the Town of 
Bury, and to Weddell-brook, in the Parish of Bury, all in 
the County Palatine of Lancaster, and to raise Money for 
completing the same ; and setting forth, That the Canal 
Navigation authorized to be made by the said Acts, hath 
been long since completed, but the said Acts require to be 
altered and amended ; and that it now appears expedient, 
and would be advantageous to the said Company, if 
powers were granted to convert the said Canal, or some 
part thereof, into a Railway, with all necessary works and 
conveniences, and to make the same upon or near to the 
site of the said Canal, and to improve the line thereof 
where necessary; and that it would be of convenience to 
the Public, if powers were granted for making a Branch 
from the said Railway to lead out of the same, commencing 


VOL. 86. 





23° Funit. 


5AT 


at or near Clifton Aqueduct, passing from, through or into 
the parishes of Eccles Dean and Middleton, in the said 
county palatine of Lancaster; and praying, That leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Lord Stanley, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Act 
for more effectually repairing and amending the Roads 
from Liverpool to Prescot, Ashton and Warrington, and 
other Roads therein mentioned, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, was presented, and read; setting forth, That 
the Money borrowed on the credit of the Tolls thereby 
granted, cannot be repaid, nor can the said Roads be 
effectually amended, widened, improved and kept in repair, 
unless the term granted by the said Act be continued, the 
said Act repealed, and further, better and more effectual 
powers granted instead thereof; and that the said Roads 
might be greatly improved, and it would be of general pub- 
lic utility, if power were given to make and maintain the 
several Roads hereinafter mentioned ; (that is to say) a new 
Branch or Line of Road commencing from and out of the 
present Turnpike Road leading from Prescot to Liverpool, 
at or near to a certain Public-house, called the Old Swan, 
situate in the township of West Derby, in the parish of 
Walton-on-the- Hill, in the said county palatine of Lancaster, 
now in the occupation of John Glitherow, and running 
from thence, in nearly a direct line, for the length of one 
thousand three hundred yards, or thereabouts, through 
divers lands and grounds, and then entering a certain 
Highway situate within the same township of West Derby, 
called the Edge-lane Road, at or near to a certain ash 
tree situate in the same township, and opposite to a close 
of land in the occupation of Richard Holme, and the same 
Highway or Lane, from the same ash tree to a certain 
Road or Street, called Pembroke Road, situate in the town- 
ship of West Derby aforesaid; also, a new Branch or Line 
of Road from and out of the same last-mentioned High- 
way or Lane, commencing at or near to a certain Street in 
the township of West Derby aforesaid, called, or intended 
to be called, Deane-street, and terminating at or near to a 
certain Street in the township of West Derby aforesaid, 
called Duke-street, Edge Hill, and the same Highway or 
Street commencing at or near Duke-street aforesaid, and 
terminating at or near a certain other Street, called Crown- 
street, being the boundary between the town of Liverpool 
and the said township of West Derby; also, a diversion 
or new Line of Road, commencing from and out of the said 
Turnpike Road, leading from Liverpool to Prescot, at or 
near to a certain place in the township of Huyton, within 
the parish of Huyton, in the said county palatine of Lan- 
caster, called Case’s-lane, otherwise Page Moss-lane, and 
running from thence, in nearly a direct line, for the length 
of one thousand and twenty-eight yards, or thereabouts, 
and terminating in the said Turnpike Road, at or near to 
the sixth milestone from Liverpool; also a certain other 
diversion or new Line of Road, commencing from and out 
of the said Turnpike Road, leading from Rody to Prescot, 
at or near to a certain close of land in the occupation of 
Thomas Brownbill, situate in the township of Roby, in the 
said parish of Huyton, and running from thence, in nearly 
a direct line, for the length of one hundred and fifty-seven 
yards, or thereabouts, and terminating in the said Turn- 
pike Road, at or near to a certain place in the said town- 
ship of Roby, called Carr’s-lane ; also a certain other 
diversion or new Line of Road, commencing from and 
out of the said Turnpike Road, leading from Prescot to 
Warrington, at or near to a certain messuage or dwelling- 
house in the township of Rainhill, in the parish of Prescot, 
in the said county palatine of Lancaster, in the occupation 
of Richard Bullin, and running from thence, in nearly a 
direct line, for the length of one thousand four hundred 
and eighteen yards, or thereabouts, and terminating in the 
same Turnpike Road, at or near to a certain other mes- 
suage or dwelling-house in the same township of Rainhill, 
called Rainhill-place, in the occupation of T’homas Robin- 
son; and also a certain other diversion or new Line of 
Road, commencing from and out of the said last-men- 
tioned Turnpike Road, at or near to Sankey Chapel, in 
the township of Great Sankey, in the said parish of 
Prescot, and running from thence, in nearly a direct 
line, for the length of three thousand one hundred and 

6 Z 2 seventeen 


Liverpool 
and Prescut 
Road Peti- 


tion. 








548 


93" 
seventeen yards, or thereabouts, and terminating in the 
said Turnpike Road, at or near to a certain place called 
White’s Cross, in the township of Warrington, within 
the parish of Warrington, in the said county palatine of 
Lancaster ; and praying, That leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ac- 
cordingly : And that Lord Stanley and Mr. Heywood do 


_ prepare, and bring it in. 


Liverpool 
and Chorlton 
Railway Pe- 
tition. 


General Steam 
Navigation 
Company Pe- 
tition. 


Southampton 
Pier Petition, 
reported. 


A Petition of several Owners and Occupiers of estates, 
lands, tenements and hereditaments within, and other In- 
habitants of, the county palatine of Lancaster, and the 
town of Liverpool, was presented, and read; setting forth, 
That the establishing of a cheap, certain and expeditious 
communication between the great shipping port of Liver- 
pool, the Salt Refineries of Cheshire, the mining district 
of Staffordshire, and the important manufacturing town 
and neighbourhood of Birmingham, would be of great 
public utility ; and that, towards effeciing these desirable 
objects, the Petitioners, with divers other Persons, are 
willing to undertake to make a Railway, intended to form 
a portion of the proposed line of communication between 
Liverpool and Birmingham, commencing at or near to 
Ranelagh-street and Bold-street, in Liverpool, and thence 
extending to or passing through or into the several pa- 
rishes of Liverpool, Walton-on-the-Hill, Childwall, Pres- 
cot, or some of them, all in the county palatine of Lan- 
caster, and of Runcorn, Great Budworth, Weaverham, 
Newchurch otherwise Whitegate, Davenham, Middlewich, 
Warmingham, Nantwich, Church Coppenhall, Barthomley, 
Wybunbury otherwise Wybury, in the county palatine of 
Chester, and through or into the several townships, ham- 
lets or places of Liverpool, Toxvteth Park (which is extra- 
parochial, or reputed so to be), Wavertree, Allerton, Gars- 
ton, Speke, Halewood, Ditton, Widnes,Widnes-within- Apple- 
ton, Cuerdley, or some of them, all in the county palatine 
of Lancaster aforesaid, and passing over the River Mersey, 
by means of a Bridge, through or into the several town- 
ships, hamlets or places of Norton, Preston-on-the- Hill, 
Aston, Dutton, Weaverham, Gorstage, Sandiway, Hartford, 
Davenham, Eaton, Moulton, Wharton, Stanthorne, Clive, 
Wimboldsley, Minshull- Vernon, Warmingham, Leighton, 
Church Coppenhall, Monks Coppenhall, Crewe, Shaving- 
ton-cum-Gresty, Basford and Chorlton, or some of them, 
all in the county palatine of Chester aforesaid, and ter- 
minating in the township of Choriton aforesaid, at or near 
to the Turnpike or public Road leading to Nantwich, 
there to unite with an intended Railway from Chorlton 
aforesaid to Birmingham aforesaid, which is proposed to 
form the other portion of the said line of communication 
between Liverpool and Birmingham aforesaid ; and pray- 
ing, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the 
same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Lord Stanley, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of several Persons interested in the Navi- 
gation of Vessels by Steam, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners, and several other Per- 
sons, some time since associated themselves for the pur- 
pose of owning a number of Ships, Vessels, Boats and 
Barges, as their joint property, such Ships, Vessels, Boats 
or Barges to be impelled by means of Steam, and other 
Engines, under the name of The General Steam Naviga- 
tion Company, and have subscribed and paid large sums 
of money for that purpose ; and that the Petitioners and 
such other Persons would be better enabled to carry into 
effect the purposes of the said Association, if they were 
incorporated into a Company, and certain powers and 
authorities were granted to the said Company; and 
praying, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Alderman Wood, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's 
Chamber ; and have Power to send for persons papers 
and records. 


Mr. Atherley reported from the Committee on the Pe- 
tition of the Commissioners for executing several Acts for 
abolishing certain Dues, called Petty Customs, Anchorage 


A. 1831. 


and Groundage, and for improving the Port of the Town 
of Southampton, for making a convenient Dock for the 
security of Ships, for extending the Quays and Wharfs, 
and making Docks and Piers in the Harbour there, and 
for erecting Warehouses for the safe custody of Goods 
and Merchandize, and for imposing certain Duties for the 
above purposes; That they had proceeded according to 
the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June 
instant ; and found, that the Standing Orders relative to 
Bills for making or improving Piers, had been complied 
with ; and that they had examined the matter of the Pe- 
tition; and the Report was brought up, and read. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
erecting and maintaining a Pier and other Works for the 
more conveniently landing and embarking Passengers in 
the Port of the Town of Southampton: And that Mr. 
Atherley and Mr. Penleaze do prepare, and bring it in. 


UNI. 


Sir Thomas Fremantle presented a Bill to amend an 
Act for more effectually repairing and improving the 
Road from Wendover to the Town of Buckingham, in the 
County of Buckingham: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir Thomas Fremantle reported from the Committee on 
the Petition of several Trustees for executing an Act for 
more effectually amending, widening and repairing the 
Road leading from Aylesbury, in the County of Bucking- 
ham, to Hockliffe, in the County of Bedford; That the 
Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had not been 
complied with, no Notices having been given, because it 
was not expected that the term of the present Act would 
expire before the summer of 1832; but, in consequence of 
the late dissolution of Parliament, the Act will now expire 
at the end of the present Session; and that they had 
examined the matter of the Petition ; and the Report was 
brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Warrington and Newton Railway 
Company, was presented, and read ; reciting several Acts 
for making and maintaining a Railway or Tramroad from 
the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, at or near Var- 
grave-lane, in Newton-in-Macker field, to Warrington, 
in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and two Collateral 
Branches to communicate therewith, and to enable the 
Company of Proprietors of the Warrington and Newton 
Railway to extend the Line of the said Railway, and for 
repealing, explaining, altering, amending and enlarging 
some of the powers and provisions of the Act relating 
thereto; and setting forth, That the making and main- 
taining of a Railway from the Railway by the first-recited 
Act authorized to be made, at or near to the termination 
of the Bank Quay Branch thereof, on the north side of 
the Turnpike Road at Bank Quay, within Warrington, in 
the parish of Warrington, in the county of Lancaster, ex- 
tending to and terminating at the Line of an intended 
Railway from Liverpool to Birmingham, at or near to 
the point where the Duke of Bridgewater’s Canal unites 
with the 7’rent and Mersey Canal at Norton, in the county 
palatine of Chester, will be a work of great public utility 
and advantage; and that, in order to carry the said object 
into execution, it will be necessary to erect, make and 
maintain a Bridge over the River Mersey, at or near to 
a certain place called Arpley, in the township and parish 
of Warrington aforesaid, to the opposite shore in the 
township of Lower Walton, in the parish of Runcorn, in 
the said county palatine of Chester; and praying, That 
leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—&lt;And it is referred to Mr. Wilbraham, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing an Act for 
making and maintaining a Turnpike Road from the town 
of Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely, in the county of Cambridge, 
to the town of Thorney, in the same isle and county, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Money bor- 
rowed on the credit of the Tolls, cannot be repaid, nor 
can the said Road be properly maintained and improved, 
unless the term of the said Act be continued, and some of 
the powers and provisions thereof amended, and the Tolls 

increased 





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increased or altered; and praying, That leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Mr. Adeane and Lord Francis Osborne 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Rector and Churchwardens of the 
parish of Saint George, Hanover-square, in the county of 
Middlesex, and of several Parishioners of the said parish, 
was presented, and read; reciting an Indenture of the 
10th day of May 1732, for the sale of a piece of Land, 
called The Gravel-Pit Field, together with the new-built 
brick Chapel, and the vaults built under the same, and all 
other erections and buildings then built, or that should or 
might be built in or upon the said thereby-demised piece 
of ground, or any part thereof, subject to a lease for ninety- 
seven years, for the use of the parish of Saint George, 
Hanover-square ; and setting forth, That the said lease 
expired in 1829, and thereupon the said Chapel was taken 
possession of on the behalf of the said parish of Saint 
George, Hanover-square ; and that the sum of 2,850 /. 
hath been expended by and under the direction of the 
Vestry of the said parish in the necessary repairs of the said 
Chapel ; and that provision was made for the performance 
of Divine Service in the said Chapel, and the pews were 
let, and the produce thereof paid in keeping down the in- 
terest of the said sum of 2,850/. and in the discharge of 
the salary of the officiating Minister, and other expenses 
incidental to the maintenance of the said Chapel; and that 
the said sum of 2,850 /. was borrowed by the said Vestry, 
but no legal security hath yet been given for the same ; 
and that the said Chapel, and other hereditaments herein- 
before described, were purchased on the behalf of the said 
parish, by the direction of the Vestry of such parish, and 
the price thereof was paid out of the monies received in 
respect of Burials in the vaults of the said Chapel; and 
that it is desirable that the said Chapel should be esta- 
blished as a Chapel of Ease to the Parish Church of Saint 
George, Hanover-square, and that Divine Service, accord- 
ing to the rites and ceremonies of the united Church of 
England and Ireland, should be performed therein, and 
that Burials should be permitted in the vaults under the 
same as heretofore, and that the said Chapel should be 
consecrated ; and that the said Parish Church of Saint 
George, Hanover-square, is a Rectory within the diocese 
of London, and the Right Reverend Father in God Charles 
James, by Divine permission Lord Bishop of London, in 
right of his See, is Patron thereof, and the Petitioner, 
Robert Hodgson, is now Rector of the said parish; and 
that the said Lord Bishop has assented to the establish- 
ment of the said Chapel as a place of Divine Worship for 
the accommodation of the inhabitants of the said parish, 
and to the appropriation of the said vaults for the purposes 
of Burials; and praying, That leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Cam Hobhouse,&amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of the Corporation for preserving and im- 
proving the Port and Harbour of Belfust, and of several 
Owners and Proprietors of estates, lands and tenements, 
also Merchants, Traders, and Ship-owners of the town of 
Belfast aforesaid, was presented, and read; reciting an 
Act for cleansing the Ports, Harbours and Rivers of the 
City of Cork, and of the Towns of Galway, Sligo, Drog- 
heda and Belfast, and for erecting a Ballast Office in the 
said City, and each of the said Towns; and setting forth, 
That the trade of the said town of Belfast hath greatly 
increased, in consequence whereof additional accommo- 
dation is required for the Shipping trading to and fre- 
quenting the said Port, and it is therefore necessary that 
the Quays of the said town should be extended, certain 
Dry and Wet Docks, with proper basins, bridges, locks, 
sluices, cuts and channels, roads and ways, und other 
works and conveniences connected therewith, constructed 
and made in and adjoining the said Harbour; and also 
that the avenues and approaches near to the said Quays, 
Docks and works should be widened and improved; and 
that further and additional Rates and Harbour Dues 
should be imposed to defray the expenses of the said 
works; and that it would be of. great public advantage if 


the powers and provisions of the said recited Act (so far 
OL. 86. 


unit. 549 

as the same regards the Port, Harbour and River of Bel- 
fast) were altered, amended and enlarged, and if addj- 
tional powers and provisions were granted to the Cor- 
poration of the said Port and Harbour, for effecting the 
purposes aforesaid ; and praying, That leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Brownlow, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of several Owners and Occupiers of estates, 
lands, tenements and hereditaments in the town of 
Belfast, and county of Antrim, also in the parish of 
Ballymacarrett, in the county of Down, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the erecting, building and main- 
taining of a Bridge over the River Lagan, to communi- 
cate with the said counties of Down and Antrim, on the 
one end at or near Watson’s Corner, in the townland of 
Ballymacarrett, and on the other end at or near the 
ground called A/ay’s Ground, in a line with A/ay-street, 
in the town of Be/fast, otherwise Shankhill, and county 
of Antrim; and the making a new Line of Road from the 
Belfast and Castlereagh Road, at Watson's Corner afore- 
said, to the Bedfast and Newtownardes Road, near the 
Church of Ballymacarrett, through fields late belonging to 
Messieurs Thomas Ekenhead, Patrick M‘Lornan, James 
Stitt, R.F.Gordon, Samuel Hewitt, Doctor Bryson, W. H. 
Brett, Doctor Stuart, and Fortescue Gregg, all in the 
parish of Ballymacarrett aforesaid ; and the levying and 
collecting Tolls at the Bridge so to be erected for the 
support, reparation and maintenance thereof, and the pur- 
chasing of the ground requisite and necessary for,such 
Bridge, such intended new Road, and the making the 
necessary Approaches thereto, would be of great advantage 
to the Petitioners, and also of public utility, not only to 
persons residing in the immediate vicinity, but to the 
trading towns adjoining thereto ; and praying, That leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to the Earl of Belfast, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Cham- 


ber; and have Power to send for persons papers and 
records. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Aberdeen ;—of 
the Minister and Congregation of Long Acre Episcopal 
Chapel, in the parish of Saint Martin-in-the- Fields, in the 
county of A/iddlesex ;—and, two Petitions of Land-owners 
and Inhabitants of the county of Armagh,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; praying, That no public Grant be in fu- 
ture made to the Roman Catholic College of A/aynooth. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Holywell and Needing- 
worth, in the county of Huntingdon, was presented, and 
read ; praying for the speedy and complete extinction of 
Slavery in the British Colonies. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Ives and its vicinity, 
was presented, and read ; praying, That the Duty on Sea- 
borne Coals, which is so peculiarly oppressive to the poor, 
may be repealed. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Porters employed by the Wine and Gro- 
cery Establishments in the city of Dublin, was presented, 
and read; praying the House to repeal the Act of Legis- 
lative Union between Great Britain and Ireland, which has 
been to Zreland, to her People in general, and to the Peti- 
tioners in particular, productive of so much calamity. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker reported to the House, That the House 
attended His Majesty this day with their Address; to 
which His Majesty was pleased to give this most gracious 
Answer : 


I return you My sincere Thanks for your dutiful and 
loyal Address, and for your assurances that you will make 
such further Provision as may be necessary for the Public 

7A Service, 


Belfast 
Bridge Pee 
tition. 


Petitions against 
continuance of 
Grant to May- 
nooth College. 


Petition for 
abolishing 
Slavery. 


Petition 

for repeal of 
Duty on 
Coals. 


Petition 
for repeal of 
Union with 
Ireland, 


Answer to 
Address. 





Address 
thereupon. 


Highways 
Bill, ordered. 


Statute of 
Frauds Bills, 
ordered. 


Attestation 
of Instru- 
ments Bill, 
ordered. 


Returns 


respecting 
Ordnance Ser- 
vices, ordered. 


Addresses re- 
specting New 
Churches. 


550 
Service, as well as for the application of the Sums granted 
by the last Parliament. 

In all measures that may be necessary for the improve- 
ment of the Resources and for the preservation of the Peace 
of the Country, as well as for the support of the Honour 
of My Crown, I rely with confidence on your constant and 
zealous Co-operation. 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That an humble Ad- 
dress be presented to His Majesty, to return His Majesty 
the Thanks of this House for His most gracious Answer 
to their Address. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Highways in 
that part of Great Britain called England: And that 
Mr. Portman, Mr. Bonham Carter, and Mr. Spring Rice, 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Provisions of the Statute of Frauds: And that 
Sir Edward Sugden and Sir James Scarlett do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
amending the Laws respecting the Attestation of Instru- 
ments made in exercise of certain Powers or Trusts in 
Deeds, Wills, and other Instruments: And that Sir Ed- 
ward Sugden and Sir James Scarlett do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Balance remaining unpaid, on Ist Januar 
1851, upon each of the Grants of Parliament for Ordnance 
Services, set forth in the Act 11 Geo. 4, and 1 Will. 4, 
c. 63, s. 12, and also, of the Amount paid on account of 
each of the several Heads of Service for which the said 
Grants were made, between Ist January 1831 and 21st 
June 1831, by the Treasurer of the Ordnance, or any 
other Public Officer; showing at what period the full 
amount of each Grant had been applied, and what Sum, 
if any, has in any case been paid for any Head of Service 
beyond the amount granted for it by Parliament. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Balance remaining in the hands of the Trea- 
surer of the Ordnance on Ist January 1831, and of all 
Monies received by the said Treasurer between that date 
and21st June 1831, from the Exchequer, or from any other 
source ; showing under what Grants of Parliament or 
other authority the same were in each case received by 
him ; together with an Account of the application of the 
said Balance and Receipts, so far as they have been ex- 
pended by him, within the same period ; distinguishing 
the several Heads of Ordnance Services, as set forth in 
the Act 11 Geo. 4, and 1 Will. 4, c. 63, s. 12, to which 
the same have been applied. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Return, giving 
the Particulars of all Official Applications made to the 
Bishops of the several Dioceses in England and Wales for 
their assent to the building of additional Churches or 
Chapels, or to the purchase of Buildings for that purpose, 
under Act 5 Geo. 4, c. 103; specifying those which have 
been complied with, and the conditions of compliance, and 
those which have been refused, with the grounds of 
refusal; and also, the Amount (if any) of Endowment 
proposed in each instance, and secured in the cases com- 


plied with. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return, 
giving the Particulars of all Applications made to His 
Majesty’s Commissioners for building new Churches, for 
a Declaration of Perpetual Patronage, under the third 
section of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Geo. 4, c. 72, which have been 
complied with since the 8th March last, and the reasons 
and conditions of compliance. 


Q3° Funi. 


Ordered, That the said Addresses be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


A. 1831. 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to bring in 
a Bill to enable His Majesty to make Leases, Copies and 
Grants of Offices, Lands and Hereditaments, parcel of the 
Duchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the same ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by His Majesty’s 
Command, acquainted the House, that His Majesty hav- 
ing been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
gives His Consent, as far as His Majesty’s interest is 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Spring Rice, Lord Viscount Althorp, Mr. 
Attorney General, and Mr. Solicitor General, do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to con- 
solidate and amend the Laws for suppressing the illicit 
making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits, in Lreland: 
And that Mr. Spring Rice, Lord Viscount Althorp, Mr. 
Attorney General, and Mr. Solicitor General, do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire into matters connected with Vindsor Castle and 
Buckingham Palace :— And a Committee was appointed 
of Lord Viscount Duncannon, Lord Viscount Althorp, Mr. 
Goulburn, Mr. Herries, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. John Wood, 
Mr. William Bankes, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Colonel 
Davies, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Ayshford Sanford, Mr. Warbur- 
ton, Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Robert Gordon, Lord 
Killeen, Mr. Croker, Sir Henry Bunbury, Mr. Bonham 
Carter, Mr. Calcraft, Mr. Protheroe, Sir John Sebright, 
Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Evelyn Dennison, Mr. Kennedy, 
Mr. William Ponsonby, Mr. Pollock, Mr. Harcourt, Mr. 
Frankland Lewis: And they are to meet To-morrow, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power to send for 
persons papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Papers relating to the Supply of 
Furniture for Windsor Castle; and the Papers relating to 
the New Palace, called Buckingham Palace, in Saint 
James's Park, which were presented to the House upon 
the 15th day of February, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
authorize and empower the Commissioners appointed by 
an Act of the seventh year of his late Majesty King George 
the Fourth, for extending to Charing Cross, the Strand, 
and Places adjacent, the Powers of an Act for making a 
more convenient communication from Mary-le-bone Park ; 
to make and form a new Street from the Strand to Charles- 
street, Covent Garden; and to widen the North end of 
Bow-street into Long Acre, and for other purposes: And 
that Lord Viscount Duncannon and Mr. Spring Rice do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
ascertaining the Boundaries of the Forest of Dean, and 
for inquiring into the Rights and Privileges claimed by 
Free Miners of the Hundred of Saint Briavel’s, and for 
other purposes: And that Lord Viscount Duncannon and 
Mr. Spring Rice do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
repealing so much of an Act passed in the seventh year 
of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for paving, 
lighting, watching, repairing, and otherwise improving, 
Grosvenor-place, and other Streets therein mentioned, as 
relates to the Assessment of the Boundary Fence or Wall 
of the Garden belonging to Buckingham House: And that 
Lord Viscount Duncannon, Mr. Spring Rice, and Mr. 
Attorney General, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to abo- 
lish certain Oaths and Affirmations taken and made in 
the Customs and Excise Departments of His Majesty’s 
Revenue, and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof : 
And that Lord Nugent and Mr. Spring Rice do prepare, 
and bring it in. ’ 


Ordered, 








Duchy of 
Cornwall | 


Leases Bj &amp; 4 


Distillatin, 
(Ireland 
ordered, 


Committee » 
Windsor Cig, 
and Buckiy, 
ham Palace, 


appointed, 


Papers 
referred. 


Waterloo 
Bridge Ne 
Street Bill 
ordered. 


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ordered, 


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Bou 
Bill 
sent 


Bucl 
How 
Wal 
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Dean Foie } 


Boundarie 
Bill, order 


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RomanCatholic Oydered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
— Bil, ‘better securing the Charitable Donations and Bequests of 
; His Majesty’s Subjects in England and Wales professing 

the Roman Catholic Religion: And that Mr. O’Connel/ 


and Mr. Blount do prepare, and bring it in. 


Corporate Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to pre- 
Funds Bill, yent the application of Corporate Property to the purposes 
ordered- of Election of Members of Parliament: And that Mr. 

Evans, Mr. Spring Rice, and Mr. Hudson Gurney, do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Turnpike Roads Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 


— Bill amending and making more effectual the Laws concerning 
y Turnpike Roads in Scotland: And that Sir George Clerk 
and Sir William Rae do prepare, and bring it in. 

Deputy Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to in- 
iiematy demnify Persons who have acted as Deputy Lieutenants 


(Scotland) Bill, in Scotland without due qualification: And that Mr. Lamb 
nee and the Lord Advocate do prepare, and bring it in. 


Oaths before A Bill to repeal so much of certain Acts as requires 


the Lord certain Oaths to be taken by Members of the House of 


mittee » 
dsur Caw ¢ 
Buckin. 
Palace, 
Muted, 


terloo 
ge Nes 
et Bill, 
ered, 


an Foe # 
undarié 
1, order 


Steward Bill, 


mitted. © O™Mmons before the Lord Steward or his Deputies, was, 


according to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House for To-morrow. 


Waterloo Lord Viscount Duncannon presented a Bill to authorize 

mg and empower the Commissioners appointed by an Act of 

a, the seventh year of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, for extending to Charing Cross, the Strand, and 
Places adjacent, the Powers of an Act for making a more 
convenient communication from Mary-le-bone Park; to 
make and form a new Street from the Strand to Charles- 
street, Covent Garden; and to widen the North end of 
Bow-street into Long Acre, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Monday next. 


Dew Forest Lord Viscount Duncannon presented a Bill for ascer- 
a taining the Boundaries of the Forest of Dean, and for 
ill, pre- eB ° : ae é 

aia inquiring into the Rights and Privileges claimed by Free 
Miners of the Hundred of Saint Briavel’s, and for other 
purposes: And the same was read the first time; and 

ordered to be read a second time upon Monday next. 
nay “er Lord Viscount Duncannon presented a Bill for repealing 
House Garden = : 5 
Wall Bill, so much of an Act passed in the seventh year of his late 
presented = ‘Majesty King George the Fourth, for paving, lighting 
No.6 ; -"s oe : “ 
*™* watching, repairing and otherwise improving, Grosvenor- 
place, and other Streets therein mentioned, as relates to 
the Assessment of the Boundary Fence or Wall of the 
Garden belonging to Buckingham House: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


oe - Sir Edward Sugden presented a Bill to amend the Pro- 

phone 4,’ Visions of the Statute of Frauds: And the same was read 

No.7, the first time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Aitestationof Sir Edward Sugden presented a Bill for amending the 
Instruments 7 = 


Bill, pre- Laws respecting the Attestation of Instruments made in 


"sented. exercise of certain Powers or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and 


skingham 
ise Gari 
Bill, | 
ered, fom 
es 
rua 
tee 


aa 


No.g, Other Instruments: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday next. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


D , ;, ' 
ve Mr. Lamb presented a Bill to indemnify Persons who 
Indemnity have acted as Deputy Lieutenants in Scotland without due 


(Scotland) Bill, 


i presented. Qualification: And the same was read the first time ; and 


No.5. Ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


nag Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
erdesed : turn from the different Diocesan and other endowed 
Diocesan Schools, which are under the superintendence of the 
Schools, Commissioners of Education in Ireland, of the Number of 


Scholars taught in each at the period of last January ; 
specifying the Number of them for whose Education, 


~~ rn, payment is made from private means, 





and also of those who are Free Scholars taught gratuitously 
at each School, with an Account of the Salary and 
Emolument attached to such Schools from their foundation 
or establishment. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Vessels, and their Tonnage, that 
entered Inwards, and cleared Outwards, from the Port of 
Strangford, in Ireland, during each of the last Three years ; 
specifying their entering Inwards and clearing Outwards 
respectively. 


A Petition of Freemen of the city of Durham, resident 
in and near London, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That a very considerable portion of the Petitioners 
will, by the proposed plan of Reform, entirely be excluded 
from having any voice in the Election of Representatives ; 
and praying, That the House will take their case into its 
serious consideration, and forbear acceding to what they 
cannot but consider as a decided violation of the privilege 
of the subject. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to authorize Exchanges of 
Lands and other Possessions of certain Ecclesiastical 
Corporations: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Petition of Electors of Preston, as agreed to in Public 
Meeting, was presented, and read ; praying the House to 
make such amendments in the Representative system as 
will give to every tax-payer and householder a Vote for a 
Member of Parliament, and secure the peaceable exer- 
cise of that Vote by the protection of the Ballot and short 
Parliaments. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Thomas S. Bailward, Sheriff of the 
county of Somerset, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the county 
of Somerset, respectfully declare to the House their entire 
approbation of the Reform Bill which His Majesty’s 
Ministers have liberally and constitutionally submitted 
to the Legislature in the last Session of Parliament; and 
they also tender their most cordial and grateful thanks to 
the ever-memorable 302 virtuous and patriotic Members 
of the House who voted for the second reading of that 
truly national measure. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Andrew Banfield, of Ballinasloe, in the 
county of Galway, Farmer, was presented, and read ; pray- 
ing, That as a sure preventive against future famine in 
Treland, the Sub-letting Act may be totally repealed. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, of High 
Mark, in the County of Wigtown, Baronet, was delivered 
in, and read ; setting forth, That at the late Election of a 
Representative in Parliament for the District of Burghs in 
Scotland, consisting of Jedburgh, Haddington, Dunbar, 
North Berwick, and Lauder, which was held at Jedburgh, 
the presiding Burgh, on the twenty-third day of May last, 
the Petitioner and Robert Steuart, Esquire, of Alderston, 
in the county of Haddington, were Candidates ; that at the 
said Election, Christopher Middlemass, Esquire, the Dele- 
gate duly chosen for the said Burgh of Dunbar, and Sir 
Hugh Dalrymple, Baronet, the Delegate duly chosen for 
the said Burgh of North Berwick, severally voted for the 
Petitioner to be the Commissioner to represent the said 
District of Burghs in Parliament; and George Hilson, 
Esquire, pretending to be the Delegate for the said Burgh 
of Jedburgh, the said Robert Steuart pretending to be the 
Delegate for the said Burgh of Haddington, and William 
Orr, pretending to be the Delegate for the said Burgh of 
Lauder, severally voted for the said Robert Steuart to be 
the Commissioner to represent the said District of eg 
in Parliament, and the said pretended Delegates for Jed- 
burgh and Haddington also intimated, that in the case of 
an equality of votes in such Election, and of either of 
them being entitled to a casting vote, they tendered and 

7A 2 gave 


Strangford 
Port. 


Petition for 
continuance 
of Franchise. 


Ecclesiastical 
Lands Exchange 
Bill, presented. 


No. 9. 


Petition 

in favour of 
Election by 
Ballot. 


Petition 

in favour of 
Reform of 
Parliament, 


Petition 

for repeal of 
Subletting Act 
(Lreland.) 


Jedburgh, &amp;c. 
Burghs Election. 
Petition of Sir 
A.J. Dalrymple, 
Bart. 











j52 


gave such casting vote for the said Robert Stewart, and 
the Returning Officer thereupon declared the said Robert 
Steuart to be duly elected, and he has been returned as 
such Commissioner as aforesaid ; that for some time pre- 
vious to the day appointed for the Election of the Delegate 
at Lauder, the Council of that Burgh were equally di- 
vided, eight being for a Delegate in the interest of the 
Petitioner, and eight being for a Delegate in the interest 
of the said Robert Steuart, but, as the presiding Magistrate 
was of the number of those who were in the interest of 
the Petitioner, and as such presiding Magistrate was by 
Law-and the Constitution of the said Burgh entitled to a 
casting vote in case of equality, the interest of the Peti- 
tioner was preponderant in that Burgh, and this was 
matter of general notoriety in Lauder and its vicinity ; 
that the said Robert Steuart and his agent or agents, 
manager or Managers, or some person or persons acting 
on his behalf, after the teste and issuing of the Writs for 
the said Election, and previous to the day of the Election 
of the said Delegate in Lauder, were well aware of the 
state of parties in that Burgh, and did, by means of offers 
and promises of sums of money, and of gifts, loans, oflices 
and rewards, and by threats and intimidations, endeavour 
to prevail upon certain of the Councillors of the said 
Burgh in the interest of the Petitioner, and having a right 
to vote in the choice of such Delegate, to vote for the said 
Robert Steuart, or to absent themselves from the meeting 
at which the Delegate was to be elected; that on the 
fourth day of May last, being the day for the election of 
the Delegate in Lauder, a lawless mob was assembled in 
that Burgh, with the flags and colours of the said Robert 
Steuart, and under the direction and control of the said 
Robert Steuart, or of his agent or agents, manager or 
managers, or person or persons in his interest, and by such 
lawless mob the Councillors of the said Burgh were not only 
prevented from getting access to the Council Chamber, 
or usual place of meeting, within which they had been sum- 
moned to meet, but one of their number, Charles Simson, 
a voter in the interest of the Petitioner, a person of infirm 
health, was, while attempting with others to get access to 
the Council Chamber, forcibly dragged from his friends 
through the streets of the town, and forced into a post- 
chaise which had been for some time prepared for this 
abduction, and was against his will, and by force and 
violence, carried off to a distance, and was thereby pre- 
vented from voting in the said Election; that the other 
friends of the Petitioner in the said Town Council of 
Lauder, being aware of this illegal violence, and the 
forcible abduction of the said Charles Simson, and that 
this had been done for the purpose of destroying the 
preponderance which had previously existed in the said 
Burgh for choosing a Delegate in the interest of the Peti- 
tioner, and being unable to get access to the Council 
Chamber of the said Burgh, the place where the Council 
had been summoned to meet to proceed to the election 
of a Delegate, while the party in the interest of the 
said Robert Steuart had obtained access to the same 
without difficulty, they returned to the inn from which 
they had proceeded with the intention of going to the 
Council Chamber, considering that no election could, 
under these circumstances, be made; but the members 
of council who were in the interest of the said Ro- 
bert Steuart, consisting of eight in number, soon after 
left the Council Chamber, and came into the room in the 
Black Bull Tnn, in the said Burgh of Lauder, in which 
the members of council in the interest of the Petitioner 
then were, and these eight members of council in the in- 
terest of the said Robert Steuart, did in that room, in the 
said inn, notwithstanding the force and violence which 
had been exercised against the other party in the council, 
and the forcible abduction of the said Charles Simson, 
proceed by themselves to a pretended election of a Dele- 
gate for the said Burgh, and there pretended to nominate 
and choose the said William Orr as such Delegate as 
aforesaid ; but such pretended election of the said William 
Orr was totally illegal, null and void; that the election 
of the said pretended Delegate for Lauder having been 
made in a place different from that in which the Council 
were summoned to meet to elect a Delegate, and by per- 
sons not forming a legal quorum of the Council of the 
said Burgh, was illegal, null and void; that, at a subse- 
quent meeting of the members of the said Town Council 
of Lauder, at which sixteen members of Council were pre- 
sent, including the said Charles Simson, it was declared, 


4 


23° Funii. 


A. 1831. 


by the protests of the said Charles Simson and of seven 
other members of the Council, including the presiding 
Magistrate, that, if they had not been prevented by the 
lawless force and violence aforesaid, they should have 
voted for a Delegate in the interest of the Petitioner ; 
that the said Burgh of Lauder having been prevented 
by the means aforesaid from exercising its undoubted 
privilege of sending a Delegate duly elected, and in 
the interest of the Petitioner, to the election of the Com- 
missioner at Jedburgh, not only ought the vote of the 
said William Orr, the pretended Delegate for Lauder, 
not to have been counted, but the whole proceedings 
at such election of the Commissioner at Jedburgh were 
utterly null and void, the same having been held, although 
the Burgh of Lauder was by force and violence, and other 
illegal means, prevented from sending a Delegate duly 
elected, to the election of a Commissioner at Jedburgh ; 
that the election of the said Robert Steuart as the pre- 
tended Delegate for the said Burgh of Haddington, and 
his pretended election as Commissioner for the said Class 
or District of Burghs in Parliament, were also brought 
about, procured and obtained by means of sums of money, 
gifts, loans and rewards, and of promises and agreements 
for sums of money, gifts, loans, offices and rewards made 
by the said Robert Steuart, or by some person or persons 
as his agent or agents, or manager or managers, and acting 
on his behalf; and the said Rodert Steuart having by him- 
self, or by some person or persons as his agent or agents, 
or manager or managers, or acting on his behalf, been 
guilty of bribery, treating, and divers other illegal and cor- 
rupt practices in the aforesaid Class or District of Burghs, 
or in some or one of them, for the purpose of procuring, 
or endeavouring to procure, the votes of Councillors of the 
said Burghs, or some or one of them, for the Delegates in 
his interest, and of himself as Delegate for Haddington, 
was thereby rendered ineligible to serve in Parliament as 
a Commissioner for the said Class or District of Burghs ; 
that the Election and Return of the said Robert Steuart 
were brought about, procured and obtained by otherillegal, 
corrupt, and unconstitutional means and practices, dis- 
qualifying the said Robert Steuart to be elected, or to be 
the Commissioner for thesaid Class or District of Burghs ; 
that at the said Election Meeting at Jedburgh, it was 
openly notified and declared to the Delegates present, that 
the said Robert Steuart had rendered himself ineligible to 
serve in Parliament for the said Class or Districts of Burghs, 
and that any votes given for the said Robert Steuart would 
be thrown away; the Petitioner therefore humbly prays, 
That the said Robert Steuart may be declared not dul 
elected, and that the Petitioner may be declared duly 
elected Commissioner to represent the said Class or Dis- 
trict of Burghs in this present Parliament, and that the 
Return thereof may be amended accordingly, and that 
such further or other relief may be granted to the Peti- 
tioner as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Thursday the 14th day of July next, at 
three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Memorandum :—In pursuance of the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 22, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
to the Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns 
of Members to serve in Parliament, Notices were 
sent to the Parties, with Orders for their attend- 
ance by themselves, their counsel or agents, at the 
time on which the said Petition was ordered to be 
taken into consideration. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants, for such persons papers and records as shall be 
thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hearing 
of the matter of the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Papers laid before the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Accounts, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, be laid before this House. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Papers re- 
specting Public 
Accounts, or- 
dered, 





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No. 12. 





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No. 13. 


~ Account from 

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"Company, pre- 
sented. 


No, 14 


s 


Accounts, 
presented : 


Coal Duties 
(Ireland.) 


No. 15. 


Lyme (Dorset) 
Customs, &amp;c, 


Malt. 


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Public 
, OF- 


Hops. 


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XUM 


1 Witt. IV. 


Veneris, 24° die Juni ; 
Anno 1° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 

T HE House being informed that Mr. Johnson, from the 

Office of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, attended 
at the door, he was called in ; and at the bar presented to 
the House, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parlia- 
ment,—The Nineteenth Report of the Commissioners for 
auditing Public Accounts in Jreland. 

Annual Report of the Commissioners of Education in 
Treland, to His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant :—And 
then he withdrew. 

_ Ordered, That the said Reports do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House being informed that Mr. Danvers, from the 
Court of Directors of the East India Company, attended 
at the door, he was called in; and at the bar presented to 
the House, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parlia- 
ment,—Annual Account, made up to the Ist day of May 
1831, containing the Amount of the Proceeds of the Sale 
of Goods and Merchandize of the Kast India Company in 
Great Britain, and of their Commercial and other Re- 
ceipts, Charges and Payments in Great Britain, under 
the several Heads thereof, together with an Estimate of 
the same for the current year; and a Statement of their 
Bond Debts and simple Contract Debts, with the Rates 
of Interest they respectively carry, and the Amount of 
such Interest, and the state of Cash remaining in their 
Treasury, and other effects appertaining to the Company 
in Great Britain, and afloat ; distinguishing the Receipts 
and Payments, Debts and Assets in the Political and 
Territorial Branch, from the Receipts and Payments, Debts 
and Assets in the Commercial Branch :—also, an Account 
of new or increased Salaries, Establishments, or Pensions 
payable in Great Britain, granted or created between the 
Ist May 1830 and Ist May 1831 :-—and Allowances, 
Compensations, Remunerations, and Superannuations, 
granted to the Officers and Servants of the East India 
Company, under the 93d Section of the Act 53 Geo. 3, 
c. 155, for the same period :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


The House being informed that Mr. Crafer, from the 
Treasury, attended at the door, he was called in ; and at 
the bar presented to the House, pursuant to their Orders, 
—An Account of all Local Dues and Taxes, other than 
such as are chargeable to the Crown, on the Importation 
and Sale of Coals in the several Ports of Zreland, during 
each of the last Three years; stating the authority under 
which charged, and how appropriated. 

Return to an Order of the House, dated the 22d day of 
this instant June, for a Return of the Limits, to the East 
and West, of the Port of Lyme in Dorsetshire, and the 
Out-stations comprehended in the said Port, and the 
Distance of each Out-station from the Head-station :— 
also, of the Number of Officers employed in the Collection 
of the Customs at the Head-station, and at each Out- 
station of the said Port, and the Name, Salary and 
Emoluments of every such Officer :—also, of the Number 
and Aggregate Tonnage of the Ships entered Inwards and 
Outwards, and cleared Coastwise, at the said Head-station 
and each Out-station, during each of the last Ten years, 
distinguishing the Number and the Aggregate Tonnage 
of the Ships above and below 100 Tons :—also, of the 
Imports and Exports, and the Duties upon Imports, at the 
said principal and Out-stations respectively, during each 
of the last Ten years. 

An Account of the Number of Bushels of Malt charged 
with Duty in the United Kingdom, and the Amount of 
Duty thereon ; separating each Country, and distinguish- 
ing the Quantity used by Brewers, or other Persons 
licensed to brew Beer for Sale, and the Quantity used in 
the Distillery, from 10th October 1829 to 5th January 
1830 :—a similar Account from 10th October 1830, to 
5th January 1831 :—and also, from 5th January 1830 to 
5th January 1831. 

An Account of the Number of Bushels of Malt made, 
and the Amount of Duties thereon, in each Collection of 
Excise in the United Kingdom, from 5th January 1830 
to 5th January 1831. 

An Account of the Duty charged on Hops grown in 


the United Kingdom in the year 1830; distinguishing 
VOL. 86. 


Q4° “Funie. 


553 


the old and the new Duty, the several Districts, and the 
Amount of Duty charged in each District respectively. 

An Account of the Total Number of Statute Acres of 
Land in the United Kingdom, under the cultivation of 
Hops in the year 1830; distinguishing the Number of 
Acres in each Parish, and in each Collection. 

An Account of the Quantity of Hops exported from the 
United Kingdon to Foreign Parts, in the year ending 5th 
January 1831 ; distinguishing the Countries to which the 
said Hops have been exported ; also, British from Foreign 
Growths, and the Quantities to each Country respectively, 
and the Date of the year in which the said British Hops 
were grown. 

Return to an Order of the House, dated the 22d day of 
this instant June, for an Account of the Quantity of Hops 
exported from the United Kingdom to Foreign Parts, in 
the year ending 5th January 1831; distinguishing the 
Countries to which the said Hops have been exported ; 
also British from Foreign Growths, and the Quantities to 
each Country respectively, and the Date of the year in 
which the said British Hops were grown :—also, an Ac- 
count of the Quantity of Hops imported into the United 
Kingdom from Foreign Parts, to the same period, and 
distinguishing the Countries from which the said Hops 
have been imported, and Quantities respectively. 

An Account of the Total Number of Barrels of Beer 
exported from England and Scotland to Ireland, and from 
Ireland to England and Scotland; distinguishing the 
Number of Barrels so exported to each Kingdom, from 5th 
January 1830 to 10th October 1830. 

An Account of the Total Number of Barrels of Beer 
exported from England, Ireland and Scotland, to Foreign 
Countries ; distinguishing the said Countries, and the 
Quantities to each Country respectively ; and also, each 
Kingdom from which the said Beer was exported, with 
the Amount of Drawback paid thereon, from 5th January 
1830 to 5th January 1831. 

An Account of the Quantity of all the different Sorts of 
Beer made in Great Britain, from 5th January 1830 to 
10th October 1830, stated in Barrels, the rates of Duty 
per Barrel, and the Total Amount thereof. 

An Account of the Number of Barrels of Strong, Table 
and Intermediate Beer, chargeable to the Duties of Excise, 
brewed in Great Britain, from 5th January 1830 to 10th 
October 1830; distinguishing the Number of Barrels 
brewed within the Limits of the Chief Office, and within 
each of the several Collections, particularizing the Quan- 
tity brewed by Public Brewers, Licensed Victuallers, 
Intermediate Brewers, and Retail Brewers in each Collec- 
tion, and showing the Quantity of Malt used in each 
Collection in making such Beer. 

An Account of the Number of Brewers, Retail Brewers, 
Licensed Victuallers, and Intermediate Brewers, in Great 
Britain ; distinguishing the Number of each, within the 
Limits of the Chief Office of Excise, and in each of 
the several Collections, and setting forth the Number of 
Licensed Victuallers who brew their own Beer, from 5th 
January 1830 to 10th October 1830. 

An Account of the Number of Brewers, Licensed Vic- 
tuallers, and Persons licensed under the Act “ to permit 
the General Sale of Beer by Retail,” in the United King- 
dom; distinguishing the Number of each within the Limits 
of the Chief Office of Excise, and in each of the several 
Collections, and setting forth the Number of Licensed 
Victuallers, and of Persons licensed to sell Beer by Retail, 
who brew their own Beer, and showing the Total Quan- 
tity of Malt used for the brewing of Beer by such parties 
respectively, and particularizing the Quantities used by 
Brewers, Licensed Victuallers, and Persons licensed to 
sell Beer by Retail, in each Collection, from 10th October 
1830 to 5th January 1831. 

An Account of the Total Number of Gallons of Proof 
Spirits of the manufacture or distillation of the United 
Kingdom that paid Duty for Home Consumption, in each 
Kingdom, in each year, from 5th January 1828 to 5th 
January 1831, therate of Duty per Imperial Gallon at Proof, 
andthe Total Amount of Duty at that rate for each Kingdom, 
and showing the Total Number of Imperial Proof Gallons 
of such Spirits, and Total Amount of Duty thereon for 
the whole United Kingdom for each of these years. 

Return to an Order of the House, dated the 22d day 
of this instant June, for an Account of the Total Number 
of Proof Gallons of Rum, Brandy, Geneva, and all other 
Foreign Spirits that paid Duty in each Kingdom, in each 
year, from 5th January 1828 to 5th January 1831, the 

7B rate 


Beer. 


Brewers. 


Spirits. 








Candles and 
Wax. 


No. 16, 


Watertord 

Trade and 

Shipping. 
No. 17. 


Strangford 


Port. 


Weiglimasters 
of Butter (Ire- 
land.) 


Ennis and 
Galway Road 
Petition. 


Graziers’ Steam 
Maurine Com- 
pany (Ireland) 
Petition. 


554 


rate of Duty per Imperial Gallon at Proof, and Amount 
thereof, and Total Number of Gallons of all kinds, and 
Total Duty thereon, for each Kingdom, and Total Number 
of Gallons of each kind, and Total Duty thereon, and 
Total Number of Gallons of all kinds, and Total Duty 
thereon, for the United Kingdom, in each of these years. 

An Account of the Amount of Duty paid on Wax and 
Spermaceti Candles, from 5th January 1830 to 5th Ja- 
nuary 1831. 

An Account of the Amount of Duty paid on Foreign 
Wax imported in the last Three years. 

Return to an Order of the House, dated the 22d day of 
this instant June, for an Account of the Imports into the 
Port of Waterford, during each of the last Fifteen years ; 
distinguishing the Quantity and Value of all Articles 
severally exceeding the amount of £.500, so far as the 
same can be made out. 

Return to an Order of the House, dated the 22d day of 
this instant June, for an Account of the Exports from the 
Port of Waterford, during each of the last Fifteen years ; 
distinguishing the Quantity and Value of all Articles 
severally exceeding the amount of £.500, so far as the 
same can be made out. 

An Account of the Number of Vessels, with the Amount 
of Tonnage, that entered Inwards and cleared Outwards 
at the Port of Waterford, during each of the last Fifteen 
years ; distinguishing British and Foreign. 

A Return of the Number of Vessels, and their Tonnage, 
that entered Inwards, and cleared Outwards, from the Port 
of Strang ford, in Ireland, during each of the last Three 
years; specifying their entering inwards, and clearing 
outwards, respectively. 

Mr. Crafer also presented to the House, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account 
of all Compensations made in the year 1830, by the direc- 
tion of the Lords of the Treasury, to Weighmasters of 
Butter in Zre/and, under the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 41 :—And 
then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts and Papers do lie 
upon the Table; and that the Accounts relative to Coal 
Duties (Jreland), Candles and Wax, and to Waterford 
Trade and Shipping, be printed. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing an Act for 
improving and repairing the Roads leading from Tudber, 
near the bounds of the Counties of Clare and Galway, to 
Ennis, in the County of Clare, and from thence to Tho- 
mond Gate, in the County of the City of Limerick, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That it is expedient 
to continue the term of the said Act, and to alter, vary, 
amend and enlarge the powers and provisions therein 
contained ; and praying, That leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ac- 
cordingly : And that Mr. A/’Namara and Mr. Maurice 
O'Connell do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Manager and Agent of the Jrish Gra- 
ziers’ Steam Marine Company, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the export of cattle and produce from 
Ireland, presents the most important branches of her trade, 
and that a cheap, certain and regular transport of such 
stock and produce by Steam Vessels, is of vital importance 
to the well-being of her landed and agricultural interests; 
and that the Subscribers to the said Company are chiefly 
gentlemen and landed proprietors resident in Jreland 
(particularly in the western counties), who have agreed to 
enter into a Joint Stock Company or Co-partnership for 
conveying stock, produce, &amp;c. between Ireland and Eng- 
land by means of Steam Vessels, and to provide amongst 
themselves the large capital which will be necessary for 
that purpose, and which Company, they humbly conceive, 
will be of vast public utility; and that difficulties will 
arise in bringing and maintaining actions, and suits at law 
and in equity, and in laying and prosecuting informations 
and indictments, and instituting other legal or equitable 
proceedings, by or against the said Company, under the 
laws now in force ; and from the magnitude and extent of 
the operations to be carried on by the said Company, the 
before-mentioned important and beneficial purposes can- 
not be effected without a capital exceeding the means 
of private individuals, unless incorporated by the authority 
of Parliament ; and praying, That leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Maurice O’Connell, 


9 


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&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s 














Vale Roads 
Bill, pre- 
sented. 


an Act of the fifth year of his late Majesty, for repairing 
the Roads from Durweston Bridge to Caundle Bishop, 
and other Roads in the Counties of Dorset and Somerset, 
so far as relates to the Vale of Blackmoor Turnpike Roads: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. 





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Chamber; and have Power to send for persons papers Drain 
and records. ) Petitic 
&gt;) ported 

Mr. Strickland reported from the Committee on the Pe- Yorkshire Fire 
tition of several Proprietors of the Yorkshire Fire and poh = 
Life Insurance Company ; That they had proceeded accord- Petition, ren 
ing to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June es 
instant; and had examined the matter of the Petition ; 
and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to enable 
The Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance Company to sue . 
and be sued in the Name of their Secretary, or of any ; 
one of the Directors of the said Company: And that Mr. : 
Strickland and Lord Viscount Morpeth do prepare, and 4 
bring it in. i 

Mr. Strickland reported from the Committee on the Pe- Went Drain. ‘ 
tition of several Proprietors of estates within the parishes #8¢ Petition, 4 
of Fishlake, Campsall, Womersley, Kellington and Snaith, *°?°**- B tual 
in the west riding of the county of York; That they had » Petiti 
proceeded according to the Resolution of the House of 5 
the 21st day of June instant; and found, that the Stand- 3 
ing Orders relative to Bills for Draining Lands, had been 3 
complied with ; and that they had examined the matter of 3 
the Petition ; and the Report was brought up, and read. a 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Ps 
draining and improving certain Low Lands situate within a 
the several Townships of Norton, Campsall, Askren, Moss, a 
Fenwick, Little Smeaton, Stubbs Walden,Womersley, Whitley, a 
Balin, Pollington, Snaith and Cowick, and Sykehouse, in ze 
the several Parishes of Campsall, Womersley, Kellington, 
Snaith and Fishlake, all in the West Riding of the County 4 
of York: And that Mr. Strickland and Lord Viscount 3 
Morpeth do prepare, and bring it in. &amp; 

Mr. Strickland presented a Bill for repairing and im- Doncaster 2 
proving the Road from Doncaster, through Ferrybridge, RA yi83"" 
to the south side of Tadcaster Cross, in the West Riding presented, | 
of the County of York: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Mr. Charles Dundas presented a Bill to alter and amend Kennet 
the several Acts for making navigable the River Kennet, Navigation 5 
in the County of Berks: And the same was read the first Bil!) pre 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. — 

Mr. Charles Dundas presented a Bill to alter the Line Avon and 
of the Avon and Gloucestershire Railway, to make certain ne 
Branches from the same, and to amend the Act for making poossnted, 
the said Railway : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Mr. Atherley presented a Bill for erecting and main- Southamptw 3 
taining a Pier, and other Works, for the more conve- Pier Bill, | 
niently landing and embarking Passengers in the Port of Presene | 
the Town of Southampton: And the same was read the : 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Sir Gray Skipwith presented a Bill for making a Rail- Birmingham | Fain 
road from Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, to the fuiwes Bil, |"? 
Township of Basford, in the Parish of Wybunbury, in the presented. | —_ 

ow ’ : Y Y; 1€ "repo 
- County Palatine of Chester, with a Branch to the Town of '¢ 
Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford: And the same be 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second i 
time. y 

Mr. Ayshford Sanford presented a Bill for better repair- Frome Roni 
ing and improving several Roads leading to and from the Bill, pre | 
Town of Frome, in the County of Somerset: And the same “"" | 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second ; 
time. ’ 

Mr. Ayshford Sanford presented a Bill for amending Langport : 
certain Roads in the County of Somerset, and for placing Roads Bill, | 
them and other Roads under the care and management presented. 
of the Trustees of the Langport, Somerton and Castle Cary 
Roads: And the same was read the first time; and ordered 4 R 
to be read a second time. Con 

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Mr. Portman presented a Bill to continue and amend Blackmor | tr 





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Mr. Power, by Order, reported from the Committee on 
the Petition of several Owners and Proprietors of estates in 
the several townships or hamlets of Frodingham, Scunthorpe, 
Bromby, and Gunhouse otherwise Gunnas, in the parish of 
Frodingham, in the manor and soke of Kirton-in- Lindsey, 
in the county of Lincoln; That they had proceeded ac- 
cording to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day 
of June instant; and found, that the Standing Orders rela- 
tive to Bills for inclosing and draining Lands, had been 
complied with ; and that they had examined the’matter of 
the Petition; and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
inclosing, draining and warping Lands within the Town- 
ships or Hamlets of Frodingham, Scunthorpe, Bromby, and 
Gunhouse otherwise Gunnas, all in the Parish of Froding- 
ham, in the County of Lincoln: And that Mr. Power, 


Sir William Ingilby and Mr. Anderson Pelham do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairirg and improving the Road leading from the Town 
of Ludlow, in the County of Salop, through Woofferton and 
Little Hereford, to a place called Monk’s Bridge, in the 
said County, and also from the Town of Ludlow to a place 
or house called The Maidenhead, at Orleton, in the said 
County of Hereford, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That it is expedient that the term and powers of 
the. said Act should be enlarged, and some additional 
powers granted, and that it would be a great accommo- 
dation to the neighbourhood of the said Road, and of 
public utility, if power were granted to make and main- 
tain two several Diversions of the said Road; the one of 
such Diversions commencing at or near the Turnpike-gate 
situate at the south end of Zudford Bridge, within the 
parish of Zudford, in the said county of Hereford, thence 
through the said parish of Ludford, and part of the parish 
of Richard’s Castle, in the said county of Salop, and ter- 
minating at or near to a certain field on the south side of 
the River Team, within the said parish of Richard’s Castle, 
in the said county of Salop, in the occupation of Edward 
Cooke; the other of such-Diversions commencing at or near 
to the Turnpike-gate called Ludford Park Gate, thence 
through the said parish of Zudford, in the said county of 
Hereford, and part of the said parish of Richard's Castle, 
in the said county of Sa/op, and terminating at or near to 
the principal entrance to Moor Park, within the said 
parish of Itichard’s Castle, in the said county of Salop; and 
to stop up such parts of the present Road as may be 
rendered unnecessary by the making of the said Diver- 
sions; and that it would facilitate the execution of the 
objects hereinbefore mentioned, if the said Act were re- 
pealed, and if other powers and provisions were granted 
and made instead thereof; and praying, That leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Mr. Robert Clive and Lord Viscount 
Clive do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Adam Dundas reported from the Committee on the 
Petition of several Commissioners appointed under an Act 
for carrying into effect certain Improvements within the 
City of Edinburgh, and adjacent tothe same; That they 
had proceeded according to the Resolution of the House of 
the 21st day of June instant; and found, that the Stand- 
ing Orders relative to Bills for improving any City or Town, 
had been complied with; and that they had examined 
the matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought 
up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to alter 
and amend an Act passed in the seventh and eighth year 
of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, “An Act for 
carrying into effect certain Improvements within the City 
of Edinburgh, and adjacent to the same:” And that 


Mr. Adam Dundas and Sir George Clerk do prepare, ard 
bring it in. 


Mr. Littleton reported from the Select Committee, to 
whom shall be referred all Reports from Committees on 
Petitions for Private Bills, in which it shall be stated, that 
any of the Standing Orders of this House have not been 
complied with, and to report their opinion thereupon from 
time to time to the House ; and to whom a Report, stating 
that the Standing Orders have not been complied with, 


was referred; That they had made a progress in the matters 
VOL. 86. 


Q4° Funii. 


eae 


555 


referred to them, and had come to a Resolution, which 
they had directed him to report to the House; and the 
same was read, and agreed to by the House; and is as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Aylesbury Road Peti- 
tion, the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill :— 
And that Notices be forthwith given twice in The County 
Chronicle, and twice in The County Herald, being two 
newspapers respectively circulated in the Counties of 
Bucks and Bedford :—And that the Committee on the Bill 
do examine, in the first place, how far such Order shall 
have been complied with, and do report the same to the 
House on the Report of the Bill. 


Aylesbury 
Road. 


Mr. Littleton, by Order, reported from the Committee on 
the Petition of the Warrington and Newton Railway Com- 
pany; That they had proceeded according to the Resolu- 
tion of the House of the 2]st day of June instant; and 
found, that the Standing Orders relative to Bills for making 
Railways, had not been complied with, inasmuch as no 
List of Subscribers had been deposited in the Private Bill 
Office ; and inasmuch as the name of Benjamin Baxter 
was not entered in the Lists of Owners and Occupiers 
delivered into the Private Bill Office, and inasmuch as 
Joseph Welsley signed himself neuter, under a false im- 
pression ; and that the Plan deposited in the Private Bill 
Office was not a ‘duplicate of the Plan deposited with the 
Clerk of the Peace for the county of Chester, inasmuch 
as the Division numbered 32 in the Township of Norton 
in the Plan deposited in the Private Bill Office is omitted 
in the Plan deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the 
county of Chester ; and that the Parties were permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, by leave granted by the House on 
the 15th day of March last; and that they had examined 
the matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought 
up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Company of Proprietors of the Warrington and 
Newton Railway to extend the said Railway from the ter- 
mination thereof at Bank Quay, in the Parish of Warring- 
ton, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to Norton, in 
the County Palatine of Chester: And that Mr. Littleton, 
Lord Stanley, and Mr. Wilbraham, do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Warrington 
and Newton 
Railway Peti- 
tion, reported. 


Mr. Littleton presented a Bill for settling disputed 
rights respecting Tithes within the Parish of Ashton- 
under-Lyne, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for 
fixing certain Annual Payments in lieu thereof: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Lyne Tithes 


Mr. Brownlow reported from the Committee on the Pe- 
tition of the Corporation for preserving and improving the 
Port and Harbour of Belfast, and of several Owners and 
Proprietors of estates, lands and tenements, also Mer- 
chants, Traders, and Ship-owners of the town of Belfast 
aforesaid; That they had proceeded according to the 
Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June instant; 
and found, that the Standing Orders relative to Bills for 
making or improving Harbours, had been complied with ; 
and that they had examined the matter of the Petition ; 
and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
further improvement of the Port and Harbour of Belfast, 
in Ireland, and for other purposes: And that Mr. Brownlow 
and Mr. Ruthven do prepare, and bring it in. 


Belfast 

Harbour 
Petition, 
reported. 


Mr. Brownlow reported from the Committee on the 
Petition of several Owners and Occupiers of estates, lands, 
tenements and hereditaments in the town of Belfast and 
county of Antrim, also in the parish of Ballymacarrett, in 
the county of Down; That they had proceeded according 
to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June 
instant ; and found, that the Standing Orders relative to 
Bills for building Bridges, had been complied with ; and 
that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
erecting and maintaining a Bridge over the River Lagan, 
at Belfast; and for making suitable Approaches thereto: 
And that Mr. Brownlow and the Earl of Belfast do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Belfast 


7B2 A Petition 


Ashton-under- 


Bill, presented. 


Bridge Peti- 
tion, reported. 





Ulster Canal 
Petition. 


Manchester, 
Bolton, and 
Bury Railway 
Petition, re- 
ported, 


Liverpool and 
Chorlton Rail- 
way Petition, 
reported. 


Bolton and 
Leigh Rail- 
way Bill, 
presented. 


Liverpool 
and Preseot 
Roads Bill, 
presented. 





556 


A Petition of The Ulster Canal Company, was pre- 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That, by an Act passed 
in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for making and 
maintaining a Navigable Canal from Lough Erne, in the 
County of Fermanagh, to the River Blackwater, near the 
Village of Charlemont, in the County of Armagh,” the 
Petitioners were united into a Company, for making, com- 
pleting, maintaining and carrying on the said Canal, and 
other works, and for that purpose were constituted a body 
politic and corporate, by the name and style of “ The 
Ulster Canal Company,” and by that name to have per- 
petual succession, and a common seal, and by that Act 
the said works were required to be completed within four 
years from the passing of the said Act; and by an Act 
passed in the ninth year of the reign of his said late 
Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to amend an Act for making 
and maintaining a navigable Canal from Lough Erne, in 
the County of Fermanagh, to the River Blackwater, near 
the Village of Charlemont, in the County of Armagh,” the 
said time was extended to the 30th day of June 1838 ; 
and that the Petitioners entered into a contract or en- 
gagement with certain engineers for the execution of the 
said works; but it has been discovered that the plan con- 
tracted to be executed, deviated from the Line prescribed 
by the said first-mentioned Act for the execution of the 
said works, and that it would be necessary to enter into 
an entirely new contract, but that no engineer could now 
contract to complete the said works by the month of June 
1833, and that consequently it would be necessary to 
apply to Parliament for an extension of the time for 
completing the said works; and praying, That leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Brownlow, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on the Pe- 
tition of the Company of Proprietors of the Canal Navi- 
gation from Manchester to Bolton, and to Bury; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June instant; and found, that 
the Standing Orders relative to Bills for making Railways, 
had been complied with; and that they had examined the 
matter of the Petition ; and the Report was brought up, 
and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Company of Proprietors of the Canal Navi- 
gation from Manchester to Bolton and to Bury, to make 
and maintain a Railway from A/Zanchester to Bolton and 
to Bury, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, upon or 
near the Line of the said Canal Navigation, and to make 
and maintain Collateral Branches to communicate there- 
with : And that Lord Stanley and Mr. Heywood do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on the Pe- 
tition of several Owners and Occupiers of estates, lands, 
tenements and hereditaments within, and other Inha- 
bitants of, the county palatine of Lancaster, and the town 
of Liverpool; That they had proceeded according to the 
Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June instant; 
and found, that the Standing Orders relative to Bills for 
making Railways, had been complied with ; and that 
they had examined the matter of the Petition ; and the 
Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from the Town of Liverpool, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, to the Township of Chorl- 
ton, in the County Palatine of Chester: And that Lord 
Stanley and Mr. Heywood do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Stanley presented a Bill to amend and enlarge the 
several Acts relating to the Bolton and Leigh Railway : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Lord Stanley presented a Bill for more effectually re- 
pairing, amending, and improving the Roads from Liver- 
pool to Prescot, Ashton and Warrington, and for making 
several new Roads to communicate therewith, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Q4° Funii. 


A. 1831. 


Mr. James Johnston reported from the Committee on 
the Petition of several Trustees under an Act for establish- 
ing a Widows’ Fund for the Society of Writers to the 
Signet ; That they had proceeded according to the Reso- 
lution of the House of the 21st day of June instant ; and 
had examined the matter of the Petition ; and the Report 
was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
better raising and securing the Fund established for mak- 
ing provision for the Widows of the Writers to His Ma- 
jesty’s Signet in Scotland: And that Mr. Johnston, the 
Lord Advocate, and Mr. Kennedy, do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mr. Dion reported from the Committee on the Peti- 
tion of the Commissioners for forming a new Street, called 
London Street, in the city of Glasgow; That they had 
proceeded according to the Resolution of the House 
of the 21st day of June instant; and found, that the 
Standing Orders relative to Bills for improving any City 
or Town, had been complied with; and that they had 
examined the matter of the Petition ; and the Report was 
brought up,and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend 
certain Acts passed in the reign of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, for opening a Street from the Cross 
of Glasgow to Monteith Row: And that Mr. Dizon and 
Sir Michael Shaw Stewart do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Hodgetts Foley presented a Bill for erecting a County 
Hall, Courts of Justice, and other Buildings for public 
purposes, and also for providing accommodation for His 
Majesty’s Justices of Assize in and for the County of Wor- 
cester: And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Sir Francis Vincent presented a Bill for more effectually 
improving the Road from the Pondyards, in the County 
of Hertford, to the Town of Chipping Barnet, in the same 
County: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Ewart reported from the Committee on the Peti- 
tion of several Owners and Occupiers of estates within, 
and Inhabitants of, the town and parish of Liverpool ; 
That they had proceeded according to the Resolution of 
the House of the 21st day of June instant; and found, 
that the Standing Orders relative to Bills for Building 
Churches, had been complied with; and that they had 
examined the matter of the Petition ; and the Report was 
brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
endowing a Church, called Saint Bridgett, in the Parish of 
Liverpool, inthe County Palatine of Lancaster: And that 
Mr. Ewart and Lord Stanley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Addams Williams presented a Bill for more effec- 
tually repairing certain Roads leading to and from the 
Town of Abergavenny, in the County of Monmouth, and 
for making and maintaining several new Branches of 
Road to communicate therewith: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Vernon reported from the Committee on the Peti- 
tion of several Owners of estates and Inhabitants in or 
near the parish of Glossop, in the county of Derby; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June instant; and found, that 
the Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been 
complied with; and that they had examined the matter 
of - Petition; and the Report was brought up, and 
read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making and maintaining a Road from T'hornset, in the 
County of Derby, to Furnace Colliery, within Disley in 
the County of Chester, and two several Branches there- 
from: And that Mr. Vernon and Lord George Cavendish 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of several Subscribers to a Company or Co- 
partnership, styled, “ The Irish Inland Steam-Navigation 
Company, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
local knowledge, and a familiarity with the wants of Jre- 
land, have produced a strong conviction upon the minds 


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of the Petitioners, that the extension of Inland Navigation, 
by means of Steam Vessels, would tend to enrich and 
promote the prosperity of that country, by opening new 
markets for the surplus products of its soil and industry ; 
and that parts of Jreland through which Navigable Rivers 
and Canals now run, are peculiarly distinguished by great 
natural fertility of soil, by perfect adaption to manufac- 
tories to be worked by water, and by the extent of the 
mineral property in which they are known to abound ; 
and that the introduction of trade and manufacture into 
many parts of Jre/and, suited to Inland Navigation, and 
the consequent diffusion among its inhabitants of habits 
of industry and commercial enterprize, are particularly 
desirable ; and that parts thereof are destitute of fuel, 
and that adequate Inland Navigation, by means of Steam, 
would almost equalize the price of that necessary article 
throughout its entire line; and that, in all cases, the 
speedy and regular transmission of agricultural and 
mineralogical produce, and other kinds of merchandize, 
throughout Jreland, would confer great and important 
benefits upon that country ; and that the Petitioners and 
several others have for some time traded as Carriers on the 
Canals and Rivers of the said country, under a Firm or 
Co-partnership, called, ‘‘ The Jrish Inland Steam-Naviga- 
tion Company,” for the purposes aforesaid ; and that the 
Petitioners and others have subscribed the sum of 
100,000/. as and for the capital of such Undertaking, of 
which they have paid the sum of 34,000 /.; and praying, 
That leave may be given to bring in a Bill to regulate the 
said Company, and particularly to enable them to sue 
and be sued. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Sheil, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's Chamber ; and 
have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of several Persons, subscribers to an intended 
Company, to be called, ‘The Dublin and Kingstown Rail- 
way Company,” was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners, with several others, have agreed, by 
contracts under their respective hands and seals, to form 
a Company under the authority of Parliament, to be called, 
“The Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company,” for the 
purpose of making and maintaining a Railway or Rail- 
ways, with proper works and conveniences connected 
therewith for the passage of waggons and other carriages 
from, at or near Trinity College, in the city of Dublin, to 
the Pier at Kingstown, in the county of Dublin, as set forth 
in the Plans and Estimates thereof prepared by Alexander 
Nimmo, Esquire; and that the Petitioners and others 
have subscribed the sum of 67,000/. out of the sum of 
200,000 /., being the capital stock of the said Company, 
upon which the sum of 3,350/. (being a deposit of 5/. 
per cent.) has been already paid; that the said Undertaking 
would be of great advantage to the Inhabitants of the 
city of Dublin and town of Kingstown, and also to the Mer- 
chants, Ship-owners and other Inhabitants of the said city 
and port of Dublin, by opening a certain and expeditious 
communication between the said city of Dublin and the 
royal harbour of Kingstown, and by affording an additional 
mode of conveyance for passengers and merchandize, and 
other articles and matters between these places, and also 
to and from the neighbouring country ; and that the Pe- 
titioners and others are willing and desirous to make and 
construct the said Railway, and necessary works connected 
therewith ; and praying, That leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Sheil, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


Lord Francis Osborne presented a Bill for repairing 


Y the Road from the Town of Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely, 


in the County of Cambridge, to the Town of Thorney, in 
the same Isle and County: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Lord Viscount Belgrave presented a Bill for making 
and maintaining a Railway from the Township of Birken- 
head, in the County of Chester, to the City of Chester, in 
the County of the said City: And the same was read the 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
VOL. 86. 


Q4° Funit. 


557 


Mr. Portman presented a Bill to consolidate and amend Highways 
the Laws relating to Highways in that part of Great Bill, pre- 
Britain called England: And the same was read the first S°"te¢. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- No. 10. 
nesday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Address 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- SI 
. ° : ; vleration 
tions, that there be laid before this House, Copies of the ws. 
Laws passed by the several Colonial Legislatures for the 
relief of the Catholics, the removal of the Disabilities of 
the Jews, and of Free Persons of Colour during the last 
Six years. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Addresses 

Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- Pohang A 
; a é amaica, &amp;c. 

rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return of Revenue. 
the Civil, Ecclesiastical and Military Establishments of 
Jamaica, the Expenses of which are defrayed by any Reve- 
nue raised in that Island, the Annual Amount of such 
Expenses, and of any other Expenditure incurred, and 
which is defrayed by a Revenue raised in the Island ; and 
of the Annual Ways and Means for raising such Revenue, 
during the last Ten years, ending 31st December 1830. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a similar 
Return as to the other West India Colonies. 

Ordered, That the said Addresses be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Address 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- (Pe Ae ican 
tions, that there be laid before this House, Copies or Trade. 
Extracts from any Reports and Returns made by British 
Consuls General, and Consuls to the Foreign Office, 
respecting the Trade of A/exico, Colombia, Buenos Ayres, 

Chili and Peru, from October 1823 to the latest date. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of the Reform Committee of the Royal Burgh Petitions 
of Nairn ;—of Inhabitants of the United Parishes of AZa- in favour of 
glass, Ballymore, Killinick, and Sharmon, in the county of cate 
Wexford ;—of Owners and Occupiers of land and Inhabit- pecene 
ants of Cawston;—and, of the Working Classes of Aber- 
deen,—were presented, and read ; praying for a Reform 
in the Representation of the People in Parliament. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and, except the first, to be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of 7ralce, in the 
county of Kerry ;—and, of Inhabitants of Ki/fian, in 
the barony of Zyrawley, in the county of Mayo,—were 
presented, and read; praying, That the House will dis- 
continue altogether the annual Grant to the Ki/dare-street 
Society, and hand it over to those from whose hands alone 
will the Catholics of Jreland receive an Education which 
will not affect the interests of that Religion which they 
conscientiously profess. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


Petitions 
respecting Edu- 
cation(Lreland.) 


A Petition of the Reverend Sir Harcourt Lees, Baronet; 


Petitions 
—of the Chancellor, Master and Scholars of the Univer- against 
sity of Oxford ;—and, of the Mayor, Burgesses and House- ae ome 


holders of Marlborough,—were presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the Bills of the last Session of Parliament 
to amend the Representation of the People; and praying, 
That the same may not pass into a law. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and, except the first, to be printed. 


Mr. Evans presented a Bill to prevent the Application Corporate 
of Corporate Property to the purposes of Election of Funds Bill, 
Members to serve in Parliament : And the same was read Presented: 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon He, 18, 
Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 

7C A Petition 








Petition 
respecting 
Emigration. 


Petitions 
respecting 
additional 
Representation. 


Addresses 
respecting 
Cholera 
Morbus. 


Members added 
to a Com- 
mittee ; 


Papersreferred ; 


Power to 
Committee. 


Committee 
on Motion 


for Supply. 


King’s Speech 
referred, 


Reform of 
Parliament 
(England) 
Bill, ordered. 


558 


24° 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Ki//ian, in the 
barony of Zyrawiey, in the county of A/ayo, was presented, 
and read ; complaining of their distress ; and praying the 
House to take their Petition into consideration, with a view 
of granting legislative relief from the varied oppressions 
under which they groan, or granting them the means to 
emigrate into one of the foreign Colonies of the Empire. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Freeholders and Inhabitants of the county 
of Carmarthen, was presented, and read ; praying, That 
the House will be pleased to allow another Member for 
the County of Carmarthen. 

A Petition of Freeholders and Inhabitants of the county 
of Carmarthen, was also presented, and read; praying, 
That a Member for the Boroughs of Llanelly and Kid- 
welly may be given by the Bill for reforming the Repre- 
sentation of the Commons’ House of Parliament. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, Copies 
or Extracts of all Information or Opinions communicated 
to Government relating to the nature and extent of any 
Infectious Disease prevailing in the Eastern parts of 
Europe, and to the Precautions recommended to prevent 
the introduction of such Disease into this Country. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the Names of Persons appointed as a Board of Health to 
consider of the Measures proper to be adopted to watch 
the nature of such Disease. 

Ordered, That the said Addresses be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Mujesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That Mr. Miles and Mr. Strutt be added to 
the Select Committee appointed to inquire into matters 
connected with Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. 

Ordered, That all Minutes of Evidence taken by the 
Committee in the last Session of Parliament, and all 
Papers laid before them, be referred to the present Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to report 
their Proceedings from time to time to the House; and 
have leave to adjourn from place to place. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider of the Motion made yesterday, That a Supply be 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Ordered, That His Majesty’s most gracious Speech to 
both Houses of Parliament, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to a Resolution, which they had 
directed him to report to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House was moved, That so much of His Majesty’s 
most gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament at the 
opening of the Session as relates to Reform in the Repre- 
sentation of the Peaple, might be read ; and the same was 
read ; and is as followeth ; 


« T have availed Myself of the earliest opportunity of 
resorting to your Advice and Assistance after the Dis- 
solution of the late Parliament. 

“‘ Having had recourse to that measure for the purpose 
of ascertaining the Sense of My People on the expe- 
diency of a Reform in the Representation, I have now 
to recommend that important Question to your earliest 
and most attentive consideration ; confident that, in any 
measures which you may prepare for its adjustment, you 
will carefully adhere to the acknowledged Principles of 
the Constitution, by which the Prerogatives of the Crown, 
the Authority of both Houses of Parliament, and the 
Rights and Liberties of the People, are equally secured.” 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Representation of the People in England and 


5 


uni. 


A. 1831. 


Wales : And that Lord John Russell, Lord Viscount Althorp, 
Sir James Graham, Mr. Charles Grant, and Mr. Stanley, 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in the Cities 
of London and Westminster, and in certain parts of the 
Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, 


Buckinghamshire and Berkshire: And that Mr. Frankland © 


Lewis and Mr. Stuart Wortley do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

The House was moved, That the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 41, to 
regulate the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in Eng- 
land, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 10 Geo. 4, 
ce. 18, to explain, amend and alter the Act of the ninth 
year of the reign of his present Majesty, for regulating the 
Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in England, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for re- 
gulating the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in 
England: And that Mr. Robert Gordon, Lord Granville 
Somerset, and Mr. Lamb, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House upon 
the Bill to repeal so much of certain Acts as requires 
certain Oaths to be taken by Members of the House of 
Commons before the Lord Steward, or his Deputies, be 
now read; and the same being read :—The House re- 
solved itself into the Committee; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they had 
gone through the Bill; and had directed him to report the 
same to the House, without any Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed and read the third 
time upon Friday next. 


A Bill to indemnify Persons who have acted as Deputy 
Lieutenants in Scotland without due Qualification, was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House for To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Journal of this House, from the end 
of the last Session of Parliament to the end of this present 
Session, with an Index to the 86th volume, be printed. 

Ordered, That one thousand seven hundred and fifty 
Copies of the said Journal and Index be printed, by the 
appointment and under the direction of John Henry Ley 
Esquire, Clerk of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Journal and Index be printed 
by such person as shall be licensed by Mr. Speaker ; and 
that no other person do presume to print the same. 


Mr. Frankland Lewis presented a Bill for regulating the 
Vend and Delivery of Coals in the Cities of London and 
Westminster, and in certain parts of the Counties of A/id- 
dlesex, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckingham- 
shire and Berkshire: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Lord Nugent presented a Bill to abolish certain Oaths 
and Affirmations taken and made in the Customs and 
Excise Departments of His Majesty’s Revenue, and to 
substitute Declarations in lieu thereof: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill to enable His Majesty 
to make Leases, Copies, and Grants of Offices, Lands and 
Hereditaments, parcel of the Duchy of Cornwall or an- 
nexed to the same: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bolton-le-Moors, was pre- 
sented, and read; praying the House, That in extending 
the Suffrage, it would be pleased to protect the Voters by 
means of the Ballot. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 

A Petition 





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respecting 
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1 WiLL. IV. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stockport, was presented, 
and read; praying, That the House will immediately re- 
peal the Corn Laws, and allow all Foreign Corn to be im- 
ported Duty free. © = 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Tradesmen and Inhabitants of Broadway, 
in the county of Somerset, was presented, and read ; set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners beg leave to solicit the 
attention of the House in favour of a great proportion of 
the Retail Tradesmen of the Kingdom, who are daily suf- 
fering to a grievous extent from the want of a summary 
and less expensive process of law to recover Small Debts, 
an evil which is now become so onerous in itself, and 
ruinous in its consequences, as to compel them humbly to 
lay their grievance before the House, in full confidence 
that they will protect the trade of the country generally, 
in the like manner they have benefited the same class of 
persons resident in Bath, Bristol, and other highly fa- 
voured cities and towns; and praying the House to place 
them on an equal footing with others of His Majesty’s 
subjects in those favoured places. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Gillingham, in the county 
of Dorset, was presented, and read ; praying for the Abo- 
lition of Colonial Slavery. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Patrons, Trustees and Managers of the 
Bank for Savings established at Blandford Forum, was 
presented, and read ; complaining of the restrictions im- 
posed by the 35th section of 9 Geo. 4, c. 92, relating to 
Savings Banks; and praying the House to take into their 
early consideration the expediency of repealing so much 
of the said Statute as relates to the limitation of the Total 
Amount of Investments by Depositors, and the Non-pay- 
ment of Interest when they amount to 200/., and of 
continuing the restriction which forbids any Depositor to 
invest more than 30/. in any one year, to prevent undue 
advantage being taken of the Institution. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of all such Reports relative to the Price of Corn in 
Foreign Countries as may have been made by His Ma- 
jesty’s Consuls abroad, and have not yet been laid before 
this House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, A Return 
of the Official Value of Goods warehoused in the Port of 
London, for the years 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, and 
1830; and an Account of the Goods actually in the 
Bonded Warehouses in the Port of Zondon on 5th January 
1831; distinguishing the Places where deposited, and 
Quantities at each. 


The House was moved, That the Order made yesterday, 
for reading a second time upon Wednesday next, the Bill 
to authorize Exchanges of Lands and other Possessions 
of certain Ecclesiastical Corporations, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 6th day of July next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the general Disbursements of the Royal Military 
Asylums at Chelsea, Isle of Wight and Southampton ; dis- 
tinguishing each under separate Heads, for the years 1828, 
1829 and 1830 (in continuation of the Account, No. 162, 
Finance Report, laid before the Select Committee on Fi- 
nance in the year 1828); stating the Name, Rank and 
Office of every Person in each Establishment whose Sa- 
lary and Allowances exceed £.75 per year, and whether 
enjoying Full or Half Pay, Pension, or Superannuation 
Allowance, and how much in addition to their Allowances 
from the Asylums ; also distinguishing those employed 
in superintending the Establishment from those employed 
in Education ; stating also, the average Charge per Head 
of each Child for Provisions, also for Clothing, Linen and 
Laundry Expenses per Head. 


Mr. Robert Gordon presented a Bill for regulating the 


Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in England: And 
VOL. 86. 


Q4°—25° 


559 


the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of all Informations filed in the Court of Exchequer 
in Jreland during the last Three years, for the recovery of 
Penalties under the Excise Laws ; specifying the Offence 
charged to have been committed, with the Proceedings 
thereupon, and their result ; with the Costs incurred upon 
each Information for Libel, and the Names of the Parties, 
and Dates of each Information set forth. 


uni. 


Mr. Irving presented a Bill to consolidate and amend 
the several Acts for making the West-India Docks: And 


the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Spring Rice by, Order, presented a Bill for making 
a Railroad from the Town of Manchester, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, to Sowerby Bridge, in the West 
Riding of the County of York: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Spring Rice, by. Order, presented a Bill for making 
a Railroad from Bradford to Leeds, in the West Riding 
of the County of York, together with a Branch there- 
from: And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Spring Rice, by Order, presented a Bill for making 
a Railway from Manchester, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, to Sheffield, in the West Riding of the County 
of York: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Spring Rice by, Order, presented a Bill to amend 
an Act of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for 
repairing the several Roads leading to and from the City 
of Eveter, and for making certain new Lines of Road to 
communicate with the same, and for keeping in repair 
Eve Bridge and Countess Wear Bridge, and to make and 
maintain other Roads communicating with the said Roads: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Sabbati, 25° die Junii ; 
Anno 1° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That there be laid before this House, 

a Return of the Number of Persons appointed and 

now acting, to make Returns of Sales of Corn under 

7 &amp; 8 Geo. 4, c. 58; stating the Places where residing, 
the Salaries paid to each, and from what Fund paid. 

The House being informed that Mr. Joyce, from the 
Board of Trade, attended at the door, he was called in; 
and at the bar accordingly presented to the House the 
said Return. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Dion reported from the Committee on the Petition 
of Robert Dalgleish, Esquire, Lord Provost of the city of 
Glasgow, James Martin, Esquire, Chief Magistrate of 
the barony of Gorbals, and of the Preceptor of Hutche- 
son’s Hospital, and John Alston, Deacon Convener of the 
Trades’ House of Glasgow, and of the Trustees appointed 
under several Acts for making more effectual and convert- 
ing the Statute Labour within the said County, and for 
repairing and regulating the Roads within the same ; and 
another Act for regulating the conversion of the Statute 
Labour within the said Barony of Gorbals ; That they had 
proceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the 
21st day of June instant; and found, that the Petition 
was not within the Standing Orders relative to Turnpike 
Bills, the application being only for regulating the Statute 
Labour in the Barony of Gorbals, in the City of Glasgow 
and County of Lanark ; and that they had examined the 
matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, 
and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to alter 
and amend an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of 

7C 2 his 


Returns respect- 
ing Exchequer 
Informations, 
ordered, 


West-India 


Dock Company 


Bill, presented. 


Manchester and 
Leeds Railway 
Bill, presented. 


Bradford 
and Leeds 


Railway Bill, 
presented. 


Sheffield and 
Manchester 
Railway Bill, 
presented, 


Exeter 
Roads Bill, 
presented. 


Return 
respecting 
Corn Returns, 
ordered ; 


No. 37. 


presented. 


Gorbals Sta- 
tute Labour 

Petition, re- 

ported. 





Darlington and 
Barton Lane 
End Road Bill, 


presented. 


Lincoln County 
Buildings Bill, 
presented, 


Southgate 
(Lynn) Road 
Petition. 


Lynn (East 
Gate) Road 
Petition, 


Warrington and 
Newton Rail- 
way Bill, pre- 
sented, 


a 50 
560 Q5 
his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for regulating 
the Conversion of the Statute Labour within the Barony 
of Gorbals, in the City of Glasgow and County of Lanark: 


And that Mr. Dixon and Mr. Charles Douglas do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Cradock presented a Bill for making a Turnpike 
Road, with a Branch therefrom, from The Angel Inn, 
near Darlington, in the County of Durham, to Barton 
Lane End, in the County of York: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time, 


Mr. Cradock, by Order, presented a Bill to enable the 
Justices of the Peace for the three Divisions of the County 
of Lincoln to purchase the Castle of Lincoln, and the Castle- 
yard, Bulwark and Moat surrounding the same ; and for 
converting the said Castle into a County Hall, Court of 
Assize, and other Buildings for transacting the business 
of the said County: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Acts 
for repairing and widening the several Roads from the 
South Gate, in the Borough of King’s Lynn, into the 
Parishes of East Walton, Narborough, Stoke Ferry and 
Downham Market, in the County of Norfolk, was pre- 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That the Money borrowed 
on the credit of the Tolls, cannot be repaid, nor the said 
Roads be effectually amended, improved and kept in repair, 
unless the term of the said Acts be further continued, some 
of the powers and provisions thereof altered and amended, 
further powers granted for carrying the purposes of the 
said several Acts into execution, and some of the Tolls 
altered and increased; and praying, That leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Mr. Cradock and Mr. Coke do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


A Petition of several Trustees for carrying into execu- 
tion the several Acts for repairing and widening the Roads 
from the East Gate in the Borough of King’s Lynn, into the 
Parishes of Geyton and Grimstone, and to the Gate next 
Hillington, on Congham Common, and to the north end of 
Babingley-lane, in the county of Norfolk, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That the Money borrowed on the 
credit of the Tolls, cannot be repaid, nor can the said 
Roads be effectually amended, improved and kept in repair, 
unless the term of the said Acts be further continued, the 
powers and provisions thereof altered and amended, fur- 
their powers granted, and the Tolls increased ; and that the 
making and maintaining of a new Line of Road leading 
from the south-west corner of a blacksmith’s shop, near 
the Public-house called The Cholmondeley Arms, in the 
occupation of 7’homas Chamberlain, in the parish of Castle 
Rising, to pass by and through a piece of pasture-land, 
containing about three roods, in the occupation of the said 
Thomas Chamberlain, and also by and through a piece of 
arable land, containing about one acre and a half, in the 
occupation of Henry Wright, in a south-easterly direction, 
to join the present Turnpike Road at or near the Alms- 
houses in Castle Rising aforesaid, would be of great pub- 
lic utility ; and that the said new Line of Road might be 
conveniently made and kept in repair, if the same were 
put under the care and management of the Petitioners, 
and made part of the Roads now included in the said 
Acts; and that when the said new Line of Road is com- 
pleted, the present Turnpike Road leading from the south- 
east corner of a Public-house, called the Black Horse, in 
Castle Rising aforesaid, and which Road is narrow and 
incommodious in its present circuit for travellers and 
carriages, will be of little or no public benefit, and it 
will be expedient to abandon the same as a Turnpike 
Road ; and praying, That leave may be given to bring in 
a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Mr. Cradock and Mr. Coke do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Alderman Wood, by Order, presented a Bill to enable 
the Company of Proprietors of the Warrington and Newton 
Railway, to extend the said Railway from the termination 
thereof at Bank Quay, in the Parish of Warrington, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, to Norton, in the County 
Palatine of Chester: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time.. 


Unit. 


A. 1831. 


A Petition of several Inhabitants residing within the 
District of the Tower Hamlets, in the county of Middlesex, 
was presented, and read ; reciting an Act for the more easy 
and speedy recovery of Small Debts within the Tower 
Hamlets ; and setting forth, That a Court was established 
for the more easy recovery of Debts not amounting to 40s. 
within the said District, and that the establishment of 
such Court being found extremely beneficial, it became 
necessary to build a Court House, and make other ar- 
rangements for carrying into full effect the benefit of the 
said Act, and accordingly, by another Act passed for 
explaining, amending and rendering more effectual the 
first-mentioned Act, it was enacted, that a proper Court 
should be built, with such provisions as are therein con- 
tained for the better carrying into execution the said first- 
mentioned Act; and that his Majesty King Charles the 
Second, by his Letters Patent, bearing date at Westminster 
the second day of May, in the nineteenth year of his 
reign, did, for himself, his heirs and successors, make, 
create, ordain and constitute one Court of Record within 
the Manors of Stepney and Hackney, in the county of 
Middlesex, and the Hamlets and Liberties of the same, to 
be held in some convenient place within the said Manor 
on Thursday throughout the year; and that Richard Luke 
Wynand Farmer, Esquire, having become entitled to the 
benefit of the said Patent, and thereby authorized to hold 
such Court, did continue to hold the same regularly until 
the time of his decease, which happened in the month of 
November 1826, and that, having died intestate and 
without heirs, the interest of the said Patent, and the 


right of holding the said Court, escheated to the Crown, . 


and that from the time of such his decease, the same 
Court has been wholly closed, and the inhabitants re- 
siding within such jurisdiction entirely deprived of the 
benefit thereof; and that it would be a great benefit to 
the Petitioners and others residing within the district of 
the Tower Hamlets, that the jurisdiction of the said Court 
of Requests should be increased to the recovery of Debts 
not exceeding 5/., and the more especially so as they are 
now wholly deprived of the benefit of the said Court for 
recovery of any demand exceeding 40s. without having 
recourse to the proceedings of the Superior Courts at 
Westminster, and which the Petitioners have found so 
ruinously expensive to the parties, that they have in 
very many instances preferred the loss of their demands, 
than resort to the jurisdiction of such Courts ; and pray- 
ing, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the 
same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Alderman Wood, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet upon Monday next, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber; and have Power to send for persons papers 
and records. 


Mr. Vernon presented a Bill for making and maintaining 
a Road from 7hornset, in the County of Derby, to Furnace 
Colliery, within Dis/ey, in the County of Chester, and 
two several Branches therefrom: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Lord Stanley presented a Bill to enable the Company 
of Proprietors of the Canal Navigation from Manchester 
to Bolton and to Bury to make and maintain a Railway 
from Manchester to Bolton and to Bury, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, upon or near the Line of the said 
Canal Navigation, and to make and maintain Collateral 
Branches to communicate therewith: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Lord Viscount Belgrave, by Order, presented a Bill for 
erecting and maintaining a Bridge over the River Lagan, 
at Belfast, and for making suitable approaches thereto : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Lord Viscount Belgrave, by Order, presented a Bill for the 
further improvement of the Port and Harbour of Bedfast, 
in Jreland, and for other purposes : And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Kennedy presented a Bill for making and repairing 
certain Roads leading across the County of Stirling, and 
other Roads in the said County : And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. 





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Doblin and 
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Mr. Kennedy reported from the Committee on the Pe- 
tition of the Magistrates and Town Council of the royal 
burch of Rothesay, in the county of Bute; That they had 
proceeded according to the Resolution of the House of 
the 21st day of June instant; and found, that the Standing 
Orders relative to Bills for making or improving Harbours, 
and for building or repairing Gaols and Court Houses, had 
been complied with; and that they had examined the 
matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, 
and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
improving, repairing and maintaining the Harbours of the 
Burgh of Rothesay, in the County of Bute, and for build- 
ing and maintaining a Gaol, Court House and Offices for 
the said Burgh and County: And that Mr. Kennedy, 
Mr. Dixon, and Sir William Rae, do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


A Petition of several Inhabitants of the city of Norwich 
and county of the same city, was presented, and read ; 
reciting several Acts for erecting a Workhouse in the 
City and County of the City of Norwich, for the better 
employment and maintaining the Poor there ; and setting 
forth, That the powers and provisions of the said Acts 
have been inadequate for the purposes thereby intended, 
and it would be beneficial to the inhabitants at large of 
the said city and county if the same were repealed, and 
other provisions enacted in lieu thereof; and praying, 
That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Robert Grant, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet upon Monday next, in the Speaker's 
Chamber; and have Power to send for persons papers 
and records. 


Mr. Sheil reported from the Committee on the Petition 
of several Subscribers to a Company or Co-partnership, 
styled, “The Jrish Inland Steam-Navigation Company ;” 
That they had proceeded according to the Resolution of 
the House of the 21st day of June instant; and had 
examined the matter of the Petjtion ; and the Report was 
brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enabling The Jrish Inland Navigation Company to sue 
and be sued: And that Mr. Shei/ and Sir Robert Harty 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Sheil reported from the Committee on the Petition 
of several Persons, subscribers to an intended Company, 
to be called, “ The Dublin and Kingstown Railway Com- 
pany ;” That they had proceeded according to the Reso- 
lution of the House of the 21st day of June instant; and 
found, that the Standing Orders relative to Bills for making 
Railways, had been complied with; and that they had 
examined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was 
brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making and maintaining a Railroad from Westland Row, 
in the City of Dublin, to the Head of the Western Pier 
of the Royal Harbour of Kingstown, in the County of 
Dublin, with Branches to communicate therewith: And 
that Mr. Sheil and Sir Robert Harty do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Adam Dundas presented a Bill to alter and amend 
an Act passed in the seventh and eighth years of the reign 
of his late Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for carrying into 
effect certain Improvements within the City of Edinburgh, 
and adjacent to the same:” And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing and widening the Road from the Town of Rugby 
to the Borough of Warwick, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Money borrowed on the credit of 
the Tolls, cannot be repaid, nor the said Road be effec- 
tually kept in repair, unless the term and powers of 
the said Act are repealed, and further and more effectual 
powers granted, and the Tolls increased ; and praying, 
That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Mr. Lawley and Sir Gray Skipwith do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


VOL. 86. 


25° Funit. 


501 

Lord Viscount Ebrington presented a Bill for making Crediton and 
and maintaining a Turnpike Road from Crediton to Chud- Chudleigh 
leigh Bridge, and from Crockham Bridge to the Eveter mn 
Turnpike Road, in Chudleigh, all in the County of Devon: ° ; 


And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Lord Viscount Ebrington presented a Bill to amend an Teignmouth 
Act of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for more 2d Dawlish 
effectually maintaining the Road from Teignmouth to Reads Bill, 

: : " resented. 
Dawlish, and for making Roads from Dawlish to the ° 
Exeter Turnpike Roads, together with a Road from 
Southtown to Chudleigh, and certain Branches communi- 
cating with the same, all in the County of Devon ; and to 
make and maintain other Roads communicating with the 
said Roads: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


The Earl of Belfast reported from the Committee on the 
Petition of The Ulster Canal Company ; That they had 
proceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the 
21st day of June instant ; and found, that the Standing 
Orders relative to Navigation Bills, had been complied 
with, pursuant to leave granted by the House on the 30th 
day of March last; and that they had examined the mat- 
ter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, and 
read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the several Acts for making and maintaining the 
Ulster Canal, in the Counties of Fermanagh and Armagh: 
And that the Earl of Belfast and Sir Arthur Chichester 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ulster Canal 
Petition, 
reported. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider of the Motion 
made yesterday, That a Supply be granted to His Majesty, 
the Resolution which they had directed him to report to 
the House; and the same was read, and is as followeth : 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a Supply be granted to His Majesty. 

The said Resolution being read a second time ; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House doth 
agree with the Committee in the said Resolution, that 
a Supply be granted to His Majesty. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 


consider of the Supply granted to His Majesty. 


Report on 
Motion for 


Supply. 


Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge of Wages and Estimates, &amp;c. 
Victuals for the Seamen and Marines to serve in His °4"e?: 
Majesty’s Fleet, for the year 1831, be laid before this 5°™¢" 
House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Ordinary of the Navy, Ordinary of 
for the year 1831, with an Estimate of the Half-pay of Nevy- 
Officers of the Navy, and such of the Officers of the Royal 
Marines as were employed in the last War, be laid before 
this House. 


Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for Works in Extra Navy. 
His Majesty’s Yards, and for the Payment of the Hire of 
Transports, for the year 1831, be laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for Guards, Land Forces. 
Garrisons and other Land Forces, for the year 1831, be 
laid before this House. 


Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge of the Office 
of Ordnance for Land and Sea Service, for the year 1831, 
be laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Account of Services incurred, and 
not provided for by Parliament, be laid before this House. 


Ordered, That an Estimate of the Debt of His Majesty’s 
Navy, to the 3lst December 1830, be laid before this 
House. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions to the proper Officers to lay before this House, the 
said Estimates and Account. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordnance, 


Services not 
provided for. 


Navy Debt. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Committee on 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to indem- pot Seton ad 


nify Persons who have acted _as Deputy Lieutenants in (Scotlane) Bill, 
D Scotland 








562 


_ Scotland without due Qualification ; and, after some time 


Answer to 
Address. 


Reform 

of Parliament 
(England) Bill, 
presented, 


No. 22. 


Ordnance 

Estimates, 

presented. 
No. 23. 


Amy 
Estimates, 
presented. 


No, 24. 


spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Bernal reported from the Committee, That they had gone 

through the Bill, and made an Amendment thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday next. 


The Earl of Belfast reported to the House, That their 
Address of this day (that His Majesty would be graciously 
pleased to give directions that the Papers therein men- 
tioned might be laid before this House) had been pre- 
sented to His Majesty ; and that His Majesty had com- 
manded him to acquaint this House, That He will give 
directions accordingly. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to amend the Repre- 
sentation of the People in England and Wales: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Monday, the 4th day of July next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Tennyson presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Address to His Majesty, Estimates of the Charge of the 
Office of Ordnance (including Superannuated Allowances) 
for the year 1831. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Sir Henry Parnell presented to the House, pursuant to 
their Address to His Majesty,—Estimate of the Charge 
of His Majesty’s Land Forces for Service at Home and 
Abroad (excepting the Regiments employed in the Terri- 
torial Possessions of the East India Company), from the 
Ist January to the 3lst December 1831, being 365 days ; 
enclosing, 

(No. 1.)—State of the Expenses on account of Recruit- 

ing, as included in the Estimate of the Charge of 
the Land Forces for the year 1831, with Papers A. 
and B. referred to therein. 
(No. 2.)—Statement referred to in the Estimate of the 
Charge of the Land Forces for the year 1831. 

(No. 3.)—State of the Services provided for under the 
head of Contingencies, in the Estimate of the Land 
Forces for the year 1831. 


Sir Henry Parnell also presented to the House, by 
His Majesty’s Command,— Estimate of the Charge of 
General Staff Officers and Officers of the Hospitals 
serving with His Majesty’s Forces, for the year 183] ; 
enclosing, 

(No. 1.)—Particulars of the Charge of General Staff 
Officers, and Officers of the Hospitals, for Service in 
Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 1831. 

(No. 2.)—Particulars of the Pay of General Staff Off- 
cers and Officers of the Hospitals, for Service on 
Foreign Stations, excepting India, for the year 1831. 


Estimate of the Charge of the Allowances to the Prin- 
cipal Officers of the several Public Departments there- 
under mentioned, their Deputies, Clerks and Contingent 
Expenses, for the year 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of Medicines and Surgical 
Materials for His Majesty's Land Forces, and of certain 
Hospital Contingencies, for the year 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of His Majesty’s Garrisons at 
Home and Abroad, for the year 1831. 


Estimate of the Charge of the Royal Military College, 
for the year 1831; enclosing, 
State of Particulars of the Expense of the Royal Mili- 
tary College, for the year 1831. 


Estimate of the Charge of the Royal Military Asylum, 
for the year 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of Volunteer Corps in the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the 
year 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of Four Regiments of Dragoons 
and of Twenty-one Battalions of Infantry, for Service in the 
Territorial Possessions of the East India Company, and 
of Two Battalions of Infantry on their passage home (in- 
cluding the Troops and Companies attached to the said 
Regiments, but stationed at home for the purpose of 
recruiting), from the Ist January to the 31st December 
1831 inclusive. 

Statement referred to in the Estimate of the Charge of the 

Regiments of Cavalry and Infantry for Service in the 
Territorial Possessions of the East India Company. 


Q5° Fun. 


A. 1831. 


Estimate of the Charge of the Pay of General Officers 
in His Majesty’s Forces, not being Colonels of Regiments, 
for the year 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of Full Pay for Reduced, Re- 
tired and Unattached Officers of His Majesty’s Forces, for 
the year 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of Half Pay and Military Al- 
lowances to Reduced and Retired Officers of His Majesty’s 
Land Forces, for the year 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of Half Pay and Reduced AIl- 
lowances to Officers of Disbanded Foreign Corps, of Pen- 
sions to Wounded Foreign Officers, and of Allowances to 
the Widows and Children of deceased Foreign Officers, 
for the year 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge for Reduced Local Militia Ad- 
jutants, Retired Officers of the Militia, and Reduced Adju- 
tants and Serjeant Majors of Yeomanry, for the year 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of Pensions to be paid to 
Widows of Officers of the Land Forces, for the year 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of Allowances on the Com- 
passionate List, of Allowances as of His Majesty’s Royal 
Bounty, and of Pensions, Gratuities and Allowances to 
Officers for Wounds, for the year 1831. . 

Estimate of the Charge of Chelsea and Kilmainham Hos- 
pitals, of the In-Pensioners of those Establishments, and of 
the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, for the year 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of Allowances, Compensations 
and Emoluments in the nature of Superannuation or Retired 
Allowances, to Persons formerly belonging to the several 
Public Departments thereunder mentioned in the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of Exchequer Fees in Great Bri- 
tain, upon Issues to be made for Army Services in 1831. 

Abstract, showing the Distribution of the Forces borne 
on the foregoing Estimates. 

Abstract of the Estimates of the Army Services for the 
year 1831. 

Comparative Abstract of the Estimates of Army Ser- 
vices for 1830 and 1831. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented to the House, by His Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—A Statement of the Estimates of the 
Miscellaneous Expenditure for Public Works, &amp;c. sub- 
mitted to Parliament for 1831, compared with the Grants 
for the same Service in 1830. 

An Estimate of the probable Amount that will be re- 
quired for Repairs, &amp;c. of Public Buildings; for Furni- 
ture, &amp;c. for the various Public Offices and Departments; 
and for certain Charges for Lighting, Watching, &amp;c. de- 
frayed by the Office of Works; and also for the Repairs 
and Alterations of Royal Palaces, and Works in the Royal 
Gardens, heretofore charged upon the Civil List; and for 
the Repairs of the Royal Palace of Holyrood House, and 
certain Public Buildings in Scotland, heretofore charged 
on the Hereditary Revenue of Scotland. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required, 
in the year 1831, to defray the Expense of Works now 
executing at Port Patrick Harbour. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required 
to defray the Expense of Works now carrying on at Do- 
naghadee Harbour, in the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required, 
in the year 1831, on account of the New Buildings at the 
British Museum. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted, for the 
year 1831, on account of the Holyhead and Howth Roads 
and Harbours. 

An Estimate of the Amount required to be granted, in 
the year 1831, upon account of the Building now erecting 
at Liverpool, as a Custom House, Excise Office, Stamp 
Office and Post Office, and also as an Office for The Liver- 
pool Dock Company. : 


A Statement of the Estimates of the Miscellaneous Ex- 
penditure for Salaries, &amp;c. submitted to Parliament in 
1831, compared with the same Services for 1830. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray 
the Charge for those Salaries of the Officers of The House 
of Lords and of The House of Commons, and of Pensions 
for Retired Officers of the Two Houses, which are paid at 
the Treasury ; and also of the Amount which will be re- 
quired in aid of the Fee Funds of the Two Houses. 

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An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required 
to defray the Expenses of The House of Lords and of The 
House of Commons, for the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to make 
good the Deficiency of the Fee Fund in the Department 
of His Majesty's Treasury, for the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to make 
good the Deficiency of the Fee Fund in the Department 
of His Majesty’s Home Secretary of State, for the year 
1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted, in the 
year 1831, to make good the Deficiency of the Fee Fund 
in the Department of His Majesty’s Foreign Secretary of 
State. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted, in the 
year 1831, to make good the Deficiency of the Fee Fund 
in the Department of His Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for the Colonies. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to make 
good the Deficiency of the Fee Fund in the Departments 
of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council and Com- 
mittee of Privy Council for Trade, in the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required, 
in the year 1831, to defray the Expenses for Contingen- 
cies and Messengers in the Department of His Majesty's 
Treasury. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted, in the 
year 1831, to defray the Contingent Expenses and Mes- 
sengers’ Bills.in the Department of His Majesty’s Home 
Secretary of State. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted in the 
year 1831, to defray the Contingent Expenses and Fx- 
penses of Messengers in the Department of His Majesty’s 
Foreign Secretary of State. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray 
the Contingent Expenses, and Expenses on account of 
Messengers, in the Department of His Majesty’s Secre- 
tary of State for the Colonies, for the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray 
the Contingent Expenses, and Messengers’ Bills, in the 
Departments of His Majesty's most honourable Privy 
Council and Committee of Privy Council for Trade, in 
the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required, 
in the year 1831, to defray the Expense of Messengers 
attending the First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, the four Patent Messengers of the 
Court of Exchequer, and various ancient Allowances to 
Officers of that Court, and others. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted, in the year 
1831, to pay the Salaries or Allowances granted to certain 
Professors in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, 
for reading Courses of Lectures, for one year. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted, in the year 
1831,to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the Commis- 
sioners of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, of their Clerks, 
and of the Contingent Expenses, for one year; and also, 
of the Expenses attendant upon the Circuits. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted, in the year 
1831, for paying the Salaries of the Officers, and Con- 
tingent Expenses of the Office for the Superintendence of 
Aliens; and also, the Superannuations or Retired Allow- 
ances to Officers formerly employed in this Service. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required, 
in the year 1831, to defray the Charge of the Establish- 
ment of the Penitentiary at M/i/bank. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required, in the 
year 1831, to defray the Charge of His Majesty’s Office 
of Works. 

An Estimate of the Sum which may be wanted to make 
good the Deficiency of the Fees in the Office of Registry 
of Colonial Slaves in Great Britain, for the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required, in 


the year 1831, to defray the Expenses of the State Paper 
Office. 


A Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous Expendi- 
ture, for Superannuation and Charitable Allowances, sub- 
mitted to Parliament for 1831, compared with the Grants 
for the same Services for 1830. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray 
the Charge of the Allowances or Compensations granted 
as Superannuations or Retired Allowances, to Persons 


formerly employed in Public Offices or Departments, or 
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563 


in the Public Service, according to the provisions of the 
Acts 50 Geo. 3, c.117, and 3 Geo. 4, c. 113, for the year 
1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted, in the 
year 1831, to enable His Majesty to grant relief to Tou- 
lonese and Corsican Emigrants, Dutch Naval Officers, 
Saint Domingo Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others, 
who have heretofore received Allowances from His Ma- 
jesty, and who, from services performed or losses sustained 
in the British Service, have special Claims upon His 
Majesty’s justice and liberality. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Expense 
of the National Vaccine Establishment, for the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum required for the support of the 
Institution, called, The Refuge for the Destitute, for the 
year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray 
the Expense of confining and maintaining Criminal Luna- 
tics, for the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Amount that may be wanted, in the 
year 1831, for paying the usual Allowances to the Pro- 
testant Dissenting Ministers in England, Poor French 
Protestant Refugee Laity, and sundry small Charitable and 
other Allowances to the Poor of Saint Martins-in-the- 
Fields, and others. 


A Statement of the Estimates of the Miscellaneous Ex- 
penditure, for Services of a Miscellaneous Nature, sub- 
mitted to Parliament for 1831, compared with the Grants 
for the same Services in 1830. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted for His 
Majesty’s Foreign and other Secret Services, for the year 
1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required, 
in the year 1831, to defray the Expense of printing Acts 
of Parliament, and Bills, Reports and other Papers for 
the Two Houses of Parliament. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required, 
in the year 1831, to defray the Expense of providing Sta- 
tionery, Printing and Binding, for the several Departments 
of the Government in England and in Ireland, and also 
for providing Paper for the Printing which may be ordered 
in the year 1832 by the Two Houses of Parliament ; and 
also for the Charge of the Stationery Office. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to defray 
the Extraordinary Expenses of the Mint, in the coinage 
of Gold, in the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray 
the Extraordinary Expenses of Prosecutions for Offences 
against the Laws relating to Coin, in the year 1831]. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may probably be required, 
in the year 1831, to defray the Expense of Law Charges. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray 
the Expenses attending the confining, maintaining and 
employing Convicts at Home and in Bermuda, in the 
year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum which may be required to 
defray the Expense incurred for the support of Captured 
Negroes, Liberated Africans, &amp;c. for the year 1831, un- 
der the Acts for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. 

An Estimate of the Sum which may be wanted, in the 
year 1831, to pay the Salaries and Incidental Expenses of 
the Commissioners appointed on the part of His Majesty, 
under the Treaties with Spain, Portugal and the Nether- 
lands, for preventing illegal Traffic in Slaves, in pursuance 
of the Acts of the 58th &amp; 59th Geo. 3, for carrying the 
said Treaties into effect, and for Pensions to the retired 
Commissioners. 

An Estimate of the Sum which may be wanted for the 
Salaries of His Majesty’s Consuls General and Consuls, 
for the year 1831; and also for all Contingent Charges and 
Expenses connected with the public Duties and Establish- 
ments of such Consuls General and Consuls, and for pay- 
ing the amount of Superannuation Allowances granted to 
Retired Consuls, for the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required, in 1831, 
to pay the Bills drawn from New South Wales and Van 
Diemen’s Land, on account of Expenses incurred at those 
Settlements for Convicts. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required, 
in the year 1831, to defray the Expense of paying the 
Fees due and payable to the Officers of the Parliament on 
all Bills for continuing or amending any Acts for making 
or maintaining, keeping in repair or improving, bag 

7 2 oads, 


Emigrants. 


Vaccine 
Establishment. 


Refuge for 
the Destitute. 


Criminal 
Lunatics. 


Protestant 
Dissenting 
Ministers. 


IV. 
No. 30. 
Comparative 
Statement. 


Secret 
Services. 


Printing Acts 
of Parliament, 


Stationery, 


Gold 


Coinage, 


Prosecutions 
relating to Coin, 


Law Charges. 


Convicts. 


Captured 
Negroes. 


Expenses of 
Slave Trade 
Commissions. 


Salaries to 
Consuls, &amp;c. 


Bills from New 


South Wales. 


Turnpike Road 
Bill Fees. 








Common Law 

aud Real Pro- 
perty Commis- 
sions. 


Compensation 
to Lescene and 
Escoffery. 


Pension to 
C. Hooper and 
P. Martin. 


Commissioners 
of Records. 


Vv. 
No. 31. 
Comparative 
Statement. 


Civil 
Establishments, 
Bahama Islands, 


Nova Scotia. 


Bermuda. 


Prince Edward's 
Island. 


Newfoundland. 
Sierra Leone. 


African 
Forts. 


Propagation of 
the Gospel. 


Engineer De- 
partment (New 
South Wales.) 


Communication 
between Mon- 
treal, &amp;c. 


Western 
Australia. 


Fernando Po. 


Army Extra- 
ordinaries, 


No, 34. 


Commissariat. 


No. 33. 


Civil Con- 
tingencies. 
. No, 25. 


Exchequer Bills. 
No, 38. 


564 


Roads, which shall pass the Two Houses of Parliament, 
and receive the Royal Assent. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be granted, in the 
year 1831, to defray the Expenses of the Commissioners 
appointed to inquire into the Practice and Proceedings of 
the Superior Courts of Common Law, and into the Law of 
England, respecting Real Property. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be granted to make 
good the Losses sustained by Louis Celeste Lescene and 
John Escoffery, in consequence of their removal from 
Jamaica, in the year 1823, by order of the Duke of 
Manchester, the Governor of that [sland. 

An Estimate of the Sum required for the purchase of 
the Pension granted by his late Majesty King William the 
Third to James Waller, and re-granted by his late Majesty 
King George the Second to Charles Hooper and Philip 
Martin, and their Heirs. 

An Estimate of the Amount that may be required, in 
the year 1831, to defray the Expense incurred under the 
Direction and Management of the Commissioners of Re- 
cords. 


A Statement of the Estimates of the Miscellaneous 
Expenditure for Colonial Establishments, and other Ser- 
vices in the Colonies, submitted to Parliament for 1831, 
compared with the Grants for the same Services in 1830. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Esta- 
blishment of the Bahama Islands, in addition to the 
Salaries now paid to the Public Officers out of the Duty 
Fund, and the Incidental Charges attending the same, 
from the Ist day of January to the 31st day of December 
1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Esta- 
blishment of Nova Scotia, in America, from the Ist day 
of January to the 31st day of December 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Esta- 
blishment of the Island of Bermuda, in America, from 
the Ist day of January to the 31st day of December 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Esta- 
blishment of Prince Edward's Island, in America, from the 
Ist day of January to the 31st day of December 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Esta- 
blishment of the Island of Newfoundland, from the 1st 
day of January to the 31st day of December 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Esta- 
blishment of Sierra Leone, from the Ist day of January to 
the 31st day of December 1831. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Expenses of 
the Forts of Cape Coast Castle and Accra, from the Ist 
day of January to the 31st day of December 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum required for the Society for 
the Propagation of the Gospel, in aid of the Expense of 
the Society in the there-under mentioned Colonies, for the 
year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required, in the 
year 1831, to defray the Charge of providing Stores for 
New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, for Convicts’ ; 
Clothing and Tools for liberated Africans at Sierra 
Leone ; and Indian Presents for Canada. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will be wanted, in the 
year 1831, for improving the Water Communication be- 
tween Montreal and the Ottawa, from the Ottawa to 
Kingston, and from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. 

Estimate of the Sum which will be required to defray 
the Charges of the Settlement in Western Australia, for 
the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum required for the Establishment 
of Fernando Po, for the year 1831. 


An Account of the Extraordinary Expenses of the 
Army paid from 25th December 1829 to 31st December 
1830, both inclusive, and an Estimate of the Sum re- 
quired to be granted for the year 1831. 

Estimate of Sums required for the Supply of Bread, 
Meat, and Forage, Coals, Candles and Straw, for the 
Troops in Great Britain and Ireland; and for Coals, 
Candles, &amp;c. for the Troops at certain Foreign Stations ; 
also, for the pay of the Commissariat Department, in the 
year 1831. 

An Account of the Sum expended under the head of 


Civil Contingencies, in the year 1830; and an Estimate 
of the Amount required for 1831. 


An Estimate of the Sum which will be required to pay 
Interest on Exchequer Bills, for the year 1831, 


Q5° Funir. 


A. 1831. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required, 
in the year 1831, to defray Charges in Scotland, hereto- 
fore paid out of the Hereditary Revenues, or out of the 
Customs and Excise Revenues, in their progress to the 
Exchequer. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will be required for de- 
fraying the Expenditure of the Establishment of the Bri- 
tish Museum, for the year 1831. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir James Graham presented to the House, pursuant to 
their Address to His Majesty,—Navy Estimates for the 
year 1831, with Estimate of the Expense of the Vic- 
tualling and Medical Departments of the Navy, for the 
year 1831. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Thursday last, that leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better securing the Charitable Donations and Bequests 
of His Majesty’s Subjects in England and Wales profes- 
sing the Roman Catholic Religion, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 


better securing the Charitable Donations and Bequests of ordered. 


His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain professing the 
Roman Catholic Religion: And that Mr. O’Connell and 
Mr. Blount do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Association of Underwriters and In- 
surance Brokers in Glasgow, was presented, and read ; 
praying the House to repeal or greatly diminish the Duties 
on Marine Insurance, or give such other relief to the Pe- 
titioners, and the other interests affected thereby, as to 
them shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of 
the borough of Chesterfield, and of the Clergy, Gentry and 
Inhabitants of the town and parish thereof, was presented, 
and read ; praying, That in the event of any new distri- 
bution of the Elective Franchise, such privilege may be 
conferred on the Parish of Chesterfield. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and parish of 
Llangefni, in the county of Anglesey, was also presented, 
and read; praying, That the House will take into con- 
sideration the adoption of such measures as will enable 
the Petitioners to participate in the election of a Repre- 
sentative for the Borough of Beaumaris. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


A Petition of Parishioners, Householders and Inhabi- 
tants of Bangor ;—and, of Inhabitant Houscholders of 
St. Mary, Rotherhithe,—were presented, and read ; taking 
-notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of the 
People in England and Wales; and praying, That the 
same may pass into a law. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bluntisham-with-Earith, in 
the county of Huntingdon, was presented, and read; 
praying for the Abolition of Colonial Slavery. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of old Labouring Land Coal-meters for the 
county of Surrey, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners were appointed under the Act passed 
in the 47th year of His Majesty George the Third, were 
continued under the Act passed in the 9th year of his 
late Majesty George the Fourth, and continue under the 
Act of His present Majesty William the Fourth; that 
the Petitioners observe, that the last-mentioned Act will 
expire at the conclusion of the present Session of Parlia- 
ment, and are informed that the existing system of Land 
Coal-metage is likely to be abolished ; that such alteration 
in the law upon this subject will most materially affect 
the Petitioners, by totally divesting them of their accus- 
tomed employ, and reducing them and their families to 

great 








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great distress ; that the Petitioners have been engaged in 
the occupation of Labouring Land Coal-meters for the 
space of from five years to nearly twenty years, and are of 
considerable advanced age, circumstances which enhance 
the difficulty of procuring employment; and praying the 
House to take their situation into consideration, and to 
allow them to participate in common with their brother 
Labouring Land Coal-meters of the cities of Zondon and 
Westminster. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Roman Catholic Mr. O'Connell presented a Bill for the better securing 


lates, Charities Bill, 
nted, presented. 


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for : . 
a Cota Road Bill, 


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the Charitable Donations and Bequests of His Majesty’s 
Subjects in Great Britain professing the Roman Catholic 
Religion: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Robert Clive presented a Bill for improving and 
maintaining the Road from Ludlow, in the County of 
Salop, through Woofferton and Little Hereford, to Monk's 
Bridge, in the said County, and also from Ludlow to 
Orleton, in the County of Hereford: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Beeby, one of the Clerks attending Committees of 


recon Public this House, presented to the House, pursuant to their 





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YIIiM 


Order,—Papers laid before the Select Committee on 
Public Accounts in Session 1830-31. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Second Report upon 
the subject of the Public Accounts made by Messrs. Brooks- 
bank and Beltz, to the Treasury, dated 24th December 
1829; and, Copies of the Instructions given by the 
Board of Treasury to the Public Departments of Govern- 
ment respecting the mode of keeping their Accounts, in 
consequence of the Reports of the Commissioners of 
Inquiry upon the subject, which were presented to the 
House upon the 25th day of February, in the last Session 
of Parliament, be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Act 14 Geo. 3, c. 83, 
for making more effectual Provision for the Government 
of the Province of Quebec, in North America, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider of the said Act. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 27° die Juniz ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi 4" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


H E House being informed that Mr. Robertson, from 
the Metropolis Roads Office, attended at the door, 
he was called in; and at the bar presented to the House, 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—The 
Fifth Annual Report of the Commissioners of the Metro- 
polis Turnpike Roads North of the Thames :—And then 
he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


The House being informed that Mr. Parkhouse, from 
the Commissioners for investigating the Debts of the late 
Rajah of Tanjore, attended at the door, he was called in; 
and at the bar presented to the House, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Seventh Report 
of the Commissioners appointed under an Agreement con- 
cluded on the 11th February 1824, between the East India 
Company, and the private Creditors of his late Highness 
Ameer Sing, formerly Rajah of Tanjore:—And then he 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

VOL. 86. 


A Petition of John Wallace, of Belfast, in the county of 
Antrim, Gentleman, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That there are extensive quarries of lime and other 
stone at and near the Cave Hill, in the townland of 
Ballyaghagan, in the parish of Belfast, and county of 
Antrim, and that the making and maintaining a Railway, 
with proper works and conveniences adjoining thereto, or 
connected therewith, for the passage of waggons and other 
carriages, from the said quarries to the Town and Harbour 
of Belfast, would be a work of great public utility and 
advantage, by opening a cheap, convenient and expe- 
ditious communication for the conveyance of limestone 
and other materials to the said Town and Harbour, and 
parts adjacent thereto, for the use of the same, and for 
the ballasting of ships and vessels trading to the said 
Port and Harbour, and the said work would also tend to 
promote commerce, and would otherwise prove of great 
benefit and advantage to the Public at large; and that 
the Petitioner is entitled to that part of the said townland 
of Ballyaghagan containing the said quarries, and is 
willing and desirous, at his own expense, to make and 
maintain such Railway ; and praying, That leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Lord Arthur Hill, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


Mr. Charles Douglas presented a Bill to alter and 
amend an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of his 
late Majesty King George the Fourth, for regulating the 
Conversion of the Statute Labour within the Barony of 
Gorbals, in the City of Glasgow and County of Lanark : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Petition of several Proprietors of land in the county 
of Lanark, and Inhabitants of the city of Glasgow, and 
places adjacent thereto, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That the making and maintaining a Railway for 
the passage of waggons and other carriages, with proper 
works and conveniences attached thereto or connected 
therewith, from, at or near the west side of Rutherglen 
Green, by or near or through the lands of Adleysbank, and 
by or near Grozarthall, Gallowfleet, Eastfield Colliery, to 
or near Wellshot Mine, with a Branch to the River Clyde, 
at or near the Quay commonly called Rutherglen Quay, 
and a Branch to Marme Colliery, anda Branch to Eastfield 
and Scotstone Collieries, and a Branch to Hamilton-farm 
Colliery, and with wharfs, depots, and other conveniences 
for loading and unloading goods, will be of great local and 
public utility; and praying, That leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee:—And it is referred to Mr. Charles Douglas, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's 
Chamber ; and have Power to send for persons papers 
and records. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Act 
for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road from Ciren- 
cester, in the County of Gloucester, to Wootton Bassett, in 
the County of Wilts, and a Branch of Road from the 
Malmesbury and Cirencester Turnpike Road, near Crudwell 
Church, to communicate with the Turnpike Road leading 
from Cricklade and Malmesbury, at or near Minty Common, 
was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Money 
borrowed on the credit of the Tolls, cannot be repaid, nor 
can the said Road be effectually repaired, and kept in 
repair, unless the term and powers of the said Act are 
enlarged, and additional powers granted ; and that the 
present Highways leading from the said Road at a place 
called Watermoor, to the Wharf at or near Cirencester’, 
and also to the Turnpike Road leading from Cirencester 
to Tetbury, at or near the Turnpike called Tetbury Turn- 
pike, are much out of repair, narrow and inconvenient for 
passengers and vehicles; and that it would be of great 
benefit to the Public if the said Highways were made 
Turnpike, and put under the care and management of the 
said Trustees; and that the extending the Line of the 
said Road from the Malmesbury and Wootton Bassett 
Turnpike Road, at or near Banners Ash, to the town of 
Wootton Bassett, would also be of great public utility ; 
and praying, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for the same. 


7E Ordered, 


Belfast Rail- 
way Petition. 


Gorbal’s Sta- 
tute Labour 
Bill, pre- 
sented. 


Rutherglen 
Railway 
Petition. 


Cirencester 
and Wootton 
Bassett Road 
Petition. 








566 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Mr. Edwards Vaughan and Mr. Cripps do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of George Page, John Ladd, Thomas Philip 
Baily, William Parry, Henry Harris, William. Sutton, 
and George Bleaden, inhabitant householders resiant of 
the borough of Calne, in the county of Wilts, was de- 
livered in, and read ; setting forth, That on or about the 
30th day of November 1830, the Select Committee, ap- 
pointed by the House to try and determine the merits of 
the Petition presented by Edward Cheney, Esquire, and 
Edmund Hopkinson, Esquire, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Caine, in the 
county of Wilts, reported to the House, That the merits of 
the Petition did depend in part upon the Right of Elec- 
tion, and that therefore the said Committee had required 
the counsel for the several Parties to deliver to the Clerk 
of the Committee, Statements, in writing, of the Right of 
Election for which they respectively contended ; that, in 
consequence thereof, the counsel for the Petitioners de- 
livered in a Statement, as follows: ‘“ That the Right of 
Election is in the ancient Burgesses only, such ancient 
Burgesses being the inhabitant householders resiant of the 
said Borough, duly sworn ;” that the counsel for the Sit- 
ting Members delivered in a Statement, as follows: “ The 
counsel for the Sitting Members will contend, that the 
Right of Election of Burgesses to serve in Parliament for 
this Borough is in the ancient Burgesses of the said Bo- 
rough only, meaning thereby the select body of the cor- 
poration ;” that, upon the Statement delivered in by the 
counsel for the Petitioners, the said Committee deter- 
mined, “ That the Right of Election, as set forth in the 
said Statement, was not the Right of Election for the said 
Borough ;” that, upon the Statement delivered in by the 
counsel for the Sittmg Members, the said Committee de- 
termined, “That the Right of Election, as set forth in the 
said Statement, was not the Right of Election for the said 
Borough ;” that the said Committee determined, “ That the 
Right of Election for the said Borough was in the ancient 
Burgesses of the said Borough only, meaning by the term, 
‘ancient Burgesses, Burgesses duly elected and sworn 
according to the ancient constitution of the Borough of 
Calne ;” that the Petitioners believe, that the Right of 
Election of Burgesses to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough of Caine is in the ancient Burgesses only, such 
ancient Burgesses being the inhabitant householders re- 
siant in the said Borough, and duly sworn; that the 
Petitioners feel themselves aggrieved by the above Deter- 
mination and Resolutions of the said Committee; and 
therefore, to prevent the judgment of the said Committee 
from becoming final and conclusive, the Petitioners most 
humbly pray the House, that they may be admitted as 
Parties, according to the form of the Statute in such case 
made and provided, to oppose the Right of Election, in 
favour of which the said Select Committee have so re- 
ported, and to support and establish the said Right of 
Election for which the Petitioners, in the Report of the 
said Committee mentioned, contended before the said 
_ Select Committee, or such other right as shall be con- 
sistent with the law; and that the Petitioners may have 
_ such other relief in the premises as to the House shall 
seem meet, and the nature of the case may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Bill for repairing the Road from the Bridge on the 
old River at Barton to Brandon Bridge, in the County of 
Suffolk, was read a second time; and committed to Sir 
Henry Bunbury, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Dixon presented a Bill for improving, repairing 
and maintaining the Harbours of the Burgh of Rothesay, 
in the County of Bute, and for building and maintaining 
a Gaol, Court House and Offices for the said Burgh and 
County : And the same was read the first time; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Dixon presented a Bill to amend certain Acts 
passed in the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, for opening a Street from the Cross of Glasgow to 
Monteith Row: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


QT" Funii. 


.. A W831. 


A Petition of James Arthur Murray, a Captain in His 
Majesty’s Navy, was presented, and read; setting forth; 
That, prior to the year 1775, Macca Narsinva Opparow, 
then Zemindar of Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, being in+ 
debted to the East India Company for arrears of Tribute, 
applied to James Hodges, then a member of the Council 
of Masulipatam, to advance him the money for paying 
off the Tribute then due, and growing due, with which the 
said James Hodges complied, and the whole of the money 
so advanced by the said James Hodges, was applied in 
supporting the Zemindar’s credit, by payment of the 
Company’s Kists ; and that, at the period in question, the 
finances both of the Zemindar and the Company were in 
so embarrassed a state, that, if the same James Hodges 
had not assisted the Zemindar in the manner above stated, 
it would have been a serious injury to the Company in 
that part of India; and that, on the settling of the ac- 
counts between the said James Hodges and the said Ze- 
mindar, on the 6th day of June 1779, the balance due to 
the said James Hodges was 57,666 Madras pagodas, 30 
fanams and 40 cash, for which the Zemindar executed a 
bond and mortgage of certain villages for payment with 
legal interest at 12 per cent.; this transaction was com- 
municated to, and received the sanction of, the Govern- 
ment and Council of Madras; and that the said James 
Hodges continued in possession of the villages until the 
25th November 1784, when, in.consequence of a commu- 
nication from Lord Macartney and Council, the said 
James Hodges was induced to surrender his villages, and 
to rely upon the assistance of the Government for the 
recovery of his debt, after paying the arrears of Tribute 
due to the Company, which it was stated would be ef- 
fected in ten or eleven years; and that the Kast India 
Company thereupon took sovereign possession of the Ze- 
mindar’s premises, and out of the revenues thereof made 
a provision for the Zemindar’s son ; and that no part of 
the debt due to the said James Hodges has been paid, 
and in consequence of the above-named Zemindaries 
having passed from the dominion of Opparow to that of 
the Company, the said debt is now become irrecoverable 
by any legal process; and that in the years 1792 and 
1793 the said James Hodges applied by Petition to the 
Court of Directors of the Honourable Kast India Com- 
pany for relief, but with which the said Company de- 
clined to comply ; and that the said James Hodges died 
in 1794, leaving Ann Hodges, his widow ; and that the 
said Ann Hodges, having waited until the eleven years 
mentioned in Lord Macartney’s letter had expired, pre- 
sented another Memorial to the Court of Directors, but 
with which the Company also refused to comply ; and that 
the said Ann Hodges, having very soon afterwards become 
lunatic, was unable to prosecute her claim, and that she 
died in the year 1824; and that Mary Ann Murray, 
widow of Lord William Murray, and commonly called 
Lady William Murray, the mother of the Petitioner, took 
out letters of administration to her estate and effects ; and 
that the said Lady William Murray died in the year 1827, 
having by her will appointed the Petitioner her executor, 
who has duly proved the same, and is thereby become the 
legal personal representative of the said James Hodges ; 
and that the Petitioner, on the 24th November 1829, 
presented a Petition to the Court of Directors, praying 
relief, but which was refused ; and that the Petitioner, on 
the 12th August last, presented a Petition to the Board of 
Control, praying their interference on his behalf with the 
East India Company, whereupon the Board called upon 
the Company for the accounts relative to the above Zemin- 
daries, and on the 16th February instant, without inti- 
mating the slightest doubt of the justice of the Petitioner’s 
claim, declined to address the Court of Directors further, 
on the ground that the Company’s Tribute was not only 
not paid, but irrecoverable ; and that the Company having, 
as above stated, in the year 1784 seized the Zemindar’s 
possessions, in satisfaction of such Tribute, the Petitioner 
submits that his claim against the said Zemindar’s terri- 
tories is again set on foot, but that he has no means at 
law or in equity of enforcing such claim, whereby he is 
much aggrieved; and praying, That the said Court of 
Directors of the said United Company of Merchants may 
be authorized, empowered and required to appropriate so 
much of the Territorial Revenues of the said United Com- 
pany as will be sufficient to pay off and discharge to the 
said James Arthur Murray, or other the legal personal 
Representative of the said James Hodges, deceased, the 

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principal money so due as aforesaid, together with lawful 
interest thereupon. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. John Wood, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Proprietors and Occu- 
piers of land in the several counties of Louth, Mona- 
ghan and Tyrone, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That the Road from Drogheda, in the county of 
Louth, through Collon and Ardee, in said county, and 
through Carrickmacross, Castle Blayney, Monaghan and 
Emmavale, in the county of Monaghan, and Aughnacloy, 
Ballygawley, Newtown Stewart, Strabane and Ballyma- 
gorry, in the county of 7yrone, and also the Roads from 
Monaghan to Castle Blayney, and from Monaghan to 
Ballybay, to Carrickmacross, are great leading thorough- 
fares to the north and west of Jreland, from the various 
seaports of Drogheda, Dundalk, and from the metropolis 
of Ireland; and that, in consequence whereof, the said 
Roads are now in bad repair, and the expense of putting the 
said Roads in complete repair, and keeping them in such 
repair, by Grand Jury Presentments, would be extremely 
burthensome to the holders of land within the several 
counties aforesaid ; and that there are two Lines of Road, 
namely, the old Line and the new Line, from Ballybay to 
Monaghan, and from Ballybay to Castle Blayney, and 
from Ballybay to Carrickmacross, all in the said county 
of Monaghan, which are necessary and convenient to the 
Public, are also greatly frequented, and are consequently 
in bad repair; and the repairing and keeping in repair of 
the said Roads would be also extremely burthensome to the 
holders of land within the several baronies through which 
thesaid Roads pass, and that the improving and keeping in 
good repair of the said several Roads is an object of public 
importance ; and the establishment of reasonable Tolls, to 
be paid by persons travelling the said Roads, and applied 
to maintaining and keeping the same in repair, would be 
of great benefit to the Public; and praying, That leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that-Mr. Corry and Sir Robert Bateson do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Aldermen and Burgesses of Gran- 
tham, was presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill 
of the last Session of Parliament, to alter, amend and 
enlarge the powers of the several Acts now in force, 
relating to the new River or Cut from Kau Brink to 
King’s Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, called, The Eau 
Brink Cut, and to raise further Funds for carrying the 
said Acts into execution; and praying, That the same 
may not pass into a law as it now stands. 

Ordered, 'That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Strickland presented a Bill to enable “The York- 
shire Fire and Life Insurance Company” to sue and be 
sued in the Name of their Secretary, or of any one of the 
Directors of the said Company: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Strickland presented a Bill for draining and im- 
proving certain Low Lands situate within the several 
Townships of Norton, Campsall, Askren, Moss, Fenwick, 
Little Smeaton, Stubbs, Walden, Womersley, Whitley, Bain, 
Pollington, Snaith and Cowick, and Sykehouse, in the seve- 
ral Parishes of Campsall, Womersley, Kellington, Snaith, 
and Fishlake, all in the West Riding of the County of 
York: And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of The Highland Society of London, was 
presented, and read; reciting an Act for the incorpo- 
ration of The Highland Society of London, for the better 
management of the Funds of the Society, and for render- 
ing its exertions more extensive and beneficial to the 
Public ; and setting forth, That it was by the said Act 
enacted, that all persons desirous of becoming mem- 
bers of the said Society, should be proposed at one of 
the General or Special General Meetings of the same, or 
at a Meeting of the Committee of Directors, and at no 
other time, by two members of the said Society, who 


should insert in.a book, to be kept for that purpose, 
-- VOL. 86. 


Q0° Funii. 


567 
the name and place of abode of such person, together 
with their own name ; and that each person so proposed 
should be put in nomination at the next ensuing General 
or Special General Court, and that the members then pre- 
sent should proceed to a ballot, and such persons should 
be declared to be duly elected as should appear to be 
approved of by three parts in four of the members ballot- 
ing, and should, before his admission, pay into the hands 
of one of the treasurers of the said Society the sum of 
26/7. 5s.; and that many desirable, and otherwise well- 
qualified individuals, have been deterred from becoming 
members of the said Corporation, and thereby contribut- 
ing to the useful and charitable purposes for which it 
was formed, by the heavy payment required from, persons 
desirous of becoming members thereof; and that the bu- 
siness of the said Corporation has been frequently delayed 
by the impossibility of forming a General Court, pursuant 
to the provisions of the said Act ; and that the Honourable 
Wiiham Fraser, one of the Vice-Presidents, together with 
several other members of the said Corporation, attended 
on the third Saturday in the month of February last, at 
the place used for carrying on the business of the said 
Society, but, in consequence of a sufficient number of 
members not being present, the General Court required 
by the said Act to be held on that day, could not be 
formed ; and that at a Special General Court of the said 
Highland Society, held, pursuant to requisition, on Satur- 
day the 5th day of March last, it wasunanimously resolved, 
that an application should be made to Parliament, for a 
Bill to enable the Society to alter from time to time the 
sum required to be paid by members on admission, and 
to reduce the number of members, in addition to the 
President, or a Vice-President, or a Treasurer, requisite to 
form a General Court, from twelve to eight, and for other 
purposes, in order to the more full and efficient accom- 
plishment of the objects of the said Society ; and that the 
said resolution of the Special General Court held on the 
said 5th day of Mareh last, was confirmed at the General 
Court of the said Society, held on the 21st day of the said 
month of March last; and praying, That leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill to repeal, alter, enlarge and amend 
the provisions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Sinclair, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records, 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Acts 
for repairing the Road from Swnderland-near-the-Sea, to 
the city of Durham, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That the Money borrowed on the credit of the Tolls, 
cannot be repaid, nor can the said Road be effectually 
amended, improved and kept in repair, unless the term of 
the said Acts be further continued, and some of the powers 
and provisions thereof altered, amended and enlarged, and 
the Tolls increased; and praying, That leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Mr. William Russell and Sir Hedworth 
Williamson do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Act 
for altering, improving and keeping in repair the Road 
between the City of Durham and the Village of Shotley 
Bridge, in the County of Durham, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Money borrowed upon the 
credit of the Tolls, cannot be repaid, nor can the sakl 
Road be effectually amended and kept in repair, unless 
the term and powers of the said Act are enlarged and 
amended, and the Tolls increased; and praying, That 
leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Mr. William Russell and Sir Hedworth 
Williamson do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Bill for inclosing Lands within the Townships or 
Divisions of Hugill, Applethwaite and Troutbeck, in the 
Parishes of Kirkby-in-Kendal and Windermere, in the 
County of Westmorland, was read a second time; and 
committed to Mr. Henry Lowther, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. , 


Sir William Browne Folkes presented a Bill for more 
effectually repairing the Road from Norwich to Cromer, 
in the County of Norfolk, and two Branches of Road 

7E 2 leading 


Sunderland 
Road Peti- 
tion. 


Durham 
and Shotley 
Bridge Road 
Petition, 


Kirkby-in- 
Kendal In- 
closure Bill, 
committed. 


Aylsham 
and Cromer 
Road Bill, 
presented. 








Lynn East 
Gate Road 
Bill, pre- 
sented, 


Lynn South 
Gate Road 
Bill, pre- 
sented. | 


Kidwelly 
Roads Peti- 
tion. 


568 


leading towards Holt and towards Wolterton, in the said 
County: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir William Browne Folkes presented a Bill for more 
effectually repairing the Roads from the Borough of 
King’s Lynn, and other Roads therein’ mentioned, and for 
making a new Line of Road at Castle Rising, all in the 
County of Norfolk: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir William Browne Folkes presented a Bill for more 
effectually repairing, and otherwise improving, the several 
Roads from the South Gate, in the Borough of King’s 
Lynn, into the Parishes of East Walton, Narborough, 
Stoke Ferry and Downham Market, in the County of 
Norfolk: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing, widening and keeping in repair, the several 
Roads within the District called The Kidwelly District of 
Roads, in the County of Carmarthen, was presented, and 
read; setting forth, That the Money borrowed on the 
credit of the Tolls, cannot be repaid, nor can the said 
Roads be effectually repaired, and kept in repair, unless 
the powers and provisions of the said Act be enlarged, 
additional powers granted, and the Tolls increased ; and 
that the making and maintaining a new Branch of Road 
from the Turnpike Road at or near Cwmfrwd Bridge, pass- 
ing through the parish of Llandy-filog, to join the present 
main Road from Kidwelly to Carmarthen, at or near a place 
called Glanmorlais; a new Branch or Deviation in the 
Road from near the Road leading to the Kidwelly Forge to 
or near a place called Parky Box, passing through the 
parish of Saint Mary, in the borough of Kidwelly; and 
also a new Branch or Line of Road from the said town of 
Kidwelly, to join the present Parish Road leading from 
the Kidwelly Ford to the village of Pembrey, passing 
through the borough of Kidwelly and the parish of Pem- 
brey, with an embankment and bridge over the Gwendraith- 
fawr River, near the said Ford ; and also a new Branch 
or Deviation from the said last-mentioned Line of Road 
from near the said town of Kidwelly, passing over the 
Gwendraith-fawr River at Holway Point, to join the pre- 
sent Parish Road leading from the said Ford to the village 
of Pembrey, at or near the farm of Penybedd, passing 
through the said borough of Kidwelly and the said parish 
of Pembrey, with an embankment and bridge over the 
River Gwendraith, at or near Holway Point; and also a 
new Branch or Line of Road, passing through the said 
parish of Pembrey, from the said village of Pembrey, to 
join the present Parish Road leading from Pembrey to 
Lianelly, at or near a place called Goodig; and also a 
new Deviation or Branch of Road, passing through the 
said parish of Pembrey, from or near a place called Moreb, 
to or near a place called Poo/; and alsoa new Diversion, 
Branch or Line of Road from the town of Llanelly to or 
near a place called Spitty Bank, opposite to the town of 
Loughor, passing through the parish of Llanelly ; and also 
to make and erect a Bridge or Drawbridge over the River 
Loughor, at or near Spitty Bank, into the borough of 
Loughor, in the county of Glamorgan, with the necessary 
works connected therewith, and proper avenues and Roads 
to and from the said bridge; and also a new Branch or 
Line of Road from the town of Lianelly, to or near the 
village of Llangennech, passing through the parishes of 
Llanelly and Llangennech ; and also anew Branch or Line 
of Road from the before-mentioned new Line of Road 
from Lianelly to Spitty Bank, at or near a place called 
Buwlchyllidiad, to join the present Turnpike Road from 
Llanelly to Pontardulais, at or near a place called Bridge- 
end, passing through the said several parishes of L/anelly 
and Llangennech ; and also a Branch or Line of Road 
from the present Turnpike Road, near the village of 
Llangennech, to or near Pontardulais, passing through the 
several parishes of L/angennech and Lilanelly; and the 
widening and improving of several parts of the present 
Parish and Turnpike Roads passing through the said 
several parishes and boroughs of Liandy-filog, Kidwelly, 
Pembrey, Llanelly, Llangennech and Lianedy, in the said 
county of Carmarthen, would be of great benefit and ad- 
vantage to the Inhabitants of the said district and the 
adjacent country, and also tothe Public at large; and 


Q7° Funit. 


A. 1831. 


that when the said several new Branches of Road are com- 
pleted, many parts of the present Road will be of little or 
no public benefit, and it will therefore be expedient to 
abandon the same as Turnpike Roads ; and praying, That 
leave may be given to bring ina Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Sir James Hamlyn Williams and Lord 
Granville Somerset do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of several Owners or Occupiers of titheable Llanelty 


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lands, or other hereditaments, in the several parishes of Tithes Pei. 5 


Llanelly, Llanon, Llangendairne and Llangennech, or some 
of them, in the county of Carmarthen, was presented, 
and read; setting forth, That the several Parish Churches 
of Llanelly, Llanon, Llangendairne and Llangennech afore- 
said, in the county of Carmarthen, are Impropriate Rec- 
tories, and are situate near to or adjoining each other; and 
that differences have for some time past existed between 
the Impropriator of the said Parish Church of Lianelly 
and divers owners and occupiers of land in the said parish, 
in regard to certain Moduses, or alleged Compositions 
for Tithes, and that such differences have led to litiga- 
tion, expense and inconvenience to all parties concerned 
therein ; and that if a certain annual sum were made pay- 
able to the Impropriator of the said Parish Church of 
Llanelly, in lieu of Tithes, and customary payments in 
lieu of Tithes, within the said parish, under certain regu- 
lations to be prescribed by the House, it would be the 
means of putting an end to such disputes and litigation, 
and would in other respects be beneficial to the said Im- 
propriator, and to the owners and occupiers of the lands 
within the said parish; and that it would also be highly 
beneficial to the Impropriators of the several other parishes 
of Llanon, Llangendairne and Llangennech aforesaid re- 
spectively, and to the owners and occupiers of the tithe- 
able lands in the said several last-mentioned parishes, if 
such last-mentioned Impropriators, owners and occupiers 
were respectively empowered to agree upon and fix a cer- 
tain annual sum to be paid to the said respective Impro- 
priators, in lieu of Tithes, and customary payments in lieu 
of Tithes, within the said several parishes of L/anon, Lian- 
gendairne and Liangennech ; and praying, That leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

devel That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Jones, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Acts Forfarshir 


tion, 


for more effectually repairing the Roads in the County of Rods Pei: 


Forfar; and, for repairing the Roads from Dundee to 
Cupar, with its Branch, to Meigle, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That it has become expedient to re- 
peal or alter the said Acts, to amend and continue the 
rates of Tolls and Duties thereby leviable, and to grant 
further powers for altering, improving, repairing and main- 
taining the Roads and Bridges within the said county, and 
more particularly the following Roads and Branch Roads, 
specified and described in the said Acts, and the Bridges 
thereon respectively, viz. the Road from Dundee to Forfar, 
passing through or into the parishes of Dundee, Mains 
and Strathmartin, Murroes, Tealing, Inverarity, Kinnettles 


tion. 


and Forfar; the Road from Kirriemuir, by Glammis, till - 


it joins the Road immediately before mentioned at Pet- 
terden, passing through or into the parishes of Kirriemuir, 
Glammis and Tealing ; the Road from Dundee to the con- 
fines of the county, at Cupar Angus, with its Branch, to 
where it joins the Turnpike Road from Cupar Angus to 
Glammis, at Meigle, through Newtyle, passing through 
or into the parishes of Dundee, Liff, Lundie, Kettins, Cu- 
par, Strathmartin, Auchterhouse and Newtyle; the Road 
from Meigle, where it commences at the western confines 
of the county of Forfar, to the Bridge over the North 
Esk at Inglismaldie, by Brechin, passing through or into 
the parishes of Eassie and Nevay, Glammis, Kinnettles, 
Forfar, Rescobie, Oathlaw, Tannadice, Carriston, Brechin, 
Strickathrow and Logie Pert; the Road from Dundee to 
the Bridges over the South Esk, at Montrose, and to Fer- 
ryden, passing through or into the parishes of Dundee, 
Mains, Murroes, Monifieth, Monikie, Barry, Panbride, 
Arbirlot, Saint Vigeans, Arbroath, Inverkeilor, Lunan, Ma- 
ryton and Craig; the Road from Montrose to the lower 
Bridge over the North Esk, at Kinnaber, passing through 
or into the parish of Montrose ; the Road from Montrose 


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to the Bridge over the North Esk at Marykirk, passing 
through or into the parishes of Montrose and Logie Pert ; 
the Road from Arbroath to Brechin, by Pitmuie’s Mill, and 
from Pitmuie’s Mill to Forfar, passing through or into the 
parishes of Arbroath, Saint Vigeans, Inverkeilor, Kirkden, 
Farnwell and Kinnaird, Brechin, Kinnell, Aberlemno, Res- 
cobie, Forfar and Guthrie; the Road from Montrose to 
the Bridge over the North Esk, near Inglismaldie, passing 
through or into the parishes of Montrose and Logie Pert ; 
the Road leading from Arbroath to Forfar, by Dunnichen, 
passing through or into the parishes of Forfar, Dunnichen, 
Rescobie, Kirkden, Carmyllie, Inverkeilor, Saint Vigeans, 
Arbirlot and Arbroath ; the Road from Brechin to Kirrie- 
muir, passing through or into the parishes of Brechin, Car- 
riston, Fearn, Tannadice, Oathlaw and Kirriemuir; the 
Road from Dundee, towards Perth, to the borders of the 
county of Forfar, passing through or into the parishes of 
Dundee and Liff; the Road from Forfar to Kirriemuir, 
passing through or into the parishes of Forfar, Glammis 
and Kerriemuir; the Road from Broughty Ferry to Lucky- 
slap, by Baldovie, passing through or into the parishes of 
Dundee, Monifieth, Murroes and Monikie; the Road from 
Dundee to Baldovie, passing through or into the parishes 
of Dundee, Mains and Strathmartin; the Road leading 
from Duntrune and Wedderburn to the Turnpike Road 
between Dundee and Forfar, passing through or into the 
parishes of Dundee, Murroes and Mains ; the Road lead- 
ing from Strathmartin and Sidlaw Hill to the Turnpike 
Road between Dundee and Forfar, passing through or 
into the parishes of Strathmartin, Tealing, Mains and 
Dundee ; the Road from the Hill of Dundee to Strathmar- 
tin and Sidlaw Hill, passing through or into the parishes 
of Dundee, Mains, Tealing and Strathmartin ; the Road 
from Dundee to Broughty Ferry, passing through or into 
the parishes of Dundee and Monifieth; the Road from near 
the Bridge of Dean, until it joins the Turnpike Road from 
Forfar to Brechin, near to Quilkoe, passing through or into 
the parishes of Meigle, Eassie, Airly, Glammis, Kirriemuir, 
Forfar and Rescobie ; the Road leading from Kasthaven 
to Forfar, passing through or into the parishes of Pan- 
bride, Carmyllie, Guthrie, Monikie, Dunnichen, Inverarity 
and Forfar, with its side Branches, the one northward, 
until it joins the Arbroath and Brechin Turnpike, by Pit- 
muie’s Mill, passing through or into the parishes of Pan- 
bride, Carmyllie, Saint Vigeans and Inverkeilor, and the 
other southward to the Dundee and Ferryden Road, at 
Greystone Toll-bar, passing through or into the parishes 
of Panbride and Monikie, together also with its Branch, 
leading from Kirkbuddo west by Fotheringham and In- 
verarity, passing through or into the parishes of Guthrie 
and Inverarity, to the Dundee and Forfar Road; the Road 
from Forfar, through Montreathmont Muir, to where it 
joins the eastern Turnpike or Coast Road of the county, 
at or near Rossie Mill, passing through or into the pa- 
rishes of Forfar, Rescobie, Aberlemno, Guthrie, Kinnell, 
Farnwell, Maryton and Craig; the Road from the land- 
ing-place at Monifieth to the Turnpike Road between 
Dundee and Arbroath, in the parishes of Monifieth and 
Monikie; the Road from Westhaven, leading to the said 
Turnpike Road between Dundee and Arbroath, passing 
through or into the parish of Panbride; and the Road 
leading out from the Turnpike Road between Arbroath 
and Ferryden, at or near Rossie, to the South Esk Bridge, 
near Dun, and until it joins the Turnpike Road from 
Montrose to Brechin, passing through or into the parishes 
of Craig, Maryton and Dun, being Branches of the said 
Turnpike Road from Dundee to Ferryden ; and that it has 
also become expedient to make and maintain as Turn- 
pike the following Lines of Road in the said county, 
viz. a Road leading from the western confines of the 
county of Forfar, beyond the Bridge of Ruthven, to Kir- 
riemuir, with its Branch, to the Bridge of Dean, and from 
Kirriemuir to where it joins the Turnpike Road from 
Forfar to Brechin, at or near Finhaven, passing through or 
into the parishes of Ruthven, Airly, Kirriemuir, Tanna- 
dice and Oathlaw ; a Road leading from Kirriemuir, by 
Cortachie, through Wateresk and Clova, to the northern 
boundary of the county of Forfar, at the summit of the 
Capel Mount, passing through or into the parishes of A7r- 
riemuir, Cortachie and Clova, with its Branch, from, at or 
near the Bridge of Cortachie, by the village of Tannadice, 
to join the Turnpike Road between Forfar and Brechin, 
near by Linhaven Toll-bar, passing through or into the 


parishes of Cortachie and Tannadice ; a Road from Lucky- 
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569 


slap, through the village of Letham, and by the west 
side of Balgavies, and west side of Turin and by Stannachy 
Bridge, to Brechin, with a Branch from Luckyslap to 
Dundee, by Duntrune and Dighty Water Bridge, near 
Longhaugh, the said Road and Branch running through 
the parishes of Dundee, Mains, Murroes, Monifieth, Mo- 
nikie, Carmyllie, Guthrie, Dunnichen, Kirkden, Rescobie, 
Aberlemno and Brechin; a Road from the West Water 
Bridge, Hillhead of Strickathrow and Ballachie, to Cotra 
Bridge, and from thence through the Latch of Fordes, 
passing by the Hedderwick Lime-works, until it joins the 
Road from Montrose to the North Water Bridge, near 
Inglismaldie, with its Branch from Cotra Bridge to 
the Brechin and Montrose Turnpike at Mains of Dun, 
passing through or into the parishes of Strickathrow, Logie 
Pert, Dun and Montrose; a Road from Cupar Angus 
towards the confines of the county at Balloglack, passing 
through or into the parishes of Cupar Angus and Kettins ; 
a Road from Arbroath to Brechin, passing through or 
into the parishes of Arbroath, Saint Vigeans, Inverkeilor, 
Kinnell, Maryton, Farnwell and Brechin ; a Road from 
or near the village of Douglaston to where it joins the 
Turnpike Road between Dundeeand Forfar at Cuttyhaugh, 
passing through or into the parishes of Kinnettles and 
Inverarity ; a Road from the Turnpike Road from Forfar 
to Brechin, by the Forestmuir, to join the Road from 
Kirriemuir to the Capel Mount, at or near the Bridge of 
Carity, passing through or into the parishes of Forfar, 
Rescobie, Oathlaw and Kirriemuir ; a Road leading from 
the Dundee and Forfar Turnpike Road, near the Zod Holls 
westward, to the head of the inclined plane of the Dundee 
and Newtyle Railway, at Balbenchly, with a Branch 
thereof from near Bontyfaulds, passing by Deaf Den, to 
join the said Dundee and Forfar Turnpike Road, in the 
lands of Pitterden, which Road and Branch pass into or 
through the parishes of Jnverarity, Tealing and Auchter- 
house; a Road from Kirktown of Inverkeilor westward, 
to Chapelton, and from Chapelton to the Toll-bar at Friock, 
by Douglasmuir, passing through or into the parishes of 
Inverkeilor, Kinnell and Kirkden, and the Road from 
Chapelton to the Arbroath and Forfar Turnpike Road, by 
Leys, in the parish of Jnverkeilor, being Branches of the 
new or eastern Road from Arbroath to Brechin ; and that, 
in order to provide means for making and maintaining the 
said Roads, it is necessary that authority be granted for 
continuing the Toll Duties originally imposed by the 
several Acts before recited, and that the same rate of 
Toll Duties be authorized, granted and allowed upon the 
several new Lines and Branches before specified, which it 
is now purposed to make Turnpike; and praying, That 
leave may be given to bring ina Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ac- 
cordingly : And that Mr. AZaule and Mr. Horatio Ross do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates, and Town 
Council of the royal burgh of Dundee, and of several In- 
habitants and Burgesses of the said burgh, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That Dundee has of late years 
greatly increased in size and population, and large suburbs 
have been formed, where a great extent of trade and ma- 
nufactures is carried on, and great numbers of the people 
reside beyond the ancient boundaries of the town, and not 
comprehended within the royalty of the burgh, or subject 
to the jurisdiction of the burghal Magistrates and other 
authorities ; and that great advantage would arise both to 
the ancient burgh itself, and also to the suburbs and ad- 
jacent territory, if the whole were comprehended in one 
burgh, all subject to the same Magistrates and other 
authorities, and if the present Sett or Political Constitu- 
tion of the ancient burgh, which is found, by experience, 
to be the source of many questions and difficulties, and 
which would be unsuitable for the enlarged burgh, were 
abrogated, and another Sett or Political Constitution 
were established, so as to give to the inhabitants in the 
extended royalty, as well as to those within the ancient 
limits, an influence in the choice of the Magistrates and 
Council, under such regulations as to the Legislature 
shall appear right ; and that great advantage would also 
arise if power were granted to regulate in other respects 
the Municipal Government and affairs of Dundee, espe- 
cially for enlarging the jurisdiction and powers of the 
local Magistrates, and making other provisions for pro- 
moting the interests of the local community, and its trade 


7 F and 





Dundee 
Municipal 
Government 
Petition. 





Eau Brink 
Drainage 
Petition 


(No. 1.) 


Cheltenham 
Roads Bill, 
committed. 


Dean Forest 
Roads Bill, 
committed. 


Grosvenor 
Chapel Peti- 
tion,reported. 


570 


and manufactures ; and praying, That leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Horatio Ross, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Petition of several Commissioners for executing the 
Acts for improving the Drainage of the Middle and South 
Levels, part of the Great Level of the Fens called Bedford 
Level, and the Low Lands adjoining or near to the said 
Levels, as also the Lands adjoining or near to the River 
Ouze, in the County of Norfolk, draining through the 
same to Sea by the Harbour of King’s Lynn, in the said 
County, and for altering and improving the Navigation of 
the said River Ouze, from or near a place called Eau Brink, 
in the Parish of Wiggenhall Saint Mary, in the said County, 
to the said Harbour of King’s Lynn, and for improving 
and preserving the Navigation of the several Rivers com- 
municating with the said River Ouze, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the said Commissioners were 
empowered to levy certain taxes for the purposes of the 
said Acts, and that several of the works by the said Acts 
directed to be made, have been executed, but for the 
completion of all the works required by the said Acts, and 
for the maintenance and support thereof, it is expedient 
that further monies and funds should be raised, by charging 
the several lands, grounds and hereditaments within the 
several parishes and places mentioned in the said several 
Acts, or some of them, with the payment of a further 
yearly tax, and also by increasing the several Tolls by the 
said Acts, or any of them, authorized to be collected and 
received for the navigation on the new River or Cut 
between Kau Brink and King’s Lynn, or by extending 
the term during which such Tolls shall be taken, and also 
by imposing Tolls for horses, cattle and carriages passing 
over the Bridge erected under the powers of the said 
Acts, or some or one of them, over the said new River or 
Cut, at the lower end thereof, in the parish of South Lynn 
All Saints, in the county of Norfolk ; and it is also expe- 
dient, for effectually carrying the said several Acts into 
execution, that the same should be amended, and that 
several of the powers and provisions thereof should be 
altered and enlarged ; and praying, That leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That the said Petition be referred to a Committee :—And 
a Debate arising in the House thereupon ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


A Bill for more effectually repairing and improving 
several Roads leading into and from the Town of Chelten- 
ham, in the County of Gloucester, and for making new 
Branches of Road to communicate therewith, was read 
a second time; and committed to Sir William Guise, &amp;c.: 


And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


A Bill to continue and amend an Act for more effectu- 
ally repairing several Roads in and through His Majesty’s 
Forest of Dean, in the County of Gloucester, and to con- 
vert certain Highways in the Parishes of Staunton and 
Newland, in the said County, into Turnpike Roads, was 
read a second time; and committed to Sir William Guise, 


&amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


Mr. Hobhouse reported from the Committee on the 
Petition of the Rector and Churchwardens of the parish 
of Saint George, Hanover-square, in the county of Middle- 
sex, and of several Parishioners of the said parish ; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June instant; and found, that 
the Standing Orders relative to Bills for building Chapels, 
had been complied with ; and that they had examined the 
matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, 
and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the establishment of a Chapel of Ease, to be called Gros- 
venor Chapel, in the Parish of Saint George, Hanover- 
square, in the County of Middlesex, and for providing for 
the Maintenance of the said Chapel, and a Stipend for 


4 





7° Funit. 


A. 1831. 


the Minister thereof: And that Mr. Hobhouse and Sir 
Francis Burdett do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Walter Campbell reported from the Committee on 
the Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Polloc 
and Govan Railway; That they had proceeded accord- 
ing to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June 
instant ; and found, that the Standing Orders relative to 
Bills for making Railways, had been complied with ; and 
that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
amending an Act passed in the eleventh year of the 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for 
making and maintaining a Railway from the Lands of 
Polloc and Govan to the River Clyde, and to alter and 
extend the Powers of the Company of Proprietors of 
the said Railway: And that Mr. Campbell and Sir Michael 
Shaw Stewart do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Ingilby presented a Bill for inclosing, 
draining and warping Lands within the Township or Ham- 
lets of Frodingham, Scunthorpe, Bromby and Gunhouse 
(otherwise Gunnas), all in the Parish of Frodingham, in 
the County of Lincoln: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of John Stephen Langton, of the parish of 
Langton-juxta-Partney, in the county of Lincoln, Esquire, 
was presented, and read ; reciting an Act for vesting and 
securing to John Stephen Langton, in the parish of Lang- 
ton-juxta-Partney, in the county of Lincoln, Esquire, his 
executors, administrators and assigns, certain profits and 
emoluments for a limited time, which Act contained a 
clause rendering the said Act null and void, if five hun- 
dred tons of Shipping, wholly or chiefly built of timber 
or wood, seasoned by the said improved method, shall not 
have been launched within three years from the passing 
of the said Act, the said Act not specifying how the said 
fact shall be proved; and that, from the great and un- 
avoidable delays which have arisen in the erection of the 
apparatus, and in conducting the process described in the 
said Act, there is not sufficient time of the said three years 
now remaining, to launch the said quantity of Shipping 
within the period required; and that, in consequence, 
much labour and capital expended in perfecting the said 
improved method on the large scale, will be left without 
any adequate protection, and all encouragement to esta- 
blish the said discovery will be suspended ; and praying, 
That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for prolonging 
the time allowed for launching the said five hundred tons 
of Shipping, and for otherwise altering and amending the 
said Act. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Sir William Ingilby, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Cham- 


ber; and have Power to send for persons papers and 
records. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Act for 
making and maintaining a Road from a place called 
Ystrad, in the Parish of Lanfabon, in the County of Gla- 
morgan, to Pontymoil, near the Town of Pontypool, in the 
County of Monmouth, with a collateral Branch to join the 
Newport Turnpike Road at Risca, in the county of Mon- 
mouth ; and for building a Bridge at or near Vstrad afore- 
said, and another Bridge near Pendlwyn, in the County of 
Monmouth, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the Money borrowed on the credit of the Tolls, cannot be 
repaid, nor can the said Roads be kept in repair, unless 
the term of the said Act be further continued ; and that 
the said Act was passed in the 50th year of the reign of 
his late Majesty King George the Third, for the term of 
twenty-one years, and from thence to the end of the then 
next Session of Parliament, and that consequently the term 
granted by the said Act will expire with the present 
Session of Parliament; and praying, That leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for continuing the term of the 
said Act, and for effecting the several purposes therein 
mentioned. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a 
Committee:— And it is referred to Mr. Hall, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's 


Chamber ; and have Power to send for persons papers 
and records. 


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Mr. Freshfield, by Order, presented a Bill to amend the 
several Acts for making and maintaining the U/ster Canal 
in the Counties of Fermanagh and Armagh: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Lord Stanley presented a Bill for making a Railway 
from the Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, to the Township of Chorlton, in the County 
Palatine of Chester: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants and Traders residing 
at Manchester ;—of Wool Growers and Wool Dealers re- 
siding in Canterbury and its neighbourhood ;—of Manu- 
facturers and others, Inhabitants of Pudsey ;—of Dews- 
bury;—of Bolton;—of Batley;—of Bramley ;— of 
Yeadon and Guisley;—of Farsley ;—of Birstall ;—of 
Holbeck, and parts adjacent, in the borough of Leeds ;— 
of Horsforth and Rawden;—of Eccleshill ;—of Ossett ;— 
of Worsted Spinners, Merchants, Wool-staplers, Manu- 
facturers and others residing in Bradford, (York) ;—of 
Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers and others, residing 
in the town and neighbourhood of Leeds ;—and, of Far- 
mers and Wool Dealers residing in Jpswich,—were pre- 
sented, and read; taking notice of the Bill for making a 
Railroad from Bradford to Leeds, in the West Riding of 
the County of York, together with a Branch therefrom ; 
and praying, That the same may pass into a law. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of the Guardians and Overseers of the Poor 
of the parish of Birmingham, and Rate-payers of the said 
parish, was presented, and read ; reciting an Act for pro- 
viding a proper Workhouse within the Parish of Bir- 
mingham, and for better regulating the Poor within the 
said Parish; and setting forth, That by the said Act 
certain persons were appointed Guardians of the Poor of 
the said parish, and certain powers and authorities were 
thereby granted for carrying the said Act into execution; 
and that the said Guardians of the Poor have purchased 
certain messuages, buildings, lands and hereditaments 
in the said parish, which are now conveyed to, or to the 
use of, the said Guardians, and the said messuages and 
buildings were converted into and now form the Work- 
house and asylum for the poor of the said parish; and 
that, by an Award in writing, bearing date the 27th day 
of May 1802, and made in pursuance of the powers of 
an Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing the several 
Commons and Waste Lands lying within the Manor and 
Parish of Birmingham, inthe County of Warwick, severai 
pieces or parcels of land situate in the parish of Bir- 
mingham, were awarded, set out, allotted and appointed 
unto the said Guardians of the Poor, for the benefit of 
the said parish ; and that it would be extremely advan- 
tageous to the said parish, if powers were granted to de- 
mise the said lands upon building leases, and if powers 
were also given to sell and dispose of the same lands and 
hereditaments, and to apply the monies to arise therefrom 
in enlarging or rebuilding the present Workhouse ; and 
that the powers and provisions of the said first-mentioned 
Act are found to be defective, and insufficient for the pur- 
poses thereby intended, and it is expedient that the said 
Act should be altered and amended, and that more effec- 
tual provision should be made for the relief, maintenance 
and employment of the Poor of the said parish, and for 
assessing, collecting and regulating the Poor Rates of the 
said parish ; and that the inhabitants of the said parish, 
in Vestry assembled, have from time to time nominated 
and elected Assistant Overseers under the powers of the 
Act to amend the Laws for the relief of the Poor, but, 
owing to the great population of the said parish, such 
mode of election has been found very defective, and it is 
expedient that the Guardians of the Poor of the said 
parish should have power to appoint Assistant Overseers 
in future, and to remove any of the Assistant Overseers 
already appointed ; and praying, That leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a 
Committee :—And it is referred to Mr. Lawley, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Cham- 


ber; and have Power to send for persons papers and 
records, 


VOL. 86. 





Q7° Funii. 


571 


A Bill for inclosing Lands in the several Parishes of 
Hatton, Haseley and Wrovhall, in the County of Warwick, 
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. Lawley, 


&amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


A Bill for inclosing Lands in the Hamlet of Langley, 
in the Parish of Claverdon, in the County of Warwick, 
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. Lawley, 


&amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Woolvercot, 
in the County of Orford, and for commuting the Tithes 
of the said Parish, was read a second time; and com- 
mitted to Mr. Harcourt, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Kennedy presented a Bill for better raising and 
securing the Fund established for making provision for 
the Widows of the Writers to His Majesty’s Signet in 
Scotland: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Acts 
of the first and tenth years of the reign of his late Majesty, 
for repairing the Road leading from Longhorsley Bar, 
near the Town of Morpeth, by Longhorsley, Weldon 
Bridge and Whittingham, to the River Breamish, and 
from thence to Piercy’s Cross, in the County of Northum- 
berland, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the 
Roads mentioned in the said Acts form part of the Line 
of Communication between the cities of London and 
Edinburgh; and that the Road comprised in the first Act is 
hilly and circuitous, and it would be of great public utility 
if powers were granted to make a new Line of Road; but 
the purposes aforesaid cannot be effected, unless the term 
and powers of the said Acts are enlarged and amended, 
the Tolls increased, the said Roads put under the care 
and management of the same Trustees, the said Acts re- 
pealed, and further and additional Powers consolidated in 
one Act; and praying, That leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Lord Viscount Morpeth and Sir Irancis 
Blake do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Bill for more effectually maintaining and improving 
the Road from Soho Hill, in the Parish of Handsworth, to 
the Walsall Road, on the northern side of Hamstead Bridge, 
and another Road from Brown’s Green to The Friary, in 
the County of Stafford, was read a second time; and 
committed to Mr. Littleton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Sheil presented a Bill for making and maintaining 
a Railroad from /Vestland Row, in the City of Dublin, to 
the head of the Western Pier of the Royal Harbour of 
Kingstown, in the County of Dublin, with branches to 
communicate therewith: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Sheil presented a Bill for enabling the Jrish Inland 
Navigation Company to sue and be sued: And the same 


was read the first time; and ordered td be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing the Acts 
for repairing the Roads leading from Sutton Coldfield 
Common to the Town of Walsall, and from Sneal’s Green 
to Walsall, and from Walsall to Park Brook, which 
divides the Parishes of Wolverhampton and Walsall, and 
from Gibbet-lane to Wolverhampton, and from Compton to 
the end of the County of Stafford, and from Wolverhampton 
to the Wergs, and from thence to Shifnall, and from the 
Wergs to Hales Heath, and from Wolverhampton to Can- 
nock Wood, in the Road to Litchfield, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the said several Roads were di- 
vided into two separate and distinct Districts, one of which 
Districts comprised the Roads leading to and from the 
town of Wolverhampton, and also comprised such part of 
the Roads as extends from the bottom of Kingswood Com- 
mon, in the parish of Tettenhall, through Albrighton and 
Tong, to the Road leading from Westun-under-Lizard to 
Newport ; and that the Money borrowed on the credit of 
the A olis, cannot be repaid, nor can the said Roads be 

7F 2 kept 


Hatton In- 
closure Bill, 
committed. 


Langley In- 
closure Bill, 
committed. 


Woolvercot 
Inclosure 
Bill, com- 
mitted. 


Writers to the 
Signet— 
Widows’ Fund 
Bill, presented. 


Wooler and 
Breamish 
Roads leti- 
tion. 


Handsworth 
Road Bill, 
committed. 


Dublin and 
Kingstown 
Railway Bill, 
presented. 


Steam Naviga- 
tion (Ireland) 
Bill, presented. 


Wolverhampton 
Roads Petition. 








572 27° 


kept in repair, unless the term and powers of the said 
Acts are enlarged, nor can the said Roads be properly 
improved and made commodious for the Public, unless 
powers be given to take down, remove or lay open certain 
buildings, yards, gardens and premises on the sides of the 
said Roads, and it is expedient that the whole of such 
Roads should be placed under the care of the same 
Trustees ; and praying, That leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ac- 
cordingly : And that Sir John Wrottesley and Mr. Littleton 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


NorthShields A Bill for more effectually repairing the Road from 


Road Bill, 
committed, 


Wakefield 
Ings Road 
Petition. 


Ferrybridge 
Inclosure 
Bill, com- 
mitted. 


Wakefield and 
Austerlands 
Road Bill, 
committed, 


Liverpool 


(St. Bridgett’s) 


Church Bill, 
presented, 


Kinross- 
shire Roads 
Petition. 


Leven (Fife) 


Drainage 
Petition. 


North Shields, in the County of Northumberland, to the 
Town of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, and certain Branches com- 
municating therewith, and also for making and repairing 
additional Branches of Road, was read a second time; 
and committed to Sir Matthew Ridley, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of several Owners and Occupiers of estates, 
lands and grounds, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That the making and maintaining a Road commenc- 
ing at the bottom of Kirkgate, at its junction with Thornes- 
lane, in the township of Wakefield, and from thence 
extending in a westerly direction to the south end of a 
certain street called Quebec-street, in the said township, 
and from thence in the same direction, and terminating at 
Westgate Common End, in the township of Alverthorpe- 
cum-Thornes, both in the parish of Wakefield, will be the 
means of opening a more direct and easy communication 
between Dewsbury and Pontefract, and the lands and 
grounds through which the same pass, and will be of great 
public utility; and praying, That leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Lord Viscount Morpeth, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power tosend for persons papers and records. 


A Bill for inclosing the several Open Common Fields, 
Mesne Inclosures, Ings and Common or Stinted Pastures, 
within the Manor and Township of Ferrybridge otherwise 
Ferryfryston, in the West Riding of the County of York, 
was read a second time; and committed to Lord Viscount 
Morpeth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for maintaining the Road from Wakefield to 
Austerlands, in the West Riding of the County of York, 
was read a second time ; and committed to Lord Viscount 
Morpeth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Ewart presented a Bill for endowing a Church, 
called Saint Bridgett, in the Parish of Liverpool, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing an Act 
for more effectually making and repairing certain Roads 
in the Counties of Fife, Perth, Kinross and Clackmannan, 
was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Money 
borrowed on the credit of the Tolls, is still due and owing, 
and cannot be repaid, nor can the said Roads be com- 
pleted and kept in repair, unless the powers granted by 
the said Act be continued and enlarged; and praying, 
That leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill accord- 
ingly: And that Admiral Adam and Mr. Lindsay do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of several Owners of lands and mills, and 
others, situated on or near the River Leven, was presented, 
and read; reciting an Act for recovering, draining and 
preserving certain Lands in the Parishes of Kinross, Orwell 
and Portmoak, in the County of Kinross, and in the 
Parishes of Ballingry and Auchterderran and Kinglassie, 
in the County of Fife, and for the better supplying with 
Water the Mills, Manufactories, Bleachfields and other 
works situated on or near the River Leven, in the said 
County of Fife; and setting forth, That the Commissioner 
appointed by the said Act was empowered to make a 
new Cut or Channel for the said River Zeven, and to 


unit. A. 1831. 
construct Spillwaters, Sluices and other works necessary, 
in manner therein set forth, and to raise by assessment, 
and borrow for that purpose, the sum of twenty thousand 
pounds sterling, in manner therein mentioned ; and the 
said Commissioner, in execution of the powers committed 
to him, did make great progress in completing the said 
new Cut or Channel, Sluices, and other works therewith 
connected, and the River Leven is now flowing in the Cut, 
and the sums authorized to be assessed and borrowed have 
been all expended; and an unexpected increase in the 
expense of the operations beyond the original estimates 
thereof, and the extra additional works found necessary 
in the progress of the Undertaking, together with the 
damages incurred, and other unforeseen circumstances, 
having occasioned an excess in the total expense beyond 
the sum originally contemplated and authorized by the 
aforesaid Act to be raised and borrowed, it is necessary 
to raise a further sum of Money, to enable the present 
Commissioner to discharge the obligations already con- 
tracted, and to complete the purposes of the said Act ; 
and praying, That leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Admiral Adam, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 





Ordered, That the Sessional Lists of Members to serve 
on Committees on Petitions for Private Bills, and on Pri- 
vate Bills (similar to the List of last Session), be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Zangammarch, Llanilonvell 
and Lianwrtyd, in the hundred of Builth, in the county of 
Brecon ;—and, of Inhabitants of Milborne Port,—were 
presented, and read ; praying the House to take the Tithe 
Laws into their early consideration, and to make such al- 
teration therein as will tend to promote the prosperity of 
Agriculture and the advancement of Religion throughout 
the country. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Leslie (Fife), was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners are decidedly 


of opinion, that one of the great causes which produce : 


our present national calamities is the arbitrary restric- 
tions imposed upon our commerce, particularly the East 
India Monopoly, and the law regulating the Trade in 
Corn ; and praying the House to give this subject an im- 
mediate consideration. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Collumbkill, was presented, 
and read; praying the House to grant the repeal of the 
Legislative Union with Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Duleek ;—and, of the High 
Sheriff, Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, Freeholders and Inha- 
bitants of the county of J/eath,—were presented, and 
read ; praying for a Reform in the Representation of the 
People in the Commons’ House of Parliament. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and that the last be printed. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitants of Llanrwst, 
praying to be joined withthe Boroughs of Denbigh, Ruthin 
and Holt in the choice of a Representative, which was pre- 
sented to the House upon Wednesday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen 
and Burgesses of Chesterfield, praying for a Represen- 
tative for that Borough, which was presented to the House 
upon Saturday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Petition of Gentlemen, Clergy, Free- 
holders and Inhabitants of the County of Denbigh, in 
favour of Reform of Parliament, which was presented to 
the House upon Wednesday last, be printed. 


Two Petitions of Landholders in Ireland, were pre- 
sented, and read; setting forth, That there are throughout 
Treland many large tracts of land contiguous to the banks 
of Rivers and Streams, some covered with water for not 
less than half the year, some periodically flooded, and 

others 








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others subject to frequent damage and inundation, by 
reason of the defect of’ Embankments and interruptions in 
the channels of such Rivers and Streams; that so gene- 
rally and widely spread over the entire face of the country 
are these tracts of land, as to have acquired in different 
portions of the Island distinct names, being designated in 
the North, Holmes, in the South, Corcasses, and in the in- 
termediate Districts, Callows ; that these lands comprise 
generally the finest alluvial soil, and although in their 

present condition of little value, would, if protected against 
inundation, become productive and fertile in an eminent 

degree ; that the cost of reclaiming and protecting these 

tracts of land bears so small a proportion to the value which, 

by that operation, they would acquire, as fully to warrant 

the Petitioners in representing to the House, that no more 

safe nor advantageous outlay of Money can be devised ; 

that in numerous instances the Rivers and large Streams, 

whose waters now carry ruin and devastation on the adja- 

cent lands, might be made navigable throughout the whole 

or part of their course, and so rendered subservient to the 

important object of internal communication ; that the Pe- 

titioners are enabled to. substantiate the statements thus 

offered to the House by reference to the reports of ap- 

proved skilful engineers, by whom, after careful investi- 

gation under authority of Government, those facts have 

been at various times abundantly testified ; that although 

the great national benefits likely to accrue from the clear- 

ing and Embankment of Rivers and Streams, and reclaim- 

ing the adjacent lands, have been long ascertained, yet 

that, by reason of the want of co-operation in the proprie- 

tors of land, so great and beneficial a work cannot be 

accomplished, and that the Petitioners humbly represent 

to the House the manifest expediency of removing this dif- 

ficulty by legislative enactment ; it will be for the House 

in its wisdom to devise all reasonable safeguards and secu- 

rities for vested rights compatible with the accomplish- 

ment of this grand and important national work; but how- 

ever the Petitioners may generally applaud that tenderness 

for private interests which distinguishes British legisla- 

tion, they presume strongly to enforce upon the House 
the paramount nature of a claim resting, as in this in- 

stance, upon the foundation of great and undoubted public 

advantage ; and though the Petitioners freely acknow- 

ledge the impediments presenting themselves to legislation 

on this subject, they humbly represent to the House, that 

the particular measure which they respectfully submit to 

the consideration of the House, is not encumbered by 
difficulties of detail at all approaching in amount or im- 
portance to those which stand in the way of any general 
enactment, for the reclamation of those vast districts of 
bog and marsh lands, now comparatively unproductive 
and inaccessible, throughout Jre/and, not doubting that 
the reclamation and improvement of those districts must 
be, in the contemplation of the Legislature, an object of 
earnest and anxious desire, the Petitioners recommend 
to the more early attention of the House the Embankment 
and clearing of Rivers, as in itself conducive and subser- 
vient to that ulterior object, and also as a tentative pro- 
cess, by which experience in this department of legislation 
may be safely and advantageously acquired ; on the sub- 
ject of the great collateral benefits, arising from the employ- 
ment which the work proposed to the consideration of the 
House would afford to the labouring poor of Ireland, the 
Petitioners do not feel it necessary to make any represen- 
tation to the House, fully assured as they are of that deep 
sense with which the House is impressed, of the lamen- 
table condition of the great mass of the population of 
Ireland, and anxious, as they no doubt must be, as well 
from the impulse of benevolence as from regard to the 
stability and tranquillity of the Empire, to render to that 
population every possible succour and relief; in the clear- 
ing and Embankment of Rivers and Streams, a large 
field would be opened for the employment of labour, cer- 
tain to yield an ample and immediate return; the Peti- 
tioners therefore trust, that, whatever assistance or en- 
couragement such a work may demand, it may be deemed 
by the House to possess as fair a title as any plan for the 
relief of the Zrish labouring classes presented to their 
consideration ; the Petitioners therefore humbly entreat 
the early consideration of the premises by the House, and 
that they will be pleased to provide such enactment for 
the purposes before specified as to them may seem fit. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 
VOL. 86. 


Q7° Funit. 


573 


Ordered, Thatthere belaid before this House, an Account 
of the Number of Dozen Pair of Habit Gloves, Men’s 
Gloves and Mitts, imported into the United Kingdom, 
with the amount of Duty paid thereon, during the years 
1828, 1829, and 1830, and the Quarter ending 5th Apri 
1831; distinguishing the quarterly periods of entry. 


A Petition of Noblemen, Freeholders, Justices of the 
Peace, Commissioners of Supply, and Heritors of the 
county of Forfar, was presented, and read ; taking notice 
of the Bill of the last Session of Parliament, to amend the 
Representation of the People in Scotland; and praying, 
That the same may not pass into a law, unless under cer- 
tain qualifications, alterations and improvements. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wing field and Mr. 
Martin: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to re- 
vive and continue Expired Commissions, Appointments, 
Patents and Grants, in Ireland, and to indemnify certain 
Persons in relation thereto ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider of the Supply granted to His Majesty, be now 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Estimates of the Charge of the Office 
of Ordnance (including Superannuated Allowances), for 
the year 1831, which were presented to the House upon 
Saturday last, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Navy Estimates, for the year 1831, 
with Estimate of the Expense of the Victualling and Me- 
dical Departments of the Navy, for the year 1831, 
which were presented to the House upon Saturday last, 
be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the several Estimates relating to Army 
Services, which were presented to the House upon Satur- 
day last, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Eighty thousand six hundred and 
forty-nine pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying 
the Expense of Salaries to the Master General and the 
Principal Officers and Clerks belonging to the Office of 
Ordnance at the Jower, Pall-Mall, and Dublin, for the 
year 1831. 

2. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Nine thousand and eighty-nine 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying the 
Expense of Salaries to the Departments of the Office of 
Ordnance at Woolwich, for the year 1831. 

3- Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Seventeen thousand seven hun- 
dred and five pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Expense of Salaries of the Civil Establishments 
of the Office of Ordnance at Home Stations, for the year 
1831. 

4. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty-seven thousand seven 
hundred and twenty-four pounds, be granted to his Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Expense of Salaries of the Civil 
Establishments of the Office of Ordnance Abroad, and in 
Ireland, for the year 1831. 

5. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Forty thousand seven hundred 
and fifty-six pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Expense of Salaries to the several Barrack 
Masters and Barrack Serjeants, at the Stations in Great 
Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies, for the year 1831. 

6. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that asum, not exceeding Five thousand two hundred and 
ten pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying the 
Expense of Master Gunners at the Garrisons and Batteries 
in Great Britain, Guernsey and Jersey, and Ireland, for 
the year 1831. 

7. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Eighty-one thousand three 
hundred and twenty-eight pounds, be granted to His 

7G Majesty, 


Account 
respecting 
Gloves, 
ordered. 


Petition 
against Reform 
of Parliament 
(Scotland) Bill 
of last Session. 


The Lords 
have passed, 


Patent Grants 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Committee 
of Supply. 


Estimates 
referred : 


Ordnance. 


Navy. 


Army. 








574 


Majesty, for defraying the Expense of the Corps of Royal 
Engineers, the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners, and 
of the Establishment for the Instruction of Royal Sappers 
and Miners, for Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies, 
for the year 1831. ; 

8. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Two hundred and seventy-eight 
thousand four hundred and thirty-six pounds, be granted 
to His Majesty, for defraying the Expense of the Royal 
Regiment of Artillery, for Great Britain, Ireland and 
the Colonies, for the year 1831. 

g- Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that asum, not exceeding Thirty-six thousand two hundred 
and sixteen pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Expense of the Brigade of Royal Horse Artil- 
lery; and also for the Riding House Troop, for Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the year 1831. 

10. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One thousand two hundred 
and twenty-three pounds, be granted to His Majesty, 
for defraying the Expense of the Director General of 
Artillery, and for the Field Train Department, for the 
year 1831. 

11. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Nine thousand two hundred 
and eighteen pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Expense of the Medical Establishment for the 
Military Department of the Ordnance in Great Britain, 
the Colonies and Jre/and, for the year 1831. 

12. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Three thousand four hundred 
and two pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying 
the Expense of the Office of Ordnance, for the Officers, 
Professors, Masters and Assistants, at the Academical 
Establishment at Woolwich, for the year 1831. 

13. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Sixty-four thousand and two 
hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying 
the Expense of the Office of Ordnance, the Superintend- 
ence and Management of Ordnance and Barrack Works 
and Repairs in Great Britain, Ireland and the Colonies, 
for the year 1831. 

14. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Ninety-five thousand seven 
hundred and eighty-three pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Charge of the Office of Ordnance, 
for Ordnance and Barrack Works and Repairs, and the 
Storekeepers’ Departments, in Great Britain, Ireland and 
the Foreign Stations, after deducting Two hundred and 
ninety-six thousand one hundred and eighty-two pounds, 
for Rents, Sale of Old Stores, and unexpended Votes of 
former Grants. 

15. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Sixty-four thousand three hun- 
dred and eighty-nine pounds, be granted to His Majesty, 
for defraying the Expense of Barrack Masters Expenditures, 
in Great Britain, Ireland and the Colonies, and also Al- 
lowances to Barrack Masters and Serjeants, and Mis- 
cellaneous Charges, for Great Britain and Ireland. 

16. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and forty-six 
thousand two hundred and nineteen pounds, be granted to 
His Majesty, for defraying the Expense of the Office of 
Ordnance for Military and Civil Contingencies, Stores, 
&amp;e. for Great Britain, Ireland and the Colonies, for the 
year 1831. 

17. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty-seven thousand nine 
hundred and seventy-four pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, for defraying the Expense of Services performed 
by the Office of Ordnance, and not provided for by Par- 
liament, in the year 1830. 

18. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Sixty-nine thousand nine hun- 
dred and thirty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of the Military Store Branch for 
Great Britain, Ireland and the Colonies, for the year 
1831. 

19. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
thata sum, not exceeding One thousand and six hundred 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Ex- 
penses of Sums to be paid at the Treasury, and at the Ex- 
chequer, for Fees. on the amount of the. Ordnance Esti- 
mates, for the year 1831. 


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A. 1831. 


20. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Two hundred and ninety-seven 
thousand one hundred and sixteen pounds, be granted to 
His Majesty, for the Charge of the Office of Ordnance in 
Great Britain and Ireland, on account of the Allowances 
to Superannuated, Retired and Half-Pay Officers, to 
Superannuated and Disabled Men, and for Pensions to 
Widows and Children of deceased Officers late belonging 
to the several Ordnance Military Corps, for the year 1831. 

21. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Sixty thousand one hundred 
and fifteen pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for the 
Charge of Allowances, Compensations and Emoluments, 
in the nature of Superannuated or Retired Allowances to 
Persons late belonging to the Office of Ordnance and to 
the Barrack Department in Great Britain, the Colonies 
and Jreland, in respect of their having held any Public 
Office or Employments of a Civil nature ; and also for the 
Charge of Widows’ Pensions, for the year 1831. 

22. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that asum, not exceeding Five hundred and thirty-five 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Ex- 
penses of Sums to be paid at the Treasury, and at the 
Exchequer, for Fees on the amount of the Military and 
Civil Superannuated Estimate, for the year 1831. 

23. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that Thirty-two thousand Men be employed for the Sea 
Service, for Thirteen Lunar Months, from the Ist day of 
January 1831, including Ten thousand Royal Marines. 

24. Ltesolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One million eighty-one thou- 
sand and six hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, 
for Wages of the said thirty-two thousand Men, at the 
rate of Two pounds twelve shillings per Man per month. 

25. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Seventy-five thousand one hun- 
dred and ten pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to pay 
the Wages of Officers and Men of Vessels in Ordinary, 
for the year 1831. 

26. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Forty thousand three hundred 
and sixty-five pounds eleven shillings and one penny, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the 
Officers, and the Contingent Expenses of the Admiralty 
Office, for the year 1831. 

27. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Forty-nine thousand two hun- 
dred and ninety-nine pounds two shillings and seven- 
pence, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
of the Officers, and the Contingent Expenses of the Navy 
Office, for the year 1831. 

28. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty-nine thousand nine 
hundred and twenty-nine pounds and eight-pence, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the 
Officers, and the Contingent Expenses of the Navy Pay 
Office, for the year 1831. 

29. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty thousand one hundred 
and sixty-two pounds sixteen shillings and three-pence, 
be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the 
Officers, and the Contingent Expenses of the several 
Scientific Departments of the Navy, for the year 1831. 

. 30. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Eighty-two thousand two hun- 
dred and forty-nine pounds and ten shillings, be granted 


to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers, and 


the Contingent Expenses of His Majesty’s Yards at Home, 
for the year 1831. 

31. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Six hundred and three thousand 
and two hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for 
Victuals for the said Thirty-two thousand Men, at the 
rate of One pound nine shillings per Man per month. 

32. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty-one thousand two hun- 
dred and eleven pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contingent 
Expenses of His Majesty’s Yards Abroad, for the year 
1831. 

33. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Five hundred and thirty-four 
thousand two hundred and twenty-four pounds four shil- 
lings and four-pence, be granted to His Majesty, to pay 

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the Wages of Artificers, Labourers and others employed 

in His Majesty’s Yards at Home and Abroad, for the year 
1. 

ae Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 

that a sum, not exceeding Eight hundred and ten thousand 

pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge 

of Timber and other Materials, for the year 1831. 

35. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Ninety-eight thousand pounds, 
be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Repairs and Improvements in His Majesty's Yards at 
Home and Abroad, for the year 1831. 

36. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Fifty thousand and five hundred 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of Pilotage, and other Contingencies, for the year 1831. 

37. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty-five thousand pounds, 
be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Transport Establishments, and the Charge for Freight for 
Naval and Victualling Stores, for the year 1831. 

38. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty-four thousand and forty 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Hire of Packets for the year 1831. 

39. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty-five thousand pounds, 
be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Ships 
building at Bombay, for the year 1831. 

40. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Seven hundred and eighty-two 
thousand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of Half Pay to Naval Officers, for the year 
1831. 

41. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Two hundred and forty-six 
thousand and fifty-eight pounds five shillings and three- 
pence, be granted to His Majesty, for Pensions and Allow- 
ances to Naval Officers, their Widows and Relatives, for 
the year 1831. 

42. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One thousand and three hundred 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge 
for Bounty to Chaplains, for the year 1831. 

43. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Two hundred and forty-nine 
thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, towards the payment of Out-Pensioners of Green- 
wich Hospital, for the year 1831. 

44. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and fifty-five 
thousand nine hundred and five pounds seventeen shillings 
and ten-pence, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Superannuations to Commissioners, Secretaries, 
Clerks, &amp;c. formerly employed in the Civil Establish- 
ments of the Navy, for the year 1831. 

45- Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and _thirty- 
six thousand and eight hundred pounds, be granted to 
His Majesty, to defray the Charge of Freight of Ships 
for the conveyance of Troops, Stores, &amp;c. for the year 
1831. 

46. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Three thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge for Freight 
of Ships for the conveyance of Passengers, Stores, &amp;Xc. 
to the Swan River, and other Places, on account of the 
Colonial Department, for the year 1831. 

47- Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Eighty-eight thousand and five 
hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
expense of conveying Convicts to New South Wales, for 
the year 1831. 

48. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Three thousand three hundred 
and eighty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray 
the Charge for Bounty allowed for the capture or destruc- 
tion of Piratical Vessels in the year 1831. 

49. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Thirty thousand and fifty 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the Victual- 
ling Office, for the year 1831. 

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575 


50. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Sixty-three thousand three hun- 
dred and sixty-three pounds and nine shillings, be granted 
to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers, and 
the Contingent Expenses of the Victualling Yards, for 
the year 1831. 

51. Resolved, That it is the opinion of. this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty-four thousand two 
hundred and forty-two pounds seven shillings and eight- 
pence, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Officers, and the Contingent Expenses of the Naval 
Medical Establishments, for the year 1831. 

52. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Thirty thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge of Medical 
Stores and Provisions, for the year 1831. 


53- Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Thirty-one thousand six hundred 
and eleven pounds and nine shillings, be granted to His 
Majesty, to defray the Charge for Provisions to the Officers 
and Men of Ships in Ordinary, for the year 1831. 


54- Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Eight thousand five hundred and 
fifty-seven pounds and eighteen shillings, be granted to 
His Majesty, to defray the Charge for Provisions for the 
Officers and Men of the Yard Service afloat, for the year 
1831. 

55- Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Eighty-six thousand four hun- 
dred and fifty-seven pounds, be granted to His Majesty, 
to defray the Expense of new Works of the Victualling 
and Medical Departments, for the year 1831. 


56. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and fifty-seven 
thousand five hundred and seventy-six pounds and ten shil- 
lings, be granted to His Majesty,.to defray the Charge of 
Half Pay, Pensions and Superannuations to Medical 
Officers, Pursers and Clerks, and to the Widows of Me- 
dical Officers and Pursers, for the year 1831. 

57. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and seventy-five 
thousand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Charge for the purchase of Provisions for Troops and 
Garrisons on Foreign Stations, and for the Convict Ser- 
vice, and the value of Rations for Troops to be embarked 
on board Ships of War and Transports, for the year 
1831. 

58. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a number of Land Forces, not exceeding Eighty-eight 
thousand four hundred and ninety-six Men (exclusive of 
the Men belonging to the Regiments employed in the 
Territorial Possessions of the East India Company), Com- 
missioned and Non-Commissioned Officers included, be 
maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 1831. 


59. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Three millions one hundred 
and fifty-two thousand one hundred and fifty-four pounds 
eight shillings and three-pence, be granted to His Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of His Majesty’s Land Forces 
for Service in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, and on Stations abroad (excepting the Regiments 
employed in the Territorial Possessions of the Kast India 
Company), for the year 1831. 

60. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and twenty-four 
thousand five hundred and twenty-two pounds and eight 
shillings, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying the 
Charge of General Staff Officers, and Officers of the Hos- 
pitals, serving with His Majesty’s Forces in the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign 
Stations (excepting India), for the year 1831. 

61. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and three thou- 
sand eight hundred and ninety-seven pounds six shillings 
and four-pence, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of the Allowances to the Principal Officers of 
the several Public Military Departments in Great Britain 
and Ireland, their Deputies, Clerks, and Contingent Ex- 
penses, for the year 1831. 

62. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twelve thousand four hundred 

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576 


and twenty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Charge of Medicines and Surgical Materials 
for His Majesty's Land Forces, and of certain Hospital 
Contingencies, for the year 1831. 

63. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Thirty-three thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-five pounds fifteen shillings and ten- 
pence, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of His Majesty’s Garrisons at Home and Abroad, for the 
year 1831. 

64. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Five thousand six hundred and 
twenty-seven pounds nineteen shillings and three-pence, 
be granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Charge of 
the Royal Military College, for the year 1831. 

65. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Nineteen thousand nine hundred 
and seventy-five pounds twelve shillings and five-pence, 
be granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Charge of 
the Royal Military Asylum, for the year 1831. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That it is the opinion of this Committee, that a sum, not 
exceeding One hundred and eighty-nine thousand eight 
hundred and three pounds nineteen shillings and eight- 
pence, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Volunteer Corps in the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, for the year 1831 ; 

Whereupon a Motion was made, and the Question 
being proposed, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and seventy thou- 
sand five hundred and twelve pounds fifteen shillings and 
ten-pence, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying the 
Charge of Volunteer Corps in the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 1831 :—The said 
Motion was, by leave of the Committee, withdrawn. 

Original Question put ; 

66. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and eighty-nine 
thousand eight hundred and three pounds nineteen shil- 
lings and eight-pence, be granted to His Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of Volunteer Corps in the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 
1831. 

67. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and thirty-five 
thousand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of the Pay of General Officers in His Majesty's 
Forces, not being Colonels of Regiments, for the year 
1831. 

68. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Ninety-five thousand and three 
hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of Full Pay for Reduced, Retired and Unat- 
tached Officers of His Majesty’s Forces, for the year 
1831. 

69. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Six hundred and ninety-seven 
thousand and eight hundred pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half Pay and Military 
Allowances to Reduced and Retired Officers of His Ma- 
jesty’s Land Forces, for the year 1831. 

70. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Ninety-one thousand and three 
hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for defray- 
ing the Charge of Half Pay and Reduced Allowances 
to Officers of Disbanded Foreign Corps, of Pensions to 
Wounded Foreign Officers, and of Allowances to the 
Widows and Children of deceased Foreign Officers, for 
the year 1831. 

71. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty-seven thousand one 
hundred and seventy-four pounds and five shillings, be 
granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Al- 
lowances to Reduced Local Militia Adjutants, Retired 
Officers of the Militia, and Reduced Adjutants and Ser- 
jeants Majors of Yeomanry, for the year 1831. 

72. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and forty-seven 
thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Pen- 
sions to be paid to the Widows of Officers of His Majesty’s 
Land Forces, for the year 1831. 


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A. 1831. 


73. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and eighty thou- 
sand six hundred and nineteen pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allowances on the 
Compassionate List, of Allowances as of His Majesty’s 
Royal Bounty, and of Pensions to Officers for Wounds, 
for the year 1831. 

74. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One million three hundred and 
thirty-five thousand nine hundred and eighty-six pounds 
seven shillings and three-pence, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Charge of Chelsea and Kilmainham 
Hospitals, of the In-Pensioners of those Establishments, 
and of the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, for the 
year 1831. 

75. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Fifty-three thousand three 
hundred and sixty-nine pounds six shillings and five- 
pence, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Allowances, Compensations and Emoluments, in the 
nature of Superannuation or Retired Allowances to Per- 
sons formerly belonging to the several Public Departments 
in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the year 1831. 

76. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Thirty-two thousand pounds, 
be granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Charge of 
Exchequer Fees in Great Britain, upon Issues to be made 
for Army Services in 1831. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 28° die Junii, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had come to several 
Resolutions, which they had directed him to report to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend an Act of the sixth year of his late 
Majesty for amending the Laws relating to Bankrupts ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


a a 
Bill, dele = 


&amp; 


A Bill to authorize and empower the Commissioners 
appointed by an Act of the seventh year of his late Ma- 
jesty King George the Fourth, for extending to Charing 
Cross, the Strand, and Places adjacent, the Powers of an 
Act for making a more convenient communication from 
Mary-le- Bone Park ; to make and form a new Street from 
the Strand to Charles-street, Covent Garden ; and to widen 
the North end of Bow-street into Long Acre, and for other 
purposes, was, according to Order, read a second time; 
and committed to Lord Viscount Duncannon, Mr. Ellice, 
Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Calcraft, Lord Thomas Cecil, Mr. Pen- * 
darves, Lord Russell, Mr. Hobhouse, Mr. Ridley Col- ?P 
borne, Sir George Clerk, Sir Robert Heron, Mr. Holmes, % 
Mr. Frankland Lewis, Mr. Cust, Mr. Ord, Sir Robert Price, 
Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Trench, Mr. Miles: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 










A Bill for ascertaining the Boundaries of the Forest of Dean For 
Dean, and for inquiring into the Rights and Privileges — 
claimed by Free Miners of the Hundred of Saint Briavel’s, | ited. 
and for other purposes, was, according to Order, reada x, 
second time ; and committed toa Committee of the whole 
House, for Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Bill for repealing so much of an Act passed in the 
seventh year of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
for paving, lighting, watching, repairing and otherwise 
improving Grosvenor Place, and other Streets therein 

mentioned, 


Buckingham 
House 
Wall Bill, ¢ 
mitted. 








2 9 Wixi. IV. VP —QWW° Funii. 
: mentioned, as relates to the Assessment of the Boundary 
Fence or Wall of the Garden belonging to Buckingham 


House, was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 


577 


The House was moved, That the Act 4 Will. &amp; Mary, Land Tax 
ce. 1, for granting to Their Majesties an Aid of Four Shil- Double As- 
sessments 







tute of 


Attestation 
ft {ustru- 
ments Bill, 
- @eferred. 


r, rporate 
Ponds Bill, 


committed. 


? 


ill, defen 3 





auds Bill, 








committed to a Committee of the whole House, for this 


day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of 
Frauds ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the 
Attestation of Instruments made in exercise of certain 
Powers or Trusts in Deeds, Wills, and other Instruments ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


A Bill to prevent the application of Corporate Property 
to the purposes of Election of Members to serve in Par- 
liament, was, according to Order, read a second time; 


and committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday next. 


A Bill to abolish certain Oaths and Affirmations taken 


&gt; and made in the Customs and Excise Departments of His 


Majesty’s Revenue, and to substitute Declarations in lieu 
thereof, was, according to Order, read a second time; and 


committed toa Committee of the whole House, for Friday 
next. 


A Bill to enable His Majesty to make Leases, Copies 
and Grants of Offices, Lands and Hereditaments, parcel of 
the Duchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the same, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


A Bill for regulating the Care and Treatment of Insane 
Persons in England, was, according to Order, read a 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Thursday next. 


Mr. Spring Rice reported from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill to indemnify Persons who have 
acted as Deputy Lieutenants in Scotland without due Qua- 
lification, the Amendments which they had made to the 
Bill:—And the Amendments were read, and agreed to 
by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, to consider of the Act 
14 Geo. 3, c. 83, for making more effectual Provision for 
the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North Ame- 
rica; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the 
Committee, That they had come to a Resolution, which 
they had directed him to report to the House. 


lings in the Pound, for one year, for carrying on a vigo- 
rous War against France, might be read; and the same 
was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 Geo. 1, 
ce. 1, for granting an Aid to His Majesty, to be raised by 
a Land Tax in Great Britain, for the Service of the year 
one thousand seven hundred and fifteen, might be read; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 34 Geo. 3, 
c. 8, for granting an Aid to His Majesty, by a Land Tax 
to be raised in Great Britain, for the Service of the year 
one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, might be 
read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 38 Geo. 3, 
c. 5, for granting an Aid to His Majesty, by a Land Tax 
to be raised in Great Britain for the Service of the year 
one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to ex- 
plain and amend the same, in so far as they impose 
double Land Tax on Roman Catholics: And that Mr. 
Blount and Mr. Petre do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Population (according to the last Census) of the 
Parish or Parishes in which any City, Borough, or Cinque 
Port in England and Wales, now sending Members to Par- 
liament, is wholly or partly situate ; distinguishing, in 
cases where the Limits of the Parish and the Town are not 
the same, the Population of each respectively. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, similar Re- 
turns for all such other Towns or Districts in England and 
Wales as are proposed in the Reform Bill to send Mem- 
bers to Parliament in future. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, Copies of 
any Application (not already laid before the House) made 
to His Majesty’s Government, that any City, Town or 
District should be continued in, or admitted to, the Right 
of sending Members to Parliament. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, Copies of any 
Information, not already laid before the House, which His 
Majesty's Government may have received, touching the 
Amount of Population, and the Number and Value of 
Houses in any Town or District which now sends Mem- 
bers to Parliament, or is proposed in the Reform Bill to 
send Members in future. 

Ordered, That the said Addresses be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 









Turnpike 
3 . . continuing, for a limited time, the several Acts for regu- Acts Conti- 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. lating the Turnpike Roads in Great Britain, which will nuance Bill, 
| Patent ; An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to pp — od borg oper a Be dé bea geen 
2, ) Bill. revive and continue Expired Commissions, Appointments, |. and brine it in 6 P 
gad.’ Patents and Grants in Zreland, and to indemnify certain _—— —— 
 No.51, Persons in relation thereto, was read the first time; and —_4 Petition of several Commissioners for executing the Eau Brink 
# ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday next. Acts for improving the Drainage of the Middle and South Drainage 
. Ordered, That the Bill be printed. Levels, part of the Great Level of the Fens &lt;alled Bed- — 
— ford Level, and the Low Lands adjoining or near to the aamiai 
*baceoGrowth Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to re- ‘said Levels, as also the Lands adijoinine or near to th 
F trohibition ? é = 5 : s ? JO 4 o the 
oe ireland) Bill peal an Act of the nineteenth year of King George the River Ouze, in the County of Norfolk, draining through 
ill, pi _— Third, for repealing so much of several Acts as prohibit the same to Sea by the Harbour of King’s Lynn, in the 
sited. the Growth and Produce of Tobacco in Ireland, and to 


said County, and for altering and improving the Naviga- 
No. 44 tion of the said River Ouze, from or near a place called 
Eau Brink, in the Parish of Wiggenhall Saint Mary, in 
the said County, to the said Harbour of King’s Lynn, and 
for improving and preserving the Navigation of the several 
Rivers communicating with the said River Ouze, was 


presented, and read; setting forth, That the said Com- 


: missioners were empowered to levy certain taxes for the 
jesty’s Mint: And that Lord Viscount Althorp and Mr. purposes of the said Acts, and that several of the works 
Spring Rice do prepare, and bring it in. by the said Acts directed to be made, have been executed, 

VOL. 86. 7 H but 


permit the Importation of Tobacco of the Growth and 
Produce of that Kingdom into Great Britain: And that 
Lord Viscount Althorp and Mr. Spring Rice do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


uckingha” BE Master of the 
louse Mint Salary re 


Vall Bill, ¢ * 
ited, Bill, ordered. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
duce the Salary of the Master and Worker of His Ma- 


Viim 





Customs 
Acts to be 
considered. 


Excise Acts 


to be con- 
sidered. 


Turnpike 
Acts Conti- 
nuance Bill, 
presented. 


Turnpike 
Roads (Scot~ 
land) Bill, 
presented. 


No. 36. 


Master of the 
Mint Salary 
Bill, pre- 
sented. 

No. 45. 


Account of 
Surplus Ways 
and Means, 
ordered ; 


presented. 
No. 46. 


Accounts of 
Exchequer 
Bills, or- 
dered ; 


578 


but for the completion of all the works required by the 
said Acts, and for the maintenance and support thereof, 
it is expedient that further monies and funds should 
be raised, by charging the several lands, grounds and 
hereditaments within the several parishes and places 
mentioned in the said several Acts, or some of them, 
with the payment of a further yearly tax, and also by in- 
creasing the several Tolls by the said Acts, or any of them, 
authorized to be collected and received for the naviga- 
tion on the new River or Cut between Eau Brink and 
King’s Lynn, or by extending the~term during which 
such Tolls shall be taken, and also by imposing Tolls for 
horses, cattle and carriages passing over the Bridge 
erected under the powers of the said Acts, or some or one 
of them, over the said new River or Cut, at the lower end 
thereof, in the parish of South Lynn All Saints, in the 
county of Norfolk ; and it is also expedient, for effectu- 
ally carrying the said several Acts into execution, that 
the same should be amended, and that several of the 
powers and provisions thereof should be altered and en- 
larged ; and praying, That leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Lord Francis Osborne, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to send for persons papers and 
records. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts relating 
to the Duties of Customs, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into a Committee of the whole House, to consider of the 
said Acts. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts imposing 
Duties of Excise on Candles, and on Licenses for making 
them, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into a Committee of the whole House, to consider of the 
said Acts. 


Mr. Littleton presented a Bill for continuing, for a 
limited time, the several Acts for regulating the Turnpike 
Roads in Great Britain, which will expire at the end of 


‘the present Session of Parliament: And the same was 


read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
this day. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill for amending and 
making more effectual the Laws concerning Turnpike 
Roads in Scotland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill to reduce the Salary 
of the Master and Worker of His Majesty’s Mint: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Total Amount of Money which, on the 5th 
January 1831, was in the Exchequer, or remained to be 
received on account of Ways and Means :—also, of the 
several Sums of Money which would probably remain to 
be defrayed on account of the Supplies of the years 1823, 
1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829 and 1830, and the 
Surplus of the Ways and Means at the disposition of 
Parliament. 

Mr. Spring Rice accordingly presented to the House 
the said Account. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of all Exchequer Bills issued between 5th January 
1830 and 5th January 1831, under the Acts 3 Geo. 4, c.86, 


and 5 Geo. 4, c. 103, unprovided for. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of all Exchequer Bills issued, or authorized to be 
issued, charged on the Supplies 1831, unprovided for. 


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A. 1831. 


Mr. Spring Rice accordingly presented to the House presente 
the said Accounts. Nog 2 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the Table; iB: 
and be. printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- Account, 
count, showing the Amount of Monies in the Exchequer, Monies jy 
and remaining to be received on the 31st January 1831, re 
to complete the Aids granted by Parliament for the Ser- : 
vice of the year 1830. 

Mr. Spring Rice accordingly presented to the 
the said Account. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


House presented, : 
No. 477 


Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill to repeal an Act of Tobaccot, | 
the nineteenth year of King George the Third, for repeal- Goan q 
ing so much of several Acts as prohibit the Growth and presente 7 
Produce of Tobacco in Jreland, and to permit the im- No.4 7 
portation of Tobacco of the Growth and Produce of that 
Kingdom into Great Britain: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. : 


Lord Viscount Althorp reported to the House, That Answerty — 
their several Addresses of the 22d, 23d and 24th days Address) 
of this instant June (that His Majesty would be gra- 
ciously pleased to give directions that the Papers therein 
mentioned might be laid before this House), had been pre- 
sented to His Majesty ; and that His Majesty had com- 
manded him to acquaint this House, That He will give 
directions accordingly. 










Mr. Spring Rice presented to the House, pursuant to Papers rep 
their Addresses to His Majesty,—Copies or Extracts of &gt; dees 
all Information or Opinions communicated to Government sented. 
relating to the nature and extent of any Infectious Disease No.4 
prevailing in the Eastern parts of Europe, and to the Pre- 
cautions recommended to prevent the introduction of such 
Disease into this Country :—also, a Return of the Names 
of Persons appointed as a Board of Health, to consider of 
the Measures proper to be adopted to watch the nature of 
such Disease. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; } 
and be printed. 


a 
ore 
Beli 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
one of the clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 








Martis, 28° die Juni; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 
OTICE being taken, that James Joseph Hope Vere, 
Esquire, returned as a Burgess to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Newport, in the county of South- 
ampton, was unable to take his Seat, by reason of an error 
in the Return, in which he is called John James Hope Vere, 
and a Member having stated upon his own knowledge, 
that the name of the Member for Newport is James Joseph "3 
Hope Vere ; a 
Ordered, That the Deputy Clerk of the Crown do attend ue 
this House forthwith, with the last Return for the Borough : 
of Newport, and amend the same, by rasing out the words 
“&lt; John James,” and inserting the words “ James Joseph” 
instead thereof. 
And the Deputy Clerk of the Crown amended the said Return 
Return accordingly. amended. 
Ordered, That all persons be at liberty to question the Leave giv 
said Election or Return, by presenting a Petition to this to Petition 
House within fourteen days next. 


Notice take 
of a Mistake 
in the Retue 
for Newport 
(Hauts) ; 





Mr. Alderman Wood reported from the Committee on General St 
the Petition of several Persons interested in the Navi- Comeeny 
gation of Vessels by Steam; That they had examined the tion, repo* 
matter thereof; and the Report was brought up, and 

read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for in- 
corporating a Company, to be called, “The General Steam 
Navigation Company :” And that Mr. Alderman Wood and 
Mr. Alderman Thompson do prepare, and bring it in. 

6 Mr. 
















sented, 


No, 47 3 


Tgvonand 
Bloucestershire 


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ohibition 
eland) i 
sented, 7 


No. 48, 4 


nswer ti 7 
ddresses, 


9, Wit. IV. 9s” 


Mr. Charles Dundas presented a Bill for more effec- 
tually repairing and improving certain Roads leading to 


com 
00} 
F tt Road 


iy, presented» and from the Town of Cirencester, in the County of Glou- 


cester: And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Bill to alter and amend the several Acts for making 
navigable the River Kennet, in the County of Berks, was 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Charles Dun- 
das, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the 
Speaker's Chamber. 


ennet Na- 
zation Bill, 
mmitted. 





A Bill to alter the Line of the Avon and Gloucestershire 
Railway, to make certain Branches from the same, and to 
amend the Act. for making the said Railway, was read a 
second time ; and committed to Mr. Charles Dundas, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


ilway Bill, 


uthampton A Bill for erecting and maintaining a Pier, and other 
Pier Bil, = Works, for the more conveniently landing and embarking 
@umnitted- Passengers in the Port of the Town of Southampton, was 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Atherley, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 
idwelly Sir James Hamlyn Williams presented a Bill for repairing 
oads “ and improving the several Roads within the District called 
esented. 
















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Petition 


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anelly 
ithes Petition, 
“Reported. 


 @hester and 
_ #ranmere Rail- 
“Pay Petition, 
" Pported, 


Polloc and 


“The Kidwelly District” of Roads, in the County of Car- 
marthen, and for making new Lines of Road within the 
said District, and making a Bridge across the River 
Loughor at Spitty Bank, and a Bridge or Embankment 
across the River Gwendraith Fawr at the Ford: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Sir James Hamlyn Williams reported from the Commit- 
tee on the Petition of several Owners or Occupiers of tithe- 
able lands, or other hereditaments, in the several parishes 
of Llanelly, Llanon, Llangendairne and Llangennech, or 
some of them, in the county of Carmarthen; That they 
had proceeded according to the Resolution of the House of 
the 21st day of June instant ; and had examined the matter 
of the Petition ; and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
extinguishing Tithes, and customary Payments in lieu of 
Tithes, within the Parish of Lianelly, in the County of 
Carmarthen, and for making Compensation in lieu thereof: 
And that Sir James Williams and Mr. Talbot do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Hobhouse presented a Bill for the establishment of 
a Chapel of Ease, to be called, “ Grosvenor Chapel,” 
in the Parish of Saint George Hanover-square, in the 
County of Aiddlesex, and for providing for the Main- 
tenance of the said Chapel, and a Stipend for the Minis- 
ter thereof: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for erecting a County Hall, Courts of Justice, 
and other Buildings for public purposes, and also for pro- 
viding accommodation for His Majesty’s Justices of Assize 
in and for the County of Worcester, was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Foley, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Wilbraham reported from the Committee on the 
Petition of Owners and Proprietors of estates, and other 
Inhabitants, in the county of Chester, and also Merchants 
resident in Liverpool; That they had proceeded according 
to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June 
instant; and found, that the Standing Orders relative to 
Bills for making Railways, had been complied with ; and 
that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from the City of Chester to Tranmere, 
in the Parish of Bebbington, in the County Palatine of 
Chester: And that Mr. Wilbraham and Mr. Grosvenor do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir Michael Shaw Stewart presented a Bill for amending 
an Act passed in the eleventh year of the reign of his late 


Majesty King George the Fourth, for making and main- 
VOL. 86, 


ovan Rail- 
ay Bill, 
resented, 














unit. 579. 
taining a Railway from the Lands of Polloc and Govan to 
the River Clyde ; and to alter and extend the powers of the 
Company of Proprietors of thesaid Railway: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Admiral Adam presented a Bill for more effectually Kinross-shire 
making and repairing certain Roads in the Counties of Roads Bill, 
Fife, Kinross, Perth and Clackmanan: And the same was P'®*"*€4- 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Admiral Adam reported from the Committee on the Pe- Leven (Fife) 
tition of several Owners of lands and mills, and others,, a 
situated on or near the River Leven; That they had pro- aaa 
ceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the 
21st day of June instant ; and found, that the Standing 
Orders relative to Bills for Draining Lands, had been com- 
plied with ; and that they had examined the matter of the 
Petition; and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to amend 
and extend the powers of an Act for recovering, draining 
and preserving certain Lands; and for better supplying 
with Water the Mills, Manufactories and other Works 
situated on the River Leven, in the Counties of Kinross 
and Fife: And that Admiral Adam and Mr. Balfour do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. William Russell presented a Bill for more effectually 
repairing and improving the Road between the City of 
Durham and the Village of Shotley Bridge, in the County 
of Durham; And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Durham and 
Shotley Bridge 
Road Bill, 
presented, 


Ashton-under- 
Lyne Tithes 
Bill, committed, 


A Bill for settling disputed Rights respecting Tithes 
within the Parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, and for fixing certain Annual Pay- 
ments in lieu thereof, was read a second time; and com- 
mitted to Mr. Littleton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 

St. Alban’s and 
South Mims 


Road Bill, 
committed, 


A Bill for more effectually improving the Road from 
the Pondyards, in the County of Hertford, to the Town of 
Chipping Barnet, in the same County, was read a second 
time; and committed to Sir Francis Vincent, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Langton’s Act 
Amendment 
Petition, re- 
ported. 


Sir William Ingilby reported from the Committee on the 
Petition of John Stephen Langton, of the parish of Lang- 
ton-juvta-Partney, inthe county of Lincoln, Esquire ; That 
they had examined the matter thereof; and the Report 
was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act for vesting and securing to John Stephen 
Langton, Esquire, certain Profits and Emoluments for a 
limited time: And that Sir William Ingilby and Mr. Hume 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Bill for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Rothbury, in 
the County of Northumberland, was read a second time ; 
and committed to Lord Viscount Howick, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Rothbury In- 
closure Bill, 
committed. 


A Petition of Sally Smith, of Bromby Wood Hall, in the 
county of Lincoln, was presented, and read ; taking notice 
of the Bill for inclosing, draining and warping Lands. 
within the Township or Hamlets of Frodingham, Scun- 
thorpe, Bromby and Gunhouse (otherwise Gunnas), all in 
the Parish of Frodingham, in the County of Lincoln ; and 
praying, That she may be heard by herself, her counsel 
or agent against certain parts thereof. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Petition against 
Frodingham 
Drainage Bill, 


Petitions in fa- 
vour of Bradtord 
and Leeds 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders and others, 
of Louth ;—of Merchants, Manufacturers and Inhabitants 
of the city of Norwich ;—of Manufacturers and Inhabitants 
of Cleckheaton ;— of Merchants, Bankers, Shipowners 
and others, of Kingston-upon- Hull ;—of the Dock Com- 
pany of Kingston-upon- Hull ;— of Wool Growers and 
Wool Dealers residing in Rye;—of Farmers and Wool 
Dealers residing in Stowmarket ;—of Inhabitants of Hun- 
slet ;—of Manufacturers and Inhabitants of Kirkstall ;— | 
of Inhabitants of Horbury;—of Farmers and Woolstaplers 
residing in Thetford ;—of Inhabitants of the city, bail and 
close of Lincoln ;—of Wool Growers and Wool Dealers 
residing in Sandwich ;—of Woolstaplers and Farmers 

7H2 residing 





Forfarshire 
Roads Bill, 
presented, 


Tower Hanlets 
Suall Debts 
Petition, re- 


ported, 


Rutherglen 
Railway 
Petition, re- 
ported. 


Bolton and 
Leigh Rail- 
way Bill, 

committed. 


Liverpool 
and Prescot 
Road Bill, 
committed. 


Dundee Mu- 
nicipal Govern 
ment Petition, 
reported. 


Birmingham 
and Basford 
Railway Bill, 
committed. 


580 


residing in Winchester ;—of Manufacturers and Inhabi- 
tants of Armley ;—of Gildersome, Drighlington and Tong ; 
—of Liversedge ;—of Alverthorpe;—of Inhabitants of 
Bowling and Bierley ;—of Morley ;—of Inhabitants of 
Kingston-upon- Hull, and Owners of Steam Vessels plying 
between Selby and Kingston-upon-Hull ;—and, of Samuel 
Taylor, of Mirfield, Attorney at Law ;—were presented, 
and read ; taking notice of the Bill for making a Railroad 
from Bradford to Leeds, in the West Riding of the County 
of York, together with a Branch therefrom ; and praying, 
That the same may pass into a law. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Maule presented a Bill for more effectually mak- 
ing, amending, widening, repairing, and keeping in re- 
pair, certain Roads in the County of Forfar: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time. 


Mr. Byng reported from the Committee on the Petition 
of several Inhabitants residing within the district of the 
Tower Hamlets, in the county of AZiddlesex ; That they 
had proceeded according to the Resolution of the House 
of the 21st day of June instant; and had examined the 
matter of the Petition; and the Report was brought up, 
and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain, amend and render more effectual certain Acts of 
the twenty-third year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Second, and the nineteenth year of his Ma- 
jesty King George the Third, for the more easy and speedy 
recovery of Small Debts within the Tower Hamlets: And 
that Mr. Byng, Mr. Hume, and Mr, Alderman Wood, do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Charles Douglas reported from the Committee on 
the Petition of several Proprietors of land in the county 
of Lanark, and Inhabitants of the city of Glasgow, and 
places adjacent thereto ; That they had proceeded accord- 
ing to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of 
June instant ; and found, that the Standing Orders rela- 
tive to Bills for making Railways, had been complied with; 
and that they had examined the matter of the Petition ; 
and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making and maintaining a Railway from the west side 
of Rutherglen Green to Wellshot Mine, in the County of 
Lanark, with certain Branches connected therewith : And 
that Mr. Charles Douglas and Mr. Dizon do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Bill to amend and enlarge the several Acts relating 
to the Bolton and Leigh Railway, was read a second time ; 
and committed to Lord Stanley, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 


A Bill for more effectually repairing, amending, and 
improving the Roads from Liverpool to Prescot, Ashton 
and Warrington, and for making several new Roads to 
communicate therewith, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster, was read a second time ; and committed to Lord 
Stanley, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Horatio Ross reported from the Committee on the 
Petition of the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council 
of the royal burgh of Dundee, and of several Inhabitants 
and Burgesses of the said burgh; That they had pro- 
ceeded, according to the Resolution of the House of the 
21st day of June instant; and had examined the matter 
of the Petition ; and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
extending the Royalty of the Burgh of Dundee, and for 
amending the Sett of the said Burgh: And that Mr. 
Ross and Mr. Maule do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Bill for making a Railroad from Birmingham, in the 
County of Warwick, to the Township of Basford, in the 
Parish of Wybunbury, in the County Palatine of Chester, 
with a Branch to the Town of Wolverhampton, in the 
County of Stafford, was read a second time; and com- 
mitted to Mr. Lawley, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


28° Funit. 





A, 1831. 


Mr. Lawley presented a Bill for more effectually repair- 
ing the Road from the Town of Rugby, in the County of 
Warwick, to the Borough of Warwick, in the same County: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 











Rugb a 
Waren” 4 
Roads Bill 


presented, _ 


ancl 
d Li 
a ilwe 
mimi 


Mr. Lawley reported from the Committee on the Petition 
of the Guardians and Overseers of the Poor of the parish 
of Birmingham, and Rate-payers of the said parish ; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June instant; and found, that 
the Standing Orders relative to Bills for the Maintenance 
or Employment of the Poor, had been complied with ; 
and that they had examined the matter of the Petition ; 
and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
altering, amending and enlarging the powers of an Act 
passed in the twenty-third year of the reign of his late 
Majesty King George the Third, for providing a proper 
Workhouse within the Parish of Birmingham, in the 
County of Warwick, and for better regulating the Poor 
within the said Parish; and for empowering the Guardians 
of the Poor to grant Building Leases of certain Lands 
vested in them, or otherwise to sell and dispose of the 
same, and to apply the Monies to arise therefrom in the 
enlargement or rebuilding of the present Workhouse : 
And that Mr. Zawley and Sir Gray Skipwith do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Birming h 
Poor Petij 
reported, 





sente 


A Bill for better repairing and improving several Roads Frome 
leading to and from the Town of Frome, in the County of Roads Bi 
Somerset, was read a second time; and committed to Mr. Commi 
Ayshford Sanford, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for amending certain Roads in the County of Langport 
Somerset, and for placing them and other Roads under Roads Bil 
the care and management of the Trustees of the Langport, Commie 
Somerton, and Castle Cary Roads, was read a second time; 
and committed to Mr. Ayshford Sanford, &amp;c: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 






The House was moved, That the Report which, upon 
Friday last, was made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, relative to Private Bills, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
more effectually repairing the Road from Aylesbury, in 
the County of Buckingham, to Hockliffe, in the County 
of Bedford: And that the Marquis of Chandos and Sir 
Thomas Fremantle do prepare, and bring it in. 


Aylesbury 
Road Bill, 
ordered. 


u Br 
‘aia 
n, re 


(Ne 


A Bill to continue and amend an Act of the fifth year 
of his late Majesty, for repairing the Roads from Dur- 
weston Bridge to Caundle Bishop, and other Roads in the 
Counties of Dorset and Somerset, so far as relates to the 
Vale of Blackmoor Turnpike Roads, was read a second 
time; and committed to Mr. Portman, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 


Blackmoor 
Vale Roai 
Bill, com- 
mitted, 






A Petition of Inhabitants of Liverpool ;—of Merchants, 
Manufacturers, Farmers and others, resident in or near to 
Leeds ;—of Persons resident in or near to Halifax ;—of 
Corn Merchants and Millers of Sowerby Bridge, Hebden 
Bridge, and divers places in or near the Vale of Zodmor- 
den;—and, of Manufacturers, Land-owners, and others, 
in or near Sowerby Bridge,—were presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the Bill for making a Railroad from the 
Town of Manchester, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
to Sowerby Bridge, in the West Riding of the County of 
York ; and praying, That the same may pass into a law. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions in 
favour of Ma 
chester and 
Leeds Railwa 
Bill. 


Mr. Robert Grant reported from the Committee on 
the Petition of several Inhabitants of the city of Norwich, 
and county of the same city; That they had proceeded 
according to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day 
of June instant ; and found, that the Standing Orders rela- 
tive to Bills for the Maintenance or Employment of the 
Poor, had been complied with; and that they had exa- 
mined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was - 
brought up, and read. 


Norwich | 
Poor Petitw 
reported. 





mini 


Ordered, 





'y andy 
Wick q 
s Bill, 

Nted, 

, anchester 
Mngha,d Leeds 
Petit ailway Bill, 
rted, mmitted. 

adford 
d Leeds 


ailway Bill, 
mmitted. 






hefield and 
anchester 
ailway Bill, 
mmitted. 


nddersfield 

d Woodhead 
pad Bill, 
sented. 


ome 
ads Bi 
m mitted 










ncaster 
d Tadcaster 
ad Bill, 
unitted. 


ing port 
ads Bil 
m mitted 


olverhampton 
pads Bill, 
sentede 


vad Bill, 
dered. 


est India 
pck Company 
ll, committed, 


u Brink 


lackmoot ainage Peti- 
ale Road, reported, 
ill, com- MP (No. 2.) 
itted, 
etitions in 
vour of Ma 
ester and 
ceeds Railwa 
ill. 
Norwich : 
oor Petit 
eported. 
éter 
ads Bill, 
minitted, 


ViIM 


9 Witt. IV. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
better Management of the Poor in the several Parishes 
and Hamlets in the’City of Norwich, and County of the 
same City: And that Mr. Robert Grant and Mr. Hanbury 
Gurney do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Bill for making a Railroad from the Town of Man- 
chester, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to Sowerby 
Bridge, in the West Riding of the County of York, was 
read a second time; and committed to Lord Viscount 
Morpeth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in 
the Speaker's Chamber. 


A Bill for making a Railroad from Bradford to Leeds, 
in the West Riding of the County of York, together with 
a Branch therefrom, was read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to Lord Viscount Morpeth, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for making a Railway from Manchester, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, to Sheffield, in the West 
Riding of the County of York, was read a second time ; 
and committed to Lord Viscount Morpeth, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Ramsden presented a Bill for improving and main- 
taining the Road from the south side of a Bridge over 
the River Colne, called Engine Bridge, in the Township 
of Huddersfield, in the West Riding of the County of 
York, to Woodhead, in the County Palatine of Chester, 
and from thence toa Bridge over the River Mersey, called 
Enterclough Bridge, on the Confines of the County of 
Derby: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for repairing and improving the Road from 
Doncaster, through Ferrybridge, to the south side of 
Tadcaster Cross, in the West Riding of the County of 
York, was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Ramsden, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. : 

Sir John Wrottesley presented a Bill for repairing and 
improving certain Roads in the Counties of Stafford and 
Salop, leading to and from the Town of Wolverhampton, 
in the County of Stafford: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to consolidate and amend the several Acts for 
making the West India Docks, was read a second time ; 
and committed to Mr. Irving, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 


Lord Francis Osborne reported from the Committee on 
the Petition of several Commissioners for executing the 
Acts for improving the Drainage of the Middle and South 
Levels, part of the Great Level of the Fens called Bedford 
Level, and the Low Lands adjoining or near to the said 
Levels, as also the Lands adjoining or near to the River 
Ouze, in the County of Norfolk, draining through the 
same to Sea by the Harbour of King’s Lynn, in the said 
County, and for altering and improving the Navigation of 
the said River Ouze, from or near a place called Eau 
Brink, in the Parish of Wiggenhall Saint Mary, in the 
said County, to the said Harbour of King’s Lynn, and for 
improving and preserving the Navigation of the several 
Rivers communicating with the said River Ouze; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June instant; and found, that 
the Standing Orders relative to Navigation and Drainage 
Bills, hac been complied with ; and that they had exa- 
mined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was 
brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to alter, 
amend and enlarge the Powers of the several Acts now 
in force relating to the New River or Cut from Kau Brink 
to King’s Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, called The Eau 
Brink Cut, and to raise further Funds for carrying the 
said Acts into execution: And that Lord Francis Osborne 
and Mr. Adeane do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Bill to amend an Act of his late Majesty King George 
the Fourth, for repairing the several Roads leading to and 
from the City of Ereter, and for making certain new Lines 


VOL, 86. 


28° Funit. 


581 


of Road to communicate with the same, and for keeping 
in repair Eze Bridge and Countess Wear Bridge, and to 
make and maintain other Roads communicating with the 
said Roads, was read a second time; and committed to 
Lord Viscount Ebrington, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Corry presented a Bill for repairing and improving 


Drogheda 


the Mail Coach Road from Drogheda, in the County of Roads Bill, 
Louth, to the Liberties of the City of Londonderry, and Presented: 


several other Roads in the Counties of Monaghan and 
Tyrone: And the same was read the first time ; and or- 
dered to be read a second time. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that. He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the various Rates of Duties (in sterling Money and 
British Weights and Measures) levied upon the principal 
Articles produced or manufactured in the United Kingdom, 
or in the British Possessions Abroad, on their importation 
into Foreign Countries ; distinguishing the cases where 
the Importation of any such Articles is prohibited. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of the Working Classes, Members of the 
North-western District of the National Union, in Public 
Meeting assembled at the large Room of the Cross Keys, 
Mary-le-bone-lane, in the parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, 
on Monday, 27th June 1831, was presented, and read ; 
complaining of the Prosecution of Mr. Henry Hethering- 
ton, for publishing a Penny Paper for the People ;. calling 
the attention of the House to certain Acts of Parliament, 
generally designated Lord Castlereagh’s Six Acts; and 
praying, That the House will forthwith repeal the whole 
of those Six Acts, that the prosecutions now pending 
against the Press (which ought to be free) may be with- 
drawn, that the fines against Mr. Carpenter be remit- 
ted, that Mr. Carlile may be restored to the liberty 
which ought not to have been taken from him, and that 
no further prosecutions be instituted against the Liberty 
of the Press. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of British Subjects in China, was presented, 
and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners, having 
long submitted in silence to the absolute and corrupt 
rule of the Chinese Government, consider it a duty alike 
owing to their Country and to themselves, to bring their 
grievances to the notice of the House at this important 
crisis, when the regulation of British intercourse with 
China engages the attention of the Legislature, in conse- 
quence of the approaching termination of the Hast India 
Company’s Charter; while British intercourse with every 
other considerable State in the world is regulated by inter- 
national Treaties, that with the Chinese Empire is aban- 
doned to the arbitrary control of the local authorities of 
Canton, a venal and corrupt class of persons, who, having 
purchased their appointments, study only the means of 
amassing wealth by extortion and injustice, equally un- 
restrained by their own, and unopposed by the Govern- 
ments whose subjects they oppress; for the attainment 
of this end, severe burthens are imposed upon commerce, 
unsanctioned by, and frequently in defiance of, commands 
from the Imperial Government at Peking, to which the 
most unfounded reports are made of occurrences in that 
remote province, while no means of counteraction, by op- 
posing statements, are in any way afforded to the Peti- 
tioners ; from the earliest periods of British Subjects re- 
sorting to that Empire, trade has been the sole object, a 
desire to promote which, and sometimes, it must be ad- 
mitted, a nervous anxiety for its preservation, have sub- 
jected foreigners to privations and treatment to which it 
would be difficult to find a parallel in any part of the 
world; China was too remote from England, and the com- 
merce was too limited, to render it in former years a 
subject of much national interest, but during the whole 
of the eighteenth, and still more during the present cen- 
tury, it has been gradually increasing, in defiance of Chi- 
nese restrictions, until it has reached a point of such im- 
portant magnitude as the Petitioners feel satisfied will 

71 raise 


Address 


respecting 


British Goods 


Petition re- 
specting Liberty 
ot the Press, &amp;c. 


Petition 
respecting 
China Trade. 





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raise the anxiety of the House to place it, if it be possible, 
upon a permanent and honourable basis; the Petitioners 
entertain a firm belief, that much may be obtained from 
the fears, but that nothing will ever be conceded by the 
good-will, of the Chinese Government; in confirmation of 
this opinion, the attention of the House need only be en- 
treated to the total failure of both the Embassies to the 
Court of Peking in every respect, except the high prin- 
ciple which was maintained in the refusal to acquiesce 
in humiliating and degrading requisitions, which, the 
Petitioners are convinced, produced a moral effect of the 
most beneficial tendency upon the minds of the Chinese ; 
that these Embassies were undertaken with a view to the 
improvement of the condition of British Subjects in China, 
the Petitioners are deeply sensible, and indeed find this 
expressed in the Instructions from his Majesty’s Minis- 
ters to Lord Macartney: “ Under these circumstances, it 
would become the dignity and character of his Majesty 
to extend his paternal regard to these his distant Subjects, 
even if the commerce and prosperity of the Nation were 
not concerned in their success, and to claim the Emperor 
of China’s particular protection of them, with that weight 
which is due to the requisition of one great Sovereign to 
another ;” the Petitioners trust that His Majesty’s Govern- 
ment may ever be influenced by similar opinions; it is 
with considerable regret, however, that the Petitioners 
make another brief extract from the same Instructions, 
unhappily still descriptive of the condition in which they 
remain: “ Hitherto, however, Great Britain has been 
obliged to pursue the trade with that country under cir- 
cumstances the most discouraging, hazardous to its agents 
employed in conducting it, and precarious to the various 
interests involved in it; the only place where His Majesty’s 
Subjects have the privilege of a Factory is at Canton ; 
the fair competition of the market is there destroyed by 
associations of the Chinese; our supracargoes are denied 
open access to the tribunals of the country and to the 
equal execution of its laws, and are kept altogether in a 
most arbitrary state of depression, ill suited to the import- 
ance of the concerns which are entrusted to their care, and 
scarcely compatible with the regulations of civilized so- 
ciety ;” the result of the two British Embassies, in common 
with those of all other European Governments, will forcibly 
suggest to the House how little is to be gained in China by 
any of the refinements in diplomacy ; the whole history of 
foreign intercourse with that country, demonstrates that a 
firm opposition to the arrogance and unreasonable preten- 
sions of its Government, even with imperfect means, has 
sooner or later been followed by an amicable and concilia- 
tory disposition; while the Portuguese of Macao maintained 
their independence, they were treated by the Chinese Go- 
vernment with respect, and carried on an extensive and 
advantageous commerce, but when they adopted a servile 
course of policy, they were regarded with contempt, and 
a flourishing colony has gradually sunk into misery and 
decay ; even violence has frequently received friendly 
treatment at the hands of this Government, while obe- 
dience and conformity to its arbitrary laws have met only 
with the return of severity and oppression ; in the history 
of English Commerce with China many instances of this 
description exist ; when Admiral Drury, in compliance 
with the reiterated commands of the Canton Government, 
yielded up possession of Macao, which for several months 
had been garrisoned by a British force, the most contu- 
melious and threatening Proclamations were issued against 
him, he wasdeclared to have fled from a dread of the punish- 
ment which awaited him ; about the same period, after a 
horde of pirates, well known bythe name of “ Ladrones,” 
had for a succession of years ravaged the southern coasts 
of the Empire, and committed numerous atrocities, their 
leader, a man of bold and determined character, was re- 
ceived in person by the Viceroy with every mark of respect, 
invested with a robe of honour, and ultimately nominated 
to an important official situation ; a British Admiral, for 
his forbearance, was despised and treated with indignity ; 
the leader of pirates and banditti was, in reward of his 
atrocities, received with the most ceremonious attention, 
and was ranked among the nobility of the land; it is 
with no wish to advocate deeds of violence, that these 
statements are made, but such is the people, and such 
the government of the-Chinese Empire ; this submissive 
spirit was exhibited in the most striking manner which 
can indicate the character of a nation, when at the last 
Tartar conquest this most ancient Empire of the world, 


A. 1831. 


containing many millions of comparatively civilized human 
beings, was subdued by its bitterest enemies, and yielded 
implicit obedience toa tribe of rude and ignorant bar- 
barians ; the Petitioners earnestly entreat the considera- 
tion of the House to the fact, that the merciless and in- 
discriminating laws of China, as applied to foreigners, 
make no distinction between manslaughter and murder ; 
in those cases (happily few) of the death of a native by 
the hand of a foreigner, the life of an individual of the 
same nation (it being immaterial whether the offender or 
not) is invariably demanded, without reference to the pal- 
liating circumstances recognised by the Chinese law as 
modifying the offence and its punishment, where natives 
alone are concerned; on all such occasions the chief of 
the nation supposed to be implicated, is required to find 
out the guilty person, to point out his name, and deliver 
him up, that the local magistrate may try and punish him, 
which having been proved by melancholy experience to 
mean nothing else than summary execution, he is in fact 
required to select and surrender a victim for strangulation, 
to appease the sanguinary malice of this Government; such 
a requisition admits but of one reply, since no foreigners 
in China have authority from their own Governments to 
judge or deliver up even a guilty fellow-subject, and, on 
the other hand, non-compliance is sure to be followed by 
a total suspension of trade with the nation concerned ; the 
necessity of thus permitting the guilty to escape, in order 
to secure the safety of the innocent, is an evil deeply to be 
lamented, and loudly calling for the interposition of the 
House ; it is much to the honour of the British Factory, 
that since the year 1784, when an innocent man was 
seized and executed by the Government of Canton, a firm 
and effectual resistance has been made against the en- 
forcement of this unjust requisition, though such resist- 
ance has invariably given rise to suspension of commercial 
intercourse and long protracted discussions with the Go- 
vernment; while the Petitioners acknowledge it as an 
undeniable principle, that foreigners should yield obe- 
dience to the laws of the country in which they reside, 
they submit, that this doctrine cannot be maintained in 
favour of a Government which, like the Chinese, withholds 
from foreigners the protection of its laws, and whose 
power is felt only in a system of unceasing oppression, 
pursued on the avowed principle of considering every 
other people as placed many degrees below its own in the 
scale of human beings; the Petitioners will now briefly 
advert to some of the principal commercial disabilities 
to which they are subjected; English ships were formerly 
admitted to trade at various ports, Amoy, Limpo and the 
Islands of Chusan and Formosa, but of late the entire 
foreign commerce of this vast Empire has been restricted 
to the single port of Canton, where the exorbitant harbour 
dues operate as a virtual exclusion of the smaller class of 
shipping ; while the privilege of dealing with foreigners 
is confined to some ten or twelve licensed native merchants, 
such is the oppressive conduct of the local authorities 
towards these individuals, by a systematic course of con- 
stantly recurring exactions, and generally harsh treatment, 
that respectable and wealthy men cannot be prevailed on 
to accept the privilege, though earnestly urged by the 
Government todoso, for the purpose of supplying vacancies 
arising from deaths and bankruptcies; the Government 
being thus unable to maintain in an efficient state the limited 
medium of intercourse which they have established, and 
prohibiting Foreigners from renting warehouses in which 
to deposit their cargoes, there is no adequate competition, 
nor any chance of obtaining the fair market value of a 
commodity, an evil the more deeply felt in consequence of 
nearly all the imports in the year necessarily arriving 
about the same time, during the few months when the 
periodical winds are favourable in the China Sea; from 
the moment a Foreign vessel arrives, her business is liable 
to be delayed by underlings of the Custom House, on 
frivolous pretexts, for the sake of extorting unauthorized 
charges ; the duty on her import cargo is levied in an ar- 
bitrary manner, by low, unprincipled men, who openly 
demand bribes ; it is, consequently, of uncertain amount, 
and, by the addition of local exactions, exceeds by many 
times the rate prescribed by the Imperial Tariff, which 
appears to be in general moderate, although so little at- 
tended to in practice, that it is scarcely possible to name 
any fixed charge, except on a very few articles; it is 
unnecessary to occupy the time of the House, by dwelling 
on the individual and national loss arising from this 

oppressive 


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oppressive and corrupt system, it would be equally out of 
place to enter into a detail of the many studied indigni- 
ties heaped upon foreigners by the acts of this Govern- 
ment, and by contumelious edicts placarded on the walls 
of their very houses, representing them as addicted to the 
most revolting crimes, with no other object than to stamp 
them in the eyes of the people, as a barbarous, ignorant 
and depraved race, every way inferior to themselves, 
thereby exciting the lower orders to treat them with 
habitual insolence, suffice it to say, that no privation or 
discomfort is too minute to escape notice in the pursuit of 
this ever present purpose; free air and exercise are 
curtailed, by precluding access to the country or beyond 
the confined streets in the immediate vicinity of their 
habitations ; even the sacred ties of domestic life are 
disregarded, in the separation of husband and wife, parent 
and child, rendered unavoidable by a capricious prohibi- 
tion against foreign ladies residing in Canton, for which 
there appears to be no known law, and no other authority 
than the plea of usage; the Petitioners consider it a 
duty which they owe to truth and justice, to declare to 
the House, that they attribute the evils which have 
been enumerated, to the nature and character of the 
Chinese Government, and not to any want of proper spirit 
and firmness in the agents of the East India Company, 
who have on various occasions opposed effectual resist- 
ance to many of them, which could not have been at- 
tempted by individuals pursuing their separate interests, 
and unconnected by any bond of union; the Servants of 
the Company have insisted on being heard by the Govern- 
ment, and have maintained the right of addressing it in 
the Chinese language, when that has been denied to other 
foreigners ; privileges have thus been repeatedly gained 
and the most serious evils averted; the influence which 
the East India Company has acquired by its extensive 
dealings, furnishes the strongest evidence of the importance 
of Foreign commerce to this self-sufficient people; the 
Petitioners are, however, of opinion, that, to place the 
commercial interests of Great Britain on that fair and 
equitable footing to which they are entitled, a higher 
authority is required, emanating ‘directly from His Ma- 
jesty, as a medium of communication with the Canton 
Government, as well as with the Imperial Court at Peking, 
which would remove the impression prevalent among the 
Chinese authorities, that Foreigners in China have for- 
feited the protection of their own Sovereign, as in the case 
with natives of China who leave their country; the 
Petitioners would anticipate the most beneficial results 
from the permanent residence, at Peking, of a Represen- 
tative of His Majesty, instructed to act with becoming 
spirit in protecting the interests of his countrymen, an 
arrangement which they believe was considered of such 
importance, as to be one of the principal objects of the 
last Embassy; and as the Russians, who conduct the 
trade on the frontiers between their Empire and China, 
have long had the privilege of resorting to Peking, to ac- 
quire the language in a college expressly established for 
the purpose, it is reasonable to suppose that the residence 
there of British Subjects would, if insisted on, be also 
tolerated, more particularly as they would no longer have 
to contend with the religious and political jealousy of the 
Roman Catholic Missionaries, formerly established at 
Peking, but now dismissed ; the successful termination 
of the Burmese war, and the approximation of British 
dominion in Jndia to the confines of China, are well 
known in that country, and a remonstrance from the 
British Government would, the Petitioners have reason to 
believe, be received with a deference and attention never 
yet accorded to any Embassy, all of which have been 
conducted on the erroneous principle of attempting to ne- 
gociate for that which, if firmly demanded, could not 
have been withheld, while the Ambassadors have been 
designated ‘“ Tribute Bearers,” and recognized in no other 
light than that of public officers deputed by inferior 
princes to offer presents and acknowledge vassalage to 
the Supreme Sovereign on Earth; but the Petitioners 
cannot deny to the Chinese Government the credit of 
having hitherto successfully triumphed over European 
power and dignity, the Ruler of this most ancient Em- 
pire has seen the Representatives of the Monarchs of other 
countries bear tribute to his throne, and in many instances 
prostrate themselves in the dust before him, while he has 
treated their abject and submissive spirit with the gene- 


ral indifference which it deserved; unless through the 
VOL. 86, 


unit. 583 
direct intervention of His Majesty's Government in com- 
munication with the Court of Peking, the Petitioners 
feel that no material extension of British Commerce, or 


effectual amelioration of the humiliating condition of © 


British Subjects in China, can be expected ; if unattain- 
able by the course suggested, the Petitioners indulge a 
hope that the Government of Great Britain, with the 
sanction of the Legislature, will adopt a Resolution worthy 
of the nation, and, by the acquisition of an insular pos- 
session near the Coast of China, place British Commerce 
in that remote quarter of the globe beyond the reach of 
future despotism and oppression; and praying, That the 
House will take the premises into their consideration, 
and grant such relief as to their wisdom may appear ex- 
pedient. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed on the 
present state of the Affairs of the Hast India Company, 
and to inquire into the state of Trade between Great 
Britain, the East Indies, and China, and to report their 
observations thereupon to the House:—And a Com- 
mittee was appointed of Mr. Charles Grant, Mr. Baring, 
Mr. Astell, Mr. Williams Wynn, Mr. Cutlar Fergusson, 
Sir James Mackintosh, Lord Ashley, Mr. Littleton, Mr. 
Alderman Thompson, Mr. Hume, Mr. George Bankes, 
Mr. Irving, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Wolryche Whitmore, Lord 
Viscount Morpeth, Lord Viscount Acheson, Mr. Wright- 
son, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. John Wood, Mr. Callaghan, Sir 
Charles Forbes, Sir George Staunton, Sir James Macdonald, 
Mr. Fazakerley, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Shelley, Mr. Stuart 
Wortley, Sir John Malcolm, Mr. Gisborne, Mr. Gally 
Knight, Mr. John Loch, Lord Nugent, Mr. Ewart, Mr. 
Denison, Mr. Protheroe, Lord Viscount Milton : — And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them, from time to 
time, to the House. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the Select Committee on Kast India Company’s Affairs, 
in Session 1830, be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the Select Committee on East India Company’s Affairs, 
in the last Session of Parliament, be laid before this 
House. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
prevent the spreading of Canine Madness: And that 
Mr. Alderman Wood and Mr. O’Connell do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain the Law of Settlement by Hiring and Service: 


And that Mr. Weyland, Mr. Adeane, and Mr. Henry Clive, 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire into the nature and extent of The King’s Printers in 
England, Scotland and Ireland, the authority under which 
they have acted, and now act, and how far they have been 
beneficial to the Government or to the Country, and 
whether proper to be continued ; also, to ascertain the 
effect of any Drawback now allowed on Paper used by 
The King’s Printers or in the Universities ; also, to inquire 
whether the Printing for both Houses of Parliament can 
be effected with greater economy, and to report their 
observations and opinion thereupon, together with the 
Minutes of Evidence taken before them, to the House :— 
And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Hume, Mr. Goul- 
burn, Mr. John Smith, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Lennard, 
Mr. William Bankes, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Yates Peel, 
Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Protheroe, Mr. George Dawson, Sir 
Matthew Ridley, Mr. Wilks, Mr. Hunt, Lord Viscount 
Morpeth, Lord Nugent, Mr. Hobhouse, Mr. Strutt, the 
Lord Advocate, Dr. Lefroy, Mr. Weyland, Sir Robert Inglis, 
Mr. John Wood, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Robert Gordon, Sir 
Charles Hulse, Mr. Keith Douglas, Mr. Paget, Mr. Est- 
court, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Maitland:—And they are to 
meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have 
Power to send for persons papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 

712 Ordered, 


Committee on 
Fast India Come 
pany’s Affairs, 
appointed. 


Papers 
referred. 


Minutes of 
Evideuce on 
Fast-India 
Company’s 


Affairs, ordered. 


Canine Mad- 
ness Bill, 
ordered. 


Settlement 
of the Poor 
Bill, ordered. 


Committee on 
King’s Printers, 
appointed, 








Reports 
referred. 


Liability of 
Landlords’ 
Bill, ordered. 


Motion re- 
specting Return 
of Steam En- 
gines. 


Return 
respecting 
Charitable Do- 
nations (Ire- 
land), ordered. 


Report 
Supply. 


Ordnance 
Services. 


584 


Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 20th day of 
June 1810, was made from the Select Committee on 
Public Expenditure; also, the Report which, upon the 
30th day of July 1822, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Printing and Stationery; also, the Report 
which, upon the 10th day of July 1828, was made from 
the Select Committee on Printing ; and also, the Minutes 
of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on Print- 
ing and Stationery in the last Session of Parliament, be 
referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
better rating Tenements under a certain Annual Value: 
And that Mr. Slaney, Sir Thomas Fremantle, and Mr. 
Schonswar, do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That there be laid before this House, a Return of all 
Steam-engines made use of in Great Britain and Ireland, 
or in vessels belonging to their respective Ports and Har- 
bours, setting forth their Numbers, in the following differ- 
ent Classes, viz.: Those under 20 horse power; those 
from 20 to 40 horse power; those from 40 to 60 horse 
power; those from 60 to 100 horse power; those above 
100 horse power; and specifying the respective Shires, 
Counties, or other denominations, in which they have 
been employed: And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of all Sums of Money bequeathed for the benefit of the 
Poor in Ireland, of which the several Municipal Corpo- 
rations in that Country have been constituted ‘Trustees or 
Guardians ; stating the respective Sums, by whom and 
when bequeathed, with the different Periods at which 
they have been received, as well as how they have been 
appropriated, or in whose hands they now remain. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider of the Supply 
granted to His Majesty, the Resolutions which they had 
directed him to report to the House ; and the same were 
read, and agreed to by the House; and are as fol- 
loweth ; 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty thou- 
sand six hundred and forty-nine pounds, be granted to 
His Majesty, for defraying the Expense of Salaries to the 
Master General and the Principal Officers and Clerks 
belonging to the Office of Ordnance at the Zower, Pall 
Mall, and Dublin, for the year 1831. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine thousand 
and eighty-nine pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of Salaries to the Departments of 
the Office of Ordnance at Woolwich, for the year 1831. 

3- Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventeen thou- 
sand seven hundred and five pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, for defraying the Expense of Salaries of the Civil 
Establishments of the Office of Ordnance at Home Sta- 
tions, for the year 1831. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-seven 
thousand seven hundred and twenty-four pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Expense of Sala- 
ries of the Civil Establishments of the Office of Ordnance 
Abroad and in Jreland, for the year 1831. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty thousand 
seven hundred and fifty-six pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, for defraying the Expense of Salaries of the 
several Barrack Masters and Barrack Serjeants at the 
Stations in Great Britain, Ireland and the Colonies, for 
the year 1831]. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five thousand 
two hundred and ten pounds, be granted to His Majesty, 
for defraying the Expense of Master Gunners at the 
Garrisons and Batteries in Great Britain, Guernsey and 
Jersey, and Ireland, for the year 1831. 

7- Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty-one 
thousand three hundred and twenty-eight pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Expense of the 
Corps of Royal Engineers, the Corps of Royal Sappers 
and Miners, and of the Establishment for the Instruction 
of Royal Sappers and Miners, for Great Britain, Ireland 
and the Colonies, for the year 1831. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hundred 
and seventy-eight thousand four hundred and thirty-six 


98° Funn. 


A. 1831. 


pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying the 
Expense of the Royal Regiment of Artillery for Great 
Britain, Ireland and the Colonies, for the year 1831. 

g. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Thirty-six thou- 
sand two hundred and sixteen. pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, for defraying the Expense of the Brigade of 
Royal Horse Artillery, and also for the Riding House Troop, 
for Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 1831. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thousand 
two hundred and twenty-three pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, for defraying the Expense of the Director General 
of Artillery, and for the Field Train Department, for the 
year 1831. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine thousand 
two hundred and eighteen pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Expense of the Medical Establish- 
ment for the Military Department of the Ordnance, in 
Great Britain, the Colonies and Ireland, for the year 
1831. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three thou- 
sand four hundred and two pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, for defraying the Expense of the Office of Ord- 
nance, for the Officers, Professors, Masters and Assistants 
at the Academical Establishment at Woolwich, for the year 
1831. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty-four 
thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Expense of the Office of Ordnance, 
of the Superintendence and Management of Ordnance 
and Barrack Works and Repairs, in Creat Britain, Ireland 
and the Colonies, for the year 1831. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety-five 
thousand seven hundred and eighty-three pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the 
Office of Ordnance, for Ordnance and Barrack Works and 
Repairs, and the Storekeepers’ Departments, in Great Bri- 
tain, Ireland and the Foreign Stations, after deducting Two 
hundred and ninety-six thousand one hundred and eighty- 
two pounds, for Rents, Sale of Old Stores, and unexpended 
Votes of former Grants. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty-four 
thousand three hundred and eighty-nine pounds, be granted 
to His Majesty, for defraying the Expense of Barrack 
Masters Expenditures in Great Britain, Ireland and the 
Colonies, and also Allowances to Barrack Masters and 
Serjeants, and Miscellaneous Charges, for Great Britain 
and Ireland. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred 
and forty-six thousand two hundred and nineteen pounds, 
be granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Expense of 
the Office of Ordnance, for Military and Civil Contin- 
gencies, Stores, &amp;c. for Great Britain, Ireland and the 
Colonies, for the year 1831. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-seven 
thousand nine hundred and seventy-four pounds, be granted 
to His Majesty, for defraying the Expense of Services per- 
formed by the Office of Ordnance, and not provided for by 
Parliament, in the year 1830. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty-nine 
thousand nine hundred and thirty pounds, be granted to 
His Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the Military 
Store Branch, for Great Britain, Ireland and the Colonies, 
for the year 1831. 

19. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding One thousand 
and six hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for 
defraying the Expenses of Sums to be paid at the Treasury 
and at the Exchequer, for Fees on the Amount of the 
Ordnance Estimates, for the year 1831. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hundred 
and ninety-seven thousand one hundred and sixteen pounds, 
be granted to His Majesty, for the Charge of the Office of 
Ordnance in Great Britain and Ireland, on account of 
the Allowances to Superannuated, Retired and Half-Pay 
Officers, to Superannuated and Disabled Men, and for 
Pensions to Widows and Children of deceased Officers, 
late belonging to the several Ordnance Military Corps, 
for the year 1831. 

21. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Sixty thousand 
one hundred and fifteen pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, for the Charge of Allowances, Compensations and 
Emoluments, in the nature of Superannuated or Retired 
Allowances to Persons late belonging to the Office of 
Ordnance, and to the Barrack Department in Great Bri- 
tain, the Colonies and Jreland, in respect of their having 

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held any Public Office or Employments of a Civil nature, 
and also for the Charge of Widows’ Pensions, for the year 
1831. 


22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hundred 
and thirty-five pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for 
defraying the Expenses of Sums to be paid at the Treasury 
and at the Exchequer, for Fees on the Amount of the 
Military and Civil Superannuated Estimate, for the year 
1831. 


23. Resolved, That Thirty-two thousand Men be em- 
ployed for the Sea Service, for Thirteen Lunar Months, 
from the Ist day of January 1831, including Ten thou- 
sand Royal Marines. 

24. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One million 
eighty-one thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted 
to His Majesty, for Wages of the said Thirty-two thousand 
Men, at the rate of Two pounds and twelve shillings per 
Man per month. 


25. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy-five 
thousand one hundred and ten pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to pay the Wages of Officers and Men of Vessels 
in Ordinary, for the year 1831. 

26. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty thou- 
sand three hundred and sixty-five pounds eleven shillings 
and one penny, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of 
the Admiralty Office, for the year 1831. 


27. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty-nine 
thousand two hundred and ninety-nine pounds twoshillings 
and seven-pence, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the 
Navy Office, for the year 1831. 


28. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-nine 
thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine pounds and eight- 
pence, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the Navy 
Pay Office, for the year 1831. 


29. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty thou- 
sand one hundred and sixty-two pounds sixteen shillings 
and three-pence, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of 
the several Scientific Departments of the Navy, for the 
year 1831. 

30. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty-two 
thousand two hundred and forty-nine pounds and ten 
shillings, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of His Ma- 
jesty’s Yards at Home, for the year 1831. 


31. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six hundred 
and three thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted 
to His Majesty, for Victuals for the said Thirty-two thou- 
sand Men, at the rate of One pound and nine shillings per 
Man per month. 

32. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-one 
thousand two hundred and eleven pounds, be granted to 
His Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers and 
the Contingent Expenses of His Majesty’s Yards Abroad, 
for the year 1831. 


33- Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hundred 
and thirty-four thousand two hundred and twenty-four 
pounds four shillings and four-pence, be granted to His 
Majesty, to pay the Wages of Artificers, Labourers and 
others employed in His Majesty’s Yards at Home and 
Abroad, for the year 1831. 


34. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight hundred 
and ten thousand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Timber and other Materials, for the 
year 1831. 


35. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety-eight 
thousand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of Repairs and Improvements in His Majesty’s 
Yards at Home and Abroad, for the year 1831. 

36. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty thousand 
and five hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Pilotage and other Contingencies, 
for the year 1831. 

37- Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-five 
thousand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of the Transport Establishments, and the 
Charge for Freight for Naval and Victualling Stores, for 
the year 1831. 

VOL. 86. 


28° Fun. 


585 


38. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-four Hire of 
thousand and forty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to Packets. 


defray the Expense of the Hire of Packets, for the year 
1831. 


39. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-five Ships at 
thousand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray Bombay. 


the Expense of Ships building at Bombay, for the year 
1831. 


40. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven hundred Half Pay to 


and eighty-two thousand pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of Half Pay to Naval Officers, 
for the year 1831. 

41. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hundred 
and forty-six thousand and fifty-eight pounds five shil- 
lings and three-pence, be granted to His Majesty, for 
Pensions and Allowances to Naval Officers, their Wi- 
dows and Relatives, for the year 1831. 

42. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thousand 
and three hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Charge for Bounty to Chaplains, for the year 
1831. 

43. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hundred 
and forty-nine thousand and two hundred pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, towards the Payment of Out- 
Pensioners of Greenwich Hospital, for the year 1831. 

44. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred 
and fifty-five thousand nine hundred and five pounds se- 
venteen shillings and ten-pence, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of Superannuations to Com- 
missioners, Secretaries, Clerks, &amp;c. formerly employed in 
the Civil Establishments of the Navy, for the year 1831. 

45- Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred 
and thirty-six thousand and eight hundred pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge of Freight of 
Ships for the conveyance of Troops, Stores, &amp;c. for the 
year 1831. 

46, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Charge for Freight of Ships for the conveyance of Passen- 
gers, Stores, &amp;c. to the Swan River and other places, on 
account of the Colonial Department, for the year 1831. 

47. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty-eight 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of conveying Convicts to 
New South Wales, for the year 1831. 

48. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three thousand 
three hundred and eighty pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to defray the Charge for Bounty allowed for the 
Capture or Destruction of Piratical Vessels, in the year 
1831. 

49: Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty thou- 
sand and fifty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to de- 
fray the Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Ex- 
penses of the Victualling Office, for the year 1831. 

5°. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty-three 
thousand three hundred and sixty-three pounds and nine 
shillings, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Sala- 
ries of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the 
Victualling Yards, for the year 1831. 

51. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-four 
thousand two hundred and forty-two pounds seven shil- 
lings and eight-pence, be granted to His Majesty, to de- 
fray the Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Ex- 
penses of the Naval Medical Establishments, for the year 
1831. 

52. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Medical Stores and Provisions, for the year 
1831. 

53. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty-one 
thousand six hundred and eleven pounds and nine shil- 
lings, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge for 
Provisions to the Officers and Men of Ships in Ordinary, 
for the year 1831. 

54. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight thousand 
five hundred and fifty-seven pounds and eighteen shil- 
lings, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge for 
Provisions for the Officers and Men of the Yard Service 
Afloat, for the year 1831. 

55. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty-six 
thousand four hundred and fifty-seven pounds, be granted 
to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of New Works of the 
Victualling and Medical Departments, for the year 1831. 

7K 56. Resolved, 





Naval Officers, 


Pensions and 
Allowances. 


Chaplains. 


Greenwich 
Hospital. 


Superaunua- 
tions. 


Conveyance 
of ‘Troops. 


Swan River. 


Convicts. 


Piratical 
Vessels. 


Victualling 
Office. 


Victualling 
Yards. 


Medical 
Establishments, 


Medical 
Stores. 


Provisions. 


Works at the 
Victualling and 
Medical De- 
partments, 





Half Pay. 


‘Troops and 
Garrisons. 


Land Forces. 


General Staff 
Officers. 


Public 
Officers. 


Medicines 
and Surgical 
Materials. 


Garrisons. 


Royal Mili- 
tary College. 


Royal Mili- 
tary Asylum. 


Volunteer 
Corps. 


General 
Ofiicers. 


Half Pay, 


586 


56. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred 
and fifty-seven thousand five hundred and seventy-six 
pounds and ten shillings, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Half Pay, Pensions and Superannua- 
tions to Medical Officers, Pursers and Clerks, and to the 
Widows of Medical Officers and Pursers, for the year 1831. 

57- Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred 
and seventy-five thousand pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge for the purchase of Provisions 
for Troops and Garrisons on Foreign Stations and for the 
Convict Service, and the Value of Rations for Troops to 
be embarked on board Ships of War and Transports, for 
the year 1831. 

58. Resolved, That a Number of Land Forces, not ex- 
ceeding Eighty-eight thousand four hundred and ninety- 
six Men (exclusive of the Men belonging to the Regi- 
ments employed in the Territorial Possessions of the Last 
India Company), Commissioned and Non-commissioned 
Officers included, be maintained for the Service of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the 
year 1831. 

59. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three millions 
one hundred and fifty-two thousand one hundred and fifty- 
four pounds eight shillings and three-pence, be granted to 
His Majesty, for defraying the Charge of His Majesty’s 
Land Forces for Service in the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, and on Stations abroad (excepting 
the Regiments employed in the Territorial Possessions of 
the East India Company), for the year 1831. 

60. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred 
and twenty-four thousand five hundred and twenty-two 
pounds and eight shillings, be granted to His Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of General Staff Officers, and Officers 
of the Hospitals serving with His Majesty’s Forces in the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and on 
Foreign Stations (excepting Jndia), for the year 1831. 

61. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred 
and three thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven pounds 
six shillings and four-pence, be granted to His Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of the Allowances to the Prin- 
cipal Officers of the several Public Military Departments 
in Great Britain and Ireland, their Deputies, Clerks and 
Contingent Expenses, for the year 1831. 

62. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve thou- 
sand four hundred and twenty pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Medicines and Sur- 
gical Materials for His Majesty’s Land Forces, and of 
certain Hospital Contingencies, for the year 1831. 

63. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty-three 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-five pounds fifteen 
shillings and ten-pence, be granted to His Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of His Majesty’s Garrisons at Home 
and Abroad, for the year 1831. 

64. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five thousand 
six hundred and twenty-seven pounds nineteen shillings 
and three-pence, be granted to His Majesty, for defray- 
ing the Charge of the Royal Military College, for the 
year 1831. 

65. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nineteen thou- 
sand nine hundred and seventy-five pounds twelve shil- 
lings and five-pence, be granted to His Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of the Royal Military Asylum, for 
the year 1831. 

66. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred 
and eighty-nine thousand eight hundred and three pounds 
nineteen shillings and eight-pence, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Charge of Volunteer Corps, in 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the year 1831. 

67. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred 
and thirty-five thousand pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Charge of the Pay of General 
Officers in His Majesty’s Forces, not being Colonels of 
Regiments, for the year 1831. 

68. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety-five 
thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
{esty, for defraying the Charge of Full Pay for Reduced, 

etired and Unattached Officers of His Majesty’s Forces, 
for the year 1831. 

69. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six hundred 
and ninety-seven thousand and eight hundred pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half 
Pay and Military Allowances to Reduced and Retired 
Officers of His Majesty’s Land Forces, for the year 1831. 


28°—29° Funii. 


A. 1831. 


70. Resolved, That a sum, not exeeeding ninety-one thou- - 


sand and three hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Half Pay and Reduced Allow- 
ances to Officers of disbanded Foreign Corps, of Pensions 
to wounded Foreign Officers, and of Allowances to the 
Widows and Children of deceased Foreign Officers, for 
the year 1831. 

71. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-seven 
thousand one hundred and seventy-four pounds and 
five shillings, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of Allowances to reduced Local Militia 
Adjutants, retired Officers of the Militia, and reduced 
Adjutants and Serjeants Majors of Yeomanry, for the 
year 1831. 

72. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred 
and forty-seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, fordefraying the Charge 
of Pensions to be paid to the Widows of Officers of His 
Majesty's Land Forces, for the year 1831. 

73. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred 
and eighty thousand six hundred and nineteen pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Charge of 
Allowances on the Compassionate List, of Allowances as 
of His Majesty’s Royal Bounty, and of Pensions to Officers 
for Wounds, for the year 183}. 

74. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One million 
three hundred and thirty-five thousand nine hundred and 
eighty-six pounds seven shillings and three-pence, be 
granted to His Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Chelsea 
and Kilmainham Hospitals, of the In-Pensioners of those 
Establishments, and of the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea 
Hospital, for the year 1831. 

75 Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty-three 
thousand three hundred and sixty-nine pounds six shil- 
lings and five-pence, be granted to His Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Charge of Allowances, Compensations and 
Emoluments, in the nature of Superannuation or Retired 
Allowances to Persons formerly belonging to the several 
Public Departments in the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the year 1831. 

76. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty-two 
thousand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for defray- 
ing the Charge of Exchequer Fees in Great Britain, 
upon Issues to be made for Army Services in 1831. 





And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 29° die Junii, 1831: 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into a Committee of the whole House, to consider of 
Ways and Means for raising the Supply granted to His 
Majesty. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider of the several Acts relating to the Duties of Cus- 
toms, be now read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider of the said Acts. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider of the several Acts imposing Duties of Excise on 
Candles, and on Licenses for making them, be now read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whcle House, to con- 
sider of the said Acts. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the ad- 
journed Debate upon the Motion made yesterday, That 
the Petition of several Commissioners for executing the 
Acts for improving the Drainage of the Middle and South 
Levels, part of the Great Level of the Fens called Bedford 
Level, and the Low Lands adjoining or near to the said 
Levels, as also the Lands adjoining or near to the River 
Ouze, in the County of Norfolk, draining through the 
same to Sea by the Harbour of King’s Lynn, in the said 
County, and for altering and improving the Navigation of 
the said River Ouze, from or near a place called Eau Brink, 
in the Parish of Wiggenhall Saint Mary, in the said County, 

8 


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Petition. 


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2 Wixi. IV. 


to the said Harbour of King’s Lynn, and for improving 
and preserving the Navigation of the several Rivers com- 
municating with the said River Ouze, praying for leave 
to bring in a Bill for the purposes therein mentioned, be 
referred to a Committee ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition be withdrawn. 









I Mili 
tants, 


pmmittee on 
uckingham 
jouse Garden 


all Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill for repeal- 
ing so much of an Act passed in the seventh year of his 
late Majesty King George the Fourth, for paving, light- 
ing, watching, repairing and otherwise improving Gros- 
venor-place, and other Streets therein mentioned, as relates 
to the Assessment of the Boundary Fence or Wall of the 
Garden belonging to Buckingham House ; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they had 
gone through the Bill, and had directed him to report the 
same to the House, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed; and read the 


third time To-morrow. 


dows 
sions, 


Mass) 
. Fy 
&amp; 
fe pmmittee 
gp Duchy of 
ornwall 
ases Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to enable His 
Majesty to make Leases, Copies and Grants of Offices, 
Lands and Hereditaments, parcel of the Duchy of Corn- 
wall, or annexed to the same ; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported from the Committee, That they had gone through 
the Bill, and had directed him to report the same to the 
House, without any Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read the 
third time this day. 


helsea 
ilmainl 
Ospi 


uperan 
ODS, puty 
utenants 
demnity 
otland) Bill, 
sed, 


The ingrossed Bill to indemnify Persons who have 
acted as Deputy Lieutenants in Scotland without due Qua- 
lification, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 












port of 
nadian 
venue Act. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider of the Act 
14 Geo. 3, c. 83, for making more effectual Provision for 
the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North Ame- 
rica, the Resolution which they had directed him to re- 
port to the House ; and the same was read, and agreed to 
by the House ; and is as followeth ; 

Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the making 
further Provision for the appropriation of the Duties raised 


“ees. 


Commig under an Act of the fourteenth year of his late Majesty 
of Way King George the Third, for establishing a Fund towards 
al defraying the Charges of the administration of Justice 


and support of the Civil Government within the Province 
of Quebec, in America. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said Re- 
solution: And that Mr. Bernal, Lord Viscount Howick, 
and Mr. Spring Rice, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Commi 
on Cus” 
Acts, de a 
ferred. 
pike Acts 
~ Continuance 

- Bi, committed, 


A Bill for continuing, for a limited time, the several 
Acts for regulating the Turnpike Roads in Great Britain, 
which will expire at the end of the present Session of Par- 
liament, was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 


« committed to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 
Comniit 

on Exes 
Duties! 
deferret 


nadian 
enue Bill, 
sented. 


No, 52. 


Lord Viscount Howick presented a Bill to amend an Act 
of the fourteenth year of his Majesty King George the 
Third, for establishing a Fund towards defraying the 
Charges of the administration of Justice and support of 
the Civil Government within the Province of Quebec, in 
America: And the same was read the first time ; and or- 
dered to be read a second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That that the Bill be printed. 







Proceedit 
on Eau 
Drainage 
Petition. 


(Ns! 


blic Works 
land), to be 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To-morrow, 
sidered, 


resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider of enabling His Majesty to authorize Advances, by 
way of Loan, to a limited amount, for local purposes in 
Ireland ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by His Majesty’s 
Command, acquainted the House, That His Majesty, hav- 
ing been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve it- 


self into the said Committee. 
VOL. 86. 


asvaaaa 


Q8"—29° Funit. 


587 


Mr. Weyland presented a Bill to alter and amend the Settlement of 
Laws of Settlement by Hiring and Service: And the same the — 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second P*esente®- 


time upon Tuesday the 12th day of July next. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 

Mr. Weyland presented a Bill for the better rating Te- Liability 
nements under a certain Annual Value: And the same —" 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second pone 
time upon Friday the 8th day of July next. No. 54. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 35, 
to continue Compositions for Assessed Taxes for a further 
term of one year, and to grant Relief from, and alter and 
repeal the said Duties in certain cases, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider of the said Act. 


Assessed Taxes 
Composition 
Act, to be con- 
sidered. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Quantity of Lead and Lead Ore imported, 
and from whence, from Ist January 1830 to lst January 
1831; with the Amount of the Duty received. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of Lead and Lead Ore exported from the United 
Kingdom, from Ist January 1830 to Ist January 1831; 
distinguishing the Countries to which it was sent. 


Accounts of 
Lead and 
Lead Ore, 
ordered. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill to consolidate and 
amend the Laws for suppressing the illicit making of Malt, 
and distillation of Spirits in Zre/and: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That Bill be printed. 


Distillation 
(Ireland) Bill, 
presented. 


No. 55. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill to explain and amend 
two Acts of the thirty-fourth and thirty-eighth years 
of his Majesty King George the Third, so far as the 
same relate to Double Assessments of the Land Tax: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Land Tax 
Double Assess- 
ments Bill, 
presented. 


No. 56, 


Address 
respecting 
Criminal Infor- 
mations (Jus- 
tices of the 
Peace.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of all Applications made in the Court of King’s 
Bench for leave to file Criminal Informations against 
Justices of the Peace, in England and Wales, in which the 
Rule Nisi, or to show Cause, has been granted, from Ist 
January 1820 to 31st December 1830, both inclusive ; 
detailing the Dates when each Application was made, the 
Name or Names of the Parties making the same, and 
against whom ; with the Dates when and how the same 
was disposed of; whether dismissed with or without 
Costs, or rendered absolute. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Petition 

in favour of 
Sale of Beer 
Act. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Hereford, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That, in conse- 
quence of a Petition secretly got up by the ale-house 
keepers, and as secretly carried by them from house to 
house through the city for signatures, praying the House 
to alter the Act 1 Will. 4, c.64, to permit the General 
Sale of Beer and Cider by Retail in England, and com- 
plaining greatly of the demoralizing effects of the said 
law on the labouring class of society, the Petitioners heg 
to state to the House, that the above-named Petition is a 
gross misrepresentation, got up by none but persons di- 
rectly or indirectly interested in the old alehouse mono- 
poly, in order to impress on the minds of the House an 
unfavourable opinion of the shops established under the 
new law, a law at once one of the wisest and greatest 
boons ever conferred on the British Public by the House, 
and which every honest and disinterested man of expe- 
rience must gratefully acknowledge; and praying the 
House, before they proceed to repeal or alter a law so 
wise, so just and impartial, to give it a fair trial for a few 
years, and to well consider the benefits arising therefrom 
to the Revenue and to the Farmer, who, in consequence of 

7K 2 greater 








Account 
of Duties 
on Marine 
Insurance, 
ordered. 


Account of 
Duties on Fire 
Insurances, 
ordered, 


Highways 
Bill, deferred. 


Petition 
withdrawn. 


Chester and 
Birkenhead 
Railway Bill, 
committed. 


Belfast Rail- 
way Petition, 
reported, 


Rutherglen 
Railway Bill, 
presented. 


Stirlingshire 
Roads Bill, 
committed. 


Wisbech and 
Thorney Road 


Bill, committed. 


588 


greater demand for malt, readily obtains from twelve to 
sixteen shillings per quarter more for Barley, and yet the 
consumer of Beer obtains a more wholesome beverage, at 
two-thirds the usual price. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Sums received by the Commissioners of 
Stamps, during the year ending 5th January 1831, for 
Stamps on Marine Policies; distinguishing what Sums 
were received on Policies effected in London. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office for Duty on 
Insurance from Fire in London and the Country, for the 
Quarters ending severally on 25th March, 24th June, 
29th September, and 25th December 1830; distinguish- 
ing the Amount of the Allowance made to each Office for 
collecting the same severally of £.4 and £.5 per cent. and 
by what Offices or Persons such Sums have been paid, 
together with the Dates of such Payments. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Friday last, for reading a second time, this day, the Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Highways 
in that part of Great Britain called England, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


A Petition of William Eagle against the introduction 
of the Bill to alter, amend and enlarge the powers of 
the several Acts now in force relating to the River or 
Cut from Eau Brink to King’s Lynn, in the County of 
Norfolk, called The Eau Brink Cut, and to raise further 
Funds for carrying the said Acts into execution, being 
offered to be presented to the House :—The said Petition 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Bill for making and maintaining a Railway from the 
Township of Birkenhead, in the County of Chester, to 
the City of Chester, in the County of the said City, was 
read a second time; and committed to Lord Viscount 
Belgrave, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in 


the Speaker’s Chamber. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till one 
of the clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned 


till this day. 








Mercuri, 29° die Juniz ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 
ORD Arthur Hill reported from the Committee on 
the Petition of John Wallace, of Belfast, in the county 
of Antrim, Gentleman ; That they had proceeded accord- 
ing to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June 
instant; and found, that the Standing Orders relative to 
Bills for making Railways, had been complied with; and 
that they had examined the matter of the Petition; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making and maintaining a Railway from the Cave Hill to 
the Belfast Harbour: And that Lord Arthur Hill and 
Lord George Hill do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Charles Douglas presented a Bill for making and 
maintaining a Railway from the west side of Rutherglen 
Green to Wellshot Mine, in the County of Lanark, with 
certain Branches connected therewith: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill for making and repairing certain Roads leading 
across the County of Stirling, and other Roads in the said 
County, was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Charles Douglas, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for repairing the Road from the Town of Wisbech, 
in the Isle of Ely, in the County of Cambridge, to the 


28° —29° Funir. 


A. 1881: 


Town of Thorney, in. the same- Isle and County, was 
read a second time ; and committed to Mr. Ramsay, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Se/by ;—and, of Merchants, 


Manufacturers and other Inhabitants of the town and y 


neighbourhood of Dewsbury,—were presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the Bill for making a Railroad from the 
Town of Manchester, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster, to Sowerby Bridge, in the West Riding of the 
County of York; and praying, That the same may pass 
into a law. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Bill for making a Turnpike Road (with a Branch 
therefrom) from the Angel Inn, near Darlington, in the 
County of Durham, to Barton Lane End, in the County 
of York, was read a second time ; and committed to Mr. 
Strickland, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Byng presented a Bill to explain, amend, and ren- 
der more effectual certain Acts of the twenty-third year 
of the reign of his Majesty King George the Second, and 
the nineteenth year of his Majesty King George the Third, 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts 
within the Tower Hamlets: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to enabie the Justices of the Peace for the three 
Divisions of the County of Lincoln to purchase the Castle 
of Lincoln, and the Castle-yard, Bulwark and Moat sur- 
rounding the same; and for converting the said Castle 
into a County Hall, Court of Assize, and other Buildings 
for transacting the business of the said County, was read 
a second time; and committed to Mr. Anderson Pelham, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


A Bill to enable the Company of Proprietors of the 
Canal Navigation from Manchester to Bolton and to Bury 
to make and maintain a Railway from Manchester to 
Bolton and to Bury, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
upon or near the Line of the said Canal Navigation, and 
to make and maintain Collateral Branches to communicate 
therewith, was read a second time; and committed to 
Lord Stanley, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
in the Speaker's Chamber. 


A Bill to alter and amend an Act passed in the seventh 
and eighth year of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, 
“ An Act for carrying into effect certain Improvements 
within the City of Kdinburgh, and adjacent to the same,” 
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. Adam 
Dundas, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for improving and maintaining the Road from 
Ludlow, in the County of Salop, through Woofferton and 
Little Hereford, to Monk's Bridge, in the said County, 
and also from Ludlow to Orleton, in the County of Here- 
ford, was read a second time; and committed to Lord 
Viscount Clive, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Eastern 
Branch of the Montgomeryshire Canal, was presented, 
and read ; taking notice of the Bill for making a Railroad 
from Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, to the 
Township of Basford, in the Parish of Wybunbury, in 
the County Palatine of Chester, with a Branch to the 
Town of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford; and 
praying, That the same may not pass into a law as it now 
stands. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard by 
their counsel, against certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


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’Mr. Wilbraham presented a Bill for making a Railway 
from the City of Chester to Tranmere, in the Parish of 
Bebbington, in the County Palatine of Chester: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Bill to enable the Company of Proprietors of the 
Warrington and Newton Railway to extend the said Rail- 


way from the termination thereof at Bank Quay, in the 


Parish of Warrington, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster, to Norton, in the County Palatine of Chester, was 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Wilbraham, 


&amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for making and maintaining a Road from Thorn- 
set, in the County of Derby, to Furnace Colliery, within 
Disley, in the County of Chester, and two several Branches 
therefrom, was read a second time; and committed to 


Mr. Strutt, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Alderman /Vood presented a Bill to prevent the 
spreading of Canine Madness: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That the several Accounts relating to Malt, 
Hops, Beer, Brewers, and Spirits, which were presented 


- tothe House upon Friday last, be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lochwinnoch, in the county 
of Renfrew, and its neighbourhood, in Public Meeting as- 
sembled ;—of Inhabitants of the parish of K7/macolm, in 
the county of Renfrew, in Public Meeting convened, 
consisting of Heritors, Justices of the Peace, Farmers 
and other Householders ;—and, of Inhabitants of Kilbar- 
chan, in the county of Renfrew,— were presented, and 
read ; praying the House, with all convenient dispatch, 
to adopt the necessary measures for effecting a Reform 
in the Constitution of the House, at least as extensive and 
efficient as that proposed by Lord John Russell to the last 
Parliament. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-cwners, Tradesmen and 
other Inhabitants of the town of Greenock, was presented, 
and read ; praying, That the existing restrictions on the 
Trade and Colonization of India, may be removed, and 
the monopoly of the Trade with China entirely abolished. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Select 
Committee on East India Company’s Affairs. 


A Petition of Merchants and Ship-owners resident 
within the ambit of the port and borough of Fowey, was 
presented, and read ; praying the House either to repeal 
or so to modify the Duty on Marine Insurance Policies as 
will afford them relief. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. . 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Macclesfield, was presented, 
and read; praying the House to pass a law restricting 
the hours of labour for all persons under the age of 
eighteen years working in Silk, Cotton and other Mills 
or Factories to twelve hours per day, allowing out of such 
time one hour and a half per day for meals; and that 
after the passing of such law, no children be taken to work 
in such Mills or Factories until they shall have attained 
the age of nine years, except those who are at that time 
employed. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Number of Informations filed in the Courts of 
Equity by the Attorney General, at the instance of the 
Commissioners appointed to inquire concerning Charities 
in England and Wales, from the day of the last Return 
to the present time; specifying the Names of the De- 
fendants, the Objects of each Proceeding, the Result of 


each Cause terminated, the Costs incurred, and to whom 
VOL. 86. 


29° Funii. 


589 


and by whom paid, and the present state of the Causes in 
progress. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Number of Petitions preferred by the Attorney 
General, at the instance of the Commissioners. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Detail 
of those cases in which Inquiry has restored dormant 
Rights, or rectified Abuses found to exist, in continuation 
of the last Return. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return, 
showing what further Proceedings have been taken in the 
several Causes set forth as unsettled or pending ; specify- 
ing the Results of each Cause terminated, the amount of 
Costs subsequent to the last Return incurred, and by 
whom and to whom paid, and the present stage of each 
Cause in progress. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a State- 
ment of the Total Amount of the Money which, since the 
appointment of the said Commissioners, has been ad- 
vanced by the Treasury on account of the Costs of such 
Proceedings, and the Total Amount which has been re- 
ceived from Parties, or out of the Charity Funds, to re- 
imburse such Costs ; specifying whether such Costs are 
taxed, and by whom the disallowed portion of Costs is 
paid, and the Total Amount of such Disallowance. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of all Informations filed by the Attorney General at the 
instance of Relators, and of Petitions presented, since the 
first year of the reign of his late Majesty up to the pre- 
sent time, giving the Name or Title of each Proceeding. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That there be laid before this House, a Return, in detail, 
of the various Bequests for Charitable Purposes, whether 
in Monies or Land, to be distributed among Freemen, 
Tradesmen and others, in the City of Bristol, by the Cor- 
poration of the said City ; stating, the particular manner 
in which each is to be distributed, the amount of Money 
accumulated in cases where the Funds are not wholly 
expended for the objects specified, and the reasons for 
such Sums not being so applied, together with an accu- 
rate List of the Names and Trades of all Persons, severally, 
to whose benefit such Charities have been applied, from 
the year 1820 to 1830 inclusive :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the several Purchases completed by the Gover- 
nors of Queen Anne's Bounty, in the years 1800, 1805, 
1812, 1814, 1820, 1825 and 1826, specifying the locality 
of the Property, and the Living for the augmentation of 
which the several Purchases were made; the Sum paid 
on each Purchase ; the Total Number of Houses, and the 
Total Quantity of Land purchased in each year; together 
with a Statement of the Amount standing in any Govern- 
ment or Public Stock, and the Sums in the hands of the 
Treasurer at the end of each of the years 1800 and 1826. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Es- 
timate of the Expenses to be incurred under the Waterloo 
Bridge New Street Bill; distinguishing the Amounts to 
be borne by the Public, and by private Parties. 


A Petition of Guardians of Saint Patrick's Free Schools, 
Kingstown ;—and, of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the 
parish of Saint Catharine, in the city of Dublin,—were 
presented, and read; complaining of the partial applica- 
tion and unequal distribution of the Public Monies usually 
voted for the Education of the Poor of Jreland ; and pray- 
ing the House to adopt such measures as will insure an 
equal, just and impartial distribution of the Parliamentary 
Grants, grounded not on the exclusive views of sectarian 
monopoly, but on the broad and general principle of 
universal utility and advantage, so that what the House 
votes and intends for all, may be made available and ac- 
cessible to all. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Accounts rendered by the Sheriffs and Stewards in 
Scotland to the Court of Exchequer, of their Receipts and 
Disbursements in the Public Service, for the year 1830 ; 

7 L distinguishing, 





Motion 
respecting 
Bristol Chae 
rities. 


Account re- 
specting Queen 
Anne’s Bounty, 
ordered. 


Estimate 
respecting 
Waterloo Bridge 
New Street, 
ordered. 


Petitions 
respecting 
F.ducation 
(Ireland.) 


Address 
respecting 
Sheriffs Depute 
(Scotland.) 








Address 
respecting 
Criminal Pro- 
secutions (Scat- 


land.) 


Addresses re- 
specting Tithes 
and Peerages 
(Scotland.) 


Petition for 
Provision in 
London Coal 
Bil. 


Petition respecte 
ing Liberty of 
the Press, &amp;c. 


590 


distinguishing, under several heads, the principal items, 
and the amount of each. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of the 
Accounts of Expenses attending Criminal Prosecutions 
¢arried on in the name and the authority of the Lord Ad- 
vocate of Scotland, in the year 1830. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, an Account, in 
detail, of the Expenses of the Agent before the Court of 
Session in Causes relating to Actions for Tithes, and in 
Questions relating to Rights of Patronage of Churches in 
Scotland, for the year 1830. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a similar 
Account relating to expenses incurred relating to Causes 
respecting Peerages before that Court. 

Ordered, That the said Addresses be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of Coal Whippers in the port of London, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners consist of a body of about two thousand men, who, 
with their wives and families, are entirely dependent 
upon their employment under the 47th clause of the 47th 
Geo. 3, c. 68, regulating the Sale of Coal in and near the 
Metropolis, by which it is enacted, that the Coal Whippers 
shall be paid the sum of Three shillings for every twenty 
chaldrons of coals which they deliver from the vessels in 
which they come to market ; that the Petitioners perceive 
with the greatest alarm, that in the proposed Act of Par- 
liament, which is expected to supersede the present, there 
is no provision whatever for the remuneration of their ser- 
vices by a fixed sum; and the Petitioners most respect- 
fully, but earnestly, implore the House not to lose sight of 
the question, that their existence is at stake on this sub- 
ject, and that the only means of protecting their interest is 
to fix, by Act of Parliament (whether the coals be sold by 
weight or measure,) such remuneration as may be found 
consistent with the general interests of all parties con- 
cerned, the Petitioners not presuming to suggest what 
their remuneration should be, provided that all disputes 
may be avoided, by their remuneration being, as hereto- 
fore, fixed by law; and praying the House to take into 
their most serious consideration the distressing situation in 
which the Petitioners will be placed, unless the House 
should act upon the principle of the existing Act of Par- 
liament, under the provisions of which the Petitioners 
have hitherto enjoyed a comfortable livelihood, as a re- 
ward for their laborious endeavours to support their fami- 
lies; and without naming any sum, the Petitioners pray 
the House, that whatever it may determine to be a fair 
remuneration, may be fixed by law in the proposed Act 
of Parliament as at present by the existing law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the National Union of the Working Classes, 
passed at a Meeting of the Committee held at the Bazaar 
Coffee House, Castle-street, Oxford Market, was pre- 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners view 
with alarm and regret, the proceedings on the part of His 
Majesty's Government to enforce the Statutes against the 
liberty of the Press, commonly known as part of the Six 
Acts of Lord Castlereagh, the remembrance of which the 
Petitioners hold in abhorrence; and praying, That the 
House will-repeal forthwith all those Statutes and Laws 
which disgrace the records of this Country, and which 
restrict the free exercise of the Liberty of the Press; and 
further, that the House will refuse all supplies of Monies 
to His Majesty’s Ministers, until they shall have obtained 
the release of every victim, and abandoned every prosecu- 
tion for offences alleged to have been committed against 
any of the provisions of these Acts of Parliament. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


29°30? Funii. 





A. 1831. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- Dachy g ” 
ing of the ingrossed Bill to enable His Majesty to make Corwall ” 
Leases, Copies, and Grants of Offices, Lands, and Here- defers _ 4 
ditaments, parcel of the Duchy of Cornwall, or annexed to 4 
the same, be now read ; and the same being read ; : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


Ordered, That leave be 
remedying Defects in the Tit 
in Exchange under Inclosure Acts: And that Mr. Aysh- 
ford Sanford and Mr. Portman do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


- to bring in a Bill for Inclosup 


es to Lands allotted or taken A‘ Tih 
Bill, Ordey, 





The House was moved, That the Resolution which, Motion © 
upon the 28th day of March, in the last Session of Par- [Peet | 
liament, was reported from the Select Committee appointed Election, — 
to try and determine the merits of the Petition of John | 
Wybergh, Merchant, Mark Rimmer, Merchant, and, of a 
Henry Haselden, Merchant, all of Liverpool, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
might be read; and the same was read; and is as fol- 
loweth ; 

Resolved, That it appears to this Committee, that gross 
Bribery and Treating prevailed during the last Election 
at Liverpool. 











And Notice being taken, that Forty Members were not 
present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker; and Forty 
Members not being present, and it being then after four 
of the clock :—The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, 
without a Question first put, till To-morrow. 











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Jovis, 30° die Junii ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi [V" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 
HE House being informed that Mr. Danvers, from fast Inéi 


the Court of Directors of the East India Company, Compan 
attended at the door, he was called in; and at the bar Resolutia™ 
presented to the House, pursuant to the directions of an presentel ii 
Act of Parliament,—Resolutions of the Court of Directors 
of the East India Company, being the Warrants or In- 
struments granting any Salary, Pension or Gratuity :— 
And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table. 





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Mr. Beeby, one of the Clerks attending Committees of Papers fa 
this House, presented to the House, pursuant to their East Inti” 
Order,-—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committe” 
Committee on the Affairs of the East India Company, in —— 
the last Session of Parliament; and also, the Accounts No. @ 
and Papers laid before the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir Francis Blake presented a Bill for consolidating the 
Trusts of certain Roads called the Breamish and Wooler 
Turnpike Roads, in the County of Northumberland, and 
for more effectually improving and maintaining the same : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Wooler a 
Breamish 
Roads Bil 
presented, 


be 
Belfast | 
Railway } 
presented. 


Lord Arthur Hill presented a Bill for making and main- 
taining a Railway from the Cave Hill to the Belfast Har- 
bour: And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


&amp; 
Norwich 
Poor Bill 
presented. 


Mr. Robert Grant presented a Bill for the better ma- 
nagement of the Poor in the several Parishes and Ham- 
lets in the City of Norwich and County of the same City : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. : 


Petitions | 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Rochdale;—of Burnley and 


Colne ;—of Milnrow and Littleborough ;—of Manufac- Nonchets 
turers and Inhabitants of Heywood ;—of Manufacturers, eee 


Farmers, and others, of Newton, Moston, Chadderton, and 
other places ;—of Land-owners and Inhabitants of Hop- 
wood and Middleton ;—and, of Merchants, Manufacturers 
and other Inhabitants of Manchester and Salford,—were i 
presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill for making a 

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Railroad from the Town of Manchester, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, to Sowerby Bridge, in the West 
Riding of the County of York; and praying, That the 
same may pass into a law. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Bill for the further improvement of the Port and 
Harbour of Belfast, in Ireland, and for other purposes, 
was read a second time ; and committed to Mr. Brownlow, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


A Bill for erecting and maintaining a Bridge over the 
River Lagan, at Belfast, and for making suitable Ap- 
roaches thereto, was read a second time; and com- 
mitted to Mr. Brownlow, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Sir James Hamlyn Williams presented a Bill for ex- 
tinguishing Tithes, and Customary Payments in lieu of 
Tithes, within the Parish of Z/anelly, in the County of 
Carmarthen, and for making compensation in lieu thereof: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Bill for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road 
from Crediton to Chudleigh Bridge, and from Crockham 
Bridge to the E.veter Turnpike Road, in Chudleigh, all in 
the County of Devon, was read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to Lord Viscount Ebrington, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill to amend an Act of his late Majesty King George 
the Fourth, for more effectually maintaining the Road 
from Teignmouth to Dawlish, and for making Roads from 
Dawlish to the Exeter Turnpike Roads, together with 
a Road from Southtown to Chudleigh, and certain Branches 
communicating with the same, all in the County of Devon, 
and to make and maintain other Roads communicating 
with the said Roads, was read a second time; and com- 
mitted to Lord Viscount Ebrington, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Lord Francis Osborne presented a Bill to alter, amend 
and enlarge the powers of the several Acts now in force re- 
lating to the River or Cut from Eau Brink to King’s Lynn, 
in the County of Norfolk, called The Eau Brink Cut, and 
to raise further Funds for carrying the said Acts into exe- 
cution: And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of James Arthur Murray, a Captain in His 
Majesty’s Navy, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That in the last Session of the late Parliament a Petition of 
the Petitioner was presented ; setting forth, ‘‘ That, prior to 
the year 1775, certain Monies had been advanced by the 
late James Hodges, a Member of the Council of Masuli- 
patam to Macca Narsinva Opparow, then Zemindar of 
Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, tor enabling the said Ze- 
mindar to pay off the Tribute then due and growing due 
from the said Zemindar to the East India Company, 
for which advances the said Zemindar had executed a 
bond and mortgage of certain villages, the property of the 
said Zemindar ; and that the transaction was communi- 
cated to, and received the sanction of, the Government and 
Council of Madras; also, that the said Company afterwards 
took sovereign possession of the Zemindar’s premises ; and 
that the Petitioner, being the legal representative of the 
said James Hodges, has no means, under the circumstances, 
at law or in equity, of enforcing his claim for the recovery 
of the monies advanced as aforesaid ; and therefore pray- 
ing, That leave might be given to bring in a Bill, autho- 
rizing, empowering and requiring the said Court of Di- 
rectors of the said United Company of Merchants to ap- 
propriate so much of the Territorial Revenues of the said 
United Company as will be sufficient to pay off and dis- 
charge to the said James Arthur Murray, or other the 
legal Personal Representative of the said James Hodges, de- 
ceased, the Principal Money so due as aforesaid, together 
with lawful Interest thereupon ;” that leave was given ac- 
cordingly ; and the said Bill was presented and read a first 
time; but, in consequence of the dissolution of the late 
Parliament, no further proceedings were had thereupon ; 


VOL. 86. 


591: 


that the Petitioner, on the assembling of the present Par- 
liament, instructed his Solicitor, Francis Tarrant Fenton, 
of Austin Friars, Gentleman, to prepare another Petition 
to the same effect, and for the same purposes .as the said 
former Petition ; and a Petition was accordingly prepared, 
and such Petition was signed by the Petitioner, and was pre- 
sented to the House on Monday the 27th day of this instant 
June; that since presenting the said Petition, it has been 
discovered that certain words required under the regular 
forms of Proceedings in the House (with which forms the 
Petitioner begs leave respectfully to state he was totally 
unacquainted) are not inserted therein, and that conse- 
quently no Bill can, consistently with the usual forms, be 
ordered in upon the said Petition; that the Petitioner is 
informed, and believes, that the said error is a clerical 
error, which the said Solicitor was prevented, by serious 
illness, from discovering and correcting before the time 
limited by the House for receiving Petitions for Private 
Bills had elapsed ; and praying, That leave may be given 
to withdraw the said last-mentioned Petition, and to 
present a corrected Petition in lieu’ thereof. 

The House was moved, That the Petition of James 
Arthur Murray, a Captain in His Majesty’s Navy, which 
was presented to the House upon the 27th day of this 
instant June, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Order made upon 
the same day, for referring the said Petition to a Com- 
mittee, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the said 
Petition. 


unit. 


A Petition of James Arthur Murray, a Captain in His 
Majesty's Navy, was presented, and read; setting forth, 
That, prior to the year 1775, Macca Narsinva Opparow, 
then Zemindar of Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, being in- 
debted to the East India Company for arrears of Tribute, 
applied to James Hodges, then a member of the Council 
of Masulipatam, to advance him the money for paying 
off the Tribute then due, and growing due, with which the 
said James Hodges complied, and the whole of the money 
so advanced by the said James Hodges, was applied in 
supporting the Zemindar’s credit, by payment of the Com- 
pany’s Kists; and that, at the period in question, the 
finances both of the Zemindar and the Company were 
in so embarrassed a state, that, if the said James Hodges 
had not assisted the Zemindar in the manner above stated, 
it would have been a serious injury to the Company in 
that part of Jndia; and that, on the settling of the accounts 
between the said James Hodges and the said Zemindar, on 
the 6th day of June 1779, the balance due to the said 
James Hodges was 57,666 rupees 30 fanams and 40 cash, 
for which the Zemindar executed a bond and mortgage of 
certain villages for payment, with legal interest at 12 per 
cent.; this transaction was communicated to, and received 
the sanction of, the Government and Council of Madras ; 
and that the said James Hodges continued in possession 
of the villages until the 25th November 1784, when, in 
consequence of a communication from Lord Macartney and 
Council, the said James Hodges was induced to surrender 
his villages, and to rely upon the assistance of the Govern- 
ment for the recovery of his debt, after paying the arrears 
of Tribute due to the Company, which it was stated 
would be effected in ten or eleven years; and that the 
East India Company thereupon took sovereign possession 
of the Zemindar’s premises, and out of the revenues thereof 
made a provision for the Zemindar’s son; and that no 
part of the debt due to the said James Hodges has been 
paid, and in consequence of the above-named Zemindaries 
having passed from the dominion of Opparow to that of 
the Company, the said debt is now become irrecoverable 
by any legal process; and that in the years 1792 and 1793 
the said James Hodges applied by Petition to the Court 
of Directors of the Honourable ast India Company for 
relief, but with which the said Company declined to com- 
ply; and that the said James Hodges died in 1794, leaving 
Ann Hodges, his widow and executrix ; and that the said 
Ann Hodges, having waited until the eleven years men- 
tioned in Lord Macartney’s letter had expired, presented 
another Memorial to the Court of Directors, but with 
which the Company also refused to comply ; and that the 
said Ann Hodges, having very soon afterwards become 
lunatic, was unable to prosecute her claim, and that she 
died in the year 1824; and that Mary Ann Murray, 

7L2 widow 





Order for refer- 
ring Petition to 
a Committee, 
discharged ; 


Petition 
withdrawn, 


Murray’sClaim 
on Zemindar of 
Nozeed and 
Mustaphanagur 
Petition. 








Birmingham 
Poor Bill, 
presented. 


Aylesbury 
Road Bill, 
presented. 


Petition for 
Abolition of 
Yeomanry 


592 


widow of Lord William Murray, and commonly called Lady 
William Murray, the mother of the Petitioner, took out 
letters of administration to her estate and effects ; and 
that the said Lady William Murray died in the year 1827, 
having by her will appointed the Petitioner her executor, 
who has duly proved the same, and-is thereby become the 
legal personal representative of the said James Hodges ; 
and that the Petitioner, on the 24th November 1829, 
presented a Petition to the Court of Directors, praying 
relief, but which was refused ; and that the Petitioner, on 
the 12th August last, presented a Petition to the Board of 
Control, praying their interference on his behalf with the 
East India Company, whereupon the Board called upon 
the Company for the accounts relative to the above Ze- 
mindaries, and on the 16th February last, without inti- 
mating the slightest doubt ofthe justice of the Petitioner's 
claim, declined to address the Court of Directors further, 
on the ground that the Company’s Tribute was not only 
not paid, but irrecoverable; and that the Company having, 
as above stated, seized the Zemindar’s possessions, the 
Petitioner submits that his claim against the said Zemin- 
dar’s territories is again set on foot, but that he has no 
means at law or in equity of enforcing such claim, where- 
by he is much aggrieved ; and praying, That leave may 
be given to bring ina Bill, authorizing, empowering and 
requiring the said Court of Directors of the said United 
Company of Merchants to appropriate so much of the 
Territorial Revenues of the said United Company, as will 
be sufficient to pay off and discharge the said James Arthur 
Murray or other the legal Personal Representative of the 
said James Hodges, deceased, the Principal Money so due 
as aforesaid, together with lawful Interest thereupon. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. John Wood, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's Chamber ; 
and have Power to send for persons papers and records. 





Mr. Lawley presented a Bill for altering, amending and 
enlarging the Powers of an Act passed in the twenty- 
third year of the reign of his late Majesty George the 
Third, for providing a proper Workhouse within the Pa- 
rish of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, and for 
better regulating the Poor within the said Parish, and for 
empowering the Guardians of the Poor to grant Building 
Leases of certain Lands vested in them, or otherwise to 
sell and dispose of the same, and to apply the Monies 
to arise therefrom in the enlargement or rebuilding of the 
present Workhouse: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Marquis of Chandos presented a Bill for more effec- 
tually repairing the Road from Aylesbury, in the County 
of Buckingham, to Hockliffe, in the County of Bedford: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Petition of James Hurley, of No. 7, Teal-street, 
Bethnal Green, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 


Corps(Ireland.) That the Petitioner has read with horror and alarm, an 


Petitions 

in favour of 
Election by 
Ballot. 


account of the sanguinary conduct of the Yeomanry at 
Newtownbarry, on the 18th instant, in which dreadful 
transaction a great many of the people were wantonly 
fired at and shot by the Yeomanry ; that the frequency of 
acts of outrage by the armed Yeomanry of Ireland, attended 
very often with loss of human life, calls loudly for the 
prompt interference of the House, in order that the guilty 
parties may be brought to justice, and to render impos- 
sible the recurrence of such scenes in future; that the 
keeping up of the Jrish Yeomanry is a great aggravation 
of the evils of Jreland, they being always in possession of 
fire-arms, which are often fatally used for party purposes, 
and to revenge their local prejudices; and praying the 
House to take such measures as to them may seem fit, to 
abolish the Yeomanry Force of Jre/and, and to substitute 
in its place, if necessary, a part of the regular Military 
‘Force of the Country. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cropper-street, Manchester ; 
—and, of Macclesfield,—were presented, and read; pray- 
ing, That at all future Elections of Members to serve in 
Parliament, the voting be by Ballot. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


‘Table; and to be printed. 


30° Funii. 





A. 1831. 


A Petition of Deputies from the Working Classes in Pet is 
Manchester, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That of Pain 
the Petitioners are deputed by the Working Classes of (England); 
Manchester to make known to. the House their feelings : 
as regard the Reform Bill proposed by Lord John Russell; 
convinced as they are that such a measure cannot relieve: 
their present distressed condition, they can only consider 
it as an insult to their understandings ; they think it has 
been brought forward for party purposes, and not with 
any view to do justice to the labouring, wealth-producing, 
the useful People of England; and praying, That the 
House will grant them permission to be heard at the bar 
of the House in support of the above allegations, and on 
behalf of the Working Classes of Manchester. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 








titior 
ainst 
tati 
a ur, 
A Petition of Landholders in Jre/and, was presented, Petitioning)” 


and read; setting forth, That there are throughout Jre- all ad 
land many large tracts of land contiguous to the banks (reland) ~~ 
of Rivers and Streams, some covered with water for not - 3 
less than half the year, some periodically flooded, and 2 
others subject to frequent damage and inundation, by rea- 4 
son of the defect of embankments, and interruptions in the 
channels of such Rivers and Streams; that these lands 4 
comprise generally the finest alluvial soil, and although, | 
in their present condition, of little value, would, if pro- 2 
tected against inundation, become productive and fertile 
in an eminent degree; that the cost of reclaiming and 
protecting these tracts of land bears so small a propor- 
tion to the value which, by that operation, they would 
acquire, as fully to warrant the Petitioners in representing 
to the House, that no more safe nor advantageous outlay 
of money can be devised ; and praying, That the House 
will be pleased to provide such Enactment for those pur- 
poses, as to them may seem fit. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Mullingar, in the county Petitions 
of Westmeath, was presented, and read; praying, That vow oh 
the House will pass the measure of Reform into a law, (Ireland) ]~ 
extending all its privileges to Jreland, as well as to the , 
other parts of the Empire, and by so doing secure the 
peace, prosperity and happiness of the Nation. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Coun- 
cil of the royal burgh of Cupar, was presented, and read ; 
praying, That the Burghs of Saint Andrew's, Cupar, Crail, 
Kilrenny, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, and Pit- 
tenweem, may be united into one District, with the privi- 
lege of returning a Member to Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petitions 3 
respecting 


A Petition of the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the 
College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Friel” 
Elizabeth, near Dublin, was presented, and read ; setting Univesiy ™ 
forth, That the Petitioners have read a copy of a Bill, in- ?”™ 
tituled, “ A Bill to amend the Representation of the 
People in Jreland,” which was introduced into the House 
by His Majesty's Ministers in the last Session of Par- 
liament ; that, understanding that it is the intention of 
His Majesty’s Ministers to bring forward a similar Bill in 
the present Session, the Petitioners humbly beg leave to 
call the attention of the House to that provision of the 
Bill heretofore introduced, which affects the Elective 
Franchise in the University of Dublin, and that in case Ls 
any Bill be submitted to the House relating to the Repre- ° 
sentation of the People, and in the event of its appearing os 
expedient to the House by such Bill to extend the Elective 
Franchise in the said University, the Petitioners respect- 
fully pray, That such extension, instead of being made on 
the plan proposed by the said former Bill, may be founded 
on the principle of assimilating the said Elective Fran- 
chise to that exercised in the Universities of Oxford and 
Cambridge. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petition 
Tes pectin: 2 





Petitious! 
stricting » 
of Labou 
Cotton fa 
ries, &amp;C 


A Petition of Operative Cotton Spinners and others 
employed in the Cotton Factories in the county of Ren- 
frew ;— of Operative Spinners and others employed 
in spinning of Cotton Wool into Yarn in Manchester ;— 


7 of 

















ition 
ainst Ime 
tation of 


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On NEST ae TOR 


blishiment 
blin.) 


’etitions 
especting 7 
ddition:!) 
resentalid 


Petition 
respect | 
Franchis! 
Universi) 7 
Dublin 





hon of 

B. King, 
ting his 

it, 


Petitions’ 
stricting 
of Labou 
Cotton fe 
ries, &amp;C 


9 WIL. LV. 


of Overlookers employed in the Worsted Spinning Mills 
of Bradford (York);—of Inhabitants of Arbroath ;— of 
Overlookers, Operatives employed in the dressing or 
finishing of Woollens in Leeds ;—of Operatives employed 
in the Woollen, Flax, Linen, Worsted, Cotton and Silk 
Mills and Factories in Leeds ;—and, of Inhabitants of 
Dundee,—were presented, and read ; praying the House 
to pass such a law as will prohibit the employment of 
persons in Cotton and other Factories more than ten hours 
in any one day. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the two last be printed. 





A Petition of Corn Millers and Corn Mill Proprietors 
in Liverpool, was presented, and read ; complaining of the 
injurious effects of the importation of Flour from Foreign 
parts; and praying the House to take the matters con- 
tained in their Petition into consideration, that such 
encouragement and assistance may be afforded them in 
the prosecution of their business by the House, as the case 
may seem to require, and the interests of the Country 
may demand, either by extending to England the ad- 
vantages afforded to Ireland, by prohibiting the impor- 
tation of Foreign Flour altogether, or by such other 
means as may be deemed necessary by the House, for the 
purpose of protecting the interests of the Petitioners, and 
benefiting the community at large. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Masters, Wardens and Brethren of 
the Guild of Merchants, Dublin, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That if, by any measure passing the House 
in respect to the Coal Trade, the metage of Coals in 
Dublin be annulled or discontinued, all the persons em- 
ployed in the Petitioners’ coal-metage establishment, viz. 
the principal Meters, being the inspector, book-keeper and 
clerk of the guild, as well as the eighty Meters, and twenty 
old superannuated Meters, will be deprived of all means of 
support, and the public would be left exposed to all the 
former evils of fraud in the purchase of that most neces- 
sary article of life; and praying the House to pass a clause, 
in any Act it may think proper to introduce respecting 
the Coal Metage, similar to the clause inserted in the Act 
of 6 Geo. 4, c. 107, viz. that no coals shall be landed 
without the presence and permission of a proper Meter, so 
as thereby to preserve to the Petitioners their ancient 
vested rights, and to the Public the benefit of the said 
Coal Meters’ services and protection. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Masters, Wardens and Brethren of 
the Guild of Merchants, Dublin, was presented, and read ; 
praying the House, by rejecting the proposed measure of 
Reform, to secure to the Petitioners and their posterity 
their ancient chartered rights, and preserve to the People 
of the British Empire the security of the throne, and the 
unimpaired enjoyment of their present constitutional pri- 
vileges in Church and State. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens, Overseers, 
Proprietors and Inhabitants of Neen Solars, in the County 
of Salop, was presented, and read; complaining of the 
injurious effects produced on the morals of the people by 
the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 64, to permit the general Sale of Beer 
and Cider by Retail in England; and praying, That the 
same may be repealed. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Sir Abraham Bradley King, Baronet, 
being offered to be presented ; 

Lord Viscount A/thorp, by His Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That His Majesty, having been 
informed of the contents of the said Petition, recommends 
It to the consideration of the House. 

Then the said Petition was brought up, and read ; 
setting forth, That, about the year 1760, Mr. Abraham 
Bradley, the grandfather of the Petitioner, procured from 
Mr. Samuel Fairbrother, for a valuable consideration, the 
surrender of the office of King’s Stationer in Jreland, and 


by Letters Patent, bearing date the 15th March, in the 
VOL. 86. . 


30° Funit. 


593 


23d year of the reign of His Majesty George theSecond, his 
said Majesty granted unto the said Mr. Abraham Bradley 
the office or place of Stationer in Jreland, for serving with 
all sorts of Stationery wares all offices within the King- 
dom of Jreland, at the charge of the Crown, to hold the 
same unto the said Abraham Bradley in as full and ample 
manner as the before-mentioned Samuel Fairbrother held 
the same, during the pleasure of the Crown ; on the 19th 
December 1780, his Majesty George the Third, at the 
request of the said Abraham Bradley, revoked the Letters 
Patent, above abstracted, and by Letters Patent of that 
date granted unto the said Abraham Bradley and Abraham 
Bradley King, and the survivor of them, the said office or 
place of King’s Stationer in Jreland, to hold and enjoy the 
same office unto the said Abraham Bradley and Abraham 
Bradley King, and the survivor of them, in as full and 
ample a manner as the said Abraham Bradley, or any 
other person, enjoyed the same; by virtue of the Letters 
Patent above abstracted, the Patentees, during their joint 
lives, and the Petitioner, as the survivor, enjoyed the office 
of King’s Stationer in Jredand until the year 1829; that, 
in the year 1829, it was suggested by the Committee on 
Irish Miscellaneous Estimates, that it would be expe- 
dient to purchase this Patent, and the Government having 
determined to consolidate the English and Irish Customs 
and Excise, for the purpose of facilitating the execution 
of this plan, and carrying into effect the suggestion of the 
Committee, resolved to purchase of the Petitioner his 
vested rights by Patent, as King’s Stationer, which resolu- 
tion was communicated to him by letter from Lord Leve- 
son Gower, who was at that time Chief Secretary for Jre- 
land, as follows : 


“ Sir, Dublin Castle, 6th November 1829. 

* T am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to acquaint you, 
that it is proposed, if you are willing to dispose of the 
right vested in you by Patent of supplying Stationery to 
His Majesty’s offices, to purchase it by an annual payment, 
on the basis of what shall appear to be your average fair 
and just profits, or by a sum of money equivalent to the 
value of such annual payment for your life. 


(signed) “© F, Leveson Gower.” 
The Petitioner answered as follows : 
sie My Lord, Dame Street, 7th November 1829. 


“ T have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your 
Lordship’s communication of the 6th instant, stating, by 
the direction of the Lord Lieutenant, that it is proposed 
to purchase the right vested in me by Patent, of supplying 
Stationery to His Majesty’s offices, should I be willing to 
dispose of my said Patent right, the purchase to be made 
by an annual payment on the basis of what shall appear to 
be my average fair and just profits, or by a sum of money 
equivalent to the value of such annual payment for my 
life ; and, in reply, I beg leave to express my readiness to 
meet the wishes of His Majesty’s Government, by acced- 
ing to an arrangement agreeable to the latter part of your 
Lordship’s letter, viz. the receiving a sum of money equi- 
valent to the fairly estimated value of the annual profits 
of my present situation. I have the honour to be, my 
Lord, your Lordship’s obedient humble servant, 


“ A. B. King.” 


The Petitioner humbly submits, that here was a con- 
tract offered by His Majesty’s Ministers, and accepted by 
the Petitioner, without reservation of any description on 
either side; the business was followed up by a further 
correspondence, for the purpose of ascertaining the profits 
which the Patentee derived from his office, and as this 
arrangement could not be carried into full effect by the 
5th of January 1830, the Petitioner was requested to con- 
tinue the supply of Stationery to the Government offices 
until the 5th of April following ; on the 5th of April 1830 
the Patentee (the Petitioner) surrendered his office, and 
gave the Government every facility to carry the new ar- 
rangement into effect; the Petitioner also sent in his ac- 
counts and estimates to Government, showing an annual 
profit of 3,575/.; on the 14th of May the Petitioner 
received an official letter from the Jrish Government, in- 
closing the copy of a Minute of the Lords of the Treasury, 
as follows: 


“ Copy of a Treasury Minute, dated 7th May 1830. 


“« My Lords have also before them an account of the 
sums paid by the different offices in Ire/and to Sir A. B. 
7M King, 








5O4 


King, for Stationery supplied to each of them respectively 


in each of the last five years. My Lords deem it to be 
important, with a view to the more economical arrange- 
ment for the supply of Stationery to the several offices in 
Treland (the temporary supply of which has been provided 
for by their Lordships’ Minute of the 23d of March last), 
that the surrender of Sir A. B. King’s Patent should be 
completed ; but it does not appear to them that the facts 
and details of the case are sufficiently before them, to 
enable them to pronounce any opinion as to what would 
be a fair compensation to Sir A. B. King for the loss of 
the profits of his office. My Lords can by no means 
admit the claim of 3,575/. per annum, made by Mr. Stoker 
on behalf of Sir A. B. King; the claim is unsupported 
by any proof whatever that any such profits were ever 
enjoyed by the Patentee as 334 per cent. upon Stationery 
wares, 10 per cent. upon the English, 3% per cent. on the 
Trish Papers, and 20 per cent. upon Binding. My Lords 
are aware that the Patentee was permitted to charge for 
Stationery wares at certain fixed prices, and that he was 
also permitted to charge certain rates per cent. upon Bind- 
ing and,upon wholesale prices of Paper, with an addition 
of 63 per cent. upon the latter, on account of the expenses 
of his establishment, but before My Lords can allow the 
per centages which are claimed by Mr. Stoker, or any part 
of them, as having been profit to the King’s Stationer, it 
will be necessary that they should have before them an 
exact account of his actual disbursements for the salaries 
of his establishment, warehouse room, and all other charges 
incidental to the discharge of this office as King’s Sta- 
tioner, in the custody and delivery of Stationery to the 
various offices in Ireland, for each of the last five years, 
accompanied by a statement, declaratory upon oath, to 
the best of Sir A. B. King’s knowledge and belief, of the 
amount of English Paper supplied, and contra-distin- 
guished from the amount of Jrish Paper supplied during 
each of the last five years. 

“ My Lords will also require a more detailed statement 
as to the grounds upon which so very large a profit as 
33% per cent. is claimed upon Stationery wares. It ap- 
pears to My Lords, that the most satisfactory mode of 
settling what were really the profits of Sir A. B. King in 
the supply of Stationery wares would be, that they should 
have before them a statement of the several articles sup- 
plied, and the prices charged, for each of the last five 
years, accompanied by a specimen of each article, when 
My Lords would either be able to decide themselves, or to 
refer it to some competent person to decide, what it would 
be fair to assume as the probable profits of Sir A. B. King, 
under the head of Supply, in each year.—Write to Sir 
A. B. King accordingly ; state that My Lords will give 
directions that the accounts of wares supplied, and of 
prices charged, together with specimens of the several 
articles, shall be furnished by the Jrish Government, and 
that My Lords desire he will himself furnish the informa- 
tion required on the other points referred to.—Transmit 
Copy of this Minute to Lord F. L. Gower, for the in- 
formation of the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, and request 
he will move His Excellency to give orders that that part 
of the information required by My Lords, which relates to 
the Stationery wares, may be transmitted to this Board 
with as little delay as possible.” 


Whereupon the Petitioner immediately communicated 
to the Jrish Government the method by which he arrived 
at the estimate of profit above mentioned, and gave all the 
information he could, to comply as far as possible with 
what was required by the Treasury Minute; the Govern- 
ment also procured Returns from the different offices rela- 
tive to the supply of Stationery by the Patentee, but in 
the result these Returns proved of so complicated a nature, 
that Government was unable to come to a satisfactory de- 
cision; and, inasmuch as the Treasury Minute referred to, 
stated, ‘‘ That their Lordships would refer the matter at 
issue to some competent person to decide what it would 
be fair to assume as the probable profits of the Petitioner 
under this head of Supply, in each year,” the Petitioner 
therefore determined at once to propose a reference of 
the whole question to arbitration, and accordingly he 
addressed to Mr. Secretary Dawson the following Letter, 
from No.36, Dame-street, Dublin, on the 18th May 1830: 


“« Sir, 
_ “TJ have most earnestly to request, you will move their 
Lordships to submit my claim for compensation for the 


30° Funi. 


A. i831. 


surrender of my Patent rights as King’s Stationer in Jre- 
land, to two respectable persons in the trade, one to be 
named by their Lordships, the other by me, with power 
to call in a third should they disagree ; their award to be 
final and conclusive upon all parties ; this mode of ascer- 
taining what should be the fair and just profits of a Sta- 
tioner, upon a retail dealing to the amount of twenty-two 
thousand four hundred pounds a year, will, I hope, be 
considered by their Lordships just and reasonable, and the 
most impartial and satisfactory way to bring this matter 
to a speedy conclusion.” 


To this Letter no reply was received until the month 
of October following, when the following Letter, from 
Mr. Church, the Comptroller of the Stationery Office 
in London, addressed to the Petitioner, was received by 
him: 

“ Sir, Stationery Office, 27th October 1830. 

“‘ With reference to your claim upon the Government 
for compensation on the surrender of your Patent as King’s 
Stationer in Ireland, I beg leave to acquaint you, that I 
have been directed by Mr. Dawson to take measures for 
effecting an arbitration with you, each party naming an 
arbitrator, with power to call in a third person if the 
arbitrators should not agree in their decision; I did hope, 
with a view of saving time, that I might have been able, 
when I made this communication to you, to have named 
the arbitrator on the part of the Treasury, but in this ex- 
pectation I have been disappointed; having been fur- 
nished with your accounts, it appears to me that the 
arbitration may be conducted as conveniently in London 
as in Dublin, and with that impression I have made an 
application to some of the first wholesale houses in the 
Stationery trade, and the individuals at their head have 
all expressed a great disinclination to engage in the trou- 
ble and disputes which such a reference might probably 
produce ; it has, however, been suggested to me, that if 
each party should appoint a professional arbitrator, that 
is to say, a person whose profession it is to fix values upon 
the transfers of business, and other interests of a similar 
kind, that no Stationer would refuse to attend such an 
arbitration, and give his opinion upon such fact relating 
to the trade as would enable the arbitrators to come to a 
just decision ; before I can proceed any further, I request 
to be informed whether you have any objection to appoint 
such a professional person as I have described, to act for 
you, and if you have no objection, and will have the 
goodness to name him, I will lose no time in finding a 
similar person on the part of the Government ; if, on the 
contrary, you should object to such an arbitration, and 
prefer a reference at once to Stationers, it would save 
time if you would now name the Stationer you intend to 
appoint, and it would also enable me to remove some 
objections on the part of those to whom I might apply, 
as I have been asked, in more cases than one, the name of 
the arbitrator on the other side, without being able to 
answer the question.” 


The Petitioner, to this letter, on the Ist November 
1830, wrote to J. Church, Esquire, from No. 15, Pall Mall, 
East,—* Sir; I hasten to acknowledge the receipt of your 
Letter of the 27th October, which I have this moment re- 
ceived, in which you state that you have been directed by 
Mr. Dawson to take measures for effecting an arbitration 
with me, to ascertain the compensation I am entitled to 
receive from the Government for the surrender of my 
Patent as King’s Stationer in Jreland. With respect to 
the suggestion you have made to appoint professional 
arbitrators, whose profession it is to fix values upon the 
transfers of business, I rather think such proceeding would 
be more likely to retard than facilitate the object in view, 
namely, a speedy adjustment ; under these circumstances, 
I beg leave to decline that mode of proceeding, and agree 
to the other proposition of submitting the matter at once 
for the decision of respectable Stationers in London, one 
to be named by you on the part of the Government, the 
other by me, with power to call in a third person if the 
arbitrators should not agree in their decision ; I therefore 
name Mr. Samuel Tipper, of Tudor-street, Blackfriars, to 
act for me.” 

On the 6th November the Petitioner received the fol- 
lowing Letter from Mr. Church, dated Stationery Office, 
November 6th, 1830 :—“ Sir; I beg leave to acquaint you 
that I have this moment received the assent of Mr. Mag- 
nay, of the House of Messrs. AJagnay &amp; Sons, of 

College-hill, 











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9 Wit. IV. 


College-hill, to act as arbitrator on-the part of the Trea- 
sury, in the matter relating to the surrender of your 
Patent, and that I shall this evening furnish him with the 
necessary instructions, accompanied by a request, that he 
will communicate with the gentleman whom you have 
nominated to act for you, at his earliest convenience.” 


Soon after the receipt of this Letter, Mr. Magnay com- 
municated with Mr. Zipper, and these gentlemen having 
chosen Mr. Richard Jones as their umpire; the arbitration 
was proceeded in, and after several meetings an award 
was made, which was communicated to the Treasury in 
the following letter, addressed to Mr. Church : 


“ Sir, College-hill, December 1st, 1830. 
“Tn conformity to the principles contained in your 
Letter of the 6th November, we proceeded to arbitrate the 
question in dispute between the Right honourable the 
Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury and Sir 
Abraham Bradley King, and, as a preliminary step, 
appointed Mr. Richard Jones, of Aldgate, Wholesale Sta- 
tioner, umpire in the event of our not being able to agree 
as to the amount of compensation to be awarded to 
Sir A. B. King, and we were obliged to avail ourselves of 
the assistance of that gentleman, not being able to agree 
upon the terms, and feel indebted to him for the benefit 
of his long experience and advice. We beg now to ac- 
quaint you, that we have unanimously agreed that the 
sum of 2,500/. per annum, would be no more than a fair 
remuneration to Sir A. B. King for the surrender of his 
Patent, being about 13 4 per cent. on the Return of the 
Stationery supplied to the Public Department in Jreland, 
and which said sum of 2,500/. per annum we hereby 
award should be granted to him. 
(signed) “ Charles Magnay. 
Samuel Tipper. 
Richard Jones.” 


The Petitioner, soon after this Letter was written, at- 
tended at the Treasury for the purpose of claiming pay- 
ment of a sum of money equivalent to the annuity which 
had been awarded him by the arbitrators, and which was 
originally offered him by Lord F. LZ. Gower, but in conse- 
quence of the recent change of the Ministry, no direct 
answer was given to this proposal, and the Petitioner, in a 
subsequent communication with the Treasury, to his great 
surprise, was told, for the first time, that His Majesty’s 
Ministers had considerable difficulty in ratifying a mea- 
sure which had been left incomplete by the late Adminis- 
tration; at the same time it was intimated, that if the 
case was brought before Parliament, no objection would 
be made to the grant on behalf of the Government; but 
the Petitioner received no written official communication 
on the subject until the 20th January 1831, when the fol- 
lowing Letter was addressed to him : 


“ Sir, Treasury Chambers, 20th January 1831. 

“ The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury 
having resumed the consideration of the Reports on Jrish 
Miscellaneous Estimates for the year 1829, and parti- 
cularly the question respecting the supply of Stationery 
for the Public Departments in Jreland, I have received 
their commands to acquaint you, that His Majesty has 
signified His pleasure that the Patent under which you 
have held the office of His Majesty’s Stationer in [reland 
should be revoked ; I am further to acquaint you, that my 
Lords will be disposed to sanction the payment to you of 
a sum calculated at a rate not exceeding £.2,500 per 
annum, from the period at which you ceased to supply 
the Departments in Jre/and with Stationery, and cal- 
culated to the day on which your Patent shall be actually 
revoked ; I am also to inform you that, as the question of 
granting to you some amount of compensation has been to 
a certain extent entertained by the late Board of Treasury, 
My Lords are disposed to afford you every facility which 
may be required to enable you to bring any claim you 
consider yourself to have under the notice of Parliament 
in the ensuing Session. 


(signed) “ T. Spring Rice.” 


The Petitioner begs to call the attention of the House 
to this Letter, which distinctly recognizes the acts of the 
late Administration, as growing out of the recommendation 
of a Committee of The House of Commons on the Irish 
Miscellaneous Estimates, as also the Treasury Minute, the 


Award, and Title to Compensation, yet it signified His 
VOL. 86. | 


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595 


Majesty’s pleasure to revoke the Patent, and offers as a 
compensation about £.2,500, when an annuity to that 
amount has been actually adjudged by the Arbitrator for 
the Crown, to be no more than a fair remuneration to the 
Petitioner as Patentee, for the surrender of his rights; the 
Petitioner, with great respect, humbly contends, in the 
first place, that there is no precedent on record where a 
Patent, similar to the present, has been revoked by the 
Crown, unless for gross misconduct on behalf of the 
Patentee, and no misconduct of any description has been 
insinuated in the present instance; indeed the Lords of 
the Treasury avowed that their motive was “ the more 
economical arrangement for the supply of Stationery to 
the several offices in Jeland ;” and, in the second place, 
that no Patent existed to be revoked at the time of 
Mr. S. Rice’s Letter of January last, inasmuch as the Patent 
in question was contracted to be surrendered in November 
1829, and was actually surrendered by the Petitioner on 
the 5th April 1830, in pursuance of the agreement entered 
into with him by Lord Leveson Gower on the part of Go- 
vernment ; it only remained for the Government to per- 
form their part of their own contract by payment of a com- 
pensation which their own arbitrator has fixed to be “ no 
more than a fair remuneration to the Petitioner for the 
surrender of his Patent ;” in reply to the argument which 
possibly may be urged against his claim, that the Patent 
was only held during the pleasure of the Crown, the Pe- 
titioner begs to observe, that the same term, or some other 
for a like revocable import, is inserted in almost every 
patent, and yet compensation has been invariably granted 
to all persons similarly circumstanced, and should an ad- 
vantage be taken of such wording to deprive the Petitioner 
of his compensation, he would be the first solitary indi- 
vidual who will have suffered by the adherence to such 
technicality; and besides, it may be fairly said (and in- 
deed the Petitioner submits with the utmost deference, 
that if the present transaction were one between individuals 
only it would be adjudged in a court of law), that the 
treaty entered into by the Crown through its agent Lord 
F. L. Gower, amounted to a waiver of its prerogative of 
revoking the Patent, since without such an assumption it 
is difficult to conceive how the treaty should have origi- 
nated; the Petitioner further humbly submits to the 
House, that the honour and dignity of the Crown are con- 
cerned in the fulfilment of the contract so entered into 
with him by Lord Leveson Gower on the part of the Go- 
vernment, and firmly trusts that Parliament will confirm 
that contract ; the Petitioner has hitherto relied on the pro- 
fits of the Patent for an income, and, under the impression 
of its revocation being almost impossible, has sacrificed 
all other business and pursuits, and devoted the prime of 
his life to the fulfilment of the duties attendant on it ; to 
be, therefore, in the decline of life deprived of it without 
compensation would be, it is submitted, under the circum- 
stances, an act of great hardship and injustice; the Peti- 
tioner, therefore, relying upon the disposition of the House 
to support the honour and dignity of the Crown, and to 
preserve the high confidence which has hitherto been so 
implicitly placed in the fulfilment of its engagements in 
every character, humbly and earnestly prays, that the 
House will be pleased to take his case into consideration, 
and take such steps as may be proper and necessary for 
the purpose of carrying into effect the said agreement 
made with the Petitioner by His Majesty’s late Ministers, 
and the award made in pursuance thereof, or that the 
House will grant to him such other relief as to its wisdom 
shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson and 
Mr. Martin: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
enable Joseph Chamberlayne Wilkinson Ackerley other- 
wise Acherley, of the Town and County of the Town of 
Southampton, Esquire, to lay down, and for ever cease to 
use, the surnames of Wilkinson and Ackerley otherwise 
Acherley, and to take the Name of Chamberlayne only, 
and bear the Arms of Chamberlayne quarterly with his 
own family Arms, pursuant to the Will of his late mater- 
nal Uncle Edmund John Chamberlayne, Esquire, deceased; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 


7M 2 The 








The Lords 
have passe: 


Ackerley’s 
Name Bill. 


596 


Desvigaes’ The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
bu “*" naturalizing Peter Hubert Desvignes and George Des- 
vignes ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, | 
once The Lords have passed a Bil], intituled, An Act for 
Bil, —-—snaturalizing Bernhard Hebeler ; to which the Lords desire 


the concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 


Motion respect- 
ing Salaries to 


Public Officers. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That, with a view of more speedily relieving the Country 
from a part of its Burthens, the Expenditure in Public 
Offices should be carefully revised, and, regard being had 
to the present Value of Money, the amount of all Salaries 
to Public Officers should be reduced to that which they 
received in the year 1797. 

And the previous Question being put, That that Ques- 
tion be now put ; 

The House divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


Tellers for the Ayes, — weed, \ 13. 
Tellers for the Noes, xtr — rer 216. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


a aie Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for es- 
cee?” tablishing a General Register for all Deeds and Instru- 
ments affecting Real Property in England and Wales : And 
that Mr. John Campbell, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Cut- 
lur Fergusson, and Mr. Freshfield, do prepare, and bring 
it in. 
Inheritance == Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
Bill, ordered. amendment of the Law of Inheritance: And that Mr. 
John Campbell, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Cutlar Fergus- 
son, Mr. Freshfield, and Sir Edward Sugden, do prepare, 
and bring it in. 
Dower Bill, Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for the 
ordered. amendment of the Law relating to Dower: And'that Mr. 
John Campbell, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Cutlar Fer- 
gusson, Mr. I’reshfield, and Sir Edward Sugden, do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 
Curtesy of Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
— Bill, amendment of the Law relating to the Estate of a Tenant 
by the Curtesy of England: And that Mr. John Campbell, 
Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Cutlar Fergusson, Mr. Fresh- 
Jield, and Sir Edward Sugden, do prepare, and bring it in. 
Fines and Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
git abolish Fines and Common Recoveries, and to substitute 
ill, ordered, ; ; . 
more simple modes of Assurance from Barring Entails 
and Remainders and Reversions thereon, and for passing 
the Real Estates of Married Women, and to enable 
Women, Tenants in Tail, ex provisione viri, to bar their 
Entails, and the Remainders and Reversions thereon: 
And that Mr. John Campbell, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. 
lutlar Fergusson, Mr. Freshfield,and Sir Edward Sugden, 
do prepare, and bring it in. 
Limitation Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
Aga : Limitation of Actions and Suits relating to Real Property, 
ull, orderec- and for simplifying the Remedies for trying the Rights 
thereto: And that Mr. John Campbell, Mr. Attorney Ge- 
neral, Mr. Cutlar Fergusson, Mr. Freshfield, and Sir Ed- 
ward Sugden, do prepare, and bring it in. 
Motion A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
respecting 


That there be laid before this House, Copies of such In- 
formation as His Majesty’s Government may have received 


relative to the late Affray at Newtown Barry, in the County 
of Wexford; 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 1° die Julii, 1831: 


The said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Disturbances at 
NewtownBurry. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire into the expediency of admitting the use of Molasses 
in the Breweries and Distilleries of the United Kingdom, 


2 


Committee 
on Molasses 
appointed, 


30° Funtt.— 1° Fulia. 





A. 1831. 


subject’ to such restrictions and modifications as may be 
necessary for the protection of the several interests con- 
nected therewith :—And a Committee was appointed of 
Mr. Poulett Thomson, Mr. Charles Calvert, Mr. Keith 
Douglas, Mr. Western, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Warburton, 
Mr. Burge, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Robert Ferguson, 
Mr. Bernal, Mr. Currie, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Benett, Mr. 
Traill, Mr. Robert Gordon, Mr. Callaghan, Mr. Frankland 
Lewis, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Tyrell, Mr. Fowell Bur- 
ton, Mr. Irving, Mr. Hope, Mr. Baring, Mr. Goulburn, 
Sir William Browne Folkes:—And they are to meet To- 
morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power to 
send for persons papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Reform — 
amend the Representation of the People in Ireland: And Parlian 
that Mr. Stanley, Lord Viscount Althorp, and Mr. Spring pie 
Rice, do prepare, and bring it in. a 














Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Game} 
amend the Laws in England relative to Game: And that ered 
Lord Viscount Althorp and Lord John Russell do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, Motion» 
That there be laid before this House, a Return of the Penal 
Number of Protestants of the Established Church in each (lreland) 7 
and every Parish in Jreland :—And the said Motion was, 


with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider of enabling His Majesty to authorize Advances, by 
way of Loan, to a limited amount, for local purposes in 
Ireland, be now read; and the same being read :— The 
House resolved itself into the Committee ; 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that His Majesty be enabled to direct Exchequer Bills or 
Advances out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to an amount not 
exceeding Five hundred thousand pounds, to be issued or 
made to Commissioners to be appointed in Jreland, to be 
by them advanced, under certain regulations and restric- 
tions, towards the extension and promotion of Public 
Works in Jreland, on due security being given for the 
repayment thereof. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, oo 
That it is the opinion of this Committee, that the Com- bs 
missioners of the Treasury may direct the issue of any 
sum, not exceeding Fifty thousand pounds, out of any 
Monies in the Exchequer, out of the growing produce of 
the Consolidated Fund arising in Ireland, towards the 
making or repairing of Roads and Bridges, and other 
Public Works in Jreland:—The said Motion was, by 
leave of the Committee, withdrawn. 

Resolution to be reported. 


Comnitte: 
Public Wi 
(Ireland) 
[Advance 
way of le 


3 
ris, 
EP 


way’ 





on 
Bill, 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- y ’ 
ported from the Committee, That they had come to a Re- 
solution, which they had directed him to report to the 
House. 





and 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. s, de 
Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second — 
reading of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, commit: ~ 


An Act to revive and continue Expired Commissions, 
Appointments, Patents and Grants in Jreland, and to in- 
demnify certain Persons in relation thereto, be now read ; 
and the same being read :—The Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for this day. 








Mr. Stanley presented a Bill to amend the Representa- 
tion of the People in Jre/and: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday the 11th day of this instant July. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Reform 
Parlin 
(Irelan’ 
presetlé 

No.™ 


Canaiit 
Revent* 
Bill, 
mitted. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the Bill to amend an Act of the fourteenth 
year of his Majesty King George the Third, for establishing 
a Fund towards defraying the Charges of the admi- 
nistration of Justice and support of the Civil Government 

within 



















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Patent 6 
(Ireland) "9 


committe ig 


Reform 
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No. 


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Bill, 

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9 Witt. IV. 


within the Province of Quebec, in America, be now read ; 
and the same being réad :—The Bill was read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That the Order of thé day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for regulating the Care and Treatment of Insane 
Persons in England, be now read; and the same being 
read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill; and made several 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


A Bill to amend an Act of the sixth year of his late 
Majesty, for amending the Laws relating to Bankrupts, 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday 
the 15th day of this instant July. 


A Bill for amending and making more effectual the 
Laws concerning Turnpike Roads in Scotland, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday the IIth 
day of this instant July. 


The ingrossed Bill for repealing so much of an Act 
passed in the seventh year of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, for paving, lighting, watching, re- 
pairing and otherwise improving Grosvenor-place, and 
other Streets therein mentioned, as relates to the Assess- 
ment of the Boundary Fence or Wall of the Garden 
belonging to Buckingham House, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, Tiiat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to 
Highways in that part of Great Britain called England, 
was, aecording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to Mr. Portman, Mr. Nicolson Calvert, Mr. Buller, 
Mr. Penryn, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Bonham Carter, Sir 
John Wrottesley, Mr. Robert Clive, Mr. Weyland, Mr. Est- 
court, Mr. Slaney, Mr. Greene, Mr. Robert Gordon, Mr. 
Benett, Mr. James Loch; Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Aysh- 
ford Sanford, Lord Viscount Morpeth, Mr. John Wood, 
Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Bastard, Mr. Hodges; Sir Edward Lloyd, 
Mr. James, Mr. Evans: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill for’ regulating the Vend and 
Delivery of Coals in the Cities of London and Westminster, 
and in certain parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, 
Kent, Esser, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berk- 
shire, be read a second tiie this day. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into a Committee of the whole House, to consider further 
of the Supply granted to His Majesty. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into a Committee: of the whole House; to consider further 
of Ways and Means for raising the Supply granted ‘to 
His Majesty. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into’ a Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to 


continue for a limited time the several Acts for regulating: 


the Turnpike Roads in Great Britain, which will expire 
at the end of the present Session of Parliament. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Disembodied 
Militia of Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 1831 : 
And a Committee was appointed of Sir Henry Parnell, 
Lord John Russell, Mr. Thomas Wood, Mr. Lamb, Mr. 
Stanley, Mr. Spring Rice, Sir Henry Hardinge, Mr. Wil- 
liams Wynn, Lord Stanley, Mr. Lewis Hughes, and all 
Colonels of the Militia: And they are to meet To-morrow, 


in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power'to send’ for’ 


persons papers and records. 


Ordered, That Three be the Quorum of the Committee. 
VOL. 86. 


30° Funti.— 1° Full. 


597 
Mr. Ellice, by Order, presented a Bill to amend the Game Bill, 
Laws in England relative to Game: And the same was presented. 


read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time No. 63. 
upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 

Lord Viscount Althorp reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 27th, 28th and 29th days Addresses. 
of June last (that His Majesty would be graciously 
pleased to give directions, that. the Papers therein men- 
tioned might be laid before this House), had been presented 
to His Majesty, and that His. Majesty had commanded 
him to acquaint this House, That He will give directions 
accordingly. 

Mr. Lamb presented to the House, pursuant to their Papers, 
Address to His Majesty, —Copies of all Applications (not A 


already laid before Parliament) made to His Majesty’s 
Government, that any City, Town or District should be 
continued in, or admitted to, the right of sending Members 
to Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Representation, 
presented. 


No. 64. 


Admiral Adam presented a Bill to amend and extend 
the Powers of an Act for recovering, draining and preserv- 
ing certain Lands, and for better supplying with Water 
the Mills, Manufactories and other Works situated on the 
River Leven, in the Counties of Kinross and Fife: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Leven (Fife) 
Drainage 
Bill, pre- 
sented. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Hebeler’s 
for naturalizing Bernhard Hebeler, was read the first time; Nat. Bill, 
and ordered to be read a second time. —_ 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Desvignes’ 
for naturalizing Peter Hubert Desvignes and George N*- Bill, 
Desvignes, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Ackerley’s 
to enable Joseph Chamberlayne Wilkinson Ackerley other- N2me Bill, 
wise Acherley, of the Town and County of the Town of 
Southampton, Esquire, to lay down, and for ever cease to 
use, the Surnames of Wilkinson and Ackerley otherwise 
Acherley, and to take the Name of Chamberlayne only, 
and bear the Arms of Chamberlayne quarterly with his 
own Family Arms, pursuant to the Will of his late ma- 
ternal Uncle Edmund John Chamberlayne, Esquire, de- 
ceased, was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kenmore;—of Dull ;—of Petitions in fa- 
Killin ;—of Loudoun ;—of Blairgourie ;—of Fortingall ; very of Reform 
—of Weem;—of Balquhidder ;—of John Graham, Deacon Scotland.) 
of the Shoemaker Incorporation of Perth ;—of the Sheriff, 
Freeholders, Justices of the Peace, Commissioners of 
Supply and Heritors of the county of Dumbarton ;—of 
Magistrates and Town Council of the royal burgh of. 
Auchtermuchty ;—of the Subscribers deeply’ interested 
in the prosperity of Jnverness;—and, of Heritors and 
Householders of Campsie,—were presented, and read ; 
praying for a Reform in the Representation of the People 
in Parliament. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh Farmers’ Society, and other Petition 
Tenants of land in the county’of Mid Lothian, was pre- "srecting Pur- 
sented, and read ; praying the House to alter and amend (Scotland.) 
the law of Hypothec in Scotland, so as to protect all 
bond fide Purchasers of Grain, or other farm produce, who 
have obtained delivery, and paid the price to the seller, 
against any claim at the hands of the landlord ‘for resti-, 
tution of the article, or for payment of the price a second 
time, or to afford the Petitioners ‘such other relief as to the 
House may seem meet. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the United Associate Congregation of the Petitions for 
Secession Church, Melville-street, Glasgow ;—and, of In- abolishing 
habitants of the parish of Rattray,—were presented, and cep, 
read ; praying the House to form such regulations as shall 
remove immediately the more grievous oppressions to 
which the Slaves are subject, especially such as interfere 
with their religious 4nd moral improvement, and thus pre- 
pare the'way for their ae and in 

7 particular 











Petition of 
James Innes. 


Petition for 
Amendment of 
Law of Entail 
(Scotland.) 


Petition 
respecting 
Drawback of 
Daty on Glass 
(Scotland. ) 


Petition for a 
Commutation of 
Jithes, 


Petition for 
repeal of Stamp 
Duty on Poli- 
cies of Marine 
Insurance. 


Petition from 
Stockton, &amp;c. 
for a Represeu- 
tative in Parlia- 
ment. 


598 30° 


particular to fix an early day, after which all the children 
born of Slaves shall be declared free. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of James Innes,a British born subject, resident 
in Canton, China, was presented, and read ; complaining 
of delays in the Court. of Chancery, in a suit affecting 
him ; stating the particulars of his case; and praying the 
House to take such steps as may appear wise and just for 
his relief, in obtaining him a hearing and decision from 
the Court of Chancery. | 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Tenants in the parish of Birse, in the 
county of Aberdeen,’ was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners, taking into consideration the 
matter of Entails, and deeply sensible how injurious the 
law on that behalf, affecting meliorations to Tenants, must 
prove to their interests, if acted upon by the landlord, 
inasmuch as they have embarked the greater part of their 
capital therein, in the firm confidence that the money so 
expended was secure, either as a provision for their fa- 
milies, or security to their creditors, and having lately 
come to the knowledge, that if a succeeding heir gets pos- 
session before the term of payment of their meliorations, 
they have no claim, unless the former proprietor has left 
sufficient personal funds for meeting it, or unless there is 
an express clause in the deed of Entail authorizing such 
outlay, pray the House to amend the existing law as re- 
gards payment of meliorations to Tenants, or otherwise 
grant them such protection as to the House in its wisdom 
may seem meet. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Joseph Ranson, Manager of The Perth 


Glass Company, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That the Petitioner is Manager of The Perth Glass Com- 
pany, and carries on business in Perth very extensively, 
as a Retailer of Chrystal and Glass ; that he understands 
it is the intention of Parliament to repeal the Duty on 
Glass, and to allow a Drawback on the stock of the whole- 
sale Manufacturer, but not to the Retailer; that, being 
ignorant of the intentions of Government, and acting on 
the belief that no alteration of the Duty on Glass would 
take place, he recently purchased very extensively from 
the wholesale merchant, and unless he is allowed the 
Drawback of Duty upon his stock, he will be a sufferer 
to a very great amount; and praying the House to take 
the Petitioner’s case, and others similarly circumstanced, 
into their consideration ; and, in the event of a Drawback 
of Duty being allowed on the stock of the Wholesale 
Merchant, to grant a similar allowance to the Retailer, in 
all cases where his stock shall exceed 500/. in value. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners and Occupiers of the east- 
ern part of the county of Berks, was presented, and read ; 
complaining of the pressure of the Tithe Laws; and pray- 
ing, That the House will pass an Act either for a Com- 
mutation or Redemption of Tithe, by which the farmer 
and his labourer may be relieved from this injurious and 
oppressive tax, as at present levied; and further, that 
they will pass a law to prevent the enjoyment of Plura- 
lities by the Clergy, and compel actual and permanent 
Residence upon their Benefices. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Ship-owners and Merchants of Sunder- 
land, was presented, and read; praying, That the House 
will be pleased to repeal the Stamp Duty on Policies of 
Marine hodétabie wholly, and also to repeal the Duties 
on Charter Parties, and to substitute in lieu thereof an 
ad valorem Duty, according to the scale mentioned in the 
Petition ; and also to reduce the Duty on Bills of Lading 
to one shilling ; or that the House will grant to the Peti- 
tioners such other relief in the premises as to them shall 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Parishes of Stockton 
and Norton, and of the adjoining township of Billingham, 
was presented, and read; praying, That the House will 
be pleased to institute legislative measures to authorize 


unit.— 1° Ful. 


A. 1831. 


the Proprietors and Householders within the parishes of 
Stockton and Norton, and the township of Billingham, 
possessing’ sucha qualification as the House may think fit 
to prescribe, to elect one Representative to serve in the 
Commons’ House of Parliament, for the purpose of explain- 
ing and protecting the numerous, various and complicated 
commercial and shipping interests of the Petitioners. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
three of the clock on Friday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 





Veneris, 1° die Sulit ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


‘i E House being informed that Mr. Holford, from the 
Governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty, attended at the 
door, he was called in; and at the bar presented to the 
House, pursuant to their Order,—An Account of the 
several Purchases completed by the Governors of Queen 
Anne’s Bounty in the years 1800, 1805, 1812, 1815, 1820, 
1825 and 1826, specifying the locality of the Property, 
and the Living for the augmentation of which the several 
Purchases were made; the Sum paid on each Purchase; the 
Number of Houses, and the Total Quantity of Land pur- 
chased in each year; together with a Statement of the 
Amount standing in any Government or Public Stock, and 
the Sums in the hands of the Treasurer at the end of each 
of the years 1800 and 1826 :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Owners of Sailing Vessels belonging to 
the port of Drogheda, was presented, and read; takin 
notice of the application for leave to bring in a Bill to 
facilitate intercourse, by Steam Navigation, between the 
western Coast of Ireland and Great Britain; and praying, 
That the same may not pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Isabella Ann Ingram, Dowager Mar- 
chioness of Hertford ;—and, of Inhabitants of houses, and 
Tenants or Occupiers of lands and tenements, in the town- 
ship of Holbeck, in the parish of Leeds,—were presented, 
and read ; taking notice of the Bill for making a Railway 
from Bradford to Leeds, in the West Riding of the County 
of York, together with a Branch therefrom ; and praying, 
That they may be heard by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts thereof. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be 
heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Bill to amend an Act for more effectually repairing 


and improving the Road from Wendover to the Town of Roadie 


Buckingham, in the County of Buckingham, was read a 
second time; and committed to the Marquis of Chandos, 
&amp;c: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill to amend certain Acts passed in the reign of his 
late Majesty King George the Fourth, for opening a 
Street from the Cross of Glasgow to Monteith Row, was 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Dixon, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


Sir William Ingilby presented a Bill to amend an Act 
for vesting and securing to John Stephen Langton, Esquire, 
certain Profits and Emoluments for a limited time: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and parish of War- 
minster and its vicinity, was presented, and read ; taking 
notice of the Bill for better repairing and improving 
several Roads leading to and from the Town of Frome, 
in the County of Somerset ; and praying, That they may 

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be heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts thereof, + 

Ordered, That the. said, Petition, be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ;,and that the Petitioners be heard 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon: their Petition, 
if they think fit. een 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted 'to be heard in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Owners of land, mines and minerals, lying 
within 1,000 yards of the Birmingham Canal Navigation ; 
—of Samuel Tertius Galton, Esquire, and John Freeth, 
John Harris and John Humphry Houghton, Gentlemen, 
of Birmingham, Trustees of the Will of John Houghton, 
late of Birmingham aforesaid, Gentleman, deceased ;—of 
Owners of land in the parish of Birmingham, in the county 
of Warwick ;—and, of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Worcester and Birmingham Canal Navigation, — were 
presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill for making 
a Railroad from Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, 
to the Township of Basford, in the Parish of Wybunbury, 
in the County Palatine of Chester, with a Branch to the 
Town of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford; and 
praying, That they may be heard by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts thereof. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be 
heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Bill for making and maintaining a Railroad from 
Westland Row, in the City of Dublin, to the head of the 
Western Pier of the Royal Harbour of Kingstown, in the 
County of Dublin, with Branches to communicate there- 
with, was read a second time; and committed to Mr. Sheil, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for enabling The Jrish Inland Navigation Com- 
pany to sue and be sued, was read a second time; and 
committed to Mr. Sheil, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for endowing a Church, called Saint Bridgett, in 
the Parish of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster, was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Ewart, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Maurice O’Connell reported from the Committee 
on the Petition of the Manager and Agent of the Jrish 
Graziers’ Steam Marine Company; That they had pro- 
ceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the 
21st day of June last ; and had examined the matter of the 
Petition ; and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
facilitate intercourse, by Steam Navigation, between the 
western Coast of Jreland and Great Britain: And that 
Mr. Maurice O’Connell and Mr. French do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Bill to alter and amend an Act passed in the sixth 
year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, for regulating the Conversion of the Statute 
Labour within the Barony of Gorbals, in the City 
of Glasgow and County of Lanark, was read a second 
time ;' and committed to Mr. Charles Douglas, &amp;c.: 
And they, are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


A Bill for improving, repairing and maintaining the 
Harbours of the Burgh of Rothesay, in the County of 
Bute, and for building and maintaining a Gaol, Court 
House and Offices for the said Burgh and County, was 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Charles Douglas, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth reported from the Committee 
on the Petition of several Owners and Occupiers of estates, 
lands and grounds ; That they had proceeded according 


to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June 
VOL. 86. 


1° Fulit. 


5Y9 
last; and found, that the Standing Orders relative to 
Turnpike Bills, had been complied with ; and that they 
had examined the matter of the Petition ; and the Report 
was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making and maintaining a Road from the bottom of Kirk- 
gate to Westgate, both in the Parish of Wakefield, in the 
West Riding of the County of York: And that Lord 


Viscount Morpeth and Mr. Strickland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Calder 
and Hebble Navigation ;—and, of the Company of Pro- 
prietors of the LRochdale Canal,—were presented, and 
read; taking notice of the Bill for making a Railroad from 
the Town of Manchester, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster, to Sowerby Bridge, in the West Riding of the 
County of York; and praying, That they may be heard 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts thereof. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be 
heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Bill for making a Railway from the Town of Liver- 
pool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to the Town- 
ship of Chorlton, in the County Palatine of Chester, was 
read a second time; and committed to Lord Stanley, &amp;c.: 


And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for more effectually repairing certain Roads 
leading to and from the Town of Abergavenny, in the 
County of Monmouth, and for making and maintaining 
several new Branches of Road to communicate therewith, 
was read a second time ; and committed to Lord Granville 
Somerset, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in 
the Speaker's Chamber. 


A Bill for more effectually repairing and improving 
several Roads therein mentioned, leading to, through and 
from the Town of Monmouth, and for making several new 
Lines and Diversions of Road to communicate therewith, 
in the Counties of Monmouth, Gloucester and Hereford, 
was read asecond time ; and committed to Lord Granville 
Somerset, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for more effectually repairing the Road from 
Norwich to Cromer, in the County of Norfolk, and two 
Branches of Road leading towards Holt and towards Wol- 
terton, in the said County, was read a second time; and 
committed to Sir William Browne Folkes, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 


A Bill for more effectually repairing, and otherwise im- 
proving, the several Roads from the South Gate, in the 
Borough of King’s Lynn, into the Parishes of Kast Walton, 
Narborough, Stoke Ferry, and Downham Market, in the 
County of Norfolk, was read a second time; and com- 
mitted to Sir William Browne Folkes, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 


A Bill for more effectually repairmg the Roads from 
the Borough of King’s Lynn, and other Roads therein 
mentioned, and for making a new Line of Road at Castle 
Rising, all in the County of Norfolk, was read a second 
time ; and committed to Sir William Browne Folkes, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


A Bill to enable “ The Yorkshire Fire and Life In- 
surance Company” to sue and be sued in the Name of 
their Secretary, or of any one of the Directors of the said 
Company, was read a second time; and committed to 
Mr. Strickland, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Tradesmen 
and others, Inhabitants of the town of Bradford and 
the vicinity, in the west riding of the county of York, was 

7N2 presented, 


Petitionsagainst 
Manchester aud 
Leeds Railway 
Bill. 


Liverpool 
and Chorlton 
Railway Bill, 
committed. 


Abergavenny 
Roads Bill, 
committed, 


Monmouth 
Roads Bill, 
committed. 


Aylsham 
and Cromer 
Road Bill, 
committed. 


Lynn (South 
Gate) Road 
Bill, com- 
mitted. 


Lynn (East 
Gate) Road 
Bill, com- 
mitted. 


Yorkshire 

Fire and Life 
Iusurance Com- 
pany Bill, com- 
mitted. 


Petition 

in favour of 
Manchester and 
Leeds Railway 
Bill. 








Petition against 
Teignmouth 
and Dawlish 
Roads Bill, 


Petitions for 
repeal of 
Union with 
Ireland. 


Return 
respecting 
ForeignCorn, 
ordered. 


Petition of 
B. Hutchinson. 


Returns 
respecting In- 
sulvent Debtors, 
ordered. 


Petitious 
against Reform 
of Parliament 


(England) Bill. 


600 


presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill for making 
a Railroad from the Town of Mazachester, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, to Sowerby Bridge, in the West 
Riding of the County of York; and praying, That the 
same may pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Hoare, of Luscombe Castle, near 
Dawlish, in the county of Devon, Esquire, was presented, 
and read; taking notice of the Bill to amend an Act of his 
late Majesty King George the Fourth, for more effectually 
maintaining the Road from Zeignmouth to Dawlish, and 
for making Roads from Dawlish to the Exeter Turnpike 
Roads, together with a Road from Southtown to Chudleigh, 
and certain Branches communicating with the same, all 
in the County of Devon, and to make and maintain other 
Roads communicating with the said Roads ; and praying, 
That he may be heard by his counsel or agent against 
certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioner be heard by 
his counsel or agent upon his Petition, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Abby Lara, 
in the county of Longford ;—and, of Drogheda,—were 
presented, and read; praying the House to repeal the 
Act of Legislative Union between Great Britain and 
Ireland. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Quarters of Foreign Corn imported 
into Great Britain and Ireland, between 5th April 1830 
and 5th April 1831; distinguishing the different sorts of 
Corn, and giving the net Amount paid into the Treasury 
as Duty thereon. 


A Petition of Bury Hutchinson, of Russell-square, in the 
county of Middlesex, Esquire, was presented, and read; 
complaining of the interference of the East India Com- 
pany in preventing the payment of a Debt. by the Rajah 
of Travancore; stating the particulars of his case; and 
praying the House to take his grievance into considera- 
tion, and to afford, him such relief as to the House shall 
seem fit; and that he may be heard by his counsel, agents 
and witnesses at the bar, or before a Committee of the 
House, in proof of the allegations of his Petition, and in 
support of the justice of his claim to the interposition of 
the House. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn, showing the Total Number of Persons discharged 
from Prison under the Acts for the Relief of Insolvent 
Debtors. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Insolvent Debtors who have paid 
Dividends to their Creditors in respect of Property deli- 
vered up previously to their Discharge. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number whose subsequently-acquired Proper- 
ties have been made available after their Discharge, under 
Orders of the Court, towards the liquidation of their 
Debts, in whole or in part. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number who have been ordered to be detained 
in custody for contravening the Provisions of the Acts for 
the Relief of Insolvent Debtors. 


A Petition of Resident Bachelors and Under Graduates 
of the University of O.vford;—and, of, Nobility, Gentry, 
Clergy, Freeholders and other Inhabitants. of the county of 
Berks,—were presented, and read ; taking notice of the 
Bill to amend the Representation of the People in Eng- 
land and Wales; and praying, That the same may not 
pass. into a Law as it now stands. 

“And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


1° Fulu. 


A. 1831. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and others con- 


cerned if the trade of the town and port of Rye ;-—and, | 
of Ship-owners, Merchants and other Commercial Per- &lt;i 


sons of the port and town of 7ralee, in the county of 
Kerry,—were presented, and read; complaining of the 
heavy Stamp Duty levied on Policies of Marine and other 
Insuranee ; and praying the House to repeal the same, or 
to make such a modification of those severe Imposts as to 
them may seem meet. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the Bailiffs and Aldermen, Free Burges- 
ses and Free Brothers, of the borough of Morpeth, was 
presented, and read; praying, That in any enactment 
which the House may make for reforming the Represen- 
tation of the People, they will be pleased to continue 
to all future resident Burgesses the right of voting for 
Members of Parliament. 

A Petition of Free Brothers of the borough of Morpeth, 
was also presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Pe- 
titioners consider it highly absurd and unjust, after hay- 
ing served a long apprenticeship, that their chance of ever 
enjoying the rights and privileges of Freemen should 
depend upon the uncertainty of a ballot, or the still more 
serious consequences of a contested Election, carried on,, 
at an enormous expense, for five or six years on an aver- 
age, before they can be admitted to the freedom of the 
Corporation ; that, by extending the Franchise to the Pe- 
titioners, the number of Electors would be increased nearly 
as follows; viz. 106 resident Freemen, 160 resident Free 
Brothers, and 160 Ten-pound Householders, making a 
total of 426 voters, which they consider as in perfect 
accordance with the principle of the Reform Bill pro- 
posed by the enlightened Administration, besides placing 
the Petitioners in the same state as the persons serving 
their apprenticeships in other corporations. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Newbury 
and hamlets of Speenhamland and Greenham, was pre- 
sented, and read ; praying, That they may be restored to 
their ancient right of being represented in Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and ‘be printed. 


A Petition of the-Mayor and Aldermen of the town or 
borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, was presented, and read; 
praying, That at the approaching termination of the East 
India Company’s Charter, that: baneful and pernicious 
monopoly may not be again renewed ; but that the House 


will adopt such measures as may secure to. this Nation a: 
free and unrestricted Commerce with the valuable Coun-. 


tries eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, and also the 
power of settling and residing in those. Countries, under 
such regulations as to the House shall appear consistent 


with good government and the security of His Majesty’s : 


Dominions in the East Indies ; and they further pray, that 
they may be. heard by, their counsel, agents and wit- 
nesses against the renewal of the said Charter. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Reverend Thomas Smith, of the city 
of London, was presented, and read; praying, That the 
House will dispose of all Ecclesiastical Property for the 
benefit of the Nation, save and except the Churches, and 
Parsonage Houses, and Gardens, and permit Parishes to 









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Petitions 
TESpecting 
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Petition for 
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Petition 
against Re 


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Company’ 
Charter, 


Petition’ 
Reformed 


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blishment. 


appoint their own Ministers, and also to pay them out of | 


their own Funds, and let each Bishop have a certain per- 
centage out of the Salary,of each Clergyman in his 
diocese, for his support. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A -Petition..of | Protestant Freemen: of Galway, was 


presented, and read; praying the House to equalize 
Civil Rights in Galway, by extending to the Roman Ca- 
tholic Mercantile and Trading Classes the Elective Fran- 
chise in as full and ample a manner as the same is now 
enjoyed by Protestants. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


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Galway 


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A Petition of Catholic Inhabitants of the parish of Bally- 
coog, in the county of Wicklow, was presented, and read ; 
praying the House to establish a system of Education in 
Treland more consistent with the original object of the 
Grant to The Kildare Place Society, more congenial to 
the feelings, and more conformable to the religious prin- 
ciples of the Petitioners. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Z’homas Barton Lawrence, of Lambeth, 
Surrey, Manufacturer, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioner has suffered considerable loss 
from the practice permitted in the Court of Admiralty ; 
that the dishonest ship-owner can, through the said Court, 
in the absence or poverty of his co-owner, rob him of his 
property; that a ship worth 10,000/. can, by the said 


‘Court, be seized and sold to answer a seaman’s debt of 


51., as also her sails and stores, though not on board the 
ship; that the expenses of the said Court are enormous and 
unjustifiable, and the practices of the brokers and officers 
thereof require a strict investigation; that the property 
sold under execution in the said Court is unjustly liable to 
auction duty ; that the Petitioner, being owner of one-half 
a ship worth 4,000/. by these unjust means had his share 
sold by auction for much less than its value, to pay about 
400/., palponey suffered to remain in arrear by his co- 
owners, who are now entire owners of said ship, although 
at the same time nigh 5,000/. was due to the ship by His 
Majesty’s Navy Board, none of which his said co-owners 
would apply to discharge said debt, and the Petitioner’s 
means being invested therein, he was constrained to sub- 
mit; and therefore he humbly prays the House will direct 
a remedy for these severe grievances. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. AZartin and Mr. 
Roupell :” 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
naturalizing Custodio Pereira De Carvalho; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House:—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider of the several Acts relating to the Duties of Customs, 
be now read ; and the same being read :—The House re- 
solved itself into the Committee; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported from the Committee, That they had come 
to several Resolutions, which they had directed him to 
report to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 


next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider of the several Acts imposing Duties of Excise on 
Candles, and on Licenses for making them, be now read ; 
and the same being read :—The House resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported 
from the Committee, That they had come to a Resolution, 
which they had directed him to report to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 


next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty, 
be now read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the several Accounts and Estimates re- 
lating to Miscellaneous Services, which were presented to 
the House upon Saturday last, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sums which will be 
required for defraying the Expenditure of the Establish- 
ment of the British Museum, for the year 1831, which 
was presented to the House upon Saturday last, be referred 
to the Committee, 

Ordered, That the Accounts of the Extraordinary Ex- 
penses of the Army, paid from 25th December 1829 to 
31st December 1830, both inclusive; and, an Estimate 


of the Sum required to be granted for the year 1831, 
VOL. 86, 





1° Fuli. 


601 


which were presented to the House upon Saturday last, 
be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sums required for Commis 
the Supply of Bread, Meat and Forage, Coals, Candles satiat. 


and Straw, for the Troops in Great Britain and Ireland ; 
and for Coals, Candles, &amp;c. for the Troops at certain 
Foreign Stations ; also, for the Pay of the Commissariat 
Department, in the year 1831, which was presented to 
the House upon Saturday last, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Sum expended under 
the head of Civil Contingencies in the year 1830; and 
an Estimate of the Amount required for 1831, which was 
presented to the House upon Saturday last, be referred 
to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Petition of Sir Abraham Bradley 
King, Baronet, for Compensation in lieu of his Patent as 
King’s Stationer in Jre/and, which was yesterday pre- 
sented to the House, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Fourteen thousand four hundred 
and fifty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray 
the estimated Expenditure of the British Museum, for 
the year ending at Christmas 1831; and that the said 
sum be issued and paid without any fee or other de- 
duction whatsoever. 

2. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Eighty thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge of Civil 
Contingencies, for the year 1831. 

3. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that asum, not exceeding Seventy-three thousand and eight 
hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray, 
in the year 1831, the Expense of Works and Repairs of 
Public Buildings, and for Furniture and other Charges 
defrayed by the Office of Works, and for the Repairs and 
Alterations of Royal Palaces, and Works in the Royal 
Gardens, heretofore charged upon the Civil List, and for 
the Repairs of the Royal Palace of Holyrood House and 
certain Publie Buildings in Scotland, heretofore charged 
on the Hereditary Revenue of Scotland; and that the said 
sum be issued and paid without any fee or other de- 
duction whatsoever. 

4. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Four thousand seven hun- 
dred and seventy pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to, 
defray the Expense of Works executing at Port Patrick 
Harbour, for the year 1831; and that the said sum be 
issued and paid without any fee or other deduction 
whatsoever. 

5. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Four thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Works 
executing at Donaghadee Harbour, for the year 1831 ; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any 
fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

6. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twelve thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the 
New Buildings at the British Museum, for the year 1831 ; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any 
fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

7. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Four thousand and seven hun- 
dred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Expenses of the Holyhead and Howth Roads and Har- 
bours, for the year 1831 ; and that the said sum be issued 
and paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

8. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty-five thousand pounds, 
be granted to His Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- 
pense of erecting, in the year 1831, a Custom House, 
Excise Office, Stamp Office, and Post Office at Liverpool, 
and also an Office for the Liverpool Dock Company ; and 
that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or 
other deduction whatsoever, 

9. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Forty-three thousand and two 
hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Salaries and Allowances to the Officers of the Lords and 
Commons, for the year 1831. 


70 10, Resolved, 








Oaths before the 
Lord Steward 
Bill, deterred. 


Roman Catholic 
Charities iil, 
committed, 


Statute of 
Frauds Bill, 
deferred. 


Attestation of 
Instruments 
Bill, deferred. 


602 


10. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Thirty-one thousand and nine 
hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray 
the Expenses of the Houses of Lords and Commons, for 
the year 1831. . 

11. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Forty-five thousand and four 
hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to make 
good the deficiency of the Fee Fund in the Department of 
His Majesty’s Treasury, for the year-1831. 

12. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Eleven thousand one hundred 
and thirty-seven pounds, be granted to His Majesty 
to make good the deficiency of the Fee Fund, in the De- 
partment of His Majesty’s Home Secretary of State, for 
the year 1831. 

13. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Fifteen thousand seven hun- 
dred and nine pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
make good the deficiency of the Fee Fund in the De- 
partment of His Majesty’s Foreign Secretary of State, for 
the year 1831. 

14. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Sixteen thousand four hun- 
dred and seventy-five pounds, be granted to His Majesty, 
to make good the deficiency of the Fee Fund, in the De- 
partment of His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the 
Colonies, for the year 1831. 

15. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Eighteen thousand six hun- 
dred and sixty-four pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
make good the deficiency of the Fee Fund in the Depart- 
ments of His Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council and 
Committee of Privy Council for Trade, for the year 1831. 

16. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Nine thousand three hun- 
dred and seventy-five pounds, be granted to His Majesty, 
to defray the Contingent Expenses and Messengers’ Bills, 
in the Department of His Majesty’s Treasury, for the 
year 1831]. 

Resolutions to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had come to several 
Resolutions, which they had directed him to report to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
next, 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 2° die Julit, 1831: 


The Order of the day being read, for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill to repeal so much of certain Acts 
as requires certain Oaths to be taken by Members of the 
House of Commons before the Lord Steward, or his 
Deputies ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday the 13th day of this instant July. 


A Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of 
Frauds ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 15th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reading 
of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the Attesta- 
tion of Instruments made in exercise of certain Powers or 
Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other Instruments; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 15th day of this instant July. 


[2° Fulii. 









A. 1831. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Corpor, 4 bs 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon Funds jy gen 6 


the Bill to prevent the application of Corporate Property deferres aud) 


to the purposes of Election of Members to serve in Par- 
liament ; 

Resolved, That this House wil}, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to abolish 
certain Oaths and Affirmations taken and made in the Cus- 
toms and Excise Departments of His Majesty’s Revenue, 
and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; 
and Mr. Spring Rice reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
next. 





Master, Lacon 
Mint $4 Com Bi 
Bill, co, commit 
mitted, 


A Bill to reduce the Salary of the Master and Worker 
of His Majesty’s Mint, was, according to Order, read a 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Monday next. 


Tobacco(. 
Prohibitix 
(Ireland); 
committe, 


A Bill to repeal an Act of the nineteenth year of King 
George the Third, for repealing so much of several Acts 
as prohibit the Growth and Produce of Tobacco in Jre- 
land, and to permit the Importation of Tobacco of the 
Growth and Produce of that Kingdom into Great Britain, 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


san 





red. 


Comnitte! 
Assessed | 
Composit 
Act. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, to consider of the Act 
1 Will. 4,c.35, to continue Compositions for Assessed Taxes 
for a further term of one year, and to grant relief from, and 
alter and repeal the said Duties in certain cases; and, after E 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; 5 
and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they E 
had come toa Resolution, which they had directed him to 
report to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 


next. 


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mua 
elfen 








s and 
es (1 
[Ad 
y of f 


onsit 


A Bill to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty- 
fourth and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty King 
George the Third, so far as the same relate to Double 
Assessments of the Land Tax, was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 


Land Tar 
Double A 
ments Bil, 7 
committed, 7 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine 
Madness ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Canine } 
ness Bill, 
deferred. 





The Order of the day being read, for the third reading 
of the ingrossed Bill to enable His Majesty to make Leases, 
Copies, and Grants of Offices, Lands and Hereditaments, 
parcel of the Duchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the same; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Duchy (7 
Cornwall 7 
Leases by 
deferred. 





Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider of enabling 
His Majesty to authorize Advances, by way of Loan, to a 
limited Amount, for local Purposes in Jreland, the Re- 
solution which they had directed him to report to the 
House ; and the same was read, and agreed to by the 
House ; and is as followeth ; 

Resolved, That His Majesty be enabled to direct Exche- 
quer Bills, or Advances out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to an 
amount not exceeding £.500,000, to be issued or made 
to Commissioners to be appointed in Ireland, to be by 
them advanced, under certain regulations and restrictions, 
towards the extension and promotion of Public Works in 
Ireland, on due security being given for the repayment 
thereof. 

Ordered, That a Bill be ee in upon the said Re- 
solution: Andthat Mr. Bernal, Mr. Stanley,and Mr. Spring 
Rice, do prepare, and bring it in. 

The 


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(Ireland) 
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[Advance 
y of Loan,] 
wnsidered. 


Land Tar 
Double As 
ments Bil, 
committed, © 


Canine 
ness Bill 
deferred. 


bs. 
Duchy «&gt; 


Cornwal 19 
Leases big 
deferred. 
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tland) 
ordered. 
Report on 
Public W 
(Ireland) 
[ Advance i 
way of Lee 


brument, 


a of 
ment 
Hand) Bill, 
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et Papers 

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anmentary 
eseitation, 
ited, 


No. 68, 


9 Witt. IV. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the ingrossed Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An Act to revive and continue 
expired Commissions, Appointments, Patents and Grants, 
in Ireland, and to indemnify certain Persons in relation 
thereto; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the 
Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, and had 
directed him to report the same to the House, without 
any Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, on the 
Bill for regulating the Care and Treatment of Insane 
Persons in England ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 


next. 


A Bill for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals 
in the Cities of London and Westminster, and in certain 
parts of the Counties of Middleser, Surrey, Kent, Essex, 
Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday, the 11th 
day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for continuing, for a limited time, the several 
Acts for regulating the Turnpike Roads in Great Britain, 
which will expire at the end of the present Session of 
Parliament ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee of the whole 
House, to consider of authorizing the advance of Money 
towards the making or repairing Roads and Bridges and 
other Public Works in Ireland ; 

Mr. Stanley, by His Majesty’s Command, acquainted 
the House, That His Majesty, having been informed of 
the subject-matter of this Motion, recommends it to the 
consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
“ That leave be given to bring ina Bill to regulate the 
Importation of Arms into Ireland :”—And a Debate aris- 
ing in the House thereupon ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Friday 


next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Representation of the People in Scotland: And 
that the Lord Advocate, Lord Viscount A/thorp, and Lord 
John Russell, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend the Re- 
presentation of the People in Scotland: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this instant July. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Lamb presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Address to His Majesty, —Copies of further Informations 
touching the Amount of Population, and the Number and 
Value of Houses in Towns or Districts now sending Mem- 
bers to Parliament, or proposed, in the Reform Bill, to 
send Members to Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

VOL. 86. 





1°—2” Full. 


603 


Mr. Spring Rice, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Petition of James Arthur Murray, a Cap- 
tain in His Majesty’s Navy ; That they had examined the 
matter thereof; and the Report was brought up, and 
read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for pro 
viding for the discharge of a Claim in respect of Monies 
advanced by the late James Hodges, Esquire, on secarity 
of the Lands of the late Zemindar of Nozeed and Musta- 
phanagur, in the District of Fort Saint George, in the East 
Indies, now under the Sovereignty of the Honourable the 
East India Company: And that Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. 
John Wood, and Mr. Hume, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Several Petitions, complaining of undue Elections and 
Returns, being offered to be presented, the same were de- 
livered in at the Table. 

And the Names of the Places to which the said Peti- 
tions related (being all of them of the last Class), were put 


into the glass at the Table, and drawn by the Clerk, in the 
following Order : 


A Petition of William Taylor Copeland, Esquire, Al- 
derman of the city of London, a Candidate at the Election 
of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Coleraine, in that part of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland, was read; 
setting forth, That at the said Election of a Member to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough of Cole- 
raine, the Petitioner and Sir John William Head Brydges, 
Knight, were Candidates ; that at such Election a majority 
of legal votes was tendered and offered in favour of the 
Petitioner above the said Sir John William Head Brydges, 
but that Hugh Lyle, Esquire, the Mayor of the said Bo- 
rough, who presided as the Returning Officer at the said 
Election, illegally and wrongfully decided that the Mayor, 
Aldermen, and Capital Burgesses only had a right to vote 
in the Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, whereas the Petitioner contends, and is pre- 
pared to prove, that all the Freemen of the Corporation 
of Coleraine are legally entitled to vote in such Election, 
and that the rejection of the votes of such Freemen was 
illegal, and a violation of the Charter of the said Corpora- 
tion, and of the rights of the said Freemen; that the said 
Hugh Lyle, Esquire, the Mayor of the said Borough, 
and Returning Officer at the said Election, received the 
votes of many persons on the poll in favour of the said 
Sir John William Head Brydges, who had no right to vote 
at the said Election, and rejected all the votes which were 
tendered in favour of the Petitioner, and which the Peti- 
tioner contends were good and legal votes, by which means 
a colourable majority appeared on the poll in favour of 
the said Sir John William Head Brydges; that the said 
Hugh Lyle, Esquire, hath unjustly returned the said Sir 
John William Head Brydges as duly elected, whereas, if 
the several legal votes which were so tendered in favour 
of the Petitioner had been received upon the poll, as they 
ought to have been, the Petitioner would have had a large 
majority of legal votes, and the Petitioner therefore was 
duly elected and ought to have been returned as Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, instead of the 
said Sir John William Head Brydges; the Petitioner, 
therefore, humbly prays, That the House will take the 
premises into its consideration, that the said Sir John 
William Head Brydges may be declared not duly elected, 
and that the Petitioner may be declared to have been duly 
elected, and that he ought to have been returned as 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Coleraine, and that the Name of the Petitioner 
may be thereupon substituted for that of the said Sir John 
William Head Brydges in the said Return, and that the 
Petitioner may have such other relief in the premises as to 
the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Tuesday the 19th day of this instant July, 
at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons papers and records as shall be 
thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hearing 
of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of James Borley, of Beeralston, in the county 
of Devon, a Free Burgess of that Borough, paying burgage 
tenure, and Richard Humphrey Toll, of Beerferris, in the 
same county, alsoa Free Burgess and Freeholder thereof, 


70 2 and 


Zemindar ef 
Nozeed and 
Mustaphana; ur 
Petition, re- 
ported. 


Coleraine 
Election. 
Petition of 
Mr. Cope- 
land, 


Beeralston 
Election. 
Petition of 
Voters. 








604 |" —2 


and of the other there-undersigned Petitioners, claiming the 
right of voting at Elections for the Borough of Beera/ston, 
in the county of Devon, was also read; setting forth, That 
at the last Election for two Burgesses to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Beeralston, in the county of Devon, 
Gorge Algernon Percy, Esquire; commonly called Lord 
Lovaine, and David Lyon, of Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor- 
squaye, in the.county of Middlesex, Esquire, together with 
Charles Wood, of Charles-street, Berkeley-square, and the 
Right. honourable Sir James Macintosh, of Maddox-street, 
in the parish of Saint George, Hanover-square, both in the 
same county of Middlesex, were Candidates to represent 
the said Borough; that the said Election took place on 
Monday the second day of May last, before Dr. John Butter, 
M.D.,Portreeve and Returning Officer of the said Borough, 
who did unlawfully reject twenty-five votes then and there 
tendered for and on behalf of the said Sir James Macin- 
tosh, Kn‘, and Charles Wood, Esquire, by divers persons 
claiming to be freemen, free burgesses, freeholders, lease- 
holders, resident inhabitant householders paying scot and 
lot, or otherwise legally entitled to vote, either according 
to former decisions of the House, or to ancient custom, 
while other nine votes, which were at the same time and 
placetendered forthesaid George Algernon Percy, Esquire, 
commonly called Lord Lovaine, and David Lyon, Esquire, 
(either of which voters was a resident inhabitant of the 
Borough, paying scot and lot, or otherwise qualified, as 
hereinafter mentioned), were by the said Dr. John Butter, 
Portreeve and Returning Officer aforesaid, received and 
allowed as and for good votes polled for the said George 
Algernon Percy, Esquire, commonly called Lord Lovaine, 
and David Lyon, Esquire, although the parties by whom 
such votes were severally tendered were not legally or by 
custom, capable of voting on that occasion ; that the said 
Dr. John Butter, as such Returning Oflicer, in virtue of 
such nine votes, so illegally, as the Petitioners James Bor- 
ley and Richard Humphrey Toll, for themselves humbly 
contend, then polled, did therefore declare the said 
George Algernon Percy, Esquire, commonly called Lord 
Lovaine, and David Lyon, Esquire, to be duly elected, 
and hath since accordingly returned them to the House 
as being so duly elected, notwithstanding the premises, 
to represent the said Borough in this present Parlia- 
ment; now the Petitioners James Borley and Richard 
Humphrey Toll aforesaid, for themselves and on behalf of 
the other Petitioners, respectfully submit to the House, that 
the said pretended Election was clearly invalid, by reason 
of the non-age, at the time of the said George Algernon 
Percy, Esquire, commonly called Lord Lovaine, of the de- 
fective right of voting on which the votes allowed at this 
Election were tendered, for in truth no legal vote could 
have appertained to any one of such nine electors, no Court 
Baron having been previously held, at which alone they 
or any of them could have duly qualified ; that the tenures, 
in respect of which the said electors, whose votes were so 
unlawfully polled, voted, had been fraudulently obtained, 
or else were no legal tenures ; that in the causes of John 
Lowe, one of the said pretended electors, and of others of 
such electors whose votes were so accepted in favour of 
David Lyon, Esquire, and George Algernon Percy, Esquire, 
commonly called Lord Lovaine, as aforesaid, the fee con- 
stituting the right in respect of burgage tenure, upon 
which their votes were severally tendered, was not paid 
up until the morning of the said Election ; that the agent 
of the said George Algernon Percy, commonly called Lord 
Lovaine, one of the parties so returned, did illegally act at 
such Election as Assessor ; and that whereas the said George 
Algernon Percy, Esquire, commonly called Lord Lovaine, 
was born on or about the twenty-ninth day of May, in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten, 
and the said Election took place on the second of May 
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, he was not 
competent in the eye of the law, as a minor, to represent 
the said Borough in Parliament; that, with regard to the 
twenty-one votes so tendered for the R‘ hon™* Sir James 
Macintosh, Kn‘, and Charles Wood, Esquire, and rejected 
by the said Returning Officer, the said James Borley 
and Richard Humphrey Toll, humbly submit that they 
were of the same quality and validity as the votes which 
have been allowed as good votes at all the Elections for 
the said Borough within the last forty years at the least ; 
that the said Petitioners, James Borley and Richard 
Humphrey Toll, respectfully desire to refer to the Journals 
of the House, as containing an entry, of which they have 


Fulii. A. 183}. 


been informed and believe that the following is an authentic 
copy: “ 6thJune, 1721, Resolved, nem. con. That the Right 
of Election of Burgesses to serve in Parliament for the 
Borough of Beeralston, in the County of Devon, is in the 
freehold tenants of the said Borough holding by burgage 
tenure, and paying three-pence per annum or more ancient 
burgage rent to the Lord of the said Borough, and in them 
only ;” the Petitioners, James Borley and Richard Hum- 
phrey Toll, respectfully suggest, that if this had been in 
practice, the payment in tenure, in consideration of which, 
the votes of the electors had been polled at Elections for 
Beeralston during the last forty years, no such votes could 
have legally polled thereat, inasmuch as no Lords Court, 
at which alone such payment could be duly made, or such 
burgage tenure in virtue thereof conferred, has been held 
there during the same period of forty years last past, as the 
Petitioners, James Borley and Richard Humphrey Toll are 
prepared to show; that the nine voters whose votes were 
so tendered at the said Election for George Algernon 
Percy, Esquire, commonly called Lord Lovaine,and David 
Lyon, Esquire, were in respect of such burgage tenure and 
payment equally disqualified with the twenty-nine whose 
votes were tendered for Sir James Macintosh, Knt. and 
Charles Wood, Esquire, but rejected by the said Port- 
reeve and Returning Officer; that such nine votes on 
behalf of the said George Algernon Percy, Esquire, 
commonly called Lord Lovaine, and David Lyon, Esquire, 
ought, therefore, not to have been polled, or allowed 
as good and proper votes; that, moreover, even should 
the right of voting be again determined to be in the 
holders of burgage tenures, the said Petitioners, James 
Borley and Richard Humphrey Toll, are prepared to prove 
that the asserted tenures upon which the said nime votes 
above-mentioned as those which were polled and accepted 
on behalf of the said George Algernon Percy, Esquire, 
commonly called Lord Lovaine, and David Lyon, Esquire, 
and allowed, were fraudulent and occasional, and conse- 
quently invalid; and the Petitioners, James Borley and 
Richard Humphrey Toll, beg \eave to represent, that the 
said twenty-nine votes so tendered for and on behalf of 
the said Sir James Macintosh, Kn‘, and Charles Wood, 
Esquire, and rejected by the said D‘ John Butter, Port- 
reeve and Returning Officer, were qualified as afore- 
said as freeholders, leaseholders, holders of burgage 
tenure, or resident inhabitant householders paying scot 
and lot, or otherwise, and that the said George Algernon 
Percy, Esquire, commonly called Lord Lovaine, and David 
Lyon, Esquire, ought not to have been returned as Mem- 
bers duly elected to serve in the present Parliament for 
the said Borough; and the Petitioners, James Borley 
and Richard Humphrey Toll, respectfully submit, that the 
nine votes so tendered for the said George Algernon Percy, 
Esquire, commonly called Lord Lovaine, and David Lyon, 
Esquire, and allowed by the said Returning Officer, were 
also invalid or illegal for these reasons, among others, to 
wit, that the nine persons so tendering their votes, some 
or all of them had not paid any consideration money for 
the property or right in respect of which they so assumed 
the power of voting; that some or all of the said nine 
had not paid for the conveyance deeds under which they 
respectively claimed to vote, and that the conveyance 
deeds in question, or the assignment thereof, were at the 
time in the hands of the Earl of Beverley’s agents ; that 
some or all of the said nine had at that time never 
received any rent upon the property they professed to 
represent, whereas the agent of the Earl of Beverley had re- 
ceived for his Lordship’s use the rents upon all the property 
held by him in the said Borough ; that some or all of the 
said nine persons, so tendering their votes for the said 
George Algernon Percy, Esquire, commonly called Lord 
Lovaine, and David Lyon, Esquire, had never seen the 
very property in right of which they claimed to vote, or 
had any appointed agent in respect of such property ; that 
in such deeds as were produced on the part of all or any 
of the said nine persons who voted for the said George Al- 
gernon Percy, Esquire, commonly called Lord Lovaine, and 
David Lyon, Esquire, the property regarded or described in 
those deeds was not stated to be in the possession of any 
specific individual by name or designation, nor was it set 
forth in what street such property was situated, except in 
one instance, in Paradise-street, in the said Borough, but 
the exact spot could not be pointed out or named by the 
party making such representation ; that the property so 
designated in some or all of the deeds in question had 

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been offered to the parties, who had since tendered their 
votes in respect of the same, by the Earl of Beverley’s 
agents, solely with a view to confer upon such parties this 
pretended right of voting ; and furthermore, that no such 
property as that so regarded or described by some or all of 
such deeds really existed at the time when such pretended 
votes were offered in right of the property; and the said 
Petitioners James Borley and Richard Humphrey Toll most 
humbly submit, that whereas Deeble Boger, Esquire, Soli- 
citor and Agent to the Earl of Beverley, did, on the occa- 
sion of the said Election, declare himself the Agent of the 
said Earl of Beverley, and George Algernon Percy, Esquire, 
commonly called Lord Lovaine, and was nominated by the 
said Dr. Butter, Portreeve and Returning Officer, to be 
his, the Portreeve’s Assessor, notwithstanding that he, 
the said Deeble Boger, had avowed himself the Steward 
or Agent of one of the Candidates, the said George Algernon 
Percy, Esquire, commonly called Lord Lovaine, and did 
afterwards, in pursuance of such nomination, actually 
” officiate as Assessor to the said Portreeve and Returning 
j Officer, and that of the votes allowed or rejected at the 
: said Election, the greater part were so rejected or allowed 
under the advice of him the said Deeble Boger, who thus 
acted in two or more capacities, the union of which in 
one and the same officer the law and the practice of the 
House have always held to be incompatible with the cha- 
racter of a constitutional and legal Election; therefore, the 
Return of the said George Algernon Percy, Esquire, com- 
monly called Lord Lovaine, and David Lyon, Esquire, to the 
House as Members duly elected for the Borough of Beeral- 
ston,was in truth nulland void, and ought to be so declared, 
and set aside accordingly ; and finally, the Petitioners, 
James Borley and Richard Humphrey Toll, for them- 
selves and the other Petitioners, most humbly submit, that 
whereas, at the date of such Election, the said George 
Algernon Percy, Esquire, commonly called Lord Lovaine, 
had not attained his lawful majority of twenty-one years 
of age, the Return in respect of him as a fit and pro- 
per Burgess to represent the said Borough in Parlia- 
ment was unlawful and invalid; the Petitioners therefore 
humbly pray, That the House will be pleased to take the 
premises into their consideration, that the Return of the 
said George Algernon Percy, Esquire, commonly called 
Lord Lovaine, and David Lyon, Esquire, may be set aside, 
and that the Petitioners may be thereupon enabled to 
return to the present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Beeralston, in the room of the said George Algernon Percy, 
Esquire, commonly called Lord Lovaine, and David Lyon, 
Esquire, two such other Burgesses as the House may 
deem fit and proper Representatives for the said Borough, 
and that the House will be pleased to afford such further 
relief in the premises as to the House may seem meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into considera- 
tion upon Tuesday, the 19th day of this instant July, at 
five minutes after three of the clock in the Afternoon. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons papers and records as shall be 
7 thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hearing 
e | of the matter of the said Petition. 
Memorandum :—I\n pursuance of the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 22, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
to the Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns 
of Members to serve in Parliament, Notices were 
sent to the several Parties, with orders for their 
attendance by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
at the times on which the said several Petitions 
were ordered to be taken into consideration. 








ers to the 


-” A Bill for better raising and securing the Fund esta- 
ow’ Fund lished for making provision for the Widows of the Writers 
“ommitted. tg His Majesty’s Signet in Scotland, was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Kennedy, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
naturalizing Custodio Pereira De Carvalho, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 






Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of any Reports received at the Treasury respecting the 
mode of keeping the Public Accounts in France. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after one of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday next. 
VOL. 86. 


ecting 
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France, 

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Lune, 4° die Juli; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS, 


NM R. Speaker acquainted the House, That, in pursu- List of _ 
ance of the Act 42 Geo. 3, c.106, for regulating — 
the Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns of Mem- Controverted 
bers to serve in the United Parliament for Ireland, he had ——" al 
received from Thomas Bourchier, Esquire, Deputy to the 
Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, a List of Barristers at 
Law, of above six years’ standing, who have consented, 
under their hands and seals, to act as Commissioners, or 
as Chairman to the Commissioners, for the purposes of 
the said Act. 
Ordered, That the said List be deposited in the Office 
of the Clerk of this House. 


The House being informed that Mr. Tierney, from the 
Tax Office, attended at the door, he was called in; and at 
the bar presented to the House, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—Returns, by the Solicitor for 
the Affairs of Taxes in England, of Copies of all Cases 
which have been stated and signed by Commissioners 
acting in the execution of the Acts relating to the Assessed 
Taxes subsequent to the Ist of February 1831, being the 
date of a like Return made under the directions of the 
same Act in the last Session of Parliament [No. 504 to 
572 inclusive]:—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Returns 
relating to 
Assessed Taxes, 
presented. 


No. 70. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
naturalizing Peter Hubert Desvignes and George Des- 
vignes, was read a second time; and committed to 
Mr. John Wood, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 


noon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Desvignes’ 
Nat. Bill, 
committed. 


Zemindar of 
Nozeed and 
Mustaphanagur 
Bill, presented. 


Mr. John Wood presented a Bill for providing for the 
discharge of a Claim in respect of Monies advanced by 
the late James Hodges, Esquire, on security of the Lands 
of the late Zemindar of Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, in 
the District of Fort Saint George, in the East Indies, now 
under the Sovereignty of the Honourable the East India 
Company: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Holders of Shares in the intended Railway 
thereinafter mentioned ;—and, of Samuel Clapham, of the 
township of Hunslet, Cloth Merchant,—were presented, 
and read ; taking notice of the Bill for making a Railroad 
from Bradford to Leeds, in the West Riding of the County 
of York, together with a Branch therefrom ; and praying, 
That they may be heard by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts thereof. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be 
heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitionsagainst 
Bradford and 
Leeds Railway 
Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable Joseph Chamberlayne Wilkinson Ackerley other- 
wise Acherley, of the Town and County of the Town of 
Southampton, Esquire, to lay down, and for ever cease to 
use, the Surnames of Wilkinson and Ackerley otherwise 
Acherley, and to take the Name of Chamberlayne only, 
and bear the Arms of Chamberlayne quarterly with his 
own family Arms, pursuant to the Will of his late mater- 
nal Uncle Edmund John Chamberlayne, Esquire, deceased, 
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. Shaw Le- 
fevre, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ackerley’s 
Name Bill, 
committed. 


A Bill for repairing and improving certain Roads in 
the Counties of Stafford and Salop, leading to and from 
the Town of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, 
was read a second time ; and committed to Sir John Wrot- 
tesley, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Wolverhampton 
Roads Bill, 
comnitted, 


7P A Petition 








006 


A Petition of Trustees. for executing several Acts for 
n repairing the Roads leading to and from the Town 
of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, was pre- 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That a Bill was brought 
into the House during the last Session, and is again 
depending in this Session, intituléd, “ A Bill for repair- 
ing and improving certain Roads in the Counties of Staf- 
ford and Salop, leading to and from the Town of Wolver- 
hampton, in the County of Stafford ;” and that the said 
Bill was brought into the House on the Petition of the 
Trustees having the care and management of the said 
Roads, for enlarging the term and powers of the existing 
Acts, and for repairing the said Roads; and that part of 
the Line of Roads comprised in the said Bill, leads from 
Wolverhampton aforesaid to Kingswood Common, and is 
therein described as extending from thence to the Watling- 
street Turnpike Road, and terminating there, opposite the 
Turnpike Road leading from Weston-under-Lizard to 
Newport, in the county of Salop, the last-mentioned Road 
having always been considered to be part of the Roads 
comprised in the Acts for repairing the Turnpike Roads 
leading to and from Newport aforesaid; and that the 
Petitioners have recently discovered, that the piece of 
Road leading from near the said termination of the said 
Wolverhampton Turnpike Roads at the Watling-street 
Turnpike Roads towards Newport, and so heretofore con- 
sidered to be part of the Newport Turnpike Road, is not 
in fact comprised in the Acts for repairing the said New- 
port Turnpike Roads, and is consequently only a common 
Highway ; and that the said Highway, being in length 
about 2,684 yards, is part of the Line of Road between 
Wolverhampton and Newport and Chester, and is much 
out of repair, and it would be of great convenience and 
advantage to the Public if the same were made Turnpike, 
and put under the care of the same Trustees as shall be 
appointed by the said Bill for repairing and improving the 
Roads leading to and from the Town of Wolverhampton ; 
and that the Petitioners presented a Petition to the House 
to the above effect a short time before the dissolution of 
the late Parliament; and that the Petitioners, taking 
advantage of the interval between the sittings of the late 
Parliament and the meeting of the present Parliament, 
have caused notices to be given three times in the news- 
papers, of the intention to make provision in the Bill for 
making the said Highway Turnpike ; and praying, That 
provision may be made in the said Bill for maintaining in 
repair, as a Turnpike Road, the aforesaid Highway, com- 
mencing near the termination of the aforesaid Turnpike 
Road at the Watling-street Turnpike Road aforesaid, on 
the opposite side thereof, and extending from thence into 
the Turnpike Road leading from Jvetsey Bank and Weston- 
under-Lizard to Newport, in the county of Salop, at 
Weston Heath, near to a certain public highway leading 
to Sheriff Hales, in the county of Stafford. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Sir John Wrottesley, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Cham- 


ber; and have Power to send for persons papers and 
records. 


A Bill for the better management of the Poor in the 
several Parishes and Hamlets in the City of Norwich and 
County of the same City, was read a second time ; and 
committed to Mr. Robert Grant, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 


Mr. Sinclair reported from the Committee on the Peti- 

tion of The Highland Society of London; That they had 
examined the matter thereof; and the Report was brought 
up, and read. 
_ . Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for re- 
pealing, altering, enlarging and amending certain provi- 
sions of an Act passed in the fifty-sixth year of the reign 
of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, 
“ An Act for the Incorporation of The Highland Society 
of London, for the better Management of the Funds of the 
Society, and for rendering its exertions more extensive 
and beneficial to the Public :” And that Mr. Sinclair and 
Sir William Rae do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Bill for improving and maintaining the Road from 
the south side of a Bridge over the River Colne, called 
Engine Bridge, in the Township of Huddersfield, in the 
West Riding of the County of York, to Woodhead, in 


4? Fulii. 





A. 1831. 


the County Palatine of Chester, and from thence to a 
Bridge over the River Mersey, called Enterclough Bridge, 
on the confines of the County of Derby, was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Ramsden, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill for making and 


Wakefiy 
maintaining a Road from the bottom of Kirkgate to West- me Row 
» pre 


gate, both in the Parish of Wakefield, in the West Riding 
of the County of York: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


sented, 











Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill for incorporat- 
ing a Company, to be called, The General Steam Naviga- 
tion Company : And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


General Ye 
N AVI gatig 
OMMpaiy 


A Bill for consolidating the Trusts of certain Roads, 
called, The Breamish and Wooler Turnpike Roads, in the 
County of Northumberland, and for more effectually im- 
proving and maintaining the same, was read a second 
time; and committed to Lord Viscount Morpeth, &amp;c.: 


And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


= 
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5, nc) es Sen ist OSES 


A Bill for the establishment of a Chapel of Ease, to Grosve\ 
be called, Grosvenor Chapel, in the Parish of Saint Chap 
George, Hanover-square, in the County of Middlesex, and °°" 
for providing for the Maintenance of the said Chapel, and 
a Stipend for the Minister thereof, was read a second time ; 
and committed to Mr. Hobhouse, &amp;c.: And they are to 


eltenl 
meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


ds 6 
rted, 


A Bill for more effectually repairing and improving Cirence: 
certain Roads leading to and from the Town of Cirencester, jos, 
in the County of Gloucester, was read a second time ; and mitted. 7 
committed to Mr. Cripps, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this a 


Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for more effectually making and repairing certain Kinros: 
Roads in the Counties of Fife, Kinross, Perth and Clack- Road 
manan, was read a second time; and committed to Admiral ©" © 
Adam, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 

ting 
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enhes 
way | 


A Bill to amend and extend the powers of an Act for Leven 
recovering, draining and preserving, certain lands, and Draine 
for better supplying with Water the Mills, Manufactories — 
and other Works, situated on the River Leven, in the Coun- 
ties of Kinross and Fife, was read a second time; and 
committed to Admiral Adam, &amp;c.: And they are to meet q 
this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 


at 
Bp 


A Bill for repairing and improving the Mail Coach 
Road from Drogheda, in the County of Louth, to the Liber- 
ties of the City of Londonderry, and several other Roads 
in the Counties of Monaghan and Tyrone, was read a se- ? 
cond time ; and committed to Mr. Corry, &amp;c.: And they be: 
are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. a 

Ordered, That the time for presenting the Bill to faci- time iy 
litate intercourse by Steam Navigation between the Wes- gin‘ 
tern Coast of Jreland and Great Britain, be enlarged till Coup 
Monday next. 


Droghe® 

Roads! 

commit 
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Be 
f : 


Jand) Bi 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of mills or fac- 
tories situated on or near the Banks of the Rochdale Canal, 
was presented, and read; ‘taking notice of the Bill for 
making a Railroad from the Town of Manchester, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, to Sowerby Bridge, in the 
West Riding of the County of York ; and praying, That 
the same may not pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing and putting in 
force the several Acts of Parliament made for making 
and maintaining the Turnpike Road from the town of Roch- 
dale, to the towns of Halifax and Elland ;—and, of the 
Reverend James Armytage Rhodes, Clerk, an owner of 
estates in the Line of the intended Railway thereinafter 
mentioned,—were also presented, and read ; taking notice 
of the said Bill ; and praying, That they may be heard by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
thereof. 


Petitiun 
Manche 
Leeds he 
Bill, 


And 





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9 Witt. IV. 


a And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to the 
a Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petitions, 
if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Ss ales's An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
te Bill, for naturalizing Bernhard Hebeler, was read a second 
nmitted. time; and committed to Mr. Alderman Thompson, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 







eral Gg 


Two Petitions of Inhabitants of the city of Eveter, 
were presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to 
eter Roads amend an Act of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
' for repairing the several Roads leading to and from the 
City of Eveter, and for making certain new Lines of 
Road to communicate with the same, and for keeping in 
repair Eve Bridge and Countess Wear Bridge, and to make 
and maintain other Roads communicating with the said 
Roads; and praying, That they may be heard by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts thereof. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be 
heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


itions 
inst 


MINS 


Rake he 


" pltenham 
ds Bill, 
rted, 


Sir William Guise reported from the Committee on the 
Bill for more effectually repairing and improving several 
Roads leading into and from the Town of Cheltenham, in 
the County of Gloucester, and for making new Branches 
of Road to communicate therewith; That they had pro- 
ceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the 
21st day of June last; and had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 


to FA the House. 
. 


dered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


A Petition of Thomas Walker, of Little Sutton, in the 
~ county of Chester, Gentleman, and Mary Walker, of the 
same place, spinster, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
Thatthe Petitioners, believing the flattering representations 
of the Promoters of the Bill for making and maintaining a 
Railway from the Township of Birkenhead, in the County of 
Chester, to the City of Chester, in the County of the City of 
Chester, one of whom assured the Petitioners that the mea- 
sure was an excellent speculation, and that they might sell 
their shares to very considerable advantage, and with 
more than fifty per cent. profit, were induced to subscribe 
100/. each, and to sign the Parliamentary contract to that 
amount; that although the sums subscribed may appear 
small, to the Petitioners they are of the utmost importance, 
for the Petitioners have but a very slender income, and 
the Petitioner Thomas Walker has been a cripple for many 
years, and is obliged to be carried from his bed to his 
chair; that it was represented to the Petitioners, that the 
carriage of merchandize and of passengers along the pro- 
jected Railway would be so great, that the profit would 
afford a very high rate of interest on the capital ; that the 
Petitioners are informed, and believe, that in the progress 
of the said Bill through the Committee of the House 
during the last Session of Parliament, it appeared from 
one of the witnesses produced for the Bill, that the 
carriage of heavy goods and merchandize, which was re- 
presented to the Petitioners as a great source of profit, 
was for the present not contemplated ; and that the pro- 
moters of the Bill now relied for support on the number 
of passengers travelling between Chester and Liverpool ; 
that the Petitioners reside on the side of the Turnpike 
Road from Chester to Liverpool, and all the coaches daily 
pass their door to and from Liverpool ; that although the 
coaches are generally full outside, they are seldom full 
within, except at public times, and are frequently without 
any inside passengers ; and, judging from the number of 
other carriages travelling that Road, the Petitioners verily 
believe the total number of passengers travelling between 
the said two towns must be very inadequate indeed to 


si provide a fund equal to the wants of the Railway itself, 
J : VOL, 86. : 


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Leeds hi 
Bill, 





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and to afford the allowance of even a small interest on 
the capital which the Petitioners have heard mentioned 
as necessary for completing the projected works ; the Pe- 
titioners therefore cannot but feel that they have been de- 
ceived, and that their money is in great danger; and that 
though apparently small in amount, the loss to them would 
fall very heavy; and praying, That, inasmuch as they 
are advised, the Parliamentary contract, though binding 
upon them for the purposes of the last Bill, ought now to 
be renewed for the purposes of the present Bill, the 
House will be pleased to discharge the Petitioners from 
further pecuniary liability in furthering a measure which 
they verily believe to be a ruinous speculation ; and 
that their names may be ordered to be erased from the 
Parliamentary contract. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill. 


A Bill for repairing and improving the several Roads Kidwelly 
within the District called, “The Kidwelly District” of Rods Bill, 
Roads, in the County of Carmarthen, and for making °™™** 
new Lines of Road within the said District, and making 
a Bridge across the River Loughor at Spitty Bank, and a 
Bridge or Embankment across the River Gweridraith Fabr 
at the Ford, was read a second time; and committed to 
Sir James Hamlyn Williams, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for more effectually repairing the Road from 
Aylesbury, in the County of Buckingham, to Hockliffe, in 
the County of Bedford, was read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to the Marquis of Chandos, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, inthe Speaker's Chamber. 


Aylesbury 
Road Bill, 


comuuitted. 


Eau Brink 
Drainage 
Bill, com- 
mitted; 


A Bill to alter, amend and enlarge the Powers of the 
several Acts now in force relating to the River or Cut from 
Eau Brink to King’s Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, 
called, The Eau Brink Cut, and to raise further Funds for 
carrying the said Acts into execution, was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Lawley, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to send for Power to 
persons papers and records. Committee. 


Mr. Lawley reported from the Committee on the Bill Hatton In- 
for inclosing Lands in the several Parishes of Hatton, rr 
Haseley and Wrovhall, in the County of Warwick ; That "°° 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June last; and found, that 
the Standing Orders relative to Bills of Inclosure, had 
been complied with; and that they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their consent 
to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; and 
that they had gone through the Bill, and made several 
Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Mr. Lawiey reported from the Committee on the Bill Langley In- 
for inclosing Lands in the Hamlet of Langley, in the Parish a 
of Claverdon, in the County of Warwick ; That they had “P"™ 
proceeded according to the Resolution of the House of 
the 21st day of June last; and found, that the Standing 
Orders relative to Bills of Inclosure, had been complied 
with ; and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true ; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the satis- 
faction of the Committee ; and that they had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


A Bill for altering, amending and enlarging the Powers Birmingham 
of an Act passed in the twenty-third year of the reign Poor a 
of his late Majesty King George the Third, for providing °"™™"“°* 
a proper Workhouse within the Parish of Birmingham, in 
the County of Warwick, and for better regulating the 
Poor within the said Parish, and for empowering the 
Guardians of the Poor to grant building Leases of certain 
Lands vested in them, or otherwise to sell and — of 
the same, and to apply the as to arise therefrom a 

7P2 the 








Rugby and 
Warwick 

Roads Bill, 
committed. 


Petitions against 
Eau Brink 
Drainage Bill. 


Forfarshire 
Roads Bill, 
committed. 


Pembroke 
County 
Flection. 
Petition of Mr. 
Fulke Greville 
and others, 
Freeholders, 


608 


the enlargement or rebuilding of the present Workhouse, 
was reada second time; and committed to Mr. Lawley, &amp;c : 


And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for more effectually repairing the Road from the 
Town of Rugby, in the County of Warwick, to the Bo- 
rough of Warwick, in the same County, was read a second 
time; and committed to Mr. Lawley, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of Owners of lands lying within the opera- 
tion of the several Acts of Parliament commonly called, 
The Eau Brink Acts, and also of such Occupiers of lands 
as are liable to the taxes imposed by the said Acts ;—and, 
of the Mayor and Aldermen of the Borough of Newark,— 
were presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to alter, 
amend and enlarge the Powers of the several Acts now in 
force relating to the River or Cut from Kau Brink to 
King’s Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, called, The Lau 
Brink Cut, and to raise further Funds for carrying the 
said Acts into execution ; and praying, That they may be 
heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tgin parts thereof. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be 
heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

A Bill for more effectually making, amending, widen- 
ing, repairing, and keeping in repair, certain Roads in the 
County of Forfar, was read a second time; and com- 
mitted to Mr. Maule, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 


Séveral Petitions, complaining of undue Elections and 
Retutns, being offered to be presented, the same were de- 
livered in at the Table. 

And the Names of the Places to which the said Peti- 
tions related (being all of them of the last Class), were 
put into the glass at the Table, and drawn by the Clerk, 
in the following order : 


A Petition of ‘several Persons, whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, Freeholders of the county of Pembroke, 
who voted, and were entitled to vote, and claim to have 
had a right to vote, at the last Election for a Member to 
serve in Parliament for the said county, was read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners are, and at the last Election for 
a Member of Parliament for the County of Pembroke 
were, Freeholders of the said County, who voted, and 
claimed, and now claim, to have had a right to vote at 
the said Election for such Member of Parliament; that at 
the last General Election for a Knight of the Shire to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said County of 
Pembroke, Sir John Owen, Baronet, and the Honourable 
Robert Fulke Greville, were Candidates ; and that on the 
ninth day of May last, Morgan Jones, Esquire, the High 
Sheriff of the said County, in pursuance of a Writ to him 
for that purpose directed, proceeded to hold the said Elec- 
tion; that the said Morgan Jones, Esquire, was not one 
of the persons nominated by the Judges to fill the office 
of High Sheriff for the said County of Pembroke for the 
yearonethousand eight hundred and thirty-one, but that he 
accepted that office at the request of the said Sir John Owen 
(who is His Majesty’s Lieutenant for the said County), and 
was appointed thereto at his recommendation ; that the 
said Candidates having been duly proposed and seconded, 
the High Sheriff declared the show of hands to each Can- 
didate to be equal, though the majority for the Honourable 
Robert Fulke Greville was so evident, that Sir John Owen, 
without hearing the Sheriff’s decision, demanded a poll ; 
that a poll being granted, the High Sheriff elected and 
appointed to act as his deputies in the different booths 
where the votes of the Freeholders were to be taken, persons 
totally unfit to fill such situations withimpartiality, some of 
them having actually been previously retained by SirJohn 
Owen as his agents, and employed in canvassing for him, 
and one of them being a writer in the office of an attorney 
at. Haverfordwest, who was one of Sir John Owen’s ma- 
nagers and most zealous partisans at the Election ; that 
on the first day of the Election, Sir John Owen had a 
majority of seventy-one; that, in order to maintain that 


4° Fult. 





A. 1831. 


majority, the most vexatious obstructions were offered to 
those booths in which the Freeholders who tendered their 
votes for Mr. Greville were the most numerous, and that 
notwithstanding the repeated complaints of Mr. Greville 
and his agents to the High Sheriff, verbally and by letter, 
of the unjustifiable conduct of Sir John Owen's agents, 
and the Sub-Sheriffs, no redress was offered ; that on the 
second day of the contest one hundred and ten voters were 
polled in the booth of the hundred of Dungleddy, of 
whom seventy-six voted for Mr. Greville, but on the 
following day the number polled was only thirty-nine, of 
whom nineteen voted for Sir John Owen, and twenty for 
Mr. Greville, although great numbers of voters for Mr. 
Greville who had not been polled were in attendance the 
whole day, and anxious to vote; that this diminution of 
the numbers polled on the third day in the Dungleddy 
booth was solely owing to the vexatious delay of the poll 
by Sir John Owen’s managers, with the connivance of 
the Sub-Sheriff of the booth; that the last-mentioned 
manager obstructed the polling by asking the voters for 
Mr. Greville the most frivolous and absurd questions, 
such as, “ Are you Prime Minister?” &amp;c.; and although 
verbal complaints were immediately made to the Assessor 
by Mr. Greville’s manager, and a letter written on the 
same day (the twelfth of May) by Mr. Greville to the 
High Sheriff, appealing to him for protection, and request- 
ing his interference to prevent proceedings so destructive 
of the elective franchise, yet nothing was done to remedy 
the grievances of which Mr. Greville complained ; that 
in the progress of the Election the same plan was adopted 
by Sir John Owen’s managers and the Sub-Sheriffs in the 
booths of the other hundreds, as Sir John Owen’s weakness 
in those hundreds became apparent, and so little did the 
Sub-Sheriffs conceal their partiality for Sir John Owen, 
that when his voters came up, they said, “‘ Now it is our 
turn,” with other expressions of a like nature, denoting 
that they considered the cause of Sir John Owen as 
their own; that on the seventh day of the Election, the 
system which had before been successfully practised in 
the Dungleddy beoth was commenced in the Rhoose booth, 
where Mr. Greville had obtained a considerable majority 
on the preceding day, and Sir John Owen’s manager then 
confessed that he had received instructions to delay the 
poll; that this confession was immediately proved before 
the Assessor, and he was requested to protect the free- 
holders in the exercise of the elective franchise, but he 
refused to interfere, and stated, that he had no power to 
remove the manager; that Sir John Owen, after this, 
thought fit to substitute another person, for a short time, 
in the place of the one who had acknowledged what his 
instructions were, but the proceedings in the booth under- 
went no change of character by this change of person, 
and after a very short absence the former manager was 
reinstated, and continued to act for Sir John Owen in that 
booth till the close of the Election ; that, as some defence 
against a system which threatened to prevent, and in 
the event succeeded in preventing, the freeholders from 
having their votes recorded, Mr. Greville, on or about the 
eighth day of the Election, applied through the Assessor 
to the High Sheriff to extend the hours of polling beyond 
the shortest time allowed by law, (that is to say) to extend 
it from seven to nine hours on each day, and that applica- 
tion was granted ; but, on Sir John Owen being informed 
of the High Sheriff’s decision, he came to the Assessor's 
booth, and at his desire the order was rescinded ; that on 
the fellowing day the poll was kept open for nine hours, 
with the consent of Sir John Owen, but after that day the 
time of polling was again limited to seven hours, although 
daily applications were made to the Assessor, acting in 
the name and by the authority of the High Sheriff, for an 
extension of the time, which he uniformly refused to grant 
without the consent of Sir John Owen, and that consent, 
though daily applied for, was always denied; that the 
managers for Sir John Owen, in addition to the delay 
created by long and needless examination of the voters in 
the polling booths, proceeded, on the seventh day of the 
Election, and from that day to its close, to refer to the As- 
sessor nearly half of those voters who tendered their votes 
for Mr. Greville, in those hundreds where he had a 
decided majority, without the least regard to the legal 
rights of the voter, but merely in order to accumulate the 
cases before the Assessor, and that they might never be 
decided ; that the High Sheriff and the Assessor, by their 
conduct, lent themselves to this design, by refusing to 


check 





2 Witt: IV. 


check such wilful and increasing suspension of voters, 
while at the same time, they permitted a decrease of the 
number of daily decisions upon the voters already sus- 
pended ; that this conduct was steadily pursued till the 
close of the Election in all the booths except that of 
Castlemartin, where Sir John Owen had a majority of 
votes ;. that on the eleventh day of the Election, forty- 
four voters who tendered their votes for Mr. Greville in 
the Rhoose booth, were sent to the Assessor without any 
reliminary examination, upon points which the Assessor 
had already decided, and although immediate complaint 
was made to the Assessor by Mr. Greville’s manager in 
that booth, of the course pursued by Sir John Owen’s 
managers and the Sub-Sheritis, yet the Assessor refused 
to interfere, and the cases of most voters never were de- 
cided upon, nor their votes counted, though their names, 
residence and qualifications were entered on the poll- 
book ; that, during the whole Election, the votes tendered 
for Mr. Greville, and referred to the Assessor, were so 
referred for the purpose of delay only, and without any 
substantial or reasonable doubt as to their right; that a 
sufficient number of good votes so referred for delay, 
remained undecided at the close of the poll, to give the 
majority to Mr. Greville; that, on the other hand, in the 
booth of the hundred of Castlemartin, where the greater 
number of votes was tendered for Sir John Owen, the Sub- 
Sheriff (who was the before-mentioned writer) positively 
refused, on the application of Mr. Greville’s managers, to 
send cases to the Assessor, but decided them himself, and 
upon complaint being made to the Assessor of the injus- 
tice done to Mr. Greville by the different course taken by 
the Sub-Sheriff, that where Mr. Greville’s interest was 
stronger, the Sub-Sheriff sent nearly half the voters to 
the Assessor, while in the booth, where Sir John Owen’s 
votes were most numerous, though the tenures were pre- 
cisely of the same description, yet scarcely any of the 
objected voters were referred to the Assessor, though 
objected to on behalf of Mr. Greville, but all put upon 
the poll, the Assessor again refused to interfere ; that on 
its becoming manifest that this conduct of the Sub-Sheriffs 
must necessarily have the effect of accumulating cases 
before the Assessor which might never be adjudged, 
application was made to the High Sheriff to appoint an 
Assistant Assessor, or to adopt any other means by which 
the votes of all those Freeholders on both sides whose 
right to vote had been or might be questioned, should in 
due time be fully examined ; that it was at the same time 
pointed out to the High Sheriff and Assessor, that no 
ssible number of votes could be of the least avail to 
r. Greville against this system, by which the greater 
part of his voters were sent to the Assessor, while those of 
hie opponent were counted in the daily numbers; that 
the High Sheriff and the Assessor refused to make any 
such appointment or arrangement without the consent of 
Sir John Owen, and that consent, as may readily be su 
posed, was refused ; that in consequence of all the appli- 
cations to the High Sheriff, which were daily made, 
verbally and by letter, for the purpose of facilitating the 
polling, and for dispatch of business in the Assessor's 
booth, being evaded or refused, Sir John Owen had nomi- 
nal majorities on the ninth, tenth, eleventh, thirteenth 
and fourteenth days of polling, although the real majo- 
rities on each of those days respectively, were eight, 
twelve, twenty-three, three, twenty-three, and twenty- 
seven, in favour of Mr. Greville, he having a daily increase 
of deferred voters; that at the close of the poll, on the 
fifteenth day of the Election, there was a majority for 
Sir John Owen, of ninety-nine voters, carried out on the 
poll, while there were before the Assessor two hundred 
and eighty-three cases for Mr. Greville, and seventy- 
nine for Sir John Owen; that of the voters, whose cases 
were investigated before the Assessor, not more than 
one in ten were rejected, and of those so rejected, the 
greater number were of those who had tendered their 
votes for Sir John Owen ; that in addition to the very con- 
siderable majority of freeholders who had thus tendered 
their votes for Mr. Greville, there remained at the close 
of the poll nearly forty freeholders who had used due dili- 
gence to get their votes recorded, and who were on the 
spot ready to give their votes, up to the close of the poll, 
but were debarred from the exercise of their franchise by 
the delays in the polling-booths, and the refusal of the 
High Sheriff to keep open the poll (with the exception of 


one day) beyond the very shortest time allowed by law ; 
VOL. 86. 





4° Fulii. 


609 


that a number of fraudulent and occasional freeholders 
were allowed by the said High Sheriff to poll for Sir John 
Owen, whose freeholds consisted of certain supposed verbal 
agreements for leases for the life of an old man of the name 
of White, who was nearly eighty years of age at the time 
the said supposed agreements were said to have been made, 
and that many other persons were allowed to vote for Sir 
John Owen who really had no freehold whatever to qualify 
them to vote at an election for a Knight of the Shire; 
that the Commissioners, instead of administering to the 
freeholders the oath required by law as to the freehold 
estate of such voters respectively, and which oath ought 
by law to specify the nature of such freehold estate, 
whether messuage, rent, tithe, land, or what else, ad- 
ministered at the desire of the agents of Sir John Owen, 
an oath, stating that such freehold consisted of “a promise 
of a lease,” &amp;c.; that on the final close of the poll appli- 
cation was made to the Assessor by Mr. Greville’s counsel, 
to add to the numbers on both sides those voters whose 
cases had not been determined by the Assessor, but whose 
names, residences and qualifications were already upon 
the poll-books, and that the High Sheriff should make a 
return according to the entries on the poll-book, if he 
could not or would not investigate the cases, and that he 
was not justified in treating as null and void, and dis- 
missing, without investigation, the votes of nearly four 
hundred freeholders, when upon those votes the whole 
Election turned ; that the Assessor declared his intention 
of making a return on the numbers he had already counted, 
without taking any notice of the queried votes, and ac- 
cordingly did return Sir John Owen, though the real ma- 
jority of votes was for Mr. Greville; that a very consider- 
able number of the most respectable freeholders of the 
county tendered to the High Sheriff a solemn protest, in 
writing, against the legality of the Return then made ; that 
by the partiality of the said High Sheriff, and by his im- 
proper appointment of Sub-Sheriffs, who were notoriously 
in the interest of Sir John Owen (and whose open partiality 
he refused to correct or reprove), the freeholders of the 
county of Pembroke have been illegally obstructed in the 
exercise of their franchise, and a false Return has been 
made to His Majesty’s Writ of Election; the Petitioners 
therefore most humbly pray, That the House will take 
this case into their most serious consideration, and declare 
that the said Robert Fulke Greville was duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned as the Member to serve in this 
Parliament for the County of Pembroke, and substitute the 
Name of the said Robert Fulke Greville in the said Return, 
in the place of the Name of the said Sir John Owen, or de- 
clare the said Election to be null and void, and that no 
valid Election was had or made of a Knight of the Shire for 
the said County, and that a new Writ be issued as in such 
cases is usual for the election of a Knight of the Shire 
for the said County ; and further the Petitioners humbly 
pray, that the conduct of the High Sheriff and his 





officers may not escape the animadversion and punishment . 


which the Petitioners conceive to be justly due to their 
conduct ; and the Petitioners pray for such other and fur- 
ther relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into conside- 
ration upon Thursday, the 21st day of this instant July, 
at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons papers and records as shall 
be thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hear- 
ing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Kirkman Finlay, of Castle Toward, in 
the county of Argyle, Esquire, Merchant in Glasgow, was 
also read ; setting forth, That at the last Election of a 
Burgess to serve in Parliament for the District of Burghs 
of Glasgow, Dumbarton, Renfrew and Rutherglen, Jo- 
seph Dixon, Esquire, Advocate, and the Petitioner, were 
Candidates ; that the said Joseph Dizon, by himself, his 
agents and managers, and by persons employed in his 
behalf, after the teste of the Writ for the said Election, 
and before his Election to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said District of Burghs, did give, present 
and allow to various persons having, or claiming to have, 
votes in the Election of Commissioners or Delegates for 
the said Burghs, money, meat, drink, entertainments 
and promises, obligations, and engagements to give and 
allow money, meat, drink, presents, rewards and enter- 
tainments to and for such persons, in order to induce 

7Q them 


Glasgow, &amp;c. 
Burghs Election. 
Petition of 
Mr. Finlay. 





610 


them to choose:a Commissioner or Delegate, or Com- 
missioners or Delegates, for the said Burghs for the 
Delegates whereof they had or claimed right to vote, so 
that the said Joseph Dixon might be elected a Member 
to'serve in this present Parliament for the said District 
of Burghs; that; by the said corrupt and illegal prac- 
cticesy not-onlythe’said Joseph Dixon was and is wholly 
‘disabled “and incapacitated, and ineligible to serve in 
. Parliament for the said District of Burghs upon the pre- 
sent’ Bleetion; and his Return was and is not only wholly 
mill‘and void; but the persons who were chosen Commis- 
‘sioners or Delegates for the said Burghs of Dumbarton, 
Renfrew and Rutherglen were wholly disabled and inca- 
pacitated from choosing the said John Dizon; that at 
the meeting which was held at Dumbarton on the twenty- 
third.of May last, to choose a Burgess to represent the 
said District of Burghs in Parliament, Robert Dalglish, 
Esquire, the Commissioner or Delegate duly chosen for 
the said Burgh of Glasgow, and the Petitioner, protested 
that the said Joseph Dizon was disqualified from being 
elected a Member of Parliament, and from sitting as such 
in the House of Commons, by reason of such corrupt and 
illegal practices; and the said Robert Dalglish and the 
Petitioner further protested, that if, notwithstanding such 
protest, any votes should be given in favour of the said 
Joseph Dixon, the said votes should be of none effect ; 
that the said Robert Dalglish, the Commissioner duly 
chosen for the Burgh of G/asgow, voted for the Petitioner, 
but notwithstanding the said protest, Robert Campbell, as 
Commissioner for the Burgh of Dumbarton, proposed and 
voted for the said Joseph Dixon, Robert King, as Com- 
missioner for the Burgh of Renfrew, and John Gray, as 
Commissioner for the Burgh of Rutherglen, also voted for 
the said Joseph Dixon ; whereupon the said Robert Dal- 
glish, as Commissioner for the said Burgh of Glasgow, 
further protested, that the said Joseph Dion was not duly 
and legally elected, but that the Petitioner alone was duly 
elected, .and ought to have been returned, and is alone 
legally entitled to sit, in virtue of the said Election ; the 
Petitioner therefore humbly prays the House to take the 
premises into consideration, and to declare the said Elec- 
tion and Return ofthe said Joseph Di.von wholly null and 
void, and that the Petitioner was duly elected, and ought 
to have been returned to serve in Parliament for the said 
District. of Burghs, and that the House will afford the Pe- 
titioner such further and other relief in the premises as the 
House shall think fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into conside- 
ration upon Thursday, the 21st day of this instant July, 
at five minutes after three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons papers and records as shall be 
thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hearing 
of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Sir Robert Henry Gunning, Baronet, was 
also read ; setting forth, That at the late Election of Bur- 
gesses to represent the Town of Northampton in Parliament, 
Sir George Robinson, Baronet, and Robert Vernon Smith, 
Esquire, the Sitting Members, as also the Petitioner, Sir 
Robert Henry Gunning and James Lyon, Esquire, were the 
Candidates ; that the Sitting Members did by themselves 
or by their agents and friends, and persons employed and 
concerned in the conduct and management of the said 
Election on their behalf and at their charge, give, present 
and:allow to:divers persons who were entitled to vote at 
the said Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment and 
provisions, and make presents, gifts, rewards and enter- 
tainments, and make and enter into promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements to give and allow money, 
meat, drink, provisions, rewards and entertainments, to 
and for such persons, having or claiming, or pretending 
to\have a right to vote in the said Election, and to and 
for:the-use, advantage, benefit, emolument, profit and pre- 
ferment of such persons, in order to procure the Election 
of the Sitting Members, and in direct violation of the 
Standing Orders and Regulations of the House, and in 
defiance of the Laws and Statutes of the Realm for pre- 
yénting bribery ard treating ; that at the said Election 
the only persons. legally entitled to vote were inhabitant 
householders not réceiving alms ; that had such persons 
only been admitted to poll, Sir George Robinson and the 
Petitioner would have been returned duly elected, but 
the: Petitioner ‘complains, ‘that at such Election: vast 


¢ ¢ ‘ 


A? Fulii. 





A. 1831. 


numbers of persons not entitled to vote, such as minors, 
paupers, lodgers, persons not even resident in the town of 
Northampton, and'in one or two instances common tram- 
pers accidentally passing through the town, tendered their 
votes, and were admitted to poll ; that the electors in the 
interest of the Petitioner having, on the fourth day of poll, 
ascertained this fact most satisfactorily, demanded a scru- 
tiny on the ground above stated by the Petitioner, and 
that the Returning Officers did, under the advice of their 
Assessor, grant such scrutiny ; that the scrutiny so granted, 
commenced on the sixteenth day of May last, and con- 
tinued without intermission until the thirtieth day of 
May, on which day the Petitioner finding that, in con- 
sequence of the artifices resorted to by the Counsel acting 
fer and in behalf of the Sitting Members to delay the 
scrutiny, and which artifices Mr. Smith, one of the Sitting 
Members, has since thought fit publicly to justify, it would 
be utterly hopeless to terminate such scrutiny by the 
period prescribed by law, that is, by the time prescribed 
for the Return of the Precept, the Petitioner abandoned 
the scrutiny, at the same time announcing his intention to 
petition the House against the Return of the Sitting Mem- 
bers ; that the Petitioner is confident, that, had the scru- 
tiny been conducted in a fair and manly way, and no 
obstructions interposed by Counsel, the Petitioner would 
have been able to strike off a sufficient number of votes 
tendered for Mr. Smith, and put upon the poll, as would 
have given the Petitioner a decided majority above Mr. 
Smith, but that by the admission of sich votes, and the 
rejection of such other votes, and by such illegal practices, 
the said Sitting Members obtained a colourable majority ; 
the Petitioner therefore prays the House to declare the 
Sitting Members not to have been duly returned, but that 
the Petitioner ought to have been returned, and that the 
House will direct the Name of the Petitioner to be inserted 
in such Return, and that the House will grant such other 
relief in the premises as to the House shall seem meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into conside- 
ration upon Thursday, the 21st day of this instant July, 
at ten minutes after three of the clock in the Afternoon. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant. or 
Warrants for such persons papers and records as shall 
be thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hear- 
ing of the matter of the said Petition. 
Memorandum :—In pursuance of the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 22, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
to the Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns 
of Members to serve in Parliament, Notices were 
sent to the several Parties, with Orders for their 
attendance, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
at the times on which the said several Petitions 
were ordered to be taken into consideration. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wrotham, Ightham, Seal, 
Stansted, East Malling, West Malling, Birling, Leybourne 
and Shipborne ;—and, of Tonbridge,—were presented, and 
read ; complaining of the effect of the new Beer Houses ; 
and praying the House to take their statements into serious 
consideration, and, either by withdrawing the Licenses 
from such houses entirely, or by restricting them to the 
Sale of Beer which shall not be consumed upon the pre- 
mises, grant such relief as to the House shall seem most 
proper. 

And the said Petitions were ordered lie upon the Table; 
and that the last be printed. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Land-holders, Freeholders 
and Inhabitants of the county of Westmeath, was pre- 
sented, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners viewed 
with the utmost alarm a Bill brought forward in the late 
House of Commons, with the sanction of His Majesty’s 
Ministers, under the specious appellation of a Bill for Re- 
form in Parliament; and praying the House, in the event 
of a similar Bill being submitted to them, to pause be- 
fore they give an irrevocable assent to a measure involv- 
ing the first principle of the Constitution ; involving the 
good order and well-being of the Commonweal; in a great 
degree now, much more in succeeding years, involving 
the stability of this great Empire ; involving, lastly, the 
long-established right of the Petitioners to a just Repre- 
sentation in the Imperial Parliament, proportionate to their 
great and preponderating stake in the Country, and not 
to permit a short-sighted policy, erected upon the shifting 

foundation 








“sete es 




















Q Witt. IV. 4°—5° 


foundation ‘of popular clamour, to induce them to over- 
turn, by their vote, a structure built upon the rock of ages, 
which succeeding generations have surrounded with fresh 
ram , and regarded with increased admiration. 


Fulii. 611 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 5° die Julii, 1831: 


- Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Committee on 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill for ascertain- Boundaries Bill, 


tions 





ting 


tiunal : 
resentation. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs and Burgesses of He- 
don, in Holderness, and of the Freeholders and Copyholders 
of the hundred of Holderness aforesaid, and of other In- 
habitants of the said town and hundred, was presented, 
and read; praying, That the Town of Hedon and the 
Hundred of Holderness may be united in the privilege of 


ing the Boundaries of the Forest of Dean, and for inquiring 
into the Rights and Privileges claimed by Free Miners of 
the Hundred of Saint Briavel’s, and for other purposes ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made several 


Amendments thereunto. 


sending two Members to the House ; that the Inhabitants 
of Hedon, qualified as the House shall deem necessary for 
Boroughs, and the Freeholders, Copyholders and others 
in the hundred of Holderness, qualified as the House shall 
deem necessary for Divisions of Counties, may be Electors, 
and that the Mayor for the time being may continue to be 
the Officer to receive and make return of the Sheriff’s 
Precepts for the Elections. 

A Petition of Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders and other 


_ Inhabitants of the county of Merioneth, was also presented, 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


A Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppress- Distillation — 
ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits (Ireland) Bill, 
in Ireland, was, according to Order, read a second time ; CEERI. 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Game Bill, 
ing of the Bill to amend the Laws in England relative to deferred. 


Ee and read ; praying, That the Towns of Dolgelley, Bala, Game; 
a Barmouth, Corwen and Towyn, in the county of Merioneth, Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
r may be appointed contributory Boroughs (as is the case Thursday next. 


sath in all the other counties in the Principality), and be repre- 
3 sented by one Member in the House. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole Report of 
House, to whom it was referred to consider of the several Customs 
Acts relating to the Duties of Customs, the Resolutions Duties Acts. 


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A Petition of the Working Classes of Blackburn, was 
resented, and read ; praying the House to pass such a 
Bill as will give to the whole People their inherent right 
to a just share in the Government, upon the principles of 
Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments, and Vote by 
Ballot. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Richard O’ Moran, of Summerville, in the 
county of Dubiin, Gentleman, was presented, and read ; 
praying for the Repeal of the Legislative Union with 
Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


which they had directed him to report to the House ; and 
the same were read, and agreed to by the House; and 
are as followeth ; 

1. Resolved, That the Duties of Customs payable upon 
Coals, Culm and Cinders brought or sent coastwise, or by 
Land or Inland Navigation, or upon Slate carried coast- 
wise, or imported from the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, 
Alderney, Sark or Man, shall be repealed ; and that such 
repeal shall be deemed to have taken effect upon the Ist 
day of March 1831. 

2. Resolved, That the Duties of Customs payable upon 
the exportation of Coals, Culm and Cinders shall be re- 
pealed, and the following Duties shall be paid thereon ; 
and that such repeal shall be deemed to have taken effect, 
and such Duty to have commenced, upon the Ist day of 
March 1831. 














a Coals, viz. £. ¢, 
Lords A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Roupell and Mr. exported to any British Possession, except Guern- 
passed Adam: sey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark or Man, theton - -| -—- — 8 
exported to any other place, 
Mr. Speaker, pag 298 oy” oy RD 
ers The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to dis- - + - - ina Foreign Ship, eee el Cay 3 ; 
brce Diil, 











ting 


Street, 
ted, 


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form of 
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loo Brid ge 


solve the Marriage of Charles Trower, Esquire, with Amelia 
Catherine Trower, his now Wife, and to enable him to 


Culm, Cinders and Small Coals, viz. 
exported to any British Possession except Guern- 











marry again, and for other purposes therein mentioned; _*@¥ J¢75ys —s Tees — - eve SAE TS 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : = eo kee eee Ship, eg Gh wm 
—And then the Messengers withdrew. ———- - -- ina Foreign Ship, theton = - -| = 4 - 


Mr. Hume presented a Bill for extending the Royalty 
of the Burgh of Dundee, and for amending the Sett or 


- Municipal Constitution of the said Burgh: And the same 


was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Lord Viscount Duncannon presented to the House, pur- 
suant to.their Order,—An Estimate of the Expenses to be 
incurred under the Waterloo Bridge New Street Bill; dis- 
tinguishing the Amounts to be borne by the Public and 
by Private Parties. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 
in England and Wales ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
Proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

he Amendments following were proposed to be made 
to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word “ now,” and, 
at the end of the Question, to add the words “ upon this 
“« day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate aris- 
ing in the House thereupon ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To-morrow. 
' “VOL. 86. 








3. Resolved, That the additional Duties payable on Ba- 
rilla, in respect of the quantities of Soda, or Mineral Alkali, 
contained therein, be repealed ; and that such repeal shall 
be deemed to have taken effect from the 28th day of May 
1819. 

4. Resolved, That the additional Duties payable upon 
natural Alkali imported from Places within the limits of 
the East India Company’s Charter, in respect of the 
quantities of Soda, or Mineral Alkali, contained therein, be 
repealed ; and that such repeal shall be deemed to have 
taken effect from the 10th day of August 1828. 

5. Resolved, That all the Duties paid on Barilla used in 
bleaching of Linen since the 5th day of January 1830, be 
drawn back. 

6. Resolved, That the Duties payable on natural Alkali 
imported from places within the limits of the East India 
Company’s Charter, and on Barilla, be £.2 per ton; and 
that the same shall be demed to have taken effect from the 
14th day of December 1830. 

7. Resolved, That there shall be charged on the im- 
portation of every hundred weight of Wax a Duty of 
Customs of 30s. in addition to the Duties now payable 
thereon. 

8. Resolved, That, in lieu of the Duties now payable 
thereon, there shall be charged on the importation of 
every hundred weight of Cotton Wool, or Waste of Cotton 
Wool, the produce of, or imported from, any Foreign 

7Q2 Country, 








Report of 
Excise Acts, 
deferred. 


Report - 
Supply. 


British 
Museum. 


Civil Contine 
gencies. 


Public 
Buildings. 


Portpatrick 
Harbour, 


Donaghadee 
Harbour. 


New Buildings 
at British 
Museum. 


Holyhead and 
Howth Roads 
and Harbours. 


Revenue 
Building 
(Liverpoul.) 


Officers of 
Lords and 
Commons. 


Expenses 
of d°, 


Fee Funds. 


GIg 


Country, a Duty of 55. 10d. ; and if the produce of, and 
imported from, any British Possession, a Duty of 4d. 

Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in upon the 
said Resolutions: And that Mr. Bernal, Lord Viscount 
Althorp, and Mr. Spring Rice, do prepare, and bring in 
the same. ' 


~The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, to whom 
it was referred to consider of the several Acts imposing 
Duties of Excise on Candles, and on Licenses for making 
them ; ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thursday 


next. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider further of 
the Supply granted to His Majesty, the Resolutions which 
they had directed him to report to the House; and the 
same were read, and agreed to by the House ; and are as 
followeth : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fourteen thou- 
sand four hundred and fifty pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to defray the estimated Expenditure of the 
British Museum, for the year ending at Christmas 1831 ; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Civil Contingencies, for the year 1831. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy-three 
thousand and eight hundred pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to defray, in the year 1831, the Expense of 
Works and Repairs of Public Buildings, and for Furni- 
ture and other Charges defrayed by the Office of Works, 
and for the Repairs and Alterations of Royal Palaces and 
Works in the Royal Gardens, heretofore charged upon the 
Civil List, and for the Repairs of the Royal Palace of 
Holyrood House, and certain Public Buildings in Scotland, 
heretofore charged on the Hereditary Revenuesof Scotland; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. | 
' 4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four thousand 
seven hundred and seventy pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Expense of Works executing at Port 
Patrick Harbour, for the year 1831 ; and that the said sum 
be issued and paid without any fee or other deduction 
whatsoever. 


5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four thousand 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of Works executing at Donaghadee Harbour, for the year 
1831; and that the said sum be issued and paid without 
any fee or other-deduction whatsoever. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Expense of the New Buildings at the British Museum, 
for the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 


7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four thousand 
and seven hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Expenses of the Holyhead and Howth Roads 
and Harbours, for the year 1831; and that the said sum 
be issued and paid without any fee or other deduction 
whatsoever. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-five 
thousand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, towards de- 
fraying the Expense of erecting, in the year 1831, a Cus- 
tom-house, Excise Office, Stamp Office and Post Office at 
Liverpool ; and also an Office for the Liverpool Dock Com- 
pany; and that the said sum be issued and paid without 
any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 


| 9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty-three 
thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Salaries and Allowances to the Officers 
of the Lords and Commons, for the year 1831. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty-one 
thousand and nine hundred pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Expenses of the Houses of Lords and. 
Commons, for the year 1831. | 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty-five 
thousand and four hundred pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to make good the deficiency of the Fee Fund, in 


Y— 5? Fullt. 


|) 4.1831. 


the Department of His Majesty’s Treasury, for the year 
1831. | | 


12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven thou- 
sand one hundred and thirty-seven pounds, be granted to 
His Majesty, to make good the deficiency of the Fee Fund 
in the Department of His Majesty’s Home Secretary of 
State, for the year 1831. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen thou- 
sand seven hundred and nine pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to make good the deficiency of the Fee Fund in 
the Department of His Majesty’s Foreign Secretary of 
State, for the year 1831. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen thou- 
sand four hundred and seventy-five pounds, be granted to 
His Majesty, to make good the deficiency of the Fee Fund 
in the Department of His Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
the Colonies, for the year 1831. 

15. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Eighteen thou- 
sand six hundred and sixty-four pounds, be granted to 
His Majesty, to make good the deficiency of the Fee Fund 
in the Departments of His Majesty’s most honourable 
Privy Council, and Committee of Privy Council for Trade, 
for the year 1831. 


16. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Nine thousand 


three hundred and seventy-five pounds, be granted to His * 


Majesty, to defray the Contingent Expenses and Mes- 
sengers’ Bills in the Department of His Majesty’s Treasury, 
for the year 1831. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to prevent, 
the application of Corporate Property to the Purposes of 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ;. 
and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they 
had‘ gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments. thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, on the Bill to abolish certain Oaths and Affirma- 
tions taken and made in the Customs and Excise Depart- 
ments of His Majesty’s Revenue, and to substitute Deela- 


rations in lieu thereof, the Amendments which they had. . 


made to the Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to reduce 
the Salary of the Master and Worker of His Majesty’s 
Mint; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the 
Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, and 
made several Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to repeal an Act of the nineteenth year of King 
George the Third, for repealing so much of several Acts 
as prohibit the Growth and Produce of Tobacco in Ireland, 
and to permit the importation of Tobacco of the Growth 
and Produce of that Kingdom into Great Britain ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider of the Act 
1 Will. 4, c. 35, to continue Compositions for Assessed 
Taxes for a further term of one year, and to grant relief 
from, and alter and repeal the said Duties in certain 
cases, the Resolution which they had directed him to 
report to the House; and the same was read, and agreed 
to by the House ; and is as followeth ; / 


Resolved, 














Supply, 
deferred, 





Comnit 
on Cory 
Funds} 








Report d 


Act. 





9 Witt. LV. 


d Tax 
ble Assess 
ts Bill, 

rede 







hy of 
al 

es Bill, 
rred. 


P nt Grants 
and) Bill, 


ys and 
ns, de- 


ittee on 
pike Acts 
nuance 


Custom 
and Ex6 
Oaths Bi 
reported 
ittee on 
s and 
pes (Ire- 
) 
. Comniil 
. on M 
: the Miri 
Salary } 
P nkments 
&gt; nd) Bill, 
1 ed, 
D Tobace n Factories 
Prohibit tices 
2 (ireland) SM ordered, 
y deferred. 
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, 
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if ions re- 
ing Reform 
tliament 
Hand) Bill, 
Repottd 
le peer 
*t Compas 
qd Act. 
of 
n 
0) 
d. 
d, 


Resolved, That the several Acts allowing Compositions 
for Assessed Taxes be continued for a further term, and 
that further relief be granted in certain cases. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said Re- 
solution: And that Mr. Bernal, Lord Viscount Althorp, 
and Mr. Spring Rice, do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty- 
fourth and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty King George 
the Third, so far as the same relate to Double Assess- 
ments of the Land Tax ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading of 
the ingrossed Bill to enable His Majesty to make Leases, 
Copies, and Grants of Offices, Lands and Hereditaments, 
parcel of the Duchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the same ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


The ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to revive and continue Expired Commissions, Appoint- 
ments, Patents and Grants, in Jreland, and to indemnify 
certain Persons in relation thereto, was, according to Or- 
der, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill for conti- 
nuing, for a limited time, the several Acts for regulating 
the Turnpike Roads in Great Britain, which will expire 
at the end of the present Session of Parliament; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, to consider of authorizing 
the advance of Money towards the making or repairing 
Roads and Bridges and other Public Works in Jreland ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to a Resolution, which they had di- 
rected him to report to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
empower Landed Proprietors in Jreland to sink, embank 
and remove Obstructions in Rivers: And that Mr. More 
O' Ferrall, Mr. Brownlow, and Mr. Wyse, do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to re- 
peal the Laws relating to Apprentices, and other young 
Persons, employed in Cotton and other Factories, and in 
Cotton and other Mills, and to make further Provisions 
in lieu thereof: And that Mr. Hobhouse, Lord Stanley, and 
Lord Viscount Morpeth, do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Burgesses and Inhabitant Householders 
of the town and borough of Newport (Monmouth) ;—of 
Monmouth ;—and, of Usk,—were presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of 
the People in England and Wales ; and praying, That pro- 
vision may be made therein to disqualify persons created 
Burgesses upon no claim of right from hereafter voting in 
the Election of Members of Parliament. 

A Petition of the Bailiffs and Burgesses of the borough 
of Montgomery, in Common Hall assembled, was also 


ag ee = read ; taking notice of the said Bill; and 





4e—5° Fulii. 


613 


praying, That if any alteration in the Representation of 
the Commons in Parliament should, on full consideration, 
be deemed necessary, that the utmost attention may be paid 
to the existing rights and constitution in making it, so as 
to occasion as little change therein as may be, and particu- 
larly that the rights of the Petitioners and their successors, 
granted and exercised in times when it was attended with 
much trouble and expense to their predecessors, and 
secured to them by the law of the land, and the consti- 
tution of Parliament, and never yet misused, may not be 
in any manner lessened, infringed or altered, but may be 
held and continued sacred and inviolate. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Denny, was presented, and 
read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Representa- 
tion of the People in Scotland; and praying, That the 
same may pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petition in fa- 
vour of Reform 
of Parliament 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Petition for 
repeal of Stamp 
Duties on Poli- 
cies of Marine 
Insurance, 


A Petition of Ship-owners, Merchants of Cardiff, and 
others interested in the commercial prosperity of this 
Country, was presented, and read; complaining of the pre- 
sentheavy Duty levied upon Marine Insurances; and pray- 
ing the House to take the matter into consideration, and 
to afford them relief, either by a repeal of the Duty, or 
a modification thereof, as may seem best calculated to up- 
hold the important interests of the British Ship-owner 
and Merchant. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Members 
added to 
Committees. 


Ordered, That Mr. Balfour be added to the Select 
Committee on Molasses. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Haughton Langston, 
Mr. Lawley, Mr. Anderson Pelham, and Mr. Addams Wit- 
liams, be added to the Committee on the Bill to consolidate 
and amend the Laws relating to Highways in that part of 
Great Britain called England. 


Mr. Poulett Thomson presented to the House, pursuant 
to their Order,—Copies of all such Reports relative to the 
Price of Corn in Foreign Countries as may have been 
made by His Majesty’s Consuls Abroad, and have not yet 
been laid before this House. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Papers 
respecting 
Corn, 
presented. 
No. 72. 


Mr. William Russell presented a Bill for the more effec- 
tually repairing, and otherwise improving, the Road from 
Sunderland-near-the-Sea, in the County of Durham, to the 
City of Durham: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sunderland 
Road Bill, 
presented. 


A Bill for more effectually repairing and improving the 
Road between the City of Durham and the Village of 
Shotley Bridge, in the County of Durham, was read a 
second time ; and committed to Mr. William Russell, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Durham and 
Shotley Bridge 
Road Bill, 
committed. 


Mr. Ruthven, by Order, presented a Bill for maintain- 
ing, repairing, altering, amending and improving the 
Road leading from Tubber, near the bounds of the Counties 
of Clare and Galway, to Ennis, in the County of Clare, 
and from thence to Thomond Gate, in the County of the 
City of Limerick: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ennis and 
Galway 

Road Bill, 
presented. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented to the House, pursuant to 
their Address to His Majesty,—An Account of the Total 
Amount of Assessed Taxes for each of the years ending 
5th April 1829, 5th April 1830, and 5th April 1831, for 
Places sending Members to Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Further Papers 
respecting 
Parliamentary 
Representation, 
presented. 


No. 69. 


Mr. Spring Rice, by Order, reported from the Committee 
on the Bill for more effectually maintaining and improving 
the Road from Soho Hill, in the Parish of Handsworth, to 
the Walsall Road, on the northern side of Hamstead Bridge, 
and another Road from Brown’s Green to the Friary, in the 
County of Stafford; That — had proceeded according to 

7 


the 


Handsworth 
Roads Bill, 
reported, 








Cotton Factories 
Apprentices 
Bill, presented. 


No. 73. 


Inclosure 
Acts ‘Titles 
Lill, pre- 
sented. 


No. 74. 


Members 
added to 
Committees. 


Accounts, &amp;c. 
presented : 


Lead and 
Lead Ore. 


No. 75. 


Marine 
Insurances. 


No. 76. 


Fire 
Insurances. 
No. 77. 


Public Accounts 
of France. 


No. 78. 
Pensions 
(Scotland.) 

No. 79. 


Assessed 
Taxes 
(Scotland.) 


No. 80. 


Belfast 
‘Railway Bill, 
committed ; 


614 


and found, that the Standing Orders relative to Turnpike 
Bills, had been complied with; and that they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made several 
Amendments thereunto ; and thé Amendments were read, 
and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Mr. Spring Rice, by Order, presented a Bill to repeal 
the Laws relating to Apprentices, and other young Per- 
sons, employed in Cotton and other Factories, and in 
Cotton and other Mills, and to make further provisions in 
lieu thereof: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Spring Rice, by Order, presented a Bill for remedy- 
ing defects in the Titles to Lands allotted or taken in ex- 
change under Inclosure Acts: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Divon be added to the Select Com- 
mittee on East India Company’s Affairs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hume and Colonel Davies be added 
to the Select Committee on the Militia Estimates. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till near 
one of the clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned 


till this day. 





Martis, 5° die Juliz ; 
Anno 2° Williclmi IV" Regis, 1831. 





PRAYERS. 


HE House being informed that Mr. Crafer, from the 

Treasury, attended at the door, he was called in; 
and at the bar presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Orders,—An Account of the Quantity of Lead and Lead 
Ore imported, and from whence, from Ist January 1830 
to Ist January 1831 ; with the Amount of Duty received : 
—also, an Account of Lead and Lead Ore exported from the 
United Kingdom, from Ist January 1830 to Ist January 
1831; distinguishing the Countries to which it was sent. 

An Account of the Sums received by the Commis- 
sioners of Stamps, during the year ending 5th January 
1831, for Stamps on Marine Insurances; distinguishing 
what Sums were received on Policies effected in London. 

An Account of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office for 
Duty on Insurance from Fire in London and the Country, 
for the Quarters ending severally on the 25th March, 24th 
June, 29th September, and 25th December 1830; distin- 
guishing the Amount of the Allowance made to each 
Office for collecting the same severally of £.4 and £.5 
per cent. and by what Offices or Persons such Sums have 
been paid, together with the Dates of such Payments. 

Report on the Public Accounts of France to the Right 
honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s 
Treasury, by John Bowring. 

Mr. Crafer also presented to the House, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—an Account 
of all Pensions granted out of the Civil List of Scotland, 
from the 20th day of June 1830 to the 20th day of June 
1831 ; specifying the Names of the Persons to whom the 
same were granted, made up by the Barons of Exchequer 
in Scotland. 

A Return of Copies of Cases stated and signed by 
the Commissioners in Scotland acting in execution of the 
Acts of Parliament imposing and regulating the Duties 
of Assessed Taxes, and Opinion and Determination of the 
Barons of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland thereon :— 
And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts and Papers do lie upon 
the Table; and be printed. 


A Bill for making and maintaining a Railway from the 
Cave Hill to the Belfast Harbour, was read a second time ; 
and committed to Lord Arthur Hill, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


B— 5° Fulti. 


the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June last ; 





A. 1831. 


A Petition of Landholders and Farmers of the county of 
Down ;—of Merchants, Ship-owners and others, Inha- 
bitants of Belfast ;—and, of Owners of estates, Land- 
holders and other Inhabitants of the county of Down,— 
were presented, and read ; taking notice of the said Bill; 
and praying, That the same may pass into a law. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 









A Bill for amending an Act passed in the eleventh year 
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
for making and maintaining a Railway from the Lands of 
Polloc and Govan to the River Clyde; and to alter and 
extend the powers of the Company of Proprietors of the 
said Railway, was read a second time ; and committed to 
Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Govay 
Railwy 
Com, 


A Bill for inclosing, draining and warping Lands within 
the Township or Hamlets of Frodingham, Scunthorpe, 
Bromby and Gunhouse (otherwise Gunnas), all in the 
Parish of Frodingham, in the County of Lincoln, was read 
a second time; and committed to Sir William Ingilby, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


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Commi, — Bgilwa 
comin! 


A Bill to amend an Act for vesting and securing to 
John Stephen Langton, Esquire, certain Profits and Emo- 
luments for a limited time, was read a second time; and 
committed to Sir William Ingilby, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Sir John Wrottesley reported from the Committee on 
the Petition of the Trustees for executing several Acts for 
repairing the several Roads leading to and from the Town 
of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, praying 
that Provision may be made in the Bill for repairing 
and improving certain Roads in the Counties of Stafford 
and Salop, leading to and from the Town of Wolverhamp- 
ton, inthe County of Stafford; That the Standing Orders 
relative to Turnpike Bills, had not been complied with ; 
but it appeared to the Committee, that the Petitioners 
only recently discovered, that the piece of Road leading 
from near the termination of the said Wolverhampton Turm- 
pike Roads, at the Watling-street Turnpike Roads, towards 
Newport, and so heretofore considered to be part of the 
Newport Turnpike Road, is not in fact comprised in the 
Acts for repairing the said Newport Turnpike Road, and ae 
is consequently only a common Highway ; that the said ve 
Highway is part of the Line of Road between Wolverhamp- oe 
ton and Newport and Chester, and is much out of repair, 
and it would be of great convenience to the Public if the 
same were made Turnpike ; and it further appeared, that 
the Petitioners presented a Petition to the above effect a 
short time before the dissolution of the late Parliament; 
and that they have since caused Notices to be given three 
times in the Newspapers of the intention to make Provi- 
sion in the Bill for making the said Highway Turnpike ; 
and that they had examined the matter of the Petition ; 
and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Petitions 
Provisie 
Wolverg 
Roads § 
reported 


hla 
iety 
ndon 
: sent 








Alii 


A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of land and 
Trustees of the three Commotts District of Roads in the 
county of Carmarthen (several of whom are also Creditors 
of the said Trust, by virtue of an Act of Parliament made 
and passed in the thirty-second year of the reign of his 
late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, “ An Act 
for repairing, altering and improving the Road from 
Golden Grove Park, in the Parish of L/andilofawr, to the 
Turnpike Road leading from the new Bridge over the 
River Jowy, to the Limekilns in the Parish of Llandarog, 
and also several other Roads therein-mentioned, all in the 
county of Carmarthen,”) was presented, and read; taking 
notice of the Bill for repairing and improving the several 
Roads within the District, called, “‘ The Kidwelly District” 
of Roads, in the County of Carmarthen, and for making 
new Lines of Road within the said District, and making 
a Bridge across the River Loughor at Spitty Bank, and 
a Bridge or Embankment across the River Gwendraith 
Fawr at the Ford ; and praying, That they may be heard 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts thereof. 


Petition’ 
Kidwel 
Bill. 





Ordered, 





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Petition: 
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Roads § 
reported 





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“presented. 





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Petition! 
Kidwely 
Bill. 


itionsagainst 
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ad Bill, 


ViIM 


9 Wii. lV. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of John Redfoord Davis, was presented, and 
read; taking notice of the Bill for enabling the Irish 
Inland Navigation Company to sue and be sued; and 
praying, That he may be heard by himself, his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioner be heard by 
himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Bill for making and maintaining a Railway from the 
west side of Rutherglen Green to Wellshot Mine, in the 
County of Lanark, with certain Branches connected 
therewith, was read a second time; and committed to 
Mr. Charles Douglas, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing and 
improving several Roads leading into and from the Town 
of Cheltenham, in the County of Gloucester, and for 
making new Branches of Road to communicate therewith, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Guise do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Sinclair presented a Bill for repealing, altering, 
enlarging and amending certain provisions of an Act 
passed in the 56th year of the reign of his late Majesty 
King George the Third, intituled, ‘‘ An Act for the Incor- 
poration of the Highland Society of London, for the better 
management of the Funds of the Society, and for render- 
ing its exertions more extensive and beneficial to the 
Public :” And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Sovereign, Burgesses, Ship-owners, 
Merchants, Traders, and other Inhabitants of Belfast, was 
presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill for the 
further improvement of the Port and Harbour of Belfast, 
in Ireland, and for other purposes; and praying, That 
they may be heard by their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard by 
their counsel or agents upon their Petition, if they 
think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of William Pawson, of Shawdon, in the county 
of Northumberland, Esquire, was presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the Bill for consolidating the Trusts of 
certain Roads called the Breamish and Wooler Turnpike 
Roads, in the County of Northumberland, and for more 
effectually improving and maintaining the same; and 
praying, That he may be heard by his counsel, against 
certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioner be heard by 
counsel upon his Petition, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hepworth ;—-of Wooldale ; 
—of Honley ;—and, of Fulstone, in the West Riding of 
the county of York,—were presented, and read ; taking 
notice of the Bill for improving and maintaining the Road 
from the south side of a Bridge over the River Colne, 
called, Engine Bridge, in the Township of Huddersfield, in 
the West Riding of the County of York, to Woodhead, in 
the County Palatine of Chester, and from thence to a 
Bridge over the River Mersey, called, Enterclough Bridge, 
on the Confines of the County of Derby; and praying, 
That the same may not pass into a law as it now stands. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill. 
VOL. 86. 


5° Fulit. 


615 


A Petition of Trustees for more effectually repairing 
the Wadsley and Langset Turnpike Road, and extending 
the same in two lines to join the Huddersfield and Wood- 
head Turnpike Road, in the townships of Upperthong and 
Honley, in the west riding of the county of York, was also 
presented, and read ; taking notice of the said Bill; and 
praying, That they may be heard by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
dissolve the Marriage of Charles Trower, Esquire, with 
Amelia Catherine Trower, his now Wife, and to enable 
him to marry again, and for other purposes therein men- 
tioned, was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of John George Philipps, a Commander in 
His Majesty’s Navy, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That the Petitioner was a Candidate for the Borough 
of Carmarthen at the last Election; that the Sheriffs of 
the said Borough are the Returning Officers; that the 
said Sheriffs did not return any Member, but stated in 
their Return, that they could not proceed to an Election, 
on account of the riots; that the Petitioner has presented 
a Petition, claiming the Seat, as having had a majority of 
votes, and complaining of the conduct of the Sheriffs at 
such Election; that the Assizes for the county of Car- 
marthen are fixed for the sixteenth of this month, and 
the period fixed for the duration of them is until the 
twenty-third of this month ; that the Petitioner is advised, 
that the attendance of the Sheriffs and Magistrates, and 
others of the said Borough, will be necessary on the 
hearing of the said Petition, and that they cannot attend 
consistently with their duties at the said Assizes; the 
Petitioner therefore humbly prays the House, That a day 
may be fixed for the hearing the said Petition, at a sufh- 
ciently late period after the twenty-third instant, to enable 
the said Sheriffs and Magistrates, and others, to attend, 
without interfering with their duties at the said Assizes, 
or that the House will give such further or other relief as 
shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Several Petitions complaining of undue Elections and 
Returns being offered to be presented, the same were de- 
livered in at the Table; and one of the said Petitions ap- 
pearing to be of the First Class, was first read ; 


A Petition of John George Philipps, Esquire, a Com- 
mander in His Majesty’s Navy, a Candidate at the last 
Election for a Member for the County of the Borough of 
Carmarthen, and of William Philipps, Merchant, and 
John Jones, Merchant, Electors of the same Borough, 
was read; setting forth, That the day appointed for 
holding an Election of a Member for the County of the 
Borough of Carmarthen for the present Parliament, was 
fixed for the twenty-ninth day of April last; that, on 
such day of nomination, John Jones, Esquire, the late 
Member, and the Petitioner, John George Philipps, Esquire, 
were duly proposed and seconded, and became Candidates 
to represent the said Borough ; that the Sheriffs of the said 
Borough are the Returning Officers thereof, and the right 
of voting is in the Freemen of the said Borough, who have 
been duly admitted and sworn; that David Davies and 
Isaac Jones, Gentlemen, were the Sheriffs at the said Elec- 
tion; that Charles Diggle Williams was Poll Clerk ; that, 
on the said twenty-ninth day of April, the said John Jones 
and the Petitioner John George Philipps, severally ad- 
dressed the electors, and immediately afterwards, some 
one in the crowd jumped on the table, and shouted “ Re- 
form,” and the rest of the persons present joined in loud 
exclamations in favour of Reform, whereupon the said 
John Jones quitted the bench of Magistrates, and seized 
the person who had so jumped on the table; that a sort 
of scuffle ensued, caused entirely by the interference of the 
said John Jones, but terminated without any serious injury 
to any one; that, in consequence of such scuffle, the 

7R2 Sheriffs 


Trower’s 
Divorce Bill, 
read. 


Petition of 
Mr. Philipps, 
for fixing a day 
for the Consi- 
deration of the 
Carmarthen 
Election Peti- 
tion. 


Carmarthen 
Borough 
Election. 
Petition of 
Mr. Philipps 
and Electors. 








616 


Sheriffs adjourned the proceedings until nine o'clock the 
next morning; that, on the following morning, about half 
past nine o’clock, the proceedings recommenced by a show 
of hands, which Sheriff Davies, without consulting the 
other Sheriff, declared to be in favour of the said John 
Jones, although the same was manifestly greatly in favour 
of the Petitioner John George Philipps; that the friends 
of the Petitioner remonstrated against such decision, and 
an elector, named George Thomas, addressed the Burgesses, 
and pointed out the injustice of such decision, and desired 
them to observe well the conduct of the Sheriffs who 
showed so much partiality; that thereupon the other 
Sheriff, Zsaac Jones, said he would act impartially towards 
both parties, and Sheriff Davies then made a similar de- 
claration, and they accordingly declared that the show of 
hands was in favour of the Petitioner, John George Phi- 
lipps ; that a poll was then demanded on behalf of the said 

ohn Jones; that the Burgesses present being strongly 
disposed in favour of Reform, and the said John Jones 
having declared himself opposed to the Bill brought in 
last Parliament for that purpose, the said George Thomas 
desired them not to offer any violence nor obstruction to 
any voters coming to the poll, but simply to express their 
approbation or disapprobation by cheers or groans after 
the voters had polled ; that accordingly three voters were 
polled for the said John Jones, and three for the Petitioner, 
John George Philipps, and the former were hissed after 
they had polled, and the latter were cheered, but that no 
personal violence was offered to any one, and there was 
always a free passage open to the poll, and no sentiment 
expressed of approbation or disapprobation until after each 
elector had polled ; that when the above voters had polled, 
the Town Clerk, William Jones, left the Hall, with the 
book of enrolment of Burgesses, without any necessity or 
occasion, as there was not any appearance of riot or vio- 
lence, or uproar, except the above-mentioned cheers and 
groans; that the said Sheriff, David Davies (who is a 
clerk or writer in the office of the said William Jones the 
TownClerk) shortly afterwards said to the said Poll Clerk, 
Charles Diggle Williams, “ L adjourn,” without consulting 
the other Sheriff, and without saying to what time or for 
what purpose, and immediately he left the Hall; that the 
other Sheriff, Mr. Jsaac Jones, did not concur in such ad- 
journment, but remained in the Hall, and in his presence, 
John Thomas, John Davies, William Thomas and Owen 
Morgan, all of them electors duly qualified, tendered their 
votes in the presence of the said Jsaac Jones and the Poll 
Clerk, but the latter refused to take down their names in the 
poll book, but the same were taken down in the check book 
of the Petitioner’s (John George Philipps) Check Clerk, 
in the presence of, and without any objection from, the 
said Isaac Jones ; that Mr. Lewis Morris and others, also 
demanded of the said Lsaac Jones to be permitted to poll 
for the Petitioner; that soon after twelve o’clock, the said 
Isaac Jones \eft the Hall, promising solemnly to return in 
a few minutes; that the said Isaac Jones, and also the said 
David Davies, in fact and in truth knew that there was a 
large majority of electors in favour of the Petitioner, John 
George Philipps, and therefore went to consult the com- 
mittee of the said John Jones, as to the course they would 
take to prevent the Petitioner, John George Philipps’ Re- 
turn, and to promote the Return of the said John Jones ; 
that the said Isaac Jones did not, previous to quitting the 
Hall, express any concurrence in the adjournment of the 
poll, and after he was gone, several other voters tendered 
their votes to the Poll Clerk in favour of the Petitioner, 
John George Philipps, but the same were refused ; that, 
after waiting for the return of the Sheriffs about an hour, 
the Poll Clerk left the Hall; that shortly afterwards, be- 
fore the time for polling had expired, a Notice was served 
on the Sheriffs, of which the following is a copy: 

“ To the Sheriffs of the County of the Borough of Car- 
marthen :—We, the undersigned Burgesses of the said 
County of the Borough of Carmarthen, do hereby give you 
Notice, that John George Philipps, Esquire, a Candidate 
for the Representation of the said Borough in Parliament, 
has a majority of legal votes, and that we have respec- 
tively tendered our votes for him between the hours of 
twelve and two in the afternoon, and waited for the space 
of one hour and upwards at the place of polling, for the 
purpose of ‘being polled by you, but neither of you at- 
tended for that purpose; we do, therefore, require you, 
immediately on the receipt of this Notice, to return the 
said John George Philipps as duly elected a Burgess to 


5S Fulit. 


A. 1831. 


serve im Parliament for the said County of the Borough of 
Carmarthen: dated this 30th day of April 1831,— 


“ Geo. Thomas, James Richards, 
“ Lewis Morris, John Davies, 

“ Henry Lewis, Charles Jones ;” 
“ John Evans, 


that all the persons who signed such Notice are electors ; 
that the said Sheriffs did not, however, return to the Hall, 
or take any notice of the said Notice ; that the doors of the 
Hall were not opened until about one o’clock on Monday 
the second of May, and then neither the Town Clerk, nor 
Sheriffs, nor Poll Clerk, were present ; that the Serjeant 
at Mace called upon the Sheriffs to come forward and 
take the poll, as there were a great number of electors 
present ready to poll for the Petitioner, John George Phi- 
lipps, and he also called for voters in favour of the said 
John Jones to come forward ; that seventy-eight electors 
duly qualified came forward to tender their votes for the 
Petitioner, John George Philipps, and gave their names 
and numbers of their enrolments in the books to his Check 
Clerk; that the Petitioner, John George Philipps, after- 
wards discovered, that the Sheriffs made a Return, dated 
on Saturday the thirtieth of April, of which the following 
is a copy: 

“ We, the undersigned Sheriffs of the County of the 
Borough of Carmarthen, having, on the twenty-fifth day 
of April instant, received a Writ of our Sovereign Lord 
the King, hereunto annexed, for returning a Burgess to 
Parliament for the said Borough, and having on that day 
made Proclamation that we should, on Friday the twenty- 
ninth instant, in pursuance of the said Proclamation, pro- 
ceed to the Election of a fit and proper person to represent 
the said Borough in Parliament, did assemble on Friday 
the twenty-ninth instant, at the hour of ten o’clock in the 
forenoon, at the Guildhall, the usual place of holding 
such Elections, and after going through the necessary 
measures preliminary to the Election, reading the Writ, 
taking and subscribing the Oath directed to be taken 
and subscribed by us, and reading the Acts of Parlia- 
ment, John Jones, Esquire, and George Philipps, Esquire, 
were duly nominated as Candidates, after which such an 
uproar and tumult arose, accompanied by acts of violence 
to the person of the said Candidate, John Jones, upon 
his attempting, in conjunction with John Lloyd Davies, 
Esquire, a County Magistrate, to take into custody one of 
the chief rioters, as rendered us and the Town Clerk, with 
many other persons who were prepared to vote for the 
said John Jones, in personal danger, and created in us 
apprehensions for our personal safety, and obliged us (a 
poll having been first demanded by the said John Jones) 
to adjourn the special County Court to the following day 
at nine o'clock in the forenoon, at which hour we, attended 
by the usual constabulary force of the town, and the Town 
Magistrates, and seventy-four special constables, sworn in 
on the previous evening, who were stationed in different 
parts of the Court and about there, we administered the 
oath of office to the Poll Clerk, and proceeded to the poll ; 
and the Reverend Edward Picton having tendered his vote 
for the said John Jones, one George Thomas, a manager 
and agent for the said John George Philipps, addressed 
the infuriated multitude, and told them to mark every one 
who voted for the said John Jones, upon which a great 
body of people rushed into a jury box adjoining the pas- 
sage through which the voters for the said John Jones 
were passing to the place of voting, turned out all the 
persons then sitting therein, used most violent language, 
and held their fists in the faces of several Burgesses who 
were about to vote for the said John Jones; and after- 
wards, one John Evans tendered his vote, and duly polled 
for the said John George Philipps, without any obstruction 
from the rioters; and next, Henry John Grant, Esquire, 
tendered his vote for the said John Jones, when the rioters 
again commenced groaning and shouting, and two persons, 
by name John Evans and John Woods, and several others, 
held their fists close to the head and face of the said Henry 
John Grant, using violent threats, and spat upon him, to 
intimidate him from polling for the said John Jones, and 
the riot then continued, and one of the Borough Magistrates 
was pelted ; John Lloyd Davies, Esquire, a Magistrate for 
the county of Carmarthen, and several other persons who 
were coming up for the purpose of voting for the said 
John Jones, were stopped by the said rioters, who held 
their fists in the face of the said John Lloyd Davies, and 

the 








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9 Wixi. IV. 


the other persons so coming up to poll for the said John 
Jones, who were thereby prevented from polling; the 
rioters then rushed with one accord upon the table at 
which the Town Clerk sat, and where the Corporation 
books and papers, containing the enrolments of the Bur- 
gesses, were placed, whereby the Town Clerk was placed 
in very imminent danger of personal injury, and became 
alarmed for his safety, and the safety of the said books 
(and being assisted by several persons, and the attention 
of the rioters being otherwise directed), quitted the Court 
with the said books of enrolment; the crowd soon after- 
wards rushed towards us, dispossessed us of our seats 
with great violence and fighting, using threats, and hold- 
ing up their fists against us, by reason whereof we were 
laced in great danger and fear, and were unable to de- 
cide upon the course to pursue; and when in that state, and 
under such intimidation as aforesaid, two votes were ten- 
dered for the said John George Philipps and one for the 
said John Jones, which had not been marked upon the 
book of enrolment of Burgesses, the production of which 
book of enrolment having been demanded by William Ro- 
gers, an agent of the said John Jones, but which could not 
be produced, the books having been taken out of Court by 
the said Town Clerk and his assistants under the circum- 
stances aforesaid, the fighting and confusion was then much 
increased, in consequence of several persons, among whom 
was the said George Thomas, making very inflammatory 
speeches to the rioters around us on behalf of the said 
John George Philipps; after a lapse of a few minutes, 
the Assessor, James Evans, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, 
stated his wish to quit the Court, if he with safety could, 
and the said George Thomas, agent for the said John 
George Philipps, then offered his protection to the said 
James Evans, and under such protection he quitted the 
Court ; and immediately afterwards, one of us, the un- 
dersigned Sheriff David Davies, having been threatened 
with personal violence, and being in fear of his life (the 
said George Thomas having directed the rioters to mark 
him, the said David Davies), got out of the said Court, 
and did not afterwards return ; and that the other Sheriff, 
the undersigned Isaac Jones, being also in fear of his 
life, got out of the said Guild Hall in ten minutes after- 
wards; and we, the undersigned Sheriffs, could not pro- 
ceed to the Election of a Burgess in Parliament in 
pursuance of the said Writ, there being no sufficient force 
to protect the persons and lives of ourselves and of such 
electors as would vote for the said John Jones, the seventy- 
four special constables sworn in aid of the ordinary 
constabulary force of the said Borough as aforesaid, 
being totally insufficient for that purpose, and would 
not act, and no military being stationed at that time at 
any place nearer than Brecon, being forty-seven miles 
distant, without the probable aid of whom, any attempt to 
secure any one of the ringleaders would in our judgment 
have been to doom to certain destruction the life of the 
person attempting so to do; and the said George Thomas 
said aloud to the rioters in our hearing, ‘ If any person 
appears with a staff or stick, bundle him out,’ by which 
the said constables were intimidated, even if they had 
been able to have coped with the rioters; and so great 
was the riot and confusion, that the Mayor, David John 
Edwardes, Esquire, certified to us, that he could not be 
answerable for the peace of the town ; such riot and con- 
fusion continued at intervals during the whole of that day; 
from the above circumstances, we hereby certify, that we 
are unable to execute the said Writ, as thereby we are 
commanded : as witness our hands, this thirtieth day of 
April one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one: the 
answer of David Davies, Isaac Jones, Gentlemen, Sheriffs ;” 


that all the allegations in the Return are either false or 
exaggerated, or improperly coloured, for that there were 
not any proceedings on the said thirtieth of April, which 
called for or justified the conduct of the Sheriffs, but that 
the Election might have proceeded without interruption, 
if the Sheriffs had been disposed, and determined to act 
with impartiality, but that they were actuated in their 
whole proceedings by partiality towards the said John 
Jones, and regulated their conduct by the advice of him- 
self, or his agents or supporters, and with a view to favour 
his objects; that both the said Sheriffs did in fact act, 
with respect to their absence from the Hall, and making 
the Return, under the advice of the said John Jones, or his 
committee or his agents, and they have since admitted, as 


VOL. 86. 





oD” Fulu. 


617 


the fact is, that there was not any violence or interruption 
to the poll on Saturday the thirtieth day of April, and 
that the only thing they could complain of was the noise ; 
that had the said Sheriffs been justified in closing, and 
compelled to close, the poll on Saturday the thirtieth of 
April, it was their duty to have adjourned it to Monday, 
and so on from day to day, and to use their best efforts to 
make a proper Return of the Writ to them directed; that 
the refusal to return the Petitioner, John George Philipps, 
as Member, notwithstanding he had a majority of votes, 
and the precipitation in making a Return on the very first 
day of polling, and that too when there was not a pre- 
tence for saying that the polling, even on that day, was 
interrupted, are manifest proofs of the partiality of the 
said Sheriffs; that, notwithstanding such partiality and 
unjust proceedings, the Petitioner, John George Philipps, 
had actually and legally tendered a majority of votes, and 
that all the votes so tendered by him ought to be and 
appear on the poll, and if they did so, the Petitioner, John 
George Philipps, would have a majority of votes, and is 
therefore entitled to be returned as Member duly elected 
for the said County of the Borough of Carmarthen ; that 
the Petitioners William Philipps and John Jones tendered 
their votes for the other Petitioner John George Philipps, 
and will be deprived of their rights, and of the benefit of 
their elective franchise, unless the said John George Phi- 
lipps be returned as Member; the Petitioners therefore 
humbly pray, That the House will please to amend the 
Return for the said County of the Borough of Carmarthen, 
by inserting therein the Name of the Petitioner, John 
George Philipps, as the Member duly elected for the said 
County of the said Borough, or that the House will grant 
such further or other relief as to them shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into conside- 
ration upon Tuesday, the 26th day of this instant July, at 
three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons, papers and records as shall be 
thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hearing of 
the matter of the said Petition. 


Then the names of the places to which the residue of 
the said Petitions related (being all of them Petitions of 
the last Class), were put into the glass at the Table, and 
drawn by the Clerk, in the following Order : 


A Petition of John Pearson, of New Bridge, in the 
county of Wexford, in Ireland, Gentleman, a Freeholder 
of the said County of Wexford, and of the several Persons 
whose names are thereunto subscribed, also Freeholders of 
the said County, who claimed to vote, were entitled to vote, 
and did vote at the last Election in and for the said 
County of Wexford, was read; setting forth, That the 
Petitioners are, and at the last election of Knights of the 
Shire for the County of Wexford, held in the town of 
Wexford, were freeholders of the said County, and were 
entitled to vote at said Election; that at the said Elec- 
tion, the Honourable George Arthur, commonly called 
Lord Viscount Valentia, Mathew D'Arcy Talbot, Esquire, 
Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Chichester, and Henry Lam- 
bert, Esquire, were Candidates to represent said County ; 
that a poll being demanded, the same was granted and 
proceeded on, and James Boyd, Esquire, High Sheriff of 
the said County, acted thereat as Returning Officer, and 
at the close of the poll, on Wednesday the eighteenth 
day of May last, unduly declared the said Colonel Chi- 
chester and Henry Lambert being duly elected ; that at 
and during the said Election the poll was frequently 
interrupted by riots of a most alarming nature, and in 
consequence thereof was adjourned by the said High 
Sheriff at three different periods ; that on the several days 
during which the Election continued, the freeholders 
in the interest of Lord Viscount Valentia were, by and 
through the management, influence and contrivance of 
said Henry Lambert, his friends and assistants, obstructed, 
assaulted and imprisoned, on their way to and at the 
hustings, by tumultuous mobs, consisting of several hun- 
dred persons brought from the adjoining counties, and 
declaring themselves to be in the interest of the said 
Henry Lambert, and who were instigated and set on by 
the said Henry Lambert, his agents and managers, and 
divers persons employed on his behalf, and particularly 
by Charles A. Walker, Esquire, M.P. for the said town of 
Wevford, James Howlan and Ebenezer Jacob, Esquires, 

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County 
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618 


freeholders of said County; and Petitioners state, and 
will be ready to substantiate by proof, that even from the 
Committee-room of said Henry Lambert parties of men 
were sent out, with orders, and by the express authority 
of said Lambert, or his friends, agents and managers, to 
stop and prevent the voters for-said Lord Valentia from 
coming into the Town of Wexford to vote at said Election 
for his Lordship; that the two bridges of Ferry Carrig 
and Ferry Bank, which are the principal entrances to the 
said Town of Werford, and in reality the only entrance to 
same from five Baronies in said County, were guarded 
and beset by large mobs of the aforesaid persons, insti- 
gated and set on as aforesaid, who obstructed great 
numbers of freeholders, coming to vote, and who would 
have voted for said Lord Valentia, and intimidated them, 
and forced them by violence and threats, after the most 
savage treatment, to return to their homes without polling 
at said Election; that in several instances, the voters in 
Lord Valentia’s interest, and who were on their way to the 
hustings, in order to vote for his Lordship, were actually 
imprisoned, and were compelled to swear that they would 
not vote for Lord Valentia at that Election; that divers 
applications were made to the said High Sheriff, at and 
during said Election, by several of the Petitioners, and 
other persons entitled to vote at said Election, calling 
upon him to order a sufficient military or other force to 
quell the riots and remove the obstruction created in the 
said Town of Wexford, and at the hustings, and in the 
approaches thereto, and also to liberate and give protec- 
tion to those freeholders who wished to come into said 
town, and who were, and were represented to said Sheriff 
as being, in the power and custody of different parties of 
the aforesaid mobs, and some of which said freeholders 
were in imminent danger of being put to death; but the 
Petitioners show, that the said High Sheriff refused to do 
so during the entire of the first four days’ polling at said 
Election; and although the friends and agents of said 
Lord Va/entia were besieged and assaulted in the Com- 
mittee-room, in which they and several of the freeholders 
in the interest of Lord Valentia were met, and though after 
the windows of the house in which they were so assem- 
bled were smashed by stones by one of the said mobs, 
instigated and set on by said Lambert, his friends and 
agents, yet the Sheriff refused to afford aid or protection, 
and the persons aforesaid so assembled in said house, 
were obliged to come forth and defend themselves against 
said mob, and to prevent said house from being pulled 
down ; that, in consequence of the savage treatment which 
the said freeholders in the interest of Lord Valentia 
received during said first four days, and of the repeated 
and decided refusals of the said High Sheriff to afford 
them any assistance, a great number of said freeholders, 
who would have voted for the said Lord Valentia, were 
prevented from polling during said Election, and many 
who intended to come in and poll for said Lord Valentia 
on the following days, were, by the means and in manner 
aforesaid, intimidated and deterred from so doing ; that, 
on the poll being opened on the fifth day of the said 
Election, several riots commenced, and increased to an 
alarming height, occasioned by persons under the influ- 
ence and control of the said Lambert and his friends, and 
in opposition to said Lord Valentia, whereupon the said 
High Sheriff was obliged to adjourn the poll; that, after 
the poll had been so adjourned upon said fifth day, a 
reinforcement.of military and police arrived in said Town 
of Wexford, and thereupon the said High Sheriff was 
again called upon, and requested to take steps to prevent 
a continuance of the riots, and to recommence the poll, 
but the said High Sheriff altogether refused so to do, in 
consequence of which, the persons who composed the said 
riotous mobs acquired more confidence, and became more 
determined in their opposition to said Lord Valentia, 
whereby a great number of freeholders, who were coming 
into the said Town of Wexford to vote for said Lord Valen- 
tia, were further intimidated and deterred from coming to 
the poll for his Lordship, and many of those who were at 
that time remaining at their homes, but who wished and 
intended to come in and vote for the said Lord Valentia, 
altogether refused or declined to come in during the 
remainder of said Election, through fear and apprehen- 
sion of said mobs; that the said High Sheriff, in direct 
violation of Ist Geo. 4, c.11, sec. 20, allowed the polling 
to be continued, on the sixth.day of said Election, in the 
booths which were appointed for the Baronies of Forth, 


5° Fult. 


A. 183). 


Bargy, Shelburne, Shelmalier, Bantry, and Gorey, in which 
Petitioners show that,twenty persons had not been polled, 
or referred. for decision,to the said Sheriff or his Assessor, 
on the day, preceding,, though, no evidence had been 
offered to said Sheriff, torshow that any persons intending 
on the preceding day. to offer themselves to poll in any 
of such booths, had been prevented by force and violence 
from coming to the same for the purpose of polling on that 
day, and although said Sheriff. was called on by a free- 
holder of the County entitled to vote at such Election, 
and warned not to permit such polling, for the reasons 
aforesaid ; that, between the hours of closing the poll on 
the evening of the sixth day and the opening of same on 
the morning of the seventh day, all the booths erected for 
the Baroniesof Forth, Bargy, Shelburne, Scarawalsh, Shiel- 
malier and Ballaghkeen, for the purpose of polling at said 
Election, were carried away by mobs, or persons in the 
interest of said Henry Lambert, and adverse to said Lord 
Valentia, said Baronies being those in which a great num- 
ber of freeholders were expected to poll for his Lordship, 
and who would actually have voted for him, but that said 
booths had been so illegally removed, and when the 
agents, friends and freeholders in the interest of said 
Lord Valentia, and who would have voted for him on the 
morning of the said seventh day, came to the said place 
where the said booths had been situated during the pre- 
vious part of the Election, there were neither said booths 
nor any Deputy Sheriff to take the poll, nor was any 
place or booth or building prepared or appointed to poll 
in, in consequence whereof said freeholders were obliged 
to return to their homes without having polled at said 
Election ; and Petitioners show, that the freeholders who 
would have voted for said Lord Valentia, and who were 
fully qualified to vote at said Election, but who were, by 
the several means aforesaid, prevented from so voting, 
were fully sufficient to have given a large majority to and 
for said Lord Valentia, over and above the number of legal 
votes which said Sheriff at the close of the poll declared 
to be in favour of said Lambert ; and Petitioners show, that 
three several Notices were served on the said Sheriff during 
said Election, by and on behalf of said Lord Valentia, in 
reference to the subjects of complaint hereinbefore stated, 
viz. one dated the 17th May, and two on the 18th May, 
to which said Sheriff paid no manner of attention; that 
the said Henry Lambert by himself, his agents and 
managers, and by persons employed on his behalf, did, and 
after the teste of the Writ for the said Election, and at and 
during the said Election, and before his election and re- 
turn to serve in this present Parliament for the said County 
of Wexford, give, present and allow to various persons 
having, or claiming to have, votes in the said Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and promises, agree- 
ments, obligations and engagements to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, presents, rewards and entertainments 
to. and for such persons, in order to be elected, and for 
being elected a Member to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said County of Wexford; that the said Henry 
Lambert, by himself, his agents and managers, and by 
persons employed on his behalf before, and at and during 
the time of said Election, was guilty of open and extensive 
bribery and corrupt practices, in order to procure persons 
having or claiming to have a right to vote at the said 
Election, to vote for the said Henry Lambert, at the said 
Election, and to forbear to vote for the said Lord Valentia, 
and in order to procure the said Henry Lambert to be re- 
turned to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
County, and that the said bribery and corrupt practices 
of the said Henry Lambert, and of his agents, friends. and 
managers, were open and notorious in the said County, 
and well known to the electors ; that the said Henry Lam- 
bert, by himself, his agents and managers, and by persons 
employed in his behalf, before and at and during the time 
of the said Election, was guilty of various other corrupt 
acts, and employed undue influence and other illegal and 
improper means, and gave and caused to be given divers 
sums of money, and gave and entered into divers gifts, 
rewards, agreements and engagements to several persons 
having, and claiming to have a right to vote, in order to 
procure them to vote at the said Election for the said Henry 
Lambert, and. to forbear to vote for the said Lord Valentia, 
and in order to. procure the said Henry Lambert to be re- 
turned to serve in this present. Parliament. for the County 
of Wexford aforesaid ; that, the said Henry Lambert, by 
the said corrupt and illegal practices. was and is wholly 

disabled 











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ion ot Sir 
am Francis 
t, Baronet. 


Q Witt. IV. 


disabled and ‘incapacitated and ineligible to serve in 
Parliament for the said County of Wexford, and the Re- 
turn of the said Henry Lambert was and is wholly null 
and void ; that in consequence of the said continued and 
daily-repeated riots in the said Town of Wexford, and at 
the hustings, during said Election, and also in conse- 
quence of the tumultuous and riotous mobs who ob- 
structed the said bridges, and the roads and the ap- 
proaches to the said Town of Wexford, many freeholders 
who would have voted at said Election for said Lord 
Valentia, were unlawfully and outrageously assaulted, 
imprisoned, intimidated and deterred, and thereby and 
otherwise prevented from voting for said Lord Valentia, 
and from coming into the said Town of Wexford, and 
freely exercising their elective franchise; and that thereby, 
and by the several other illegal ways and means aforesaid, 
the said Henry Lambert illegally obtained a nominal ma- 
jority of votes over the said Lord Valentia, and procured 
himself to be, and was returned to serve for the said 
County, together with the said Lieutenant-Colonel Chi- 
chester, which said several unlawful and corrupt acts of 
the said Henry Lambert, and other his friends, agents 
and managers, and also said hereinbefore-mentioned riots, 
obstructions and intimidations, were and are contrary to 
the freedom of Election, in violation of the Standing Or- 
ders of the House, and the Laws and Statutes of the 
Realm for preventing riots, violence and force, bribery 
and corruption, in the Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament, and, the Petitioners humbly submit to the 
House, have rendered the said Election and Return of the 
said Henry Lambert, and the said Colonel Arthur Chi- 
chester, wholly null and void; the Petitioners therefore 
humbly pray the House to take the premises into consi- 
deration, and to declare the said Election and Return of 
said Henry Lambert and the said Arthur Chichester wholly 
null and void, and that the House may be pleased to afford 
the Petitioners such further and other relief in the premises 
as to the House shall seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into conside- 
ration upon Tuesday, the 26th day of this instant July, at 
five minutes after three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons, papers and records as shall be 
thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hearing 
of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Sir William Francis Eliott, of Stobs and 
Wells, in the county of Roxrburgh, Baronet, was also read ; 
setting forth, That at the last General Election for choos- 
ing a Commissioner to serve in Parliament for the County 
of Roxburgh, which was held at Jedburgh, upon the 
eighteenth day of May last, the Petitioner and Henry 
Francis Scott the younger, of Harden, Esquire, were the 
only Candidates; that at that meeting the said Henry 
Francis Scott, who had last represented the said County 
in Parliament, took upon himself to act as Parliamentary 
Preses, and thereafter Sir John Pringle, of Stitchell, Ba- 
ronet, was elected Preses for the day; that while the roll 
of Freeholders was calling over, and on the name of the 
said Henry Francis Scott being called, William Bell, 
Esquire, a freeholder for the said County, objected to 
and protested against the name of the said Henry Francis 
Scott being continued on the roll, in respect that his father 
being by descent entitled to the dignity and honours of 
the Barony of Polworth, and the said Henry Francis 
Scott being the eldest son of a Scots Peer, had no right to 
vote in the Election of, or to be elected as a Member to 
serve in Parliament for Scotland; that at the said meeting, 
when the election-roll of freeholders of the said County 
was adjusted, the said William Bell objected to the said 
Henry Francis Scott being put in nomination as a Candi- 
date, for the reasons before alleged by him, and protested 
that all votes given for him should have no effect, as being 
given for a person disqualified to represent the said County 
in Parliament; that notwithstanding of such disqualifi- 
cation of the said Henry Francis Scott, and the objections 
and protests being so made, the said meeting declared 
the said Henry Francis Scott to be duly elected a Com- 
missioner to serve in Parliament for the said County of 
Roxburgh ; that the Petitioner thereupon protested against 
the Election thus declared, and required that the Return 
should be made in his favour, as thé only person duly 
qualified: for whom votes ‘had been given ‘by the free- 


holders at the said meeting, and that he was duly elected ; 
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5° Fulii. 


619 


that the said Henry Francis Scott is, and at the time of 
the said Election was, the eldest son of Hugh Scott herein- 
after next mentioned, and that the said Hach Scott at the 
time of the said Election was a Peer of Scotland; that 
the Petitioner submits, that upon the grounds herein- 
before stated, and by reason that the title, dignity and 
honours of a Peer of Scotland, (that is to say) the title, 
dignity and honours of Baron Polewart, had before the 
time of the said Election descended and come to, and 
were and are duly vested in Hugh Scott, father of the 
said Henry Francis Scott, and that the said Henry Francis 
Scott was the eldest son of a Peer of Scotland, the said 
Henry Francis Scott was by law wholly disqualified from 
voting at the said Election, and from being elected a 
Commissioner to serve in Parliament for the said County ; 
that the said Henry Francis Scott hath nevertheless procured 
himself to be illegally returned Commissioner to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said County of Rorburgh, 
to the hurt and prejudice of the Petitioner, who was duly 
and legally elected by the majority of legal votes, and who 
therefore ought to have been returned ; the Petitioner there- 
fore humbly prays, That the House will be pleased to take 
the premises into consideration, and to find that the Peti- 
tioner was duly elected, and ought to have been returned the 
Commissioner to serve in Parliament for the said County 
of Rovburgh in this present Parliament, and that the Re- 
turn thereof may be amended accordingly, and to grant to 
the Petitioner such relief as to the House shall seem just. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into conside- 
ration upon Thursday, the 21st day of this instant July, 
at a quarter of an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons, papers and records as shall be 
thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hearing 
of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Matthew Armstrong, of the city of Carlisle, 
Gentleman, Joseph Peel, of Rockliff, in the county of 
Cumberland, Game-keeper, Joseph Norman, of the city 
of Carlisle aforesaid, Butcher, David Spedding, of the 
same city, Butcher, John Thompson Hills, of the same city, 
Shoemaker, John Sinclair, of the same city, Shoemaker, 
Joseph Crawford, of the same city, Innkeeper, John Short- 
rigg, of the same city, Shoemaker, David Sagar, of the 
same city, Shoemaker, Joseph Nixon, of the same city, 
Fruiterer, John Lowry, of the same city, Gentleman, 
Thomas Caldwell the younger, of the same city, Chorister, 
Robert Matthews, of Jermyn-street, in the county of 
Middlesex, Grocer, and David George Donald, of Staples 
Inn, in the said county of Middlesex, Solicitor, Electors of 
the City of Carlisle, in the County of Cumberland, on 
behalf of themselves and others, claiming a right to vote 
for Members to serve in Parliament for the said City, was 
also read ; setting forth, That all the Petitioners were, at 
and during the last Election of Members to serve in this 
Parliament for the said City of Carlisle, in the County of 
Cumberland, electors of the said City, and had, and claim 
to have had, aright to vote for Members to serve in Par- 
liament for the said City ; that the said Election was held 
on the second day of May last past, when James Law 
Lushington, Philip Henry Howard, and William James, 
Esquires, were Candidates to represent the said City in 
Parliament ; that a poll being demanded, the same was 
granted and proceeded in for a few hours of the first day 
of the said Election, and the Reverend Thomas Lowry, 
Clerk, Doctor in Divinity, acted thereat as Mayor and 
Returning Officer, and Francis Ludlow Holt, Esquire, as 
his Assessor ; that in the morning of the said second day 
of May, and previous to the hour appointed for holding the 
said Election, an immense crowd of persons assembled 
together in the said City, having formed themselves in 
martial array, and being arranged into bands or companies, 
and over each company a governor being placed ; that 
the said crowd, being so marshalled or arrayed, paraded 
through the streets of the said City, preceded by banners 
or flags, some of which were tri-coloured, and others 
bearing the following inscriptions:—‘ He who would be 
free must strike the blow” —“ Liberty or Death” — with the 
intent to intimidate the Petitioners, and, others claiming 
to vote at the said Election as they wished ; that most of 
the committee for managing the Election of the said 
Philip Henry Howard and William James formed part of, 
and walked in, the said procession; that, at the hour 

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Petition of 
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620 


appointed for commencing the said Election, the said 
crowd of persons arrayed themselves under their gover- 
nors in like manner in front of the hustings and polling 
place, having the said banners and flags with them; 
that when Mr. Richard Lowry presented himself to no- 
minate the said James Law Lushington, the said crowd 
uttered the most dreadful threats and imprecations to the 
said Richard Lowry, and two stones were thrown at him 
from some person in the said crowd ; that, upon the com- 
mencement of the poll, which took place at one of the clock 
in the afternoon of the said second-day of May, the said 
crowd of persons formed themselves between the tally- 
house of the said James Law Lushington, from whence 
his voters were to proceed to the polling place, and the 
hustings, armed with sticks or staves; that a tally of ten 
voters were arranged in the said tally-house at the said 
hour of one in the afternoon of the said second day of 
May, and set out to proceed to the said polling place with 
one William Fell as their leader, with the intention of 
voting for the said James Law Lushington; that, upon the 
said tally of voters appearing in the street, the said crowd 
of persons uttered the most dreadful threats, and fre- 
quently called out ‘ Let them poll, we will massacre them 
as they come back ;” that three of the voters composing 
the said tally were prevented by the violence of the said 
crowd of persons from giving their votes, namely, Joseph 
Wilson of Whitehaven, Richard Gill of Workington, and 
Robert Hind of Maryport, in the said County, who, after 
they had reached the said polling place, were forcibly 
pulled down the stairs leading to the said polling place, 
amid the most violent threats, and were thrown down, 
much beaten, kicked and bruised, and were prevented 
from voting at the said Election for the said James Law 
Lushington, as it was their intent to have done; that the 
remainder of the said tally, upon their return from the 
said polling place to the said tally-house, were violently 
beaten by the said crowd of persons, who were armed 
with sticks or staves as aforesaid; that, in consequence 
of the aforesaid riotous proceedings, a requisition from 
several voters of the said City, who were ready and 
anxious to give their votes for the said James Law Lush- 
ington, but from the personal intimidation and riotous 
conduct of the said crowd of persons durst not proceed to 
the said polling place, was sent to the said Mayor or his 
Assessor, requesting them to close the poll until order 
could be restored ; that, after a considerable lapse of time, 
during which those voters who came from the tally-house 
of the said Philip Henry Howard and William James were 
allowed peaceably and quietly to tender their votes, none 
of the voters durst proceed from the tally-house of the 
said James Law Lushington, for the like purpose; three 
of the committee for managing the Election of the said 
Philip Henry Howard and William James, namely, Henry 
Howard, John Dixon, and Joseph Ferguson, came to the 
tally-house of the said James Law Lushington, and offered 
to escort any voters who wished to vote for the said James 
Law Lushington to the polling place, and pledged them- 
selves for their protection ; that a tally of ten votes, upon 
this assurance, immediately set out to proceed to the said 
polling place, which they reached without any actual 
violence having been offered to them, although the said 
crowd of persons uttered the most dreadful threats ; but 
on their return from the said polling place to the said 
tally-house of the same James Law Lushington when the 
said /enry Howard, John Divon and Joseph Ferguson, 
left the said tally, they were violently attacked by the said 
crowd of persons,and much kicked and beaten; that a 
considerable time again elapsed before any voters durst 
proceed from the ta!ly-house of the said James Law Lush- 
ington, to vote for him, during all which time the voters 
were allowed quietly to proceed from the tally-house of the 
said Philip Henry Howard and William James, and give their 
votes; when, at length, another tally, composed of ten 
voters, set out from the said tally-house of the said James 
Law Lushington with the intention of voting for him, that 
the said tally had only proceeded a short distance towards 
the said polling place, when they were violently attacked 
by the said crowd of persons, and eight of the said voters 
were forcibly driven back into the said tally-house, and pre- 
vented by the violence of the said crowd of persons from 
voting for the said James Law Lushington, as they in- 
tended ; that three tallies, consisting of ten voters each, were 
subsequently formed, and severally set off from the said 
tally-house of the said James Law Lushington to the said 
yy 


5S” Fulii. 


A. 1831. 


polling place with the intention of voting for him, but six- 
teen of such voters were, from the violence, threats and 
riotous proceedings of the said crowd of persons, hin- 
dered and prevented from voting for the said James Law 
Lushington, as it was their mind and intention to have 
done; that, for some time previous to the commencement 
of the said Election, a large crowd of persons were gene- 
rally assembled around the Bush Inn, in the said City, the 
house at which the committee for managing the Election 
of the said James Law Lushington usually met, conduct- 
ing themselves in a most riotous and tumultuous manner, 
assaulting and insulting the friends of the said James Law 
Lushington as they severally entered or came out of the 
the said Inn; that, about six of the clock on the evening 
of the said second of May, the said crowd of persons pro- 
ceeded to greater acts of violence, and broke and de- 
stroyed the windows and doors of the said Inn, and placed 
in imminent danger the lives of the several persons therein, 
and endeavoured to force open the door of the said Inn; 
that the said attack upon the said house continued so long, 
and the threats and imprecations of the said crowd of 
persons were so violent, andthe civil force in the said 
City being considered utterly inadequate to disperse the 
said crowd, and the superintendent of the police having 
refused to bring out the force under his command, 
although ordered by two magistrates so to do, it became 
absolutely necessary, for the safety of the said house, 
and to protect the lives of the persons therein, to call 
out the military force stationed in the said City, by whom 
the said crowd of persons were eventually dispersed ; 
that, in consequence of the repeated interruptions of the 
proceedings of the said Election, by the riotous and 
tumultuous conduct of the said crowd of persons, the said 
Philip Henry Howard and William James obtained a ma- 
jority of votes over the said James Law Lushington, and 
were returned as Members to serve in Parliament for 
the said City, whereas the said James Law Lushington 
had a majority of voters at the said Election, and such 
majority would have been upon the poll at the said Elec- 
tion, and the said James Law Lushington would have been 
returned to serve for the said City, had not the unlawful, 
riotous and tumultuous proceedings of the said crowd of 
persons, intimidated such voters from voting for the said 
James Law Lushington, as the Petitioners believe, which 
said several unlawful, riotous, tumultuous and other illegal 
practices and proceedings, are contrary to the freedom of 
Election, in violation of the Standing Orders of the House, 
and the Laws and Statutes of the Realm, and have ren- 
dered the Election and Return of the said Philip Henry 
Howard and William James wholly null and void; the 
Petitioners therefore humbly pray the House to take the 
premises into consideration, and to declare the. said James 
Law Lushington duly elected to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said City of Carlisle, and that he ought 
to have been returned as a Member for the said City, 
and that the House will direct the said Return to be 
amended, and cause the Name of the said James Law 
Lushington to be inserted in the said Return, and substi- 
tuted for that of the said Philip Henry Howard, or for 
that of the said William James, or that the Return of the 
said Philip Henry Howard and William James may be de- 
clared wholly null and void, and that the House will afford 
the Petitioners such further and other relief in the pre- 
mises as to the House shall seem fit. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into considera- 
tion upon Tuesday, the 26th day of this instant July, at a 
uarter of an hour after three of the clock in the Afternoon. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons, papers and records as shall be 
thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hearing 
of the matter of the said Petition. 
Memorandum :—In pursuance of the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 22, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
to the Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns 
of Members to serve in Parliament, Notices were 
sent to the several Parties, with Orders for their 
attendance, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
at the times on which the said several Petitions 
were ordered to be taken into consideration. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lees, in the parish of 
Ashton-under-Lyne, was presented, and read; praying, 
That they may be protected from unjust, corrupt and 
improper influence at Elections by the adoption = a 

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Ballot, and also that the duration of Parliaments be much the Expense of carrying this Act into execution, out of the 


shcotened. Revenues arising from the Property of the Crown. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; — Resolved, That this House will, immediately, resolve considered. 
and be printed. itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider 
} further of the Bill:—The House accordingly resolved 
‘a bet A Petition of Inhabitants of the several parishes of 


itself into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported from the Committee, That they had gone through 
the Bill, and made other Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


rion of Llanafan Vawr, Llanvethan, Llanvihangel, Abergwisen, 

Laws and other places in the hundred of Builth, Breconshire, 
was presented, and read; praying the House to take the 
‘Tithe Laws into their early consideration, and to make 
such alterations therein as the present circumstances of the 
agricultural interest require. 


= A Petition of Sir Robert Henry Gunning, of Horton, Northampton 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


in the county of Northampton, Baronet, was delivered in, Porous" 


- : and read ; setting forth, That at the late General Election petition of 
“ll gee lw es — —_ Ay of Members to serve in Parliament, Sir George Robinson, ** oe 
ot see, © ; s Robert Vernon Smith, Esquire, the Petitioner, and James Bart. 








id) Bil. Representation of the People in England and Wales; and 
praying, That the same may pass into a law. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 








wal A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Roupell and Mr. 
haveasree! Adam: 
to Mr. Speaker, 

Deputs The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
u's to indemnify Persons who have acted as Deputy Lieute- 
'd)Bil. nants in Scotland without due Qualification, without any 
Amendment :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
rm of adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which were yes- 
id) Bil, terday proposed to be made to the Motion, That the 
a. Bill to amend the Representation of the People in Eng- 
land and Wales, be now read a second time ; and which 
Amendments were, to leave out the word “ now,” and, 
at the end of the Question, to add the words “ upon 
“‘ this day six months :”—The House resumed the said 
adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 





a And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
ee of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 6° die Julii, 1831: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
this day. 


s of The House was moved, That the Act 11 Geo. 4, and 

‘eeg, | Will. 4, c.58, for regulating the Receipt and future 

rdered. “re . 
Appropriation of Fees and Emoluments receivable by 
Officers of the Superior Courts of Common Law, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to ex- 
plain and amend the said Act: And that Lord Viscount 
Althorp, Mr. Attorney General, and Mr. Solicitor General, 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

Pulls Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
4. suspend, for a limited time, the making of Lists, and the 
Ballots and Inrolments, for the Militia of the United 
Kingdom: And that Mr. Lamb, Mr. Attorney General, 


and Mr. Solicitor General, do prepare, and bring it in. 







— Lord Viscount Duncannon reported from the Committee 


recom. Of the whole House, on the Bill for ascertaining the Boun- 
d; aries of the Forest of Dean, and for inquiring into the 

Rights and Privileges claimed by Free Miners of the 
Hundred of Saint Briavel’s, and for other purposes, the 
Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and the 
Report was brought up, and read. 

And the House being informed that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill:—The Bill 
was re-committed to a Committee of the whole House. 

And a Motion being made, That it be an Instruction to 
the Committee, that they have Power to make provision 
in the Bill for the payment of a Salary to one of the Com- 
missioners, and for the Expense of carrying this Act into 
execution, out of the Revenues arising from the Property 
of the Crown. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by His Majesty's 
Command, acquainted the House, That His Majesty hav- 
ing been informed of the subject matter of this Motion, 


ction ; 


~— recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

an favo Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, 
| Electiv that they have Power to make provision in the Bill for the 
Ballot — ~ a Salary to one of the Commissioners, and for 


? 





Lyon, Esquire, were Candidates to represent the Borough 
of Northampton ; that the poll continued for four days, at 
the expiration of which, a scrutiny was demanded, and 
granted, and the same lasted from the eighteenth to the 
thirtieth day of May last, when the said Sir George Ro- 
binsonand Robert Vernon Smith were declared duly elected 
to serve in the present Parliament for the said Borough 
of Northampton; that the said Robert Vernon Smith, by 
himself, his agents, his friends, or by the persons managing 
his Election, did give or allow to various persons having, 
or claiming to have, votes in the said Election, money, 
meat, drink, entertainments, and made promises, agree- 
ments and obligations,and engagements, to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, presents, rewards and entertainments, 
to and for such persons, in order to be elected, and for 
being elected Member to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough of Northampton; that the said Robert 
Vernon Smith, by himself, his agents, friends and mana- 
gers, and by persons employed on his behalf, before, and 
at, and during the time of the said Election, was guilty of 
open and extensive bribery and corrupt practices, in order 
to procure persons having, or claiming to have, a right to 
vote at the said Election, to vote for the said Robert Vernon 
Smith, at the said Election, and to forbear to vote for the 
Petitioner, and in order to procure the said Robert Vernon 
Smith to be returned to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough, and that the said bribery and cor- 
rupt practices of the said Robert Vernon Smith and of his 
agents, friends and managers, were open and notorious in 
the said Borough, and well known to the electors ; that 
the said Robert Vernon Smith, by himself, his agents and 
managers, and by persons employed in his behalf, before, 
and at, and during the time of the said Election, was 
guilty of various corrupt acts, and used and employed un- 
due influence, and other illegal and improper means, and 
gave, and caused to be given, divers sums of money, and 
gave, and entered, and caused to be made, given and entered 
into divers gifts, rewards, agreements and undertakings, 
to several persons having, or claiming to have, a right to 
vote, in order to procure them to vote at the said Election 
for the said Robert Vernon Smith, and to forbear to vote 
for the Petitioner, and in order to procure the said Robert 
Vernon Smith, to be returned to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Northampton, such bribery, 
treating, and corrupt and illegal acts of the said Robert 
Vernon Smith, his agents, managers and friends, being in 
violation of the Acts passed to prevent bribery and treat- 
ing, and whereby many voters were induced to vote for the 
said Vernon Smith instead of the Petitioner ; that many 
persons entitled to vote for the said Borough, did tender 
their votes for the Petitioner, and their votes ought to have 
been put upon the poll, but were rejected, and many other 
persons not legally entitled to vote, did tender their votes 
for the said Robert Vernon Smith, and were admitted to 
poll, and on the said scrutiny many legal votes given for 
the Petitioner were struck off the poll, and the votes of 
many persons not legally entitled to vote, which had been 
put on the poll in favour of the said Robert Vernon Smith, 
were omitted to be struck off the said poll, by which se- 
veral proceedings the said Robert Vernon Smith obtained 
a colourable majority on the poll, while the Petitioner had 
a majority of legal votes over the said Robert Vernon Smith ; 
the Petitioner therefore humbly prays, That the House 
will declare that the said Robert Vernon Smith was not duly 
elected, and ought not to have been returned Member to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough, and 
direct the Clerk of the Crown to erase the Name of the 
said Robert Vernon Smith from the said Return, and to 
7T insert 








Corporate 
Funds Bill, 
reported, 


Customs and 
Excise Oaths 
Lill, passed. 


Master of the 
Mint Salary 
Bill, deferred. 


Committee on 
Tobacco Growth 
Prohibition 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Duchy of 
Cornwall 
Leases Bill, 
deferred. 


Turnpike Road 
Acts Con- 
tinuance Bill, 
reported. 


Report of Roads 
aud Bridges 
(Ireland). 


622 


insert therein instead the Name of the Petitioner, or other- 
wise to declare the Election of the said Robert Vernon 
Smith to be void, or otherwise to grant to the Petitioner 
such other relief as to the House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into consi- 
deration upon Thursday, the 21st day of this instant July, 
at the same time that the Petition of Sir Robert Henry 
Gunning, of Horton, in the county of Northampton, Baro- 
net, is ordered to be taken into consideration. 

Memorandum :—In pursuance of the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 22, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
to the Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns 
of Members to serve in Parliament, Notices were 
sent to the Parties, with orders for their attendance 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, at the time 
on which the said Petition was ordered to be taken 
into consideration. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons, papers and records as shall 
be thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hear- 
ing of the matter of the said Petition. 


Mr. Evans reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, on the Bill to prevent the Application of Corpo- 
rate Property to the purposes of Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament, the Amendments which they had 
made to the Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to abolish certain Oaths and A fhr- 
mations taken and made in the Customs and Excise De- 
partments of His Majesty’s Revenue, and to substitute 
Declarations in lieu thereof, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill 
to reduce the Salary of the Master and Worker of His 
Majesty’s Mint ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to repeal 
an Act of the nineteenth year of King George the Third, 
for repealing so much of several Acts as prohibit the 
Growth and Produce of Tobacco in Jre/and, and to per- 
mit the importation of Tobacco of the Growth and Pro- 
duce of that Kingdom into Great Britain; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading 
of the ingrossed Bill to enable His Majesty to make Leases, 
Copies, and Grants of Offices, Lands and Hereditaments, 
parcel of the Duchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the same ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


Mr. Spring Rice reported from the Committee of the 
whole tid on the Bill for continuing, for a limited 
time, the several Acts for regulating the Turnpike Roads 
in Great Britain, which will expire at the end of the pre- 
sent Session of Parliament, the Amendments which they 
had made to the Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider of authoriz- 
ing the advance of Money towards the making or repair- 
ing Roads and Bridges and other Public Works in Jre/and, 
the Resolution which they had directed him to report to 
the House ; and the same was read, and agreed to by the 
House ; and is as followeth ; 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of His Majesty’s 
Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland be empowered to direct the issue of any Sum, not 
exceeding Fifty thousand pounds, out of any Monies in 


Bt ake 6° 


Fulii A. 1831. 


the Exchequer, or out of the growing Produce of the 
Consolidated Fund arising in Ireland, for the purpose of 
making or repairing of Roads and Bridges and other 
Public Works in Ireland. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentlemen 
who are appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill, pursu- 
ant to the Resolution which, upon Friday last, was reported 
from the Committee of the whole House, to whom it was 
referred to consider of enabling His Majesty to authorize 
Advances, by way of Loan, to a limited amount, for local 
purposes in /re/and, and which Resolution was then agreed 
to by the House, That they do make Provision therein, 
pursuant to the Resolution now reported, and agreed to 
by the House. 


Lord Viscount Duncannon reported from the Committee 
on the Bill to authorize and empower the Commissioners 
appointed by an Act of the seventh year of his late Majesty 
King George the Fourth, for extending to Charing Cross, 
the Strand, and Places adjacent, the Powers of an Act for 
making a more convenient communication from Aary-le- 
bone Park; to make and form a new Street from the 
Strand to Charles-street, Covent Garden; and to widen 
the North end of Bow-street into Long-acre, and for other 
purposes ; That they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto; and the Report was brought up, and read. 

And the House being informed, that other Amendments 
are necessary to be made to the Bill:—The Bill was re-com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House for this day. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of the parish of 
Christchurch, Surrey, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That that parish originally formed a part of Saint 
Saviour’s, Southwark ; that the Parish of Saint Saviour, 
Southwark, excepting only that part called The Clink Li- 
berty, was entitled to a vote for the Borough of South- 
wark ; and praying, That in the Reform Bill now before 
the House they may be recognized as still within the Bo- 
rough of Southwark, and be permitted to vote accordingly. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Capital Burgesses and Burgesses of 
Bishop's Castle ;— of Resident Freemen of Queenborough ; 
—and, of Free Burgesses of Newcastle-upon-Tyne resi- 
dent in Sunderland,—were presented, and read ; taking 
notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of the 
People in England and Wales; and praying, That the 
same may not pass into a law as it now stands. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the Portreeve, Bailiff, and Principal Inha- 
bitants of the borough and parish of Honiton, in the 
county of Devon, which is situated on the eastern side of 
the city of Exeter, was presented, and read ; taking notice 
of the Bill to amend an Act of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, for repairing the several Roads lead- 
ing to and from the City of Eveter, and for making certain 
new Lines of Road to communicate with the same, and 
for keeping in repair Eve Bridge and Countess Wear 
Bridge, and to make and maintain other Roads communi- 
cating with the said Roads; and praying, That the same 
may not pass into a law as it now stands. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


Mr. Lamb presented a Bill to suspend, for a limited 
time, the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments 
for the Militia of the United Kingdom: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill to explain and amend 
an Act for regulating the receipt and future Appropriation 
of Fees and Emoluments receivable by Officers of the 
Superior Courts of Common Law: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill to continue Compo- 
sitions for Assessed Taxes for a further term, and to grant 


a 








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Petitio, 
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Petition | 
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Bill. 





Militia} 
Suspews 
preset 


No. 





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Comp 
Bill," 


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jon 
Ling 
m ot 
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jand) Bill. 


9 Wi. IV. 


Relief in certain cases: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Petition of Richard Potter, Chairman of a Meeting 
of Merchants, Manufacturers and other Inhabitants of 
Manchester, was presented, and read ; taking notice of 


5° 6° 


Ful. 623 


relative to Turnpike Bills, had been complied with ; and 
that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales; and praying the House to expunge 
the Clause which provides, that no person shall be qua- 
lified to vote for a Member of Parliament, whatever 
Annual Amount of Rent he may pay, if that Rent is pay- 
able more frequently than once in every half year. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number and Tonnage of the Ships and Ves- 
sels that have been entered Inwards or cleared Outwards 
into or from the Ports of Newry and Dundalk respectively, 
during each of the last Ten years. 


Mr. Ather/ley reported from the Committee on the Bill Southampton 
for erecting and maintaining a Pier, and other Works, for "" a 
the more conveniently landing and embarking Passengers “?°""™ 
in the Port of the Town of Southampton ; That they had 
proceeded according to the Resolution of the House of 
the 21st day of June last; and had examined the alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 








Waters 
Bridge 

Streep 
Teponty, 


nt re- 

ing Newry 
undalk 

, ordered. 


Mr. Heywood reported from the Committee on the Bill Manchester, 
to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Canal Navi- ~sae l 
gation from Manchester to Bolton and to Bury, to make Bill, reported. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ross, in the county of 
Hereford, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 


tion for 
blishing 
Laws 





eland. 


Petition 
respect: 
additiogae 
Repre 


the Petitioners feel with deep regret the existing distresses 
and misery of the lower classes in Ireland, of which these 
are not the first instances, principally arising, as the Peti- 
tioners believe, from the absence of any charge by law 
on Irish Property for the protection and relief of the Poor 
of Ireland; that the Petitioners do not presume to dictate 
to the House in what mode this should be made, but, be- 
lieving the immediate interference of the Legislature to 
be absolutely requisite, leave it to the House to make such 
enactments as may be best calculated to produce a bene- 
ficial result. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


and maintain a Railway from Manchester to Bolton and to 
Bury, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, upon or near 
the Line of the said Canal Navigation, and to make and 
maintain Collateral Branches to communicate therewith ; 
That they had proceeded according to the Resolution of 
the House of the 21st day of June last; and had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto; and the Report was brought up, and 
read. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands in the Petition against 
parish of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, and in Birmingham 


and Basford 


the several parishes of Harborne and West Bromwich, in Railway Bill. 


ion 


A Petition of Tile Makers, resident at Kingston-upon- 
epeal of 


Hiull, and in the neighbourhood thereof, was presented, 


Vy on 








Petition ig 
_ against 
y of Pari 
~ (Englai 


jion 

ting 

m of Par- 
nt (Scot- 
Bill. 


we wiv 


Petitie 


Militia} 
Sus pels 
preset 


No. 





and read ; praying, That the House will proceed wholly 
to repeal the Duty on Tiles ; but if His Majesty’s Minis- 
ters cannot altogether dispense with the said Duty so as 
to put the Petitioners on a par with Manufacturers of 
Slate, that they will so far modify the same as to afford 
them relief. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Burgesses of the royal burgh of Lauder, 
was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to 
amend the Representation of the People in Scotland; and 
praying the House, That, in settling the details of the pre- 
sent Bill, they will have regard to the interests of the 
Petitioners, and that the Elective Franchise will be be- 
stowed on every Burgess of the Burgh of Lauder whose 


in Ireland, from 1st January 1828 to Ist June 1831; 
distinguishing each year. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
two of the clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned 


till this day. 





Mercuru, 6° die Juli ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 





the county of Stafford, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That a Bill was brought into the House in the last 
Parliament by certain persons, intituled, “A Bill for 
making a Railroad from Birmingham, in the County of 
Warwick, to the Township of Basford, in the Parish of 
Wybunbury, in the County Palatine of Chester, with a 
Branch to the Town of Wolverhampton, in the County of 
Stafford ;” that in the said Bill, power was proposed to be 
taken to make the said Railroad from, at or near a certain 
estate, called Bell’s Barn, in the Bristol Road, in the 
parish of Saint Martin, in Birmingham aforesaid, through 
and into the several parishes, townships, hamlets or places 
of Saint Martin Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, 
of Handsworth, Harborne, Smethwick, Westbromwich, Tip- 
ton, Sedgley, Brierley, Darlaston, Bradley, Bilston, Willen- 


/ agains property in houses and lands, within the bounds of the hall, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, Bushbury, Brewood, 
f “4 same, shall be of the annual value of 10/. sterling, or Coven, Somerford, Water Eaton, Kinvaston, P enkridge, 
&gt; such other sum as may ultimately be fixed as the rate in Whiston-cum- Bickford, Levedale, Bradley, Billington-cum- 
y other small Burghs. Littywood, Haughton, Leighford, Dorrington, Coton Clan- 
A Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; ford, Ranton, Ellenhall, Eccleshall, Walton, Chebsey, Three 
1 and be printed. Farms, Slindon, Mill Meese, Cotes,Standon,Chapel Choriton, 
1 ; , Hill Chorlton, Swinnerton, Hatton,Whitmore and Madeley, 
» ~~ Lego i see —_ before my House, an Ac- 4}] in the county of Stafford, and of Wybunbury, Checkley- 
, and,) count of the Number and Description of Arms registered cum-Wrine, Hill, Blakenhill and Choriton, all in the county 
: ed. at the several Quarter Sessions in each and every County palatine of Chester, and to make a Branch Railroad to 


Snow Hill, in Wolverhampton aforesaid ; that the Pream- 
ble to the said Bill states, that the establishing a cheap, 
certain and more expeditious communication between the 
important manufacturing Towns of Birmingham and of 
Wolverhampton, the Iron Manufactories and Mining Dis- 
tricts of Staffordshire, the Salt Works of Cheshire, and the 
Town and Port of Liverpool, would be of great public 
utility ; that it is further stated in such Bill, that such 
Railroad was intended to form a portion of the said Line 
of Communication between Birmingham and Liverpool, 


j P from Birmingham aforesaid, through the several parishes, 

7 townships and places therein and hereinbefore mentioned, 
n boner M8; Portman reported from the Committee on the to the said township of Basford, there to unite with an 
1e el, s 


bTeported, 





Bill to continue and amend an Act of the fifth year 
of his late Majesty, for repairing the Roads from Dur- 
weston Bridge to Caundle Bishop, and other Roads in the 
Counties of Dorset and Somerset, so far as relates to the 
Vale of Blackmoor Turnpike Roads ; That they had_pro- 


intended Railroad from Liverpool, proposed to form the 
other portion of the said Line of Communication between 
Birmingham and Liverpool; that a Petition similar in 
substance to that presented in the last Parliament, was 
presented to the House in the present Session ; that, under 


ye hee ceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the the Orders made by the House on the 21st of June last, 
a 21st day of June last; and found, that the Standing Orders a Bill similar to that presented in the last Parliament, was 
ef ™ VOL. 86. 7T 2 introduced 


YUM 








Committee on 
Birmingham 
and Basford 
Railway Bill, 
discharged ; 


Bill withdrawn. 


Report from 
Committee 
on Standing 
Orders ; 


Wolverhampton 
Road. 


Instruction. 


Time for Report 
of Sheffield and 
Manchester 
Railway Bill. 


Thornset 

and Stockport 
Road Petition, 
reported. 


624. 


introduced into the House, and read a first and second 
time ; that on the evening of the 2d day of the present 
month of July, notice was given in the Private Bill Office, 
that the Committee on the said Bill would sit on Wednes- 
day the 6th day of July, and a Bill, with blanks filled 
up, was at the same time deposited, the title of which is, 
« A Bill for making a Railroad from Birmingham, in the 
County of Warwick, to the Town of Wolverhampton, in the 
County of Stafford,” and such Bill provides for making a 
Railroad, commencing on or near to a certain estate, called 
The Oozels, in the parish of Saint Martin-in-Birming- 
ham, on the northern side of the Birmingham Canal, 
through or into the several parishes, townships, ham- 
lets or places of Saint Martin Birmingham, of Hands- 
worth, Harborne, Smethwick, Westbromwich, Tipton, 
Sedgley, Brierley, Darlaston, Bradley, Bilston, Willenhall, 
Wednesfield and Wolverhampton, and terminating at or near 
the eastern end of Cleveland-street, within the town and 
Parish of Wolverhampton aforesaid ; that the Petitioners 
as owners and occupiers of lands and tenements situate 
in or near to the Line of the said intended Railroad, be- 
tween Birmingham and Wolverhampton, have not been 
asked for their Assents to such last-mentioned and abridged 
Bill, and strongly object thereto; that the said Bill thus 
petitioned for, presented, and read a first and second time, 
has now, at the very last moment, been altered in a manner 
unexampled in Parliamentary usage ; thirty-three miles of 
the main Line of Railway of forty-six miles has been 
abandoned, and a small portion of thirteen miles is alone 
retained ; that it is obvious that the applications to owners 
and occupiers, and the answers given by them, cannot 
now in the least degree be considered as the answers 
which parties could have returned had they known of the 
short Line of the Railway; that, by the Orders of the 
House, notices are required to be given of any abridgment 
of the line of a work, and particular applications made to 
owners and occupiers, none of which have been done; and 
the Petitioners trust, that the House will not allow the 
Bill to proceed, the proceedings on which have been cal- 
culated to deceive the public, and all persons interested 
in the measure; and praying, That the House will not 
permit the said Bill to pass into a law. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill for making 
a Railroad from Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, 
to the Township of Basford, in the Parish of Wybunbury, 
in the County Palatine of Chester, with a Branch to the 
Town of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, be dis- 
charged from proceeding upon the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Nicolson Calvert reported from the Select Com- 
mittee, to whom shall be referred all Reports from Com- 
mittees on Petitions for Private Bills, in which it shall be 
stated, that any of the Standing Orders of this House have 
not been complied with, and to report their opinion there- 
upon, from time to time, to the House ; and to whom se- 
veral Reports, stating that the Standing Orders have not 
been complied with, were referred ; That they had made a 
further progress in the matters referred to them, and had 
come to a Resolution, which they had directed him to re- 
port to the House; and the same was read, and agreed 
to by the House ; and is as followeth ; 

Resolved, That in the case of the Petition of the several 
Trustees for executing the Acts mentioned in the Wolver- 
hampton Roads Bill, additional provision be permitted to 
be made in the said Bill, pursuant to the prayer of the 
said Petition. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee 
on the Bill for repairing and improving certain Roads in 
the Counties of Stafford and Salop, leading to and from 
the Town of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, 
That they do make provision therein pursuant to the said 
Resolution. ; 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee on the 
Bill for making a Railway from Manchester, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, to Sheffield, in the West Riding of 
the County of York, be received To-morrow. 


Mr. George Vernon reported from the Committee on the 
Bill for making and maintaining a Road from Thornset, 
in the County of Derby, to Furnace Colliery, within Dis/ey, 


6° Fulii. 





A. 1831. 


in the County of Chester, and two several Branches there- 
from ; That they had proceeded according to the Resolu- 
tion of the House of the 21st day of June instant ; and had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 


‘several Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments 


were read, and agreed to by the House. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
naturalizing Custodio Pereira De Carvalho, was read a 
second time; and committed to Mr. Portman, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of Surveyors of the Highways in the Town- 
ship of Manchester, was presented, and read ; taking notice fi" 
of the Bill for making a Railroad from the Town of Man- 
chester, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to Sowerby 
Bridge, in the West Riding of the County of York; and 
praying, That they may be heard by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had re- 
ceived a Letter from the Right honourable Francis Jeffrey, 
informing him, that he, being chosen a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of AZalton, 
and also a Commissioner for the District of Burghs of 
Perth, Dundee, Saint Andrew's, Cupar and Forfar, made 
his Election to serve for the said District of Burghs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Aalion, in the room of the said Right 
honourable Francis Jeffrey. 


Lord Viscount Milton, being chosen a Knight of the 
Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the County 
of Northampton, and also a Burgess for the Borough of 
Higham Ferrers, made his Election to serve for the 
County of Northampton. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the elect- 
ing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Higham Ferrers, in the room of the said 
Lord Viscount Ailton. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the elect- 
ing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Reigate, in the room of Sir Joseph Sidney 
Yorke, deceased. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ for the elect- 
ing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Newport, in the county of Cornwall, in 
the room of Jonathan Raine, Esquire, deceased. 


Lord John Russell, being chosen a Knight of the Shire 
to serve in this present Parliament for the County of Devon, 
and also a Burgess for the Borough of Tavistock, made his 
Election to serve for the County of Devon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the elect- 
ing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament, for 
the Borough of Tavistock, in the room of the said Lord 
John Russell. 


John Evelyn Denison, Esquire, being chosen a Knight 
of the Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the 
County of Nottingham, and also a Burgess for the Borough 
of Liverpool, made his election to serve for the County of 
Nottingham. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of 
the Crown to make out a new Writ for the electing of a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament forthe Borough 


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of Liverpool, in the room of the said John Evelyn Denison, 
Esquire :—And a Debate arising in the House thereupon ; 

The House was moved, That the Entry in the Journal 
of the Order of the House of the 29th day of March 
last, for deferring the issuing of the Warrant for a new 
Writ for Liverpool, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the said Debate be adjourned till To- 


morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Imperial Proof Gallons of Spirits 
distilled in each Kingdom, exported from Scotland to 
England, from. Ireland to England, and from Scotland to 
Treland, and that paid Duty for the Home Consumption 
of each Kingdom, rate of Duty in each Kingdom, and 
amount thereof in each quarter, from 5th January 1830 
to 5th July 1831; and showing also, for each Kingdom, 
in each of these six quarters, the Gallons of these Spirits, 
that so paid Duty for the Home Consumption of each 
Kingdom, that was made entirely from Malt, 1s. 2d. per 
Gallon Drawback was payable on, under 6 Geo. 4, c. 58, 
and the Gallons, made from a mixture of Malt and Grain, 
no Drawback was payable on; and showing, likewise, 
the Imperial Proof Gallons of such Spirits remaining in 
Bond for the Duties, in every Collection of Excise, upon 
5th July 1831, distinguishing them entirely from Malt, 
Drawback was payable on, and them from Malt and 
Grain no Drawback was payable on. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Total Amount of Money, shown in one Sum 
for each Kingdom, paid, due to, or can be claimed by, 
Distillers, as Drawback on Malt used, or Spirits made 
entirely from Malt, under 1 &amp; 2 Geo. 4, c. 82, 4 Geo. 4, 
c. 94, and 6 Geo. 4, c. 58, up to 5th July 1831. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in the 
vicinity of Hitchin, in the county of Hertford, was pre- 
sented, and read; praying, That if it should be deemed 
expedient to extend the Elective Franchise, the Occupiers 
of Land may be admitted to a participation of the privi- 
lege upon the same terms as the Occupiers of Houses, 
that is, as yearly tenants, at such a sum as may be agreed 
upon by the House. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, upon 
Monday last, were proposed to be made to the Motion, 
That the Bill to amend ihe Representation of the People 
in England and Wales, be now read a second time; and 
which Amendments were, to leave out the word “ now,” 
and, at the end of the Question, to add the words “ upon 
“this day six months,” be now read ; and the same being 
read :—The House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the word 
* now ” stand part of the Question ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Thursday morning ; 


Jovis, 7° die Julii, 1831: 


And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


Lord Viscount Duncannon, 
Tellers for the Yeas, iM r. Spring Rice : 

The Marquis of Chandos, 
Tellers for the Noes, 1 Sir Sues - Clk: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time :— 

The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and com- 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House for Tuesday 
next. 


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Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till To-morrow. 


- Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit, not- 


withstanding the Adjournment of the House. 
- VOL. 86. 





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Fulti. 625 


A Bill to authorize Exchanges of Land and other £eclesiastical 
Possessions of certain Ecclesiastical Corporations, was, Lands Ex- 
according to Order, read a second time; and committed pers. tor 
to a Committee of the whole House for Wednesday next. ' 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Canadian 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon Revenue Bill, 
the Bill to amend an Act of the fourteenth year of his 4°!" 
Majesty King George the Third, for establishing a Fund 
towards defraying the Charges of the administration of 
Justice and support of the Civil Government within the 
Province of Quebec, in America ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Supply, 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- deferred. 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Ways and 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- Means, de- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply meeee. 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. | 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole Dean Forest 
House, on the Bill for ascertaining the Boundaries of the Boundaries 
Forest of Dean, and for inquiring into the Rights and tenn 
Privileges claimed by Free Miners of the Hundred of 
Saint Briavel’s, and for other purposes, the Amendments 
which they had made to the Bill; and the Amendments 
were read ; and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading Corporate 
of the ingrossed Bill to prevent the Application of Cor- Funds _ 
porate Property to the purposes of Election of Members “&lt;"'*- 
to serve in Parliament ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday, the 15th day. of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the TobaccoGrowth 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, on the ({rinu Bil, 
Bill to repeal an Act of the nineteenth year of King deferred. 
George the Third, for repealing so much of several Acts as 
prohibit the Growth and Produce of Tobacco in Ireland, 
and to permit the importation of Tobacco of the Growth 
and Produce of that Kingdom into Great Britain ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 


next. 


The ingrossed Bill to enable His Majesty to make puchy of 
Leases, Copies, and Grants of Offices, Lands and Here- Cornwall 
ditaments, parcel of the Duchy of Cormwall or annexed Leases Bill, 
to the same, was, according to Order, read the third time; oe 
and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


_ The ingrossed Bill for continuing, for a limited time, Turnpike 
the several Acts for regulating the Turnpike Roads in Acts Con- 
Great Britain, which will expire at the end of the present, UNS" °* am, 
Session of Parliament, was, according to Order, read the _ 
third time. : 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 
An Act for continuing, until the thirtieth day of June one 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, the several Acts for 
regulating the Turnpike Roads in Great Britain, which will, 
expire at the end of the present Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the. Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to Committee 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon on Waterloo 
the Bill to authorize and empower the Commissioners ap- Bridee New 

. ; : Street Bill. 
pointed by an Act of the seventh year of his late Majesty 


King George the Fourth, for extending to.Charing Cross, 


the Strand, and Places adjacent, the Powers of an Act for 
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626 o—T 


making a more convenient communication from Mary-/e- 
bone Park; to make and form a new Street from the 
Strand to Charles-street, Covent Garden ; and to widen 
the North end of Bow-street into Long-acre, and for other 

urposes, be now read ; and the same being read :—The 
ests resolved itself into the Committee ; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they had 
gone through the Bill; and made several Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House was moved, That the Act 3 Geo. 4, c. 126, 
to amend the General Laws now in being for regulating 
Turnpike Roads in that part of Great Britain called 
England, might be read ; and the same was read. 


The House was also moved, That the Act 4 Geo.4, c. 16, 
to explain so much of the General Turnpike Act as re- 
lates to the Toll payable on Carriages laden with Lime 
for the Improvement of Land, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Acts for regulating Turnpike Roads in England, 
so far as relates to certain exemptions from Toll: And 
that Mr. Buller and Mr. Frankland Lewis do prepare, and 


bring it in. . 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had re- 
ceived a Declaration, in writing, subscribed by R. Steuart, 
Esquire, who is returned a Burgess to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the District of Burghs of Jedburgh, 
Haddington, Dunbar, North Berwick and Lauder, that he, 
the said R. Steuart, did not intend to defend his Return 
for the said District of Burghs. 

And the said Declaration, being delivered in at the 
Table, was read ; and is as followeth : 


“T, Robert Steuart, of Alderston, in the county of Had- 
dington, Esquire, the Sitting Member elected’and returned 
a Commissioner to serve in this present Parliament for 
the District of Burghs of Jedburgh, Haddington, Dunbar, 
North Berwick and Lauder, do hereby, by virtue of an 
Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of his late 
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, ‘ An Act 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Trial 
of Controverted Elections, or Returns of Members to 
serve in Parliament,’ declare, that it is not my intention 
to defend my said Election or Return against the Petition 
presented to your Honourable House on the twenty-third 
day of June last, and subscribed by Sir Adolphus John 
Dalrymple, Baronet; and I make this my Declaration, 
subscribed by me, and to be delivered at the Table of 
your Honourable House :—As, 

“‘ Witness my hand this seventh day of July, one thou- 

sand eight hundred and thirty-one years. 
“ R. Steuart.” 


The House was moved, That the eleventh, twelfth and 
thirteenth sections of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, to consoli- 
date and amend the Laws relating to the Trial of Contro- 
verted Elections, or Returns of Members to serve in 
Parliament, might be read ; and the same was read. 


The House was also moved, That the Order made upon 
Thursday, the 23d day of June last, for taking into consi- 
deration, upon Thursday the 14th day of this instant July, 
the Petition of Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, Baronet, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for the said 
District of Burghs, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into considera- 
tion upon Tuesday, the 9th day of August next, at three 
of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Memorandum :—Notices were again sent to the Par- 

ties, with Orders for their attendance accordingly. 


Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 17th day of 
February 1807, was made from the Committee appointed 
to consider of the expediency of permitting the use of 
Sugar and Molasses in the Distillery and Brewery, for a 
time to be limited, under the circumstances now affecting 
the trade of the British Colonies in the West Indies, be 
referred to the Select Committee on Molasses. 


A. 183). 


S° Fultt. 

Ordered, That the first, second, third and fourth Re- 
ports, which, upon the 13th April, 31st May, and 10th and 
22d June 1808, were made from the Committee appointed 
to inquire and report how far, and under what circum: 
stances, it may be practicable and expedient to confine 


the Distilleries of the United Kingdom to the use of Sugar 
and Molasses only, be referred to the said Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till near 
five of the clock on Thursday morning, adjourned 
till To-morrow, 








— 


Veneris, 8° die Julii; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831, 


PRAYERS. 


M* Speaker acquainted the House, that he had re- 
ceived a Letter from Thomas Bourchier, Esquire, 
Deputy to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, dated 
Crown and Hanaper Office, Dublin, the 6th July 1831, 
enclosing a Petition of James Scarlett and others, Free- 
meen, complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the City of Dublin; and also, a Petition of John Pearson 
and others, Freeholders, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the County of Wexford. 

And the said Petitions were laid upon the Table. 

And one of the said Petitions appearing to relate to thé 
Election or Return of a place, concerning which the House 
had received a Petition on a former day, the same was 
first read ; viz. 


A Petition of John Pearson, of New Bridge, in the 
county of Wexford, in Ireland, Gentleman, a Freeholder 
of the said County of Wexford, and of the several Persons 
whose names are thereunto subscribed, also Freeholders 
of the said County, who claimed to vote, were entitled to 
vote, and did vote at the last Election in and for said 
County of Wexford, was read ; setting forth, That the Pe- 
titioners are, and at the last Election of Knights of the 
Shire for the County of Wexford, held in the town of Wer- 
Jord, were Freeholders of the said County, and were en- 
titled to vote at said Election; that at the said Election 
the Honourable George Arthur, commonly called Lord 
Viscount Valentia, Mathew D’ Arcy Talbot, Esquire, Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Arthur Chichester, and Henry Lambert, 
Esquire, were Candidates to represent said County; that 
a poll being demanded, the same was granted and pro- 
ceeded on, and James Boyd, Esquire, High Sheriff of 
said County, acted thereat as Returning Officer, and at 
the close of the poll, on Wednesday the eighteenth day 
of May last, unduly declared the said Colonel Chichester 
and Henry Lambert being duly elected; that at and 
during the said Election the poll was frequently inter- 
rupted by riots of a most alarming nature, and in con- 
sequence thereof was adjourned by the said High Sheriff 
at three different periods ; that on the several days during 
which the Election continued, the freeholders in the 
interest of Lord Viscount Valentia were, by and through 
the management, influence and contrivance of said Henry 
Lambert, his friends and assistants, obstructed, assaulted 
and imprisoned on their way to and at the hustings by 
tumultuous mobs, consisting of several hundred persons 
brought from the adjoining counties, and declaring them- 
selves to be in the interest of the said Henry Lambert; 
and who were instigated and set on by the said Henry 
Lambert, his agents and managers, and divers persons 
employed on his behalf, and particularly by Charles 
A. Walker, Esquire, M.P. for the said Town of Wevr- 
ford, James Howlan and Ebenezer Jacob, Esquires, Free- 
holders of said County; and Petitioners state, and will 
be ready to substantiate by proof, that even from the 
Committee-room of said Henry Lambert parties of men 
were sent out, with orders, and by the express authority 
of said Lambert, or his friends, agents and managers, to 
stop and prevent the voters for said Lord Valentia from 
coming into the Town of Wexford to vote at said Election 
for his Lordship ; that the two bridges of Ferry Carrig 
and Ferry Bank, which are the principal entrances to the 
said Town of Wexford, and in reality the only entrances to 
same from five Baronies in said County, were guarded 
and beset by large mobs of the aforesaid persons, insti- 
gated and set on as aforesaid, who obstructed great 

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numbers of freeholders coming to vote, and who would have 
voted for said Lord V@lentia, and intimidated them, and 
forced them by violence and threats, after the most savage 
treatment, to return to their homes without polling at said 
Election ; that in several instances the voters in Lord Va- 
lentia’s interest, and who were on their way to the hust- 
ings in order to vote for his Lordship, were actually im- 
prisoned, and were compelled to swear that they would 
not vote for Lord Valentia at that Election ; that divers 
applications were made to the said High Sheriff at and 
during said Election by several of the Petitioners, and 
other persons entitled to vote at said Election, calling upon 
him to order a sufficient military or other force to quell the 
riots and remove the obstruction created in the said Town 
of Wexford, and at the hustings, and in the approach 
thereto, and also to liberate and give protection to those 
freeholders who wished to come into said Town, and who 
were, and were represented to said Sheriff as being, in the 
power and custody of different parties of the aforesaid 
mobs, and some of which said freeholders were in immi- 
nent danger of being put to death; but the Petitioners 
show that the said High Sheriff refused to doso during the 
entire of the first four days’ polling at said Election; and 
although the friends and agents of said Lord Viscount Va- 
lentia were besieged and assaulted in the Committee-room, 
in which they and several of the freeholders in the interest 
of Lord Valentia were met, and though, after the windows of 
the house in which they were so assembled were smashed 
by stones by one of said mobs, instigated and set on by 
said Lambert, his friends and agents, yet the Sheriff re- 
fused to afford aid or protection, and the persons aforesaid 
so assembled in said house, were obliged to come forth 
and defend themselves against said mob, and to prevent 
said house from being pulled down; that, in consequence 
of the savage treatment which the said freeholders in the 
interest of Lord Valentia received during said first four 
days, and of the repeated and decided refusals of the said 
High Sheriff to afford them any assistance, a great number 
of said freeholders, who would have voted for the said 
Lord Valentia, were prevented. from polling during said 
Election, and many who intended to come in and poll for 
said Lord Valentia on the following days, were, by the 
means and in manner aforesaid, intimidated and deterred 
from so doing ; that, on the poll being opened on the fifth 
day of the said Election, several riots commenced, and in- 
creased to an alarming height, occasioned by persons un- 
der the influence and control of the said Lambert and his 
friends, and in opposition to said Lord Valentia, whereupon 
the said High Sheriff was obliged to adjourn the poll; that, 
after the poll had been so adjourned upon said fifth day, a 
reinforcement of military and police arrived in said Town 
of Wexford, and thereupon the said High Sheriff was 
again called upon, and requested to take steps to prevent a 
continuance of the riots, and to recommence the poll, but 
the said High Sheriff altogether refused so to do, in conse- 
quence of which, the persons who composed the said riotous 
mobs acquired more confidence, and became more deter- 
mined in their opposition to said Lord Valentia, whereby a 
great number of freeholders, who were coming into the 
said Town of Wexford to vote for said Lord Valentia, were 
further intimidated and deterred from coming to poll for 
his Lordship, and many of those who were at that time 
remaining at home, and who wished and intended to 
come in and vote for Lord Valentia, altogether refused or 
declined to come in during the remainder of said Election, 
through fear and apprehension of said mobs ; that the said 
High Sheriff, in direct violation of Ist Geo. 4, ec. 11; 
sec. 20, allowed the polling to be continued, on the sixth 
day of said Election, in the booths which were appointed 
for the Baronies of Forth, Bargy, Shelburne, Shilmalier, 
Bantry and Gorey, in which Petitioners show that twenty 
persons had not been polled, or referred for decision to the 
said Sheriff or his Assessor, on the day preceding, though 
no evidence had been offered to said Sheriff to show that 
any persons intending on the preceding day to offer them- 
selves to poll in any of such booths, had been prevented 
by force and violence from coming to the same for the 
purpose of polling on that day, and although said Sheriff 
was called on by a freeholder of the County entitled to 
vote at said Election, and warned not to permit such 
polling, for the reasons aforesaid ; that, between the hours 
of closing the poll on the evening of the sixth day and the 
opening of same on the morning of the seventh day, all 


VOL. 86. 


8° Ful. 
the booths erected for the Baronies of Forth, Baigy, 
Shelburne, Scarawalsh, Shielmalier and Ballaghkeen, tor 
the purpose of polling at said Election, were carried away 
by mobs, or persons in the interest of said Lambert, and 


adverse to said Lord Valentia, said Baronies being those 
in which a one number of freeholders were expected to 


627 


poll for his Lordship, and who would actually have voted 
for him but that said booths had been so illegally removed ; 
and when the agents, friends and freeholders in the intérest 
of said Lord Valentia, and who would have voted for him 
on the morning of the said seventh day, came to the said 
place where the said booths had been situated during the 
previous part of the Election, there were neither said 
booths nor any Deputy Sheriff to take the poll, nor was 
any place, or booth, or building prepared or appointed to 
poll in, in consequence whereof said freeholders were 
obliged to return to their houses without having polled at 
said Election ; and Petitioners show, that the freeholders 
who would have voted for said Lord Valentia, and who 
were fully qualified to vote at said Election, but who 
were, by the several means aforesaid, prevented from so 
voting, were fully sufficient to have given a large majority 
to and for said Lord Valentia, over and above the number 
of legal votes which said Sheriff at the close of the poll 
declared to be in favour of said Lambert; and Petitioners 
show, that three several notices were served on the said 
Sheriff during said Election, by and on behalf of said 
Lord Valentia, in reference to the subjects of complaint 
hereinbefore stated, wiz. one dated the 17th May, and 
two on the 18th of May, to which said Sheriff paid no man- 
ner of attention ; that the said Henry Lambert, by himself, 
his agents and managers, and by persons employed on 
his behalf, did, after the teste of the Writ for the said 
Election, and at and during the said Election, and before 
his Election and Return to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said County of Wexford, give, present, and allow 
to various persons having, or claiming to have, votes in 
the said Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment, and 
promises, agreements, obligations and engagements, to 
give and allow money, meat, drink, presents, rewards and 
entertainments to and for such persons, in order to be 
elected and for being elected a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said County of Wexford; that 
the said Henry Lambert, by himself, his agents and ma- © 
nagers, and by persons employed on his behalf, before, 
and at, and during the said Election, was guilty of open 
and extensive bribery and corrupt practices, in order 
to procure persons having, or claiming to have, a right 
to vote at the said Election, to vote for the said Henry 
Lambert at said Election, and to forbear to vote for the 
said Lord Valentia, and in order to procure the said Henry 
Lambert to be returned to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said County, and that the said bribery and 
corrupt practices of the said Henry Lambert, and of his 
friends, agents and managers, were open and notorious in 
the said County of Wexford, and well known to the elec- 
tors; that the said Henry Lambert, by himself, his agents 
and managers, and by persons employed in his behalf, 
before, and at, and during the said Election, was guilty of 
various other corrupt acts, and employed undue influence 
and other illegal and improper means, and gave, and 
caused to be given, divers sums of money, and gave and 
entered into divers gifts, rewards, agreements and engage- 
ments to several persons having, and claiming to have, a 
right to vote, in order to procure them to vote at the said 
Election for the said Henry Lambert, and to forbear to 
vote for the said Lord Valentia, and in order to procure 
the said Henry Lambert to be returned to serve in this 
present Parliament for the County of Wexford aforesaid ; 
that the said Henry Lambert, by the said corrupt and 
illegal practices, was and is wholly disabled and incapa- 
citated and ineligible to serve in Parliament for the said 
County of Wexford, and the Return of the said Henry 
Lambert was and is wholly null and void; that in con- 
sequence of the said continued and daily repeated riots in 
the said Town of Wexford, and at the hustings, during 
said Election, and ‘also in consequence of the tumultuous 
and riotous mobs who obstructed the said bridges, and 
the roads and the approaches to the said Town of Wexford, 
many freeholders who would have voted at said Election 
for said Lord Valentia, were unlawfully and outrageously 
assaulted, imprisoned, intimidated, deterred, and thereby 
and otherwise prevented from voting for said Lord Valentia, 

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Dublin City - 


Election. 
Petition 
of Freemen. 





628 
and from coming into the said Town of Wexford, and 
freely exercising their Elective Franchise ; and that there- 
‘by, and by the said several other illegal ways and means 
aforesaid, the said Henry Lambert illegally obtained a 
nominal majority of votes over the said Lord Valentia, and 
procured himself to be, and was returned to serve for the 
County, together with the said Lieutenant Colonel Arthur 
Chichester, which said several unlawful and corrupt acts 
of the said Henry Lambert, and other his friends, agents, 
and managers, and also said hereinbefore mentioned riots, 
obstructions and intimidations, were and are contrary to 
the freedom of Election, in violation of the Standing Orders 
of the House, and the Laws and Statutes of the Realm for 
preventing riots, violence and force, bribery and corrup- 
tion, in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament, 
and, the Petitioners humbly submit to the House, have 
rendered the said Election and Return of the said Henry 
Lambert, and the said Colonel Arthur Chichester, wholly 
null and void ; the Petitioners therefore humbly pray the 
House to take the premises into consideration, and to de- 
clare the said Election and Return of said Henry Lambert 
and the said Arthur Chichester wholly null and void, and 
that the House may be pleased to afford the Petitioners 
such further and other relief in the premises as to the 
‘House shall seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into consi- 
deration upon Tuesday, the 26th day of this instant July, 
at the same time that the Petition of John Pearson, of 
New Bridge, in the county of Wexford, in Ireland, Gen- 
tleman, a Freeholder of the said County of Wexford, and 
of the several Persons whose names are thereunto sub- 
scribed, also Freeholders of the said County, who claimed 
to vote, were entitled to vote, and did vote at the last 
Election in and for the said County of Wexford, is ordered 
to be taken into consideration. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons, papers and records as shall be 
thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hearing of 
the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of James Scarlett, David M‘Cleery, William 
Scott, William B. Rogerson, and John Judkin Butler, Free- 
men of the County of the City of Dublin, and of the several 


-Persons whose names are thereunto subscribed, Electors of 


the City of Dublin, in the County of the City of Dublin, on 


behalf of themselves and others, claiming a right to vote for 


‘Members to serve in Parliament for the said City, was also 


read; setting forth, That the Writ of Election of our Lord 
the King, under the seal of that part of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland, issued 
forth of His Majesty’s Court of Chancery in Ireland, bear- 
ing date the 27th day of April one thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-one, and directed to the Sheriffs of the County 
of the City of Dublin, commanding them to elect two 
proper and discreet Citizens to represent said City in Par- 
liament, then ordered to be holden by our Lord the King 
at Westminster, on the fourteenth day of June then next ; 
that John Mallett and George Halahan, Esquires, the 
said Sheriffs, in pursuance of said Writ, did by notice in 
writing appoint Friday the sixth day of May last for hold- 
ing such Election at the Court House in Greene-street, in 
said City, and accordingly such Election was begun to be 
holden on that day for the purpose aforesaid ; that George 
Moore, Esquire, one of His Majesty's Counsel learned in 
the law, and Frederick Shaw, Esquire, the Recorder of 
said City, both the late Representatives of said City 
4n Parliament, and the Right honourable Robert Harty, 
Lord Mayor of said City, and Louis Perrin, Esquire, 
one of His Majesty’s Counsel learned in the law, were 
Candidates at the said Election to represent the said City 
in Parliament; that a poll being demanded, the same was 
granted, and proceeded on, and the said John Mallett 
and George Halahan presided and acted thereat as the 
Returning Officers at said Election ; that all the Peti- 
tioners at and during the last Election of Members to 
‘serve in this Parliament for the said City of Dublin were 
electors of the said City, and had, and claim to have, 
a right to vote for Members to serve in Parliament at the 
last Election for the said City; that said Election began 
on Friday the sixth day of May aforesaid, and continued 
from said day until Thursday the nineteenth of May follow- 
‘ing, when said Sheriffs declared the poll to be as follows, 
{that is to say) the Lord Mayor, 1943, Louis Perrin, 1935, 


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A. i831. 


Frederick Shaw,1568,; and George Moore, 1562, and then 
and thereupon declared the said Lord Mayor and Louis 
Perrin duly elected ; that in the Parliament held in Eng- 
land in 1779, it was resolved as follows: ‘* That it is a 
high infringement of the liberties and privileges of the 
Commons of the United Kingdom for any Lord of Parlia- 
ment or other Peer to concern himself in the Election for 
Members to serve for the Commons in Parliament, or for 
any Lord Lieutenant or Governor of any County to avail 
himself of any authority derived from his commission to 
influence the Election of any Member to serve for the 
Commons of Parliament ;” that the constituency of the 
said City of Dublin is composed of freemen and free- 
holders, and that of said body of electors the said free- 
men compose two-thirds ; that many of said freemen hold 
situations either appointed by or under the control of the 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for the time being, and many 
others are liable to be removed from office at the pleasure 
or will of the Lord Lieutenant, and many others are trades- 
people doing business for and selling and delivering goods 
to the said Lord Lieutenant, and that on the said Election, 
the authority, control, influence and personal interference 
of the present Lord Lieutenant was exercised in a most 
arbitrary and unconstitutional manner, and in such a way 
as completely to influence, unduly to overawe and frustrate 
the free and unbiassed choice of said electors, by re- 
quiring and peremptorily insisting that they and each 
of them should, contrary to their avowed wishes and 
intentions, and in direct violation of their antecedent 
promises to vote for Messieurs Moore and Shaw, should 
not only give their own votes for the said Robert Harty 
and Louis Perrin, but that they should also influence 
their respective friends and relations to vote for the 
said Harty and Perrin, contrary to their wishes and 
intentions, to vote for Moore and Shaw, upon the threat 
and under the intimidation of being forthwith dismissed 
from their respective situations, offices, employments or 
business in case of their refusal; that divers Peers of 
the Realm, high public functionaries, and great officers 
of State also interfered, and made several personal, 
pressing and importunate applications to voters, and did 
thereby unduly influence, overawe and intimidate many 
of said voters, and unconstitutionally coerced and con- 
strained them to vote for Messieurs Harty and Perrin, 
and against Messieurs Moore and Shaw, contrary to the 
wishes and intentions of said voters, who, if left to their 
free choice, would have voted for the said Messieurs-Moore 
and Shaw, and had previously intended so to have voted ; 
that the Petitioners voted at the late Election for Mes- 
sieurs Moore and Shaw, and that they consequently be- 
lieve, that if the electors of Dublin had not been thus 
unduly influenced and intimidated by the unconstitutional 
interference as aforesaid, the Candidates for whom the 
Petitioners voted would have been returned by a large 
majority of legal votes; that the Petitioners can prove 
before a Committee of the House, instances in direct 
proof of the above allegations too numerous and circum- 
stantial to detail and set forth in this Petition, but which 
the Petitioners humbly crave leave to be allowed to sub- 
stantiate by legal evidence before the said Committee ; 
that with respect to one body of freemen, called Coal 
Meters, the Petitioners charge, that there are a consider- 
able number of the freemen of the said City of an humble 
situation in life, who hold the said situation of Coal 
Meters, and were elected thereto by the Guild of Mer- 
chants of said City, the emoluments and duties of their 
office having been considerably diminished by a late le- 
gislative enactment; these individuals expected compen- 
sation from the Government for their losses, and their 
votes being considered serviceable to the Reform Candi- 
dates, Messieurs Harty and Perrin, they, the said Coal 
Meters, held a meeting of their body for the purpose of 
discussing the subject; that two of the Aldermen of the 
said City, one of them holding a high magisterial situa- 
tion, and the other the head of a public board in said 
City, attended at said meeting, and informed the principal 
officer of said meters, that the Government of Ireland ex- 
pected that they would vote for the Reform Candidates, 
meaning thereby the said Messieurs Harty and Perrin, 
and that as they, the meters, looked for compensation, if 
they did not vote accordingly, they should not expect any 
support from Government ; that there were several othep 
instances of a similar description which occurred to persons 


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ment; that the Petitioners further state and expressly 
charge, that persons were allowed to vote for Messieurs 
Harty and Perrin, and who did vote for same, although 
said persons had no right or title to vote for any of the 
Candidates at said Election; that the said majority in 
favour of said Robert Harty and Louis Perrin was but a 
colourable majority, and was obtained not only by the 
undue influence, compulsion, intimidation, threats and 
unconstitutional interference of the said Government of 
Treland, and the said Peers of the Realm, public func- 
tionaries, and officers of State, and divers other persons 
connected therewith and employed thereby, but was also 
in a great measure obtained by means of great bribery 
and corruption, for that the said Robert Harty and Louis 
Perrin, by themselves, their agents, friends and managers, 
and by persons employed on their behalf before the test 
of the said Writ of Summons to Parliament, and also 
afterwards, and before and after, and at and during the 
said Election, did both directly and indirectly give, pre- 
sent, make and allow to various persons having, or claim- 
ing to have, votes in the said Election, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment, and promises, agreements, obligations and 
engagements to give and allow money, meat, drink, pre- 
sents, rewards, and entertainments to and for such persons, 
in order to be elected, and for being elected Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said City of Dub- 
lin; that the said Robert Harty and Louis Perrin, by 
themselves, their agents, friends and managers, and by 
persons employed on their behalf, before and at and dur- 
ing the time of the said Election, were guilty of open and 
extensive bribery and corrupt practices, in order to pro- 
cure persons having, or claiming to have, a right to vote at 
the said Election, to vote for the said Robert Harty and 
Louis Perrin at the said Election, and to forbear to vote for 
the said George Moore and Frederick Shaw, and in order 
to procure the said Robert Harty and Louis Perrin to be 
returned to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
City, and that the said bribery and corrupt practices of the 
said Robert Harty and Louis Perrin, and of their agents, 
friends and managers, were open and notorious in the said 
City, and well known to the said electors; that the said 
Robert Harty and Louis Perrin, by themselves, their agents 
and managers, and by persons employed in their behalf, be- 
fore, and at and during the time of the said Election, were 
guilty of various corrupt acts, and employed undue in- 
fluence, and other illegal and improper means, and gave, 
and caused to be given, divers sums of money, and gave 
and entered into, and caused to be made, given and entered 
into, divers gifts, rewards, agreements and engagements, to 
several persons having, and claiming to have, a right to 
vote, in order to procure them to vote at the said Election 
for the said Robert Harty and Louis Perrin, and to for- 
bear to vote for the said George Moore and Frederick Shaw, 
and in order to procure the said Robert Harty and Louis 
Perrin to be returned to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said City of Dublin; that the said Robert Harty 
and Louis Perrin, by the said corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices, were and are wholly disabled and incapacitated, 
and ineligible to serve in the present Parliament for the 
said City of Dublin, and that the Return of the said 
Robert Harty and Louis Perrin was and is wholly null 
and void, which said several unlawful and corrupt acts of 
the said Robert Harty and Louis Perrin, and other their 
friends, agents and managers, are contrary to the freedom 
of Election, in violation of the Standing Orders of the 
House, and the Law and Statutes of the Realm, for pre- 
venting bribery and corruption in the Election of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament, and have rendered the Election 
and Return of the said Robert Harty and Louis Perrin 
wholly null and void, and that therefore the said George 
Moore and Frederick Shaw were duly elected, and ought 
to have been returned at such Election to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said City of Dublin; that many persons 
were permitted to vote in favour of said Robert Harty 
and Louis Perrin as freeholders who were not freeholders, 
and who had not any votes, or any legal or equitable right 
or title to vote; that many votes tendered in favour of 
the said George Moore and Frederick Shaw, by persons 
having a right to vote, were rejected by the Sheriffs, their 
Assessor, or their Deputies, which ought to have been 
received and counted for the said George Moore and 


Frederick Shaw; that many persons were permitted to 
VOL. 86. 


S° Ful. 


’ holding situations in public offices under the Govern- 


629 


vote for the said Robert Harty and Louis Perrin at said 
Election, who had polled before at such Election, and 
also many persons who had personated other electors for 
the purpose of polling at such Election, and also man 
who polled by virtue of forged registries of alleged free- 
holds, and also many persons who polled by virtue of a 
registry of an alleged freehold under a lease of lands or 
tenements for a life or lives, made by a lessor who had 
not at the time of making the same a freehold estate 
therein, and also many persons who polled by virtue of a 
registry of an alleged freehold under a lease of lands or 
tenements for a life or lives, which lease was to end or 
determine on such a covenant or condition that a freehold 
estate had not been demised by the same, unlawfully 
granted to them for electioneering purposes; that many 
persons were permitted to vote and did vote at the said 
Election for the said Robert Harty and Louis Perrin, who 
polled by virtue of an alleged freehold estate of which 
they had never been bond fide seised, and also many other 
persons whose freeholds had been granted to them fraudu- 
lently, and in exchange for other interest in lands or 
property therein, and also, many other persons who polled 
by virtue of occasional freeholds, unlawfully made for the 
sole purpose of enabling such persons to vote at the said 
Election ; that many persons were permitted and did vote 
at the said Election for the said Robert Harty and Louis 
Perrin, who polled by virtue of an alleged freehold under 
the yearly value of 20/. late Jrish currency, and whereof 
the lease, deed, or other instrument purporting to create 
same was made after the first of July one thousand eight 
hundred and twenty-three, and did not contain any clause 
or covenant for renewal, and was given or executed to 
other persons jointly, in common or in partnership with 
the said persons who voted out of same; that many per- 
sons were permitted to vote, and did vote, at the said 
Election for the said Robert Harty and Louis Perrin, who 
polled by virtue of a rent-charge of less yearly value 
than 20/. late Jrish currency, and many other persons 
also who polled by virtue of a rent-charge of the full 
yearly value of 20/. like currency, but who had not been 
in possession thereof for one whole year before the date 
of the Writ for holding said Election, and other persons 
also polled by virtue of same, and who were not entitled 
to receive one whole year’s rent and profit thereof, before 
the test of the Writ for holding said Election ; that many 
persons were allowed to vote, and did vote, at said Elec- 
tion for the said Robert Harty and Louis Perrin, by virtue 
of an alleged freehold, under the yearly value of 20/. late 
Irish currency, whereof the lease, deed or instrument 
creating same did not contain any clause or covenant for 
renewal, and although such freehold had not been in their 
actual occupation respectively, either by the persons 
residing therein, or tilling or grazing the same, to the 
amount of forty shillings value, late Jrish currency, at the 
time of such persons severally registering the same; that 
many persons were permitted to vote and did vote at 
the said Election for the said Robert Harty and Louis 
Perrin, who polled by virtue of a freehold of 20/. value 
late Irish currency, and which freehold had not been 
registered within eight years preceding the test of the 
Writ for holding said Election; May it therefore please 
the House to take the premises into consideration, and to 
declare that the said Election and Return of the said 
Robert Harty and Louis Perrin is wholly null and void, 
and that the same may be set aside as illegal, and effected 
under undue influence and unconstitutional interference, 
threats, and intimidations, so far as regards the Return of 
the said Robert Harty and Louis Perrin, and that the said 
Robert Harty and Louis Perrin may be declared to be 
disabled and incapacitated from sitting in Parliament as 
the Representatives of the said City of Dublin in and 
during the present Parliament, and the said George 
Moore and Frederick Shaw, Esquires, were duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned to serve in Parliament 
for said City, and that the Return may be amended 
accordingly, and the Names of said George Moore and 
Frederick Shaw, Esquires, may be inserted therein in the 
room and stead of the said Robert Harty and Louis 
Perrin, and that the House may be pleased to make such 
further order, and to grant the Petitioners such other 
relief in the premises as to the House in their wisdom 
shall seem meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into conside- 
7X ration 





Peterstield 
Borough. 


Milborne 
Port Writ. 


Cashell Writ. 


Roscommon 
Writ. 


General 
Steam Navi- 
gation Bill, 
committed, 


Kennet Na- 
vigation Bill, 
reported, 


Avon and 
Gloucestershire 
Railway Bill, 
reported, 


630 


ration upon Thursday, the 28th day of this instant July, at 
three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons, papers and records as shall be 
thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hearing 
of the matter of the said Petition. 

Memorandum :—In pursuance of the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 22, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
to the Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns 
of Members to serve in Parliament, Notices were 
sent to the several Parties, with orders for their 
attendance, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
at the times on which the said several Petitions 
were ordered to be taken into consideration. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That John Ogie, 
Esquire, and Henry Marsh, Esquire, who petitioned this 
House upon Wednesday, the 22d day of June last, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Petersfield, had not entered into a Recognizance in re- 
spect of such Petition, according to the directions of the 
Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, to consolidate and amend the Laws 
relating to the Trial of Controverted Elections or Returns 
of Members to serve in Parliament. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon Wednesday, the 
22d day of June last, for taking the said Petition into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this instant 
July, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had re- 
ceived a Letter from Richard Lalor Sheil, Esquire, in- 
forming him, that he being chosen a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Milborne Port, 
and also, a Knight of the Shire for the County of Louth, 
made his Election to serve for the said County. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Milborne Port, in the room of the 
said Richard Lalor Sheil, Esquire. 


Ordered, That. Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, in Jreland, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the City of Cashell, in the room of Mathew 
Pennefather, Esquire, who, since his Election for the said 
City, hath accepted the office of Steward of His Majesty’s 
Manor of East Hendred, in the County of Berks. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, in Jreland, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in this 
present Parliament for the County of Roscommon, in the 
room of Owen O’ Conor, Esquire, deceased. 


A Bill for incorporating a Company, to be called, The 
General Steam Navigation Company, was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Alderman Wood, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Charles Dundas reported from the Committee on 
the Bill to alter and amend the several Acts for making 
navigable the River Kennet, in the County of Berks ; 
That they had proceeded according to the Resolution of 
the House of the 21st day of June last; and had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto; and the Report was brought up, and 
read. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Charles Dundas reported from the Committee on 
the Bill to alter the Line of the Avon and Gloucestershire 
Railway, to make certain Branches from the same, and to 
amend the Act for making the said Railway; That they 
had proceeded according to the Resolution of the House 
of the 21st day of June last ; and found, that the Standing 
Orders relative to Bills for making Railways, had been 
complied with ; and that they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had gone 


through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 


unto ; and the Report was brought up, and read. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





8° Fulii. 


A. 1831. 


Mr: Tyrell reported from the Commttee on the Bill for Barto, 
repairing the Road from the Bridge on the old River at Brand, 


Barton to Brandon Bridge, in the County of Suffolk ; 
That they had proceeded according to the Resolution of 
the House of the 21st day of June last ; and found, that 
the Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been 
complied with ; and that they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Mr. Strickland reported from the Committee on the Bill 
for repairing and improving the Road from Doncaster, 
through Ferrybridge, to the south side of Tadcaster Cross, 
in the West Riding of the County of York; That they 
had proceeded according to the Resolution of the House 
of the 21st day of June last; and found, that the Standing 
Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been complied with ; 
and that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true ; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Mr. Strickland reported from the Committee on the Bill 
for inclosing the several Open Common Fields, Mesne 
Inclosures, Ings and Common or Stinted Pastures, within 
the Manor and Township of Ferrybridge otherwise Ferry- 
Sryston, in the West Riding of the County of York ; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June last; and found, that the 
Standing Orders relative to Bills of Inclosure, had been 
complied with; and that they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their consent to the Bill, 
to the satisfaction of the Committee; and that they had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Sir William Browne Folkes reported from the Committee 
on the Bill for more effectually repairing the Road from 
Norwich to Cromer, in the County of Norfolk, and two 
Branches of Road leading towards Holt and towards 
Wolterton, in the said County ; That they had proceeded 
according to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day 
of June last; and found, that the Standing Orders re- 
lative to Turnpike Bills, had been complied with; and 
that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto ; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Sir William Browne Folkes reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Bill for more effectually repairing, and 
otherwise improving, the several Roads from the South 
Gate, in the Borough of King’s Lynn, into the Parishes 
of East Walton, Narborough, Stoke Ferry and Downham 
Market, in the County of Norfolk ; That they had pro- 
ceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the 
2ist day of June last; and found, that the Standing 
Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been complied 
with ; and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Sir William Browne Folkes reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Bill for more effectually repairing the 
Roads from the Borough of King’s Lynn, and other 
Roads therein mentioned, and for making a new Line of 

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9 Wit. IV. 


arton Road at Castle Rising, all in the County of Norfolk ; 
rand That they had proceeded according to the Resolution of 
a the House of the 21st day of June last ; and found, that 
: the Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been 
complied with; and that they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
oS to by the House. 
id Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
% grossed. 
eld and Ordered, That the Report from the Committee on the 
teste Bill for making a Railway from Manchester, in the County 
ous. Palatine of Lancaster, to Sheffield, in the West Riding of 
Road Bi the County of York, be now received. 


Sir John Johnstone accordingly reported from the said 
Committee, That they had proceeded according to the 
Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June last; 
and found, that the Standing Orders relative to Railway 
Bills, had been complied with; and that they had exa- 

F mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
4 be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made several 
Amendments thereunto; and the Report was brought up, 
and read. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Bankers and Corn Merchants, Wool- 
staplers, Manufacturers and other Inhabitants of Wake- 
field, was presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill 
for making a Railroad from the Town of A/anchester, in 
the County Palatine of Lancaster, to Sowerby Bridge, in 
the West Riding of the County of York; and praying, 
That the same may pass into a law. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Okehampton, in the room of William 
Henry Trant, Esquire, who, since his election for the said 
Borough, hath accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff 
of His Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Des- 
borough and Bonenham, inthe County of Buckingham. 









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Aylshan 
and Cr 
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reporte 


ons A Petition of Commissioners for better paving, lighting, 


watching, cleansing and otherwise improving the Town of 
Birmingham, and for regulating the Police and Markets 
of the said Town ;—and, of Inhabitant Rate-payers of 
Birmingham,—were presented, and read ; taking notice 
of the Bill for alterimg, amending and enlarging the 
Powers of an Act passed in the twenty-third year of 
the reign of his late Majesty George the Third, for pro- 
viding a proper Workhouse within the Parish of Bir- 
mingham, in the County of Warwick, and for better regu- 
lating the Poor within the said Parish, and for empow- 
ering the Guardians of the Poor to grant Building Leases 
of certain Lands vested in them, or otherwise to sell and 
dispose of the same, and to apply the Monies to arise 
therefrom in the enlargement or rebuilding of the pre- 
sent Workhouse ; and praying, That they may be heard 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts thereof. 
. And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
: 4 the Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be 
heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


ingham 
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on in A Petition of Inhabitant Rate-payers of Birmingham, 
was also presented, and read ; taking notice of the said 
Bill; and praying, That the same may pass into a law. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


ww we eee Cle” 


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- bisagainst 
ord and 
Railway 


A Petition of John Varley, an owner of estates on the 
Line of the intended Railros 1 thereinafter mentioned ;— 
of Edward Wilkinson, Esquire, of Potterton Lodge, in the 
3 county of York ;—and, of Ralph Henry Brandling, of 
a Gosforth House, in the county of Northumberland, and 

— of Middleton, near Leeds, in the county of York, Clerk,— 
u were presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill. for 
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making a Railroad from Bradford to Leeds, in the West 
Riding of the County of York, together with a Branch 
therefrom ; and praying, That they may be heard by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
thereof. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be 
heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually maintaining and 
improving the Road from Soho Hill, in the Parish of 
Handsworth, to the Walsall Road, on the northern side of 
Hamstead Bridge, and another Road from Brown’s Green 
to the Friary, in the County of Stafford, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Evelyn Denison do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for erecting and maintaining a Pier, 
and other Works, for the more conveniently landing and 
embarking Passengers in the Port of the Town of South- 
ampton, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Atherley do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Dixon reported from the Committee on the Bill to 
amend certain Acts passed im the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty King George the Fourth, for opening a Street from 
the Cross of Glasgow to Monteith Row; That they had 
proceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the 
2lst day of June last; and had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Feuars and other Inhabit- 
ants of the barony of Gorbals, Glasgow, was presented, 
and read ; taking notice of the Bill for amending an Act 
passed in the eleventh year of the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty King George the Fourth, for making and maintain- 
ing a Railway from the Lands of Polloc and Govan to the 
River Clyde, and to alter and extend the powers of the 
Company of Proprietors of the said Railway; and pray- 
ing, That the same may not pass into a law as it now 
stands. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Council 
of the city of Glasgow ;—of the Convener, Trades Bai- 
lies, Collector, Deacons, and Visitor of the Incorporated 
Trades, and other Ordinary and Extraordinary Members 
of the Trades’ House of the city of Glasgow ;—of the Royal 
Incorporation of Hutcheson’s Hospital, in the eity of Glas- 
gow ;—of Robert Mungal, and John Humphry Mungal, 
residing at Muirhouses of Gorbals ;—of James Cross, and 
Alexander Cross, Seed Merchants, Glasgow, and Tenants 
of part of the barony of Gorbals ;—and, of Owners and 
Occupiers of lands through which the proposed exten- 
sion of the Polloc and Govan Railway will pass,—were 
also presented, and read ; taking notice of the said Bill ; 
and praying, That they may be heard by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts thereof. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be 
heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


An ingrossed Bill to continue and amend an Act of the 
fifth year of his late Majesty, for repairing the Roads from 
Durweston Bridge to Caundle Bishop, and other Roads in 
the Counties of Dorset and Somerset, so far as relates to the 
Vale of Blackmoor Turnpike Roads, was read the third time. 

, 7X2 Resolved, 





Handsworth 
Roads Bill, 
passed. 


Southampton 
Pier Bill, 
passed. 


Glasgow 
Improvement 


Bill, reported. 


Petitionsagainst 
Polloc and 
Govan Railway 
Bill, 


Blackmoor 
Vale Roads 
Bill, passed. 





Monmouth 
Roads Bill, 
reported. 


Winchelsea 
Writ. 


Ashton-under- 
Lyne Tithes 
Bill, reported. 


Gorbals 
Statute La- 
bour Bill, 
reported. 


Wakefield 
Ings Road 
Bill, com- 
mitted. 


West-India 
Dock Com- 
pany Bill, 
reported. 


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Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Portman do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Committee 
on the Bill for more effectually repairing and improving 
several Roads therein mentioned, leading to, through and 
from the Town of Monmouth, and for making several new 
Lines and Diversions of Roads to communicate therewith, 
in the Counties of Monmouth, Gloucester and Hereford ; 
That they had proceeded according to the Resolution of 
the House of the 21st day of June last; and found, that the 
Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been com- 
plied with; and that they had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Stephen Lushington, Esquire, being chosen a Burgess 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Iichester, and also a Baron for the Town and Port of Win- 
chelsea, made his Election to serve for the said Borough 
of Iichester. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the elect- 
ing of a Baron to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Town and Port of Winchelsea, in the room of the said 
Stephen Lushington, Esquire. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on the Bill 
for settling Disputed Rights respecting Tithes within the 
Parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, and for fixing certain Annual Payments in lieu 
thereof ; That they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true ; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the satis- 
faction of the Committee (except the lessees of property 
to be charged with yearly rents to the amount of 4797. or 
thereabouts, who refused to sign the Bill, the lessees of 
property to the amount of 89/. or thereabouts, who were 
neuter, and that the whole yearly rents charged upon 
lessees of such property amounted to 13,047/. or there- 
abouts ; also, except the occupiers of property to the 
amount of 858/. or thereabouts, who refused to sign the 
Bill, and occupiers to the amount of 1,7967. or there- 
abouts, who were neuter, and that the whole value of 
yearly rents to which the occupiers of such property are 
to be made liable, amounted to 13,047 /. or thereabouts, 
as aforesaid); and that no person appeared before the 
Committee to oppose the Bill; and that they had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Mr. Charles Douglas reported from the Committee on 
the Bill to alter and amend an Act passed in the sixth year 
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for 
regulating the Conversion of the Statute Labour within 
the Barony of Gorbals, in the City of Glasgow and County 
of Lanark; That they had proceeded according to the Re- 
solution of the House of the 21st day of June last ; and 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
several Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


A Bill for making and maintaining a Road from the 
bottom of Kirkgate to Westgate, both in the Parish of 
Wakefield, in the West Riding of the County of York, 
was read a second time ; and committed to Lord Viscount 
Morpeth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Irving reported from the Committee on the Bill to 
consolidate and amend the several Acts for making the 
West-India Docks ; That they had proceeded according 


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A. 1831. 


to thé Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June 
last; and had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto ; and the 
Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That’the Report do lie upon the Table. 








Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill to enable the Poner, se 
Company of Proprietors of the Warrington and Newton Cow 
Railway to extend the said Railway from the termination 
thereof at Bank Quay, in the Parish of Warrington, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, to Norton, in the County 
Palatine of Chester, have Power to send for persons 
papers and records. 


An ingrossed Bill for making and maintaining a Road tion 
from Thornset, in the County of Derby, to Furnace Col- Sl 
liery, within Disley, in the County of Chester, and two " 
several Branches therefrom, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Vernon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return Re, 
from the Vestrymen, Churchwardens, Overseers and Go- otis 
vernors of the Poor, of the Parish of Saint James, West- St.) 
minster, of an Account of all Monies received from the Wex 
Commissioners of His Majesty’s Woods and Forests, in 
respect of deficiency on the Poor’s Rates arising from 
Houses and Buildings shut up, taken down, or used by 
authority of the Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 121; specifying the 
Sums received in each respective year, also the Situation 
of each House and Building, with the Rental for which 
the same was assessed for the relief of the Poor; stating 
the Pound Rate in each year. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of all Monies paid by the said Vestrymen, Churchwardens, 
Overseers and Governors of the Poor, to His Majesty’s 
Commissioners of Woods and Forests, under and in pur- 
suance of the 43d section of Act 53 Geo. 3; specifying 
the Times at which such Payments were made; also, if 
the whole of such Sums were paid from the surplus Rates, a 
as directed by such section; and, if otherwise, by what = 
authority such other Monies were paid to the said Com- | 
missioners. e 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- Forni: ~ 

count of the Total Quarters of Foreign Wheat that has Con. © 
paid Duty for consumption in the United Kingdom, under ' 
9 Geo. 4, c. 60, since that Act came in force in 1828 to - 
Ist July 1831, and the Total Amount of Duty received 
therein; and showing, from the total quantity of Quar- 
ters, and the total amount of Duty so received therein, 
what the Duty was equal to per Quarter on the average 
for this whole period. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, the 
same Account for Foreign Barley, Rye, Pease and Beans, 
Wheat Meal and Flour, Oatmeal, and Maize or Indian 
Corn, Buck Wheat, Bear, or Bige. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, the 
same Account for all these, the produce of and imported 
from any British Possession in North America, or else- 
where out of Europe. 


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Ordered, That the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canitt 
Canine Madness, be read a second time upon Monday eed 
next. _ 


A Petition of Working Classes of Manchester, was pre- Petit 
sented, and read; praying the House to take their just — 
claims into immediate consideration, and grant to them ee 
a fair share in the Representation of the Country, namely, 
Universal Suffrage, shielded by the protection of the Ballot 
and Annual Parliaments. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Roupell and Mr. The 
Adam: hee : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act et 
for repealing so much of an Act passed in the seventh wail! 
year of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for 


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paving, lighting, watching, repairing, and otherwise im- 
proving Grosvenor-place and other Streets therein men- 
tioned, as relates to the Assessment of the Boundary Fence 
or Wall of the Garden belonging to Buckingham House, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
diminish the Expense and prevent the Delay of Suits in the 
Common Law Courts at Westminster; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
effect an exchange of Lands between Harriet Averina 
Brunetta Herbert, an infant Ward of the Court of Chan- 
cery, and John Edwards, Esquire ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
empower the Judges of the Court of Session in Scotland 
to take an Account of the Debts and Burdens affecting, 
and that may be made to affect, the entailed Estate of 
Crieve and others, in the Counties of Dumfries and Rov- 
burgh, and to sell such part of the said Estate as may be 
sufficient to discharge the said Debts and Burdens, and 
likewise for settling and securing the Lands and Estate 
of Murrayfield and others, in the said County of Dum- 


fries, to and in favour of T’homas Beattie, of Crieve, Es- 


quire, and the series of Heirs entitled to take by a certain 
Deed of Entail made by Thomas Beattie, of Crieve, Es- 
quire, now deceased, and under the conditions and limi- 
tations contained in the said Deed, and for vesting, in lieu 
thereof, certain parts of the Estate of Crieve in the said 
Thomas Beattie, Esquire, and his Heirs and Assigns, in 
Fee Simple; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
enable John Surman Govdlake to take and use the Sir- 
name of Surman, pursuant to the provisions of the Will 
of John Surman, late of Swindon, in the County of Glou- 
cester, Gentleman, deceased; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the elect- 
ing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Westbury, in the room of Henry Hanmer, Es- 
quire, who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of His Majesty’s 
three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bo- 
nenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Monday last, for taking into consideration, upon Thursday, 
the 21st day of this instant July, the Petition of several 
Persons, whose names are thereunto subscribed, Free- 
holders of the county of Pembroke, who voted, and were 
entitled to vote, and claim to have had a right to vote, at 
the last Election for a Member to serve in Parliament for 
the said county, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said county, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday, the 4th day of August next, at three 
of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Memorandum :—Notices were again sent to the Par- 
ties, with orders for their attendance accordingly. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of 
the Crown to make out a new Writ for the electing of a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Liverpool, in the room of John Evelyn Denison, Esquire, 
who has made his Election to serve for the County of 
Nottingham; 

And a Debate arising in the House thereupon ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be adjourned till Monday next ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

f Sir George Clerk, 
Tellers for the Yeas, ) The Marquis of Chandos : 


\ 117. 
Tellers for the Noes Mr. Evelyn Denison, \ 99 
&gt; | Mr. Ewart : 


J 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Monday 


next. 
VOL. 86. 


S° Fultz. 


633 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to Committee 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to Supply: 


consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty, be 
now read; and the same being read :—The House re- 
solved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Eight thousand three hundred 
and seventy-three pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Contingent Expenses and Messengers’ Bills in 
the Department of His Majesty’s Home Secretary of State, 
for the year 1831. 

2. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Thirty-five thousand one hundred 
and fifty-five pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray 
the Contingent Expenses and Messengers’ Bills in the 
Department of His Majesty’s Foreign Secretary of State, 
for the year 1831. 

3. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Eight thousand four hundred 
and thirty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray 
the Contingent Expenses and Messengers’ Bills in the 
Department of His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the 
Colonies, for the year 1831. 

4. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Two thousand eight hundred 
and eighty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray 
the Contingent Expenses and Messengers’ Bills in the 
Department of His Majesty’s most honourable Privy 
Council, and Committee of Privy Council for Trade, for 
the year 1831. 

5. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Two thousand and eight hun- 
dred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Expenses of Messengers attending the First Lord of the 
Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Four 
Patent Messengers of the Court of Exchequer, and various 
ancient Allowances to Officers of that Court and others. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That it is the opinion of this Committee, that a sum, not 
exceeding Nine hundred and fifty-eight pounds and five 
shillings, be granted to His Majesty, to pay the Salaries 
or Allowances granted to certain Professors in the Uni- 
versities of Oxford and Cambridge, for reading Courses of 
Lectures, for the year 1831 ; 

The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Spring Rice - - 215 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Hume 15 


7. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Thirteen thousand one hundred 
and fifty-six pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to pay 
the Salaries of the Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors’ 
Court, of their Clerks, and the Contingent Expenses of 
their Office, for the year 1831, and also, the Expenses 
attendant upon the Circuits; and that the said sum be 
issued and paid without any fee or other deduction what- 
soever. 

8. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Three thousand eight hundred 
and fifty-six pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to pay, 
in the year 1831, the Salaries of the Officers, and the 
Contingent Expenses of the Office, for the Superintend- 
ence of Aliens, and also, the Superannuation or Retired 
Allowances to Officers formerly employed in that Service ; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 

9. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Eight thousand five hundred 
and sixty-five pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Establishment of the Peniten- 
tiary at Milbank, for the year 1831; and that the said sum 
be issued and paid without any fee or other deduction 
whatsoever. 

10. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Eleven thousand two hundred 
and sixty-nine pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Office of Works, for the year 
1831 ; and that the said sum be issued and paid without 
any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

11. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One thousand and seventy 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to make good the 

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634 


deficiency of the Fee Fund in the Office of Registry of Co- 
lonial Slaves, in Great Britain, for the year 1831. 

12. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Two thousand and two hundred 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of the State Paper Office, for the year 1831. 

13. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Fifteen thousand nine hundred 
and twenty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to enable 
Him to grant Relief, in the year 1831, to Zowlonese and 
Corsican Emigrants, Dutch Naval Officers, Saint Domingo 
Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others who have here- 
tofore received Allowances from His Majesty, and who, 
from Services performed or Losses sustained in the British 
Service, have special Claims upon His Majesty’s Justice 


* and Liberality ; and that the said sum be issued and paid 


Liability of 
Landlords 
Bill, deferred. 
Roman Catholic 
Charities Bill, 
deferred, 
Lunatics Bill, 
reporteds 


without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

14. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Two thousand and five hundred 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the National Vaccine Establishment, for the year 1831 ; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 

15. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Three thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, for the support of the Institution, 
called, The Refuge for the Destitute, for the year 1831 ; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 

16. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Three thousand and thirty-nine 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of confining and maintaining Criminal Lunatics, for the 
year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and paid with- 
out any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

17. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that asum, not exceeding Five thousand six hundred and 
twelve pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to pay the 
usual Allowances to Protestant Dissenting Ministers in 
England, Poor French Protestant Refugee Laity, and 
sundry small Charitable and other Allowances to the Poor 
of Saint Martin-in-the- Fields and others, for the year 1831. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 9° die Julii, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had come to several 
Resolutions, which they had directed him to report to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
next. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for the better rating Tenements under a 
certain Annual Value ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, on the Bill for regulating the Care and Treatment 
of Insane Persons in England, the Amendments which 
they had made to the Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time upon Monday next. 


8°—9° Fulii. 





A. 1831. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the ad- Deby, 
journed Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday, the i" 
Ist day of this instant July, “ That leave be given to adj 
bring in a Bill to regulate the importation of Arms into 
Ireland ;” 

Ordered, That ‘the Debate be further adjourned till 
Friday next. 






blic £ 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 1,,;, 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon Doble 
the Bill to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty- defen’ 
fourth and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty King George 
the Third, so far as the same relate to Double Assess- 
ments of the Land Tax ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Incl 
ing of the Bill for remedying defects in the Titles to Lands Act‘ 
allotted or taken in exchange under Inclosure Acts ; i 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 







The Order of the day being read, for the second reading Cou, 9 
of the Bill to explain and amend an Act for regulating Lawis) 
the Receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and Emo- Bill 
luments receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts of 
Common Law; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


A Bill to continue Compositions for Assessed Taxes Assi 
for a further term, and to grant Relief in certain cases, was, ‘lw 
according to Order, read a second time; and committed to — 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. . 





The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Canai 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon Rev 
the Bill to amend an Act of the fourteenth year of his “*™ 
Majesty King George the Third, for establishing a Fund 
towards defraying the Charges of the administration of 
Justice and support of the Civil Government within the 
Province of Quebec, in America; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 








The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Ways! 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- Mea” 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply “| 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Ooms 
idere 

The ingrossed Bill for ascertaining the Boundaries of the Dew! 
Forest of Dean, and for inquiring into the Rights and Pri- me 
vileges claimed by Free Miners of the Hundred of Saint “""" 
Briavel’s, and for other purposes, was, according to Order, 
read the third time; and an Amendment was made to 
the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the Lords, 


and desire their concurrence. 


ions 





Bil 


Water 
Bridge 
Street 
reports 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, on the Bill to authorize and empower the Com- 
missioners appointed by an Act of the seventh year of his 
late Majesty King George the Fourth, for extending to 
Charing Cross, the Strand, and Placesadjacent, the Powers 
of an Act for making a more convenient communication 
from Mary-le-bone Park ; to make and form a new Street 
from the Strand to Charles-street, Covent Garden ; and to 
widen the North end of Bow-street into Long Acre, and 
for other purposes, the Amendments which they had made 
to the Bill; and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Monday next. 


a ae 


Sir Henry Parnell reported from the Select Committee Rep 
appointed to prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Dis- Mill# 
embodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland, for the — 
year 1831; That they had prepared the said Estimates ” 
accordingly, and had directed him to report the same to 
the House; and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 

Resolved, 











9 Wit. IV. 


at, Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the 
: House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 





Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit, not- 


mmittees withstanding the adjournment of the House. 


sit. 


™ A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
vectig, That in this present Session of Parliament, all Orders 
ble Busine of the day set down in the Order Book for Wednesday, 


oy. shall be disposed of before the House will proceed upon 
hale anv Motions of which Notices shall be entered in the 
be Order Book :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 
is A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
vecting List hat there be laid before this House, a Return of the 
ems Members returned to serve in this present Parliament, 
nelosg, and the Places for which they are returned ; giving in 
Nets Ti one List the Names of the Places, and in another the 
sill i Names of the Members, in alphabetical order :—And the 


said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 













Ordered, That the Bill to amend the Laws in England 


r me Bill, 


wed, relative to Game, be read a second time upon Monday 
next. 
at of Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of the 


ice Acts, whole House, to whom it was referred to consider of the 
wed. several Acts imposing Duties of Excise on Candles, and 
on Licenses for making them, be received upon Friday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Bill to repeal the Laws relating to 
Apprentices, and other young Persons, employed in Cot- 
ton and other Factories, and in Cotton and other Mills, 
and to make further Provisions in lieu thereof, be read a 
second time upon Monday next. 


on Factories 
entices 
deferred. 


Canatiz 
Revete 
defer” 


terofthe Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of the 
nt Salary whole House, on the Bill to reduce the Salary of the 
rdelerred. Master and Worker of His Majesty’s Mint, be received 
upon Monday next. 


y ia Ballots 
ension Bill, 
pitted, 


Ordered, That the Bill to suspend, for a limited time, 
the making of Lists, and the Ballots and Inrolments for 


the Militia of the United Kingdom, be now read a second 
&gt; Waysag 


time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
, an and committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 


F Monday next. 


? oms 
, to be 
idered. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts relating 
to the Duties of Customs, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider of the said Acts. 


ions 
nst 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Saint Peter, 
Southgate ;—of the Churchwarden, Overseers and Rate- 





Bil, © Payers of the parish of Saint Peter per Mountergate ;— 
Sy of Inhabitants and Rate-payers in the parishes of Saint 
Gregory ;—of Saint Edmund ;—of Saint Lawrence ;—of 
le. Wate Saint Peter of Hungate ;—of Saint Julian ;—of Saint Bene- 
~ Bric dicts,in the city of Norwich ;—of Inhabitants assessed to the 
_, relief of the Poor in the parishes of Saint John of Sepul- 
i. oF chre ;—of Saint Michael, at Coslany ;—in the hamlet of 
af Lakenham ;—and, in the parish of Saint Helen and hamlet 
ian of Thorpe, in the city and county of Norwich,—were pre- 
et sented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill for the better 
“a management of the Poor in the several Parishes and Ham- 
id lets in the City of Norwich and County of the same City ; 
re and praying, That the same may not pass into a law. 
A Petition of the Mayor, Sheriffs, Citizens and Com- 
si- P monalty of the city of Norwich, in Common Council 
; assembled ;—and, of the Governor, Deputy Governor, As- 
sistants and Guardians of the Poor in the city and county 
jee —* of Norwich, and liberties of the same,—were also pre- 
'1S- po sented, and read; taking notice of the said Bill; and 
he Nol praying, That they may be heard by themselves, their 
tes counsel or agents, against the same. 
to A Petition of the Governor, Deputy Governor, Assist- 
7 ants and Guardians of the Poor in the city and county of 
; Norwich, and liberties of the same ;—and, of the Payers 
- VOL. 86. 





8°—9° Fulii. 


635 


to the Poor’s Rates of the parish of Saint Martin, at the 
Palace, in the city of Norwich,—were also presented, and 
read; taking notice of the said Bill; and praying, That 
they may be heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts thereof. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Freemen of the City of 
Londonderry, was presented, and read; setting forth, That 
in the Act passed by the House, in the year 1829, inti- 
tuled, “An Act for the Relief of his Majesty’s Roman 
Catholic Subjects,” it is therein recited, that each and 
every Freeman or Voter at an Election for the return of a 
Representative for any City, County or Borough to Par- 
liament, shall, previous to the tender of his vote, take and 
subscribe to the Oath of Allegiance set forth in the said 
Act, and produce a certificate of his having done the 
same; the Petitioners humbly beg leave to solicit the 
attention of the House to the hardship and inconvenience 
they suffer by the operation of that part of the Act above 
stated, as at each and every Election, or vacancy in any 
city or borough in Jre/and, Roman Catholic Freemen are 
obliged to take the oath or oaths prescribed by this Act 
previous to the tender of their vote, and the Petitioners 
beg leave humbly to exemplify their statement by facts ; 
at three successive contested Elections, which took place 
in the city of Londonderry within the last twelve months, 
the Petitioners were obliged at each Election to take and 
subscribe to the oath or oaths, as above stated, previous 
to the tender of their votes, when a certificate of having 
once taken them should be deemed sufficient, and prevent 
the delay and inconvenience the Petitioners are now sub- 
ject to; and praying, That the House will take the hard- 
ship of their case into consideration, and remove from 
the Statute-book an intolerable grievance on His Majesty’s 
Roman Catholic Subjects, which no other sect or denomi- 
nation of people in the Realm are called on to do, having 
once taken and subscribed to the oaths and qualifications 
which the law requires. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Petition from 
Londonderry, 
to be relieved 
from the Oath 
of Allegiance at 
Elections. 


A Petition of Ship-owners of Liverpool ;—and, of Mer- Petitions for 
chants, Traders and Ship-owners of the city of London- ee ving 
derry,—were presented, and read ; praying for the entire cies of Marine 
abolition or great modification of the Duty now imposed ““"" 
on Marine Insurances. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of the parish of Petitions 
Taunton Saint Mary Magdalen, was presented, and read ; ine pe. 
setting forth, That the enlightened view of the Elective presentation in 
Franchise adopted by the Bill to amend the Representa- °“""™*"* 
tion of the People in England and Wales, now before the 
House, would seem to extend that right to the Petition- 
ers generally ; such of the Petitioners, therefore, as reside 
without the limits of the Borough of Taunton, humbly 
pray, That the right of voting may be granted to them ; 
and such of the Petitioners as reside within the Borough, 
and at present possess that invaluable privilege, urgently 
intreat the House to grant the Petition of their fellow 
townsmen. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Brigham, was 
also presented, and read; praying, That the Borough of 
Cockermouth may not be in part disfranchised, but that, 
in the event of the said Bill passing into a law, the privi- 
lege of returning two Members may be continued to the 
Borough of Cockermouth, conjointly with the parish of 
Brigham. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Scottish Distillers, was presented, and Petition 
read ; praying the House to resist even the agitating of Tespecting 
“ “" Molasses. 


any alteration in the Distillery Laws, by which the use of 
Molasses may be permitted in the Breweries and Distil- 
leries of the United Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Select 
Committee on Molasses. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Turnpike 
Thursday, the 30th day of June last, for the House to re- fant — 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 2) itty. 

7Y 2 Monday 


CAMOVH, 
Theland— 
Returns, &amp;c. *’ 

ordered: 


Lighthouses, 


r reeholders. 


Shannon 
Navigation. 


Account of 
Poor Returns, 
ordered. 


Time for Second 
Reading of 
Zemindar of 
Nozeed and 
Mustaphanagur 
Bill, 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Petition against - 


Kidwetly Roads 
Bill. 


636 


Monday next, upon the Bill for amending and making 
more ‘effectual the’Laws concerning Turnpike Roads in 
Scotland, be now read ; ‘and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the'said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to Sir George 
Clerk, thie Lord Advocate, Mr. Frankland Lewis, Mr. James 
Loch, Sir William Rae, Sir Ronald Ferguson, Mr. Lee, 
Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Hume, Mr. John Thomas Hope, 
and) all*Members® serving for Scotland: And they are to 
meet this Afterioon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 


trammo.) sat 


Ordered, Phat there be laid before this House, a Return 


lofithe Receipts and Disbursements of the Ballast Office 


(Corporation of Dublin), on account of Light-houses, to 
5th January 1831. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the gross Sums collected at each Port in Jre/and on 
account of Light-house Dues, from 5th January 1813 to 
5th January 1831; distinguishing the Amount collected 
in each year; specifying the rate of Charge at the several 
Ports, and whether any or what changes have been made 
in the rate of Charge during that period. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of Correspondence or Memorials relative to the erection 
of a Light-house between Dunmore and Cork Harbour, 
and of the Reports which have been made thereon. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Number of Freeholders in the different Counties in 
Treland registered, up to the Ist May 1831 ; distinguish- 
ing the £.50, £.20 and £.10 Freeholders. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Report made to the Jrish Government by Mr. 
Grantham, on the Navigation of the River Shannon. 


_ Ordered, That the Overseers of the Poor of every 
Parish, Township, or other Place, in England and Wales, 
do prepare an Account showing the Total Amount of 

oney levied for Poor Rates and County Rates, in the 
year ending 25th March 1831, upon such Parish, Town- 
ship, or other Place maintaining its own Poor; and also, 
the Total Amount of Money expended in that year; dis- 
tinguishing in the said Account the amount of Money 
paid for any other purpose than the Relief of the Poor :— 
and that such Overseers do, as soon as may be, transmit 
such Account to the Clerk of the House of Commons ; 
stating; in addition to such Account, whether any Select 
Vestry has been formed, and now exists, and whether an 
Assistant Overseer is now in office, under and by virtue of 
the Act 59 Geo. 3, c. 12, and any other observations which 
may be thought necessary. 


Ordered, That the Bill for providing for the discharge 
of a Claim in respect of Monies advanced by the late 
James Hodges, Esquire, on security of the Lands of the 
late Zemindar of Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, in the Dis- 
trict of Fort Saint George, in the East Indies, now under 
the Sovereignty of the Honourable the East India Com- 
pany, be read a.second time upon Monday, the 18th day 
of this instant July. 


Ordered, That Mr. Charles Russell have leave of ab- 
sence for a fortnight, on account of ill health. 


A Petition of George Wilkinson, of Great Coram-street, 
Brunswick-square, in the county. of Middlesev, Esquire, 
and Mary his Wife, and John /Vilkinson, of the Strand, in 
the comity of Middlesex, Esquire, the Acting Trustee of 
their Marriage Settlement, was presented, and read ; tak- 
ing notice of the Bill for repairing and improving the 
several Roads within the District called “ The Kidwelly 
District ” of Roads, in the‘ County of Carmarthen, and for 
making new Lines of Road within the said District, and 
making a Bridge across the River Loughor at Spitty Bank, 


‘andia» Bridge or Embankment across the River Gwend- 


raith Fawr at’ the Ford ; and praying, That they may be 
heard: by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain ‘parts thereof. 
- | Ordened, ‘Fhat‘the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and that ‘the Petitioners be heard 
by themselves, theit counsel ‘or agents, ‘upon their Peti- 
tion,. if they think fit. HIS WONT ; 
Ordered;( That “6ounsel be’ ‘admitted to be heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the’ said’ Petition. ~~ 


53 


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‘, A, 1831. 


re Bi 





Other, 
addeg, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this'House, an Ac- Accom, 
count of the Total Amount of Assessed Taxes, in each of (fp 
the years 1828, 1829 and 1830, levied on the Places con- Bil, o, 
tained in Schedule(C.)of the Bill (last amended) to amend 
the Representation in England and Wales. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a similar 
Account of the Places in Schedule (D.) of the said Bill. 

Mr. Spring Rice accordingly presented to the House the prese 
said Accounts. No. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


t Dra 
Bill, 
mitte 









An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Beaniy 
empower the Judges of the Court of Session in Scotland, Estat 
to take an account of the Debts and Burdens affecting, '™ 
and that may be made to affect,. the entailed Estate of ., 
Crieve and others, in the Counties of Dumfries and. Rox- 
burgh, and to sell such part of the said Estate as may be 
sufficient to discharge the said Debts and, Burdens, and 
likewise for settling and securing the Lands and Estate of 
Murrayfield and others, in the said County of Dumfries, 
to and in favour of Thomas Beattie, of Crieve, Esquire, 
and the series of Heirs entitled to take, by a Seely 
of Entail made by Thomas Beattie, of Crieye, Esquire, now 
deceased, and under the conditions and limitations. con- 
tained in the said Deed, and for vesting in lieu thereof cer- 
tain parts of the Estate of Crieve in the said Thomas Beattie, 
Esquire, and his Heirs and Assigns, ,in Fee Simple, was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


jon ag 
by-in- 
iclosu 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled; An-Act to Ravi 
effect an exchange of Lands between larrict Averina Estate 
Brunetta Herbert, an Infant Ward of the Court of Chan- wea. 
cery, and John Edwards, Esquire, was read the' first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
two of the clock on Saturday morning, adjourned 
till Monday next. 








Tune, 11° de Juli ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of Proprietors of Steam Vessels be- Petit 

longing to the port of Drogheda, was presented, and (frini 
read ; taking notice of the application for leave to bring Marx 
in a Bill to facilitate intercourse, by Steam Navigation, *” 
between the western Coast of Ireland and Great Britain ; 
and praying, That the same may not pass into a law. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Wrottesley reported from the Committee on Wolrt 
the Bill for repairing and improving certain Roads in the aa 
Counties of Stafford and Salop, leading to and from the 
Town of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June last; and found, that the 
Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been eom- 
plied with; and that they had examined tlie allévations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and’ had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto; and the Amendments were tead, and agreed to by 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 


grossed. 











An itigrdssed’Bill for repairing and improving the Dud 
Road ftom Déntaster through Ferrybridge to the south fies 
side of Tadcaster Cross, in the West Riding of the County 
of York, was read the third time. 1 | 

Resolved, That the Bill do,pass: 5...) | 

Ordered, That. Mr. Strickland do carry the, Bill to, the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence...) 16a 





- An 





a Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto; and the 





gQ Witt. IV. 11° Fula. | 637 








An ingrossed Bill for inclosing the several Open Com- _—_An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing, and Lynn (South 
mon Fields, Mesne Inclosures, Ings, and Common or otherwise improving, the several Roads from the South Gate) Road 





Stinted Pastures, within the Manor and Township of Gate, in the Borough of King’s Lynn, imto the Parishes Bill, passed. 
Ferrybridge, otherwise Ferryfryston, in the West Riding of East Walton, Narborough, Stoke Ferry and Downham 
of the County of York, was read the third time. Market, in the County of Norfolk, was read the third 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, time. 
An Act for inclosing the several Open Common Fields, Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Mesne Inclosures, Ings, Common or Stinted Pastures, Ordered, That Sir William Browne Folkes do carry the 
and Balks within the Manor and Township of Ferrybridge, Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
otherwise Ferryfryston, in the West Riding of the County 


















































of York. Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Committee on Abergavenny 
Bill Ordered, That Mr. Strickland do carry the Bill to the the Bill for more effectually repairing certain Roads lead- nae or 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. ing to and from the Town of Abergavenny, in the County of “?°™™ 





Monmouth, and for making and maintaining several new 
tDraine A Bill for draining and improving certain Low Lands Branches of Road to communicate therewith ; That they 
Bill, situate within the several Townships of Norton, Campsall, had proceeded according to the Resolution of the House 
mitted. Askren, Moss, Fenwick, Little Smeaton, Stubbs, Walden, of the 21st day of June last ; and found, that the Stand- 
No, Womersley, Whitley, Bain, Pollington, Snaith and Cowick, ™8 Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been com- 
and Sykehouse, in the several Parishes of Campsall, Wo- Plied with; and that they had examined the allegations 
mersley, Kellington, Snaith, and Fishlake, all inthe West of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
Riding of the County of York, was read a second time ; through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
and committed to Mr. Strickland, &amp;c.: And they are to pig” and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by 

et this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. © sous, 
er signet aaa Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 


on aginst A Petition of Sherbrooke Gell, and others, was presented, grossed. 

ve and read; taking notice of the Bill for inclosing Lands 

| within the Townships or Divisions of Hugill, Applethwaite Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on the Bill ay . 
and Troutbeck, in the Parishes of Kirkby-in- Kendal and to amend and enlarge the several Acts relating to the Railway Bill, 
Windermere, in the County of Westmorland ; and pray- Bolton and Leigh Railway ; and to whom the Petition of 


. ° © age reported. 
ing, That they may be heard by their counsel or agents, the Right honourable Lord Lifford, William Hulton of : 
against certain parts thereof. Hulton Park, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Esquire, 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- and Ralph Fletcher, of The Hollins, in the said county of 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard by Lancaster, Esquire, was referred ; That they had proceed- 
their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if they think ed according to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day 





















fit. of June last ; and that no person appeared on behalf of the 
Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in favour said Petition ; and that they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 


through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto; and the Report was brought up, and read. 


Edward ham Mr. Chaytor reported from the Committee on the Bill "67.04. That the Report do fie upon the Table. 


Estite MM Shotley for more effectually repairing and improving the Road 
aime teune between the City of Durham and the Village of Shotley 
Bridge, in the County of Durham; That they had pro- 
ceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the 

21st day of June last; and found, that the Standing Orders 

relative to Turnpike Bills, had been complied with ; and 

that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 

found the same to be true; and had gone through the 


An ingrossed Bill for settling Disputed Rights respect- Ashton-under- 
ing Tithes within the Parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the Bul, pamed. 
County Palatine of Lancaster, and for fixing certain 
Annual Payments in lieu thereof, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Stanley do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House. - , 
oe 2 . . A Bill for the more effectually repairing, and otherwise Sunderland 
Pome ed, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- improving, the Road from Sunderland-near-the-Sea, in the oats Bill, 


County of Durham, to the City of Durham, was read a °°" 
farshire = Mr. Maule reported from the Committee on the Bill second time ; and committed to Mr. William Russell, &amp;c.: 


_ _ for more effectually making, amending, widening, repair- a are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 
again ing and keeping in repair, certain Roads in the County . 
Gan of Forfar; That they had proceeded according to the : ; a ' 
. oe Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June last ; and A Motion being made, That the Bill for extinguishing Proceeding 


—— ' \ew = 


' rr ee | 


Tithes, and Customary Payments in lieu of Tithes, within on Llanelly 
the Parish of Llanelly, in the County of Carmarthen, and ies Bill 
for making Compensation in lieu thereof, be now read a 

second time :—And a Debate arising in the House there- 

upon— 


found, that the Standing Orders relative to Turnpike 
Bills, had been complied with; and that they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made se- 
Wolre ane Amendments thereunto ; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to by the House. ' . 

Ordered, That iy Nghe ye x. ‘a by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Regt eet 
grossed, Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty's Com- 
mission, for declaring His Royal Assent to several Acts 
agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the immediate 
attendance of this Honourable House in the House of 
Peers, to hear the Commission read. 







ion An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing the 
oe Road from Norwich to Cromer, in the County of Norfolk, 
, ' and two Branches of Road leading towards Holt and 
towards Wolterton, in the said County, was read the third 


time. ; ; 
: Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. the House of Pouns ia being returned ; r 
Ordered, That Sir William Browne Folkes do carry the Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the desire of 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. the Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty's Com- 
, ; mission, had been at the House of Peers, where a Com- 
dsc) Rona R An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing the mission under the Great Seal was read, giving, declaring 
l panted, oads from the Borough of King’s Lynn, and other Roads and notifying the Royal Assent to the several Public Bills 
therein mentioned, and for making a new Line of Road therein mentioned; and that the Lords thereby autho- 
at Castle Rising, all in the County of Norfolk, was read rized, had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: 
the third time. Which Bills are as followeth ; 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. An Act for repealing so much of an Act passed in the 
Ordered, That Sir William Browne Folkes do carry the seventh year of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. for paving, lighting, watching, repairing, and otherwise 


VOL. 86. ™ 


7 improving, 





Debate 

on Llanelly 
Tithes Bill, 
resumed ; 


committed. 


Bletchingley 
Writ. 


Bandon 
Bridge Writ. 


Monmouth 
Roads Bill, 


passed. 


Petition against 
Kidwelly 
Roads Bill. 


Power to a 
Committee. 


638 


improving, Grosvenor-place, and other Streets therein 
mentioned, as relates to the Assessment of the Boundary 
Fence or Wall of the Garden belonging to Buckingham 
House : 

An Act to revive and continue expired Commissions, 
Appointments, Patents and Grants in Jreland, and to in- 
demnify certain Persons in relation thereto: 

An Act to indemnify Persons who have acted as Deputy 
Lieutenants in Scotland without due Qualification. 


Then the House resumed the said Debate. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the Bill 
be now read a second time :—The Amendments following 
were proposed to be made to the Question; viz. To leave 
out the word “now,” and, at the end of the Question, to 
add the words, “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now ” stand part of the Question :—The said proposed 
Amendments were, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time :— 
The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to Mr. Dawson, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 


Charles Tennyson, Esquire, being chosen a Burgess to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Stamford, and also, for the Borough of Bletchingley, made 
his election to serve for the Borough of Stamford. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the elect- 
ing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Bletchingley, in the room of the said Charles 
Tennyson, Esquire. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of Bandon Bridge, in the room of 
Lord Viscount Bernard, who, since his Election for the 
said Borough, hath accepted the Office of Steward or 
Bailiff of His Majesty's three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, 
Desborough and Bonenham, in the county of Bucking- 
ham. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill for more 
effectually repairing and improving several Roads therein 
mentioned, leading to, through and from the Town of 
Monmouth, and for making several new Lines and Diver- 
sions of Road to communicate therewith, in the Counties 
of Monmouth, Gloucester and Hereford, be now read the 
third time ; 

Lord Viscount Duncannon, by His Majesty's Command, 
acquainted the House, That His Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives His consent, as 
far as His Majesty's interest is concerned, that the House 
may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Granville Somerset do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of James Henry Shears, of Bankside, in the 
county of Surrey, Copper Smelter and Copper Merchant, 
was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill for 
repairing and improving the several Roads within the 
District called “‘ The Kidwelly District” of Roads, in the 
County of Carmarthen, and for making new Lines of Road 
within the said District, and making a Bridge across the 
River Loughor at Spitty Bank, and a Bridge or Embank- 
ment across the River Gwendraith Fawr at the Ford ; and 
praying, That he may be heard by his counsel or agent 
against certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioner be heard by 
his counsel or agent upon his Petition, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill for the better 
management of the Poor in the several Parishes and Ham- 
lets in'the City of Norwich and County of the same City, 
have Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

&lt; 


11° Fuli. 





A. 1831. 


A Petition of Owners of lands lying within the opera- Petit 
tion of the several Acts of Parliament commonly called Pav Ba 
The Eau Brink Acts, was presented, and read; taking = 
notice of the Bill to alter, amend and enlarge the powers 
of the several Acts now in force relating to the River or 
Cut from Eau Brink to King’s Lynn, in the County of 
Norfolk, called, The Eau Brink Cut, and to raise further 
Funds for carrying the said Acts into execution; and 
praying, That they may be heard by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 






on Rai 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Dean and Faculty of Advocates ;—and, 
of Proprietors and Occupiers of houses in the city of Edin- 
burgh,—were presented, and read ; taking notice of the 
Bill to alter and amend an Act passed in the seventh and 
eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, 
“ An Act for carrying into effect certain Improvements 
within the City of Edinburgh, and adjacent to the same ;” 
and praying, That they may be heard by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts thereof. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be 
heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 









pss-sh 
Two Petitions of Proprietors or Tenants of houses in p Bill 
Edinburgh, in the neighbourhood of the works now in 
progress for the improvement of the said city ;—of Sub- 
scribers, lately Proprietors of land and houses in the lines 
of the south and west Approaches now in progress for the 
improvement of the city of Edinburgh, and now Cre- 
ditors of the Commissioners ;—of George Combe, Writer 
to the Signet ;—and, of George Combe, Writer to the 
Signet, and Misses Margaret Combe, and Beatrice Combe, 
residing in Portland-place, Edinburgh,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; taking notice of the said Bill; and 
praying, That the same may pass into a law. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitio 
in favor 





Lord Viscount Ebrington reported from the Committee 
on the Bill to amend an Act of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, for repairing the several Roads lead- 
ing to and from the City of eter, and for making certain 
new Lines of Road to communicate with the same, and 
for keeping in repair ve Bridge and Countess Wear Bridge, 
and to make and maintain other Roads communicating 
with the said Roads ; and to whom the Petition of Inha- 
bitants of E.veter ; and also, two Petitions of Inhabitants of 
the city of Eveter, were referred ; That they had proceeded 
according to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day 
of June last; and that they had considered the said Peti- 
tions ; and had heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and 
that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Exeter 
Roads 
reporte 


saga 
eld iat 





Petition 
Froding 
Drainat 
referret. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of Sadly Smith, 
of Bromby Wood Hall, in the county of Lincoln, which 
was presented to the House upon the 28th day of June 
last, praying that she may be heard by herself, her 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Bill for in- 
closing, draining and warping Lands within the Township 
or Hamlets of Frodingham, Scunthorpe, Bromby and Gun- 
house (otherwise Gunnas), all in the Parish of Frodingham, 
in the County of Lincoln, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioner be heard 
by herself, her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, if she 
think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


e Bil 





A Petition 





9 Witt. IV. 


A Petition of Shareholders in the Company of Proprie- 
tors of the Warrington and Newton Railway, was pre- 
sented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to enable the 
Company of Proprietors of the Warrington and Newton 
Railway to extend the said Railway from the termination 
thereof at Bank Quay, in the Parish of Warrington, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, to Norton, in the County 
Palatine of Chester; and praying, That they may be heard 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 






pp.against 
‘ a 
a Rail- 


Bill. 


Lord Viscount Belgrave, by Order, reported from the 
Committee on the Bill for the establishment of a Chapel 
of Ease, to be called, “‘ Grosvenor Chapel,” in the Parish 
of Saint George Hanover-square, in the County of Mid- 
dleser, and for providing for the Maintenance of the said 
Chapel, and a Stipend for the Minister thereof; That they 
had proceeded rent to the Resolution of the House 
of the 21st day of June last; and had examined the alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 





Admiral Adam reported from the Committee on the Bill 
for more effectually making and repairing certain Roads 
in the Counties of Fife, Kinross, Perth and Clackmanan; 
That they had proceeded according to the Resolution of 
the House of the 21st day of June last ; and found, that the 
Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been com- 
plied with; and that they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 


pss-shire 
Bill, 


Petition 
in favor 


grossed. 
n An ingrossed Bill for repairing the Road from the 
randon Bridge on the old River at Barton to Brandon Bridge, in 


the County of Suffolk, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Admiral Adam do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 






Exeter 
- Roads a 
--reporte 


sagainst 
eld and 
ands 

: Bill, 


A Petition of Occupiers of lands and premises in A/- 
mondbury ;—of Inhabitants of Huddersfield ;—of Occupiers 
of a certain mill and lands in Almondbury ;-—and, of Sir 
John Ramsden, of Byram, in the county of York, Baronet, 
—-were presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill 
for maintaining the Road from Wakefield to Austerlands, 
in the West Riding of the County of York; and praying, 
That they may be heard by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts thereof. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be 
heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


\v ON we ys 


The Earl of Belfast reported from the Committee on 
the Bill for erecting and maintaining a Bridge over the 
River Lagan, at Belfast, and for making suitable Ap- 
proaches thereto ; That they had proceeded according to 
the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June last ; 
and had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made several Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to by the House. 

- Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


_egew&gt;,7F-vs#w»n”7 w= 


io") 


weet CD 


. and A Bill for repealing, altering, enlarging and amending 
y i certain provisions of an Act passed in the 56th year of 
itey, the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, 


intituled, ‘‘ An Act for the Incorporation of the Highland 
VOL, 86. 


ViIIM 


LL? Fulii. 


639 


Society of London, for the better management of the Funds 
of the Society, and for rendering its exertions more exten- 
sive and beneficial to the Public,” was read a second time; 
and committed to Mr. Sinclair, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
dissolve the Marriage of Charles Trower, Esquire, with 
Amelia Catherine Trower, his now Wife, and to enable 
him to marry again, and for other purposes therein men- 
tioned, was read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday, the 19th 
day of this instant July. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, 
That they do hear counsel and examine witnesses for the 
Bill; and also, that they do hear counsel and examine 
witnesses against the Bill, if the Parties concerned think 
fit to be heard by counsel, or produce witnesses. 


Trower’s 
Divorce Bill 
committed. 


A Petition of Germain Lavie, of Frederick's Place, in petition 
the city of London, Gentleman, Agent for and on behalf of respecting 
Charies Trower, Esquire, of Calcutta, in the East Indies, was Trower’s _ 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That a Bill is now pend- Divorce Bill. 
ing in the House, intituled, “ An Act to dissolve the Mar- 
riage of Charles Trower, Esquire, with Amelia Catherine 
Trower, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, 
and for other purposes therein mentioned ;” and that a Bill 
exactly similar to that now before the House, was in the 
last Session of Parliament read a first and second time, 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, when 
counsel and witnesses were fully examined, and a service 
of a copy of the Bill was proved ; the Bill was then re- 
ported without Amendment, and was in a state to be read 
the third time, when the Parliament was dissolved ; that 
the circumstances and condition of the different Parties 
remain the same as when the said Bill was so in Com- 
mittee ; and praying, That the service of another Copy of 
the said Bill upon the Agent of Mrs. Zrower may be 
deemed good service as in the last Session, and that the 
Evidence which was taken before the Committee of the 
House in the last Session may be received in proof of the 
Bill now before the House. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers in the hundreds of Petition for 
Diss and Earsham, in the county of Norfolk, and the hun- repeal of Sale 
dreds of Hartsmere, Hoxne and Wangford, in the county of Beer Act. 
of Suffolk and hundreds adjoining, was presented, and read ; 
complaining of the injurious effects of the Act for allow- 
ing the Retail Sale of Beer, as tending to demoralize 
the lower orders of society, and depriving the Licensed 
Victuallers of a great portion of their usual custom; and 
praying the House either to amend or repeal the said Act. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Electors of the town of Northampton, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That, at the late 
Election of two Burgesses to represent the Town of North- 
ampton in Parliament, His Majesty’s Barracks at North- 
ampton were occupied by a numerous assemblage of the 
voters in the interest of the Government Candidates, Sir 
George Robinson, Baronet, and Robert Vernon Smith, Es- 
quire, during the five days of polling; that these persons, 
to the extent of several hundreds, and in some instances 
with their wives and families, were treated with refresh- 
ments of various sorts, and many of them remained in 
the barrack-rooms all night; that the barrack-gates were 
kept locked, and admission denied to all except the par- 
tisans of the aforesaid Candidates, who were furnished 
with regular admission tickets for that purpose; the Pe- 
titioners do not presume to say by whose authority these 
persons were admitted and accommodated in His Ma- 


Petition from 
Northampton, 
respecting the 
use made of the 
Barracks at the 
last Election, 


jesty’s barracks, or at whose expense they were entertained 


there, but they humbly conceive, that the whole transac- 
tion constitutes a gross and unconstitutional invasion of 
the purity and freedom of Election; and they pray the 
House to institute such inquiry, and to grant such redress, 
as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Planters, Merchants and others, of the Petitions for 
Protection of 


island of Nevis ;—and, of Inhabitants of His Majesty’s west india 
7Z 2 West Property. 





The Lords 
have passed 


Birmingham 
Grawmar 
School Bill, 


Lord Sinclair’s 
Estate Bill. 


Duke of 
Hamilton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Petitions for 
abolishing 
Slavery. 


Petition 

in favour of 
Cotton Factories 
Apprentices 
Bill, 


Petition 

in favour of 
lection by 
Ballot. 


Petition for 
repeal of 
Game Laws, 


Petition 
against 
Importation 
of Flour. 


640 


West India Colonies,—were presented, and read ; praying 
the House to refuse its sanction to any measures calcu- 
lated to infringe the rights of private property in the 
Colonies, unless full and complete indemnification for all 
losses shall have been previously secured. 

And the said Petitions were ‘ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Cross and Mr. 
Trower : 

Mr. Speaker, ; 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
enable the Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and 
Goods of the Free Grammar School of King Edward the 
Sixth, in Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, to erect 
a School House, Masters’ Houses, and other suitable Ac- 
commodations for the said School on a new Site in the 
vicinity of the Town of Birmingham, and to extend the 
objects of the Charity, and for other purposes ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—Andalso, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
empower the Judges of the Court of Session in Scot- 
land to sell such part of the entailed Lands and Barony 
of West Nisbet, in the County of Berwick, now belonging 
to Charles Carre Lord Sinclair, as shall be sufficient for 
payment of the Provisions, Debts and Incumbrances affect- 
ing the same; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
enable the Most Noble Alerander Duke of Hamilton and 
Brandon, and the Heirs of Entail of the Lands and Ba- 
rony of Kinneil, in the Shire of Linlithgow, to charge 
the Sceethes or Land to be gained from the Sea opposite 
the said Barony, with the Expenses laid out in gaining the 
same; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Burton Agnes ;—of Kil- 
ham ;—of Langtoft ;—of North Burton ;—of Wold New- 
ton, Thwing and Octon ;—of Rudston ;—-of Harpham and 
Lowthorp ;—and, of Foxrholes and Butterwick,—were pre- 
sented, and read; praying for the Abolition of Colonial 
Slavery. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bradford, in the county of 
York, was presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill 
to repeal the Laws relating to Apprentices, and other young 
Persons, employed in Cotton and other Factories, and in 
Cotton and other Mills, and to make further provisions in 
lieu thereof; and praying, That the same may pass into 
a law. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Operatives of Bradford, in the county of 
York, was presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill 
to amend the Representation of the People in England 
and Wales; and praying, That the Suffrage may be ex- 
tended to every adult male who is liable to be elected for 
the Militia, and whose character is not tainted with crime, 
that the duration of Parliaments may not exceed one year, 
and that Election by Ballot may be adopted. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of James Hamerton, Esquire, of Hellifield 
Peel, in the county of York, was presented, and read ; 
praying, That the House will not permit another Session, 
however short, to pass away, without repealing the pre- 
sent demoralizing Game Laws, thus putting an end to the 
heart-burnings, animosities and crimes they are daily en- 
gendering, and preserving thereby mankind, instead of 
Game. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


_ A, Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Corn Mills in 
the town and neighbourhood of Halifax, was presented, 
and read ;.settiig forth, That the Corn Laws which were 
in force previous to the Act of the 9th of George the 
Fourth, c. 60, were virtually equivalent to a prohibition 
of the importation of Foreign Flour, and the consequent 
dependence, of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom 
upon. Flour made within the Realm, led to large invest- 





11° Fulii. 


A. 1881. 


ments of capital in the erection and improvement of Corn 
Mills to the extent required for producing a supply of 
Flour adequate to ‘the demand ; that the great amount of 
capital so invested and sunk in buildings and machinery 
is auxiliary to the employment of an extensive floating 
capital devoted to the working of such machinery, and 
furnishing an effectual demand for the labour and skill of 
great numbers of workmen and artisans of various descrip- 
tions ; that, under the Corn Laws now in force, the Peti- 
tioners must occasionally suspend, or greatly contract, 
their business, thus incurring great and grievous loss by 
the partial disuse of extended and costly establishments, 
which must remain chargeable with rent of premises, and 
with interest of capital spent in machinery, or otherwise 
the Petitioners must hopelessly compete on ruinous terms 
with overwhelming supplies of Foreign Flour made from 
low-priced wheats, and imported for home consumption 
at the very time when high prices of grain at home ren- 
der such competition most impracticable to the millers of 
the United Kingdom ; that the present system of the Corn 
Laws precludes any precautionary measures on the part 
of the Petitioners for providing against such unfavour- 
able periods, because the Foreign Corn which is imported 
at low prices is placed in bond-warehouses, under fiscal 
regulations, which practically restrain the Petitioners from 
using such cheap corn in the manufacture of Flour, until, 
by a general rise in the home market, it has become dear ; 
that, whether the existing Corn Laws operate perniciously 
or beneficially for the population at large, they bear with 
peculiar hardship upon the Petitioners, and the numerous 
labourers in their employ, by means of the strong pecu- 
niary motive which they present to foreign growers and 
dealers to meet increased demand in the British market, 
chiefly with Flour manufactured abroad, the profit on im- 
— Flour being much greater than that on imported 

‘heats ; that the Petitioners humbly submit to the House, 
the magnitude, utility and immoveable property of their 
establishments, with the circumstances (arising out of a 
former system of Corn Laws) under which many of those 
establishments were first formed, or greatly extended, do 
entitle the Petitioners to request the protection of the 
Legislature, and to ask, in particular, for such a modifica- 
tion of the Corn Laws as may withdraw the virtual bounty 
on the importation of Flour in preference to Wheat, and 
thus remove that plain pecuniary inducement to the em- 
ploying of American millers, which now threatens exten- 
sive decay and ruin to the owners and occupiers of British 
Corn Mills and Machinery. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Lord Stourton, and 
of the other Trustees and Managers of the Knaresborough 
Savings Bank, and of the Branch Banks of Ripon and 
Wetherby, was presented, and read ; complaining of the 
restrictions imposed by the 35th section of 9 Geo. 4, c. 92, 
relating to Savings Banks; and praying the House to 
take into their early consideration the expediency of 
repealing so much of the said Act as limits the ultimate 
amount of Investments of Depositors, and of extending 
that limit as far beyond the sum of 200/. as the House 
may think fit; and at whatever sum the House may 
decide to fix that limit, then to let the compound interest 
cease, but to permit the simple interest only still to be 
received by each depositor, on whatever sum he may have 
invested, whether previous to or subsequent to the regu- 
lations of the said recited Act. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Freeholders and Inhabitants resident in 
the parts of Holland, in the county of Lincoln, was pre- 
sented, and read; taking notice of the Bill of the last 
Session of Parliament, for establishing a General Register 
of all Deeds and Instruments affecting Real Property in 
England and Wales; and praying, That the same may 
not pass into a law. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Inhabitants of Gainsburgh, and its ham- 


and read; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Repre- 
sentation of the People in England and Wales ; and pray- 
ing the House to grant them the privilege of being repre- 
sented in Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, 


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Ordered, That the Bill ‘to ‘authorize and empower the 
Commissioners appointed by-an Act of the seventh year 
of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for extend- 
ing to Charing Cross, the Strand,:and Places: adjacent, 
the Powers of an Act for making‘ ‘a more! convenient com- 
munication from Mary-le-bone Park, to make and form 
a New Street from the Strand to Charles-street;Covent Gar- 
den, and to widen the North end of Bow-strect into Long 
Acre ; and for other purposes, be printed as amended. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into 
further consideration the Report from the Committee of 
the whole House on the said Bill be now read; and the 
same being read:—The House proceeded to take the 
Report into further consideration. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Amendments made by the Committee 
to the Bill be now read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques- 
tion, by leaving out from the words “ That the” to the 
end of the Question, in order to add the words “ Bill be 
“‘ re-committed to a Select Committee” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Question ; it passed in the 
Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ Bill be 
“‘ re-committed to a Select Committee ” be added instead 
thereof; it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to Lord Viscount 
Duncannon, : Mr. Ellice, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Calcraft, 
Lord Thomas Cecil, Mr. Pendarves, Lord Russell, Mr. 
Hobhouse, Mr: Ridley Colborne, Sir George Clerk, Sir 
Robert Heron, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Frankland Lewis, Mr. 

ust, Mr. Ord, Sir Robert Price, Lord Granville Somerset, 
Mr. Znench; Mr. Miles, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Hume, Mr. John 
Wood; Mr..Protheroe, Mr. Robert Gordon, Mr. Alderman 
Venables, Mr. Croker, Mr. Alderman Wood : And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That: Five be the Quorum of the Committee. - 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider of the several Acts relating to the Duties of 


Customs, be now read ; and the same being read :—The 


House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That it is the opinion of this Committee, that the Duties 
now payable upon the importation of Wine do cease and 
determine ; and that, in lieu thereof, the following Duties 
be made payable ; (that is to say) 

&amp; a &amp; 
Wine, the Produce of His Majesty’s Settlement of the 

Cape of Good Hope, or the Territories or Dependencies 

thereof, imported directly from thence, until the ist 

January 1834 - - the Gallon, Imperial Measure | —- 
and from and after the ist January 1834, 

the Gallon, Imperial Measure 
—— all other Wines - the Gallon, Imperial Measure 


t~) 








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5 
5 


The Committee divided. 
Teller for the Yeas, Lord Viscount Duncannon 259. 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Robinson - - 157. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had come to a 
Resolution, which they had directed him to report to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty, 
be now read ; and the same being read ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
; Martis, 12° die Julii, 183.1: 
The House resolved itself into the Committee. 
(In the Committee.) A “ere 
Resolved, That it is the opinion’ “of thiss Committee, 


that a sum, not-exceeding' Fifteen thousand seven hundred 
and ninety-eight pounds and ten shillings,’ be granted to 


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641 


His Majesty, to defray the Charge of Retired Allowances 
or Superannuations to Persons formerly employed in the 
Public Offices or Departments, or in the Public Service, 
for the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being’ put, 
That it is the opinion of this Committee, that a’sum, riot 
exceeding Two thousand and five hundred pounds, be’ 
granted to His Majesty, to make Compensation to Sir 
Abraham Bradley King, for surrendering his Patent’ as 
King’s Stationer in [re/and, and that the said sum be issued 
and paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever ; 

The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Mr. George Dawson - 
Teller forthe Noes, Mr. Hume - - 
Resolution to be reported. 


45. 
103. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had come to a 
Resolution, which they had directed him to report'to the 
House. ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That lie was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Reform of 


ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People Parliament 
in Ireland ; = Bill, 
elerrea. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 25th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to: re- London Coal 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill,deferred. 
Bill for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in the 
Cities of London and Westminster, and in certain parts 
of the Counties of Middleser, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hert* 
fordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- pistillation 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon (Ireland) Bill, 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppressing deferred. 
the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits in 
Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the TobaccoGrowth 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, om the (ireland) Bill, 
Bill to repeal an Act of the nineteenth year? of: King deferred. 
George the Third, for repealing so much of several Acts 
as prohibit the growth and produce of Tobacco in Ireland, 
and to permit the importation of Tobacco of ‘the growth 
and produce of that Kingdom into Great Britain; 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine 
Madness ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Canine Mad- 
ness Bill, 
deferred. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, to whom 
it was referred to consider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majesty, be now read; and the same being’ read ; 

Ordered, That the Report’be received this day. 


Report 
Supply 
(8 July), 
deferred. 


Roman Catholic 
Charities Bill, 
deferred. 


Ordered, That the Order of theday, for the House’ to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, wpor 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donatiéns 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion, be tiow read ; 
and the same being read ; 1s wos 9m 

Resolved, That this House will, upon-Friday: neve, rev 
solve itself into the said Committee.) * &gt;! a q , at F 

rit suisey 919W OO .D .f.1850" 

Ordered, That the Order of the'day, for thedmydtead- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill'for regulating the’ Gare’ and 
Treatment of Insane Persons ngland; Be ‘now’ read ; 

8 an 


3) 


Lunaties 
Bill, passed. 








G42 


and the same being read :—The Bill was read the third 
time ; and several Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 
An Act for regulating, for Three years, and from thence 
until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the 
Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in England. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Gordon do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Inclosure Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
Acts Titles reading of the Bill for remedying defects in the Titles 
Bill, com- 
mitted. to Lands allotted or taken in exchange under Inclosure 
Acts, be now read ; and the same being read :—The Bill 
was read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House for Friday next. 
Courts of Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
Law Fees P reading of the Bill to explain and amend an Act for re- 
Wuill,deferred. -ulating the receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and 
Emoluments receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts 
of Common Law, be now read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 
Committee on Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
en sgt resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
Bill. the Bill to continue Compositions for Assessed Taxes for 
a further term, and to grant Relief in certain cases, be 
now read ; and the same being read :—The House resolved 
itself into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported from the Committee, That they had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
Ways and Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
Means, de- resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
nee. consider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty, be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 
Game Bill, Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second read- 
deferred. 


ing of the Bill to amend the Laws in England relative to 
Game, be now read ; and the same being read ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


Cotton Factories 
Apprentices 
Bill, committed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the Bill to repeal the Laws relating to Appren- 
tices, and other young Persons, employed in Cotton and 
other Factories, and in Cotton and other Mills, and to 
make further provisions in lieu thereof, be now read; 
and the same being read:—The Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to aCommittee of the whole House, 
for Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, on the 
Bill to reduce the Salary of the Master and Worker of 
oar Mint, be now read; and the same being 
read ; 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to suspend, for a limited time, the making of 
Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of 
the United Kingdom, be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Master of the 
Mint Salary 
Bill, deferred. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension Bill, 
deterred. 


Labourers’ 
House Rents 
Bill, ordered. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
prohibit the Practice of paying the House Rents of Able- 
bodied Labourers out of the Poor's Rate: And that Mr. 
Wrightson and Mr. Shaw Lefevre do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Address Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Carada Grown Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
Revenues, 


tions, that there be laid before this House, Copies of all 
Communications which have passed relative to the appro- 
priation of the Crown Revenues, and other Financial 
Arrangements relative thereto, between the Governors of 


1119 Fulii. 





A. 183), 


Upper or of Lower Canada, and the Legislatures of the 
two Provinces. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such: Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


timate 


siONs, 














No. 87 


The House was moved, That HisMajesty’s most gracious King. 
Message to this House, of the 14th day of April last, Prete 
might be read ; and the same was read by Mr. Speaker ; The 
and is as followeth ; = 

WILLIAM R. 

His Majesty, trusting to the affectionate regard of His 
faithful Commons, both for His Majesty and for The 
Queen, recommends to their immediate consideration the 
making such a Provision as may be adequate to the main- 
tenance of Her Majesty’s Royal dignity in case She should a 
survive His Majesty. d 

Ordered, That His Majesty’s said most gracious Mes- 
sage be taken into consideration this day. 






King’s a 
tobe cox 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Regulations fixed by the Lords of the Treasury for 
preparing, making out, settling and passing the usual 
Commissions, Letters Patent, Warrants or other Instru- 
ments, upon re-appointments to Office, or to Grants after 
the demise of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
in conformity to 1 Will. 4, c. 43; stating the several Offices, 
and the Amount of Full Fees if the Bill had not passed, 
and the Amount to be paid by each Officer for such Re- 
appointment or Re-grant, together with an Account of the 
Gross and Net Amount of the Salary of each Officer who 
has Fees to pay under the said Bill. 


Papers ‘ 
Tespectiz re 
appoint 
to Offic © 
order 


iiblic \ 
and) 
ente 


0.8 


Mr. Poulett Thomson presented a Bill to discontinue or Coal) 
alter the Duties of Customs upon Coals, Slates, Cotton &amp;. bil 
Wool, Barilla and Wax: And the same was read the first P77 
time; and ordered to be read asecond time upon Thursday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


unt r 
ing R 

lian 
and 





A Petition of the Portreeve, Burgesses and Inhabitants Petiin 
of Great Bedwin ;—and, of the Mayor, Aldermen and on 
Capital Burgesses of Harwich,—were presented, and read ; (Engi 
taking notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of = 
the People in England and Wales; and praying, That 
the same may not pass into a law as it now stands. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


ion 
ecti 
ing 


A Petition of Freeholders and Inhabitants of Petersfield, Petit 
and of the parish of Buriton and tithing of Sheet, was also 2 put ne 
presented, and read ; taking notice of the said Bill; and 
praying, That the Parish of Buriton, including the Tithings 
of Buriton, Weston and Nursted, and the Tithing of Sheet, 
may be annexed to the Borough of Petersfield, so as to re- 
turn one Member to the Commons’ House of Parliament. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Inhabitants of 
Guildford, was also presented, and read ; taking notice of 
the said Bill; and praying for such an alteration therein 
as will enable that Town to return two Members to serve 
in Parliament as heretofore. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Adar 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- Rep 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of the om 
Third Report made by the Commissioners appointed to 
inquire into the Practice and Proceedings of the Courts 
of Common Law. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His adirs' 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- Re 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of the Inqiy! 
First Report of the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical In- =? 
quiry in Jreland. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. 


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Q Witt. lV. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented to the House, by His Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—An Estimate of the Sum required to 
provide for the Payment of certain Salaries, Allowances, 
Pensions and Services heretofore paid out of the Civil 
List for England and Ireland, the Hereditary Revenues 
of the Crown in Scotland, and the Four and Half per cent. 
Duty, but for which no Provision has been made in the 
Civil List of His present Majesty, from the periods to 
which the said Services were severally last paid, to the 
5th day of July 1831. 

Mr. Spring Rice also presented to the House, pursuant 
to their Addresses to His Majesty,—A Return, giving the 
Particulars of all Applications made to His Majesty's Com- 
missioners for building new Churches, for a Declaration 
of Perpetual Patronage, under the third section of the Act 
7 &amp; 8 Geo. 4, c. 72, which have been complied with since 
the 8th March last, and the reasons and conditions of 
compliance. 

Return of all Applications made in the Court of King’s 
Bench, for leave to file Criminal Informations against 
Justices of the Peace, in England and Wales, in which the 
Rule Nisi, or to show Cause, has been granted, from Ist 
January 1820 to 31st December 1830, both inclusive ; de- 
tailing the Dates when each Application was made, the 
Name or Names of the Parties making the same, and 
against whom; with the Dates when and how the same 
was disposed of ; whether dismissed with or without Costs, 
RS or rendered absolute. 

a Ordered, That the said Estimate and Returns do lie 
: upon the Table; and, except the Returns respecting Cri- 
minal Informations, be printed. 











timate of 
yi) List 
sions, 


sented. 
No. 87- 


nations 
tices of the 


e.) 






Papers : 
Tespectip : 
Appoints 
to Office Rie 

ordered, - 


lic Works 
and) Bill, 
ented. 
0, 86. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill for the extension and 
promotion of Public Works in Ireland: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 









Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Total Amount of the Assessed Taxes in each 
of the years 1828, 1829, and 1830, levied in Places con- 
tained in Schedule F. of the Bill to amend the Represen- 
tation of the People in England and Wales. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of New Ross, in the county of 
Wexford, was presented, and read; praying, That the 
Penal Laws relating to Forgery may be amended, by the 
commutation of the punishment of Death. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petition 
specting! 
oi Parle 
(Engi 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of all Informations filed in the Court of Exchequer in Jre- 
land, during the last Three years, for the Recovery of 
Penalties under the Excise Laws; specifying the Offence 
charged to have been committed, with the Proceedings 
thereupon, and their Result, with the Costs attached upon 
each Information so filed, and the Names of the Parties, 
and Dates of each Information set forth. 


respect- 
cise 
mations 
d,) 
ed. 


ertoa 
hmittee, 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill for the fur- 
ther improvement of the Port and Harbour of Belfast, in 
Ireland, and for other purposes, have Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 


ingham 
mar 


ol Bill, 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable the Governors of the Possessions, Revenues, and 
Goods of the Free Grammar School of King Edward the 
Sixth in Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, to erect 
a School House, Masters’ Houses, and other suitable ac- 
commodations for the said School, on a new Site in the 
3 vicinity of the Town of Birmingham, and to extend the 
4 objects of the Charity, and for other purposes, was read 
4 the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


€ of 
ilton’s 
te Bill, 


$ Address® 
_ Report# 
Eccles 
» Inquiry (” 
land.) 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable the Most Noble Alerander Duke of Hamilton and 
Brandon, and the Heirs of Entail of the Lands and Ba- 
rony of Kinneil, in the Shire of Linlithgow, to charge the 
Sleethes or Land to be gained from the Sea opposite the 
said Barony, with the Expenses laid, out in gaining the 


same, was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


VOL. 86. 


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} 
¥ 
3 


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643 

An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
empower the Judges of the Court of Session in Scotland 
to sell such part of the entailed Lands and Barony of 
West Nisbet, in the County of Berwick, now belonging to 
Charles Carre Lord Sinclair, as shall be sufficient for pay- 
ment of the Provisions, Debts and Incumbrances affecting 
the same, was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. : 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Committee on the 
ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable 
Joseph Chamberlayne Wilkinson Ackerley otherwise Acher- 
ley, of the Town and County of the Town of Southampton, 
Esquire, to lay down, and for ever cease to use, the 
Surnames of Wilkinson and Ackerley otherwise Acherley, 
and to take the Name of Chamberlayne only, and bear the 
Arms of Chamberlayne quarterly with his own family 
Arms, pursuant to the Will of his late maternal Uncle, 
Edmund John Chamberlayne, Esquire, deceased ; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
had directed him to report the sane to the House, without 
any Amendment :—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Shaw Lefevre do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


A Bill for maintaining, repairing, altering, amending 
and improving the Road leading from Tubber, near the 
bounds of the Counties of Clare and Galway, to Ennis, 
in the County of Clare, and from thence to Thomond Gate, 
in the County of the City of Limerick, was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Bodkin, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till half 
an hour after two of the clock on Tuesday morn- 
ing, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 12° die Juliz ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


‘ik hour appointed for taking into consideration the 
Petition of Rees Howell Gronow, of No. 4, Chester- 
Jield-street, May Fair, in the County of Middleser, Es- 
quire, and Henry William Hobhouse, of No. 129, Mount- 
street, Grosvenor-square, in the same County, Esquire, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Great Grimsby, being come ; 

The House proceeded to the appointment of a Select 
Committee, to try and determine the merits of the said 
Petition. 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent, with the Mace, to the 
places adjacent, to require the attendance of the Members 
on the business of the House: And being returned ; 

The House was counted by Mr. Speaker; and two 
hundred and thirty-three Members being present ; 

And the Petition of the Right honourable Henry Charles 
Somerset, commonly called Marquis of Worcester, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Monmouth, being also ordered to be taken into consi- 
deration on this day ; 

The several Petitioners and other Parties in both the said 
cases, their counsel and agents, were called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into consideration the 
said Petition, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for Great Grimsby, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and read 
in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was com- 
pleted :—And Lists of the said names were delivered, to 
the Clerk appointed to attend the Committce on the Great 
Grimsby Election ; and then the door was opened; and the 


. 


Parties, their counsel and agents, withdrew. 





And the door being again locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into consideration the 
said Petition, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for Monmouth, was read. 


8A 2 And 


Lord Sin- 
clair’s Estate 
ill, read. 


Ackerley’s 
Name Bill, 
reported and 
passec, 


Ennis and 
Galway Road 
Bill, com- 
mitted. 


Great Grimsby 
and Monmouth 
Elections— 
Petitions 
considered, 


Monmouth 
Election 
Petition 
considered. 








Edwards’s 
Estate Bill, 
committed. 


Wolverhampton 
Roads Bill, 
passed, 


Gorbals Sta- 
tute Labour 
Bill, passed. 


Petitionsagainst 
Wakefield: and 
Austerlands 
Road Bill. 


Abergavenny 
Roads Bill, 
passed. 


Glasgow 
Improvement 
Bill, passed. 


Great Grimsby 
Election— 
Committee 
appointed, 


644 


And the names of the Members were drawn, and read 
in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was com- 
pleted :—And Lists of the said names were delivered to 
the Clerk appointed to attend the Committee on the Mon- 
mouth Election ; and then the door was opened, and the 
Parties, their counsel and agents, withdrew. 

Note.—That in the course of drawing the names 
for the appointment of the said Committees, the 
names of several Members were drawn, who were 
excused, as being sixty years of age or upwards, 
and two names were set aside, the Members being 
petitioned against. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
effect an exchange of Lands between Harriet Averina 
Brunetta Herbert, an infant Ward of the Court of Chan- 
cery, and John Edwards, Esquire, was read a second time ; 
and committed to Sir John Wrottesley, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing and improving certain 
Roads in the Counties of Stafford and Salop, leading to 
and from the Town of Wolverhampton, in the County of 
Stafford, was read the third time; and several Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Wrottesley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend an Act passed in 
the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 
the Fourth, for regulating the Conversion of the Statute 
Labour within the Barony of Gorbals, in the City of 
Glasgow and County of Lanark, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Charles Douglas do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Calder 
and Hebbie Navigation, was presented, and read ; taking 
notice of the Bill for maintaining the Road from Wakefield 
to Austerlands, in the West Riding of the County of York ; 
and praying, That they may be heard by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing certain 
Roads leading to and from the Town of Abergavenny, in 
the County of AZonmouth, and for making and maintain- 
ing several new Branches of Road to communicate there- 
with, was read the third time; and an Amendment was 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Granville Somerset do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend certain Acts passed in the 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for 
opening a Street from the Cross of Glasgow to Monteith 
Row, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dixon do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Great 
Grimsby Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk 
appointed to attend the said Committee, delivered in to 
the House a reduced List; and the same was called over, 
and is as follows: 

Richard Weyland, Esquire, John Benett, Esquire, Sir 
John Dugdale Astley, Baronet, the Earl of Mexborough, 
the Honourable Sir Robert Lawrence Dundas, the Honour- 
able Henry Tufton, Sir Berkeley William Guise, Baronet, 
Sir Edward Dolman Scott, Baronet, Thomas Greene, Es- 
quire, the Earl Jermyn, the Honourable Richard Watson. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select Com- 
mittee for trying the merits of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of Great 

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A. 1831. 


Grimsby, were sworn by the Clerk, at the table, in the 
usual manner; and thereupon the counsel and agents 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forthwith 
in one of the Committee Chambers appointed for hearing 
the Trials of Controverted Elections or Returns of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament. 


An ingrossed Bill for the establishment of a Chapel of 
Ease, to be called, “ Grosvenor Chapel,” in the Parish of © 
Saint George Hanover-square, in the County of A/iddlesex, 
and for providing for the Maintenance of the said Chapel, 
and a Stipend for the Minister thereof, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Viscount Belgrave do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Exeter j 
Roads i 
read 9 


An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of his late Majesty 
King George the Fourth, for repairing the several Roads 
leading to and from the City of Eveter, and for making 
certain new Lines of Road to communicate with the same, i 
and for keeping in repair Eve Bridge and Countess Wear ” 
Bridge, and to make and maintain other Roads commu- sy 
nicating with the said Roads, was read the third time. Bs 

Ordered, That the further proceeding upon the third a 
reading of the said Bill, be adjourned till To-morrow. 


Bee 







Time fy 
Second r, 
of Dundy 
nicipal (j 


ment bil, 


Ordered, That the Bill for extending the Royalty of 
the Burgh of Dundee, and for amending the Sett or Muni- 
cipal Constitution of the said Burgh, be read a second 
time upon Thursday next. 


our 


Goodla: 
Name 
read, © 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable John Surman Goodlake to take and use the 
Sirname of Surman, pursuant to the Provisions of the 
Will of John Surman, late of Swindon, in the County of 
Gloucester, Gentleman, deceased, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Right honourable John Reginald Pin- 
dar, Earl Beauchamp, was presented, and read ; taking 
notice of the. Bill for inclosing, draining and warping 
Lands within the Township or Hamlets of Frodingham, 
Scunthorpe, Bromby and Gunhouse (otherwise Gunnas), 
all in the Parish of Frodingham, in the County of Lincoln ; 
and praying, That he may be heard by his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioner be heard by 
his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petition t 
Frodingay 
Drainag 





Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill for making a 
Railroad from Bradford to Leeds, in the West Riding of 
the County of York, together with a Branch therefrom, 
have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


Power ti 
Commit 


tin: 
Du 
An ingrossed Bill for erecting and maintaining a Bridge 
over the River Lagan, at Belfast, and for making suitable 
Approaches thereto, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. : 
Ordered, That the Earl of Belfast do carry the Bill to F 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Belfast 
Bridge? 
passed, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint Pan- 
cras, in the county of Middleser, was presented, and \yotin 
read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Representa-  Repree™ 
tion of the People in England and Wales ; and praying, | 
That if the said Bill should pass into a law, two Repre- 
sentatives may be assigned to the Parish or District of 
Saint Pancras. 

A Petition of Inhabitants, Freeholders, Copyholders 
and Leaseholders of that part of the county of Durham 
called North Durham, was also presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the said Bill; and praying, That provi- 
sion may be made therein for vesting in the Inhabitants of 
North Durham duly qualified, the exclusive right of elect- 
ing one Representative. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the Staffordshire Potteries, 
was also presented, and read ; taking notice of the said 
Bill; and praying, That two Members may be assigned 
to represent them in the House. 


Petitions 
respect: 





A Petition 





9 Witt. IV. 


A Petition of Members of the Commercial Society of 
Tuam, was also presented, and read ; taking notice of the 
Bill to amend the Representation of the People in Jreland ; 
and praying, That the House will give to that Town the 
right of returning one Member to the Imperial Parliament. 

‘And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


The counsel and agents in the case of the Monmouth 
Election being returned to the bar, the Clerk appointed 
to attend the said Committee, delivered in to the House a 
reduced List; and the same was called over, and is as 
follows : 

John Currie, Esquire, Philip John Miles, Esquire, John 
Browne, Esquire, the Honourable William Howard, Charles 
a Stewart, Esquire, James Halse, Esquire, Lord Viscount 
Ge Belgrave, John Hodgetts Hodgetts Foley, Esquire, Sir John 
Burke, Baronet, Robert George Throckmorton, Esquire, 
Charles Palmer, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select Com- 





a 3 mittee for trying the merits of the Petition complaining of 
- an undue Election and Return for the Borough of Mon- 


mouth, were sworn by the Clerk, at the table, in the usual 
“8 manner; and thereupon the counsel and agents withdrew. 

s Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forthwith 
in one of the Committee Chambers appointed for hearing 
the Trials of Controverted Elections or Returns of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament. 










“ime fur 
CONA te 


™ A Petition of Working Classes of the Metropolis, assem- 
our of bled at Portman Market, was presented, and read ; pray- 
tion by ing, That in the Reform Bill now before the House, pro- 
Hy Kev Vision may be made for establishing Universal Suffrage, 
Annual Parliaments, and Vote by Ballot. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


f Dunde 
‘icipal Gy 


nent Bil, 


S vodlal 
Name } 
ead, © 


on re- A Petition of the Governor, Deputy Governor, Assist- 
nsReform ants and Guardians of the Poor of the city and county 
and) Bill. of Ewvon, incorporated by Act of Parliament, was pre- 
sented, and read ; praying, That, in consequence of the 
difference in the relative value of property in Eveter 
and the country, the qualification for voting for a Mem- 
ber of Parliament for the City of Eveter in the proposed 
Bill of Reform, be increased from the merely renting a 
a house of 10/. per annum to the renting and solely occupy- 
a ing a house of the clear yearly rent of 15/., or which 
. house shall be rated to the poor’s rate as of the clear yearly 
e value of 15/., and paying such rate, the Petitioners firmly 
believing, that any thing short of that sum, will operate to 
the increase of pauperism in the city of Eveter, and thereby 
materially injure the citizens at large, paying to the relief 
of the poor. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petition u 


Power 
Commi 
on A Petition of Wine Merchants of the city of Dublin, 
=. was presented, and read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
utiles. ° . — - 

nd.) | tloners have observed with great concern, that it is con- 

templated to make good the deficiency of Revenue which 
has arisen from theremission of Taxes, by additional Duties 
on certain descriptions of Wine ; that the Petitioners re- 
spectfully submit to the House their decided conviction, 
that, as regards Jreland, an increase of Revenue would not 
be the result of any addition to the present rate of Duties 
on Wine, but may reasonably be expected from a reduc- 


Belfast 
Bridge : 
passed. 


Petitions | 


. tion in the Duties on French Wines, the consumption of 
respectil hi h “Sor ° . 
adeitions which was diminished, by excessive Duties, from 3,000 
Represt 


; tons in the year 1775 to under 100 tons in the year 1824; 

; and praying, That the House will not sanction .ne im- 
position of additional Duties on any description of Wines 
in Ireland. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


a Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 

"8 turn of the Total Quantity of Soap, distinguishing Hard 

from Soft, exported from Gréat Baitain to Ireland in the 

year 1830; showing the several Ports in Great Britain 

from which, and the several Ports in Jreland to which, it 
was exported. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re~ 


~— aon —_ Quantity of Hard Soap exported from 


Wiad 


12° Ful. 


645 


Great Britain to all parts of the World in 1830; and 
specifying the particular Quantity from each of the Ports 
of London, Bristol, Liverpool and Glasgow. 


Richard Weyland, Esquire, being chosen to serve in oa 
this present Parliament as a Knight of the Shire for the Regis Writ. 
County of Orford, and also, a Burgess for the Borough of 
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, made his Election to. serve 
for the County of Ovford. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his, Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the elect- 
ing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, in the 
room of the said Richard Weyland, Esquire. 


A Petition of Joseph Hutton, of Saint Cross, in. the Petition 
county of Derby, was presented, and read ; setting forth, "especting 
That the Petitioner, having witnessed the wretchedness en 

: ° + 4 . . arliaments. 
and distress that is periodically experienced in Ireland, and 
also the poverty in the north of Scotland, (so great is the 
poverty in /reland, that an occupier of land dare not eat 
his egg, which is exported to England, to pay rents and 
tithes to Absentees), is convinced that Absenteeism is a 
great cause of that poverty and wretchedness which exist 
there; and, as the families of the gentry are mostly brought 
up and educated in England, or in foreign countries, their 
minds become estranged from the neighbourhood to which 
they belong, which evil will continue, unless powerful 
means be adopted to prevent it; and praying, That Par- 
liament may alternately be holden in England, Scotland 
and Jreland, the farther north and west the better; which 
will cause a stronger motive for the gentry to reside 
amongst their neighbours. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Moyarta and Kilballyowen, Petition for 
in the county of Clare, was presented, and read ; setting none tenun 
forth, That in the district in which the Petitioners reside, in the River 

= : : Shannon. 

comprising about ten thousand acres, with a population of 
about two thousand families, there is no market at which 
the produce of the country could be disposed of with con- 
venience and advantage but Carrigaholt, a village situate 
on the River Shannon, nearly equally distant from the east 
and west extremities of the district ; that, besides the corn 
and potatoes grown in that district, there is a considerable 
quantity of turf brought from Carrigaholt to the Limerick 
market—in Carrigaholt there is a small pier erected, which 
affords facilities during the spring tides only, for exporta- 
tion, as in ordinary weather only one cargo, during the 
spring tides, can be sent to the Limerick market ; the loss 
to the boat-owners engaged in that branch of trade is con- 
siderable, and the purchasers of corn at Carrigaholt are 
frequently inconvenienced, from not being enabled, when- 
ever it suits them, to send off the corn on hand; these 
manifest losses would be spared, by extending the present 
Pier to such a distance as that boats could float during 
the neap tides; and praying the House, on taking the re- 
presentation of the Petitioners into consideration, to take 
such steps as may conduce to the attainment of the advan- 
tages contemplated. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Landholders, Clergy, Merchants, Free- Petition 
holders, Freemen, Householders, Tradesmen and Inhabit- respecting 
ants of the town and county of the town of Galway, was es 
presented, and read; praying, That the House will be "°°" 
pleased to preserve the right of Electiye Franchise to the 
Roman Catholic Mercantile and Trading Classes of Galway 
on an equality with their Protestant fellow-citizens, and 
with the Forty-shilling Freeholders. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Freemen and other Petition 
Inhabitants of the borough of Helleston, was presented, *#4"s Reform 
and read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Repre=, (England) Bill. 
sentation of the People in England and Wales; and pray~ 
ing the House so to amend or modify the same, that the 
said Borough of Helleston shall be considered without the 
provisions of the said Bill, and continue to enjoy its right 
of sending two Members to serve in Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


SB A Petition 








Petition 

for repeal of 
Vestry Act 
(Ireland.) 


Petitions 

respecting 
Education 
(Ireland.) 


Petition for 
repeal of 
Union with 
Ireland. 


Petition for 
Reduction of 
Daty on Glass 
(Treland.) 


646 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Saint 
Mary's, Athlone ;—and, of Rynagh parish and of the 
town of Banagher,—were’ presented, and read; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners beg leave humbly to declare 
their solemn conviction that the Grants usually given to 
The Kildare-street Society can never be made available 
to the purposes for which they were originally granted, 
namely, the general Education of the Poor of [redand, as 
the rules and regulations of that Society require and de- 
mand that the Bible should be read without note or com- 
ment, a principle directly opposed to the principles and 
conscientious tenets of the Roman Catholic community ; 
and praying, That a fair and equitable proportion of the 
annual grant of 25,000/. be given to the Roman Catholic 
Prelacy and Priesthood of Jre/and, who have ever proved 
themselves to be the ardent and zealous supporters of a 
liberal, enlightened and religious Education. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Working Coach Makers of the city of 
Dublin, was presented, and read ; praying for a repeal 
of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and 
Treland, 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergy, Landholders and 
Merchants of Galway, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners beg leave most humbly to 
solicit the attention of the House to the forlorn condition 
of the Peasantry in that district, and on the western shores 
of that country, of whom not less than two hundred thou- 
sand have been plunged into the most abject misery, 
caused in some measure by the failure of the potatoe crop, 
but principally by the utter ruin of the Kelp Trade, on 
which they had heretofore depended for subsistence ; that 
said article had hitherto flourished for above a century 
under Legislative protection, which, being withdrawn, 
the demand for the commodity dependent upon its value 
has rapidly fallen away, the reduction in the price making 
it no longer worth the manufacture, as proof whereof, the 
quantity delivered at the Port of Galway, which so late 
as the year 1827 amounted to 3,700 tons, last year did 
not exceed 1,500 tons, and in the present year will not 
exceed one-half of that quantity, thus (on account of the 
unreclaimed state of the western districts, there being no 
other mart for the sea-weed consumed in said article, 
which in the raw state produces only 18s. a ton for ma- 
nure), inducing the most disastrous changes in the condi- 
tion of the proprietors and creditors of the estates in that 
part of the country, and causing the present unparalleled 
destitution of a population who were hitherto the most 
prosperous and peaceable peasantry in Jreland ; that the 
sudden change in the condition of the people has arisen 
from the encouragement lately given by the Legislature 
to those articles which competed with Kelp in the markets 
of these countries, by the reduction of the Duty on Barilla 
from 11/. to 2/. a ton, and the total reduction of the Duty 
on Salt; that. whilst the Petitioners are sensible that va- 
rious other interests deserving of encouragement have 
been materially served by said reductions of duty, they beg 
leave most humbly to submit, that, upon a like principle, 
in their present state of unprecedented depression, they 
are entitled to a corresponding abatement in the Duty on 
Glass, which would in some measure retard the total an- 
nihilation of a trade upon which large classes of people 
are thus dependent ; and praying, That the House will 
be pleased to reduce the Duty on Glass, for the general 
advantage of the peasantry, and as some equivalent for 
said trade; and further, that they will be pleased to sub- 
stitute a mart for the article used in same by the forma- 
tion of roads into the vast unreclaimed mountainous tracts 
of the western parts of that country. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


12 Fulu. 
A Petition of Landholders in the parish of Taney, in the 
county of Dublin, was presented, and read ; reciting the 
Act 7 Geo. 4, c. 72, for the regulation of Parish Vestries 
in Ireland ; and praying, That the same may be repealed. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A. 1831. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Ship-owners, of 
the town of Galway, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners are subjected to great loss and 
numerous disadvantages in consequence of the heavy 
Duty which is now levied on Policies of Marine Insurance, 
effected for the security of property in all parts of the 
United Kingdom, but from which other maritime coun- 
tries are exempt; and praying the House to take their case 
into consideration, and, by repealing the Act of Parliament, 
to relieve Marine Insurances from the heavy Duty com- 
plained of, and thereby place the Petitioners on a footing 
of equality with those persons who have their Insurances 
effected in Foreign Countries. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Freeholders and Inhabitants of Gosber- 
ton ;—and, of Leverton,—were presented, and read ; tak- 
ing notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of the 
People in England and Wales; and praying, That the 
same may pass into a law. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of William Townsend, Chairman of the Com- 
mittee of the Protestant Society for the protection of Reli- 
gious Liberty, was presented, and read; praying, That 
such measures may be adopted to diminish the number of 
Oaths now required to be taken, and especially in matters 
relating to the Public Revenue, as the wisdom of the House 
may direct. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Beneficed Clergymen, was presented, and 
read ; complaining of a general, systematic and deter- 
mined opposition to the payment of Tithes in the several 
parishes in Jreland of which they are Incumbents ; and 
praying the House to enact such measures as shall be 
deemed best calculated to avert those evils, and to secure 
to the Established Church and her Ministers the mainte- 
nance of their just rights and privileges. , 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to take 
into consideration His Majesty’s most gracious Message 
of the 14th day of April last, be now read; and the same 
being read:—The House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


(In the Committee.) 


_ Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that 
a provision be made for The Queen, in case She shall sur- 
vive His Majesty, of One hundred thousand pounds per 
annum, during Her life, to support Her Royal Dignity, 
together with a suitable Town Residence, and the House 
and Lands at Bushy Park; and that the said sum be 
issued and paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had come to a Re- 


solution, which they had directed him to report to the’ 


House. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 


resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 





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the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in «a 


England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 
read ; 

The House was moved, That the Petition of the Bur- 
gesses and Inhabitants of the Borough of Appleby, which 
was presented to the House upon the 22d day of June 
last, taking notice of the said Bill, and praying that they 
may be heard by their counsel or agents against certain 
parts thereof, might be read; and the same being read; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, 
“ That the said Petition be referred to the Committee, 
“ and that the Petitioners be heard by their counsel or 

” “* agents, 








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Y Wit. IV. 


« agents, and be permitted to produce Evidence before 
« the said Committee, in respect of the facts stated in the 
Lord Viscount Maitland, 


“« said Petition ;” 
The House divided. 
The Yeas went forth. 
Tellers for the Yeas, {se George Clerk : \ 187. 
Lord Viscount Duncannon, | 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Charles Wood : f 284. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, “ That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair : ”— 
And a Debate arising in the House thereupon ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 13° die Julii, 1831: 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
« put, “ That the Debate be now adjourned till this day ;” 
The House divided. 
The Yeas went forth. 


Mr. Sibthorp, 
Tellers for the Yeas, 1 Me pag \ 102. 
| : Lord Viscount Duncannon, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Spring Rice : \ 328. 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being again proposed, “ That Mr. 
“« Speaker do now leave the Chair ; ” 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, “ That the House do now adjourn ;” 
The House divided. 
The Noes went forth. 
, Lord Viscount Stormont, 
Tellers for the Yeas, ) ¢- George Clerk: \ 90. 
Tellers for the Noes, {Me Sp a 286. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being again proposed, “ That Mr. 
“ Speaker do now leave the Chair: ”—And a Debate 
arising in the House thereupon ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, “ That the Debate be adjourned till To-morrow ;” 
The House divided. 
The Yeas went forth. 
Sir Charles Wetherell, 63 
—_ Viscount Stormont: f ~“”" 
f Lord Nugent, 
Callets for the Noes, | Lord Viscount Duncannon } om 
So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being again proposed, “ That Mr. 
“« Speaker do now leave the Chair ;” 
A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
“‘ That the House do now adjourn :”—And the said Mo- 
tion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
And the Question being again proposed, “ That Mr. 
“‘ Speaker do now leave the Chair:”—Anda Debate 
arising in the House thereupon ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, “ That the Debate be adjourned till this day ;” 
The House divided. 
The Yeas went forth. 
Lord Viscount Stormont, 
Tellers for the Yeas, ' Mr. Attwood : \ 44, 
Lord Viscount Duncannon, 


Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Spring Rice : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being again proposed, “ That Mr. 
“« Speaker do now leave the Chair ;” 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, “ That the House do now adjourn ; ” 
The House divided. 
The Noes went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


l 
p2l4. 


Sir Charles Wetherell, 
Tellers for the Yeas, {Lord Viscount Stormont : \ 37. 
T Lord Viscount Duncannon, | 
ellers for the Noes, Lord Nugent : J 203. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being again proposed, “ That Mr. 
“ Speaker do now leave the Chair:”—And a Debate 
arising in the House thereupon ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, “ That the Debate be adjourned till Friday ;” 
VOL. 86. 


12°—13° Fuld. 





O47 


The House divided. 


The Yeas went forth. 

Sir Charles Wetherell, 
Tellers for the Yeas, 1 Mr. Praed: \ 25. 
Tellers for the Noes, i gs one 187. 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being again proposed, “ That Mr. 
‘“¢ Speaker do now leave the Chair ;” 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
Sir Charles Wetherell, 


Mr. Praed: \ a. 


Lord Viscount Duncannon, 
Tellers for the Noes, { Wi. etietien Caneel : \ 187. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, “ That Mr. Speaker do 
“‘ now leave the Chair; ” it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
_The House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee ; 


put, ‘“ That the House do now adjourn ;” 


The House divided. 
The Noes went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°. 
Preamble postponed. 
To report progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a pro- 
gress in the Bill, and that he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Settlement 
ing of the Bill to alter and amend the Laws of Settlement of the Poor 
by Hiring and Service ; Bilt, dpibrred. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Reform 

of Parliament 
(Scotland) Bill, 
deterred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 
in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- Report of 
port from the Committee of the whole House, to whom it Customs Acts 
was referred to consider of the several Acts relating to the 
Duties of Customs ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
port from the Committee of the whole House, to whom it 
was referred to consider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majesty ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Report 
Supply 
(11 July), 


deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- Peeetieeth 
port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill (Ireland) Bill, 
to repeal an Act of the nineteenth year of King George the seterred. 
Third, for repealing so much of several Acts as prohibit 
the Growth and Produce of Tobacco in Jreland, and to 
permit the importation of Tobacco of the Growth and Pro- 
duce of that Kingdom into Great Britain ; 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Report 
Supply 
(8 July), 
deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
port from the Committee of the whole House, to whom it 
was referred to consider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majesty; 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Assessed Taxes 
Composition 


Bill, deferred, 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
port from the Committee of the whole House on the Bill 
to continue Compositions for Assessed Taxes for a further 
term, and to grant Relief in certain cases ; 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reading Game Bill, 


of the Bill to amend the Laws in England relative to “efre¢. 


Game ; ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the second time this day. 
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Master of 
the Mint 
Salary Bill, 
deferred. 


Militia 
Ballots Sus- 
pension Bill, 
deferred. 


Beeralston 
Election. 
Petition 
respecting 
Recognizance. 


Labourers’ 
House Rent 
Bill, pre- 
sented. 

No. 90. 


Paper respect- 
ing Clerk of the 
Peace (Lime- 
rick), ordered. 


648 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 


» port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill 


to reduce the Salary of the Master and Worker of His 
Majesty's Mint ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the 
Bill to suspend, for a limited time, the making of Lists 
and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the 
United Kingdom ; 7 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


A Petition of James Borley, of the borough of Beer- 
alston, in the county of Devon, Gentleman, on behalf of 
himself and others, who have signed a certain Petition 
to the House against the Return made at the last Election 
for Beeralston, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That, whereas John Edward Johnson, of N° 6, Albemarle- 
street, in the parish of Saint George Hanover-square, in 
the county of Middlesex, and Charles Whitaker, of Wal- 
singham Terrace, Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, 
Gentleman, did undertake and promise to become Sureties, 
jointly with the Petitioner, for the due prosecution of a 
certain Petition, which was presented on Friday the Ist of 
this month of July instant to the House; setting forth, that 
an undue Return at the last Election of two Burgesses to 
serve in the present Parliament for the said Borough had 
been made by the Returning Officer thereof ; and whereas, 
at or about four o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, the 
12th of July instant, the said John Edward Johnson, 
Esquire, did attend in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, before Francis Cross, Esquire, one of the Masters 
of the High Court of Chancery, jointly with the Petitioner, 
in order to the examination of the sufficiency of their 
respective sureties and recognizances, and did then and 
there tender their sureties and recognizances in their 
behalf, but by reason of the said Charles Whitaker then 
declining so to offer himself, on account of his having, as 
he alleged, between the date at which he authorized the 
giving in of his name to be one of these Sureties, and his at- 
tendance at the time aforesaid, discovered that he could not 
make out such justification, although he had previously 
declared to John Perceval Johnson, one of the agents of 
the said Petitioners, that after all his just debts were paid 
he was worth 500/., over and above their amount, the 
said Master in Chancery did thereupon refuse to accept 
either the recognizances of the Petitioner, or the surety of 
the said John Edward Johnson, Esquire ; and whereas the 
Petitioner’s Petition in this matter is now liable to be dis- 
charged on account of the deficiency of one of the two re- 
quired Sureties as before stated, and the expiring of the 
fourteen days after presentation of such Petition, which 
are limited by the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, intituled, “ An 
Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the 
Trial of Controverted Elections or Returns of Members to 
serve in Parliament,” for the entering into such recogni- 
zances and sureties; the Petitioner most humbly prays, 
That the House will be pleased to assign him such further 
time within which to provide a responsible substitute for 
the said Charles Whitaker, with whom he will to-morrow be 
prepared, as to the House may seem meet, in order that 
the Petitioner may have an opportunity afforded him of 
proving, by himself, counsel or agents, at the bar of the 
House, the allegations of the said Petition, and that the 
House may be enabled to extend such relief in the pre- 
mises as they shall appear to require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into conside- 
ration this day. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Mr. Wrightson presented a Bill to prohibit the Practice 
of paying the House Rents of Able-bodied Labourers out 
of the Poor’s Rate: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday, 
the 21st day of this instant July. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Appointment of the present Clerk of the Peace for 
the County of Limerick ; and also, a Certificate of his Age 
at the time of his appointment to that Office. 


12°—13° Fulii. 





A. 1831. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Bex; 
empower the Judges of the Court of Session in Scotland Estat 
to take an Account of the Debts and Burdens affecting, *™miy 
and that may be made to affect, the entailed Estate of 
Crieve and others, in the Counties of Dumfries and Rov- 
burgh, and to sell such part of the said Estate as may be 
sufficient to discharge the said, Debts and Burdens, and 
likewise for settling and securing the Lands and Estate of 
Murrayfield and others, in the said County of Dumfries, 
to and in favour of Thomas Beattie, of Crieve, Esquire, 
and the series of Heirs entitled to take by a certain Deed 
of Entail, made by Thomas Beattie, of Crieve, Esquire, 
now deceased, and under the conditions and limitations 
contained in the said Deed, and for vesting in lieu thereof 
certain parts of the Estate of Crieve in the said Thomas 
Beattie, Esquire, and his Heirs and Assigns, in Fee Simple, 
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. James 
Johnston, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
seven of the clock on Wednesday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 





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Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


M® Charles Douglas reported from the Committee 
on the Bill for making and maintaining a Railway 
from the west side of Rutherglen Green to Wellshot Mine, 
in the County of Lanark, with certain Branches connected 
therewith; That they had proceeded according to the 
Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June last ; and 
found, that the Standing Orders relative to Bills for making 
Railways, had been complied with; and that they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
several Amendments thereunto; and the Report was 
brought up, and read. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 








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Bill 





Ordered, That the Order of the day, for resuming the Exes — 
adjourned Proceeding upon the third reading of the in- ®\” 
grossed Bill to amend an Act of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, for repairing the several Roads lead- 
ing to and from the City of Eveter, and for making 
certain new Lines of Road to communicate with the same, 
and for keeping in repair Exe Bridge and Countess Wear 
Bridge, and to make and maintain other Roads commu- 
nicating with the said Roads, be now read ; and the same 
being read:—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Proceeding ; and several Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Buller do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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Mr. Charles Douglas reported from the Committee on Rothe 
the Bill for improving, repairing and maintaining the a 
Harbours of the Burgh of Rothesay, in the County of —””” 
Bute, and for building and maintaining a Gaol, Court } 
House and Offices for the said Burgh and County; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June last; and had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, ‘and 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually making and re- Kion 
pairing certain Roads in the Counties of Fife, Kinross, = 
Perth and Clackmanan, was read the third time. nei 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Admiral Adam do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually making, amend- Forli™, 
ing, widening, repairing, and keeping in repair, certain ho 
Roads in the County of Forfar, was read the third time. 

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Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Maule do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


13° Fuli. 649 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Saint Peter- Petitions 

of- Hungate ;—of Saint Peter-per-Mountergate ;—of Saint in favour. 
Simon and Saint Jude;—of Inhabitants of the parish of 
Saint John-of-Timberhill ;—of Saint Edmund ;—of Inha- 
bitants and Occupiers of houses, lands and tenements in 
the parish of Saint Michael-at-Thorn;—of Saint Stephen ; 
—of Saint Clement ;—of Saint Julian ;-—of Saint Michael- 
at- Plea ;—and, in the hamlet of Zakenham, in the county 
of the city of Norwich,—-were also presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the said Bill; and praying, That the 
same may pass into a law. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Sir Francis Blake reported from the Committee on the 
Bill for consolidating the Trusts of certain Roads, called, 
The Breamish and Wooler Turnpike Roads, in the County 
of Northumberland, and for more effectually improving 
and maintaining the same; and to whom the Petition of 
William Pawson, of Shawdon, in the county of Northumber- 
land, Esquire, was referred ; That they had proceeded 
according to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of 
June last ; and found, that the Standing Orders relative to 
Turnpike Bills, had been complied with ; and that no per- 
son appeared on behalf of the said Petition ; and that they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
several Amendments thereunto ; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of the Go- Petition 
vernor, Deputy Governor, Assistants and Guardians of the referred. 
Poor in the city and county of Norwich, and liberties of 
the same, which was presented to the House upon Friday 
last, praying that they may be heard by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against the said Bill, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Joseph Ingram, of Hunslet, in the parish 
of Leeds, Woollen Cloth Merchant and Manufacturer, was 
presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill for making 
a Railroad from Bradford to Leeds, in the West Riding of 
the County of York, together with a Branch therefrom ; 
and praying, That he may be heard by himself, his coun- 
sel or agent, against certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioner be heard by 
himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Wilkes, by Order, reported from the Committee on Hebeler’s 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Nat. Bill, 
naturalizing Bernhard Hebeler ; That they had examined a om 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true; inane 
and had gone through the Bill, and had directed him to 
report the same to the House, without any Amendment ; 
and the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilkes do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 


Mr. Charles Calvert reported from the Committee on . 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
naturalizing Custodio Pereira De Carvalho; That they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill; and 
had directed him to report the same to the House, with- 
out any Amendment. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to Bletchingley 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the Writ. 
electing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Bletchingley, in the room of the Ho- 
nourable John George Brabazon Ponsonby, who, since his 
election for the said Borough, hath accepted the office of 
Steward or Bailiff of His Majesty’s three Chiltern Hun- 
dreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonenham, in the County 
of Buckingham. 


A Petition of Payers to the Poor’s Rate for the parish 
of Saint Michael-at-Thorn, in the city of Norwich, was 
presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill for the 
better management of the Poor in the several Parishes 
and Hamlets in the City of Norwich and County of the 
same City ; and praying, That they may be heard by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Rate-payers in the 
parish of Saint Peter-of-Mancroft;—in the hamlet of 
Heigham ;—of Payers to the Poor’s Rates in the parish of 
Saint Simon and Saint Jude;—of Rate-payers of the parish 
of Saint John Maddermarket;—of Payers to the Poor's 
Rates in the parish of Saint George-of-Tombland ; — of 
Rate-payers of the parish of Saint Lawrance ;—of Inha- 
bitants of the Po? of Saint George-of-Colegate ;—and, 
of Inhabitants and Rate-payers in the parish of Saint Ste- 
phen, in the city of Norwich,—were also presented, and 
read ; taking notice of the said Bill; and praying, That 
the same may not pass into a law as it now stands. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Sheriffs, Citizens and Com- 
monalty of the city of Norwich, in Common Council 
assembled ;—and, of Payers to the Poor’s Rate of the 
parish of Saint John Timberhill, in the city of Norwich, 
~—were also presented, and read; taking notice of the 
said Bill; and praying, That they may be heard by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
thereof. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be 
heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in favour 


of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 
VOL. 86. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into Beeralston 
consideration the Petition of James Borley, of the borough Election. 
of Beeralston, in the county of Devon, Gentleman, on yw 
behalf of himself and others, who have signed a certain further time to 
Petition to the House against the Return made at the last _ onal 
Election for Beeralston, praying for further time to pro- ‘ered. 
vide another Surety, one of his proposed Sureties having 
declined entering into the Recognizance, be now read; 
and the same being read :—The House proceeded to take 
the said Petition into consideration. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 

“ That James Borley be called to the bar, to verify the 
“* matter of the said Petition :”—And the said Motion 


was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Bill to explain, amend, and render more effectual tom h wngam 
certain Acts of the twenty-third year of the reign of his jill, committed, 
Majesty King George the Second, and the nineteenth year 
of his Majesty King George the Third, for the more easy 
and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Tower 
Hamlets, was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Hume, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the 


Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Freeholders, Burgage-holders, Petition re- 
Freemen and Householders of the City and County of Lich- *p&lt;ctiys Reform 
field, was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill (tngland) Bil. 
to amend the Representation of the People in England 
and Wales ; and praying, That the proviso for Residence, 
with respect to persons having a right to vote in virtue of 
any corporate right, may be extended to all persons claii- 
ing a right to be registered as voters for any City or. 
SC Borough, 





Petition re- 
specting Tolls 
on Steam 
Carriages, 


Petition 
respecting 
Galway 
Franchise. 


Petition against 
Oaths befure the 
Lord Steward 
Bill, 


Petitions 
respecting 
addiiional 
Representation, 


Petitions 
against Reform 
ot Parliament 
(England ) Bill, 


Petitions re- 
specting Reform 
of Parliament 
(England) Bill. 


650 
Borough, by reason of owning or occupying any freehold 
or other tenement; and also, that some provision may be 
made to prevent any evasion of the Act of the seventh and 
eighth year of William the Third, called the Splitting Act, 
for further regulating Elections of Members to serve in 
Parliament, whereby it is enacted, that no more than 
one single voice shall be admitted for one and the same 
house or tenement. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. . 


A Petition of Goldsworthy Gurney, of the Regent's 
Park, London, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That the Petitioner has, after long and considerable sacri- 
fice of time and money, succeeded in bringing Steam Car- 
riages into practical use on the common Turnpike Roads, 
and demonstrated the great national advantages that must 
result from their use; he now sees, with the deepest regret 
and concern, that the House is passing Bills for levying 
enormous and unequal Turnpike Tolls, amounting to a 
prohibition in most cases to which Steam can be applied, 
thus depriving the Public of the advantages of the inven- 
tion, and himself of all benefit from the patents granted 
him by his late Majesty ; and praying, That the House 
will impartially inquire into the practical effects and ap- 
plication of Steam Carriages, and put them on the same 
terms as to Turnpike Tolls with horse coaches. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Magistrates of the town of Galway, was 
presented, and read ; praying the House to equalize civil 
rights in Galway, by extending to the Roman Catholic 
Mercantile and Trading Classes the Elective Franchise in 
as full and ample a manner as the same is now enjoyed 
by Protestants. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Lieutenant-General William Thornton, of 
Grosvenor Gate, Park-lane, in the county of Middlesex, 
was presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to re- 
peal so much of certain Acts as requires certain Oaths to 
be taken by Members of the House of Commons before 
the Lord Steward, or his Deputies; and praying, That 
the same may not pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Gentlemen, Clergy, Free- 
holders and Inhabitants of the Jsle of Wight, was pre- 
sented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the 
Representation of the People in England and Wales ; and 
praying the House to place the Js/e of Wight on the same 
footing as some of the smaller counties of the United 
Kingdom, and give two Knights to represent the Island in 
Parliament, instead of one, as at present proposed. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Louisburgh ;— and, of 
Aughawal, in the county of Mayo,—were also presented, 
and read; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Repre- 
sentation of the People in Jreland; and praying, That the 
county of Mayomay send additional Members to the House. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the Bailiff, Jurats, Freemen, Electors and 
other Inhabitants of the town and port of Seaford, within 
the liberty of the Cinque Ports, in the Town Hall assem- 
bled ;—and, of Independent Voters and Inhabitants of the 
borough of Hindon,—-were also presented, and read ; tak- 
ing notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of the 
People in England and Wales; and praying, That the 
same may not pass into a law as it now stands. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Freeholders, Farmers, Graziers and Oc- 
cupiers of land in Wrenbury Division, in the hundred of 
Nantwich ;—and, in the Western Division of the hundred 
of Bucklow, in the county of Chester, were also presented, 
and read ; taking notice of the said Bill; and praying the 
House to insert a clause therein, giving the right of voting 
for Members to serve in Parliament, to the Farmers, Gra- 
ziers and Occupiers of Land, although they may not be 


13° Fulii. 


A. 1831, 


Freeholders, and at the same rate of qualification as the 
Occupiers of Houses. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cropper-street and its neigh- 
bourhood, in the town of Manchester, was presented, and 
read ; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


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Corn 


A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens, Overseers and Pei, 
other Inhabitants of Boldre, was presented, and read ; meni 


complaining of the operation of the Sale of Beer Act; and Sik: 


praying for a modification of the same, in such manner 
as to the House shall seem meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Governor, Deputy Governor, Assistants Petit 


favour, 


and Guardians of the Poor, in the city and county of Nor- 
wick, and liberties of the same, was presented, and read; 
taking notice of the Bill to alter and amend the Laws of 
Settlement by Hiring and Service ; and praying, That the 
same may pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sir William Francis Eliott, of Stobs and 
Wells, in the county Rovburgh, Baronet, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That at the last General Election 
for choosing a Commissioner to serve in Parliament for 
the County of Roxburgh, which was held at Jedburgh 
upon the 18th day of May last, the Petitioner and Henry 
Francis Scott, the younger, of Harden, Esquire, were the 
only Candidates ; that at the meeting held at Jedburgh 
aforesaid, the said Henry Francis Scott was declared to 
be duly elected a Commissioner to serve in Parliament 
for the said County of Roxburgh; that, on the 5th day of 
July instant, the Petitioner presented a Petition to the 
House, complaining of the said Election, and setting forth, 
(inter alia) that the said Henry Francis Scott then, and at 
the time of the said Election, was the eldest son of Hugh 
Scott, and that the said Hugh Scott, at the time of the said 
Election, was a Peer of Scotland, and that by reason that 
the title, dignity, and honours of a Peer of Scotland, (that 
is to say), the title, dignity, and honours of Baron Polewart 
had, before the time of the said Election, descended to the 
said Hugh Scott, father of the said Henry Francis Scott, 
and that the said Henry Francis Scott was the eldest son 
of a Peer of Scotland, the said Henry Francis Scott was 
by law wholly disqualified from voting at the said Elec- 
tion, and from being elected a Commissioner to serve in 
Parliament for the said County; that the said Henry 
Francis Scott had nevertheless procured himself to be ille- 
gally returned Commissioner to serve in this present Par 
liament for the said County of Roxburgh, to the hurt and 
prejudice of the Petitioner, who was duly and legally 
elected by the majority of legal votes, and who therefore 
ought to have been returned ; and praying that the House 
would find that the Petitioner was duly elected and ought 
to have been returned the Commissioner to serve in Par- 
liament for the said County of Rorburgh, in this present 
Parliament, and that the Return thereof might be amended 
accordingly ; that the House has ordered the said Petition 
to be referred to a Committee, and to be taken into con- 
sideration on Thursday the twenty-first day of July instant ; 
that the said Hugh Scott some time since presented to The 
King’s most Excellent Majesty his Petition, claiming the 
said title and dignity of Baron Polewart, and praying 
that His Majesty would be graciously pleased to make 
such a reference to the House of Lords, on the right of the 
said Barony of Polewart, and of the said Petition, as might 
effectually revive the former proceedings before the House 
of Lords in the year 1818, and enable him to have the 
benefit of all proofs taken before the House of Lords, or 
their Committee of Privileges on the reference to the House 
of Lords of the Petition and claim of Dame Anne Paterson 
Anstruther, in the said year 1818, and to prove the pre- 
sent right of the said Hugh Scott to the said Barony; that, 
on the 15th day of April last, His Majesty was graciously 
pleased to refer the Petition of the said Hugh Scott to the 
Right honourable the House of Peers to examine the alle- 
gations thereof, and to inform His Majesty how the same 
should appear to their Lordships ; that on the 23d day of 
June last, the said Petition of the said Hugh Scott was 

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resented to the House of Lords, and read, and referred to 
the Committee of Privileges ; that the printed Case of the 
said Hugh Scott was a terwards brought into the House of 
Lords, and the usual time for such Case to lie upon their 
Lordships’ table before hearing has elapsed, but the said 
Hugh Scott has not applied to their Lordships to appoint 
a day for the same to be heard ; that, by reason of the pen- 
dency of the said claim of the said Hugh Scott before the 
House of Lords, which may not be heard so early as Thurs- 
day the 21st day of July instant, when the Petitioner’s 
said Petition to the House is ordered to be taken into 
consideration, the Petitioner prays, That the time for tak- 
ing his said Petition into consideration may be enlarged, 
or to grant the Petitioner such relief as to the House shall 
seem just. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of corn-mills, in 
Stockport and its neighbourhood, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That if their establishments are to be sup- 
ported, and their property protected, the inducements 
which exist for the importation of Flour in place of Wheat, 
ought, in the opinion of the Petitioners, to be wholly or 
in part abandoned, and the Petitioners maintain, that, in 
that commercial district alone, the working community 
would be materially benefited by a greater importation of 
Wheat, which would on the average produce them cheaper 
Flour than under the present system they can possibly 
obtain; and praying the House to take these matters into 
their most serious consideration, and afford the Petitioners 
such assistance and protection in the prosecution of their 
business as the case may require, and the interests of the 
Country demand, and thus prevent those ruinous conse- 
quences which must inevitably ensue both to the Peti- 
tioners and the Public at large. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners and Occupiers of land, in 
the township of Dillicar and Docker, within the parish of 
Kirkby-in-Kendal, was presented, and read; praying, 
That the House will be pleased to enact some reasonable 
period of limitation, beyond which, no right to Tithes in 
kind shall be established, and that the same may have the 
like effect as it would have had if it had been passed before 
the dissolution of the last Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Freemen and Friends of the rising gene- 
ration of the city of Coventry, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That those of the Petitioners who are elec- 
tors of the city of Coventry, possess their Elective Fran- 
chise in consideration of the faithful servitude of a seven 
years apprenticeship to one and the same trade, which 
consideration operates as a powerful inducement to the 
faithful performance of the contracts of such apprentice- 
ship ; and praying the House to grant unto them, in addi- 
tion to the Reform Bill, the retention of their ancient 
rights and privileges, that so, intelligence and character, 
population and property, may all be combined in the choice 
of their Parliamentary Representatives. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Resolved, That in this present Session of Parliament, 
all Orders of the day set down in the Order Book for 
Wednesdays, shall be disposed of before the House will 
proceed upon any Motions of which Notices shall be 
entered in the Order Book. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Cross and Mr. 
Trower : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable His Majesty to 
make Leases, Copies and Grants of Offices, Lands and 
Hereditaments, parcel of the Duchy of Cornwall, or an- 
nexed to the same : 

_ A Bill, intituled, An Act for continuing, until the thir- 
tieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
two, the several Acts for regulating the Turnpike Roads 
in Great Britain, which will expire at the end of the pre- 


sent Session of Parliament: And also, 
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651 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
enabling the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty of the City 
of E.veter to sell two Houses in the Parish of Saint Stephen’s, 
Eveter, vested in them, and to purchase other Estates for 
the performance of the Charitable Purposes of the Will of 
Joan Tuckfield ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled; An Act to effect 
an Exchange of Estates, in the County of Hereford, be- 
tween William Preece, Esquire, and the Dean and Canons 
of Windsor ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew, 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
— and Wales, be now read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That all Petitions, Accounts, Returns and 
Papers presented to this House, relative to the details of 
the said Bill, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
CravuseE N° 1.—Boroughs in Schedule (A.) to cease 
to send Members to Parliament. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Clause be postponed. 
The Committee divided. 
Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Williams Wynn - = 174. 
Teller for the Noes, Lord Viscount Duncannon 292. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Thursday morning ; 


Jovis, 14° die Julii, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading 
of the ingrossed Bill to repeal so much of certain Acts as 
requires certain Oaths to be taken by Members of the 
House of Commons before the Lord Steward or his 
Deputies ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to authorize Exchanges of Lands and other Pos- 
sessions of certain Ecclesiastical Corporations ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of Ways and Means for raising the 
Supply granted to His Majesty; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider of His Majesty's 
most gracious Message of the 14th day of April last, the 
Resolution which they had directed him to report to the 
House ; and the same was read; and is as followeth; 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a Provision be made for The Queen, ;in case She 
shall survive His Majesty, of One, hundred, thousand 
pounds per annum during Her Life, to support Her Royal 
Dignity, together with a suitable: Town Residence, and 


the House and Lands at Bushy Park; and that the said 
8C 2 sum 





The Lords 
have passed 


Tuckfield’s 
Charity Estate 
Bill. 


Preece’s 
Estate Bill, 


Committeé 

on Retorm of 
Parliament 
(England) Bill. 


Petitions, &amp;c. 
referred. 


Oaths before 
the Lord 
Steward Bill, 
deterred, 


Ecclesiastical 
Lands Exchange 
Bill, deterred, 


Supply, de- 
ferred. 


Ways and 
Means, de- 
ferred. 


Report 
on King’s 
Message ; 








652 


Bill ordered. 


Reform of 
Parliament 
(Scotland) 
Bill, deferred. 


Report of 
Customs Acts, 
deferred. 


Report 
Supply 
(11 July.) 


Superannua- 
tions. 


Tobacco Growth 
Prohibition 
(Lreland ) Bill, 
deferred, 


Report 
Supply 
(8 July.) 


Contingent 
I:xpenses. 


Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Universities. 


sum be issued and paid out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, was 
agreed to by the House Nemine Contradicente. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said Re- 
solution: And that Mr. Bernal, Lord Viscount Althorp, 
Sir James Graham, Mr. Stanley, Lord John Russell, Mr. 
Attorney General, and Mr. Solicitor General, do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 
in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, to whom 
it was referred to consider of the several Acts relating to 
the Duties of Customs ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider further of the 
Supply granted to His Majesty, the Resolution which 
they had directed him to report to the House; and the 
same was read, and agreed to by the House ; and is as 
followeth ; 

Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen thousand 
seven hundred and ninety-eight pounds and ten shillings, 
be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge of Re- 
tired Allowances or Superannuations to Persons formerly 
employed in the Public Offices or Departments, or in the 
Public Service, for the year 1831 ; and that the said sum 
be issued and paid without any fee or other deduction 
whatsoever. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill 
to repeal an Act of the nineteenth year of King George 
the Third, for repealing so much of several Acts as prohibit 
the Growth and Produce of Tobacco in /reland, and to 
permit the importation of Tobacco of the Growth and 
Produce of that Kingdom into Great Britain ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider further of the 
Supply granted to His Majesty, the Resolutions which 
they had directed him to report to the House; and the 
same were read, and agreed to by the House ; and are as 
followeth ; 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight thousand 
three hundred and seventy-three pounds, be granted to 
His Majesty, to defray the Contingent Expenses and Mes- 
sengers Bills in the Department of His Majesty’s Home 
Secretary of State, for the year 1831. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty-five thou- 
sand one hundred and fifty-five pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to defray the Contingent Expenses and Messen- 
gers’ Bills in the Department of His Majesty’s Foreign 
Secretary of State, for the year 1831. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight thousand 
four hundred and thirty pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Contingent Expenses and Messengers’ 
Bills in the Department of His Majesty’s Secretary of 
State for the Colonies, for the year 1831. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thousand 
eight hundred and eighty pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Contingent Expenses and Messengers’ 
Bills in the Departments of His Majesty's most honour- 
able Privy Council and Committee of Privy Council for 
Trade, for the year 1831. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thousand 
and eight hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Expenses of Messengers attending the First 
Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
the Four Patent Messengers of the Court of Exchequer, 
and various ancient Allowances to Officers of that Court 
and others. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine hundred 
and fifty-eight pounds and five shillings, be granted to 
His Majesty, to pay the Salaries or Allowances granted to 
certain Professors in the Universities of Oxford and Cam- 
bridge for reading Courses of Lectures, for the year 1831. 


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A. 1831. 


7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen thou- In 
sand one hundred and fifty-six pounds, be granted to His Dei, 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the Commissioners of the Coun, 
Insolvent Debtors’ Court, of their Clerks, and the Con- 
tingent Expenses of their Office, for the year 1831 ; and 
also the Expenses attendant upon the Circuits; and that 
the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 
deduction whatsoever. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three thousand Alie, 
eight hundred and fifty-six pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to pay, in the year 1831, the Salaries of the 
Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the Office for 
the Superintendence of Aliens ; and also the Superannua- 
tion or Retired Allowances to Officers formerly employed 
in that Service ; and that the said sum be issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight thousand Peri, 
five hundred and sixty-five pounds, be granted to His Ho} 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Establishment of 
the Penitentiary at AZilbank, for the year 1831; and that 
the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 
deduction whatsoever. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven thou- Ofc, 
sand two hundred and sixty-nine pounds, be granted to Wo 
His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Office of Works, 
for the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thousand Fee 
and seventy pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to make jr” 
good the Deficiency of the Fee Fund in the Office of Re- su 
gistry of Colonial Slaves in Great Britain, for the year 
1831. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thousand Sta 
and two hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to fic.’ 
defray the Expenses of the State-Paper Office, for the | 
year 1831. : 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen thou- Tove” 
sand nine hundred and twenty pounds, be granted to His niga 
Majesty, to enable Him to grant Relief, in the year 1831, 
to Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants, Dutch Naval Off- 
cers, Saint Domingo Sufferers, American Loyalists, and. 
others, who have heretofore received Allowances from 
His Majesty, and who, from Services performed or Losses 
sustained in the British Service, have special Claims upon 
His Majesty’s justice and liberality; and that the said 
sum be issued and paid without any fee or other deduc- 
tion whatsover. 

14- Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thousand Nata” 
and five hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to pisi!, 
defray the Expense of the National Vaccine Establish- 
ment, for the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued 
and paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three thou- Rei 
sand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for the support theb: 
of the Institution called The Refuge for the Destitute, in 
the year 1831; and that the said sum bé issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three thou- Crinit 
sand and thirty-nine pounds, be granted to His Majesty, b"™ 
to defray the Expense of confining and maintaining Cri- 
minal Lunatics, for the year 1831; and that the said sum 
be issued and paid without any fee or other deduction 
whatsoever. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five thousand Prot 
six hundred and twelve pounds, be granted to His Ma- pees 
jesty, to pay the usual Allowances to Protestant Dissenting ~~ 

inisters in England, poor French Protestant Refugee 
Laity, and sundry small charitable and other Allowances 
to the Poor of Saint Martin-in-the- Fields, and others, for 
the year 1831. 


resst 









Assess! 
Compo 
Bill, te? 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, on the Bill to continue Compositions for Assessed 
Taxes for a further term, and to grant Relief in certain 
cases, the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed, and read the third time this day. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Cum) 
ing of the Bill to amend the Laws in England relative to 4 
Game; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 

The 









29 Witt. IV. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 


x Sal t from the Committee of the whole House, on the 
Stared io reduce the Salary of the Master and Worker of 


His Majesty’s Mint ; 
‘Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to suspend, 


13°14" Fulii. 


653 


of the House on the Agent of Amelia Catherine Trower be 
deemed to be good service, and that the Evidence taken 
before the Committee in the last Session may be received 
in proof of the present Bill, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into conside- 
ration To-morrow. 


Ali for a limited time, the making of Lists and the Ballots Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ge- Statement of 
and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom; _neral Statement of the Imports and Exports of the United Inyponte and 
and. after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed Kingdom, for the year 1829; distinguishing the Trade per ty " 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, with each Foreign Country or British Possession, and 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made several showing the principal Articles of Import and Export, dis- 
Amendments thereunto. tributed into Classes, with the Quantities of such Articles, 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. and, in the case of the Exports of British Merchandize, 
; Mr. Bernal accordingly reported from the Committee, their Declared Values ; together with a Statement of the 
+m the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and Quantities of Imported Articles retained for Home Con- 
" the Report was brought up, and read. _ Sumption. 
Abe tide Oy — a en nes Salin Seer aust Mr. Buller presented a Bill to amend the Acts for re- Turnpike 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. gulating Turnpike Roads in England, so far as they relate oe 
3 , ‘ : to certain Exemptions from Toll: And the same was read asa 
Offices) Ordered, That Mr. F'ynes Clinton have leave to go the the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Sa he 
Work! Circuit. Monday next. snes 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 
count of the Quantity of French, Cape, and other Wines _An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Tucktield’s 

Fee} respectively, remaining Duty-paid in the entered Stocks enabling the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty of the Charity 7 

Offic on 5th January 1830 and 1831, respectively. City of Exeter to sell two Houses in the Parish of Saint Oa Bill, 

nie, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- Stephen's, Eveter, vested in them, and to purchase other ~~ 
count of the Amount of Duty paid on each description of Estates for the performance of the Charitable Purposes 
Wine in the years 1829 and 1830, and of the Quantity of the Will of Joan Tuckfield, was read the first time ; and 

Stat of each description of Wine permitted out of Stock. ordered to be read a second time. 

= Lord Viscount Althorp reported to the House, That their An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Preece’s _ 
several Addresses of Monday last (that His Majesty would effect an exchange of Estates, in the County of Hereford, ~_— Bill, 

é be graciously pleased to give directions that the Papers between William Preece, Esquire, and the Dean and, Ca- 
ae therein mentioned might be laid before this House), had nons of Windsor, was read the first time ; and ordered to 

} Engel been presented to His Majesty ; and that His Majesty had be read a second time. 


commanded him to acquaint this House, That He will give 
directions accordingly. 


Mr. Lamb presented to the House, pursuant to their 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 


two of the clock on Thursday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 


| 

A a 

3 | pisented:: Addresses to His Majesty,—Report of His Maijesty’s 

1 |‘ Higtkeporton Commissioners appointed to inquire, with as little delay ——————= 
lg 


siastical 
Jovis, 14° die Juli; 








y(e- 8 practicable, into the state of the several Parochial 
) Benefices in the respective Dioceses in Ireland, with a 


‘0. 93. view to ascertain how far the same consist of separate or 


| Nain united Parishes, and to report, in the case of Unions, the Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 

&gt; blishucdys authority under which such Unions have been effected, an 

- and the state thereof; the Annual Value of the several : : &lt;W 

1 Parishes so united; the contiguity of such Parishes to RDE RE D, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant — 
each other, and of the Churches or Chapels within the to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new = 

- Refi same; and the possibility or fitness of dissolving such for the electing of a Burgess to serve 1n this present Par- 

t theD Unions ; and to examine and report how far the Salaries liament for the Borough of D ownton, In the room of J ames 

. required by law have, in each case, been paid to the seve- Brougham, Esquire, who, since his Election for the said 

i ral Curates serving within the said Parishes or Unions; Borough, hath accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of 







= Crimm 
Lun 
ry 


* 


and to certify to His Majesty, from time to time, under 
the hands and seals of any Three or more of the said Com- 
missioners, their several Proceedings, as the same should 
be completed. 


His Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Des- 
borough and Bonenham, in the county of Buckingham. 


An ingrossed Bill for consolidating the Trusts of cer- Wooler and 


n A Copy of the third Report made by the Commission- tain Roads, called, The Breamish and Wooler Turnpike Breamish 

n ers appointed to inquire into the Practice and Proceedings Roads, in the County of Northumberland, and for more — = 
of the Courts of Common Law. effectually improving and maintaining the same, was read _— 

d Pro Ordered, That the said Reports do lie upon the Table; the third time. 

- Mini and be printed. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

g 






A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and others in- 


Ordered, That Sir Francis Blake do carry the Bill to 





e ; the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
“ on Pali terested in the Trade and Commerce of the port of Glou- . 
" auc cester ;—and, of Ship-owners of the port of Wevford,— 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second Dundee 


were presented, and read; praying the House to repeal 


° ; ‘ Municipal 

the heavy Duty on Marine Insurances which presses so *¢@ding of the Bill for extending the Royalty of the Burgh Government 

Je. Asses severely a the British Ship-owner, Merchant “a Under- °! Dundee, and for amending the Sett or pens — 

4 oe writer, so that the shipping of the United Kingdom may stitution of the said Burgh, be now read ; an : me same 

_— be placed upon an e qual fectinnr' with thet of Fosei being read :—The Bill was read a second time ; and com- 

I: Nations. a gn mitted to Mr. Horatio Ross, &amp;e.: And they are to meet 

‘a And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 
Table ; and to be printed. 

- Mr. Andrew Johnston reported from the Committee on Writers to the 

The House was moved, That the Petition of Germain the Bill for better raising and securing the Fund esta- Wiie\y rong 

Lavie, Agent for the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, inti- blished for making provision for the Widows of the Writers Bill, reported. 

1- Game tuled, An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Charles Trower, to His Majesty's Signet in Scotland; That they had pro- 

to defer Squire, with Amelia Catherine Trower, his now Wife, ceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the 


and to enable him to marry again, and for other purposes 
therein mentioned, which was presented to the House 
OL last, praying that the Service of the Order 





21st day of June last ; and had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 

thereunto : 








Petition 
against Went 
Drainage 
Bill. 


Petitions 

in favour of 
Warrington and 
Newton Rail- 
way Bill. 


Hatton In- 
closure Bill, 
passed, 


Langley In- 
closure Bill, 
passed. 


Durham and 
Shotley Bridge 
Road Bill, 
passed, 


Desvigne’s 
Nat. Bill, 
reported and 
passed. 


Petitions for 
repeal of 
Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Petitions re- 
specting 
Reform of Par- 
liament (Eng- 
land) Bill, 





654 


thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to by the House. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Edward William 
Harvey Lord Hawke, the owner of estates within the 
township of Womers/ey, in the county of York, was pre- 
sented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill for draining 
and improving certain Low Lands situate within the seve- 
ral Townships of Norton, Campsall, Askren, Moss, Fen- 
wick, Little Smeaton, Stubbs, Walden, Womersley, Whitley, 
Baln, Pollington, Snaith and Cowick, and Sykchouse, in 
the several Parishes of Campsall, Womersley, Kellington, 
Snaith, and Fishlake, all in the West Riding of the County 
of York; and praying, That he may be heard by his 
counsel or agent against certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioner be heard by 
his counsel or agent upon his Petition, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Cotton Spinners, 
Flax Spinners, Cotton and Linen Manufacturers, and 
other Inhabitants of Wigan ;—and, of Dealers in Iron, and 
Owners and Lessees of Coal Mines within the parish of 
Wigan,—were presented, and read ; taking notice of the 
Bill to enable the Company of Proprietors of the War- 
rington and Newton Railway to extend the said Rail- 
way from the termination thereof at Bank Quay, in the 
Parish of Warrington, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster, to Norton, in the County Palatine of Chester; and 
praying, That the same may pass into a law. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the several 
Parishes of Hatton, Haseley and Wrovhall, in the County 
of Warwick, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lawley do carry the Bill to the Lords, 


and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Hamlet of 
Langley, in the Parish of Claverdon, in the County of 
Warwick, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lawley do carry the Bill to the Lords, 
and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing and 
improving the Road between the City of Durham and 
the Village of Shotley Bridge, in the County of Durham, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Michael Shaw Stewart do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir William Ingilby reported from the Committee on the 
ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for natu- 
ralizing Peter Hubert Desvignes and George Desvignes ; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill; and had directed him to report the same to the 
House, without any Amendment :—And the Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Ingilby do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Wells ;—and, of 
the Grand Jury assembled at the Midsummer Quarter 
Sessions of the Peace for the county of Chester,—were 
presented, and read; reciting the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 64, to 
permit the general Sale of Beer and Cider by Retail in 
England ; and praying, That the same may be repealed. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of G. W. Hinde, was presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of 
the People in England and Wales; and setting forth, 


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A. 1831. 


That by the fifteenth clause of the said Bill, the right of 
existing Freeholders and Annuitants arising from property 
in Cities or Boroughs, which are Counties of themselves, 
to vote for such Cities or Boroughs, is reserved for their 
lives ; and the Petitioner, humbly conceiving that such 
reservation perpetuates, so long as the said annuitants 
live, a great abuse of the elective franchise (many forty- 
shilling annuities being granted by persons of property, 
solely for the purpose of influencing Elections in places 
which are Counties of themselves), prays, That such reser- 
vation as respects Freeholders and Annuitants may be 
withdrawn, and that the clause transferring such votes 
to Counties at large, may take effect from the time of 
passing the said Bill; and the Petitioner also prays the 
House to introduce a clause into the said Bill directly 
regulating or abolishing Burgage Votes. 

A Petition of James Cor, Chairman of the Manchester 
Political Union ;—and, of Inhabitants of the parish of 
Saint Mary-le-bone,—were also presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the said Bill; and praying, That if any 
alterations are made in the Bill as originally proposed, 
they shall be in favour, and not against, an extension of 
the Franchise. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


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pectill 
ition: 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Great and Little Bolton, 
was presented, and read; praying, That the House will 
immediately take the necessary steps to effect a total repeal 
of the present impolitic Corn Laws. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petition 
for reps 


Corn Lz 


Petitions 
vour of k 
of Parliag 
(England 


A Petition of Protestant Dissenters of Boston ;—and, of 
Inhabitants of Arnold,—were presented, and read; taking 
notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of the 
People in England and Wales; and praying, That the 
same may pass into a law. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and that the last be printed. 


tions 
ting 
Parlia 
glanc 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Burgesses, Freeholders. and 
others of the borough, township and parish of Thirsk ;— 
and, of Inhabitants of Bishop's Castle,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; taking notice of the said Bill; and 
praying, That the same may not pass into a law as it now 
stands. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


Petition 
ir favou 
Election 
Ballot. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Chorley, was presented, 
and read; praying the House to guard the town of 
Chorley, and Country generally, by securing to the Peti- 
tioners the more full and free enjoyment of the Elective 
Rights, through the use of the Ballot at Elections, and 
the right to give their vote to any man without regard 
to a property-qualification, and to grant and secure the 
same rights to the whole male adult population of the 
Country. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Petitios’ 


spectig 
of Beet 


A Petition of Retailers of Beer, licensed under the New 
Act, of Ashton-under-Lyne ;—and, of Brewers and Re- 
tailers of Malt Liquor, under the late Excise Licensing 
Act, residing at Stockport,—were presented, and read ; 
reciting the Act 1 Will. 4, c.64, to permit the general 
Sale of Beer and Cider by Retail in England; and 
praying the House so to amend the same, as to permit 
those of the Petitioners’ trade to sell Ale and Porter 
during the same hours as are allowed to the Licensed 
Victuallers. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


Petition 
respec 
Tithes. 


A Petition of Landowners and Occupiers of land in the 
townships of Kentmere and Hugill, within the parish of 
Kirkby-in- Kendal ;—of Landowners within Skelsmergh, 
in the parish of Kirkby-in- Kendal ;—and, of Kirkby-in- 
Kendal,—were presented, and read; praying the House 
to enact some reasonable period of limitation beyond 
which no right to Tithes in kind shall be established. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, 





in favou 


Petition 
for re 
Corn Ly 


Petitions 
vour of 
of Parliay 


(England 


Petitiow’ @ 
against. 


Petition 


Election 
Ballot. 


Petitios’ 


_ spectiig 
_ of Beet! 


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=r \Y 


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Petition 
respec 
Tithe 


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and— 
pouiits 
ered : 
ine 
ranices 


plic Works. 


itions for 

al of Stamp 
y on Poli- 
‘of Marine 


yralicee 


ition 

ecting 

itivnal 
presentation. 


jitions re= 


ting Reform 


Parliament 


gland) Bill. 


itions 
repeal of 


ap Duties 


vtland.) 


o Witt. IV. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Sums received by the Commissioners of 
Stamps, for the year ending 5th January 1831, for Stamps 
on Marine Policies, in Jreland. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of all Sums of Money advanced out of the Conso- 
lidated Fund, on the recommendation, or with the sanc- 
tion, of the Zrish Loan Commissioners ; the Purposes or 
Terms for which lent; the rate of Interest for Principal 
and Sinking Fund; the nature of the Security required 
and taken; the Re-payments on each separate Loan, for 
each and every year, for Principal and Interest. 


A Petition of Merchants and Ship-owners of Youghal ; 
—and, of Glasgow,—were presented, and read ; praying 
for the repeal of the Duties on Policies of Marine Insurance 
in the whole, or to diminish their amount to such an 
extent as will operate to the Petitioners’ relief. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and that the last be printed. 


A Petition of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the 
parish of Christchurch, in the county of Surrey, was pre- 
sented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the 
Representation of the People in England and Wales ; and 
praying, That the Parish of Christchurch may be added to 
the list of Parishes enumerated in Schedule (C.) annexed 
to the said Bill. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Whitehaven and the adjoin- 
ing township of Preston Quarter, in the parish of Saint 
Bees, in the county of Cumberland, was also presented, 
and read; taking notice of the said Bill; and praying, 
That they may be authorized in their own right to return 
a Member, without being associated with any other parish, 
township or place. 

A Petition of Resident Householders in the parish of 
Saint John, in Beverley, within the liberties of the town of 
Beverley, was also presented, and read ; taking notice of 
the said Bill; and praying, That they may be allowed 
to vote for the Representatives for the Borough of Beverley, 
in the same manner as householders residing within the 
limits of the said Borough. 

A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of Preston 
Quarter, forming a part of the town of Whitehaven, was 
also presented, and read ; taking notice of the said Bill; 
and praying, That the Township of Preston Quarter may 
be included along with Whitehaven, in whatever privilege 
may be conferred on that place. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and, except the first, to be printed. 


A Petition of Soap-makers in Glasgow and its neigh- 
bourhood ;—and, of William Taylor, Soap-Manufacturer 
in Leith,—were presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners are extensively engaged in the manufac- 
ture of Soap, and have occasion to know the causes 
which operate in promoting or retarding its advance- 
ment; that while all the staple manufactures of the 
Country have been rapidly extending, that of Soap has 
remained almost stationary ; in fact, if the increase of the 
population, and the change of the habits of the age, are 
taken into consideration, the Petitioners are confident it 
will be found to have decreased; that the causes of this 
interruption, or arrestment of the progress of the Soap 
Trade, are to be discovered in those useless and ruinous 
restrictions imposed upon it by the Excise Laws, whereby 
no alteration or improvement in the manufacture dare be 
attempted, in the check given to consumption, and in the 
encouragement held out to smuggling by the enormous 
Duty at present levied on the article, a Duty amounting to 
upwards of 100 per cent. on its net cost; that Soap is an 
article indispensable to the health and comfort of the 
working classes, but in consequence of the very high 
Duty, and the gradual reduction in the price of labour, 
they are now almost precluded from the use of it; that 
the repeal of the Duty on Soap would not only restore 
prosperity to the Trade, and the numerous dependents 
upon it, but, in the opinion of the Petitioners, it would 
be conferring a greater boon upon the working classes 
than the repeal of any other tax whatever by which they 
are affected ; and praying the House to take the subject 


into consideration and to adopt measures for effecting 
VOL. 86. 8 


14° Ful. 


655 


the above object in such shape as to the House shall 
seem proper. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie uponthe Table. 


A Petition of Primitive Methodists worshipping at 
Keighley ;—and, of Protestant Dissenters of the Baptist de- 
nomination of /arsley,—were presented, and read; pray- 
ing for the entire Abolition of Slavery in the West India 
Colonies. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie uponthe Table. 


Petitions for 
abolishing 
Slavery. 


A Petition of Principal and Labouring Land Coal Me- 
ters and Clerks, Officers and Persons, employed in the 
Land Metage of Coals for the County of Surrey, was pre- 
sented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill for regulating 
the Vend and Delivery of Coals in the Cities of London and 
Westminster, and in certain parts of the Counties of AZid- 
dlesev, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckingham- 
shire and Berkshire; and praying, That they may be 
heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petition 
respecting 
London Coal 


Sall. 


A Petition of Samuel Fletcher, late of Bournham House, 
Carshalton, Surrey, was presented, and read; praying, 
That a Committee of Inquiry into the real causes of the 
famine and miseries of Zreland, and the no less appalling 
advances of mendicity, crime and pauperism of England, 
may be appointed by the House, in order to afford to 
practical and experienced men an opportunity of sub- 
mitting to consideration such suggestions of general and 
permanent, not partial and temporary remedies, as, on due 
investigation, may be found best calculated to remove the 
causes of those grievous and complicated evils. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Petition 
respecting 
Distress 
(Ireland.) 


A Petition of Hamilton Gorges, Esquire, was presented, 
and read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Repre- 
sentation of the People in Jreland; and praying, That 
a clause may be inserted for extending the Elective Fran- 
chise to Copyhold Tenures in redand, in like manner as 
in England. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petition re- 
specting Keform 
of Parliament 


(Ireland) Bill, 


A Petition of the Right Reverend, Very Reverend, and 
Reverend the Roman Catholic Clergymen of the diocese 
of Derry ;—of Inhabitants of the united parishes of Kil- 
connee and Aughrim ;—and, of Roman Catholic Inhabit- 
ants of Charleville,—were presented, and read; praying 
the House to place at the disposal of the Roman Catholic 
Bishops, and an equal number of liberal Protestant Trus- 
tees, such a sum as the House may deem sufficient to 
confer the important benefit of Education on the Poor of 
Ireland. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and, except the first, to be printed. 


Petitions 
respecting 
Education 


(lreland.) 


A Petition of Protestant Freemen and Inhabitants of the 
parish of Claddagh, in the town of Galway ;—of the parish 
of Carro Brown, in the county of the town of Galway ;— 
and, of Protestant Parishioners of the vicarage of Roscom, 
in the wardenship of Gal/way,—were presented, and read ; 
praying the House to equalize civil rights in Galway, by 
extending to the Roman Catholic Mercantile and Trading 
Classes the Elective Franchise in as full and ample a 
manner as the same is now enjoyed by Protestants. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions 
respecting 
Galway 
Franchise. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of all Sums of Money expended within the last Seven 
years on the several Roads in each and every County in 
Treland, by the direction, and under the control, of Super- 
visors, and subsequently levied by Grand Jury Present- 
ments to reimburse such Supervisors. 


Returns re- 
specting Roads 
(Ireland), 
ordered, 


Petition in fa- 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, Foreman and Members nin 
of the Grand Jury of the county of Galway, at Spring ‘fp. jen” 
Assizes 1831, was presented, and read ; taking notice of ((reland) Bill. 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
Ireland ; and praying, That the same may pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 

8D 2 A Petition 








Petition re- 
specting Reform 
of Parliament 


(Scotland) Bill, 


Petition for 
continuance of 
Grant to Kildare 
Street Society. 


The Lords 
have passed 


Brown’s 


Estate Bill. 


Comnittee 
on Keform of 
Parliament 


(England) Bill. 


Petitions 
referred. 


Address 
respecting 
Cape of Good 
Hope. 


656 


A Petition of Members of the Town Council of Jedburgh, 
was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners will find themselves much injured when the Bill 
for reforming the House passes into a law, as it will de- 
stroy their Votes for Members of Parliament, because 
they do not occupy property to the amount of 10/. a year ; 
and praying the House to introduce into the Bill a clause 
similar to that in the English Bill, allowing all the Elec- 
tors in Scotland to retain their Elective Franchise during 
the time of their natural lives. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Desertlyn, 
in the county of Londonderry, was presented, and read ; 
praying the House not only to continue the accustomed 
Parliamentary Grant to the Kildare-Place Society, but 
also to make such considerable additions to its amount as 
may enable that admirable Institution to extend the sphere 
of its truly useful labour. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Cross and Mr. 
Trower : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
enabling the Trustee under the Will of Henry Brown, 
deceased, to sell certain Shares in the Leeds and Liver- 
pool Canal Navigation, and a Share in the Liverpool 
Theatre, and certain Bonds from the Liverpool Dock 
Trustees, and of a certain Sum due on Bond from the 
Corporation of Liverpool, and to apply the Money arising 
therefrom in repairing, pulling down, and rebuilding 
certain Houses in Paradise-street, in the Town of Liver- 
pool aforesaid, and for other the purposes in this Act 
mentioned ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the Petition of the Inhabitants of Thirsk ; 
and, of Bishop's Castle, against the said Bill, which were 
this day presented to the House, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
CrauseE (N°1.) 1. 12.—Boroughs in Schedule (A.) to 
cease to send Members to Parliament. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
to leave out the word “ each ;” 
Question put, That the word “ each” stand part of 
the Clause. 
The Committee divided. 
Teller forthe Yeas, Mr. Spring Rice -  - 
Teller for the Noes, Sir George Clerk - 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


290. 
193. 





And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 15° die Julii, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baring, of 
Portsmouth, reported from the Committee, That they had 
made a further progress in the Bill; and that he was di- 
rected by the Committee to move, That they may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, Copies of 
Representations which have been addressed to His Ma- 
jesty’s Government, in the present year, from the Colony 
of the Cape of Good Hope, respecting the Duties on Cape 
Wine, and Copies or Extracts of any Despatches from the 
Governor of the said Colony on the same subject. 


14°—15° Fulii. 


A. 1831. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Spring Rice reported from the Committee of the 
whole House, to whom it was referred to consider of the 
several Acts relating tothe Duties of Customs, the Reso- 
lution which they had directed him to report to the House; 
and the same was read, and agreed to by the House ; and 
is as followeth ; 

Resolved, That the Duties now payable upon the im- 
portation of Wine, do cease and determine ; and that, in 
lieu thereof, the following Duties be made payable ; (that 
is to say) 


Wine, the Produce of His Majesty’s Settlement of the 
Cape of Good Hope, or the Territories or Dependencies 
thereof, imported directly from thence, until the 1st 
January 1834 - the Gallon, Imperial Measure | - 2 

— and from and after the 1st January 1834, 

the Gallon, Imperial Measure | — § 

all other Wines - the Gallon, Imperial Measure | - 5 


Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said Re- 
solution: And that Mr. Spring Rice and Lord Viscount 
Althorp do prepare, and bring it in. 











The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for the better rating Tenements under a 
certain Annual Value; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


A Bill to discontinue or alter the Duties of Customs 
upon Coals, Slates, Cotton Wool, Barilla and Wax, was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, on the 
Bill to repeal an Act of the nineteenth year of King George 
the Third, for repealing so much of several Acts as pro- 
hibit the Growth and Produce of Tobacco in Jreland, and 
to permit the Importation of Tobacco of the Growth and 
Produce of that Kingdom into Great Britain ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue Compositions for As- 
sessed Taxes for a further term, and to grant Relief in cer- 
tain cases, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 
An Act to continue Compositions for Assessed Taxes until 
the Fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-three, and to grant Relief in certain cases. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the Lords, 


and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Laws in England relative to 
Game ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill 
to reduce the Salary of the Master and Worker of His 
Majesty’s Mint ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill to suspend, for a limited time, 
the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the 
Militia of the United Kingdom :—The House accordingly 
proceeded to take the Report into further consideration ; 
and the Amendments made by the Committee to the Bill, 
being read a second time, were agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon the 
30th day of June last, for the House to resolve itself into 
a Committee of the whole House this day, upon the Bill 
to amend an Act of the sixth year of his late Majesty for 
amending the Laws relating to Bankrupts, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, the 
27th day of this instant July, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


A Motion 





Liability | 


Landlon 


Bill, de 





Coal fi 


Duties, 


mitted, 


Tobacey 
Prohibitig 
(Ireland) 
deferred, 


Asses 
Taxes (7 
position! 


passed, 


Game 
deferre. 


Master! 
Mint © 
Bill, de 


Report a 
Militia ” 
Suspens 
consider 










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y Wit. IV. 


A Motion being made, That the Report which, upon 
Wednesday, the 6th day of this instant July, was made 
from the Committee on the Bill to enable the Company 
of Proprietors of the Canal Navigation from Manchester 
to Bolton and to Bury to make and maintain a Railway 
from Manchester to Bolton and to Bury, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, upon or near the Line of the said 
Canal Navigation, and to make and maintain Collateral 
Branches to communicate therewith, be now taken into 
further consideration :—And the House being informed 
that printed Copies of the Bill, as amended by the Com- 
mittee, were delivered at the door to the Members of the 
House upon Friday last, pursuant to the Standing Order; 

Ordered, That the Report be now taken into further 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to take 
the Report into further consideration ; and the Amend- 
ments made by the Committee to the Bill, being read a 
second time, were agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


ort Of 
pester, 

pl, an 

Railway 


consider ed. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on the Bill 
for more effectually repairing, amending and improving 
the Roads from Liverpool to Prescot, Ashton and Warring- 
ton, and for making several new Roads to communicate 
therewith, in the County Palatine of Lancaster; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June last; and found, that 
the Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been 
complied with; and that they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
crossed. 


Liability | 
Landlor 


Bill de 


Coal | 
Duties, 
Bill, eva 
mitted, 


Tobacey 
Prohibitig 
(Ireland) 


defer, A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Corn Mills in 


Rochdale ;—in Manchester ;—in Warrington ;—and, of 
Corn Millers and Corn-Mill Proprietors in the Counties of 
Sussev and Hampshire,—were presented, and read ; com- 
plaining of the importation of Foreign Flour; and pray- 
ing the House to make such alterations in the present law 
as will afford to the Petitioners the same protection which 


ions 

ist 
rtation 

Hour. 


Asses is extended to the Corn Millers of Jreland, viz. the entire 
Taxes (9 prohibition of Foreign Flour. 
position = 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


— Table. 


ion 

ting 
Dinations 
orkmen. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Helen's, in the county 
Palatine of Lancaster, was presented, and read; praying 
the House to take into consideration the present defective 
state ofthe law regarding Combinations amongst W orkmen, 
and adopt such measures as to the House may seem ex- 
pedient for the better preventing such Combinations to 
obtain an advance of Wages, or to lessen or alter the 
hours of the duration of the time of working, or to regu- 
late or control the mode of carrying on any business. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Game 
deferrei 


Master’ 
Mint 
Bill, de 
tion for 
ation of 
ings 

ks Act. 


A Petition of Officers and Managers of the Prescot 
Bank for Savings, was presented, and read; praying the 
House to take into their early consideration the expediency 
of repealing so much of the Statute 9 Geo. 4, c. 92, as 
limits the total amount of Investments by Depositors, 
and to prevent imposition, to continue the restriction that 
no Depositor shall invest more than Thirty pounds in any 
one year. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 






Report! 
Militia 
Suspens 
consider 


Ordered, That Mr. Godson have leave to go the Cir- 


cuit. 
io agains A Petition of The Zeignbridge Agricultural Association, 
tiesin Was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to 
itz amend the Representation of the People in England and 
Bil, = Wales; and praying, That the House will alter the same 


as far as relates to the Division of Counties, and that with 
this alteration it may pass into a law. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
| and be printed. 
VOL. 86. 


14°—15° Fulii. 





7 i paw 
091 
A Petition of Inhabitants of Newcastle, in the county of 
Limerick ;—and, of Parishioners of Abington,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; praying the House to take the question of 
the Repeal of the Union speedily into consideration, with 


a view to restore to Ireland her own Legislature. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions 
for repeal of 
Union with 
Ireland. 


Address 
respecting 
Grosvenor 
Estate. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, Copies of 
the Assessment for the Poor and Police on all the Houses 
in Grosvenor, Belgrave and Eaton Squares, and the 
Amount paid in respect of each House for the Poor and 
Police ; distinguishing how much is paid under each 
head. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till near 
one of the clock on Friday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 


Veneris, 15° die Julii ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


RAYERS. 


P 

T HE House being informed that Mr.Crafer, from the 

Treasury, attended at the door, he was called in; 
and at the bar presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Orders,—An Account of the Number of Dozen Pair of 
Habit Gloves, Men’s Gloves, and Mitts imported into the 
United Kingdom, with the Amount of Duty paid thereon, 
during the years 1828, 1829 and 1830, and the quarter 
ended 5th April 1831; distinguishing the Quarterly Pe- 
riods of Entry. 

An Account of the Number of Quarters of Foreign Corn 
imported into Great Britain and Ireland, between 5th 
April 1830 and 5th April 1831; distinguishing the dif- 
ferent Sorts of Corn, and giving the Net Amount paid at 
the Treasury as Duty thereon. 


Accounts, 
presented : 


Gloves. 
No. 96. 


Foreign 
Corn. 
No. 97. 


An Account of the Quantity of French, Cape and other 
Wines respectively remaining Duty paid, in the entered 
Stocks, on 5th January 1830 and 1831 respectively, 
(United Kingdom). 

An Account of the Amountof Duty paid on each descrip- 
tion of Wine, in the years 1829 and 1830; and of the 
Quantity of each description of Wine permitted out of 
Stock, (United Kingdom) :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Wine Duties. 
No. 98. 


Petition against 
Belfast Harbour 
Bill, 


A Petition of John Kennedy, of Belfast, Uncle and next 
of kin to Jokn Kennedy, junior, a minor of the Jrish Court 
of Chancery, was presented, and read ; taking notice of 
the Bill for the further improvement of the Port and Har- 
bour of Belfast, in Ireland, and for other purposes ; and 
praying, That the same may not pass into a law as it now 
stands. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


Woolvercot 
Inclosure 
Bill, reported, 


Mr. Richard Weyland reported from the Committee on 
the Bill for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Woolvercot, 
in the County of Oxford, and for commuting the Tithes 
of the said Parish; and to whom the Petition of the 
President and Scholars of Saint John Baptist College, in 
the University of Oxford, was referred; That they had 
proceeded according to the Resolution of the House of 
the 21st day of June last; and found, that the Standing 
Orders relative to Bills of Inclosure, had been complied 
with ; and that no person appeared on behalf of the said 
Petition ; and that they had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to 
the satisfaction of the Committee; and that they had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 


rossed. 
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An 








Writers to the 
Signet— 
Widows’ Fund 
Bill, passed. 


Duke of 
Hismilton’s 
Estate bill, 
committed. 
Rothesay 
Hlarbour, &amp;e. 
Bill, passed. 
Petition in fa- 
vour of Dublin 
and Kingsiewn 
Railway bul. 
Rothbury 
Inclosine 


Lill, reported 


L.angton’s Act 
Amendment 
Lill, reported, 


Brown’s 
Estate Bill, 
read. 


Ulster Canal 
Bill, com- 
mitted. 


Birmingham 
Grammar School 
Bill, committed, 


658 


An ingrossed Bill for better raising and securing the 
Fund established for making provision for the Widows 
of the Writers to His Majesty’s Signet in Scotland, was 
read the third time. , 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Andrew Johnston do carry the Bill 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable the Most Noble Alevander Duke of Hamilton and 
Brandon, and the Heirs of entail of the Lands and Barony 
of Kinneil, in the Shire of Linlithgow, to charge the 
Sleeches or Land to be gained from the Sea opposite the 
said Barony, with the Expenses laid out in gaining the 
same, was read a second time; and committed to Sir 
Michael Shaw Stewart, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingrossed Bill for improving, repairing and main- 
taining the Harbours of the Burgh of Rothesay, in the 
County of Bute, and for building and maintaining a Gaol, 
Court House and Offices for the said Burgh and County, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Michael Shaw Stewart do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of the city of 
Dublin, was presented, and read; taking notice of the 
Bill for making and maintaining a Railroad from Westland 
Row, in the City of Dublin, to the head of the Western 
Pier of the Royal Harbour of Aingstown, in the County of 
Dublin, with Branches to communicate therewith ; and 
praying the House not to suffer the proposed measure for 
constructing a Railroad between Dublin and Kingstown, to 
be defeated, on the ground of a Ship Canal between the 
same places being in contemplation. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Flodgson, by Order, reported from the Committee 
on the Bill for inclosing Lands inthe Parish of Rothbury, 
in the County of Northwnberland; That the Standing 
Orders relative to Bills of Inclosure, had been complied 
with ; and that they had examined thie allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the satis- 
faction of the Committee ; and that they had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto; and 
the Amendments were read ; and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Sir William Ingilby reported from the Committee on the 
Bill to amend an Act for vesting and securing to John 
Stephen Langton, Hsquire, certain Profits and Emoluments 
for a limited time ; That they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto; and the Amendments were read ; and agreed to by 
the House. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
enabling the Trustee under the Will of Henry Brown, de- 
ceased, to sell certain Shares in the Leeds and Liverpool 
Canal Navigation, and a Share in the Liverpool Theatre, 
and certain Bonds from the Liverpool Dock Trustees, and 
of a certain Sum. due on Bond from the Corporation of 
Liverpool, and to apply the Money arising therefrom in 
repairing, pulling down, and rebuilding certain Houses 
in Paradise-street, in the Town of Liverpool aforesaid, and 
for other the purposes in this Act mentioned, was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Bill to amend the several Acts for making and main- 
taining the Ulster Canal in the Counties of Fermanagh 
and Armagh, was read a second time ; and committed to 
Sir Arthur Chichester, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable the Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and 
Goods of the Free Grammar School of King Edward the 
Sixth, in Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, to erect 


15° Fulri. 


A. 1831. 


a School House, Masters’ Houses, and other suitable Ac. 
commodations for the said School on a new Site in the 
vicinity of the Town of Birmingham, and to extend the 
objects of the Charity, and for other purposes, was read a 
second time; and committed to Mr. Lawley, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 


A Petition of John Blake, of Sackville-street, in the Peiii, 
city of Dublin, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, was presented, leave; 
and read ; setting forth, That a Bill having been intro- Sah 
duced into the House in the month of March 1830, “ 


for providing for the formation of a Canal from Lough 
Corrib to the Sea at Galway, and for the constructing of 
Docks and Quays at the said Port, was passed into a law in 
the month of June in the said year; that, after the said 
Bill was passed, it was found that the Schedule of dues, 
and the income thereby created, were insufficient altoge- 
ther to carry into effect the purposes thereof; and accord- 
ingly a second Bill was introduced into the House, in the 
month of February last, to amend and enlarge the powers 
of the said Act, passed in the eleventh year of the reign 
of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for making 
and maintaining a navigable Cut or Canal from Lough 
Corrib to the Bay of Galway, and for the improvement 
of the Harbour of Galway ; and that the said Bill, having 
gone through some of its stages in the House, was pre- 
vented, by the late dissolution of Parliament, from being 
passed into a law; and that the Petitioner, having re- 
ceived instructions from the Petitioners for said Bill, in 
consequence of the House having been pleased to allow 
all Private Bills introduced in the last Session to be pro- 
ceeded with, without going through the form a second 
time, repaired to London, where he arrived yesterday ; 
and that, upon inquiry, the Petitioner has ascertained, for 
the first time since his arrival, that the said Bill has been 
stopped, on account of certain forms prescribed by the 
House for Private Bills, which had been so lost by the dis- 
solution not having been complied with, viz. by reason of 
a second Petition not having been duly presented accord- 
ing to the form prescribed by the House ; and that the 
necessity for presenting a second Petition was a fact 
wholly unknown to the Petitioners as well as the Peti- 
tioner up to the present day, all the Jrish newspapers 
having concurred in representing that Private Bills were 
placed, by the Resolution of the House, in precisely the 
same situation as they were in at the time of the dissolu- 
tion, without the necessity of undergoing any additional 
forms ; and that, upon inquiry, the Petitioner has ascer- 
tained that the Parliamentary Agent, Mr. Samuel Gunnell, 
did apprize the late Member for Galway, James O’ Hara, 
Esquire, of the necessity for the adoption of said form ; 
but the said James O'Hara having, at the time of said 
apprizal, ceased to be Member for the said town, and con- 
ducting the said Bill no longer, and who residing at a 
distance from the said town, the Petitioner positively saith, 
did not apprize the Petitioner or the other Petitioners, 
or any person whatever, of the receipt of said commu- 
nication, or of the necessity for the adoption of said form; 
and that several hundred pounds have been already ex- 
pended about said Bill, and the people of said town are 
now suffering under the deepest misery; unless the House 
will be pleased to interfere in their favour, by dispensing 
with the strict letter of said form, not only will the greater 
part of said expenditure be utterly lost, but, by reason of 
the inadequacy of the present fund and income, it will be 
impossible to procure money to proceed with said works 
in the present year, whereby very many labourers, who are 
at present in a state of starvation, will be prevented from 
obtaining the means of subsistence; and praying, That the 
House, under the circumstances, will be graciously pleased 
to grant leave to present a Petition for the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Bodkin, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to send for persons papers and records. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to en- 


able the Company of Proprietors of the Canal Navigation pur 
from Manchester to Bolton and to Bury to make and 5" 


maintain a Railway from Manchester to Bolton and to 
Bury, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, upon or near 
the Line of the said Canal Navigation, and to make and 
maintain Collateral Branches to communicate therewith, 
be now read the third time ; 


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Sir John Newport, by His Majesty's Command, ac- 
quainted the House, that His Majesty, having been in- 
formed of the purport. of the Bill, gives His consent, as 
far as His Majesty’s interest is concerned, that the House 
may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 
An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Canal 
Navigation from Manchester to Bolton and to Bury, to 
make and maintain a Railway from Manchester to Bolton 
and to Bury, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, upon 
or near the Line of the said Canal Navigation, and to 
make and maintain a Collateral Branch to communicate 
therewith. 

Ordered, That Lord Stanley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Sir David C. Roose, of the city of Dublin, 
and Robert Simpson, of the same city, Esquire, was pre- 
sented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill for making and 
maintaining a Railroad from Westland Row, in the City 
of Dublin, to the head of the Western Pier of the Royal 
Harbour of Kingstown, in the County of Dublin, with 
Branches to communicate therewith ; and praying, That 
they may be heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Buller, by Order, reported from the Committee on 
the Bill to amend an Act of his late Majesty King George 
the Fourth, for more effectually maintaining the Road from 
Teignmouth to Dawlish, and for making Roads from Daw- 
lish to the Exeter Turnpike Roads, together with a Road 
from Southtown to Chudleigh, and certain Branches com- 
municating with the same, all in the County of Devon; 
and to make and maintain other Roads communicating 
with the said Roads ; and to whom the Petition of John 
Pidsley, of the city of Eveter, Gentleman; of Charles 
Hoare, of Luscombe Castle, near Dawlish, in the county 
of Devon, Esquire ; and, of Charles Hoare, of Luscombe 
Castle, near Dawlish, in the county of Devon, Esquire, 
were referred ; That they had proceeded according to the 
Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June last; 
and found, that the Standing Orders relative to Turn- 
pike Bills, had been complied with; and that they had 
considered the two first-mentioned Petitions; and that 
no person appeared on behalf of the last-mentioned Pe- 
tition; and that they had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto; and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth reported from the Committee on 
the Bill for making a Railroad from the Town of Manches- 
ter,in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to Sowerby Bridge, 
in the West Riding of the County of York; and to whom 
the Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Roch- 
dale Canal ; of the Trustees for executing an Act for more 
effectually improving the Roads from Manchester, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, through Oldham, to Auster- 
lands, in the Parish of Saddleworth, in the County of York, 
and from Oldham to Ashton-under-Lyne, and from Old- 
ham to Rochdale, in the said County Palatine of Lancas- 
ter; of Edward Lord Suffield; of the Reverend Joseph 
Allen, Doctor in Divinity, Vicar of Battersea, and Pre- 
bendary of Westminster ; of John Entwisle, Esquire, the 
Treasurer of the Public Turnpike Road, called, The Roch- 
dale, Halifax and Elland Turnpike Road ; of the Company 
of Proprietors of the Calder and Hebble Navigation; of 
the Company of Proprietors of the Rochdale Canal; of 
the Reverend James Armytage Rhodes, Clerk, an owner 
of estates in the Line of the intended Railway thereinafter 
mentioned ; of Trustees for executing and putting in force 
the several Acts of Parliament made for making and main- 
taining the Turnpike Road from the Town of Rochdale, to 
the Towns of Halifax and Elland ; and, of Surveyors of the 
Highways in the Township of Manchester, were referred ; 


That they had proceeded according to the Resolution 
VOL. 86. : 


15° Fultz. 


659) 


of the House of the 21st day of June last; and found, 
that the Standing Orders relative to Bills for making 
Railways, had been complied with; and that they had 
heard counsel on behalf of the first, seventh, eighth and 
ninth mentioned Petitions, and had considered the sixth 
and last-mentioned Petitions; and that no person appeared 
on behalf of the second, third, fourth and fifth mentioned 
Petitions; and had also examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and found, that the 
same had not been proved to their satisfaction; and the 
Report was brought up, and read. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into con- 
sideration the Petition of Germain Lavie, Agent for the 


Petitionrespect- 
ing Trower's 
Diverce Bill, 


ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dissolve cousidered. 


the Marriage of Charles Trower, Esquire, with Amelia 
Catherine Trower, hisnow Wife, and to enable him to marry 
again, and for other purposes therein mentioned, which was 
presented to the House upon Monday last, praying that the 
Service of the Order of the House on the Agent of Amelia 
Catherine Trower, be deemed to be good Service, and that 
the Evidence taken before the Committee in the last 
Session, may be received in proof of the present Bill, be 
now read; and the same being read :—The House pro- 
ceeded to take the said Petition into consideration. 

Ordered, That the Service of the Order of the House 
upon Mr. Baker, the Agent of Amelia Catherine Trower, 
and leaving an attested Copy of the said Bill with him, be 
deemed good Service of the same upon the said Amelia 
Catherine Trower. 

Ordered, That all Minutes of Evidence, together with 
any documents therein referred to, which were taken 
before the Committee in the last Session of Parliament, 
be received in proof of the allegations contained in the 
Bill which has been referred to a Committee of the whole 
House in the present Session. 


A Petition of several Trustees for executing an Act 
relating to the Road hereinafter mentioned, and, of seve- 
ral Owners and Occupiers of lands within the county 
of Salop, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That a 
Bill is depending in the House, for improving and main- 
taining the Road from Ludlow, in the County of Salop, 
through Woofferton and Little Hereford to Monk’s Bridge, 
in the said County, and also from Ludlow to Orleton, in 
the County of Hereford ; and that it would be of great ad- 
vantage to the Public, if power were introduced in the said 
Bill, for making Turnpike a small portion of a certain 
Highway within that part of the parish of Richard’s Castle, 
in the county of Sa/op, leading from Woofferton aforesaid 
to Brimfield, in the said county of Hereford, being a dis- 
tance of about four hundred and two yards; and praying, 
That provision may be made in the said Bill, for the pur- 
poses aforesaid. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Robert Clive, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 


A Petition of Ministers and Elders of the Presbyterian 
Church in Jreland, under the name of The Synod of 
Ulster ;—of Patrons, Managers and Teachers connected 
with the Belfast Sunday-School Union ;—of Clergy, 
Landholders and Inhabitants of Killinchy;—of Killi- 
leagh ;—and, of Kilmood, in the county of Down,—were 
presented, and read; praying the House to continue and 
enlarge the Grant to the Kildare Street Society. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of John Jackson, of N° 12, Essex-street, in 
the Strand, Agent for William Taylor Copeland, Esquire, 
Alderman of the city of London, on the Petition presented 
by him against the Return of Sir John William Head 
Brydges for the Borough of Coleraine, in Ireland, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That the said Petition 
was presented to the House on Friday the Ist or early on 
Saturday morning the 2d day of July instant, and is ap- 
pointed to be taken into consideration on Tuesday next, 
the 19th of July instant ; that the said William Taylor Cope- 
land, with two sureties, hath entered into and completed 

SE 2 the 


Petition for 
Provision in 
Ludlow Road 


Bill. 


Petitions for 
continuance of 
Grantto Kildare 


Street Society. 


Petition for 
deferring Cole- 
raine Borough 
Election Peti- 
tion. 





Petition 
respecting 

408. Freeholders 
Ireland.) 


Petition for 
repeal of Corn 


Laws, &amp;c. 


Petition in fa- 
vour of Reform 
of Parliament 
(England) Bill. 


660 


the recognizances required by the Act of Parliament 
for that purpose ; that the Petitioner applied to the Right 
honourable The Speaker for seven Warrants for the at- 
tendance of witnesses before the Select Committee to be 
appointed by the House for the trial of the said Petition, 
and having obtained such Warrants, signed by The Speaker 
on Saturday last, the 9th of July instant, the Petitioner 
eaused the same to be transmitted on the same evening 
by the Chester and Holyhead Mail, directed to Messrs. 
Barrington &amp; Company, N° 3, Palace-street, Dublin, for 
service on the witnesses, in order to their attendance on 
the trial of the said Petition ; that the said Warrants have 
byaccident miscarried, the Petitioner having this morning 
received a letter from the said Messrs. Barrington &amp; Com- 
pany, dated Dublin, Wednesday, 13th July instant, one 
o'clock, stating that the said Warrants had not then 
arrived, and the Petitioner finds, on inquiry this morning 
at the General Post Office, that, owing to some dispute or 
misunderstanding with one of the Contractors, the Mail 
Coach was stopped at Lichfield, by the Contractor with- 
drawing his horses, and that another conveyance pro- 
ceeded from thence; that in the change of the conveyances, 
the parcel containing the said Warrants was, by some 
accident, lost or mislaid ; that the Petitioner hath applied 
for and obtained other Warrants from The Speaker, for 
transmission to Dublin, but, owing to the day appointed 
for taking the said Petition into consideration being Tues- 
day next, it will not be possible to procure the service of 
the said Warrants, and the attendance of the necessary 
witnesses, in time for the trial of the said Petition before 
the Select Committee ; and praying, That the House will 
be pleased to alter the day and hour appointed for taking 
the said Petition into consideration, and appoint some 
subsequent day and hour for the same, or that the House 
will give such other relief as shall be just. 

And the House being informed, that the Sitting Mem- 
ber did not object to such postponement ; 

The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Friday, the 1st day of this instant July, for taking into 
consideration upon Tuesday next the Petition of William 
Taylor Copeland, Esquire, Alderman of the city of London, 
a Candidate at the Election of a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Coleraine, in that 
part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
called Zreland, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the said Borough, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into conside- 
ration upon Thursday, the 28th day of this instant July, at 
ten minutes after three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Memorandum :—Notices were again sent to the 
Parties, with orders for their attendance accord- 


ingly. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Disfranchised Forty- 
shilling Freeholders of the town of Balbriggan and vicinity, 
in the county of Dublin, was presented, and read ; praying 
for a similar measure of Reform for Jreland as for England, 
and for the restoration of the Forty-shilling Franchise to 
the Counties in /redand. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Single and Married Women of Crop- 
per-street, in the town of Manchester, was presented, and 
read; praying the House to do away with every restric- 
tion on the Trade between China and this Country; to 
forbear taxing the people of the United Kingdom for the 
support of Slavery in the West Indies ; to repeal, without 
delay, the abominable Corn Laws, in order that the Peti- 
tioners, and all that live by their labour, may have cheap 
tea, cheap sugar and cheap bread. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of New Shore- 
ham, was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill 
to amend the Representation of the People in England 
and Wales; and praying, That the same may pass into a 
law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





15° —16 Fulii. 





A. 183), 


A Petition of John Ashton, Chairman of a Meeting of Pati, 
Inhabitants of Coventry, was also presented, and read ; ris 
taking notice of the said Bill; and praying the House to (Ema, 
erase therefrom the clause which provides, that no person __ 
shall be qualified to vote, whatever amount of rent he may 
pay, if that rent be payable more frequently than once 
in every half year, and further praying, that the right of 
voting may be extended to all Householders paying scot 
and lot. 

A Petition of Burgesses, Householders and Inhabitants 
of the borough of Zenby, was also presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the said Bill; and praying, That all 
Burgesses created since the dissolution of the late Parlia- 
ment by the Corporation of that Borough, may be ex- 
cluded from the privilege of voting for future Members 
to serve in Parliament. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 













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A Petition of Females of the Baptist Denomination at pg 
Long ford, in the parish of Foleshill, and county of the abiixj 
city of Coventry, was presented, and read; praying for Si 
the entire Abolition of Colonial Slavery. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return of all Applications made in Rey, 
the Court of King’s Bench, relative to Criminal Informa- bem 
tions, which was presented to the House upon Tuesday % 
last, be printed. 


A Petition of Merchants and Ship-owners of Milford, Pei 
was presented, and read ; praying for the repeal of the og 
whole of the Duties on Marine Policies of Insurance. cess 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. “5; 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Adi 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- ~ 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Return of (Ea 
the Number of Resident Electors in each of the Boroughs 
named in the Schedule (B.) of the Reform of Parliament 
(England) Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


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def 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to Com 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon }),; 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in (t= 
England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 
read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee : 


(In the Committee.) 


CrausE, N°1. Boroughs in Schedule (A.) to cease to 
send Members to Parliament. 

P.1. 1.13. A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, after “ shall,” to insert “ have a share in the 
“* Election of a Member or Members to serve in Parlia- 
“‘ ment, as hereinafter provided.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted :— 
The Committee divided. 


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Teller for the Noes, Lord Nugent - - 316. 


A Motion was made, and the Question put, (I. 13.) 
after “ cease” to insert “ from and ”—— Agreed to. 

(The Chairman having read to the end of the Clause, 
the Committee determined, that Schedule (A.) should 
be considered as part of the Clause, and that the Ques- 
tion should be put on each Borough). 

Schedule (A.) read. 

Question put, That “ Aldeburgh, Suffolk,” stand part 
of the Schedule Agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


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defer 








And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 16° die Julii, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Spring Rice 
reported from the Committee, That they had made a fur- 
ther progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Resolved, 








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tute of 
ds Bill, 
reds 


»station of 
ruments 
4 deferred. 


porate 
s Bill, 
red. 


ate on 

ps (Ire- 

), further 
rned. 


Tax 

ble Assesse 
Bill, 
d, 


adian 
enue 
deferred, 


ort of 
se Acts, 
ed. 


Catholic 
ties Bill, 


osure 
Titles 
deferred, 


rts of 
Fees 
deferred, 


9 WiLL. IV. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of 


Frauds ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the 
Attestation of Instruments made in exercise of certain 
Powers or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other Instruments ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Fri- 


day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading 
of the ingrossed Bill to prevent the Application of Cor- 
porate Property to the purposes of Election of Members 
to serve in Parliament ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the ad- 
journed Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday the 
Ist day of this instant July, That leave be given to bring 
ina Bill to regulate the Importation of Arms into Ireland; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty- 
fourth and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty King George 
the Third, so far as the same relate to Double Assess- 
ments of the Land Tax ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend an Act of the fourteenth year of his 
Majesty King George the Third, for establishing a Fund 
towards defraying the Charges of the administration of 
Justice and support of the Civil Government within the 
Province of Quebec, in America ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
port from the Committee of the whole House, to whom it 
was referred to consider of the several Acts imposing 
Duties of Excise on Candles, and on Licenses for making 
them ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 


next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion, be now read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for remedying defects in the Titles to Lands 
allotted or taken in exchange under Inclosure Acts, be 
now read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the Bill to explain and amend an Act for re- 
gulating the Receipt and future Appropriation of Fees 
and Emoluments receivable by Officers of the Superior 
Courts of Common Law, be now read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


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661. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the Bill for the extension and promotion of 
Public Works in Jreland, be now read; and the same 
being read :—The Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the Bill to alter and amend the Laws of Settle- 
ment by Hiring and Service, be now read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 3d day of August next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to authorize Exchanges of Lands and other Pos- 
sessions of certain Ecclesiastical Corporations, be now 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty, 
be now read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of Ways and Means for raising the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majesty, be now read; and the same 
being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the Bill for the better rating Tenements under 
a certain Annual Value, be now read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to discontinue or alter the Duties of Customs upon 
Coals, Slates, Cotton Wool, Barilla, and Wax, be now 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Spring Rice reported from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill to repeal an Act of the nine- 
teenth year of King George the Third, for repealing so 
much of several Acts as prohibit the Growth and Produce 
of Tobacco in Jreland, and to permit the importation of 
Tobacco of the Growth and Produce of that Kingdom 
into Great Britain, the Amendments which they had 
made to the Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the Bill to amend the Laws in England rela- 
tive to Game, be now read ; and the same being read :— 
The Bill was read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Mr. Spring Rice reported from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill to reduce the Salary of the 
Master and Worker of His Majesty’s Mint, the Amend- 
ments which they had made to the Bill ; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill to suspend, for a limited time, 
the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for 
the Militia of the United Kingdom, be now read ; and 
the same being read :—The Bill was read the third time. 

8 F Resolved, 


Public Works 
(Ireland) Bill, 
committed, 


Settlement of 
the Poor Bill, 
deferred. 


Ecclesiastical 
Lands Exchange 
Bill, deferred. 


Supply, de- 
ferred. 


Ways and 
Means, 
deferred. 


Liability of 
Landlords 
Bill, deferred. 


Coal 
Duties, &amp;c. 
Bill, deferred. 


TobaccoGrowth 
Prohibition 
(Ireland) Bill, 
reported. 


Game Bill, 


committed. 


Master of the 
Mint Salary 
Bill, reported. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension Bill, 
passed. 








Committee 


on Secondary 
Punishments, 


appointed. 


Order for pre- 


senting Address 
relating to Gros- 


venor Estate, 


discharged, 


Return 
ordered, 


Petition of 
H. Story, 
respecting 
Emigration. 


Treasury 


Minute, &amp;c. ree 


specting Public 
Works Expen- 
diture, ordered 


No. 100. 


presented. 


Answer to 
Address. 


Papers 
presented ; 

Slave 

Population, 


662 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title 
be, An Act to suspend, until the end of the next Session 
of Parliament, the making of Lists and the Ballots and 
Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. , 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, to in- 
quire into the best mode of giving efficiency to Secondary 
Punishments, and to report their observations thereupon 
to the House :—And a Committee was appointed of Co- 
lonel Davies, Mr. Lamb, Lord Viscount Howick, Mr. Sla- 
ney, Mr. Alderman Wood, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. 
Fowell Buxton, Mr. Estcourt, Sir Thomas Baring, Mr. 
Robert Gordon, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Briscoe, Mr. Law 
Hodges, Mr. Greene, Mr. Wandisfort Pigott, Mr. Charles 
Russell, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Curteis, Sir William Hort: 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Order made yesterday, 
for presenting to His Majesty an humble Address, that 
He would be graciously pleased to give directions that 
there be laid before this House, Copies of the Assessment 
for the Poor and Police on all the Houses in Grosvenor, 
Belgrave and Eaton Squares, and the Amount paid in 
respect of each House for the Poor and Police, distinguish- 
ing how much is paid under each head, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of the Assessment for the Poor and Police on all the 
Houses in Grosvenor, Belgrave and Eaton Squares, and 
the Amount paid in respect of each House for the Poor 
and Police; distinguishing how much is paid under each 


head. 


A Petition of Henry Story, of Sands Brampton, in the 
county of Cumberland, was presented, and read ; praying 
for assistance to enable him to emigrate to Upper Canada. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of Treasury Minute, dated 10th June 1831; Letter from 
_ the Admiralty, 17th June 1831; Ditto, Secretary of State 
’ for the Colonies, 29th June 1831; Ditto, Ordnance, 5th 
July 1831; Treasury Minute, dated 8th July 1831, upon 
the subject of giving to Parliament a more early and 
effectual Control over the Expenditure for Public Works 
abroad, as recommended by the Select Committee of the 
House of Commons, appointed to consider the Water Com- 
munication in Canada. 

Mr. Spring Rice accordingly presented to the House 
the said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Lord Viscount Althorp reported to the House, That 
their Address of Thursday last (that His Majesty would 
be graciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House) had 
been presented to His Majesty; and that His Majesty 
had commanded him to acquaint this House, That He will 
give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented to the House,—Return to 
several Addresses to His Majesty, dated the 3d day of June 
1829, for a Return from all the Slave Colonies belonging to 
the British Crown, including the Cape of Good Hope and 
the Mauritius, of the following particulars, commencing on 
Ist January 1825, and continued to the latest period, viz. 
Number of Slaves imported and exported by license or 
otherwise ; distinguishing sexes, and specifying place 
whence imported or whither exported, with the name of 
the vessel, and the date of importation or exportation :— 
List of Manumissions effected by purchase, bequest, or 
otherwise ; distinguishing sexes, and specifying dates, 
together with the names of the owners, the prices paid, 
and the persons paying :—List of Persons committed to 
Gaols or Workhouses as Runaways, but claiming to be 


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A. 1831, 


free ; with an Account of the final disposal of such Persons: 
—List of all Slaves escheated to the Crown, specifying 
sex and age, the manner in which they have been dis- 
posed of; if sold, the date and price of sale and name of 
Purchaser, and the amount and appropriation of the net 
proceeds :— Return of all Slaves taken and sold under 
execution or other legal process, or levied upon for taxes, 
specifying sex and age, date of seizure and sale, the owner, 
the purchaser, and the price paid for each lot:—Number 
of Marriages legally solemnized between Slaves, free 
Blacks, or Colonial Persons, and Whites, since 1st Januar 
1825 :—A List of the Schools established in each Slave 
Colony belonging to the Crown, for the purposes of Edu- 
cation ; specifying the numbers that attend each, the 
names of their Teachers, with their salaries and emolu- 
ments ; the hours of attendance, the nature of the instruc- 
tion which the pupils receive, and whether it be oral only, 
or otherwise, and the elementary and other books used 
in the Schools ; distinguishing, also, both the Teachers 
and the Pupils into white, free black or coloured, and 
Slaves, and stating how many of the Pupils of each class 
are able to read well, or are learning to read, and also 
learning to write:—A similar Return of the different 
Places of Worship in connexion with the Established 
Church, and with all other religious bodies ; of the Minis- 
ters of Religion who perform duty in each ; of the regular 
times and hours of attendance on Public Worship ; of the 
number of Hearers who usually attend, and of the number 
who usually partake of the Holy Communion; distin- 
guishing in each case, the whites, the free black or 
coloured persons, and the Slaves, who attend. 

Return to several Addresses to His Majesty, dated the 
9th day of July 1830, for Copies of the Depositions taken 
before the Sydney Bench of Magistrates against Dennis 
M‘ Hue (a Prisoner of the Crown, per ship Providence) 
for perjury, his conviction and sentence :—of the Order of 
the Supreme Court of New South Wales to the Sheriff, for 
his discharge from confinement, on the Motion made for 
Habeas Corpus :— of a Letter addressed to the Attorney 
General by the Colonial Secretary, under date 26th Feb- 
ruary 1829, numbered 29/18, together with the Reply 
thereto, and of the Letters therein referred to:—of the 
Orders for the Transportation of Dennis AI‘ Hue to More- 
ton Bay, and of his previous confinement in the Cells of 
the Prisoners’ Barracks:—and, of the Return made to 
Government of the particulars of his Death ; stating whe- 
ther or not an Inquest was held on his Body. 

Further Return to an Address to His Majesty, dated Jami 
the 15th day of December, in the last Session of Parlia-  y, 
ment, for Copies of all Communications relative to the 
reputed maltreatment of a Slave, named Henry Williams, 
in Jamaica. 

Return to an Address to His Majesty, dated the 11th 
day of this instant July, for Copies of all Communications 
which have passed relative to the appropriation of the 
Crown Revenues, and other financial arrangements rela- 
tive thereto, between the Governors of Upper or Lower 
Canada, and the Legislatures of the two Provinces. 

Return to an Address to His Majesty, dated the 14th 
day of this instant July, for Copies of Representations 
which have been addressed to His Majesty’s Government 
in the present year, from the Colony of the Cape of Good 
Hope, respecting the Duties on Cape Wine; and Copies 
or Extracts of any Despatches from the Governor of the 
said Colony on the same subject. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the Table ; 
and, except the Returns relative to Slave Population, and 
New South Wales, be printed. 





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A Petition of Persons licensed to sell Beer by Retail 
under the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 64, resident at Ramsgate, Mar- 
gate, Canterbury, Dover, Deal, and places adjacent, was 
presented, and read; praying the House to alter and 
amend the law so far as regards the hour of closing their 
houses, and afford them the right of appeal to the Gene- 
ral Quarter Sessions, in all cases where they may consider 
themselves aggrieved by the decisions of Magistrates. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


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Banks? 


A Petition of Officers and Managers of the Bright- 
helmston Bank: for Savings, was presented, and read; 
praying the House to take into their early considera- 
tion the expediency of repealing so much of the Statute 
9 Geo. 4, c. 92, as limits the total amount of Investments by 

Depositors, 





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Depositors, and, to prevent imposition, to continue the re- 
striction, that no Depositor shall invest a larger sum than 
Thirty pounds in any ‘one year. . 

Gndrat That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Right honourable the Earl of Cawdor, 
was presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill for ex- 
tinguishing Tithes, and Customary Payments in lieu of 
Tithes, within the Parish of Ldanelly, in the County of 
Carmarthen, and for making Compensation in lieu thereof; 
and praying, That he may be heard by himself, his counsel 
or agent, against certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioner be heard by 
himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till two 
of the clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 





Lune, 18° die Juli ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi 4" Regis, 1831. 





PRAYERS. 


H E House being informed that Mr. Johnson, from the 
Office of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, attended 
at the door, he was called in; and at the bar presented to 
the House, pursuant to their Order,—A Return from the 
different Diocesan and other endowed Schools, under the 
superintendence of the Commissioners of Education in 
Ireland, of the Number of Scholars taught in each School 
at the period of January 1831 ; specifying the Number of 
those for whose Education, Board, and Lodging payment 
is made from private means, and the Number of those who 
are Free Scholars, taught gratuitously at each School ; with 
an Account of the Salary and Emolument attached to 
such Schools from their foundation or establishment :— 
And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House being informed that Mr. Danvers, from 
the Court of Directors of the Kast India Company, 
attended at the door, he was called in; and at the bar 
presented to the House, pursuant to the directions of an 
Act of Parliament,—Resolutions of the Court of Directors 
of the Kast India Company, being the Warrants or In- 
struments granting any Pension. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company, being the Warrants or Instruments granting 
any Salary or Gratuity :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That James Borley 
and others, who petitioned this House upon Friday the Ist 
day of July instant, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Beeralston, had not en- 
tered into a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, ac- 
cording to the directions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, to 
consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Trial of 
Controverted Elections, or Returns of Members to serve 
in Parliament. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the Ist day of this 
instant July, for taking the said Petition into considera- 
tion To-morrow, be discharged. 


A Motion being made, That the Report which, upon 
Friday, the 8th day of this instant July, was made from 
the Committee on the Bill to alter and amend the several 
Acts for making navigable the River Kennet, in the County 
of Berks, be now taken into further consideration :—And 
the House being informed, that printed Copies of the Bill, 
as amended by the Committee, were delivered at the door, 
to the Members of the House, upon Monday last, pur- 
suant to the Standing Order ; 

Ordered, That the Report be now taken into further 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to take 


the Report into further consideration; and the Amend- 
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ments made by the Committee to the Bill, being read a 
second time, were agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


A Motion being made, That the Report which, upon 
Friday, the 8th day of this instant July, was made from 
the Committee on the Bill to alter the Line of the Avon 
and Gloucestershire Railway, to make certain Branches 
from the same, and to amend the Act for making the said 
Railway, be now taken into further consideration :— And 
the House being informed, that printed Copies of the Bill, 
as amended by the Committee, were delivered at the door, 
to the Members of the House, upon Monday last, pursuant 
to the Standing Order ; 

Ordered, That the Report be now taken into further 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to take 
the Report into further consideration; and the Amend- 
ments made by the Committee to the Bill, being read a 
second time, were agreed to by the House. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Parish of 
Woolvercot, in the County of Ovford, and for commuting 
the Tithes of the said Parish, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Weyland do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Henry Lowther reported from the Committee on the 
Bill for inclosing Lands within the Townships or Divi- 
sions of Hugill, Applethwaite and Troutbeck, in the Pa- 
rishes of Kirkby-in- Kendal and Windermere, in the County 
of Westmorland; and to whom the Petition of Sherbrooke 
Gell, and others, was referred ; That they had proceeded 
according to the Resolution of the House, of the 21st day of 
June last; and found, that the Standing Orders relative to 
Bills of Inclosure, had been complied with ; and that they 
had heard counsel on behalf of the said Petition ; and had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; 
and that they had gone through the Bill, and made several 
Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing, amend- 
ing and improving the Roads from Liverpool to Prescot, 
Ashton and Warrington, and for making several new Roads 
to communicate therewith, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster, was read the third time ; and an Amendment was 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 
An Act for more effectually repairing, amending and im- 
proving the Roads from Liverpool to Prescot, Ashton and 
Warrington, in the County Palatine of Lancaster. 

Ordered, That Lord Stanley do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Foley reported from the Committee on the Bill for 
erecting a County Hall, Courts of Justice, and other 
Buildings for public purposes, and also for providing ac- 
commodation for His Majesty’s Justices of Assize in and 
for the County of Worcester; That they had proceeded 
according to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day 
of June last; and that they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto ; and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the former 
Committee :—And that they have leave to sit and proceed 
To-morrow, and to make their Report onWednesday next. 


Admiral Adam reported from the Committee on the Bill 
to amend and extend the Powers of an Act for recovering, 
draining and preserving certain Lands, and for better sup- 
plying with Water the Mills, Manufactories and other 
Works situated on the River Leven, in the Counties of 
Kinross and Fife; That they had proceeded according to 
the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June last ; 
and that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 

8 F 2 and 


Report of Avon 
and Gloucester- 
shire Railway 

Bill, considered. 


Woolvercot 
Inclosure 


Bill, passed. 


Kirkby-in-Ken- 
dal Inclosure 
Bill, reported. 


Liverpool 
and Prescot 
Road Bill, 
passed. 


Worcester 
County Hall Bill, 
reported and 
re-committed, 


Leven (Fife) 
Drainage 
Bill, reported. 








Darlington and 
Barton Lane 
End Road Bill, 


reported, 


Petition 
for leave for 
Galway Docks, 


reported ; 


Leave given. 


Petition 
presented. 


Meath Writ. 


Langport 
Roads Bill, 
reported. 


St. Alban’s 
and South 
Mims Road 
Bill, reported. 


Frodingham 
Drainage 
Bill,reported. 


664 


and made several Amendments thereunto ; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Mr. Cradock reported from the Committee on the Bill 
for making a Turnpike Road, with a Branch therefrom, 
from the Angel Inn, near Darlington, in the County of 
Durham, to Barton Lane End, in the County of York ; 
That they had proceeded according to the Resolution of 
the House of the 21st day of June last; and that they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
several Amendments thereunto; and the Report was 
brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the former 
Committee :—And that they have leave to sit and proceed 
To-morrow, and to make their Report onW ednesday next. 


Mr. Bodkin reported from the Committee on the Pe- 
tition of John Blake, of Sackville-street, in the city of 
Dublin, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, for leave to present a 
Petition; That they had examined the matter thereof ; 
and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Petition, as 
desired. 

A Petition of Landowners, Merchants, Traders and 
Inhabitants of the county of the town of Galway, was ac- 
cordingly presented and read, containing the same alle- 
gations as the former Petition; and praying, That leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill to amend and enlarge the 
powers of an Act passed in the eleventh year of the reign 
of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, 
“ An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Cut or 
Canal from Lough Corrib to the bay of Galway, and for 
the improvement of the Harbour of Galway. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee :—And it is referred to Mr. Bodkin, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber . 
and have Power to send for persons, papers and records.’ 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve 
in this present Parliament for the County of Meath, in 
the room of Sir Marcus Somerville, Baronet, deceased. 


Mr. Ayshford Sanford reported from the Committee on 
the Bill for amending certain Roads in the County of So- 
merset, and for placing them and other Roads under the 
care and management of the Trustees of the Langport, 
Somerton and Castle Cary Roads; That they had pro- 
ceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the 
21st day of June last; and found, that the Standing Orders 
relative to Turnpike Bills, had been complied with ; and 
that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Sir Francis Vincent reported from the Committee on 
the Bill for more effectually improving the Road from 
the Pondyards, in the County of Hertford, to the Town 
of Chipping Barnet, in the same County; That they had 
proceeded according to the Resolution of the House of 
the 21st day of June last ; and found, that the Standing 
Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been complied 
with ; and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto; and 
the Report was. brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Ingilby reported from the Committee on 
the Bill for inclosing, draining and warping Lands within 
the Township or Hamlets of Frodingham, Scunthorpe, 
Bromby and Gunhouse (otherwise Gunnas), all in the Pa- 
rish of Frodingham, in the County of Lincoln; and to 
whom the Petition of Sally Smith, of Bromby Wood Hail, 
in the county of Lincoln; and, of the Right honourable 
John Reginald Pindar Earl Beauchamp, were referred ; 
That they had proceeded according to the Resolution of 


18° Fulii. 





A. 1831. 


the House of the 21st day of June last ; and that no person 
appeared on behalf of the first-mentioned Petition, and 
that they had considered the second-mentioned Petition, 
and had heard also counsel in favour of the Bill; and that 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the 
Committee ; and that they had gone through the Bill, 
and made several Amendments thereunto ; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 












dar of 


and 
phanas 
ferred 


iron ¢ 
leigh 
An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Gq, 7 
enable John Surman Goodlake to take and use the Sir- Nan 
name of Surman, pursuant to the provisions of the Wil] ‘oui 
of John Surman, late of Swindon, in the County of Glou- 
cester, Gentleman, deceased, was read a second time; and 
committed to Sir William Guise, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of the Master, Wardens and Commonalty of Petiix 
Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames, was pre- $**' 
sented, and read; taking notice of the Bill for incorporat- Cony 
ing a Company, to be called, The General Steam Naviga- 
tion Company ; and praying, That they may be heard by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


of 
youth 
hb Re 


side 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Rott 
Rothbury, in the County of Northumberland, was read “oa 
the third time; and several Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hodgson do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Committee on the 
Petition of several Trustees for executing an Act relating 
to the Road thereinafter mentioned, and of several Owners 
and Occupiers of land within the county of Salop, for ad- 
ditional provision in the Bill for improving and maintain- 
ing the Road from Ludlow, in the County of Salop, through 
Woofferton and Little Hereford, to Monk's Bridge, in the 
said County, and also from Ludlow to Orleton, in the 
County of Hereford; That the Standing Orders relative 
to Turnpike Bills, had not been complied with ; but it 
appeared to the Committee that, although at several meet- 
ings of the Trustees of the Road it has been proposed to 
include the Highway in question under their Trust, it was 
not until the 11th instant that it was finally agreed to 
apply for the inclusion of the necessary power in the said 
Bill; and it also appeared to the Committee, that the 
consent of John Salway, Esquire, the sole owner of the 
land which will be required for the purpose of widening 
the said Highway, has been obtained ; and that they had 
examined the matter of the Petition ; and the Report was 
brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Petitia 
Provis 

Ludlovi 
Bill, re 





An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Care! 
naturalizing Custodio Pereira De Carvalho, was read the ee 
third time. — 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Clive do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed to 
the same, without any Amendment. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to lt: 
empower the Judges of the Court of Session in Scotland comit 
to sell such part of the entailed Lands and Barony of West 
Nisbet, in the County of Berwick, now belonging to Charles 
Carre Lord Sinclair, as shall bée sufficient for payment of 
the Provisions, Debts and Incumbrances affecting the same, 
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. Pringle, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 





The 





dar of 
and 


YQ Wii. LV. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reading 
of the Bill for providing for the discharge of a Claim in 


1s? Fulir. 


phanagur 
jeter red ° 


respect of Monies advanced by the late James Hodges, 
Esquire, on security of the Lands of the late Zemindar of 
Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, in the District of Fort Saint 
George, in the East Indies, now under the Sovereignty of 
the Honourable the East India Company ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 







_ and Lord Viscount Ebrington reported from the Committee 
igh on the Bill for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road 
sBill, from Crediton to Chudleigh Bridge, and from Crockham 
el. Bridge to the Eveter Turnpike Road, in Chudleigh, all in 
the County of Devon; That they had proceeded according 
to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June last; 
and found, that the Standing Orders relative to Turnpike 
Bills, had been complied with; and that they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Petition 
Generdi 
Naviguig 
Compa 


t The House proceeded to take into further consideration 
youth an 


Rui. the Report which, upon Friday last, was made from the 
isidered. Committee on the Bill toamend an Act of his late Majesty 
King George the Fourth, for more effectually maintaining 
the Road from Teignmouth to Dawlish, and for making 
Roads from Dawlish to the Exeter Turnpike Roads, toge- 
ther with a Road from Southtown to Chudleigh, and certain 
Branches communicating with the same, all in the County 
of Devon; and to make and maintain other Roads com- 
municating with the said Roads; and the Amendments 
made by the Committee to the Bill, being read a second 
time, were agreed to by the House. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 
aginst A Petition of the Most honourable George Augustus 
tKalMy Chichester Marquis of Donegal, and of several Owners, 
Lessees, or Occupiers of lands and houses in Belfast, in 
the county of Antrim, was presented, and read; taking 
notice of the Bill for making and maintaining a Railway 
from the Cave Hill to the Belfast Harbour ; and praying, 
That they may be heard by their counsel or agents against 
certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if they 
think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


» Petitia 
. Provise 
. Ludlori 
&gt; Bill, ree 







i An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 


mnitted. for enabling the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty of the 

City of Evreter, to sell two Houses in the Parish of Saint 
Stephen's, Eveter, vested in them, and to purchase other 
Estates for the performance of the Charitable Purposes of 
the Will of Joan Tuchfield, was read a second time ; and 
committed to Mr. Buck, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


QM wey ( WC mew VS Ww F&amp;F we wee el 


t Mr. Strickland reported from the Committee on the Bill 
_ tor making and maintaining a Road from the bottom of 
Kirkgate to Westgate, both in the Parish of Wakefield, in 


¢ ~— the West Riding of the County of York; That they had 
passed proceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the 
21st day of June last; and that they had examined the 
. allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and 
“ had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to 
by the House. 
© Ini Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
d Bast grossed. 
: as A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and parish of 
f feeds Llanelly, in the county of Carmarthen, was presented, 
: and read ; taking notice of the Bill for repairing and im- 
* proving the several Roads within the District called “The 


‘ Kidwelly District” of Roads, in the County of Carmar- 
then, and for making new Lines of Road within the said 


District, and making a Bridge across the River Loughor at 
VOL. 86. 


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Vium 


OCS 
Spitty Bank, and a Bridge or Embankment across the River 
Gwendraith Fawr at the Ford; and praying, That the 
same may not pass into a law as it now stands. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


Sir Thomas Fremantle, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Bill to amend an Act for more effectually 
repairing and improving the Road from Wendover to the 
Town of Buckingham, in the County of Buckingham; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June last; and found, that the 
Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been com- 
plied with; and that they had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Sir Thomas Fremantle, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Bill for more effectually repairing the Road 
from Aylesbury, in the County of Buckingham, to Hockliffe, 
in the County of Bedford ; That they had proceeded ac- 
cording to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of 
June last; and found, that the Standing Orders relative 
to Turnpike Bills, had been complied with; and that they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made several Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Lord Viscount Belgrave, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the merits of the Petition of 
the Right honourable Henry Charles Somerset, commonly 
called Marquis of Worcester, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Town and Borough of Mon- 
mouth, in the county of AZonmouth, informed the House, 
That the said Committee have determined, 

That Benjamin Hall, Esquire, is not duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the ‘Town 
and Borough of Monmouth : 

That the Right honourable Henry Charles Somerset, 
commonly called Marquis of Worcester, is duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Town and Borough: 

That the Petition of the said Marquis of Worcester did 
not appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or vexa- 
tious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not appear 
to the said Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be entered 
in the Journals of this House. 

Ordered, That the Deputy Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House forthwith, with the last Return for the Borough 
of Monmouth,and amend the same, by rasing out the name 
of Benjamin Hall, Esquire, and inserting the name of the 
Right honourable Henry Charles Somerset, commonly 
called Marquis of Worcester, instead thereof. 

And the Deputy Clerk of the Crown amended the said 
Return accordingly. 


A Motion being made, That the Report which, upon 
Friday, the 8th day of this instant July, was made from 
the Committee on the Bill to consolidate and amend the 
several Acts for making the West India Docks, be now 
taken into further consideration :—And the House being 
informed, that printed Copies of the Bill, as amended by 
the Committee, were delivered at the door, to the Mem- 
bers of the House, upon Monday last, pursuant to the 
Standing Order ; 

Ordered, That the Report be now taken into further con- 
sideration: —The House accordingly proceeded to take the 
Report into further consideration ; and the Amendments 
made by the Committee to the Bill, being read a second 
time, were agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


A Petition of Proprietors of land in Llanelly, was pre- 
sented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill for extinguish- 
ing Tithes, and Customary Payments in lieu of Tithes, 

8G within 


Wendover 
Road Bill, 
reported. 


Aylesbury 
Road Bill, 
reported. 


Monmouth 
Borough 
Election, 
determined ; 


Deputy 
Clerk of the 
Crown to 
attend ; 


Return 
amended. 


Report of West 
India Dock 
Company Bill, 
considered, 


Petition against 
Lianelly Tithes 
Bill. 





Wakefield and 
Austerlands 
Road Bill, 
reported. 


Report of 
Sheffield and 
Manchester 
Railway Bill, 
considered, 


Petition for 
appointment of 
Committee of 


Appeal. 


666 


within the Parish of Léanelly, in the County of Carmar- 
then, and for making Compensation in liev thereof; and 
praying, That they may be heard by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth reported from the Committee 
on the Bill for maintaining the Road from Wakefield to 
Austerlands, in the West Riding of the County of York ; 
and to whom the Petition of Occupiers of lands and 
premises in Almondbury; of Inhabitants of Hudders- 
field; of Occupiers of a certain mill and lands in A/- 
mondbury ; of Sir John Ramsden, of Byram, in the 
county of York, Baronet; and, of the Company of Pro- 
prietors of the Calder and Hebble Navigation, were re- 
ferred; That they had proceeded according to the Reso- 
lution of the House of the 21st day of June last; and 
found, that the Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, 
had been complied with ; and that they had considered 
the said Petitions; and had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


A Motion being made, That the Report which, upon 
Friday, the 8th day of this instant July, was made from 
the Committee on the Bill for making a Railway from 
Manchester, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to 
Sheffield, in the West Riding of the County of York, be 
now taken into further consideration :—And the House 
being informed, that printed Copies of the Bill,as amended 
by the Committee, were delivered at the door, to the 
Members of the House, upon Monday last, pursuant to 
the Standing Order ; 

Ordered, That the Report be now taken into further 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to take 
the Report into further consideration ; and the Amend- 
ments made by the Committee to the Bill, being read a 
second time, were agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the proposed Manchester 
and Leeds Railway, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That, on the 22d day of June last, a Petition was 
presented to the House, praying for leave to bring in a 
Bill for making a Railroad from the Town of Manchester, 
in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to Sowerby Bridge, in 
the West Riding of the County of York, being the first step 
towards the completion of the Undertaking ; that such 
Bill was accordingly brought in, and read a first time, on 
the 24th day of June last, and was read a second time, 
and committed, on the_28th day of June last; that the 
Committee on such Bill met on the 4th day of July in- 
stant, and sat to receive evidence in support of the Pre- 
amble of the Bill for several days; and whilst the case of 
the Petitioners was proceeding, the Committee intimated 
to the Petitioners’ counsel, that they were satisfied that 
sufficient evidence as to trade and population had been 
already given; that the said Committee, after hearing 
evidence in opposition to the said Bill, came to a Vote and 
Decision, on the 12th day of July instant, that the Pream- 
ble of the Bill was not proved ; that the Petitioners beg 
leave to represent to the House, that many Members of 
the said Committee, who were not present on the day 
when the before-mentioned intimation was given, and who 
had not heard the whole evidence, as well as some other 
Members who had heard no portion of the evidence ad- 
duced on the behalf of, orin opposition to, the Bill, remained 
in the room whilst the Votes were taken on the Preamble 
of the said Bill; that the Petitioners respectfully submit, 
that the evidence given in support of the Preamble of the 
Bill, fully established the allegations thereof; and the Peti- 
tioners hex leave to refer to the Minutes of the Com- 
mittee om the Bill; forthe evidence given in support of 
the Preamble'of such Bill, in full confidence that an 


&lt;] 





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A. 1831, 


exammation and consideration of such evidence will show, 
that the evidence adduced on the behalf of the Promoters 
of the Bill, did fully and satisfactorily establish their case; 
that the Petitioners respectfully beg leave to object to the 
Vote and Decision of the said Committee, upon the ground, 
that such Vote and Decision are in direct opposition to the 
evidence given before such Committee; and praying, 
That the said Bill may be re-committed, or that a Com- 
mittee of Appeal may be appointed upon the said Vote 
and Decision of the said Committee on the Bill; and that 
the Petitioners may be heard by their counsel or agent 
against such Vote and Decision, before such Committee of 
Appeal, or that they may have such other relief in the 
premises as to the House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


ing D 
portal 
on Y: 


Ordered, That Mr. John Williams have leave to go the 


Circuit. 


Ordered, That Mr. Pollock have leave to go the Circuit. 


m 
ting 
ratio 







A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in Soham ; 
—and, in Royston,—were presented, and read; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners view with alarm the proposal 
made to permit the use of Molasses in the Breweries and 
Distilleries of the United Kingdom ; that the Petitioners 
are apprehensive that the use of that article in Breweries 
and Distilleries would more than counteract the relief 
which has accrued to the Agricultural interest from the 
repeal of the Beer Duty ; and praying the House to con- 
tinue the prohibition against the adulteration of Beer and 
Spirits, by the introduction of Molasses into their com- 
position. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. | 


ting 


hise. 


A Petition of Manufacturers, Traders, Artisans and Pei 
other Inhabitants of the town and vicinity of Leicester, \"" 
was presented, and read; praying the House to take the - 
subject of the Corn Laws into their most serious and im- 
mediate consideration, and to adopt such measures as will 
ensure the speedy and ultimate repeal of the said laws. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


re- 
g Ref 
Haine? 


nd) L 


Mr. More O Ferrall presented a Bill to empower Landed Ew‘ 
Proprietors in Jreland to sink, embank and remove Ob- a 
structions in Rivers: And the same was read the first y,: 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants (professing the Roman Ca- pyiiis 
tholic religion) in Castledermot, in the county of Kildare ; re 
—of Catholic Inhabitants of the united parishes of Ca- 
damstown, Mylerstown, Ballinadrimna, Nurney, Kilreiny - 
and Carrick ;—of Inhabitants of Ardagh and Moydow, 
in the county of Longford ;—of Lismore and Ballyduff; 
—of Carrickbegg and Windgap ;—and, of Roman Ca- 
tholic Inhabitants of Cappoquin, in the county of Water- 
ford,—were presented, and read ; praying the House no 
longer to confide any fund which may be granted for the 
purposes of Education, to the Kildare Place Society, but 
that they will place it at the disposal of persons who will 
distribute it faithfully and impartially among the people, 
and who will not apply it to the purpose of perverting 
the faith of a Nation, and disseminating religious divi- 
sion and discord. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ps «shy 


A Petition of Proprietors and Landholders of the pa- P 
rishes of Street and Granard, inthe county of Long ford ; isle 
—of Landholders in the parish of Killucan, and barony of (™ 
Farbill, in the county of Westmeath ;—and, of Landholders 
in Ireland,—were presented, and read ; taking notice of 
the Bill to empower Landed Proprietors in Jreland to sink, 
embank and remove Obstructions in Rivers ; and praying, 
That the same may pass into a law. 

And the said: Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition 








9 Witt. IV. 


A Petition of Parishioners of the united parishes of 
Kilcock and Cloncurry,,was presented, and read ; pray- 
ing the House to take into consideration the necessity of 
) abolishing Tithes in Ireland, and also the expediency of 
rendering available the enormous property in lands of the 
Trish Church for the relief of the Poor, and for the sup- 
port of the resident and officiating Clergy, granting to all 
parties interested such compensation as the House may 
deem reasonable. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Cotton Weavers of Haslingden, was pre- 
sented, and read; praying, That a progressive Duty, from 
time to time, be laid on all Yarns exported, till they are 
totally prohibited, which the Petitioners hope will give 
full employment and living wages to them, who now en- 
tirely depend on the fabrication of Cotton Cloth, as well 
as those who have been obliged to seek employment in 
other callings. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


mn for 

ing Duty 
portation 
on Yarn. 


A Petition of William Parker, of Passage West, Ire- 
land, was presented, and read; containing certain sug- 
gestions on the subject of Emigration; and praying the 
House to take the same into their serious and humane 
consideration, and to call for the examination of such 
competent authorities as he has referred to, and of him- 
self in particular, on the subject. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


m 
ting 


ration. 


A Petition of Protestant Parishioners of the vicarage of 
Shruel, in the wardenship of Galway, was presented, and 
read; praying the House to place the Roman Catholic 
Mercantile and Trading Classes upon an equal footing 
with Protestants, in regard to the Elective Franchise as 
at present exercised by them in Galway. 

- Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Freeholders, Farmers, Graziers and Oc- 
Reform cypiers of lands in the divisions of Lleyn and Eifionydd, 
4) bill, in the county of Carmarthen, was presented, and read ; 
| taking notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of 
the People in England and Wales ; and praying, That the 
House will be pleased to insert a clause therein, giving 
the right of voting for Members to serve in Parliament 
to the Farmers, Graziers and Occupiers of Land, although 
they may not be Freeholders, and at the same rate of 
qualification as the Occupiers of Houses, and that the 
number of Members of Parliament to serve for Great 
Britain may not be reduced, and that the number of 
Members of Parliament to serve for Ireland may not be 
increased, 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole House on the Bill. 


re- 
y Reform 


~ Petit 
FESpet 
Educa 
3 (rela 


bn in 
of 
n by 


A Petition of a portion of the unrepresented part of the 
Community, agreed to at a Public Meeting held near 
the Union Room, Huddersfield, was presented, and read ; 
praying, That they may enjoy Universal, or at least Pres- 
ton Suffrage, short Parliaments, and Vote by Ballot. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


—— a wo ae 


' we ™ 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing of a Commissioner to serve in this present Par- 


bs -shire 


4 liament for the Shire of Peebles, in the room of Sir George 

- Montgomery, Baronet, deceased. 

e ords A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wing field and Mr. 
agreed Farrer : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment, v3. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to abolish certain Oaths and 
Affirmations taken and made in the Customs and Excise 
Departments of His Majesty’s Revenue, and to substitute 
Declarations in lieu thereof: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing and improving 
the Road from Doncaster, through Ferrybridge, to the 
south side of Tadcaster Cross, in the West Riding of the 
County of York: 

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dcaster 
Bill, 











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667 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually repair- Cheltenham 
ing and improving several Roads leading into and from Reads Bill. 
the Town of Cheltenham, in the County of Gloucester, 
and for making new Branches of Roads to communicate 
therewith : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually repairing Aylsham 
the Road from Norwich to Cromer, in the County of Nor- 44 Cromer 
Jolk, and two Branches of Road leading towards Holt and asain 
towards Wolterton, in the said County : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually repairing Lynn (South 
and otherwise improving the several Roads from the South Gate) Road 
Gate, in the Borough of King’s Lynn, into the Parishes of 
East Walton, Narborough, Stoke Ferry and Downham 
Market, in the County of Norfolk : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually repairing Lynn (East 
the Roads from the Borough of King’s Lynn, and other Gate) Road 
Roads therein mentioned, and for making a new Line of 5! 

Road at Castle Rising, all in the County of Norfolk : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually repairing Monmouth 
and improving several Roads therein mentioned, leading Roads Bill. 
to, through and from the Town of Monmouth, and for 
making several new Lines and Diversions of Road to com- 
municate therewith, in the Counties of Monmouth, Glou- 
cester and Hereford : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing the Road from Barton and 
the Bridge on the old River at Barton to Brandon Bridge, Brandon 
in the County of Suffolk : eae 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making and maintaining Thornset 
a Road from Zhornset, in the County of Derby, to Fur- 4nd Stockport 
nace Colliery within Dis/ey, in the County of Chester, and "ea4 Bil. 
two several Branches therefrom: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for erecting and maintaining Southampton 
a Pier and other Works for the more conveniently landing Pier Bill. 
and embarking Passengers in the Port of the Town of 
Southampton : 

A Bill, intituled, an Act for settling disputed Rights Ashton- 
respecting Tithes within the Parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, “nder-Lyne 
in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for fixing cer- 1's}! 
tain Annual Payments in lieu thereof: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the establishment of a Grosvenor 
Chapel of Ease, to be called, Grosvenor Chapel, in the Chapel Bill. 
Parish of Saint George, Hanover Square, in the County of 
Middlesev, and for providing for the Maintenance of the 
said Chapel, and a Stipend for the Minister thereof : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing the several Open Ferrybridge 
Common Fields, Mesne Inclosures, Ings, Common or !»closure 
Stinted Pastures, and Balks, within the Manor and Town- *"" 
ship of Ferrybridge otherwise Ferryfryston, in the West 
Riding of the County of York: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for The Lords 
vesting certain detached portions of the Lands and Estates bave passed 
entailed by the deceased John Buchanan, Esquire, of Buchanan's 
Carbeth, in the County of Stirling, in Trustees, to sell the Pstate Bill. 
same, and to apply the Price arising therefrom in the 
purchase of other Lands near to the Mansion-house of 
Carbeth, and the remainder of the said entailed Lands ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of British Petition 
Subjects in China, which was presented to the House ‘ferred toa 
upon the 28th day of June last, praying for the perma- we 
nent residence at Peking of a Representative of His Ma- 
jesty, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Select 
Committee on Last India Company’s Affairs. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That, on Satur- Letters from the 
day last, he had received a Letter from The Lord High wena oma 


and Mr. Long 


Chancellor, dated High Court of Chancery, July 16, Wellesley, 
1831. referred to the 


Committee of 


And the said Letter was read by Mr. Speaker, and is Privileges. 
as followeth ; 


Mr. Speaker, High Court of Chancery, July 16, 1831. 

I have the honour of making known to you, for the in- 
formation of The House of Commons, that I have issued 
a Warrant for the Commitment of the Honourable W. Long 
Wellesley, Knight of the Shire for the County of Esser, 
for a Contempt of this Court, confessed by him in Court, 
in taking the person of a Ward of this Court, his infant 
Daughter, from the custody of the persons, her Aunts, to 
whom that custody had been committed by order of this 
Court, and in refusing to deliver up the said infant Ward, 
8G 2 when 





Members 
added. 


Paper respect- 
ing Grosvenor 
Estate, pre- 
sented. 


Committee 
of Supply. 


Papers. 

referred : 
Estimate of 
Interest on 
Exchequer Bills. 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Monies in 
Exchequer. 





668 


when served with the Order of this Court to that effect, 
and in stating in open Court, that he was.resolved not to 
deliver her up, and had taken steps to withdraw her from 
the Court's jurisdiction. ; 

The right of this Court to commit in such cases is un- 
questionable, and has been enforced against Peers of the 
Realm; but I have deemed it fit to make this communi- 
cation to you, for the purpose of bringing The House of 
Commons acquainted with the fact, and thus accounting 
for the absence of the Honourable Member, and also to 
testify my profound respect for The Honourable House. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
Brougham, C. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that he had 
this day received a Letter from the Honourable Wil- 
liam Pole Tylney Long Wellesley, dated London, July 18, 
1831. 

And the said Letter was read by Mr. Speaker ; and: is 
as followeth ; 


Mr. Speaker, London, July 18, 1831. 

I have the honour to inform you, that on Saturday last 
I was ordered by the Lord Chancellor into the custody of 
the Serjeant at Arms of the Court of Chancery. I am not 
aware that I am so confined for any breach of law which 
could subject a Member of Parliament to such detention. 
I therefore beg leave to submit to you, Sir, and the House, 
the consideration of this act, as being an infringement of 
the Privileges of Parliament, of those of my constituency, 
of the people generally, and of myself. 

I have the honour further to request, that you will lay 
this, my complaint, before the House, hoping that they 
will find cause to direct my immediate discharge, in order 
that I may be able, without delay, to attend in my place 
there to perform my public duties. 

I have the honour to be, 
Mr. Speaker, 
Your faithful and obedient Servant, 


The Right honourable Mr. Speaker. W. L. Wellesley. 


Ordered, That the said Letters, with the subject-matter 
therein contained, be referred to the Committee of Privi- 
leges, to examine the matter thereof, and to report their 
Proceedings, with their opinion thereupon, to the House. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, 
That they do sit To-morrow, at twelve of the clock, and 
proceed upon the matter referred to them. 

Ordered, That the Warden of the Fleet Prison, or other 
Officer in whose custody the Honourable William Pole 
Tylney Long Wellesley may be, do bring the said Honour- 
able William Pole Tylney Long Wellesley in safe custody, 
To-morrow, to the Committee of Privileges, and so from 
time to time, as often as his attendance shall be thought 
necessary ; and that Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
accordingly. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baring, Sir Charles Burrell, Mr. 
Ridley Colborne, and Sir George Clerk, be added to the 


Committee. 


Mr. Ridley Colborne presented to the House, pursuant 
to their Order,—a Copy of the Assessment for the Poor 
and Police on all the Houses in Grosvenor, Belgrave and 
Eaton Squares, and the amount paid in respect of each 
House for the Poor and Police ; distinguishing how much 
is paid under each head. 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 


resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty, be 
now read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum which will be 
required to pay Interest on Exchequer Bills, for the year 
1831, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of all Exchequer Bills issued 
between 5th January 1830 and 5th January 1831, un- 
provided for, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of all Exchequer Bills 
issued, or authorized to be issued, charged on the Supplies 
1831, unprovided for, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account, showing the Amount of 
Monies in the Exchequer, and remaining to be received 
on the 31st January 1831, to complete the Aids granted 


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A. 1831, 


by Parliament for the service of the year 1830, be referred 
to the Committee. 

A Motion being made, That the Report which, upon 
the 8th day of this instant July, was made from the Select 


Committee appointed to prepare Estimates of the Charge &amp; 


of the Disembodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for the year 1831, be referred to the Committee ; 

Sir Henry Parnell, by His Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, that His Majesty, having been in- 
formed of the subject-matter of this Motion, recommends 
it to the consideration of the House. 

Ordered, That the said Report be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum required to 
provide for the payment of certain Salaries, Allowances, 
Pensions and Services heretofore paid out of the Civil 
List for England and Ireland, the Hereditary Revenues 
of the Crown in Scotland, and the Four and Half per cent. 
Duty, but for which no Provision has been made in the 
Civil List of His present Majesty, from the periods to 
which the said Services were severally last paid, to the 
5th day of July 1831, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That it is the opinion of this Committee, that a sum, not 
exceeding Two hundred and forty thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to provide for the payment of 
certain Salaries, Allowances, Pensions and Services here- 
tofore paid out of the Civil List for England and Ireland, 
the Hereditary Revenues of the Crown in Scotland, and 
the Four and a Half per cent. Duty, but for which no Pro- 
vision has been made in the Civil List of His present 
Majesty, from the periods to which the said Services were 
severally last paid, to the 5th day of July 1831, and that 
the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 
deduction whatsoever ; 

Whereupon a Motion was made, and the Question 
being proposed, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and sixty-five 
thousand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to provide 
for the payment of certain Salaries, Allowances, Pensions 
and Services heretofore paid out of the Civil List for 
England and Ireland, the Hereditary Revenues of the 
Crown in Scotland, and the Four and a Half per cent. Duty, 
but for which no Provision has been made in the Civil 
List of His present Majesty, from the periods to which the 
said Services were severally last paid, to the 5th day of 
July 1831, and that the said sum be issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever; the said 
Motion was, by leave of the Committee, withdrawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That it is the opinion of this Committee, that a sum, not 
exceeding One hundred and eighty-six thousand pounds, 
be granted to His Majesty, to provide for the payment of 
certain Salaries, Allowances, Pensions and Services here- 
tofore paid out of the Civil List for England and Ireland, 
the Hereditary Revenues of the Crown in Scotland, and 
the Four and a Half per cent. Duty, but for which no Pro- 
vision has been made in the Civil List of His present 
Majesty, from the periods to which the said Services were 
severally last paid, to the 5th day of July 1831; and that 
the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 
deduction whatsoever ; 

The Committee divided. 


Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Robinson - - 41. 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Spring Rice - 142. 


Original Question put. 

1. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Two hundred and forty thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to provide for 
the payment of certain Salaries, Allowances, Pensions 
and Services heretofore paid out of the Civil List for 
England and Ireland, the Hereditary Revenues of the 
Crown in Scotland, and the Four and a Half per cent. Duty, 
but for which no Provision has been made in the Civil 
List of His present Majesty, from the periods to which 
the said Services were severally last paid, to the 5th day 
of July 1831; and that the said sum be issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 


2. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Forty-one thousand pounds, be 
granted 





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His Majesty, for His Majesty’s Foreign and 
Aan Services, for the year 1831 ; and that the 
said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 

i atsoever. 
eg That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and four thou- 
sand and three hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, 
to defray the Expense of Printing Acts and Bills, Reports 
and other Papers, for the Two Houses of Parliament, for 
the year 1831. 7 ut 

4. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and twenty-nine 
thousand four hundred and seventy-one pounds, be granted 
to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of providing Sta- 
tionery, Printing and Binding for the several Public 
Departments of Government, for the year 1831, and also 
for providing Paper for the printing which may be ordered 
in the year 1832, by the Two Houses of Parliament, and 
also for the Charge of the Stationery Office ; and that the 
said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 
deduction whatsoever. 

5. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Fifteen thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Extraordinary Ex- 

enses of the Mint in the Coinage of Gold, for the year 

2. 

» Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Eight thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Extraordinary Ex- 
penses that may be incurred for Prosecutions for Offences 
against the Laws relating to Coin, for the year 1831. 

”. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Fifteen thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Law 
Charges, for the year 1831. 

8. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and eight thou- 
sand one hundred and sixty-five pounds, be granted to 
His Majesty, to defray the Expense attending the con- 
fining, maintaining and employing Convicts at Home and 
in Bermuda, for the year 1831; and that the said sum be 
issued and paid without any fee or other deduction what- 
soever. 

9. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty-five thousand pounds, 
be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expenses in- 
curred for the Support of Captured Negroes, Liberated 
Africans, &amp;c. for the year 1831, under the several Acts 
for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. 

10. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Nineteen thousand four hun- 
dred and fifty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to pay, 
in the year 1831, the Salaries and Incidental Expenses of 
the Commissioners appointed on the part of His Majesty, 
under the Treaties with Spain, Portugal and the Nether- 
lands, for preventing the illegal Traffic in Slaves, and for 
Pensions to retired Commissioners ; and that the said sum 
be issued and paid without any fee or other deduction 
whatsoever. 

11. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and twenty thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray, in the 
year 1831, the amount of Bills drawn from New South 
Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, on Account of the Expenses 
incurred at those Settlements for Convicts. 

12. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Fourteen thousand two hundred 
and fifty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray 
the Expense, in the year 1831, of paying the Fees due 
and payable to the Officers of the Parliament on all Bills 
for continuing or amending any Acts for making or main- 
taining, keeping in repair or improving, Turnpike Roads, 
which shall pass the Two Houses of Parliament and receive 
the Royal Assent; and that the said sum be issued and 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

13. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty-nine thousand and 
nine hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray, 
in the year 1831, the Expenses of the Commissioners 
appointed to inquire into the Practice and Proceedings of 
the Superior Courts of Common Law, and into the Law 
of England respecting Real Property ; and that the said 


sum be issued and paid without any fee or other deduc- 
tion whatsoever. 


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14. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One thousand eight hundred 
and forty-six pounds and three shillings, be granted to 
His Majesty, for the purchase of the Pension granted by 
his late Majesty King William the Third to James Waller, 
and re-granted by his late Majesty King George the 
Second to Charles Hooper and Philip Martin, and their 
Heirs ; and that the said sum be issued and paid without 
any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

15. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Ten thousand and five hundred 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of printing under the direction of the Commissioners on 
Public Records, for the year 1831; and that the said 
sum be issued and paid without any fee or other deduc- 
tion whatsoever. 

16. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Thirty-eight thousand and eight 
hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to pay off 
and discharge Exchequer Bills, issued pursuant to several 
Acts for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, and for 
building additional Churches, outstanding and unpro- 
vided for. : 

17. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Two millions, be granted to His 
Majesty, to discharge the like amount of Supplies granted 
for the Service of the year 1830, or of any preceding 
year. 

18. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty-five millions five hun- 
dred and seventy-seven thousand and six hundred pounds, 
be granted to His Majesty, to pay off and discharge Ex- 
chequer Bills ; and that the same be issued and applied 
towards paying off and discharging any Exchequer Bills 
charged on the Aids or Supplies of the year 1830 or 1831, 
now remaining unpaid and unprovided for. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 19° die Julii, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had come to 
several Resolutions, which they had directed him to report 
to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- TobsaccoGrowth 


ing of the ingrossed Bill to repeal an Act of the nineteenth 


Prohibition 
(Ireland) Bill, 


year of King George the Third, for repealing so much of passed. 


several Acts as prohibit the Growth and Produce of To- 
bacco in Jreland, and to permit the importation of Tobacco 
of the Growth and Produce of that Kingdom into Great 
Britain, be now read; and the same being read :—The 
Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill to reduce the Salary of the Master 
and Worker of His Majesty’s Mint, be now read ; and the 
same being read :—The Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in 
the Cities of London and Westminster, and in certain parts 
of the Counties of Middleser, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hert- 
fordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the 


Master of the 
Mint Salary 
Bill, passed. 


London Coal 
Biil, deferred. 


Distillation 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppressing deferred. 


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the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits in 
Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Committeeon | The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
F oncet amg Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to repeal 
Bill ; the Laws relating to Apprentices, and other young Per- 
No.107. sons, employed in Cotton and other Factories, and in 
Cotton and other Mills, and to make further provisions in 
lieu thereof; and, after some-time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Spring Rice reported 
from the Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, 
and made several Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
reported. Mr. Spring Rice accordingly reported from the Com- 
mittee the Amendments which they had made to the Bill ; 
and the Report was brought up, and read. 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Monday, the Ist day of August next. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Turnpike Tolls | A Bill to amend the Acts for regulating Turnpike Roads 
Regulition Bill, in, England, so far as they relate to certain Exemptions 
from Toll, was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Friday next. 


Debateon Mo- The Order of the day being read, for resuming the ad- 
‘Arms (Ireland), journed Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday, the 
adjourned. st day of this instant July, That leave be given to bring 
in a Bill to regulate the Importation of Arms into Jre- 

land ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 


Monday, the lst day of August next. 


Canadian The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
Revenue Bill, resolve itself into a Committee of the-whole House, upon 
deferred. the Bill to amend an Act of the fourteenth year of his 
Majesty King George the Third, for establishing a Fund 
towards defraying the Charges of the administration of 
Justice and support of the Civil Government within the 
Province of Quebec, in America ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Report of The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
Excise Acts, port from the Committee of the whole House, to whom it 
deferred. was referred to consider of the several Acts imposing 
Duties of Excise on Candles, and on Licenses for making 
them ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Roman Catholic The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
Charities Bill, solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 
and Bequests of His Majesty's Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


CourtsofLaw . Phe Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
Fees Bill, | ing of the Billto explain and amend an Acct for regulating 
deferred. the receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and Emolu- 
ments receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts of 
Common Law; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Committee on The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
ear Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to autho- 
ndsExchange . ° 
Bill. rize Exchanges of Lands and other Possessions of certain 
Ecclesiastical Corporations ; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Buller 
reported from the Committee, That they had gone through 

the Bill; and made several Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
Means, solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
deferred. sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
-granted to His’ Majesty ; 
Resolved That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re. ¢,, 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the &amp;,; 
Bill to discontinue or alter the Duties of Customs upon “én 
Coals, Slates, Cotton Wool, Barilla and Wax ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 








The Order of the day being read, for the House to re. ¢ Cs 


thes ! j Ine 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the té yon 
Bill to amend the Laws in England relative to Game ; - 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill to prevent the spreading of (x 
Canine Madness, be read a second time upon Friday _ 
next. we 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select Com. in, 
mittee appointed to inquire into matters connected with \ 
Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, to consider whe- x: 
ther the Building now erected for a Palace, may not be ta 
more advantageously applied to other Public Purposes, 
and to what Purposes. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return ,, 
of the Number of Freemen created in each Corporate ix 
Town in Ireland returning Members to Parliament, from iz 
Ist April to 20th July in the present year, distinguishing 
those who have been declared entitled to their Freedom as 


of Right. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy Px 
of the Table of Tolls collected at the several Turnpike ™ 
Gates situated near the Town of Honiton, Devon; dis- ti 
tinguishing the Tolls collected for the use of the Honiton 
Turnpike Road Trust, and the Tolls collected for the use 
of the Commissioners for Paving the Town of. Honiton. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Monies received at the several Turnpike Gates 
adjoining the Town of Honiton for the use of the Com- 
missioners for Paving the said Town, in the last Three 
years ; distinguishing the Amount received in each year, 
and at each Gate, and stating whether Payment at the Gate 
on the East side of the Town clears the Gate situated on 
the West side thereof. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count, showing the Amount of Monies borrowed for the 
use of the Commissioners for Paving the Town of Honiton, 
and setting forth the Total Amount of the Debt of the said 
Commissioners, and stating what part thereof has been re- 
deemed, and what part remains due. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count, showing the manner in which the Money received 
by the Commissioners for Paving the Town of Honiton 
has been expended during the last Seven years, and the 
Amount, if any, expended upon the Turnpike Road lead- 
ing from Honiton to Eveter. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of all Monies received by the Commissioners for 
Paving the Town of Honiton, in the last Three years, show- 
ing from what sources they have been derived. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Chippenham, was presented, ¥ 
and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners have seen j; 
with regret, that the Borough of Chippenham is placed in ( 
Schedule (B.) of the Reform Bill among the Places destined 
to be deprived of their Representatives, as containing fewer 
than 4,000 inhabitants, according to the Census of 1821; 
that the Petitioners can produce to the, House an actual 
survey made nearly at the time of the Census above men- 
tioned, for the purpose of fixing a Poor’s Rate, by which it 
appears that the Parish then contained 755 houses, exclu- 
sive of three which were situated on the confines of other 
parishes ; it is therefore manifest, that, a great error was 
committed in the Census of 1821, and that the real number 
of houses in the Parish was 755, or very near indeed to 
that number; since, then, the persons, who were charged 
with the enumeration, found 3,506 inhabitants in the 600 
houses which they yisited, it follows, by the rule of: pro- 
portion, that there were 905 inhabitants, or very. nearly 
that number, in the 155 houses which they omitted to 
visit; the real population of the Parish must re a 

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have been 4,411;-and praying, That this number may 
be substituted for the number erroneously given in the 
Census of 1821. rn 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and Others, en- 
gaged in the Trade to the Colony of the Cape of Good 
Hope, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the 
Petitioners have been informed, to their great surprise, 
that it is proposed to levy a Duty of 5s. 6d. per gallon, 
subsequent to Ist January 1834, on Wines the produce 
of His Majesty’s Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope ; 
the Petitioners respectfully submit to the House, that 
the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope ought not to be 
made a solitary instance of exclusion from that protection 
of its staple produce in the Home market which is en- 
joyed by every part of the British Empire ; that the Pe- 
titioners do not object, but, on the contrary, acquiesce in 
the policy and justice of the protection which their fel- 
low-subjects, the West India Planters and the British 
Distillers and Agriculturists, receive, in the high Duties 
imposed on the Spirits of Foreign Countries; but they 
humbly submit, that, by placing Cape Wines, on the Ist 
January 1834, at 5s. 6d., being the same rate of Duty 
per gallon as that proposed to be levied on Foreign Wines 
(but which ad valorem upon the average value of Colonial 
and Foreign Wines would amount to a protection in fa- 
vour of the Foreigner of nearly 100 per cent.), a most un- 
merited distinction would be made between the Cape of 
Good Hope and every other Dependency of the British 
Empire, and that the equal and impartial justice to which 
every subject of the British Dominions is entitled, would 
thereby be withheld from the Petitioners ; that not only 
do the Petitioners conceive that the Cape of Good Hope 
has as great right to protection for its produce in general 
as other Colonies, but they humbly submit that, with re- 
spect to the Wine Trade in particular, they have a still 
greater claim to protection, inasmuch as the growth and 
manufacture of Colonial Wines for the British market 
originated with, and was stimulated in every possible way 
by, the Government, whose constant support and patronage 
was promised to the trade, and which promises have been 
ratified by the solemn legislative enactments of the House, 
on the faith of which, capital to the amount of upwards of 
1,500,000/. has been invested in the trade; that the Peti- 
tioners believe (as faras they have the means of information), 
that the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope has hitherto paid 
the whole expenses of its Civil Administration, the amount 
of which, is fixed by His Majesty’s Government, without 
any control whatever on the part of the inhabitants ; and 
they respectfully and humbly submit to the House, that 
not only will the inhabitants of the Colony have just 
cause of complaint, should they, by the sacrifice of so 
considerable a portion of the wealth of the Colony as is 
embarked in the Wine Trade, be rendered less able to 
bear the weight of taxation levied upon them, but that 
there exists a great probability that the Colony, so impo- 
verished, must become a burthen upon the Mother Coun- 
try; that, by the introduction of 8,000 or 10,000 pipes 
of Colonial Wine into the market of Great Britain, the 
prices of Foreign Wine are kept down, to the benefit of 
the consumer, and the consequent increase of the Revenue 
from Foreign Wines, while, at the same time, by the 
union of low Prices and low Duties, a class of consumers 
has been created which otherwise would not have existed; 
and the Petitioners submit, that it would be a case of 
great hardship to deprive those persons, many of whom 
are not in a situation of life to purchase expensive luxu- 
ries, of a cheap and wholesome beverage to which they 
have become accustomed; that the deleterious qualities 
ascribed to Cape Wine are totally unfounded in fact; and 
the Petitioners, with submission, have to state, that they 
could prove to the satisfaction of the House, that, under 
the sanction of eminent medical practitioners, Cape Wine 
is largely distributed among the sick poor by benevo- 
lent individuals, and, being also accessible to the lower 
classes from their own means, when their poverty ex- 
cludes them from the purchase of more costly, but not 
more wholesome Wines, it does appear to the Petitioners, 
that such a Tax as would place it beyond their means in 
the hour of sickness, would be in direct variance with the 
humane and considerate principle which dictated the 


oe of the oppressive tax on coals, and for which 


18°—19° Fula. 


671 


this tax is proposed in part to be made a substitute; the 
Petitioners further submit, that the constant agitation of 
this question has a most injurious effect upon the general 
interests of the Colony; and therefore the Petitioners 
earnestly and humbly entreat the House not to pass any 
Act by which a greater Duty than one-half the Duty pay- 
able on Foreign Wines shall be levied on Cape Wines sub- 
sequent to 1834; and further, that so long as discriminating 
Duties are imposed for the protection of any other classes 
of His Majesty’s subjects, either at home or abroad, the 
Colony of the Cape of Good Hope may not be excluded 
from the common benefits of the same system by which 
the other parts of the British Dominions are governed. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land and Mer- 
chants in the county of Monaghan, adjoining the Line of 
the proposed Ulster Canal, was presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the Bill to amend the several Acts for 
making and maintaining the Ulster Canal in the Counties 
of Fermanagh and Armagh ; and praying, That the same 
may not pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Act 9 Anne, c. 23, for 
licensing and regulating Hackney Coaches and Chairs, 
and for charging certain new Duties upon stamped Vellum, 
Parchment and Paper, and on Cards and Dice, and on the 
exportation of Rock Salt for Zredand, and for securing 
thereby, and by a weekly payment out of the Post Office, 
and by several Duties on Hides and Skins, a yearly Fund 
of One hundred eighty-six thousand six hundred and 
seventy pounds for Thirty-two years, to be applied to the 
satisfaction of such Orders as are therein mentioned, to 
the Contributors of any sum not exceeding Two millions, 
to be raised for carrying on the War, and other her Ma- 
jesty’s occasions, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 24 Geo. 3, 
Sess. 2, c. 27, for laying an additional Duty on Hackney 
Coaches, and for explaining and amending several Acts 
of Parliament relating to Hackney Coaches, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into a Committee of the whole House, to consider of the 
said Acts. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
effect an Exchange of Estates, in the County of Hereford, 
between William Preece, Esquire, and the Dean and 
Canons of Windsor, was read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to Mr. Estcourt, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill for enabling His Ma- 
jesty to make Provision for supporting the Royal Dignity 
of The Queen, in case She shall survive His Majesty : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time this day. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
two of the clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 








Martis, 19° die Juli ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 

M?® Lamb presented to the House, pursuant to their 

Addresses to His Majesty,—Return of the Popula- 
tion (according to the last Census) of the Parish or Pa- 
rishes in which any City, Borough or Cinque Port, in 
England and Wales, now sending Members to Parlia- 
ment, is wholly or partly situate ; distinguishing, in cases 
where the limits of the Parish and the Town are not the 
same, the Population of each respectively, so far as the 
said Return can at present be furnished. 

Further Returns of the Population, according to the 
last Census, of Boroughs and other Places not mentioned 
in Schedules (A.), (B.), or (F.) of the Reform of Parlia- 
ment (England) Bill. 

Returns of the Population, according to the last Census, 
of all such Towns or Districts in England and Wales as 

8H 2 are 


Petition 
ugainst Ulster 
Canal Bill. 


Hackney 
Coaches Acts, 
to beconsidered. 


Preece’s 
Estate Bill, 
comniitted. 


Queen’s 
Dower Bill, 
presented. 


No. 104. 


Farther Papers 
respecting 
Parliamentary 
Representation, 
presented, 


No. 110. 


No. 111. 


No. 108. 





Northampton 
Borough Elec- 
tion (No, 1.)— 
Recognizance 
not entered 
into. 


Kirkby-in- 

Kendal In- 
closure Bill, 
passed. 


Frodingham 
Drainage 
Bill, passed, 


Langton’s 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill, 
passed. 


Report of 
Bolton and 
Leigh Railway 
Bill, considered, 


Consideration of 
Petition respect- 
ing Committee 
of Appeal, de- 
ferred, 


Brown’s 
Estate Bill, 
committed. 


672 


are proposed in the Reform Bill to send Members to Par- 


liament.in future. 


Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that Sir Robert 
Henry Gunning, Baronet, who petitioned this House upon 
Monday, the 4th day of July instant, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Northamp- 
ton, had niet entered into a Recognizance in respect of 
such Petition, according to the directions of the Act 
9 Geo. 4, c. 22, to consolidate and amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns 
of Members to serve in Parliament. ; 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 4th day of 
this instant July, for taking the said Petition into consi- 
deration upon Thursday next, be discharged. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands within the Town- 
ships or Divisions of Hugill, Applethwaite and Troutbeck, 
in the Parishes of Kirkby-in-Rendal and Windermere, in 
the County of Westmorland, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Henry Lowther do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing, draining and warping 
Lands within the Township or Hamlets of Frodingham, 
Scunthorpe, Bromby and Gunhouse (otherwise Gunnas), 
all in the Parish of Frodingham, in the County of Lin- 
coln, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Ingilby do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act for vesting and secur- 
ing to John Stephen Langton, Esquire, certain Profits and 
Emoluments for a limited time, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Ingilby do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Report which, upon 
Monday, the 11th day of this instant July, was made from 
the Committee on the Bill to amend and enlarge the 
several Acts relating to the Bolton and Leigh Railway, 
be now taken into further consideration:—And the House 
being informed, that printed Copies of the Bill, as amended 
by the Committee, were delivered at the door, to the Mem- 
bers of the House, upon Thursday last, pursuant to the 
Standing Order ; 

Ordered, That the Report be now taken into further con- 
sideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to take 
the Report into further consideration; and the Amend- 
ments made by the Committee to the Bill, being read a 
second time, were agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of Subscribers 
to the proposed Manchester and Leeds Railway, which 
was yesterday presented to the House, against certain 
Votes of the Committee on the Bill for making a Railroad 
from the Town of Manchester, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, to Sowerby Bridge, in the West Riding of the 
County of York, and praying that the Bill may be re-com- 
mitted, or a Committee of Appeal appointed, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Order made yesterday, for taking 
the said Petition into further consideration To-morrow, be 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
enabling the Trustee under the Will of Henry Brown, de- 
ceased, to sell certain Shares in the Leeds and Liverpool 
Canal Navigation, and a Share in the LiverpoolTheatre, and 
certain Bonds from the Liverpool Dock Trustees, and of a 
certain Sum due on Bond from the Corporation of Liver- 
pool, and to apply the Money arising therefrom in repairing, 
pulling down and rebuilding certain Houses in Paradise- 
street, in the Town of Liverpool aforesaid, and for other the 
purposes in this Act mentioned, was read a second time; 
and committed to Mr. Arthur Trevor, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 


=~ 
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A. 1831. 


Mx. Bodkin reported from the Committee on the Peti-\,,, 
tion of Landholders, Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants Dock 
of the County of the Town of Galway; That they had tor, 
proceeded according to the Resolution of the House of 
the 21st day of June last; and found, that the Standing 
Orders relative to Navigation Bills, and to Bills for making 
Docks, had been complied with ; and that they had exa. 
mined the matter of the Petition; and the Report was 
brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend and enlarge the Powers of an Act passed in the 
eleventh year of the reign of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for making and 
maintaining a Navigable Cut or Canal from Lough Cor- 
rib to the Bay of Galway, and for the improvement of 
the Harbour of Galway :” And that Mr. Bodkin and Mr. 
James Lambert do prepare, and bring it in. 










Jd ar 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the townships of Chirton Pei, 
and Preston, in the parish of Tynemonth, in the county of f°" 
Northumberland, rated to the Repairs of the Turnpike ~ 
Road from North Shields, in the said county, to the town 
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was presented, and read ; taking 
notice of the Bill for more effectually repairing the Road 
from North Shields, in the County of Northumberland, to 
the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and certain Branches 
communicating therewith, and also for making and_re- 
pairing additional Branches of Road ; and praying, That 
the same may not pass into a law as it now stands. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill. 


Sse 


A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of houses in pei 
the city of Edinburgh, was presented, and read ; taking 
notice of the Bill to alter and amend an Act passed in 
the seventh and eighth years of the reign of his late 
Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for carrying into effect cer- 
tain Improvements within the City of Edinburgh, and 
adjacent to the same ;” and praying, That they may be 
heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts thereof. os 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred tothe Com-- | 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard by = 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


heard in fa- 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Cu: 
Committee of the whole House, upon the ingrossed Bill «! 
from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dissolve the Marriage Dim 
of Charles Trower, Esquire, with Amelia Catherine Trower, 
his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for 
other purposes therein mentioned ; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Stuart Wortley reported from the Committee, That they 
had heard counsel and examined witnesses for the Bill; 
and that no counsel or party appeared before the Com- 
mittee to oppose the Bill ; and that they had gone through 
the Bill, and had directed him to report the same to the rt 
House, without any Amendment. e 

Sir Matthew Ridley reported from the Select Com- ke 
mittee, to whom shall be referred all Reports from Com- ©" 
mittees on Petitions for Private Bills, in which it shall Ons 
be stated that any of the Standing Orders of this House. 
have not been complied with, and to report their opinion 
thereupon, from time to time, to the House; and to whom 
several Reports, stating that the Standing Orders have not 
been complied with, were referred ; That they had made a 
further progress in the matters referred to them ; and had 
come to a Resolution, which they had directed him to re- 
port to the House ; and the same was read, and agreed to 
by the House; and is as followeth ; 


Resolved, That in the case of the Petition of the several Lv! 
Trustees for executing the Acts mentioned in the Ludlow 
Roads Bill, and of several Owners and Occupiers of Lands, 
additional Provision be permitted to be made in the said 
Bill, pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition. 


ll, 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee on Is” 
the Bill for improving and maintaining the Road from 
Ludlow, in the County of Salop, through Woofferton am 

‘Little 





2 Wit. LV. 


; ord, to Monk's Bridge, in the said County, and 
ae to Orleton, in the County of Hereford, 
that they do make Provision therein, pursuant to the said 


Resolution. 


J 

ral way 
Jocks 
10D, rey 


sid and ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from Manches- 
i cae County Palatine of Lancaster, to Sheffield, in the 
ay Bill, West Riding of the County of York, was read the third 
a That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Viscount Morpeth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





and An ingrossed Bill for maintaining the Road from Wake- 
4 ‘eld to Austerlands, in the West Riding of the County of 
York, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Lord Viscount Morpeth do carry the 


te Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


» Nort 
Roa 
eld An ingrossed Bill for making and maintaining a Road 
oad from the bottom of Kirkgate to Westgate, both in the Pa- 
sels ish of Wakefield, in the West Riding of the County of 
York, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 
An Act for making and maintaining a Road from the 
bottom of Kirkgate, to the bottom of Westgate, both in 
the Parish of Wakefield, in the West Riding of the 
County of York. 

Ordered, That Lord Viscount Morpeth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


‘ — OT OE 


An ingrossed Bill for making and maintaining a Turn- 
pike Road from Crediton to Chudleigh Bridge, and from 
Crockham Bridge, to the Exeter Turnpike Road, in Chud- 
leigh, all in the County of Devon, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Billdo pass: And that the Title be, 
An Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road 
from the south end of Mitford Bridge, in the Parish of 
Tedburn Saint Mary to Chudleigh Bridge, and from Crock- 





si ham Bridge, to the Eveter Turnpike Road in Chudleigh, 
y all in the County of Devon. 

Ms Ordered, That Lord Viscount Ebrington do carry the 
i Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

a- 





uth  Aningrossed Bill to amend an Act of his late Majesty 
lish King George the Fourth, for more effectually maintain- 


a Coffe) ing the Road from Teignmouth to Dawlish, and for making 
il] on! Roads from Dawlish to the Exeter Turnpike Roads, to- 
ze ? gether with a Road from Southtown to Chudleigh, and certain 
or, Branches communicating with the same, all in the County 
for of Devon; and to make and maintain other Roads com- 
ne municating with the said Roads, was read third time ; 
Ar. and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
ey Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

ll; Ordered, That Lord Viscount Ebrington do carry the 
m- Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
oh 


An ingrossed Bill for amending certain Roads in the 
County of Somerset, and for placing them and other 
Roads under the care and management of the Trustees of 
the Langport, Somerton and Castle Cary Roads, was read 


” ie the third time. 

nll on$ Resolved, That the Bill do pass. , 
' Ordered, That Mr. Ayshford Sanford do carry the Bill 
aa to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

a ry An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing the 


Road from Aylesbury, in the County of Buckingham, to 
Hockliffe, in the County of Bedford, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Marquis of Chandos do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act for more effectually 
repairing and improving the Road from Wendover to the 


Town of Buckingham, in the County of Buckingham, 
was read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Marquis of Chandos do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
VOL. 86. 





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19° Fulu. 


673 


A Petition of Bailiffs and Burgesses of Eye ;—and, of Petitious 
the Portreeve, Burgesses and Inhabitants of Great Bed- sins Reform 
win, —were presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill (England) Bit, 
to amend the Representation of the People in England 
and Wales; and praying, That the same may not pass 
into a law as it now stands. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Committee of the whole House on the Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Householders of Harwich ;— petitions 
and, of Inhabitant Householders of Aldborough, in the in favour. 
county of Suffolk, —were also presented, and read ; taking 
notice of the said Bill; and praying, That the same may 
pass into a law. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie wpon the 
Table ; and that the last be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill to authorize Power to « 
and empower the Commissioners appointed by an Act of Committee. 
the seventh year of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, for extending to Charing Cross, the Strand, and 
Places adjacent, the Powers of an Act for making a more 
convenient communication from Mary-le-bone Park: to 
make and form a new Street from the Strand to Charles- 
street, Covent Garden; and to widen the north end of 
Bow-street into Long Acre, and for other purposes, have 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That all Petitions for and against the said Petitions 
Bill, which were presented to the House in the year 1830, referred. 
be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- Accounts, 
count of the Balance in the hands of the late Treasurer "4? 
of Queen Anne’s Bounty at the time of his Decease ; and se Annes 
whether the same, or what portion thereof, has been dis- ~°""'’’ 
charged ; and whether the Security, if any, given by the 
said Treasurer, is available to the amount of such Balance 
unpaid. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return {Intestates. 
of the Number of Cases, and of the Names of the Parties, 
in which the Crown has administered to the Estates and 
Effects of Persons who have died intestate, leaving no 
lawful Issue, since the year 1800 to the present time ; 
specifying the nature and extent of the Property which 
has been so obtained, or now in progress of recovery, with 
the appropriation thereof; as also, what Proceedings 
have been taken in the Courts of Law or Equity in 


respect thereof, the Costs attending each case, and by 
whom, and to whom, paid. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and manor of 
Mallow and its vicinity, was presented, and read ; taking 
notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of the 
People in Ireland ; and praying, That the same may pass 
into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petition in fa- 
vour of Retorm 
of Parliament 
(Ireland) Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Whitechurch, in the county 
of the city of Cork, was presented, and read; praying 
for the introduction of Poor Laws into Ireland, by the 
assessment of Church Property. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Petition for 
introduction 
of Poor Laws 
into Ireland. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Grenagh; 


Petitions 
—of Churchtown, in the diocese of Cloyne ;—and, of respecting 
Mourn-Albey, in the county of Cork,—were presented, a 


and read; praying, That an equitable portion of the 
annual Grant for the Education of the Poor of Jreland, 
may be intrusted to some respectable and secure body 
belonging to the Roman Catholic profession, as the prin- 
ciples on which the other Societies are founded, deprive 
the Roman Catholic children of the great advantage of 
early education, and must consequently frustrate the 
benignant views of a wise and liberal Government. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Weavers and others of Padiham, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That the weaving 
trade is in the last stage of consumption, for which there 
seems to be no effectual remedy to restore or bring it to 
its original purity, unless vy House would lay a rsd 

8 ax 


Petition for Tax 
on Machiuery, 
and for repeal of 
Corn Laws. 








614 


Petition 

in favour of 
Election by 
Ballot. 


Petition for 
repeal of Stamp 
Duties on Poli- 
cies of Marine 
Jusurance 
(lreland.) 


Taxon Machinery; and: praying the House to abolish 
the arbitrary Corn Laws, and fling open all the ports be- 
longing to the English dominion, that manufacturers may 
exchange their wares or property with foreigners, for food 
and other necessaries. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stockport, was presented, 
and read; praying the House to concede the just de- 
mands of the Labouring Classes, by conferring upon them 
the Elective Franchise, compelling their Representatives 
to give an. annual account of their stewardship, and, 
above all, protect them by the Ballot in the choice of 


‘those who have to be the guardians of the public purse. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Merchants and Ship-owners of Dundalk, 
was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the existing 
Stamp Duty upon Marine Policies of Insurance, presses 
heavily upon the Petitioners, who are in the habit of in- 
suring their property and Ships; and praying, That the 
Duty now levied on Policies may be altogether repealed, 
or at least so modified as to become much less burthen- 
some on Shipping and Commerce. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 


_and be printed. 


Petition against - 
continuance of 
Grant to May- 
nooth Cullege. 


Motion for 
deterring Rox- 
burgh County 
Election Peti- 
tion, 


The Lords 
have agreed 
to 


Gorbals Sta- 
tute Labour 
Bill. 


The Lords 
have passed 
Lord 


Lieutenants 
(ireland) Bill. 


Juries 
(Frekand) Bill, 


*” ordered, 


Motion 
respecting 
Brazilian 
Captures. 


A Petition of Protestants resident in Glasgow, was pre- 
sented, and read; praying the House to withdraw the 
allowance hitherto given to the Royal College of M/ay- 
nooth. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Petition be printed; it passed in the 
Negative. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Petition of Sir William Francis Eliott, Baronet, which was 
presented to the House upon Wednesday last, praying 
that the time for taking into consideration his Petition, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
County of Rovburgh, may be deferred. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, 
That the consideration of the Petition of Sir William Fran- 
cis Eliott, Baronet, which was presented to the House 
upon the 5th day of this instant July, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said County, be de- 
ferred from Thursday next, until Thursday the 11th day 
of August next; it passed in the Negative. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield and Mr. 
Farrer : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to alter and amend an Act passed in the sixth year of the 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for 
regulating the Conversion of the Statute Labour within 
the Barony of Gorbals, in the City of Glasgow and County 
of Lanark, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to pro- 
vide for the better order and government of Ireland by 
Lieutenants for the several Counties, Counties of Cities, 
and Counties of Towns therein; to which the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to con- 
solidate and amend the Laws relative to Jurors and Ju- 
ries in Ireland; And that Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Crampton, 
and Mr. Perrin, do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That 
an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, that He 
will be graciously pleased to give directions that there 
be laid before this House, Copies of all Communications 


. that have passed between the Foreign Office and the Bri- 


fish Legation at Rio de Janeiro, relative to the Claims of 
. British Merchants for Indemnification for.the illegal cap- 


ture of their Ships by the Brazilian Squadron, in 1826 
and 1827, off Buenos. Ayres :—also, Copies of all Instruc- 


tions that have been sént out to Mr. Aston on the subject: 


2 nqsialsoy Copies) of:al: Communications from’ Mr. Hood, 
. British Gonsul/at: dfonte Video, on the subject; it passed 


“in the: Negutive.c ov) &gt;&gt; 


19°20 Fulii. 





A. 1831, 


The Order of the day being read; for the House to re. ¢,, 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon “kx 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People. in re 
England and Wales ; ' 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, that the 
Boroughs inserted in Schedule (A.) and Schedule (B.) 
be considered with regard to their Population from the 
last Census, and not from that taken in 1821; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 1 














Mr. Mackinnon, 

Mr. George Bankes : \ 169. 
Lord Viscount nero gre 244 
Mr. Tennyson : ; 
So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee, 


Tellers for the Noes, 


nses 
pectin 
(In the Committee.) 
Question put, That Appleby, Westmorland, stand part of 
Schedule (A.) ; 
The Committee divided. 
Teller for the Yeas, Lord Viscount Duncannon 302. 
Teller for the Noes, Sir George Clerk - - 228. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


missio' 


Trad 





And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 20° die Julii, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a fur- 
ther progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 
again. 

” Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Wal 


pike 
f Bil 

The Order of the day being read, for the second read- [i 
ing of the Bill for the better rating Tenements under a 
certain Annual Value; : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 

Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole Rev 
House, to whom it was referred to consider further of the Sy 
Supply granted to His Majesty, the Resolutions which 
they had directed him to report to the House; and the 
same were read, and agreed to by the House ; and are as 
followeth ; 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hundred Cir 
and forty thousand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to * 
provide for the payment of certain Salaries, Allowances, 
Pensions and Services heretofore paid out of the Civil 
List for England and Ireland, the Hereditary Revenues 
of the Crown in Scotland, and the Four and a half per 
cent. Duty, but for which no Provision has been made in 
the Civil List of His present Majesty, from the periods 
to which the said Services were severally last paid, to 
the 5th day of July 1831; and that the said sum be issued 
and paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty-one thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, for His Majesty’s * 
Foreign and other Secret Services, for the year 1831; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred " 
and four thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted “* 
to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of printing Acts 
and Bills, Reports and other Papers, for the Two Houses 
of Parliament, for the year 1831. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred # 
and twenty-nine thousand four hundred and seventy-one ™ 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of providing Stationery, Printing and Binding for the 
several Public Departments of Government, for the year 
1831; and also, for providing Paper for the Printing which 
may be ordered in the year 1832 by the Two Houses of 
Parliament; and also, for the Charge of the Stationery 
Office; and'that the said sum be issued and paid without 
any fee or other deduction whatsoever. a 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen thou- — 
sand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the "7 
Extraordinary Expenses of the Mint in the Coinage of 
Gold, for the year 1831. 


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6. Resolved, 








9 Wict. IV. 


6; Resolved, That.a sum, not exceeding Eight: thou- 
eations. sand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Extraordinary Expenses:that may be incurred for Prose- 
cutions for Offences against the Laws relating to Coin, for 
the year 1831. dato rs 

&gt;. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Expense of Law Charges, for the year 1831. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred 
and eight thousand one hundred and sixty-five pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense attending 
the confining, maintaining and employing Convicts at 
Home and in Bermuda, for the year 1831; and that the 
said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other de- 
duction whatsoever. 


9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-five 
thousand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Expenses incurred for the support of Captured Negroes, 
Liberated Africans, &amp;c. for the year 1831, under the se- 
veral Acts for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. 


io. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nineteen thou- 
sand four hundred and fifty pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to pay, in the year 1831, the Salaries and Inci- 
dental Expenses of the Commissioners appointed on the 
part of His Majesty under the Treaties with Spain, Por- 
tugal and the Netherlands, for preventing the illegal Traffic 
in Slaves, and for Pensions to retired Commissioners ; and 
that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or 
other deduction whatsoever. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred 
and twenty thousand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, 
to defray, in the year 1831, the amount of Bills drawn 





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rom New 
Wales, 






“ from New South Vales and Van Diemen’s Land, on ac- 
count of the Expenses incurred at those Settlements for 
™ Convicts. 

pike 12, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fourteen thou- 
Bills. sand two hundred and fifty pounds, be granted to His 
1 Lisi Majesty, to defray the Expense, in the year 1831, of pay- 
a ofl ing the Fees due and payable to the Officers of the Par- 
Bil liament on all Bills for continuing or amending any Acts 
, Ff for making or maintaining, keeping in repair, or improv- 
@ ing Turnpike Roads, which shall pass the Two Houses of 
le Rep Parliament, and receive the Royal Assent ; and that the 
1e Sup said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other de- 

h duction whatsoever. 
ne Com- 13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-nine 
as ners. thousand and nine hundred pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, to defray, in the year 1831, the Expenses of the 
od (Ci Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Practice and 
to S Proceedings of the Superior Courts of Common Law, and 


into the Law of England respecting Real Property; and 
that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or 
other deduction whatsoever. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thousand 
eight hundred and forty-six pounds and three shillings, be 
granted to His Majesty, for the purchase of the Pension 
granted by his late Majesty King William the Third to 
James Waller, and re-granted by his late Majesty King 
George the Second to Charles Hooper and Philip Martin, 
and their Heirs ; and that the said sum be issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten thousand 
and five hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of Printing under the direction of the 
Commissioners on Public Records, for the year 1831 ; and 
that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or 
other deduction whatsoever. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty-eight 
thousand and eight hundred pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
Jesty, to pay off and discharge Exchequer Bills, issued pur- 
suant to several Acts for carrying on Public Works and 
Fisheries, and for building additional Churches, outstand- 
ing and unprovided for. 

17- Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Millions, 
be granted to His Majesty, to discharge the like amount 
of Supplies granted for the Service of the year 1830, or 
of any preceding year. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-five 
Millions five hundred and seventy-seven thousand and six 
hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to pay off 
and discharge Exchequer Bills; and that the same be 
issued and: applied towards paying off and discharging 
mi gp Bills charged on the Aids or Supplies of 


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Waller. 


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19°—20° Fulii. 


675 
the year 1830 or 1831, now remaining: unpaid and :tin- 
provided for. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- Report of 
port from the Committee of the whole House, to whom it Excise Acts, 
was referred to consider of the several. Acts imposing eotersed. 
Duties of Excise on Candles, and on Licenses for making 
them ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 


next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- Ecclesiastical 
port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill Lands Ex- 
to authorize Exchanges of Lands and other Possessions of ¢h#nge Bill, 
certain Ecclesiastical Corporations ; deferred. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Committee 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to discon- on Coal Du- 
tinue or alter the Duties of Customs upon Coals, Slates, "** &amp;e. Bill. 
Cotton Wool, Barilla and Wax; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Bernal reported from the Committee, That they had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Game Bill, 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the deferred. 
Bill to amend the Laws in England relative to Game ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Committee 

Committee of the whole House, to consider of the Act on Hackney 
9 Anne, c. 23, for licensing and regulating Hackney Coach Acts. 
Coaches and Chairs, and for charging certain new Duties 
upon Stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper, and on 
Cards and Dice, and on the exportation of Rock Salt for 
Ireland, and for securing thereby, and by a Weekly Pay- 
ment out of the Post Office, and by several Duties on Hides 
and Skins; a yearly Fund of One hundred and eighty- 
six thousand six hundred and seventy pounds, for Thirty- 
two years, to be applied to the satisfaction of such Orders 
as are therein mentioned, to the Contributors of any Sum 
not exceeding Two millions, to be raised forcarrying on the 
War, and other her Majesty’s occasions ; and, of 24 Geo. 3, 
Sess. 2, c. 27, for laying an additional Duty on Hackney 
Coaches, and for explaining and amending several Acts of 
Parliament relating to Hackney Coaches ; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they had 
come to several Resolutions, which they had directed him 
to report to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


A Bill for enabling His Majesty to make provision for Queen's _ 
supporting the Royal Dignity of The Queen, in case She Power — 
shall survive His Majesty, was, according to Order, read a our 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House for this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copies Press pargect- 
of any Communication from and with the Governors of (tidia), 
India, relative to any acts of Slave Trading occurring ered. 


within their jurisdiction, since Ist January 1828. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Address. 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- \per ius slave 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of Registry. 
any Correspondence which may have taken place between 
His Majesty’s Secretary of State and the Governor of the 
Mauritius, respecting the Slave Registry of that {sland, 
since Ist January 1826, and the Causes which have 
led to the failure of that part of the Registry Act of 
30th January 1826, which requires that regular Triennial 
Returns of its Population be made to the Secretary of 
State. | 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are. of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of the Custom-House Returns of the Number of Slaves 
brought into Zrinidad, or removed from it ; —— 


812 ace 


Papers respect- 
ing Trinidad, &amp;c. 
Slaves, ordered, 


Address 
respecting 
Africans 
captured. 


Addresses 
respecting 
Van Diemen’'s 
Land and New 
Holland, 


Address 
respecting 
Hayti. 


Accounts, 
ordered : 


Exeter Road 
Tolls. 


Thames 
Pilots. 


Petition for 
admitting the 
use of Molasses 
in Distillation. 





676 19°—20° Fulii. A. 1831. 


Place from and to which they were so removed, and the 
description of them, as endorsed on the several cockets of 
entry or clearance, since Ist January 1825 :—also, the 
same from Demerara, and from the Bahamas. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that theré’ be laid before this House, Copies of 
any Reports made to His Majesty's Government, from the 
Governors or other proper Officers in the different Slave 
Colonies belonging to His Majesty, respecting the State, 
Treatment, Employment, or complete Enfranchisement, of 
Africans condemned to His Majesty, under the Acts abolish- 
ing the Slave Trade, since 16th October 1828 :—any In- 
structions given with reference to Reports of Commissioners 
of Inquiry relative to the state of Apprenticed Africans, 
with any Reports received in consequence of those Instruc- 
tions. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, Copies of all 
Correspondence between Lieutenant Governor Arthur and 
His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the 
subject of the Military operations lately carried on against 
the Aboriginal Inhabitants of Van Diemen’s Land. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, Copies of all 
Instructions given by His Majesty's Secretary of State for 
the Colonies for promoting the Moral and Religious In- 
struction of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of New Holland, or 
Van Diemen’s Land. 

Ordered, That the said Addresses be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 


‘Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 


rections, that there be laid before this House, Copies of all 
Communications from the British Consuls of Hayti, rela- 
tive to the Civil and Social State of that Island, since the 
last which were presented to Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of all Monies received for Tolls by the Exeter Trust 
since the year 1803; distinguishing the Amount received 
on the Roads East or diverging Eastward of the City of 
Eveter, from the Amount received on the Roads North and 
West of the said City, and also the Amount of the Ex- 
penditure on each of such Lines of Road. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Amount of the Debt due from the Trust at 
the time the several Districts of Road were consolidated; 
specifying the Balances due to and from each of such 
Districts at that time. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Debt due from the Trust at the time the last 
General Annual Account was made up; specifying the 
Amount of the increase of Debt (if any) since the con- 
solidation of the different Districts, and on what particular 
Roads such increased Debt (if any) has been expended. 

‘Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of all Sums received by the Corporation of Trinity 
House of Deptford Strond, from the Thames River Pilots, 
in pursuance of the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 125, s. 4, for the year 
ending 31st December 1830; distinguishing the Payments 
of Three guineas each from the Poundage paid upon the 
Earnings of the said Pilots. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Names of the Zhames River Pilots at present 


~ holding Licenses as such. 


A Petition of Distillers in Scotland, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners, having heard 
that it is proposed to permit distillation from Molasses 
under certain regulations, and that some objections have 
been stated to this proposition, are indueed to submit the 
following statements and Petition to the House ; that the 


&lt;3 





Petitioners are aware that a good, valuable and whole- 
some spirit can be, made, from Molasses ; that it would 
be advantageous, under many circumstances, to have the 
option and means of using Molasses or Malt as occa. 
sions might render best ;' that, by due regulations, to which 
they are willing to submit, and to the enactment of which 
they will give every assistance, the fair trade and the Re- 
venue may be protected ; that, by permitting the use of Mo- 
lasses in distillation, under proper regulations, justice may 
be easily done to the Colonial interests, without any mjury 
to the Distillers or the Revenue; and the Petitioners are 
also humbly of opinion, that, by a moderate protecting 
Duty, the interests of the British Landholder will be effec- 
tually secured ; and that the Petitioners beg most respect- 
fully to state as their opinion, that the use of Molasses 
should be permitted in Distilleries, on such fair and 
equitable grounds as to the House may appear proper; 
and praying the House to take this Petition into considera- 
tion, and to carry into effect the proposed measure, by 
admitting the use of Molasses in distillation, under such 
fair and equitable principles as, on inquiry, may appear 
proper to the House. 

rdered, That the said Petition be referred to the Select 
Committee on Molasses. 


1.) 


sed. 


seabie 







An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Lui 
provide for the better order and government:of Zreland lieu 
by Lieutenants for the several Counties, Counties of Cities, Gl 
and Counties of Towns therein, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Bu 
vesting certain detached portions of the Lands and Estates Ei 
entailed by the deceased John Buchanan, Esquire, of ™ 
Carbeth, in the County of Stirling, in Trustees, to sell the 
same, and apply the Price arising therefrom’ in the ‘pur- 
chase of other Lands near to the Mansion-house of Carbeth, 
and the remainder of the said entailed Lands, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
two of the clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 








Mercuri, 20° die Juli ; , Ha 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 
de House being informed that Mr. Hodgson, Secre- 


tary to the Governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty, at- 
tended at the door, he was called in; and at the bar 
presented to the House, pursuant to their Order,—An * 
Account of the Balance in the hands of the late Treasurer 
of Queen Anne's Bounty at the time of his Decease, and 3a” 
whether the same, or what portion thereof, has been dis-.. © | 
charged ; and whether the Security, if any, given by the. - * 
said Treasurer, is available to the amount of such Balance |. 
unpaid :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that Matthew 
Armstrong and others, who petitioned this House upon ; 
Tuesday, the 5th day of July instant, complaining of ar 
undue Election and Return for the City of Carlisle, had not 
entered into a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, « 
according to the directions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, to 
consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Frial of  —“HiRai 
Controverted Elections, or Returns of Members to serve in 
Parliament. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 5th day of 
this instant July, for taking the said Petition into eon- 
sideration upon Tuesday next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that Sir Robert Nove 

Henry Gunning, Baronet, who petitioned this House upon. 
Tuesday, the Beh day of July instant, complaining of .an , | 
undue Election and Return fox the Borough of Northamp- , 
ton, had not entered into. a Recognizance in respect of such , 
Petition, according to the directions of the said Act. __ 
Ordered, That the Order made upon the Sth day of this 
instant July, for taking the said. Petition into consideration 

To-morrow, be discharged. a a is 
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9 WiLL. IV. 20° Ful. | 67T 


er also acquainted the House, that John | Mr. Ewart reported from the Committee on the Bill Liverpool 
pet others eo etitioned this House upon Tues- for endowing a Church, called Saint Bridgett, in the Pa- Bhat ene » 
1) day, the 5th day of July instant, complaining of an undue rish of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster ; reported. 
Election and Return for the County of Wexford, had not That they had proceeded according to the Resolution of 
entered into a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, the House of the 21st day of June last ; and that they had 
according to the directions of the said Act. examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
Ordered, That the Order made upon the 5th day of to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made se- 
this instant July, for taking the said Petition into conside-. veral Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were 
ration upon Tuesday next, be discharged. read, and agreed to by the House. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend the several Acts grossed. 


ion for making navigable the River Kennet, in the County of 
sel- Berks, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Charles Dundas do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Committee on the Ludlow Road 
Bill for improving and maintaining the Road from Ludlow, — seperted 
in the County of Salop, through Woofferton and Little thitted 
Hereford, to Monk’s Bridge, in the said County, and also 
from Ludlow to Orleton, in the County of Hereford ; That 
! they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
; An ingrossed Bill to alter the Line of the Avon and House of the 21st day of June last; and found, that the 
mi’ Gloucestershire Railway, to make certain Branches from Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been 
the same, and to amend the Act for making the said complied with ; and that they had examined the allega- 

Railway, was read the third time. tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | : gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 

Ordered, That Mr. Charles Dundas do carry the Bill to thereunto; and the Report was brought up, and read. 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the former 

Committee :—And that they have leave to sit and pro- 
Sir William Guise reported from the Committee on the ceed, and to make their Report To-morrow. 
Bill for more effectually repairing and improving certain 
Roads leading to and from the Town of Cirencester, in Mr. Cradock reported from the Committee on the re- Darlington and 
the County of Gloucester; That they had proceeded ac- committed Bill for making a Turnpike Road, with a ped Read Bil, 
cording to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of Branch therefrom, from The Angel Inn, near Darlington, tp". 
June last ; and that the Standing Orders relative to Turn- in the County of Durham, to Barton Lane End, in the 
pike Bills, had been complied with ; and that they hadexa- County of York; That they had made other Amend- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read; and 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made several agreed to by the House. 


Amendments thereunto ; and the Amendments were read, Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 








and agreed to by the House. grossed. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. A Petition of Growers of Corn in the neighbourhood of Petitions 


B ;—of Halesworth ;—ot Harleston ;—and, of Te- 2g*ivst use of 
Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill for making a eatin os *teyshaa: of Hadding- Molasses in 


‘ *. 3 : ; Distillation. 
ee and maintaining a Railway from the Cave Hill to the ton,—were presented, and read; setting forth, That Barley ied 


Belfast Harbour, have Power to send for persons, papers jg of the utmost importance to the Petitioners, and it is 
and records. with surprise and alarm that they find a Committee of 
the House is appointed to consider the expediency of 
allowing the use of Molasses or damp Sugar in the Brew- 
eries and Distilleries of the United Kingdom; they ear- 
nestly pray the House to discontinue the agitating of 
this question, and to reject any measure which will allow 
West India Produce to oppose the use of Home-grown 


er Mr. Foley reported from the Committee on the re-com- 
Hall mitted Bill for erecting a County Hall, Courts of Justice, 
and other Buildings for public purposes, and also for pro- 
viding accommodation for His Majesty’s Justices of Assize 
in and for the County of Worcester; That they had made 
other Amendments yr eae ; and the Amendments were (opp. 
read, and agreed to by the House. . 4s . 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- oir eS ERAS EE SN EO: QP 
grossed. 


Accox: 






A Petition of British, Native, and other Inhabitants Petitionsagainst 

Fire Mr. Strickland, by Order, reported from the Committee of Calcutta;—of Merchants, Bankers, Manufacturers, Reie"3) of Eat 
any 00 the Bill to enable “ The Yorkshire Fire and Life In- Traders, and other Inhabitants of Glasgow ;—of the Dock 
ed, surance Company” to sue and be sued in the Name of Company at Kingston-upon-Hull;—and, of Inhabitants 
their Secretary, or of any one of the Directors of the said of Muirkirk, in the county of Ayr,—were presented, and 
Company ; That they had proceeded according to the read; praying, That at the approaching termination of 
Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June last; the East India Company’s Charter, the same may not be 

and that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, again renewed. 

dail and found the same to be true; and had gone through A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Ship-owners, and 
a the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto; andthe others, of Kingston-upon- Hull, was also presented, and 
Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House. read ; praying, That the requisite legal notice be given 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- during the present Session to the East India Company, 
grossed. that their Charter shall terminate in the year 1834 ; that 
the House will adopt such measures as shall seem fitting 
An ingrossed Bill to amend and enlarge the several for the immediate opening of the Trade to China; and 
Acts relating to the Bolton and Leigh Railway, was read that the Petitioners may be heard by themselves, their 


the third time. counsel or agents, against the renewal of the monopoly of 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. the East India Company. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. the Select Committee on East India Company’s Affairs. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend and extend the powers of | A Petition of Land-owners and other Inhabitants of Petition against 
;, an Act for recovering; draining and preserving certain Portadown, in the county of Armagh, was presented, and Sntinuance of 
Lands, and for better su lying with Water the Mills, read; praying the House to take into consideration the nooth College 
Manufactories and other Works situated on the River propriety of withholding their annual grant of Money 

en, in the Counties of Kinross and Fife, was read the from the College of Maynooth, which has so notoriously 





third time ; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. and ungratefully perverted the benevolent intentions of 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. His Majesty’s Government. 
Ordered, That Admiral Adam do carry the Billto the | Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. and be printed. 


VOL. 86. 8 K A Petition 








Petitions 


against Reform 


of Parlian ent 


678 
A Petition of Inhabitants of Cockermouth ;— of Inha- 
bitants, Householders and Freemen of Woodstock ;—and, 


(England) Billy of the Mayor atid Corporation of Plympton Earle, and 


Inhabitants of Plympton Saint Maurice and Plympton 
Saint Mary, parishes within the Borough of Plympton 


| “Earle,——wete’ presented, ‘and read; taking notice of the 


tisdd + 


Petition 
respecting 
Education 
(Ireland.) 


Petition 
respecting 


| Billo amend the Representation of the People in Eng- 


land’ and Wales ;' and praying, That the same may not 
pass ‘into’a Taw as"it now stands. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Committee of the whole House on the Bill. 

A Petition of Free Burgesses of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 
was also presented, and read; taking notice of the said 
Bill ; af praying, That the same may not pass into a 
law as it now stands. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Householders of the parish of the Holy 
Trinity, in the city of Waterford, was presented, and read ; 


_ praying the House no longer to confide any fund which 


may be granted for the purposes of Education to the 
Society generally known by the title of The Ki/dare Place 
Society ; but that they will place it at the disposal of 
persons who will distribute it faithfully and impartially 


-among the people, and who will not apply it to the 


Property of Li- 
terary Societies, 


Petition re- 


purpose of perverting the faith of a nation, and dissemi- 
nating religious division and discord. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Literary, Scientific and Mechanical 
Institution of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was presented, and 
read; setting forth, That the Petitioners are associated for 


- the purpose of facilitating the diffusion of useful Know- 


ledge, by collecting a Library and Apparatus necessary 


for ijlustrating the practical Sciences, and, in the present 


state of the law, do feel very sensibly, in common with 


_most other Literary Societies and Book Clubs, the want 


specting Reform 


of Parliament 
(England) Bill 


Petition respect- 


ing Postage of 


Charity Letters 


(Ireland.) 


of legal protection for their property, unless they incur a 
heavy expenditure and many serious inconveniences, but 
which grievances, they trust, will speedily be removed 
by the wisdom of the House; the Petitioners beg further 
to submit to the consideration of the House, (as know- 
ledge is the source of morality, and the best guarantee of 
public tranquillity) the justice and policy of immediately 
abolishing the oppressive laws which fetter and degrade 
the Press, and the heavy taxes on knowledge, which tend 
to perpetuate the existing mass of popular ignorance, 
with its concomitant and appalling amount of vice and 
erime, and which, at this momentous crisis, is pregnant 
with the most alarming consequences ; the Petitioners do 
therefore most earnestly entreat the House not to restrain, 
but promote, the progress of general intelligence, this 
being the most effectual means of averting impending 
evils, generating a just confidence between the People and 
the Legislature, and consolidating the peace and welfare 
of the community at large. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Job Lousley, Chairman of a Meeting of 
the Friends of Agriculture, assembled together on the 
13th day of June 1831, at Newbury, pursuant to adver- 
tisement, was presented, and read; taking notice of the 
Bill to amend the Representation of the People in Eng- 
land and Wales ; and praying, That the Elective Franchise 
may be extended to occupiers of land who are not pos- 
sessed of a seven years’ lease. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Ministers and Elders of the Presbyterian 
Church of Jre/and, commonly known by the name of The 
General Synod of Ulster, was presented, and read; set- 


‘ting forth, That for several years past the various reli- 


sich fk 


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their addresses 


gidusand charitable voluntary Associations in the Em- 


‘i pire- enjoyed; through the liberality of Government, the 


éencoariging' privilese of transmitting free of postage 
‘and official communications to their sub- 
scribers and eorrespondents in all parts of the Empire ; 


that, owitig to'the facilities afforded’ by this valuable pri- 
vilege, and other public encouragements, the pious and 


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Vi A. 1831, 


charitable inhabitants ‘of! these ‘Realms had of late years 
been induced to’ engage extensively’ in“ works of faith, 
and labours’ of tove’;” :and:Institutions: for the conversion 
of the! Heathen; the Malometany and» the Jew ; for the 
Education of the! Poor, the Blind; and even the Deaf any 
Dumb ; for the-cireulation.of the Bible; the abolition of 
Negro or Colonial Slavery; the: extensive encouragement 
of Sunday School tuition ;' preaching the Gospel of Peace 
to the poor and ignorant both on land and sea, and for 
the encouragement of industry and temperance among thie 
operative classes in society, have sprung up in almost 
every town and village; that the Petitioners have learned, 
with extreme surprise and regret, that His' Grace the pre- 
sent Postmaster General has thought it his duty’ to with- 
draw from those Institutions the privilege of Free Postage, 
under the allegation, that it is inconsistent with the Act 
of Parliament; and praying the House to take the sub- 
ject into their serious consideration, and make such legis. 
lative or other arrangements as will afford to: Religious’ and 
Charitable Institutions their former liberal public en- 
couragement. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Artisans, Mechanics, Tradesmen and Px 
other Inhabitants of the town of Belfast, was presented, "i 
and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners, viewing the Unie 
state of trade in various departments since the year 1800, * 
the period of the establishment of the Union, fimd it, year 
after year, gradually declining, and, tracing many of their 
wants and privations to that baneful measure, do find them. 
selves called upon to petition the House to restore'to Jre- 
land her domestic Legislature, and thus save ‘her from 
impending ruin, by raising her to that scale among na- 
tions for which nature intended her, and restoring: to her 
people those just rights of which they have been deprived 
by the basest treachery, foulest bribery, and most: profli- 
gate corruption. | 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon -the 
Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Linen Drapers, and other Per- Pai 
sons residing in Newry, was presented, and read; praying *™ 
the House to afford protection to the Proprietors of Es- 7 
tates in the West India Colonies, and in South America, 
against the attempts making to divest them of their pro- 
perty, without due compensation being first provided. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of James Girvin, of Greenvale, was pre- ti 
sented, and read; complaining of the present mode of (* 
expending the County Assessments in Jreland, submit- ?« 
ting a plan for the remedy thereof, and praying the 
House to take the same into consideration. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Millers and Corn-Mill Proprietors in the Psi 
town and neighbourhood of Boston, was presented,) and 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners, being Proprietors 
and Occupiers of Corn Mills, find themselves greatly in- 
jured in their property and trade by the importation of ° 
Foreign Flour, which, being admitted at a lower scale of. 
Duty than that fixed upon Wheat, acts as a’ bounty ‘on 
Foreign Flour, to the great injury of the Petitioners:; and 
praying the House to impose such a Duty on Flourias will 
afford adequate protection to British Machinery. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


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Ordered, That there be laid before this House}an Ac- 
count of all Twenty-eight-gun Frigates and:Ten-gun Brigs jn 
at present in the British Navy :—also, a similar Acedunt ™ 
of those now building for the Public Service. 


A Petition of Walter Hancock, of Stratford, Essex,-was 
presented, ‘and: read; setting forth, That the Petitioner * 
has, ata ‘eonsiderable expense, and after experiments of ¢ 
moré than ‘three years’ duration, succeeded in bringing 
into ‘actual use a Steam Stage Coach, which is now run- 
ning daily on the Stratford Road, in’ the —— of the 
Metropolis, and receiving from the Public, general appro- 
bation, and the most liberal support ; that the .wrK™ 

























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has heard with alam, thateflérts are being: made, through 
the medium of the: House, to deprive him of the. benefit 
of his invention’ by the impdsition ‘of exorbitant Tolls for 
Steam Carriages on Turnpike Rodds:;' that he believes, as 
far as his own experience! and observation enable him to 
judge, that the effect 'of Steam: Carriages.on the common 
roads is not at all more-injurious than the action of other 
carriages, and that the» contrary assumption, hazarded 
without actual:experience, is at least premature ; the Peti- 
tioner, therefore, during the mere infancy of a great public 
improvement, in which: he has been long and anxiously 
engaged, humbly implores the protection of the House ; 
and prays, That’ no excessive and prohibitory Tolls on 
Steam Carriages may be allowed to be imposed by any 
Turnpike Acts introduced into the House, and that no 
measure may be sanctioned by the House that will check 
the progress of this improvement, and deprive the Public 
of. the benefits it is calculated to confer. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Roman Catholic Prelate and Clergy 
of the Wardenship of Galway, was presented, and read ; 
praying the House to place the Roman Catholic Mercan- 
tile and Trading Classes on an equal footing with Pro- 
testants in regard to the Elective Faanchinn, as at present 
exercised by them in Galway. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Proprietors of Hackney Coaches, was 
presented, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners, 
in consequence of the great number of public carriages 
already licensed to ply for hire in the streets of the Me- 
tropolis, have for a long time past experienced great 
and; urgent distress, 195 Hackney Coaches having been 
standing unemployed at one time in Ovford-street alone ; 
that the proposed measure of throwing open the streets of 
London tor every description of carriage, will not only 
totally ruin the Petitioners, but will lead to endless con- 
fusion and disorder, it being well known that at the pre- 
sent time streets to the east of Temple Bar are so much 
obstructed by the carriages now in use, that it is with con- 
siderable difficulty, and much loss of time, that a public 
conveyance can make its way ; that a temporary measure 
was lately authorized by the Lords Commissioners of His 
Majesty's Treasury to be carried into effect, which would 
not only have afforded relief to the Petitioners, but which 
would have enabled them to have kept their carriages in 
such a proper state as would have given general satisfac- 
tion to the Public, and which nothing but their want of 
employment, and consequent poverty, have for some 
time past prevented them from doing ; and praying, That, 
before any steps are taken for throwing open the trade of 
Hackney Coaches, time may be afforded to try the efficacy 
of the late arrangements, which, the Petitioners con- 
fidently anticipate, will enable them to bring forward a 
sufficient number of clean, convenient and proper carriages 
for:the public accommodation. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Freeholders who have exercised 
the right of voting in the several Counties for Knights of 
the Shire since 1811, as have appeared upon the Poll 
Books ; as also, a similar Return of the Number of Free- 

olders resident in the several Cities and Towns, being 
Counties within themselves, in England and Wales. 

Ordered;| That the: said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members. of this House! as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens ‘and Inhabit- 
ants of ‘the parish of Cricklade Saint\Sampson}.was_ pre- 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That it is with feelings of 


"honest zeal and ‘sincere regret that’ the Petitioners have 


for very many years been compelled to.witness, at every 
renewal of Parliamentary. Elections, the nomination of 
Members for that Borough and Hundreds, propounded in 


the Church; and praying, That the House will. take ‘this 


case into their consideration, and cause to be abolished a 
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practice so derogatory to decency,/and incompatible with 
religion. ) F sates 

Ordered, That the said Petition.do lie. upon the Table; 
and be printed. ennai | 


The Order of the day being read, for, the, third reading 
of the ingrossed Bill to repeal.so,much.of certain Acts as 
requires certain Oaths to be taken, by Members. of the 


House of Commons before the Lord Steward,.or, his De- ” 


puties ; Bi. 8 hy 
And a Motion being made, and the Question, being put, 
That the Bill be now read the third time; i A 


The House divided. | 

The Noes went forth. juss . 
Tellers for the Yeas, 1 ~&lt;a ja BM Li \ 78. 
Tellers for the Noes, | 3 Gacac Baa : } 26. 


So it was resolved in the Affrmative:—The Bill was 
accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Williams Wynn do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 
read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 

Question put, That “ Great Bedwin, Wilts,” stand part 
of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That ‘“ Beeralston, Devonshire,” 
part of Schedule (A.)—— Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Bishop’s Castle, Salop,” stand part 
of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Bletchingley, Surrey,” stand part 
of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Boroughbridge, Yorkshire,” stand 
part of Schedule (A.)——Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Bossiney, Cornwall,” stand: part 
of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “‘ Brackley, Northampton,” stand 
part of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Bramber, Sussex,” stand part of 
Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Callington, Cornwall,” stand part 
of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Camelford, Cornwall,” stand part 
of Schedule (A.) ——Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Castle Rising, Norfolk,” stand part 
of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire,” stand 
part of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Thursday morning ; 


Jovis, 21° die Julii, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leaye to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, .to 
consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 


Oaths before 
the Lord 
Steward Bill, 
assed. 


Committee 

on Reform of 
Parliament 
(England) Bill, 


Supply, 
deferred. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve . 


itself into the said Committee. ay eee 
The Order of the day being read, for, the House.to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whele| House,,, upon 
the Bill for regulating the Vend and, Delivery.of,Coals, in 
the Cities of London and Westminster, and in,certain.parts 
of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, 4sser, Hert- 
fordshire, Buckinghamshire and, Berkshire fyi e19dino. 
Resolved, That this. House. will, this) day ».reselve itself 
into the said Committee,, ‘ 


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The 


London Coal 
Bill, deferred. 





Ways and 
Meaus, de- 
ferred. 


Liability 
of Landlords 
Bill, deferred. 


Ecclesiastical 
Lands Exchange 
Bill, deferred. 


Coal 
Duties, &amp;c. 
Bill, reported. 


Report 

of Hackney 
Coaches 
Acts. 
Committee 
on Queen's 
Dower Bill, 


Committee on 
Steam Carriages 
appointed, 


680 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for the better rating Tenements under a 
certain Annual Value ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read’a second time upon 
Wednesday next: 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill 
to authorize Exchanges of Lands and other Possessions of 
certain Ecclesiastical Corporations ; 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, on the Bill to discontinue or alter the Duties of 
Customs upon Coals, Slates, Cotton Wool, Barilla and 
Wax, the Amendments which they had made to the Bill ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed, and read the third time this day. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider of the Act 
9 Anne, c. 23, for licensing and regulating Hackney 
Coaches and Chairs, and for charging certain new Duties 
upon stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper, and on Cards 
and Dice, and on the exportation of Rock Salt for Iredand, 
and for securing thereby, and by a weekly payment out 
of the Post Office, and by several Duties on Hides and 
Skins, a yearly Fund of One hundred and eighty-six thou- 
sand six hundred and seventy pounds, for Thirty-two 
years, to be applied to the satisfaction of such Orders as 
are therein mentioned, to the Contributors of any Sum not 
exceeding Two millions, to be raised for carrying on the 
War, and other her Majesty’s. occasions ; and, of 24 Geo. 3, 
Sess. 2, c.27, for laying an additional Duty on Hackney 
Coaches, and for explaining and amending several Acts 
of Parliament relating to Hackney Coaches, the Resolu- 
tions which they had directed him to report to House ; 
and the same were read, and agreed to by the House; and 
are as followeth ; 


1. Resolved, That the Duties under the care of the Com- 
missioners for licensing and regulating Hackney Coaches, 
and now payable in respect of Hackney Coaches, Chariots 
and two-wheeled Carriages, shall cease and determine; and, 
in lieu thereof, there shall be raised, levied, collected and 
paid the several Stamp Duties following ; (that is to say) 


For and upon every License to keep, use, employ and let | £. s.  d. 
to hire, any Hackney Coach, at any place within the 
distance of Five miles from the General Post Office of 
the City of London - - - : - - -|5 - - 

And for and in respect of every such License as afore- 
said, weekly and every week during the continuance 
thereof, the sum of - - - - - - -|-10 - 





2, Resolved, That it is expedient to transfer the manage- 
ment of the said Duties on Hackney Coaches, to the Com- 
missioners of Stamps. Ve tg 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said Re- 
solutions: And that Mr. Bernal,.Lord Viscount Althorp, 
and Mr. Spring Rice, do prepare, and: bring it .in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole alg upon the Bill for enabling 
His Majesty to make provision for supporting the Royal 
Dignity of The Queen, in case She shall survive His Ma- 
jesty ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the 
Committee, That they had -gone through the Bill, and 
made several Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Ordered, That. Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire into, and to report upon, the proportion of Tolls 
which ought to be imposed upon Coaches and other vehi- 
cles propelled by Steam or Gas, upon Turnpike Roads ; 


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The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of Ways and Means for raising the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 





A. 1831. 


and also, to inquire into, and to report upon, the rate of 
Toll actually levied upon such Coaches and other vehicles, 
under any Acts of Parliament now in force :—And a Com- 
mittee was appointed of Mr. Torrens, Mr. Davies Gilbert, 
Sir George Clerk, Mr. Frankland Lewis, Mr. Warburton, 
Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Hume, Mr. Lennard, Sir George 
Staunton, Sir John Doyle, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Holdsworth, 
Mr. Dion, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Benett, Mr. Hodges, Mr. Sin- 
clair, Mr. Wolryche Whitmore, Sir HenryWilloughby, Mr. 
Weyland, Mr. Jephson, Lord Oxrmantown, Mr. Mullins, Sir 
Richard Musgrave, Mr. Ruthven, Sir Matthew Ridley, 
Mr. Berkeley, Mr. Lee Lee, Mr. Petre: And they are to 
meet To-morrow, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 


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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- Retun 
turn of the Total Number of Children in the Charter cre 
Schools of Jreland in the years 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, (Ireiag. 
and 1830; distinguishing the different years. = 









Ordered, That Mr. Wilks and Mr. Lennard be added to Meni 
the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the best '* 
mode of giving efficiency to Secondary Punishments. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Thursday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 








Jovis, 21° die Juli ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


‘i hour appointed for taking into consideration the Gig, 

Petition of Kirkman Finlay, of Castle Toward, in the 
County of Argyle, Esquire, Merchant in Glasgow, com- tion 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the District 
of Burghs of Glasgow, Dumbarton, Renfrew and Ruther- 
glen, being come ; 

The House proceeded to the appointment of a Select 
Committee, to try and determine the merits of the said 
Petition. , 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent, with the Mace, to the 
places adjacent, to require the attendance of the Members 
on the business of the House: And being returned ; 

The House was counted by Mr. Speaker; and one 
hundred and fifty-nine Members being present ; 

And the Petition of Sir William Francis Eliott, of Stobs 
and Wells, in the County of Roxburgh, Baronet, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the said County, 
being also ordered to be taken into consideration on this 
day ; 

The several Petitioners and other Parties in both the 
said cases, their counsel and agents, were called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into consideration the 
said Petition, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the District of Burghs of Glasgow, Dumbarton, 
Renfrew and Rutherglen, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and read 
in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was com- 
pleted :—And Lists of the said names were delivered to 
the Clerk appointed to attend the Committee on the 
Glasgow Election ; and then the door: was opened, and 
the Parties, their counsel and agents, withdrew. 





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And the door being again locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into consideration the 
said Petition, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the County of Roxburgh, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and read 
in the usual manner. Pe ) 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was com- 
pleted :—And Lists of the said names were delivered to 
the Clerk appointed to attend the Committee onthe County 
of Rorburgh Election ; and then the door was opened, 
and the Parties, their counsel and agents, withdrew. 

Note :—That in the course of drawing the names 
for the appointment of the said Committees, the 
names of several Members were drawn, who were 
excused, as being sixty years of age or upwards, 
and one as having served on a Select Cure. 

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The House being informed that Mr. Berthon, from the 
Trinity House, attended at the door, he was called in ; 
and at the bar presented to the House, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Account of the 
Receipt and Appropriation of the Pilots’ Fund of the Cor- 
poration of Trinity House of Deptford Strond ; distinguish- 
ing the several sources of Income and heads of Expendi- 
ture, in the year ending 31st December 1830. 

Mr. Berthon also presented to the House, pursuant to 
their Orders,—Return of all Sums received by the Cor- 
poration of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, from the 
Thames River Pilots, in pursuance of the Act 6 Geo. 4, 
c. 125, s. 4, for the year ending 3lst December 1830 ; 
distinguishing the Payments of Three Guineas each from 
the Poundage paid upon the Earnings of the said Pilots. 

Return of the Names of the Thames River Pilots at 
present holding Licenses as such :— And then he with- 
drew. 

Ordered, That the said Account and Returns do lie 
upon the Table. 


The House being informed that Mr. Cobb, from The 
Margate Pier and Harbour Company, attended at the 
door, he was called in; and at the bar presented to the 
House, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
—-An Account of the Receipts and Expenditure of The 
Margate Pier and Harbour Company, from the 6th of 
April 1830 to the 6th of April 1831, both days inclusive : 
—aAnd then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the Bill for providing for the discharge of a 
Claim in respect of Monies advanced by the late James 
Hodges, Esquire, on security of the Lands of the late 
Zemindar of Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, in the District 
of Fort Saint George, in the East Indies, now under the 
Sovereignty of the Honourable the East India Company, 
be now read; and the same being read :—The Bill was 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. John Wood, 
Mr. Charles Grant, Mr. Denison, Mr. William Cavendish, 
Sir James Macdonald, Mr. Edmund Peel, Lord Viscount 
Stormont, Mr. William Brougham, Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Mr. Hyde Villiers, Sir Charles Forbes, Mr. Bonham Carter, 
Sir George Warrender, Sir George Staunton, Mr.Warburton, 
Sir Thomas Baring, Mr. Hume, Mr. Capel, Mr. Kennedy, 
Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Slaney, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Robert 
Grant: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the 
Speaker s Chamber ; and have Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable “ The Yorkshire Fire and 
Life Insurance Company” to sue and be sued in the 
Name of their Secretary, or of any one of the Directors of 
the said Company, was read the third time; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Strickland do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Turnpike Road, with a 
Branch therefrom, from the Angel Inn, near Darlington, 
in the County of Durham, to Barton Lane End, in the 
County of York, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Strickland do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for erecting a County Hall, Courts of 
Justice, and other Buildings for public purposes, and also 
for providing accommodation for His Majesty’s Justices of 
Assize in and for the County of Worcester, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 
An Act for erecting a County Hall and Courts of Justice, 
and also for providing accommodation for His Majesty’s 
Justices of Assize in and for the County of Worcester. 

Ordered, That Mr. Foley do carry the Bill to the Lords, 
and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Robert Grant reported from the Committee on the 


Bill for the better management of the Poor in the several 
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Parishes and Hamlets in the City of Norwich and County 
of the same City ; and to whom the Petition of the Go- 
vernor, Deputy Governor, Assistants and Guardians of 
the Poor in the city and county of Norwich, and liberties 
of the same ; of the Mayor, Sheriffs, Citizens and Com- 
monalty of the city of Norwich, in Common Council 
assembled ; of Payers to the Poor’s Rate of the parish 
of Saint John Timberhill, in the city of Norwich ; of In- 
habitants and Rate-payers in the hamlet of Heigham ; of 
Payers to the Poor’s Rates in the parish of Saint Simon and 
Saint Jude; of Rate-payers of the parish of Saint John 
Maddermarket; of Payers to the Poor's Rates in the 
parish of Saint George-of-Tombland; of Rate-payers of 
the parish of Saint Lawrance; of Inhabitants of the 
— of Saint George-of-Colegate ; of Inhabitants and 

ate-payers in the parish of Saint Stephen; and, in the 
parish of Saint Peter-of-Mancroft, in the city of Norwich, 
were referred; That they had proceeded according to 
the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June last; 
and that they had heard counsel in support of the two 
first-mentioned Petitions, and that no person appeared on 
behalf of the other mentioned Petitions; and had also 
heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and that they had 


examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 


to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made several 
Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Mr. Ramsay reported from the Committee on the Bill 
for making and repairing certain Roads leading across the 
County of Stirling, and other Roads in the said County ; 
That they had proceeded according to the Resolution of 
the House of the 21st day of June last; and found, that 
the Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been 
complied with; and that they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


The counsel and agents in the case of the Election 
for the District of Burghs of Glasgow, Dumbarton, Ren- 
frew and Rutherglen, being returned to the bar, the 
Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee, delivered 
in to the House a reduced List ; and the same was called 
over, and is as follows: 

William Downe Gillon, Esquire, Sir Henry Willoughhy, 
Baronet, Lord Viscount Holmesdale, Lord John Guorge 
Lennov, the Honourable Duncombe Pleydell Bouveric, 
Henry Howard, Esquire, Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, 
Baronet, the Honourable George Cecil Weld Forester, 
Henry Meynell, Esquire, William Lyon, Esquire, the 
Honourable William Maule. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select Com- 
mittee for trying the merits of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the said District 
of Burghs, were sworn by the Clerk, at the table, in 
the usual manner; and thereupon the counsel and agents 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forthwith 
in one of the Committee Chambers appointed for hearing 
the Trials of Controverted Elections, or Returns of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament. 


Mr. Bodkin presented a Bill to amend. and enlarge the 
Powers of an Act passed in the eleventh year of the 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, in- 
tituled, “An Act for making and maintaining a navigable 
Cut or Canal from Lough Corrib to the Bay of Galway, 
and for the Improvement of the Harbour of Galway : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Committee on the 
re-committed Bill for improving and maintaining the Road 
from Ludlow, in the County of Salop, through Woofferton 
and Little Hereford, to Monk’s Bridge, inthe said County, 
and also from Ludlow to Orleton, in the County of Here- 
ford; That they had made +g Amendments thereunto ; 

8 


and 


Stirlingshire 
Roads Bill, 


reported. 


Glasgow, 
Barghs 
Election. - 
Committee 
appointed. 


Galway 
Docks Bill, 
presented. 


Ludlow 
Road Bill, 
reported. 








Petition against 
Zemindar of 
Nozeed and 
Mustaphanagur 
Bill. 


Petition 
against 
Belfast Rail- 
way Bull. 


Petition for 
Committee of 
Appeal— 
Manchester and 
Leeds Railway 
Bill, considered. 


Roxburgh 
County 
Flection— 
Committee 
appointed. 


Petition 
against 
Belfast Har- 
bour Bill. 


Trower’s 
Divorce Bill, 
passed. 


682 


and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by the 
House. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


A Petition of The United Company of Merchants of 
England trading to the East Indies, was presented, and 
read ; taking notice of the Bill for providing for the dis- 
charge of a Claim in respect of Monies advanced by the 
late James Hodges, Esquire, on security of the Lands of 
the late Zemindar of Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, in the 
District of Fort Saint George, in the East Indies, now 
under the Sovereignty of the Honourable the East India 
Company; and praying, That they may be heard by their 
counsel against certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard by 
their counsel upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing an Act for repair- 
ing and maintaining a Turnpike Road from Belfast to 
Antrim, and from Belfast to Copeland Water, was pre- 
sented, and read; taking notice of the Bill for making 
and maintaining a Railway from the Cave Hill to the 
Belfast Harbour ; and praying, That they may be heard 
against certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into 
further consideration the Petition of Subscribers to the 
proposed Manchester and Leeds Railway, which was pre- 
sented to the House upon Monday last, complaining of 
certain Votes of the Committee on the Bill for making a 
Railroad from the Town of Manchester, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, to Sowerby Bridge, in the West 
Riding of the County of York, and praying to be heard 
before a Committee of Appeal, be now read ; and the 
same being read ; 

The House proceeded to take the said Petition into 
further consideration. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Select 
Committee of Appeal. 

Ordered, That a Select Committee of Appeal be bal- 
lotted for upon Monday next. 


The counsel and agents in the case of the Rorburgh 
Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk appointed to 
attend the said Committee, delivered in to the House a 
reduced List; and the same was called over, and is as 
follows : 

Sheldon Cradock, Esquire, William Venables, Esquire, 
Lord Viscount Mandeville, Alevander Dawson, Esquire, 
Lord Killeen, Sir Hedworth Williamson, Baronet, Arthur 
Chichester, Esquire, JohnWynne, Esquire, the Honourable 
Lloyd Kenyon, William Farnworth Handley, Esquire, Sir 
Josiah William Hort, Baronet. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select Com- 
mittee for trying the merits of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the County of 
Roxburgh, were sworn by the Clerk, at the table, in the 
usual manner; and thereupon the counsel and agents 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forthwith 
in one of the Committee Chambers appointed for hearing 
the Trials of Controverted Elections, or Returns of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament. 


A Petition of Charles Wye Williams, of the town of Li- 
verpool, Esquire, on behalf of himself and the other 
Trustees and Directors of the city of Dublin Steam Packet 
Company, incorporated by Parliament, was presented, 
and read; taking notice of the Bill for the further im- 
provement of the Port and Harbour of Belfast, in Ireland, 
and for other purposes; and praying, That he may ke 
heard by his counsel or agent against the same. 
om oe That the said Petition do lie upon the 

rable. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
dissolve the Marriage of Charles Trower, Esquire, with 


QV Fulii. 





A. 183}, 


Amelia Catherine Trower, his now Wife, and to enable 
him to marry again, and for other purposes therein men. 
tioned, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Thompson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


ns from 
hwardens 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill to consolidate and Tie 
amend the several Acts for making the West India Docks, he 
be read the third time To-morrow. va 


Dec 
Bil 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, tix, 
That the Order of the day, for the Committee on the hel 
Reform of Parliament (England) Bill, do take precedence (ty, 
of Public Petitions, Notices of Motions, and other Orders, 
on each day on which it may be appointed :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Cross and Sir y,, 

Giffin Wilson : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue Compositions for A, 
Assessed Taxes, until the Fifth day of April One thousand “ 
eight hundred and thirty-three, and to grant Relief in 
certain cases : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to suspend, until the end of ii 
the next Session of Parliament, the making of Lists and ™ 
the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United 
Kingdom : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for consolidating the Trusts \oj 
of certain Roads, called, The Breamish and Wooler Turn- bie 
pike Roads, in the County of Northumberland, and for * 
more effectually improving and maintaining the same : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually repairing puj 
and improving the Road between the City of Durham, wi 
and the Village of Shotley Bridge, in the County of , 
Durham: " 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for erecting and maintaining bi 
a Bridge over the River Lagan at Belfast, and for making 
suitable Approaches thereto: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act b= 
for ascertaining the Boundaries of the Forest of Dean, and is, 
for inquiring into the Rights and Privileges claimed by ™ 
Free Miners of the Hundred of Saint Briavel’s, and for 
other purposes, with some Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for more effectually repairing certain Roads leading to sii 
and from the Town of Abergavenny, in the County of ™ 
Monmouth, and for making and maintaining several new 
Branches of Road to communicate therewith, with an 
Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for ™! 
naturalizing Charles Francis Ramié ; to which the Lords a4 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- ,, 
sengers withdrew. 








hare 
to 


is Te- 
Retor 
ment 


4) Bill 










Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 4 
count of the Names and Description of Causes which have {is 
been tried and adjudicated in the Court of Admiralty of 
Ireland since the Ist day of August last past, together | 
with the Names and Number of Causes which remain en- 
tered for trial in that Court on which no decision has 
been pronounced ; and also, a Return of the Number of 
Days in each Month since that period in which that Court 
has sate for dispatch of business. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That oe 


an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, that He tnis 
will be graciously pleased to give directions that there be ™ 
laid before this House, a Copy of the Indictment in the 
Prosecution against Mr. and Mrs. Deacle ; also, Copy of 
the Record in the Cause Deacle versus Bingham Baring, 
with the result thereof, respectively, as the same were 
tried at Winchester ; also, for Copies of the Judges’ Notes 
taken upon these Trials ; it passed in the Negative. 
Ordered, 








2 Wit. IV. 


Ordered, That the Churchwardens of every Parish, and 
the Chapelwardens of every Chapelry, in England and 
Wales, do prepare an Account, showing the Total Amount of 
Money received by the Churchwardens or Chapelwardens 
of such Parish or Chapelry, for the year commencing at 
Easter 1830, and ending at Easter 1831 ; distinguishing the 
Monies received from any Church-rate or Chapel-rate, and 
from any Estates or Funds applicable towards the Repairs 
of such Churches or Chapels, and from and out of any 
Poor's Rates, or other Public Monies, in aid or instead of 
such Church or Chapel-rate, or for any Mortuary or Burial 
Fees, and for any Pews or Sittings in such Churches or 
Chapels; and also, the Total Amount of Money ex- 
pended by them in that year; distinguishing, in the Ac- 
count of Monies expended, the Money paid for the re- 
pairing the Church or Chapel, and for any Furniture and 
Ornaments thereto, and for and about the worship of 
Almighty God therein, and for any Salaries to Clerks, 
Sextons or other Officers, and for any other Church pur- 
poses ; and that such Churchwardens do, as soon as may 
be, transmit such Account to the Clerk of the House of 
Commons, with any Observations that may be thought 
necessary. 


A Petition of Electors of the Borough of Minehead, 
was presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to 
amend the Representation of the People in England and 
Wales; and praying, That that Borough may be trans- 
ferred from Schedule (A.) to Schedule (B.), as comprising 
a populous portion of the adjoining parish of Dunster, the 
two parishes containing more than 2,000 inhabitants. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Jurats and Commonalty of 
the port of New Romney, was also presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the said Bill; and praying, That that 


Town and Port, with its members, Lydd and Old Romney, 
may retain their privilege of returning one Member to 


2° —22° Ful. 


683 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to prohibit the Practice of paying the 
House Rents of Able-bodied Labourers out of the Poor’s 
Rate ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 29th day of this instant July. 


Labourers’ 
House Rent 
Bill, deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 
in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Reform of 
Parliament 
(Scotland) 
Bill, deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- London Coal 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill, com- 
Bill for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in the ™“** 
Cities of London and Westminster, and in certain parts of 
the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hert- 
fordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, be now read; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Resolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Frankland 

Lewis, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Alderman 
Wood, Mr. Alderman Venables, Mr. Western, Mr. Hodges, 
Mr. Nicolson Calvert, Sir Matthew Ridley, Mr. Poulett 
Thomson, Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Francis Baring, 
Mr. Ellice, Mr. Holdsworth, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Charles 
Calvert, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Protheroe, Sir George 
Clerk, Mr. Denison, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Vernon 
Smith, Mr. John Hope, Mr. Greene, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. 
George Bankes, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Hughes 
Hughes: and they are to meet this Afternoon, in the 
Speaker's Chamber ; and have Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 


ao, “asin Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of the whole Ecclesiastical 




















&gt; Dut ma , House, on the Bill to authorize Exchanges of Lands and Bill ceported. 
» andl A Petition of Inhabitants of Lydd » Was also presented, other Possessions of certain Ecclesiastical Corporations, 
ei and read; taking notice of the said Bill; and praying, the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
bi. That that Town may be annexed to the Town and P ortof the Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House. 
y Wi New Romney, and that they may retain their privilege of Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
Big returning one Member to Parliament. grossed ; and read the third time this day. 
A Petition of the Mayor, Corporation and Electors of 
st Del the borough of 7'regony, was also presented, and read ; The ingrossed Bill to discontinue or alter the Duties of Coal 
d - taking notice of the said Bill; and praying, That that Customs upon Coals, Slates, Cotton Wool, Barilla and oa “oe 
y= Borough may not be disfranchised. Wax, was, according to Order, read the third time. aii aan 
A And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
- the Committee of the whole House on the Bill. Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
- Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
ee Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to re- 
vt, ben nof solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole Queen's | 
o Mf) Bi. Bill to amend the Representation of the People in Eng- House, on the Bill for enabling His Majesty to make Pro- eo 
yf ms land and Wales, be now read; and the same being read: vision for supporting the Royal Dignity of The Queen, "?"''** 
W —The House resolved itself into the Committee. in case She shall survive His Majesty, the Amendments 
n which they had made to the Bill; and the Amendments 
e (In the Committee.) were read, and agreed to by the House. 
Question put, That “ Downton, Wilts,” stand part of Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
yy Th Schedule (A.):—The Committee divided. grossed ; and read the third time this day. 
1s Teller for the Yeas, Lord Viscount Duncannon, 274. 
;- is Teller for the Noes, Sir George Clerk - 244. The House was moved, That the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 57, Deeds 
" Question put, That “ Dunwich, Suffolk,” stand part of to provide for the Regulation of the Public Office for regis- et - 
Schedule (A.) Agreed to. tering Memorials of Deeds, Conveyances, and Wills, in a ; 
=" Question put, That “ Eye, Suffolk,” stand part of Jreland, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
et Schedule (A.) Agreed to. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend 
of ae Question put, That “‘ Fowey, Cornwall,” stand part of the said Act: And that Mr. Jephson, Mr. Perrin, and 
op OT Schedule (A.) Agreed to. Mr. O'Connell, do prepare, and bring it in. 
i Question put, That ‘“ Gatton, Surrey,” stand part of 
Schedule (A.) Agreed to. A Motion being made, That this House will, this day, Public Works ; 
as ‘ ” ‘ ; ° (Ireland) [Sala 
of Question put, That “‘ Haslemere, Surrey,” stand part of resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, tO fies to Commis- 
: Schedule (A.) Agreed to. consider of making Provision out of the Consolidated ceneet ote 
‘ To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Salaries of ~~" 
the Commissioners under the Bill for the extension and 
And the House having continued to sit till after twelve promotion of Public Works in Jreland ; ; 
at Mu of the clock on Friday morning ; Mr. Stanley, by His Majesty’s Command, acquainted 
le hy j - ” the House, That His Majesty, having been informed of 
ye P Veneris, 22° die Julii, 1831: the subject-matter of this Motion, recommends it to the 
1e Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- consideration of the House. _ 
of ported from the Committee, That they had made a fur- Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
g, ther progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by into the said Committee. 
re the Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit ; 
eS again. Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to in- Power toa 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve quire into the expediency of admitting the use of Molasses Committee. 
d, itself into the said Committee. in the Breweries and Distilleries of the United Kingdom, 


VOL. 86. 


8L 2 subject 








Papers 
referred to a 
Committee. 


Report from 
Committee 
on Molasses. 


No. 109. 


Petition 
respecting 
Molasses. 


Petition 
respecting 
Savings Banks 
Act. 


Return 
respecting 
River Shannon, 
ordered, 


Ramié’s 
Nat. Bill, 


read. 


Polloc and 
Govan Rail 
way Bill, 
reported, 


684 


subject to'such restrictions and modifications as may be 
necessary for the protection of the’ several interests con- 
nected therewith, have Power to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them from time to time to the 
House. 


Ordered, That the Statements, to show the Expenses 
of the Wars and Hostilities in India, sustained out of the 
Company’s Trading Stock, previous to the obtaining the 
Grants of the Dewannees of Bengal, Bahar and Orissa, and 
the five Northern Circars, in the year 1785;—and also, 
an Account of the Monies paid to Government in con- 
sequence of agreements with the Company, concerning the 
Territorial Possessions in Jndia ;—and also, a Statement to 
show the Amount realized in England from the Territories 
and Revenues obtained in India, which were presented to 
the House upon the 26th day of May 1783, be referred to 
the Select Committee on East India Company’s Affairs. 


Mr. Warburton reported from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to inquire into the expediency of admitting the 
use of Molasses in the Breweriers and Distilleries of the 
United Kingdom, subject to such restrictions and modifica- 
tions as may be necessary for the protection of the several 
interests connected therewith, and who were empowered 
to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them 
from time to time to the House; That they had made a 
progress in the matters to them referred ; and had examined 
several witnesses ; and directed him to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them to the House, up to the 
14th day of this instant July inclusive ; and the Report 
was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report, and Minutes of Evidence, 
do lie upon the Table; and be printed. 


A Petition of Patrick Stead, of Great Yarmouth, and of 
Beccles and Halesworth, Maltster and Corn Merchant, was 
presented, and read; praying, That if the House should 
permit Molasses to supplant the native production of Malt, 
they will grant relief to all injured thereby. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


A Petition of Trustees, Managers and Officers of the 
Sevenoaks Bank for Savings, was presented, and read ; 
praying the House to take into their early consideration 
the expediency of repealing so much of the Statute 9 Geo. 4. 
c. 92, as limits the total amount of Investments by Deposi- 
tors, and, to prevent imposition, to continue the restriction 
that no Depositor shall invest a larger sum than Thirty 
pounds in any one year. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Amount of Tolls received from the several Works 
on the River Shannon, under the Directors General of In- 
land Navigation, during the last Ten years; distinguishing 
the Tolls received at each ; so also, of the Expenditure at 
the separate Stations, under the several heads of Salaries, 
Repairs, and New Works. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
naturalizing Charles Francis Ramié, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till near 
two of the clock on Friday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Veneris, 22° die Juli ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


Git Michael Shaw Stewart reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Bill for amending an Act passed in the 
eleventh year of the reign of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, for making and maintaining a Rail- 
way from the Lands of Polloc and Govan, to the River 
Clyde, and to alter and extend the powers of the Company 
of Proprietors of the said Railway ; and to whom the Pe- 
tition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Council of 
the city of Glasgow; of the Convener, Trades Bailies, 


21°—22 Fulit. 


A. 183}, 


Collector, Deacons and Visitor of the Incorporated Trades, 
and other Ordinary and. Extraordinary Members of the 
Trades’ House of the city of Glasgow; of the Royal In- 
corporation of Hutcheson’s Hospital, in the city of Glas- 
gow; of Robert Mungal, and John Humphry Mungal, 
residing at Muirhouses of Gorbals; of James Cross, and 
Alevander Cross, Seed Merchants, Glasgow, and Tenants 
of part of the barony of Gorbals; and; of Owners and 
Occupiers of lands through which the proposed extension 
of the Polloc and Govan Railway will pass, were referred ; 
That they had proceeded according to the Resolution of 
the House of the 21st day of June last; and found, that 
the Standing Orders relative to Bills for making Railways, 
had been complied with ; and that they had heard counsel 
in support of the first, second, third, fifth and sixth-men- 
tioned Petitions ; and that no person appeared on behalf of 
the fourth-mentioned Petition; and that they had also 
heard counsel in favour of the Bill ; and had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto ; and the Report was brought up, and read. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Viscount Mandeville, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the Petition 
of Sir William Francis Eliott, of Stobs and Wells, in the 
County of Rorburgh, Baronet, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of Rorburgh, informed 
the House, That the said Committee have determined, 

That Henry Francis Scott, Esquire, is duly elected a 
Commissioner to serve in this present Parliament for the 
County of Rorburgh : 

That the said Petition did not appear to the said Com. 
mittee to be frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not appear 
to the said Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be entered 
in the Journals of this House. : 


Mr. Littleton reported from the Committee on the in- 


grossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to effect an 


exchange of Lands between Harriet Averina Brunetta 
Herbert, an infant Ward of the Court of Chancery, and 
John Edwards, Esquire; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their consent to 
the Bill to the satisfaction of the Committee; and that 
they had gone through the Bill, and had directed him to 
report the same to the House, without any Amendment :— 
And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Littleton do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 


Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An . 


Act for more effectually repairing certain Roads leading 
to and from the Town of Abergavenny, in the County of 
Monmouth, and for making and maintaining several new 
Branches of Road to communicate therewith; and the 
same was read ; and is as followeth ; 

Pr. 6. 1. 38. After ‘“ Crucorney,” insert, “ and also 
‘“* another new Line of Road to branch off from the last- 
‘“¢ mentioned Line of Road at or near the said place, called, 
“* Cross-onen, and to communicate with the Turnpike 
“ Road from Abergavenny aforesaid to the City of Here- 
“« ford, near a Barn, called, Skybor Wen, in the said parish 
“ of Abergavenny.” 

And the House being infermed, that the Amendment 
made by the Lords was in correction of a clerical error, 
whereby a Branch of Road was omitted, contrary to the 
intention of the Coramittee ; 

Ordered, That the Amendment made by the. Lords to 
the Bill be referred to a Committee, to examine and re- 
port the circumstances attending the omission of a Branch 
of Road in the said Bill; and that the Committee on the 
Bill be the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill for making 
a Railroad from Bradford to Leeds, in the West Riding 
of the County of York, together with a Branch there- 
from, have leave to make their Report on or before Mon- 
day, the Ist day of August next. 


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_Mr. Ayshford Sanford reported from the Committee on 
the Bill for better repairing and improving several Roads 
leading to and from the Town of .Frome, in the County of 
Somerset; and to whom the Petition of Inhabitants of 
the town and parish of Warminster and its vicinity, was 
referred ; That they had proceeded according to the Re- 
solution of the House of the Ist day of June last; and 
found, that the Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, 
had been complied with ; and that they had considered 
the said Petition; and had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Mr. Lawley reported from the Committee on the Bill 
for altering, amending and enlarging the Powers of an Act 
passed in the twenty-third year of the reign of his late 
Majesty George the Third, for providing a proper Work- 
house within the Parish of Birmingham, in the County of 
Warwick, and for better regulating the Poor within the 
said Parish, and for empowering the Guardians of the 
Poor to grant Building Leases of certain Lands vested in 
them, or otherwise to sell and dispose of the same, and 
to apply the Monies to arise therefrom in the enlargement 
or rebuilding of the present Workhouse ; and to whom 
the Petition of Commissioners for better paving, lighting, 
watching, cleansing and otherwise improving the Town of 
Birmingham, and for regulating the Police and Markets of 
the said Town, and of Inhabitant Rate-payers of Birming- 
ham, was referred ; That they had proceeded according to 
the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June last; 
and that they had heard counsel in support of the said Peti- 
tion; and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto ; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for improving and maintaining the 
Road from Ludlow, in the County of Salop, through Woof- 
fertonand Little Hereford, to Monk's Bridge, in the said 
Coanty, and also from Ludlow to Orleton, in the County 
of Hereford, was read the third time. 

Resolved,- That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Clive do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Committee on: the Bill for more 
effectually repairing the Road from North Shields, in the 
County of Northumberland, to the Town of Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne, and certain Branches communicating there- 
with, and also for making and repairing additional 
Branches of Road, have leave to make their Report on or 
before Monday, the Ist day of August next. 


Ordered, That. the Committee on-the Bill to alter, 
amend and enlarge the powers of the several Acts now in 
force relating to the. River or Cut from Eau Brink to 
King’s Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, called, The Eau 
Brink Cut, and to raise further Funds for carrying the 
said Acts into execution, have leave to make their Report 
on or before Monday, the 8th day of August next. 


A Motion being made, That the Report which, upon 
Wednesday, the 13th day of this instant July, was made 
from the Committee on the Bill for making and maintain- 
ing a Railway from the west side of Rutherglen Green to 
Wellshot Mine,- in the County of Lanark, with certain 
Branches connected therewith, be now taken into further 
consideration :—And the House being informed, that 
printed Copies of the Bill, as amended by the Committee, 
were delivered at the door, to the Members of the House, 
upon Friday last, pursuant to the Standing Order ; 

Ordered, That the Report be now taken into further 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to take 
the Report into further consideration; and the Amend- 
ments made by the Committee to the Bill, being read a 
second time, were agreed to by the House. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


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' Ordered, That the Committee on .the Bill-for making 
and maintaining a Railway from the Cave Hill to the 
Belfast Harbour, have leave to make their Report on or 
before Monday, the Ist day of August next. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth reported from the Committee 
on the Bill for draining and improving certain Low Lands. 
situate within the several Townships of Norton, Campsall, 
Askren, Moss, Fenwick, Little Smeaton, Stubbs, Walden, 
Womersley, Whitley, Baln, Pollington, Snaith and Cowick, 
and Sykehouse, in the several Parishes of Campsall, Wo- 
mersley, Kellington, Snaith, and Fishlake, all in the West 
Riding of the County of York; and to whom the Petition 
of the Right honourable Edward William Harvey Lord 
Hawke, the owner of estates within the township of 
Womersley, in the county of York, was referred; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June last; and that they had 
considered the said Petition, and had also heard counsel in 
favour of the Bill; and that they had examined the alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
that the parties concerned had given their consent to thé 
Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; and that they 
had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for endowing a Church, called, Saint 
Bridgett, in the Parish of Liverpool, in the County Pala- 
tine of Lancaster, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ewart do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of the Court 
of Directors of the Grand Canal Company, which was 
presented to the House upon the 13th day of April last, 
taking notice of the Bill for making and maintaining a 
Railroad from Westland Row, in the City of Dublin, to 
the head of the Western Pier of the Royal Harbour of 
Kingstown, in the County of Dublin, with Branches to 
communicate therewith ; and praying, That the same may 
not pass into a law, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, which was presented to the House upon 
the 27th day of June last. 


A Petition of Members of the Norfolk Agricultural 
Society, met in Committee, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners, being informed that a 
proposition has or will be made to the House, to allow the 
use of Molasses and inferior Sugar in the Breweries and 
Distilleries, feel it their duty to the society especially, 
and to the Agriculturists of the county of Norfolk gene- 
rally, respectfully to state to the House, that if such 
measure be carried into effect, it will operate most injuri- 
ously on the growers of Barley, particularly by rendering 
such as is of inferior quality, totally weet it 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Electors of Preston, was pre- 
sented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to amend the 
Representation of the People in England and Wales ; and 
praying the House to secure to the Petitioners the more 
full and free enjoyment of their elective rights through 
the use of the Ballot at Elections, and the right to give 
their votes to any man, without regard to a property 
qualification, and to grant and secure the same rights to 
the whole male adult population of the country. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole House on the Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Average Price of Corn per Quarter in England 
and Wales, for the year ending December 1830. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
the Committee on the Bill for making a Railroad from 
the Town of Manchester, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster, to Sowerby Bridge, in the West Riding of the 
County of York, be printed at the expense of the Parties; 
if they think fit.-.. -— - oe , 


SM A Petition 


Time for Report, 
of Belfast Ruil- 
way Bill. 


Went 
Drainage 
Bill, reported. 


Liverpool 

(St. Bridgett’s) 
Church Bill, 
passed, 


Petition 
referrea toa 
Committee. 


Petition 
respecting 
Molasses. 


Petition 
in favour of 
Election by 


Ballot. 


Account 
respecting Corn, 
ordered, 


Minutes on 
Manchester and 
Leeds Railway 
Bill, to be 
printed, 


Petition for; 


repeal of ,. 
Vestries. Act 
(Ireland.) 


Petition to be 
printed. 


626 


» A; Petiti¢n.of RomanCatholic Inhabitants of the parish 


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\ of Lismoreyin.the county of Waterford, was presented, and 
* read, -xeciting, the Aet 7.\Geo. 4,/c&lt;%2) for the regulation 


of Parish Vestries in Jrelands| and praying, 3 That the same 


may. be- repealed. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Right Reverend, 
Very Reverend, and Reverend the Roman Catholic Cler- 
men. of ‘the. diocese of Derry, praying the House to 
place at the; disposal,of the Roman Catholic Bishops, and 


- an, Papal numberof liberal Protestant Trustees, such a 


Petitions for, 
abolishing 
Slavery. 


Petitions 
respecting ’~ 
Education 
(Ireland.) 


Petition for 
reléasée of) 
Robert Taylor 


from Prison, 


Petitions-for 
repeat of Sale 
of Beer Act. 


Petition 
respecting 
Criminal 
Laws, 


Petition 
respecting 
Galway 
Franchise. 


iamewerbA 


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Ne Oy 


_ te.consider the propriety of substituting for the 


sum,as the House may deem sufficient to confer the im- 
portant benefit of Education on the Poor of Ireland, which 
was, presented; to, the House, upon the 14th day of this 
instant July, be printed. 


A Petition, of Inhabitants of Lismore ;—and, of Wins- 
combe,—+were presented, and read ; praying for the entire 
Abolition, of Slavery in the West ‘India Colonies. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


«At Petition of Anthony Duane, P. P. of Mountmelick 
aud .Castlebrack ;—and, of Inhabitants of Maryborough, 
arwere presented, and read; praying the House to take 
‘the Funds, so long and so greatly abused, from The Kildare 
-Place Society, and to adopt a well-regulated system of 
Education, or to divide the Grant impartially, according 
to the principles and wants of all. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; , and to be printed. 


A, Petition of Julian Hibbert, Chairman. of a Meeting 
assembled at the Rotunda, Blackfriars-road, on Wed- 
nesday,. the 6th July 1831, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Reverend Robert Taylor, a regu- 
larly ordained Clergyman of the Church of England, is 
now undergoing an imprisonment, of unexampled seve- 
rity, in Horsemonger-lane Gaol, for having preached a 
sermon in his own chapel, explanatory of that allegorical 
interpretation of the Scriptures which he imagines to be 
the truth; and praying, That, in case the Secretary of 
State for the Home Department has not already redressed 
the grievances to which Mr. Zi a is exposed, the House 
will immediately address His Majesty to grant His gra- 
cious pardon, considering that ‘Mr. Taylor has already 
endured enough misery to atone for the crime of having, 
in his own chapel, spoken against the ordinary interpre- 
tation of the Christian religion. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Gentry and Parish Officers re- 
Siding in the western part of the county of Susser, in the 
neighbourhood of Arundel ;—of Inhabitant Householders 

of Fe eovil ;— and, of Mar tock, in the county of Somerset,— 
were presented, and read ; reciting an Act of the first year 
of His present Majesty, to permit the general Sale of 
Beer and Cider by Retail in England; and praying, That 
so. much of the said Act as permits Beer to be consumed 
on the premises, may be repealed. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Winscombe, in the county 
of Somerset, was presented, and read ; praying the House 
enalty of 
death for. offences against property, such snsialenaats as 
shall, offero general encouragement for the detection of 
ape see at the same time afford.an opportunity of effect- 
——— ought to be an object of penal legislation, 
the rmation of the offender. 
Ordered; a said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


ofA Retiti ion “of, Protestant Freemen and Freeholders of 
the salah ¢ of Menlough, in the county of the town of 
gus was Picks, and read ; praying the House to 


Rights, J in. ake y; by. extending to the 
pussy, ag Sah er cantile a ae Classes Elec- 
tive Franchise, in as fu all uple a manner as the same 
48, ROW enjoyed by, Paatestamtay 50°) |! 

Onaeres, That the sare Ketition, do lie upon the Table. 


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A Petition of Lieutenant-General: Wiliam Thornton, of Py ) 
Grosvenor-gaté, -Park-lane, in ithe’ icbunty: of : Middlesex, ees 
was presented, andread; praying the House td adopteuth 7 rt 
measures as:shall in futuré reléase every King dnd Queen tat 
of this Realm, on coming 'td, did succeeding in, the Im- 
perial Crown of this Kingdom, orat Hisior'HerCoronation, 
from the obligation of making, subsctibing’ and auilibly 
repeating the declaration against Trarisubstantiation;' and 
asserting the worship of the Church of Rome to be super- 
stitious and idolatrous. od goitoM - ii 


Ordered, That the said Petition as lin upon the Tablei ae 


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A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of’ Gioueiter Petia 

was presented, and read; praying: for the’ Sand for nl ae 

entire repeal of the Corn Laws, by an Act for taking off Con 

one-sixth part of the duty yearly. : 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table 






A Petition of Inhabitants of Z/sington, in the county of Pein) 
Devon, was presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill **% 
to amend the Representation of the People in England (usa 
and /Vales ; and praying, That that Parish may continue 
annexed to the Borough of Ashburton, and, with it, re- 
turn two Members to Parliament. | 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole House on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to Cong 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon $,, 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the be a in (Higa 
England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 
read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question put, That “ Hedon, York,” stand part of ia 
Schedule (A.)—— Agreed to. . 

Question put, That “ Heytesbury, Wilts,” stand’ part . 
of Schedule (A.)——Agreed to. — 

Question put, That “ Higham Ferrers, Northampton,” 
stand part of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Hindon, Wilts,” 
Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Jichester, Somersetshire,” stand 
part of Schedule (A.)———. Agreed to. 

Question put, That“ East Looe, Cornwall,” stand part 
of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ West Looe, Cornwall,” stand part 
of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Tostwithiel, Cornwall,” stand part 
of Schedule (A.)——Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Ludgershall, Wilts,” stand part 
of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 
_ Question put, That “ Midhurst, Sussex,” stand’ part 
of Schedule (A.)———Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ MMilborne Port, Somer setshire,” 
stand part of Schedule (A.)}———Agreed to.) &gt; | 

Question put, That “ Minehead, Somersetshire,” stand 
part of Schedule (A.)——Agreed to. } e 

Question put, That “ Newport, Cornwall,” ‘Stand ‘a 
of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. | 

Question put, That “‘ Newton, Lahcashive stand an 
of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Newtown, Isle of Wight,” stand 
part of Schedule (A.)——Agreed to. 

Question put, That “Orford, Suffolk,” stand ptirt of | 
Schedule (A.)——Agreed to. - 

Question put, That.‘ Petavaficld, — crane of aii 
Schedule (A. )——-Agr eed. tos iii : O lisaly svioz 

Question put, That “ Plynipton} Devonshire " sthind part 
of Schedule (A.) -Agreed tesii 2s isi oe Jbanlaw om 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit agaitilo'T mort 
HsiT YswnG 

And the House having continua tol Bit: till siinaiihes 
of the clock on Saturday morning 5) 9.» 

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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and: Mr: Bersoat re 
ported from the Committee, That they liad iiadé wa fur: 
ther progress:in the Bill; and \that/he was directed by the 
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., Ordered, pete wane em ; forthe third read- 
in@ofthé ingrossed Bill for enablin Majesty to make 
crm for supporting the. Ro Dignity of The Queen, 
ajesty, be now read ; and 
the same: being»read :~The Bill was read the third time. 
. Resolvell;sBhatzhe:Bill do pass... - 

(Ordered; That:Lord Viscount Althorp do carry the Bill 
to the Lordsyand desiré their concurrence. 

A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
Monday:‘next, ‘resolve itself into a Committee of the 
whole House, to consider of enabling His Majesty to 
authorize) the issue of: Exchequer: Bills to an amount to 
be: limited;: for Public Works in Great Britain, upon due 


Lord Viscount a by His Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That His Majesty, having been in- 
formed of the subject-matter of this Motion, recommends 
it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of 
Frauds ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the 
Attestation of Instruments made in exercise of certain 
Powers or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other Instruments ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to prevent the application of Cor- 
porate Property to the purposes of Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament, was, according to Order, read the 
third time, 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 7 

Ordered, That Mr. Evans do carry the Biil to the Lords, 


and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty- 
fourth and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty King George 
the Third, so far as the same relate to Double Assessments 
of the Land Tax; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for: remedying - defects in the Titles to Lands 
allotted or taken in exchange under Inclosure Acts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve. itself into a.Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the extension and promotion of Public Works 
in Ireland ;}: ane / ' 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said: Committee. ' 


‘0 The Order of the daybeing read; for the House to re- 

solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 

the Bill'to amendothe\Actsfor,regulating Turnpike Roads 

in England, so far as they relate’to certain Exemptions 

from Tollzs&lt;* tie of aysol ‘er 9 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Resolved, That the ‘Bill: be committed to. Mr. Buller, 
Mr. Frankland Lewis, Mr. Portman, Mr..Hodges,’’ Mr. 
Greene, Mr. ham Carter, Mr. Adeane, Mr. Estcourt, 
Mr. Nicolson Calvert, Lord Viscount Ebrington, Mr. Pen- 
darves, Mr:iAyshford Sanford, Mr. Cradock; Six: John 
Sebright, Mr..Paget, Six Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Marshall, 
Mr. Davies Gilbert, Mr. Blamire, Mr. Staney, Sir John 
Johnstone, Mr.. Evans: (of Leicester), Mr: Courtenay, Mr. 
Robert Gordon, Mr. Evelyn Denison: And they are to 
meet this: Afternoon, it the Spédker’s: Chamber: 
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The Order of the day being read, 'for the’ House to re- Canadian 


Revenue Bill, 


Solve itself into ‘a-Committée of the whole: House, upon 
deferred. 


the Bill to amend an Act of the fourteenth year of his 
Majesty King George the Third, for establishing a Fund 
towards defraying the Charges of the administration of 
Justice and support of the Civil Government within the 
Province of Quebec, in America; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- RomanCatholic 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon — 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reading Canine Mad- 
of the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Madness; _ "¢*s Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon aetnees. 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- Report of 
port from the Committee of the whole House, to whom it Excise Acts, 
was referred to consider of the several Acts imposing Du- *'"¢4- 
ties of Excise on Candles, and on Licenses for making 
them ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Lord 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Lieutenants 
Act to provide for the better order and zovernment of ae 
Ireland by Lieutenants for the several Counties, Counties 113 
of Cities, and Counties of Towns therein ; ra 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. ~ 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Supply, 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- deferred. 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Ways and 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- Means, de- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the.Supply *"'* 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading West India 
of the ingrossed Bill to consolidate and amend the several Bit deterred.” 
Acts for making the West India Docks ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Ecclesiastical 
Lands Exchange 
Bill, passed. 


The ingrossed Bill to authorize Exchanges of Lands 
and other Possessions of certain Ecclesiastical Corpora- 
tions, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Committee on 
Committee of the whole House, to consider of making: salaries (tre. 
Provision out of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain '4.) 
and Jreland, for the Salaries of the Commissioners under 
the Bill for the extension and promotion of Public Works 
in Ireland; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the 
Committee, That they had’ come'to 'a Resolution, which 
they had directed him to report to the House. 

_ Ordered; That the Report be received upon Monday 


next. . 


Resolved, That this House will, at‘the rising of the House Adjournment. 
this day, adjourn till Monday next. LA ote hi 


wits ilstes ar serdoisi” 


Ordered, That all Committees have! Feb 06% “sit, ‘not- Committees 
withstanding the adjournment of the House. / °° to sit. 
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Administration 
of Justice 

- (Ireland) Bill, 
ordered, 


Sugar Re- 
finery Act, to 
be considered. 


Penibroke 
County 
Election— 
Consideration 
deferred. 


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Ordered ithe Jeaye be given to bangin a Bill to im- 
rove the Adminis ; 


tration of Justice in Ireland: And that 
r. Crampton, Mr, Stanley, and Mr. Perrin, do prepare, 
and bring it in. . 


The House was moved, That the Act 10 Geo. 4, ¢. 49, to 
continue, until the Fifth day of July One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty, the Provisions of an Act to allow Sugar 
to be delivered out of Warehouse to be refined, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 


solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider of the said Act. 


The Hotise was moved, That the Order made upon 
Friday, the 8th day of this instant July, for taking into 
consideration, upon Thursday, the 4th day of August next, 
the Petition of several Persons, whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, Freeholders of the county of Pembroke, who 


' voted, and were entitled to vote, and claim to have hada 


Time for Report 
of Zemindar of 
Nozeed and 
Mustaphanagur 
*Bill. 


Petitions to 
be printed. 


right to vote, at’ the last Election for a Member to serve 
in Parliament for the «said County, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said County, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday, the 18th day of August next, at three 
ofthe clock im the Afternoon. 

Memorandum :—Notices were again sent to the Par- 
ties, with orders for their attendance accordingly. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill for providing 
for'the discharge of a Claim in respect of Monies advanced 
by the late James Hodges, Esquire, on security of the Lands 
of the late Zemindar of Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, in 
the District of Fort Saint George, in the East Indies, now 
under the Sovereignty of the Honourable the East India 
Company, have leave to make their Report on or before 
Friday, the 5th day of August next. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Mayor, Jurats, and 
Commonalty of New Romney, praying that that Town and 
Port, with its members, Lydd and Old Romney, may retain 
their privilege of returning one Member to Parliament ; 
and also, the Petition of Inliabitant Householders of Lydd, 
praying that that Town may be annexed to the Town and 
ort of New Romney, and that they may retain their pri- 


' vilege of returning. one Member to Parliament, which 


Accounts re- 
specting Wheat 
Imported, or- 
dered, 


were presented to the House upon Thursday last, be 


printed. .. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Quantity of Foreign Wheat entered weekly 
for Home Consumption in the United Kingdom, with the 
rate of Duty and the amount of Duty paid thereon, in each 
week. in the year 1831 ; showing also, the Total Quantity 
entered, and the Total Amount of Duty. 
_ Ordered, That there be. laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Quantity of Foreign Wheat imported in each 
quarter, from the passing of 9 Geo. 4, c. 60, to the latest 
period to which the same can be made up; of the amount 


_ of Duty received thereon, and of the average rate of Duty 


Further Papers 
respecting 
‘Parliamentary 
Representation, 
presented. 


No.112, 


Return respect- 
ing Exchequer 
B.1ls (England) 
Commissioners, 
ordered. 


Beattie’s 
Fstate Bill,, 
reported and | 
passed. 


paid in-each quarter. 


Mr, Lamb presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Address to His Majesty,—Copies of further Applications 
made to His Majesty’s Government, that any City, Town 
or District should be continued in, or admitted to, the right 


of sending Members to Parliament. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Names of the Commissioners appointed, and now 
officiating, for the issue of Exchequer Bills for Public 
Works in England, stating the Salaries they receive, and 
the amount of Exchequer Bills that have been issued by 
thém since fheiy appointment, and the amount now.out- 
standing, and not repaid; also, Account of annual Ex- 
pénses of the. said: Commission. 


‘Mr. James Johnston reported from the Committee on the 
ingrossed Bill from thé Lords, intituled; An Act. to em- 
power the Judges of the Court of Session in Scotland to 


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that may be made to affect, the entailed Estate of Crieve 





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take an Account of the Debts .and Burdens affecting, and 


and others, in the Counties of Dumfries and Roxburgh, 
and to sell such part of the said Estate.as may be suffi- 
cient to discharge the said Debts and Burdens, and like 
wise for settling and securing. the Lands and Estate of 
Murrayfield and, others, in the said County.of Dumfries, 
to and in favour of .Thomas.Beattie, of . Crieve,, Esquire, 
and the series of Heirs entitled to take by a ive 
of Entail-made by Thomas Beattie, of. Crieve,. Esquire, 
now deceased, and under the conditions and limitationis 
contained in the said Deed, and for vesting, ,in lieu thereof, 
certain parts of the Estate of Crieve in the said Z'homas 
Beattie, Esquire, and. his Heirs and Assigns, -in Fee 
Simple; That they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true;:and:that ithe 
parties concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to 
the satisfaction of the Committee; and that :they had 
gone through the Bill, and had directed him to report the 
same to the House, without any Amendment :—And the 
Bill was read the third time. ? 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Johnston do carry the Bill to the . 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed , 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Arthur Trevor reported from the Committee on the 
Bill for the more effectually repairing, and otherwise im- 
proving, the Road from Sunderland-near-the-Sea, in the 
County of Durham, to the City of Durham; That they 
had proceeded according to the Resolution of the House . 
of the 21st day of June last ; and found, that the Standing 
Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been doinptjad 
with ; and that they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto ;}-and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House, 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be'in- 
grossed. 


Mr. Sinclair reported from the Committee on’ the Bill 
for ‘repealing, altering, enlarging and amending certain 
provisions of an Act passed in the 56th year of the reign 
of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, 
‘¢ An Act for the Incorporation of the Highland Society of » | 
London, for the better management of the Funds of the 2D 
Society, and for rendering its exertions more extensive and * 
beneficial to the Public ;” That they had examined. the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to by the House. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed, : 





















Ordered, That the ‘Committee on the Bill: to explain, 
amend and render more effectual certain Acts of the 
twenty-third year of the‘ reign of his Majesty King 
George the Second, and the nineteenth year of his Majesty 
King George the Third, for the more. easy and speedy 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Tower Hamlets, have | 
leave to make their Report on or before Thursday next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till half 
an.hour after twelye of the clock on Saturda 
‘morting, adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 25° die Juli; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. . 


PRAYERS, 


HE House being informed that Mr. O’ Neil, Secre- 
T tary to the Commissioners: for the: Royal Military 
Canal, attended at the door, he-was called in; and at 
the bar presented to the House, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act. of Parliament,—Royal Military Canal: An 
Account of all Rates and Tolls, and Receipts of Money; 
and Disbursements, and Balances remaining of «any suclr 
Receipts of Rates and Tolls, for the year ending 31st De+ 
cember 1830:—And then he withdrew. - SERRE 

. Ordered, ‘That the said-Account-do he upon the Fp 
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Mr: Speaker acquainted the House, that John Pearson 
and others, who petitioned this House upon Friday, the 
sth day of July instant, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the County of Werford, had not 
entered into'a Recognizance in respect of ‘such Petition, 
according to the directions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, to 
consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Trial of 
Controvertéd Elections, or Returns of Members to serve 
in Parliament. 

Ordered; That the Order made upon Friday, the eighth 
day of this instant July, for taking the said Petition into 
consideration To-morrow, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that, in pursuance 
of the Act 42 Geo.3, c. 106, for regulating the Trial of 
Controverted Elections, or Returns of Members to serve in 
the United Parliament for Jre/and, he had received from 
Thomas Bourchier, Esquire, Deputy to the Clerk of the 
Crown in Jredand, an additional List of Barristers-at-Law, 
of above six years standing, who have consented, under 
their hands and seals, to act as Commissioners, or as 
Chairman to the Commissioners, for the purposes of the 
said Act. 

Ordered, That the said List be deposited in the Office 
of the Clerk of this House. 


fortrying 
overted 


ow, &amp;C. 


Lord George Lennox, from the Select Committee ap- 
Bec 


pointed to try and determine the merits of the Petition 
of Kirkman Finlay, of Castle Toward, in the County of 
Argyle, Esquire, Merchant in Glasgow, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the District of Burghs 
of Glasgow, Dumbarton, Renfrew and Rutherglen, in- 
formed the House, that the Committee met on Saturday 
last, at eleven of the clock, pursuant to their adjournment 
of the preceding day, when the Chairman informed the 
Committee, that he had received a Letter from The 
Honourable William Maule, one of the Members of the 
Committee, stating, that he was prevented by a fit of 
gout from attending the Committee, and that he had also 
received a Letter from Nathaniel Grant, Surgeon, certify- 
ing, that The Honourable William Maule had been attacked 
that morning with gout in the left foot, to such an extent 
as to render him quite unfit to leave his room; and, in 
consequence thereof, the Committee adjourned till this 
day, when the Committee met, and Mr. Maule being still 
absent, the Committee then adjourned till eleven of the 
clock To-morrow morning. 

And the House being informed, that Mr. Grant attended 
at the door, who could give the House information re- 
specting the state of Mr. MJaule’s health, he was called 
in; and at the bar examined upon oath in relation thereto: 
—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That Mr. Maule be excused for his not at- 
tending on Saturday last and this day, and have leave to 
absent himself from any further attendance on the Com- 
mittee. 


respect: 
absence 
Maule. 


Sir Arthur Chichester reported from the Committee on 
* the Bill to amend the several Acts for making and main- 
taining the Ulster Canal, in the Counties of Fermanagh 
and Armagh ; That they had proceeded according to the 
Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June last ; 
and that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
aud found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto ; and 
the Report was brought up, and_read. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Arthur Chichester, by Order, reported from the 
Committee on the Bill for the further improvement of the 
Port and Harbour ‘of Belfast, in Ireland, and for other 
eka and to whom the Petition of the Sovereign, 

urgesses, Ship-owners, Merchants, Traders and other In- 
habitants of Bedfast ; of Ship-owners, Merchants, Traders 
and Inhabitants of Belfast ; of Holders and Occupiers of 
tenements situate within the boundary of the port and 
harbour of Belfast; of John Gilmore Dunbar, and Henry 

Joy Holmes, of Belfast, Merchants; and, of John Kennedy, 
of Belfast, uncle and next of kin to John Kennedy, junior, a 
minor of the Irish Court of Chancery, were referred; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June last; and found, that the 
Standing Orders relative to Bills for making or improving 
Harbours, had been complied with ; and that they had 


ee —‘ in support of the first and fourth mentioned 





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Petitions, and had* considered the ‘second-mentioned 
Petition, and that no person appeared on behalf of the 
third and last mentioned Petitions; and that they had 
also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and that they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made several Amendments thereunto ; and the Report was 
brought up, and read. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for making and repairing certain 
Roads leading across the County of Stirling, and other 
Roads in the said County, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ramsay do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Stirlingshire 
Roads Bill, 
passed. 


Mr. Strickland reported from the Committee on the 
Bill for improving and maintaining the Road from the 
south side of a Bridge over the River Colne, called, En- 
gine Bridge, in the Township of Huddersfield, in the West 
Riding of the County of York, to Woodhead, in the County 
Palatine of Chester, and from thence to a Bridge over the 
River Mersey, called, Enterclough Bridge, on the Confines 
of the County of Derby; and to whom the Petition of 
Inhabitants of Hepworth ; of Wooldale ; of Honley ; and of 
Fulstone, in the west riding of the county of York; and, 
of Trustees for more effectually repairing the Wadsley and 
Langset Turnpike Road, and extending the same in two 
lines to join the Huddersfield and Woodhead Turnpike 
Roads, in the townships of Upperthong and Honley, in the 
west riding of the county of York, were referred; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June last; and found, that the 
Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been com- 
plied with ; and that no person appeared on behalf of the 
said Petitions; and that they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Huddersfield 
aud Woodhead 
Road Bill, 
reported, 


An ingrossed Bill for draining and improving certain Went 
Low Lands situate within the several Townships of Nor- Drainage 
ton, Campsall, Askren, Moss, Fenwick, Little Smeaton, Bill, passed. 
Stubbs, Walden, Womersley, Whitley, Bain, Pollington, 

Snaith and Cowick, and Sykehouse, in the several Parishes 
of Campsall, Womersley, Kellington, Snaith and Fishlake, 
all in the West Riding of the County of York, was read 
the third time; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Strickland do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Committee on the Bill Drogheda 
for repairing and improving the Mail Coach Road from —_ 
Drogheda, in the County of Louth, to the Liberties of the stieaiee 
City of Londonderry, and several other Roads in the Coun- 
ties of Monaghan and Tyrone; That they had proceeded 
according to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day 
of June last; and that they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Sir William Guise reported from the Committee on the Dean Forest 
Bill to continue and amend an Act for more effectually Roads Bill 
repairing several Roads in and through His Majesty's wapeeee. 
Forest of Dean, in the County of Gloucester, and to con- 
vert certain Highways in the Parishes of Staunton and 
Newland, in the said Cour:ty, into Turnpike Roads; That 
they had proceeded canton to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June last ; and found, that the 
Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been com- 
plied with ; and that they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed toby 
the House. ’ D he, 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. ge ete Te 

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Goodlake’s Sic JKiltiam Guise reported from the Committee on the 
Name Bill, igotossed’ Bill: from the Lords, intituled, An Act to en- 
reported, and able John Stirman Goodlake to take and use the Sirname 
se of Surman, pursuant to the provisions of the Will of 
John Surman, late of Swindon, in the County of Gloucester, 
Gentleman, deceased ; That they-had examined the alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
that they had gone through the Bill, and had directed 
him to report the same to the House, without any Amend- 
ment :——And the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. - 
Ordered, That Sir William Guise do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and! acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the'same, without any Amendment. 


Cirencester “An; ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing and 
and Wootton improving certain Roads leading to and from the Town 
Bassett Road “Wty to} be BUT cers dtl 

Bill, passed. of Cirencester, in the County of Gloucester, was read the 


thing time.;_ 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 
Au Act for more effectually repairing and improving cer- 
tain Roads leading to and from the Town of Cirencester, 
in the County of Gloucester, and Wootton Bassett, in the 
County, of Wilts, 

» Ordered, That Sir William Guise do carry the Bill to 
the Lords,,and desire their concurrence. 


‘O*"RT to ‘amend and enlarge the Powers of an Act 
iiss K in the eleyenth year of the reign of his late Ma- 
a 


Galway 
Docks Bill, 
committed, 


ésty King George the Fourth, intituled, An Act for making 

nd maintaining a Navigable Cut or Canal from Lough 
Corrib to the Bay of Galway, and for the improvement of 
the Flarbotr of Galway, was read a second time; and 
éommitted to Mr. Bodkin, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 

Time for Report 

of Dublin and 


Kingstown 


Railway Bill. 


Ordered; That the Committee on the Bill for making 
and maintaining a Railroad from Westland Row, in the 
City of Dublin, to the head of the Western Pier of the 
Royal. Harbour of Kingstown, in the County of Dudbiin, 
‘with Branches to communicate therewith, have leave to 
‘make their Report on or before Wednesday next. 


Buchanan's 
Estate Bill, 
committed, 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
vesting certain detached portions of the Lands and Estates 
entailed by the deceased John Buchanan, Esquire, of 
Carbeth, in the County of Stirling, in Trustees, to sell the 
same, and to apply the Price arising therefrom in the 
urchase of other Lands near to the Mansion-house of 
Carbeth, and the remainder of the said entailed Lands, 
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. Andrew 
Johnston, &amp;c.: And they are to mect this Afternoon, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Dundee Mr. Horatio Ross reported from the Committee on the 
Municipal “Bill for extending the Royalty of the Burgh of Dundee, 
Hal eeu and for amending the Sett or Municipal Constitution of 
ill, reported. ae 5 . 
the said Burgh; That they had proceeded according to 
thé Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June last ; 
and ‘that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto ; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Lincoln County 
Buildings Bill, 
reported, 


Mr. Anderson Pelham, by Order, reported from the 
Committee on the Bill to enable the Justices of the Peace 
for the three Divisions of the County of Lincoln to pur- 
chase the Castle of Lincoln, and the Castle-yard, Bulwark 
and Moat surrounding the same; and for converting the 
said Castle into'a County Hall, Court of Assize, and other 
Buildings for transacting the business of the said County ; 

“That théy’had proceeded according to the Resolution of 
“the House of the 21st day of June last; and that they 
‘Had eXamiihied the’ allegations of the Bill, and found the 
“ sathe’td' bettie ;'and had gone through the Bill, and 
madd’ 8éveralAméfidments thereunto; and the Amend- 
“Widnts werd’ fédd; aiid ‘Agreed to by the House. 

NC OFdéred, "That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 


‘srbs8ed. “ 
TavoOe Dun 1191 


Kidwelly "Sir Jamies Willianis teportéd from the Committee on the 
Roads ~ “Bill for repairing and improving the several Roads within 
wapureee. the District, called, “ The Kidwelly District” of Roads, in 


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A. 1831. 


the County of Carmarthen, and for making new Lines of 
Road within the said District, and making a Bridge across 
the River Loughor at Spitty Bank, and a Bridge or Em: 
bankment across the River Gwendraith Fawr at the Ford; 
and to whom the Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers' of 
land and Trustees of the three Commotts District of Roads 
in the county of Carmarthen (several of whom are also Cre-: 
ditors of the said Trust, by virtue of an Act of Parliament 
made and passed in the thirty-second year of the reigin of 
his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled,'** An 
Act for repairing, altering and improving the Road from 
Golden Grove Park, in the Parish of Llandilofawr, to the 
Turnpike Road leading from the new Bridge over. the 
River Towy, to the Limekilns in the Parish of Liandarog; 
and also several other Roads therein-mentioned, all in the 
county of Carmarthen ;”) of George Wilkinson, of Gieat 
Coram-street, Brunswick-square, in the county of Middle- 
ser, Esquire, and Mary his Wife, and John Wilkinson, 
of the Strand, in the county of Middleser, Esquire, the 
Acting Trustee of their Marriage Settlement; of James 
Henry Shears, of Bankside, in the county of Surrey, Cop- 
per Smelter and Copper Merchant; and, of Inhabitants 
of the town and parish of Lianelly, in the county of Car- 
marthen, were referred ; That they had proceeded accord- 
ing to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June 
last; and found, that the Standing Orders relative to 
Turnpike Bills, had been complied with; and that they 
had heard counsel on behalf of the first-mentioned Peti- 
tion; and had considered the second-mentioned Petition ; 
and that no person appeared on behalf of the two last- 
mentioned Petitions ; and that they had also heard counsel 
in favour of the Bill; and that they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read} and 
agreed to by the House. ‘ 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Sir Michael Shaw Stewart reportet from the Committee Dueit 


on the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act.to fy P 


enable the Most Noble Alexander Duke of Hamilton and «| _ 


Brandon, and the Heirs of Entail of the Lands and Ba- 
rony of Kinnei/, in the Shire of Linlithgow, to charge the 
Sleeches or Land to be gained from the Sea opposite the 
said Barony, with the | sascan laid out in gaining the 
same; That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true ; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfac- 
tion of the Committee ; and that they had gone through 
the Bill, and had directed him to report the same to the 
House, without any Amendment:—And the Bill was read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 





Ordered, That Sir Michael Shaw Stewart do carry the fe 
ouse e 


Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
hath agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


An ingrossed Bill for making and maintaining a Rail- Rul 
way from the west side of Rutherglen Green to Wellshot wor 
Mine, in the County of Zanark, with certain Branches : 
connected therewith, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 
An Act for making and maintaining a Railway from Ru- 
therglen Green to Wellshot, in the County of Lanark. 

Ordered, That Mr. Charles Douglas do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill to enable the Tal 
Company of Proprietors of the Warrington and,.Newton °\s 
Railway, to extend the said Railway from the termination i" 
thereof at Bank Quay, in the Parish of Warrington; jin the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, to Norton, in. the! County 


Palatine of Chester, have leave to make their Report on 
or before Wednesday next. 1) xf 


Mr. Pringle reported from the Committee on the in- L« 
grossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act ta empower Pv. 
the Judges of the Court of Session in Scotland to sell such po 
part of the entailed Lands and Barony of West Nisbet, in 
the County of Berwick, now belonging to Charles'Carre 
Lord Sinclair, as shall be sufficient for payment of the 
Provisions, Debts and Incumbrances affecting the same ; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 


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and had directed him to report the same to the House, 
without any Amendment :—And the Bill was read the 
third time. , 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pringle do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill to alter and 
amend an ‘Act passed ‘in the seventh and eighth years of 
the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for carry- 
ing into effect certain Improvements within the City of 
Edinburgh, and adjacent to the same,” have leave to make 
their Report on or before Friday next. 


Lord Francis Osborne reported from the Committee on 
the Bill for repairing the Road from the Town of Wisbech, 
in the Isle of Evy, in the County of Cambridge, to the 
Town of Thorney, in the same Isle and County; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June last ; and found, that the 
Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had been com- 
plied with ; and that they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Mr. Lawley reported from the Committee on the in- 
grossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable 
the Governors of the Possessions, Revenues, and Goods 
of the Free Grammar School of King Edward the Sixth 
in Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, to erect a 
School House, Masters’ Houses, and other suitable ac- 
eommodations for the said School, on a new Site in the 
vicinity of the Town of Birmingham, and to extend the 
objects of the Charity, and for other purposes; and 
to whom the Petition of Inhabitants of Birmingham ; 
of Mechanics, Artisans and others, belonging to the 
labouring classes of Birmingham and its immediate neigh- 
bourhood ; of the Sunday School Teachers of the old 
and new Meeting Schools in Birmingham; of John Pare, 
President, and John Powell, Secretary, of the First Bir- 
mingham Co-operative Society ; and, of Overseers and 
Guardians of the Poor of Birmingham, were referred; 
That they had proceeded according to the Resolution of 
the House, of the21st day of June last ; and that they had 
heard counsel in support of the two first-mentioned Peti- 
tions and the last-mentioned Petition ; and that they had 
considered the third and fourth mentioned Petitions ; and 
had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill ; and that they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee ; and that they had gone through the Bill, and made 
several Amendments thereunto ; and the Amendments were 
read; and are as followeth; 

Pr. 64. 1.27. After “School” insert ‘“‘ And whereas 
it has been considered more convenient that the said 
intended new Free Grammar School, and the Masters’ 
Houses and other Buildings should be erected upon 
the present site in New-street, with such addition to 
the said site as hereinafter mentioned ; and that the 
said new School for teaching modern Languages, the 
Arts and Sciences, with the Masters’ Houses and other 
conveniences, should be erected on part of the estates 
belonging to the said Charity in New-street aforesaid, 
and hereinafter more particularly mentioned.” 

Pr. 65. 1.19. Leave out from “ notwithstanding ” to 
* And” in pr. 68.1: 11. 

Pr. 68. 1.16. Leave out “ said,” and insert “ high.” 
Pr. 68. 1.17. Leave out “said.” 

Pr. 68. 1.19. Leave out “ hereinbefore mentioned.” 
Pr. 69. 1.11. After “the” insert “ present.” 

_. Pr.69. 1.12. Leave out from “said” to “and,” in 
line. 14, and, insert “ Free Grammar School.” 

Pr. 69. 1.20. After “School,” insert Clauses (A.) 
(B.) (C.) (D.) and (E.). 
LAUSE (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That it 


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“ 


“ 


“ 


“ shall be lawful for the said Governors and their Suc- 
cessors, from and immediately after the passing of this 


“ Act, to cause the present School-house, Masters’ Houses, 
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and other Buildings in New-street, in Birmingham 
aforesaid, in which the said Free Grammar School is 
now carried on, to be pulled down, and the materials 
to be sold and disposed of; and, under the direction of 
the High Court of Chancery, to build and lay out a 
School-house, Masters’ Houses, and other Buildings 
and Play-grounds suitable for the purposes of the said 
Free Grammar School, on the present site in New- 
street aforesaid, or on the said site, with the addition 
thereto of the land hereinbefore authorized to be pur- 
chased, or of any part thereof.” 

Cause (B.) “And be it further Enacted, That until 
the said new School-house, Masters’ Houses, and other 
Erection shall be completed, it shall be lawful for the 
said Governors and their sv zcessors to hire and provide 
such houses for the Head Master and Usher, and such 
accommodations for carrying on the said Free Grammar 
School, as they shall think necessary and expedient, 
and to pay the expense of such houses and. accommo- 
dations out of the rents of the said Charity Estates, or 
= of any Monies to be raised under the powers of this 

et.” 

Crause (C.) “ And be it further Enacted, That from 
and immediately after the Twenty-fifth day of March 
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, it shall 
be lawful for the said Governors and their Successors, 
and they are hereby required, to treat for, and, under 
the direction of the said High Court of Chancery, to 
purchase, a surrender of the leasehold, or other out- 
standing interest, in such part of a piece or parcel of 
land, part of the said Charity Estates, situated in and 
fronting to New-street and Peck-lane, in Birmingham 
aforesaid, as the said Court shall determine to be sufh- 
cient for the new School-house and other Buildings 
hereinafter mentioned ; and, after such purchase shall 
have been made, and a surrender of the said leasehold, 
or other outstanding interest, shall have been obtained, 
to cause the Messuages and Buildings standing on the 
said piece or parcel of land to be pulled down, and the 
materials to be sold and disposed of, and to build and 
lay out, upon the said piece or parcel of land, such 
School-house to be fronting to New-street aforesaid, 
Masters’ Houses, and other Erections and Play Grounds, 
as the said Governors and their Successors, under the 
like direction of the said High Court of Chancery, shall 
judge to be adequate and proper for the purposes of a 
new School for teaching modern Languages, the Arts 
and Sciences.” 

Ciause (D.) “ And be it further Enacted, That in 
case the said Governors or their Successors shall be 
unable to purchase a surrender of the leasehold, or 
other outstanding interest, in a sufficient part of the 
piece or parcel of land hereinbefore last mentioned, 
then the said Governors and their Successors, from and 
immediately after the expiration of the lease or leases 
now subsisting on the said piece of land, shall, under 
the like direction of the said High Court of Chancery, 
erect and build and lay out, on some part of the said 
land, the said School-houses, Masters’ Houses, and other 
Erections and Play-grounds, for the said new School for 
teaching modern Languages, the Arts and Sciences.” 

Criause (E.) “ And be it further Enacted, That it 
shall be lawful for the said Governors and their Suc- 
cessors, and they are hereby required, within eight 
years after the passing of this Act, to appropriate a 
sum, not exceeding Four thousand pounds, in order to 
build and establish, upon such parts of the Charity 
Estates as they shall consider to be most convenient for 
the purpose, four Schools, for the Elementary Educa- 
tion of the Male and Female Children of the poorer 
Inhabitants of the Town, Parish and Manor of Bir- 
mingham, and to nominate and appoint Masters and 
Mistresses, with such salaries, payable out of the rents 
of the Charity Estates, as the said Governors and their 
Successors shall think right, to conduct the sameSchools 
upon such plans of instruction, and under such regu- 
lations, as the said Governors and their Successors 
shall from time to time, by statutes under their com- 
mon seal, with the advice of the Bishop of the Dio- 
cese for the time being, think expedient and advan- 
tageous; and the said Governors and their Successors 
are hereby authorized to remove any such Masters or 
Mistresses for just cause, and to appoint others in their 
stead.” . 


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692 
Pr.71, 1. 26. 


** vious.” 

Pr. 71. 1. 27. 

** applications.” 

r.71. 1.28. Leave out from the beginning of the line 
to “and” in line 39, and insert “ and also including 
“ a sum of Seven hundred and fifty pounds, being the 
‘* costs and charges of John Kentish, Joshua Scholefield 
‘“‘ and others, Petitioners in respect of the provisions of 
** this Act.” 

Pr. 72. 1. 5. Leave out from the beginning of the line 
to “ or” in line 8. 

Pr. 72. 1. 14. Leave out “ on the.” 

Pr. 72. 1. 15. Leave out “ new site.” 

Pr. 72. 1. 20. Leave out from “ for” to “ and” in 
line 25, and insert “ purchasing the surrenders of any 
“‘ leasehold or outstanding interest in the Hereditaments 
“ in New-street and Peck-lane, hereinbefore mentioned.” 


Pr. 72. 1]. 27. Leave out from “ conveniences” to 
“ as” in line 31. 

Pr. 72. 1. 36. After “sciences” insert “ and also for 
“ building and establishing the said Elementary Schools 
“ as aforesaid ;” also leave out “ the” at the end of the 
line, and insert “ all.” 

Pr. 78. 1. 2. Leave out from “ purchase” to “ the” in 
line 8.. 

Pr. 78..1. 8. Leave out from “ said” to ‘‘ adjoining” 
in line 10, and insert “ land and hereditament.” 

Pr. 78. 1. 12. After “ school” insert “ or shall pur- 
“ chase the surrender of any leasehold or outstanding 
“ interest in the hereditaments in New-street or Peck- 
‘* Jane as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 78. 1. 14. Leave out from ‘“ purchase” to the end 
of line 17. 

Pr. 78. 1. 18. Leave out from “said” to “ adjoining’ 
in line 20, and insert “land and hereditament.” 


Pr. 78. 1.21. After “ aforesaid” insert ‘ and shall 
* also purchase the surrender of any leasehold or out- 
‘* standing interest in the hereditament in New-street and 
“ Peck-lane as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 78. 1. 26. Leave out from ‘‘ Governors” to “ and” 
in line 31, and insert “‘ for such respective purchases.” 

Pr. 80. 1. 4. Leave out ‘an application,” and insert 
*&lt; two previous applications.” 

Pr. 80. 1.5. Leave out from “ Parliament” to “ shall” 
in line 6, and insert “ and also including the sum of 
‘* Seven hundred and fifty pounds, being the costs and 
“ charges of John Kentish, Joshua Scholefteld and others, 
“« Petitioners in respect of the provisions of this Act.” 

Pr. 80. 1. 9. Leave out from ‘ wanted” to “ in” in 
line 20. 

Pr. 80.1. 21. Leave out from “ land” to the end of 
line 22, and insert ‘‘ and hereditaments.” 

Pr. 80. 1. 26. Leave out “‘ payment of” and insert 
** paying.” 

Pr, 80. 1. 28. Leave out ‘‘ on a new site.” 

Pr, 80. 1. 32. Leave out from the beginning of the 
line to “ and” in line ult. and insert “and also in paying 
‘* for the purchase of the surrenders of any leasehold or 
** outstanding interest in the hereditaments in New-street 
‘“ and Peck-lane, as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 80. 1. ult Leave out “ payment.” 

Pr. 81.1. 1. Leave out “ of” and insert ‘“ paying.” 

Pr. 81. 1. 3. Leave out from “ conveniences” to “as” 
in line 7. 

Pr. 81.1. 11. After “ sciences” insert “ and also in 
** building and establishing the said Elementary Schools ;” 
also leave out “ payment,” and insert “ paying.” 

Pr. 82. 1. 32. After “ forth” insert ‘“ except as herein- 
“ after next provided.” 

Pr.83. 1.14. After “ notwithstanding” insert Clause 
(F.) 

Crause (F.) “ Provided always, That from and after 
** the passing of this Act, the Head Master of the said 
‘* School for the time being shall not be authorized or em- 
powered to take into his house as Boarders any greater 
‘* number of Boys than Eighteen, and the Usher for the 
“ time being, any greater number than Twelve, and each 
‘* of the present Assistants to the said Head Master and 
Usher, any greater number than Four, and that no future 
** Assistants to the Head Master and Usher for the time 
being, shall take or receive into his house any Boarders 
‘* whatever; and that the Governors of the said School 


od 


’ 


Leave out “ an,” and insert “ two pre- 


Leave out “ application,” and insert 


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A. 1831. 


‘ shall not have power to increase the number of Boarders 
‘ to be taken by the said respective Masters ; any thing in 
the scheme hereinbefore set forth, to the contrary thereof 
in anywise notwithstanding.” 
Pr. 84. 1. 30. Leave out “ or,” and after “ extending” 
insert “‘ or increasing.” 
Pr. 84 1.31.-Leave out “ and.” 
Pr. 84. 1. 34. After “ sciences” insert “ and the said 
‘** Elementary Schools.” 
Pr. 87. ]. ll. Leave out from “ Parliament” to “ the” 
in line 14. 
And the said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to by the House. 


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An ingrossed Bill for altering, amending and enlarging 
the Powers of an Act passed in the twenty-third year 
of the reign of his late Majesty George the Third, for 
providing a proper Workhouse within the Parish of Bir- 
mingham, in the County of Warwick, and for better re- : 
gulating the Poor within the said Parish, and for empower- Ee 
ing the Guardians of the Poor to grant Building Leases 
of certain Lands vested in them, or otherwise to sell and 
dispose of the same, and to apply the Monies to arise 
therefrom, in the enlargement or rebuilding of the present 
Workhouse, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 

An Act for better regulating the Poor within the Parish 

of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, and for em- os 
powering the Guardians of the Poor to grant Building ‘a 
Leases of certain Lands vested in them, or otherwise to i" 
sell and dispose of the same, and to apply the Monies to 
arise therefrom, in the enlargement or rebuilding of the 
present Workhouse, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lawley do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 








Mr. Estcourt reported from the Committee on the in- Pref — 
grossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to effect Eswif® 
an Exchange of Estates, in the County of Hereford, be- \* | 
tween William Preece, Esquire, and the Dean and Canons 
of Windsor; That they had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to 
the satisfaction of the Committee ; and that they had gone 
through the Bill, and had directed him to report the same 
to the House, without any Amendment :—And the Bill 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Estcourt do carry the Billto the | 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


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ferred ; Thatthey had considered the said Petition; and had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
several Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 








Lord Francis Osborne, by Order, reported from the Lit 
Committee on the Bill for extinguishing Tithes, and Cus- 
tomary Payments in lieu of Tithes, within the Parish of 7 
Llanelly, in the County of Carmarthen, and for making 
compensation in lieu thereof; and to whom the Petition 
of the Right honourable the Earl of Cawdor; and, 
of Proprietors of land in Liéanelly, were referred ; That 
they had proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June last ; and that they had con- 
sidered the said Petitions ; and had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


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An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intitnled, An Act for 
naturalizing Charles Francis Ramié, was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Alderman Wood, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber, 


Ordered, 

















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9 WiLL. IV. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into 


' fyrther consideration the Petition of Subscribers to the 


proposed Manchester and Leeds Railway, which was pre- 
sented to the House, upon the 18th day of this instant 


‘July, complaining of certain Votes of the Committee on 


the Bill for making a Railroad irom the Town of Man- 
chester, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to Sowerby 
Bridge, in the West Riding of the County of York; and 
praying to be heard before a Committee of Appeal, be 
now read ; and the same being read ; 


A Petition of the Reverend James Armitage Rhodes, 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That, by the Reso- 
lutions of the House, the Petitioners for an Appeal Com- 
mittee on the Manchester and Leeds Railway, were ordered 
to enter into Recognizances within two days after pre- 
senting their Petition for a Committee of Appeal, or 
within such time as the House should appoint; that the 
Petition was presented on Monday, the 18th July, and 
the Recognizances were not entered into within two days 
of that time, nor has the House appointed any time for 
that purpose; and praying, That the Order for referring 
the said Petition to a Committee of Appeal, may be dis- 
charged, or that the Petitioner may have such relief in 
the premises as to the House may seem meet. 

The House was moved, That the Entry in the Journal 
of the House of the 18th day of this instant July, of the 
Petition praying for a Select Committee of Appeal, might 
be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Resolution of the 
House of the 15th day of February 1827, might be read ; 
and the same was read; and is as follows ; 

Resolved, That no proceeding shall be had on any Pe- 
tition so referred to a Select Committee, unless the Peti- 
tioner, or one of the Petitioners, in case there be more than 
one, shall, within Two days after presenting such Petition, 
or within such further time as shall be limited by the 
House, enter into a Bond or Obligation to the Agent or 
Agents, or some Person named for that purpose by the 
Agent or Agents of the opposite Party or Parties, accord- 
ing to a form to be approved of by the Chief Clerk, or one 
of the Clerks Assistants of this House, in the penal sum 
of £.500, and with two sufficient Sureties, to be approved 
of by one of the said Clerks, in the penal sum of £.250 
each, conditional to be void in case the said Petitioner or 
Petitioners shall duly pay all Costs, Charges and Expenses 
of the Party or Parties who shall appear before the House 
in opposition to such Petition (such Costs, Charges and 
Expenses to be found and assessed by one of the Clerks 
of this House for the time being), in case the said. Select 
Committee shall report to the House, that the said Petition 
appeared to them to be frivolous and vexatious. 

The House was also moved, That the Bond or Obliga- 
tion entered into by the Parties who petitioned the House 
for the appointment of the said Select Committee of 
Appeal on the 23d day of this instant July, might be read ; 
and the same being read :—And it appearing that the 
said Bond or Obligation had not been entered into within 
two days after the said Petition had been presented, as 
required by the said Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 21st day of 
this instant July, for the House to proceed to a Ballot for 
a Select Committee of Appeal, this day, be discharged. 


_ A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Castle Carey, 
in the county of Somerset, was presented, and read ; taking 


* notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of the 


People in England and Wales; and praying, That the 
same may pass into a law. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Oldham ;—of Blackburn ; 
—and, of Working Classes of the Metropolis, in Public 
Meeting assembled in Portman Market-place,—were pre- 
sented, and read; praying the House to abolish all laws 
which prohibit the free importation of Foreign Grain into 
| part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 

reland. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the Labouring Poor of the parish of Ged- 
ney, in the county of Lincoln, was presented, and read ; 


praying the House to take the distressed circumstances of 
VOL. 86. 


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698. 


the Petitioners into immediate consideration; and, if it be 
possible, to take off all Taxes upon the necessaries of life. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do liejupon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Working Classes, denominated, The Petition ' 
Bethnal Green National Union, held at The Pitt's Head, }\, ava © 
. lection by 
was presented, and read; praying, That at all future jatiot. 
Elections of Members to serve in Parliament, the Vote be 
taken by Ballot, and that the Eleetions begin and end in 
two clear days. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; . 
and be printed. i 


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergy, Landholders, Mer- Petition against 
chants and Freeholders, of the counties of Galway, and., Duty on Barilla 
Mayo, and the county of the town of Galway, was pre: (Jechend.) 
sented, and read; complaining of the. distress. occa- 
sioned by the reduction of the Duty on Barilla; and 
praying the House to take the same into consideration, 
and grant them relief. | 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants at large of the Royal Burgh Petition for 
of Annan, was presented, and read; praying the House Poor Laws into 
immediately to pass an Act for introducing the old !:land. 
English system of Poor Laws into Ireland, or to take 
such other measures for giving relief to that unhappy 
portion of the United Kingdom as to the House may 
seem proper. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Martin and Mr. The Lords 

Roupell : have agreed 
Mr. Speaker, - 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act woiverhampton 
for repairing and improving certain Roads in the Coun- Roads Bill. 
ties of Stafford and Salop, leading to and from the Town 
of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, without any 
Amendinent :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- returns respect. 
turn of the Names of the Masters in Chancery who have ing Masters in 
retired upon Superannuation Allowance, since November dered. ~’ 
1830 to the present time, their Ages at the period of their 
retirement, the Amount of Superannuation Allowance 
granted, and the Fund from which granted. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Names and the Ages of the Persons appointed 
to be Masters in Chancery, since November 1830 to the 
present time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to @mnmittee 
resolve itself intoa Committee of the whole House, to con- of Supply. 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty, be now 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum that will pro- Eetimate, Law 
bably be required, in the year 1831, to defray Charges in Expenses, &amp;c. 
Scotland, heretofore paid out of the Hereditary Revenues, ——. 
or out of the Customs and Excise Revenues, in their pro- 
gress to the Exchequer, which was presented to the House 
upon the 25th day of June last, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One hundred and twelve thou- 
sand one hundred and ninety-five pounds, be granted 
to His Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries of 
His Majesty’s Consuls General and Consuls, for the year 
1831; and also, for all Contingent Charges and Expenses 
connected with the Public Duties and Establishments of 
such Consuls General and Consuls, and for paying the 
amount of Superannuation Allowances granted to Retired 
Consuls, for the year 1831; and that the said sum_ be 
issued and paid without any fee or other deduction what- 
soever. 

2. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Five hundred and Ay thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Extraordinary Expenses of the Army, for the. year 1831.. 

sO — 3. Resolved, 








694 


3. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Three hundred and ninety-three 
thousand and forty-three pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of the Commissariat Depart- 
ment. 

4. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Thirty-nine thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-five pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, to defray, in the year 1831, certain Charges in 
Scotland, heretofore paid out of the Hereditary Revenues, 
or out of the Customs and Excise Revenues, in their pro- 
gress to the Exchequer ; and that the said sum be issued 
and paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

5. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Two thousand nine hundred 
and forty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to de- 
fray the Charge of the Civil Establishment of the Bahama 
Islands, in addition to the Salaries now paid to the Public 
Officers out of the Duty Fund, and the incidental Charges 
attending the same, for the year 1831 ; and that the said 
sum be issued and paid without any fee or other deduc- 
tion whatsoever. 

6. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Six thousand six hundred 
and twenty-five pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment of Nova 
Scotia, for the year 1831; and that the said sum be 
issued and paid without any fee or other deduction what- 
soever. 

7. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Four thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil 
Establishment of the Islands of Bermuda, for the year 
1831; and that the said sum be issued and paid without 
any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

8. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Three thousand three hun- 
dred and twenty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment of Prince 
Edward's Island, for the year 1831 ; and that the said 
sum be issued and paid without any fee or other deduc- 
tion whatsoever. 

g. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Eleven thousand two hun- 
dred and sixty-one pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment of the 
Island of Newfoundland, for the year 1831; and that the 
said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other de- 
duction whatsoever. 

10, Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Nine thousand seven hun- 
dred and thirty pounds fifteen shillings and ten-pence, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil 
Establishment of Sterra Leone, for the year 1831; and 
that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or 
other deduction whatsoever. 

11. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Four thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the 
Forts at Cape Coast Castle and Accra, for the year 1831 ; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That it is the opinion of this Committee, that a sum, not 
exceeding Sixteen thousand one hundred and eighty-two 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in certain 
of His Majesty’s Colonies, for the year 1831; and that 
the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 
deduction whatsoever ; 

Whereupon a Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that a sum, 
not exceeding Eight thousand and ninety-one pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the 
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in certain of 
His Majesty’s Colonies, for the year 1831; and that the 
said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 
deduction whatsoever ; the Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Hunt - - - 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Spring Rice 

Original Question put. 

12. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
thet a sum, not exceeding Sixteen thousand one hundred 
and eighty-two pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 


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A. 1831. 


defray the Expenses of the Society for the Propagation of 
the Gospel in certain of His Majesty’s Colonies, for the 
year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

13. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Forty-seven thousand and five 
hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Charge, in the year 1831, of providing Stores for New 
South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land for Convicts, Clothing 
and Tools for liberated Africans at Sierra Leone, and Indian 
Presents for Canada ; and that the said sum be issued and 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

14. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Thirty-seven thousand one 
hundred and fifty-four pounds, be granted to His Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of the Establishment at Fernando Po, 
for the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

15. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty-four thousand eight 
hundred and ninety-five pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charges of the Settlement in Western 
Australia, for the year 1831; and that the said sum be 
issued and paid without any fee or other deduction what- 
soever. 

16. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Two hundred and ninety-six 
thousand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray 
the Charge, in the year 1831, of improving the Water 
Communication between Montreal and the Ottawa, from 
the Ottawa to Kingston, and from Lake Erie to Lake 
Ontario; and that the said sum be issued and paid with- 
out any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

17. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Three hundred and fifty-one 
thousand three hundred and sixty pounds five shillings 
and one penny, be granted to His Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great Britain 
and Jreland, for the year 1831. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 26° die Julii, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had come to several 
Resolutions, which they had directed him to report to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to Cs 
(i 


resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider of enabling His Majesty to authorize the issue 
of Exchequer Bills to an amount to be limited, for Public 
Works in Great Britain, upon due security given, be now 
read; and the same being read :—The House resolved itself 
into the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported 
from the Committee, That they had come to a Resolution, 
which they had directed him to report to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to © 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon ; 
the Bill for the extension and promotion of Public Works 


in Ireland, be now read ; and the same being read :—The 
House resolved itself into the Committee ; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and 
Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 


Mr. Bernal accordingly reported from the Committee, 


the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further cons!- 
deration upon Friday next. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
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f Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
: »wts reading of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
1 né)Bill, An Act to provide for the better order and government of 
ite. TyeJand, by Lieutenants for the several Counties, Counties 
, of Cities, and Counties of Towns therein, be now read ; 
e and the same being read :—The Bill was read a second 
e time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
p for Friday next. 
: ; ™ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
d ment ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 
ad)Bill, in Ireland ; 
. ed. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Fri- 
day, the 5th day of August next. 
: J ents A Bill to empower Landed Proprietors in Ireland to 
d .’)Bil, sink, embank, and remove Obstructions in Rivers, was, 
| “according to Order, read a second time; and committed 
. to Mr. More O’Ferrall, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Brownlow, 
at Lord Viscount Duncannon, Mr. Jephson, Mr. O'Connell, 
* Mr. Torrens, Lord Francis Osborne, Mr. George Daw- 
uf son, Mr. Wyse, Mr. Chapman, Sir William Hort, Mr. Sheil, 
. Mr. Callaghan, Mr. Ruthven, Mr, Crampton, Mr. Bernard, 
te Mr. Leader, Mr. Walker, Mr. Perrin: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 
e, Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 
. Saiotion The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
or dill, solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
m red. the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppress- 
ke | ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 
h- in Ireland ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
e, - i resolve itself into the said Committee. 
s of The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ag Fes ing of the Bill to explain and amend an Act for regulating 
in pamtle""*d the receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and Emolu- 
a ments receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts of 
é Common Law ; 
: Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
ve | Monday next. 
! abe Bill, The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
fered. solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
. the Bill to amend the Laws in England relative to Game ; 
al Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
* into the said Committee. 
‘Biante of The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
~ — ing of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of 
on ew Frauds; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Hiestation of 
ments 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 


ing of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the 


to CoRR deferred. ~ : : - 
to ae Attestation of Instruments made in exercise of certain 
os ( Powers or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other Instruments ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


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if 

a re ex. the Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
: " Bil, Solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
. ed. the Bill to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty-fourth 


of the Land Tax; 






solve itself into the said Committee. 







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a“ the Bill to amend an Act of the fourteenth year of his 
er Majesty King George the Third, for establishing a Fund 






Province of Quebec, in America; 






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and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty King George the 
Third, so far as the same relate to Double Assessments 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
’ solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 


towards defraying the Charges of the administration of 
Justice and support of the Civil Government within the 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
for the better securing the Charitable Donations 





695 


and Bequests of His Majesty's Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Mad- 
ness ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Canine Mad- 
ness Bill, 
deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, to whom 
it was referred to consider of the several Acts imposing 
eng of Excise on Candles, and on Licenses for making 
them; 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Report of 
Excise Acts, 
deferred. 


Ways and 
Means, de- 
ferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to consolidate and amend the several West India 
Acts for making the West India Docks, was, according to Dock Com- 
Order, read the third time ; and an ingrossed Clause was = 
added by way of rider, and an Amendment was made to —— 
the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Irving do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to Committee 


resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to ry aa : 
consider of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 49, to continue, until the wees | _ 


Fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty, 
the Provisions of an Act to allow Sugar to be delivered 
out of Warehouse to be refined, be now read; and the 
same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return Return respect- 
of the amount of Vestry Assessments in each and every (island) 
Parish in Jreland, in Easter week in the present year ; ordered. 
distinguishing the purposes for which such Assessments 
were made. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Wareham, was 
presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to amend 
the Representation of the People in England and Wales ; 
and praying, That they may return one Member to Par- 
liament. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petition re- 
specting Reform 
of Parliament 
(England) Bill. 


Petition rela- 
tive to Freemen 
in Galway. 


A Petition of Members of the Jrish Bar, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That a Bill was introduced, and 
received the sanction of the House, in the two last Parlia- 
ments, whereby the rights of the Roman Catholics were 
restored upon an equal footing with their Protestant fellow- 
citizens, but, on account of the Dissolution, the said Bill 
was not passed into a law; that, since the introduction of 
the said Bill, the rights of many of the members of the 
said Guilds have been admitted, by their election, as 
freemen ; but, notwithstanding the said election, the said 
freemen have been debarred the enjoyment of the privi- 
lege, by reason of the Stamp Act 56 Geo. 3, which im- 
poses a Stamp Duty of 3/. on the admission of all free- 
men who do not obtain the franchise by any of the rights 
of birth, apprenticeship or marriage ; and praying, That 
the House will be pleased to reduce the said Duty to 
the sum of One Pound, being the rate pene by Pro- 
testants, and that they will confer upon Roman Catholics 
the same rights as are now enjoyed by Protestants. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 


Administration 
of Justice (Ire- 
land) Bill, 
presented. 


No. 115, 


Mr. Crampton presented a Bill to improve the Admi- 
nistration of Justice in Jre/and: And the:same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 

8 


O 2 A Petition 





Petition against 
admitting the 
use of Molasses 
in Distillation. 


Return re- 
specting Malt, 
ordered, 


Member added 
to a Committee. 


Report on 
Roads (South 
of Ireland), 
ordered, 


Petition against 
Bradford and 
Leeds Railway 
Bill, 


Carmarthen 
Borough 
Election— 
Petition 
considered, 


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A Petition of Corn Factors, Malt Factors, Sellers of 
Malt and Corn in Mark-lane, was presented, and read ; 
praying, That no law may be passed to allow the use of 
Molasses in the Breweries or the Distilleries of the United 
Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


‘ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Quarters of Malt made, and charged 
with Duty, Rate, and Amount thereof, in each Kingdom, 
in the half year betwixt 10th October 1829 and 5th April 
1830, and in the half year betwixt 10th October 1830 and 
5th April 1831. 


Ordered, That Mr. Hyde Villiers be added to the Select 
Committee on East India Company’s Affairs. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Report on the Roads made at the Public Expense, 
in the Southern District in Jreland, by Richard Griffith, 
Civil Engineer. 


A Petition of John Brooke, of Hunsilet, in the parish of 
Leeds, in the county of York, Esquire, and of John Ed- 
ward Brooke, of Headingley, in the parish of Leeds afore- 
said, Merchant and Woollen Cloth Manufacturer, was 
presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill for making 
a Railroad from Bradford to Leeds, in the West Riding 
of the County of York, together with a Branch therefrom ; 
and praying, That they may be heard by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit. 

Ordered, That counsel be admitted to be heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
two of the clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 








Martis, 26° die Juli ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


HE hour appointed for taking into consideration the 
Petition of John George Philipps, Esquire, a Com- 
mander in His Majesty’s Navy, a Candidate at the last 
Election for a Member for the County of the Borough of 
Carmarthen, and of William Philipps, Merchant, and John 
Jones, Merchant, Electors of the same Borough, com- 
poining that no Return had been made for the said 
orough, being come ; 

The House proceeded to the appointment of a Select 
Committee, to try and determine the merits of the said 
Petition. 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent, with the Mace, to the 
places adjacent, to require the attendance of the Members 
on the business of the House: And being returned ; 

The House was counted by Mr. Speaker ; and one hun- 
dred and nineteen Members being present ; 

The Petitioners, their counsel and agents, were called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking the said Petition into 
consideration, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and read 
in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was com- 
pleted :—And Lists of the said names were delivered to 
the Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee; and 
then the door was opened, and the Parties, their counsel 
and agents, withdrew. 

Note :—That in the course of drawing the names for 
the appointment of the said Committee, the names 
of several Members were drawn, who were excused, 
as being sixty years of age or upwards, or as serv- 
ing or having served on a Select Committee ; and 
other names were set aside, the Members being 
petitioned against ; and two onaccount of their Re- 
turns not having been brought in fourteen days. 


25° —26° Fulu. 


- A. 1831. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Committee 
on the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for more effectually repairing certain 
Roads leading to and from the Town of Abergavenny, 
in the County of Monmouth, and for making and main- 
taining several new Branches of Road to communicate 
therewith ; That they had examined, and found, that the 
Bill, as presented to this House, contained several Lines 
of Road, one of which, being opposed, was agreed to be 
abandoned, and the description was struck out of the 
printed Bill when offered to the consideration of the 
Committee; it appearing, however, highly probable that 
the original opposer would alter his determination, it 
was resolved in the Committee, after considerable dis- 
cussion, that Power to make the Road should remain part 
of the Bill, and it was fully understood by the Chair- 
man and by the Committee, that the Bill, as reported 
to the House, and read a third time, contained the 
Power to make the piece of Road in question; it now, 
however, appears that, by a clerical error, the words were 
not reinstated, and consequently were not in the Bill which 
passed the House of Commons, but which words have 
been now inserted in the Lords, and is the Amendment 
referred to the Committee :—And the Report was brought 
up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Then the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
being read a second time, was agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Lord Granville Somerset do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


An ingrossed Bill for extending the Royalty of the 
Burgh of Dundee, and for amending the Sett or Municipal 
Constitution of the said Burgh, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Horatio Ross do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing and improving the 
several Roads within the District called “ The Kidwelly 
District” of Roads, in the County of Carmarthen, and for 
making new Lines of Road within the said District, and 
making a Bridge across the River Loughor at Spitty Bank, 
and a Bridge or Embankment across the River Gwendraith 
Fawr at the Ford, was read the third time; and several 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 
An Act for repairing and improving the several Roads 
within the Kidwelly District of Roads, in the County of 
Carmarthen, and for making new Lines of Road within 
the said District, and building a Bridge across the River 
Loughor at Spitty Bank, and a Bridge or Embankment 
across the River Gwendraith Fawr at the Ford. 

Ordered, That Sir James Williams do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to con- 
tinue and amend an Act for more effectually repairing 
several Roads in and through His Majesty’s Forest of Dean, 
in the County of Gloucester, and to convert certain High- 
ways in the Parishes of Staunton and Newland, in the said 
County, into Turnpike Roads, be now read the third 
time ; 

Sir John Newport, by His Majesty's Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That His Majesty, having been in- 
formed of the purport of the Bill, gives His consent, as 
far as His Majesty’s interest is concerned, that the House 
may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Guise do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to en- 
able the Justices of the Peace for the three Divisions of 
the County of Lincoln to purchase the Castle of Lincoln, 
and the Castle-yard, Bulwark and Moat surrounding the 
same ; and for converting the said Castle into a County 
Hall, Court of Assize, and other Buildings for transacting 
the business of the said County, be now read the third 
time ; 

Sir John Newport, by His Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That His Majesty, having been 

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informed of the purport of the Bill, gives His consent, as 
far as’ His Majesty’s interest is concerned, that the House 
may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 
An Act to enable the Justices of the Peace for the three 
Divisions of the County of Lincoln, to purchase the Site 
of Lincoln Castle, and to empower the Court of Gaol Ses- 
sions for the said County to maintain and support the 
Judges’ House, County Hall, and Courts of Assize, and for 
other purposes affecting the County at large. 

Ordered, That Sir William Ingilby do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing and improving the Mail 
Coach Road from Drogheda, in the County of Louth, to 
the Liberties of the City of Londonderry, and several other 
Roads in the Counties of Monaghan and Tyrone, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 
An Act for repairing and improving the Mail Coach Road 
through the County of Tyrone. 

Ordered, That Mr. Corry do carry the Bill to the Lords, 


and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing the Road from the Town 
of Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely, in the County of Cambridge, 
to the Town of Thorney, in the same Isle and County, 
was read the third time; and several Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Francis Osborne do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill to explain, 
amend, and render more effectual certain Acts of the 
twenty-third year of the reign of his Majesty King George 
the Second, and the nineteenth year of his Majesty King 
George the Third, for the more easy and speedy Recovery 
of Small Debts within the Tower Hamlets, have leave to 
make their Report on or before Friday next. 


An ingrossed Bill for the better management of the 
Poor in the several Parishes and Hamlets in the City of 
Norwich and County of the same City, was read the third 
time ; and several Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Grant do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for improving and maintaining the 
Road from the south side of a Bridge over the River Colne, 
called, Engine Bridge, in the Township of Huddersfield, 
in the West Riding of the County of York, to Woodhead, 
in the County Palatine of Chester, and from thence to a 
Bridge over the River Mersey, called, Enterclough Bridge, 
on the Confines of the County of Derby, was read the 
third time ; 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Strickland do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Landholders and others, in the 
counties of Angus and Kincardine ;—and, in the county 
and town of Banff,—were presented, and read; praying 
for the Abolition of Colonial Slavery. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Gentry, Clergy and others, Inhabitants 
of the county of Kerry ;—of Ministers of the Wesleyan 
Methodist Connexion in Ireland, now holding their annual 
conference in Belfast ;—of Inhabitants of Delgany ;—of 
Landholders and others, Inhabitants of Carrigallen and 
Drumreilly ;—and, of Inhabitants of Edgeworthstown,— 
were presented, and read; praying the House not to 
withdraw the accustomed annual grant of Money, or 
any part of it, from The Kildare Street Society, and 
not to permit the Funds heretofore allotted to them by 
the bounty of Parliament to be applied to any other 
purpose, nor to be placed at the disposal of any other 

y of men. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 
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26° Ful. 


697 


The counsel and agents before mentioned, being re- Cermart 
turned to the bar, the Clerk appointed to attend the said) Election— 
Committee, delivered in to the House a reduced List ; ang 
and the same was called. over ;. and is as follows ; 

Sir Matthew White Ridley, Baronet, Thomas Hudson, 
Esquire, William Addams Williams, Esquire, the Honour- 
able Charles Francis Norton, Sir Charles Lemon, Baronet, 

Lord Viscount Pollington, Frederick North, Esquire, Lord 
Stanley, Frederic Polhill, Esquire, the Honourable Robert 
Curzon, William Mount, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select Com- 
mittee for trying the merits of the Petition, complain- 
ing that no Return had been made for the Borough of 
Carmarthen, were sworn by the Clerk, at the table, in 
the usual manner; and thereupon the counsel and agents 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forthwith 
in one of the Committee Chambers appointed for hearing 
the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Petition for re- 
establishment of 
a Naval Depot 
at Cork, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cove, the Great Island, and 
its vicinage, in the county of Cork, was presented, and 
read ; complaining of the removal of the ships of war and 
naval stores from the Harbour of Cork; and praying the 
House to direct the re-establishment of a Naval Depot in 
that Harbour, and the erection of a competent Dock or 
Slip, measures strictly conformable to sound policy, just 
economy, and public advantage. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the united Petitions 
parishes of Ki/macabea and Kilfachnabeg, in the diocese ers 
of Ross ;—of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Cove and (Ireland.) 
the Great Island (Cork) ;—of Inhabitants of Macroom ;— 
of Ahina ;—of Parishioners of Liscarroll;—of Inhabitants 
of Donoughmore ;—and, of Roman Catholic Inhabitants 
of Kilshannick,—were presented, and read ; complaining 
of the defective state of public Education in Jreland, and 
of the mismanagement of The Kildare Place Society ; 
and praying the House to abolish the present partial and 
obnoxious system, and to introduce one more adapted to 
the wants, and more congenial to the feelings, of the 
great majority of the people, by placing such portion of 
the public Money as to the House may seem meet, at the 
disposal of the Roman Catholic Clergy, for the Education 
of the Catholic youth of Jreland. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


The Lords 
have agreed 
to 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Martin and Mr. 
Roupell: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually maintain- 
ing and improving the Road from Soho Hill, in the Parish 
of Handsworth, to the Walsall Road, on the northern side 
of Hamstead Bridge, and another Road, from Brown’s 
Green to the Friary, in the County of Stafford: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in the 
Hamlet of Langley, in the Parish of Claverdon, in the 
County of Warwick : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in the Hatton In- 
several Parishes of Hatton, Haseley and Wrovhall, in the closure Bill. 
—— of Warwick :—And then the Messengers with- 

rew. 


Handsworth 
Roads Bill. 


Langley In- 
closure Bill. 


A Petition of Andrew G.C. Tucker, of Spitchwick Park, Petition re- 
Devon, Doctor of Laws, was presented, and read; taking ‘pecting Reform 
notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of the (England) Bill. 
People in England and Wales; and praying, That the 
a of Ashburton may be promi out of Schedule 
Ordered That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole House on the Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Committee on 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon prrinmcnt 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in (England) Bill. 
England and Wales ; 

"Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitants of Wareham, Petition 
that they may return one Member to Parliament, which referred. 


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Vestries Bill, 
ordered. 


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Supply. 


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was ‘yesterday presented to the House, be referred to the 
Committee. 
Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question put, That “ Queenborough, Kent,” stand part 
of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That “ New Romney, Kent,” stand part 
of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That ‘“ Saint Germain’s, Cornwall,” stand 
part of Schedule (A.) 
_ The Committee divided. : 
Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Spring Rice - 260. 
Teller for the Noes, Sir George Clerk - 212. 
Question put, That “ Saint Mawes, Cornwall,” stand 
part of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. . 
Question put, That “ Saint Michael’s, Cornwall,” stand 
part of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That “ Saltash, Cornwall,” stand part of 
Schedule (A.) 
The Committee divided. 
Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Hunt - - - 150. 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Spring Rice - 231. 
Question put, That “* Old Sarum, Wilts,” stand part of 
Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That “ Seaford, Susser,” stand part of 
Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That “ Steyning, Sussex,” stand part of 
Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That “ Stockbridge, Hants,” stand part of 
Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That “ 7regony, Cornwall,” stand part 
of Schedule (A.)——-Agreed to. 
Question put, That “ Wareham, Dorsetshire,” stand 
part of Schedule (A.) ——Agreed to. 
Question put, That “ Wendover, Bucks,” stand part of 
Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That “ Weobly, Herefordshire,” stand part 
of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That “Whitchurch, Hants,” stand part 
of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That “ Winchelsea, Sussex,” stand part of 
Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That “ Woodstock, Oxfordshire,” stand 
part of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That “ Wootton Bassett, Wilts,” stand part 
of Schedule (A.) Agreed to. 
_ Question put, That “Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Hants,” 
stand part of Schedule (A.)———Agreed to. 
Clause, together with Schedule (A.) as amended 
Agreed to. 
‘To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


















































And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 27° die Julii, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill ; and that he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
better Regulation of Parish Vestries: And that Mr. Hod- 
house and Sir Francis Burdett do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider further of 
the Supply granted to His Majesty, the Resolutions 
which they had directed him to report to the House ; 
and the same were read, and agreed to by the House ; 
and are as followeth ; 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred 
and twelve thousand one hundred and ninety-five pounds, 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Salaries of His Majesty’s Consuls General and Consuls, 
for the year 1831, and also for all Contingent Charges 
and Expenses connected with the Public Duties and 
Establishments of such Consuls General and Consuls, and 
for paying the Amount of Superannuation Allowances 
granted to Retired Consuls for the year 1831; and that 
the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 
deduction whatsoever. 


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2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hundred Army . 
and-fifty thousand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to onig, 
defray the Extraordinary Expenses of the Army, for the 
year 1831. 

3- Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three hundred ,,,. 
and ninety-three thousand and forty-three pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Com- 
missariat Department. : 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty-nine ,,,, 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-five pounds, be (sw 
granted to His Majesty, to defray, in the year 183], 
certain Charges in Scotland, heretofore paid out of the 
Hereditary Revenues, or out of the Customs and Excise 
Revenues, in their progress to the Exchequer ; and that 
the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 
deduction whatsoever. . 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thousand jy), 
nine hundred and forty pounds, be granted to His Ma- Islay 
jesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment of 
the Bahama \slands in addition to the Salaries now paid 
to the Public Officers out of the Duty Fund and the inci- 
dental Charges attending the same, for the year 1831; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 4 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six thousand Nu, 
six hundred and twenty-five pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment 
of Nova Scotia, for the year 1831 ; and that the said sum 
be issued and paid without any fee or other deduction 
whatsoever. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four thousand Be 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of the Civil Establishment of the Islands of Bermuda, for 
the year 1831 ; and that the said sum be issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. r 

g. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three thousand Pia 
three hundred and twenty pounds, be granted to His a 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Establish- 
ment of Prince Edward’s Island, for the year 1831; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 4 

g. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven thou- ‘iq § 
sand two hundred and sixty-one pounds, be granted to | 
His Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Establish- 
ment of the Island of Newfoundland, for the year 1831; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine thousand § 
seven hundred and thirty pounds fifteen shillings and ten- 
pence, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of the Civil Establishment of Sierra Leone, for the year 
1831 ; and that the said sum be issued and paid without 
any fee or other deduction whatsoever. F 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four thousand Cw 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense “ 
of the Forts at Cape Coast Castle and Accra, for the year | 
1831; and that the said sum be issued and paid without | 
any fee or other deduction whatsoever. ie 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen thou- Pr 
sand one hundred and eighty-two pounds, be granted to 
His Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Society for the : 
Propagation of the Gospel in certain of His Majesty’s Colo- i 
nies, for the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued [| 
and paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty-seven I= 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to His Ma- {wt 
jesty, to defray the Charge, in the year 1831, of pro- 
viding Stores for New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land 
for Convicts, Clothing and Tools for liberated Africans 
at Sierra Leone, and Indian Presents for Canada; and 
that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or 
other deduction whatsoever. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty-seven FF 
thousand one bundred and fifty-four pounds, be granted | 
to His Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Establishment 
at Fernando Po, for the year 1831; and that the said 
sum be issued and paid without any fee or other deduc- 
tion whatsoever. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-four We 
thousand eight hundred and ninety-five pounds, be granted 4") 
to His Majesty, to defray the Charges of the Settlement 
in Western Australia, for the year 1831; and that the 
said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other de- 
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_ 46, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hundred 
_ and ninety-six thousand pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
aueale jesty, to defray the Charge, in the year 1831, of improving 
the Water Communication between Montreal and the 
Ottawa, from the Ottawa to Kingston, and from Lake Erie 
to Lake Ontario ; and that the said sum be issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three hundred 
and fifty-one thousand three hundred and sixty pounds 
‘ five shillings and one penny, be granted to His Majesty, 
&gt; for defraying the Charge of the Disembodied Militia of 










€ = Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 1831. 
e FE Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the last of the 
t ie said Resolutions: And that Mr. Bernal, Sir Henry Parnell, 
r i and Mr. Spring Rice, do prepare, and bring it in. 
d Tchally of Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
ta . nin) House, to whom it was referred to consider of enabling 
f His Majesty to authorize the issue of Exchequer Bills 
d Fe to an amount to be limited, for Public Works in Great 
\- : Britain, upon due security given, the Resolution which 
; they had directed him to report to the. House; and the 
e same was read, and agreed to by the House; and is as 
; followeth ; 
dd Non Resolved, That His Majesty be enabled to direct Ex- 
is chequer Bills to an amount not exceeding One Million, 
at to be issued to Commissioners in Great Britain, to be by 
m them advanced, under certain regulations and restrictions, 
a towards the completion of Works of a Public Nature, or 
a for the encouragement of the Fisheries, or the employ- 
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ment of the Poor in Parishes in Great Britain, on due 
Security being given for the repayment of the Sum so ad- 
vanced, within a time to be limited. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said Re- 
solution: And that Mr. Bernal, Lord Viscount Althorp, 
and Mr. Spring Rice, do prepare, and bring it in. 





The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill toamend the Laws in England relative to Game; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
port from the Committee of the whole House, to whom it 
was referred to consider of the several Acts imposing 
Duties of Excise on Candles, and on Licenses for making 
them ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 







r added 


Ordered, That Sir Richard Vyvyan be added to the Se- 


mw lect Committee on East India Company’s Affairs. 

1d. Cra 
ge st A Petition of Members of the West Lothian Agricul- 
ar tural Society, and others interested in the Agriculture of 
ut the County, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 

the Petitioners have observed, with deep concern, that the 
us Pry official Advisers of the Crown have it in contemplation to 
to wlll propose an alteration of the law applicable to Distilleries 
he and Breweries, in so far as to permit the use of Molasses 
o &amp;§£ in the production of Whiskey and Beer, and thereby put 
—_— that Colonial commodity in competition with Barley and 
. . other grain; and being fully satisfied that such a measure, 
en Fa if carried into a law, would be attended with the most seri- 
a- a ous consequences to the landed and agricultural interests 


o | Oi of the country, they deem it their duty humbly, but at 


nd z the same time most earnestly, to entreat the House to be 
ns careful of inflicting a blow which must prove ruinous to 
nd many ; and praying the House to take their Petition into 
or consideration, and not to allow a measure so prejudicial 


to the agricultural and landed interests of the country to 
pass into a law. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Select 
Committee on Molasses. 


ort from 
mittee 
Tivileges. 


Mr. Williams Wynn reported from the Committee of 
Privileges, to whom the Letter of the Lord High Chan- 


ur Wee, 117, cellor, Stating, “‘ That he had issued a Warrant for the 
ed 4v Commitment of The Honourable William Long Wellesley, 
nt fora Contempt of Court,” and also, a Letter from The 
he Honourable William Long Wellesley, complaining of the 
le- same, “‘ as being an infringement of the Privileges of Par- 


liament,” were referred; to examine the matter thereof, 
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and to report their Proceedings, together with their Opi- 
nion thereupon, to the House; That they had examined 
the matters to them referred, and had agreed upon the 
following Report; and the Report was brought up, and 
read ; and is as followeth ; 


Immediately after the Committee had met to examine 
into the matter which the House had committed to them, 
they received a Letter from Mr. Long Wellesley, stating, 
that The Lord Chancellor had issued orders not to allow 
him to attend. 

This information was confirmed by the evidence of 
Mr. Butt, the Deputy Serjeant at Arms attending on the 
Great Seal, who attended the Committee, to state the 
reason why he had not obeyed The Speaker’s Warrant. 

The Committee were, in consequence, preparing to 
report to the House this obstruction to the exercise of its 
Authority, when The Lord Chancellor's Serjeant at Arms, 
Sir George Seymour, desired admittance, and informed the 
Committee, that The Lord Chancellor no longer objected 
to Mr. Long Wellesley’s attendance. They therefore deem 
any further observation on this subject unnecessary. 

As it is manifest that no intention has existed of wil- 
fully infringing the Privileges of the House, the inquiry 
limits itself to the question, whether Mr. Long Wellesley is 
entitled by those Privileges to claim his discharge from 
this Commitment, a question, the determination of which, 
appertains wholly and exclusively to The House of Com- 
mons. 

To assist the House in the decision of this difficult and 
important question, Your Committee feel it to be theirduty, 
first, to state the facts as they appear in the Evidence, 
and, secondly, the Law and Usage of Parliament on such 
questions, so far as it can be collected from the Resolu- 
tions and Proceedings of both Houses. 


1. Your Committee commenced their inquiry by calling 
upon the Deputy Serjeant at Arms for the authority under 
which Mr. Long Wellesley was detained in his custody, 
when he produced the Minutes, signed by the Registrar 
of the Court of Chancery, directing Mr. Long Wellesley’s 
commitment to the Fleet, for “ his Contempt,” but not 
particularizing its nature, and two Notes, signed by The 
Lord Chancellor, authorizing Mr. Long Wellesley’s de- 
tention at his own house in Dover-street for a limited 
time. 

Your Committee then proceeded to afford to Mr. Long 
Wellesley an opportunity of freely stating the complaint 
which had been referred to them. 

That Statement, together with the Notes of the Short- 
hand Writer of what passed in Court at the time of his 
Commitment, to which he referred in confirmation of his 
assertions, is in the Evidence; and, though some parts of 
it appeared irrelevant to the object of inquiry, Your Com- 
mittee do not conceive it to be expedient to omit any 
portion of what he considered it essential to his Case to 
lay before them. 

A detailed order of Commitment for the Contempt, 
which was not entered by the Registrar of the Court, so 
as to render it perfect, till Wednesday the 20th instant 
(the second day of the Committee sitting) was produced on 
the 21st, by Mr. Dicks, the Deputy Entering Registrar. 

Referring to The Lord Chancellor's Letter to The 
Speaker, and the Evidence, Your Committee are of opi- 
nion, that the grounds on which Mr. Long Wellesley is 
pronounced in Contempt must be taken to be those con- 
fessed by him in Court, viz. his having removed his Infant 
Daughter, then a Ward of the Court of Chancery, and 
having given directions to the person to whom he deli- 
vered her, immediately to put her out of the jurisdiction 
of the Court, and declaring his decided resolution, under 
no circumstances whatever ever to let his Child be under 
any other guardianship than his own. 

That this was a criminal Contempt of the Court of 
Chancery, Your Committee apprehend that no doubt can 
be entertained. 


2. On THE Law or ParLIAMENT.—The earliest defi- 
nition of the Privilege of Parliament respecting Arrests is 
to be found in Larke’s Case, Rot. Parl. 8 Henry 6, N° 57, 
in which it is thus claimed by The Commons: “ La Pre- 
vilege de vie Court de Parlement d’estre quietez de toutz 
arestez durant vie dit Courte, forprise pur treson, felonie 
ou suerte de pees :” and in that of 7’horpe in the 31st and 
32d of the same King, where, when the question is put to 
the Judges whether Z’homas Thorpe ought to be delivered 

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from prison by virtue of Privilege of Parliament, the Chief 
Justices;' inthe name ofall the Justices} answer, “ That 
they ought’ not to auriswere td that question, for it hath 
not been used aforetyme, that the Justicéz ‘should in any- 
wyse determine the Privelegge of this High Court of Par- 
liament ;” and that “the determination and knowlegge of 
that Privelegge belongeth to the Lordes of the Parlement, 
and not to the Justices ;” and afterwards, “That if any 
persone that is a Membre of this High Court of Parle- 
ment be arested, in suche cases as be not for treason, or 
felony, or de suerte of the peas, or for a condempnation 
hadde before the Parlement, it is‘used that all such per- 
sones shuld be relessed of such arrestes, and make an 
attourney, so that they may have theire freedom and 
libertee frely to entende upon the Parlement.” 

The same principle is maintained in the Lord Crum- 
well’s Case, the entry of which in the Lords’ Journals, 
30th June 1572, is as follows :— 


‘‘In Parliament Chamber, where the Lords Spiritual 
and Temporal assembled the day above said, in 
Anno decimo quarto Regine Elizabethe, etc. 


“Whereas upon Complaint and Declaration made to the 
said Lords Spiritual and Temporal by Henry Lord Crum- 
well, a Lord of the Parliament, that in a cause between 
one James Tavernor against the said Lord Crumwell de- 
pending in the Court of Chancery, for not obeying to an 
injunction given in the said Court of Chancery in the 
absence of the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, at the suit 
of the said Zavernor, the Person of the said Lord Crum- 
well was, by the Sheriff of the County of Norff., attached 
by virtue of a writ of attachment, proceeding out of the 
said Court of Chancery, contrary to the ancient Privilege 
and immunity, time out of memory, unto the Lords of 
Parliament and Peers of this Realm, in such case used 
and allowed, as on the behalf of the said Lord Crumwell 
was declared and affirmed, wherein the said Lord Crum- 
well, as a Lord of Parliament, claimed remedy. 

“ Forasmuch as, upon deliberate examination of this 
Cause in the said Parliament Chamber, in the presence 
of the Judges and others of the Queen's Majesty’s Learned 
Counsel there attendant in Parliament, and upon declara- 
tion of the opinions of the said Judges and Learned Coun- 
sel, there hath been no matter directly produced nor de- 
clared, whereby it did appear or seem to the said Lords of 
Parliament there assembled, that, by the Common Law or 
Custom of the Realm, or by any Statute Law, or by any 
Precedent of the said Court of Chancery, it is warranted 
that the Person of any Lord having place and voice in 
Parliament in the like case in the said Court of Chancery, 
before this time hath been attached, so as the awarding 
of the said Attachment, at the suit of the said Tavernor 
against the said Lord Crumwell, for any thing as yet de- 
clared to the said Lords, appeareth to be derogatory and 
prejudicial to the ancient Privilege claimed to belong to 
the said Lords of this Realm; therefore it is, the day and 
year aforesaid, Ordered, by consent of all the said Lords 
in Parliament there assembled, That the Person of the 
said Lord Crumwell be from henceforth discharged of and 
from the said Attachment: Provided nevertheless, and so 
is the mind of the said Lords in Parliament plainly by 
them with one consent declared, That if at any time dur- 
ing this Parliament, or hereafter in any other Parliament, 
there shall be showed sufficient matter that, by the Queen’s 
Prerogative, or by the Common Law or Custom of this 
Realm, or by any Statute Law, or sufficient Precedents, 
the Persons of any of the Lords of Parliament, in such 
case. as this case of the Lord Crumwell’s is, ought to be 
attached or attachable, then and from thenceforth it is by 
this Order intended that to take place which so shall be 
showed and warranted, as above is said ; this Order or any 
thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.” 


Casre or Mr. Brereton. 


Commons’ Journals, 3d February 1605. 

“ Roger Brereton delivereth a Petition to the Ser- 
jeant, and Mr. Holt presenteth it; shewing, That, being 
chosen a. Burgess for F/ynt, he was committed for a Con- 
tempt. by the Judges of the King’s Bench, 23 November 
last. . Referred to these Committees, Sir Geo. Moore, Sir 
John. Heigham, Sir Edw. Hobby, Mr. Wyseman, Sir Edw. 
Hobby, Mr. Pulleston, Mv. Rob. Bowyer, Sir John Boys, 


Sir, Fr. Hastings,..Sir Nath. Bacon.—Thursday, Com- 
mittee Chamber. . 


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“ These Comniiittees are appointed ‘to consider’ of the 
Petition exhibited by Roger Brereton this day, as also of 
other matters ‘of the like’ kind, touching matter of Privi- 
lege, and to report their Proceedings to the House. ; 
“ On 13th February 1605.— Habeas Corpus ‘for MY. 
Brereton. igcaakpsebrun’, 
“ On 15th February 1605.— Habeas Corpus for Mr. 
Brereton read in the House. eee ee 
‘¢ Writ returned. BPD SSNS SES eC 
“ Mr. Moore witnesseth, that my Lord’ Chancéllor will 
not infringe the Privilege of the House?) °°!" 0"! 
“ Mr. Brereton received.” Oo SEMIS Se 


Case or Sir WILLIAM BAMPFEILD) 


9th April 1614. Lae 

“ Sir Jo. Strangwish moveth, That Sir Wm. Bampfeild, 
Burgess for Burport, is committed by my Lord Chancellor, 
sithence the Summons of the Parliament, but before his 
Election, and prayeth the direction of the House, which 
is referred to the consideration of the Committees: for 
Privileges.” 

14th April 1614.—“ Question, Whether Sir Wm. Bamp- 
feild committed after the Summons, and before the: Elec- 
tion, fora Contempt. Ordered, upon the question, that 
he shall have his Privilege by Writ of Habeas Corpus.” 

16th April 1614.—“ Sir Wm. Bampfeild brought in 
with the Warden of the Fleete, by the Serjeant with his 
Mace, to the Bar, and there Mr. Speaker, with his hat on, 
shortly related unto them the cause of his Commitment, 
that the Writ delivered to the Warden of the Fleet, and 
that now brought in by him. Desired to know the 
pleasure of the House.” 


CASE OF THE PAGEs, 


8th February 1620. 

“ Mr. Alford.—That yesterday divers complained pri- 
vately that their Privileges were broken. Divers Pages, 
servants to Members of the House, abused themselves. 
The Judges of the King’s Bench have punished them. 
Moveth that the Pages may be punished here. 

“ Mr. Thomas Fanshaw.—That yesterday complaint to 
the Judges. They sent the officers to warn them. They 
affronted them more. Offered to draw their swords. That 
the Judges have sent one, and will send the other, to be 
punished here as soon as they can come by them ; and 
yet, but for respect for this House, would have indicted 
them for stroke in face of the Court; and many for less 
offences have lost their hands.” 


CASE OF THE Lorp VAvux. 


Lords’ Journals, 9th February 1625. 

“ The Lord Vaur claimed his Privilege for stay of an 
information against him in the StarChamber.” __ 

This Case is about two months afterwards thus noticed 
in the Report of the Lords’ Committee, on the Case of the 
Earl of Arundel :— 

“ Though a Lord, at the suit of The King, be sued in 
the Star Chamber for a Contempt, or not, etc. yet the 
suit is to be stayed by Privilege of Parliament in Parlia- 
ment time.” 


Case or Sir Francis WorTeELEY. 


5th July 1625. 

“ Ordered, Mr. Speaker shall write a Letter for stay of 
the suit in Star Chamber.” 

18th April 1625.—Report of the Peers on the Case of 
the Earl of Arundel, on which it is resolved by the House 
of Lords,— vomit 

“ That the Privilege of this House is, that no Peer of 
Parliament sitting the Parliament, of within the ‘usual 
times of Privilege of Parliament, is to be imprigoried ot 
restrained, without sentence or order of the House, tinless 
it be for Treason or Felony, or for refusing’ to’ give ‘surety 
of the Peace, which is afterwards stated’ by them in'a 
Petition and Remonstrance to The King.” |" 


20th May 1675. 51 
Resolution.—“ That by the Laws and Usage of. Parlia- 
ment, Privilege of Parliament belongs, to every; Member 
of The House of Commons, in all cases except ,Txeason, 
Felony, and breach of the Peace.” | 


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to the full extent of the ancient claitns ; and ‘it ‘might be 
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establish an exemption of privileged Persons, during time 
of Privilege, from being proceeded against for misde- 
meanors, or punished, after trial, by the sentence of any 
Court of Law ; but, on the 17th August 1641, The Com- 


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- mons, at a conference, state to the Lords,— 


«¢ 1, That no Privilege is allowable in case of the Peace 
betwixt private men, much more in case of the Peace of 
the Kingdom. 

«“ 9, That Privilege cannot be pleaded against an in- 
dictment for any thing done out of Parliament, because 
all indictments are contra pacem Domini Regis. 

“ 3, Privilege of Parliament is granted in regard of the 
service of the Commonwealth, and is not to be used to 
the danger of the Commonwealth. 

« 4, That all Privilege of Parliament is in the power of 
Parliament, and is a restraint to the proceedings of other 
inferior Courts, but is no restraint to the proceedings of 
Parliament ; and therefore, seeing it may, without injus- 
tice, be denied, this being the case of the Commonwealth, 
they conceive it ought not to be granted.” 


14th April 1697. 
“ Resolved, That no Member of this House hath any 
Privilege in case of breach of the Peace, or Forcible En- 
tries, or Forcible Detainers.” 


On the 16th May 1726. 

The record of the conviction for Perjury of Mr. Ward 
is laid before The House of Commons, who proceed to ex- 
pel him ; but the Court of King’s Bench appear to have 
passed no sentence upon him till after he had ceased to 
be a Member. 


7th February and 8th June 1757, the Lords resolve,— 

“ That no Peer or Lord of Parliament hath Privilege 
of Peerage or Parliament against being compelled by 
process of the Courts in Westminster Hall, to pay obedi- 
ence to a Writ of Habeas Corpus directed to him.” 


On the 29th November 1763, it was resolved by both 
Houses, — 

“ That Privilege of Parliament does not extend to the 
case of writing and publishing seditious Libels, nor ought 
to be allowed to obstruct the ordinary course of laws in 
the speedy and effectual prosecution of so heinous and 
dangerous an offence :” and since that time, it has been 
considered as established generally, that Privilege is not 
claimable for any indictable offence. 


Four Acts have been passed to restrain the Privilege of 
Parliament in Civil Suits; viz. 1 James 1, c. 13, the 12 
&amp; 13 Will. 3, c. 3, the 11 Geo. 2, c.24, and the 10 Geo. 3, 
c. 50; but in all of them the immunity from Personal 
Arrest of Persons entitled to that Privilege, is expressly 
recognized 


In consequence of the statement contained in The Lord 
Chancellor’s Letter to The Speaker, “ that the right of 
the Court of Chancery to commit, in such cases as 
the present, is unquestionable, and has been enforced 
against Peers of the Realm;” the Committee have made 
every inquiry in their power as to the instances in which 
such right has been enforced against Persons entitled to 
Privilege of Parliament, but without success: two cases, 
indeed, appear to have been relied on, but cannot be 
considered as conclusive: the first, which occurred in 
7 Geo. 1, and is reported in 1 Peere Williams, p. 701, is 
that of Viscountess Wenman, who, being an Irish Peeress, 
and at that time entitled to no Privilege whatever in Eng- 
land, was committed for a Contempt by the then Lord 
Chancellor: the second, that of Lord Roscommon, an Irish 
Peer, in the 10 Geo. 4, who was clearly entitled to Pri- 
vilege of Peerage under the Act of Union; an order for 
commitment for a Contempt was made by the Lord Chan- 
cellor, but never executed, or even taken out of the Re- 
gistrar’s Office ; consequently no opportunity occurred for 
questioning it in The House of Lords, the only tribunal 
which could decide on the extent of that Privilege. 

The Case of the Countess of Shaftesbury, 10 Geo. 1, re- 
ported in 2 Peere Williams, p. 110, in some respects 
resembles the present: the Court there directed a seques- 
tration, but did not attempt to commit a Peeress, who had 
‘contrived and effected the marriage of her son, an infant 
of the age of 14 years, without the consent of his guardian. 
_ Your Committee, having failed to discover any instance 
im which a Member of either House of Parliament has 


-been imprisoned for a Contempt (except by. the authority 


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of the House to which ‘he belonged), since the early cases 
above referred to, which are imperfectly reported, have 
proceeded to consider this Case on the grounds of analogy 
and of intrinsic merits. 

The same principle on which it has been resolved by 
The House of Lords, that Privilege shall not prevent the 
Courts at Law from enforcing obedience to a Writ of 
Habeas Corpus, seems to require, by analogy, that The 
Lord Chancellor should possess equal powers for the pro- 
tection of the Wards of the Crown, committed to his charge, 
and should be enabled to exercise the most prompt and 
effectual means to prevent them from being withdrawn out 
of his jurisdiction. 

The Committee find the right of Courts of Law to com- 
mit privileged Persons for some highly criminal Contempts, 
strongly asserted by different writers, particularly by 
Blackstone and Hawkins. 

Attachment for Criminal Contempt has been described as 
a judgment and execution, the conviction of an offender by 
a Court of competent jurisdiction, and the award of a 
sentence for his offence. 

Your Committee therefore conceive, that the present 
Case falls within the principle under which persons com- 
mitting indictable offences have been considered not to be 
entitled to Privilege. 


Under all the circumstances of the Case, the Committee 
have come to the following Resolution :— 

That Mr. Long Wellesley’s Claim to be discharged from 
Imprisonment, by reason of Privilege of Parliament, ought 
not to be admitted. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; and 
be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 


Address 
respecting 
Houses rated or 


tions, that there be laid before this House, a Return of assessed. 


the Number of Houses and other Buildings rated to the 
relief of the Poor, or assessed to the Duty on Inhabited 
Houses upon a yearly value of not less than £.10, nor 
exceeding £.20, and upon a yearly value of £.20 and 
upwards, in the following places: Township of Bradford, 
of Newton and Harpurhey, in the Hundred of Salford, 
Lancashire; Tower Hamlets, including the Parishes of 
the Tower Division in Ossulston Hundred, Middlesex ; 
Finsbury, including Parishes of the Finsbury Division in 
Ossulston Hundred, Middlesex, and Parishes of Saint An- 
drew Holborn, Saint George-the-Martyr, Saffron Hill, 
Hatton Garden, Ely Rents, Liberty of the Rolls, Saint 
Giles-in-the-Fields, and Saint George Bloomsbury, Mid- 
dlesex; Mary-le-bone, including Parishes of Saint Mary- 
le-bone, Saint Pancras, and Paddington, Middlesex; Lam- 
beth, including Saint Mary Lambeth, Saint Mary New- 
ington, Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, Camberwell, Surrey. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Portman reported from the Committee on the Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to High- 
ways in that part of Great Britain called England; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto; and the 
Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Friday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Notices or Statements which, pursuant to the pro- 
visions of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 7, and the Schedule 
thereto annexed, have been delivered to the several Clerks 
of the Peace, or their Deputies, in Great Britain and Ire- 
land, by Jesuits, and Members of other Religious Orders, 
Communities, or Societies of the Church of Rome, bound 
by Monastic or Religious Vows, Copies of which Notices 
or Statements have been, in Jreland, transmitted to the 
Chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, and, in Great 
Britain, to one of His Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of 
State, according to the further provisions of the said Act ; 
such Return to specify the Time or Times at or — 

whic 


Highways 
Bill, reported. 
No. 116. 


Address 
respecting 
Jesuits, 








‘TO2 


Treland— 
Returns, &amp;c. 
presented : 


Light-houses, 
No. 118. 


Limerick 
Clerk of the 
Peace. 


Roads (South 
of Ireland.) 


No. 119, 


Accounts, &amp;c. 
presented : 


Tithes and 
Peerages 
(Scotland.) 


No. 325. 


Newry and 
Durdalk 
Ports. 


Foreign 
Corn. 
No. 120. 


Reform of 
Parliament 
(England) Bill. 


No, 121. 


Marine [nsur- 
ance (Ireland.) 


No. 122. 


which such! Noticés or Statements shall have been de- 
livered to such Clerks of the Peace; or their Deputies. 

Ordered, 'That'the said Address’ be presented to His 
Majesty by ‘such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
two of the clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 








Mercurit, 27° die Juli; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 

HE House being informed that Mr. Johnson, from 
; the Office of the Chief Secretary for Jveland, at- 
tended at the door, he was called in; and at the bar 
presented to the House, pursuant to their Orders,—Re- 
turn to an Order of the House, dated the 8th day of this 
instant July, fora Return of the Receipts and Disburse- 
ments of the Corporation for preserving and improving 
the Port of Dublin, on account of Light-houses, to the 
5th of January 1831. 

A Return from the Corporation for preserving and im- 
proving the Port of Dublin, of the gross Sums collected 
at each Port in Jreland, on account of Light-house Dues, 
from 5th January 1813 to 5th January 1831 ; distinguish- 
ing the Amount collected in each year, specifying the 
rate of Charge at the several Ports, and showing what 
Changes have been made in the rate of Charge during that 
period. : 

Copy of Correspondence or Memorials relative to the 
Erection of a Light-house between Dunmore and Cork 
Harbour, and of the Reports which have been made 
thereon. 

A Copy of the Appointment of the present Clerk of 
the Peace for the County of Limerick, and also a Certi- 
ficate of his Age at the time of his appointment to that 
Office. 

Copy of Report on the Roads made at the Public Ex- 
pense in the Southern District in Ireland, by Richard 
eae Civil Engineer :—And then he withdrew. 

rdered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and, except the Papers relative to the Clerk of the Peace 
of Limerick, be printed. 


The House being informed that Mr. Crafer, from the 
Treasury, attended at the door, he was called in; and 
at the bar presented to the House, pursuant to their Ad- 
dresses to His Majesty,—Account of Expenses incurred 
in the Court of Session in the year 1830, in Causes re- 
specting Peerages before that Court. 

Account of the Agent for the Officers of State in the 
matter of Teinds, from 12th November 1829 to 12th No- 
vember 1830. 

Mr. Crafer also presented to the House, pursuant to 
their Orders,—An Account of the Number and Tonnage 
of Ships and Vessels that have entered Inwards or cleared 
Outwards into or from the Ports of Newry and Dundalk 
respectively during each of the last Ten years. 

An Account of the Total Quarters of Foreign Wheat 
that has paid Duty for Consumption in the United King- 
dom under 9 Geo. 4, c. 60, since that Act came in force 
in 1828 to Ist July 1831, and the Total Amount of Duty 
received thereon; and showing, from the Total Quantity 
of Quarters, and the Total Amount of Duty so received 
thereon, what the Duty was equal to per Quarter on the 
average for this whole period :—the same Account for 


Foreign Barley, Rye, Pease and Beans, Wheatmeal and 


Flour, Oatmeal, and Maize or Indian Corn, Buck Wheat, 


Beer or Bigg :—and the same Account for all these, the 
produce of, and imported from, any British Possession in 
North America or elsewhere out of Europe. 

Return to an Order of the House, dated the 11th day 
of this instant July, for an Account of the Total Amount 
of the Assessed Taxes in each of the years 1828, 1829 and 
1830, levied in Places contained in Schedule (F.) of the 
Bill to amend the Representation in England and Wales. 

An Account of the Sums received by the Commis- 
sioners of Stamps, for the year ending 5th January 1831, 


for Stamps on Marine Policies in Zredand. 


20°—27T° Fuli. 





A. 1831. 


Mr. Crafer also presented to the House, pursuant: to ¢, 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of (« 
Warrant granting Compensation to the Macers of the 
Court of Session, year to 20th June 1831. 

A Statement of the Expenses incurred under the Acts [,,) 
for the Redemption and Sale of the Land: Tax, and for 
discharging the Incidental Expenses attending the exe- 
cution of those Acts, from the 5th April 1830 (the period 
to which the last Account was made-up), to the 5th April 
1831. 

Abstract of the Accounts of the Commissioners of the Now 
Northern Light-houses, for the year ending 30th June. lit 
1831 :—And then he withdrew. 1. ti 

Ordered, That the said Accounts and Papers do lieupon 
the Table; and, except the Accounts respecting Newry 
and Dundalk Ports, the Papers respecting Compensation 
(Scotland), the Redemption and Sale of the Land Tax, and 
Northern Light-houses, be printed. 






nce | 
oKild 
Soci 


Lord George Lennox, from the Select Committee ap- Gl 
pointed to try and determine the merits of the Petition Ex 
of Kirkman Finlay, of Castle Toward, in the County of “ 
Argyle, Esquire, Merchant in Glasgow, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the District of Burghs of 
Glasgow, Dumbarton, Renfrew and Rutherglen, informed 
the House, That-the said Committee had determined, 

That Joseph Dixon, Esquire, is duly elected a Com- 
missioner to serve in this present Parliament for the District 
of Burghs of Glasgow, Dumbarton, Renfrew and Ruth- 
erglen: 

That the Petition of Kirkman Finlay, Esquire, does not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or vexatious: 

That the opposition to the said Petition does not ap- 
pear to the said Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be en- 
tered in the Journals of this House. 





( Dis 


An ingrossed Bill-for better repairing and improving Fim 
several Roads leading to and from the Town of Frome, in wi 
the County of Somerset, was read the third time. a. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ayshford Sanford do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Earl of Ossory reported from the Committee on Di 
the Bill for making and maintaining a Railroad from West- Kis 
land Row, in the City of Dublin, to the head of the ~ 
Western Pier of the Royal Harbour of Kingstown, in the * 
County of Dublin, with Branches to communicate there- [_ 
with ; and to whom the Petition of the Court of Direc. | | 
tors of the Grand Canal Company; and, of Sir David C. 
Roose, of the city of Dublin, and Robert Simpson, of the 
same city, Esquire, were referred ; That they had pro- 
ceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the 
21st day of June last; and found, that the Standing Or- 
ders relative to Bills for making Railways, had been com- 
plied with ; and that no person appeared on behalf of the 
said Petitions; and that they had heard counsel in favour of 
the Bill; and had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made several Amendments thereunto; and the Report 
was brought up, and read. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 









Mr. John Wood reported from the Committee on the Wi 
Bill to enable the Company of Proprietors of the War- “a | 
rington and Newton Railway, to extend the said Railway eu 
from the termination thereof at Bank Quay, in the Parish 
of Warrington, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to 
Norton, in the County Palatine of Chester; and to whom 
the Petition of the Trustees for carrying into execution an 
Act for more effectually repairing and amending the Roads 
from Liverpool to Prescot, Ashton and Warrington, and 
other Roads therein mentioned, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster; of Owners and Occupiers of estates within the 
several townships of Lower Walton, Higher Walton, Acton 
Grange, Moore, Kekwick, Norton, and Preston-on-the- 
Hill, in the county palatine of Chester; of the Trustees of 
the Liverpool Docks; and, of Shareholders in the Com- 
pany of Proprietors of the Warrington and Newton Rail- 
way, were referred ; That they had proceeded according 
to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June 
last; and found, that the Standing Orders relative to Bills 
for making Railways, had been complied with; and _ 

A ey 





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2 Q Wit. IV. 


tO Con they had. heard counsel in support of the second-mentioned 
of Petition, and had considered the first-mentioned Petition ; 
1e and that no person appeared on behalf of the third and 

fourth mentioned Petitions ; and that they had also heard 
tS Lay counsel in favour of the Bill; and that they had examined 
or the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true; 


and had gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto ; and the Report was brought up, and read. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Augustin Finigan ;—of Friends 
of the uneducated Poor, and of Education, residing in 
Belfast and its vicinity;—and, of Ministers, Leaders, 
Stewards, and the Male Members of The Methodist New 
Society, and others of the congregation, who usually meet 
for Christian worship in Refuge Chapel, Lisburn, in the 
county of Antrim,—were presented, and read; praying 
the House to continue the Grant usually made to The 
Kildare Place Society. 


fur 


nce of 
o Kildare 
Society. 





D= Gi And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
vn Ele Table; and to be printed. 

of ™ 

‘n sainst A Petition of Merchants, Factors and Buyers of Corn 






of Mo- 


of “weve: in Dundee, and Growers of Corn attending the market of 
od iDis Dundee, was presented, and read; praying, That the use 
of Molasses may not be permitted in the Breweries and 
n- Distilleries of the United Kingdom. 
ct A Petition of Scotch Distillers, was also presented, and 
h- read; setting forth, That the Petitioners, acting for the 
great body of Scotch Distillers, have seen, by the Votes of 
ot the House, a Petition, stated to have been presented by 
: Distillers of Scotland, in favour of the proposed measure 
D- of admitting the use of Molasses in Distillation, which 
application the Petitioners believe to be from a limited 
n- number of Distillers carrying on business at Glasgow, 
fa situated near to the West India Warehouse, and to whom 
the introduction of West India produce might be more 
rg" Free suitable than to other Distillers in Scotland, but that the 
in Rei Petitioners, being still more alarmed by the consideration 
of this question, of the evils that would result from the 
use of Molasses in the manufacture of Spirits, beg now 
ill respectfully to submit to the House, and to the Select 
Committee appointed to investigate this subject, that they, 
and the great body of the Scotch Distillers, for whom they 
ym Dil act, are seriously alarmed at, and directly opposed to, any 
King measure which may so introduce the use of Sugar or 
1e 7 Molasses into the Scotch Distilleries; and praying the 
1 House to consider the Petition of Distillers in Scotland 
e- ia as only the Petition of the four Distillers signing it, whose 
co Distilleries are situated in the immediate neighbourhood 
—— of the West India Warehouses, and to resist the adoption 
Ie of any measure which may allow the use of Molasses in 
0- the making of Spirits. 
1€ And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
r Table; and to be printed. 





sad A Petition of Woollen Manufacturers of Aberdeen, was 


nticesBill, Presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to repeal 
the Laws relating to Apprentices, and other young Per- 
sons, employed in Cotton and other Factories, and in 
Cotton and other Mills, and to make further provisions in 
lieu thereof; and praying, That the provisions of the 
same may not extend to Scotland. 

. Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 


e i and be printed. . 

Rain ee 

Y rept Moss: A Petition of Pro-Collectors of Excise in Ireland, for 
h * merease’ of Retired Allowances, was brought up, and 
Lo read:—And the said Petition was, with leave of the 
m House, withdrawn: 

n 








on in fa- 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neighbour- 


f Reform 
d lament ‘hood of Carrickmacross, in the county of Monaghan, was 
of ) a. presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to amend 
e the Representation of the People in Zre/and ; and pray- 
m1 ing, That the same may pass into a law. 
2 Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
of and be printed. 
. 
- fer A Petition of Inhabitants of Macclesfield, was pre- 
¢ »Laws, S¢Mted, and read ; praying the House to grant them relief 
- by a repeal of the Corn Laws. 
Is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
xt -and be printed. 
ry VOL. 86. 


YIIM 


Q0° Fultr. 


7103 


A Petition of John: Mitchell, of Bolton; Gaiter.andYeald Petition 
Knitter, was presented, and. read ; setting forth, That it "especting 
is a great hardship upon the industrious tradesmen to be **“8* 
subjected to the Postages of Notices /purporting. to.come 
from the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, giving 
notice to Creditors of Insolvents (their debtors), of such 
Insolvents making applications for relief under the Statutes 
enacted for that purpose; and that it is quite sufficient 
to be subjected to a loss of the whole or parts of such 
debts as are owing by such Insolvents, without this addi- 
tional tax; and praying, That the House will enact a 
law, that all Notices, Letters, or other matters which may 
be sent through the Post Office, as proceedings in the 
Insolvent Court, to Creditors, may pass through, and be 
delivered free of expense. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Petition for 
introduction of 
Poor Laws in 
Treland. 


A Petition of Citizens of Waterford, was presented, and 
read ; praying, That the House will frame a legislative 
enactment, making it compulsory on the Citizens of Water- 
ford to raise, according to the exigencies that may arise, 
a Tax on Houses and Lands for the support of the desti- 
tute Poor. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented to the House, by 
His Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Protocol of a Confer- 
ence held at the Foreign Office April 17, 1831, between 
the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, 
and Russia, with Translation. 

Copy of Note addressed by the Plenipotentiaries of 
Austria, Great Britain and Russia, to the Plenipotentiary 
of France, on the 14th of July 1831, with Translation. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Papers respect- 
ing Belgian 
Fortresses, pre- 
sented. 


No. 123. 


Sir Henry Parnell presented to the House, pursuant to 
their Orders,—Account of the General Disbursements of 
the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea; distinguishing 
each under separate Heads, for the years 1828, 1829 and 
1830 ; stating the Name, Rank and Office of every Person 
in the Establishment whose Salary and Allowances exceed 
£.75 per year, and whether enjoying Full or Half-Pay, 
Pension, or Superannuation Allowance, and how much in 
addition to their Allowances from the Asylum; also dis- 
tinguishing those employed in Education ; also, the average 
Charge per Head of each Child for Provisions, also for 
Clothing, Linen, and Laundry Expenses, per Head. 

Account of the General Receipts and Disbursements 
(the latter under their respective Heads) of the Royal 
Military Asylum, Southampton, for the years 1828, 1829 
and 1830; also, with the average Charge per Head for 
each Child, for Provisions, Clothing, &amp;c.; with a List of 
Persons whose Salary and Allowances exceed £.75 per 

ear. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Account 
respecting Mi- 
Jitary Asylums, 
presented. 


No. 124. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson and The Lords 
Mr. Martin: have agreed 
Mr. Speaker, ad 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment ; vs. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to reduce the Salary of the 


Master of the 


frm Mint Sal 
Master and Worker of His Majesty’s Mint : Bil. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal so much of certain Oaths before 


Acts as requires certain Oaths to be taken by Members of the Lord — 
the House of Commons before the Lord Steward or his Steward Bill. 
Deputies : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act for vesting Langton’s 
and securing to John Stephen Langton, Esquire, certain Act Amend- 


Profits and Emoluments for a limited time : ment Bill. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend and enlarge the Leigh Ruilvay 
several Acts relating to the Bolton and Leigh Railway: _ Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable The Yorkshire Fire Yorkshire Five 
and Life Insurance Company to sue and be:sued in the ot Scapety 
Name of their Secretary, or of any one of the Directors Bill. 
of the said Company : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making and maintaining Wakefield 
a Road from the bottom of Kirkgate to. the bottom of Ings Road 
‘Westgate, both in the Parish of Wakefield, in the West - 
Riding of the County of York : 

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Teignmouth 
and Dawlish 
Roads Bill. 


Langport 
Roads Bill. 


Crediton and 
Chudleigh 
Road Bill. 


Blackmoor 
Vale Roads 
Bill. 


Liverpool 
and Prescot 
Road Bill. 


Glasgow 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Writers to the 
Signet-— 
Widows’ Fund 
Bill. 


Kirkby-in- 
Kendal In- 
closure Bill, 


Rothbury In- 
closure Bill. 


Rothesay Hzr- 
boar, &amp;c. Bill, 
with Amend- 
ments. 


The Lords have 
passed 

Oswald’s Estate 
Bill, 


Cameron’s 
Estate Bill. 


Petitions re- 
specting Reform 
of Parliament 


England) Bill. 


704 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act of his late 
Majesty King George the Fourth, for more effectually 
maintaining the Road from Teignmouth to Dawlish, and 
for making Roads from Dawlish to the Excter Turnpike 
Roads, together with a Road from Southtown to Chud- 
leigh, and certain Branches communicating with the same, 
all in the County of Devon, and to make and maintain 
other Roads communicating with the said Roads: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for amending certain Roads 
in the County of Somerset, and for placing them and 
other Roads under the care and management of the Trus- 
tees of the Langport, Somerton and Castle Cary Roads : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making and maintaining 
a Turnpike Road from the south end of Ad/itford Bridge, 
in the Parish of Tedburn Saint Mary to Chudleigh Bridge, 
and from Crockham Bridge to the Exeter Turnpike Road 
in Chudleigh, all in the County of Devon: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to contmue and amend an 
Act of the fifth year of his late Majesty, for repairing 
the Roads from Durweston Bridge to Caundle Bishop, and 
other Roads, in the Counties of Dorset and Somerset, so 
far as relates to the Vale of Blackmoor Turnpike Roads : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually repairing, 
amending and improving the Roads from Liverpool to 
Prescot, Ashton and Warrington, in the County Palatine 
of Lancaster : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend certain Acts passed 
in the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
for opening a Street from the Cross of Glasgow to Mon- 
teith Row: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for better raising and securing 
the Fund established for making Provision for the Widows 
of the Writers to His Majesty's Signet in Scotland: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands within 
the Townships or Divisions of Hugill, Applethwaite and 
Troutbeck, in the Parishes of Kirkby-in- Kendal and Win- 
dermere, in the County of Westmorland : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in the 
Parish of Rothbury, in the County of Northumberland: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for improving, repairing and maintaining the Harbours of 
the Burgh of Rothesay, in the County of Bute, and for 
building and maintaining a Gaol, Court House and Offices 
for the said Burgh and County, with some Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
exonerate the Trustees of Richard Oswald, of Auchincruive, 
Esquire, for advances of Money made by them to Richard 
Alexander Oswald, Esquire, now of Auchincruive, and ap- 

lied in executing Improvements, as well upon the entailed 
Fistates left by the said Richard Oswald, as the Fee-simple 
Estates acquired by the said Trustees, and partly entailed 
by them; and to enable the said Trustees to discharge a 
part of the Debts incurred by the said Richard Alexander 
Oswald in improving the said Estates ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for vest- 
ing the undivided Moieties of certain Estates of Nathaniel 
Cameron, Esquire, and Letitia Pryce, his Wife, in the 
County of Glamorgan, in Trustees, in trust to sell, under 
the directions of the High Court of Chancery, and to apply 
the Money to arise from such Sales in the manner therein 
mentioned ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the ancient town and liberty 
of Winchelsea, one of the Cinque Ports, was presented, and 
read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Representa- 
tion of the People in England and Wales; and setting 
forth, That the Petitioners have long felt the neces- 
sity of an appeal to the House, to restore to them that 
exercise of the Elective Franchise, of which, by usur- 
pation, they have been for some years past deprived, and 
the Members returned by a select and small body, self 
called, a Corporation, who have acted under a most im- 
proper influence ; and praying, That the House will grant 
their claim to retain that share in the Representation of 
England, which was granted them for past services, and 
which they are now performing, and which they have 
never forfeited. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Q7°—28° Fulii. 


A. 1831. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Bridport, 
was also presented, and read; taking notice of the said 
Bill; and praying the House to expunge the said Borough 
from Schedule (B.), and that the said Borough, either alone, 
or in conjunction with those parts of the town of Bridport 
that lie in the parish of Bradpole, together with the town- 
ship of Adlington, may in future return two Representatives 
to Parliament. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Capital and Free 
Burgesses, of the borough of Sudbury, was also presented, 
and read; taking notice of the said Bill; and praying, 
That they may not be excluded from returning two Mem- 
bers to Parliament, and that the Petitioners and their 
posterity may be continued in the enjoyment of the right 
of voting for Members to serve in Parliament, in the same 
manner as such privilege has been heretofore used and 
accustomed ; and that the Petitioners may be heard in the 
premises, by counsel, at the bar of the House. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Chelsea, was also presented, 
and read ; taking notice of the said Bill; and praying, That 
the District of Chelsea may participate in the projected 
measure for extending the Elective Franchise, and be en- 
abled and privileged to return a Member to Parliament, 
in such manner as the House may think fit to provide. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Committee of the whole House on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to cm 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 9) 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in (Bn 


England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 
read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Criause, N° 2. (Boroughs in Schedule (B.) to return 
one Member only.) 

A Motion was made, and Question proposed, to fill up 
the blank with “ one;” 

Whereupon another Motion was made, to fill up the 
blank with “ two ;” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with “ one.” 

The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Lord Nugent - - 182. 
Teller for the Noes, Sir George Clerk - 115. 

The Committee proceeded to Schedule (B.) as part of 
the Clause. 

Question put, That “ Aldborough, York,” stand part of 
Schedule (B.)——Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Amersham, Bucks,” stand part of 
Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Arundel, Susser,” stand part of 
Schedule (B.)——Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Ashburton, Devon,” stand part of 
Schedule (B.)——Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Bodmin, Cornwall,” stand part of 
Schedule (B.)——Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Bridport, Dorsetshire,” stand part 
of Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Buckingham, Buckinghamshire,” 
stand part of Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “ Chippenham, Wiltshire,” stand 
part of Schedule (B.) 

Whereupon a Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That the Question relative to “‘ Chippenham, Will- 
“« shire,” be postponed ; 

The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Sir George Clerk - 181. 
Teller for the Noes, Lord Nugent - - 252. 

Question again proposed, That “ Chippenham,Wiltshire,” 
stand part of Schedule (B.) 

Whereupon a Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, “ That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again ;” the said Motion was, by leave of 
the Committee, withdrawn. 

Question put, That “ Chippenham, Wiltshire,” stand 
part of Schedule (B.)—— Agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 














And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Thursday morning ; 
Jovis, 28° die Julii, 1831: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress 











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progress inithe Bill ; and that he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to move, That they may. have leave,to sit again. 

Resolved, ‘That, (this , House will, this, day, again re- 
solve.itself ito tthe,saidiCommittee.).. 

ithe Orde if tie Ad being read, for the House to re- 

seis i pine fy tee the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend an Act of the 6th year of his late Ma- 
jesty for amending the Laws relating to Bankrupts ; 

Resolved, That'this’ House ‘will, upon Wednesday, the 
10th day ofiAugust next, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee * ‘tae fi5e 

The Order-of the.day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill;for the better rating Tenements under a 
certain Annual Value ; 
- Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the 
Bill for remedying defects in the Titles to Lands allotted 
or taken in exchange under Inclosure Acts ; 

Resolved; That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into 'a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; : 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself. into. the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Mad- 
OS 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider of Ways and Means for raising the Supply granted 
to His Majesty ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Total Amount of 
Money, which, on the 5th January 1831, was in the Ex- 
chequer, or remained to be received on account of Ways 
and Means; also, of the several Sums of Money which 
would probably remain to be defrayed on account of the 
Supplies of the years 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 
1828, 1829 and 1830, and the Surplus of the Ways and 
Means at the disposition of Parliament, which was pre- 
sented to the House upon the 27th day of June last, be 
referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 

1, Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that, towards raising the Supply granted to His Majesty, 
the sum of Thirteen millions six hundred and sixteen 
thousand and four hundred pounds, be raised by Exche- 
quer Bills, for the Service of the year 1831. 

2. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that, towards making good the Supply granted to His 
Majesty, there be issued and applied the sum of Ninety- 
three thousand five hundred and sixty-one pounds seven- 
teen shillings and three farthings, cing the Surplus of 
the Ways and Means granted for the years 1823, 1825, 
1826, 1827, 1828, 1829 and 1830. 


esolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the'Committee, That they had come to several 
satiation, which they had directed him to report to the 

ouse. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
leave to sit again, 

Resolved, That. this House will, To-morrow, again 
= felt ito, the said Committee. 


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Q7—2S° Fuli,: 


TOS 


The House, was, moyed,,, That, the;Petition of George 
Page, John Ladd, , Thomas, Aiton WilkamParry, | 
Henry Harris, Wilkam, Sutton, and Gearge, Bleaden, in- 
habitant householders resiant,of the borough of Caéne,,. in., 
the county of Wilts, complaining;of the, Determination of, 
the Select Committee of. the 30th day.of November, in 


the last Session of Parliament, touching, the Right.of; 
Election for the Borough of Calne, which was presented: . 


to the House upon Monday, the 27th day of. June last, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into considera- 
tion upon Tuesday, the 16th day of August next, at three 
of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons, papers and records, as shall be 
thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hearing 
of the matter of the said Petition. 

Memorandum :—Notice of the presenting of the said 
Petition, and of the time appointed for taking the 
same into consideration, was inserted, by the order 
of Mr. Speaker, in The London Gazette, and. also 
sent to the Returning Officer of the Borough of 
Calne, according to the directions of the, Act 


Calne Right of 
Election— 
Petition to be 
considered, 


9 Geo. 4, c. 22, to consolidate. and amend the . 


Laws relating to the Trial of Controverted Elec- 
tions, or Returns of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment. 


The House was moved, That the Order made yesterday, 
for presenting to His Majesty an humble Address, that 
He would be graciously pleased to give directions, that 
there be laid before this House, a Return of the Number 
of Houses and other Buildings rated to the relief of 
the Poor, or assessed to the Duty on Inhabited Houses, 
upon a yearly value of not less than £.10, nor exceeding 
£.20, and upon a yearly value of £.20 and upwards, in the 
following places: Township of Bradford, of Newton and 
Harpurhey, in the Hundred of Salford, Lancashire; Tower 
Hamlets, including the Parishes of the Tower Division 
in Ossulston Hundred, Middlesex; Finsbury, includin 
Parishes of the Finsbury Division in Ossulston Hundred: 
Middleser, and Parishes of Saint Andrew Holborn, Saint 
George-the-Martyr, Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely 
Rents, Liberty of the Rolls, Saint Giles-in-the- Fields, 
and Saint George Bloomsbury, Middlesex ; Mary-le-bone, 
including Parishes of Saint Mary-le-bone, Saint Pancras, 
and Paddington, Middlesex; Lambeth, including Saint 
Mary Lambeth, Saint Mary Newington, Bermondsey, 
Rotherhithe, Camberwell, Surrey, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
exonerate the Trustees of Richard Oswald, of Auchin- 
cruive, Esquire, for advances of Money made by them to 
Richard Alexander Oswald, Esquire, now of Auchincruive, 
and applied in executing Improvements, as well upon the 
entailed Estates left by the said Richard Oswald, as the 
Fee-simple Estates acquired by the said Trustees, and 
partly entailed by them; and to enable the said Trustees 
to discharge a part of the Debts incurred by the said 
Richard Alexander Oswald in improving the said Estates, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
vesting the undivided Moieties of certain Estates of Na- 
thaniel Cameron, Esquire, and Letitia Pryce, his Wife, 
in the County of Glamorgan, in Trustees, in trust to sell, 
under the directions of the High Court of Chancery, and 
to apply the Money to arise from such Sales in the 
manner therein mentioned, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Poulett Thomson presented to the House, pursuant 
to their Order,—An Account of the Average Price’ of 
Corn, per Quarter, in England and Wales, for the year 
ending December 1830. | cake 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. ; MESES» £791 


- And then the House, having continued, to sit till half 
an hour after two of the clock on Thursday, morn- 
ing, adjourned till this-day. 


sR 


Order fur pre- 
senting Address 
discharged. 


Oswald’s 
Estate Bill, 
read, 


Cameron’s 
Estate Bill, 
read. 


Account 
respecting 
Corn, pre- 
sented. 


No. 125. — 








Dublin City 
and Coleraine 
Elections— 
Petitions 
considered, 


Coleraine 
Election— 
Petition 
considered. 


General Steam 
Navigation 
Company Bill, 
passed. 


The Lords 
have agreed 
to 


Avon and 
Gloucestershire 


Railway Bill, 


706 


Jovis, 28° die Juli; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


+ ee E hour appointed for taking into consideration the 
Petition of James Scarlett, David M‘Cleery, William 
Scott, William B. Rogerson, and John Judkin Butler, 
Freemen of the County of the City of Dublin, and of the 
several Persons whose names are thereunto subscribed, 
Electors of the City of Dublin, in the County of the City 
of Dublin, on behalf of themselves and others, claiming a 
right to vote for Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said City, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the said City, being come ; 

The House proceeded to the appointment of a Select 
Committee, to try and determine the merits of the said 
Petition. 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent, with the Mace, to the 
places adjacent, to require the attendance of the Members 
on the business of the House: And being returned ; 

The House was counted by Mr. Speaker; and one 
hundred and sixty-eight Members being present ; 

And the Petition of William Taylor Copeland, Esquire, 
Alderman of the City of London, a Candidate at the Elec- 
tion of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Coleraine, in that part of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, called Ireland, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for the said 
Borough, being also ordered to be taken into considera- 
tion on this day ; 

The several Petitioners and other Parties in both the 
said cases, their counsel and agents, were called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into consideration the 
said Petition, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the City of Dublin, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and read 
in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was com- 
pleted :—And Lists of the said names were delivered to 
the Clerk appointed to attend the Committee on the City 
of Dublin Election ; and then the door was opened, and 
the Parties, their counsel and agents, withdrew. 


And the door being again locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into consideration the 
said Petition, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for Coleraine, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and read 
in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was com- 
pleted : —And Lists of the said names were delivered to 
the Clerk appointed to attend the Committee on the Cole- 
raine Election; and then the door was opened, and the 
Parties, their counsel and agents, withdrew. 

Note:—That in the course of drawing the names 
for the appointment of the said Committees, the 
names of several Members were drawn, who were 
excused, as being sixty years of age or upwards, 
or as serving or having served on an Election 
Committee ; and one on account of his Return not 
having been brought in fourteen days. 


An ingrossed Bill for incorporating a Company, to be 
called, The General Steam Navigation Company, was 
read the third time; and several ingrossed Clauses were 
added, by way of Riders; and an Amendment was made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 
An Act for granting certain Powers to a Company, called, 
The General Steam Navigation Company. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Wood do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson and 

Mr. Martin : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment ; viz. 
_-A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter the Line of the Avon 
and Gloucestershire Railway, to make certain Branches 
from the same, and to-amend the Act for making the 
said Railway : | 


28° Fuli. 


. A. 1831. 


. A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend and extend the ;, 7 
Powers of an Act for recovering, draining and preserving Dx 
certain Lands, and ‘for better supplying with Water the bil 
Mills, Manufactories, and other Works situated on the 
River Leven, in the Counties of Kinross and Fife: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making a Turnpike Road, py, 
with a Branch therefrom, from The Angel Inn, near Dar- 
lington, in the County of Durham, to Barton Lane End, ~ 
in the County of York :—And also, | 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 1, 
vesting the entailed Estates of Abercairney, and others, in li 
the County of Perth, belonging to James Moray, of Aber- Ni 
cairney, Esquire, in Trustees, to sell the same, or so much 
thereof as may be necessary, and to apply the Price 
arising therefrom in the payment of the Debts affecting, 
or that may be made to affect, the said Lands and Estates; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : y 
—And then the Messengers withdrew. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration the Ar 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An } 
Act for improving, repairing and maintaining the Har- bi 
bours of the Burgh of Rothesay, in the County of Bute, 
and for building and maintaining a Gaol, Court House fF 
and Offices for the said Burgh and County: And the —e"* 
same were read; and are as followeth ; itte 

Pr. 35. 1.26. After “ two” insert “ or other lawful “s 
« day on which such Meeting may be held.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 16. After “ Commissioners” insert “ and 
that, until the first election of Commissioners of Supply 
to be Commissioners under this Act, the Provost, two ; 
“&lt; Baillies, Dean of Guild, and remanent Members of the | 7” 
“* Council of the said Burgh, and Sheriff and Sheriff-Sub- 
“ stitute of the said County, shall be the sole Commis- 
‘ sioners for the said Gaol, Court House and Public 
** Offices.” 

Pr. 37. 1.11. After “ Offices” insert “ and provided 
“ further, that in the event of the death, refusal to act, 
or resignation of any of the said Commissioners, such 
death, refusal to act, or resignation, shall not stop or 
** prevent the execution of this Act and the powers therein 
‘** contained, as to the said Gaol, Court House and Public 
“« Offices, by the other Commissioners; but that in all 
cases the Commissioners duly appointed, and acting 
for the time, shall have full power to execute the pur- 
“ poses of this Act, as to the said Gaol, Court House and 
** Public Offices.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kennedy do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 









~~ 





A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson and Te! 
Mr. Martin: hat 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
exchanging part of the Freehold Estates devised by the 
Will of Betlby Thompson, Esquire, for Freehold Lands de- 
vised by the Will of Mrs. Dorothy Wilson to Trustees for 
charitable purposes, and for amending an Act passed in 
the third year of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
intituled, “ An Act for empowering Trustees to sell and 
convey part of the Freehold and Copyhold Estates, in the 
County of York, devised by the Will of Betlby Thompson, 
Esquire, deceased, and part of the Freehold Estates, in 
the same County, devised by the Will of Richard Thomp- 
son, Esquire, deceased, and for laying out the Money 
arising from such Sales respectively, under the direction 
of the High Court of Chancery, in the purchase of other 
Estates to be settled to the same uses ;” to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House:—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 





The counsel and agents, in the case of the City of Di 
Dublin Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk a 
appointed to attend the said Committee, delivered in to 9 
the House a reduced List ; and the same was called over; 
and is as follows : 

John Tomes, Esquire, Henry White, Esquire, George 
Strickland, Esquire, Arthur Atherley, Esquire, John Savile 
Lumley, Esquire, Benjamin Lester Lester, Esquire, James 
Mangles, Esquire, John Story Penleaze, Esquire, The 


Honourable 








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e Ley Honourable Charles Anderson Worsley Pelham, Andrew 

g Dr Johnston, Esquire, Rigby Wason, Esquire. 

e fi And notice being taken, that Henry White, Esquire, 

“ whose name was left on the said reduced List, had voted 
at the last Election for the said City:—And Mr. White 

1 a having stated, that he did: vote at the said Election, but 

ra was not aware, when his name was called at the Bal- 


lot, of the provisions of the Act relating to the Trial of 
Controverted Elections ; 





’ Th The House was moved, That the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, 
" m s.21, might be read ; and the same being read :—And it 
‘i = appearing to the House, that the proceedings in relation 
° to the Ballot for the said Committee, were informal, in 
- Pa consequence of the name of a Member who had voted at 
&gt; an Election having been entered in the List of the thirty- 
: ; &amp;. three Members which was delivered to the Parties to be re- 


duced for the purpose of forming a Committee to try the 
merits of such Election ; 


Ordered, That the Petition of James Scarlett and ot!.ers, 
Freemen, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the City of Dublin, be taken into consideration To- 
morrow, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


The counsel and agents in the case of the Coleraine 
Borough Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk 
appointed to attend the said Committee, delivered in to 
the House a reduced List; and the same was called over; 
and is as follows: 

James Alexander Stewart Mackenzie, Esquire, William 
Ewart, Esquire, Henry Lytton Bulwer, Esquire, Arthur 
French, Esquire, Thomas Paget, Esquire, Robert Power, 
Esquire, Charles Adam, Esquire, William Blamire, Esquire, 
Thomas Read Kemp, Esquire, Joseph Dizon, Esquire, 
Philip Henry Howard, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select Com- 
mittee for trying the merits of the Petition, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Coleraine, were sworn by the Clerk, at the table, in the 
usual manner; and thereupon the counsel and agents 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forthwith, 
in one of the Committee Chambers appointed for hearing 
the Trials of Controverted Elections. 








A Petition of Subscribers to the proposed AZanchester 
and Leeds Railway, explaining the reasons for not having 
entered into their Recognizance within two days after 
awn, presenting their Petition, and again praying for the ap- 
pointment of a Committee of Appeal, being offered to be 
presented ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That the said Petition be brought up :—And the said 
Motion and Petition were severally, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


An ingrossed Bill for extinguishing Tithes, and Cus- 
tomary Payments in lieu of Tithes, within the Parish of 
Llanelly, in the County of Carmarthen, and for making 
compensation in lieu thereof, was read the third time ; 
and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Littleton do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Adam Dundas reported from the Committee on the 
Bill to alter and amend an Act passed in the seventh and 
‘ eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, 
“ An Act for carrying into effect certain Improvements 
within the City of Edinburgh, and adjacent to the same ;” 
and to whom the Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of 
houses in the city of Edinburgh ; of the Dean and Faculty 
of Advocates ; and, of Proprietors and Occupiers of houses 
= in the city of Edinburgh, were referred; That they had 

proceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the 








y of ay 21st day of June last ; and that they had heard counsel in 

Merk Cs Support of the said Petitions, and had also heard counsel 

in to sp in favour of the Bill; and that they had examined the 

ver; allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and 
a had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 

orge = thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 

javile to by the House. 

ames Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 

The grossed. 

rable VOL. 86. 





98°—-29° Fulii. 


10% 

Mr. Buck reported fromi the Committee on the in- 
grossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for enabling 
the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty of the City of Eveter 
to sell two Houses in the Parish of Saint Stephen's, Eveter, 
vested in them, and to purchase other Estates for the per- 
formance of the Charitable Purposes of the Will of Joan 
Tuckfield; That they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the satis- 
faction of the Committee; and that they had gone through 
the Bill, and had directed him to report the same to the 
House, without any Amendment :—And the Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Buck do carry the Bill to the Lords; 
and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed to the 
same, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Alderman, Common Council- 
men, Clergy and Inhabitants of the borough of Congleton, 
was presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend 
the Representation of the People in England and /Vales ; 
and setting forth, That the Petitioners most respectfully 
submit to the House, that the town and suburbs of Congle- 
ton have, as the next town in point of importance to 
Macclesfield and Stockport, a fair claim to Representation 
in the House; and humbly pray, That their case may 
be taken into consideration, and the Elective Franchise 
extended to them. 

A Petition of Electors of the borough of Dorchester, 
was also presented, and read ; taking notice of the said 
Bill; and praying, That such an alteration may be made 
therein as will enable the Petitioners still to retain their 
ancient and valuable right of returning two Members to 
represent them in Parliament, which no misconduct on 
their part, and they humbly conceive no alteration of cir- 
cumstances, require that they should forfeit. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee of the whole House on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House, to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in Eng- 
land and Wales, be now read ; and the same being read :— 
The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question put, That ‘ Clitheroe, Lancashire,” stand part 
of Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That ‘‘ Cockermouth, Cumberland,” stand 
part of Schedule (B.) 
The Committee divided. 
Teller for the Yeas, Lord Viscount Duncannon, 233. 
Teller for the Noes, Sir George Clerk - - 151. 
Question put, That “ Dorchester, Dorsetshire,” stand 
part of Schedule (B.) 
The Committee divided. 
Teller for the Yeas, Lord Viscount Duncannon, 279. 
Teller for the Noes, Sir George Clerk - - 193. 
Question put, That ‘ Droitwich, Worcestershire,” stand 
part of Schedule (B.)——-Agreed to. 
Question put, That “ Evesham, Worcestershire,” stand 
part of Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That “ Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire,” 
stand part of Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 














And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 29° die Julii, 1831: 


Mr.Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 
in. Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill: be read a second time -upon 
Friday, the 5th day of August next. : 

2 Mr. 


« = 


Tuckfield’s 
Charity Esfate 
Bill, reported 
and passed. 


Petitions re- 
specting Reform 
of Parliament 


(England) Bill. 


Committee 
on Reform of 
Parliament 


(England) Bill, 


Reform of 
Parliament 
(Scotland) 


" Bill, deferred. 





Report 
Ways and 
Means. 


Petition against 
Belfast Railway 
Bill. 


Receivers of 
Taxes Bill, 
ordered. 


Returns to be 
printed. 


No. 126. 


Receivers of 

Taxes Bill, 

presented. 
No, 127. 


Thompson’s 
Estate Bill, 
read, 


Moray’s 
Estate Bill, 
read, 


708 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider of Ways and 
Means for raising the Supply granted to His Majesty, the 
Resolutions which they had directed him to report to the 
House; and the same were read, and agreed to by the 
House ; and are as followeth ; 

1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply granted 
to His Majesty, the sum of Thirteen millions six hundred 
and sixteen thousand and four hundred pounds, be raised 
by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year 1831. 


2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
granted to His Majesty, there be issued and applied the 
sum of Ninety-three thousand five hundred and sixty-one 
pounds seventeen shillings and three farthings, being the 
Surplus of the Ways and Means granted for the years 
1823, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829 and 1830. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon each of the 
said Resolutions: And that Mr. Bernal, Lord Viscount 
Althorp, and Mr. Spring Rice, do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Henry Joy Holmes, of Belfast, was pre- 
sented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill for making and 
maintaining a Railway from the Cave Hill to the Belfast 
Harbour ; and praying, That he may be heard by himself, 
his counsel or agent, against the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
transferring the Duties of Receivers General of the Land 
and Assessed Taxes to Persons executing the Offices of 
Inspectors of Taxes, and for making other provisions for 
the receipt and remittance of the said Taxes: And that 
Mr. Francis Baring, Lord Viscount Althorp, and Mr. 
George Ponsonby, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Return of all Sums received by the 
Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, from 
the Thames River Pilots, in pursuance of the Act 6 Geo. 4, 
c. 125, s. 4, for the year ending 31st December 1830 ; 
distinguishing the Payments of Three Guineas each from 
the Poundage paid upon the Earnings of the said Pilots ; 
also, a Return of the Names of the 7’hames River Pilots 
at present holding Licenses as such, which were presented 
to the Heuse upon the 21st day of this instant July, be 
printed. 


Mr. Francis Baring presented a Bill for transferring the 
Duties of Receivers General of the Land and Assessed 
Taxes to Persons executing the Offices of Inspectors of 
Taxes, and for making other Provisions for the Receipt 
and Remittance of the said Taxes: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
exchanging part of the Freehold Estates devised by the 
Will of Beilby Thompson, Esquire, for Freehold Lands 
devised by the Will of Mrs. Dorothy Wilson to Trustees 
for charitable purposes, and for amending an Act passed 
in the third year of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for empowering Trustees to 
sell and convey part of the Freehold and Copyhold Es- 
tates, in the County of York, devised by the Will of 
Beilby Thompson, Esquire, deceased, and part of the Free- 
hold Estates in the same County, devised by the Will of 
Richard Thompson, Esquire, deceased, and for laying out 
the Money arising from such Sales respectively, under the 
direction of the High Court of Chancery, in the purchase 
of other Estates to be settled to the same uses, was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vesting the entailed Estates of Abercairney, and others, 
in the County of Perth, belonging to James Moray, of 
Abercairney, Esquire, in Trustees, to sell the same, or so 
much thereof as may be necessary, and to apply the Price 
arising therefrom in the payment of the Debts affecting, 
or that may be made to affect, the said Lands and Estates, 


was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return p,,, 
of the Persons appointed Masters in Chancery, from Ist ing 
January 1815 to Ist January 1820, with their Ages at the 


A. 1831. 


time of their Appointments. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a similar 
Return since Ist January 1820. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Number of Reports sent out of the Office of each 
Master since Ist January 1831 ; distinguishing the Changes 
in each Office during that period, and the Date of each 
Change. | 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Masters who have retired since Ist January 1815, 
with the Periods of their Service at the Date of their Re- 
tirements respectively. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till half 
an hour after one of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 29° die Julai; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


7. E hour appointed for taking into consideration the 

Petition of James Scarlett, David M‘Cleery, William 
Scott, William B. Rogerson and John Judkin Butler, Free- 
men of the County of the City of Dublin, and of the se- 
veral Persons whose names are thereunto subscribed, 
Electors of the City of Dudiin, in the County of the City 
of Dublin, on behalf of themselves and others, claiming a 
right to vote for Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said City, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the said City, being come; 

The House proceeded to the appointment of a Select 
Committee, to try and determine the merits of the said 
Petition. 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent, with the Mace, to the 
places adjacent, to require the attendance of the Members 
on the business of the House: And being returned ; 

The House was counted by Mr. Speaker; and one 
hundred and nine members being present ; 

The counsel and agents were called in. 

And a Motion being made, That the reduced List, re- 
ported yesterday, of Members to serve on the Committee 
for trying the merits of the City of Dublin Election Peti- 
tion, be now called over, and that the Members upon 
the said List be sworn, at the Table, to form the said 
Committee ; 

_ The counsel and agents were directed to withdraw. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Mr. O’Connell, 
Tellers for the Yeas,| hora Viscount Duncannon } = 


Tellers for the Noes,{ Mir Williams Wynn, hoo 


Mr. Attorney-General : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, That the Ballot on the City of 
Dublin Election Petition be adjourned till Tuesday next : 
—And the said Motion was withdrawn. 

And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking the said Petition into 
consideration, was read. 

Then the names of the Members were drawn, and read 
in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was com- 
pleted. 

Note :—That in the course of drawing the names, the 
names of several Members were drawn, who were ex- 
cused, as having voted at the last Election for a Mem- 
ber for the City of Dublin, or as serving or having 
served on a Select Committee, and one name was 
set aside, the Member being petitioned against. 

And the name of Lord Viscount Althorp, Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, being drawn, he stated, that he conceived 
it would be attended with material inconvenience to public 
business, if he were to serve on the said Committee ; and, 
having verified the same upon oath, he was excused. 

And Lists of the thirty-three names being delivered to 
the Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee, the door 
was opened, and the counsel and agents withdrew. - 

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Mr. Alderman Wood, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Bill to explain, amend, and render more 
" effectual certain Acts of the twenty-third year of the 


reign of his Majesty King George the Second, and the 
nineteenth year of his Majesty King George the Third, 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts 


within the Tower Hamlets; That they had proceeded 


according to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day 
of June last; and that they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


Mr. Arthur Trevor reported from the Committee on 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
enabling the Trustee under the Will of Henry Brown, 
deceased, to sell certain Shares inthe Leeds and Liverpool 
Canal Navigation, and a Share in the Liverpool Theatre, 
and certain Bonds from the Liverpool Dock Trustees, and 
of a certain Sum due on Bond from the Corporation of 
Liverpool, and to apply the Money arising therefrom in 
repairing, pulling down, and rebuilding certain Houses 
in Paradise-street, in the Town of Liverpool aforesaid, 
and for other the purposes in this Act mentioned ; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be.true ; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the 
Committee ; and that they had gone through the Bill, 
and had directed him to report the same to the House, 
without any Amendment:—And the Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Trevor do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed to 


_ the same, without any Amendment. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend an Act passed in 


rment the seventh and eighth years of the reign of his late Ma- 


jesty intituled, ‘ An Act for carrying into effect certain 


mprovements within the City of Edinburgh, and adja- 
cent to the same,” was read the third time, and several 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
_ Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Adam Dundas do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the -Petition of Growers of Corn in 
the neighbourhood of Bungay; of Halesworth; of Har- 
leston; of Tenants and Occupiers of land in Hadding- 
ton; and, of Members of The Norfolk Agricultural Society, 
met in Committee, against admitting the use of Mo- 
lasses in the Breweries and Distilleries of the United 
Kingdom, which were presented to the House upon the 


20th day of this instant July, and upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Rochdale, was presented, 
and read; taking notice of the Bill to consolidate and 
amend the Laws relating to Highways in that part of 
Great Britain called England; and praying, That the 
Same may not pass into a law as it now stands. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales, and complaining of obstruction to 
the measure from an interested Minority of the House, 
and praying the House to take means to accelerate the 
progress of the said Bill, was presented, and read; and, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Petition of Residents in the town of Strabane, in the 
county of Tyrone, was presented, and read ; taking notice 
of the Bills to amend the Representation of the People ; 
and praying, That the same may not pass into law. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


il, Mr. Hobhouse presented a Bill for the better regulation 


of Vestries, and for the appointment of Auditors of Ac- 


na ag a Parishes of England and Wales: And 


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A Petition of Inhabitants of Coventry, taking notice of - 


709 


the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Monday, the 8th day of August 
next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Monday, the 18th day of this instant July, for taking into 
further consideration, upon Monday next, the Report 
from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill to 
repeal the Laws relating to Apprentices, and other young 
Persons, employed in Cotton and other Factories, and in 
Cotton and other Mills, and to make further provisions in 
lieu thereof, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Monday, the 8th day of August next. 


The counsel and agents before-mentioned being returned 
to the bar, the Clerk appointed to attend the said Com- 
mittee, delivered in to the House a reduced List; and 
the same was called over; and is as follows : 

Charles Barry Baldwin, Esquire, Edward Penrhyn, 
Esquire, Nicholas William Ridley Colborne, Esquire, Wil- 
lam Bingham Baring, Esquire, Edward Bolton Clive, 
Esquire, Henry Hunt, Esquire, Sir Gray Skipwith, Ba- 
ronet, Sir Colquhoun Grant, William Miles, Esquire, Ro- 
bert Gordon, Requise, John Forbes, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select Com- 
mittee for trying the merits of the Petition, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the City of Dubiin, 
were sworn by the Clerk, at the table, in the usual man- 
ner ; and thereupon the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forthwith 
in one of the Committee Chambers appointed for hearing 
the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


- A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That the Order of the day, for the House to resolve itself 
into a Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to 
amend the Representation of the People in England and 
Wales, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques- 
tion, by leaving out from the word “That” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words “this House at 
“‘ its rising do adjourn till Tuesday next,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendment was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House upon 
the said Bill, be now read; and the same being read :~ 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Question put, That “ East Grinstead, Susser,” stand 
part of Schedule (B.)——Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Guildford, Surrey,” stand part of 
Schedule (B.) ! 

The Committee divided. ie te ae 

Teller for the Yeas, Lord Viscount Duncannon 253. 

Teller for the Noes, Mr. Charles Ross - - 186. 

Question put, That “ Hellestone, Cornwall,” stand part 
of Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That “‘ Honiton, Devonshire,” stand part 
of Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Huntingdon, 
stand part of Schedule (B.) 











Huntingdonshire,” 
Agreed to. 





Cotton Factories 
Apprentices 
Bill, deferred, 


Dublin City 
Election— 
Committee 
appointed, 


Committee 
on Reform of 
Parliament 


(England) Bill. 


Question put, That “ Hythe, Kent,” stand part of Sche- — 


dule (B.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That “ Launceston, Cornwall,” stand part 
of Schedule (B.) Agreed to. ek: 
Question put, That “Liskeard, Cornwall,” stand part 
of Schedule (B.) Agreed to. oe tt 
Question put, That “ Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire,” stand 
part of Schedule (B.)——Agreed to. | 
Question put, That “ Lymington, Hants,” stand part of 
Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 
Question put, That ‘“ Maldon, Essex,” 
Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 














stand part of 








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Labourers’ 
House Rent 
Bill, deferred. 


Public Works 
(Lreland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Lord 
Lieutenants 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Canadian 
Revenue Bill, 
deferred. 


Adwinistration 
of Justice 
([reland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Game Bill, 
deferred, 


Report of 
Excise Acts, 
deferred, 


Highways 
Bill, deferred. 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 30° die Juli, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 
again. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, 
That this House will, this day, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee ; 


The House divided. 


The Yeas went forth. 
“! Tellers for the Yeas, { — — ren 216, 
f Lord Viscount Stormont, 

Tellers for the Noes, | Sir Charles Wetherell : \ 143, 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to prohibit the Practice of paying the 
House Rents of Able-bodied Labourers out of the Poor’s 
Rate ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill for the extension and promotion 
of Public Works in Ireland ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
provide for the better order and government of Ireland by 
Lieutenants for the several Counties, Counties of Cities, 
and Counties of Towns therein ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill toamend an Act of the fourteenth year of his 
Majesty King George the Third, for establishing a Fund 
towards defraying the Charges of the administration of 
Justice and support of the Civil Government within the 
Province of Quebec, in America ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to improve the Administration of Justice 
in Ireland; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend the Laws in England relative to Game; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, the 8th 
day of August next, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
port from the Committee of the whole House, to whom it 
was referred to consider of the several Acts imposing 
Duties of Excise on Candles, and on Licenses for making 
them; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Tuesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill to consolidate and amend the 
Laws relating to Highways in that part of Great Britain 
called England ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Wednesday next. 


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. 4.1837; 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Sunt 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con. dele 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re. 
solve itself into the said Committee. 









The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Rox, 
solve itself into a Committee of the. whole House, upon On 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations » 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great. Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Wa, 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- Mea 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply #4 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and Traders Peis, 
within the port of Plymouth ;—and, of the Chamber of 5% 
Commerce of Greenock, incorporated by royal charter, cis 
—were presented, and read ; praying the House to repeal ™™ 
or greatly diminish the Duties on Marine Insurances. Z 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 4 
Table ; and to be printed. 5 


A Petition of Growers of Corn in the neighbourhood of Pati 
Framlingham, in the county of Suffolk, was presented, and inp, 
read ; praying the House to oppose any measure which jt 
will allow the use of West Indian produce to be consumed 
in the Breweries and Distilleries, instead of Barley and 
Malt. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Select 
Committee on Molasses. 








Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill for raising the Sum Eu 
of Thirteen Millions six hundred and sixteen thousand 
four hundred Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service — 
of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Tuesday next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till near ; 
three of the clock on Saturday morning, adjourned * 
till this day. 








Sabbati, 30° die Juli ; : 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 3 


PRAYERS. 


A. ETITION of Grand Jurors empannelled for the Peisfh 
county of Carmarthen, at the Summer Assizes 1831, ‘i 
was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to pre 
amend the Representation of the People in England and 
Wales; and praying for an additional Member for that 
county. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


sagain 
Factorii 
sitices 


A Petition of Corn Millers, Corn-Mill Proprietors and Pei 
Corn Dealers of the town of Burnley and its'vicinity, was 
presented, and read; praying the House to make such on 
alterations in the present law as will afford to the Peti- 
tioners the same protection which is extended to the Corn 
— of Ireland, viz. the entire prohibition of Foreign 

lour. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


agains 
Registr 


A Petition of the Authorities, Clergy, Merchants, Ma- Pei 
nufacturers and other Inhabitants of Manchester ; —and, 
of Inhabitants of Glasgow and neighbourhood, connected 
with Cotton Mills and Power-loom Factories,—were pre- 
sented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to repeal the 
Laws relating to Apprentices, and other young Persons, 
employed in Cotton and other Factories, and in Cotton 
and other Mills, and to make further provisions in lieu 
thereof ; and praying, That the same may pass into a law. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 





Ordered, 








g Witt. [V. 


- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 


u 
Hal .. count of all Promissory Notes and Post Bills.of the Go- 
, yernor and Company of the Bank of England in circula- 
tion at the close of the business on Saturday in every 
week of the year, ending 2d April 1831 (as returned to 
the Stamp Office, pursuant to an Act 35 Geo. 3, c. 184); 
‘on and further, to the latest period to which: the same can be 
me made up. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 

Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there he laid before this House, an Account 
of the Quantity of Pounds weight of Standard Gold re- 
ceived into His Majesty’s Mint from 15th July 1831 to 
the present time ; and of the Value of Gold Monies coined 
(specifying the proportion of each denomination of Coin); 
stating the Expense incurred in coining the same; for 
whose account coined; and distinguishing the amount 
coined for the Bank of England from the amount coined 
for all other Persons; stating the amount retained for 
assaying, loss and coinage, and how the same has been 
applied. 
Mresolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, an Account 
of all Silver Coin of the Realm which has been melted at 
His Majesty’s Mint in each quarter, from 31st December 
1829, to the present time; stating the amount in each 
quarter, and for whose Account the same has been de- 
livered out and received. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a like Ac- 
count of all Gold Coin. 

Ordered, That the said Addresses be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. 





Ordered, That the Petition of Owners and Occupiers 
of land in Soham; in Royston; of Growers of Corn in 
the neighbourhood of Bungay; of Halesworth; of Har- 
leston; of Tenants and Occupiers of land in the County 
of Haddington; of Patrick Stead, of Great Yarmouth, 
£ and of Beccles and Halesworth, Maltster and Corn Mer- 
a chant; of Members of The Norfolk Agricultural So- 
os ciety, met in Committee ; of Corn Factors, Malt Factors, 
Sellers of Malt and Corn in Mark-lane; of Merchants, 
Factors, and Buyers of Corn in Dundee, and Growers of 
Corn attending the Market of Dundee; and, of Scotch 
Distillers, against admitting the use of Molasses. in the 
Breweries and Distilleries of the United Kingdom, which 
were presented to the House upon the 18th, 20th, 21st, 
22d, 25th and 27th days of this instant July, be referred 
to the Select Committee on Molasses. 







| Petite 


resped 
adit 
) prese sagainst 
Factories 

| patices 


A Petition of Operatives in the employ of Messrs. 
Hindes &amp; Derhams, Worsted Spinners, Dolphinholme, 
near Lancaster ;—and, of Overseers of the several town- 
ships adjacent to Dolphinholme Worsted Mills,—were 
presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to repeal 
the Laws relating to Apprentices, and other young 
i Persons, employed in Cotton and other Factories, and in 
Cotton and other Mills, and to make further provisions in 
lieu thereof; and praying, That the same may not pass 
into a law as it now stands. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table; and to be printed. 


Reisry _ A Petition of Owners of Real Property in the township of 
7 arnsley, was presented, and read ; taking notice of the 
Bill of the last Session of Parliament for establishing a 
General Register of all Deeds and Instruments affecting 
Real Property in England and Wales ; and praying, That 
the same may not pass into a law. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


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ie 


— 


Ordered, That the Account of the Balance in the 
hands of the late Treasurer of Queen Anne's Bounty at the 
time of his Decease, and whether the same, or what por- 
tion thereof, has been discharged ; and whether the Se- 
To any; given by the said Treasurer, is available to 


_— 
— 
&amp; 


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30° Fuliz.. 


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the amount of such Balance unpaid, which was presented 


to the House upon the 20th day of this instant July, be- 
printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Castlecomer, in the county Petition for _ 
of Kilkenny, was presented, and read; setting forth, That meio 
the Petitioners view with regret the many attempts made Street Society. 
to duce the House to withdraw a portion of the Grant 
usually given to the Society for promoting the Education 
of the Poor in Jre/and, commonly designated, The Kildare 
Place Society, and place the said portion at the disposal 
of persons decidedly opposed to Education based upon the 
Scriptures ; and praying the House to refuse to accede to 
the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of Saint Patrick’s Petition 
Cathedral, Dublin, capitularly congregated, was presented, — tg 
and read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Repre- (Irelend) Bill. 
sentation of the People in Jredand ; and praying, That the 
same may not pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Broughshane and its vici- Petition 
nity, in the county of Antrim, was presented, and read ; piltace af 
complaining of the privilege of receiving their Letters Charity Letters 
free of Postage having been withdrawn from the Religious ‘"**"*? 
and Charitable Institutions of Zreland; and praying the 
House to take the subject into their serious consideration, 
and make such legislative or other arrangements as will 
afford to such Institutions their former liberal public en- 
couragement. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. ) 


A Petition of Owners and Masters of Coal Vessels Petitionsagainst 
trading to the port of Dublin ;—of Master, Wardens and Abelition of, 
Brethren of the Corporation of Coopers or Guild of Saint Establishment 
Patrick, Dublin;—and, of Master, Wardens and Members (?#"!'"-) 
of the Fraternity of Felt Makers, Dublin,—were presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners have heard 
with much regret, that if the Duty on Coals be repealed, 
without some saving clause, enforcing the superintendence 
of Coal Meters on all Coal Vessels trading to the Port of 
Dublin, the Petitioners and the Public will be in great 
danger of losing, to a considerable extent, the valuable 
services of that most useful and indispensable establish- 
ment, which has now been in existence above 500 years ; 
and praying the House to secure, by a saving clause, or 
otherwise, as to the House shall seem most fitting, a con- 
tmuance to the Petitioners and the Public at large of the 
advantages of the Coal Meters’ establishment. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


_ A Petition of Inhabitants of Hurdsfield, in the county 
of Chester, was presented, and read ; praying for the re- 
peal of the Corn Laws. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Petition 
for repeal of 
Corn Laws. 


A Petition of West India Planters, Merchants, and others 
interested in the British West India Colonies, was pre- 
sented, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners have 
learned, that leave has been given to bring in a Bill to 
renew the expired temporary law for allowing Foreign 
Sugar to be taken out of warehouse to be refined ; that the 
permission to refine Foreign Sugar for exportation has been 
found to be most injurious to the interests of the British 
West India Colonies, at present labouring under the severest 
distress ; that by this measure a decided encouragement is 
given to the present and further cultivation of the Foreign 
Sugar Colonies, and: consequently to the continuance of 
the Slave Trade, forthe extinction of which, this Country 
has made, and is making, such vast and costly sacrifices ; 
the Petitioners therefore humbly pray, That the House will 
not proceed with this Bill until a Select Committee, ap- 
pointed by the House, shall have ascertained, by parole and 
documentary evidence, what effect such measure is calcu- 
lated to produce on the interests of the Petitioners, and the 

8S 2 continuance 


Petition 
respecting 
Sugar Refinery. 





Paper to be 
printed. 


No. 130. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


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continuance and extension of the Foreign Slave Trade,’ 
and shall have reported to the House thereon. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Appointment of the pre- 
sent Clerk of the Peace for the County of Limerick, 
and also, the Certificate of his Age at the time of his ap- 

ointment to that Office, which was presented to the 
Sens upon Wednesday last, be printed. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the 

Black Rod : 

Mr. Speaker, 
_ The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring His Royal Assent to several 
Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the immediate 
attendance of this Honourable House in the. House of 
Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to 
the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the desire of 
the Lords, authorized by.virtue of His Majesty’s Com- 
mission, had been at the House of Peers, where a Com- 
mission under the Great Seal was read, giving, declaring 
and notifying the Royal Assent to the several Public and 
Private Bills therein mentioned ; and that the Lords there- 
by authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the said 
Bills: Which Bills are as followeth ; 

An Act to repeal so much of certain Acts as requires 
certain Oaths to be taken by Members of the House of 
Commons before the Lord Steward or his Deputies : 

An Act to reduce the Salary of the Master and Worker 
of His Majesty’s Mint : 

An Act to continue Compositions for Assessed Taxes 
until the Fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-three, and to grant Relief in certain cases : 

An Act to suspend, until the end of the next Session of 
Parliament, the making of Lists and the Ballots and En- 
rolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom : 

An Act to abolish certain Oaths and Affirmations taken 
and made in the Customs and Excise Departments of 
His Majesty’s Revenue, and to substitute Declarations in 
lieu thereof : 

_ An Act to enable His Majesty to make Leases, Copies 
and Grants of Offices, Lands and Hereditaments, Parcel 
of the Duchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the same : 

An Act for continuing, until the Thirtieth day of June 
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, the several 
Acts for regulating the Turnpike Roads in Great Britain, 
which will expire at the end of the present Session of 
Parliament : 

An Act for better raising and securing the Fund esta- 
blished for making Provision for the Widows of the Writers 
to His Majesty’s Signet in Scotland : 

An Act to amend an Act for vesting and securing to 
John Stephen Langton, Esquire, certain Profits and Emo- 
luments for a limited time: 

An Act to .alter and amend an Act passed in the sixth 


| year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the 


Fourth, for regulating the conversion of the Statute La- 
bour within the Barony of Gorbals, in the City of Glasgow 
and County of Lanark: 

An Act to amend certain Acts passed in the reign of 
his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for opening a 
Street from the Cross of Glasgow to Monteith Row: 

An Act to enable The Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance 
Company to sue and be sued in the Name of their Secre- 
tary, or of any one of the Directors of the said Company : 

An Act for erecting and maintaining a Bridge over the 
River Lagan, at Belfast, and for making suitable Ap- 
proaches thereto : 

An Act to amend and enlarge the several Acts relating 
to the Bolton and Leigh Railway : 

An Act to alter the Line of the Avon and Gloucester- 
shire Railway, to make certain Branches from the same, 
and to amend the Act for making the said Railway : 

An Act for settling disputed Rights respecting Tithes 
within the Parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, and for fixing certain Annual Pay- 
ments in lieu thereof: 

An Act for erecting and maintaining a Pier and other 
Works for the more conveniently landing and embarking 
Passengers in the Port of the Town of Southampton: 


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- An Act for the Establishthenit of a Chapel of Ease, to'he 
ealled, Grosvenor Chapel, in the Parish of Saint George 
Hanover-square, in the County of Middlesex, and for pro- 
viding for the maintenance of the said Chapel, and g 
Stipend for the Minister thereof: 

- An Act to amend and extend the Powers of an Act for 
recovering, draining and preserving certain Lands, and 
for better supplying with Water, the Mills, Manufactories 
and other Works situated on the River Leven, in the 
Counties of Kinross and Fife:-_ - 7 

An Act for making a Turnpike Road (with a Branch 
therefrom), from the Angel Inn, near Darlington, in the 
County of Durham, to Barton-lane End, in the County of 
York: Tina: 

An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from 
Norwich to Cromer, in the County of Norfolk, and two 
Branches of Road leading towards Holt and towards Wol- 
terton, in the said County : 

An Act for repairing and improving the Road from 
Doncaster, through Ferrybridge, to the south side. of 
Tadcaster Cross, in the West Riding of the County of 
York: | 

An Act for more effectually repairing and iniproving 
several Roads leading into and from the Town of Chel. 
tenham, in the County of Gloucester, and for making new 
Branches of Roads to communicate therewith : 

An Act for making and maintaining a Road from Thorn- 
set, in the County of Derby, to Furnace Colliery, within 
Disley, in the County of Chester, and two several Branches 
therefrom : 

An Act for more effectually repairing and improving 
several Roads therein mentioned, leading to, through and 
from the Town of Monmouth, and for making several new 
Lines and Diversions of Road to communicate therewith 
in the Counties of Monmouth,.Gloucester and Hereford: 

An Act for repairing the Road from the Bridge on the 
old River at Barton, to Brandon Bridge, in the County of 
Suffolk : 

An Act for more effectually repairing and otherwise 
improving the several Roads from the south Gate, in the 
Borough of King’s Lynn, into the Parishes of East Walton, 
Narborough, Stoke Ferry and Downham Market, in the 
County of Norfolk : 

An Act for more effectually repairing the Roads from 
the Borough of King’s Lynn, and other Roads therein 
mentioned, and for making a new Line of Road at Castle 
Rising, all in the County of Norfolk: : 

An Act for more effectually repairing and improving 
the Road between the City of Durham and the Village of 
Shotley Bridge, in the County of Durham: 

An Act for consolidating the Trusts of certain Roads, 
called the Breamish and Wooler Turnpike Roads, in the 
County of Northumberland, and for more effectually im- 
proving and maintaining the same: 

An Act for more effectually maintaining and improving 
the Road from Soho Hill, in the Parish of Handsworth, to 


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the Walsall Road,. on the northern side of Hamstead - 


Bridge, and another Road from Brown’s Green to the 
Friary, in the County of Stafford: 

An Act for repairing and improving certain Roads in 
the Counties of Stafford and Salop, leading to and from 
the Town of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford: 

An Act for more effectually repairing certain Roads lead- 
ing to and from the Town of Abergavenny, in the County 
of Monmouth, and for making and maintaining several 
new Branches of Road to communicate therewith : 

An Act for making and maintaining a Road from the 
bottom of Kirkgate to the bottom of Westgate, both in the 
Parish of Wakefield, in the West Riding of the County 
of York: és : 

An Act to amend an Act of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, for more effectually maintaining the 
Road from Teignmouth to Dawlish, and for making Roads 
from Dawlish to the Exeter Turnpike Roads, together 
with a Road from Southtown to Chudleigh, and certain 
Branches communicating with the same, all in the 
County of Devon, and to make and maintain other Roads 
communicating with the said Roads: 

An Act for more effectually repairing, amending and 
improving the Roads from Liverpool to Prescot, Ashton 
and Warrington, in the County Palatine of Lancaster: 

An Act to continue and amend an Act of the fifth year 
of his late Majesty, for repairing the Roads from Dur- 
weston Bridge to Caundle Bishop, and other Roads in the 

Counties 








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Counties of Dorset and Somerset, so far as relates to the 
Vale of Blackmoor Turnpike Roads: 

An Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road 
from the south end of Mitford Bridge, in the Parish of 
Tedburn Saint Mary, to Chudleigh Bridge, and from 
Crockham Bridge to the E.vveter Turnpike Road, in Chud- 
leigh, all in the County of Devon : 

An Act for amending certain Roads in the County of 
Somerset, and for placing them and other Roads under 
the care and management of the Trustees of the Lang- 
port, Somerton and Castle Cary Roads : 

An Act to empower the Judges of the Court of Session 
in Scotland to take an Account of the Debts and Burdens 
affecting, and that may be made to affect, the entailed 
Estate of Crieve, and others, in the Counties of Dumfriesand 
Roxburgh, and to sell such part of the said Estate as may 
be sufficient to discharge the said Debts and Burdens, and 
likewise for settling and securing the Lands and Estate of 
Murrayfield, and others, in the said County of Dumfries, 
to and in favour of Z'homas Beattie, of Crieve, Esquire, 
and the series of Heirs entitled to take by a certain Deed 
of Entail, made by Thomas Beattie, of Crieve, Esquire, 
now deceased, and under the conditions and limitations 
contained in the said Deed, and for vesting, in lieu thereof, 
certain parts of the Estate of Crieve in the said Thomas 
Beattie, Esquire, and his Heirs and Assigns, in Fee Simple : 

An Act to effect an exchange of Lands between Har- 
riet Averina Brunetta Herbert, an Infant Ward of the 
Court of Chancery, and John Edwards, Esquire : 

An Act to enable the Most Noble Alerander Duke of 


use the Sirname of Surman, pursuant to the provisions of 
the Will of John Surman, late of Swindon, in the County 
of Gloucester, Gentleman, deceased : 

An Act for naturalizing Peter Hubert Desvignes and 
George Desvignes : 

An Act for naturalizing Bernhard Hebeler : 

An Act for naturalizing Custodio Pereira de Carvalho, 


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by Free Miners of the Hundred of Saint Briavel’s, and for 
other purposes; and the same was read; and is as fol- 
loweth ; 
Pr. 6. line 29. After “ effect” insert Clause (A.) 
Cause (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That the 
said Commissioners, before they shall be capable of 
acting in the execution of this Act, shall severally take 
and subscribe an Oath before a Justice of the Siac 
for the County of Gloucester, or before one of the said’ 
Commissioners (having first taken the said Oath), to 
the effect following ; (that is to say) 

“ I, A. B. do swear, that I will faithfully, impartially 

‘‘ and honestly, according to the best of my skill 
* and judgment, execute the several powers re- 
posed in me by an Act of the second year of 
the reign of His Majesty King William the 
Fourth, intituled, ‘ An Act for ascertaining the 
Boundaries of the Forest of Dean, and for in- 
quiring into the Rights and Privileges claimed 
“* by Free Miners of the Hundred of Saint Bria- 
vel’s, and for other purposes,’ according to the 
tenor and purport of the said Act. 
** So help me Gop.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, was 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Lord Viscount Duncannon do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


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Ordered, That the Account of the Number of Persons 


dersfield, in the West Riding of the County of York, to 
Woodhead, in the County Palatine of Chester, and from 
thence to a Bridge over the River Mersey, called, Enter- 
clough Bridge, on the confines of the County of Derby : 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually repairing 
and improving certain Roads leading to and from the 
Town of Cirencester, in the County of Gloucester, and 


° ° ‘ Account to 
Hamilton —_ B maps and the Heirs of Entail of the committed to the several Bridewells, Houses of Correc- be printed. 
Lands an he Sie h —_ in the Shire of Linlithgow, tion, and other Prisons, under Summary Process, in each No. 151. 
to charge t a —— a - and, to be gained from the County of England and Wales, in each of the Sixteen 
Sea op aa ee ee with the Expenses laid out years from 1814 to 1829 inclusive, as far as the same can 
7 at . a. ; h f , C be made out by the Keepers of the several Gaols, which 
An Act to effect an exchange of Estates in the County 4,4, presented to the House upon the 12th day of April 
of Hereford, between William Preece, Esquire, and the ier, shper-aircer 
Dean and Canons of Windsor : ‘inti ' 
An Act to empower the Judges of the Court of Ses- . il 
- sion, in Scotland, to sell such part of the entailed Lands aca from the Lords, by Mr. Justice Bayley and evinced 
| and Barony of West Nisbet, in the County of Berwick, ”" apn en to 
' now belonging to Charles Carre Lord Sinclair, as shall be Mr. Speaker, ci 
3 sufficient for payment of the Provisions, Debts and In- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act Queen's — 
, for enabling His Majesty to make Provision for support- Dower Bill. 
cumbrances affecting the same: beg tense sim! PP. 
E An Act for inclosing Lands in the Hamlet of Langley, ing the Royal Dignity of The Queen, in case She shall 
3 in the Parish of Claverdon, in the County of Warwick: survive His Majesty, without any Amendment :— And 
7 An Act for inclosing Lands in the several Parishes of then the Messengers withdrew. 
Hatton, Haseley and Wrovhall, in the County of Warwick: i as 
An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Rothbury, A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson and The Lords 
_ in the County of Northumberland : Mr. Roupell : _ oe 
3 An Act for inclosing Lands within the Townships or Mr. Speaker, 
% Divisions of Hugill, Applethwaite and Troutbeck, in the — The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
‘ Parishes of Kirkby-in-Kendal and Windermere, in the without any Amendment ; viz. 
g County of Westmorland : A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue and amend an Dean Forest 
y ¥ _ An Act for inclosing the several OpenCommon Fields, Act for more effectually repairing several Roads in and Reads Bill. 
; 4 Mesne Inclosures, Ings, Common or Stinted Pastures and through His Majesty's Forest of Dean, in the County of 
i. Balks, within the Manor and Township of Ferrybridge Gloucester, and to convert certain Highways in the Pa- 
. : otherwise Ferryfryston, in the West Riding of the County rishes of Staunton and Newland, in the said County, into 
A of York : Turnpike Roads: 
An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Charles Trower, A Bill, intituled, An Act for maintaining the Road from Wakefield and 
Esquire, with Amelia Catherine Trower, his now Wife,and WW akefield to Austerlands, in the West Riding of the County — 
toenable him to marry again, and for other purposes of York: 
therein mentioned : A Bill, intituled, An Act for making and repairing Stirlingshire 
An Act to enable Joseph Chamberlayne Wilkinson Acker- certain Roads leading across the County of Stirling, and Roads Bill. 
ley otherwise Acherley, of the Town and County of the other Roads in the said County : 
Town of Southampton, Esquire, to lay down and for ever A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act for more Wendover 
cease to use the Surnames of Wilkinson and Ackerley other- effectually repairing and improving the Road from Wen- Road Bill. 
wise Acherley, and to take the Name of Chamberlayne only, dover to the Town of Buckingham, in the County of Buck- 
and bear the Arms of Chamberlayne quarterly with his ingham : 
own family Arms, pursuant to the Will of his late maternal A Bill, intituled, An Act for improving and maintaining ffaddersfield 
Uncle, Edmund John Chamberlayne, Esquire, deceased: the Road from the south side of a Bridge over the River aa 
An Act to enable John Surman Goodlake to take and Colne, called, Engine Bridge, in the Township of Hud- 


Cirencester and 
Wootton Bas- 
sett Road Bill. 






Wootton Bassett, in the County of Wilts : 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing the Road from 


wt , Lhe House proceeded to take into consideration the 


Wisbech and 
Bil, Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An 


ur the Town of Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely, in the County of ber &amp; 
af Act for ascertaining the Boundaries of the Forest of Dean, Cambridge, to the Town of Thorney, in the same Isle and eee 
” and for inquiring into the Rights and Privileges claimed County : 

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Ludlow Road 
Bill. 


Rutherglen 
Railway Bill. 


Went Drain- 
age Bill. 


Lincoln County 
Buildings Bill. 


Frodingham 
Drainage Bill, 
with Amend- 
ments, 


The Lords 
have passed, 


Watson’s 
Name Bill. 


Isherwood’s 
Estate Bill. 


Committee 
on Reform of 
Parliament 


(England) Bill. 


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A Bill, intituled, An Act for improving and maintaining 
the Road from Ludlow, in the County of Salop, through 
Woofferton and Little Hereford to Monk's Bridge, in the 
said County, and also from Ludlow to Orleton, in the 
County of Hereford: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making and maintaining 
a Railway from Rutherglen Green to Wellshot, in the 
County of Lanark : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for draining and improving 
certain Low Lands situate within the several Townships of 
Norton, Campsall, Askren, Moss, Fenwick, Little Smea- 
ton, Stubbs, Walden, Womersley, Whitley, Bain, Pollington, 
Snaith and Cowick, and Sykehouse, in the several Parishes 
of Campsall, Womersley, Kellington, Snaith and Fishlake, 
all in the West Riding of the County of York: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Justices of the 
Peace for the three Divisions of the County of Lincoln 
to purchase the Site of Lincoln Castle, and to empower 
the Court of Gaol Sessions for the said County to main- 
tain and support the Judges’ House, County Hall and 
Courts of Assize, and for other purposes affecting the 
County at large: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for inclosing, draining and warping Lands within the 
Township or Hamlets of Frodingham, Scunthorpe, Bromby 
and Gunhouse (otherwise Gunnas), all in the Parish of 
Frodingham, in the County of Lincoln, with some Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
enable Wenman Langham Watson, Esquire, and his Issue 
Male, to take the Surname and use the Arms of Samwell, 
pursuant to the Will of Sir Thomas Samwell, Baronet, de- 
ceased; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
vesting certain parts of the devised Estates of Thomas 
Bradshaw Isherwood, Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, in 
trust to be sold or demised for the purposes therein men- 
tioned ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—-And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to amend 
the Representation of the People in England and Wales. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question put, That “ Malmsbury, Wilts,” stand part of 
Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Marlborough, Wilts,” stand part 
of Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “Great Marlow, Bucks,” stand part 
of Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That ‘“‘ Okehampton, Devonshire,” stand 
part of Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Reigate, Surrey,” stand part of 
Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Richmond, York,” stand part of 
Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Rye, Sussex,” stand part of Sche- 
dule (B.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Saint Ives, Cornwall,” stand part 
of Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire,” stand 
part of Schedule (B.)——-Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Sudbury, Suffolk,” be postponed. 
-—-Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Thetford, Norfolk,” stand part of 
































Schedule (B.)——Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Thirsk, York,” stand part of 
Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Zotness, Devonshire,” be post- 
poned. Agreed to. 





Question put, That “ Walling ford, Berkshire,” stand 
part of Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Wilton, Wilts,” stand part of Sche- 
dule (B.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Saltash, Cornwall,” be inserted in 
Schedule (B.) Agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 














Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill, and that he was directed by the 


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Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the Aj, 
House this day, adjourn till Tuesday next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Adi, 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- te 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Statement of !* 
the Population of each Town or Place in England and “"® 
Wales, the Population of which in 1821 exceeded 2,000; 
showing the County in which such Town or Place is 
situate, the amount of Assessed Taxes paid by every such 
+n or Place, and the Number of Houses paying £.10 

ent. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 






Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Ne) 
Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out a new Writ Wii 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of New Ross, in the room of 
Charles Tottenham, Esquire, who, since his election for 
the said Borough, hath accepted the office of Steward or 
Bailiff of His Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, 
Desborough and Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Wai * 
enable Wenman Langham Watson, Esquire, and his Issue \w 
Male, to take the Surname and use the Arms of Samwell, ™ 
pursuant to the Will of Sir Thomas Samwell, Baronet, 
deceased, was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


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An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Ise P 
vesting certain parts of the devised Estates of Thomas Es 
Bradshaw Isherwood, Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, in ™ 
trust to be sold or demised for the purposes therein men- 
tioned, was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
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A Petition of Land-owners within Strickland Kettle ;— Pai 
of the township of Halton ;—and, within Grayrigg, in" 
the parish of Kirkby-in-Kendal,—were presented, and 
read; praying the House, in conformity with the re- 
commendation contained in the First Report of the Real 
Property Law Commissioners, to enact some reason- 
able period of limitation beyond which no right to Tithes 
in kind shall be established, a measure that would secure 
to the Tithe Impropriators all just demands, would pro- 
tect the Petitioners in the possession of their property, 
and would relieve them from a series of oppressive liti- 


tel 


gation and expense. a 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the fF 
Table ; and to be printed. oe 


And then the House adjourned till Tuesday next. 











Martis, 2° die August ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi [V“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 
4 I ‘HE House being informed, that Mr. Knight, Vestry 
Clerk of Saint James, Westminster, attended at the (is 
door, he was called in; and at the bar presented to the pr 
House, pursuant to their Order,—A Return of all Monies 


received from the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Woods © 
and Forests, in respect of deficiency in the Poor's Rates fF 
arising from Houses and Buildings shut up, taken down, . 
or used by authority of the Act 53 Geo.3, c.121; speci- FP 
fying the Sums received in each respective year, also the Pa 
Situation of each House and Building, with the Rental for x 
which the same was assessed for the relief of the Poor; [- 


stating the Pound Rate in each year ;—and, of all Monies 
paid to His Majesty’s Commissioners of Woods and 
Forests, under and in pursuance of the same Act :—And 
then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the Table. 


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Sir William Guise, from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the merits of the Petition of Rees 
Howell Gronow, Esquire, and Henry William Hobhouse, 
Esquire, complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Great Grimsby, in the County of Lincoln, in- 
formed the House, That the Committee have determined, 

That George Harris, Esquire, and John Villiers Shelley, 
Esquire, are not duly elected Burgesses to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Great Grimsby, 
in the County of Lincoln: 

That the last Election for the said Borough is a void 
Election: ; 

That the said Petition did not appear to the said Com- 
mittee to be frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not appear 
to the said Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be entered 
in the Journals of this House. 

Sir William Guise also acquainted the House, that the 
said Select Committee had come to the following Resolu- 
tion, which they had directed him to report to the House: 

Resolved, That it appears to this Committee, that at 
the last Election for the Borough of Great Grimsby, 
George Harris, Esquire, and John Villiers Shelley, Esquire, 
were guilty, by their agents, of treating. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of 
the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the electing of 
two Burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Great Grimsby, in the room of George Harris, 
Esquire, and John Villiers Shelley, Esquire, whose Elec- 
tions have been determined to be void ; 

And a Debate arising in the House thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That the Debate be adjourned till To-morrow :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing of two Burgesses to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Great Grimsby, in the room of 
George Harris, Esquire, and John Villiers Shelley, Esquire, 
whose Elections have been determined to be void. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for inclosing, draining and warping Lands within the 
Township or Hamlets of Frodingham, Scunthorpe, Bromby 
and Gunhouse (otherwise Gunnas), all in the Parish of 
Frodingham, in the County of Lincoln: And the same 
were read; and are as followeth ; 

Pr. 1.1. 3.and 1. 4. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
Pr. 1.1. 11. Leave out “ three,” and insert “ two.” 
Pr. 1.1. 15. Leave out “ Two thousand,” and insert 
“ Four hundred and fifty.” 
Pr. 1.1.22. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
Pr, 2.1.. 3. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
Pr. 2.1.28. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
1. 5. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
1. 5. Leave out * Bromby.” 
1. 16. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
1. 35. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
1.15. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
1. 17. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
1.30. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
. 1. 28. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
Pr. 41. 1. 16. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
1. 4. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
1. 16. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
1. 35. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
1. 20. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
1. 38. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
1.16. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
1. 16. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
. 1. 13.. Leave out “ Bromby.” 
_ Pr.121.1. 4. Leave out from “ intended ” to “ And” 
in pr. 122. 1. 1. 

In the Title of the Bill, 1. 4. Leave out “ Bromby.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, were 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Mr. Strickland do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 


to a 1 ee made by their Lordships. 


Mr. Bodkin reported from the Committee on the Bill Galway 
to amend and enlarge the Powers of an Act passed in the Docks Bill, 
eleventh year of the reign of his late Majesty King George ‘* oes 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for making and maintain- 
ing a navigable Cut or Canal from Lough Corrib to the 
Bay of Galway, and for the Improvement of the Harbour 
of Galway ;” That they had proceeded according to the 
Resolution of the House of the 21st day of June last ; and, 
that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made several Amendments thereunto; and the Re- 
port was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill to explain, amend and render more Tower Hamlets 
effectual certain Acts of the twenty-third year of the reign oil, pomny 
of his Majesty King George the Second, and the nine- 
teenth year of his Majesty King George the Third, for 
the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within 
the Tower Hamlets, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Byng do carry the Bill to the Lords, 


and desire their concurrence. 


The Earl of Belfast reported from the Committee on Ramié’s 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Nat. Bill, 
naturalizing Charles Francis Ramié ; That they had ex- = “e 
amined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to?’ 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and had directed 
him to report the same to the House without any Amend- 
ment :—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Belfast do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee on the Report of 
Bill for the further Improvement of the Port and Harbour Belfast Har- 
of Belfast, in Ireland, and for other purposes, be taken yd am, 
into further consideration To-morrow. comeres. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Birmingham 
to enable the Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and pet gg 
Goods of the Free Grammar School of King Edward the with Amend- 
Sixth, in Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, to erect ™"* 
a School House, Masters’ Houses, and other suitable Ac- 
commodations for the said School on a new Site in the 
vicinity of the Town of Birmingham, and to extend the 
objects of the Charity, and for other purposes, was read 
the third time ; and the Amendments following were made 
to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 69. 1.20. After Clause (E.) added by the Com- 
mittee, insert Clauses (G.) (H.) (I.) and (K.) 

Crause (G.) “ And be it further Enacted, That it 
shall and may be lawful to and for all and every per- 
son and persons, bodies politic or collegiate, corpora- 
tions aggregate or sole, and to and for trustees for 
charitable and other public purposes, and to and for all 
trustees or committees for infants, lunatics, idiots and 
' other incapable persons, and to and for all femes co- 
vert, or tenants for life or tenants in tail, and all and 
every other person and persons who is, are or shall 
or may be seised, possessed of or interested in the said 
“* piece of land, dwelling-houses, buildings and erec- 
“‘ tions which the said Governors and their successors 
“ are by this Act empowered to purchase and hold ad- 
“ joining to the present site of the said Free Grammar 
*¢ School, and also of and in the piece of land, heredi- 
“‘ taments and premises situate in and fronting to New- 
“¢ street and Peck-lane aforesaid, but being incapable of 
“ selling the same, or the estate or interest to be surren- 
* dered therein respectively, and making a good title 
‘“‘ thereto in fee-simple, or for such estate or interest to 
‘‘ be surrendered as aforesaid, to contract and agree to 
“ sell to the said Governors or their successors any such 
“ lands, grounds, buildings, erections, or hereditaments 
“ and rights in, over or upon the same; and all such 
“ estate and interest to be surrendered as aforesaid, and 
““ by indenture or indentures duly sealed and delivered 
“ and enrolled in the said Court of Chancery, in manner 
“ required by law for conveyance of lands in mortmain, 
“ absolutely to convey in fee the same pieces or parcels 
“ of land, messuages, buildings and hereditaments, and 
“ to assign or surrender any such estate or interest as 

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aforesaid to the said Governors and their successors ; 
and such deed or deeds, being duly executed and en- 
rolled as aforesaid, shall effectually and absolutely bar 
all estates tail and other estates and interests in pos- 
session, reversion, remainder or expectancy, and convey 
all other estates and interests in the hereditaments so 
conveyed ; and all and every such person or persons, 
bodies politic, corporate or collegiate, corporations ag- 
gregate or sole, or trustees for charitable and other 
public purposes, trustees or committees, femes covert, 
tenants for life or tenants in tail, or other person or per- 
sons as aforesaid, shall be and are hereby indemnified 
for what they shall do by virtue of or in pursuance of 
this Act.” 

Ciause (H.) “ And be it further Enacted, That if 
any Money shall be agreed to be paid for any here- 
ditaments, so to be purchased by the said Governors, 
by virtue of the powers of this Act for the purposes 
aforesaid, which shall belong to any trustee or trustees 
for charitable or other public purposes, or to any cor- 
poration, feme covert, infant, lunatic, or person or 
persons under any other disability or incapacity in this 
Act mentioned, such Money, in case the same shall 
amount to or exceed the sum of Two hundred pounds, 
shall be paid into the Bank of England, in the name 
and with the privity of the Accountant General of the 
Court of Exchequer, to be placed to his account there, 
ev parte the Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and 
Goods of the Free Grammar School of King Edward 
the Sixth in Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, 
pursuant to the method prescribed by an Act passed in 
the first year of King George the Fourth, intituled, ‘ An 
Act for better securing Monies and Effects paid into 
the Court of Exchequer at Westminster, on account of 
the Suitors of the said Court, and for the appointment 
of an Accountant General and two Masters of the said 
Court, and for other purposes,’ and the general orders 
of the said Court, and without fee or reward ; and so 
soon as conveniently may be after the same shall have 
been so paid in as aforesaid, the same Monies shall, 
upon a Petition to be preferred to the said Court of Ex- 
chequer, in a summary way, by the person or persons 
who for the time being would be entitled to the rents 
and profits of the estates to be purchased with such 
Monies, pursuant to this Act, in case the same had been 
purchased as hereinafter mentioned, if such person or 
persons had been of full age, but if such person or 
persons shall be under age, then by his, her or their 
guardian or guardians, be laid out by and with the 
approbation of the said Court in the purchase of other 
messuages, lands, tenements or hereditaments, which 
shall be conveyed and settled to, for and upon such and 
the like uses, trusts, intents and purposes, and in the 
same manner as the hereditaments which shall be so 
purchased by the said Governors and their successors, 
stood settled or limited, or such of them as at the time 
of making such conveyance and settlement shall be 
existing undetermined and capable of taking effect, and 
that in the mean time, and until such purchase shall be 
made, the same Money shall, by order of the said Court 
of Exchequer, upon application thereto in a summary 
way, be invested by the said Accountant General in his 
name in the purchase of Three Pounds per centum per 
annum Consolidated Bank Annuities ; and in the mean 
time, and until the said Bank Annuities shall be ordered 
by the said Court to be sold for the purposes aforesaid, 
the Dividends and annual produce thereof shall, from 
time to time, be paid, by order of the said Court, to the 
person or persons who would for the time being have 
been entitled to the rents and profits of the heredita- 
ments hereby directed to be purchased therewith, in 
case such purchase and settlement were made.” 

Crause (I.) “ And be it further Enacted, That in 
case the Money agreed to be paid for any heredita- 
ments so to be purchased by the said Governors, by 
virtue of the powers of this Act, for the purposes afore- 
said, shall belong to any person or persons under any 
disability or incapacity as aforesaid, and shall be less 
than the sum of Two hundred pounds, and shall exceed 
the sum of Twenty pounds, then and in every such case 
the same shall, at the option of the person or persons 
for the time being entitled to the rents of the here- 
ditaments so purchased by the said Governors, or of 
his or their guardian or guardians, committee or com- 





2 Augusti. A. 183). 


‘* mittees, to be signified by writing under their respec- 
“ tive hands, be paid into the Bank, in the name and 
“* with the privity of the Accountant General of the Court 
“« of Exchequer, and be placed to his account as afore- 
“‘ said, to be applied as hereinbefore is directed with 
“* respect to such Monies, when the same amount to or 
“ exceed the sum of Two hundred pounds, or otherwise 
“ the same shall be paid (at the like option), to two 
“‘ Trustees, to be nominated by the person or persons 
“‘ making such option, by writing, under the hands of 
“ such person or persons, and approved of by the said 
“* Governors, by writing, under their common seal, in 
“* order that such Money and the Dividends thereon may 
“* be applied in any manner hereinbefore directed, with- 
“ out any direction or approbation of the said Court of 
“« Exchequer; and that where such Money so agreed to be 
“ paid by the said Governors shall be less than Twenty 
pounds, the same shall be paid to the person or per- 
sons who would for the time being have been entitled 
to the rents and profits of the hereditaments so pur- 
“* chased by the said Governors, or, in case of infancy or 
lunacy, then to the guardians or committees of such 
person or persons, to be applied for the benefit of such 
person or persons.” | 
Crause (K.) “ And be it further Enacted, That [F 
the certificate and certificates of the said Accountant 
“* General of the Court of Exchequer, together with the 
receipt and receipts of the Cashier of the Bank, to be 
“ thereto annexed and therewith filed in the Register 
“* Office of the said Court, of the payment into the Bank 
of England by the said Governors or their successors, 
of their Purchase Monies, shall, from time to time, bea 
good and sufficient discharge to the said Governors and 
‘ their successors for so much of the said Purchase 
Money for which such certificate or certificates and 
receipt or receipts shall be given, and, after taking 
such certificate or certificates and receipt or receipts, 
the said Governors and their successors shall be abso- 
lutely acquitted and discharged from the same Monies, 
and shall not be obliged to see to the application or be 
answerable or accountable for any loss, misapplication 
or non-application of such Purchase Money, or any. 
part thereof and that the receipts, in writing, of any 
two Trustees, to be nominated and approved as afore-. | gamplait 
said, for any Purchase Money authorized to be paid — | @Disir 
to such Trustees as aforesaid, and that the receipts, 
in writing, of the person or persons, guardian or guar- 
dians, committee or committees authorized to receive 
any Purchase Money respectively, shall, in like manner, 
be effectual discharges to the said Governors for the ' 
Money in such receipts expressed to be received.” nd) 
Pr. 71. 1. 39. Leave out the Amendment which was, Fete 
after “and,” to insert “and also including a sum of [| 
‘“* Seven hundred and fifty pounds, being the costs and ff 
“* charges of John Kentish, Joshua Scholefield and others, 
“ Petitioners in respect of the provisions of this Act.” 
Pr. 80. 1. 6. Leave out the Amendment which was, 
after “ shall,” to insert “ and also including the sum of way 
* Seven hundred and fifty pounds, being the costs and fF 
“* charges of John Kentish, Joshua Scholefield and others, 

** Petitioners in respect of the provisions of this Act.” 
In the Title of the Bill, 1. 7 and 8. Leave out “ ona 

“ new site in the vicinity of the town of Birmingham.” 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lawley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, with some Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 


Ordered, That Sir Henry Bunbury have leave of ab- Lav; 
sence for ten days, on account of ill health. — 

Ordered, That Mr. Calcraft have leave of absence for 3 
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A Petition of the Churchwardens and Select Vestry of P#* 
Liverpool, was presented, and read; taking notice of the te? 
Bill to alter and amend the Laws of Settlement by Hiring 
and Service; and praying, That the same may not pass 
into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Emery, Chairman of the New- i 
port Patriotic Society, held at the Parrot Inn, Newport, ot 


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the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales ; and praying the House immediately 
to pass the same into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Landholders and Householders of the 
manor of Castle Grace, in the county of Tipperary, was 
presented, and read; setting forth, That the Bishops’ 
Courts in Zreland are an absolute nuisance; that Trial by 
Jury is denied to those either seeking redress or making 
claims; that the Bishop of the Diocese appoints the Judge ; 
thus, in many cases, the Plaintiff is the same thing as 
Judge and Jury in his own cause; that the expenses of 
these Courts are immense, and the Petitioners humbly 
pray that they may be abolished, and their powers trans- 
ferred to the Common Law Courts of Justice of the 
Nation. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Catholic Inhabitants of the parish of Cas- 
tlelyons ;—of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the united 
parish of Kilbolan, in the county of Cork ;—of the Union 
of Kilworth ;—of Errigal Trough ;—of Inhabitants of the 
parish of Attymass, in the barony of Gallen, and county 
of Mayo ;—-of Roman Catholics, Clergy and Laity, of the 
town of Carrick-on-Suir and its neighbourhood, in the 
county of Tipperary ;—of Baltinglass, in the county of 
Wicklow ;—of the parish of Borrisoleigh, in the county of 
Tipperary ;—of the united parishes of Ballynakill and 
Kilcrean, in the county of Galway ;—of the united pa- 
rishes of Freshford, Tulleroan and Three Castles, in the 
county of Kilkenny ;—and, of Parishioners of the united 
parishes of Emlafad and Kilmorgan, in the county of 
Sligo,—were presented, and read ; praying the House to 
take the subject of Education in Jre/and, into conside- 
ration, and to adopt such a system of public instruction 
as may promote useful knowledge, whilst it leaves con- 
science free. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and, except the five first, to be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Aughagour, 
in the county of A/ayo, was presented, and read; com- 
plaining of the great Distress prevailing in that parish ; 
and praying the House to devise such means as will 
afford them relief. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Crampton presented a Bill for consolidating and 
amending the Laws relative to Jurors and Juries in Jre- 
land: And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Petition of Members of an Association for the protec- 
tion of ancient Footpaths in the vicinity of the city of York, 
was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to 
consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Highways in 
that part of Great Britain called England; and praying, 
That the same may not pass into a law as it now stands. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Message from His Majesty, by Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, 

Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this Honourable House to attend 
His Majesty immediately in the House of Peers. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to 
attend His Majesty; and being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the command 
of His Majesty, had been at the House of Peers, where 
His Majesty was pleased to give the Royal Assent to the 
several Public and Private Bills following ; viz. 

An Act for enabling His Majesty to make provision for 
Supporting the Royal Dignity of The Queen in case She 
shall survive His Majesty : 

An Act for ascertaining the Boundaries of the Forest of 
Dean, and for inquiring into the Rights and Privileges 
claimed by Free Miners of the Hundred of Saint Briavel’s, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Justices of the Peace for the 


ao — of the County of Lincoln to purchase the 


2 Augusti. 


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Site of Lincoln Castle, and to empower the Court of Gaol 
Sessions for the said County to maintain and support the 
Judges’ House, County Hall and Courts of Assize, and for 
other purposes affecting the County at large: 

An Act for improving, repairing and maintaining the 
Harbours of the Burgh of Rothesay, in the County of 
Bute, and for building and maintaining a Gaol, Court 
House and Offices for the said Burgh and County: 

An Act for making and maintaining a Railway from 
Rutherglen Green, to Wellshot, in the County of Lanark: 

An Act for draining and improving certain Low Lands 
situate within the several Townships of Norton, Campsall, 
Askren, Moss, Fenwick, Little Smeaton, Stubbs, Walden, 
Womersley, Whitley, Baln, Pollington, Snaith and Cowick, 
and Sykehouse, in the several Parishes of Campsall, Wo- 
mersley, Kellington, Snaith and Fishlake, all in the West 
Riding of the County of York: 

An Act for maintaining the Road from Wakefield to 
Austerlands, in the West Riding of the County of York : 

An Act for making and repairing certain Roads leading 
across the County of Stirling, and other Roads in the said 
County : 

An Act to amend an Act for more effectually repairing 
and improving the Road from Wendover to the Town of 
Buckingham, in the County of Buckingham : 

An Act for improving and maintaining the Road from 
the south side of a Bridge over the River Colne, called, 
Engine Bridge, in the Township of Huddersfield, in the 
West Riding of the County of York, to Woodhead, in the 
County Palatine of Chester, and from thence to a Bridge 
over the River Mersey, called, Enterclough Bridge, on 
the confines of the County of Derby: 

An Act for more effectually repairing and improving 
certain Roads leading to and from the Town of Cirencester, 
in the County of Gloucester, and Wootton Bassett, in the 
County of Wilts : 

An Act to continue and amend an Act for more effec- 
tually repairing several Roads in and through His Ma- 
jesty’s Forest of Dean, in the County of Gloucester, and 
to convert certain Highways in the Parishes of Staunton 
and Newland, in the said County, into Turnpike Roads : 

An Act for repairing the Road from the Town of Wis- 
bech, in the Isle of Ely, in the County of Cambridge, to 
the Town of Thorney, in the same Isle and County : 

An Act for improving and maintaining the Road from 
Ludlow, in the County of Salop, through Woofferton and 
Little Hereford, to Monk's Bridge, in the said County ; 
and also from Ludlow to Orleton, in the County of Here- 


ford: 


An Act for enabling the Trustee under the Will of 
Henry Brown, deceased, to sell certain Shares in the 
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Navigation, and a Share in the 
Liverpool Theatre, and certain Bonds from the Liverpool 
Dock Trustees, and of a certain Sum due on Bond from 
the Corporation of Liverpool, and to apply the Money 
arising therefrom in repairing, pulling down and rebuild- 
ing certain Houses in Paradise-street, in the Town of 
Liverpool aforesaid, and for other the purposes in this 
Act mentioned : 

An Act for enabling the Mayor, Bailiffs and Common- 
alty of the City of Eeter to sell two Houses in the Parish 
of Saint Stephen’s, Eveter, vested in them, and to purchase 
other Estates for the performance of the charitable pur- 
poses of the Will of Joan Tuckfield. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ki/more, in the county of 
Kerry, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners have been enduring grievous distress for 
many years, in consequence of the oppressive manner in 
which they are compelled to pay Tithes to the Reverend 
Robert Hickson, contrary to the rest of the parish ; stating 
the particulars of their case; and praying the House to 
interpose its clemency in their behalf, and oblige the 
Reverend Mr. Hickson to enter into the composition with 
them according as the rest of the parish is rated, which 
would not exceed 60/. yearly for the three plough lands in 
the farm of Kilmore, and which, by the present mode or _ 
by valuation pays 130/. per year. | 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Members of the Jrish Bar connected HY Ch 
with Galway, was presented, and read ; complaining of tholic Freemen 
the Duty of 3/. imposed by the Act 56 Geo. 3, on the ™ Glwsy 

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admission of all Freemen who do not obtain the franchise 
by any of the rights of birth, apprenticeship or marriage ; 
and praying the House to reduce the said Duty to the 
sum of 1/., being the amount paid by Protestants, 

- Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Petition for A Petition of Literary Teachers residing in Dublin, was 


repent am presented, and read; praying for the repeal of the Le- 
te ’ gislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petitoms against 
the use of 
Molasses in 


A Petition of Brewers, Owners of land and Growers of 
corn residing in or near Great Yarmouth ;—of Owners 
aoetarae and and Occupiers of lands in the hundreds of Freebridge 

samen Lynn, Freebridge Marshland and the vicinity ;—in the 
hundreds of East and West Megg ;—in the hundred of 
Brothercross, in the county of Norfolk ;—in the county 
of Hertford ;—and, of Owners and Occupiers of lands, 
Merchants and others residing within the county of 
Cambridge,—were presented, and read; praying, That 
the introduction of Molasses into the Breweries and Dis- 
tilleries may, under no circumstances, be sanctioned. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Select Committee on Molasses. 


Petition for A Petition of Inhabitants of the district of Lisnadill, a 
repeal of ict |. part of the parish of Armagh, was presented, and read ; 


chial Chapels of setting forth, That the Petitioners feel themselves greatly 
Ease (Ireland) ooorieved by the operation of an Act of Parliament, the 
11th &amp; 12th of George the Third, c. 16; that, under the 
sanction of this Act, the Archbishop of Armagh has ordered 
a new Church to be erected, without consulting the pa- 
rishioners, and ina part of the parish where there are very 
few hearers, and even those have already an opportunity 
of attending public worship at three different places, the 
furthest not more than two miles and three quarters from 
the site of the new Church above mentioned, while per- 
sons of other religious denominations are obliged to travel 
a distance of no less than six miles; the Petitioners throw 
themselves with confidence under the protection of the 
House, claiming the repeal of a law which they know to 
‘be unjust, and feel to be oppressive, giving an individual 
a power at variance with the fundamental principles of 
the British Constitution, namely, that no Tax can be im- 
posed without the consent of the people, through their 
Representatives in Parliament. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Account Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
— count of the Number of Bushels of Malt charged with 
coe Duty in the United Kingdom, from 5th January 1830 to 


5th January 1831, and from 5th January 1831 to 5th 


July 1831; distinguishing England and Scotland, and the 
amount of each period. 


Petition for re- 
vival of Fishery 
Bounties (Ire- 

land.) 


A Petition of Fishermen and Fish Curers of Dingle, in 
the county of Kerry, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That the Acts of the Legislature for the improve- 
ment of the Jrish Fisheries finally ceased on the 5th day 
of April 1830, whereby the Petitioners were deprived of 
certain Bounties important to the encouragement of that 
branch of industry, and necessary to support them in the 
diligent pursuit of their toilsome and perilous occupation ; 
that the Petitioners would feel both satisfied and grateful 
for any similar admeasurement of the bounty of the Legis- 
lature as that which the British Fisheries have enjoyed, 
and which has not yet been finally withdrawn from them ; 
and praying, That the Loan Fund and Bounties, or such 
other more improved mode of encouragement as to the 
House seems meet, may be revived and continued to the 
Fisheries of Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Member added | Ordered, That Mr. John Loch be added to the Com- 
to a Committee. mittee on the Bill for providing for the discharge of a 
Claim in respect of Monies advanced by the late James 
Hodges, Esquire, on security of the Lands of the late Ze- 
. mindar of Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, in the District of 
Fort Saint George, in the East Indies, now under the 

Sovereignty of the Honourable the East India Company. 

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A. 1831. 


‘ A Motion being made, That the Report which, upon Rem, 

Monday, the 25th day of July last, was made from the = 
Committee on the Bill to amend the several Acts for ~ 
making and maintaining the U/ster Canal, in the Counties 
of Fermanagh and Armagh, be now taken into further 
consideration :—And the House being informed, that 
printed Copies -of the Bill, as amended by the Com- 
mittee, were delivered at the door, to the Members of the 
House, upon Thursday last, pursuant to the Standing 
Order ; 

Ordered, That the Report be now taken into further 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to take 
the Report into further consideration ; and the Amend- 
ments made by the Committee to the Bill, being read a 
second time, were agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 


grossed, 


_ A Motion being made, That the Report which, upon Rem 
Friday, the 22d day of July last, was made from the Com- hi 
mittee on the Bill for amending an Act passed in the sé 
eleventh year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 
the Fourth, for making and maintaining a Railway from 
the Lands of Polloc and Govan to the River Clyde ; and 
to alter and extend the powers of the Company of Pro- 
prietors of the said Railway, be now taken into further 
consideration :—And the House being informed, that 
printed Copies of the Bill, as amended by the Committee, 
were delivered at the door, to the Members of the House, 
upon Saturday last, pursuant to the Standing Order ; 

Ordered, That the Report be now taken into further 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to take 
the Report into further consideration ; and the Amend- 
ments made by the Committee to the Bill, being read a 
second time, were agreed to by the House. ! 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


A Petition of Landholders of the parishes of Kilbragh, Pei 
Railstown and Kilconnell, in the Union of Fethard and * 
county of. 7'ipperary, was presented, and read ; setting kad 
forth, That in these parishes, which comprise an extent of 
about 2,000 acres, plantation measure, with a dense and 
distressed population, there is not a resident Protestant, 
nor a Church or a Minister, yet they are compelled to 
pay Tithes to an enormous amount, and also Church 
Rates, which they complain is a grievous hardship ; and 
praying the House to relieve them from such an anomaly, 
by the total abolition of these oppressive and, they sub- 
mit, unjust imposts. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to in- Pow 
quire into, and to report upon, the proportion of Tolls ° 
which ought to be imposed upon Coaches and other vehi- 
cles propelled by Steam or Gas, upon Turnpike Roads; 
and also, to inquire into, and to report upon, the rate of 
Toll actually levied upon such Coaches and other vehicles, 
under any Acts of Parliament now in force, have Power 
to send for persons, papers and records. &lt; 
’ Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, In 
that they have power to inquire generally into the pre- 
sent state and future prospects of Land Carriage, by 
means of wheeled vehicles propelled by Steam or Gas on 
common Roads; and to report upon the probable utility 
which the Public may derive therefrom. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bayntun be added to the Committee. ™ 


res i, a 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Roupell and Mr. T 
Adam : - 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act \ 
for erecting a County Hall, Courts of Justice, and other i, 
Buildings for public purposes, and also for providing 4” 
accommodation for His Majesty’s Justices of Assize in 
and for the County of Worcester, with some Amendments; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to consolidate and amend the several Acts for making the Bil® 
West India Docks, with some Amendments; to which ™ 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


to 






‘Mr. 





espec 
Won 
ion, 





9 Wirt. IV. 


Ulta jliienan’s Mr. Andrew Johnston, by Order, reported from the Com- 
Bil, mittee on the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
i, am" Act for vesting certain detached portions of the Lands and 
Estates entailed by the deceased John Buchanan, Esquire, 
of Carbeth, in the County of Stirling, in Trustees, to sell 
the same, and to apply the Price arising therefrom in the 
purchase of other Lands near to the Mansion-house of 
Carbeth, and the remainder of the said entailed Lands; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
: : found the same to be true; and had gone through the 
7 ; Bill; and had directed him to report the same to the 
| House, without any Amendment :—And the Bill was read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Johnston do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


| Rod cicdds Mr. Hodgson reported from the Committee on the Bill 
Rin Bil, for more effectually repairing the Road from North Shields, 


in the County of Northumberland, to the Town of New- 
castle-upon-Tyne, and certain Branches communicating 
therewith, and also for making and repairing additional 
3 Branches of Road; and to whem the Petition of Inha- 
: bitants of the townships of Chirton and Preston, in 
ae the parish of Tynemouth, in the county of Northumber- 
i land, rated to the Repairs of the Turnpike Road from 
“ North Shields, in the said county, to the town of New- 
, 3 castle-upon- Tyne, was referred ; That they had proceeded 
= according to the Resolution of the House of the 21st day 
E of June last ; and found, that the Standing Orders relative 
to Turnpike Bills, had been complied with ; and that they 
had considered the said Petition; and had examined the 
bs allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
: and had gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
bee ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
i agreed to by the House. 
. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
Pet grossed. 






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5 land) espect- 
f 


) Won 


| ion, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
ofan Agreement between the Directors General of Inland 
‘Navigation and the Directors of The Grand Canal Com- 
pany under which the Navigation of the Shannon, from 
Athlone to Portumna, was conveyed to The Grand Canal 
Company. 

’ ’ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
,New- count, showing the Total Amount of Money levied upon 
ered. the Parishioners of Saint Mary Newington, Surrey, under 
the Act for building two new Churches in that Parish, 
from the passing thereof to the present time. 
Ordered, That. there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count, showing the actual Amount received, from the pass- 
&gt; ing of the Act to the present time. 
3 Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count, showing, for each year, the Expenses attending the 
: collection of the Rate, and other Expenses incident 
a thereto; as well as the annual Amount of Loss from De- 
faulters upon each Rate, and the amount of their respec- 
tive Assessments, 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count, showing the average Balance of Cash in the Trea- 
surer’s hands. wit Pea 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count, showing the Amount of Money-the Parish will have 
to pay to His Majesty’s Commissioners for building new 
Churches ; and whether any, and what Sums have already 
been paid to them on account. 

"to - Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count, showing what Money has been paid out of the 


-— 


i ce 
ii he ects ae 


&lt; 
gga 
es 


Ys 


t Mont . Ge : 

t fae Rates to their Clerk and Solicitor for his Salary and Law 
g Ane Bills, from the passing the Act to the present time ; like- 
“ wise, what Money has been paid to their Messenger, 


Agents or Servants, for the same period. 


ne | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count, showing the Amount of Money paid out of the 


af Wet Rates to Organists, Beadles and other Servants of the 
e mad mney from the passing of the Act to the present 
h 4 ines ime, ‘ ; 
&lt;. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a State- 
; ment, showing the Number of Persons who have had 
r. ee — issued against them: for the non-pay- 





ay. August. 


719 
ment of the Rates, as well as the Number of Persons 


against whom Summonses have been issued, for the same 
cause, from the passing of the Act to the present time. 


Lord Viscount Althorp acquainted the House, That he 
had a Message from His Majesty to this House, signed 
by His Majesty ; and he presented the same to the House; 
and it was read by Mr. Speaker (all the Members of the 
House being uncovered) ; and is as followeth ; 


WILLIAM R. 
His Majesty taking into consideration that, since Par- 
liament made Provision for the maintenance of Her Royal 
Highness the Duchess of Kent, and Her Highness the Prin- 
cess Alevandrina Victoria of Kent, circumstances have 
arisen which make it proper that a more adequate Provision 
should be made for Her Royal Highness the Duchess of 
Kent, and for the honourable Support and Education of 
Her Highness the Princess Alevandrina Victoria of Kent, 
recommends the consideration thereof to this House, and 
relies upon the attachment of His faithful Commons, to 
adopt such measures as may be suitable to the occasion. 
| W.R. 
Ordered, That His Majesty’s said most gracious Mes- King’s Message 
sage be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


King’s Message 
respecting fur- ° 
ther Provision 
for the Duchess 
of Kent. 


» to be consi- 
dered, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to re- g..4., 
gulate the Speed of Steam Ships and Vessels in the Port Vessels Bill, 
of London: And that Mr. Alderman Wood and Mr. Al- ordered. 
derman Thompson do prepare, and bring it in. , 


Ordered, :That the adjourned Debate upon the Motion Debate on Mo- 
made upon Friday, the Ist day of July last, “‘ That leave pete came A 
be given to bring in a Bill to regulate the Importation of deferred. 


Arms into Ireland,” be resumed upon Monday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve pjcittation 
itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill (Ireland) Bill, 
to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppressing the deferred. 
illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits in Zre- 
land. 


Ordered, That the Bill to explain and amend an Act for Courts of 
regulating the receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and Law Fees 
Emoluments receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts Bill, deferred. 
of Common Law, be read a second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill to amend the Provisions of the statute of 
Statute of Frauds, be read a second time To-morrow. Frauds Bill, 
deferred, 
Ordered, That the Bill for amending the Laws respect- Attestation of 
ing the Attestation of Instruments made in exercise of Instruments 
certain Powers or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other In- Bill, deferred, 
struments, be read a second time To-morrow. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve Lana Tax 
itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the Double Assess- 
Bill to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty-fourth cian, 
and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty King George the 
Third, so far as the same relate to Double Assessments 
of the Land Tax. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve — 
itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider of Refinery Act, 
the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 49, to continue, until the Fifth day deferred. 
of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty, the Pro- 
visions of an Act to allow Sugar to be delivered out of 
Warehouse to be refined. 


Ordered, That the Bill for the better rating Tenements Liability of 
under a certain Annual Value, be read a second time To- Landlords 
morrow. * Bill, deferred. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve [nclosure 
itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill Acts Titles 
for remedying defects in the Titles to Lands allotted or Bill,deferred. 
taken in exchange under Inclosure Acts. 


Ordered, That the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Mad- 


Canine Madness, be read a second time upon Monday ro theo 
next. . 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve. Supply, de- 
itself into-a Committee of the whole House; to.consider ferred. 
further of the Supply granted to His Majesty. __. j 

8 U2 Resolved, 








Ways and 
Means, de- 
ferred. 


Exchequer Bills 
(£.13,616,400.) 
Bill, committed. 


Committee 
on Reform of 
Parliament 


(England) Bill. 


720 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself 
into a Committee of the whole House, to consider further of 
Ways and Means for raising the Supply granted to His 
Majesty. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the Bill for raising the Sum of Thirteen Mil- 
lions six hundred and sixteen thousand four hundred 
Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year 
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, be now read ; 
and the same being read :—The Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales, be now read ; and the same being 
read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


The Committee resumed the consideration of the Bo- 
roughs postponed in Schedule (B.) 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That 
“ Sudbury, Suffolk,” stand part of Schedule (B.) 
The Committee divided. 
Teller for the Yeas, Lord Viscount Duncannon 157. 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Charles Ross - ~- 108. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
“ That Totness, Devonshire,” stand part of Schedule (B.) 
——-Agreed to. 
Crause, N°2, as amended agreed to. 
Criause, N’3. (New Boroughs hereafter to return 











Members.) Read. 

Question put, Pr. 2. 1.2. After “ shall,” to insert 
* from and.” Agreed to. 

Question put, Pr.2. 1.3. That the blank be filled with 
« Two.” Agreed to. 





(The Chairman having read the Clause, as far as the 
word “ Parliament,” the Committee determined, that the 
Clause should be divided into two Clauses, the first to relate 
to Schedule (C.) and the second to Schedule (D.) and that 
the said Schedules should form part of the Clauses respec- 
tively, as far as concerns the first and second Columns.) 

Schedule (C.) read. 

Question proposed, That “ Manchester, including the 
“ Townships of Manchester, Chorlton Row, Ardwicke, 
“ Beswick, Hulme, Cheetham, Bradford, Newton and 
“ Harpurhey, in the Hundred of Salford, Lancashire,” 
stand part of Schedule (C.) 

Amendment proposed, to insert after “ Harpurhey” 
“ and Salford.” 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Question put, That ‘“‘ Manchester, including the Town- 
“ ships of Manchester, Choriton Row, Ardwicke, Beswick, 
“ Hulme, Cheetham, Bradford, Newton and Harpurhey, 
* in the Hundred of Salford, Lancashire,” stand part of 
Schedule (C.) Agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “ Birmingham, including the 
“ Town of Birmingham, Parish of Edgbaston, Townships 
“ of Duddeston and Vichels, and Deritend, Warwickshire,” 
stand part of Schedule (C.) 

Amendment proposed, to insert “ Bordesley,” and for 
** Vichels” to insert “ Nichels.” Agreed to. 

Question, as amended, That “ Birmingham, including 
“ the Town of Birmingham, Parish of Edgbarton, Town- 
“* ships of Bordesley, Duddeston and Nichels,and Deritend, 
“ Warwickshire,”. stand part of Schedule (C. put, and 
agreed to. 

. Question put, That “ Leeds, including the Borough 
“ and Liberty of Leeds, Yorkshire,” stand part of Schedule 
(C.) Agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 

















And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 3° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


V—3° Augusta. 





Vi A183 Pe 
_-The Order of the day. being read, for the House. to re. ¢, 
solve itself mto a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend an Act of the fourteenth year of his 
Majesty’s King George the Third, for establishing a Fung 
towards defraying the Charges of the administration of 
Justice and support of the Civil Government within the 
Province of Quebec, in America ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re, 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, to whom li 
it was referred to consider of the several Acts imposing tei 
Duties of Excise on Candles, and on Licenses for making 
them ; 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 







The Order of the day being read, for the House to re. 9, 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon “x 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations “ 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act (x. 
for vesting the undivided moieties of certain Estates of ls 
Nathaniel Cameron, Esquire, and Letitia Pryce, his Wife, ™ 
in the County of Giamorgan, in Trustees, in trust to sell, 
under the directions of the High Court of Chancery, and 
to apply the Money to arise from such Sales in the manner 
therein mentioned, was read a second time; and committed 
to Lord James Stuart, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for th 
exchanging part of the Freehold Estates devised by the 
Will of Beilby Thompson, Esquire, for Freehold Lands ™ 
devised by the Will of Mrs. Dorothy Wilson to Trustees 
for charitable purposes, and for amending an Act passed 
in the third year of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for empowering Trustees to 
sell and convey part of the Freehold and Copyhold Es- 
tates, in the County of York, devised by the Will of Betlby 
Thompson, Esquire, deceased, and part of the Freehold 
Estates in the same County, devised by the Will of Richard 
Thompson, Esquire, deceased, and for laying out the Money 
arising from such Sales respectively, under the direction 
of the High Court of Chancery, in the purchase of other 
Estates to be settled to the same uses,” was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Strickland, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. — 


ted. 
133 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Se 
vesting the entailed Estates of Abercairney, and others, Loe 
in the County of Perth, belonging to James Moray, of“ 
Abercairney, Esquire, in Trustees, to sell the same, or so 
much thereof as may be necessary, and to apply the Price 
arising therefrom in the payment of the Debts affecting, 
or that may be made to affect, the said Lands and Estates, 
was read a second time ; and committed to Mr. Kennedy, 


&amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


vs 


nta 
nta' 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
exonerate the Trustees of Richard Oswald, of Auchincruive, 
Esquire, for Advances of Money made by them to Richard ‘ 
Alevander Oswald, Esquire, now of Auchincruive, and ap- 
plied in executing Improvements, as well upon the entailed 
Estates left by the said Richard Oswald, as the fee simple 
Estates acquired by the said Trustees, and partly entailed 
by them ; and to enable the said Trustees to discharge a 
part of the Debts incurred by the said Richard Alexander 
Oswald in improving the said Estates, was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Kennedy, &amp;c. : And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction ‘to the Gentlemen !” 
who are appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill pursuant j 
to the Resolutions which, upon the 20th day of July last, cx 
were reported from the Committee of the whole House, to 
whom it was referred to consider of the Act 9 Anne, c. 23, 
for licensing and regulating Hackney Coaches and Chairs, 
and for charging certain new Duties upon stamped Vellum, 

Parchment 





{ Rail- 
ill, 
in od 


es Bill 


ng 
ntary 





Q Witt. IV. 


Parchment and Paper, and on Cards and Dice, and on the 
exportation of Rock Salt for Tre/and, and for securing 
thereby, and by a weekly payment out of the Post Office, 
and by several Duties on Hides and Skins, a yearly Fund 
of One hundred and eighty-six thousand six hundred and 
seventy pounds, for Thirty-two years, to be applied to the 
satisfaction of such Orders as are therein mentioned, to 
the Contributors of any Sum not exceeding Two millions, 
to be raised for carrying on the War, and other her Ma- 
jesty’s occasions ; and, of 24 Geo. 3, Sess. 2, c. 27, for 
laying an additional Duty on Hackney Coaches, and for 
explaining and amending several Acts of Parliament re- 
lating to Hackney Coaches; and which Resolutions were 
then agreed to by the House ; That they do make Provi- 
sion in the said Bill for transferring the Collection and 
Management of the Duties on Hawkers and Pedlars in 
England, from the Commissioners of Hackney Coaches to 
the Commissioners of Stamps. 


Mr. Spring Rice, by. Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Bill for making and maintaining a Railway 
from the Cave Hill to the Belfast Harbour ; and to whom 
the Petition of the Most honourable George Augustus Chi- 
chester Marquis of Donegal, and of several Owners, Lessees, 
or Occupiers of lands and houses in Belfast, in the county 
of Antrim; and, of Trustees for executing an Act for 
repairing and maintaining a Turnpike Road from Belfast 
to Antrim, and from Belfast to Copeland Water, were re- 
ferred; That they had proceeded according to the Reso- 
lution of the House of the 2lst day of June last; and 
found, that the Standing Orders relative to Bills for mak- 
ing Railways, had been complied with; and that they 
had considered the first-mentioned Petition, and that no 
person appeared on behalf of the last-mentioned Petition ; 
and that they had heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and 
that they had examined the allegations contained in the 
preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved 
to their satisfaction; and the Report was brought up, 
and read. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill to consolidate and 
&gt; amend the Laws relating to Hackney Coaches, and the re- 
gistering and numbering of Waggons, Carts and Drays, 
used in the Metropolis; and also to place the collection of 
the Duty on such Hackney Coaches under the management 
of the Commissioners of Stamps, and to transfer the Col- 
lection and Management of the Duties on Hawkers and 
Pedlars in England from the Commissioners of Hackney 
Coaches to the Commissioners of Stamps: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 


tation. rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return, 


so far as it can be made out, of the Fifty-six English Bo- 
roughs, the Population of which stands lowest in the 
Census of 1831, of the Forty-one Boroughs immediately 
above them, and also of the Sixteen Boroughs next in 
order, according to the local limits of the Returns of 1821, 
those Boroughs being excluded which now return one 
Member only (excepting Higham Ferrars), as well as 
those which are placed in Schedule (E.) of the Reform 
Bill; distinguishing the Boroughs which now stand in 
Schedules (A.) and (B.) respectively, or are in neither of 
those Schedules. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 


near one of the clock on Wednesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 


VOL. 86. 





O° — 3” -4 ugusti. 


721 


Mercurit, 3° die Augusti ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


AX ingrossed Bill to amend the several Acts for making’ Ulster Canal 
and maintaining the Ulster Canal, in the Counties Bill, passed. 
of Fermanagh and Armagh, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Arthur Chichester do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for amending an Act passed in the Polloc and 
eleventh year of the reign of his late Majesty King George Govan Rail- 
the Fourth, for making and maintaining a Railway from W*Y Bill, 
the Lands of Polloc and Govan to the River Clyde ; and to oe. 
alter and extend the powers of the Company of Proprie- 
tors of the said Railway, was read the third time; and 
several Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Michael Shaw Stewart do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act [sherwood’s 
for vesting certain parts of the devised Estates of Thomas Estate Bill, 
Bradshaw Isherwood, Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, in committed. 
trust to be sold or demised for the purposes therein men- 
tioned, was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 

Hughes Hughes, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 


noon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the Union Petitions 
of Dunshaughlin and Cultrummer ;—of Inhabitants of respecting 
the united parishes of Caragh and Prosperous, in the (oucat'" 
county of Ki/dare ;—of the barony of West Muskerry ;— ii 
of Gentry, Clergy, Free and Landholders in Kiltobride, 
in the county of Leitrim ;—of Roman Catholic Inhabitants 
of the parish of Clonenagh ;—and, of the Roman Catholic 
Pastor and Parishioners of Listowell, in the county of 
Kerry,—were presented, and read; praying the House 
to take into immediate and serious consideration the state 
of Public Education in Jreland, and to direct that the 
Funds now entrusted to the Ki/dare-street Society may 
be so distributed as to be conducive to the improvement, 
and consonant with the religious feelings, of the great 
body of the people. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the two last be printed. 


A Petition of Landholders of the town and parish of Petition for Re- 
Clara, was presented, and read; praying the House to yisi,of Grind 
take the Grand Jury system of Jreland into their conside- tana.) , 
ration, so that Grand Juries may be rendered accountable 
either to Parliament, the Government of the Country, or, 
as representative bodies, to Tax-payers, and that their de- 
liberations, in as far as it may concern the levying of 
money off His Majesty’s subjects, may no longer be con- 
ducted in secret, but open, as ordinary Courts of Justice, 
to the public. 

_Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Letter-press Printers of the city of Dublin; Petitions 
—and, of Linen and Cotton Corduroy Dyers, Dressers for repeal of 
and Finishers of the city of Dublin,—were presented, and oo ‘eta 
read; praying for the Repeal of the Legislative Union “~“"" 
between Great Britain and Ireland. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of John Valentine Nugent, of the city of Wa- Petition 
terford, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the maser: A s 
Petitioner is a Roman Catholic, fully convinced of the tt (Ireland.) 
truth of his religion, and, as such, feels deeply oppressed 
by the infliction of Tithes and Vestry Cess, to maintain a 
Church, in the doctrines of which he does not partici- 
pate; that Tithes were originally granted to the Clergy, 
for the support of the poor, for the repairs of the Churches, 
and the maintainance of the Minister; that the Petitioner 
humbly conceives that Church Property is the property 
of the Nation, and that it was bestowed by the Legislature 
on the Clergy with a view to the national advantage, 
and the Legislature has full power now to divert it from 
its present misapplication; and praying the House to 

8 X extend 








Accounts, 
ordered : 

Cork ‘Trade 

and Shipping. 


Justices of 
the Peace 
(Ireland.) 


Petition re- 
specting Reform 
of Parliament 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Return respect- 
ing Galway 
Freemen, or- 
dered. 


Petition in fa- 
vour of Election 
by Ballot (lre- 
land.) 


Petition of 
Richard 
Carlile. 


Petition 
against High- 
ways Bill. 


722 


extend the arm of protection, and interpose between the 
people and their oppressors, by taking all Church Pro- 
perty into the hands of Government, and paying thereout 
the Ministers of the Established Church, and by restoring 
to the poor that portion of it which was originally theirs. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Imports into the Port of Cork during each of 
the last Six years ; distinguishing the Quantity and Value 
of all Articles severally exceeding the amount of £.500. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Exports from the Port of Cork during each 
of the last Six years; distinguishing the Quantity and 
Value of all Articles severally exceeding the amount of 
£.500. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number and Tonnage of Ships and Vessels 
that have entered Inwards and cleared Outwards from the 
Port of Cork during each of the last Fifteen years. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of Applications for leave to file Criminal Informa- 
tions in the Court of King’s Bench (Jre/and) against Jus- 
tices of the Peace, from Ist January 1820 to 31st De- 
cember 1830. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Magistrates of the county 
of the town of Galway, was presented, and read ; taking 
notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of the 
People in Jreland; and praying the House to preserve 
the right of Elective Franchise to the Roman Catholic 
Mercantile and Trading Classes of Galway on an equa- 
lity with their Protestant fellow-citizens, and with the 
Forty-shilling Freeholders. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of those Catholic Freemen of the Corporation of 
Galway who have been elected or admitted since Ist 
April 1831; distinguishing those who are engaged in 


any Trade, Mystery or Handicraft. 


A Petition of the Nobility, Clergy and Freeholders of 
the Queen’s County, in County Meeting assembled by re- 
quisition of the High Sheriff, at Maryborough, on the 10th 
of February 1831, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners deem it their duty to state, that any 
Reform, however extensive, in which Vote by Ballot is not 
adopted, must prove nugatory and unsatisfactory ; and pray- 
ing, That the House will take the grievances mentioned in 
their Petition into consideration, and that the House will 
see the justice and necessity of effecting such efficient 
reforms as will remedy the wasteful expenditure of the 
national resources, and produce such Reform in the Re- 
presentation of the People as will ensure to the decisions 
of the House the respectful and willing obedience of the 
people. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed, 


A Petition of Richard Carlile, of Fleet-street, in the 
city of London, Publisher, now a prisoner in the Compter 
of the city of London, was presented, and read; praying 
the House to institute an inquiry into the conduct of the 
Recorder of the City of London, on the two trials in 
which the Petitioner has been concerned before him as 
Judge, and that the House will address His Majesty to 
set the Petitioner free from such a sentence, passed upon 
a verdict so obtained ; also, that they will be pleased to 
pass a Bill for the better regulation of Juries and their 
Verdicts, so as to abolish the practice of not respecting 
the healths, the consciences, and even the lives of Jury- 
men, by starving them into verdicts, and to confirm or 
give voice to that silent principle of our law, that the 
doubt of one is the doubt of all the Jury in favour of the 
accused, after a reasonable time for deliberation. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Hopkins, Chairman of the Asso- 
ciation for the preservation of ancient Footpaths, esta- 
blished at Manchester, was presented, and read ; taking 
‘notice of the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws 





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A. 1881, 


relating to Highways in oe a of Great Britain called 
England; and praying the House to insert a clause in 
the same, forbidding the stopping up of Public Roads, 
except with the concurrence of a Public Meeting of the 
inhabitants of the neighbourhood, and subject in all cases 
to an appeal to a Jury. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Freeholders, Justices of the Peace and 
Commissioners of Supply of the county of Edinburgh, ¥ 
assembled at a General Meeting ;—of Farmers in the Brw, 
neighbourhood of the city of Edinburgh ;—of Farmers “ 
frequenting the market of Dalkeith ;—and, of Magistrates 
and Town Council of the royal burgh of Burntisland, re- 
presenting the community of the said burgh,—were pre- 
sented, and read; praying, That no law may be passed 
to allow the use of Molasses in the Breweries and Distil- 
leries of the United Kingdom. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Select Committee on Molasses. 





A Petition of Scottish Distillers, was presented, and Peiiy 
read ; setting forth, That by the Act 4 Geo.4, a Drawback "ym 
was allowed upon Spirits made from Malt only in Scotland “#' 
and Ireland, with a view to the suppression of illicit dis- 
tillation in these countries, by encouraging the manufac. 
ture of a quality of Spirits similar to what was produced 
by the illicit distiller; the Petitioners beg to state to the 
House, that it is their decided conviction, founded upon 
much information, which they have received in their in- 
tercourse with different members of their trade, that this 
Drawback has been grossly abused ; and praying the 
House no longer to sanction the continuance of a system 
which is alike injurious to the Revenue, and detrimental 
to the interest of the fair trader, and which the Petitioners 
believe has been recommended to be abolished by a Com- 
mittee of the House. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed, 


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of Cotto 
ies Ap- 
ces Bill 


A Petition of Noblemen, Freeholders, Justices of Peace, Pei 
Commissioners of Supply, and Heritors of the county ‘ip 
of Peebles, was presented, and read; taking notice of 6 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
Scotland ; and praying, That that part of the Bill now 
pending, which goes to deprive the county of Peebles of 
the right of returning a Representative to Parliament, be 
not passed into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. “4 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- Ac 
count of the Total Imperial Proof Gallons of Rum, Brandy, '# 
Geneva, and other Foreign, Colonial, or Guernsey or Jersey pe 
Spirits, in Bond in the United Kingdom, from 5th January 
1826, and imported since then to 5th January 1831, 
added together. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Total Imperial Proof Gallons of each of these 
that paid Duty in the United Kingdom, exported as Mer- 
chandize, as Ship Stores, or under any other denomination 
or character, or taken for the use of the Navy, from 5th 
January 1826 to 5th January 1831, and that remained in 
Bond on 5th January 1831; and showing the Total Gal- 
lons of each of these added together, and difference be- 
twixt each of these so added together, and the Gallons of 
each of them in Bond on 5th January 1826, and imported 
from then to 5th January 1831,and stating, in detail, how 
this difference arose ; with Copies of all Orders authoriz- 
ing the same, and what the Total Amount of Duty, at the 
rate each kind of these was subject to, would have been, 
and what that amount is equal to per Gallon on each 
Gallon of the Total Quantity of Gallons of each kind of 
these that paid Duty, during the period from 5th January 
1826 to 5th January 1831. 





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A Petition of Saint George Lyster, Esquire, of Stam- Pe 
ford, in Lincolnshire, a Captain on Half Pay of His Ma- - 
jesty’s Service, was presented, and read ; taking notice of 
the Bill to amend the Laws in England relative to Game; 
and praying, That the same may not pass into a law as 
it now stands. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, 


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Ordered, That the Petition of Walter Hancock, pray- 


iia ing that no excessive and prohibitory Tolls on Steam 


' ittee- 








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Carriages may be allowed to be imposed by any Turn- 

ike Acts introduced into the House, which was presented 
to the House upon the 20th day of July last, be referred 
to the Select Committee on Steam Carriages. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Quantity of Foreign Sugar entered under the 
rovisions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 93, and continued by 
1 William 4, c. 72, up to 5th July 1831; distinguishing 
the Quantities entered in each quarter of each year, the 
Ports at which the entries have been made, the Dates of 
the Entries, and the Number of the Refiners for whose 
use the Foreign Sugar was entered, and the Number of 
Pans actually at work upon the premises of each Refiner 
respectively at the Dates of the Entries. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Quantity of Refined Sugar, Bastard Sugar and 
Treacle, exported from Liverpool, Bristol and Glasgow, in 
each quarter, from 5th July 1828 to 5th July 1831. 


A Petition of Clergymen residing in the west riding of 
the county of York, was presented, and read ; complain- 
ing of the mischievous effects which arise from the per- 
version of the benevolent design of the Legislature in per- 
mitting the general Sale of Beer and Cider by Retail ; and 
setting forth, That the Petitioners, being practically con- 
vinced that the operation of the Act for the Retail of Beer 
forcibly counteracts every right principle instilled by edu- 
cation and encouraged by law, undermines the best in- 
terests of the Commonwealth, is extensively destructive 
to domestic happiness, and utterly ruinous to individuals, 
do most humbly, but very earnestly pray, That the subject 
may receive that consideration in the House which its in- 
finite importance demands, and that such measures may 
be speedily applied as the Legislature may devise for the 
abatement of evils so notorious, extensive and destructive. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Overlookers of Factories in the town and 
neighbourhood of Keighley, was presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the Bill to repeal the Laws relating to 
Apprentices, and other young Persons, employed in Cotton 
and other Factories, and in Cotton and other Mills, and 
to make further provisions in lieu thereof; and praying, 
That the same may pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do Jie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Manufacturers, Mill-owners and other 
Persons interested in the Woollen Trade resident at Hud- 
dersfield, and the neighbourhood, was also presented, and 
read; taking notice of the said Bill; and praying, That 


the same may not pass into a law. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Thomas Thrush, late a Captain in the 
Royal Navy, but now of Harrogate, was presented, and 
read; submitting certain remarks concerning the Athana- 
sian Creed ; and praying the House to expunge the same 
from the Church Liturgy, and that the Bible may be esta- 


blished as the only Parliamentary authority in matters 


pertaining to Religion; and that, whenever He may be 


crowned, our most ‘gracious Sovereign may not be re- 
quired by His Coronation Oath to pledge His protection 
to any other Religion or Religious Doctrines than such as 
are plainly revealed in that Sacred Book. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Freemen and Inhabitants of 
the parish of Newtownsmith, in the town of Galway, was 
presented, and read ; praying the House to equalize civil 
rights in Galway, by extending to the Roman Catholic 
Mercantile and Trading Classes the Elective Franchise 
in as full and ample a manner as the same is now enjoyed 
by Protestants. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


, Gus ona ene from the Lords, by Mr. Roupell and Mr. 
"a Mr. Speaker, 
Bill The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 





for more effectually repairing the Road from Aylesbur ; 
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3° August. 


123 


in the County of Buckingham, to Hockliffe, in the County 
of Bedford, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
naturalizing Edward Henry Levyssohn; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
vesting an undivided Moiety of a Freehold Estate in 
Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, late the 
property of William Orford, Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, 
for Sale, and for investing the Proceeds of such Sale for 
the benefit of his infant Son and Heir-at-Law ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


The House being informed that Mr. Tierney, from the 
Tax Office, attended at the door, he was called in; and 
at the bar presented to the House, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Return, by the Solicitor 
for the Affairs of Taxes in England, of Copies of all Cases 
which have been stated and signed by Commissioners 
acting in the execution of the Acts relating to the 
Assessed Taxes, subsequent to the Ist of July 1831, being 
the date of a like Return made under the directions of 
the same Act in the present Session of Parliament 
[Nos. 573 to 603 inclusive] :— And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Stephen Doyle, of Great Strand-street, 
Shopkeeper, James M‘ Daniel, of Basing-lane, Dealer in 
Fruit, and Michael Doyle, of Spittal Fields, Bacon Fac- 
tor, all in the city of Dublin, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the changes and alterations which 
have recently taken place in the management and con- 
ducting the business of the General Post Office of Ireland, 
have produced much inconvenience to the public, injury 
to trade, and loss to individuals, from the great inse- 
curity that now exists in the transmission of Letters con- 
taining Money or other remittances, as in the instances 
therein submitted, which have been attended with cir- 
cumstances of peculiar hardship to the Petitioners, who 
are poor and industrious men, and who have been unable 
to obtain any redress or satisfaction from the several 
authorities at the head of the Post Office Department, to 
whom they have made timely and respectful application; 
stating the particulars of their case; and praying the 
House to take the same into consideration, with a view to 
institute such inquiry into the causes of the grievances 
and inconveniences complained of ; and that, should such 
be found to exist, they may be speedily removed, and 
such measures adopted as may afford security to the Pub- 
lic in the transmission of Money Letters, and restore that 
confidence which, till the recent changes and alterations 
which took place in the Zrish General Post Office, the 
Public have deservedly placed in the regularity of that 
Department, and the integrity of the individuals con- 
nected with the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
take into consideration His Majesty’s most gracious Mes- 
sage of yesterday, be now read; and the same being 
read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That it is the opinion of this Committee, that His Majesty 
be enabled to grant a yearly sum, not exceeding Ten thou- 
sand pounds, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for a more ade- 
quate Provision for Her Royal Highness the Duchess of 
Kent, and for the honourable Support and Education of 
Her Royal Highness the Princess Alevandrina Victoria of 
Kent, and that the said yearly sum shall be payable from 
the 5th day of January 1831 ; 

Whereupon a Motion was made, and the Question 
being put, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that 
His Majesty be enabled to grant a yearly sum, not exceed- 
ing Five thousand pounds, out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for a more adequate Provision for Her Royal Highness 
the Duchess of Kent, and for the honourable Support 
and Education of Her Royal Highness the Princess 

8 X 2 Alevandrina 


The Lords have 
passed 


Levyssohn’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Orford’s 
Estate Bill. 


Return 

relating to 
Assessed Taxes, 
presented, 


Petition 
respecting 
Post Office 
(Ireland.) 


Committee 
on King’s 
Message. 





724 


Alexandrina Victoria of Kent, and that the said yearly 
sum shall be payable from the 5th day of January 1831. 

The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Hunt - - - None. 
Teller for the Noes, Lord Viscount Duncannon 223. 

Original Question put. 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, That 
His Majesty be enabled to grant a yearly sum, not exceed- 
ing Ten thousand pounds, out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
a more adequate Provision for Her Royal Highness the 
Duchess of Kent, and for the honourable Support and 
Education of Her Royal Highness the Princess Aleran- 
drina Victoria of Kent, and that the said yearly sum shall 
be payable from the 5th day of January 1831. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had come to a 
Resolution, which they had directed him to report to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 
read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question put, That “ Greenwich, including the Parishes 
“ of Greenwich ; Saint Nicholas and Saint Paul Deptford ; 
“* Woolwich, Kent,” stand part of Schedule (C.) 

The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Lord Viscount Duncannon 295. 

Teller for the Noes, Sir George Clerk - - 188. 

Question proposed, That “ Sheffield, including the 
“ Townships of — Ecclesall, Brightside, Nether 
“ Hallam, Upper Hallam and Attercliffe, Yorkshire ;” 
stand part of Schedule (C.) 

Amendment proposed, After “ Atterciliffe,” to insert 
“ cum Darnall.” Agreed to. 

Question, as amended, That “ Sheffield, including the 
“ Townships of Sheffield, Eccleshall, Brightside, Nether 
“ Hallam, Upper Hallam, and Attercliffe-cum- Darnall,” 
stand part of Schedule (C.) put, and agreed to. 

Question put, That “Sunderland, including the Parishes 
of Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkswearmouth, 
“ Durham,” stand part of Schedule (C.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Devonport, including the Town 
“© of Devonport, Parish of Stoke Damerell, and Township 
“* of Stonehouse, Devonshire,” stand part of Schedule (C.) 
Agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 

















And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Thursday morning ; 


Jovis, 4° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to alter and amend the Laws of Settlement 
by Hiring and Service ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


A Bill for transferring the Duties of Receivers General 
of the Land and Assessed Taxes to Persons executing the 
Offices of Inspectors of Taxes, and for making other Pro- 
visions for the Receipt and Remittance of the said Taxes, 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


A Bill to improve the Administration of Justice in 
Treland, was, according to Order, read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House for 
this day. 


S—4? August. 





A. 1831. 


( 
A 
The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- jj, 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the Bil d 
whole House, on the Bill to consolidate and amend the des 
Laws relating to Highways in that part of Great Britain , 


called England ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take into p,. 
further consideration the Report which, upon the 25th Bei, 
day of July last, was made from the Committee, on the bwui 
Bill for the further improvement of the Port and Harbour “™ 
of Belfast, in Ireland, and for other purposes :—And the 
House being informed, That printed Copies of the Bill, as 
amended by the Committee, were delivered at the door to 
the Members of the House, upon Thursday the 28th day 
of July last, pursuant to the Standing Order ; The Amend- 
ments made by the Committee to the Bill, were read a 
second time, and agreed to by the House. ey 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- Bill 
grossed. _ 





The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Dig 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon (lt 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppress- 
ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 
in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. ' 
0 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Can i 


ing of the Bill to explain and amend an Act for regulating |" 

; mig R Bill 
the receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and Emolu- 
ments receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts of 
Common Law ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. ee 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reading § i. 
of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of Fm 
Frauds ; i 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


Catholic 
The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Ait ™ 
ing of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the '™™ 
Attestation of Instruments made in exercise of certain 
Powers or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other Instruments; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day, 





The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Lait 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon &gt; 
the Bill to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty-fourth én 
and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty King George the 
Third, so far as the same relate to Double Assessments of 
the Tand Tax ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- ‘ 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider of the Act 10 Geo. 4. c. 49, to continue, until the 
Fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty, 
the Provisions of an Act to allow Sugar to be delivered 
out of Warehouse to be refined ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. x 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for the better rating Tenements under a 
certain Annual Value ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for remedying defects in the Titles to Lands al- 
lotted or taken in exchange under Inclosure Acts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- rast 
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solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


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d The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
dee solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


con The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 

“hon Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill for raising 
the Sum of Thirteen Millions six hundred and sixteen 
thousand four hundred Pounds, by Exchequer Bills, 
for the Service of the year one thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-one ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported 
from the Committee, That they had gone through the 
Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


™ The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
veBill, golye itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
» the Bill to amend an Act of the fourteenth year of his 
Majesty King George the Third, for establishing a Fund 
towards defraying the Charges of the administration of 
Justice and support of the Civil Government within the 
Province of Quebec, in America ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider of the several 
Acts imposing Duties of Excise on Candles, and on Li- 
censes for making them, the Resolution which they had 
directed him to report to the House ; and the same was 
read, and agreed to by the House ; and is as followeth ; 

Resolved, That the Duties and Drawbacks of Excise 
payable on Candles made in Great Britain, or made in 
Ireland, and removed into Great Britain, be repealed. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said Reso- 
lution: And that Mr. Berna/, Lord Viscount Adthorp, 
and Mr. Spring Rice, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Cuholic The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
Bil solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Lamb presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Address to His Majesty,—A Return of the Number of 
Resident Electors in each of the Boroughs named in 


Schedule (B.) of the Reform of Parliament (England) Bill. 


Mr. Lamb also presented to the House, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of the 
Qualifications of Deputy Lieutenants and Militia Officers 
that have been transmitted to His Majesty’s Principal Se- 
cretary of State for the Home Department since the date 
of those last presented to The House of Commons. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the Table ; 
and that the first Return be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of 
the Twenty-first Report of the Commissioners appointed 
to inquire into the Duties, Salaries and Emoluments of 
the Officers, Clerks and Ministers of Justice, in all Tem- 
poral and Ecclesiastical Courts in Jreland. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
vesting an undivided Moiety of a Freehold Estate in 
Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, late the 
Property of William Orford, Esquire, deceased, in Trus- 
tees, for sale, and for investing the Proceeds of such Sale 
for the benefit of his infant Son and Heir-at-Law, was 


— the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
ime. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
naturalizing Edward Henry Levyssohn, was. read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


VOL. 86. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more effectually repairing, 
and otherwise improving, the Road from Sunderland-near- 
the-Sea, in the County of Durham, to the City of Dur- 
ham, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Arthur Trevor do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable Venman Langham Watson, Esquire, and his Issue 
Male, to take the Surname and use the Arms of Samwell, 
pursuant to the Will of Sir Thomas Samwell, Baronet, de- 
ceased, was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Hugh Arbuthnott, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 


one of the clock on Thursday morning, adjourned 
till this day. | 








Jovis, 4° die Augusti ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi 1V" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Kemp, from the Select Committee appointed to 

try and determine the merits of the Petition of 

William Taylor Copeland, Esquire, complaining of an un- 

due Election and Return for the Borough of Coleraine, 

informed the House, That the said Committee had deter- 
mined, 

That Sir John William Head Brydges, Knight, is not 
duly elected, and ought not to have been returned a Bur- 
gess to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Coleraine: 

That William Taylor Copeland, Esquire, is duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of Coleraine : 

That the Petition of the said William Taylor Copeland, 
Esquire, does not appear to the said Committee to be 
frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition does not appear 
to the said Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be entered 
in the Journals of this House. 

Ordered, That the Deputy Clerk of the Crown do 
attend this House forthwith, with the last Return for the: 
Borough of Celeraine, and amend the same, by rasing out. 
the name of Sir John William Head Brydges, Knight, and 
inserting the name of William Taylor Copeland, Esquire, 
instead thereof. 


A Petition of Sir Richard Brooke, of Norton Priory, in 
the county of Chester, Baronet, was presented, and read ;° 
setting forth, That a Bill is now pending in the House, 
“‘ to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Warring- 
ton and Newton Railway, to extend the said Railway from’ 
the termination thereof at Bank Quay, in the Parish of 
Warrington, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to Nor- 
ton, in the County Palatine of Chester,” to which Bill the 
Petitioner, as a proprietor of land on the Line of such pro- 
posed extension, strongly objects; that the Petitioner 
begs leave to submit, that the Resolutions of the House of 
the 21st day of June last, have not been complied with 


by the applicants for the said Bill, in the following in-’ 


stances ; namely, that the Bill brought into the House in 
the last Session of Parliament, was for the purpose of 
extending the Warrington and Newton Railway trom Var~ 
rington, to unite with a projected Railway from Liverpoot: 
to Birmingham ; that such Bill was read a second time, 
and that to such Bill the assents of the Land-owners, and 
of the Shareholders of the Company, were taken ; that the 
Bill introduced into the House in the present Session of 
Parliament was a Copy of the Bill so presented in the last 
Session of Parliament, and the Parties promoting the 
measure availed themselves of the said Resolution of the 
House of June last, by proceeding to the Second Reading 
at the expiration of three days, instead of seven days, and 
by giving in evidence the Minutes of the Committee on 
the Petition of the former Session, as to the publication 
of Notices, the deposit of Plans and other documents 
with the Clerks of the Peace, and the making application, 
for consents to the Land-owners, thus precluding the 

8 Y Petitioner, 





Sunderland 
Roads Bill, 
passed. 


Watson's 
Name Bill, 
committed, 


Coleraine 
Election, 
determined 


Deputy Clerk 
of the Crown 
to attend. 


Petition 
respecting 
Warrington and 
Newton Rail- 
way Bill. 





Report of 
Warrington 
and Newton 
Railway Dill, 
deferred. 


Coleraine 
Return, 
amended. 


Amendments 
to Worcester 
County Hall 
Bill, agreed to. 


726 


Petitioner, and the other opponents to the measure, from 
raising several vital objections to the Bill, in reference to 
the non-compliance with the Standing Orders; that the 
Bill deposited in the Private Bill Office, prior to the 
sitting of the Committee on the Bill in the present Session 
of Parliament, was altered by the Promoters of such Bill, 
by striking out the junction with the Liverpool and Bir- 
mingham Railroad, the Bill for such latter Railroad having 
been abandoned ; that the Petitioner humbly submits, 
that the Bill now before the House is not for the same 
purpose as the Bill of the last Session of Parliament ; that 
the consents were taken to a Bill, the object of which was, 
to effect a junction with the Liverpool and Birmingham 
Railroad, and that the present Bill cannot effect that 


junction, the Liverpool and Birmingham Railroad having 


been abandoned ; and praying, That no further proceed- 
ings may be had upon the said Bill, or that the Petitioner 
may have such other relief in the premises as to the 
House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee on the 
Bill to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Warring- 
ton and Newton Railway, to extend the said Railway from 
the termination thereof at Bank Quay, in the Parish of 
Warrington, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to Nor- 
ton, in the County Palatine of Chester, be taken into 
further consideration upon Tuesday next. 


The Deputy Clerk of the Crown, attending according 
to Order, amended the Return for the Borough of Cole- 
raine. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for erecting a County Hall, Courts of Justice, and 
other Buildings for public purposes, and also for providing 
accommodation for His Majesty’s Justices of Assize in 
and for the County of Worcester ; and the same were read ; 
and are as followeth ; 

Pr. 6. 1. penult. Leave out “ fees” and insert “ fines.” 

Pr. 18. 1.27. After “ capacity” insert Clause (A.) 

Cause (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That, not- 
“ withstanding any thing in this Act contained, it shall be 
“ lawful for the said Justices of the said county, or the 
major part of them, so assembled as aforesaid, to direct 
* and cause the said County Hall, Courts of Justice, 
“* Offices, and Judges’ Lodgings, or any ‘of them, to be 
built and erected on the ground or space adjoining or 
contiguous to the Gaol and House of Correction of the 
** said County of Worcester (and which is held therewith), 
in lieu of purchasing a site or sites for the same, in 
case the said Justices so assembled, or the major part 
“* of them, shall deem it expedient so to do.” 

Pr. 37. 1.12. After “‘ pounds” insert Clause (B.) 
CrauseE (B.) “ Provided always, and be it further 

Enacted, That, instead of borrowing and taking up at 
interest, on the credit of the Rates or Assessments of 
“ the said County, the whole of the Money which it may 
be necessary to raise for the purpose of defraying the 
expenses incident to and attending the obtaining and 
passing this Act, and in carrying the several powers 
thereof into execution, it shall be lawful for the said 
Justices, or the major part of them, in Quarter Sessions 
assembled, and they are hereby authorized and em- 
powered, from time to time, if they shall think it expe- 
dient so to do, but not otherwise, to order any part of 
such Money, not exceeding the sum of Three thousand 
and five hundred pounds, in any one year to be raised 
by a County Rate or Rates of the said County, so never- 
theless that the whole amount or sum to be raised and 
levied under the authority of this Act (exclusive of 
*¢ interest for Money borrowed) do not exceed the sum of 
‘ Twenty-five thousand pounds.” 

Pr. 37. 1.21. Leave out “hereinbefore” and insert 
“ hereinafter.” 

Pr. 38. 1.22. Leave out from “ implication” to “and,” 
in pr. 39. 1. 11. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, were 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Mr. Foley do earry the Bill to the Lords ; 
and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed to the 
Amendments made by their Lordships. 


4° August. 





A, 1831, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the Am 










Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An pie ner 
Act to consolidate and amend the several Acts for making: Bi, ame’ Bil 


the West India Docks ; and the same were read; and are 
as followeth ; 
Pr. 117. 1.5. In the interlineation, line 3, leave out, 
“‘ City Canal ” and insert “‘ South Dock.” 
Pr. 119. 1.16. In the interlineation, line penult. leave 
out “ City Canal” and insert “South Dock.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, were 
agreed to by the House. 
Ordered, That Mr. Irving do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


SS 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing the Nox 
Road from North Shields, in the County of Northumber. Rui 
land, to the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and certain 
Branches communicating therewith, and also for making 
and repairing additional Branches of Road, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hodgson do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


rds 
agreed 


ments t 
ham 
Scho 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Jand, and Per- Peiiing 
sons connected with agriculture, in the hundred of Derllis, #® 
in the county of Carmarthen, was presented, and read ; (ty 
taking notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of 
the People in England and Wales ; and praying, That the 


same may not pass into a law as it now stands. 





A Petition of Freemen of the city of Eeter, was also 
presented, and read; taking notice of the said Bill; and. 
praying for the continuance of their Chartered Rights, 
which they submit have never been abused, but, on the f ~ 
contrary, always fairly and honestly exercised. ies for 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the : 
Table ; and to be printed. 





A Petition of the Magistrates, Clergy, Gentry, Manv- Pei 
facturers, Merchants and Traders of Stockport ;—and, of ™?* 
Inhabitants of the city of Eveter and its vicinity, were pre- ()" 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitionershave [| 
observed with heartfelt satisfaction the proposition now 
under the consideration of the House, for ameliorating the 
Penal Code, and, being convinced that the ends of justice 
are materially obstructed, and property in general ren- 
dered insecure, by the present laws, which, owing to their 
severity, are become in part a dead letter, humbly pray, 3 
That capital punishment may no longer be attached to ES 
crimes against property when unattended with personal 
violence. ws 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the A 
Table; and that the last be printed. e 


A Motion being made, That the Report which, upon = 
the 27th day of July last, was made from the Committee kixs 
on the Bill for making and maintaining a Railroad from ™\ 
Westland Row, in the City of Dublin, to the head of the 
Western Pier of the Royal Harbour of Kingstown, in the 
County of Dublin, with Branches to communicate there- 
with, be now taken into further consideration :—And the 
House being informed, that printed Copies of the Bill, 
as amended by the Committee, were delivered at the door, 
to the Members of the House, upon Saturday last, pur- 
suant to the Standing Order ; 

Ordered, That the Report be now taken into further 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to take 
the Report into furtherconsideration; and the Amendments 
made by the Committee to the Bill, as far as Clause (F.), 
being read a second time, were agreed to by the House. 

Cause (G.) The other Amendment made by the Com- 
mittee to the Bill, being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, in fo. 1. 1. 4 to 10. 
by leaving out the words, “release the holder of any such 
« share from his, her or their liability to the payment 
“ of the full amount of the sum subscribed in respect 
“ thereof,” and inserting the words, “be made” instead 
thereof ;—and the said Clause, so amended, was agreed 
to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 1n- 
grossed. a 

A Petition 





Pe eee 















9 Wit. IV. 


emer Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Coun- 
‘Reor® oi] of the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow, was presented, and 






































1 Report 

Dubin 
&gt; Kings 
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Bil read; setting forth, That the Petitioners have observed 
| with deep concern the great delay which has occurred in 
the progress of the Bill at present depending before the 
House, for amending the Representation of the People 
in Parliament; it appears to them that the delay has 
a direct tendency to impair the dignity of Parliament, 
and endanger the peace of the Country; and _ they 
therefore humbly but most earnestly implore the House 
to adopt every means, consistent with the forms of Par- 
liament, for carrying through, with the least possible 
delay, the great measure of Reform introduced by the 
Ministers of the Crown. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


rds 
agreed 


_ A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Roupell and Mr. 
Adam: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made by 
this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the 
Governors of the Possessions, Revenues, and Goods of 
the Free Grammar School of King Edward the Sixth 
in Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, to erect a 
School House, Masters’ Houses, and other suitable ac- 
commodations for the said School, on a new Site in the 
vicinity of the Town of Birmingham, and to extend the 
objects of the Charity, and for other purposes :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


ments to 
gham 
School 


Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill to equalize the Duties 
on Wine: And the same was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, an Analytical 
Digest. of the Reports made to Parliament by the Com- 
missioners upon the Public Charities; to contain, so far as 
is practicable, the following information under the heads 
of Counties, and of every City and Town in each County: 
—The Quantity of Land, the Number of Houses, with the 
nature of the tenure when less than an estate of inherit- 
ance; the Rent paid for such Land and Houses respect- 
ively: The amount of Money, stating the Sums in the 
Funds, upon mortgage, and personal security; distin- 
guishing the amount of Money to be advanced by way of 
loan, with or without interest, and whether the same be so 
applied: The number and amount of unimprovable Rent 
and other Charges; distinguishing those not exceeding 
£.5, £.10, £.20, and under £.50: The number and kind 
of Ecclesiastical Presentations, and also the number of 
Scholarships, and whether the latter are made available : 
A Statement of the number and amount of Deductions 
made for Land Tax, and at what rate in the Pound: To 
distinguish the amount of Rent or Interest which is ap- 
plied to Parochial purposes: The number and situation 
of the Endowed Schools in each County; stating the 
Total Income, and the Number of Children educated in 
each, and, whether such Children are partially or wholly 
educated free of expense; as also, whether the Master 





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Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 






































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which they were founded. 
VOL. 86. 














4° Augusti. 


receives any other Scholars than those belonging to the 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That there be laid before this House, a Copy of the Au- 
thority under which His Majesty’s Board of Customs 
have proceeded to levy additional Duties upon all Wines, 
rench, delivered out of the Warehouses, or from the 
Quays, for Home Consumption, on and since the 20th 
day of July last :—And the said Motion was, with leave 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copies of 
all Orders from the Treasury by which Duties have been 
raised on the authority of a Resolution of this House, 
since Ist January 1800; together with the Resolutions on 


127 


Ordered, That there'be laid before this House, a Re- Return 
turn of the Quantities and Descriptions of Wines on which respecting 
any Duties, in addition to those imposed by Law, have “ — 
been demanded or received, from 20th July last to the yone 
present time; and, of the Amount of such additional Duties 
so demanded or received. : 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole Report on 
House, to whom it was referred to consider of His Ma- King’s Mes- 
jesty’s most gracious Message of Tuesday last, the Resolu- **&amp;°? 
tion which they had directed him to report to the House ; 
and the same was read; and is as followeth; 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that 
His Majesty be enabled to grant a yearly sum, not ex- 
ceeding Ten thousand pounds, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, for a more adequate Provision for Her Royal High- 
ness the Duchess of Kent, and for the honourable Sup- 
port and Education of Her Royal Highness the Princess 
Alevandrina Victoria of Kent, and that the said yearly 
sum shall be payable from the 5th day of January 1831. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, was 
agreed to by the House, Nemine Contradicente. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said Re- 
solution: And that Mr. Bernal, Lord Viscount Althorp, 
Lord Viscount Palmerston, Lord John Russell, Mr. Stanley, 
Mr. Charles Grant, Mr. Attorney General, and Mr. Soli- 
citor General, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Bill orderede 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, an Account of 
the Number of Houses in the several Towns of Wales 
specified in Schedule (F.) annexed to the Bill for reform- 
ing the Representation of England and Wales; distinguish- 
ing the Number of Housesin each, assessed to the Inhabited 
House Duty at £.10 and under £.20 rent, and at £.20 and 
upwards ; together with the Population of the same from 
the last Returns. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a like Re- 
turn for the Towns of Swansea, Loughor, Neath, Aberavon, 
and Ken Fig. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a like Re- 
turn for the Towns and Parishes of Abergavenny, Mon- 
mouth, Chepstow and Usk, and the Parish of Saint Wollos ; 
distinguishing the Borough of Newport,and the Townships 
of Pontypool, Trosnant and Sowhill, in the Parish of Treve- 
thin, in the County of Monmouth. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Total Assessed Taxes paid for each of the Towns 
and Parishes in the County of Monmouth enumerated 
above, during each of the last Three years. 

Ordered, That the said Addresses be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Addresses 
respecting 
Parliamentary 
Representation 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Cue 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to amend Piriament. 


the Representation of the People in England and Wales. (England) Bill. 
, (In the Committee.) 


Question put, That “ Wolverhampton, including the 
“ Townships of Wolverhampton, Bilston, Willenhall, Wed- 
“ nesfield and Parish of Sedgley, Staffordshire,” stand part 
of Schedule (C.) Agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “ Tower Hamlets, including 
“ Parishes of the Tower Division in Ossulston Hundred, 
“ Middlesex,” stand part of Schedule (C.) 

Amendment proposed, to leave out “ Parishes of.” 
Agreed to. 

Amendment proposed, After “‘ Hundred” to insert 
“ Liberty of the Tower.” Agreed to. 

Question, as amended, That ‘“ Tower Hamlets, in- 
“ cluding the Tower Division in Ossulston Hundred, 
“ Liberty of the Tower, Middlesex,” stand part of Sche- 
dule (C.) put, and agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “ Finsbury, including Parishes 
« of the Finsbury Division in Ossulston Hundred, Mid- 
“ dieser, Parishes of Saint Andrew, Holborn, and Saint 

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728 


. “© George-the-Martyr, Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely 


© Rents, Liberty of the Rolls, Saint Gites-in-the- Fields, 
~ © and Saint George Bloomsbury, Middlesex,” stand part 


of Schedule (C.) 

Amendment proposed, to leave out “Parishes of.’ 
Agreed to. 

Amendment proposed, After. ‘ Middlesex” to insert 


b] 





.&amp; and.”—-~—A greed to. 


Amendment proposed, After “ Parishes ” to insert “ or 
“ Districts.” Agreed to. 

. Amendment proposed, After “ Ely Rents” to insert 
“ Ely Place.” . 

- / Question, as amended, That “ Finsbury, including 
“' the Hinsbury Division in Ossulston Hundred, Middlesex, 
and Parishes or Districts of Saint Andrew Holborn, and 
Saint-George-the- Martyr, Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, 
“ Ely Rents, Ely Place, Liberty of the Rolls, Saint Giles- 
“ in-the-Fields,and Saint George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex,” 
stand part of Schedule (C.) put, and agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Mary-le-bone, including Parishes 
“ of Saint Mary-le-bone, Saint Pancras and Paddington, 
“ Middlesex,” stand part of Schedule (C.) Agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “ Lambeth, including Saint 
“ Mary Lambeth, Saint Mary Newington, Bermondsey, 
© Rotherhithe, Camberwell, Surrey,” stand part of Sche- 
dule (C.) 

- Amendment proposed, to insert before “ Saint Mary 
** Lambeth,” “-Parishes of.” Agreed to. 

Question, as amended, That “ Lambeth, including 
“« Parishes of Saint Mary Lambeth, Saint Mary Newing- 
* ton, Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, Camberwell, Surrey,” 
stand part of Schedule (C.) put, and agreed to. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That ‘ Stoke-upon-Trent, including Townships of Long- 
“ ton and Lane-end, Fenton Culvert, Fenton Viwian, Penk- 
“ hull and Boothen, Shelton, Hanley, Burslem, with the 
“ Vill of Rushton Grange, and the Hamlet of Sneyd, 
“ Tunstall Court, Chell and Oldcott, Staffordshire,” be 
added to Schedule: (C.) 

The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, SirGeorge Clerk - - 145. 
Teller for the Noes, Lord Viscount Duncannon 246. 

The Committee having decided, that the first part of 
the Clause (N° 3) including Schedule (C.) should be 
considered as an entire Clause. 

CuiauseE (3A.) as amended agreed to. 

Cause (3B.) Amendment proposed, P. 2. 1. 3. after 
“ and,” to insert ‘* be Enacted.” Agreed to. 

Amendment proposed, P. 2.1.9. After “ shall” to 
insert “ from and.” Agreed to. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
P. 2. 1. 9. to fill up the blank with “ One ;” 

Whereupon a Motion was made, to fill up the blank 
with “Two ;” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with “ One.” 

The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Lord Viscount Duncannon 230. 
Teller for the Noes, Sir George Clerk - - 102. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 


of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Administration 
of Justice 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred, 


Courts of 
Law Fees 
Bill, deferred. 


Veneris, 5° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. ’ 
~ Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the 
Bill to improve the Administration of Justice in Ireland; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to explain and amend an Act for regulat- 
ing the receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and 
Emoluments receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts 
of Common Law ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 





4°—5° August. 





A. 1831. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Sta 
ing of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of &amp; 


Frauds ; ; ao ba lel 
_ Ordered, That the Bill be read ja. second, time,upon 
Friday next. q jie vdoteadw bey 





The Order of the day being read, for the second read. 
ing of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the 
Attestation of Instruments made in exercise of certain ™* 
Powers or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other /Instruments:’ “ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. ae 1" see 

Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the wholé na, 
House, on the Bill for raising the Sum of Thirteen Mil- Bi 
lions six hundred and sixteen thousand four hundred ' 
Pounds, by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year 
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the Amend- 
ments which they had made to the Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


A Petition of Persons employed in Cotton Manufac- Pri 
tories at Disley, in the county of Chester, was presented, j 
and read; taking notice of the Bill to repeal the Laws im 
relating to Apprentices, and other young Persons, em- 
ployed in Cotton and other Factories, and in Cotton 
and other Mills, and to make further provisions in lieu 
thereof; and praying, That the same may pass into a law; 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 





~~ 


A Petition of the Magistrates, Clergy, Mayor, Con- 
stables, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of ™ 
the town of Stockport, was presented, and read ; complain- “" 
ing of the injurious consequences which have resulted 
from the Act for allowing the Sale of Beer. by Retail, 
whereby drunkenness and depravity have increased to an 
alarming extent among the lower orders of society ; and 
praying for an immediate removal of this alarming evil, by 
a repeal of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Undertakers ¥;; 
of The Lagan Navigation Company (Jre/and) during the 
last Seven years, specifying the several Sums received in 
each year, and from what sources derived, with the parti- 
culars of their application. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- kk 
turn of the Amounts of British, Colonial and Foreign ™ 
Spirits which paid the Home Consumption Duty for Eng- _ rs 
land, Scotland and Ireland, from the year 1821 to 1830 F 
inclusive. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ree fF 
turn of the Amounts of British, Colonial and Foreign . 
Spirits used in the Navy, not Duty paid. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Amounts of British, Colonial and Foreign 
Spirits used in the Army, not Duty paid. 





A Petition of the Roman Catholic Prelate and Clergy ™ 
of the district of Galway ;—and, of Protestant Freemen ¢,, 
and Freeholders of the parish of Saint Nicholas, in the 
county of the town of Galway,—were presented, and 
read ; praying the House to equalize civil rights in Gal- 
way, by extending to the Roman Catholic Mercantile and 
Trading Classes the Elective Franchise in as full and ample 
a manner as the same is now enjoyed by Protestants. | 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the parish '* 
of Rosscarbery and Kilkeranmore, in the county of Cork, 5, 
was presented, and read; praying the House to enable 
them, without any sacrifice of conscience or principle, to 
receive their due proportion of any Grant which the House 
may think proper to make in future, for educating the 
population of Jredand, by not entrusting to The Kildare 
Place Society, or to any such illiberal body, any part of 
it intended for the Education of Roman Catholics, but to 
the Catholic Bishops, or to some other enlightened body, 
that will not apply it to proselytising purposes, and thereby 
frustrate the beneficial intentions of the Legislature. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do le upon the Table. 

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A Petition of the Procurators before the Sheriff Court 
of Berwickshire, was presented, and read; complaining 


woes of the grievous and oppressive Tax commonly called the 


Attorney Certificate Duty, imposed by Statute 55 Geo. 3, 
c. 184, whereby all Procurators or Attornies in Scotland 
residing out of the limits of the city or county of Edin- 
burgh, if of more than three years’ standing, are obliged, 
under severe penalties, to take out a License or Certifi- 
cate yearly, bearing a Stamp Duty of 8/. sterling, and 
if less than three years’ standing, a License or Certifi- 
cate yearly, bearing a Stamp Duty of 4/. sterling; and 
praying the House to repeal the said Tax or Certificate 


Duty. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Tradesmen and other Inhabitants of L/an- 

erchymedd, in the county of Anglesey, was presented, and 
read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Representa- 
tion of the People in England and Wales ; and praying, 
That they may share in the privilege of returning a 
Member with the Boroughs of the County of Anglesey, as 
proposed in Schedule (F.) of the Reform Bill. 
- A Petition of Inhabitants of Bodedern, in the county of 
Anglesey, was also presented, and read ; taking notice of 
the said Bill; and praying, That they may share with 
the Towns of Llangefni or Llanerchymedd in the election 
of a Representative. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


- Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill to defray the Charge 
of the Pay, Clothing, and Contingent and other Expenses 
of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, 
and to grant Allowances in certain cases to Subaltern 
Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quarter-masters, Sur- 
geons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates, and Sergeant 
Majors of the Militia: And the same was read the first 


time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 


next. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented to the House, pursuant to 
their Orders,—A Return of all Informations filed in the 
Court of Exchequer in Jre/and, during the last Three years, 
for the recovery of Penalties under the Excise Laws ; 
specifying the Offence charged to have been committed, 
with the Proceedings thereupon, and their Result. 

A Return of the Total Quantity of Soap, distinguishing 
Hard from Soft, exported from Great Britain to Ireland in 
the year 1830; showing the several Ports in Great Bri- 
tain from which, and the several Ports in Jreland to which, 
it was exported. 

A Return of the Total Quantity of Hard Soap exported 
from Great Britain to all parts of the World, in 1830; 
and specifying the particular Quantity from each of the 
Ports of London, Bristol, Liverpool and Glasgow. 

A Return of the Number of Quarters of Malt made and 
charged with Duty, and the rate and amount thereof, in 
each Kingdom, in the half year betwixt 10th October 
1829 and 5th April 1830, and in the half year betwixt 
10th October 1830 and 5th April 1831. 

Mr. Spring Rice also presented to the House, pursuant to 
their Addresses to His Majesty,—Abstract Accounts of 
the Sheriffs and Stewards in Scotland, for their Receipts 
and Disbursements in the Public Service, audited and 
passed before the Barons of Exchequer for the year ended 
at Whitsuntide 1830; showing the principal Heads both 
of Charge and Discharge, and the Total Amount of each. 

Account of the Expenses attending the Criminal Pro- 


* secutions carried on in the Name and under the Authority 


~ = Lord Advocate of Scotland, year to 31st December 
9. 


Ordered, That the said Accounts and Papers do lie upon 


the Table ; and, except the Accounts relative to Soap, be 
printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till half 
an hour after one of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 


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129 


Veneris, 5° die August ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


‘a House being informed that Mr. Gray, from the Account of 
Bank of England, attended at the door, he was Bank — 
called in ; and at the bar presented to the House, pursuant “ns ¢ - 
to their Order,—An Account of all Promissory Notesand ° 
Post Bills of the Governor and Company of the Bank of 

England in circulation at the close of the Business on 

Saturday in every Week of the year ending the 2d April 

1831 (as returned to the Stamp Office, pursuant to an Act 

55 Geo. 3, c. 184); and further, to the latest period to 

— the same can be brought up :—And then he with- 

rew. 


Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House being informed that Mr. Ryland, from the Accounts of 
Admiralty Office, attended at the door, he was called in; Frigates and 
and at the bar presented to the House, pursuant to their 2 — 
Orders,— An Account of all Twenty-eight-gun Ships and al 
Ten-gun Brigs at present in the British Navy. 

An Account of all Twenty-eight-gun Ships and Ten- 
gun Brigs now building and ordered to be built :—And 
then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for the further improvement of the Belfast 
Port and Harbour of Belfast in Ireland, and for other pur- Ha bour Bill, 
poses, was read the third time. pa 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, 
by way of rider, “ That no Lighter in the service of the 
«“ Ballast Office shall carry goods to or from any Vessel, on 
** pain of forfeiting treble the garbarage ;” and the said 
Clause was brought up, and twice read with a blank ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House:—The 
House accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Brownlow reported from the Com- 
mittee, That they had gone through the Clause, and made 
several Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Brownlow accordingly reported from the Com- 
mittee the Amendments which they had made to the 
Clause; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to 
by the House:—And the said Clause was read the third 
time, and agreed to by the House to be made part of the 
Bill, by way of rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was added, by way of rider ; 
and several Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Belfast do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill for providing Timefor Report 
for the discharge of a Claim in respect of Monies ad- i P 
vanced by the late James Hodges, Esquire, on security }ins#Phaneevs 
of the Lands of the late Zemindar of Nozeed and Musta-  ~ 
phanagur, in the District of Fort Saint George, in the 

East Indies, now under the Sovereignty of the Honourable 

the East India Company, have leave to make their Report 

on or before Friday next. 


A Petition of Edward Farrel, of N° 17, Thomas-street, Petition 
in the city of Dublin, Gentleman, was presented, and respecting 
read ; praying, That the relief granted by a former Par- a al 
liament, doing away arrests for debt under mesne process = 
for sums under 20/., may be extended to 1007. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Tailors or Guild of Petitions 
Saint John-the- Baptist, Dublin;—of the Master, Wardens “#0. \en" 
and Brethren of the Corporation of Weavers, Dublin ;— (trelund) Bill. 
and, of the Master, Wardens and Brethren, of the Corpo- 
ration of Saddlers, Upholders, Coach and Coach Harness 
Makers of the Guild of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dublin, 

—were presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to 
amend the Representation of the People in Jre/and; and 
praying, That the same may not pass into a law. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


8 Z A Petition 


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Petitions or = A Petition of Land occupiers and Householders in the 
GranttoKildare parish of Saint John, Sligo ;—of Inhabitants of Drum- 
Street Society. Jif, in the diocese of Elphin;—of Glenlough, in_the 
county of Leitrim ;—of Bandon and its neighbourhood ;— 
of Tudlyhurk, in the parish of Kilbarron, in the county of 
Donegal ;—of Magistrates, Clergy and resident Land- 
owners of the western part of the county of Cork ;—and, 
of Inhabitants of the parish of Killesher, in the county of 
Fermanagh,—were presented, and read; praying the 
House not to withdraw from the Kildare Place Society 
any portion of the Grants usually made to it, but to in- 
crease the amount, so as to meet the wants of the poor, 
and, finally, not to place any portion of the sum to be 
ranted for the purpose of Education at the disposal of the 
_ on Catholic Clergy, or any committee of laymen 
under their control, but to leave the whole of the Grant 
under the direction of a Society with which all denomi- 
nations of Christians are invited to co-operate in diffusing 
the blessings of Education to the poor of Jredand, without 
inculcating the peculiar tenets of any sect. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and, except the three first, to be printed. 


Petitionagainss A Petition of the Corporation of Tailors or Guild of 
Co Me Saint John-the- Baptist, Dublin, was presented, and read ; 
Establishment praying, That should the Duty on Coals be repealed, 
wien) that the Meters may still be continued in office, unless 
the House shall be pleased to adopt such other method 
as may secure the inhabitants of Dudlin from the frauds 
and impositions so justly to be apprehended from any dis- 
continuance of the Coal Meters in their important office. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Return respect- 
ing Insolvent 


The House being informed that Mr. Massey, from the In- 


Debtors, pre-e SOlvent Debtors’ Court, attended at the door, he was called 
sented. in; and at the bar presented to the House,—Return to se- 
No, 141. 


veral Orders of the House, dated the Ist day of July last, 
for a Return of the Total Number of Persons discharged 
from Prison under the Acts for the Relief of Insolvent 
Debtors:—also,the Number of Insolvent Debtors who have 
paid Dividends to their Creditors in respect of property 
delivered up previously to their discharge :—also, the 
Number whose subsequently acquired Properties have been 
made available after their discharge, under Orders of the 
Court, towards the liquidation of their Debts in whole or 
in part :—and also, the Number who have been ordered ta 
be detained in custody for contravening the provisions of 
the Acts for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors :—And then 
he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


t st A Petition of Land-owners and other Inhabitants of the 
pm cg parish of Seagoe, in the county of Armagh,—and, of the 
nooth College. county of Armagh,—were presented, and read ; setting 

forth, That the Petitioners, having long witnessed the 
ve of disaffection to our excellent Constitution and 

overnment in Ireland, and having cause to trace much 
of this to the influence of those who have been educated 
in the College of Maynooth, where it is well known that 
the Students are nurtured in sentiments inimical to the 
peace and union of the Empire, humbly pray the House 
to take into consideration the propriety of withholding 
the annual Grant of Money from this Institution, which 
has so notoriously and ungratefully perverted the bene- 
volent intentions of His Majesty's Government. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitionsagainst 


Petition ree - A Petition of John Cassidy, of Monasterevan, Distiller, 
specting Malt was presented, and read, setting forth, That the Petitioner 
ape. is fully convinced of the expediency and justice of free 
competition in every branch of trade, and did he consider 
that a distiller in Scotland was enabled to produce a cheaper 
spirit than a distiller in Jre/and, would not appeal to the 
House for protection or redress; but he is fully convinced, 
that the importation of Scotch Spirits into Ireland, is caused 
by the operation of the present system of Malt Duties ; in 
proof of which, he takes leave to state to the House, on 
the authority of Returns made pursuant to their Order, 
that the Scotch distillers have, since October 1823, re- 
ceived as drawback on Malt stated to be consumed by 
them, upwards of two millions sterling, whilst the Zrish 
distillers, within the same period, have not claimed more 
than 40,000/.; that, in the year ending Sth January 1830, 





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A. 183}, 


the distillers of Scotland obtained, as a drawback on Malt, 
331,493/., whilst, in the same period, the distillers of 
Treland obtained the trifling sum of 3,231/, ; that, as the 
drawback paid to distillers in Scotland increases in amount, 
the import of Scotch Spirits into Ireland increases also. 
under such circumstances, and subject to an unequal com. 
petition, the Petitioner hopes that, in justice to the dig. 
tillers of Jreland, who have expended large capitals, to 
enable them to carry on the only manufacture retained ip 
that country, in justice to the landed interest, and to the 
industrious population of Ireland, the House will see the 
necessity of making an immediate alteration in the present 
system of Malt regulations, by which the country at pre- 
sent loses considerable revenue, and by which he, as well 
as others in his trade, are exposed to an unfair and un- 
equal competition in their own markets. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table, 


Ordered, That Mr. Stanley, Mr. Alevander Perceval, \, 
Mr. Conolly, Mr. Wynne (of Sligo), Mr. Cole, Mr, Grat. 
tan, Lord Killeen, and Mr. Alevrander Dawson, be added 
to the Committee on the Bill to empower Landed Pro. 
prietors in Jredand to sink, embank and remove Obstruc- 
tions in Rivers. 





A Petition of Members of the National Reform Asso. »,i, 
ciation, meeting at the Crown Tavern, Museum-street, 
Saint George's, Bloomsbury, was presented, and read; (ty 
setting forth, That the Petitioners are deeply convinced 
there is no other practicable mode by which, on the one 
hand, the existing distresses of the country can be re- 
moved, and the many ills that threaten its future peace 
be warded off, or, on the other, by which those valuable 
institutions it now enjoys can be preserved and upheld, 
and the advantages of a cheap and good Government and 
a wise and virtuous Legislature, to which an enlightened 
people are indefeasibly entitled, can be procured and per- 
manently sustained, than that of expediting the Bill of 
Reform now before the House through all its remaining 
stages, in compliance with the ardent wishes of an unani- 
mous people; and praying the House to take the pre- [| 
mises into consideration, and adopt such measures there- FF - 
upon as to them shall seem meet. ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. | 


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shall secure to them the diffusion of knowledge, without t 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
doyle, Howth, Kilbarrack, Saint Dologh and Portmarnock, '* 
Britain and Ireland. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Mallow: Pai 
—and, of Clonpriest,—were presented, and read ; re. ree 
Education of the Roman Catholic Poor of Ireland, as he 
control or danger to their free conscientious religious Ff 
persuasions. be 
Table ; and to be printed. $ 
A Petition of Inhabitants of the united parishes of Bal- Pei 
in the county of Dublin, was presented, and read ; pry. a 
ing for the repeal of the Legislative Union between Great 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Inhabitants of Cardif’;—and, of the Cor- 
poration and Ten Pound Householders of Cowbridge,— sii 


_were presented, and read; taking: notice of the Bill to! 


amend the Representation of the People in England and 
Wales ; and praying, That Cardiff with Cowbridge, Lan- 
trissent and Llandaff may return one Member to serve 
in Parliament, and that Merthyr Tidvil and Aberdare may 
not have a share in the election of a Burgess for Cardiff. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 


the Committee of the whole House on the Bill. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Roupedl and Mr. T 

Adam: “4 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following; 
without any Amendment ; wiz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal an Act of the nine- ™ 
teenth year of King George the Third, for repealing 80 (uw 
much of several Acts as prohibit the Growth and Produce 
of Tobacco in Ireland, and to permit the importation of 
Tobacco of the Growth and Produce of that Kingdom, 
into Great Britain: 

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A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter and amend an Act 
passed in the seventh and eighth year of the reign of bis 
late Majesty, intituled, ‘‘ An Act for carrying into effect 
certain Improvements within the City of Edinburgh, and 
adjacent to the same:” 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for extending the Royalty 
of the Burgh of Dundee, and for amending the Sett or 
Municipal Constitution of the said Burgh: And also, 

The hs have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to re- 
peal several Acts, and parts of Acts, prohibiting the pay- 
ment of Wages in Goods, or otherwise than in the current 
Coin of the Realm; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 


prohibit the payment, in certain Trades, of Wages in 


- Goods, or otherwise than in the current Coin of the 


Realm; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have pe a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
amend an Act passed in the seventh and eighth years of 
the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, in- 
tituled, ‘‘ An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws in 
force in Ireland, for Unions and Divisions of Parishes, and 
for uniting or disappropriating appropriate Parishes or 
parts of Parishes, and to make further Provision with 
respect to erecting Chapels of Ease, and making Per- 
petual Cures ;” to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 
read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question put, That “ Brighthelmstone, including Parish 
“ of Brighthelmstone, Sussex,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 
——Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Bolton-le- Moors, including Town- 
“ ships of Great and Little Bolton, Lancashire,” stand 
part of Schedule (D.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Blackburn, including Township 
“ of Blackburn, Lancashire,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 
+——Agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “ Bradford, including Town- 
“ ship of Bradford, Yorkshire,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 

Amendment proposed, To leave out “ Township ” and 
insert “Town.” Agreed to. 

Question, as amended, That “ Bradford, including 
“ Town of Bradford, Yorkshire,” stand part of Schedule 
(D.)——-put, and agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “ Bury, including Township 
“ of Bury, Lancashire,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 

Amendment proposed, To leave out “ Township ” and 
insert “ Town.” Agreed to. 


Question, as amended, That “ Bury, including Town 
“ of Bury, Lancashire,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 
put, and agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “ Cheltenham, including Town 
of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,” stand part of Sche- 
“ dule (D.) 

Amendment proposed, After “Town” to insert “ and 
“ Parish.” Agreed to. 

Question, as amended, That “* Cheltenham, including 
“ Town and Parish of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,” stand 
part of Schedule (D.)———put, and agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Dudley, including Parish of 
“ Dudley, Worcestershire,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 
—Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Frome, including the Town of 
“ Frome, Somersetshire,” stand part of Schedule (D.)—— 
Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Gateshead, including Parish of 
“ Gateshead, Durham,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 

The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Lord Viscount Duncannon 264. 
Teller for the Noes, Sir George Clerk - - 160. 

Question put, That “ Halifar, including Township of 
“ Halifax, Yorkshire,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 
Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Huddersfield, including Parish 


“ of Huddersfield, Yorkshire,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 
——Agreed to. 
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Question put, That “ Kidderminster, including 
“ Town of Kidderminster, Worcestershire,” stand part of 
Schedule (D.) —-—Agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “ Kendal, including Town of 
‘* Kendal, Westmorland,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 

Amendment proposed, After “ Kendal” to insert “and 
“ Township of Kirkland.” Agreed to. 

Question, as amended, That “ Kendal, including Town 
“ of Kendal and Township of Kirkland, Westmorland,” 
stand part of Schedule (D.)——-postponed. 

Question put, That “ Macclesfield, including Town of 
“ Macclesfield, Cheshire,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 
——-Agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “ Oldham, including Parish 
“ of Oldham, Lancashire,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 

Amendment proposed, To leave out “ Parish of Old- 
ham,” and insert “ Townships of Oldham, Chadderton, 
Crompton and Rayton.” Agreed to. 

Question, as amended, That “ Oldham, including 
Townships of Oldham, Chadderton, Crompton and Ray- 
ton, Lancashire,” stand part of Schedule (D.) put, 
and agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “ Rochdale, including the 
“ Township of Spotland, Lancashire,” stand part of Sche- 
dule (D.) 

Amendment proposed, To leave out “Township of 
“¢ Spotland,” and insert “Town of Rochdale.” Agreed 
to. 

Question, as amended, That “ Rochdale, including 
“ Town of Rochdale,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 
put, and agreed to. 

Question put, That “Salford, including Townships of 
“ Salford, Pendleton, and Broughton, Lancashire,” stand 
part of Schedule (D.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ South Shields, including the Town 
“ of South Shields, Township of Westoe, Durham,” stand 
part of Schedule (D.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Stockport, including Town of 
“ Stockport, Cheshire,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 
Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Stoke-upon-Trent, including 
‘“‘ Townships of Longton and Lane End, Fenton Culvert, 
* Fenton Vivian, Penkhull and Boothen, Shelton, Hanley, 
Burslem, with the Vill of Rushton Grange and the 
Hamlet of Sneyd, Tunstall Court, Chell, and Oldcott, 
Staffordshire,” stand part of Schedule (D.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Tynemouth, including Parish of 





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dule (D.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Wakefield, including Township 
“ of Wakefield, Yorkshire,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 
Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Walsall, including Borough and 
“ Foreign of Walsall, Staffordshire,” be postponed. 
Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Warrington, including the Town 
“ of Warrington, Lancashire,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 
——Agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “Whitby, including Town- 
“ships of Whitby and Ruswarp, Yorkshire,” stand part 
of Schedule (D.) 

Amendment proposed, After ‘“‘ Ruswarp,” to insert 
“ Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre.” Agreed to. 

Question, as amended, That “Whitby, including Town- 
“ ships of Whitby, Ruswarp, Hawsker-cum- Stainsacre, 
“ Yorkshire,” stand part of Schedule (D.)——put, and 
agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 














And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 6° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committe to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 


in Ireland ; ' 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


th day of this instant August. 
Monday, the 15th day o ay g an 


Reform of 
Parliament 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 





Reform of 
Parliament 
(Scotland) 
Bill, deferred. 


Labourers’ 
House Rent 
Bill, deferred. 


Public Works 
(lreland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Lord 
Lieutenants 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Hackney 
Coaches Bill, 
deferred. 


Highways 
Bill, deferred. 


Distillation 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred, 


Land Tax 
Double Assess- 
ments Bill, 
deferred. 


Supply, 
deferred. 


Ways and 
Means, de- 
ferred. 


Canadian 
Revenue Bill, 
deferred. 





132 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 
in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 15th day of this instant August. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to prohibit the Practice of paying the House 
Rents of Able-bodied Labourers out of the Poor's Rate ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into further 
consideration the Report from the Committee of the whole 
House, on the Bill for the extension and promotion of Public 
Works in Jreland ; i 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
provide for the better order and government of Jreland by 
Lieutenants for the several Counties, Counties of Cities, 
and Counties of Towns therein ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
to Hackney Coaches, and the registering and numbering 
of Waggons, Carts and Drays, used in the Metropolis ; 
and also to place the Collection of the Duty on such Hack- 
ney Coaches under the management of the Commissioners 
of Stamps, and to transfer the Collection and Management 
of the Duties on Hawkers and Pedlars in England from 
the Commissioners of Hackney Coaches to the Commis- 
sioners of Stamps ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into further 
consideration the Report from the Committee of the whole 
House, on the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws re- 
lating to Highways in that part of Great Britain called 
England ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppressing 
the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits in 
Treland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty-fourth 
and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty King George the 
Third, so far as the same relate to Double Assessments of 
the Land Tax ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend an Act of the fourteenth year of his 
Majesty King George the Third, for establishing a Fund 
towards defraying the Charges of the administration of 


Justice and support of the Civil Government within the 
Province of Quebec, in America; 


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A. 1831, 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 







jon of 
The Order of the day being read, for the second read. \y;,, BaP jand)l 
ing of the Bill to equalize the Duties on Wine ; Bill li 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Jo. 143 
Monday next. 
The ingrossed Bill for raising the sum of Thirteen Mil. ,, 
lions six hundred and sixteen thousand four hundred (¢. 
Pounds, by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year _ 
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, was, accord- © 
ing to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the ey a 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. * Bil 


Lord Viscount Althorp presented a Bill to enable His p,. 0 
Majesty to grant an annual Sum to Her Royal Highness ofj,, 
Victoria Maria Louisa Duchess of Kent, for a more ade- Atm 
quate provision for Her said Royal Highness, and for the "™ 
honourable Support and Education of Her Royal Highness ™ 
the Princess Alevandrina Victoria of Kent: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 3 





A Petition of William Hay, Preses of a Meeting of the pi, 
Provost, Magistrates and Town Council of the royal _— 
burgh of Jnverkeithing, was presented, and read; praying, * 
That no law may be passed to permit the use of Molasses 
in Distilleries. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Select 
Committee on Molasses. 












Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- pu ht _ 
turn of the Number of Vessels placed in Quarantine in raya 
the United Kingdom, in each of the past Five years, ending 
3lst December 1830, stating from what Countries the 
Ships came, at what Places they performed Quarantine, 
and the Amount of Fees levied for clearance of those 
Vessels, in each year, 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a State- 
ment of the Amount of Fees charged on the clearance of 
each Vessel from Quarantine, by what Authority the same 
are charged, and the Date of such Authority ; also, to 
whom these Fees are paid, and for what purposes. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Vessels placed in Quarantine since 
Ist January 1831, and the Number now in Quarantine, 


stating at what Places, up to the latest period the same 
can be made up. 


be con Bi 


saga 
Molas 
weries 
Distiller 


A Petition of Land-owners and Occupiers in Wadhurst; Pei 
~—of Inhabitants of Northiam and Beckley, in the county *"’ 
of Sussex ;—and, of Householders and Inhabitants of “F™ 
Bower, in the county of Caithness,—were presented, and : 
read ; praying for a repeal of the Duty on Malt. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- te 
turn, by the Registrar in each Diocese in Jreland, of the ji) 
Number of Parishes the Tithes of which are the Property 
of Laymen ; specifying the Name of such Lay Impropria- 
tor, and the Amount of Income which, as such, he derives 
from each such Parish, if under the Tithe Composition 
Act, or, if not under the said Act, the Number of Acres 


in each such Parish; distinguishing whether the Tithes : 
thence derived be Rectorial or entirely Impropriate, and 
the Amount of Allowance allotted by the Lay Impro- 


priator in each such Parish to the officiating Clergyman 
therein. 


A Petition of Merchants and Ship-owners of Belfast, te 


was presented, and read ; praying for the repeal of the De 
Duty on Policies of Marine Insurance. ; 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. ™ 


cies 


Navig 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 4% 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- ini 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the Population, according to the last Census, of the Isle 
of Wight, in the County of Southampton. in 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 





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An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
amend an Act passed in the seventh and eighth years of 
the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
‘ntituled, “ An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws in 
force in Ireland, for Unions and Divisions of Parishes, 
and for uniting or disappropriating appropriate Parishes 
or parts of, Parishes, and to make further Provision with 
respect to erectin Chapels of Ease, and making Perpetual 
Cures,”, was. read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Wednesday next. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be printed. 




















jon of 
jshes 
vpn) Bill, 


Jo. 143. 


oy Pays An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
Acts repeal several Acts, and parts of Acts, prohibiting the 
al Bill, payment of Wages in Goods, or otherwise than in the 
current Coin of the Realm, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday next. 


. An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
ment of prohibit the payment, in certain Trades, of Wages in 
ges Bill, “Goods, or otherwise than in the current Coin of the Realm, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
after one of the clock on Saturday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 





5°—-6° A ugustt, 





Sabbati, 6° die Augustt ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 







A and 
ety of 


reset 


Public, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


isagainst 
Molasses 
weries 


permit the use of Molasses in the Breweries or Distilleries. 


the Select Committee on Molasses. 


od Fife Burghs in the enjoyment of their privileges, like the 

0- rest of Scotland. 

an Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

St, Pe we 

he A Petition of Robert Grimshaw, of Belfast, Merchant, 


fis 4% Grant, or compel said Company to expend it, according to 
eC ai the spirit of the Act 19 &amp; 20 Geo. 3, c. 32. 
. ” Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 
sle 

4 A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Town 
His a Council of the city and Royal Burgh of Perth ;—and, of 
His Inhabitants of the'city and Royal Burgh of Perth,—were 

presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend 

An VOL. 86. 


N ingrossed Bill for repealing, altering, enlarging 
and amending certain provisions of an Act passed 
ion Bill, in the fifty-sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King 
F George the Third, intituled, “An Act for the Incorpora- 
tion of The Highland Society of London, for the better 
management of the Funds of the Society, and for render- 
ing its exertions more extensive and beneficial to the 


Ordered, That Mr. Sinclair do carry the Bill to the 


A Petition of Farmers, Maltsters and others in the 
neighbourhood of the town of Alloa ;—of Freeholders, 
MbVisiilees. Commissioners of Supply, Justices of the Peace and Heri- 
ie tors of the county of Linlithgow ;—of Farmers in the neigh- 
bourhood of the Burgh of Burntisland;—of Kirkcaldy,— 
and, of the western district of the county of Fife,—were 
presented, and read ; praying, That no law may be passed to 


And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 


A Petition of Magistrates, Town Council and Bur- 
gesses of the royal burgh of Anstruther Easter, was pre- 
)Bil. sented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the 
Representation of the People in Scotland; and setting 
forth, That by the said Bill it is declared that the eastern 
district of the Fife Burghs, of which Anstruther Easter 
Is one, shall no longer return a Member to Parliament, 
but shall, in the matter of Elections, be held to be a part 
of the shire of Fife ; and praying the House to strike out 
the Disfranchising Clause, and to continue the east of 


ing sa 

Nig WS presented, and read ; praying the House to institute 

= an inquiry into the appropriation of the Grant to the 
Lagan Navigation Company, and either withhold said - 





736 


the Representation of the People in Scotland; and pray- 
ing, That Provision may be made in the said Bill for 
authorizing the Royal Burgh of Perth, by itself, to elect 
and return one Member to Parliament. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitants of Cardiff; 
and, of the Corporation and Ten-pound Householders of 
Cowbridge, praying, that Cardiff, with Cowbridge, Llan- 
trissent and Landaff may return one Member, and that 
Merthyr Tidvil and Aberdare may not have a share in the 
Election of a Burgess for Cardiff, which were yesterday 
presented to the House, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to amend 
the Representation of the People in England and Wales. 


(In the Committee.) 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That 
“ Kendal, including Town of Kendal and Township of 
“* Kirkland, Westmorland,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 
Agreed to. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That “ Walsall, including Borough and Foreign of Wal- 
“ sall, Staffordshire,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 

Amendment proposed, After the second “ Walsall,” to 
insert “‘ Town of Wednesbury ;” 

Question put, That “ the Town of Wednesbury be 
“ there inserted ;” it passed in the Negative. 

Original Question put——and agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “ Whitehaven, including Town 
“¢ of Whitehaven, Town and Parish of Workington, Parish 
“ of Harrington, Cumberland,” stand part of Schedule (D.) 

Amendment proposed, To leave out “ Town and” 
Agreed to. 

Amendment proposed, To leave out “ Parish of Wor- 
“* kington, Parish of Harrington.” 

Question put, That “ Parish of Workington, Parish 
“ of Harrington,” stand part of the Question. 

The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Lord Viscount Duncannon 104. 
Teller for the Noes, Sir George Clerk - - — 60, 











Petitions to 
be printed. 


Committee 

on Reform of 
Parlianient 
(England) Bill, 


Amendment proposed, After the second “ Whitehaven,” 
to insert, “ Township of Preston Quarter, Parish of 





“© Moresby” Agreed to. 


Question, as amended, put, That “ Whitehaven, in- 
“ cluding Town of Whitehaven, Township of Preston 
* Quarter, Parish of Moresby, Parish of Workington, 
“ Parish of Harrington, Cumberland,” stand part of Sche- 





dule (D.) Agreed to. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That ‘ Penzance, including Parishes of Madion and Paul, 
“ the Town of Marazion, with Saint Michael's Mount, 
“ Cornwall,” be added to Schedule (D.); the said Mo- 


tion was, by leave of the Committee, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That “ Harrington and Towvteth Park, Lancashire,” be 
added to Shedule (D.); the said Motion was, by leave of 


the Committee, withdrawn. 


Crause, N° 3 (B.), including Schedule (D.),as amended 





Agreed to. 


CrauseE, N° 4, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis to re- 


turn two Members. 


P. 2. 1. 14. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 


with “ Two” Agreed to. 
CLAUSE, as amended agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 











Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 


ported from the Committee, That they had made a fur 


ther progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 


again. 


again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Lord Viscount Althorp reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 15th, 19th, 20th, 26th and 
30th days of July last, and of the 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th 
days of this instant August (that His Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions, that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House), had 
been 


9A 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 


Answer to 
Addresses. 








Return respect- 
ing Population 
of the Isle of 
Wight, pre- 
sented, 


No. 144. 


Dublin City 
Election, 
determined ; 


Special Report 
respecting 


Bribery. 


Minutes 
ordered ; 


presented. 
No. 145. 


Dublin City 
Writ. 


134 


been presented to His Majesty ; and that His Majesty had 
commanded him to acquaint this House, that He will 
give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Lamb presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Address to His Majesty,—Return of the Population, ac- 
cording to the last Census of the Isle of Wight, in the 
County of Southampton (in so far as the same can be 
made up.) 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 8° die Augustz ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Robert Gordon, from the Select Committee ap- 
I pointed to try and determine the merits of the Pe- 
tition of James Scarlett, David M‘Cleery, and others, 
severally complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the City of Dublin, informed the House, That the said 
Committee have determined, 

That Robert Harty, Esquire, the Right honourable the 
Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Louis Perrin, Esquire, are 
not duly elected Citizens to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the City of Dublin: 

That the last Election of Citizens to serve in Parliament 
for the said City, is a void Election : 

That the said Petition did not appear to the said Com- 
mittee to be frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not appear 
to the said Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be entered 
in the Journals of this House. 


Mr. Robert Gordon also reported to the House, That the 
said Select Committee had come to the following Resolu- 
tions, which they had directed him to report to the House ; 
and the same were read ; and are as followeth ; 

Resolved, That Robert Harty and Louis Perrin,Esquires, 
were, by their agents, guilty of bribery at the last Election 
for the said City. 

Resolved, That it appears to this Committee, that certain 
individuals holding official situations in Jre/and, or con- 
sidered to be connected with the Jrish Government, did, 
at the last Election for the City of Dublin, in contraven- 
tion of the Resolutions of the House of Commons, use 
undue influence in favour of, and with a view to aid and 
assist in, the Election and Return of the Sitting Members 
for the City of Dublin. 

Resolved, That the Chairman be requested to move, 
That this Report, with the Evidence taken before the said 
Committee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of the 
said Committee be laid before this House. 

Mr. Robert Gordon accordingly presented to the House 
the said Minutes. 


Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of 
the Crown in Jreland, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing of two Citizens to serve in this present Parliament 
for the City of Dublin, in the room of Robert Harty, 
Esquire, and Louis Perrin, Esquire, whose Elections have 
been determined to be void ; 

And a Debate arising in the House thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be adjourned till Monday next ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, f Mr. O'Connell, 


. Mr. Hume: ot. 
Mr. Ridley Colborne, 
Tellers for the Noes, { ee ee + 6. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out a new Writ 


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FS 


A. 183), 


for the electing of two Citizens to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Dublin, in the room of Robert 
Harty, Esquire, and Louis Perrin, Esquire, whose Elec- 
tions have been determined to be void. 


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we 
i 
Pa’ 
2, 









An ingrossed Bill for making and maintaining a Rail- py. 77 
road from Westland Row, in the City of Dublin, to the Kingy, : 
head of the Western Pier of the Royal Harbour of Kings. Baily) 
town, in the County of Dublin, with Branches to com- *. FF 
municate therewith, was read the third time ; and several . 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Ossory do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Orin 
vesting an undivided Moiety of a Freehold Estate in by 
Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, late the °™ 
property of William Orford, Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, : 
for Sale, and for investing the Proceeds of such Sale for 
the benefit of his infant Son and Heir-at-Law, was read a 
second time ; and committed to Mr. Ewart, &amp;c.: And they &amp;. 
are to meet, this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. = 


Lord Francis Osborne reported from the Committee on ajf 
the Bill to alter, amend and enlarge the powers of the Dri« 
several Acts now in force relating to the River or Cut lf | 
from Eau Brink to King’s Zynn, in the County of Nor- | 
folk, called, The Eau Brink Cut, and to raise further Funds 
for carrying the said Acts into execution ; and to whom 
the Petition of the Mayor, the Most noble the Recorder, 
Burgesses and Commonalty of the borough of Thetford; 
of Sir Henry Beding feld, Baronet, of Ovburgh Hall, Nor- 
folk ; of the Company of Proprietors of the Mosdyke 
Bridge, in the county of Lincoln ; of the Company of Pro- 
prietors of the Cross Keys Bridge, situate between the 
counties of Lincoln and Norfolk; of Owners and Occu- 
piers of estates in the country of Marshland; of Henry 
Hoste Henley, Esquire, by Lewis Weston Jarvis, his Agent; 
of the Mayor and Burgesses of the borough of Lenne 
Regis, commonly called, King’s Lynn; of Owners and 
Occupiers of estates adjoining the harbour, and other the 
Inhabitants of King’s Lynn; of Christopher Carter and 
Jeremiah Patrick, Bridgereeves for the time being of a 2 
certain Bridge called Saint German’s Bridge, in the parish 
of Wiggenhall Saint German's, in the county of Norfolk ; 
of Richard Matland and Thomas Broadbent, owners of 
estates on the west side of, and adjoining to, the River 
Ouze, in West Lynn Saint Peter’s, in the county of Nor- 
Solk ; of Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, by Frederick 
Lane, duly authorized by power of attorney ; of Owners 
and Occupiers of high land lying in the parish of Wiggen- 
hall Saint Mary Magdalen, in the county of Norfolk, and ° 
other parishes, charged with a tax of 1s. per acre to the 
Eau Brink Commissioners ; of Owners of estates and 
banks next the River Ouze, in the county of Norfolk ; of 
the Reverend John Henry Spelman Cary, Clerk, and Henry 
Lane, Gentleman, owners respectively of houses and lands 
on the west side of the new River or Cut, called, The Eau 
Brink Cut; of John English, of King’s Lynn, Norfolk, 
Merchant ; of several Commissioners under an Act for 
draining Lands in Waterbeach Level, in the County of 
Cambridge; of Owners of lands lying within the Great 
Level of the Fens, called, The Bedford Level, and within 
the operation of certain Acts of Parliament, commonly 
called, The Eau Brink Acts ; of Owners of lands lying 
within the Great Level of the Fens, called, The Bedford 
Level, and within the operation of certain Acts of Parlia- 
ment, commonly called, The Eau Brink Acts; of Richard 
Benstead, of Islington, in the county of Middlesex, Gen- 
tleman; of the Honourable the Governor, Bailiffs and 
Commonalty of the Company of Conservators of the 
Great Level of the Fens, called, Bedford Level; of Inha- 
bitants of Ramsay and Warboys, in the county of Hun- 
tingdon, owners of lands in the Great Level of the Fens, 
called, The Bedford Level; of Richard Francklin, of 
Montague-place, in the county of Middlesev, Esquire ; of 
the Most noble the Recorder, Burgesses and Commonalty 
of the borough of Thetford; of Owners of lands lying 
within the operation of the several Acts of Parliament 
commonly called, The Eau Brink Acts, and also of such 
Occupiers of lands as are liable to the taxes imposed 
by the said Acts; of the Mayor and Aldermen of the 
Borough of Newark ; and, of Owners of lands lying within 
the operation of the several Acts of Parliament, ee | 
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called, The Eau Brink Acts, were referred ; That they had 
roceeded according to the Resolution of the House of the 
91st day of June last; and that they had heard counsel in 
support of the fourth, fifth, ninth, twelfth, nineteenth and 
twenty-fourth mentioned Petitions, and had considered 
the second and twenty-second mentioned Petitions ; and 
that no person appeared on behalf of the other mentioned 
Petitions ; and that they had also heard counsel in favour 
of the Bill; and that they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto; and the Report was brought up, and read. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Rathvilly, 
in the county of Carlow ;— of Inhabitants of Faithlegg, in 
the diocese of Waterford and barony of Gaultier ;— of 
Powerstown ;—and, of Lisronagh, in the county of Tippe- 
rary,—were presented, and read ; praying that the House 
will no longer confide any Fund which may be granted 
for the purposes of Education, to the Ki/dare Place Society, 
but that they will place it at the disposal of persons who 
will distribute it faithfully and impartially among the 
people, and who will not apply it to the purpose of per- 
verting the faith of a Nation, or disseminating religious 
division and discord. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Landholders and Inhabitants of 
Loughinisland ;—and, of Inhabitants of Inch, in the 


‘ county of Down,—were presented, and read; praying 


the House to continue and enlarge the Grant to the Ki/dare 
Place Society. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Landholders and Householders of the 
county of Tipperary, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners consider themselves heavily 
aggrieved by the system of Grand Jury Taxation ; that 
the Roads are badly repaired, and the funds diverted into 
the hands of the contractors for their private profit; they 
consider the system as rotten; and humbly pray, That 
the power of taxing the Counties be taken from Grand 
Juries, and vested in the hands of the Magistrates at 
Quarter Sessions. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Errismore, in the county 
of Galway, was presented, and read ; complaining of the 
effects resulting from enactments passed in 1822, re- 
specting Kelp, and of the reduction of the duty on Barilla; 
and praying the House to take their case into conside- 
ration. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Dublin ;—and, 
of Landholders of Dromara, in the county of Down, 
convened at Easter Vestry,—were presented, and read ; 
praying, That the House may be pleased to take the con- 
dition of the Poor in Jre/and into their humane conside- 
ration, for the purpose of enacting such measures for their 
relief as may to the House appear most expedient. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


A Petition of the Mercantile Classes of Galway, was 
presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend 
the Representation of the People in Jredand ; and praying 
the House to accord an additional Representative to Gal- 
way in the Imperial Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Messrs. Hindes &amp; Derhams, of Dolphin- 
holme, in the county of Lancaster, Worsted Spinners, was 
presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to repeal 
the Laws relating to Apprentices, and other young Per- 
sons, employed in Cotton and other Factories, and in 
Cotton and other Mills, and to make further provisions in 
lieu thereof; and praying, That the same may not pass 
into a law as it now stands. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

VOL. 86. 


8° Augusti.. 





735 


A Petition of James Cov, Chairman, and Archibald Petition re- 


specting Reform 
of Parliament 
(England) Bill. 


Prentice, Secretary, of The Manchester Political Union, 
was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to 
amend the Representation of the People in England and 
Wales; and praying the House to expedite the passing 
thereof, that the number of Electors may be increased, 
and that Voters may be protected by the Ballot. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Edward Curran, Chairman, and /Villiam 
Wise, Secretary, of The National Union of the Working 
Classes, in Public Meeting assembled at the Rotunda Ta- 
vern, July 27th, 1831, was presented, and read ; praying 
for Annual Parliaments, Universal Suffrage, Vote by Bal- 
lot, and no Property Qualification, no Transportation Laws, 
and no Starvation Laws. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That the Petition be printed :—-And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Petition 
in favour of 
Election by 
Ballot. 


Petition 
respecting 
Church 

_ Property. 


A Petition of Thomas Henry, Chairman, and Joseph 
Styles, Secretary, of The Westminster Union of the Work- 
ing Classes, praying, That the Princess Victoria may be 
provided for out of the Revenue of the Bishoprick of 
Derry, being offered to be presented to the House :— 
A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That the said Petition be brought up; but the said Motion 
not being seconded, the said Petition was not received. 


A Petition of Thomas Henry, Chairman, and Joseph Petition 
Styles, Secretary, of The Westminster Union of the Work- respecting 
ing Classes, was presented, and read; complaining of '°!"¢. 
disrespect by Lord Palmerston towards a Memorial from 
their Union, calling upon the Government to put an 
end to the bloodshed going on in Poland; and praying 
the House to address His Majesty to remove Lord Palmer- 
ston trom His Councils, and to appoint a Secretary for 
Foreign Affairs who will consult the best interests equally 
of England, civilized Europe and humanity, by saving the 
brave Poles from the barbarous power of Russia. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 

That the Petition be printed :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Trower and Mr. The Lords 

Roupell : have agreed 
Mr. Speaker, ws 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act Forfarshire 
for more effectually making, amending, widening, repair- Roads Bill. 
ing, and keeping in repair, certain Roads in the County of 
Forfar, without any Amendment :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitants of Rochdale, Petition to be 
taking notice of the Bill to consolidate and amend the printed. 
Laws relating to Highways in that part of Great Britain 
called England, and praying that the same may not pass 
into a law as it now stands, which was presented to the 
House upon Friday last, be printed. 


A Petition of West India Merchants and Planters re- Petition agains 
siding in Glasgow, was presented, and read; setting oor tiaieis 
forth, That the Petitioners, and all connected with the Act. 
British West India Colonies, have sustained the most 
grievous injury by the operation of the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
ce. 93, which Act, although intended to permit the refining 
of Foreign Sugars for exportation only, was so deficiently 
framed, that the refiners were enabled to sell the produce 
of such Sugars for consumption at home, and to export an 
inferior article, thereby causing, not only great loss to the 
Revenue, but likewise a most serious injury to the Peti- 
tioners, which never could have been contemplated by the 
framers of the said Act; that the said Act.expired on the 
5th day of July last, and the Petitioners hoped that 
their interests had been entirely relieved: from. its baneful 
operation ; it was therefore with feelings of the utmost 
alarm they have seen that notice has been given for its 
renewal; that, under the Act just expired, the refiner 
of Foreign Sugar was enabled to obtain a considerable 
bounty, which was taken out of the Duties paid on 
Sugar the growth of the British Colonies; that, if the 
said Act be renewed, it will obviously tend, not only to 

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the continuance, but also to the increase of the Foreign 
Slave Trade, which hasbeen so frequently and justly de- 
precated by the House ; the Petitioners do therefore most 
Laskhyalias the glaring injustice, as well as inconsistency, 
‘of encouraging a traffic so inimical to their interest and 
that of the Nation, and which has been pronounced a 
felony by the British Legislature’; the Petitioners there- 
fore, relying-on the justice and impartiality of the House, 
do most humbly and earnestly pray, That the said Act 
may not be renewed, and that they may be heard at the 
bar in support of their allegations, by themselves, their 
‘agents, &amp;c. ‘ 

‘Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
cand be printed. 


“Committee 
on Game 
‘Certificates. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, resolve 
itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider 
of imposing Duties on Certificates to deal in Game:— 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; 
‘and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to a Resolution, which they had di- 
rected him to report to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Committee Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 

onGame Bill. resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend the Laws in England relative to Game, 
be now read ; and the same being read :—The House re- 
solved itself into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported from the Committee, That they had made a pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
-of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 9° die Augusti, 1831: 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


‘Duchess “Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
yee si reading of the Bill to enable His Majesty to grant an 
nouity Bi 


» annual Sum to Her Royal Highness Victoria Maria Louisa, 
Duchess of Kent, for a more adequate Provision for Her 
said Royal Highness, and for the honourable Support and 
Education of Her Royal Highness the Princess Alevan- 
-drina Victoria of Kent, be now read ; and the same being 
‘read :—The Bill was read a second time; and committed 
to a' Committee of the whole House for this day. 


committed. 


Wine Duties | Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
‘Bill, deferred. reading of the Bill to equalize the Duties on Wine, be 
now read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


‘Vestries Bill, -A Bill for-the better regulation of Vestries, and for the 


committed. appointment of Auditors of Accounts in certain Parishes 
of England and Wales, was, according to Order, read a 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House for Monday, the 22d day of this instant August. 
Cotton The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
Factories ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
Apprentices 


whole House, on the Bill to repeal the Laws relating to 
Apprentices, and other young Persons, employed in‘Cotton 
and other Factories, and in‘Cotton and other Mills, and 
to make further provisions in lieu thereof ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further-con- 
sideration upon Monday next. 


Bill, deferred. 


Juries ‘The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
(Ireland) Bill, ing of the Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws 
deferred. relative to.Jurors and Juries in Jreland ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Debateon Mo- The Order of the day being read, for resuming the ad- 

‘Arme (ireland), journed Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday, the 

adjourned. Ist day of July last, “ That leave be given to bring ina 
Bill to regulate the Importation of Arms into Ireland ;” 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Monday 


next. 





8°—9° Augusti. 


into the said Committee. 





A. 1831, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Cy, 
ing of~the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Mad- Des 
ness ; defer 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 













The Order of the day being read, for the second read- sq), 
ing of the Bill to alter and amend the Laws of Settlement tep,, 
by Hiring and Service ; defer 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


jllation 
and) Bil 


, . . ed. 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Cong, 


Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill for trans- o he 
ferring the Duties of Receivers General of the Land and “Tt 
Assessed Taxes to Persons executing the Offices of In- 
spectors of Taxes, and for making other Provisions for 
the Receipt and Remittance of the said Taxes ; and, after 


some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; . 
and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they Bill, 


had gone through the Bill; and made several Amend- P 
ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Saige PS. y) t 
aS RRS 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Supe 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- Reins 
sider of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 49, to continue, until the uF 
Fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty, 
the Provisions of an Act to allow Sugar to be delivered _— 
out of Warehouse to be refined ; - 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 





The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Roma \ 


solve itself into a‘Committee of the whole House, pee 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- -&lt; 
solve itself into a‘Committee of the whole House, upon (lat 
the Bill to improve the Administration of Justice in Jre- ‘é 
land ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 







A Bill-to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and Mili} 
Contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia Bi, »§ 
in Great Britain and Ireland, and to grant Allowances in ™" 
certain cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, 
Quarter-masters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ 
Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


‘The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- Pitie 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the (!" 
whole House, on the Bill for the extension and promotion — 
of Public Works in Jreland ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Friday next. 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Lori 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole, upon the in- nee 
grossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to provide — - 
for the better order and government of Ireland by Lieu- 
tenants for the several Counties, Counties of Cities, and 
Counties of Towns therein ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 






A Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Bes 
Hackney Coaches, and the registering and numbering of a 
Waggons, Carts and Drays, used in the Metropolis; and 
also to place the collection of the Duty on such Hackney 
Coaches under the management of the Commissioners of 
Stamps, and to transfer the Collection and Management 
of the Duties on Hawkers and Pedlars in England from 
the Commissioners of Hackney Coaches to the Commis- 
sioners of Stamps, was, according to Order, read a second 


time ; and committed to Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Goulburn, 5 
George 
Dawson, 


Sir John Wrottesley, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Mr. 
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Dawson, Mr. Denison, Mr. Charles Calvert, Mr. Hodges, 
Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mr. Hobhouse, Mr. William Peel, 
Mr. Francis Baring, Mr. Nicolson Calvert, Mr. Hume, 
Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Robert Gordon, Mr. Ridley 
Colborne, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Alderman Wood, Lord William 
Lennov, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Maberly, General Palmer: 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 


Chamber. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 


the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppress- 
ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 
in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty- 
fourth and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty King George 
the Third, so far as the same relate to Double Assess- 
ments of the Land Tax ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

' Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of thé day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of Ways and Means for raising the 
Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve it- 
self into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 


ueBill, solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the 


Bill to amend an Act of the fourteenth year of his Majesty 
King George the Third, for establishing a Fund towards 
defraying the Charges of the administration of Justice and 
support of the Civil Government within the Province of 
Quebec, in America; °° 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 


‘Bill, establish a National System of Education in Ireland: And 


that Mr. Wyse, Mr. More O' Ferrall, and Mr. Spring Rice, 
do prepare, and bring it in. = 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Wednesday, the 27th day of July last, for taking into 
consideration, upon Tuesday, the 16th day of this instant 


August, the Petition of George Page, John Ladd, Thomas 
Philip Baily, William Parry, Henry Harris, William 


Sutton, and George Bleaden, inhabitant householders re- 
siant of the borough of. Calne, in the county of Wilts, 
complaining of the Determination of the Select Committee 
of the 30th day of November, in the last Session of Par- 


liament, touching the Right of Election for the Borough’ 


of Calne, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
. Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
. Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into conside- 


ration. upon Thursday, the 3d day of November next, at’ 


three of the clock in the Afternoon. 
Memorandum :— Notice was again inserted in The 
London Gazette, and also sent to the Returning 
Officer of the Borough of Caine. 


| Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, to con-’ 


sider the possibility of making The House of Commons more 


commodious, and less unwholesome :— And a Committee’ 


was appointed of Colonel Trench, Mr. Adeane, Lord Vis- 
count Althorp, Lord Ashley, Mr. Baring, Sir Charles Bur- 


rell, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. Ridley Colborne, Mr. Edward: 


Cust, Lord Viscount Duncannon, Mr. Denison, Mr. Est- 

court, Mr. Davies Gilbert, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Littleton, 

“ore Mr. Hume, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Protheroe, 
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S°—9° Augusti. 


c. 44, to exclude Persons holding certain Judicial Office 


(37 


Mr. Warre, Mr. Wilbraham, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. 
For: And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's 


Chamber. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 
The House was moved, That the Act 1 &amp; 2 Geo. 4 


in Ireland from being Members of the House of Com- 
mons, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to amend 
the said Act: And that Mr. Grattan, Sir John Newport, 
and Mr. Wyse, do prepare, and bring it in. - : 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 


Judicial Officers 
? (Ireland) Bill, * 
S ordered. ‘ 


Account 


Account of the Prices of Sea-borne Coal in London on respecting 


Ist May, Ist June and Ist July, in each of the years 181 
and 1831 ; distinguishing the several kinds of Coal. 


A Petition of Joseph Jackson, of Windy Harbour, in the 
county of Dublin, Freeholder, was presented, and read ; 


3 Coal, ordered. 


Petition for 
alteration of 


Law of Landlord 


setting forth, That the Petitioner is proprietor of certain aud Tenan:. 


cottages at the above-mentioned place, which he lets to 
persons as tenants at will, to pay their respective rents 
weekly ; that the Petitioner frequently suffers loss by, 
some of such tenants refusing to pay their respective rents 
as they become due ; stating the particulars of his case; 
and praying the House to take the same into considera- 
tion, with the view of making such salutary alterations. in 
the law between Landlord and Tenant, with respect to 
weekly tenants, as the House may deem prudent, so as to 
relieve the Petitioner. . 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Inspectors of Taxes in the United 
Kingdom ; stating the Names, Date of Appointment, and 
District of each, and the Salary and Allowances received 
by each, in the year 1830. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Bradford, in the county of 
Wilts, was presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill 
to amend the Representation of the People in England 
and Wales ; and praying, That the House will meet the 
almost unanimous wishes of the people, by hastening the 
Bill, in every possible manner, consistent with due form, 
through the House. ) 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed, oo: 


Mr. Spring Rice presented to the House, pursuant to 
their Addresses to His Majesty,—A Copy of the Twenty- 
first Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire 
into the Duties, Salaries and Emoluments of the Officers, 
Clerks and Ministers of Justice, in all Temporal and Ec- 
clesiastical Courts in [reland. pete 


An Account of all Gold Coin of the Realm which has 
been melted at His Majesty’s Mint in each Quarter, from 
3lst December 1829 to the present time; stating the 
amount in each Quarter, and for whose account the 
same has been delivered out and received :—an Account 
of all Silver Coin of the Realm which has been melted at, 
His Majesty’s Mint in each Quarter, from 31st December 
1829 to the present time; stating the amount in each 
Quarter, and for whose account the same has been deli- 
vered out and received :—and, an Account of the Quan- 
tity of Pounds Weight of Standard Gold received into 
His Majesty’s Mint from 15th July 1831 to the present 
time, and of the Value of Gold Monies coined (specifying: 
the proportion of each denomination of Coin); stating 


the Expense incurred in coining the same, for whose ac-. 


count coined ; and distinguishing the amount coined for 
the Bank of England from the amount coined for all other 


~ Persons ; stating the amount retained for Assaying, Loss 


and Coinage, and how the same has been applied. | 
Ordered, That the said Report and Accounts do lie upon 
the Table ; and bé printed. ; 


And then the House, having continued to sit till half: 


an hour after two of the clock on Tuesday morn" 
ing, adjourned till this day. 


9B 


Return from 
Tax Office, 
ordered, 


Petition 

for expediting 
Reform ot 
Parliament 


(England) Bills : 


Papers, 
presented : 


Report of 
Courts of Justice 
(Ireland). 


No. 146. 


Mint etd 
Coinage. 


No. 147. 





Jedburgh 
Election— 
Committee 


appointed. 


Report of 
Warrington 
and Newton 
Railway Bill, 
considered, 


Jedburgh 

Election— 
Committee 
appointed, 


Levyssohn’s 
Nat. Bill, 
committed. 


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Martis, 9° die Augustz ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi 1V" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


§ Bix E hour appointed for taking into consideration the 
Petition of Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, of High 
Mark, in the County of Wigtown, Baronet, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the District of Burghs 
of Jedburgh, Haddington, Dunbar, North Berwick and 
Lauder, being come ; 

The House proceeded to the appointment of a Select 
Committee, to try and determine the merits of the said 
Petition. 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent, with the Mace, to the 
places adjacent, to require the attendance of the Members 
on the business of the House: And being returned ; 

The House was counted by Mr. Speaker ; and one hun- 
dred and fifty-eight Members being present ; 

The counsel and agents on the part of the Petitioner, 
were called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking the said Petition into 
consideration, was read. 

And the Declaration, subscribed by Robert Steuart, 
Esquire, delivered in on the 6th day of July last, that he 
did not intend to defend his Return, being also read ; 

The names of the Members were drawn, and read, in 
the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was com- 
pleted :—And Lists of the said names were delivered to 
the Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee ; and 
then the door was opened, and the counsel and agents 
withdrew. 

Note:—That in the course of drawing the names 
for the appointment of the said Committee, the 
names of several Members were drawn, who were 
excused, as being sixty years of age or upwards, 
or as serving, or having served, on a Select Com- 
mittee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take into 
further consideration the Report which, upon the 27th day 
of July last, was made from the Committee on the Bill 
to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Warrington 
and Newton Railway to extend the said Railway from the 
termination thereof at Bank Quay, in the Parish of War- 
rington, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to Norton, 
in the County Palatine of Chester :-— And the House be- 
ing informed, that printed Copies of the Bill, as amended 
by the Committee, were delivered at the door, to the 
Members of the House, upon Friday, the 29th day of July 
last, pursuant to the Standing Order :—The Amendments 
made by the Committee to the Bill were read a second 
time, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


The counsel and agents before mentioned being re- 
turned to the bar, the Clerk appointed to attend the said 
Committee, delivered in to the House a reduced List ; and 
the same was called over, and is as follows: 

The Honourable Francis William Grant, James Buller 
East, Esquire, Arthur Howe Holdsworth, Esquire, Richard 
Jenkins, Esquire, the Right honourable Sir George War- 
render, Baronet, the Marquis of Chandos, William Henry 
Miller, Esquire, Sir George Clerk, Baronet, the Right 
honourable Sir John Beckett, Baronet, Theobald Jones, 
Esquire, George Watson Taylor, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select Com- 
mittee for trying the merits of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the District of Burghs 
of Jedburgh, Haddington, Dunbar, North Berwick and 
Lauder, were sworn, by the Clerk, at the table, in the 
usual manner; and thereupon the counsel and agents 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forthwith 
in one of the Committee Chambers appointed for hearing 
the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Edward Henry Levyssohn, was read a 
second time ; and committed to Mr. John Wood, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 





9° August. 


A. 1831, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Manchester, was presented, 
and read; praying for a repeal of the Corn Laws. 


and be printed. 


Petitin: 
Tepea| 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; Cn " 


A Petition of Thomas Henry, Chairman, and Joseph pe, 
Styles, Secretary, of The Westminster Union of the Work. with, 


ing Classes, was also presented, and read ; praying for a 
repeal of the Corn Laws. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That the Petition do lie upon the Table :—And the said 
Motion and Petition were severally, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Adi, 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- "yi, 


tions, that there be laid before this House, Copies of the li! 


Case and Opinions of the Law Officers of the Crown in Jre- 
land, on the subject of the Re-valuation of the Benefices 
to the First Fruit Fund, as taken on an Address to His 
Majesty of the 14th of March last. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. 


Tela) 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of the town and Pei, 
parish of Merthyr Tidvil, was presented, and read ; taking “x F 


notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of the Peo- &amp; 


ple in England and Wales ; and praying, That they may 
have the privilege of returning one Member to Parliament, 
and not be joined with the Boroughs of Cardiff, Llandaff, 
Cowbridge, Aberdare, and Lantrissent, as proposed. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole House on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to (ums 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon = 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in (ine: 


England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 
read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


CriausE (N° 5.)—“ Boroughs in Schedule (E.) to re- 
“ turn two Members, jointly with other Places.” 

Amendment proposed, P. 2. 1. 19. after “ Places,” 
to insert “‘ from and” Agreed to. 

Amendment proposed, P. 2. 1. 20. to fill the blank 
with “ two” Agreed to. 

(The Committe, proceeded to Schedule (E.) as part of 
the Clause.) 


Question proposed, That “ Kingston-upon- Hull, Scul- 
‘ coates, Yorkshire,” stand part of Schedule (E.) 
Amendment proposed, before “ Sculcoates” to insert 
including the Parishes of the Holy Trinity and Saint 
‘ Mary and Garrisonside, in the County of the Town of 
* Kingston-upon- Hull, and” Agreed to. 


Question, as amended, That “ Kingston-upon- Hull, 
‘ including the Parishes of the Holy Trinity and Saint 
* Mary and Garrisonside, in the County of the Town of 
“* Kingston-upon-Hull, and Sculcoates, Yorkshire,” stand 
part of Schedule (E.) put, and agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “ Penryn, Falmouth, Corn- 
* wall,” stand part of Schedule (E.) 

Whereupon it was proposed, That “ the Borough of 
Penryn do retain the privilege of returning two Repre- 
sentatives to Parliament, and that the Right of Voting 
in the said Borough be continued to Freeholders resident 
during Forty days immediately preceding the Election, 
and Inhabitant Householders paying scot and lot.” 

Question, That “‘ Penryn, Falmouth, Cornwall,” stand 
part of Schedule (E.)——-put, and agreed to. 


Quéstion proposed, That “ Portsmouth, Portsea, 
* County of Southampton,” stand partof Schedule (E.) 
Amendment proposed, Before “ Portsea” to insert 
* Parish of”. Agreed to. 
Question, as amended, That “ Portsmouth, Parish of 
“ Portsea, County of Southampton,” stand part of Sche- 
dule (E.)——-put, and agreed to. 
Question put, That “ Rochester, Chatham and Strood, 
“ Kent,” stand part of Schedule (E.) 
The Committee divided. 
Teller for the Yeas, Lord Viscount Duncannon 252. 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Mills - - - 152. 


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Question put, That “ Sandwich, Deal and Walmer, 
«“ Kent,” stand part of Schedule (E.) Agreed to. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, ‘That 
« Southwark, Parish of Christchurch, and Clink Liberty, 
“ Surrey,” be added to Schedule (E.)——Agreed to. 

Crause, N° 5, together with Schedule (E.) as 

ded. agreed to. 

a Cael N' 6, “Places in Schedule (F.) to have a 
« Share in Elections for the Shire Towns.” 

Amendment proposed, P. 2. 1.21. After “ That” 
to insert “ from and ”——Agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 











And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 10° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress inthe Bill; and that he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into further 
consideration the Report from the Committee of the whole 
House, on the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws re- 
lating to Highways in that part of Great Britain called 
England ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon this day six months. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider of imposing 
Duties on Certificates to deal in Game, the Resolution 
which they had directed him to report to the House ; and 
the same was read, and agreed to by the House ; and is as 
followeth ; 

Resolved, That an annual Duty of Two Pounds shall 
be paid for every Certificate to empower any Person to 
deal in Game. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee of 
the whole House, on the Bill to amend the Laws in Eng- 
land relative to Game; That they have Powerto make 
provision therein, pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to enable 
His Majesty to grant an annual Sum to Her Royal High- 
ness Victoria Maria Louisa Duchess of Kent, for a more 
adequate provision for Her said Royal Highness, and for 
the honourable Support and Education of Her Royal 
Highness the Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made several 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 49, to continue, until the 
Fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty, 
the Provisions of an Act to allow Sugar to be delivered 
out of Warehouse, to be refined; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said. Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the 
Bill to improve the Administration of Justice in Ireland; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to defray 
the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and Contingent and 
other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, and to grant Allowances in certain cases 
to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quarter- 
masters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates, 


Augusti. 


139 
Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they had 
gone through the Bill; and made several Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Lord 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon re ae 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to yore - 
provide for the better order and government of Ireland by 
Lieutenants for the several Counties, Counties of Cities, 
and Counties of Towns therein ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Distitlation 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon (Ireland) Bill, 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppress- eens 
ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 
in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Lend tax 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon Povblc tess 
the Bill to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty- deferred. 
fourth and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty King George 
the Third, so far as the same relate to Double Assessments 
of the Land Tax ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


A Petition of Merchants and Ship-owners of the port Petitions for re- 
of Bideford, was presented, and read ; praying the House ode 2 
either to repeal or considerably reduce the heavy Duty cies uf Marine 
now levied on Policies of Marine Insurance. wsieenen 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Protestant Freemen of Galway, enfran- Petition re- 
chised before the relaxation of the Penal Code, was pre- —— 
sented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the 
Representation of the People in Jre/and; and praying 
the House to preserve the right of Elective Franchise to 
the Roman Catholic Mercantile and Trading Classes of 
Galway on an equality with their Protestant fellow- 
citizens, and with the Forty-shilling Freeholders. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- Retums 
turn of the different Persons appointed to Situations in Nomis ‘ 
the Departments of the Excise and Customs during the antec 
last Twelve months, specifying their respective Offices and peintments. 
Salaries, and Emoluments ;—and also, a Return of such 
Persons as have been nominated as Expectants, or to re- 
ceive Instruction to qualify them to become Officers in 
their Departments ; and that the said Return shall distin- 
guish the Appointments or Nominations in each month 
respectively. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- Excise and 
turn of Officers of Customs and Excise in Jreland, who C!S 
have been superannuated, and are now receiving Pensions (Ireland). 
or retired Salaries; specifying the Dates of such Super- 
annuation, the several Amounts of the same, with the Age 
and former Services of each Individual, and stating when, 
how, and in what situation or situations their Services 
have been performed. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Ship-owners, Trades- Petition 
men and others, inhabitants of Scudcoates, in the east riding Yatiionsl 
of the county of York, was presented, and read ; taking Representation, 
notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of the 
People in England and Wales; and praying, That they 
may return one Member to the House. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the pa- Petitions 
rishes of Ardfield and Rathbarry, in the county of Cork ; — 
—and, of the town and liberties of Youghal,—were pre- (reland.) 
sented, and read; praying the House to place an adequate 


portion of the fund originally intended for the Education 


5 and Serjeant Majors of the Militia; and, after some and common advantage of all the Poor of Jreland, in the 
, : time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and hands of the Pastors of the Petitioners’ religion, or of such 
no VOL, 86. 9B2 other 











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other persons as they could rely on for its proper disposal, 
both for the religious and literary advancement of their 
children. | 
A Petition of Inhabitants of Raloo;—and, of Kilwaugh- 
ter, in the county of Antrim,—were also presented, and 
’ read; praying the House to continue its protection to 
the Kildare Place Society, a Sociéty which appears to the 
Petitioners well adapted to diffuse amongst them the bles- 
sings of Education, without interfering with the peculiar 
religious opinions of any denomination of Christians. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


‘Table. 
Petition A Petition of Inhabitants of Youghal and its vicinity, 
respecting -- was presented, and read; praying the House to revise 
A am those penal laws by which the punishment of Death is 
Sua 


enacted, particularly as relates to Forgery, with a view to 
their mitigation in such manner and to such extent as 
will more certainly insure the punishment of offenders, 
consistent with the proper ends of justice, and with the 
dictates of enlightened humanity, but, above all, with the 
spirit of the Christian Religion. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Member added 


Ordered, That Mr. Wilks be added to the Select Com- 
to # Committee. mittee on Steam Carriages. 


Petitions 
a_ainst the use 


A Petition of Farmers in the district of Kelso ;—and, 
‘of Proprietors, Farmers and others in the neighbourhood 


of Molasses in 
Dremercs and of Melrose, in the county of Rovburgh,—were presented, 
Distilleries. ° ° 
and read; praying, That Molasses may not be permitted 
~ to be used in the Distilleries or Breweries in the manu- 
facture of Spirits or other Liquors. 
_ And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to - 
~ the Select Committee on Molasses. 
Candle Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill to repeal the Duties 
Duties sof, Excise and Drawbacks on Candles: And the same was 
eh read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
© No. 4g, ° Upon Friday next. 
- * - Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 
ey Mr. Spring Rice presented to the House, pursuant to 


presented : 


‘their Addresses to. His Majesty,—An Account of the 
Freeholders. ‘Number of Freeholders who have exercised the Right of 
Nos. “Voting in the several Counties in England and Wales for 
119 190. Knights of the Shire, since 1811, as have appeared upon 
the Poll Books. . 
A Return of the Number of. Freeholders resident in 
the several Cities and Towns, being Counties within 
themselves, in Hngland and Wales. 

Mr. Spring Rice also presented to the House, pursuant 
to their Orders,—A Return of all Dividends received upon 
Réntes placed upon deposit with the British and French 
Commissioners under the Convention (N°7) of the 20th 
November 1815, and with the British Commissioners 
under Convention of the 25th April 1818 ; stating the Dates 
of such Receipts, and an Account of all Rentes purchased 
with such Dividends ; together with an Account of all 

_-” Sums of Money remitted by such Commissioners to Eng- 
land during the same period ; and the Rates of Exchange 
at which, and the times when, such Remittances were 
rhade; and an Account of all Sums invested in British 
Public Securities during that period, with the Dates of 
such Investments, the Rentes at which the same were in- 
vested, and all Dividends received thereon. 

Wenstened Return to an Order of the House, dated the 24th day 
Goods (Lon- of June last, for an Account of the Official Value of 
don-) - -. Goods warehoused in the Port of London, for the years 
No, 152. 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829 and 1830. 
'. An Account of the Goods actually in the Bonded 
Warehouses in the Port of London on 5th January 1831 ; 
distinguishing the Places where deposited, and Quantities 
at each. 
- Return toan Order of the House, dated the 14th day of 
July last, for a General Statement of the Imports and Ex- 
ports of the United Kingdom for the year 1829 ; distin- 
guishing the Trade with each Foreign Country or British 
Possession, and showing the principal Articles of Import 
and Export, distributed into Classes, with the Quantities 
of such Articles, and, in the case of the Exports of British 
Merchandize, their declared Values; together with a 
Statement of the Quantities of imported Articles retained 
for Home Consumption. 


French 
Clains. 
No. 151. 


Imports and 
Exports. 
No, 153. 





O° — 10%. Augusii. 


... 4z1832. 


A Return of the Names of the Commissioners appointed, k, 


and now officiating for the issue of Exchequer Bills for Bils( 
Public Works in England ; stating the Salaries they re- lat 
ceive, and the Amount of Exchequer Bills that have been 


issued by them since their appointment, and the Amount 
now outstanding, and not repaid. . 

An Account of the yearly Expenses of the Board of 
Commissioners for the issue of Exchequer Bills for Public 
Works, and Employment of the Poor under the Act 
57 Geo.’3, c. 34,.and subsequent Acts for each year‘from 
the establishment of the Commission on 17th June 1817, 
to the 17th Juné 1831. 


No, i 


An Account of the Quantity of Foreign Wheat en- y,,, 


tered weekly for Home Consumption in the United King- In),,, 
dom, with the rate of Duty and amount of Duty paid \, 


thereon in each week in the year 1831 ; showing also the 
Total Quantity entered, and the Total Amount of Duty. 

An Account of the Quantity of Foreign Wheat imported 
in each quarter, from the passing of the Act 9 Geo.4, 
c. 60, to the latest period to which the same can be made 
up ; and the amount of Duty received thereon, and of the 
average rate of Duty paid in each quarter :—And then he 
withdrew. | | mie 

Ordered, That the said Accounts and Papers do 
upon the Table; and be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till half 
an hour after one of the clock on Wednesday morn- 
ing, adjourned this day. 


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Mercuri, 10° die August: ; 
‘Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS, 


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HE House being informed that Mr. Johnson, from Ren B 
the Office of the Chief Secretary for Jreland, attended [* 


at the door, he was called in; and at the bar. presented (Ir 


to the House, pursuant to their Order,—A Return of the 
Total Number of Children in the Charter Schools of Jre: 
land in the years 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829 and 1830; dis- 
-tinguishing the different years :--And then he withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the Table; 


and be printed. ; 


sented, 


Ni 


The House being informed that Mr. Smith, from the Res 
Masters in Chancery, attended at the door, he was called (i... 
in; and at the bar presented to the House, pursuant to sé 


their Orders,-—A Return of the Names of the Masters in 
Chancery who have retired upon Superannuation Allow- 
ance since November 1830 to the present time,’ their 
Ages at the period of their Retirement, and the amount of 
Superannuation Allowance granted, and the Fund from 
which granted, and the Names and Ages of Persons ap- 
pointed to be Masters since 1830. hg 
A Return of the Persons appointed Masters in Chancery 
from the lst day of January 1815 to the Ist day of January 
1820, with their Ages at the time of their appointment. ° 
A Return of the Persons appointed Masters in Chan- 
cery since the Ist day of January 1820, with their Ages 
at the time of théir appoimtment. © ~ . 


No 


A Return of the Number of Reports sent out of the‘ . 


Office of each Master since the Ist of January 1831 ; dis- 
tinguishing the Changes in each Office during the period, 
and the Date of each Change :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said: Returns do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. | 1 | 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Company of Proprie- Wart 
tors of the Warrington and Newton Railway to extend the ys 


said Railway from the termination thereof at Bank Quay, 


in the Parish of Warrington, in the County Palatine of — 


Lancaster, to Norton, in the County Palatine of Chester, 

was read the third time; and an ingrossed Clause was 

added to the Bill, by way of rider. 
Resolved,. That the Bill do pass. .- ee 
Ordered, That Mr. John Wood do carry the Bill-to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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- A Motion being made, That the Report which, upon the Rept 
2d day of this instant August, was made from the Com- ii, 


mittee on the Bill to amend and enlarge the Powers of ai 
Act passed in the eleventh year of the reign of his late 


Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for 
. making and maintaining.a navigable Cut or Canal from’ 
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Lough Corrib to the Bay of Galway, and for the Improve- 
ment of the Harbour of Galway, be now taken into fur- 
ther consideration :—And the House being informed that 
printed Copies of the Bill, as amended by the Committee, 
were delivered at the door, to the Members of the House, 
upon Friday last, pursuant to the Standing Order ; 

Ordered, That the Report be now taken into further 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to take 
the Report into further consideration; and the Amend- 
ments made by the Committee to the Bill, being read a 
second time, were agreed to by the House. — 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 


grossed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill for main- 
taining, repairing, altering, amending and improving the 
Road leading from 7ubber, near the bounds of the Counties 
of Clare and Galway, to Ennis, in the County of Clare, 
and from thence to Z’homond Gate, in the County of the 
City of Limerick, do make their Report To-morrow. 


for Report 
is and 


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sginst A Petition of Owners of land and Growers of corn re- 
Mobs siding in the hundred of South Erpingham, in the county 
illic’ of Norfolk ;—of Owners and Occupiers of land in the 
county of Norfolk ;—in the eastern part of the county of 
Kent ;—and, of Ash and itsvicinity, in the county of Kent, 
—were presented, and read; praying the House to con- 
tinue the prohibition against the adulteration of Beer and 
Spirits, by the introduction of Molasses into their compo- 
sition. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to the 
Select Committee on Molasses. 


lempinations 


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hen 


Sir Matthew Ridley, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the merits of the Petition of 
John George Phillips, a Captain in His Majesty’s Navy, 
William Phillips, Merchant, and John Jones, Merchant, 
Electors, complaining that no Return has been made to 
the Writ for a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Carmarthen, informed the House, That 
the said Committee have determined, 

That the Sheriffs of the County of the Borough of Car- 
marthen were not justified by the circumstances, as proved 
before this Committee, in making the Special Return to 
the Crown Office, dated the 30th day of April 1831: 

That the conduct of the Sheriffs was neither corrupt 
nor partial : 

That the said Election was attended by great noise, dis- 
turbance and violence ; but that the Sheriffs did not take 
effectual means to preserve the Freedom of Election, or 
restore it when violated, and that they should have conti- 
nued their efforts to keep the Poll open as long as allowed 
by law: 

That no Return of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough of Carmarthen, has been 
made: 

That a new Writ ought to be issued for the Election of 





a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
a Borough of Carmarthen: 
é That the said Petition did not appear to be frivolous or 
| : vexatious : 
That the Defence of David Davies and Isaac Jones, 
hile Returning Officers to the said Borough, did not appear 
) "to be frivolous or vexatious. 


ee And the said Determinations were ordered to be entered 
_ inthe Journals of this House. 


, hen Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Carmarthen, no Return having been 


C waybi 
. - made to the last Writ. 
f ‘ 
, Sir George Clerk, from the Select Committee appointed 
: _ to try and determine the merits of the Petition of Sir Adol- 
phus John Dalrymple, of High Mark, in the County of 
igtown, Baronet, complaining of an undue Election and 
“a Return for the District of Burghs of Jedburgh, Hadding- 
ton, Dunbar, North Berwick and Lauder, informed the 
te House, That the Committee had come to the following 
e ~~ Determination : 
A&gt; ‘Bil That Robert Steuart, Esquire, is not duly elected, and 
un ought not to have been returned a Commissioner to serve 
te in this present Parliament for the District of Burghs 
or of Jedburgh, Haddington, Dunbar, North Berwick and 
yn duder : 
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10° Augusti. 


TAd 


That Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple is duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned, a Commissioner to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said District of Burghs : 

That the Petition of the said Sir Adolphus John Dal- 
rymple does not appear to the said Committee to be frivo- 
lous or vexatious : 

That no party appeared before the said Committee in 
opposition to the said Petition : 

That it appeared to the Committee, that the Election 
of the said Robert Steuart was vexatious, inasmuch as the 
Election of a Delegate for the Burgh of Lauder, in the 
interest of the said Robert Steuart, had been obtained by 
a gross violation of the public peace, and the forcible 
abduction of one of the Electors of the said Burgh. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be entered 
in the Journals of this House. 

Ordered, That the Deputy Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the Dis- 
trict of Burghs of Jedburgh, Haddington, Dunbar, North 
Berwick and Lauder, and amend the same, by rasing out 
the Name of Robert Steuart, Esquire, and inserting the 
— a Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, Baronet, instead 
thereof. 


A Petition of Bishops professing the Roman Catholic 
religion in Ireland, was presented, and read; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners have witnessed for a series of years, 
and with the deepest affliction of mind and heart, that 
distress of the labouring and destitute population of Jre- 
land which now arrests the attention of the House, and 
excites the sympathy of the whole Empire; the Peti- 
tioners have marked the progress of this distress, its re- 
gular increase from year to year, as well as the immediate 
and well-known causes from which it springs; they have 
also seen and lamented its necessary effects, showing 
themselves in illegal combinations, in outrages against 
persons and property, and in the too frequent recurrence, 
within certain districts, of famine and disease ; the Peti- 
tioners have never ceased to hope that, the great cause of 
political and religious discord in Jreland being removed, 
the House would without delay devote its attention to the 
wants which prey upon the laborious and destitute classes 
of the Irish people; that they would not suffer famine to 
ravage a country, not only fertile and productive, but 
abounding with provisions, nor permit disease to grow 
and spread itself amidst a healthful and vigorous popu- 
lation, entrusted by Providence to their superintending 
care; for the Petitioners humbly submit, that to the House 
it most especially appertains to so apportion the burthens 
of the several classes of the community, and so to regulate 
the enjoyment of property in the commonwealth, as that 
the poor be not goaded by want into acts of outrage, or 
left to perish unheeded by those whom their toil had en- 
riched ; the Petitioners, unskilled in those means well 
known to the House, whereby the resources of nations 
are called forth, to enrich some classes, and yield abun- 
dance of food and raiment to all who deserve them, do 
not presume to point out any other remedy for the distress 
prevailing in Jreland than one which is founded on the 
plainest principles of unchangeable justice, and on that 
precept of Almighty God which is at once the foundation 
and fulfilment of the Christian law; but this justice re- 
quires that, in a land of plenty, the labourer be supplied 
with a sufficiency of those necessaries of life which his own 
hands have raised, and Christian charity cannot consist 
with an order of things wherein one class of men abounds 
even to profusion, whilst another is left to endure the pres- 
sure of extreme want; God is the Father of the indigent; 
it is by His power the House legislates; He is provoked to 
anger when the poor are neglected or oppressed ; “ He 
transfers kingdoms from one people to another, because 
of injustices and wrongs, and injuries and divers deceits ;” 
the House should fear Him, and insure His protection to 
this mighty Empire, by extending their care to His poor ; 
the complaints of the destitute in Jre/and are, like their 
distress, deep and widely extended ; but, unaccustomed to 
approach the Legislature, deprived of that sympathy 
which a well-constituted society affords, ignorant of the 
proper means whereby to draw attention to their suffer- 
ings, they are led by their enraged passions to combine 
unlawfully to violate the law, and to aggravate, by their 
own unruly conduct, the wants or the oppressions under 
which they labour; the Petitioners therefore, as their 
pastors and guardians, as the depositories of their cares and 
sufferings, and as the — of their reasonable — 

9 an 


Deputy Clerk 
of the Crown 
to attend. 


Petition 
respecting 
Legal Provision 
for Poor of 
Ireland. 








The Lords 
have agreed 
to 


Ulster Canal 
Bill. 


Norwich 
Poor Bill. 


Kidwelly Roads 
Bill, with 
Amendments. 


Manchester, 
Bolton and 
Bury Railway 
Bill, with 
Amendments, 


Lianelly 
Tithes Bill, 
with Amend- 
ments. 


The Lords have 
passed 
Exchequer 
Court (Scot- 


land) Regulation 
Bill. 


Bandonbridge 
Election. 
Petition of 
Lord Viscount 
Lowther. 








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and desires, entreat the House not to be insensible to their 
wants, but, whilst they exert their wisdom in devising 
means for the employment of those who can labour, to be 
just and merciful to those who are unable to earn their 
daily bread, and to make for them, out of the abundance 
enjoyed by the wealthy, such legal provision, suited to the 
means of the country, as to the wisdom of the House may 
appear meet. ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Cross and Mr. 

Trower : ’ 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the several Acts for 
making and maintaining the U/ster Canal, in the Coun- 
ties of Fermanagh and Armagh : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the better management of 
the Poor in the several Parishes and Hamlets in the City 
of Norwich and County of the same City: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for repairing and improving the several Roads within the 
District, called, “‘ The Kidwelly District” of Roads, in the 
County of Carmarthen, and for making new Lines of Road 
within the said District, and making a Bridge across the 
River Loughor at Spitty Bank, and a Bridge or Embank- 
ment across the River Gwendraith Fawr at the Ford, with 
some Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act to 
enable the Company of Proprietors of the Canal Naviga- 
tion from Adanchester to Bolton and to Bury, to make 
and maintain a Railway from Manchester to Bolton and to 
Bury, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, upon or near 
the Line of the said Canal Navigation, and to make and 
maintain Collateral Branches to communicate therewith, 
with some Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for extinguishing Tithes, and Customary Payments in lieu 
of Tithes, within the Parish of L/anelly, in the County of 
Carmarthen, and for making compensation in lieu thereof, 
with some Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business now 
done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


A Petition of the Right honourable William Lowther, 
commonly called Lord Viscount Lowther, was delivered 
in, and read; setting forth, That at the last Election of a 
Burgess to serve in this Parliament for the Borough of 
Bandonbridge, in Ireland, the Petitioner, Sir Augustus 
William vapors: Knight, Captain in His Majesty’s Royal 
Navy, of Eaton-square, London, and Lord Viscount Ber- 
nard, were proposed as Candidates ; that a poll being de- 
manded, the same was granted and proceeded on, and 
John Swete, Esquire, Provost of the said Borough, acted 
thereat as the Returning Officer, and that the said Sir 
Augustus William Clifford was returned by the said Pro- 
vost as duly elected; that at such Election four of the 
electors voted for the Petitioner, three others voted for said 
Sir Augustus William Clifford, and two for the said Lord 
Viscount Bernard; and that the said John Swete then 
voted for the said Sir Augustus William Clifford, in his 
official capacity of Provost, and afterwards voted a se- 
cond time for the said Sir Augustus William Clifford, in 
his capacity of Returning Officer; that such votes were 
not consonant to the law, constitution or practice of the 
said Borough, and that the said Provost ought not to have 
voted, unless there had been an equality of votes of the 
electors present, exclusively of his own vote, in which 
case only his casting vote should have been given; that 
the Petitioner, therefore, had a majority of votes at the 
said Election, and ought to have been returned as the 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough; the Petitioner therefore humbly prays the 
House, That the said Sir Augustus William Clifford may 
be declared not duly elected, and that the Petitioner may 
be declared duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present 


Parliament for the said Borough of Bandonbridge, and 
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A. 183}, 


that the Return thereof may be amended accordingly, and 
that the Petitioner may have such further or other relief 
as to-the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Thursday, the Ist day of September next, 
at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Memorandum :—In pursuance of the Act 9 Geo, 4, 
c. 22, to-consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
to the Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns of 
Members to serve in Parliament, Notices were sent 
to the Parties, with orders for their attendance, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, at the time on 
which the said Petition is ordered to be taken into 
consideration. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons, papers and records as shall be 
thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hearing 
of the matter of the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to ¢,,, 
resolve itself into a Committee of whole House, upon the y 
Bill to amend the Representation of the People in Eng. (i, 


land and Wales, be now read ; and the same being read: 
—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crausr, N° 6. (Places in Wales to have a share in 
Elections for the Shire Towns.) 

Amendment proposed, P.2. 1.26. at the end of the 
Clause to insert “‘ Provided always, That no part of the 
“ Parish of Presteigne, lying within the county of Here- 
“ ford, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be included 
“ within the Borough of Presteigne”—-—Agreed to. 

The Committee proceeded to Schedule (F.) as part of 
the Clause. 

Question put, That “ Amlwch, Holyhead and Llan- 
“ gefni, sharing with Beaumaris, Anglesey,” stand part of 
Schedule (F.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That ‘* Aberystwith, Lampeter and Ad- 
“ yar, sharing with Cardigan, Cardigan,” stand part of 
Schedule (F.) Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ L/anelly, sharing with Caermar- 
“ then, Caermarthen,” stand part of Schedule (F.)—— 
Agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Pwllheli, Nevin, Conway, Ban- 
“ gor, Cricceith, sharing with Caernarvon, Caernarvon,” 
stand part of Schedule (F.) Agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “ Ruthin, Holt, Wrexham, 
“ sharing with Denbigh, Denbigh,” stand part of Sche- 
dule (F.) 

Amendment proposed, To leave out “ Wrexham,” 
and insert “‘ Townships of Wrevham Regis and Wrexham 
‘* Abbot,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That “ Wrexham,” stand part of the 
Question ” Agreed to. 

Question put, After ‘‘ Wrevham, to insert “ Townships 
“ of Wrexham Regisand Wrevham Abbot” Agreed to. 

Question, as amended, That “ Ruthin, Holt, Wrex- 
“ham, Townships of Wrexham Regis and Wrevham Ab- 
“ bot, sharing with Denbigh, Denbigh,” stand part of 
Schedule (F.) put, and agreed to. 

Question proposed, That ‘ Rhyddlan, Overton, Caer- 
“ wys, Caergwole, Saint Asaph, Holywell, Mold, sharing 
“ with Flint, Flint,” stand part of Schedule (F.) 

Amendment proposed, Before “ Saint Asaph” to insert 
“ Town of ” Agreed to. 

Amendment proposed, Before ‘‘ Holywell” to insert 
“ Parish of ” Agreed to. 

Amendment proposed, Before ‘ Mold” to insert 
“ ‘Town of” Agreed to. 

Question, as amended, That ‘“ Rhyddlan, Overton, 
“ Caerwys, Caergwole, Town of Saint Asaph, Parish of 
“ Holywell, Town of Mold, sharing with Fiint, Flint,’ 
stand part of Schedule (F.) put, and agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “ Llandaff, Cowbridge, 
“ Merthyr Tydvil, Aberdare, Llantrissent, sharing with 
































_ © Cardiff, Glamorgan,” stand part of Schedule (F.) 


Amendment proposed, To leave out “ Merthyr 
“ Tydvil.” 

Question put, That “ Merthyr Tydvil” stand part of 
the Question ; 

The Committee divided. 


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Teller for the Noes, Mr. 7. Wood - - 123. 

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Question proposed, That “ Llanidloes, Welsh Pool, 
«“ Machynleth, Llanfyllin, Newtown, sharing with Mont- 
« gomery, Montgomery,” stand part of Schedule (F.) 

Amendment proposed, Before “ Newtown” to insert 
« Town of” Agreed to. 

Question, as amended, That “‘ Llanidloes, Welsh Pool, 
«“ Machynlleth, Llanfyllin, Town of Newtown, sharing 
« with Montgomery, Montgomery,” stand part of Schedule 
(F.) put, and agreed to. 

Question put, That “ Narberth, Saint David's, Fish- 
« guard, sharing with Haverfordwest, Pembroke,” stand 
“ part of Schedule (F.)”"——Agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “‘ Tenby, Wiston, Milford 
« Haven, sharing with Pembroke, Pembroke,” stand part 
of Schedule (F.) 

Amendment proposed, To leave out “ Haven,” and, 
before Milford, to insert ‘“‘ Town of.” Agreed to. 

Question, as amended, That “ Tenby, Wiston, Town of 
« Milford, sharing with Pembroke, Pembroke,” stand part 
of Schedule (F.) put, and agreed to. 

Question proposed, That “ Knighton, Rhayder, Ke- 
“&lt; yinleece, Knucklas, Presteigne, sharing with Radnor, 
« Radnor,” stand part of Schedule (F.) 

Amendment proposed, Before “ Presteigne,” to insert 
“ Town of” Agreed to. 

Question, as amended, That “ Knighton, Rhayder, 
“ Keevinleece, Knucklas,Town of Presteigne, sharing with 
«“ Radnor, Radnor,” stand part: of Schedule (F.)—— 
put, and agreed to. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That ‘‘ Newport, 
“ Usk, sharing with Monmouth, Monmouth,” be added to 
Schedule (F.), the said Motion was, by leave of the Com- 
mittee, withdrawn. 

Ciause, N° 6, together with Schedule (F.), as 
amended agreed to. 


Crause, N°7, “ Swansea, Loughor, Neath, Aberavon 
“ and Ken Fig,” to form henceforward one Borough. 

P. 2. 1.29. Amendment proposed, After “ shall,” to 
insert “ from and ” Agreed to. 

P, 2. 1.30. Amendment proposed, To fill up the blank 
with “ One ” Agreed to. 


Crause, N° 7, as amended agreed to. 


Crause, N°8, (Description of Returning Officers.) 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That “ the said 
« Clause be postponed ” Agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 9, (Knights of the Shire for Yorkshire) 
——read. 

P. 3. 1.19. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ Six.” 

Whereupon another Amendment was proposed, To fill 
the blank with “Ten.” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with “Six” 
—Agreed to. 

P.2. 1.20. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ Two” Agreed to. 

Crause, N° 9, as amended agreed to. 


Crausr, N*°10, (Knights of the Shire for Lincoln- 
shire) ——read. 

P. 3. 1.26. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ Four.” 

Whereupon a Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, That “ the Clause be postponed till after the 
“ next Clause, N* 11” Agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 












































And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Thursday morning ; 


Jovis, 11° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 
again. 

_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend the Laws in England relative to Game, 
be now read; and the same being read:—The House 


resolved itself into the Committee; and, after some 
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10°—11° A ugustt. 


time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported from the Committee 
the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend an Act of the sixth year of his late Ma- 
jesty, for amending the Laws relating to Bankrupts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reading 
of the Bill for the better rating Tenements under a certain 
Annual Value ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 31st day of this instant August. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill for re- 
medying defects in the Titles to Lands allotted or taken in 
exchange under Inclosure Acts; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported from the Committee, That they had gone 
through the Bill, and made several Amendments there- 
unto. 

_ Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported from the Committee 
the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Monday, the 22d day of this instant 
August. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to amend an Act passed in the seventh and eighth years 
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
intituled, ‘‘ An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws in 
force in Ireland, for Unions and Divisions of Parishes, 
and for uniting or disappropriating appropriate Parishes 
or parts of Parishes, and to make further Provision with 
en to erecting Chapels of Ease, and making Perpetual 

ures ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to repeal several Acts, and parts of Acts, prohibiting the 
payment of Wages in Goods, or otherwise than in the 
current Coin of the Realm ; 

Ordered, -That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to prohibit the payment, in certain Trades, of Wages 
in Goods, or otherwise than in the current Coin of the 
Realm ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, on the Bill for transferring the Duties of Re- 
ceivers General of the Land and Assessed Taxes to Per- 
sons executing the Offices of Inspectors of Taxes, and 
for making other Provisions for the Receipt and Re- 
mittance of the said Taxes, the Amendments which they 
had made to the Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


9C 2 The 


(43° 


reported. 


Bankrupt Act 
Amendment 
Bill, deferred. 


Liability of 
Landlords’ 
Bill, deferred. 


Committee 
on Inclosure 
Acts Titles 
Bill; 

No. 160, 


reported. 


Union of 
Parishes 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Money Pay- 
ment Acts 
Repeal Bill, 
deferred. 


No. 161. 


Money 
Payment of 
Wages Bill, 
deferred. 
No. 162. 


Receivers of 
‘Taxes Bill, 
reported. 








thd 10°—11° 


The Order of the day-being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into 4’ Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Supply de- 
ferred. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
Means, de- _ solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
Served. sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; 
Resdlved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 
Duchess The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
of Kent's port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill 
Annuity Bill, + enable His Majesty to grant an annual Sum to Her 
deferred. 


Royal Highness Victoria Maria Louisa Duchess of Kent, 
for a more adequate provision for Her said Royal High- 
ness, and for the honourable Support and Education of 
Her Royal Highness the Princess Alevandrina Victoria of 
Kent ; 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Militia Pay Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
Bill,reported. House, on the Bill to defray the Charge of the Pay, Cloth- 
ing, and Contingent and other Expenses of the Disembo- 
died Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, and to grant 
Allowances in certain cases to Subaltern Officers, Adju- 
tants, Paymasters, Quarter-masters, Surgeons, Assistant 
Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the 
Militia, the Amendments which they had made to the 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by 
the House. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Pembroke 
County 
Election— 
Consideration 
deferred. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Friday, the 22d day of July last, for taking into conside- 
ration, upon Thursday, the 18th day of this instant Au- 
gust, the Petition of several Persons whose names are 
thereunto subscribed, Freeholders of the County of Pem- 
broke, who voted, and were entitled to vote, and claim 
to have had a right to vote, at the last Election fora Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said County, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the said County, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into conside- 
ration upon Thursday, the 15th day of September next, at 
three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Memorandum :—Notices were again sent to the Par- 
ties, with Orders for their attendance accordingly. 


Address Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
seaposting His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give 
olunies, 


directions, that there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn, from each Colony or Foreign Possession of the 
British Crown ; stating the Date at which each Colony 
or Possession was captured, ceded or settled, the Number 
of the Population, distinguishing White from Coloured, 
and Free from Slaves, at the latest period, and as far as 
the same can be complied with, and whether having Le- 
gislative Assemblies, or governed by Orders of the King 
in Council ; stating also, the Value of Exports and Imports 
into each of those Colonies, for each of the past Three 
years for which the same can be made out. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Judicial Officers Mr. Grattan presented a Bill to extend the Provisions 


aul Bill, of an Act of the first and second years of his late Majesty 
No.159. Ming George the Fourth, for excluding certain Judicial 
Officers in Jreland from being Members of the House of 
Commons: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 
Exchequer An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
Sn en Bale making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business now 
read. done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, was read the 
No. 163. 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


August. A. 183}. 


Ordered, That: Mr. Torrens be added to the Committee yay, 
on the Bill to consolidate’ and amend the Laws relating to ‘a, 


Hackney Coaches, and the registering and numbering of 
Waggons, Carts and Drays; used in the Metropolis; and 
also to place the collection of the, Duty,on such Hackney 
Coaches under the management of. the‘Commissioners of 
Stamps, and to transfer the Collection and Management 


of the Duties on Hawkers.and: Pedlars. in. England from: 


the Commissioners of Hackney Coaches, tothe Commis- 
sioners of Stamps. , tus tof 


And then the House, having continued ‘to’sit till two 
of the clock on Thursday morning, ‘adjourned till 
this day. ' | 








Jovis, 11° die Augustt ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Deputy Clerk of the Crown, attending according 

to Order, amended the Return for the District of 

Burghs of Jedburgh, Haddington, Dunbar, North Berwick 
and Lauder. 


The House being informed that Mr. Stith, from the 
Commissioners of Richmond Bridge, attended at the door, 
he was called in; and at the bar presented to the House, 


Jed 
Retun, 
Mende 


Richy | 
Bridg( 
Acecuy 


pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— " 


Richmond Bridge Cash Account, 1830 :—And then he 
withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for repairing and improving the several Roads 
within the District, called, “ The Kidwelly District” of 
Roads, in the County of Carmarthen, and for making new 
Lines of Road within the said District, and: making a 
Bridge across the River Loughor at Spitty Bank, and a 
Bridge or Embankment across the River Gwendraith Fawr 
at the Ford; and the same were read; and are as 
followeth ; | 

Pr. 3. 1. 8. Leave out “ Llandil” and insert “ Lilan- 
« dilo.” 

Pr. 3. 1.30. Leave out “ Pontartwn” and insert 
Pontantwn.” 

Pr. 7. 1.4. Leave out “a” and insert “ the said.” 

Pr. 8. 1.22. Leave out “ Baill” and insert “ Baile.” 

Pr. 8. 1.32. Leave out “ Gellydey” and insert “ Gelly- 
deg.” 

Pr. 9. 1.3. Leave out “ Glaurhrodu” and ‘insert 
Glanrhrwdw.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 6. Leave out “ Torry” and insert “ Towy.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 23. Leave out “ 7: B ” and insert 
Thomas Braithwaite William.” 

Pr. 9, 1. 28. Leave out “‘ Halliday” and insert “ Holli- 
day.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 6. Leave out “ Langharne” and _ insert 
Laugharne.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 7. Leave out “ Prytherh ” and insert “ Pry- 
therch.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 12 &amp; 13. Leave out “ Laugbarne” and in- 
sert “ Laugharne.” 

Pr. 12. 1.27. Leave out “ Allotments ” 
«* Abutments.” 
Pr. 20. 1. 14. After “ extinguished”. insert “ and 
** the land on each side of the said River now used-for the 
“ purpose of the said Ferry shall remain or be the pro- 
= perty of the Person or Persons who would for the time 
eing have been entitled to the same in case this Act 
had not been made, save and except so far as the same 
may be taken for the purpose of Works by this Act 
authorized to be made or executed.” 
Pr. 25. 1.20. Leave out “ Bridge”. and - insert 
Bridges.” 
Pr. 29. 1. 31. After “ Bridges ” insert “ or Embank- 
ment.” 
Pr. 30. 1. 2. After “ Bridges” insert ‘ or Embank- 
ment.” 
Pr. 31. 1. 25. Leave out from “ be” to “ thirdly ” in 
line 26, and insert “ granted.” : 
Pr. 45. 1. 14. After “ them” insert Clause (A.) — 
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CiavseE (A.) “ Provided always, and be it further 
« Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall ex- 
« tend or be construed to prejudice or affect the rights, 
«“ royalties, privileges or interests of the Lord for the 
« time being of the Manor or Lordship or Honour or Ba- 
« yony of Kidwelly, but that the same shall continue and 
« bein the same state and condition in all respects what- 
« goever as if this Act had not been passed, save and 
« except as to so much of the waste land, if any, as shall 
«“ be taken for the purpose of the several Works by this 
«“ Act authorized to be made or executed.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, were 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Mr. Owen do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 


An Act for extinguishing Tithes, and Customary Pay- 
ments in lieu of Tithes, within the Parish of Lianelly, 
in the County of Carmarthen, and for making Compen- 
sation in lieu thereof; and the same were read ; and are 
as followeth ; 

Pr. 40. 1. 25. Leave out from “ the” to “ or” in line 
98, and insert “ several Persons mentioned in the Sche- 
“ dule to this Act annexed, or any.” 

Pr. 40. 1.31. After “respectively” insert ‘as Owners.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 36. Leave out from “ said” to “ respec- 
“ tively” interlined, and insert “ several Persons.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 2. Leave out “ to such Impropriator.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 6. After “ upon” insert “ or in respect of.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 7. Leave out from “ said” to “ or” in line 
10, and insert “ several Persons, or any.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 18. After “ Act” insert “ or of any ex- 
“ ‘penses to be incurred by virtue of this Act in manner 
“ aforesaid.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 19. Leave out from “ said” to “ shall” in 
line 21, and insert “ several Persons.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 32. Leave out from “ said” to “ or” in 
line 34, and insert “ several Persons mentioned in the 
“ said Schedule, or any.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 22. After “ thereto” insert Clause (A.) 

CrauseE (A.) “ Provided always, and be it further 
“ Enacted, ‘That in the mean time, and until the said 
“ several Persons mentioned in the said Schedule, or the 
“ Owner or Owners for the time being of the lands now 
“ belonging to them respectively, in manner aforesaid, 
“ shall accept the terms and conditions of this Act in 
“ manner hereinbefore mentioned, the said Impropriator 
shall bear and pay all such costs, charges and expenses 
as under or by virtue of this Act shall from time to 
time be payable in respect of the lands belonging to 
the said several Persons respectively in manner afore- 
said, or of such of the said lands respectively, the 
Owner or Owners whereof for the time being shall not 
“ have accepted the terms and conditions of this Act.” 


At the end of the Bill insert a Schedule, marked (A.) 
The Schedule to which this Act refers : 


Earl Cawdor, John Bennett, 
Lewis Weston Dillwyn, Daniel Thomas, 
John Dillwyn, William Edmund, 
David Parry, of Colnbrook, John Daniel, 
Isaac Griffith, David William, 
Phillip Phillip, Mary Jones, 
David Jones, Evan Walter, of Lethrig, 
David Phillip, John Hugh, 
William Rees, William Jenkin, 
John Bonville, Henry Lucas, 
Daniel Walter, of Clyng- Colonel Pemberton. 
wernensha, 


The said Amendments, being read a second time were 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Mr. Owen do carry the Bill to the Lords ; 
and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed to the 
Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Sir Richard Musgrave, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee on the Bill for maintaining, repairing, 
altering, amending and improving the Road leading from 
Tubber, near the bounds of the Counties of Clare and Gal- 
way, to Ennis, in the County of Clare, and from thence to 
—— in the County of the City of Limerick ; That 


9 Wit. IV. 11°—12 Augusti. T45 


they had. proceeded according to the Resolution of the 
House of the 21st day of June last ; and found, that the 
Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as it appeared to the Committee, 
that the intended Line of Road was to be carried into more 
than one County ; and that the Notices in the Newspapers 
had been published only in one County ; and the Report 
was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Alderman Wood presented a Bill to regulate the 
Navigation of Steam Boats and Vessels upon certain Parts 
of the River Thames: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Mon- 
day next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county and city of 
Waterford, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners have withheld the expression of the deep 
and just indignation they have felt at the late massacre 
at Newtownbarry, in the neighbouring county of Wexford, 
whilst there existed a hope of bringing the persons charged 
with such offences to an impartial trial by means of the 
ordinary tribunals of the country ; that, on that occasion, 
a numerous assemblage of unarmed peasantry, their wives 
and children, were indiscriminately fired upon by a body 
of armed yeomen, without any justifiable pretence for so 
doing ; further stating the facts of the case; and praying, 
That the House will be pleased to adopt immediate mea- 
sures for disarming the present Yeomanry of Jre/and, as 
the Petitioners are seriously of opinion, that it will other- 
wise no longer be in the power of the friends of peace to 
maintain that influence which has hitherto been exerted 
with effect to control the feelings of the people, and pre- 
serve the country from a dreadful commotion. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, 
That the Petition be printed ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

(Sir Richard Musgrave: 


Tellers for the Yeas, 1 Mr. jem 76. 
Tellers for the Noes, enlage .3 sania \ 238. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, 
that He will be graciously pleased to give directions, that 
there be laid before this House, Copies of all Correspond- 
ence that has taken place between the Secretary of State 
for the Home Department, the High Sheriff of the County 
of Hertford, the Chaplain to the County Gaol, or any 
other Persons, relative to the causes of the delay of the 
Respite or general Reprieve of Samuel Steon, who was 
ordered for execution on the 27th of July last: And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to amend 
the Representation of the People in England and Wales. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N°11, (Certain Counties to be divided) 
read. 

P.3. 1.34. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
“That” to the end of the Clause, and insert, “ in all 
‘¢ future Parliaments there shall be Four Knights of the 
‘« Shire instead of Two, to serve for each of the Counties 
‘“‘ enumerated in Schedule (G.) to this Act annexed.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause. 

The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Lord Viscount Duncannon 241. 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Hughes Hughes - 122. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 








And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 12° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
9D progress 





Steam 

Vessels Bill, 

presented, 
No. 164, 


Petition 
respecting Yeo- 
manry Corps 
(Lrelaud.) 


Motion 
respecting 
S. Steon. 


Committee 
on Reform of 
Parliament 


(England) Bill, 





Militia 
Pay Bill, 
passed. 


Accourt of 
Silk Gauze 
Ribbands, 
ordered. 


Petition against 
Settlem-nt of 
the Poor Bill. 


Petition 
respecting 
Galway 
Franchise. 


Petition for 
repeal of Stamp 
Duty on Poli- 
cies of Marine 
Insurance. 


Petition 
respecting 
Quarantine. 


Petitions 
respecting 
Education 
(Ireland.) 


746 


progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to move, That they may have leave to sitagain. 4 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to defray the Charge of the Pay, 
Clothing, and Contingent and other Expenses of the Dis- 
embodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, and to 
grant Allowances in certain cases to Subaltern Officers, 
Adjutants, Paymasters, Quarter-masters, Surgeons, As- 
sistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates, and Serjeant Majors 
of the Militia, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass : And that the Title be, 
An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and 
Contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia 
in Great Britain and Ireland, and to grant Allowances in 
certain cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, 
Quarter-masters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ 
Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, until the Thir- 
tieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
two. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of Silk Gauze Ribbands imported into the United 
Kingdom for Home Consumption, with the amount of 
Duty thereon, from 5th July 1826 to the latest period to 
which it can be furnished ; distinguishing the Quarterly 
Periods of Entry. 


A Petition of the Directors of the Poor of the United 
Parishes of Saint Michael and the Holy Trinity, in the 
city of Coventry, was presented, and read ; taking notice 
of the Bill to alter and amend the Laws of Settlement by 
Hiring and Service ; and praying, That the same may not 
pass into a law. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Burgesses of Galway, was pre- 
sented, and read; praying, That the House will be gra- 
ciously pleased to equalize civil rights in Galway, by 
extending to the Roman Catholic Mercantile and Trad- 
ing Classes the Elective Franchise in as full and ample 
a manner as the same is now enjoyed by Protestants. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and Ship-owners of the port 
of Saint Ives, in the county of Cornwall, was presented, 
and read ; praying, That the Duty upon Policies of Ma- 
rine Insurance may be repealed. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Ship-owners of the port of Dundee, was 
presented, and read ; complaining of the detention of Ves- 
sels arriving from the Russian and other ports in the Baltic 
Sea, and of the Fees levied upon the release of Vessels from 
Quarantine ; and praying the House to direct the adop- 
tion of such measures as may obtain for the Petitioners 
repayment of such Fees as they have already paid, and 
relief therefrom in time coming. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the pa- 
trish of Dungarvan, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners deem any further Parliamentary 
Grant to The Kildare Street Society a wanton waste of 
public money ; and praying, That it may be either totally 
withheld, or that such a system of Education be adopted 
as will meet with the conscientious approval of persons of 
every religious persuasion. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Larne, Inver and Glynn, 
in the county of Antrim, was also presented, and read ; 
praying, That the House will be pleased to afford their 
continued protection and support to the Society for pro- 
moting the Education of the Poor of Jreland. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and that the first be printed. 


11°—12 Auguste. 





A. 1831, 


Ordered; That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 4,,, 
count of the Official Value of British and Irish Produce Imp, 
and Manufactures, and of Foreign and Colonial Produce "xm 
and Manufactures, exported from Great Britain, distin- Order, 
guishing the several Countries; toxethet with the Imports 
into Great Britiin from the same Countriés, for’ the year 
ending 5th January 1831." neerethare sem Mf 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an A¢. 
count of the Official Value of British and Irish Produce 
and Manufactures, and of Foreign and Colotiial Produce " 
and Manufactures, exported from’ Ireland, distinguishing q 
the several Countries; together with the Imports into Tre. 
land from the same Countries, for the year ending 5th’ 
January 1831. . 














peron’s 
te Bill, 
rted, an 


Ordered, That Mr. Hobhouse have leave of absence for Le., 
a fortnight, on account of dangerous illness in his family, Abs 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- Rew, 
turn of the gross and of the net amount of Malt Duties in aa 
Scotland, for each of the last Twelve years respectively ; oie’ 
distinguishing the amount of Drawback paid back in each 5 
year. : 


pson’s 
e Bill, 
ed, anc 


And then the House, having continued to sit till near 
two of the clock on Friday morning, adjourned till 
this day. ' 








Venerts, 12° die Augusti ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


oe House being informed that Mr. Pearsall, from jo, 

the Coal Market, attended at the door, he. was reyejfh 
called in; and at the bar presented to the House, pur. “si” 
suant to their Order,—An Account of the Prices of Coals *” 
in the Coal Market, London, on the following, Market ™ 
Days, viz. April 30, May 3, May 31, June 2, June 30, 
July 2, 1830; April 29, May 2, June 1, July 1, 1831: 
—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the Table; 

and be printed. 


Mr. Kennedy reported from the Committee on the in- Omiff © 
grossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to ex- Pst! 
onerate the Trustees of Richard Oswald, of Auchincruive, 
Esquire, for advances of Money made by them to Richard * 
Alevander Oswald, Esquire, now of Auchincruive, and ap- 
plied in executing Improvements, as well upon the entailed 
Estates left by the said Richard Oswald, as the fee-simple 
Estates acquired by the said Trustees, and partly entailed 
by them ; and to enable the said Trustees to discharge a 
part of the Debts incurred by the said Richard Alexander J 
Oswald in improving the said Estates; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true ; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee; 
and that they had gone through the Bill, and’ had di- 
rected him to report the same to the House, without any 
Amendment :—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kennedy do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed m 
to the same, without any Amendment. 








Mr. Kennedy reported from the Committee on the in- ¥ 
grossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for vesting - 
the entailed Estates of Abercairney, and others, in the a 
County of Perth, belonging to James Moray, of Aber- 
cairney, Esquire, in Trustees, to sell the same, or so much 
thereof as may be necessary, and to apply the Price 
arising therefrom in the payment of the Debts affecting, 
or that may be made to affect, the said Lands and Estates; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and § 
found the same to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of 
the Gommittee ; and that they had gone through the Bill, 
and had directed him to report the same to the House, 
without any Amendment :--And the Bill was read the i 
third time. i 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. i 





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Ordered, 





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Ordered, That Mr. Kennedy do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Kennedy, by Ordér, reported from the Committee 
on the ingrossed, Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vesting the undivided Moieties of certain Estates of 
Nathaniel Cameron, Esquire, and Letitia Pryce, his Wife, 


in the County, of Glamorgan, in Trustees, in trust to sell, 


under the directions of the High Court of Chancery, and 
to apply the. Money to arise from such Sales in the manner 
therein mentioned ; That they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their consent to the 
Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; and that they 
had gone through the Bill, and had directed him to report 
the same to the House, without any Amendment :—And 
the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kennedy do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


Sir John Johnstone reported from the Committee on the 
ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for ex- 
changing part of the Freehold Estates devised by the 
Will of Beslby Thompson, Esquire, for Freehold Lands de- 
vised by the Will of Mrs. Dorothy Wilson to Trustees for 
charitable purposes, and for amending an Act passed: in 
the third year of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
intituled, “ An Act for empowering Trustees to sell and 
convey part of the Freehold and Copyhold Estates, in the 
County of York, devised by the Will of Betlby Thompson, 
Esquire, deceased, and part of the Freehold Estates, in 
the same County, devised by the Will of Richard Thomp- 
son, Esquire, deceased, and for laying out the Money 
arising from such Sales respectively, under the direction 
of the High Court of Chancery, in the purchase of other 
Estates to be settled to the same uses; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true ; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; 
and that they had gone through the Bill, and had directed 
him to report the same to the House, without any Amend- 
ment :—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Johnstone do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of the President, Vice-President and Di- 
rectors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and 
Manufactures, was presented, and read; setting forth, 
That the power to refine Foreign Sugars in this country 
is serviceable, as affording a valuable facility for obtaining 
returns for our exports, and as giving encouragement to 
an important manufacture ; that for these reasons the Pe- 
titioners pray, That the permission to refine ForeignSugars, 
subject under bond to re-exportation on equitable condi- 
tions, may be continued. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Operative Spinners and others employed 
in the spinning of Cotton Wool into Yarn in Ashton-under- 
Lyne and its neighbourhood, was presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the Bill to repeal the Laws relating to 
Apprentices, and other young Persons, employed in Cotton 
and other Factories, and in Cotton and other Mills, and 
to make further provisions in lieu thereof; and praying, 


- That the same may pass into a law. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Owners of tenements in Manchester, 
was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill for 
the better rating Tenements under a certain Annual Value; 
and praying, That the same may not pass into a law. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


_ A Petition of Members of the Bolton Mechanics’ Institu- 
tion, was presented, and read ; praying the House totally 
to repeal the Duty on Paper, and on the Advertisements 
of Books. ) 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
VOL. 86. 


12° A ugusti, 


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A Petition of Inhabitants of Dewsbury ;—of Leeds ;-— 
and, of Halifar,—were presented, and read; praying the 
House to extend the Poor Laws to Ireland, and to promote 
= other measures as shall tend to ameliorate its con- 

ition. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Churchwardens and Overseers of the 
Poor of Leeds, and of Trustees at the Workhouse at Leeds, 
for the management and government of the Poor ;—and, 
of Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of Halifax, 
—were presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to 
alter and amend the Laws of Settlement by Hiring and 
— ; and praying, That the same may not pass into 
a law. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Churchwardens and Overseers of the 
Poor of Leeds, and of Trustees at the Workhouse at Leeds, 
for the management and government of the Poor, was pre- 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That, by the present law 
of England, Marriages solemnized in this Kingdom be- 
tween parties professing the Roman Catholic Religion, 
and performed by the Ministers of that. persuasion, ac- 
cording to the rites and ceremonies observed amongst 
Roman Catholics, are illegal and void; that, owing to 
the illegality of such Marriages, according to the existing 
law of England, the issue of all such are in law bastards, 
and born out of lawful wedlock, and thereby become 
legally settled in the townships or parishes in England 
where born; that from these causes, the inhabitants of 
Leeds and other districts in England are seriously ag- 
grieved, their rates for the relief of the poor are unjustly 
burthened for the relief of persons who have thus ac- 
quired settlements therein, and the Petitioners foresee a 
still greater prospective charge on their parochial funds 
by the posterity of all such bastard children obtaining de- 
rivative settlements from their parents, whose settlements 
may have been solely acquired by their birth under the 
circumstances above stated ; and praying the House either 
to legalize all marriages in Roman Catholic Chapels in 
England between parties who profess the Roman Catholic 
faith, or to give therein such other full and permanent 
relief to parishes in England as to the House shall seem 
meet, 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
aird be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Urney, in the counties of 
Tyrone and Donegal ;-—and, of Persons resident in Stra- 
bane, in the county of Tyrone,—were presented, and read ; 
praying the House to continue the annual Parliamentary 
Grant to the Society for promoting the Education of the 
Poor of Ireland. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the average annual amount of the Tolls collected 
pursuant to an Act of the Jrish Parliament 30 Geo. 3, 
c. 31, for the Passage of the Bridge over the Foyle at Lon- 
donderry ; also, the annual average amount of Tolls col- 
lected pursuant to Irish Act, 40 Geo. 3, c. 41; also, the 
annual average amount of Tolls collected pursuant to an 
Act (Imperial Parliament), 54 Geo 3, c. 230; together 
with Schedules of the Tolls at each of these periods. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the annual amount of the Tolls collected pursu- 
ant to 54 Geo. 3, c. 230, for the Passage of the Bridge 
over the Foyle at Londonderry ; also, an Account of the 
various changes to which, by the same Act, such amount 
of Toll is liable ; stating the Sums which actually have 
been paid each year, under the separate Heads of Charge; 
showing how far the Sums so paid fall short of what is re- 
quired by the Act; showing also, the amount of the Tolls 
remaining in the hands of the Corporation, after such 
legal demands have been satisfied :—The Accounts to com- 
mence in 1814, and to be made up to the latest period. 


Ordered, That Sir John Wrottesley and Lord Tullamoore 
be added to the Select Committee on the House of Com- 
mons’ Buildings. 


9D 2 A Petition 


Petitions for 
introduction of 
Poor Laws intu 
Ireland. 


Petitions 
against Set- 
tlementof the 
Poor Bill. 


Petition 
respecting 
Roman Catholic 
Marriages. 


Petitions for 
continuance of 
Grant to Kildare 
Street Society. 


Accounts 
respecting 
Londonderry 
Bridge, ordered, 


Members added 
to a Committeé, 








Petitionsagainst 
Grant to Kildare 
Street Society. 


Petition 
against 
Importation 
of Flour. 


Treland— 
Returns, 
ordered : 


Stipendiary 
Magistrates. 


Police. 


Turnpike Roads 
(Scotland) Bill, 
reported, and 
re-commitied, 


No. 166, 


Paper 
respecting 
Queen’sCounty, 
ordered. 


Accounts re- 
specting Menai 
and Conway 
Bridges, or- 
dered. 


Petition for 
abolishing 
Slavery. 


148 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Garrocloyne, in the county 
of Cork ;—of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the united 
parishes of Stamullen, Moor Church and Julianstown ;— 
of Inhabitants of Navan ;—of Skreen and Rathfy, in the 
county of Meath ;—of Ballinakill, in the Queen’s County ; 
—of Clergy of Portarlington, Emo and Killenard ;— of 
Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Ballyduff;— of Temple 
Michael, Kilcockin and Kilwatermoy ;— of Inhabitants of 
Portlaw, in the county of Waterford;—of Crook and 
Kilsaint Nicholas, in the diocese of Waterford, barony of 
Gaultier ;—of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Butlers-town ; 
—and, of Inhabitants of the parish of 7rinity-without- 
Waterford, — were presented, and“ read; praying the 
House no longer to confide any Fund which may be 
granted for the purposes of Education to The Kildare 
Place Society, but that they will place it at the disposal of 
persons who will distribute it faithfully and impartially 
among the people, and who will not apply it to the pur- 
pose of perverting the faith of a nation, and disseminating 
religious division and discord. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and, except the four first, to be printed. 


A Petition of Corn Millers of the county and city of 
Cork, was presented, and read; complaining of the Im- 
portation of Foreign Flour; and praying the House to 
grant them such reasonable relief in the premises as their 
situation may require, and the interests of the Country de- 
mand, either by the total prohibition of the importation of 
Flour into Great Britain as well as Ireland, or by affixing 
such protecting duty on that article as the House may 
think just and necessary. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Names of all Stipendiary Magistrates in Jre- 
land, with the Dates of their Appointments, the Names of 
the Counties in which they have served ; distinguishing 
the period of Service in each County, and specifying the 
amount of Salary, together with all other Emoluments to 
which they are entitled and have received, and the sources 
from which these Payments are made. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of all Superannuations granted to Constables and 
Sub-Constables of Police in Ireland ; stating the periods 
of Service, and cause of their Superannuations. 


Sir George Clerk reported from the Committee on 
the Bill for amending and making more effectual the 
Laws concerning Turnpike Roads in Scotland; That they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made several Amendments thereunto; and the Report was 
brought up, and read. 

And the House being informed, that other Amendments 
are necessary to be made to the Bill :—The Bill was re- 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Memorials of certain Persons paying County Cess 
in the Queen’s County, presented to the Grand Jury of 
that County assembled at Maryborough, at the Summer 
Assizes of 1830, and the Spring Assizes of 1831; and of 
Resolutions and Correspondence relating to the same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Sums paid into the Exchequer, in the year 
ending 5th January 1831, by the Post Office, towards the 
repayment of Loans advanced for the building of the 
Menai and Conway Bridges, and of the Total Sum repaid 
up to the same date. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Sums paid into the Exchequer, in the 
year ending 5th January 1831, by the Holyhead Road 
Commissioners, for Tolls received on the Menai and 
Conway Bridges; also, of the Total Sum paid up to the 
same date. 


A Petition of the Provincial Synod of Caithness and 
Sutherland, met in Synod at Thurso, the 20th day of July 


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12° August. 





A. 1831, 


1831, was presented, and read; praying for the abolition 

of Colonial Slavery. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 

and be printed. : 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the royal burgh of Lilith. Petit 
gow, taking notice of the Bills to amend the Representa. wit, 
tion of the People, and praying the House. to pass’ the 
same with as little delay as the forms of the House will 
permit, was brought up, and read ; 

And notice being taken that there were certain erasures 
therein, and the Member who presented it being called 
upon by Mr. Speaker to account for the same, stated, that 
he had made those erasures, considering the language of 
the Petition too strong. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be withdrawn. 





form of 


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A Petition of the High Sheriff and Grand Jury of the pi, 
county of Denbigh ; —and, of Maltsters of Ware and its six 
vicinity,—were presented, and read; praying, That no Bene 
law may be passed to allow the use of Molasses in the Pit 
Breweries or Distilleries of the United Kingdom. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Select Committee on Molasses. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Cross and Mr. 1, 

Trower : hates 
Mr. Speaker, ” 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen Bx 
Millions six hundred and sixteen thousand four hundred {; 
Pounds, by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year 
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more effectually re- Sj 
pairing and otherwise improving the Road from Sunder- kus 
land-near-the-Sea, in the County of Durham, to the City 
of Durham: 3 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for amending an Act passed Pik 
in the eleventh year of the reign of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, for making and maintaining a Rail- Rai 
way trom the Lands of Polloc and Govan, to the River 
Clyde, and to alter and extend the Powers of the Company 
of Proprietors of the said Railway: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act to “wk 
discontinue or alter thé Duties of Customs upon Coals, i.’ 
Slates, Cotton Wool, Barilla and Wax, with an Amend- 
ment ; to which Amendment the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act lew 
for endowing a Church, called Saint Bridgett, in the Parish ( 
of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, with ws 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords desire ™ 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act %# 
for making a Railway from Manchester, in the County jis 
Palatine of Lancaster, to Sheffield, in the West Riding of **! 
the County of York, with some Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 6 
for incorporating a Company, to be called, The General * 
Steam Navigation Company, with some Amendments; to ™ 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act toeffect " 
a Partition of certain Freehold, Copyhold, or Customary 
and Leasehold Estates, in the County of Lincoln, late the Bass 
property of the Right honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Baro- ~ 
net, deceased ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to dis- le 
solve the Marriage of Samuel Le Feuvre, otherwise Le Fevre, 
Esquire, with Mary his now Wife, and to enable him to 
marry again, and for other purposes ; to which. the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Preston, was presented, and Fé 
read; praying for a repeal of the Corn Laws, and cau- od 
tioning the House against refusing to take the matter 
into consideration ; and stating, that should their hope of 
relief’ be cut off by the inhumanity and obstinacy of the 
House, that the bonds of society would be. burst agnnties 

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And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, 
That the Petition.do lie upon the Table ;,. 


The House divided. 
- The Noes went a a 
. Hunt, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. y asap | 6. 
Sir Robert Inglis, 
Tellers for the Noes, i Mr. George Bankes : \ 121. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion:was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That the Order of the day, for the House to resolve itself 
into a Committee of. the whole House, to consider further 
of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques- 
tion, by leaving out from the word ‘‘ That” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words, “ an humble 
« Address be, presented to. His Majesty, that He will be 
“ graciously pleased to give directions, that there be 
« Jaid before this House, a Copy of the Letter of Ist 
« August, from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the 
« Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Ministers of the 
«« Five Powers,” instead thereof ; 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Question ; it was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of the said Bill, be now read; and the 
same being read:—The House resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 11. (Certain Counties to be divided.) 
P. 3. 1. 35. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 





with “ Two” Agreed to. 
P.3, 1.37. Amendment proposed, To fill the first blank 
with “ Four” Agreed to. 





Tn. the same line, Amendment proposed, To fill the se- 
cond blank with ‘“ Two ” Agreed to. 

P. 3. 1. 38. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ Two” Agreed to. 

The Committee then proceeded to Schedule (G.) as 
part of the Clause. 

Schedule (G,)—-—read, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 11, as amended, together with Schedule 
(G.)——agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 10. (Knights of the Shire for 


Lincolnshire) ——read. 
P.3, 1.26. Amendment proposed, To fill the first blank 











with “ Four” Agreed to. 
In the same line, Amendment proposed, To fill the 
second blank with “ Two”—-—Agreed to. | 
P. 3. 1. 27,, Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ Two” Agreed to. 





P. 3. 1. 28. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ Two” Agreed to. 

P. 3. 1.29, Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ Four” Agreed to. 
- Crause, N° 10, as amended——agreed to. 

Crausez, N° 12, (Freeholders, &amp;c. to vote in separate 
Divisions) read. 

Question put, That the Clause stand part of the Bill ; 
it passed in the Negative. 

Cravusr, N°13, (Three Knights for certain Counties) 
——read. &gt; | 

P. 4. 1.10. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ Three” Agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 

















‘And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 13° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That ‘this House will, this day, again resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 
VOL. 86. 


1%—13° Augusti. 


TAO 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to explain and amend ‘an Act for regulat- 
ing the receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and 
Emoluments receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts 
of Common Law ; or 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of 
Frauds ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the 
Attestation of Instruments made in exercise of certain 
Powers or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other Instruments ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. ! 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to prohibit: the Practice of paying’ the 
sg Rents of Able-bodied Labourers out of the Poor's 
ate ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 26th day of this instant August. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Mad- 
ness ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill for the extension and promotion 
of Public Works in Jreland ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend an Act of the fourteenth year of his 
Majesty King George the Third, for establishing a Fund 
towards defraying the Charges of the administration of 
Justice and support of the Civil Government within the 
Province of Quebec, in America ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty- 
fourth, and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty King George 
the Third, so far as the same relate to Double Assess- 
ments of the Land Tax ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


A Bill to repeal the Duties of Excise and Drawbacks 
on Candles, was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill for transferring the Duties of 
Receivers General of the Land and Assessed.,Taxes .to 
Persons executing the Offices of Inspectors of Taxes, and 
for making other Provisions for the Receipt and Remit- 
tance of the said Taxes ; ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the’ third time apon 
Monday next. ea | 


9E The 


Courts af 
Law.Fees... 
Bill, deferred. 


Statute of 
Frauds Bill, 
deferred. 


Attestation of 
Instruments 
Bill, deferred. 


Labourers’ 
House Rent 
Bill, deferred. 


Canine Mad- 
ness Bill, 
deferred. 


Roman Catholic 
Charities Bill, 
deferred, 


Public 
Works (Ire- 
land) Bill, 
deferred. 


Canadian 
Revenue Bill, 
deferred. 


Land Tax 
Double Assess- 
ments Bill, 
deferred. 


Candle Du- 
ties Repeal 
Bill, com- 
mitted. 


Receivers of 
Taxes Bill, 
deferred. 








Supply 
deferred. 


Ways and 
Means, de- 
ferred. 


Duchess 
of Kent’s 
Annuity Bill, 
deferred. 


Judicial Officers 
(Ireland) Bill, 
withdrawn, 


Committee on 
Civil Govern- 
ment Charges, 
appointed. 


Account 
respecting Civil 
Government 
Charges, pre- 
sented. 


Return to 
Address for 
Papers respect- 
ing Hayti, 
presented. 


Amendments to 
General Steam 
Navigation Bill, 
agreed to. 


750 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill 
to enable His Majesty to grant an annual Sum to Her 
Royal Highness Victoria Maria Louisa Duchess of Kent, 
for a more adequate Provision for Her said Royal High- 
ness, and for the honourable Support and Education of 
Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandrina Victoria ot 
Kent ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 


next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to extend the Provisions of an Act of 
the first and second years of his late Majesty King George 
the Fourth, for excluding certain Judicial Officers in 
Ireland from being Members of the House of Commons ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to con- 
sider the Charges for the Civil Government of the United 
Kingdom, heretofore defrayed from the Civil Lists of 
England and Ireland, the Hereditary Revenues of Scotland, 
and the Four-and-Half per cent. Duties, and remaining 
to be provided for :—And a Committee was appointed of 
Lord Viscount Althorp, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Hume, Sir 
John Johnstone, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Robert Gordon, Mr. 
Francis Baring, Mr. Williams Wynn, Mr. Lawley, Mr. 
Littleton, Mr. Spring Rice, Lord Viscount Stormont, Colonel 
Davies, Sir John Newport, Mr. Frankland Lewis, Mr. 
Irving, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. William Bankes, 
Lord Killeen, Sir Richard Vyvyan, Mr. Shaw Lefevre : 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's Cham- 
ber; and have Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 


Lord Viscount A/thorp presented to the House, by His 
Majesty's Command,—An Account of the Charges for the 
Civil Government of the United Kingdom, heretofore de- 
frayed from the Civil List in England and Ireland, and 
from the Hereditary Revenue in Scotland, and from the 
Produce of the Four-and-Half per cent. Duties, not pro- 
vided for by the Act 1 Will. 4, ¢. 25. 

Ordered, That the said Account be referred to the 
Select Committee on Civil Government Charges. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented to the House,—Return to an 
Address to His Majesty, dated the 19th day of July last, 
for Copies of all Communications from the British Con- 
suls of Hayti, relative to the civil and social state of that 
Island since the last which were presented to Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 


two of the clock on Saturday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 











Sabbati, 13° die August: ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


ea House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, inti- 

tuled, An Act for incorporating a Company, to be called, 

The General Steam Navigation Company; and the same 

were read ; and are as followeth ; 

Pr. 4, 1.28. Leave out “ Four” and insert ‘ Three.” 

Pr.4. 1.30. Leave out “ Twenty” and insert “ Fifteen.” 


+ 


19°—13° August. 


A. 1831, 


Pr. 5. 1.24. Leave out “‘ Four” and insert “ Three.” 
Pr. 5.1.30. Leave out “ Twenty” and insert “ Fif.’ 
“ teen.” 


Pr. 7.1.17. Leave out ‘“ Twenty” and insert “ Fif- 
“* teen.” 

Pr. 19. 1.34. Leave out “‘ Twelve” and insert “ Ten.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 4. Leave out “ Twelve” and insert “Ten.” 

Pr. 20. 1.17. Leave out from “ that” to “ vacancy” 
in 1.22, and insert “ no ;” and in 1]. 22, after ‘‘ vacancies,” 
insert “ which ;” and also, in 1.22, after “shall” insert 
*¢ hereafter.” 

Pr. 20. 1.26. Leave out “ no such vacancy or vacan- 
“cies,” and insert, “ except by going out of office by 
* rotation.” 

Pr. 20. 1.31. Leave out ‘‘ Twelve” and insert “ Ten.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 34. Leave out “‘ Twelve” and insert “ Ten.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, were 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Wood do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this ense hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 4 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Sic, 
Act for making a Railway from Manchester, in the County ji." 
Palatine of Lancaster, to Sheffield, in the West Riding of #*« 


the County of York; and the same were read; and are 
as followeth ; 

Pr, 12. 1. 5. after “ respectively ” insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That the 
said Railway shall be carried over the lands of the 
Devisees in trust under the last will and testament of 
the late Most Noble Francis Duke of Bridgewater, de- 
ceased, in the said township of Hulme, and lying be- 
tween the Road leading from Manchester aforesaid to 
Crossford Bridge, and the Canal of the said Devisees, 
in a line parallel to, and on the east side and at the dis- 
tance of two hundred and thirty feet from the centré 
line of Dawson-street (measuring from the centre line 
of the said Railway), and shall be continued from thé 
said Canal, by a regular curve, to a point on the north 
bank of the River Medlock, in the same township; 
where a fence (being a continuation of the fence of a 
certain Bowling-green there) meets or joins the said 
River, the point of which fence is to be taken for the 
centre of the said Railway.” 

Pr. 13. 1.19. After “ Norris” insert “or of the Devi- 
sees in trust of the late Most Noble Francis Duke of 
Bridgewater, deceased, in the township of Hulme 
aforesaid.” 

Pr. 13. 1.22. After “ Philips” insert “ or of the said 
Devisees in trust for the time being.” 

Pr, 15. 1.2. After “ Act,” insert Clauses (B.) and (C.): 

Ciause (B.) “ Provided always, and be it further 
Enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend 
or be construed to extend to authorize or empower the 
said Company hereby incorporated to take or use, under 
the powers or provisions of this Act, any greater quan- 
tity of land belonging to the Devisees in trust of the said 
late Duke of Bridgewater,than Thirty-one feet in breadth, 
in passing through their lands in Hudme aforesaid.” 

Cause (C.) “ And be it further Enacted, That, not- 
withstanding any thing herein contained, it shall not be 
lawful for the said Company to take or use any part of 
the property belonging to the Devisees in trust of the 
said late Duke of Bridgewater, deceased, within the 
township of Hulme aforesaid, for the purpose of making 
and providing yards, staiths, wharfs, weighing ma- 
chines, warehouses, or other buildings or conveniences 
for receiving, depositing, loading, weighing or keeping 
any cattle, or any goods or other articles, matters or 
things, conveyed, or intended to be conveyed, upon the 
said Railway, or for making any road or way or roads 
or ways thereto, without the consent, in writing, of the 
said Devisees in trust for that purpose first had and 
‘* obtained.” 

Pr. 29. 1.16 and17. After “Company ” insert Clauses 

(D.) (E.) (F.) (G.) (HI) and (I.) 


Crause (D.) “ And whereas it will be necessary to 


“‘ make the said Railway hereby authorized to be made 
across the Canal of the Devisees in trust of the said late 
Duke of Bridgewater, in the township of Hulme afore- 
said: Be it therefore Enacted, That the said Company 
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for the purpose of carrying the said Railway over the 
said Canal, at their own expense to erect and build 
good, firm and substantial upright side walls of brick 
or stone on each side of the said Canal, to the height 
of not less than Twelve feet six inches from the top 
water level of the said Canal, and which shall not be 
less than Forty feet between such side walls, and from 
such side walls to throw over the said Canal firm and 


; substantial straight sleepers or bearers of wood or iron, 


upon which the said Railway is to be carried ; and the 
said Company hereby incorporated shall at all times for 
ever, after such Bridge shall have been erected, keep 
the said Bridge, or any future Bridge to be erected in 
lieu thereof, and which shall be of the like form, dimen- 
sions, capacity and materials as are hereinbefore men- 
tioned, in good, perfect and complete repair; and in 
case of any want of repair to the said Bridge, and no- 
tice thereof being given by any agent or other person 
authorized by the said Devisees in trust of the said late 
Duke of Bridgewater to the said Company hereby in- 
corporated, of any want of repair to the said Bridge, if 
the said Company hereby incorporated shall not, for the 
space of Seven days after the service of such notice, 
commence such repair, and proceed therein with all 
reasonable expedition, until the same shall be com- 
pleted, the said Devisees in trust of the said Canal 
may, in case they shall see fit, from time to time repair 
or rebuild the said Bridge in the like form, dimensions, 
capacity and materials as the case may require and 
the said Devisees in trust may think necessary, and 
all the expenses thereof shall be repaid by the Com- 
pany hereby incorporated to the Devisees in trust afore- 
said upon demand ; and in default of such payment, 
any two or more of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace 
for the said County Palatine of Zancaster shall and 
they are hereby required, on application by the said 
Devisees in trust, or of any person authorized by them, 
by warrant under the hands and seals of the said Jus- 
tices, to cause the amount of such expenses to be levied 
by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the 
said Company hereby incorporated, and to be paid to 
the said Devisees in trust, their agent or clerk, render- 
ing the overplus (if any) upon demand, after deducting 
the reasonable charges of making such distress and sale, 
to the said Company hereby incorporated, or to their 
Treasurer, or otherwise the said Devisees in trust shall 
and may sue for and recover the same against the said 
Company hereby incorporated, by action of debt, or on 
the case, in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at 
Westminster, or in His Majesty’s Court of Common 
Pleas for the County Palatine of Lancaster.” 

CiauseE (E.) “ Provided always, and be it further 
Enacted, That the said Company hereby incorporated 
shall not, in or by the execution of any of the powers 
hereby granted, occasion any obstruction, damage or 
injury to the Canal Navigation of the Devisees in trust 
of the said late Duke of Bridgewater, or the boats, 
barges or vessels navigating thereon, or to any of the 
works of the said Devisees in trust as isan or ob- 
struct, prevent or hinder the full and free use and en- 
joyment of the said Canal, and the towing-paths and 
works to the same belonging, save only such as shall 
be unavoidable in the making or repairing the said 
Bridge ; and if in the construction of the said Railway 
over the said Canal, or otherwise, the said Company 
hereby incorporated, or their servants, agents or work- 
men, shall in any respect injure or damage the said 
Canal, or any part thereof, they, the said Railway Com- 
pany, shall and they are hereby required forthwith to 
repair and make good such injury or damage at their 
own expense, and also pay to the said Devisees in trust 
of the said late Duke of Bridgewater, or to their agents, 
the full amount of all loss and damage which they may 
thereby sustain or be put unto; and in case the said 
Railway Company shall not, within Three days after 
notice in writing from the said Devisees in trust of the 
said late Duke of Bridgewater, repair and make good, 
or begin to repair and make good, such damage and 
injury, it shall be lawful for the said last-mentioned 

evisees in trust and they are hereby authorized, at the 
expiration of Three days from such notice, by them- 
selves, their agents, servants or workmen, to repair and 
make good such injury or damage, and all the expenses 
thereof, and also the loss or damage occasioned thereby, 


VOL. 86. 





13° Augusti. 


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751 


shall be repaid by the said Railway Company to the 
said Devisees in trust of the late Duke of Bridgewater, 
and, in default of payment thereof on demand, such de- 
mand being made in writing, and fully and accurately 
stating the particulars of all such expenses, loss and 
damage, the said Devisees in trust of the late Duke of 
Bridgewater may sue for and recover the same against 
and from the said Railway Company, by action of 
debt, or on the case, in any of His Majesty’s Courts of 
Record at Westminster; and also the said Company 
shall and they are hereby required to make compensa- 
tion to all parties navigating on the said Canal, for all 
loss or injury which they may sustain by obstruction, 
interruption, delay or stoppage, to be recovered in like 
manner.” 

Criause(F.) “ And be it further Enacted, That the 
said Company shall and they are hereby required, in 
forming the said Railway upon the lands of the said 
Devisees in trust of the said late Duke of Bridgewater, 
situate in the said township of Hulme, so to construct 
the same, for the whole length of the part on the north 
side of the Canal, extending from the River Medlock 
to the said Canal, and for not less than Fifty yards on 
the south side of the said Canal, upon Piers and Arches 
of such dimensions as shall be convenient for the proper 
use and occupation of the lands of the said Devisees, 
on each side of the said Railway and under the same, 
and for communications under the Railway between 
such lands, such Arches to be formed of such dimensions 
as shall be judged necessary by the said Devisees or 
their agents (but not to exceed Thirty feet each in the 
span), provided the same do not interfere with the for- 
mation, inclination or future proper use of the said 
Railway over such Arches; provided also, that the said 
Railway on the north side of the said Canal shall be 
made of an uniform ascent from the crown of the Bridge 
to be erected over the said Canal, to the crown of the 
Bridge to be erected over Water-street aforesaid, and 
so as to leave a clear space of Seventeen feet under the 
Arch of the said crossing of Water-street, as by this Act 
is directed, and that the fall of the said Railway from 
the said Canal towards the said Road to Crossford 
Bridge shall not exceed the rate of One in Two hundred 
and twelve, without the consent, in writing, of the said 
Devisees for the time being, for that purpose first had 
and obtained, and that the depth or thickness from the 
surface of the said Railway to the soffitte of the Arch 
over the Canal, shall not be more than Two feet.” 

Ciause (G.) “ Provided always, and be it further 
Enacted, That proper Screens or Walls shall be erected 
and kept in proper repair at the expense of the said 
Company, by the sides of such Railway, where the same 
shall pass over the lands of the said Devisees of the late 
Duke of Bridgewater, in Hulme aforesaid, to conceal 
and screen the Steam-engines and other machinery 
passing along the said Railway, from the view of houses 
upon the banks of the Canal, and upon the other ground 
belonging to the said Devisees: Provided always, That 
nothing herein contained shall prevent, or be construed 
to prevent, the said Devisees from removing any part of 
such Screens or Walls as shall be required for any com- 
munications or branches to be made by the said Devisees 
over or with the said Railway; and in case the said 
Devisees and the said Company shall not agree as to 
the sufficiency of such Screens or Walls, then the same 
shall be left to the decision of any two or more of His 
Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said County 
Palatine of Lancaster.” 

Cause (H.) “ And be it further Enacted, That the 
said Company shall form an Arch or Bridge as an ex- 
tension of the Arch to be formed under the Road from 
Manchester to Crossford Bridge aforesaid, in the line 
of the said Railway, for a length of not less than Eigh- 
teen feet into the ground belonging to the said Devisees, 
for the purpose of forming a private Road or Way over 
the said Railway for the convenient communication be- 
tween the ground belonging to the said Devisees, on 
the east and west sides of the said Railway towards the 
south end of such ground, and shall finish the said pri- 
vate Road or Way with proper approaches to the same, 
and with walls of sufficient strength and height at the 
ends thereof, to form a fence between the said ground 
and the said Road to Crossford Bridge on the south side, 
and as a parapet wall on the north side of such private 

9E2 “ Road ; 








Petition 
withdrawn. 


Petition for 
repeal of Stamp 
Duties on Poli- 
cies of Marine 
Insurance, 


Petitions 
for repeal of 
Corn Laws. 


Petition for 
repeal of Sale 
of Beer Act. 


752 13° Augusti. A. 1831, 


“ Road ; provided also, that the Arch under such private 
“ Road or Way shall be for ever kept in repair by thesaid 
“ Railway Company, but that the Road over and ap- 
“ proaches to the same shall be kept in repair by the 
“ said Devisees, and that the constructing of the several 
“ Arches and the Road in the lands of the said Devisees, 
“ shall be done ina good and substantial manner, and so 
“‘ as to be convenient with the future full use and enjoy- 
‘“‘ ment of the property of the said Devisees, but at the 
“ same time to be consistent with the perfect construction 
* and free use of the said Railway and property of the 
‘“« said Company.” : 

Crauss (I.) “ Provided nevertheless, and be it fur- 
“ ther Enacted, That, notwithstanding any thing in this 
« Act contained, the said Devisees shall have full power 
‘“‘ and authority to form, at their own expense, not exceed- 
“ ing two additional Bridges or communications over the 
“ said Railway, between their ground on the east and 
“* west sides thereof in the said township of Hudme, such 
“ Bridges or communications to be of a clear height over 
“ such Railway of not less than the Arch of the Bridge 
“ to be formed under the said Road from Manchester to 
‘“* Crossford Bridge aforesaid, the said Devisees causing 
‘ as little hindrance and damage as may be to the said 
‘“* Railway, and the trattic thereon, and other the property 
“&lt; of the said Company ; and the said Devisees and their 
“ heirs or assigns shall be bound to keep and maintain 
“ the said Bridges or communications, when made, for 
“ ever afterwards in good and perfect repair at their own 
“* expense.” 

Pr. 40. l. ult. After “Company” insert “and the said 
“ Company, in making the said Railway through the lands 
“ of the said Devisees in trust, under the last will and 
‘“‘ testament of the said late Duke of Bridgewater, in 
“ Hulme, as hereinbefore mentioned, shall not deviate on 
‘“&lt; either side from the line hereinbefore described, without 
* the consent of the said Devisees in trust for the time 
“ being.” 

In the Schedule to the Bill, pr. 260, lines 18, 19 and 
20, in the last column, leave out “ and weighing house.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, were 
agreed to by the House. 
Ordered, That Lord Viscount Morpeth do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Arbroath, taking notice of 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales, and complaining of frivolous and 
vexatious delay, was offered to be presented:—And the 
said Petition was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Petition of Gentry, Ship-owners and Merchants of 
the ports of Beaumaris, Carnarvon, Bangor, Amlwch, 
Conway, Pwilhely and Nevin, in the counties of Anglesea 
and Carnarvon, was presented, and read; praying the 
House to relieve the Mercantile Marine interests of this 
Country, either by the abolition or modification of the 
Duties on Policies of Marine Insurance. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Sutton, in the county of 
Chester ;—and, of Denton and Haughton, in the parish of 
Manchester, —were presented, and read ; praying for the 
repeal of the Corn Laws. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of the King’s Town 
and parish of Maidstone, was presented, and read ; set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners are labouring under severe 
disadvantages, in consequence of a Bill, designated, The 
Retail Beer Bill, having been passed into a law during the 
last Session of Parliament; the Petitioners beg to submit 
to the House, that had the said Bill deprived those to 
whom its privileges extend of the power of suffering the 
article to be consumed on their premises, they would 
never have presumed to trouble the House on the subject, 
not wishing by any means to prevent them from selling 
beer by retail, but merely to prohibit them from per- 
mitting it to be drunk on the premises; and praying, 
That the House may be pleased to take the case into 
their most serious consideration, and that they will cause 





either a repeal of the said Bill, or a revision of it under 
such restrictions as the Petitioners have ventured to 
suggest. 

rdered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Ale and Beer Venders of the Petii, 

city of Gloucester, and its vicinity, under the new Act, was *#tix 
° 1 . I 

presented, and read ; praying the House duly to appreciate (j" 
the efforts the Petitioners have so successfully made to be 
improve the quality and reduce the price of the common 
beverage so necessary to the comfort and general health of 
the community; and, should the House be moved to make 
any alteration in respect to the trade or business of the 
Petitioners, they humbly hope to be placed upon an equal 
footing with the other publicans, whether as to evening 
hours of serving their customers, or other regulations ; 
and, lastly, that their justly acquired rights may not be 
disturbed by any new measure that may be proposed in 
the House. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders and other Resi- 
dents of the city of Gloucester, and its vicinity, was also 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners, 
having heard of a meditated attack, of an unmerited and 
injurious nature, upon the venders of Ale and Beer 
under the new Act, feel themselves called upon to appeal 
to the Legislature, in their behalf, and to submit their 
sentiments thereon; that the Petitioners are fully satis- 
fied that no fair and well-grounded argument can be 
adduced against “ the new Beer Establishments,” or 
against the persons generally trading under the sanction 
of the Bill, seeing that the agricultural interests are pro- 
moted by the increased consumption of Malt Grain, and 
the Public are relieved from the long-existing imposition 
of many needy or avaricious brewers and publicans ; the 
Petitioners, actuated by a sense of duty towards a class of 
persons who have rendered the great public service set 
forth in the Petition, humbly entreat the House to extend 
its protection and encouragement to them, in order that 
imposition and monopoly may not be suffered to re-appear 
in any part of the Kingdom; and they further hope and 
confide, that the selfish or mistaken views of those indi- 
viduals who have originated or promoted the groundless 
opposition now sought to be counteracted, will, by the 
wisdom of the House, be readily detected, and the salu- 
tary principles and tendency of the “ New Beer Act” be 
long continued for the benefit of the community. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff and Grand Jury, assem- Pei 
bled at the Great Sessions held at Mold, in and for the ini 
County of Flint, on the 8th day of August 1831, was pre- 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners un- 
derstand a Committee has been recently appointed to 
consider the propriety of allowing the use of Molasses in 
the Breweries and the Distilleries of the United King- 
dom; and praying the House so far to protect the 
Landed Interest of this Kingdom, already too much de- 
pressed, as not to sanction, by any legislative enactment, a 
measure which, as appears to the Petitioners, would sup- 
plant the use of Grain to such a considerable extent as to 
be attended with the most ruinous consequences to all 
Growers of Grain in the United Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Select 
Committee on Molasses. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy Mi 
of the Minute made in Chancery respecting the Retiring Cia 


Salaries of Masters Roupell and Martin. a: 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to discontinue or alter the Duties of Customs upon 
Coals, Slates, Cotton Wool, Barilla and Wax ; and the 
same was read; and is as followeth ; 

Pr. 2. 1.27. Leave out “ Twenty ” and insert “ Fifty.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, was 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed to 
the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


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Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Ad# 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 7 
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of all Pensions on the Civil List, or onthe Civil Esta- 
blishments of Scotland or Ireland, subsisting on the 22d 
day of November 1830, arranged according to the order 
of the respective Grants ; and that such Account do state 
the Names of the Persons holding the office of First Lord 
Commissioner of the Treasury,-or Lord Lieutenant of 
Ireland, respectively, at the period of each Grant. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That Mr. Penleaze be added to the Select 


Committee on Secondary Punishments. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to amend 


the Representation of the People in England and Wales. 


(In the Committee.) 


CrauseE, N° 13. 
P. 4. 1.13. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ Two” Agreed to. 

P. 4. 1. 14. Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, To add, “ Provided always, That no person 
«“ qualified to vote in the Election of Knights of the Shire 
“ to serve in Parliament for any one of the first-men- 
“ tioned Counties, (that is to say) Berkshire, Bucking- 
“ hamshire, Cambridgeshire, Dorsetshire, Herefordshire, 
“ Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire, shall have the Right of 
“ Voting for more than Two Candidates in any such 
“ Election.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there added. 

Amendment, by leave of the Committee, withdrawn. 

‘CrausE, N° 13, as amended agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 











Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Lord Viscount Milton reported from the Committee on 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable Wenman Langham Watson, Esquire, and his Issue 
Male, to take the Surname and use the Arms of Samwell, 
pursuant tothe Will of Sir Zhomas Samwell, Baronet, de- 
ceased ; That they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and had directed him to report the same 
to the House, without any Amendment; and the Bill 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Viscount Milton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of Thomas William Blomefield and others, 
was presented, and read; complaining of the want of 
Church room for the increased population ; and setting 
forth, That should the House, upon due consideration, see 
reason to think that the Bill now pending in Parliament, 
professing to have for its object the facilitating of the 
building of Churches and Chapels, will, in all probability, 
prove as ineffectual as the former, humbly beg the House 
would apply their wisdom to produce and mature some 
plan which may prove really efficient. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of Public Income and Expenditure for the Four 
years previous to 5th January 1831, according to the form 


ordered in the late Parliament, on 21st December 1830 and 
7th February 1831. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of Samuel Le Feuvre otherwise 
Le Fevre, Esquire, with Mary his now Wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other purposes, was 


read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
VOL. §6. : 


13°—15° Augusti. 


153 
Bauks’s 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
effect a Partition of certain Freehold, Copyhold, or Cus- — Bill, 
tomary and Leasehold Estates, in the County of Lincoln, 

late the property of the Right honourable Sir Joseph 

Banks, Baronet, deceased, was read the first time ; and 

ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of George Shadforth Berkeley, of Farring- Petition 
don-without, and of George Wilkinson, Sailmaker, Broad- respecting 
street, in the hamlet of Ratcliffe, was presented, and read ; end, 
setting forth, That the Petitioners, in common with the 
thinking part of the British youth, have regarded with the 
greatest sorrow and indignation the sanguinary and exter- 
minating war now being waged by Russia against Poland ; 
that nothing toucheth the hearts of Englishmenmore nearly 
than thespectacle of a virtuousand heroic peoplestruggling 
against superior numbers for the attainment of freedom and 
independence, and that no attitude would be more be- 
coming of a great and free State than that of interposing 
between and shielding a brave and patriotic people from 
the overwhelming masses of a semi-barbarous and over- 
grown Empire ; they therefore most earnestly conjure the 
House, by every thing that is dearest and most sacred 
to it, that it would, either by mediation or otherwise, 
avail itself of the power and influence of this great Nation 
to put a stop to the unnatural and desolating contest now 
existing between Russia and the Poles. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 15° die August: ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. ; 


i Ys House being informed that Mr. Crafer, from the Returs, | 
Treasury, attended at the door, he was called in; °°’ 
and at the bar presented to the House,— Return to an Order sar — 
of the House, dated the 8th day of this instant August, N 167- 
for an Account of the Number of Inspectors of Taxes if 
the United Kingdom; stating the Names, Date of Ap- 
pointment, and District of each, and the Salary and Allow- 
ances received by each, in the year 1830, so far as the 

same relates to England and Wales. 

Return to an Order of the House, dated the 11th day Silk Gauze 
of this instant August, for an Account of the Silk Gauze Ribbands. 
Ribbands imported into the United Kingdom for Home No. 168. 
Consumption, with the amount of Duty thereon, from the 
5th July 1826 to the latest period to which it can be fur- 
nished; distinguishing the Quarterly Periods of Entry. 

Mr. Crafer also presented to the House, pursuant to Report of 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Twenty-seventh Caledonian 
Report of the Commissioners for making and maintaining ©*"*" 
the Caledonian Canal :—And then he withdrew. Be, 3ER, 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Robert Gordon, by Order, reported from the Com- Isherwood’s 
mittee on the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Estate Bill, 
Act for vesting certain parts of the devised Estates of — and 
Thomas Bradshaw Isherwood, Esquire, deceased, in Trus- eo 
tees, in trust to be sold or demised for the purposes therein 
mentioned ; That they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the satis- 
faction of the Committee; and that they had gone through 
the Bill, and had directed him to report the same to the 
House, without any Amendment :—And the Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Gordon do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend and enlarge the Powers of Galway 
an Act passed in the eleventh year of the reign of his late Docks Bill, 
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for panes. 
making and maintaining a navigable Cut or Canal from 
Lough.Corrib to the Bay of Galway, and for the Improve- 
ment of the Harbour of Galway,” was read the third time; 
and several Amendments - made to the Bill. 

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Resolved, 








Petition 
respecting 
Duties on Tiles 
and Slates, 


Petition 
against 
I.ondon Coal 
Bill. 


Petition for 
expediting 


Reform of Par- 


liament (Eng- 
land) Bill. 


Petition 
respecting 
Imprisonment 
for Debt. 


754 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bodkin do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Tile-makers in the vicinity of the Metro- 
polis, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That, in con- 
sequence of the intended remission of the Duties on Slates 
of every description, the Petitioners are deprived of all 
future hopes of success in their trade ; that the Duties on 
Slates were originally imposed by Act 34 Geo. 3, c. 51, 
for the purpose of protecting the makers of Tiles, who 
were subjected to a heavy Excise; that, in spite of the 
protection thus afforded, the Petitioners have been con- 
stantly losing ground, whilst the introduction of Slates into 
use has been greatly increasing, and that it is with the 
greatest difficulty that the Petitioners have been able to 
bear up against the decay of their business, many of their 
fellow-manufacturers having been reduced to poverty ; 
and praying, That either the Duties on Slates, which have 
always been readily paid, may be continued, or that the 
Petitioners may be relieved from the payment of Excise 
Duties, and from the restrictions and hindrances to which 
they are compelled to submit for the satisfaction of the 
Excise Officers, as otherwise the manufacture in which the 
Petitioners are engaged will be entirely lost and anni- 
hilated. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Uxbridge, was 
presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill for regu- 
lating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in the Cities of 
London and Westminster, and in certain parts of the coun- 
ties of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, 
Buckinghamshire and Berkshire; and submitting to the 
House the expediency of granting to the town of Urbridge 
the same benefits of exemption from Duty on Inland Coals 
as are enjoyed by the inhabitants of Watford; and pray- 
ing the House to provide, that the City Duty be equalized, 
and that the Stone or Post at which the Corporation 
Dues shall accrue, be removed to some part of the Grand 
Junction Canal south of Urbridge. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of The 
Edinburgh Political Union, was presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of 
the People in England and Wales ; and praying the House 
to accelerate, as much as possible, the progress of the 
same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Ingham, a Prisoner confined for 
Debt in the Castle of Lincoln, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioner, being indebted to one 
Martin Metcalf of Lincoln, Spirit Dealer, 27. 10s. for 
spirits, his Attorney, one Burton of Lincoln, served the 
Petitioner with a copy of a writ out of His Majesty’s 
Court of King’s Bench, and artfully prevailed on the 
Petitioner to sign a cognovit, and, on the 29th day of June 
1830, took the Petitioner in execution for 11/. 3s. 6d., 
and the Petitioner has remained in custody for that debt, 
and no other, ever since, separated from his wife and 
family, and supported by the county allowance; that 
the Petitioner obtained Lord Chief Justice Tindal’s sum- 
mons last week, at the Assizes, to be discharged, under 
the Act, called, Lord Ellenborough’s Act, having been 
in execution twelve months for a debt under 20/., but 
was opposed by said Burton, on the ground, that the 
Act expresses the Court, not a Judge, shall discharge, 
therefore his Lordship could not discharge the Petitioner, 
who is therefore doomed to four months’ more wretched 
confinement, away from his family, until next November, 
and from no possible motive on the part of said Burton 
and his client, save to gratify their malicious and vindic- 
tive feelings; for if the Petitioner possessed property 
(though he solemnly avows his extreme poverty), yet 
would he be entitled next Term to his discharge, in spite 
of his said creditor or his attorney; and praying the 
House to grant him relief, either by amending the said 
Act, or otherwise, as to the House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


15° Augusto. 





A. 1831. 


A Petition of George Green and Charles Saggers, was pe; 
presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to consolj- in re 
date and amend the Laws relating to Hackney Coaches, Hit 
and the registering and numbering of Waggons, Carts “““# 
and Drays, used in the Metropolis ; and also to place the 
collection of the Duty on such Hackney Coaches under 
the management of the Commissioners of Stamps, and to 
transfer the Collection and Management of the Duties on 
Hawkers and Pedlars in England from the Commissioners 
of Hackney Coaches to the Commissioners of Stamps; 
and praying, That the same may pass into a law. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- Ax 
count of the Amount, in Official and Real Value, of all i 
British Exports to France, in each year since 1814, distin. «in 
guishing those of British from Colonial Produce ; also, 
an Abstract of the Amount, in Official Value, of all Im- 
ports from France in each year, as far as the same can be 
made up during that time. 


A Petition of Journeymen Coal-measure Makers of py, 
London, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That, in Pw 
consequence of the introduction of the City Coal Bill into m 
the House, by which it is proposed that Coals should be 
sold by weight, instead of measure, the Petitioners have 
been thrown out of employ, and, with their wives and 
families, are now in a state of destitution ; that several of 
the Petitioners have been many years in the business, and, 
by the fruits of their industry, brought up large families, 
paid considerable taxes in support of the State, and, 
although suffering many privations in consequence of 
heavy taxation, they were content, while, by unceasing 
labour, they could obtain a living for themselves and 
families, which, by the introduction of the City Coal Bill, 
they have been altogether deprived of ; that the Petition- 
ers, having been brought up to the business of Coal- 
measure Makers, are not eligible for any other employ- 
ment; they therefore humbly pray, That, in the event 
of the City Coal Bill passing, the House will make some 
provision for the Petitioners. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Julian Hibbert, Chairman of a Meeting pi a 
at the Rotunda, Blackfriars Road, on Monday, 4th July **' 
1831, was presented, and read; praying the House to ms 
repeal all laws which impose a Tax upon Knowledge. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bolton-le-Moors, was pre- tei 
sented, and read ; praying the House, as the friends of 
true religion, and for the honour of humanity, to take the iu 
necessary steps to procure from His Majesty’s Secretary 
of State for the Home Department, a full remission of 
the sentence passed upon the Reverend Rodert Taylor, 
at the last Surrey Sessions. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of William Devenish, Alderman and Brewer, \s 
James Aldridge Devenish, Principal Burgess and Brewer, py. 
and the several other Persons whose names are thereunto péi 
subscribed, all of the Borough and Town of Weymouth Ww 
and Melcombe Regis, in the county of Dorset, and who § 
claim to have had and had a right to vote at the last 
Election of a Member to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough and Town, was delivered in, and read; 
setting forth, That at the last Election of a Member to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough and 
Town, Michael George Prendergast, Esquire, and Charles 
Baring Wail, Esquire, were Candidates to represent the 
said Borough and Town in Parliament; that the Return- 
ing Officer at the said Election was guilty of gross partia- 
lity in favour of the said Charles Baring Wail; that at 
the said Election a majority of legal voters of the said Bo- 
rough and Town, tendered their votes in favour of the said 
Michael George Prendergast, and that many of such voters 
were by the Returning Officer illegally rejected and pre- 


vented from giving their votes for the said Michael George 
Prendergast, and many other persons not being le 
voters of the said Borough and Town, not having any 
right or just claim to vote in the said Election, were by 
the Returning Officer received as voters, and were per- 
8 permitted 











9 Wii. IV. 15°—16° 


permitted to vote on behalf of the said Charles Baring Wall, 
whereby the said Charles Baring Wall obtained an ap- 
ent and colourable majority of votes over the said 
Michael George Prendergast, whereas the said Michael 
George Prendergast had the majority of legal voters on 
the said poll, and was duly elected and ought to have 
been returned Member for the said Borough and Town; 
that the said Charles Baring Wail, by himself, his agents, 
friends and managers, and by persons employed in his 
behalf, did, after the teste of the Writ for the said Elec- 
tion, before the same Election, and at and during the said 
Election, give, present and allow to various persons hav- 
ing, or claiming to have, votes in the said Election, money, 
meat, drink, presents, rewards and entertainments, and 
made and entered into promises, agreements, obligations 
and engagements to give and allow money, meat, drink, 
resents, rewards and entertainments, to and for such per- 
sons, and to and for the use and advantage, benefit, emo- 
jument, profit and preferment of such persons, in order 
that he, the said Charles Baring Wall, might be elected, 
and for his being elected, as a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough and Town; that 
the said Charles Baring Wall, by himself, his agents, 
friends and managers, and by persons employed for him, 
before, and at and during the time of the said Election, 
were guilty of open and extensive bribery and corrupt 
practices, in order to corrupt and procure, and did corrupt 
and procure, persons having or claiming to have a right 
to vote at the said Election, to vote for him, the said 
Charles Baring Wall, at the said Election, and to forbear 
to vote for the said Michael George Prendergast, and in 
order to procure the said Charles Baring Wall to be re- 
turned to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough and Town; that the said Charles Baring Wall, 
by his agents, friends and managers, and by persons em- 
ployed in his behalf, before, and at and during the time 
of the said Election, was guilty of various corrupt acts 
of bribery and illegal practices, and used various threats 
and promises, and employed undue influence, and other 
illegal and improper means, and gave and caused to be 
given divers sums of money, and gave and entered into, 
and caused to be made, and to be given and entered into, 
divers gifts, rewards, promises, agreements and engage- 
ments to several persons having, and claiming to have, a 
right to vote, in order to procure them to vote at the said 
Election for the said Charles Baring Wall, and to forbear 
to vote for the said Michael George Prendergast, and in 
order to procure the said Charles Baring Wall to be re- 
turned to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
and Town aforesaid; that many of the persons who gave 
their votes at the said Election for the said Charles Baring 
Wall, were induced to give them by bribery, corrupt pro- 
mises and contracts, and other corrupt practices, and that 
the apparent majority of votes in favour of the said Charles 
Baring Wail, was obtained by the votes of persons who 
were bribed or induced to give their votes to the said 
Charles Baring Wall by such corrupt promises, contracts 
and practices; that the said Charles Baring Wall, by the 
use of the said corrupt and illegal practices, was and is 
wholly disabled, incapacitated and ineligible to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough and Town, and the 
Return of him was and is wholly null and void ; that, 
by the several illegal ways and means and practices afore- 
said, the said Charles Baring Wall obtained a colourable 
majority of votes over the said Michael George Prender- 
gast upon the poll, and procured himself to be returned 
to serve for the said Borough and Town, whereas the said 
Michael George Prendergast had a majority of legal votes 
at the said Election, and was duly elected, and ought to 
have been returned as so elected; the Petitioners therefore 
humbly pray, That the House will.take the premises into 
their consideration, and declare that the said Michael 
George Prendergast is duly elected, and ought to have 
been returned a Member to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough and Town, and. direct the 
Clerk of the Crown to erase the Name of the said Charles 
Baring Wall from the said Return, and to insert therein 
the Name of the said Michael George Prendergast, or 
otherwise to declare the said Election to be wholly void, 
and to grant to the Petitioners such other relief as to the 
House shall seem meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into conside- 
ration upon Thursday, the 15th day of September next, at 


three of the clock in the Afternoon. 
VOL. 86. 





A ugustt. 


755 


Memorandum :—In pursuance of the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 22, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
to the Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns 
of Members to serve in Parliament, Notices were 
sent to the Parties, with Orders for their attend- 
ance, by themselves, their counsel or agents, at the 
time on which the said Petition is ordered to be 
taken into consideration. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons, papers and records as shall be 
thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hearing of 
the matter of the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
provide for the better order and government of Ireland by 
Lieutenants for the several Counties, Counties of Cities, 
and Counties of Towns therein, be now read; and the 
same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

_ An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques- 
tion, by leaving out from the word ‘“ That” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words “ this House will, 
** upon this day six months, resolve itself into the said 
“ Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Question ; it was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :— 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and had directed 
him to report the same to the House, without any Amend- 
ment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into 
further consideration the Report from the Committee of 
the whole House, on the Bill for the extension and pro- 
motion of Public Works in Jreland, be now read; and 
the same being read :—The Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, resolve 
itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider 
further of the Bill:—-The House accordingly resolved 
itself into the Committee. 





And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 16° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a‘'Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend an Act of the fourteenth year of His 
Majesty King George the Third, for establishing a Fund 
towards defraying the Charges of the administration of 
Justice and support of the Civil Government within the 
Province of Quebec, in America, be now read; and the 
same being read :—The House resolved itself into the 
Committee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported 
from the Committee, That they had gone through the 
Bill, and had directed him to report the same to the 
House, without any Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed; and read the 
third time upon Friday next. 


The Order. of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 
in Ireland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 26th day of this instant August. 

9F 2 The 


Committee 
on Lord 
Lieutenants 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Public Works 
(Ireland) 
Bill, re-com- 
mitted ; 


considered. 


Committee 
on Canadian 
Revenue Bill. 


Reform of 
Parliament 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Reform of 
Parliament 
(Scotland) 
Bill, deferred. 


Wine Duties 
Bill, deferred. 


Cotton Factories 
Apprentices 
Bill, deferred, 


Juries 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Debute on Mo- 
tion respecting 
Arms (Ireland), 
adjourned. 


Settlement of 
the Poor Bill, 
deferred. 


Sugar 
Retinery Act, 
deferred. 


Administration 
of Justice 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Distillation 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Game Bill, 
deferred. 


Union of 
Parishes 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


756 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reading 
of the Bill to equalize the Duties on Wine ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read; for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the ; Sore from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill to repeal the Laws relating to 
Apprentices, and other young Persons, employed in Cot- 
ton and other Factories, and in Cotton and other Mills, 
and to make further Provisions in lieu thereof ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws relative 
to Jurors and Juries in Jreland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday, 
the Ist day of July last, “‘ That leave be given to bring 
in a Bill to regulate the importation of Arms into Jre- 
land ;” 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reading 
of the Bill to alter and amend the Laws of Settlement by 
Hiring and Service ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 24th day of this instant August. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 


’ sider of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 49, to continue, until the 


Fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty, 
the Provisions of an Act to allow Sugar to be delivered out 
of Warehouse to be refined ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to improve the Administration of Justice in 
Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve it- 
self into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppres- 
sing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 
in Ireland; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill to amend the Laws in England 
relative to Game ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to amend an Act passed. in the seventh and eighth years 
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
intituled, “‘ An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws 
in force in Ireland, for Unions and Divisions of Parishes, 
and for uniting or disappropriating appropriate Parishes 
or parts of Parishes, and to make further Provision with 
——e erecting Chapels of Ease, and making Perpetual 

ures ; l 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


15°—16° Augusiz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 
in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 26th day of this instant August. 





A. 1831. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Exchen, 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Coun 
for making Provision for the Dispatch ofthe Business now Bit, 3 
done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; ’ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Mon: . 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Stee 
ing of the Bill to regulate the Navigation of Steam Boats Ves, 
and Vessels upon certain Parts of the River Thames; _ “eer, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Coury 
ing of the Bill to explain and amend an Act for regulating Lav} 
the receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and Emolu. »ié 
ments receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts of 
Common Law ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon : 
Monday next. 


pation 
wl.) 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Rong 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon —_ 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations — 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion; __ 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


ing 
parinuation 
raniceS, 





The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Lat, 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon a 
the Bill to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty-fourth deem: 
and thirty-eighth years of His Majesty King George the 
Third, so far as the same relate to Double Assessments of 
the Land Tax; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 





Drainage 
pnsidered, 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Comp 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to repeal on Cai 
the Duties of Excise and Drawbacks on Candles; and, Ditisl 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the ” 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made several 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 






The Order of the day being read, for the third reading Rec 
of the ingrossed Bill for transferring the Duties of Re- Tae! 
ceivers General of the Land and Assessed Taxes to Per- 
sons executing the Offices of Inspectors of Taxes, and for 
making other provisions for the receipt and remittance of 
the said Taxes ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Sup, 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- “* 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. | 


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( 
" 
t 

The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Way t 
solve itself into'a Committee of the whole House, to con- Mes a 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply ho r 
granted to His Majesty; I 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve e 


itself into the said Committee. | oT 
0 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- Duc 
port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill a a 


to enable His Majesty to grant an annual Sum to Her Royal jeu 
Highness Victoria Maria Louisa Duchess of Kent, for a 
more adequate Provision for Her said Royal Highness, and , 


for the honourable Support and Education of Her Royal c 

Highness the Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent ; th 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. z 
Lord Viscount Duncannon reported from the Committee Watt 

on the re-committed Bill to authorize and empower the ee al 

Commissioners appointed by an Act of the seventh year of rept. 

his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for extending to Lans 

Charing Cross, the Strand, and Placesadjacent, the Powers ms, 

of an Act for making a more convenient communication th 

from Mary-le-bone Park ; to make and form a new Street » 


from the Strand to Charles-street, Covent Garden ; and to 
6 widen 








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ferred. 


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of Ket 
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defert 





9 Wit IV. 


widen the North end of Bow-street into Long Acre, and 
for other purposes ; and to whom the several Petitions pre- 
gented to the House in the year 1830, for and against the 
said proposed measure, were referred ; That they had con- 
sidered the said Petitions ; and had further examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill; and had directed him to 
report the same to the House, without any Amendment ; 
and the Report was brought up, and read. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Clergymen and Pa- 
rishioners of Seskinane, in the county of Waterford, was 
resented, and read; praying the House to withdraw the 
annual Grant made to the Kildare Street Society, and to 
employ it in diffusing the benefits of Education amongst 
the Poor of Ireland. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
or Extracts of the Minutes of the Board of Treasury (sub- 
sequent to the last Session of Parliament) concerning the 
Superannuation Allowances of Official Persons in the 
several Departments. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till near 
two of the clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned 


till this day. 








Martis, 16° die August ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


A MOTION being made, That the Report which, 
upon the 8th day of this instant August, was made 
from the Committee on the Bill to alter, amend and en- 
large the powers of the several Acts now in force relating 
to the River or Cut from Eau Brink to King’s Lynn, in 
the County of Norfolk, called, The Eau Brink Cut, and 
toraise further Funds for carrying the said Acts into execu- 
tion, be now taken into further consideration :—And the 
House being informed, that printed Copies of the Bill, as 
amended by the Committee, were delivered at the door, 
to the Members of the House, upon Thursday last, pur- 
suant to the Standing Order ; 

Ordered, That the Report be now taken into further 
consideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to take 
the Report into further consideration ; and the Amend- 
ments made by the Committee to the Bill, being read a 
second time, were agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


A Petition of unemployed Carpenters and Joiners of 
the Metropolis, and its vicinity, was presented, and read ; 
complaining of the want of employment; and setting forth, 
That the Petitioners find a great part of this evil in their 
trade has arisen from the introduction of Machinery, and 
the use of Cast Iron to an extent that has dispensed with 
alarge portion of the necessary manual labour formerly 
required in buildings from the Carpenter and Joiner ; and 
praying, That the House will direct a portion of the 
enormous revenue of the Country to be applied to their 
relief, by the construction or repairs of some useful or 
ornamental public buildings. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Bath, was pre- 
sented, and read ; praying, That the House will be gra- 
ciously pleased to abolish all Sinecures whatever, to reduce 
the Standing Army, and all Salaries in places of acknow- 
ledged use, so as to enable the House to repeal a large 
amount of Taxes. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Resolutions passed, and the Regulations made, for 
the allowance to the Poor at a meeting of Magistrates 
acting in and for the Division of Faw/ey, in the County 


of Southampton, at the Petty Sessions held at the Grand 
VOL. 86. | 





15°—16° Augusiz. 


T5T 


Jury Chamber at Winchester, on 31st August 1822 ; stating 
whether the said Regulations are now acted on, or, if not, 
what alterations have been adopted in their stead. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Newtown- 
smith, in the town of Galway, was presented, and read ; 
complaining of the Stamp Duty of 3/. on the admission of 
all Freemen who do not obtain the franchise by any of the 
rights of birth, apprenticeship or marriage ; and praying, 
That the House will be pleased to reduce said Duty to the 
sum of 1/., being the Duty for Protestants. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ahabologue, in the county 
of Cork ;—of Duleek;—of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of 
Kilgarf, Desart, the Island of Kilnagross, Templequinlanand 
Temple Omalus, in the county of Cork;—of Inhabitants of 
Tynneryland and Benekerry, in the county of Carlow ;—of 
Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the United Parishes of Tra- 
more and Carbally, in the county of Waterford ;—of Caher, 
in the county of 7ipperary ;-—of Clogher, in the county of 
Tyrone ;—of Newry ;—and, of Inhabitants of Clonmel,— 
were presented, and read; praying, That the House will 
withhold any further Grant to The Kildare Place Society, 
and adopt such measures as will secure Education to the 
Poor, without interfering with their religious opinions. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and, except the four first, to be printed. 


A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Commons and 
Citizens of the city of Dublin, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners, being a legitimate 
body, formed of component Guilds appointed by ancient 
charter for the protection of Trade and Manufactures, 
cannot but view with deep concern and alarm the present 
distressed condition (except in partial instances) of the 
Trades and Manufactures of the city and liberties of 
Dublin, most of which, from a state of former prosperity, 
are becoming daily more depressed, and some of them are 
entirely annihilated ; the Petitioners have to regret, that 
this state of depression and consequent distress is not 
confined to the manufacturers of Dublin and its liberties, 
but appears to have extended itself throughout the country 
generally ; its flax and linen trade, once the staple of 
Ireland, is receding from the country, and other manu- 
factures and pursuits are in a similar state of decay 
throughout Ireland ; that, in consequence of such a state 
of things, numerous persons that formerly derived support 
from those sources of industry, have been thrown into a 
state of destitution; those who could effect it, have changed 
the labour of the loom and other fallen manufactures to 
different pursuits, which has again led to an increase of 
distress in other trades and occupations, lessening, as it 
has done, the value of labour, by the accession of such 
numbers of persons, and great numbers have emigrated 
from their native country; that this decline in the state 
of manufacturing pursuits has rapidly increased within 
these few years, and particularly from the period when 
different legislative enactments took place, promoting 
the importation into that country of British and Foreign 
manufactures, and other enactments affecting trade and 
manufactures generally, and the Petitioners must therefore 
mainly attribute the effects which have followed to the 
causes which have preceded them; the Petitioners have 
deeply to regret, that, under such a state of suffering 
depression, and while Great Britain and Ireland are so 
overrun with the manufactures of France, that nation 
allows no reciprocity on her part, but, on the contrary 
(unless in trivial instances which she cannot avoid), her 
ports are strictly closed against the manufactures of the 
United Kingdom ; the Petitioners beg permission to state 
as their opinion, that the real state of the local interests 
of Ireland do not appear to have been at all times before 
the Imperial Parliament, nor rightly understood in many 
instances, and to this they must mainly attribute the seve- 
ral measures that have from time to time been proposed 
or enacted for that country, and which have been so detri- 
mental to its various interests, and not from any want of 
good feeling towards Ireland ; the frequent changes in the 


local knowledge in the new members of such Administra- 
tion, must always operate against Jrish interests in the 


Imperial Parliament, unless measures be taken to remedy 


such a vital defect; the Petitioners further beg leave to 
9G state 


Petition 
respecting 
Galway 
Franchise. 


Petitions 
respecting 
Education 
(freland.) 


Petition for 
establishing a 
Board of Trade 
in Dublin, 


Administration of Ireland, and the consequent want of . 


Petition against . 


Renewal of 
Sugar Refinery 
Act, 


Petition re- 
specting Reform 
of Parliament 
(England) Bill, 


Petition for 
alteration in 
Distillery Act 
(Ireland.) 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Petition against 
use of Molasses 
in Breweries 

and Distilleries. 


758 


state that, exclusive of manufacturing employment in Jre- 
land, she abounds with vast natural resources of wealth, 
even surrounding Dublin, which could be made applicable 
for the employment of her population, besides, her bogs, her 
waste lands, be fisheries, the forwarding of public works, 
can all be brought into operation for the promotion of em- 
ployment, the benefit of society, and the wealth of the 
State, but it would require a Board of Commissioners to 
sit in Dublinto develope those resources, and make them 
applicable to practical purposes, who would hold com- 
munication with the different-persons in Jre/and interested 
in trade, manufactures, fisheries, agriculture, and other 
local interests of Ireland, and report to the Lord Lieutenant, 
by which means the Government of Jre/and would always 
be in full possession of the true state of her local interests ; 
such reports, the Petitioners submit, would, by the in- 
formation they would convey, simplify and lighten Jrish 
affairs in the Imperial Parliament, Jre/and would reap the 
decided benefit by the assistance she would in consequence 
receive, and her people would be made prosperous, grate- 
ful and happy; such measure, the Petitioners believe, 
would remove much of the cause that exists in the minds 
of many for a repeal of the Legislative Union with Great 
Britain, and promote an increased unity between the 
two Countries ; the Petitioners therefore humbly pray the 
House, that a Board of Trade may be appointed by Par- 
liament to sit in Dublin, their object being the Trade, Ma- 
nufactures, Commerce, Fisheries, Agriculture, all Public 
Works, and general internal improvements in Jredand ; 
that such Board be composed of persons practically ac- 
quainted with such interests, and that the said Board be 
incorporated with such powers as the wisdom of the House 
will consider necessary to carry into practical effect the 
objects herein stated by the Petitioners. ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of J. 7. Alston, Chairman of a Meeting of 
the Merchants of Liverpool engaged in trade with the 
East Indies, was presented, and read ; praying, That the 
House will not renew the late Act to permit the refining 
of Foreign Sugar on the same terms as before, but that the 
system of refining in bond may be established, as that 
alone free from all objection, or, in case it should be con- 
sidered requisite by the House, that a Select Committee 
be appointed to inquire fully into the whole subject, before 
again legislating upon a question of so much importance 
to the interest of the British Colonies, as well as the Na- 
tion at large. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of Swansea, in 
the county of G/amorgan, was presented, and read; taking 
notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of the 
People in England and Wales; and praying, That the 
House will not. sanction any alteration in the existing 
Clause, which grants a separate Member to Swansea, 
Neath, Loughor, Aberavon and Kenjfig, but that it may 
remain as originally proposed to the House. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. : 


A Petition of Thomas Haughton, of Carlow, Distiller, 
was presented, and read ; praying the House, as they va- 
lue the unerring principle of justice, and the peace and 
prosperity of Jreland, forthwith to render relief to the 
Distillers of Ireland, by causing the Clause or Clauses of 
the Distillery Laws, granting Drawback, to be forthwith 
repealed, and, by so doing, they will avert the total ruin 
which must otherwise befall the trade. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Sir Henry Bunbury have leave of ab- 
sence for ten days, on account of ill health. 
Ordered, That Mr. Fynes Clinton have leave of absence 


for ten days, on account of a death in his family. 


A Petition of Noblemen, Freeholders, Justices of the 
Peace, and Commissioners of Supply of the County of 
Haddington, was presented, and read ; praying the House 


not to allow the use of Molasses in the Breweries and 
Distilleries of the United Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Molasses. 





16° August. 





A183), 


A Petition of Tithe-payers of the united parishes of re, 
Graig and Ullard, in the county of Kilkenny, was pre. *iy 
sented, and read ; praying the House to adopt some other oe 
mode of paying the Clergy of the Established Church, 
and abolish Tithes and Church Rates altogether, and to 
take into their consideration the necessity of reforming 
the Church as well as the Rotten Boroughs, mindful, how. 
ever, to provide for the Clergy of the Established Church, 
support, commensurate to their rank and labours, 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sis oboe hae 


REE ey, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Carrick-on-Suir, in the pais, 
county of Tipperary, was presented, and read; praying !# 
that the House may be pleased to entirely disband and cn, 
disarm the Yeomanry of Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to Ani 
the Clerk of the Crown in Jredand, to make out a new Bing 
Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present “® 
Parliament for the Borough of Armagh, in the room of 

Lord Viscount Ingestre, who, since his Election for the 

said Borough, hath accepted the office of Steward or Bai- 

liff of His Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, 
Desborough and Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham, 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Roupell and Mr. ty 

Adam: hag 
Mr.Speaker, | ’ 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act fig 
for better repairing and improving several Roads leading bil FT 
to and from the Town of Frome, in the County of Somerset, JF 
without any Amendment: And also, bu 

The Lords have passed -a Bill, intituled, An Act to Tk 
amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the 
seventh and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, ‘= 
intituled, “ An Act to amend the Acts for building, and cam 
promoting the building, of additional Churches in popu- 
lous Parishes;” to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Notice being taken that no Return had been made to (uf + 
the Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in “inh — 
Parliament for the Borough of Great Grimsby, although "i 
the Election had taken place, and was finished last 
Wednesday ; 

Ordered, That the Deputy Clerk of the Crown do forth- 
with attend the House, to give information to the House 
relating to the said Writ. 

The Deputy Clerk of the Crown attended accordingly 
in his place, and informed the House, that the Writ was m 
issued on the 3d day of this instant August, and thatno 
Return had been made to the same at three of the clock 
this day. , 

Ordered, That the High Sheriff of the County of Lincoln, te 
and the Returning Officer of the Borough of Great 
Grimsby, do attend this House upon Friday next. “4 
or of 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His sma“ 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 5% 
rections, that there be laid before this House, an Account i 
of the Population, under the Census of 1821, of each FF 
County in England and Wales, exclusive of, and distin J 
guishing (under the head of the County in which it may — 
be wholly or principally situated) the Population of each 
City, Town or District which is to send a Member or 
Members to Parliament under the Provisions of the Re- 
form Bill; enumerating each County in the order of the 
amount of such Population, stating the Number of Mem- 
bers which each such County, City, Town or Districtis JF 
to send to Parliament, and the amount of Assessed Taxes § 
paid in the year 1830 for each such County, City, Town 
or District ; distinguishing them as aforesaid. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


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A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, © 
That the Order of the day, for the House to resolve itself ¥¢ 
into a Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to ( 
amend the Representation of the People in England and 
Wales, be now read ; A 

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_.An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques- 


16°17 


tion, by leaving out from the word ‘* That” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words “an humble 
« Address be presented ‘to His Majesty, that He will be 
ciously pleased to give directions that there be laid 
before this House (as early as pending Negotiations 
may admit), information, showing in how far neutrality 
may have been observed or violated in the present War 
by the States bordering on Poland, especially Prussia ; 
whether in reference to those bodies of Troops that 
may have taken refuge or passed within neutral fron- 
tiers, to supplies of Provisions, of Arms, of Munitions, 
or aid of any kind, or in respect to the free passage, or ob- 
structions to the passage, of merchandize, to and from the 
Territories of the Kingdom of Poland,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Question; it was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House upon the 
said Bill, be now read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, 
“ That it be an Instruction to the Committee on the Bill, 
« that they do make provision therein for the return to this 
«“ House of Members to represent certain Colonies and 
« Foreign Possessions of His Majesty ;” it passed in the 
«« Negative. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Ciause, N° 14. (Isle of Wight to return a Member) 


——read. 
P. 4. 1.18. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “One” . ) ea 
Whereupon another Amendment was proposed, To fill 
the blank with ‘ Two.” 
Question put, That the blank be filled with “ One” 
——Agreed to. 
In the same line, Amendment proposed, After 
“ Knight” to insert “ of the Shire” Agreed to. 
P. 4. 1. 25. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
“ Elections” to the énd of the Clause Agreed to. 
Cause, N° 14, as amended agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 














And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurit, 17° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that’he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


re- 
¢ Patent 
mor of 


of 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of the 
Letters Patent under which the Governor of the Js/e of 
Wight holds that Office. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to repeal several Acts, and parts of Acts, prohibiting the 
payment of Wages in Goods, or otherwise than in the 
current Coin of the Realm; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


Acts 
| Bill, 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 

ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 

to prohibit the payment, in certain Trades, of Wages in 

og or otherwise than in the current Coin of the 
ealm ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


on Mo- 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the ad- 


van), journed Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday, the Ist 
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Augustr; T59- 
day of July last, “‘ That. leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to regulate the Importation of Arms into Jreland ;” 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


Candle Du- 
ties Repeal 
Bull, reported. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, on the Bill to repeal the Duties of Excise and 
Drawbacks on Candles, the Amendments which they had 
made to the Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The ingrossed Bill for transferring the Duties of Re- 
ceivers General of the Land and Assessed Taxes to Per- 
sons executing the Offices of Inspectors of Taxes, and for 
making other provisions for the receipt and remittance of 
the said Taxes, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the Lords, 
and desire their concurrence. 


Receivers of 
Taxes Bil}, 
passed. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, on the 
Bill to enable His Majesty to grant an annual Sum to Her 
Royal Highness Victoria Maria Louisa Duchess of Kent, 
for a more adequate Provision for Her said Royal High- 
ness, and for the honourable Support and Education of 
Her Royal Highness the Princess Alevandrina Victoria of 
Kent ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


Duchess 
of Kent’s 
Annuity Bill, 
deferred. 


Ordered, That the Accounts of all Twenty-eight-gun 
Ships and Ten-gun Brigs at present in the British Navy, 
and, of all Twenty-eight-gun Ships and Ten-gun Brigs now 
building, and ordered to be built, which were presented to 
the House upon the 5th day of this instant August, be 
printed. 


Accounts to 
be printed. 


No. 170. 


Mr. Frankland Lewis reported from the Committee on 
the Bill for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in 
the Cities of London and Westminster, and in certain parts 
of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hert- 
fordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire; That they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made several Amendments thereunto; and the Report was 
brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed.. 


London 
Coal Bill, 
reported. 


No. 171. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the amount of the Expenses paid by the Lords 
Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury on account of: ae 
all Select Comimittees of the House of Commons, andCom- ©... ons. 
mittees of the whole House, since the end of the year 
1800; distinguishing the Expenses, under separate heads, 
of each Committee, and in each year. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Total Amount of the Expenses paid by the 
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury relative to the fol- 
lowing Disfranchisement Bills; viz. Aylesbury, in the year 
1804; Helleston, in the years 1813, 1814, 1815 and 1816; 
Barnstaple, in the year 1819; Penryn, in the year 1819, 
and in the years 1827, and 1828; and Grampound, in the 
years 1820 and 1821; distinguishing the several years. 


Accounts, 
ordered : 


Disfranchise- 
ment Bills. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, an Account 
of the Total Expenses incurred in building, repairing, 
fitting, and furnishing the several Gaols and Houses of 
Correction in England and Wales, since the year 1800; 
distinguishing such several Gaols and Houses of Correc- 
tion. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 

9G 2 The 


Address 
respecting 
Gaols. 





Amendments to 
Manchester, 
Bolton, and 
Bury Railway 
Bill, agreed to. 


Petition re- 
specting Reform 
of Parliament 


(England) Bill. 


Petition against 
coutinuance of 
Grant to May- 
nooth College. 


Amendments 
to Liverpool 
(St. Bridgett’s) 
Church Bill, 
agreed to, 


Petition for 
Provision in 
Hackney 
Coaches Bill. 


760 16°—17° 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Canal 
Navigation from Manchester to Bolton and to Bury to 
make and maintain a Railway from Manchester to Bolton 
and to Bury, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, upon 
or near the Line of the said Canal Navigation, and to 
make and maintain Collateral Branches to communicate 
therewith; and the same were read; and are as fol- 
loweth ; 

Pr. 66. 1. 36. Leave out from “ aforesaid” to “ And” 
in pr. 67. 1. 37. ‘ 

Pr. 102. 1. 34. Leave out from “ Middleton” to “as” 
in line 36. 

Pr.256. 1.26. Leave out from “Lancaster” to “ Provided” 
in pr. 258. 1. 5. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, were 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Lord Stanley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the: Amendments made by their Lordships. 


A Petition of Freemen of Sandwich, resident in Mar- 
gate, was presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill 
to amend the Representation of the People in England 
and Wales; and praying, That the same indulgence may 
be granted to them which has been extended to other 
places, and that the resident Freemen of the towns of 
Ramsgate and. Margate may be continued in the privilege 
of voting in perpetuity at the Sandwich Elections ; that if 
the privilege of voting in perpetuity be denied them, the 
Petitioners trust, at least, as upon every established pre- 
cedent, whether civil, ecclesiastical or political, they, the 
resident Freemen of A/argate and Ramsgate may have 
continued to them the right of voting at the Sandwich Elec- 
tions during the term of their natural lives. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Bristol, and its 
vicinity, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the 
Petitioners cannot but deeply regret that the Government 
of the Country has for a long period sanctioned a Grant of 
nearly 10,000/. a-year to the Roman Catholic College. at 
Maynooth, by which means 250 students are supported, and 
about 50 are annually sent forth as Priests to propagate 
the tenets of the Roman Catholic Religion ; and praying, 
That such Grant may for the future be discontinued. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. . 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for endowing a Church, called, Saint Bridgett, in 
the Parish of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster ; and the same were read, and are as followeth ; 

Pr. 11. 1. 12. Leave out from “if” to “ any” in 
line 13; and in line 13 leave out “ other.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, were 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Lord Stanley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


A Petition of George Shillibeer, inventor of the original 
Omnibus, and late Proprietor of several running from 
Paddington to the Bank, residing at No. 55, Penton-street, 
Pentonville, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the Petitioner, having attentively considered the great ac- 
commodation afforded the inhabitants of Paris by the 
running of carriages termed “ Omnibus” within the me- 
tropolis, and, convinced that a similar mode of convey- 
ance through the streets of London would tend materially 
to the dispatch of business in this great commercial city, 
from practical experience on the road from Paddington to 
the Bank, where the Petitioner first introduced the Om- 
nibus, and to ae convenience, and, comfort in general of 
the immense population of London, humbly prays, That 
the House may, be pleased, in the meditated alteration in 
the Hackney Coach Act, to take into consideration the 
extreme convenience the establishment of Omnibii on 
the same footing as in Paris must prove, especially to the 
middling class of trades-people, whose finances cannot 
admit of the accommodation of a Hackney Coach, and 
are therefore necessitated to lose that time in walking 


7 


Augusti. 





A. 1831, 


which might be beneficially devoted to business at home, 
to say nothing of the numerous annoyances they experi. 
ence during winter, while by an Omnibus they could 
unite comfort, dispatch, and that grand desideratum under 
the present depressed state of trade, economy ; the Peti- 
tioner further begs to observe, that such carriages are not 
likely to militate against Hackney Coaches or Cabriolets, 
from the circumstance of their not diverging from a speci- 
fied route, and being chiefly resorted to by the middling 
class of society, who cannot afford the comfort of a car- 
riage at adearer rate, and by females, who are frequentl 
deterred from entering a Hackney Coach, lest they be sub: 
jected to extortion or abuse; the Petitioner humbly en- 
treats the House will take into consideration the great 
advantages derivable from such an alteration in the 
Hackney Coach Act as would admit of the said Omnibii 
running through the town, and thus allowing its inhabi- 
tants that convenience enjoyed by those residing in the line 
of road from Paddington to the Bank ; and further pray- 
ing, That the House wi!l be pleased to introduce a Clause 
in the new Hackney Coach Act, authorizing the Omnibii 
to run in the metropolis by unvarying routes through the 
principal streets, and that the Duty on such carriages 
running within five miles of the General Post Office may 
be regulated upon a weekly scale in a similar manner to 
the Hackney Coaches, and not as the Omnibii are at pre: 
sent rated under the Stage Coach Act by a Mileage Duty ; 
the Petitioner humbly submitting to the House, that in 
fact Omnibii being quite within the meaning of Hackney 
Coaches, ought to be regulated by the Act now passing 
through the House. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Hackney Coaches Bill. 


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nce Bi 
1 ited. 





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agains 
nt of 
bo Bill, 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Cw 
to amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the Bilis 
seventh and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, jj , 
intituled, “ An Act to amend the Acts for building, and. ,,, 
promoting the building, of additional Churches in popu- 
lous Parishes,” was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return, Rem 
from the Clerk of the Peace, of all the registered Forty- ~~ 
shilling Freeholders of the County of the City of Dublin, rie 
with the Dates of the Instruments granting the respective [ 
Freeholds, the Description of their Freeholds, and the 
Quantity of Land comprised in each, as _— by the 
Registry thereof, where situate, under whom held, by 
whom occupied, and if in the actual possession of the 
Freeholder, or otherwise. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till half 


an hour after twelve of the clock on Tuesday i) 


morning, adjourned till this day. 








Mercurtt, 17° die August ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


6 Wis House being informed that Mr. Johnson, from ti 
the Office of the Chief Secretary for Zredand, attended "Ws 
at the door, he was called in; and at the bar presented 

to the House, pursuant to their Orders,—A Return of g4. 
the Amount of Tolls received from the several Works on , 
the River Shannon, under the Directors General of Inland 
Navigation during the last Ten years; distinguishing the 
Tolls received at each; so also, of the Expenditure at the 
separate Stations, under the several heads of Salaries, 
Repairs and New Works. 

A Copy of the Agreement between the Directors Gene- Si" 
ral of Inland Navigation and the Dire¢tors of the Grand \" 
Canal Company, under which the Navigation of the ™ 
Shannon from Athlone to Portumna was conveyed to the ) 
Grand Canal Company. = 

A Return of Applications for leave to file Criminal “ : 
Informations in the Court of ‘King’s Bench in Ireland," , 
against Justices of the Peace, from the Ist January 1820 © 
to the 31st December 1830 :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. A | 

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9 Witt. IV. 
An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
dissolve the Marriage of Samuel Le Feuvre otherwise 
Le Fevre, Esquire, with Mary his now Wife, and to en- 
able him to marry again,’and for other purposes, was read 
: a second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
P whole House, for Thursday, the 25th day of this instant 
st. 
¥ at That it be an Instruction to the Committee, 
That they do hear counsel and examine witnesses for the 


evre’s 
nrce Bill, 
pitted. 


Bill; and also, that they do hear counsel and examine 
z witnesses against the Bill, if the Parties concerned think 
E fit to be heard by counsel, or produce witnesses. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to alter, 
amend and enlarge the powers of the several Acts now in 
passe. force relating to the River or Cut from Eau Brink to 
King’s Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, called, The Eau 
Brink Cut, and to raise further Funds for carrying the 
said Acts into execution, be now read the third time ; 
Mr. Poulett Thomson, by His Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That His Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives His consent, as 
far as His Majesty’s interest is concerned, that the House 
may do therein as they shall think fit, 
P Then the Bill was read the third time; and several 
i Amendments were made to the Bill. 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Lord Francis Osborne do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Blackburn, was presented, 
and read ; taking notice of the Bill to alter and amend the 
Laws of Settlement by Hiring and Service ; and praying, 
That the same may not pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


"hue 

uid 

\ elit 

Bill, 
Nall 







Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, Copies of the 
several Orders sent to the Colonies for emancipating the 
Slaves belonging to the Crown, and of any Correspond- 
ence subsequent to that already presented to the House, 
between His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies 
and the Governors of the Colonies, or any Persons in 
Great Britain, in relation to that measure, or as to the 
means by which the Slaves emancipated are to be main- 
tained. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. , 


ing 
Emane 
ition. 


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Reun 
Dubli 
Freie 

ores 


A Petition of Distillers of Maryborough Collection, 

ing Ireland, was presented, and read; praying, That the 

1) House will be pleased to take into consideration the de- 

i pressed state of the trade, owing to the decided advan- 

a tage which has been given to the Scotch Distillers by the 

: 3: Malt Drawback, which enables them to undersell the 

) Frish Distillers in their own market, although it is very 

i well known that the Scotch Spirit is chiefly produced 

from Irish Corn; such being the case, the Petitioners 

humbly pray for an alteration in the existing laws, so as 

to put them on an equal footing with their brethren in 
trade in Scotland. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


\ A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Kilmanaghan, 
in the King’s County;— and, of Householders of the 
parish of Saint Michan, Dublin, —were presented, and 


read; praying for the introduction of Poor Laws into 
Ireland. 


And the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Protestant and Roman Catholic ‘Inhabi- 
tants of the Parish of Ballymacwilliam, in the diocese of 
Kildare and King’s County ;—and, of Tithe-payers of the 
parish of Harristown,—were presented, and read; pray- 
ing the House to take the Tithe System in general into 
their most serious consideration, and pass such a Bill as, 
in their wisdom, shall seem best calculated to extend relief 
to the Petitioners and the Kingdom at large. 

So pon pags Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
; and to be printed. 
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17 A ugusti. 


said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


761 

Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to con- Power toa 
sider the possibility of making the House of Commons Committee. 
more commodious and less unwholesome, have Power to 
send for persons, papers and records, and to report their 


Observations thereupon, together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them, to the House. 


A Petition of Protestant Freemen and Inhabitants of Petition 
Merchant's Quay, in the town of Galway, was presented, a 
and read ; praying, That the House will be graciously na 
pleased to equalize civil rights in Galway, by extending 
to the Roman Catholic Mercantile and Trading Classes 
the Elective Franchise, in as full and ample a manner as 
the same is now enjoyed by Protestants. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petition for 
Reduction of 
Glass Duties 
(Irelund.) 


A Petition of the Magistrates, Clergy and Landholders 
of the barony of Ballynahinch, in the county of Galway, 
was presented, and read; complaining of the reduction of 
the Duty on Barilla, and of the ruin of the trade in Kelp, 
occasioned thereby; and praying the House, as a means of 
rescuing the labouring classes in Ireland from all the hor- 
rors of the present famine and contagion, to reduce the 
Duty on Glass for the general advantage of the peasantry, 
as some equivalent for the ruin of that trade, and to sub- 
stitute a mart for the article used in same by the forma- 
tion of Roads into the vast unreclaimed mountainous tracts 
of the western parts of the county of Galway. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Magistrates, Land-owners, Clergy, 
Merchants and Freeholders of the county and county of 
the town of Galway, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That the western districts of the said counties and 
town at present labour under the most appalling destitu- 
tion, arising in part from the failure of the Potatoe Crop 
and Fisheries, but more peculiarly from the utter ruin of 
the Kelp Trade, which had heretofore afforded means of 
subsistence to 40,000 families, or 200,000 souls, hitherto 
distinguished as the most peaceable, industrious and 
hard-faring class of people in that part of the Empire ; 
and praying the House to grant them relief. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. — 


Petition 
complaining — 
of Distress 
(Ireland.) 


A Petition of Mechanics, Agriculturists, Retailers of Petition 
Beer, and all Working Classes of Society in Boston, was nag 
presented, and read; praying, That the House will not = eines 
make any alterations in the late Act for retailing Beer, 
but allow the same to continue in its present state, for the 
Petitioners humbly submit that the principal objections 
are made by such persons as are interested in the mono- 
poy for the sale of Beer, or by persons who know very — 
ittle about the wants of the labouring classes of society. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kilmalooda, in the county 
of Cork ;—of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Ratoath, in 
the county of Meath ;—and, of the Roman Catholic Rec- 
tor and Inhabitants of the parish of Duagh, in the county 
of Kerry,—were presented, and read ; praying the House 
to transfer at least a part of the Grant annually voted to 
The Kildare Place Society to the Roman Catholic Laity 
and Clergy, to be by them expended on a system of Edu- 
cation agreeable to the feelings, and compatible with 
the religious principles, of a large majority of the Irish 

eople. 
: And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and, except the first, to be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Loughgilly, in the diocese 
and county of Armagh, was also presented, and read ; 
praying the House to continue the annual Parliamentary 
Grant to. the Society for promoting the Education of the 
Poor of Lreland. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions 
respecting 
Education 
(Ireland.) 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Ratoath, Petition for 
in the county of Meath, was presented, and read ; setting — 
forth, That the Petitioners, in common with the rest of Act (Ireland. 
their. Roman Catholic fellow-subjects, feel deeply ag- 

grieved by an Act, iatituled, The Easement of Burial 


9H Bill, 








Petitions for 
repeal of 
Union with 
Ireland. 


Petition re- 
specting Reform 
of Parliament 


({reland) Bill. 


Treland— 
Papers 
ordered : 


Wexford 
Indictments. 


Record of 
Conviction of 
Messrs. Blanch- 
field and Byme. 


Petitions against 
use of Molasses 
in Breweries 

and Distilleries 


Petition 

in favour of 
Election by 
Ballot, &amp;e. 


Petition re- 
specting Reform 
of Parliament 


(England) Bill, 





762 17° Augustt. A. 183), 


Bill, which subjects to prosecution and civil punishment 
the Roman Catholic clergyman who, in conforming with 
the prescriptions of his Ritual, recites any prayers within 
the precincts of the ancient church-yard on occasion of 
the interment of any member of his communion, unless 
he shall have previously complied with the condition in 
said Act, of soliciting and obtaining the permission of the 
Protestant Incumbent of the parish; and praying the 
House to take the premises into consideration, with a view 
to the immediate repeal of the said law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Nailors of the city of Dublin ;—and, 
of Inhabitants of the manor of Grange Gorman, in the 
county of Dublin,—were presented, and read; praying 
for a repeal of the Legislative Union between Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Artisans, Artificers and Mechanics of the 
town of Galway, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners have heard within the last few days 
with alarm and surprise, that a notice has been given of 
a Clause intended to be inserted in the projected Reform 
Bill, which, if carried, would have the effect of neutra- 
lizing those provisions of the Relief Bill which apply to 
towns corporate ; and praying, That the House will reject 
the odious contemplated Clause about to be introduced, 
and that they will adopt such other measures as to the 
House may appear meet and prudent. . 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. | 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of the Indictments sent up to the Grand Jury of the County 
of Wexford against Captain Graham, at the Lent Assizes, 
for Murder. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of the Indictments sent to the same Grand Jury against 
the same Person, for Manslaughter. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of all Informations and Depositions on the subject-matter 
of such Indictments, or any of them, transmitted at or pre- 
yious to the Lent Assizes, to the Crown Office of the 
County of Wexford. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of all Indictments found by the same Grand Jury for 
Manslaughter at Newtownbarry. | 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Record of Conviction, and Judgment thereon, of 
Messrs. Blanchfield and Byrne, at the Lent Assizes for 
the County of Kilkenny. 


A Petition of Corn Merchants and Corn Factors of the 
town of Leith ;—and, of the Proprietors and Occupiers of 
land in the county of Kinross,—were presented, and read ; 
praying, That the law prohibiting the use.of Molasses in 
Breweries and Distilleries may remain unaltered. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Select Committee on Molasses, 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of Ovenden, in 
the parish of Halifax, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That Vote by Ballot is the only remedy for corrup- 
tion and bribery, which disgrace this country at Elections; 
and praying, That the House will, with all possible haste 
and prudence, for the good of the majority of the people of 
England, introduce a Bill for the complete abolition of the 
Corn Laws, that the Petitioners may once more, in a land 
of plenty, taste of untaxed bread. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Apprentices serving within the borough of 
Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the county of Stafford, was pre- 
sented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to amend theRe- 
presentation of the People in England and Wales; and 
setting forth, That the Petitioners have been informed, that 
the said Bill contains a Clause reserving the Elective Fran- 
chise only to such Apprentices now serving as are bound to 
Freemen, and consequently, that all persons now serving to 
non-Freemen, will be excluded from the Elective Franchise, 


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~ 


although (according to the custom within the borough of 
Newcastle-under-Lyme) an apprenticeship for seven years 
to a non-Freeman will confer a title to the freedom of the 
borough indiscriminately with an apprenticeship to a Free. 
man, and although all such Apprentices have, after ad- 
mission to freedom, been hitherto allowed, without excep. 
tion or dispute, to vote in Parliamentary Elections ; that, 
inasmuch as the Petitioners happen to be all serving their 
apprenticeships to non-Freemen, they will be prevented 
from the exercise of the Elective Franchise as the Clause 
now stands, without any reason assigned, so far as they 
can discover, and without any fault on their part, con. 
trary to the custom of the Borough in which they are 
serving ; and praying, That the Rights and Franchises of 
all persons serving Apprenticeships may be personally 
secured to them in their fullest extent. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Tradesmen and Inhabitants of I/minster, pei, 
was presented, and read; praying for a summary and tej 
less expensive process of law to recover Small Debts. Sul 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Order made yesterday, Pris, 
“ That the High Sheriff of the County of Lincoln, and the (** 
Returning Officer of the Borough of Great Grimsby do Wi. 
attend this House upon Friday next,” might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

A Letter from William Henry Hodson, dated Lincoln, 
16th August 1831, on transmitting the Writ, was deli- 
vered in, and read, as follows: 


Gent’, Lincoln, 16th August 1831. 

I send you in a parcel by to-day’s mail this Election 
Writ, with the Sheriff’s Return, and the Indenture of 
Election annexed. 

The delay of which Lord Loughborough complains, has 
not originated with the Sheriff; for it was only last night, 
at half past eight o'clock (about five hours after the 
London mail had left Lincoln), that the Indenture of Re- 
turn was received from the Town Clerk of Grimsby by 
the hands of a special Messenger sent with it. The delay 
has therefore taken place with some parties at Grimsby; 
for, as the 10th instant was the day of Election, the 
Sheriff might have had the Return four days sooner than iehand) Bil 
he did receive it. And as by the Sheriff’s Precept to the ered. 
Returning Officer at Grimsby, the latter was required to ‘ 
make his Return “ immediately after the Election made,” 

I trust the Sheriff will be wholly exonerated. 

Mr. Williams is at present absent from Lincoln. 

Iam, Gent. istration 
Your obedient Servant, m= 
Will” H» Hodson. | 






ri upt Act 
ndinenit 
deferred. 


Messrs. Hawkins &amp; Bloxam, Solicitors, 
New Boswell Court, London. 


Ordered, That so much of the said Order as relates to 

the High Sheriff of the County of Lincoln, be discharged. | 
Bill, 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to Coie. 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon ? 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in (# 
England and Wales, be now read ; and the same being 
read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Criause, N° 15. (Towns which are Counties of them- hes 
selves to be included in adjoining Counties for County nd) Bill 
Elections)——read. M, 

P. 4. 1.37. Amendment proposed, At the end of the 
line to insert “the Parts of Lindsey, in the County of 
“ Lincoln” ——Agreed to. 

P. 4, 1.38. Amendment proposed, After ‘ Coun- 
“ ties” to insert “ at large” Agreed to. 

P. 4. 1.40. Amendment proposed, To leave out 
“ being” and to insert “ and” Agreed to. 

In the same line, Amendment proposed, To leave out 
“¢ themselves” and to insert ‘“ the same respectively ”—— 
Agreed to. 

P.4. 1.41. Amendment proposed, To leave out 
‘“ therewith” and to insert “ with such Counties at large” 
——Agreed to. 

(The Committee then proceeded to Schedule (H.) as fF 
part of the Clause.) | 


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Schedule (H.)——read. 

In the first line, Amendment proposed, To leave out 
«¢ Counties of Cities or Towns” and to insert “ Cities 
«¢ and Towns, and Counties thereof ”——Agreed to. 

In the second column, Amendment proposed, To 
leave out ‘“ Counties of,” and after “‘ Towns” to insert 
«© and Counties thereof ”——-Agreed to. 

Schedule (H.) agreed to. 

Question put, That the Clause N°15, as amended, 
together with Schedule (H.) stand part of the Bill. 

The Committee divided. 
Teller for the Yeas, Sir James Macdonald - 164. 
Teller for the Noes, Sir George Clerk - = -_:124. 
Crause, N° 16. (Right of voting in Counties extended 
to Copyholders and Leaseholders)——read. 

Pp. 5. 1. 6. Amendment proposed, To leave out “ be 
“ seised of, and in” and to insert “ have”--——Amend- 
ment, by leave of the Committee, withdrawn. 

p. 5. 1.6. Amendment proposed, After “ seised” to 
insert ‘ at law or in equity "——-Agreed to. 

Pp. 5. 1.8. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ Ten Pounds.” Agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 














And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Thursday morning ; 


Jovis, 18° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 
again. 

oe That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend an Act of the sixth year of his late Ma- 
jesty for amending the Laws relating to Bankrupts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, the 
3lst day of this instant August, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws relative 
to Jurors and Juries in Jreland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, 
upon the Bill to improve the Administration of Justice in 
Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the _ eae from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill to amend the Laws in England 
relative to Game; 


_ Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration this day. 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to amend an Act passed in the seventh and eighth 
years of the reigr. of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to consolidate and amend the 

aws in force in Jreland, for Unions and Divisions of 
Parishes, and for uniting or disappropriating appropriate 
Parishes or parts of Parishes, and to make further Pro- 
vision with respect to erecting Chapels of Ease, and mak- 
ing Perpetual Cures ; ” 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
riday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

. Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 


itself into the said C ittee. 
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17?’—18° 


August. 763 


The Order of the ‘day being read, for the House to Ways and 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to Means, de- 
consider further of Ways and Means for raising the ‘¢4- 
Supply granted to His Majesty; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Money Pay- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An ment Acts 
Act to repeal several Acts, and parts of Acts, prohibiting = ae 
the payment of Wages in Goods, or otherwise than in the “““""" 
current Coin of the Meiden 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to prohibit the payment, in certain Trades, of Wages 
or or otherwise than in the current Coin of the 

ealm ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Money 
Payment of 
Wages Bill, 
deferred. 


The ingrossed Bill to repeal the Duties of Excise and Candle Du- 
Drawbacks on Candles, was, according to Order, read the ties Repeal 
third time. Bill, passed. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House was moved, That the Act 13 Elizabeth, c. 9, 
for the Commission of Sewers, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Laws relating to Sewers: And that Mr. Hodges 
and Mr. Rider do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sewers 
Regulation 
Bill, ordered. 


Mr. Buller reported from the Committee on the Bill 
to amend the Acts for regulating Turnpike Roads in 
England, so far as they relate to certain Exemptions from 
Toll ; That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Turnpike 
Tolls Regu- 
lation Bill, 
reported. 


No. 173. 


Mr. Hodges presented a Bill to amend the Laws relating 
to Sewers: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till near 


two of the clock on Thursday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 


Sewers 
Regulation 
Bill, pre- 
sented. 
No. 174. 





Jovis, 18° die August ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi 4" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


T H E House being informed that Mr. Smith, from the Paper from 
Court of Chancery, attended at the door, he was Court of 


called in; and at the bar presented to the House, pur- ee 
suant to their Order,—A Copy of the Minute left in the P No, 158. 


Public Office in Chancery, respecting the Retiring Sala- 
ries of Masters Roupell and Martin. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Ewart reported from the Committee on the in- Orford’s: 
grossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for vesting state os , 
an undivided Moiety of a Freehold Estate in Liverpool, "PON * 
in the County Palatine of Lancaster, late the property of _— 
William Orford, Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, for Sale, 
and for investing the proceeds of such Sale for the benefit 
of his infant Son and Heir-at-Law; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; 
and that they had gone through the Bill, and had directed 
him to report the same to the House, without any Amend- 
ment :—And the Bill was read the third time. 


9H 2 Resolved, 








164 


Resolved, That the Bill.do pass:. ... 

Ordered, That Mr, Ewart do carry the Bill to the Lords; 
and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed to the 
same, without any Amendment. 

Petitions for 
introduction of 


Poor Laws into 
Treland. 


A Petition of James Christie, of the city of London, 
Gentleman ;—of Householders of the parish of Saint Ann, 
in the city of Dublin ;—and, of Richard Smyth, L.T. of 
the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Chairman, an Daniel Ki- 
nahan, Secretary of a Meeting of the Citizens of Dublin, 
held at the Mayoralty House on Friday, 9th July 1831,— 
were presented, and read ; praying, That some temporary 
measures may be immediately adopted for raising a suffi- 
cient sum by compulsory assessment to support the destitute 
Poor of Jreland. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and, except the first, to be printed. 


A Petition of West India Planters and Merchants residing 
in the city of Bristol, was presented, and read ; reciting 


Petition against 
Renewal of 


Ax” the Act 9Geo. 4, c. 93, to permit the refining of Foreign 
Sugars for exportation only; and praying, That the said 
Act may not be renewed until the subject shall have been 
referred to.a Select Committee of the House, in which all 
itsdetails and consequences may be thoroughly investigated 

and examined. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 
Address Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
respecting Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
"eg rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return of 


all Offices and Appointments under the Crown in the 
British Dominions, the Duties of which are performed by 
Deputy ; distinguishing the Names of the Principals and 
Deputies, the nature and situation of the Offices, the Dates 
of the several Appointments, the Amount of Salary paid 
by the Public, and the Sums annually received by the 
Deputies, as far as the same can be ascertained. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 
Petition against 
increase of 


Wine Duties 
(Ireland.) 


A Petition of Merchants of the city of Londonderry, was 
presented, and read; praying, That the House will not 
sanction the imposition of additional Duties on any de- 
scription of Wines in Jreland. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Petition respect- 


Petition respes A Petition of several Persons carrying on the trade of 
ng raw DacK 


Distillers in Londonderry, was presented, and read ; set- 
ting forth, That the Drawback of 1s. 2d. per proof gallon 
was granted in 1823, to encourage the manufacture of 
a pure spirit from Malt alone ; that nine-tenths of the 
Spirits on which Drawback is obtained is not of a better 
or purer quality than Raw Grain Spirits, and consequently 
the object for which it was granted has not been obtained ; 
that the Scotch Distillers have received Drawback to the 
amount of 2,000,000/., during which time the Jrish Dis- 
tillers only received 40,000/. or one-fiftieth of the amount, 
to the great injury of the Jrish trade, as well as the Re- 
venue ; the Petitioners have every reason to believe, that a 
very large portion of the Malt on which Drawback has 
been obtained in Scotland, was consumed by the Brewers 
and Raw Grain Distillers ; and they therefore pray, That 


the House will either discontinue the Malt Drawback, or 


eon Malt 
(freland.) 


prohibit the Spirit intercourse between Scctland and’ 


’ Treland. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Petition against 


A Petition of Farmers in Northumberland and Tweed Side, 
vcore attending Coldstream Market ;—of Christopher Middle- 
and Distilleries. gnass, Presiding Magistrate of the royal burgh of Dunbar ; 

—of Maltsters and others in Bishop Stortford ;—of Owners 
and Occupiers of land and Maltsters in Saffron Walden ; 
—and, of Growers of Grain on both sides of the River 
Tweed frequenting the market of the town of Berwick, 
and of Corn Factors and Corn Merchants in the said 
town,—were presented, and read ; praying, That the use 
of Molasses may not be permitted in the Breweries and 
Distilleries of the United Kingdom. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 

the Select Committee on Molasses. 

A Petition of Owners:and Occupiers of land, and others 

engaged in the trade and consumption of Barley in Col- 


chester, and_,its. vicinity, was also presented, and read;: 


18° August. — 


“70 AS 1831: 
praying the House not to pass, any law whereby Molasses 
or Sugar may be introduced into the Breweries and Dis- 
tilleries: | 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Ship-owners of Newcastle, residing IN. Petitions 
North Shields ;—and, of the Chamber of Commerce of * 
the city of Limerick,—were presented, and read ; pray- «i 
ing the House either altogether to repeal or greatly re. Mm 


duce the present Duties on Policies of Marine Insurance. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


A Petition of His Majesty's faithful and loyal Subjects pei, 


Peal of 
ties g 
es of ¥.. 


in the Island of A/auritius, was presented, and read ; set. Redw 
ting forth, That the Petitioners, the Sugar Planters of Datcag 


Mauritius, are suffering great hardships and losses by Soe ig 
2UTitigg 


the inadequate prices at which their produce is sold; that 
this depression, bearing upon the whole of the Sugar.Co- 
lonies of the United anton, is peculiarly severe on the 
Petitioners, who are not indemnified by the price for the 
expenses incurred in the cultivation, manufacturing, load- 
ing and freight of their Sugar; that, to increase their 
produce, whilst slave labour has decreased, the Planters 
have contracted debts to the merchants and manufac- 
turers of Great Britain to a very large amount, for the 
purchase of machinery of the most powerful and expen- 
sive kinds, and for the most copious supplies of British 
manufacture for the use of their slaves, each year far ex- 
ceeding the former in extent, thus giving increased open- 
ings to the investment of British capital, and new and 
considerable outlets to the produce of British industr 

and the employment of British shipping ; that by a colo- 
nial local regulation, made as a precautionary measure 
during the war, the Planters are obliged to ship all their 
produce for exportation at Port Louis, instead of being 
allowed, as in the other Sugar Colonies, to ship it at the 
nearest wharf, a regulation which, in most cases, has the 
effect of adding ten per cent. additional expense upon their 


produce ; that the Island of Mauritius being at thrice the 


distance of the West Indies from the market of the Mother 
Country, the freight and insurance are higher than with 
the Colonies nearer home, whilst the additional length of 
the voyage deteriorates their Sugar, so as to cause an 
average difference of ten per cent. to the prejudice of the 
Planters; that aCustom-House Duty is levied at Port Louis 
of one shilling per hundred weight on Sugar shipped, the 
produce of the Colony, without reference to the value of 
the Sugar, and that the home Duty of 27s. per hundred 
weight is paid on its importation into Great Britain ; both 
these Duties falling equally upon all qualities of Sugar, 
tend to exclude from the home market those of inferior de- 
scription, that is, nearly one-half of the produce of Mau- 
ritius ; that the result of the foregoing circumstances is 
detrimental to the Petitioners, in so far that their Sugars 
imported into Great Britain cost them more than the 
same produce of the other Sugar Colonies, and sell for 
less, and the consequence is, that many Planters abandon 
the Island, carrying their capital with them to foreign 
countries ; that, under these distressing appearances of 
ruin and decay, the Petitioners involuntarily compare their 
lot with that of the Planters of the neighbouring Island of 
Bourbon, rising rapidly in wealth since it was dissevered 
from the government of Mauritius, and now withdrawing 
from that Island so many means of prosperity and riches, 
in which Mauritius had always before decided prepon- 
derance ; that, notwithstanding these disadvantages, the 
Planters and Proprietors of Mauritius glory in their firm 
attachment and unalterable loyalty to His Majesty’s Person 
and Government, and in their undoubting confidence in 
the wisdom, justice and consideration of the House; where- 
fore the Petitioners humbly pray the House, That it may 
be enacted, that the Duty of 27s. per hundred weight 
at present levied in the United Kingdom on their Sugars 
therein imported, may be reduced, and that it may always 
be maintained lower than the Duty upon the Sugar of the 
other Sugar Colonies, which enjoy the notable advantages 
arising from the comparative vicinity to the home market, 
and that there may be framed a Scale of Duties propor- 
tionate to the quality and value of the Sugar, so as to 
admit the importation of lower qualities, without loss, 
into the United Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. fo5.i 


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»- The House was moved, That the Order made yester- 
adress day, for presenting to His Majesty an humble Address, 
—_ that He will be graciously pleased to give directions that 
- there be laid before this House, Copies of the several 
Orders sent to the Colonies for emancipating the Slaves 
belonging to the Crown, and of any Correspondence sub- 
sequent to that already presented to the House, between 
His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies and the 
Governors of the Colonies, or any Persons in Great Bri- 
tain, in relation to that measure, or as to the means by 
which the Slaves emancipated are to be maintained, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
‘io Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
want tions, that there be laid before this House, Copies of the 
"several Orders sent to the Colonies for emancipating the 
Slaves belonging to the Crown, and of any Report (sub- 
sequent to that already presented to the House) made to 
His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, from 
the Governors of the Colonies, in relation to that measure, 
and any directions as to the means by which the Slaves 
emancipated are to be maintained. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of the Master, Wardens and Brethren of 
orn" the Corporation of Barbers and Surgeons, or Guild of Saint 
Bil Mary Magdalene, in the city of Dublin, was presented, 

and read; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Repre- 
sentation of the People in Ireland; and praying, That 
the same may not pass into a law. 


_ Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ie A Petition of the Roman Catholic Prelate and Clergy 
Gl"'¥ of the wardenship of Galway, was presented, and read ; 
praying the House to preserve the right of elective fran- 
chise to the Roman Catholic Mercantile and Trading 
Classes of Galway on an equality with their Protestant 
fellow-citizens and with the Forty-shilling Freeholders. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed, 


A Petition of the Kensington and Hammersmith Branch 
of the National Union, and Inhabitants of that neigh- 
ition. hourhood in Public Meeting assembled, was presented, 
and read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Repre- 
sentation of the People in England and Wales; and 
praying the House that Kensington and Hammersmith 
may return one Member to Parliament, that every house- 
holder in the Kingdom paying taxes may vote for Mem- 
bers, and that the expenses of Elections be paid by the 
county, city or borough returning the Members, and not 
by the Members or their friends, as the expense of all 
other public business is defrayed. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


it A Petition of John Gilbert, late of the Isle of Portland, 
ing to NOW a prisoner for debt in the gaol of Castlerushen, Isle of 
We o¢ 4an, was presented, and read ; complaining of the unjust 

and partial exercise of the insular laws in the Isle of 
Man; and praying, That the House may be pleased to 
give directions that the English laws be speedily extended 
to that Isle, and that an English Judge, or Commissioner, 
be appointed to visit the Isle of Man four times, or at 
least twice, in each year for the future, to preside in the 
Insolvent Debtors’ Court, and also to administer justice in 
the other Law Courts, and to. grant such other redress as 
the House may deem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Fletcher, late of Bournham-house, 
“. Carshalton, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
* a Debenture (118/.). becoming due for drawback on 
eer exported by the Petitioner, application was made 

by him atthe proper office; the oath to the Debenture 
was administered, and 5s. 3d. paid for office fee; this 
Debenture states,that in fourteen days he was entitled to 
the return of his money (113/.) drawback for 125 barrels 


“wore? him exported ; that the Petitioner at the time 





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765 


having no pressing demand for the money, was induced 
to leave the paper at the Debenture Office, when, on ap: 
plication for the money, he was referred for inquiry to 
another office, and so on to a third, and, finally, was de- 
frauded not only of the Debenture, but the money also 
paid on account of this transaction ; stating further parti- 
culars of his case; and praying for justice, and that thé 
House will institute such inquiry into the facts as will 
protect the rights and property of the Subject and the 
Revenues of the Crown against the dangers and depre- 
dations to which they long have, and now continue to be, 
exposed. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Wakefield, of Wolseley Bridge, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That at the present 
moment, in the Petitioner’s humble opinion, it would be 
of great benefit to the nation at large, which he trusts the 
House will see, without his reasons being specifically stated, 
that if two-thirds of the Stamp Duty were taken off from the 
Policies of Assurance on agricultural produce; buildings 
and implements, it would be the means of inducing the 
agriculturists of the United Kingdom to assure their stock, 
which the Petitioner thinks is not so much attended to at 
this particular time as it ought to be, in consequence, as the 
Petitioner supposes, of the high rate of Duty ; the Petitiorier 
also presumes that, should his Petition be granted, such 
would be the great increase of Assurance as would add 
to, rather than diminish, the actual Revenue of the State. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Petition for 
Reduction of 
Stamp Duty on 
Policies of Fire 
Tusurance. 


A Petition of the Rector, Vestrymen, Churchwardens 
and Governors and Directors of the Poor of Saint James, 
within the liberty of Westminster, in the county of Mid- 
dlesex, was presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill 
for the better regulation of Vestries, and for the appoint- 
ment of Auditors of Accounts in certain Parishes of Eng- 
land and Wales ; and praying, That they may be heard by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petition 
against 
Vestries Bill. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Conna, in Petition 
the county of Cork, was presented, and read ; praying the respecting 
House to withhold the usual Grants from the Ki/dare-street (lueland.) 
Society, and to supply the Petitioners through some other 
channel with the means of providing for their children 
an education that will not clash with their religious feel- 
ings and principles. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of James O’ Donnell and William Reynolds, of Petition 
Grafton-street, in the city of Dublin, Silk Manufacturers, Sub-letiing Act 
was presented, and read; reciting the Act 7 Geo. 4, c. 29, (feland). 
to amend the Law of Jreland respecting the Assignment 
and sub-letting of Lands and Tenements; and praying, 

That in the event of any modification of the said Statute, 
the provisions thereof may not extend or have operation in 
relation to houses or premises in Cities or Towns. 7 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


A Petition of Throwsters and Manufacturers interested Petition 
in Silk Mills and Factories in the county of Esser, was (ore tories 
presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to repeal Aggoentione 
the Laws relating to Apprentices, and other young Per- ” 
sons, employed in Cotton and other Factories, and in 
Cotton and other Mills, and to make further provisions in 
lieu thereof ; and praying, That the House will protect 
them from the injuries that the proposed enactment would 
inflict upon themselves and their work-people, by exempt- 
ing the silk trade from the operation of the proposed Bull, 
and allow the Petitioners to give evidence before the 
House against the enactment of the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, Motion respect- 
That there be laid before this House, a Copy'of the Re- ah Recotiey, 
port of the Commissioners of Legal Inquiry on the Claims withdrawm 
of Lescesne and Escoffery in 1826 and 1827 :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

91 A Message 








The Lords 
have agreed 
to 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Woolvercot 
(Oxford) In- 
closure Bill. 


Exeter 
Roads Bill, 
with an 
Amendment. 


The Lords 
have passed 
Kinnaird’s 
Divorce Bill, 


Flathmann’s 


Nat. Bill. 


Motion 
respecting 
Tonnage Duties 
(France) with- 
drawn. 


Motion 
respecting 
Belgium, 
withdrawn, 


Committee 
on Reform of 
Parliament 


(England) Bill. 


766 13°—19° 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingjield and 
Mr. Roupell : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to defray the Charge of the 
Pay, Clothing and Contingent and other Expenses of the 
Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, and 
to grant Allowances, in certain cases, to Subaltern Officers, 
Adjutants, Paymasters, Quarter-masters, Surgeons, Assist- 
ant Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates, and Serjeant Majors of 
the Militia, until the Thirtieth day. of June one thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-two : ; 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in the 
Parish of Woolvercot; in the County of Oxford, and for 
commuting the Tithes of the said Parish: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to amend an Act of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, for repairing the several Roads leading to and 
from the City of Eweter, and for making certain new 
Lines of Road to communicate with the same, and for 
keeping in repair Eve Bridge and Countess Wear Bridge, 
and to make and maintain other Roads communicating 
with the said Roads, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
dissolve the Marriage of Hugh Kinnaird, Esquire, with 
Ann his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 
for other purposes ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
naturalizing Herman Hinrich Flathmann ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, 
that He will be graciously pleased to give directions, that 
there be laid before this House, Copies or Extracts of 
Correspondence between His Majesty’s Government and 
the Consul General at Paris, relative to the Tonnage and 
other Duties on British Vessels in the Ports of France, 
subsequent to the Convention 26th January 1826 :—And 
oa said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 

rawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, 
that He will be graciously pleased to give directions, that 
there be laid before this House, a Copy of all the Proto- 
cols and other Documents relating to the Conferences on 
the Affairs of Belgium, which can be laid before this 
House without detriment to the Public Service :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 
read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That it be an Instruction to the Committee, That they do 
make Provision therein for the further increase of Knights 
to serve in Parliament for the different Counties in the 
Principality of Wales :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cause, N*16.—(Right of voting in Counties extended 
to Copyholders and Leaseholders.) 
é 5. 1.9. Amendment proposed, To leave out “ or 
“* who.” 
Question put, That “or who” stand part of the Clause 
Agreed to. 
In the same line, Amendment proposed, At the end 
of the line to insert “ lessee or assignee”——Agreed to. 
P.5. 1,10. Amendment proposed, To leaye out “ by 
** any lease,assignment or other instrument,” and to insert 
*€ demised ” Agreed to. 
__P. 5. 1.11. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “Sixty Years” Agreed to. 
P. 5. 1. 12. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “Ten Pounds ”——Agreed to. 




















A. 183), 


P. 5. 1.13. Amendment proposed, To leave out, afte; 


Augusti. 





the first “or,” all the words to “ shall have a right” jp ae 
line 17, and to insert “any Person occupying and farmin _ 
“ on his own account any Land at a yearly Rent of not . 
“ less than Fifty Pounds, and having been one year jp Pn Sel 
* bond fide occupation of such Land.” "children. 


Question put, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause. 


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ne Society’ 
The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Spring Rice - - 148. 

Teller for the Noes, The Marquis of Chandos 232, je Orphan 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
And the House having continued to sit till after twelve oon 

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of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 19° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further ™ 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the Com- - 
mittee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading [jy 
of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Lie 
provide for the better order and government of Zredand by ‘\* 
Lieutenants for, the several Counties, Counties of Cities, “™ 
and Counties of Towns therein ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- ju 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the “i 
Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations and “™ 
Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain pro- 
fessing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

- Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


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pests, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into further Guy 
consideration the Report from the Committee of the whole «i 
House, on the Bill to amend the Laws in England relative 
to Game ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration this day, 


Mr. Lamb presented to the House, putsuant to their ten 
Address to His Majesty,—A Return of the Fifty-six Eng- 5" 
lish Boroughs, the Population of which stands lowest in ke 
the Census of 1821, with the Population of the same ac- ™ 
cording to the Census of 1831, of the Forty-one Boroughs . 
immediately above them, and also of the Sixteen Boroughs 
next in order, according to the local limits of the Returns 
of 1821, those Boroughs being excluded which now re- 
turn one Member only (excepting Higham Ferrers),as well 
as those which are placed in Schedule (E.) of the Reform 
Bill; distinguishing the Boroughs which now stand in 
Schedules (A.) and (B.) respectively, or are in neither of 
those Schedules. 

A Return of the Fifty-six English Boroughs, the Popu- 
lation of which stands Jowest in the Census of 183], of 
the Forty-one Boroughs immediately above them, and 
also of the Sixteen Boroughs next in order, according to 
the local limits of the Returns of 1821, those Boroughs 
being excluded which now return one Member only 
(excepting Higham Ferrers), as well as those which are 
placed in Schedule (E.) of the Reform Bill ; distinguish- 
ing the Boroughs which now stand in Schedules (A.) and 
(B.) respectively, or are in neither of those Schedules. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


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thequer, 


Mr. Spring Rice presented to the House, by His Ma- — 
jesty’s Command,—An Estimate of the Sum that will be jw 
required in aid of the Expense of supporting the Protestant \ 
Charter Schools of Ireland, for the year 1831. ' 

An Estimate of the Sum necessary to enable the Lord Bi 
Lieutenant of Ireland to issue Money in aid of Schools, 
and for the advancement of Education. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to defray F 
the Expense of the Foundling Hospital in Dublin, for the i 
year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in aid of - 
the Expense of supporting the House of Industry in Dubin, 
the Lunatic Department, and the three General Hospitals 
attached, for the year 1831. Pon 


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9 WiLL. IV. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in aid of 
- the Expense of supporting the Richmond Lunatic Asylum, 
for the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in aid of 
the Expense of the Hibernian Society for the care of Sol- 
diers’ Children, for the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in aid of 
the Charge of the Hibernian Marine Society in Dubiin, 
for the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in aid of 
the Expense of the Female Orphan House, Circular Road, 
Dublin, for the year 1831. 


puta 
y for Sol- 
Children 


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ne Society+ 


le Orphan 


ut An Estimate of the probable Expense of supporting the 
Hospital Westmorland Lock Hospital, for the year 1831. 
in An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in aid of 


the Expense of the Lying-in Hospital, Dubiin, for the year 
1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in aid of 
the Expense of Dr. Steevens’s Hospital, Dubiin, for the year 
1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in aid of 
the Expense of the Fever Hospital and House of Recovery, 
Cork-street, Dublin, for the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in aid of 
the Expense of the Hospital for. Incurables at Dublin, for 
the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required on ac- 
count of the Expense of the Roman Catholic College at 
Maynooth, for the year 1831. 

Dublin An Estimate of the Sum that will be required on ac- 
count of the Expense of the Royal Dudlin Society, for 
the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in aid of 
the Expense of the Royal Zrish Academy, for the year 
1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to defray 
the Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners of Cha- 
ritable Donations and Bequests, for the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to defray 
the Expense of the Belfast Academical Institution, for 
the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the probable Expenditure of the Board 
of Works in Zreland, for the year 1831, for the several 
Buildings within His Majesty’s Castle (except those al- 
lotted for Ordnance purposes), the Law Courts and Offices, 
and nine other Public Buildings or Offices, the Build- 
ings, Gardens and Pleasure Grounds occupied by the 
Lord Lieutenant, Chief Secretary, Under Secretary, and 
Lodge Keepers in the Phaniv Park, and the upholding 
and continuing the improvement of the said Park. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to pay 
the Salaries and other Expenses of the Chief and Under 
Secretaries’ Offices, and Apartments, and other Public 
Offices in Dublin Castle, &amp;c.; also, for Riding Charges 
and other Expenses of the Deputy Pursuivants and Mes- 
sengers attending the said Offices; also, Superannuated 
Allowances in the Chief Secretary’s Office, for the year 
1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be granted, in the 
year 1831, to defray the Charge of Salaries for the At- 
tendants and Officers of the Household of the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Ireland, and certain other Officers and Services 
formerly charged on the Civil List in Zreland. 

A detailed Estimate of the Sum that will be required 
to defray the Charge of the Office of the Vice-Treasurer 
of Ireland, for the year ending the 5th January 1832. 

A detailed Estimate of the Sum that will bé required 
to defray the Charge of the Office of the Teller of His 
Majesty’s Exchequer in Ireland, for the year ending 5th 
January 1832. 

An Estimate of the Expense of printing Proclamations 
and other matters of a public nature in The Dublin Ga- 
zette, and other Newspapers in Ireland, and for the print- 
ing and publishing 800 Copies of the Statutes for the use 
, of the Petty Sessions, individual Magistrates and other 
Public Authorities in Treland, for the year 1831. 

‘Acute, . At Estimate of the Sum that will be necessary to defray 

(mm .. | the Expense of Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Ex- 

nig: Penses in Ireland, for the year 1831. 

pie © An Estimate of the Sum that will be necessary to defray 
the Expense of Non-conforming, Seceding and Protestant 

isseriting Ministers in Zreland, for one year, ending the 

Sth January 1832. 

“ - VOL. 86. 


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167 


An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to pay 
the Salaries of the Lottery Officers in Zreland, for one year, 
ending 24th June 1831. ; 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required for the 
maintenance of the several Navigations in charge of the 
Directors of Inland Navigation, for the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in aid 
of the Expenditure for the Police and Watch Establish- 
ments of the City of Dublin District, for the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to pay 
the Salaries and Expenses of the Commissioners for 
making examination into the Duties, Salaries and Emolu- 
ments of the several Officers, Clerks and Ministers of 
Justice in Zreland, for the year 1831. 

An Estimate of the Sum necessary to be provided in 
the year ended the 5th January 1832, for carrying on the 
Record Works not yet completed. 

An Estimate of the Sum required for the employment 
of the Poor, and the relief of Distress, in certain districts 
of Ireland. 

An Estimate of the Amount which may be required for 
the Salaries of intended Commissioners of Public Works, 
Treland, for the half year ending 5th January 1832. 

General Abstract :—Amount of the Expense in 1830, 
and of the Sums proposed to be voted in 1831. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates and Abstract do lie 
upon the Table; and be printed. 


A Petition of Protestant Freemen and Inhabitants of 
the parish of Ballindooley, in the county of the town of 
Galway ;—and, of the Chamber of Commerce of Galway, 
—were presented, and read ; praying the House to equa- 
lize civil rights in Galway, by extending to the Roman 
Catholic Mercantile and Trading Classes, the Elective 
Franchise in as full and ample a manner as the same is 
now enjoyed by Protestants. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Operative Boot and Shoemakers of the 
city and county of the city of Limerick, was presented, 
and read ; praying for the repeal of the Legislative Union 
between Great Britain and Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Dublin, 
was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petition- 
ers have learnt with surprise, that Petitions have been 
presented to the House purporting to convey the senti- 
ments of the commercial and manufacturing interests of 
Dublin, and praying that the system of Metage in the 
sale of coal in the Port of Dublin, as heretofore carried 
on, under the authority of the Corporation, may be con- 
tinued, and that the regulations connected with that 
system may be upheld by legislative enactments ; in direct 
contradiction to all such representations, the Petitioners 
humbly state to the House, that the great body of the 
Merchants and Manufacturers of Dublin are decidedly 
opposed to the continuance of any such compulsory in- 
terference with this or any other department of trade; they 
consider the forcible interposition between the dealers in 
coal of that class of persons denominated Meters, or 
Master Measurers, to be equally unjustifiable in its prin- 
ciple, and mischievous in its operation; they are of 
opinion, that it infringes the rights of individuals, restrains 
the freedom of commerce, and imposes a useless tax on 
an article of prime necessity, exercised under a question- 
able authority; that it is the occasion of frequent and 
vexatious. litigations, while the price of the commodity is 
necessarily enhanced, by the delays, obstructions and 
embarrassments which it brings upon the trade ; that, so 
far from being beneficial to the public, it has been found, 
in many instances, to facilitate the practice of frauds, and, 
at best, affords but a delusive protection to the purchaser, 
whose interests will always be most effectually secured 
by a vigilant attention to his own affairs; in short, the 
Petitioners are persuaded, that, to leave the dealers in 
coal, as well as the dealers in all other articles, to the 
free exercise of their discretion in conducting their mutual 
transactions, would be most conducive, in every respect, 
both to their own advantage and that of the public ; that 
the Petitioners beg leave to add, that so long as any 
restraint is permitted to interfere with the free importa- 
tion and the prompt unlading of coal, the benefit of the 
recent remission of the Duty to the Crown must be ma- 
terially abridged, and that, in order to give full effect to 

912 that 


Lottery 
Officers. 


Inlaud 
Navigation. 


Police Esta- 
blishments 


(Dublin ) 


Judicial 
Inquiry. 


Public 
Records. 


Employment 
of the Poor. 


Commissioners 


of PublicWorks, 


Abstract of 
Miscellaneous 
Services (lre- 


land.) 


Petitions 
respecting 
Galway 
Franchise. 


Petition for 
repeal of 
Union with 
Treland. 


Petition against 
Continuance of 
Coal Meters’ 
Establishment 
(Dublin.) 








Power toa 
Committee. 


Time for Report 
of Zemindar of 
Nozeed and 
Mustaphanagur 
Bill, 


Report of Come 
missioners of 
Laud Revenues, 
presented, 


No. 179. 


Staines Bridge 
Account, 
presented, 


Levyssohn’s 
Nat. Bill, 
reported, and 
passed. 


Petition 

in favour of 
Election by 
Ballot, &amp;c. 


768 


that important measure, it is absolutely necessary that 
every restrictive regulation whatever should be abolished, 
and the trade in fuel rendered, in all respects, perfectly 
free; the Petitioners, therefore, humbly pray the House 
to take such measures as may remove every restraint upon 
the importation and unlading of coal, as well as all com- 
pulsory interference in the dealings between the buyers 
and sellers of the commodity, in respect either to the 
weighing, measuring or delivery thereof, so that the im- 
portation and sale of coal in Jre/and may henceforward 
be rendered in all respects perfectly free. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to in- 
quire into the expediency of admitting the use of Molasses 
in the Breweries and Distilleries of the United Kingdom, 
subject to such restrictions and modifications as may be 
necessary for the protection of the several interests con- 
nected therewith, have Power to report their Observations 
and Opinion thereupon to the House. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill for providing 
for the discharge of a Claim in respect of Monies ad- 
vanced by the late James Hodges, Esquire, on security of 
the Lands of the late Zemindar of Nozeed and Mustapha- 
nagur, in the District of Fort Saint George, in the East 
Indies, now under the Sovereignty of the Honourable the 
East India Company, have leave to make their Report on 
or before Friday, the 26th day of this instant August. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
two of the clock on Friday morning, adjourned 


till this day. 








Veneris, 19° die August ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS, 


se E House being informed that Mr. Waller, from the 
Office of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, 
Forests and Land Revenues, attended at the door, he was 
called in; and at the bar presented to the House, pur- 
suant to the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— 
The Eighth Report of the Commissioners of His Majesty’s 
Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, being the Second 
Annual Report of the said Commissioners :—And then he 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House being informed that Mr. Horne, from the 
Commissioners of Staines Bridge, attended at the door, 
he was called in; and at the bar presented to the House, 
pursuant to the directions of several Acts of Parliament, 
—An Account of the Receipts and Disbursements of the 
Tolls and other Monies collected on the Staines Bridge, 
from the 26th day of March 1830 to the 25th day of 
March 1831, both days inclusive :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. John Wood reported from the Committee on the 
ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for na- 
turalizing Edward Henry Levyssohn; That they had ex- 
amined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill; and had directed 
him to report the same to the House, without any Amend- 
ment :—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Wood do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of William Holmes, Mayor of Arundel, was 
presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to amend 
the Representation of the People in England and Wales ; 
and setting forth, That the said Bill is incomplete, inas- 
much as no provision is therein made for the Vote by 
Ballot in places where the number of electors is small, 
and where, consequently, undue influence may be exer- 
cised, against which the Election by Ballot is the best, if 
not the only remedy, as well as the greatest safeguard 
against bribery ; and praying the House so to amend the 
same, as to divest it of the objections complained of, and 

8 


18°—19° Augusti. 





A. 1831, 


that such a rule be adopted as shall prevent the Members 
of the House from acting as judges in committees on 
matters wherein they are personally interested. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to g, 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the win’ 
electing of a Commissioner to serve in this present Par. 
liament for the Shire of Sutherland, in the room of Sir 
Hugh Innes, Baronet, deceased. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Jurats and Common Council- p,;._ 
lors of the incorporated villages and parishes of Gravesend ‘a 
and Milton, in the county of Kent, in Court Burghmote . 
assembled ;—and, of the Directors of the Gravesend and 
Milton Steam-Boat Company,—were presented, and read; 
taking notice of the Bill to regulate the Navigation of 
Steam Boats and Vessels upon certain Parts of the River 
Thames; and praying, That the same may not pass into 
a law. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Arthur Chichester have leave of Lan, 
absence for ten days, on urgent business, having served Als 
on an Election Committee. 

Ordered, That Lord Viscount Duncannon have leave of 
absence for six weeks, on account of the death of a near 
relation. 





A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the United Peijig 
Parishes of Callan, Coolagh, Mallards-town and Tullomain, "spin 
in the county of Kilkenny ;—of Inhabitants of Monaghan, ee 
—of Borris, in the county of Carlow ;—and, of White- sien 
church, in the county of the city of Cork,—were pre- 
sented, and read; praying, That the House will withhold 
any further Grant to The Ki/dare Place Society, and adopt 
such measures as will secure education to the poor without 
interfering with their religious opinions. 5 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 









A Petition of Members of the North-Western Union, Poin 
reciting the Act for enabling His Majesty to make pro- witia 
vision for supporting the Royal Dignity of The Queen, in 
case She shall survive His Majesty, and praying for 
an Act granting an Annuity to the Widows of Opera- 
tives and their Families, was offered to be presented :— 
And the said Petition was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


A Petition of Members of the First Birmingham Co- 
operative Society ;—of John Russell, Secretary to the 
Lisson Grove Co-operative Trading Association ;— of Per- 
sons employed at The Rolls Printing Office, Fetter-lane ;— 
and, of Workmen in Glasgow,—were presented, and read ; 
praying, That the Stamp Duties on Newspapers and small 
Pamphlets may be repealed, and that all restrictions ; 
whatsoever upon the free circulation of Knowledge may q 
be entirely abolished. 7 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the q 
Table; and that the last be printed. : 


Petition 
for reel 
Stamp 
ou hers 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Whitechurch, in the county peiia 
of the city of Cork, was presented, and read; setting rr 
forth, That the Petitioners respectfully implore the House ar 
that the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in“ 
Dublin be made in every sense a national College, and 
that the dignity of Fellowship and Scholarship be open to 
superior merit, without distinction of sect or creed ; and 
praying the House to cause an inquiry to be made into 
the income of this College, which appears to be immense, 
and take it into their most serious consideration. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the attendance Pro 
of the Returning Officer of the Borough of Great Grimsby, oo 
be now read ; and the same being read ; ey 

And the House being informed, That John Moody, Es- 
quire, the Returning Officer of the said Borough, attended 
accordingly, he was called in; and being examined, stated, 
that he is the Mayor and Returning Officer of the Borough 
of Great Grimsby ; that he received the Precept for the 

Election 








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Election of two Burgesses to serve in Parliament on Friday, 
the 5th August ; that Proclamation was made on Satur- 
day the 6th, and the Election took place on Wednesday the 
10th, which was concluded, and the Indenture completed, 
on the same day; that he thereupon delivered the said 
Indenture to the Town Clerk, the legal adviser of the Cor- 
oration, according to the practice on former Elections, 
for the purpose of the Return being made to the High 
Sheriff of the County ; that he made no further inquiry 
relating to the said Return, until he was served with the 
Order to attend this House, when he applied to the Town 
Clerk, and found that the Precept and Indenture had been 
accidentally delayed in his Office :—And then he was 
directed to withdraw. 
Ordered, That the Mayor and Town Clerk of the Bo- 


4 rough of Great Grimsby do attend this House upon 
: Tuesday next. 
Sirs A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wing field and Mr. 
agreed Roupell : 
) Mr. Speaker, 
land The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 


for repealing, altering, enlarging and amending certain 
Provisions of an Act passed in the fifty-sixth year of the 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, 
« An Act for the Incorporation of The Highland Society of 
London, for the better management of the Funds of the 
Society, and for rendering its exertions more extensive 
and beneficial to the Public,” without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the further improvement of the Port and Harbour of 
Belfast, in Ireland, and for other purposes, with some 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 
read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 16. (Right of voting in Counties ex- 
tended to Copyholders and Leaseholders.) 

Question proposed, P. 5. 1.13. After “ or” to insert 
“ any Person occupying and farming, on his own account, 
“ any Land ata yearly Rent of not less than Fifty Pounds, 
“ and having been One year in bond fide occupation of 
“ such Land ”»——-Amendment, by leave of the Com- 
mittee, withdrawn. 


Whereupon another Amendment was proposed, in the 
same place to insert ‘‘ demised for any term not less than 
“ Twenty years (whether determinable on a life or lives 
“ or not), of the yearly value of not less than Fifty Pounds 
“ above reprizes, or who shall have occupied and farmed, 
“ on his own account, for Twelve calendar months next 
“ previous to the First day of November in the present 
“ year, or next previous to the last day of August in any 
“ succeeding year, any Lands for which he shall be bond 
“ fide liablé to a yearly Rent of not less than Fifty Pounds, 
“or who shall have occupied as tenant for Twelve calen- 
“ dar months next previous to the First day of November 

in the present year, or next previous to the last day of 
August in any succeeding year, any Lands or Tene- 
ments for which he shall be bond fide liable to a yearly 
Rent of not less than Fifty Pounds” Agreed to. 


P. 5. 1.21. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
situate ” to “ Provided ” in line 24, and to insert “ Pro- 
vided always, That the only Persons who shall have a 
right to vote in such Election, in respect of the terms of 
not less than Sixty years or Twenty years as aforesaid, 
shall be Persons who shall be Lessees or Assignees of 
the original term granted of the Premises demised, whe- 
ther such Lessees or Assignees be or be not in the occu- 
pation of the Premises demised, and also Persons who 
shall be Lessees or Assignees of derivative terms or 
3 under-leases, provided such last-mentioned Lessees or 

Assignees be in the actual occupation of the Premises 
“* demised ” Agreed to. 





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P.5. 1. 30. Amendment proposed, At the end of the 
vilause, to add, “save and except that no Person shall be 


wet — under or by virtue of any Freehold Lands 


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or Tenements of a less yearly value than Ten Pounds 
above reprizes, acquired after the passing of this Act, 
at any Election of a Knight or Knights of the Shire to 
serve in any future Parliament, unless such Person shall 
be seised of the said Freehold Lands or Tenements of an 
“ Estate of Inheritance Amendment, by leave of the 
Committee, withdrawn. 


Cravuse, N* 16, as amended agreed to. 


Crause, N° 17, (Provision as to Trustees and Mort- 
gagees) read, and agreed to. 


Cause, N’ 18, (No Person to vote in a County Elec- 
= for a House, &amp;c. conferring a Vote in a Borough) 
read. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, ‘‘That the said Clause be postponed” agreed to. 
way’ Committee agreed to consider postponed Clause, 

Crause, N° 8, (Description of Returning Officers for 
the new Boroughs) read. 

Several Amendments proposed, and agreed to; (that 
is to say) 

P. 3. 1. 3. Leave out “ First week in” and insert 
* month of.” ‘ ; 

P. 3. 1.5. After “ Person” insert “ being resident 
therein.” 

In the same line, after “ be” insert “ and such Per- 
son so nominated and appointed, shall accordingly be.” 

P. 3. 1.7. After “ Person” insert “ or of his  be- 
coming incapable to act by reason of sickness or other 
sufficient impediment.” 

P. 3. 1.8. After “shall” insert ‘ on notice thereof.” 

In the same line, leave out “ a successor to” and insert 
in his stead a fit Person being so resident as aforesaid 
to be, and such Person so nominated and appointed 
shall accordingly.” 

P.3. 1.9. After “ Officer ” insert “ for such Borough.” 

In the same line, after “ year” insert “ and no Por: 
son having been so nominated and appointed as Re- 
turning Officer for any Borough, shall, after the expi- 
ration of his office, be compellable at any time there- 
after to serve again the said office for the same 
Borough.” 

P. 3. 1. 10. After “ no” insert “ Person being in 
** Holy Orders, nor any.” 

P. 3. 1. 14. Leave out from “ Officer” to the end 
of the Clause, and insert ‘ Provided also, That no Per- 
‘¢ son qualified to be elected to serve as a Member in 
Parliament for any such Borough, shall be compellable 
to serve as Returning Officer for such Borough, if 
within one week after he shall have received notice of 
his nomination and appointment as Returning Officer, 
he shall make oath of such qualification before any 
Justice of the Peace, and shall forthwith notify the 
“* same to the Sheriff.” 


The Committee then proceeded to the postponed Co- 
lumns of Schedules (C.) and (D.) 


Third Columns of Schedule (C.) and (D.) (Returning 
Officers) read, and agreed to. 

Question, “‘ That Clause, N°8, as amended, together 
“ with the third Columns of Schedules (C.) and (D.)” 
stand part of the Bill——put, and agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


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And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 20° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill for amend- 
ing and making more effectual the Laws concerning Turn- 
pike Roads in Scotland; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Courtenay re- 
ported from the Committee, that they had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 


next. 
The 


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on Turnpike 


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Statute of The Order of the day being read, for the second reading 
: —* of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of Frauds ; 
elerred. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Attestation of 
Instruments 


Bill, deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the At- 
testation of Instruments made in exercise of certain Powers 
or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other Instruments ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Canine Mad- 
ness Bill, 
deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Madness ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Canadian 
Revenue Bill, 
deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading 
of the ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the fourteenth 
year of his Majesty King George the Third, for establish- 
ing a Fund towards defraying the Charges of the admi- 
nistration of Justice and support of the Civil Government 
within the Province of Quebec, in America ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Steam 
Vessels Bill, 
deferred, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to regulate the Navigation of Steam Boats 
and Vessels upon certain Parts of the River Thames ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 29th day of this instant August. 


Land Tax 
Double Assess- 
ments Bill, 
deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty- 
fourth and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty King George 
the Third, so far as the same relate to Double Assess- 
ments of the Land Tax ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Duchess 
of Kent’s 
Annuity Bill, 
deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill to 
enable His Majesty to grant an annual Sum to Her Royal 
Highness Victoria Maria Louisa Duchess of Kent, for a 
more adequate Provision for Her said Royal Highness, and 
for the honourable Support and Education of Her Royal 
Highness the Princess Alewandrina Victoria of Kent ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to amend an Act passed in the seventh and eighth 
years of the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, intituled, “An Act to consolidate and amend the 
Laws in force in Jreland, for Unions and Divisions of Pa- 
rishes, and for uniting or disappropriating appropriate 
Parishes or parts of Parishes, and to make further Provi- 
sion with respect to erecting Chapels of Ease, and making 
Perpetual Cures ;” 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be made 
to the Question; viz. To leave out the word “now,” and 
at the end of the Question, to add the words “ upon this 
** day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Mr. Serjeant Lefroy, 

Tellers for the Yeas, ‘on Ro ra rt Ing ef _ \ 

Tellers for the Noes, ' ~ ttene, \ 

r. Jephson : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words “ upon 
** this day six months” be added at the end of the Ques- 
tion ; it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


Union of 
Parishes 
(Ireland) Bill, 
put off. 


11. 
38. 


Supply, de- 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
ferred. 


solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this ali will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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August. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- yy, 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con. Me, 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply ‘elem, 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A. 1831, 






sn respect 
rasiers’ 

yd) Steam 
ne Cum 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- Loy 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Liew, 
to provide for the better order and government of Ireland (rely 
by Lieutenants for the several Counties, Counties of Cities, Cheng 
and Counties of Towns therein, be now read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day, 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into fur- Gany 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the ‘elem 
whole House, on the Bill to amend the Laws in England 
relative to Game, be now read ; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Thomas William Blome- Pei 
field and others, complaining of the want of Church room Priute 
for the increased Population, which was presented to the 
House upon Saturday last, be printed. 


A Petition of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Petii, 
Poor of the parish of Ashton-under-Line, in the county of again 
Lancaster, was presented, and read ; taking notice of the se 
Bill to alter and amend the Laws of Settlement by Hiring ““™ 
and Service; and praying, That the same may not pass 
into a law. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 







A Petition of /V. Christie, Chairman of the Dundee Peitin 
Political Union, was presented, and read ; taking notice fod 
of the Bill to repeal the Laws relating to Apprentices, and Bil 
other young Persons, employed in Cotton and other Fac- 
tories, and in Cotton and other Mills, and to make further 
provisions in lieu thereof; and praying the House, in 
considering any measure for the regulation of the hours 
of labour in Spinning Mills and Manufactories, to enact, 
that eleven and a half hours per day, and eight and a half 
hours for Saturdays, shall be the utmost limit for young 
persons, and that the provisions of any measure of this 
kind be extended to Scotland. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


dment to 
Roads 
greed lo, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- Accu 
count of the Number of Houses in each Parish in the City ici. 
of Bristol; distinguishing the Number in each Parish oven 
separately assessed to the relief of the Poor at £.15 and 


under £.25, at £.25 and above £.25. 


Mr. Tennyson presented to the House, pursuant to their Acco 
Orders,—A Return of the Balance remaining unpaid on ee 
Ist January 1831, upon each of the Grants of Parliament, ccc 
for Ordnance Services, set forth in the Act 11 Geo.4, andy, 
1 Will. 4, c. 63, s.12; and also, of the Amount paid on 
account of each of the several Heads of Service for which 
the said Grants were made, between Ist January 1831 
and 21st June 1831, by the Treasurer of the Ordnance, or 
any other Public Officer ; showing at what period the full 
amount of each Grant had been applied, and what Sum, 
if any, has in any case been paid for any Head of Service 
beyond the amount granted for it by Parliament. 

An Account of the Balance remaining in the hands of 
the Treasurer of the Ordnance on the Ist January 1831, 
and of all Monies received by said Treasurer, between 
that date and 21st June 1831, from the Exchequer, or 
from any other source; showing under what Grants of 
Parliament or other authority the same were in each ‘ 
case received by him; together with an Account of the ing 
Application of the said Balance and Receipts, so far as al 
they have been expended by him within the same period; 
distinguishing the several Heads of Ordnance Services, 
as set forth in the Act 11 Geo. 4, and 1 Will. 4, c. 63, s.12, 
to which the same has been applied. 

Ordered, That the said Return and Account do lie upon 
the Table ; and be printed. 


against 
Olasses 
ties 

illeries, 






And then the House, having continued to sit till near 
two of the clock on Saturday morning, adjourned 


till this day. 











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Olasses 
ties 

illeries, 





9 WiLL. IV. 


Sabbatz, 20° die August: ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 

PETITION of Merchants, Traders and other In- 

habitants of the counties of Galway and Roscommon, 
was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petition- 
ers did some time ago sign a Petition to the House, pray- 
ing for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating a Com- 
pany, to be called, The Graziers’ Steam Marine Company, 
and also did subscribe for a number of Shares, which 
Petition was presented to the late Parliament; that the 
Petitioners did so sign to said Petition, and subscribe 
largely thereto, under representations which they now 
find are not likely to be realized, and Petitioners have 
now every reason to congratulate themselves that said 
Bill did not then pass, and the Petitioners are desirous 
to withdraw their names from said Petition, and have 
intimated such their wish and intention to the Promoters 
of said Bill; that, notwithstanding such express wish, the 
Petitioners observe, that a Petition has been presented 
and brought into the House this present Parliament for 
leave to bring in a Bill to form a Graziers’ Steam Marine 
Company, for which the Petitioners had so formerly 
signed a Petition, and subscribed as aforesaid; and pray- 
ing, That if said Bill should pass the House, that a Clause 
may be introduced therein exempting the Petitioners from 
any liability to pay the Shares so subscribed for by them, 
or any other liability whatever under the said Bill, and 
fully exonerating the Petitioners from the payment of their 
said Shares or Subscriptions. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend an Act of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, for repairing the several Roads leading to and 
from the City of E-veter, and for making certain new Lines 
of Road to communicate with the same, and for keeping 
in repair Eve Bridge and Countess Wear Bridge, and to 
make and maintain other Roads communicating with 
the said Roads; and the same was read; and is as fol- 
loweth ; 

Pr. 11. 1.9. After “aforesaid” insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And whereas doubts are entertained 
“ whether, under and by virtue of the hereinbefore recited 
“ Act of the seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty 
“ King George the Fourth, power is given to demand 
“ and take more than one full Toll on each of the several 
“ Lines of Road in the said Act mentioned, leading from 
Exeter aforesaid to a place called Straightway-head, 
“ and from the late Gallows to a place called Aylesbeare 
“ Hill, and from Eveter aforesaid, by Clist Bridge, to the 
“ top of Woodbury Hill, in the parish of Woodbury: And 
whereas it is expedient to remove and put an end to 
“ such doubts; Be it Declared and Enacted, That no more 
than one full Toll shall be demanded and taken in any 
one day (to be computed as in the said recited Act is 
mentioned) for the same horses, cattle and carriage 
passing and re-passing on either of the said several 
Lines of Road, or any Branch or side Road leading to 
and from the same respectively, by virtue of the said 
recited Act; any thing in the said recited Act contained 
“ to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, was 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Lord Viscount Ebrington do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


rm agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Carlisle ;—of Brigham, 
Greysouthen and Eaglesfield ; —‘of Cockermouth ;— of 
Truro ;—and, of Falmouth,—were presented, and read ; 
praying, That the penalty of Death for offences against 
property may be abolished. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of several parishes in the vici- 
nity of Dover, was presented, and read; praying, That 
no law may be passed to permit the use of Molasses in 


the Breweries and Distilleries of the United Kingdom. 
VOL. 86. 


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71 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Molasses. 


A Petition of Inhabitants: of Corsham, in the county of 
Wilts, was presented, and read ; praying the House to 
take into consideration the propriety of introducing some 
system of Poor Laws into Jre/and, accompanied with a Tax 
on Absentees. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, Tradesmen, and 
others, of Falmouth, was presented, and read ; praying for 
the entire repeal of the Duty on Policies of Marine In- 
surance. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That there be laid before this House, a List of Gentlemen 
holding the Commission of the Peace in the County of 
Wexford, on the first day of the present month :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to provide for the better order and government of Ireland 
by Lieutenants for the several Counties, Counties of Cities, 
and Counties of Towns therein, be now read; and the 
same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be made 
to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word “ now,” and, 
at the end of the Question, to add the words “ upon this 
“* day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now ” 
stand part of the Question; it was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time :-— 
The Bill was accordingly read the third time; and the 
Amendments following were made to the Bill; wiz. 

Pr. 11. 1. 31 &amp; 32. Leave out “ be appointed” and 
insert “act as.” 

Pr. 16. 1.37. Leave out “ Provided” and insert “ be 
** it;” and, after further, insert ‘‘ Enacted.” 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, with some Amendments ; to which Amend- 


ments this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill to amend several 
Acts passed for authorizing the issue of Exchequer Bills, 
and the advance of Money, for carrying on Public Works 
and Fisheries, and Employment of the Poor, and to autho- 
rize a further issue of Exchequer Bills for the purposes of 
the said Acts: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to amend 
the Representation of the People in England and Wales. 


(In the Committee.) 


Criause, N° 18, (No Person to vote ina County Elec- 
tion for a House, &amp;c. conferring a Vote in a Borough) 
read. 

P. 5. 1.41. Amendment proposed, After “‘ respect of ” 
to insert “‘ his estate or interest, as a Freeholder in any 
‘“¢ House, Warehouse or Counting-house occupied by him, 
or in any Land occupied by him, together with any 
House, Warehouse or Counting-house, if, by reason of 
“ the occupation thereof, he might acquire a right to 
“ vote in the election of a Member or Members for any 
City or Borough, whether he shall or shall. not have 
actually acquired the right to vote for such City or 
Borough in respect thereof; and that no Person shall 
be entitled to vote in the election of a Knight or Knights 
“ of the Shire to serve in any future Parliament: in 

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Petiticn for 
introduction of 
Poor Laws into 
Ireland, &amp;c. 


Petition for 
repeal of Stamp 
Duty on Poli- 
cies of Marine 
Insurance. 


Motion re- 
specting County 
of Wextord 
Magistracy, 
withdrawn, 


Lord Lieute- 
nants’ (Ireland) 
Bill, passed, 
with Amend- 
ments, 


Public Works 
(Great Britain) 
Bill, presented. 


No. 181. 


Committee 

on Reform of 
Parliament 
(England) Bill. 











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“ respect of his estate or interest as a Copyholder or 
* customary Tenant, or as such Lessee or Assignee, or as 
** such Tenant or Occupier as aforesaid in.” 

Whereupon an Amendment was proposed tothe Amend-. 
ment, After “ or in any Land” to insert “ not exceeding 
“« Five Acres” Proposed Amendment to the Amend- 
ment, by leave of the Committee; withdrawn. 

Amendment again proposed, P. 5. 1.41. After “respect 
“« of” to insert his estate or interest as a Freeholder in any 
“« House, Warehouse or Counting-house occupied by him, 
“« or in any Land occupied by him, together with any 
“s House, Warehouse or Counting-house, if, by reason of 
“« the occupation thereof, he might acquire a right to vote 
“« in the election of a Member or Members for any City or 
«« Borough, whether he shall or shall not have actually 
“ acquired the right to vote for such City or Borough in 
“« respect thereof; and that no Person shall be entitled to 
*« vote in the election of a Knight or Knights of the Shire 
“« to serve in any future Parliament in respect of his estate 
“« or interest as a Copyholder or customary Tenant, or as 
such Lessee or Assignee, or as such Tenant and Occu- 
“* pier as aforesaid in.” 

Whereupon another Amendment was proposed to the 
proposed Amendment, After “ his estate or interest as” 
to leave out to “such Lessee or Assignee.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the proposed Amendment put, and 
agreed to. 

Amendment again proposed, P. 5. 1. 41. After “ re- 
“ spect of” to insert “ his estate or interest as a Free- 
*« holder in any House, Warehouse or Counting-house 
** occupied by him, or in any Land occupied by him, to- 
“ gether with any House, Warehouse or Counting-house, 
“ if, by reason of the occupation thereof, he might acquire 
“« a right to vote in the election of a Member or Members 
“ for any City or Borough, whether he shall or shall not 
“« have actually aequired the right to vote for such City 
or Borough in respect thereof; and that no Person shall 
** be entitled to vote in the election of a Knight or Knights 
“« of the Shire to serve in any future Parliament in respect 
“ of his estate or interest as a Copyholder or customary 
“« Tenant, or as such Lessee or Assignee, or as such Te- 
“« nant and Occupier as aforesaid in” Agreed to. 

P. 5. 1.41. Amendment proposed, To leave out “ of ” 
and to insert “ in” Agreed to. 

P. 5. 1.42. Amendment proposed, After “ Counting- 
‘“« house ” to insert ‘‘ if” Agreed to. 

P. 5. 1.43. Amendment proposed, To leave out “ of 
‘“‘ which respectively ” and to insert ‘“thereof”’——Agreed 
to 














P. 5. 1.43. Amendment proposed, To leave out “ any 
*« other Person.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause. 
The Committee divided. 


Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Lamb - - - 187. 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Hughes Hughes 1. 

In the same line, Amendment proposed, To leave out 
from ‘“‘ Person” to the end of the Clause, and to insert 
“ might acquire a right to vote in the Election of a 
“© Member or Members for any City or Borough, whether 
“ he or any other Person shall or shall not have actually 
“ acquired the right to vote for such City or Borough in 
“ respect thereof” Agreed to. 

Crause, N° 18, as amended —~agreed to. 

Crause, N’ 19, (Freeholds need not be assessed to 
the Land Tax to give a right of voting) read, and 
agreed to. 

Crause, N° 20, (No Person to vote for County Mem- 
bers, unless he shall have been in possession for a certain 
time, and registered) read. 

P.6. 1.14. Amendment proposed, After “thereof” 
to insert “and have also been in the actual possession 
“ thereof, or in the receipt of the Rents and Profits 
“ thereof for his own use” Agreed to. 

In the same line, Amendment proposed, To fill the 
blank with “Six calendar months ” Agreed to. 

P.6. 1.15. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ First day of November ”——Agreed to. 

P.6. 1.16. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ last day of August ”"——-Agreed to. 

P.6. 1.18. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “Six calendar months ”——Agreed to. 


























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A. 183), 


P. 6. 1.20. Amendment proposed, To leave out “lease- 
“ hold ” Agreed to. | 

In the same line, Amendment proposed, To leave out 
from “ by” to “ for” in line 22, and to insert “ him as such 
“* Lessee or Assignee as aforesaid, unless he shall have 
held the same as such Lessee or Assignee, and also 
have been in the actual possession thereof, or in the 
“ receipt of the Rents and Profits thereof for his own use, 
as the case may require” Agreed to. 

P. 6. 1.22. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 

with ‘“ Twelve calendar months ” Agreed to. 

P.6. 1.23. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ First day of November ” Agreed to. 

P.6. 1.24. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “last day of August” Agreed to. 

P.6. 1.28. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “Six or Twelve calendar months” Agreed to. 

Criause, N* 20, as amended agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday nett, 


again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy %&amp; 
of a Letter, dated 26th January 1831, from the Chief Se- ji" 
cretary of Ireland to the several Courts of Justice, as to (les 


the Suggestions of the Commissioners of Judicial Inquiry. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Lune, 22° die Augusti ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


oo House being informed that Mr. Johnson, from 





the Office of the Chief Secretary for JZreland, at- 


tended at the door, he was called in; and at the bar 


presented to the House, pursuant to their Orders,—Ac- "JR 


counts of the Number and Description of Arms registered 
at the several Quarter Sessions in each and every Count 
in Ireland, from 1st January 1828 to Ist June 1831; dis- 
tinguishing each year. 


Returns of the Number of Freeholders in the different In 
Counties in Jreland, registered up to the Ist May 1831; \ 


distinguishing the £.50, £.20 and £.10 Freeholders. 


An Account of all Sums of Money advanced out of the Pi 
Consolidated Fund on the recommendation, or with the "™ 


sanction, of the Zrish Loan Commissioners; the Purposes . 
or Terms for which lent; the rate of Interest for Principal 
and Sinking Fund ; the nature of the Security required and 
taken ; the Repayments in each separate Loan, for each 
and every year, for Principal and Interest. 


A Return of Catholic Freemen of the Corporation of Gin 


Galway who have been elected or admitted since Ist ™ 
April 1831; distinguishing those who are engaged in any * 
Trade, Mystery or ‘Handicraft :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts and Papers do lie 
upon the Table; and, except the Account relating to Arms, 
be printed. 










The House being informed that Mr. Crafer, from the ® 
Treasury, attended at the door, he was called in; and at © 
the bar presented to the House, pursuant to their Orders, 4 
—An Account of the Amounts of British, Colonial and } 
Foreign Spirits which paid the Home Consumption Duty 
for England, Scotland and Ireland, from the year 1821 to 
1830 inclusive. 

A Return of the Amounts of British, Colonial and Fo- 
reign Spirits purchased by the Victualling Board, not 
Duty paid. 

A Return of the gross and of the net Amount of Malt 
Duties in Scotland for each of the last Twelve years re-“ 
spectively; distinguishing the amount of Drawback paid 
back in each year. 

An Account of the Sums paid into the Exchequer, in the 
year ending 5th January 1831, by the Holyhead Road 5. 
Commissioners, for Tolls received on the Menai and Con y 
way Bridges ; also, of the Total Sum paid up to the same 
date. 


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An Account of the Sums paid into the Exchequer, in —_ A Petition of Thomas and Caroline Deacle, of Marwell Petition of 
the year ending 5th January 1831, by the Post Office, Farm, in the parish of Owselbury, in the county of Hants, Thomas and 


i towards the repayment of Loans advanced for the Build- was presented, and read; complaining of allegations made [2"°line 
: ! $ fs : 3 : ; eacle. 
: ing of the Menai and Conway Bridges, and of the Total against them respecting their connexion with the late dis- 
“ Sum repaid up to the same date. turbances in that county ; stating the particulars of their 


otsand An Account of the Amount, in Official and Real Value, case; and praying the House to permit Evidence to be 
‘ats of all British Exports to France, in each year since 1814; brought to the bar, in which case they solemnly pledge 
wc) distinguishing those of British from Colonial Produce ;, themselves to prove, by witnesses ,other than themselyes, 
0.189 a}so, an Abstract of the Amount, in Official Value, of all all and singular the allegations contained in their Petition. 
Imports.from France in each year, as far as the same can Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table... 
é be made up during that time. ee ' 
swan Copies of Minutes of the Board of Treasury (subsequent A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Roupell and Mr. The Lords 


we — tg the last Session of Parliament), concerning the Super-- Adam: have agreed 


1%. snnuation Allowances. of Official Persons in the. several Mr. Speaker, eT ica 

‘ Departments :—And then he withdrew. ._, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act to Galway 
3 Ordered, That the said Accounts and Papers do lie amend and enlarge the,Powers of an Act. passed in the Docks Bill. 
: upon the Table; and be printed, eleventh year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 


the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for making and maintain- 
ing a Navigable Cut or Canal from Lough Corrib,to the 
Bay, of Galway, and for the Improvement of the Harbour 
of Galway,” without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to dis- The Lords 
solve the Marriage of Louisa. Turton with Thomas Ed- have passed 
ward Michell Turton, her now Husband, and to enable Turton’s _ 
the said Louisa Turton to marry again, and for other pur- Divorce Bill. 
poses therein mentioned ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have commanded us to acquaint this House, The Lords 
That the Lords do request that this House will give leave rcavest the 
to Pryse Pryse, Esquire, a Member. of this House, to Two Members. 
attend their Lordships, in order to his being examined as 
a Witness before the Lords’ Committees for Privileges, to 
whom the Petition of Viscount Ashbrook, claiming a right 


keduentsto The House proceeded to take into consideration the 

siHarbou"s Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for the further improvement of the Port and Har- 
bour of Belfast, in Ireland, and for other purposes ; and 
the same were read ; and areas followeth ; 

Pr. 12. 1. 8. Leave out from “ Members” to “ of” in 
line 9. , 

Pr. 45.1.9. After “ thereof” insert Clause (A.) 

Ciause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it further 

« Enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend, 
“ or be construed to extend, to enable the said Corporation 
‘ to take or purchase any part of the Dock or Timber 
“ Ponds, Fields or Premises, mentioned in the Schedule 
“ to this Act and Plan, and numbered 74 and 74(°) with- 
“out the consent of Sir Stephen May, his heirs and 





“ assigns.” pot to vote at the Elections of Peers for Jreland to sit in the 
: Pr. 86. 1. 34. Leave out said, and in the same line, Parliament of the United Kingdom, stands referred; And 
. after “‘ Docks,” insert “‘ Roads. 


i ; also, ' 
Pr. 86. 1. 35. After “ works” insert. “by this Act — The Lords have commanded us to acquaint this House, 
“ authorized. eis ; That the Lords do request that this House will give leave 
Pr. 88. 1.15. After “ whatsoever” insert “which they to Edward Michael Conolly, Esquire, a Member of this 


, ino “ are by this Act authorized to take.” House, to attend their Lordships, in order to his being 
Ace ‘ Pr. 88. 1. 36. After “also” insert “subject to the examined as a Witness before the Lords’ Committees for 

i ? several | restrictions and conditions in this Act con- Privileges, to whom the Petition of the Marquis of Head- 

,- tained. i‘ oe pre Sort, claiming a right to vote at the Elections of Peers for 

| 5 Pr. 177. 1.20. After “ Donegal” insert “his heirsand “Jye/qnd to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 

y assigns. stands referred :— And then the Messengers withdrew. 

- 


In the Schedule: to the Bill, pr... 180. 1. 11. after 


The House proceeded to take into consideration that 
“ Officers” leave out the whole of the Columns down to 


part of the said Message which relates to Mr. Pryse :— 


+ Fl “ 65. - Ditto.- Building Ground,” inclusive, in pr.182. And Mr. Pryse Pryse, being present, stood up in his 
s oN 134. ; place, and declared that he was willing, with the leave 

re Pr. 191. lines 19, 20 and 21. In the first column leave of the House, to go to the House of Lords, as is desired 
Pal = out “219,” in the third column leave out. “ Commissioners by their Lordships in their said Message. 


“ of Police,” and in the last column leave out “ Trafalgar- Resolved, That Pryse Pryse, Esquire, have leave to go 

“ street (to be -widened).” to the House of Lords, as is desired. by their Lordships in 
Pr. 191. 1. 22. In the third column leave out_* of their said Message, if he think fit. 

“ Ditto” and insert “ Commissioners of P olice.” Resolved, That this House will send an Answer to that 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, were part of the said Message, which requests the attendance of 


agreed to by the House. Edward Michael Conolly, Esquire, by Messengers of their 
_ Ordered, That Mr. Ruthven do carry the Bill to the own, 


Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed And. the Messengers were again called in; and Mr. 


to the Amendments made by their Lordships. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then they 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to again withdrew. 


effect a Partition of certain Freehold, Copyhold or Cus- 


ny: . Spri IC om the Committee on the Hack 
tomary and Leasehold Estates, in the County of Lincoln, Mr, Spring Rice reported. fram the fommitiee. on the Ussioey 


" ° ° Coaches Bill, 
late the Property of the Right honourable Sir Joseph Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Hack pan py 


: y oaches, and the registering and numbering of Wag-- re-committed. 
Banks, Baronet, deceased, was read a second time; and ney Coaches, ; ing g 

itte | Ir ‘ , , r d in the Metropolis; and also No 182. 
committed to Mr. Ruthven, &amp;c.: And they are to meet Sons; Carts and D Sys,. Use Pp ? 


. ; : to place the collection of the Duty on such Hackney 
_ Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. Coaches under the management of the Commissioners of 


A. Petition of Churchwardens and Overseers of the Stamps, and to transfer the Collection and Management 
Poor of Wakefield, and of Trustees, or a Committee, at the of the Duties on Hawkers and Pedlars in England from 
Workhouse at Wakefield, for the management and govern- the Commissioners of Hackney Coaches to the Commis- 
ment of the Poor, was presented, and read; taking notice S!0ners of Stamps ; That they had examined the allega- 
of the Bill to alter and amend the-Laws of Settlement by tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had 
Hiring and Service; and praying, That the same may not 8°M€ through the Bill, and made several Amendments 


pass into a law. thereunto; and the Report was brought up, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; And the House being informed, that other Amendments 
and be printed. are necessary to be made to the Bill:—The Bill was re- 


, committed to a Committee of the whole House, for Mon- 
_A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and Pa- day next. 
rishioners of Aughaloo, in the county of Zyrone, .was pre- Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
‘ sented, and read; praying the House to continue the 


annual Grant to The Kildare Street Society. Notice being taken, that the Estimate of the Sum that Betnate se- 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; will be required in aid of the Expense of mmyperting the of intates a 

and be printed. House of Industry in Dublin, the Lunatic Department, (Dobdlis) with- 
VOL. 86. 9L and anotherordered ; 








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and the Three General Hospitals attached, for the year 
1831, which was presented to the House upon Thursday 
last, was imperfect ; 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be withdrawn, and a 
perfect Estimate presented instead thereof, 

Mr. Spring Rice accordingly presented to the House 
the said Estimate. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to the 
Committee of the whole House, to whom it was referred 
to consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty, be now 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the several Estimates relating to Mis- 
cellaneous Services in Jreland, which were presented to 
the House upon Thursday last, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That 
it is the opinion of this Committee, that a sum, not ex- 
ceeding Eleven thousand two hundred and seventy-six 
pounds nineteen shillings and five-pence, be granted to 
His Majesty, to make good the Losses sustained by Louis 
Celeste Lescene and John Escoffery, in consequence of 
their removal from Jamaica, in the year 1823, by order of 
the Duke of Manchester, the Governor of that Island ; and 
that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or 
other deduction whatsoever ; 

The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Spring Rice - 117. 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Hume - - - 12. 

2. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Five thousand seven hundred 
and ninety-four pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Protestant Charter Schools of 
freland, for the year 1831; and that the said sum be 
issued and paid without any fee or other deduction what- 
soever. 

3. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty-seven thousand eight 
hundred and twenty-four pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Expense of the Foundling Hospital 
in Dublin, for the year 1831; and that the said sum be 
issued and paid without any fee or other deduction what- 
soever. . 

4. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Twenty-one thousand and two 
hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Expense of the House of Industry in Dubdin, the Lunatic 
Department, and the Three General Hospitals attached, 
for the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

5. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One thousand three hundred 
and eighty-eight pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Richmond Lunatic Asylum, for 
the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

6. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Six thousand three hundred and 
twenty-three pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray 
the Expense of the Hibernian Society for Soldiers’ Chil- 
dren, for the year 1831; and thatthe said sum be issued 
and paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

7. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One thousand two hundred 
and sixty-eight pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Hibernian Marine Society, for 
the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

8. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One thousand two hundred 
and ninety-one pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of the Female Orphan House in Dudiin, 
for the year 1831 ; and that the said sum be issued and 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

g. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Two thousand and nine hundred 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Westmorland Lock Hospital, for the year 1831 ; and 


22° Augusti. 





- A. 1831, 


that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or 
other deduction whatsoever. 

10. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Two thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty,.to defray the Expense of the 
Lying-In Hospital, for the year 1831 ; and that the said 
sum be issued and paid without any fee or other deduc- 
tion whatsoever. 

11. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding One thousand five hundred 
and seventy-eight pounds, be granted to His Majesty, 
to defray the Expense of Doctor Steevens’s Hospital, for the 
year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

12. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Two thousand eight hundred 
and sixty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray 
the Expense of the Fever Hospital, Cork-street, Dublin, 
for the year 1831 ; and that the said sum be issued and 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

13. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
that a sum, not exceeding Four hundred and sixty-five 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Ex- 
pense of the Hospital for Incurables, for the year 1831 ; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had come to seve- 
ral Resolutions, which they had directed him to report 
to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
leave to sit again. , , 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second Wis! 


reading of the Bill to equalize the Duties on Wine, be Sil 
now read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques- 
tion, by leaving out from the word “ That” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words “ it appears, by 
“¢ Official Statements, that the Exports of British and 
“ Colonial Merchandize and of British Manufactures 
“ from the United Kingdom to Portugal and her Depen- 
“« dencies, with a Population of about Two Millions and 
“a half, have amounted to the sum of £.11,906,622 
Official Value, during the past Five years, independently 
“ of Exports of about One Million during that period 
“ from the Island of Newfoundland, averaging £.2,58 | ,324 
“‘ ner annum; the Imports from Portugal and her De- 
“« pendencies into the United Kingdom not having ex- 
“ ceeded £.3,023,277, averaging £.604,654 per annum: 

‘“ That this beneficial Commerce, the fruits of more 
than a century of close and intimate connection with 
“ Portugal, is carried on almost exclusively in British 
Shipping, the proportion being about seven to one, 
thereby affording employment to a large portion of our 
“ Commercial Marine, adding essentially to the Naval 
‘ strength of the Empire, and promoting the Interests of 
“¢ British Commerce and Manufacture, and the Employ- 
ment of the Labouring Population of this Country : 

“ That during the same period of Five years, the 
“ Exports of British and Colonial Merchandize, and of 
“ British Manufactures to France, with a Population of 
“* about Thirty Millions, have not exceeded £.4,387,357 
« Official Value, or £.867,470 per annum, the Imports 
“ from that Kingdom having amounted during that time 
“ to £.11,282,190, or £.2,256,438 per annum ; and that, 
“ notwithstanding these Imports have greatly increased 
‘‘ since the late reduction of Duty on French Wines, 
“ Silks, &amp;c. the Exports to France have materially dimi- 
“ nished : 

“ That this limited Commerce with France is carried 
“ on indiscriminately in French and British Vessels, in 
“ the proportion of about three to two only in favour of 
“‘ the United Kingdom, exhibiting a remarkable contrast 
« with the Trade of Portugal: - 
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« That the magnitude of our Exports to Portugal, as 
« compared with France, is owing mainly to discrimi- 
« nating Duties to the extent of about 15 per centum in 
« favour of Great Britain, giving almost the exclusive 
“ supply of her Markets to British Capital and Industry ; 
« whilst the limited extent of our Exports to France may 
“ be attributed to her discouragement of British Produce 
“ and Manufactures, by high Protecting Duties in favour 
« of domestic Capital and Industry, to the exclusion of 
« British Competition : 

‘«‘ Therefore, That it is highly inexpedient to make 
“ any alterations in the relative Duties now payable by 
«“ Jaw on Wines imported from Portugal and France for 
“ purposes of Revenue only (which might be attained 
« by an equal increase of Duty on all Foreign Wines), 
“ thereby hazarding the loss of a steady and valuable 
“ Market for our surplus Produce and Manufactures, 
« diminishing our Naval resources, and incurring the risk 
“ of transferring our remaining Fisheries in New found- 
« Jand to rival Nations, without a reasonable hope that 
“ further concessions to France will be productive of any 
“ corresponding benefit to our Commerce, as long as that 
“ Government, notwithstanding the liberal example we 
« have before shown, continues to maintain her present 
«“ system of Commercial Policy,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 23° die Augusti, 1831: 


It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time :— 
The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the better regulation of Vestries, and for the 
appointment of Auditors of Accounts in certain Parishes 
of England and Wales ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill for remedying defects in the 
Titles to Lands allotted or taken in exchange under In- 
closure Acts ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the extension and promotion of Public Works 
in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, onthe Bill to repeal the Laws relating to 
Apprentices, and other young Persons, employed in Cot- 
ton and other Factories, and in Cotton and other Mills, 
and to make further provisions in lieu thereof ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Monday, the 5th day of September next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 49, to continue, until the 
Fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty, 
the Provisions of an Act to allow Sugar to be delivered 
out of Warehouse to be refined ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, 


upon the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for 
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suppressing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation 
of Spirits in Ireland ; . 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Exchequer 
Court (Scotland) 
Regulation Bill, 
deterred, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for making provision for the dispatch of the Business 
now done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to explain and amend an Act for regu- 
lating the receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and 
Emoluments receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts 
of Common Law ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


Courts of 
Law Fees 
Bill, deferred 


Debate on Mo- 
tion respecting 
Arms (Treland), 
adjourned, 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday, 
the Ist day of July last, ‘“ That leave be given to bring in 
a Bill to regulate the Importation of Arms into [reland;” 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- London Coal 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the Bill, deferred. 
whole House, on the Bill for regulating the Vend and 
Delivery of Coals in the Cities of London and Westminster, 
and in certain parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, 
= Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berk- 
shire ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re~ Juries 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon (Ireland) Bill, 
the Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws relative “!"e¢ 
to Jurors and Juries in [reland; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Administration 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon (tieland) Bill, 
the Bill to improve the Administration of Justice in deferred. 
Ireland; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- RomanCatholic 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon Ctsritics Bill, 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- Turnpike Roads 
port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill Geoten’) Bul 
for amending and making more effectual the Laws con- 
cerning Turnpike Roads in Scotland ; 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reading Canine Mad- 
of the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Madness; _ness Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be “ a second time upon @eferred. 
Monday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the fourteenth Canadian 
year of his Majesty King George the Third, for establish- Revenue Bill, 
ing a Fund towards defraying the Charges of the admi- passed. 
nistration of Justice and support of the Civil Government 
within the Province of Quebec, in America, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole Duchess 
House, on the Bill to enable His Majesty to grant an of Kent’s 
annual Sum to Her Royal Highness Victoria Maria Louisa . ssi am, 
Duchess of Kent, for a more adequate provision for Her 
said Royal Highness, and for the honourable Support and 
Education of Her Royal Highness the Princess Alevan- ‘ 
drina Victoria of Kent, the Amendments which they had 

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made to the Bill; and the Amendments were read; and 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Ways and 
Means, de- 
ferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; | 

‘Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Game Bill, 


deferred. The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 


ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill to amend the Laws in England 
relative to Game ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Friday next. 


‘Turton’s 
Divorce Bill, 
read, 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
dissolve the Marriage of Louisa Turton with Thomas Ed- 
ward Michell Turton, her now Husband, and to enable 
the said Louisa Turton to marry again, and for other pur- 
poses therein mentioned, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


‘Turnpike Ordered, That the Bill to amend the Acts for regulating 

neg = Roads in England, so far as they relate to cer- 

committed, tain Exemptions from Toll, be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till near 
two of the clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 





Martis 23° die August ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of resident Inhabitants and Occupiers 
of premises in the parish of Saint Augustine ;—and, of 
Rate-payers of the parish of Temple or Holy Cross, in the 
city of para tat on presented, and read ; taking notice 
of the Bill for the better regulation of Vestries, and for 
the appointment of Auditors of Accounts in certain Parishes 
of England and Wales; and praying, That they may be 
allowed to participate in whatever benefits the said Bill 
is intended to confer on the Nation at large. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


Petitions 
in favour of 
Vestries Bill. 


Petition respect- 
ing release of 
Vessels from 
Quarantine. 


A Petition of Ship-owners in London, was presented, 
and read; praying, That the House will cause inquiry 
to be made why the Petitioners may not be relieved from 
the payment of Fees amounting to 5/. 14s. 6d. on the 
Lords of the Council’s Order for release of each Vessel 
from Quarantine. . 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Address 
respecting 
Quarantine. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count, showing the mode in which the Fee of £.5. 14. 6d. 
paid for the release of each Vessel from Quarantine is 
appropriated ; and also stating to whom paid, and for 
what purposes. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Petition for 
abolishing Stae 
tionery Office. 


A Petition of John Williams, of Cornhill, in the city of 
London, Stationer, was presented, and read ; praying the 
House to adopt such measures respecting His Majesty’s 
Stationery Office as shall immediately terminate in its 
total abolition. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petition re- iti 
ret A Petition of Poor Voters of Taunton, was presented, 


of Parliament and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners entertain 
(England) Bill. the highest sense of gratitude for the proposed continuance 


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August. A. 1831. 


of their Elective Franchise during life, under the Re- 
form Rill, but humbly petition the House to grant unto 
their descending generations a perpetual right to vote at 
Elections, the same as they themselves enjoy. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A-Petition of Roman Catholie Prelates atid Clergy of p,;. 
the diocese of Kilmacduagh, was presented, atid -read - resp 
praying, That the House will be — to‘ preserve the’ Gain 
right of Elective Franchise to the Roman ‘Catholic Mer. 
cantile and Trading Classes of Galway onan equality 
with their Protestant Fellow-citizens and with the Forty- 
shilling Freeholders. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie tipori'the Table. ° 


A Petition of John Birch, of Birchgrove, Distiller, was Peis, 
presented, and read; praying the House to adopt such ™ 
alterations in the Malt Drawback system as will render Mui 
equal justice to both Scotland and Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Roman Catholics, inhabitants of Kilcash Petia 
and Gammonsfield ;— of the Roman Catholic Clergy and tp 
Inhabitants of Kil/ymard, in the county of Donegal ;—of new, 
Inhabitants of Clondrohid, in the county of Cork ; — of a 
Clergymen and Inhabitants of Kells ;—of Roman Catholic 
Inhabitants of Thurles, in the county of Tipperary ;—of 
Governors and Trustees of upwards of thirty Roman Ca- 
tholic Orphan Societies in the city of Dublin ;—and, of 
Bishops professing the Roman Catholic religion in Jre- 
land,—were presented, and read; praying the House so 
to regulate the Grant voted to promote the Education of 
the Poor of Ireland, as that it may be made available to 
them, without religious distinction. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the three last be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Nottingham, was pre- Prix 


sented, and read ; praying, That the House will not only i" 


take into their favourable consideration the extreme hard- fring 


for renee 


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ship of the case of the Reverend Robert Taylor, and ™ fe ° 


recommend to His Majesty his release from confinement, 
but also enact a law forbidding any person to be prose- 
cuted for his religious opinions, it being disgraceful and 
repugnant to Christianity. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Message by Mr. Pudman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rov 
Rod: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty’s Com- 
mission, for declaring His Royal Assent to several Acts 
agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the immediate 
attendance of this Honourable House in the House of 
Peers, to hear the Commission read: 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to 
the House of Peers:—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the desire of 
the Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty's Com- 
mission, had been at the House of ‘Peérs, where a Com- 
mission under the Great Seal was read, giving, declaring 
and notifying the Royal Assent to:the several Public and 
Private Bills therein mentioned ; and that the Lords there- 
by authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the said 
Bills: Which Bills are as followeth ; 

An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen Millions six 
hundred and sixteen thousand five hundred Pounds by 
Exchequer Bills for the Service of the year one thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-one : 

An Act to discontinue or alter the Duties of Customs 
upon Coals, Slates, Cotton Wool, Barilla and Wax: -- 

An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and 
Contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Mi- 
litia in Great Britain and Ireland, and to grant Allow- 
ances in certain cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, 
Paymasters, Quarter-masters, Surgeons, Assistant Sur- 
geons, Surgeons’ Mates and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, 
until the Thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-two : 

An Act to repeal an Act of the nineteenth year of 
King George the Third, for repealing so much of — 

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Acts as prohibit the Growth and Produce of Tobacco in 
Treland, and to permit the Importation of Tobacco of the 
Growth and Produce of that Kingdom into Great Bri- 
tam: 

An Act to provide for the better order and govern- 
ment of Ireland, by Lieutenants for the several Counties, 
Counties of Cities, and Counties of Towns therein : 

An Act for granting certain Powers to a Company, 
called, ‘“« The General Steam Navigation Company :” 


An Act for extending the Royalty of the Burgh of 
Dundee, and for amending the Sett or Municipal Consti- 
tution of the said Burgh: 

An Act to consolidate and amend the several Acts for 
making the West India Docks: 

An Act for erecting a County Hall and Courts of Jus- 
tice, and also for providing Accommodation for His Ma- 
jesty's Justices of Assize in and for the County of Wor- 
cester : 

An Act for endowing a Church, called, Saint Bridgett, 
in the Parish of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster : 

An Act for repealing, altering, enlarging and amend- 
ing certain Provisions of an Act passed in the fifty-sixth 
year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Third, intituled, “‘ An Act for the Incorporation of the 
Highland Society of London, for the better Management 
of the Funds of the Society, and for rendering its exer- 
tions more extensive and beneficial to the Public :” 


An Act for the better management of the Poor in the 
several Parishes and Hamlets in the City of Norwich, and 
County of the same City : 

An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the 
seventh and eighth year of the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty, intituled, “ An Act for carrying into effect certain 
Improvements within the City of Edinburgh, and adja- 
cent to the same : ” 

An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers of an Act 
passed in the eleventh year of the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for 
making and maintaining a Navigable Cut or Canal from 
Lough Corrib to the Bay of Galway, and for the Improve- 
ment of the Harbour of Galway :” 


An Act for the further Improvement of the Port and 
Harbour of Belfast in Ireland, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to amend the several Acts for making and 
maintaining the U/ster Canal, in the Counties of Ferma- 
nagh and Armagh : 


An Act for amending an Act passed in the eleventh 
year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, for making and maintaining a Railway from the 
Lands of Polloc and Govan to the River Clyde, and to 
alter and extend the Powers of the Company of Proprie- 
tors of the said Railway : 


An Act for making a Railway from Manchester, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, to Sheffield, in the West 
Riding of the County of York: 


An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of the 
Canal Navigation from Manchester to Bolton and to Bury 
to make and maintaina Railway from Manchester to Bolton 
and to Bury, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, upon 
or near the Line of the said Canal Navigation, and to 
make and maintain a collateral Branch to communicate 
therewith : 

An Act for extinguishing Tithes, and Customary Pay- 
ments in lieu of Tithes, within the Parish of L/anelly, in 
the County of Carmarthen, and for making Compensation 
in lieu thereof : 


An Act for inclosing, draining and warping Lands 
within the Townships or Hamlets of Frodingham, Scun- 
thorpe and Gunhouse (otherwise Gunnas), all inthe Parish 
of Frodingham, in the County of Lincoln : 

_ An Act for more effectually making, amending, widen- 
ing, repairing and keeping in repair certain Roads in the 
County of Forfar : 

An Act to amend an Act of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, for repairing the several Roads lead- 
ing to and from the City of Eveter, and for making certain 
new Lines of Road to communicate with the same, and 
for keeping in repair Eve Bridge and Countess Wear 
Bridge, and to make and maintain other Roads commu- 
hicating with the said Roads: 

VOL. 86. 


93° A uousti. 


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An Act for the more effectually repairing and otherwise 
improving the Road from Sunderland-near-the-Sea, in the 
County of Durham, to the City of Durham: 

An Act for repairing and improving the several Roads 
within the Kidwelly District of Roads, in the County of 
Carmarthen, and for making new Lines of Road within 
the said District, and building a Bridge across the River 
Lloughor at Spitty Bank, and a Bridge or Embankment 
across the River Gwendraith Fawr at the Ford : 

An Act for better repairing and improving several 
Roads leading to and from the Town of Frome, in the 
County of Somerset : 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Woolvercot, 
in the County of Oxford, and for commuting the Tithes 
of the said Parish : 

An Act for vesting certain detached portions of the 
Lands and Estates entailed by the deceased John Buchanan, 
Esquire, of Carbeth, in the County of Stirling, in Trustees 
to sell the same, and to apply the Price arising therefrom 
in the purchase of other Lands near to the Mansion-house 
of Carbeth, and the remainder of the said entailed Lands : 

An Act to enable the Governors of the Possessions, Re- 
venues and Goods of the Free Grammar School of King 
Edward the Sixth in Birmingham, in the County of 
Warwick, to erect a School House, Masters’ Houses, and 
other suitable Accommodations for the said School, and to 
extend the objects of the Charity, and for other purposes: 


An Act to exonerate the Trustees of Richard Oswald, 
of Auchincruive, Esquire, for advances of Money made 
by them to Richard Alexander Oswald, Esquire, now of 
Auchincruive, and applied in executing Improvements, as 
well upon the entailed Estates left by the said Richard 
Oswald, as the Fee-Simple Estates acquired by the said 
Trustees, and partly entailed by them, and to enable the 
said Trustees to discharge a part of the Debts incurred by 
the said Richard Alexander Oswald, in improving the said 
Estates : | 

An Act for vesting the entailed Estates of Abercairney 
and others, in the County of Perth, belonging to James 
Moray, of Abercairney, Esquire, in Trustees, to sell the 
same, or so much thereof as may be necessary ; and to 
apply the Price arising therefrom in the payment of the 
Debts affecting, or that may be made to affect, the said 
Lands-and Estates : | 

An Act for vesting the undivided Moieties of certain 
Estates of Nathaniel Cameron, Esquire, and Letitia Pryce, 
his Wife, in the County of Glamorgan, in Trustees in 
trust, to sell under the directions of the High Court of 
Chancery, and to apply the Money to arise from such 
Sales in the manner therein mentioned : 


An Act for exchanging part of the Freehold Estates 
devised by the Will of Beilby Thompson, Esquire, for 
Freehold Lands devised by the Will of Mrs. Dorothy Wil- 
son, to Trustees for Charitable Purposes, and for amending 
an Act passed in the third year of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for empowering 
Trustees to sell and convey part of the Freehold and 
Copyhold Estates, in the County of York, devised by the 
Will of Beilby Thompson, Esquire, deceased, and part of 
the Freehold Estates in the same County, devised by the 
Will of Richard Thompson, Esquire, deceased, and for 
laying out the Money arising from such Sales respectively, 
under the direction of the High Court of Chancery, in 
the purchase of other Estates to be settled to the same 
uses ;” 

An Act for vesting certain parts of the devised Estates 
of Thomas Bradshaw Isherwood, Esquire, deceased, in 
Trustees in trust, to be sold or demised for the purposes 
therein mentioned : 

An Act for vesting an undivided Moiety of a Freehold 
Estate in Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
late the Property of William Orford, Esquire, deceased, in 
Trustees for sale, and for investing the Proceeds of such 
Sale for the benefit of his infant Son and Heir-at-Law : 

An Act to enable Wenman Langham Watson, Esquire, 
and his issue male, to take the Surname and use the Arms 
of Samwell, pursuant to the Will of Sir Thomas Samwell, 
Baronet, deceased : 

An Act for naturalizing Charles Francis Ramié : 

An Act for naturalizing Edward Henry Levyssohn : 

9M A Petition 





Petitions for 
repeal of 
Union with 
Ireland. 


Petition re- 
specting Reform 
of Parliament 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Inheritance 
Bill, pre- 
sented. 


No. 191. 


Dower Bill, 
presented. 


No. 192. 


Limitation of 

Actions Bill, 

presented, 
No. 194. 


Curtesy of 

England Bill, 

presented. 
No. 193. 


Further 
Proceeding 
respecting Grect 
Grimsby Writ. 


778 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint James’s parish ;— 
and, of the parish of Saint Mary, in the city of Dubiim, 
—were presented, and read ; praying for a repeal of the 
Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the Provost, Bailies and Councillors of 
the royal burgh of Kirkcudbright, in Council assembled, 
was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to 
amend the Representation of the People in Scotland; and 
praying the House to remove the Burgh of Kirkcud- 
bright from the Dumfries Class or District of Burghs, and 
to join it, in returning a Member of Parliament, to the 
other Galloway Burghs, viz. Wigton, Stranraer, New 
Galloway and Whitehorn. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. John Campbell presented a Bill for the amendment 
of the Law of Inheritance: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. John Campbell presented a Bill for the amendment 
of the Law relating to Dower: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. John Campbell presented a Bill for the Limitation 
of Actions and Suits relating to Real Property, and for 
simplifying the Remedies for trying the Rights thereto : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Tuesday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. John Campbell presented a Bill for the amendment 
of the Law relating to the Estate of a Tenant by the 
Curtesy of England: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Tues- 
day next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the at- 
tendance of the Mayor and Town Clerk of the Borough 
of Great Grimsby, be now read; and the same being 
read ; 

And Mr. Babb, the Town Clerk, being called to the 
Bar, was examined in respect of the delay which had 
taken place in the Return of the Indenture; and stated, 
that the same was delivered to him by the Mayor on 
Wednesday evening 10th August; that it was his inten- 
tion that the Return should have been transmitted to the 
Sheriff the next day, and he thought he had given direc- 
tion for that purpose to his clerk, but on the Sunday 
evening following he found that the Return had not been 
made, whereupon he directed his clerk to dispatch a 
special messenger with the Return on the next morning ; 
that he was very sorry for the delay which had taken place, 
and that it arose from his mind being distracted on ac- 
count of a domestic misfortune, and the multiplicity of 
business in which he was at that time engaged :—And 
being asked whether he had not had a conversation with 
Mr. Acton, the agent for the Sitting Members, on the 
Wednesday evening, respecting the immediate Return of 
the Indenture, he stated, that he did not recollect having 
had such a conversation :—And then he was directed to 
withdraw. 

And the House being informed, that Mr. Acton was in 
attendance, he was called to the bar; and being exa- 
mined as to the conversation which had passed between 
him and Mr. Badd, stated, that he said to Mr. Babd, 
when the Indenture was completed, “ of course it will be 
sent off To-morrow morning ;” and Mr. Babb answered, 
‘* Certainly ;” there was, however, great noise and con- 
fusion at the time :—And then he was directed to with- 
draw. 

Ordered, That the Mayor and Town Clerk of the Bo- 


rough of Great Grimsby be discharged from any further 
attendance on this House. 


93° August. 


A. 1831, 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Roupel/ and My, The 
Adam: 

Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 


without any Amendment ; viz. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal the Duties of Excise cay, 
and Drawbacks on Candles : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for transferring the Duties of p, 
Receivers General of the Land and Assessed Taxes to Per. Tae. 
sons executing the Offices of Inspectors of Taxes, and for 
making other Provisions for the Receipt and Remittance 
of the said Taxes : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing and improving Din 
the Mail Coach Road through the County of Tyrone: ~ buy 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter and amend the several Ken 
Acts for making navigable the River Kennet, in the vigiy 
County of Berks: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made by ,,., 
this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to provide for lit, 
the better order and government of Jredand by Lieutenants \i'" 
for the several Counties, Counties of Cities, and Counties 
of Towns therein: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for m,, 
settling Controversies by Arbitration ; to which the Lords * 
desire the concurrence of this House : And also, Aci 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to en- jn 
able Courts of Law to give Relief against adverse Claims hill 
made upon Persons having no interest in the subject of 
such Claims; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The House was moved, That the entry in the Journal of p,., 
this House of the 10th day of December 1779, of the tag 
Resolution of the House in relation to the interference of Di 
Ministers, or other Servants under the Crown of Great ea 
Britain, at Elections, might be read; and the same was 
read ; and is as followeth ; 

“Resolved, That it is highly criminal in any Minister 
or Ministers or other Servants under the Crown of Great 
Britain, directly or indirectly to use the powers of office 
in the election of Representatives to serve in Parliament; 
and an attempt at such influence will at all times be 
resented by this House, as aimed at its own honow, 
dignity and independency, as an infringement of the 
dearest rights of every subject throughout the Empire, 
and tending to sap the basis of this free and happy Con- 
stitution.” 

The House was also moved, That the entry in the 
Journal of this House of the 25th day of April 1809, of 
the Resolution of the House in relation to certain prac: 
tices regarding the appointment and nomination of Writers 
or Cadets in the service of the East India Company, 
might be read; and the same was read; and is as fol- 
loweth ; 

‘“‘ Resolved, That it is the duty of this House to main- 
tain a jealous guard over the purity and independence of 
Parliament; but that this House, duly weighing the Evi- 
dence before it, and all the circumstances of the case, and 
considering that the intention referred to in that Evidence 
was not carried into effect, this House does not think it 
necessary to come to a criminatory Resolution upon the 
same. 

The House was also moved, That the Report which, 
upon Monday, the 8th day of this instant August, was 
made from the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the merits of the Petition of James Scarlett, 
David M‘Cleery, William Scott, William B. Rogerson, 
and John Judkin Butler, Freemen of the County of the 
City of Dublin, and of the several Persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, Electors of the City of Dublin, 
in the County of the City of Dublin, on behalf of them- 
selves and others, claiming a right to vote for Members 
to serve in Parliament for the said City, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That it appears in evidence, adduced before 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine the 
merits of the Petition of James Scarlett and others, seve- 
rally complaining of an undue Election and Return fot 
the City of Dublin, that a system of creating fictitious 
Freeholds within the City and County of the City of Dud- 
lin, has been fraudulently and illegally carried on, that 
such Freeholds have been supported by perjury, and cet 
tain Votes qualified thereby have been notoriously bribed. 

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Resolved, That such a system is a great violation of the 
purity of Election, and a direct infraction of the Law of 
e Land. 
“ Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That it is the duty of the Law Officers of the Crown in 
Jreland to take immediate measures for the purpose of 

unishing the Persons concerned in these illegal and un- 
constitutional practices:—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That the Law Officers of the Crown in Ireland be directed 
to take immediate measures for the purpose of bringing to 
‘ustice such Persons as may have been guilty of bribing 
Voters at the last Election for the City of Dublin; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques- 
tion, by leaving out the words “ guilty of bribing Voters 
« atthe last Election for the City of Dublin,” in order to 
add the words “concerned in such illegal and unconsti- 
tutional practices ” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

And a Debate arising in the House thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That the Debate be adjourned till this day fortnight :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 
ey And the Question being put, That the words “ guilty 
il, “ of bribing Voters at the last Election for the City of 

F “ Dublin,” stand part of the original Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 





; Mr. Attorney General, 

Tellers for the Yeas, \ =a 294. 
Mr. Robert Gordon, 1 

Tellers for the Noes, 1 Mr. Williams Wynn : J 147. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That the Law Officers of the Crown in Jre- 
land be directed to take immediate measures for the pur- 
pose of bringing to justice such Persons as may have been 
guilty of bribing Voters at the last Election for the City 
of Dublin. 

4 A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That 
| it appears, in evidence taken before such Select Committee, 
that official influence in Jre/and was unduly exercised in 
; favour of, and with a view to aid and assist in, the Elec- 
tion and Return of Robert Harty, Esquire, and Louis 
Perrin, Esquire, for the said City of Dubin in the present 





. Parliament and that it is the opinion of this House, that 
{ such undue exercise of official influence was a gross vio- 
: lation of the Privileges of this House, and a direct con- 
. travention of the Law of Parliament, as declared in the 


, | Resolutions of this House ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


of Mercurii, 24° die Augusti, 1831: 
it The House divided. 
The Yeas went forth. 


S Mr. Robert Gordon, 


it Tellers for the Yeas, | 3c Recieet ket; 


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Tellers for the Noes, od James Macdonald, Looz. 
h Mr. Spring Rice : J 
- So it passed in the Negative. 
. rete ~—- AD ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
on, et amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the 
he |  Scventh and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, 
a intituled, ‘“‘ An Act to amend the Acts for building, and 
lin, promoting the building, of additional Churches in popu- 
ne lous Parishes,” was, according to Order, read a second 
meet time ; and committed toa Committee of the whole House, 
‘d: for Tuesday next. 
pore The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
the solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
ne the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
for England and Wales ; 
ous _ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
yub- into the said Committee. 
that 
cer Mr. Spring Rice, by Order, reported from the Com- 
ol mittee of the whole House, to whom it was referred to 
Ived, VOL. 86. 





Augusti. 779 
consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty, the 
Resolutions which they had directed him to report to the 


House ; and the same were read, and agreed to by the 
House; and are as followeth: 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven thousand 
two hundred and seventy-six pounds nineteen shillings 
and five-pence, be granted to His Majesty, to make good 
the Losses sustained by Louis Celeste Lescene and John 
Escoffery, in consequence of their removal from Jamaica, 
in the year 1823, by order of the Duke of Manchester, 
the Governor of that Island; and that the said sum be 


issued and paid without any fee or other deduction what- 
soever. 


Compensation 
to Lescene and 
Escoffery. 


Protestant 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five thousand 
Charter Schools 


seven hundred and ninety-four pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Protestant Charter 
Schools of Lre/and, for the year 1831; and that the said 


sum be issued and paid without any fee or other deduction 
whatsoever. 


3. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Twenty-seven 
thousand eight hundred and twenty-four pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the 
Foundling Hospital in Dublin, for the year 1831 ; and 


that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or 
other deduction whatsoever. 


Foundling 
Tlospital. 


4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-one 
thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the House of Industry 
in Dublin, the Lunatic Department, and the three General 
Hospitals attached, for the year 1831; and that the said 


sum be issued and paid without any fee or other deduction 
whatsoever. 


5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thousand 
three hundred and eighty-eight pounds, be granted to 
His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Richmond Lu- 
natic Asylum, for the year 1831 ; and that the said sum 
be issued and paid without any fee or other deduction 
whatsoever. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six thousand 
three hundred and twenty-three pounds, be granted to 
His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Hibernian So- 
ciety for Soldiers’ Children, for the year 1831 ; and that 


the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 
deduction whatsoever. 


7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thousand 
two hundred and sixty-eight pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Hibernian Marine 
Society, for the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued 
and paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 


8. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding One thousand 
two hundred and ninety-one pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Female Orphan 
House in Dublin, for the year 1831; and that the said 
sum be issued and paid without any fee or other deduc- 
tion whatsoever. 


9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thousand 
and nine hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Westmorland Lock Hospital, 
for the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 


10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thousand 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Lying-In Hospital, for the year 1831 ; and that the 
said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other de- 
duction whatsoever. 


11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thousand 
five hundred and seventy-eight pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Doctor Steevens’s Hos- 
pital, for the year 1831 ; and that the said sum be issued 
and paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 


12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thousand 
eight hundred and sixty pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Expense of the Fever Hospital, Cork- 
street, Dublin, for the year 1831; and that the said sum 
be issued and paid without any fee or deduction what- 
soever. 


13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four hundred 
aud sixty-five pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of the Hospital for Incurables, for the 
year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 


9M 2 


House of 
Industry. 


Richmond 
Lunatic Asylum, 


Hibernian 
Society for Sol- 
diers’ Childrcu. 


Hibernian Ma- 


rine Society. 


Female 
Orphan House. 


Westmorland 
Tock Hospital. 


Lying-In 


Hospital. 


Dr. Steevens’s 
Hospital, 


Fever 
Hospital. 


Hospital for 
Incurables. 


The 








780 95°__9. 4° 


Distillation The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
(Ireland) Bill, solye itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
— the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppress- 
ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 
in Ireland ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. ; 
Exchequer 


Court( Scotland) 
Regulation Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reading 
of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 


_ making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business now 
done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 
Courts of A Bill to explain and amend an Act for regulating the 
aoe ees receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and Eimoluments 
nied. receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts of Common 
Law, was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for Mon- 
day next. 
Turnpike The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
fan) Wil *- Report from the Committee of the whole House, on the 
deferred. Bill for amending and making more effectual the Laws 


concerning Turnpike Roads in Scotland ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable Courts of Law to give relief against adverse Claims 


Interpleader 
Bill, read. 


No 196. made upon Persons having no interest in the subject of 
such Claims, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 
Arbitration An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
Bill, read. settling Controversies by Arbitration, was read the first 
No. 197. time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 
Suits in Com- An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
Bil a “* diminish the expense and prevent the delay of Suits in 
No. 198. the Common Law Courts at Westminster, was read the 


first time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Lord Viscount Althorp reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 9th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 17th 
and 18th days of this instant August (that His Majesty 
would be graciously pleased to give directions, that the 
Papers therein mentioned might be laid before this House) 
had been presented to His Majesty; and that His Majesty 
had commanded him to acquaint this House, that He will 
give directions accordingly. 


Papers respect- 


Mr. Lamb presented to the House, pursuant to their 


Cistend) soe. Address to His Majesty,— Copies of the Case and Opinions 
sented, of the Law Officers of the Crown in Jreland, on the sub-: 
No. 195. 


ject of the Revaluation of the Benefices to the First Fruit 
Fund, as taken on an Address to His Majesty of the 14th 
of March last. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Flathmann’s 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 








~— Bill, for naturalizing Herman Hinrich Flathmann, was read 
- the first time, and ordered to be read a second time. 

And then the House, having continued to sit till 
near three of the clock on Wednesday moruing, 
adjourned till this day. 

Mercuri, 24° die August: ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 
Time for Report ) R DE RED, That the Committee on the Bill for 
of Zemindar of ‘di ° ‘ . 
Nozeed and providing for the discharge of a Claim in respect of 
pene Monies advanced by the late James Hodges, Esquire, on 


security of the Lands of the late Zemindar of Nozeed and 
Mustaphanagur, in the District of Fort Saint George, in 
a 





Augusti. A. 1831, 


the East Indies, now under the Sovereignty of the Ho- 
nourable the East India Company, have leave to make 
their Report on or before Friday, the 2d day of Sep- 


tember next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give dj- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return 
of Warrants issued by the Sheriff of the County of Surrey, 
on Writs of Execution against the Person or Property 
from the Superior Courts at Westminster, from the foot of. 
the last Return made on the 18th of May 1826, with the 
Poundage paid thereon, and the number of Warrants jn 
each year ; distinguishing the Poundage paid on Process: 
executed within the Liberty of Southwark from that paid in 
respect of Writs executed in any other part of the County. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Adie, 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- tix! 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return, Gat 
showing the Number of Persons committed to the County 
Gaol of the County of Surrey and the Borough Compter 
respectively, by the Southwark Court of Requests, in. 
execution for Debt since the 2d of August 1823 ; stating 
the aggregate amount of the Expense incurred by the 
County of Surrey and the Corporation of London re- 
spectively, in their maintenance during such period, or 
up to the most usual or convenient time the Accounts can 
be made up, and distinguishing the number whose Debts, 
exclusive of Costs, did not exceed 20s., 40s., 60s., and 
100s. respectively, and the periods for which the Parties 
were detained in custody. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- Re; 
turn, by the respective Masters of the High Court of Cwm 
Chancery, showing the Number of Receivers’ Accounts “ 
referred to each of them, during the last Ten years, and -_ 
the Number now under their supervision in each of their 
Offices; and distinguishing the Number of Receivers’. 
Accounts that have not been brought in during the last 
Three years, and the Number that, being brought in, have 
not been passed within one year now past. 









Adding, 
(Sum, 


pusagail 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Alban, was presented, Peiins 
and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners have learnt ‘'* 
with deep regret that the House, now in Committee on (iya 
the Bill of Reform, have provided that Tenants at Will 
paying 50/. per annum rent, shall be entitled to vote for 


County Members ; that the Petitioners humbly submit to 


1) 

the House, that if such a Clause pass into a law, particu- 7 

- larly whilst Counties are to be divided, that it will be im- om 
possible to insure a responsible and independent Repre- 
sentation of the People; and therefore the Petitioners 
humbly pray the House, that the qualification to vote in 
Boroughs should be reduced from Ten Pounds to Five 

Pounds resident Householders, that a sufficient number of 4 


resident Householders may vote. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Goresbridge, in the county Pei 
of Kilkenny was presented, and read ; praying the House 
to cause to be adopted such measures in aid of Education /\. 
b ; ‘ : - ote (Ne 
in Ireland, as impartial justice to all classes of His Ma- 
jesty’s Subjects may, in the judgment of the House, seem 
to demand. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Rye, for expediting the Peli 
Bill for the Reform of Parliament, and praying the House ™ 
to oppose a strenuous resistance to those upholders of cor- 
ruption, who, under frivolous pretences, waste the time of 
the House, was offered to be presented :—And the said 
Petition was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Petition of the Beneficed Clergy of the Diocese of Pui 
Leighlin, was presented, and read ; praying, That the Tithe a 





Bill, 






Composition Act may be made compulsory, and that the. 


present Session of Parliament may not be suffered to elapse 
without some decisive enactment on the subject of Tithes. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 
A Petition 








9 Wit. IV. 


ition of Vestrymen of the parish of Saint Mary- 

- So i ae cen of ‘Middlesea, was presented, and 

is Bill. read ; taking notice of the Bill for the better regulation of 

| Vestries, and for the appdintment of Auditors of Accounts 

jn certain Parishes of England and Wales ; and praying, 
That the same may not pass into a law as it now stands. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 








Sir Thomas Baring presented to the House, pursuant 
to their Order, —A Copy of the Resolutions passed and 
the Regulations made for the Allowance to the Poor, at 
a Meeting of Magistrates acting in and for the Division of 
19 Fawley, in the County of Southampton, at the Petty 
Sessions held at the Grand Jury Chamber at Winchester 
on 3lst August 1822 ; stating whether the said Regula- 
tions are now acted on, or, if not, what alterations have 
been adopted in their stead. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


respect 
of of - 
7 Division 


s); 


A Petition of Freeholders and Inhabitants of Warfield, 
Binfield and Easthampstead ;—and, of Windlesham and 
Chobham,—were presented, and read ; taking notice of the 
Bill for remedying defects in the Titles to Lands allotted 
or taken in Exchange under Inclosure Acts; and praying, 
That the same may not pass into a law as it now stands. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


pusagainst 
re Acts 
ill 





Two Petitions of Inhabitants of Bury and its neighbour- 
ig hood, in the county of Lancaster, were presented, and 
wg read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Representation 

of the People in England and Wales ; and praying, That 
the right of voting for Bury may be extended to the Town- 
: shipsof Elton, Walmsley, Tottington Higher End, Tottington 
 - Lower End, and Heap, all within the parish of Bury, the 
ss parish of Ratcliffe, and the township of Pilkington. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 








Reto 
ourt i 
Chance 
mrdered, . 

mn A Petition of Petty Jurors who attended the Knutsford 
ting ~— Sessions in June 1831, was presented, and read ; reciting 
leer the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 64, to permit the general Sale of 
Beer and Cider by Retail in England; and praying, That 
the law may not be otherwise altered than to permit the 
Retailers of Beer the same hours for sale as the houses 
licensed by the Magistrates. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of Bohermore, in 
the town of Galway, was presented, and read ; praying, 
That the House will be pleased to accord to the Roman 
Catholic Mercantile and Trading Classes of Galway the 
same right of Franchise as is now enjoyed by Protestants. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Thomas Hopkins, Chair- 
man of the Association for the preservation of ancient 
Footpaths, established at Manchester, which was pre- 
sented to the House upon the 3d day of this instant August, 
be printed. 


twint A Petition of Directors of the Poor of the several pa- 
rbil, Tishes in the city of Worcester, and of the parishes united 
therewith, was presented, and read ; taking notice of the 
Bill to alter and amend the Laws of Settlement by Hiring 
and Service; and praying, That the same may not pass 
into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 
wsinst A Petition of Landholders of the county of Perth ;—of 
viesand Farmers growing Barley in the neighbourhood of Perth ; 
s  —of Proprietors and Farmers growing Barley in the Carse 
of Gowrie, district of Perthshire ;—and, of Landed Pro- 
prietors and Farmers growing Barley in the county of 
Perth and vicinity of Dunkeld,—were presented, and 


Dw: read ; praying, That no law may be passed to permit the 

s use of Molasses in the Breweries and Distilleries of the 

; United Kingdom. 

° And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Select Committee on Molasses. 

= VOL. 86. 





Q4° August. 


781 

A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson and The Lords 

Mr. Roupell : have agreed 
Mr. Speaker, sd 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act for Birmingham 
altering, amending and enlarging the Powers of aa Act a 
ye in the twenty-third year of the reign of his late 

ajesty George the Third, for providing a proper Work- 
house within the Parish of Birmingham, in the County of 
Warwick, and for better regulating the Poor within ‘the 
said Parish, and for empowering the Guardians of the 
Poor to grant Building Leases of certain Lands vested in 
them, or otherwise to sell and dispose of the same, and to 
apply the Monies to arise therefrom in the enlargement or 
rebuilding of the present Workhouse, with some Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
extend the Provisions of an Act passed in the Twenty-ninth 
year of the reign of his Majesty King Charles the Second, 
intituled, “ An Act for confirming and perpetuating 
Augmentations made by Ecclesiastical Persons to small 
Vicarages and Curacies, and for other purposes ;” to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The Lords 
have passed 


Augmentation 
of Benefices 
Bill. 


Committee 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon +b cereersga 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in (England) Bil. 
England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 

read :—The House resolved itself into tae Committee. 


(In the Committee. 
CrauseE, N° 21, (Right of voting in Boroughs) 


read. 
P. 6. 1. 36. Amendment proposed, After “ incapa- 
“ city” to insert “ being a Householder, and paying 
“* Rates and Taxes, shall have a right to vote for such 
‘¢ Member or Members.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted. 
The Committee divided. | 
Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Hunt - - - dL. 
Teller for the Noes, Sir James Macdonald - 123. 
Another Amendment was proposed, In the same place 
to insert “ who shall within the limits of any City, not 
“« being a County of itself, or any Borough, or within 
“ any of the Places named in the first Column of the 
“ Schedule (F.) to this Act annexed, be seised of and’ in 
any Freehold Lands or Tenements of at least the yearly 
“* value of Forty Shillings above reprizes, or of and in 
‘“‘ any Lands or Tenements for an Estate for Life, or for 
“* any larger Estate of at least the yearly value of Ten 
** Pounds above reprizes holden by Copy of Court Roll of 
“ the Lord or Lady of any Manor, or by any Customary 
“« Tenure or.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted. 
The Committee divided. 
Teller for the Yeas, Colonel Davies - - 136. 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Spring Rice - - 225. 
P. 6. 1. 37. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
the second word “ any” to “ as” in ]. 39, and to insert 
“« place sharing in the Election for such City or Borough” 
Agreed to. 
P. 6. 1. 39. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ Twelve calendar months ” Agreed to. 
P. 6. 1. 40. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ First day of November ” Agreed to. 
P. 6. 1.41. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ last day of August ” Agreed to. 
P. 6. 1.43. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ Ten Pounds.” 
Whereupon another Amendment was proposed, To fill 
the blank with “ Five Pounds.” 
Question, That the blank be filled with “ Ten Pounds ” 
put, and agreed to. 
In the same line, Amendment proposed, After “ Ten 
“« Pounds” to insert “ with the exception of the several 
“« Places enumerated in Schedule (C.) to this Act an- 
“ nexed.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted——put, 
and negatived. 
P. 7. 1. 3. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ Ten Pounds.”——-Agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


9N 























And 





182 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 


- of the clock on Thursday morning ; 


Settlement 
of the Poor 


Bill, deferred. 


Public Works 
(Great Britain) 
Bill, deferred. 


Supply, 
deferred, 


Public Works 
(Ireland) Bill, 


deferred. 


Debate on Mo- 
tion respecting 
Arms (Treland,) 
adjourned. 


Juries 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Administration 
of Justice 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred, 


Duchess 

of Kent’s 
Annuity Bill, 
passed. 


Ways and 
Means, de- 
ferred. 


Committee on 
Turnpike Tolls 
Regulation Bill. 


- Jovis, 25° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to alter and amend the Laws of Settlement 
by Hiring and Service ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a. second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reading 
of the Bill to amend several Acts passed for authorizing 
the issue of Exchequer Bills, and the advance of Money 
for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, and Employ- 
ment of the Poor, and to authorize a further issue of Ex- 
chequer Bills for the purposes of the said Acts ; 

Ordered, That the. Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the extension and promotion of Public Works 
in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, wpon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being. read, for resuming the ad- 
journed -Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday, the 
Ist day of July last, ‘‘ That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill to regulate the Importation of Arms into [reland ;” 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws relative 
to Jurors and Juries in /reland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve.itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to improve the Administration of Justice in Lre- 
land; - - 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to enable His Majesty to grant an 


annual Sum to Her Royal Highness Victoria Maria Louisa 


Duchess of Kent, for a more adequate Provision for Her 
said Royal Highness, and for the honourable Support and 
Education of Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandrina 
Victoria of Kent, was, according to Order, read the third 
time ; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Viscount Althorp do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


_ The House, according 40 Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to amend 
the Acts for regulating Turnpike Roads in England, so 
far as they relate to certain Exemptions from Toll ; and, 
after some ‘time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Greene’ reported from the Committee, 


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.. 4. 183} 


That they had gone through the Bill; and made severa] 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 









omit 
. Le Fe 
Divorce 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re: pis 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upoy (Ini 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppress. “ 
ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits in 
Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, ‘re. 
solve itself into the said Committee. 










The Order of the day being read, for the second read. Ex; 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, Ay &amp; 
Act for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business 
now done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


oport fr 
ommitte 
Standi 
ders 5 

Mr. Keith Douglas reported from the Committee on the Tuy 
re-committed Bill for amending and making more effec: o~ 
tual the Laws concerning Turnpike Roads in Scotland, ~ 
the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration To-morrow. 


The House was moved, That the Act 4 Geo. 1, c. 15, Gal 
of the Parliament of Jredand, for the better regulating the Fra 
Town of Galway, and for the strengthening the Protes. 
tant Interest therein, might be read; and the same being 
read ; ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal so much of the said Act as limits the Franchise 
created by that Act to Protestants only: And that Mr, 
Wyse, Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Lambert, and Mr. Spring Rice, 
do prepare, and bring it in. | 








nis and 

way Ri 

I, re-co 
ted, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- Awa 
count of all Expenses incurred for the Government House 
at Newfoundland, up to this time ; stating the Dates of all Hw, 
such Issues, the Monies from which paid, the Authority gi 
by which they were made; also, a Copy of the Estimate 
sent in for that Building, and the Date on which, and by 
whom, sent into the Treasury ; also, the Grants made by 
Parliament, the Dates of the Grants, and the Estimates 
upon which such Works have been undertaken ; stating 
also, whether the House is finished, or in what state of 
completion. 


Ordered, That Lord Viscount Milton have leave of Lani ; 
absence for three weeks, on account of illness in his Aq 
family. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till two 
of the clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 


this day. 





Jovis, 25° die Augusti ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


4 i House being informed that Mr. Johnson, from t«- 
the Office of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, attended 
at the door, he was called in; and at the bar presented ¢,,, 
to the House, pursuant to their Orders,—Returns of the Toss 
Number of Freemen created in each Corporate Town in \. 
Ireland returning Members to Parliament from Ist April 

to 20th July in the present year; distinguishing those 
who have been declared entitled to their Freedom as of 
right. 

An Account of the Names and Descriptions of Causes Ai 
which have been tried and adjudicated in the Court of “ 
Admiralty of Ireland since the Ist day of August last past, ™ 
together with the Names and Number of Causes which 
remain entered for trial in that Court on which no Decision 
has been pronounced ; and also, a Return of the Number 
of Days in each Month since that period in which that 
Court has sat for dispatch of Business :—And then he 
withdrew. 

--Ordered,; That the said Returns and Account do lie 
upon the Table ; and be printed. 


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The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 


, Committee of the whole House, upon the ingrossed Bill 


from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dissolve the Marriage 
of Samuel Le Feuvre ‘otherwise Le Fevre, Esquire, with 
Mary his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, 
and for other purposes ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Penleaze re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had heard counsel 


and examined witnesses for the Bill, and that no counsel 


or party appeared before the Committee to oppose the 
Bill; and that they had gone through the Bill, and had 
directed him to report the same to the House, without 
any Amendment. 


Sir George Clerk reported from the Select Committee, 
to whom shall be referred all Reports from Committees on 
Petitions for Private Bills, in which it shall be stated, that 
any of the Standing Orders of this House have not been 
complied with, and to report their opinion thereupon 
from time to time to the House; and to whom several 
Reports, stating that the Standing Orders have not been 
complied with, were referred; That they had made a 
further progress in the matters referred to them; and had 
come to a Resolution, which they had directed him to 
report to the House; and the same was read, and is as 
followeth ; 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, That 
in the case of the Ennis and Galway Road Bill, the 
Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

The said Resolution of the Committee, being read a 
second time, was postponed. 


Ordered, That the Bill for maintaining, repairing, alter- 
ing, amending and improving the Road leading from 
Tubber, near the bounds of the Counties of Clare and 
Galway, to Ennis, in the County of Clare, and from 
thence to Thomond Gate, in the County of the City of 
Limerick, be re-committed to the former Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for altering, amending and enlarging the Powers 
of an Act passed in the twenty-third year of the reign of 
his late Majesty George the Third, for providing a proper 
Workhouse within the Parish of Birmingham, in the 
County of Warwick, and for better regulating the Poor 
within the said Parish, and for empowering the Guardians 
of the Poor to grant Building Leases of certain Lands 
vested in them, or otherwise to sell and dispose of the 
same, and to apply the Monies to arise therefrom in the 
enlargement or rebuilding of the present Workhouse ; 
and the same were read ; and are as followeth ; 

Pr. 3. 1. 36. Leave out “the said George Bridgens.” 
' Pr. 8. 1. 9. Leave out “ and Testament.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 4. After “of” insert “ the reign of.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 1. Leave out “other” interlined. 

Pr. 15. 1. 3. Leave out “these” and insert “ those.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 20. Leave out “ Whitehalls” and insert 
“ Whithalls” 

Pr. 19. 1. 11. Leave out “ Messuage” and insert 
“ Messuages.” 
. Pr. 19. 1. 25. Leave out “ backward” and insert 
“ backwards.” 

Pr. 23. 1.11. Leave out “ Joseph” and insert “ John.” 

Pr. 23. 1.23. Leave out “to” and insert “ towards.” 

Pr. 28. 1.27. Leave out “ Resolution” and _ insert 
“ Resolutions.” 
~ Pr. 31.1. ult. 

Pr. 36.1. 5. 


Leave out “ and.” 
Leave out “ Joseph” and insert “ John.” 


Pr. 36. 1.13. Leave out ‘“ Gardens” and _ insert 
“ Garden.” 

Pr. 45.1. 7. Leave out “ Gilt Toy.” 

Pr. 54.1. 2. Leave out “ James” and insert “ John.” 

Pr. 73. 1. 23. Leave out “ John” and insert “ Joseph.”” 

Pr. 86. 1. 10. Leave out “ Robert.” 

Pr. 86. 1. penult. Leave out “ the said.” 

Pr. 87. 1. 25. After “said” insert “ Sir.” 

Pr. 90. 1. 33. Leave out “ Land” and insert “ Lands.” 

Pr. 90. 1. 38. Leave out “ Robert.” 

Pr. 97. 1. 30. After “ever” insert “ to.” 

Pr. 99.1. 6. Leave out “and” and insert “ or.” 


Pr.117.1.36. After “shall” insert “ notwithstandin 


“ the repeal of the said Act.” 


Pr.118. 1. 3. Leave out *‘ each and.” 
“VOL. 86. 





25° Augusti. 


183 
Pr. 118. 1. 5. After “ Person ” insert “who shall have 
been duly appointed prior to the commencement of this 
Act, shall and may continue to exercise the duties of 
his office until he shall be re-appointed, or some other 
Person shall be appointed in his stead, under the pro- 
visions of this Act, and every such Clerk, Treasurer, 
Collector, Assistant Overseer or other Person.” 
Pr. 118.1. 9. After “repealed” insert “or the said 
Act passed in the forty-ninth year of King George the 
Third, as aforesaid.” . 
Pr. 119. 1. 6. After “ Guardians” insert “ or any of 
* them.” 7 
Pr. 119. 1. 7 and 8. After “ repealed ” insert “ or the 
said Act passed in the forty-ninth year of King George 
* the Third.” | 

Pr. 119. 1. 11. Leave out from “appointed” to “and ” 
in line 12, and insert “ and their Successors.” 

Pr. 125. 1. 13. After “ Corporation” insert “ or Com- 
pany.” 

Pr. 130. 1. 4. Leave out “ or Guardians.” 

Pr. 130. 1. 8. Leave out “ General or Special.” 

Pr. 130.1. 9. After “Meetings” insert “ of Guar; 
** dians.” 

Pr. 132. 1. 8. Leave out “ or,” and inthe same line, 
after “are,” insert “ or may be,” and also in the same 
line leave out from “ empowered” to “to” in line 9. 

Pr. 132. 1. ult. Leave out “levy or levies,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Rate” to “ made” in 
press 133. line 1. 

Pr. 144.1. 15. Leave out from “ Meeting” to the 
second “ to” in line 16. 

Pr. 152. 1.5. Leave out from “ Rate” to “ for” in 
line 6. 

Pr. 153. 1.10. After “ inspected ” insert “ at all sea- 
** sonable times.” 

Pr. 153. 1. 11. Leave out “rated to” and insert “ who. 
“« shall have paid any rate for.” 

Pr. 153. 1. 12. Leave out from “ Parish” to “ or” in 
line 13. 

Pr. 160. 1. 29. Leave out “ from accident.” 

Pr. 165. 1. ’s” and in the same 


‘cc 


9. Leave out “ Poor’s 
line, after “ Rates,” insert “ for the relief of the Poor.” | 

Pr. 165. 1. 14. After “his” insert “ or their.” 

Pr. 165. 1. 25. Leave out “ and” and insert “ which.”. 

Pr. 175. 1. 21. Leave out “ or their.” ; 

Pr. 177.1. 6. Leave out ‘ Overseer” and insert, 
‘“¢ Overseers.” 

Pr. 177. 1. 29. 
“* Overseers.” 

Pr. 178. 1. 17. Leave out ‘ Overseer or.” 

Pr. 182. 1. 30. Leave out “ Two” and insert “ Six.” 

Pr. 186. 1. 1l. and 12. Leave out “an Assessment ” 
and insert “ a Rate.” 

Pr. 186. 1. 24. Leave out from ‘‘ no” to “ Guardian”. 
in lines 25 and 26. 

Pr. 186. 1. 27. Leave out ‘ may continue such Guar-, 
‘* dian” and insert “ continues in his office.” 

Pr. 186. 1. 36. Leave out “he” and insert “ every 
** such Guardian not being an Overseer.” 

Pr. 189. 1. 3. Leave out from “ Asylum” to “ then” 
in line 6. 

Pr. 191. 1. 14. Leave out from “Guardians” to “ if” 
in line 15. 

Pr. 196. 1. 14. Leave out “ taken or used.” 

Pr. 199. 1. 13 and 14. Leave out “ taken or used.” 

Pr. 207. 1.1. After “‘ the” insert “ enlarging or.” 

Pr. 207. 1.2. After “ Asylum” insert “ on their pre- 
“ sent sites or.” 

Pr. 207. 1.13. Leave out “ purposes aforesaid” and 
insert “ purpose of enlarging or rebuilding the said Work- 
“* house and Asylum on their present sites, or in the 
“‘ erection of a new Workhouse or Asylum, and of pur- 
‘“* chasing the sites of Land for that purpose.” 

Pr. 226. 1.11. Leave out “ recited,” and in the same: 
line, after “ Act,” insert “ hereby repealed.” 

Pr. 231. 1.29. Leave out from “that” to “all” in: 
line 31. 

Pr. 231. 1.34. After “the” insert “ Rector.” 

Pr. 232. 1.24. After “customs” insert “or any pro- 
* vision herein contained.” 

Pr. 235. 1.2. After “law” insert Clause (A.) ) 

Criause (A.) “ Saving always to the King’s most 
“« Excellent Majesty, His’ heirs and successors, and to all , 
“ and every other person and persons, bodies politic and 
9N 2 ““ corporate, 


Leave out ‘ Overseer” and insert, 








784 


133 


corporate, his, her and their heirs; successors, execu- 
tors, administrators and assigns (other than and except 
* the said Abraham Spooner, John Mander, Thomas Pem- 
“ berton, Walter Tippin, Randolph Bradborne, Sampson 
** Loyd, Joseph Bradnock, John Gisborne, senior, Joseph 
“ Farmer, Thomas Ashwell, Thomas Holford, George 
“ Davies, and Richard Banner, the Trustees named in 
“ the said Indenture of the seventeenth day of April 
“ one thousand seven hundred and thirty-four, and their 
heirs and assigns; and also, Samuel Galton, the elder, 
“ Joseph Jukes, Joshua Allison, Michael Lakin, William 
“ Hutton, Thomas Robinson, William Walker, Robert 
“* Blyth, Thomas Willmere, Benjamin Blyth, Thomas Ar- 
“ cher, William Ryland, Samuel Ryland, Joseph Fearon, 
* John Buchanan, William King, Richard Jeffcoate, James 
** Timmins, and Joseph Marston, the Trustees named in 
“ the said Indenture of the fifth day of April one thou- 
“ sand seven hundred and eighty-eight, their heirs and 
“ assigns ; and also, Paul Moon, James Timothy Smith, 
“ John Lawrence, James Pearson, William Neville, Thomas 
“ Osler, William Pearsall, Richard Brinton, Samuel All- 
“« port, Thomas Fiddian, Charles Hancock, and John 
*« Linwood, the Trustees named in the two several Inden- 
*‘ tures of the fifteenth day of November one thousand 
eight hundred and twenty-eight, hereinbefore respec- 
tively recited, their heirs and assigns; and also, John 
“* Culcope Bond, Richard Cudbury, Charles Cope, Ben- 
* jamin Guest, Roger Williams Gem, Paul Moon, James 
“ Thomas Lowe, Lycett, George Frederick Muniz, 
*¢ James Pearson, Richard Pratchet, Samuel Rawlins, 
“© Timothy Smith, Joshua Scholefield, and John Turner, 
“ the Trustees named in the said Indenture of the third 
day of April one thousand eight hundred and twenty- 
** four; and also, the said Paul Moon, James Timothy 
“ Smith, John Lawrence, James Pearson, William Neville, 
“ Thomas Osler, Thomas Beilby the younger, Richard 
** Brinton, Samuel Allport, Thomas Fiddian, Charles Han- 
“© cock, and John Linwood, the Trustees named in the said 
Indenture of the twenty-fifth day of January one thou- 
“ sand eight hundred and twenty-four, their heirs and 
“* assigns, and all and every other Person and Persons 
whomsoever claiming or to claim any estate, right, 
title or interest of, in, to or out of the said Hereditaments 
respectively comprised in the said three Schedules to 
“ this Act annexed, by, through or under the said several 
Trustees respectively named in this present exception, 
or any of the same Trustees respectively, and also the 
“ Guardians of the Poor of the Parish of Birmingham, 
“« under the said Act of the twenty-third year of his late 
“* Majesty King George the Third, hereby repealed, their 
heirs and assigns), all such estate, right, title, interest, 
** claim and demand whatsoever, of, in, to, or out of, or 
upon the same Hereditaments comprised in the said 
** three Schedules to this Act annexed, as they every or 
“ any of them had before the passing of this Act, or 
“ would could or might have had held or enjoyed if 
“‘ this Act had not been passed.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, were 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lawley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


“ 


“ 


A Petition of the Land-owners within Old Hutton, 
in the parish of Kirkby-in-Kendal, was presented, and 
read ; praying, That the House will be pleased, in con- 
formity with the recommendation contained in the First 
Report of the Real Property Law Commissioners, to enact 
some reasonable period of limitation beyond which no 
right to Tithes in kind shall be established, a measure 
that would secure to the Tithe Impropriators all just de- 
mands, would protect the Petitioners in the possession of 
their property, and would relieve them from a series of 
oppressive litigation and expense. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Ship-owners and Ship-masters trading to 
the = of Dublin, was presented, and read ; praying 
the House to secure to the Public and to the Petitioners 
the continuance of the Coal-Metage Establishment. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and he printed. 


Q5° August. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Roupell and Mr. The La, 


A. 1881. 


Adam: | 
Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act Langs, 
for regulating the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons with 
in England, with some Amendments ; to which Amend- ™ens, 


ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, ; 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to The log 
amend the Laws for the Relief and Employment of the have p 


Poor; to which ‘the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ab- 


stract of the Number of Officers of each Rank in the meni; 
Army, who have been allowed to sell their Commissions Amy, 


since January 1825. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re. 
turn of the Total Number of Officers of each Rank in 
the Army on the Accession of His Majesty ; distinguish- 
ing the Number of each Rank on Full and on Half Pay. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Number of Officers of each Rank who received 
Brevet Rank on the Accession of His Majesty; stating 
also, the Number of Officers of each Rank who have re. 
ceived Brevet Rank since that time. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the several Warrants or Regulations since Januar 
1825, giving Promotion to Officers in the Army, and the 
Number of Promotions of each Rank which have taken 
place in each year in consequence of those Warrants. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- n 
turn of the Total Sums contributed by Great Britain for Fortiie 
the erection of Fortifications in the Netherlands, or towards “™ 


the Defence and Incorporation of the Belgic Provinces 
with Holland, in fulfilment of the Additional Artieles of 
the Convention between Great Britain and the Nether- 
lands, dated the 13th August 1814; showing the Total 
Amount contributed by Great Britain under each of the 
Stipulations contained in the first of those Articles. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to re- Connite 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 7." 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in Eng- (tug 


land and Wales, be now read; and the same being read: 
—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crausez, N° 21, (Right of voting in Boroughs.) : 

P. 7. 1.3. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ Ten Pounds ” Agreed to. 

P. 7. 1.4. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with “ Ten Pounds” Agreed to. 

P. 7. 1.7. Amendment proposed, To fill the. blank 
with ‘ Ten Pounds” Agreed to. 

In the same line, Amendment proposed, To leave out 
from “Ten Pounds” to “ shall if” in line 10 
Agreed to. 

P. 7. 1. 12. Amendment proposed, At the end of the 
line to insert ‘‘ Provided nevertheless, That no Person so 
‘“* occupying such Premises so assessed or rated as afore- 
“‘ said, or of the yearly value or rent as aforesaid, shall 
“* by reason thereof acquire a Vote in any such Election, 
“ unless such Person shall have paid, on or before the 
First day of November in the present year, and on or 
before the Twentieth day of August in any. succeeding 
“¢ year, all the Poor’s Rates and Assessed Taxes which 
“ shall have become due from such Person in.respect of 
“ such Premises previously to the First day of July in the 
“&lt; present year, and previously to the First day of July in 
any succeeding year, nor unless such Person, where 
“ his right to vote shall depend upon his being bond fide 
liable to a yearly Rent of not less than Ten Pounds as 
* aforesaid, shall, in addition to the payment of the Poor's 
‘¢ Rate and Assessed Taxes as aforesaid, have also paid, 
on or before the said First day of November in the pre- 
“ sent year, and on or before the said Twentieth day of 
‘“ August in any succeeding year, all the Rent which 
“ shall have become due from such Person in respect of 
** his Premises so rented previously to the First « of 
“* July in the present year, and previously to the First 
‘“¢ day of July in any succeeding year.” 

Whereupon an Amendment was proposed to the Amend- 
ment, To leave out all the words beginning with “ wa 

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«« unless such Person ” to the end of the proposed Amend- 
ent. 
a uestion put, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the proposed Amendment. 
- The Committee divided. 
Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Spring Rice - 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Hunt ~ 3 


Amendment again proposed, P. 7. ].12. At the end 
of the line, to insert, ‘ Provided nevertheless, That no 
« Person so occupying such Premises so assessed or rated 
« as aforesaid, or of the yearly value or rent as aforesaid, 
« shall by reason thereof acquire a Vote in any such 
« Election, unless such Person shall have paid, on or 
“before the First day of November in the present year, 
« and on or before the Twentieth day of August in any 
“ succeeding year, all the Poor’s Rates and Assessed 
« Taxes which shall have become due from such Person 
« in respect of such Premises previously to the First day 
“ of July in the present year, and previously to the First 
« day of July in any succeeding year, nor unless such 
« Person, where his right to vote shall depend upon his 
“ being bond fide liable to a yearly Rent of not less than 
“ Ten Pounds as aforesaid, shall, in addition to the pay- 
« ment of the Poor’s Rate and Assessed Taxes as afore- 
“ said, have also paid on or before the said First day of 
“ November in the present year, and on or before the 
“ said. Twentieth day of August in any succeeding year, 
 all-the Rent which shall have become due from such 
Person in respect of his Premises so rented previously 
to the First day of July in the present year, and pre- 
viously to the First day of July in any succeeding year” 
——Agreed to. 


P. 7. lines 13 &amp; 14. Amendment proposed, To leave 
out “and that no Persons other than such Occupiers as 
“ aforesaid shall have a right to vote in any such Elec- 
“ tion” Agreed to. 

P. 7. 1. 14. Amendment proposed, To leave out 
“ always” and insert “ also” Agreed to. 

P.7. 1. 16. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with.“ Ten Pounds ” Agreed to. 

P.7. 1. 17. Amendment proposed, After “‘ Borough ” 
to insert “if such Rent shall be payable more than four 
“ times in the year.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted. 

The Committee divided. 

- Teller for the Yeas, Mr. John Campbell - 

. Teller for the Noes, Mr. Spring Rice - - 


_ To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


353. 
10. 











142. . 
210. 





~ And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 26° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he- was directed by the 
Committee to:move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to repeal several Acts, and parts of Acts, prohibiting the 
payment of Wages in Goods, or otherwise than in the 
current Coin of the Realm ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 

ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 

to prohibit the payment, in certain Trades, of Wages in 

"seca or otherwise than in the current Coin of the 
ealm ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, on the 
Bill to amend the Acts for regulating Turnpike Roads in 
a so far as they relate to certain Exemptions from 

oll ; : 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day: 
‘VOL. 86. 


Augusti. 185 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 


Exchequer 


ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act (Scotian) 
for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business now Regulation Bill, 


done by the Court of Exchequer in- Scotland ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 


next. 


A Petition of George Bliss, Clerk, was presented, and 
read ; taking notice of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, 
intituled, An Act to amend and render more effectual an 
Act passed in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of 
his late Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Acts 
for building, and promoting the building, of additional 
Churches in populous Parishes ;” and praying, That, pre- 
vious to the retrospective part of the said Bill passing, if 
the same should pass into a law, the Chapel of Sennicots 
may be expressly excepted from the operation thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wallasey, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That since the Act permitting the gene- 
ral Sale of Beer in England came into operation, drunken- 
ness and disorderly conduct having become much more 
prevalent amongst the labouring classes in that parish, the 
Petitioners beg most respectfully to submit to the House the 
propriety of prohibiting the drinking of beer upon the 
premises where it may be sold, which prohibition will, in 
the opinion of the Petitioners, obviate the baneful effects 
they have with deep regret observed to have arisen in the 
moral habits of their poorer neighbours since the passing 
of the Act alluded to, whilst at the same time the con- 
tinuance of the privilege to all parties who may apply for 
the same of obtaining a License to sell Beer not to be drunk 
on the premises, will, in the humble opinion of the Peti- 
tioners, secure to the public the valuable results intended 
by the said Act; and praying, That the House will be 
pleased to take the subject-matter of this Petition into 
their consideration, and to provide such remedy for obviat- 
ing the evil complained of, either by repealing such part 
of the said Act as allows the drinking of Beer upon the 
premises where it may be sold, or by such other ways and 
means as to the House shall seem meet. 

A Petition of the Clergy, Ministers of Religion, Church- 
wardens and Inhabitants of Runcorn, and its vicinity, in 
the county of Chester, was also presented, and read ; re- 
citing the said Act; and praying, That the same may be 
revised, amended or repealed, as shall seem best to the 
wisdom and discretion of the House. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Richard Carlile, which 
was presented to the House upon the third day of this 
instant August, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the Population of the Counties named in Schedule (G.) of 
the Reform of Parliament (England) Bill, according to the 
Census of the year 1700, with a Return of the Population 
of the same according to the Census of the year 1821. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of Hugh Kinnaird, Esquire, with 
Ann his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 
for other purposes, was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to extend the provisions of an Act passed in the 29th year 
of the reign of His Majesty King Charles the Second, 
intituled, “An Act for confirming and perpetuating 
Augmentations made by Ecclesiastical Persons to small 
Vicarages and Curacies, and for other purposes,” was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 

90 A Petition 


deferred. 


Petition respect- 
ing Churches’ 
Building Act 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Petitions 
respecting 
Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Petition to be 
printed. 


Address 
respecting 
Parliamentary 
Representation. 


Kinnaird’s 
Divorce Bill, 
read. 


Augmentation 
of Benefices 
Bill, read. 


No. 203. 








Petition against 
Inclosure Acts 
Titles Bill. 


Petition against 
use of Molasses 

in Breweriesand 
Distilleries. 


Lunatics Bill, 
to be printed, 
with Lords’ 

Amendments. 


No. 204. 


Address 
respecting 
Maynooth 
College. 


Bill to be 
printed. 


No, 202, 


Lefevre’s 
Divorce Bill, 
passed, 


Turton’s 
Divorce Bill, 
committed ; 


Instruction. 


Petition 
against 
Settlement of 
the Poor Bill. 


Petition 
withdrawn. 


Petitions for 
disarming the 
Yeomanry 
Corps(Ireland.) 


(86 


A Petition of Freeholders and Inhabitants of the counties 
of Berks and Hants, residing in the parishes of Sandhurst, 
Yateley and Eversley, was presented, and read ; taking 
notice of the Bill for remedying Defects in the Titles to 
Lands allotted or taken in exchange under Inclosure Acts ; 
and praying, That the same may not pass into a law as 
it now stands. ; 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, and others, 
in Biggleswade, was presented, and read; praying the 
House to continue the prohibition against the use of 
Molasses in Breweries and Distilleries. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Select Committee on Molasses. 


Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, An Act for regulating 
the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in England, be 
printed, as amended by the Lords. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of the 
last Report of the Visitors of the Royal College of May- 
nooth. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, in- 
tituled, An Act to amend the Laws for the Relief and 
Employment of the Poor, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
after two of the clock on Friday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 








Veneris, 26° die Augustz ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 
A® ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of Samuel Le Feuvre other- 
wise Le Fevre, Esquire, with Mary his now Wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other purposes, was 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Penleaze do carr 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Hie 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


the Bill to the 
ouse hath agreed 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of Louisa Turton with Thomas 
Edward Michell Turton, her now Husband, and to enable 
the said Louisa Turton to marry again, and for other pur- 
poses therein mentioned, was read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for Sa- 
turday, the 3d day of September next. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, 
That they do hear counsel and examine witnesses for the 
Bill; and also, that they do hear counsel and examine 
witnesses against the Bill, if the Parties concerned think 
fit to be heard by counsel or produce witnesses. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dursley, was presented, 
and read; taking notice of the Bill to alter and amend 
the Laws of Settlement by Hiring and Service; and 
praying, That the same may not pass into a law, and 
further praying the whole system of Poor Laws may be 
revised, and property of every description in the King- 
dom rendered liable to be rated to the maintenance of 
the poor. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition from Dublin, complaining of the conduct 
of the Sheriffs of Dublin in the pending Election, was 
offered to be presented :—And notice being taken that such 
allegation was matter for an Election Petition only :—The 
said Petition was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of New Ross, 
professing the Protestant religion ;—and, of Inhabitants of 
New Ross, in the county of Wexford,—were presented, 


25°—26° August. 


A. 1831. 


and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners, deeply regret. 
ting the late unfortunate occurrence at Newtownbarry, in 
that county, by which so many of their fellow-creatures 
lost their lives through the instrumentality of the Yeo. 
manry, and being desirous of preventing a recurrence of 
so melancholy and deplorable a transaction, which, under 
any circumstance, must tend to create disunion and part 
dissension between the Protestant and Roman Catholic 
Inhabitants of that unfortunate country, humbly pray the 
House will be pleased to take into their serious conside- 
ration the propriety of re-modelling the Yeomanry Corps 
of that country, by making the same consist of members of 
all religious persuasions, and particularly persons pos- 
sessed of character, steadiness and capital, whose interest 
it will be not only to maintain public peace, but also to 
protect private and public property. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 





Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to Comis, 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon p.™ 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in (xa) 


England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 
read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee, 


(In the Committee.) 


- Crause, N° 21. (Right of voting in Boroughs.) 
P. 7. 1. 16. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
* Borough ” to “or” in line 17 Agreed to. 
P.7. 1.18. Amendment proposed, To leave out “local” 
Agreed to. 
P.7. 1.20. Amendment proposed, To leave out “ Pro- 
*“* vided nevertheless that ” and to insert “ but that never- 











** theless” Agreed to. 
P.7. 1.21. Amendment proposed, To leave out “local” 
——Agreed to. 


P. 7. 1.24. Amendment proposed, To leave out “ pay 
such Rates” and to insert “ be rated in respect of such 
Premises ” Agreed to. 

In the same line, Amendment proposed, To leave out 
“« same” and to insert “ full amount of the Rate or Rates 
then due in respect of such Premises ” Agreed to. 

P. 7. 1. 26. Amendment proposed, At the end of the 
Clause to add “ Provided also, That the Premises in 
“* respect of the occupation of which any Person shall be 
“‘ deemed entitled to vote in the Election for any City or 
Borough, shall be the same Premises, and not different 
Premises, respectively occupied for any portion of the 
said Twelve months ; and that where such Premises as 
aforesaid shall be jointly occupied by more than one 
Person as tenant or owner, each of such joint occupiers 
shall be entitled to vote in respect thereof, in casé 
“‘ the yearly Value or yearly Rent of such Premises, or 
“‘ the yearly Value in respect of which they shall have 
““ been assessed or rated as aforesaid, shall be of an 
“ amount which, when divided by the number of such 
“‘ occupiers, shall give a sum not less than Ten Pounds 
“‘ for each and every such occupier, but not otherwise” 
Agreed to. % 

Amendment proposed, At the end of the Clause to 
add, “ Provided always, That no Person who receives 
“ rent from Lodgers in any house, shall be qualified to 
“ vote for such house, if the yearly Rent be under 
«« Twenty Pounds "——The said Amendment was, by 
“ leave of the Committee, withdrawn. 

Amendment proposed, At the end of the Clause to 
add, ‘‘ Provided always, That in all Cities or Boroughs 
“ which contain from Three hundred to Five hundred 
Houses of Ten Pounds Rent, the qualification to vote 
“‘ may remain as stated in this Section ; but that in those 
** Cities or Boroughs which have from Five hundred to 
“ One thousand Houses of Ten Pounds Rent, the quali- 
“« fication to vote shall be Fifteen Pounds yearly Rent 
“ and that in those Cities or Boroughs which have One 
** thousand Houses or upwards, the qualification to vote 
* shall be Twenty Pounds Rent.” 

Question, That those words be there added——put, 
and negatived. 

Amendment proposed, At the end of the Clause, to add 
“* Provided always, That a Notice to quit given between 
“ the period of the Dissolution of one Parliament and the 
“* Election of a Member or Members to serve in the suc- 
ceeding Parliament for any City, Town or Borough, or 
during any vacancy of a Representative in ey * 
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« for such City, Town or Borough, to a Weekly Tenant 
« or other Tenant liable to quit on a Week’s Notice, shall 
« not have the effect of depriving such Tenant of his 
« Right of voting at such Election.” 
* Question, That those words be there added——put, 
and negatived. 
Amendment proposed, At theend of the Clause to add, 
« Provided always, That all Persons who shall be ex- 
« cluded from voting for Members of Parliament, shall 
« be exempt from the payment of Taxes and Rates, and 
« from serving in the Militia, and be protected from being 
« compelled to serve in the Navy under the Impressment 
«“ Law.” 
Question, That those words be there added 
and negatived. 
Amendment proposed, At the end of the Clause to add, 
‘ Provided always, That no Person shall, by reason of 
« any thing herein contained, acquire a Vote in the Elec- 
‘ tion for any City or Borough who shall, within Twelve 
« calendar months next previous to the First day of No- 
« yember in the present year, or next previous to the last 
« day of August in any succeeding year, have been in the 
‘ receipt of Parochial Relief”’——Agreed to. 
Crause, N° 21. (Right of Voting in Boroughs) as 
amended agreed to. 


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And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 27° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 

3 itself into the said Committee. 


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The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to prohibit the Practice of paying the 
House Rents of Able-bodied Labourers out of the Poor’s 
Rate ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 






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ed, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 
in Ireland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Mon- 
day, the 5th day of September next. 






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The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ed) ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 
deferred, 12 Scotland ; 

F Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 5th day of September next. 





inte of 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 


- ing of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of 
’ Frauds; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
riday next. 
station of 


oe The Order of the day beirz read, for the second read- 

‘eres, 1S Of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the 
Attestation of Instruments made in exercise of certain 

Powers or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other Instruments ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 






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ives. lhe Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
sil, solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
: Bill to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty-fourth 
and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty King George the 

ird, so far as the same relate to Double Assessments 
of the Land Tax ; 


_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


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tls The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
“el ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 


w geo on the Bill for remedying defects in the 


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Augusti. TS7 
Titles to Lands allotted or taken in exchange under In- 
closure Acts ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- London Coal 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee on the Bill, re-com- 
Bill for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in the _— 
Cities of London and Westminster, and in certain parts of 
the Counties of Middleser, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hert- 
fordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire:—And the 
House being informed that other Amendments are neces- 
sary to be made to the Bill :—The Bill was re-committed 
to the former Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- Game Bill, 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the ‘erred. 
whole House, on the Bill to amend the Laws in England 
relative to Game ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply, de- 
ferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means, de- 
ferred. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take into 
further consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill for amending and making more 
effectual the Laws concerning Turnpike Roads in Scotland ; 
vnd the Amendments made by the Committee to the Bill, 
being read a second time, were agreed to by the House. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Bill, 
in fo. 7. 1. 8, by leaving out the words “ disqualified 
“‘ from acting,” and inserting the words “ qualified to 
“ act” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


Report of 
Turnpike Roads 
(Scotland) Bill, 
cunsidered. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { ve al vm ky, 1 66. 
Tellers for the Noes, { 3 a. ; j None. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time upon Monday next. 


Mr. Buller reported from the Committee of the whole Turnpike 
House, on the re-committed Bill to amend the Acts for re- : olls ~ ¥ 
gulating Turnpike Roads in England, so far as they relate nocntte : 
to certain Exemptions from Toll, the Amendments which 
they had made to the Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time upon Wednesday next. 


A Petition of Freeholders, Justices of the Peace, Com- Vetition aginet 
missioners of Supply, and Heritors of the county of a Sheena 
Caithness, was presented, and read; setting forth, That Distilleries. 
the Petitioners, who are extensively engaged in agricul- 
tural pursuits, have observed, with no small anxiety, that 
a Select Committee has been appointed, on the recom- 
mendation of His Majesty’s Government, to consider the 
expediency of allowing the use of Molasses in the Distil- 
leries and Breweries of the United Kingdom ; the Peti- 
tioners cannot contemplate the adoption of this measure 
without the most alarming apprehensions; and they hum- 
bly pray the House to take the same under their most 
serious consideration, and not to suffer such a fatal blow 
to be inflicted on the landed and agricultural population 
of that Kingdom, already labouring under many discou- 
raging circumstances, nor to sanction, by their approval, 

a measure which cannot fail to spread immorality and 
crime amongst the lower orders. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Select 
Committee on Molasses. 


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Galway 
Franchise 
Bill, pre- 
sented. 


No. 205. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Accounts, 
presented : 
Quarantine. 


No, 206, 


Parliamentary 
Representation. 
Nos. 207, 
208 &amp; 209, 


788 26°—27° Augusti. 


Mr. Wyse presented a Bill to repeal so much of an Act 
passed in Jreland in the fourth year of King George the 
First, “ for the better regulating the Town of Galway, and 
for strengthening the Protestant interest therein, as limits 
the Franchise created by the said Act to Protestants 
only :” And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Lord Viscount Althorp reported to the House, that their 
several Addresses of the 23d, 24th and 25th days of this 
instant August (that His Majesty ‘would be graciously 
pleased to give directions that the Papers therein men- 
tioned might be laid before this House) had been pre- 
sented to His Majesty; and that His Majesty had com- 
manded him to acquaint this House, that He will give 
directions accordingly. 


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Mr. Lamb presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Addresses to His Majesty,—An Account, showing the 
mode in which the Fee of £.5. 14s. 6d. paid for the release 
of each Vessel from Quarantine is appropriated ; and also 
stating to whom paid, and for what purposes. 


An Account of the Number of Houses in the several 
Towns of Wales specified in Schedule (F.) annexed to 
the Bill for reforming the Representation of England 
and Wales; distinguishing the Number of Houses in 
each, assessed to the Inhabited House Duty at £.10 and 
under £.20 rent, and at £.20 and upwards ; together with 
the Population of the same from the last Returns:—a 
like Return for the Towns of Swansea, Loughor, Neath, 
Aberavon and Ken Fig :—a like Return for the Towns and 
Parishes of Abergavenny, Monmouth, Chepstow and Usk, 


- and the Parish of Saint Wollos; distinguishing the Bo- 


Petition for 
provision in 
Administration 
of Justice 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Returns, 
ordered : 


Tithe 
Composition 
(Ireland.) 


rough of Newport, and the Townships of Pontypool, 
Trosnant and Sowhill, in the Parish of Trevethin, in the 
County of AZonmouth :—also, a Return of the Total As- 
sessed Taxes paid for each of the Towns and Parishes in 
the County of Monmouth enumerated above, during each 
of the last Three years. 


An Account of the Population, under the Census of 
1821, of each County in England and Wales, exclusive of, 
and distinguishing (under the head of the County in 
which it may be wholly or principally situated) the Po- 
pulation of each City, Town or District which is to send 
a Member or Members to Parliament under the Provisions 
of the Reform Bill ; enumerating each County in the order 
of the amount of such Population, stating the Number of 
Members which each such County, City, Town or Dis- 
trict is to send to Parliament, and the amount of Assessed 
Taxes paid in the year 1830 for each such County, City, 
Town or District; distinguishing them as aforesaid. 

An Account of the Population, under the Census of 
1821, ofeach County in England and Wales, exclusive of, 
and distinguishing (under the head of the County in 
which it may be wholly or principally situated) the Po- 
pulation of each City, Borough or Town which now sends 
a Member or Members to Parliament; enumerating each 
County in the order of the amount of such Popula- 
tion, stating the Number of Members which each such 
County, City, Borough or Town sends to Parliament, and 
the amount of Assessed Taxes paid in the year 1830 for 
each such County, City, Borough orTown; distinguishing 
them as aforesaid. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of the city of 
Dublin, was presented, and read; taking notice of the 
Bill to improve the Administration of Justice in Lredand ; 
and praying, That a Clause may be introduced into the 
same to prevent the Court of Conscience from adjudicat- 
ing upon the Coal Meters’ demands for Fees on Coal im- 
ported into Dublin. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Name of every Parish in Jreland in which an 
Agreement has been made under the Tithe Composition 
Act; stating whether such Parish is united with any and 
how many other such Parishes ; also, whether such other 
Parishes have entered into such Composition ; together 








A. 18310 


with a Statement of the Amount of such Composition, and, 
of the cases (if any) in which the Agreement has been, Refo 
annulled by order of the Diocesan. _ ! RN i 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac., Py 
count of all Excise Prosecutions in England, Scotland Prov 
and Ireland, for the recovery of Duties upon Paper, for 
the last fourteen years ; stating the Amount sought to be 
recovered in each case, and the Sum actually recovered 
and paid into the Exchequer ; distinguishing in each case,. 
first, whether such Prosecution was instituted in conse. 
quence of information obtained by the Excise ; secondly,. 


whether in consequence of the detection of the Surveying 
Officer. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
one of the clock on Saturday morning, adjourned: 
till this day. 








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Sabbati, 27° die August? ; 


Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


z* ETITION of Parochial Clergy of the county, Petia, 
of Cornwall and diocese of Exeter, was presented, * 
and read ; complaining of the operations of the late Beer 
Act; and praying the House to take the said Act into 
their early and serious consideration, for the purpose 
of causing such Clauses to be repealed as have been per- 
verted to the grievous abuses mentioned in their Petition, 
and of making such further alterations and corrections as 
may to the House seem fit. a Barry 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; - 
and be printed. 


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A Petition of Inhabitants of the Corporation of the Peis 
borough of Newport, in the county of Aonmouth, was 35% 
presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend (tu 
the Representation of the People in England and Wales ; 
and praying, That the Provisions thereof which confer 
upon the Voters in contributory Boroughs the right of 
polling in the place where they reside, may be extended 
to the Boroughs of that County. 


A Petition of Charles Pearson, of N° 3, New-street, 


Bishopsgate, in the city of London, was also presented, ee 
and read ; taking notice of the said Bill; and praying the % 
House to introduce suitable words in the twenty-second ou. 


Clause to preserve the existing interests of the Daughters 
of Freemen of Bristol, Grimsby and other places, where by 
marriage they confer upon their husbands the right of 
voting ; and also, that the House will in like manner protect 
the Widows of Freemen of those places in the enjoyment 
of their vested rights, to bestow Freedom by Marriage. 


A Petition of Freeholders and Farmers in Leath Ward, 
in the county of Cumberland, was also presented, and 
read ; taking notice of the said Bill; and praying, That 
the Clauses for the division of Counties, and for conferring 
the right of voting on Tenants at will of Fifty Pounds a | 
year may not pass into a law. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and, except the Petition of Charles Pearson; to 
be printed. 


A Petition of Farmers frequenting Jedburgh Market; # 
—and, of Landholders of the county of Kincardine,— = 
were presented, and read; praying, That the use of Dil 
Molasses in the Breweries and Distilleries may not be 
allowed. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Select Committee on Molasses. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of the burgh 
of Selkirk, as representing themselves and the community «a? 
of the said Burgh, was presented, and read ; taking notice ™ 
of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
Scotland; and praying the House to separate the Burgh 
of Selkirk from the district to which it has been hitherto 
united, and to join it in a district with the Burghs of 
Kelso, Jedburghand Hawick. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


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A Petition of Edward Willson, of N° 67, King-street, 
the county of Middleser, Blacking Manufac- 
turer, and of other Persons non-resident Freemen of the 
city of Worcester, was presented, and read; taking notice 
of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales; and praying, That the same may 
contain a provision that all the present Rights of voting in 
elections of Citizens and Burgesses to serve in Parliament 
except such Rights as appertain to Boroughs enumerated 
in Schedule (A.) may be permanently preserved. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That in the present Session of Parliament all Orders of 
the day set down in the Order Book for Tuesdays, Thurs- 
days and Saturdays, shall be disposed of before the House 
will proceed upon any Motions of which Notices shall 
be entered in the Order Book ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques- 
tion, by leaving out from the word “That” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words “ the Order of 
« the day for the House to resolve itself into a Committee 
« of the whole House upon the Bill to amend the Re- 
« presentation of the People in England and Wales,” be 
now read, instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of 
the Report made by Brigade Major Bushe to his Excel- 
lency the Lord Lieutenant of Jre/and, in consequence of 
directions given to him by his Exeellency to inquire into 
the truth of a report that the Yeomanry had fired shots in 
derision and triumph over the Roman Catholic Chapel at 
Newtown Barry, while the relatives of those who had 
been killed were offering up prayers for the safety of the 
souls of the deceased. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to amend 
the Representation of People in England and Wales. 


(In the Committee.) 


CrauseE, N° 22. (Reservation of the present Rights 
of Freemen during their Lives) read. 

P.7. 1.27. Amendment proposed, To leave out “ Pro- 
“ vided also” Agreed to. 

In the same line, Amendment proposed, To leave out 
from “ That ” to the end of the Clause, and to insert “no 
“ Person shall have a Right to vote in the Election of a 
“ Member or Members to serve in any future Parliament 
“ for any City or Borough, except in respect of the oc- 
“ cupation of such Premises as hereinbefore mentioned: 
Provided always, That notwithstanding any thing here- 
inbefore contained, every Person now having a Right 
to vote in the Election for any City or Borough (except 
those enumerated in the said Schedule A.) in virtue 
of any Corporate Right, shall retain such Right of 
voting during his life, in the same manner as if this Act 
had not been passed, and shall be entitled to vote in 
such Election, if duly registered according to the pro- 
visions hereinafter contained ; and that every Person 
now entitled to take up his Freedom in any such City 
or Borough in respect of birth, marriage or servitude, 
and every Son of a Burgess or Freeman of any such 
City or Borough, such son having been born previously 
to the passing of this Act, and every Apprentice bound 
to any person in any such City or Borough, previously 
to the passing of this Act, shall be entitled to acquire 
the Right of voting in the Election for any such City 
or Borough, either as a Burgess or Freeman, or in the 
City of London, as a Freeman and Liveryman, in the 
Same manner as if this Act had not been passed, and 
ve shall enjoy the Right so acquired during their respec- 

tive lives in the same manner as if this Act had not been 


“ passed, and shall be entitled to vote in such Election, 
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if duly registered according to the provisions herein- 
after contained; but that no Person now having or 
hereafter acquiring such Right of voting as is herein- 
before reserved in the Election for any such City or 
Borough, shall be registered in the present or in any 
succeeding year, unless such Person shall, on the first 
day of November in the present year, and on the last 
day of August in any succeeding year, be qualified in 
respect of such Right, in such manner as would entitle 
him then to vote if such days were respectively the days 
of Election, and this Act had not been passed, nor unless 
such Person shall have resided for Six calendar months 
next previous to the first day of November in the pre- 
sent year, or next previous to the last day of August 
in any succeeding year, within the City or Borough, 
or within the place sharing in the Election for the City 
or Borough, in respect of which City, Borough or Place, 
such Person shall respectively be entitled to vote, or 
within Seven statute Miles of such City, Borough or 
Place respectively: Provided also, That every Person 
now having a Right to vote in the Election for any City 
or Borough (except those enumerated in the said Sche- 
dule A.) in virtue of any qualification other than those 
hereinbefore mentioned and reserved, shall retain such 
Right of voting so long only as he shall continue to be 
qualified as an Elector according to the usages and 
customs of such City or Borough or any law now in 
force, and such Person shall be entitled to vote in the 
Election for such City or Borough, if duly registered 
according to the provisions hereinafter contained ; but 
that no such Person shall be so registered in the present 
or in any succeeding year, unless such Person shall, on 
the first day of November in the present year, and on 
the last day of August in any succeeding year, continue 
to be qualified as such Elector in such manner as would 
entitle him then to vote if such days were respectively 
the days of Election, and this Act had not been passed, 
nor unless such Person, where his Right to vote in the 
Election for any such City or Borough shall depend 
upon his estate or interest in any Annuity or Freehold, 
shall have resided for Six calendar Months next pre- 
vious to the first day of November in the present year, 
or next previous to the last day of August in any suc- 
ceeding year, within such City or Borough, or within 
Seven statute Miles thereof: Provided nevertheless, 
That notwithstanding any thing hereinbefore contained 
for saving and reserving to any Persons the Right of 
voting in the Election for any City or Borough as afore- 
said, no Person who shall have been elected or made a 
Burgess or Freeman of any such City or Borough since 
the first day of March last, otherwise than in respect 
of birth, marriage or servitude, shall be entitled to vote 
in the Election for such City or Borough, or to be so 
registered as aforesaid; and that no Person shall be 
entitled to vote in the Election for any such City or 
Borough, or to be so registered as aforesaid, in respect 
of any estate or interest in any burgage Tenement, An- 
nuity or Freehold which shall have been acquired by 
such Person since the first day of March last, unless 
the same shall have come to or been acquired by such 
Person since that day,and previously to the passing of 
this Act, by descent, marriage, marriage settlement, 
devise, or promotion to any benefice in a church, or by 
promotion to any office.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 


stand part of the Clause——put, and negatived. 


Question proposed, To insert “no Person shall have 
a Right to vote in the Election of a Member or Mem- 
bers to serve in any future Parliament for any City 
or Borough, except in respect of the occupation of 
such Premises as hereinbefore mentioned: Provided 
always, That notwithstanding any thing hereinbefore 
contained, every Person now having a Right to vote in 
the Election for any City or Borough (except those 
enumerated in the said Schedule A.) in virtue of any 
Corporate Right, shall retain such Right of voting 
during his life, in the same manner as if this Act had 
not been passed, and shall be entitled to vote in such 
Election, if duly registered according to the provisions 
hereinafter contained ; and that every Person now en- 
titled to take up his Freedom in any such City or 
Borough in respect of birth, marriage or servitude, and 
every Son of a Burgess or Freeman of any such City 
or Borough, such son having been born previously to 

9P “ the 





790 


“ the passing of this Act, and every Apprentice bound to 
“ any Person in any such City or Borough, previously to 
“ the passing of this Act, shall be entitled to acquire the 
“ Right of voting in the Election for any such City or 
“ Borough, either as a Burgess or Freeman, or in the 
“ City of Zondon as a Freeman and Liveryman, in the 
“‘ same manner as if this Act had not been passed, and 
“ shall enjoy the Right so acquired during their respective 
“ lives in the same manner as if this Act had not been 
“« passed, and shall be entitled to vote in such Election, 
“ if duly registered according to the provisions herein- 
“ after contained; but that no Person now having or 
“ hereafter acquiring such Right of voting as is herein- 
“‘ before reserved in the Election for any such City or 
‘“‘ Borough, shall be registered in the present or in any 
“ succeeding year, unless such Person shall, on the first 
“ day of November in the present year, and on the last 
“ day of August in any succeeding year, be qualified in 
“ respect of such Right, in such manner as would entitle 
“ him then to vote if such days were respectively the 
“ days of Election, and this Act had not been passed, nor 
“‘ unless such Person shall have resided for Six calendar 
‘“* Months next previous to the first day of November in 
“ the present year, or next previous to the last day of 
“‘ August in any succeeding year, within the City or 
“ Borough, or within the place sharing in the Election 
“ for the City or Borough, in respect of which City, 
“ Borough or Place, such Person shall respectively be 
“* entitled to vote, or within Seven statute Miles of such 
“ City, Borough or Place respectively: Provided also, 
“ That every Person now having a Right to vote in the 
“ Election for any City or Borough (except those enu- 
“‘ merated in the said Schedule A.) in virtue of any qua- 
lification other than those hereinbefore mentioned and 
reserved, shall retain such Right of voting so long only 
“as he shall continue to be qualified as an Elector 
according to the usages and customs of such City or 
Borough or any law now in force, and such Person 
shall be entitled to vote in the Election for such City 
or Borough, if duly registered according to the provi- 
sions hereinafter contained ; but that no such Person 
shall be so registered in the present or in any succeed- 
ing year, unless such Person shall, on the first day of 
November in the present year, and on the last day of 
August in any succeeding year, continue to be qualified 
as such Elector in such manner as would entitle him 
then to vote if such days were respectively the days of 
Election, and this Act had not been passed, nor unless 
** such Person, where his Right to vote-in the Election 
for any such City or Borough shall depend upon his 
estate or interest in any Annuity or Freehold, shall 
have resided for Six calendar Months next previous to 
the first day of November in the present year, or next 
previous to the last day of August in any succeeding 
year, within such City or Borough, or within Seven 
“ statute Miles thereof: Provided nevertheless, That 
notwithstanding any thing hereinbefore contained for 
saving and reserving to any Persons the Right of 
voting in the Election for any City or Borough as 
aforesaid, no Person who shall have been elected or 
made a Burgess or Freeman of any such City or Borough 
“‘ since the first day of March last, otherwise than in 
respect of birth, marriage or servitude, shall be enti- 
tled to vote in the Election for such City or Borough, 
or to be so registered as aforesaid ; and that no Person 
“« shall be entitled to vote in the Election for any such 
City or Borough, or to be so registered as aforesaid, in 
respect of any estate or interest in any burgage Tene- 
** ment, Annuity or Freehold which shall have been ac- 
*« quired by such Person since the first day of March 
“ last, unless the same shall have come to or been ac- 
quired by such Person since that day, and previously 
to the passing of this Act, by descent, marriage, mar- 
riage settlement, devise, or promotion to any benefice 
in a church, or by promotion to any office.” 
Whereupon an Amendment was proposed to the pro- 
posed Amendment, In the first line to leave out “ no 
- ‘€ Person,” and to insert “ nothing herein contained shall 
“ be construed to take away or in any manner abridge 
* or affect any now existing Corporate or other Right of 
voting in any Election of any Citizen or Burgess to 
serve in Parliament, save and except only those Rights 
of voting which have heretofore entitled Persons to 
vote in the Elections of Members to serve in Parlia- 


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A. 183), 


‘“‘ ment for any or either of the Boroughs enumerated in 
“¢ Schedule (A.) to this Act annexed.” 
Question put, That “ no Person” stand part of the 
proposed Amendment, 
The Committee divided. 
Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Spring Rice - 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Estcourt - - 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


89. 
17. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re. 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further; 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 








The House was moved, That the Order made upon oie, 
Thursday last, That there be laid before this House, an Ab- {i 
stract of the Number of Officers of each Rank in the Army é« . 
who have been allowed to sell their Commissions since ™ 
January 1825, might be read; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ab. 
stract of the Number of Officers of each Rank in the 
Army who have been allowed to sell their Commissions 
since January 1825 ; distinguishing the Number on Half 
Pay. : 

ial 

Mr. More O’ Ferrall reported from the Committee on the * 
Bill to empower Landed Proprietors in Jre/and to sink, em- (“*! 
bank and remove Obstructions in Rivers ; That they had \ 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
several Amendments thereunto; and the Report was 
brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Thursday, the 15th day of September 
next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Paulstown, in the county Pei 
of Kilkenny, was presented, and read ; praying the House ( 
to cause the Yeomanry of Jreland to be disbanded, and (# 
deprived of their arms, otherwise the Petitioners most 
seriously apprehend that the people of that Country will 
lose all confidence in the Government and Legislature, 
and, as formerly, take the administration of the laws into 
their own hands, the consequence of which must be de- 
structive of life and property. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a %* 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to explain pu 
and amend two Acts of the thirty-fourth and thirty-eighth ™ 
years of his Majesty King George the Third, so far as the 
same relate to Double Assessments of the Land Tax; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. John Wood reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made several 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. John Wood accordingly reported from the Com- 
mittee the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; 
and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. O’Conor and Mr. Jephson be added ™ 
to the Select Committee appointed to consider the Charges 
for the Civil Government of the United Kingdom, hereto- 
fore defrayed from the Civil Lists of England and Ireland, 
the Hereditary Revenues of Scotland, and the Four-and- 
Half per cent. Duties, and remaining to be provided for. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


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9 Wit. IV. 


Lune, 29° die August: ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 

HE House being informed that Mr. Johnson, from 
the Office of the Chief Secretary for Jreland, at- 
tended at the door, he was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented to the House, pursuant to their Orders,— Returns 
of all Sums of Money expended within the last Seven 
ears on the several Roads in each and every County in 
Treland, by the direction, and under the control, of Su- 
ervisors, and subsequently levied by Grand Jury Pre- 

sentments to reimburse such Supervisors. 


An Account of the Receipts and Expenditure of the 
Company of Undertakers of the Lagan Navigation during 
the Seven years ended 5th January last; specifying the 
several Sums received in each year, and from what sources 
derived, with the particulars of their application. 

A Return, from the Clerk of the Peace, of all the regis- 
tered Forty-shilling Freeholders of the County of the 
City of Dublin, with the Dates of the Instruments grant- 
ing the respective Freeholds, the Description of their 
Freeholds, and the Quantity of Land comprised in each, 
as appearing by the Registry thereof, where situate, under 
whom held, by whom occupied, and if in the actual pos- 
session of the Freeholder, or otherwise. 

A Copy of a Letter, dated 26th January 1831, from 
the Chief Secretary of Ireland to the several Courts of 
Justice, as to the Suggestions of the Commissioners of 
Judicial Inquiry :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House being informed that Mr. Hine, from the 
Court of Chancery, attended at the door, he was called 
in; and at the bar presented to the House, pursuant to 
their Orders,—A Return of the Number of Informations 
filed in the Courts of Equity by the Attorney General, at 
the instance of the Commissioners appointed to inquire 
concerning Charities in England and Wales, from the day 
of the last Return to the present time; specifying the 
Names of the Defendants, the Objects of each Proceed- 
ing, the Result of each Cause terminated, the Costs in- 
curred, and to whom and by whom paid, and the present 
state of the Causes in progress ;—also, of the Number of 
Petitions preferred by the Attorney General, at the in- 
stance of the Commissioners ;—also, a Statement as to 
cases in which Inquiry has restored dormant Rights, 
or rectified Abuses, found to exist, in continuation of the 
last Return ;—also, a Return, showing what further Pro- 
ceedings have been taken in the several Causes set forth 
as unsettled or pending ; specifying the Results of each 
Cause terminated, the Amount of Costs subsequent to 
the last Return incurred, and by whom and to whom 
paid, and the present stage of oath Cause in progress ;— 
also, a Statement of the Total Amount of the Money 
which, since the appointment of the said Commissioners, 
has been advanced by the Treasury on account of the 
Costs of such Proceedings, and the Total Amount which 
has been received from Parties, or out of the Charity 
Funds, to reimburse such Costs ; specifying whether such 
Costs are taxed, and by whom the disallowed portion of 
Costs is paid, and the Total Amount of such Disallow- 
ance. 

A Return of all Informations signed by the Attorney 
General at the instance of Relators, and of Petitions 
allowed by him since his appointment on the 24th day of 
November 1830 to the present time, with the Name or 
Title of each Proceeding :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of John Coverdale, of Gray’s Inn, Gentle- 
man, Agent for Louisa Turton, the wife of Thomas Ed- 
ward Michell Turton, Esquire, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That, by an Order of the House, made upon 
the second reading of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, 
Intituled, “An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Louisa 
Turton with Thomas Edward Michell Turton, her now 
Husband, and to enable the said Louisa Turton to marry 
again, and for other purposes therein mentioned,” it was 


ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee to 
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whom the said Bill was then committed, that they do 
hear counsel and examine witnesses for the said Bill, and 
also, that they do hear counsel and examine witnesses 
against the said Bill, if the Parties concerned think fit to 
be heard by counsel or to produce witnesses, and that a 
Copy of the said Bill be served upon the said Thomas 
Edward Michell Turton; that the said Thomas Edward 
Michell Turton, in or about the month of July 1830, left 
England for the East Indies, and he is now, as the Peti- 
tioner is credibly informed and believes, at Bengal, in the 
East Indies, so that personal Notice of the said Order of 
the House cannot be served upon him; that, previous to the 
departure of the said Thomas Edward Michell Turton from 
England, notice was given to him, that proceedings were 
about to be adopted, for the purpose of obtaining a dis- 
solution of his marriage with the said Louisa Turton, 
accompanied by a request, that he would appoint some 
person who should be authorized to accept the service of 
any proceedings relative thereto; and the said Thomas 
Edward Michell Turton informed John Inskip, the Clerk 
of the Petitioner, that Mr. Charles Bowdler, his Proctor, 
had his instructions to do whatever might be necessary on 
his behalf; the Petitioner therefore humbly prays, That 
the delivery of the said Order, and also an attested Cop 
of the said Bill, now depending, signed by the Clerk of 
the House, to the said Charles Bowdler, may be deemed 
as effectual Notice to the said Thomas Edward Michell 
Turton of the Order of the House, and of the time of 
the commitment of the said Bill, as if he had been per- 
sonally served with the said Order and Bill. 

And the House being informed, that Mr. John Inskip 
attended at the door, he was called in; and at the bar 
deposed, That Mr. 7urton had informed him, that he had 
appointed Mr. Bowdler to be his Proctor, and to accept 
the service of all Notices, and to do whatever might be 
necessary in his behalf :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the service of the Order of the House 
upon Mr. Charles Bowdler, the Proctor of Thomas Edward 
Michell Turton, Esquire, and leaving an attested Copy of 
the Bill with him, be deemed good service of the same 
upon the said Zhomas Edward Michell Turton. 


A Petition of John Coverdale, Agent for Louisa Turton, 
wife of Thomas Edward Michell Turton, was also presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That, by an Order of the House, 
made upon the second reading of the ingrossed Bill from 
the Lords, intituled, ‘‘ An Act to dissolve the Marriage of 
Louisa Turton with Thomas Edward Michell Turton, her 
now Husband, and to enable the said Louisa Turton to 
marry again, and for other purposes therein mentioned,” it 
was ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee 
to whom the said Bill was then committed, that they do 
hear counsel and examine witnesses for the said Bill, and 
also, that they do hear counsel and examine witnesses 
against the said Bill, if the Parties concerned think fit to 
be heard by counsel or to produce witnesses; that William 
Russell, Doctor of Medicine, one of the witnesses who 
was examined at the bar of the House of Lords previously 
to the second reading of the said Bill, is at this time 
absent from England, having been sent, by direction of 
His Majesty’s Government, to Russia, for the purpose of 
making certain inquiries and observations relative to the 
Cholera Morbus, now prevalent in that country ; that Ge- 
neral Gore Browne, the father of the said Louisa Turton, 
was also examined as a witness at the bar of the House 
of Lords previously to the second reading of the said 
Bill, and it is desirable, not only on account of his ad- 
vanced age, but from the peculiarly painful situation in 
which he is placed, being the father of the said Louisa 
Turton, and also of Adeline Browne, with whom the said 
Thomas Edward Michell Turton has carried on an adul- 
terous and incestuous intercourse, that the attendance of 
the said Gore Browne, to be examined personally at the 
bar of the House, should be dispensed with ; and pray- 
ing, That a Copy of the Evidence given by the said 
William Russell and Gore Browne at the bar of the House 
of Lords, previously to the second reading of the said Bill, 
may be read as Evidence in the Committee on the said 
Bill in the House, and that the personal attendance of the 
said William Russell and Gore Browne may be dispensed 
with. 

And the House being informed that Mr. Henry 
Gaitskill, Clerk in the Privy Council Office, attended at 
the door, he was called in; and at the bar informed the 

9P 2 House, 


Petition of 


J. Coverdale, 


respecting 
Depositions 
taken in the 
House of Lords. 





Message to 
Lords, for 
Copy of 
Minutes. 


Motion for 
printing a 
Petition, 
withdrawn. 


Petition against 
use of Molasses 
in Breweries, 


Petition 
respecting 
Liverpool 
Writ. 


Petition for 
amendment 
of Sale of 
Beer Act. 


792 


House, that Dr. Russell had been sent by Government to 
Russia, to investigate the Cholera Morbus :—And then 
he withdrew. 

And the House being also informed that Mr. Hayward, 
the Agent for the Bill, attended at the door, he was called 
in; and at the bar informed the House, that he knows 
that Dr. Russell, who was examined in the House of 
Lords, is the same Dr. Russell who has since been sent 
to Russia :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the Evidence given by Dr. Russell and 
‘General Gore Browne at the bar of the House of Lords, 
be received as good Evidence by this House. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, request- 
ing that their Lordships will be pleased to communicate 
to this House, a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence 
given at their Bar by Dr. Russell and General Gore 
Browne, on the Bill to dissolve the Marriage of Louisa 
Turton with Thomas Edward Michell Turton, her now 
Husband, and to enable the said Louisa Turton to marry 
again, and for other purposes therein mentioned: And 
that Mr. Benett do carry the said Message. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That the Petition of Thomas and Caroline Deacle, which 
was presented to the House upon Monday last, be printed: 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


A Petition of Maltsters and Brewers residing in or near 
Warrington, in the county of Lancaster, was presented, 
and read; praying, That no law may be passed to permit 
the use of Molasses in the Breweries of the United 
Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Select 
Committee on Molasses. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, and other Inhabit- 
ants of the borough of Liverpool, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners, feeling deeply in- 
terested in the honour and prosperity of the town, regret 
exceedingly the delay which has taken place in the issuing 
of the Writ for the Election of a Member of Parliament in 
the place of John Evelyn Denison, Esquire, who was duly. 
elected as one of the Representatives of that Borough in 
May last, but who, having been also returned for Not- 
tinghamshire, has elected to sit for that County, and 
thereby occasioned an accidental vacancy in the Repre- 
sentation of Liverpool; the Petitioners respectfully call 
the attention of the House to the time that has already 
elapsed, and the repeated postponements of the considera- 
tion of their case which have occurred, and the probable 
length of time which may still elapse before the matter 
can be fully considered; and, looking to the great popula- 
tion and increasing commerce of that place, and the very 
important business which must necessarily devolve upon 
its Representatives, they do humbly and respectfully 
pray, That the House will be pleased to issue the custo- 
mary Writ for the Election of a Burgess, and thus restore 


the town to its usual share of Representation in the Legis- 


lature. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Edmonton, was presented, 
and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners view with 
much regret the demoralizing effects which result from 
the numerous Beer Shops opened in their parish, by which 
many labouring men are seduced from their homes, to 
spend their earnings in idleness, drunkenness and gam- 
bling, and are drawn from their religious duties on the 
Sunday; and praying, That the charge for the License 
may be increased; that stricter testimonials may be re- 
quired before such License be granted; that no Beer 
may be consumed on the premises ; that the Beer Shops 
may be kept shut on the Sundays, except at specified 
hours; that they may be closed every day much earlier 
than is now required ; that no skittles or other games be 
permitted ; and that such other regulations may be en- 
forced as shall, in the wisdom of Parliament, appear 
requisite to correct the great evils now existing. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


29° August. 


A. 183), 


A Petition of George Harrison and James Westwood, of Pei 
. it, 
Bruntwood, in the county of Stafford, Labourers, was pre. *™%x 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners were 
convicted at the last Assizes at Stafford for being out 
armed in the night to destroy Game, and are sentenced tg 
eighteen months’ hard labour upon such conviction ; that 
the Jury were a considerable time in bringing in a verdict 
of Guilty; that the Petitioners have since discovered, that 
George Keen, of Stafford, the Attorney for Edward John 
Littleton, Esquire, in such prosecution, also acted, by 
himself and clerk, as Under-Sheriff, to procure the Jury to 
try the said offence, which the Petitioners conceive jg 
against the fair administration of justice; that the said 
George Keen, by himself, partners and clerks, has on 
many occasions acted as Under-Sheriff of the county of 
Stafford, in prosecutions in the said county, wherein they 
have also been Attorney for or against Prisoners, many 
of whom have been transported and otherwise punished ; 
and praying the consideration of the House in the pre- 
mises, as it concerns the fair administration of justice, and 
that they will make such Order therein as to them shall 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Shaw, of Norton-in-the-Moors, in. Pein 
the county of Stafford, Nailer, was presented, and read; J: Sia 
complaining of certain acts of oppression and injustice 
towards him on the part of Richard Simpson, Esquire, a 
Magistrate of the county of Stafford ; stating the particu- 
lars of his case; and praying the House to take the same 
into consideration, and adopt such measures to prevent 
recurrences of a similar nature. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Jones, of Stafford, Attorney-at- Peiin 
Law, was presented, and read ; complaining of the present 9" 
mode of appointing Special Juries, and of consequent 
injustice inflicted upon him in a cause in which he was a 
party ; stating the particulars of his case; and praying 
the House to take the subject of his Petition into consi- 
deration, and adopt such measures thereon as to their 
wisdom shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Raheen, Peiix 
Queen’s County, was presented, and read ; reciting the ‘rm 
Act 7 Geo. 4, c.72, for the Regulation of Parish Vestries He 
in Ireland ; and praying, That the same may be repealed, " 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Roupell and Mr. Ti 
Adam : _ 
Mr. Speaker, " 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually repairing Nw 
the Road from North Shields, in the County of Northum- 7 
berland, to the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and certain . 
Branches communicating therewith, and also for making 
and repairing additional Branches of Road : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually making Kim 
and repairing certain Roads in the Counties of Fife, Kin- 
ross, Perth, and Clackmanan: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for ™ 
vesting in Trustees a legal Estate, which, on the death of - 
Joseph Crewe, escheated to His Majesty and the Lord °* 
Bishop of Bangor, in an undivided thitd part of certain 
Hereditaments in the County of Denbigh, in order to effect 
a partition directed by the Court of Chancery ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That His Majesty 
had been pleased to direct him to give notice to the House, }y, 
that He had appointed a Gallery in the Abbey for them, 
at the solemnity of Their Majesties’ Coronation, on Thurs- 
day, the 8th day of September next; but that He thought 
it not so convenient for the House to bear any part in the 
proceeding. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, 
That a Committee be appointed to examine how the Mem- 
bers of the House may, with the most i 

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Their Majesties’ Coronation, and what Orders be observed 
therein; it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to confer 
with His Majesty’s Surveyor General, and to consider how 
this House shall be accommodated with necessary con- 
yeniences, in going to and coming from Westminster Abbey, 
and while they are there, at the solemnity of Their Ma- 


jesties’ Coronation, and what order shall be observed 


therein:—And it is referred to Mr. Spring Rice, Sir George 
Clerk, Mr. Williams Wynn, Lord Nugent, Lord Eliot, Mr. 
Littleton, Sir Robert Inglis, or any Three of them; and 
they are to report the same to the House on or before 
Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
House do take into custody all and every such person and 

rsons, other than Members and Officers of the House, 
that shall presume to press or come into the Galleries in 
the Abbey Church at Westminster, appointed for this 
House to be in at the solemnity of Their Majesties’ Coro- 
nation. 


Mr. Benett reported, That he had carried to the Lords 
the Message of this House of this day, requesting that 
their Lordships would be pleased to communicate to this 
House, a Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence given at 
their Bar by Dr. Russe// and General Gore Browne, on the 
Bill to dissolve the marriage of Louisa Turton with Thomas 
Edward Michell Turton, her now Husband, and to enable 
the said Louisa Turton to marry again, and for other pur- 
poses therein mentioned ; and that their Lordships had 
been pleased to communicate a printed Copy of the said 
Evidence, as desired by this House ; and he delivered the 
same in at the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be re- 
ferred to the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty, be 
now read ; and the same being read:—The House resolved 
itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Five thousand and five hundred 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Royal Dublin Society, for the year 1831; and that 
the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 
deduction whatsoever. 

2. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Three hundred pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the 
Royal Irish Academy, for the year 1831; and that the 
said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other de- 
duction whatsoever. 


3. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Seven hundred pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the 
Board of Charitable Bequests, for the year 1831; and that 
the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 
deduction whatsoever. 


4. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding One thousand and five hundred 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Belfast Academical Institution, for the year 1831; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 


5. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Twelve thousand and nine hun- 
dred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Expense of the Board of Works, for the year 1831; and 
that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or 
other deduction whatsoever. 

6. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Thirty thousand four hundred 
and nineteen pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to pay 
the Salaries and other Expenses of the Chief and Under 
Secretary’s Offices and Apartments, and other Public Offices 
in Dublin Castle, &amp;c.; also, for Riding Charges and other 

penses of the Deputy Pursuivants and Messengers at- 
tending the said Offices ; also, Superannuated Allowances 


in the Chief Secretary’s Office, for the year 1831; and 
VOL. 86. 


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793 


that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or 
other deduction whatsoever. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had come to several 
ee which they had directed him to report to the 

ouse. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wednesday 
next. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


i i Motion re- 
A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, specting Relief 


That it is the opinion of this House, That it is expedient of the Poor 
and necessary to institute a legal Provision for the Poor of “#4 
Ireland. 

And the previous Question being proposed, That that 
Question be now put; 

And a Debate arising in the House thereupon ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 30° die Augusti, 1831: 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That the Debate be adjourned till Monday next :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then the previous Question being put, That that Ques- 
tion be now put; 

The House divided. 

1s. 
\ 64. 


The Noes went forth. 
Tellers for the Yeas,} i nhl : 
{ Mr. Spring Rice, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Te ancis Baring : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Steam _ 
ing of the Bill to regulate the Navigation of Steam Boats — 
and Vessels upon certain Parts of the River Thames; — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Hackney 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon Coaches Bill, 
the re-committed Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws %!rte4- 
relating to Hackney Coaches, and the registering and 
numbering of Waggons, Carts and Drays, used in the 
Metropolis; and also to place the collection of the Duty 
on such Hackney Coaches under the management of the 
Commissioners of Stamps, and to transfer the Collection 
and Management of the Duties on Hawkers and Pedlars 
in England from the Commissioners of Hackney Coaches 
to the Commissioners of Stamps ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Wine Duties 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon Bill,deferred. 
the Bill to equalize the Duties on Wine ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Vestries Bill 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon deferred, 
the Bill for the better regulation of Vestries, and for the 
appointment of Auditors of Accounts in certain Parishes 
of England and Wales ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- sugar 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- Refinery Act, 
sider of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c.49, to continue, until the deferred. 
Fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty, 
the Provisions of an Act to allow Sugar to be delivered 
out of Warehouse to be refined ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. “i 

e 


9Q 


Roman Catholic 
Charities Bill, 
deferred, 


Canine Mad- 
ness Bill, 
deferred. 


Courts of 
Law Fees 
Lill, deferred. 


Interpleader 
Bill, deferred. 


Arbitration 
Bill, deferred. 


Suits in Com- 
mon Law Courts 
Bill, deferred. 


Settlement 
of the Poor 
Bill, deferred. 


Public Works 
(Great Britain) 
Bill, committed. 


Public Works 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Debate on Mo- 
tion respecting 
Arms (Ireland), 
adjourned. 


Juries 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred, 


Administration 
of Justice (Ire- 
land) Bill, 
deferred. 


194 


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The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Mad- 
ness ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to explain and amend an Act for regulating the 
receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and Emoluments 
receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts of Common 
Law ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to enable Courts of Law to give Relief against ad- 
verse Claims made upon Persons having no interest in 
the subject of such Claims ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for settling Controversies by Arbitration ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reading 
of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
diminish the Expense and prevent the Delay of Suits in 
the Common Law Courts at Westminster ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to alter and amend the Laws of Settlement 
by Hiring and Service ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. ; 


A Bill to amend several Acts passed for authorizing 
the issue of Exchequer Bills, and the advance of Money, 
for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, and Employ- 
ment of the Poor, and to authorize a further issue of 
Exchequer Bills for the purposes of the said Acts, was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the extension and promotion of Public Works 
in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the ad- 
journed Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday, the 
Ist day of July last, “ That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill to regulate the importation of Arms into Jreland ;” 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws relative 
to Jurors and Juries in Jreland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to improve the Administration of Justice in 
Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 





Augusti. A. 183}. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re. p; 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon (ln 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppress. tin, 
ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 
in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 


into the said Committee. 
















An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Na 
repeal several Acts, and parts of Acts, prohibiting the Pre 
payment of Wages in Goods, or otherwise than in the ih 
current Coin of the Realm, was, according to Order, read 
a second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Monday, the 12th day of September 


next. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to y 
the ; rT 
prohibit the payment, in certain Trades, of Wages in Pay 
Goods, or otherwise than in the current Coin of the Ye 
Realm, was, according to Order, read a second time; ™ 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Monday, the 12th day of September next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Exley 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act re 
for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business now lit 
done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


nacainst 
‘Molasses 
jesand 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Lim 
ing of the Bill to prohibit the Practice of paying the Hw! 
— Rents of Able-bodied Labourers out of the Poor's M4 

ate ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 12th day of September next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- Ganj 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the ‘ein 
whole House, on the Bill to amend the Laws in England 
relative to Game ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- | 
sideration this day. 


ons 
ting 
al 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Way 
solve itself intoa Committee of the whole House, to con- Mew 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply ®™ 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill for amending and making more Tus 
effectual the Laws concerning Turnpike Roads in Scot- hes 
land, was, according to Order, read the third time; and 
several Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir George Clerk do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


land) 
passe 


Ordered, That Mr. Ramsden have leave of absence for La 
a month, on account of illness in his family. Absa 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Fis 
naturalizing Herman Hinrich Flathmann, was read a %*" 
second time; and committed to Sir Charles Forbes, &amp;c.: “” 
And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 


Chamber. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till half 
an hour after two of the clock on Tuesday morn- 
ing, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 30° die August ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 

M R. Speaker acquainted the House, that William Da- 
venish and others, who petitioned this House upon gis 
Monday, the 15th day of this instant August, complaining jy1« 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of Wey- 
mouth and Melcombe Regis, had not entered into a Recog- 
nizance in respect of such Petition, according to the 
directions 








nacainst 


9 Wit. IV. 


directions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, to consolidate and 
amend the Laws relating to the Trial of Controverted 
Elections, or Returns of Members to serve in Parliament. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon Monday, the 15th 
day of this instant August, for taking the said Petition 
into consideration upon Thursday, the 15th day of Sep- 
tember next, be discharged. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
vesting in Trustees a legal Estate, which, on the death of 
Joseph Crewe, escheated to His Majesty and the Lord 
Bishop of Bangor, in an undivided third part of certain 
Hereditaments in the County of Denbigh, in order to effect 
a partition directed by the Court of Chancery, was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Marshal of the King’s Bench Prison 
do bring Martin Petrie, in safe custody, on Saturday 
next, at twelve of the clock in the forenoon, to the Com- 
mittee of the whole House, on the ingrossed Bill from 
the Lords, intituled, An Act to dissolve the Marriage of 
Louisa Turton with Thomas Edward Michell Turton, her 
now Husband, and to enable the said Louisa Turton to 
marry again, and for other purposes therein mentioned, in 
order to his being examined as a Witness, and so from 
time to time, as often as his attendance shall be thought 
necessary :—And that Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
accordingly. 


A Petition of Robert Abercromby, Preses of a Meeting 


Noases of Landholders of the county of Banff, was presented, and 





ition 
1830,) 


read ; praying the House not to pass any legislative mea- 
sure for the introduction of Molasses to be used in Brew- 
ing or Distillation in Scotland. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Select 
Committee on Molasses. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Woburn ;—and, of Ridg- 
mount,—were presented, and read; praying, That the 
Penal Laws relating to property may be amended, by the 
commutation in all cases of the punishment of Death. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Landholders of the Ba- 
tonies of Saint Mullins and Idrone East, in the county of 
Carlow, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the 
Petitioners respectfully beg to call the attention of the 
House to the provisions of the law for qualifying persons 
to vote at County Elections in Jreland, hoping the House 
will repeal or amend it, for otherwise the Franchise must 
become a mere nominal right, and that Country a close 
Borough, the Constituency being under the control of 
thirty-two Barristers, appointed by and removable at the 
will of the Administration for the time being. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Richard Gurney, of Tregony, in the county 
of Cornwall, Esquire, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That on the sixteenth November one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty, Petitioner, and one Charles King, 

squire, presented an humble Petition to the House, 
claiming to have been duly elected Members to serve in 
Parliament for the Borough of Tregony, in the county of 
Cornwall, and to have been returned as such by the legal 
Mayor and Returning Officer of that Borough, on the 
thirty-first July one thousand eight hundred and thirty, but 
that another person, under the pretence of being the legal 
Mayor and Returning Officer, had, on the second August 
thence next ensuing, holden a second and illegal Elec- 
tion, at which James Adam Gordon and James Mackillop, 

squires, were pretended to be duly elected Members ; 
that the said Petitioners also charged in their said Peti- 
tion, that the said James Adam Gordon and James Mac- 
killop had been guilty of bribery towards persons having 
aright to vote at the first Election, as well as to persons 
who claimed to have a right to vote, and who did vote at 
the second or illegal Election, as by the said Petition, 
reference being thereunto had, will appear ; that the draft 
of the Petition was settled by Mr. Thomas Chitty, a Special 

leader, of the Inner Te emple, and the Petition ingrossed 


therefrom ; that, on the reading of the Petition before the 
VOL. 86. | 


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Select Committee appointed to try the same, Mr. Follet, 
after. opening the case as Counsel for Petitioners, was 
proceeding to observe upon that part of it which related to 
the bribery, when Mr. Coleridge, of Counsel on the other 
side, took an objection thereto, under the Act of the 9th 
George the Fourth, chapter twenty-second, contending that 
the Petitioners had not described themselves as Candidates, 
or Electors having a right to vote at the second Election ; 
that Mr. Follet contended that the Petitioners’ case was a 
clear exception to any general rule applying to cases of 
that description, inasmuch as the Petitioners had described 
themselves as Candidates at the first Election for the said 
Borough, and had charged that the second Election was 
illegal, and that therefore the said Petitioners could not 
with any propriety have described themselves as Candi- 
dates at an Election which they complained of as being 
illegal; and Mr. Follet further contended that, as both 
Elections were held under one and the same precept, upon 
one and the same writ, the Petitioners’ description of 
themselves as Candidates for Tregony under such precept 
and writ, ought to apply to whichever of the two Elec- 
tions should be determined to be the legal Election under 
the peculiar circumstances of the case, because no evi- 
dence had been then yet entered upon to prove the 
validity or invalidity of either Election, and it would there- 
fore be prejudging the case to shut out the evidence apply- 
ing to bribery, upon the ground that Petitioners were not 
Candidates at the legal or first Election for the said 
Borough, inasmuch as it would amount to a virtual reso- 
lution before merits were entered into that the first Elec- 
tion was illegal; and Mr. Follet also particularly urged 
the fact of the Petitioners having especially charged that 
the said James Adam Gordon. and James Mackillop had 
bribed persons having a right to vote at the first Election, 
as well as persons who had a right to and did vote at the 
second Election ; that, nevertheless, the Committee would 
not allow any evidence to be given in support of the charge 
of bribery ; and as to the other part of the said Petition 
(that is to say) the disputed Mayoralty, the Committee 
admitted, through their Chairman, at the conclusion of 
their sitting, that they had come to no Resolution or Deter- 
mination thereon ; that the said Committee, notwithstand- 
ing they refused to hear evidence of the Petitioners rela- 
tive to the bribery aforesaid, by reason of the technical 
objection aforesaid, and notwithstanding their having ad- 
mitted that they had come to no Resolution or Determina- 
tion as to the disputed Mayoralty as aforesaid, were never- 
theless pleased to declare, not only that the said James 
Adam Gordon and James Mackillop were duly elected, 
but also, in general terms, that the said joint Petition 
of the present Petitioner and the said Charles King was 
frivolous and vexatious; whereas the Petitioner hum- 
bly submits, that such a general and sweeping declara- 
tion of the Committee must, in the nature of things, 
have been erroneous and untenable in fair argument, 
as far as affected the alleged frivolity and vexation of 
the Petition, because the Petitioner submits, it is manifest 
that the Committee could not by any possibility judge, 
or even remotely suspect, whether the charge of bribery, 
which they themselves had prevented the Petitionerand the 
said Charles King from even attempting to prove in evi- 
dence was well or ill founded, and consequently whether 
the Petition, as to that part of it was frivolous or vexa- 
tious, or what was its nature or general bearing; and 
further, because, as regards the other part of the said 
Petition (that is to say) the disputed Mayoralty, as the 
Committee admitted having come to no Resolution or De- 
termination thereon, the Petitioner again submits, it was 
inconsistent for the same Committee to declare such part 
of the said Petition frivolous or vexatious ; and Peti- 
tioner charges and humbly submits that, by omitting to 
come to any such Resolution or Determination as to such 
disputed Mayoralty, the Act of Parliament especially re- 
lating to Controverted Elections has not been complied 
with ; that the Petitioner in consequence caused the draft 
of a Petition of appeal to be made, and was about to pre- 
sent a Petition of appeal in that behalf to the House, 
against the decision of the said honourable Committee, 
when Parliament was suddenly dissolved, and the Peti- 
tioner humbly but earnestly submits, that he is legally 
advised, and contends that, under any circumstances 
whatever, the said honourable Committee, in declaring 
the Petition generally frivolous and vexatious, committed 
an error in judgment, and exceeded the powers vested in 

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196 


them, they having refused to receive proof of all the alle- 

gations contained in the said Petition, and, by their own 

admission, not having come to any Determination as to 

the disputed Mayoralty, and it being the invariable course 
that, if even one of many allegations in a Petition to the 
House, contain a “ probabilis causa litigandi,” such Peti- 
tion may not, and cannot, be held or declared generally 
to be frivolous or vexatious ; and the Petitioner also states 
that, after the decision of the said Committee as aforesaid 
(that is to say) some time in March last, the Right 
honourable The Speaker of the House directed the costs 
of the said James Adam Gordon and James Mackillop, in 
opposing the said Petition, to be taxed by William Ley and 
Francis Cross, Esquires, who thereupon proceeded to tax 
the same, but the Petitioner is informed and verily be- 
lieves, that the said costs were not completed in the taxa- 
tion thereof (if ever completed at all) until after the pro- 
rogation of the then Parliament, and that the said William 
Ley and Francis Cross did not compute the same, nor 
make any real or bond fide report thereon, but, on the con- 
trary, that the agent of the said James Adam Gordon and 
James Mackillop, having obtained possession of a piece 
of paper with the names of the said William Ley and 
Francis Cross written thereon in blank, filled up the blank 
with certain written charges, or alleged charges, and 
computed and completed the same as the alleged amount 
of costs and expenses to be paid by the present Petitioner 
alone, under the before-mentioned joint Petition of the 
Petitioner and the said Charles King, and this in the 
absence of the said William Ley and Francis Cross, as 
well as of the Petitioner, or of any agent acting on the 
Petitioner’s behalf ; and the Petitioner further shows, that 
thereupon the Right honourable The Speaker of the House 
of Commons, after such prorogation of Parliament as 
aforesaid, granted his Certificate upon such alleged or 
nominal Report of the said William Ley and Francis Cross, 
in utter ignorance of the illegal manner in which the 
same had been concocted for the purpose of enforcing the 
payment of the costs and expenses under a Penal Act of 
Parliament, and under the positive impression, that the 
alleged or nominal Report had been duly signed by the 
said William Ley and Francis Cross, in a legal manner 
after the ingrossment thereof; and the Petitioner charges 
and humbly submits that, if the said William Ley and 
Francis Cross really intended that such their alleged or 
nominal Report should omit toname the said Charles King 
as being jointly liable with the present Petitioner, to pay 
the costs and expenses of the said James Adam Gordon 
and James Mackillop, under the before-mentioned joint 
Petition of the present Petitioner and the said Charles 
King, they the said William Ley and Francis Cross \a- 
boured under a complete mistake as to the meaning 
and intention of the Act of Parliament in that behalf, 
for the Petitioner charges and humbly submits that, 
although the said Charles King did not happen to enter 
into any recognizance (it not being at all necessary for 
more than one Petitioner so to do), and although the Pe- 
titioner alone entered into recognizance, the entering into 
the same by either party had nothing to do with the lia- 
bility of the two parties who signed the said Petition, to 
pay the costs and expenses incurred about the same, but 
was merely required under the Statute in that behalf to 
be entered into by one or more of the Petitioners (as the 
case might be), for the purpose of securing the payment 
of costs, inasmuch as Petitioner is advised and submits, it 
is the evident intent and meaning of the said Act, that 
every person who signs an Election Petition, shall be de- 
clared by the Examiners or Taxers liable for the costs 
and expenses attending the same, if declared frivolous or 
vexatious, although one. person only may have entered into 
recognizance in that behalf, and that the parties whose 
costs are to be paid by the parties declared liable to pay 
the same, may either sue all such parties so declared liable 
to pay, or select either of them for that purpose, in which 
latter case the party or parties so selected, after the amount 
of the costs shall have been recovered against him or 
them, may recover from the others, or any or either of 
them, who shall have been declared liable to the payment 
of the costs and expenses, a proportionable share thereof, 
according to the number of persons so declared liable, and 
therefore the Petitioner submits that, as the said Charles 
King was a joint Petitioner with the present Petitioner 
under the Petition hereinbefore mentioned, the said Wil- 
liam Ley and Francis Cross should have —— the said 


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A. 183), 


Charles King jointly liable, as well as the present Petj. 
tioner, in which event the Petitioner, after paying the 
costs, if selected so to do by the said James Adam Gordon 
and James Mackillop, might have recovered a moiet 
thereof from the said Charles King ; but now, inasmuch 
as the said William Ley and Francis Cross have omitted 
to declare the said Charles King liable to the payment of 
any costs or expenses whatsoever, the Petitioner is advised 
by his counsel, and verily believes, that if he pay the 
whole of the said costs and expenses, he will not be able 
to recover from the said Charles King any portion of the 
same under the Act aforesaid, unless the said Report of 
the said William Ley and Francis Cross, and the said Cer. 
tificate of the Right honourable The Speaker of the House, 
be amended in this respect, so as to make the said Charles 
King equally liable with the Petitioner for the payment of 
the said costs and expenses; and the Petitioner further 
shows, that the said Charles King, taking advantage 
of the erroneous or nominal Report of the said William 
Ley and Francis Cross, has refused to pay any costs 
whatever, as such joint Petitioner as aforesaid, with the 
present Petitioner, under the original Petition ; the Peti- 
tioner therefore humbly prays, That such proceedings as 
to the House may seem meet may be adopted, for the 
purpose of reviewing the said Decision and Report of the 
said Select Committee, relative to the alleged frivolity 
and vexation of the Petitioner and the said Charles King’s 
joint Petition, and in case the said Decision and Report 
of the said Select Committee shall not be altered, that the 
said alleged or nominal Report of the said William Ley 
and Francis Cross may be declared to be an irregular and 
illegal instrument, and, as such, insufficient to enforce the 
execution of a Penal Statute, and that the Certificate of 
the Right honourable The Speaker of the House thereon 
may be accordingly withdrawn, or if the House should be 
of opinion that the document bearing the signatures of the 
said William Ley and Francis Cross is a real and bond 
Jide Report, then that the House will be pleased to order 
that such document be, at all events, amended, as far as 
regards the liability with Petitioner of the said Charles 
King to pay the costs and expenses awarded to be paid 
thereby, and that the said Speaker's Certificate may, asa 
natural consequence, be also amended in respect thereof; 
and that the House will be pleased to grant the Peti- 
tioner such other relief as the House may, in its wisdom 
and equity, think fit and proper. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Petition do lie upon the Table ; 

And a Debate arising in the House thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Monday 


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A Petition of Tithe-payers of Zea, in the Queen's Pei 
County ;—and, of Citizens of Cork,—were presented, and 
read ; complaining of the present system of Tithes in ;,, 1 
Ireland ; and praying the House to take the same into ( 
their immediate and serious consideration, and to abolish 
the system of compulsory Taxation in that Realm, and to 
appropriate the Church Temporalities (having regard to 
the vested rights of existing Incumbents) to the support 


of the Poor, or to some other nationally useful purpose. nC 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the Pa 
Table ; and to be printed. fi 
F 
A Petition of Inhabitants of Magourney ;—of Pa- Pail t 
rishioners of Timoleague, in the county of Cork ;—and, iP, ¢ 
of Roman Catholic Clergy and Inhabitants of the parish (jc I 
of Donegal,—were presented, and read; praying the q 
House to withdraw the Grant usually made by Parliament 81 
to the Kildare-street Society, and that the House will C 
please to take into consideration the necessity of granting th 
a sum of money, to be entrusted to the disposal of a com- w 
mittee of Catholic Bishops, Noblemen and Gentlemen, for ec 
the Education of the Catholic Poor of [reland. w 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the to 
Table ; and, except the first, to be printed. : 
A Petition of Inhabitants of Macclesfield and its vici- fu 
nity, was presented, and read; praying, That the House puff fo) 
will adopt such measures as will lead to the immediate ™ 
liberation and an entire remission of every part of the 
sentence passed on the Reverend Robert Taylor. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; Bi? in 


and be printed. 


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A Petition of Joseph Dyke, of Mile End Road, Li- 


le censed Retailer of Beer;—of Thomas William Hinds, of 


d-street, Shadwell ;—of Stephen Mogridge, of 
a Perr of Retailers of Beer * Manchester and 
Salford —_were presented, and read; reciting the Act 
Will 4, c. 64, to permit the General Sale of Beer and 
Cider by Retail in England ; and praying, That the House 
will so modify the law, that its provisions may equally ex- 
tend to all engaged in the retailing of Beer, and that the 
Petitioners may not be ruined by further restrictions. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and that the last be printed. 


A Petition of James Benson, Freeman of Liverpool up- 
wards of twenty-five years, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the opulent and commercial town of 
Liverpool has been deprived of one Member in conse- 
quence of a supposed delinquency of some part of the 
Electors having been tampered with by the presumed 
friends of Mr. Ewart or Mr. Denison, in their contest in No- 
vember 1830; whereas that Parliament shortly afterwards 
was dissolved, and His Majesty having been graciously 
pleased to summon a new Parliament, for the purpose of 
knowing the sentiments of His liege subjects, in May last 
the Election for the aforesaid Borough took place, upon 
which occasion the nominees were, W. Ewart, Esquire, 
J.E. Denison, Esquire, and General Gascoyne; and whereas 
the two former gentlemen were duly returned (without 
demur as to what took place at any previous Election 
there), but J. E. Denison, Esquire, having been pleased 
to take his native County, instead of that Borough, a 
vacancy hath occurred, which the Petitioner is informed 
is not allowed to be filled up for the reasons alleged in 
the said November (1830) Election ; and whereas the 
Chairman in Committee upon the occasion alluded to, 
hath thought proper to found a Motion in this present 
Parliament to suspend the Writ, with some ulterior pro- 
ceedings, and as the honourable Member for Wiltshire, 
also the honourable Member for Ipswich, do from time to 
time delay the Motion, by which the community of un- 
tainted Burgesses feel much hurt, the Petitioner, there- 
fore, on behalf of his family and others in the Borough, 
does most earnestly request the House will be pleased to 
bring this matter to a speedy judgment, either a sentence 
of acquittal or punishment, as in their justice and mercy 
they may deem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Friends to Humanity and Justice, was 
presented, and read; praying the House immediately to 
recommend to His Majesty’s Ministers to use such means, 
by remonstrance and the sending a strong fleet up the 
Baltic Sea, as will ensure to the Poles a cessation of 
the present sanguinary slaughter, and their final eman- 
cipation. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Owners of vessels belonging to the Port 
of Montrose, employed in the Trade between Great 
Britain and Russia, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That, by an Order of His Majesty’s Most honourable 
Privy Council, bearing date the 11th of November 1830, 
their Lordships deemed it expedient, as a measure of pre- 
caution, to direct, that all Vessels arriving from Ports in 
Russia, should be placed under quarantine, and that the 
quarantine questions put to the Masters, with their an- 
swers thereto, should be forwarded to the Clerk of the 
Council, in writing, for their Lordships’ consideration ; 
that, in consequence of their Vessels being thus placed 
under quarantine, the Petitioners were subjected to a 
considerable additional expense upon the voyage for 
wages and provisions, varying from 20/. to 30/. according 
to the number of the crew; the Petitioners were further 
subjected to a charge of 5/. 14s. 6d. as the Fees of an 
Order by the Privy Council, for the release of each vessel ; 
further stating the particulars of their case; and praying 
for such relief as to the House shall seem proper. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attorneys, Writers and Notaries Public, 


te. in the royal borough of Montrose, was presented, and 
“* read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners, along with the 


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other Procurators and Attorneys, before the Sheriff and 
Borough Courts of Scotland, and as Notaries Public, are, 
by the Act 55 Geo. 3, c. 184, made liable, under very 
severe penalties, in the payment of an annual tax of 4/. 
sterling for the first three years after admission, and 8 /. 
yearly thereafter; and praying the House to repeal so 
much of the aforesaid Act as relates to the Attorney Tax 
payable by the Petitioners, or to grant such other relief 
as to the House may seem meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of 7. O’Brien, of the city of Cork ;—and, 
of Payers of Parish Cess in Monasterevan,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; reciting the Act 7 Geo. 4, c. 72, for the 
regulation of Parish Vestries in Jreland ; and praying, 
That the same may be repealed. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kidderminster, was pre- 
sented, and read ; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shipwrights of the River Tyne, was pre- 
sented, and read; complaining of their distress, arising 
from want of employment, the great pressure of Taxation, 
and the high Duties on Timber ; and praying, That the 
House will afford every facility to His Majesty’s Ministers 
in all their measures for a reduction of Taxes, shortening 
the duration of Parliaments, and extending the Elective 
Franchise. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Ship-owners residing at, and trading to 
and from, the ports within the Firth of Forth, was pre- 
sented, and read; praying, That the House will be pleased 
to cause inquiry to be made into the amount and applica- 
tion of the Light-house Duties levied on the east coast of 
Great Britain, and to grant such efficient control over the 
future expenditure of these establishments as may tend to 
reduce the present amount of exactions, or to grant such 
other relief as to the House may seem just and expedient. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Shepherds of Tweedale, was presented, 
and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners feel them- 
selves sorely aggrieved by an oppressive Dog Tax; and 
praying the House to take the case of the Petitioners 
under their serious consideration, and to remove from 
them the grievance complained of. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Beer Retailers of Brighton, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners, 
being by law bound to receive Soldiers upon Billet, and 
being under all Police and other restrictions upon the 
same footing as the Licensed Victuallers, and finding 
themselves much inconvenienced and cramped in their 
business, by being obliged to discontinue the sale of 
Beer at ten o'clock at night, one hour earlier than the 
said Victuallers, and humbly conceiving that no evil could 
possibly arise by the Petitioners and Beer Retailers in 
general being set upon equal grounds with the Victual- 
ers in this respect, most humbly pray the House, That the 
time for the sale of Beer may be extended to eleven o’clock 
at night; the Petitioners also further humbly pray, that 
the advantage of taking out Retail Spirit Licenses may be 
extended to all persons licensed to sell Beer by retail, 
which would considerably increase the number of Re- 


tail Spirit Licenses, and so far open the trade, as to do: 


away with a galling monopoly, 
Public. — i 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


to the great benefit of the 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the Population, according to the Census of 1821 and 1831, 
of all Towns or Cities in England exceeding a Population 
of Ten thousand, to which it is not intended by the 
Reform Bill to give Representatives. 


9R Ordered, 


Petitions for 
repeal of 
Vestries Act 
(Ireland.) 


Petition 
for repeal of 
Corn Laws. 


Petition 
respecting 
Taxation and 
Timber Duties, 


Petition for 
reduction of 
Light-house 
Dues. 


Petition for 
repeal of Duty 
on Sheep Dogs 
(Scotland.) 


Petition re- 
specting Sale 
of Beer Act. 


Address 
respecting 
Parliamentary 
Representation, 





Petition for 
introduction of 
Poor Laws into 
Treland. 


Petition against 
Renewal of 
Sugar Refinery 
Act. 


Petition 

for repeal of 
Stamp Duties 
on Newspapers 
aud Pamphlets, 


Petition 
in favour of 


Election by 
Ballot. 


The Lords 
have agreed 
to 


Eau Brink 
Drainage 
Bill. 


Dublin and 
Kingstown 
Railway Bill. 


The Lords 
have passed 


Burning Land 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Address 
respecting 
Portugal. 


198 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Chippenham, was presented, 
and read ; praying the House speedily to take into con- 
sideration the propriety of establishing a Poor Law in 
Treland, similar to that which has existed for two cen- 
turies in Great Britain. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Association of West India Merchants 
and Planters residing in the city of Dublin, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners, and all con- 
nected with the British West India Colonies, have sus- 
tained the most grievous injury by the operation of the 
Act of 9 Geo. 4, c. 93, which, although intended to per- 
mit the refining of Foreign Sugars for exportation only, 
was so deficiently framed, that the Refiners were enabled 
to sell the produce of such Sugars for consumption at 
home, and to export an inferior article, thereby causing 
not only great loss to the Revenue, but likewise a most 
serious injury to the Petitioners, which never could have 
been contemplated by the framers of the said Act; and 
praying, That the same may not be renewed. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Edward Hancock, was presented, and 
read ; praying for a repeal of all Taxes on Knowledge, 
(more particularly theSix Acts of Lord Castlereagh), which 
1ave for its object to suppress that knowledge which is 
interested in the welfare of the Working Classes. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Blackburn, Chairman, and Joseph 
D. Styles, Secretary, of a Public Meeting of the West- 
minster Union of the Working Classes, was presented, and 
read ; praying for Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments 
and Voting by Ballot. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Roupell and Mr. 
Adam : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the 
Powers of the several Acts now in force relating to the 
New River or Cut from Kau Brink to King’s Lynn, in the 
County of Norfolk, called, The Eau Brink Cut, and to 
raise further Funds for carrying the said Acts into exe- 
cution : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making and maintaining 
a Railroad from Westland Row, in the City of Dublin, to 
the Head of the Western Pier of the Royal Harbour of 
Kingstown, in the County of Dublin, with Branches to 
communicate therewith : And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to pro- 
vide against the setting aside, for want of Form, Con- 
victions for Offences in burning Land in Jreland; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, Copies of the 
Representations made by His Majesty’s Command to the 
Government of Portugal, concerning the Insults and In- 
juries to which His Majesty referred in His most gracious 
Speech from the Throne; and of the Answers received 
from that Government, containing a compliance with His 
Majesty’s Demand of Satisfaction :—and also, Copies or 
Extracts of any Applications which His Majesty may 
have received from the Government of Portugal, in refer- 
ence to the Demands made upon that Government by the 
King of the French, and to the proceedings of the French 
Squadron in the Zagus; and of the Answers returned, by 
His Majesty's Command, to such Applications, and of 
any Representations made to the Government of France 
thereupon, and of the Answers to such Representations :— 

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and also, Copies or Extracts of any Communications be. 
tween His Majesty’s Government and His Majesty’s Am. 
bassador at Paris, and His Majesty’s Consul Genera] a 
Lisbon, relative to the English and French Expeditions to 
the Tagus. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordred, That there be laid before this House, an Ae. 


count of the Proceedings taken by the War Office in jp. se, 
vestigating Abuses in the disbursement of the Regimenta} Am, 


Allowances for Oil and Emery, and for Targets; and ip 
revising the Pensions of Non-commissioned Officers, 
Trumpeters, Drummers and Privates, for the purpose of 
ascertaining and rectifying any improper Grants, founded 
upon incorrect Certificates of Service ; together with Ab. 
stracts, showing the Number of Regiments whose Records 
have been examined and reported upon, and the Number 
remaining to be examined ; and also, showing the Num. 
ber of Men who have obtained undue rates of Pension, 
and the Amount of over-payment in consequence of the 
said Abuses; stating also, the Amount of such over-pay- 
ments that has been repaid. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re. Nan, 


turn of the Number of Midshipmen promoted to the 
rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, in the year 1830, 
and up to the latest date ; stating the Name of each Per. 
son so promoted, and the date of Entry into the Service, 
and whether educated at the Royal Naval College ; and 
distinguishing also, from the other, the Promotions in the 
Navy on Foreign Stations to vacancies occasioned by 
Death, or dismissal by Courts Martial. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Lieutenants promoted to be Con- 
manders in the Royal Navy, in the year 1830, and up to 
the latest date; stating the Names of each Person s0 
promoted, the Date of Promotion, and the Date of the 
Commission each Officer held at the time of his Promo- 
tion ; distinguishing also, from the other, the Promotions 
in the Navy on Foreign Stations to vacancies occasioned 
by Death, or dismissal by Courts Martial. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Commanders in the Royal Navy 
promoted to the rank of Captain, in the year 1830, and 
to the latest period ; stating the Name of each Person s0 
promoted, the Date of Promotion, and the Date of the 
Commission each Officer held at the time of his Promo- 
tion; and distinguishing also, from the other, the Promo- 
tions in the Navy on Foreign Stations to vacancies occa- 
sioned by Death, or dismissal by Courts Martial. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Captains promoted to be Rear 
Admirals, of Rear Admirals to be Vice Admirals, and of 
Vice Admirals to be Admirals, in each of the years from 
Ist January 1827 to Ist January 1831, and the Number 
of each Rank promoted between Ist January and the 
latest date. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Officers in the Navy promoted on 
the occasion of His Majesty’s accession to the Throne; 
distinguishing the Number of each Rank, 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Total Number of Officers in the Royal Navy 
on Ist January 1831 ; distinguishing the Number of each 
Rank, from Admiral to Lieutenant inclusive, and distin- 
guishing the Number of each Rank employed afloat on 
that date, and also at the latest date the same can be 
made up to. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Gentlemen appointed to First 
Commissions, of the Number of Promotions of Lieute- 
nants to be Captains, of Captains to be Majors, and, of 
Majors to be Lieutenant Colonels, in the Royal Marines, 
in each year, from 25th January 1830 to the latest 
date. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Number of Officers on Full and on the Half Pay 
of the Royal Marines, on Ist January 1831, distinguish- 
ing the several Ranks. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 2 Re- 


turn of the Number of Officers of the Royal Marine, 
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who have been brought from Half Pay to Full Pay, in 
each year, from Ist January 1830 to the latest period, 
stating the Number of each Rank. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of all Officers of the Royal Marines who have been 
allowed to sell their Full Pay Commissions, since 25th 
March 1830; stating their Names, Rank, and when they 
obtained their First Commissions in the Service. 


The House was moved, That the several Orders made 
upon the 25th and 27th days of this instant August, for 


. Jaying before this House several Accounts relating to the 


Army, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Orders be discharged. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Officers in the Army who have 
been promoted by Brevet, since the accession of His pre- 
sent Majesty ; stating the Number of each Rank, and the 
Amount of additional Pay and Allowances which the 
Officers of each Rank will receive in consequence of that 
Promotion; and the Total additional Expense to the 
Country by such Brevet Promotion. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 


turn of the Number of Officers who have purchased Un- - 


attached Commissions under the Order of 25th April 
1825, or under any other Orders since that date, which 
authorized the Sale of Half Pay; viz. the Order of 25th 
April 1826, which granted Promotion and permission to 
sell to Brevet Officers, and the Orders which allowed Retired 
and Half Pay Officers to settle in the British Colonies, 
selling their Half Pay; also, Return of the Number of 
Officers who have purchased Unattached Commissions in 
succession to certain Officers of the Artillery, Engineers 
and Marines who have been allowed to sell out since 
1823, with the increased Expense to the Public by such 
Purchases. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Officers who were promoted under 
the General Order of 25th April 1826, which conferred 
Unattached Promotion upon Regimental Officers, with 
superior Brevet Rank; and of the Number of Officers who 
were promoted under the renewal of that Order in 1830, 
and of the Expense of the measure. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Officers upon Half Pay having 
superior Brevet Rank who were promoted to Unattached 
Commissions, in consequence of their service on the Staff, 
in the year 1830, and of the additional Expense to the 
Public by the measure. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Lieutenants who have taken the 
Unattached Rank of Captain, with the Half Pay of Five 
Shillings a-day, under the General Order of 27th December 
1826, and the extension of that Order in 1830, and of the 
additional Expense to the Public by the measure. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ab- 
stract Table, showing the Promotions that have occurred 
in the Army by the measures recited in the above fore- 
going five Returns, and the additional Expense to the 
Public by the whole. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn, showing the Number of Appointments to First 
Commissions in the Army between Ist January 1825 and 
Ist July 1831; and also, showing what Appointments 
from Half Pay to clear vacancies on Full Pay, distin- 
guishing First Commissions from other Ranks, have taken 
place in the same period ; also, showing what Number of 
Gentlemen Cadets are included in the appointments to 

irst Commissions. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Total Number of Officers in the Army on Ist 
July 1831, stating those on Full Pay and Half Pay, in- 
cluding Generals, and all Ranks. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 
read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cause, N°22. (Reservation of the present Rights of 
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P. 7. 1.27. Amendment again proposed, To insert 
no Person shall have a Right to vote in the Election of 
a Member or Members to serve in any future Parlia- 
ment for any City or Borough, except in respect of 
the occupation of such Premises as hereinbefore men- 
tioned: Provided always, That, notwithstanding any 
thing hereinbefore contained, every Person now having 
a Right to vote in the Election for any City or Borough 
(except those enumerated in the said Schedule A.) in 
virtue of any Corporate Right, shall retain such Right 
of voting during his life, in the same manner as if this 
Act had not been passed, and shall be entitled to vote 
in such Election, if duly registered according to the 
provisions hereinafter contained ; and that every Person 
now entitled to take up his Freedom in any such City 
or Borough in respect of birth, marriage or servitude, 
and every Son of a Burgess or Freeman of any such 
City or Borough, such son having been born pre- 
viously to the passing of this Act, and every Appren- 
tice bound to any Person in any such City or Borough 
previously to the passing of this Act, shall be entitled 
to acquire the Right of voting in the Election for any 
such City or Borough, either as a Burgess or Freeman, 
or, in the City of London, as a Freeman and Livery- 
man, in the same manner as if this Act had not been 
passed, and shall enjoy the Right so acquired during 
their respective lives in the same manner as if this Act 
had not been passed, and shall be entitled to vote in 
such Election, if duly registered according to the pro- 
visions hereinafter contained ; but that no Person now 
having or hereafter acquiring such Right of voting as 
is hereinbefore reserved in the Election for any such 
City or Borough, shall be registered in the present or 
in any succeeding year, unless such Person shall, on 
the first day of November in the present year, and on 
the last day of August in any succeeding year, be qua- 
lified in respect of such Right, in such manner as 
would entitle him then to vote if such days were re- 
spectively the days of Election, and this Act had not 
been passed, nor unless such Person shall have resided 
for Six calendar months next previous to the first day 
of November in the present year, or next previous to 
the last day of August in any succeeding year, within 
the City or Borough, or within the place sharing in 
the Election for the City or Borough, in respect of 
which City, Borough or Place, such Person shall re- 
spectively be entitled to vote, or within Seven statute 
Miles of such City, Borough or Place respectively : 
Provided also, That every Person now having a Right 
to vote in the Election for any City or Borough (except 
those enumerated in the said Schedule A.) in virtue of 
any qualification other than those hereinbefore men- 
tioned and reserved, shall retain such Right of voting 
so long only as he shall continue to be qualified as an 
Elector according to the usages and customs of such 
City or Borough, or any law now in force, and such 
Person shall be entitled to vote in the Election for such 
City or Borough, if duly registered according to the 
provisions hereinafter contained; but that no such 
Person shall be so registered in the present or in any 
succeeding year, unless such Person shall, on the first 
day of November in the present year, and on the last 
day of August in any succeeding year, continue to be 
qualified as such Elector in such manner as would en- 
title him then to vote if such days were respectively the 
days of Election and this Act had not been passed, nor 
unless such Person, where his Right to vote in the 
Election for any such City or Borough shall depend 
upon his estate or interest in any Annuity or Freehold, 
shall have resided for Six calendar months next pre- 
vious to the first day of November in the present year, 
or next previous to the last day of August in any suc- 
ceeding year, within such City or Borough, or within 
Seven statute Miles thereof: Provided nevertheless,That, 
notwithstanding any thing hereinbefore contained for 
saving and reserving to any Persons the Right of voting 
in the Election for any City or Borough as aforesaid, 
no Person who shall have been elected or made a Bur- 
gess or Freeman of any such City or Borough since the 
first day of March last, otherwise than in respect of 
birth, marriage or servitude, shall be entitled to vote in 
the Election for such City or Borough, or to be so 
registered as aforesaid ; and that no Person shall be 

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“ entitled to vote in the Election for any such City or 
Borough, or to be so registered as aforesaid, in respect 
of any estate or interest in any burgage Tenement, An- 
nuity or Freehold which shall have been acquired by 
such Person since the first day of March last, unless 
the same shall have come to or been acquired by such 
Person since that day, and ‘previously to the passing of 
this Act, by descent, marriage, marriage settlement, 
devise, or promotion to any benefice in a church, or by 
promotion to any office.” 


Whereupon an Amendment was proposed to the pro- 
posed Amendment, P.1. 1.4. To leave out “That, notwith- 
‘ standing any thing hereinbefore contained,” and to insert, 
And be it Enacted, That, notwithstanding any thing in 
this Act contained, every Person now having a Right to 
vote in any Election for any City or Borough in virtue 
of any Corporate Right, shall retain such Right of voting, 
and shall hereafter be entitled to vote, if duly registered 
according to the provisions hereinafter contained : Pro- 
vided also, That every Person who shall hereafter acquire 
any Corporate Right of voting for the Election of a 
Member of Parliament in any City or Borough now 
returning Members to Parliament by virtue of Birth 
and Servitude, or Marriage, according to the custom of 
such City or Borough, shall (if he reside in the City or 
Borough, or within Seven statute Miles of the place at 
which the Election for such City or Borough has been 
“ usually holden) be entitled to vote at any future Elec- 
tion of a Citizen or Burgess to serve in Parliament for 
such City or Borough.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the proposed Amendment. 

The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Spring Rice - - 210. 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Dawson - - - 131. 

Then several Amendments were made to the pro- 
posed Amendment, P. 1. lines 11 and 12. To leave out 
from “ now” to “and,” and to insert “ being a Burgess or 
«« Freeman of any such City or Borough, or being now 
“ entitled to take up his Freedom or to be admitted to the 
“ Freedom of any such City or Borough;” P. 1. 1. 16. 
After ‘“ Act” to insert “and every Person who shall here- 
“« after marry the Widow or Daughter of a Freeman of 
“ any such City or Borough where the Right of voting in 
** the Election for such City or Borough is acquired by 
“ marriage, such Widow or Daughter having been born 
“ previously to the passing of this Act;” P. 1. 1. 16. 
After “to” to insert “have or;” In the same line, After 
“* acquire” to insert “ respectively ;” P. 1. 1.19. To leave 
out “the” and insert “such;” P. 1. 1. 20. To leave 
out “so acquired.” 

Then another Amendment was proposed to the pro- 
posed Amendment, P. 1. 1. 23. To leave out from “ con- 
“ tained” to “such” in |. 24. 


Question put, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the proposed Amendment. 

The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Spring Rice - - 151. 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Trevor - - - 38. 

Then another Amendment was proposed to the pro- 
posed Amendment, P. 2.]. 6. To leave out ‘ Seven statute 
‘“* Miles” and insert “ within the County in which such 
“ City or Borough is situated: ”°—The said Amendment 
was, by leave of the Committee, withdrawn. 

Then another Amendment was proposed to the pro- 
posed Amendment, P. 2. 1]. 10. To leave out “ shall” 
and insert “ and any Minor in whom any Freehold Tene- 
“* ment is now or may be vested, such Minor being born 
previous to the passing of this Act, and who would, on 
his attaining the age of Twenty-one years, have been 
‘ entitled to vote in such Election if this Act had not 
“ passed, shall acquire and :”—The said Amendment was, 
by leave of the Committee, withdrawn. 

Then another Amendment was proposed, To add at 
the end of the proposed Amendment, “ Provided always, 
“ That if any Person now having a Right to vote in 
“ any Election for any City or Borough not included in 
the Schedule (A.) annexed to this Act, in virtue of 
any Corporate Right, shall be prevented from being 
registered in such City or Borough, by reason of his 
not being resident therein, or within Seven Miles thereof, 
as hereinbefore is mentioned, and that such Person 


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shall be resident in any other City or Borough now 
returning a Member to serve in Parliament, if not jp. 
*“* cluded in Schedule (A.) annexed to this Act, or in an 
City or Borough which shall hereafter be entitled 4, 
return a Member or Members to serve in Parliament 
and shall have been so resident for six calendar months 
next previous to the first day of November in the pre. 
sent year, or next previcus to the last day of August jn 
any succeeding year, then and in every such cage 
every such Person shall be entitled to be registered ag 
a Voter in and for such City or Borough wherein he 
shall so have been resident, in the same manner and 
subject to the same regulations and provisions as if he 
was the occupier of any house assessed to the duty on 
inhabited houses in such City or Borough upon a yearly 
value of Ten Pounds or upwards:”—The said Amend. 
ment was, by leave of the Committee, withdrawn. 

Question, as amended, P. 7. 1. 27. After “ That” to 
insert “ no Person shall have a Right to vote in the 
*¢ Election of a Member or Members to serve in any 
future Parliament for any City or Borough, except in 
respect of the occupation of such Premises as herein- 
before mentioned: Provided always, That, notwith- 
standing any thing hereinbefore contained, every Person 
now having a night to vote in the Election for any 
City or Borough (except those enumerated in the said 
Schedule A.) in virtue of any Corporate Right, shal] 
retain such Right of voting during his life, in the same 
manner as if this Act had not been passed, and shall be 
entitled to vote in such Election, if duly registered ac- 
cording to the provisions hereinafter contained ; and 
that every Person now being a Burgess or Freeman of 
any such City or Borough, or being now entitled to 
take up his Freedom or to be admitted to his Freedom 
of any such City or Borough, and every Son of a Bur- 
gess or Freeman of any such City or Borough, such son 
having been born previously to the passing of this Act, 
and every Apprentice bound to any Person in any such 
City or Borough previously to the passing of this Act, 
and every Person who shall hereafter marry the Widow 
or Daughter of a Freeman of any such City or Borough 
where the Right of voting in the Election for such City 
or Borough is acquired by marriage, such Widow or 
Daughter having been born previously to the passing of 
this Act, shall be entitled to have or acquire respectively 
the Right of voting in the Election for any such City or 
Borough, either as a Burgess or Freeman, or in the City 
of London as a Freeman and Liveryman, in the same 
manner as if this Act had not been passed, and shall 
enjoy such Rightso acquired during their respective lives 
in the same manner as if this Act had not been passed, 
and shall be entitled to vote in such Election, if duly 
registered according to the provisions hereinafter con- 
tained ; but that no Person now having or hereafter ac- 
quiring such Right of voting as is hereinbefore reserved 
in the Election for any such City or Borough, shall be re- 
gistered in the present or in any succeeding year, unless 
such Person shall, on the first day of November in 
the present year, and on the last day of August in any 
succeeding year, be qualified in respect of such Right, 
in such manner as would entitle him then to vote if 
such days were respectively the days of Election, and 
this Act had not been passed, nor unless such Person 
shall have resided for Six calendar months next pre- 
vious to the first day of November in the present year, 
or next previous to the last day of August in any suc- 
ceeding year, within the City or Borough, or within the 
place sharing in the Election for the City or Borough, 
in respect of which City, Borough or Place such Per- 
son shall respectively be entitled to vote, or within 
Seven statute Miles of such City, Borough or Place re- 
spectively : Provided also, That every Person now having 
a Right to vote in the Election for any City or Borough 
(except those enumerated in the said Schedule A.) in 
virtue of any qualification other than those herein- 
before mentioned and reserved, shall retain such Right 
of voting so long only as he shall continue to be qua- 
lified as an Elector according to the usages and customs 
of such City or Borough or any law now in force, and 
such Person shall be entitled to vote in the Election for 
such City or Borough, if duly registered according to 
the provisions hereinafter contained ; but that no such 
Person shall be so registered in the present or in any 
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« succeeding year, unless such Person shall, on the first 
« day of November in the present year, and on the last 
« day of August in any, succeeding year, continue to be 
‘“ qualified as such Elector in such manner as would en- 
« title him then to vote if such days were respectively the 
« days of Election, and this Act had not been passed, nor 
« ynless such Person, where his Right to vote in the 
« Election for any such City or Borough shall depend 
“ ypon his estate or interest in any Annuity or Freehold, 
« shall have resided for Six calendar months next pre- 
« yjous to the first day of November in the present year, 
“ or next previous to the last day of August in any suc- 
« ceeding year, within such City or Borough, or within 
« Seven statute Miles thereof: Provided nevertheless, 
« That, notwithstanding any thing hereinbefore contained 
“ for saving and reserving to any Persons the Right of 
« yoting in the Election for any City or Borough as afore- 
« said, no Person who shall have been elected or made a 
« Burgess or Freeman of any such City or Borough since 
«“ the first day of March last, otherwise than in respect of 
“ birth, marriage or servitude, shall be entitled to vote 
“ in the Election for such City or Borough, or to be 
“ go registered as aforesaid ; and that no Person shall be 
“ entitled to vote in the Election for any such City or 
«“ Borough, or to be so registered as aforesaid, in respect of 
“ any estate or interest in any burgage Tenement, Annuity 
“ or Freehold which shall have been acquired by such 
“ Person since the first day of March last, unless the 
“ same shall have come to or been acquired by such 
Person since that day, and previously to the passing of 
this Act, by descent, marriage, marriage settlement, 
“ devise or promotion to any benefice in a church, or by 
“ promotion to any office” put, and agreed to. 
CrausE, N° 22, as amended agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 











And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 31° die Augusti, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a fur- 
ther progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 
again. 

Taine That this House will, To-morrow, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for the amendment of the Law of Inherit- 
ance ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday, the 13th day of September next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for the amendment of the Law relating to 
Dower; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday, the 13th day of September next. 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
» ing of the Bill for the Limitation of Actions and Suits 
relating to Real Property, and for simplifying the Reme- 
dies for trying the Rights thereto ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday, the 13th day of September next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
&gt; Ing of the Bill for the amendment of the Law relating to 
the Estate of a Tenant by the Curtesy of England ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday, the 13th day of September next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the 
seventh and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, 
intituled, “ An Act to amend the Acts for building, and 
promoting the building, of additional Churches in popu- 
lous Parishes ;” 


_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 
VOL. 86. 


Augusti. SO] 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to take into 
further consideration the Report from the Committee of 
the whole House, on the Bill to explain and amend two 
Acts of the thirty-fourth and thirty-eighth years of his 
Majesty King George the Third, so far as the same relate 
to Double Assessments of the Land Tax:—And the 
Amendments made by the Committee to the Bill, being 
read a second time, were agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider further of the 
Supply granted to His Majesty, the Resolutions which 
they had directed him to report to the House; and the 
same were read, and agreed to by the House ; and are as 
followeth ; 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five thousand 
and five hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Royal Dublin Society, for the 
year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three hundred 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Royal Jrish Academy, for the year 1831; and that 
the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 
deduction whatsoever. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven hundred 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Board of Charitable Bequests, for the year 1831 ; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thousand 
and five hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Belfast Academical Institution, 
for the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve thou- 
sand and nine hundred pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Expense of the Board of Works, for 
the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty thou- 
sand four hundred and nineteen pounds, be granted to 
His Majesty, to pay the Salaries and other Expenses of 
the Chief and Under Secretaries Offices and Apartments, 
and other Public Offices in Dublin Castle, &amp;c.; also, for 
Riding Charges and other Expenses of the Deputy Pur- 
suivants and Messengers attending the said Offices ; also, 
Superannuated Allowances in the Chief Secretary’s Office, 
for the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to 
Hackney Coaches, and the registering and numbering of 
Waggons, Carts and Drays, used in the Metropolis; and 
also to place the collection of the Duty on such Hackney 
Coaches under the management of the Commissioners 
of Stamps, and to transfer the Collection and Manage- 
ment of the Duties on Hawkers and Pedlars in England 
from the Commissioners of Hackney Coaches to the Com- 
missioners of Stamps ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to explain and amend an Act for regulating the 


receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and Emoluments 


receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts of Common 
Law ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend several Acts passed for authorizing the 
issue of Exchequer Bills, and the advance of Money, for 
carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, and Employment 
of the Poor, and to authorize a further issue of Exchequer 
Bills for the purposes of the said Acts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


98 The 


Report of Land 
Tax Double 
Assessments 
Bill, considered. 


Report 
Supply. 


Royal Dublin 
Society. 


Royal Irish 
Academy. 


Board of Cha- 
titable Bequests. 


Belfast 
Academical 
Institution. 


Board of 
Works. 


Salaries to 
Public Officers, 


Hackney 
Coaches Bill, 
deferred. 


Courts of 
Law [ees 
Bill, deferred. 


Public Works 
(Great Britain) 
Bill, deferred. 





802 


Public Works 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred, 


The Order of the day. being read, for the House to-re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the extension and promotion of Public Works 
in freland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Debate on Mo- 
tion respecting 


Arms (Ireland,) 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday, 


adjourned. — the Ist day of July last, ‘‘ That leave be given to bring in 
a Bill to regulate the importation of Arms into [reland ;” 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Monday next. 
Distillation The Order of the day being read, for the House to resolve 


(Ireland) Bill, itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill 
deterred. to consolidateand amend the Laws for suppressing the illicit 
making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits in Jredand ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Game Bill, 
deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into further 
consideration the Report from the Committee of the whole 
House, on the Bill to amend the Laws in England rela- 
tive to Game; 

- Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration this day. 


Valuation 
Act (Ireland) 
Bill, ordered. 


The House was moved, That the Act 5 Geo. 4, c. 112, 
to amend so much of an Act of the forty-ninth year of his 
late Majesty as relates to the forming Tables of Manors, 
Parishes, Town Lands and other Subdenominations of 
Land, in Ireland, for the purpose of providing for the 
future Survey and Valuation of that part of the United 
Kingdom, and for settling the Boundaries of Counties, 
Cities and Towns, in certain cases, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the said Act: And that Mr. Stanley and Mr. 
Crampton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Clare County Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

Presentments enable the Treasurer of the County of Clare to issue his 

Bill, ordered. Warrants for the levying of the Presentments made at the 
Spring Assizes of the year one thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-one: And that Mr. Stanley and Mr. Crampton 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Commissioners 
of Accounts 
(Ireland) Bill, 
ordered, 


The House was moved, That the Act 52 Geo. 3, c. 52, 
to provide for the speedy and regular Examination and 
Audit of the Public Accounts of Jre/and, and to repeal 
certain former Acts relating thereto, might be read; and 
the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 56 Geo. 3, 
c.98, to unite and consolidate into one Fund, all the Public 
Revenues of Great Britain and Ireland, and to provide for 
the application thereof to the General Service of the United 
Kingdom, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring into a Bill to 
amend the said Acts: And that Mr. Stanley and Mr. 
Crampton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Leave of 


Ordered, That Sir James Mackintosh have leave of 
Absence. 


bsence for a fortnight, on account of ill health . 


Commissioners 
of Accounts 


Mr. Stanley presented a Bill to amend an Act of the 


(Ireland) Bil, fifty-second year of the reign of his Majesty King George 
presented. the Third, respecting the Audit of the Public Accounts of 
No.217.  Jreland ; and to appoint the Number of Commissioners 
competent to grant Quietus to Public Accountants, under 
an Act passed in the fifty-sixth year of the reign of his 
Majesty King George the Third, for consolidating the 
Public Revenues of Great Britain and Ireland: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 

second time upon Friday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 

oe vane Mr. Stanley presented a Bill to enable the Treasurer of 
Bill, pre. the County of Clare to issue his Warrants for the levying 
posal of the Presentments made at the Spring Assizes of the 
No.218, year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one: And 


the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed, 


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_ A. 183), 


Mr. Spring Rice presented to the House, by His Ma: py 
jesty's Command, an Estimate of the Sum which may pro: Con, 
bably be required to defray the Expense to be incurred oy "pay 
account of Their Majesties Coronation. 2 Presenyy 

Ordered, That the said Estimate do lie upon the Table: ox 
and be printed. 


And then the House, having continued tosit till half ay 
hour after one of the clock on Wednesday morn, 
ing, adjourned till this day. 











Mercuri, 31° die August: ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


fyi House proceeded to take into further conside. p,... 
ration the Report which, upon the 18th day of July S hg 
last, was made from the Committee on the Bill for more Maa 
effectually improving the Road from the Pondyards, in ™ 
the County of Hertford, to the Town of Chipping Barnet, 

in the same County ; and the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill, being read a second time, were 
agreed to by the House. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, to con- 
tinue to Trustees under this Act the powers of: former 
Trustees, in conjunction with the Holyhead Road Com- 
missioners:—And the said Clause was brought up, and 
read the first time. | 

Ordered, That the said Clause be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill for providing tj 
for the discharge ofa Claim in respect of Monies advanced 
by the late James Hodges, Esquire, on security of the Mani 
Lands of the late Zemindar of Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, ™ 
in the District of Fort Saint George, in the East Indies; 
now under the Sovereignty of the Honourable the Last 
India Company, have leave to make their Report on or 
before Friday, the 16th day of September next. 


A Petition of Protestants of Ireland, was presented, Pic 
and read ; praying, That the House will be pleased hence: gu: 
forward to withdraw their Grant from the Roman Catholic 
College of Maynooth. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dunleckny, Augha, Sliguff P= 
and Lorum, was presented, and read; praying the House me 
to direct, that the Public Money intended for the Edu- ns 
cation of the Roman Catholic Poor of Ireland, may be 
entrusted to men in whom they can repose confidence, 
and who will apply it to their benefit, without requiring 
them to make any compromise of their religious principles, 
or to violate in any manner their conscientious obliga- 
tions. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the united parishes of 
Dunleckny and Ballenkillen, in the county of Carlow, was ol 
presented, and read; praying, That the House will direct (™ 
that His Majesty’s Fire Arms be withdrawn from the 
Yeomen of that Country, and thus restore peace and har- 
mony tothat now distracted land, and protect from violence 
and from aggression the properties and lives of His Ma- 
jesty’s loyal and dutiful Subjects of every denomination. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to (™ 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to "™ 
consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty, 
be now read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum which may pro- a 
bably be required to defray the Expense to be incurred on , 
account of Their Majesties’ Coronation, which was yes- 
terday presented to the House, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. dl | 
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(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Fifty thousand pounds, be 
anted to His Majesty, to defray the Expenses which may 
robably be incurred at the Coronation of Their Majesties ; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 

2. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen thousand three hun- 
dred and seventy-nine pounds fourteen shillings and one 
penny, be granted to His Majesty, to defray, in the year 
1831, the Charge of Salaries for the Attendants and 
Officers of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Jre- 
Jand, and certain other Officers and Services formerly 
charged on the Civil List in Ireland; and that the said 
sum be issued and paid without any fee or other deduc- 
tion whatsoever. 

3. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Five thousand five hundred 
and thirty-four pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to de- 
fray the Charge of the Office of the Vice Treasurer of 
Ireland, for the year 1831; and that the said sum be 
issued and paid without any fee or other deduction what: 
soever. 

4. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding One thousand six hundred and 
eighty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of the Office of the Teller of His Majesty’s Ex- 
chequer in Ireland, for the year 1831 ; and that the said 
sum be issued and paid without any fee or other deduc- 
tion whatsoever. 

A Motion was made, and. the Question being proposed, 
That it is the opinion of this Committee, That a sum, not 
exceeding Four thousand and six hundred pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of printing 
Proclamations, and other matters of a Public nature, in 
the Dublin Gazette and other Newspapers in Ireland, and 
of printing Statutes in Ireland, for the year 1831; and 
that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or 
other deduction whatsoever ; 

Whereupon: a Motion was made, and the Question 
being proposed, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding’ Three thousand and three 
hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray 
the Expense of printing Proclamations, and other matters 
ofa Public nature, in the Dublin Gazette and other News- 
papers in Ireland, and of printing Statutes in Jredand, for 
the year 1831 ; and that the said sum be issued and paid’ 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever ; the said 
Motion was, by leave of the Committee, withdrawn. 

5. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Four thousand and six hun- 
dred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the 
Expense of printing Proclamations, and other matters of 
a Public nature, in the Dublin Gazette and other News- 
papers in Jredand, and of printing Statutes in Ireland, for 
the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

6. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Fifty thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Cri- 
minal Prosecutions, and other Law Expenses, in Ireland, 
for the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 


7. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 

hat a sum, not exceeding Twenty-one thousand seven 
hundred and forty-one pounds and fifteen shillings, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Non- 
conforming, Seceding and Protestant Dissenting Ministers 
in Ireland, for the year 1831; and that the said sum 
be issued and paid without any fee or other deduction 
whatsoever. 


8. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 

hat a sum, not exceeding Four hundred and seventy 
pounds fifteen shillings and five-pence, be granted to His 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries to Lottery Officers in Ireland 
for one year, ending on the 24th day of June 1831 ; and 
that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or 
other deduction whatsoever. 


9. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
hat a sum, not exceeding Two thousand six hundred and 


fifty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Ex- 
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pense of Inland Navigations in Ireland, for the year 1831 ; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 

10. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Twenty thousand eight hun- 
dred and fifty-three pounds, be granted to His Majesty, 
to defray the Expense of the Police and Watch Establish~ 
ments of the City of Dublin, for the year 1831 ; and that 
the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 
deduction whatsoever. 

11. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Three thousand seven hundred 
and eighty-four pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of the Commissioners of Judicial Inquiry, 
for the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

12. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding One thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to defray, in the year 1831, the 
Expense of the Record Works not yet completed; and 
that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or 
other deduction whatsoever. . 

13. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Forty thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to provide for the Employment 
of the Poor, and the Relief of Distress in certain Dis- 
tricts in Ireland; and that the said sum be issued and 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 


14. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding One thousand and one hun- 
dred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to- defray the 
Salaries of Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, 
for the half year ending on the 5th day of January 1832; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Thursday morning ; 


Jovis, 1° die Septembris, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had come to several 
Resolutions, which they had directed him to report to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into 
further consideration the Report from the Committee of 
the whole House, on the re-committed Bill to amend the 
Laws in England relative to Game, be now read ; and 
the same being read :—The House proceeded to take the 
Report into further consideration ; and the Amendments 
made by the Committee to the Bill, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. by the House; and a Clause was 
added to the Bill. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingrossed ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House do now adjourn; it passed in the 
Negative. 

_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for the better rating Tenements under a 
certain Annual Value; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon this 
day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend an Act of the sixth year of his late 
Majesty for amending the Laws relating to Bankrupts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, the 
14th day of this instant September, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


9S 2 The 





Report of 
Game Bill, 
considered, 


Liability of 
Landlords’ 
Bill, put off. 


Bankrupt Act 
Ainendment 
Bill, deferred. 


Inclosure 
Acts Titles 
Bill, deferred, 


Turnpike 
Tolls Regu- 
lation Bill, 
deferred. 


Galway 
Franchise 
Bill, com- 
mitted. 


Settlement of 
the Poor Bill, 
put off. 


Administration 
of Justice 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Ways and 
Means, de- 
ferred. 


Churches 
Building Act 
Amendment 
Bill, deferred. 


Land Tax 
Double Assess- 
ments Bill, 
passed, 


Hackney 
Coaches Bill, 
deferred. 


Courts of 
Law Fees 
Bill,deferred. 


804 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill for remedying defects in the 
Titles to Lands allotted or taken in exchange under In- 
closure Acts ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading 
of the ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts for regulating 
Turnpike Roads in England, so far as they relate to cer- 
tain Exemptions from Toll ; ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday next. 


A Bill to repeal so much of an Act passed in Ireland 
in the fourth year of King George the First, “ for the 
better regulating the Town of Galway, and for strengthen- 
ing the Protestant Interest therein,” as limits the Fran- 
chise created by the said Act to Protestants only, was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to alter and amend the Laws of Settlement 
by Hiring and Service ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon this 
day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to improve the Administration of Justice in 
Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the 
ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to amend 
and render more effectual an Act passed in the seventh 
and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, 
** An Act to amend the Acts for building, and promoting 
the building, of additional Churches in populous Pa- 
rishes ; ” 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to explain and amend two Acts of 
the thirty-fourth and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty 
King George the Third, so far as the same relate to 
Double Assessments of the Land Tax, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to 
Hackney Coaches, and the registering and numbering of 
Waggons, Carts and Drays, used in the Metropolis ; and 
also to place the collection of the Duty on such Hackney 
Coaches under the management of the Commissioners of 
Stamps, and to transfer the Collection and Management 
of the Duties on Hawkers and Pedlars in England from 
the Commissioners of Hackney Coaches to the Commis- 
sioners of Stamps ; 

. Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the 
Bill to explain and amend an Act for regulating the re- 
ceipt and future Appropriation of Fees and Emoluments 
— by Officers of the Superior Courts of Common 

aw ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


31° Augusti—l° Septembris. 


A. 183), 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re. Pale 
solve itself intoa Committee of the whole House, upon (Coat 
the Bill to amend several Acts passed for authorizing the i 
issue of Exchequer Bills, and the advance of Money, for 
carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, and Employ- 
ment of the Poor, and to authorize a further issue of Rx. 
chequer Bills for the purposes of the said Acts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. ) 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re. Pag 
solve itself intoa Committee of the whole House, upon (nag 
the Bill for the extension and promotion of Public Works “™ 
in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re. Dis 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon (ine 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppress. deer, 
ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 
in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr.- Lamb be added to the Select Com- vex, 
mittee appointed to confer with His Majesty’s Surveyor *“ 
General, and to consider how this House shall be accommo- 
dated with necessary conveniences in going to and coming 
from Westminster Abbey, and while they are there, at the 
solemnity of Their Majesties’ Coronation, and what order 
shall be observed therein. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy tum 
of any Minute of the Treasury on the subject of the Trish Mie 


Miscellaneous Estimates for 1831. Biting 


ud 

And then the House, having continued to sit till half ’ 
an hour after one of the clock on Thursday mom- 
ing, adjourned till this day. 








Jovis, 1° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


ie hour appointed for taking into consideration the Suis 
Petition of the Right honourable William Lowther, 2" 
commonly called Lord Viscount Lowther, complaining of tise 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of Bandon- 
bridge, being come ; 

The House proceeded to the appointment of a Select 
Committee, to try and determine the merits of the said 
Petition. 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent, with the Mace, to the 
places adjacent, to require the attendance of the Members 
on the business of the House: And being returned ; 

The House was counted by Mr. Speaker; and one 
hundred and forty-six Members being present ; 

The counsel and agents were directed to be called in. 

And no counsel, agent or party appearing on behalf of 
the Petition complaining of an undue Election and Retum 
for the said Borough, nor on the part of the Sitting 
Member ; 

Ordered, That the Order made upon Wednesday the 
10th day of August last, for taking the said Petition into 
consideration this day, be discharged. 


Mr. Freshfield, by Order, reported from the Committee But’ 
on the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act _ 
to effect a Partition of certain Freehold, Copyhold, or 
Customary and Leasehold Estates, in the County of Lin- 
coln, late the Property of the Right honourable Sir Joseph 
Banks, Baronet, deceased ; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their consent to 
the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; and that 
they had gone through the Bill, and had directed him to 
report the same to the House, without any Amendment :— 
And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


A Petition 





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oe for A Petition of Trustees and Managers of the Hunger- 
ola ow in ford Bank for Savings ;—and, of Officers and Managers 
‘ings. «= of the New Ross (County of Wexford) Bank for Savings,— 
is Act Were presented, and read ; complaining of the restrictions 
imposed by the 35th section of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 92; 
and praying the House to repeal so much of the said Sta- 
tute as limits the total amount of investments by depositors, 
and permit them to lodge 50 /. instead of 30/. in one year. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the town 
of New Ross, was presented, and read; complaining of 
the misapplication of the Funds granted by the House for 
the purposes of Education, and intrusted to the manage- 
ment of the Ki/dare-street Society; and praying the 
House to give a portion of those Funds to the Roman Ca- 
tholic Bishops, under whose superintendence the Catholic 
People of Lreland will most willingly and thankfully re- 
ceive the great boon of Education. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Thomas and Charles Lucey, Lighter- 
men and Owners of craft, Co-partners, navigating the 
River Thames ;—and, of Watermen and Lightermen of 
the River Zhames,— were presented, and read; taking 
notice of the Bill to regulate the Navigation of Steam 
Boats and Vessels upon certain parts of the River Thames; 
and praying, That the same may pass into a law. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


ae  _ A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens, Occu- 
Mis ed piers and principal Inhabitants of the parish of Speen, in 
al dc the county of Berks, was presented, and read; reciting 
) the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 64, to permit the general Sale of 
Beer and Cider by Retail in England; and praying the 
House to take into consideration the propriety of repeal- 
ing or materially altering the same. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


lns A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Justice Littledale 
weed and Mr. Justice Patteson : 
Mr. Speaker, 

- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable His Majesty to grant an annual Sum to Her 
Royal Highness Victoria Maria Louisa Duchess of Kent, 
|: _ for a more adequate Provision for Her said Royal High- 
ness, and for the honourable Support and Education of 
Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandrina Victoria of 


Bas, nts 
a Bill. 





d Kent, without any Amendment :—And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 
1e 
8 A Petition of Hindoos, Parsees and Mahometans, Na- 
tives of the East Indies, and Inhabitants of the Island 
ne of Bombay, was presented, and read; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners beg to be permitted to offer to the House 
. their grateful acknowledgments for the many testimonies 
of they have had of the solicitude of the House to promote 
m their welfare and happiness ; they are satisfied that their 
ng representations for the amelioration of their condition in 
society, and for the improvement of their Political Insti- 
he tutions in India, will be listened to by the House with 
to patient attention, will have their unprejudiced considera- 
tion, and that it will ever be their desire, that all the sub- 
jects of our gracious Sovereign, in whatever region they 
tee Bask may be, shall be fully protected in their lives, their perso- 
Act Est nal liberty, their character, and their property ; they beg 
or the House to take into their consideration the expediency 
Pe of rendering all His Majesty’s subjects, being Natives of 
eph India, eligible to serve on Grand Juries, and further, to 
the introduce and establish the Trial by Jury in Civil causes, 
ue; in His Majesty’s Courts of Justice at the three Presiden- 
t to cies in India, and to render the Natives of India eligible 
that to serve on those Juries ; already the Natives of India 
n to serve on Petit Juries, in all criminal trials in His Majesty’s 
Foals Courts in India, and the Supreme Court of Judicature at 
Bombay has acknowledged their utility on those trials ; 
of all trials, that by a Petit Jury for crimes, is the most 
the important ; and when the Natives of India are declared 
reed y Parliament to be qualified to serve as Jurymen on 


those trials, and experience has proved their utility, the 





1° Septembris. | 805 


venture humbly to submit to the House, that there is no 
sufficient reason to exclude them from Grand Juries and 
Petit Juries in Civil causes; whether before a Grand Jury, 
or a Petit Jury in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, or 
a Jury in Plea causes, the subject under investigation 
generally embraces transactions of a local nature, and the 
witnesses are principally Natives of India; to ascertain 
the intention of the witnesses, and the degree of credit 
that is due to them, in order to pronounce a true verdict, 
a knowledge of the languages of the country, of local 
usages and customs, civil and religious, and of general cha- 
racter, they presume to suggest, is as much required before 
a Grand Jury, and before a Petit Jury in Civil causes, as 
before a Jury on trial for crimes; they beg the House also to 
take into their consideration the expediency of rendering 
His Majesty’s subjects, the Natives of India, qualified to 
be His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the several 
Presidencies in Jndia, and the Territories subordinate to 
them respectively; they admit an objection to arise, from 
a want of knowledge in the Natives of the Laws adminis- 
tered by Justices of the Peace, but that objection may 
be obviated by declaring, that all their acts, as Justices 
of the Peace, to be valid, shall be in conjunction with a 
Justice of the Peace who is a British subject ; since Par- 
liament has declared the Natives of Jndia, under the 
advice of the Court, to be qualified to serve on Petit 
Juries, on trials for crimes, it surely may be allowed to 
the Petitioners to argue, that they are qualified to act as 
Justices of the Peace, in conjunction with one of His 
Majesty's British subjects ; they see no reason to dissem- 
ble, and they avow to the House, that one of their reasons 
for soliciting to be eligible to serve on Grand Juries, and 
on Juries in Civil causes, and to be Justices of the Peace, 
is, to diminish the odious distinction that separates them 
from His Majesty’s British subjects, that pronounces 
them an inferior and degraded class in society, and un- 
worthy of the confidence of our gracious Sovereign and 
of the Government; they beg the House to take into their 
consideration the system for the administration of Justice 
in the interior of British India ; it is eminently defective, 
it affords no adequate protection for the rights of pro- 
perty, it affords scarcely any protection from personal 
wrongs, and in particular from false imprisonment, when 
committed by persons possessing public authority ; the 
House are perfectly sensible how much life is embittered 
by personal wrongs, and especially by false imprisonment; 
it is true, that by Acts of Parliament, and by the Charters 
of the Supreme Courts in Jndia, actions for damages will 
lie in all those Courts for personal wrongs, including false 
imprisonment, committed by His Majesty’s British sub- 
jects, or Natives of Jndia in their service, but it is pro 
bable, that at a distance of thirty miles from each of the 
Presidencies, there is scarcely a Native of Jndia who has 
the slightest knowledge of those Acts of Parliament and 
Charters, and if they were known, the immense distances 
from His Majesty’s Courts in India would, in most in 
stances, prevent application to them for redress; at pre- 
sent, the Petitioners are inhabitants of the Island of 
Bombay, but many of them have families in the interior 
of the British Territories in India, and all of them, for 
trade, pilgrimages, and other purposes, occasionally leave 
the Island of Bombay, and at once are under the Judicial 
Administration that is in force beyond that Presidency ; 
they purposely decline a statement of particular instances 
of grievances by the Judicial system in the interior of 
India, their objections apply to the system itself; they 
beg to be excused entreating the attention of the House 
to the very extraordinary situation of His Majesty’s sub- 
jects, the Natives of India ; the dynasties that have been 
conquered by the British arms in India, were only of short 
duration ; scarcely one of them had been in existence 
more than acentury ; they allude to the Nabob of Bengal, 
Bahar and Orixva; the Nabob of Arcot, Tippoo Sahib, 
and the Paishwa; there was nothing venerable in the 
remote antiquity of those dynasties ; the Natives of India 
had no other attachment to them than what arose from 
their possession of power; the strength of the present 
generation did not exist when the Nabob of Bengal, Bahar 
and Orira, the Nabob of Arcot and Tippoo Sahib, were 
conquered ; in another quarter of a century, few of the 
Natives who were the subjects of the Paishwa will be 
alive; the immense population, calculated at upwards of 
sixty millions, which inhabits those conquered Empires, 
now look for protection and happiness to the British 
9T Government 





Petition 

of Natives of 
India, for 
extension of 
Civil Rights and 
Privileges, 


806 


Government alone ; they have'no sentiments of hostility to 
the British Government, they have no hopes but what arise 
from British Institutions ; it is their wish to possess and 
to merit public confidence, and under the auspices of the 
House, and the enactments of Parliament, to be declared 
eligible to fulfil and execute all Civil offices throughout 
British India, judicial, financial, and territorial; the Peti- 
tioners presume tosuggest to the consideration of the House, 
that the time is at length arrived, when the Public Institu- 
tions throughout the Territories in British India ought 
to be adapted to the permanent continuance of the British 
authority over them; the House will not believe, that a po- 
pulation of upwards of sixty millions does not contain within 
itself talent, assiduity and integrity, to justify their being 
largely admitted into the execution of judicial, financial 
and territorial offices; the Petitioners refrain from enlarging 
on the numberless advantages, in policy and in morals, both 
to the United Kingdom and to British India, from the 
Natives of Jndia being extensively admitted into those 
offices ; the philanthropy and wisdom of the House are 
their guarantees that all will be done that can be done, 
to make the situation of being His Majesty's subjects in 
India the cause of congratulation to all the Natives of 
British India; the Petitioners have great pleasure in ac- 
knowledging their obligations to the House, for their un- 
deviating attention and anxiety to secure to the Natives of 
British India the full and free enjoyment of their re- 
spective Religions. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Christians, Hindoos, Parsees, Mahome- 
tans and Jews, Natives of His Majesty’s Territories in 
India, and Inhabitants of the Island of Bombay, was pre- 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That it is with confidence 
and satisfaction that the Petitioners address themselves to 
the House; it is to Parliament that the Natives of His Ma- 
jesty’s Territories in Jndia are indebted for the public in- 
stitutions intended to prevent injury and insult to them, 
and to raise them in the ranks of society, and the Peti- 
tioners acknowledge with gratitude the efforts of the House 
to promote those good purposes; it is principally to in- 
quiries pursued by the House that the Natives of India 
owe their earliest protection from injustice and degrada- 
tion, by the establishment of the Supreme Court of Ju- 
dicature at Calcutta ; from that origin have successively 
proceeded the Recorders’ Courts, and the Supreme Courts 
of Judicature at M/adras and Bombay ; those Courts have 
ever fulfilled the duties entrusted to them by our gracious 
Sovereign Lord the King; they have acquired the confi- 
dence and esteem of the Natives of Jndia, and attached 
them to the British Government; at Calcutta, Madras 
and Bombay, are the most numerous assemblages of the 
Natives of Jndia, and of Foreign Countries in Asia ; 
they are of every variety of religion, cast and sect, di- 
versified in sacred rites and observances, and in social 
manners and usages ; the Supreme Courts of Judicature, 
where they have jurisdiction over the matter to be tried, 
whether Civil or Criminal, have also power to summon 
witnesses, and to execute all their orders and judg- 
ments, whether by arrest of the person, or by seizure 
and sale of property, throughout the whole of the Terri- 
tories under the Presidencies at which those Courts are 
respectively established ; those Courts, in the execution 
of their processes and orders, have always been scrupu- 
lously observant of the religious doctrines, rites and ob- 
servances, and of the manners and usages of the Natives; 
the experience of more than half a century at Calcutta, 
and of more than a quarter of a century at Madras and 
Bombay, has proved that life, property, character and 
personal liberty, can be protected by His Majesty’s Courts 
of Justice, without violation of the religions, manners and 
usages of the Natives ; the Petitioners appeal to that evi- 
dence, to contradict erroneous reports, which have been 
sedulously propagated, and have too long been acquiesced 
in, that the introduction of Courts of Justice into India, 
strictly administering the law for the protection of life, 
property, character and personal liberty, is incompatible 
with the religions, manners and usages of the Natives, 
and would be highly offensive to them; miserable, indeed, 
would be the condition of mankind if the duties of Judges 
could not be executed without offending the religions, 
manners and usages of those over whom they have ju- 
risdiction ; reports also have long prevailed, and been 


1° Septembris. 


A, 1831; 


acquiesced in, that the religions, manners and usages of 


the Natives of India repelled their employment in judicial . 


functions, and that they had not capacity to perform them; 
the unprejudiced mind of Sir Alexander Johnstone contro- 
verted the truth of that report, and the experience of fiye 
years at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, has demonstrated 
the willingness of the Natives to aid in the administration 
of justice, even in the unpleasant office of Jurors on trials 
for crimes, and their utility as Jurors has been repeated] 

declared by the Supreme Court at Bombay; by the Char. 
ters of Justice of all the Supreme Courts of Judicature in 
India, and of the former Recorders’ Courts at Madras and 
Bombay, all British subjects, and all Natives who, directly 
or indirectly, are employed in the service of His Majesty, or 
of the United Company of Merchants trading to the Kass 
Indies, or of any of His Majesty’s British subjects, are 
subject to the civil jurisdiction of those Courts in all 
actions for wrongs or trespasses; and the same persons, 
by the Acts 4 Geo. 4, c. 71, and 9 Geo. 4, c. 74, and the 
Charters of the Supreme Courts, are subject to the juris. 
diction of those Courts for the crimes specified in 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 74; in those provisions the Petitioners recognize the 
wisdom, justice and humanity of our gracious Sovereign 
Lord the King, and of the Two Houses of Parliament; it 
was apprehended that persons exercising public autho- 
rity would injure the Natives, and for civil torts and for 
crimes the whole of them are placed under the jurisdic. 
tion of the Supreme Courts; but those laws have been 
little more than a dead letter ; they are unknown, except 
at the Presidencies and in their vicinity; the Petitioners 
therefore earnestly entreat, that whatever laws may be 
enacted for the amelioration of the condition of the Natives 
of India, effectual means may be provided to ensure the 


real and practical utility of those laws, and that they 


may not be, as some Acts of Parliament have been, mere 
nominal benefits to the Natives; by several Acts of Par. 
liament, the Governments of Calcutta, Madras and Bom- 
bay, have authority to frame Regulations for the Provincial 
Courts, and which His Majesty in Council may disallow 
or amend ; and if not disallowed within two years, they 
are to be of force and authority to direct the Provincial 
Courts, according to the tenor of the said amendment; 
and those Regulations are annually to be laid before the 
Two Houses of Parliament; in those enactments they again 
perceive the desire of Parliament to benefit the Natives 
of India, by administering justice to them according to 
their own laws, and with a scrupulous attention to their 
religions, manners and usages ; and the Governments in 
India, from a supposition of their having the most correct 
knowledge on those matters, were entrusted with the exe- 
cution of that power, subject to the revision of His Ma- 
jesty in Council; but that power has been the great 
cause of the degradation of the Natives; the uniform con- 
struction of those enactments has been, that it authorizes 
the Governments in Jndia to make and repeal laws, civil 
and criminal; to make and annul Courts of Justice, civil 
and criminal, and to legislate absolutely over the Natives 
residing beyond the ordinary jurisdiction of the Supreme 
Courts, wherever there is no specific enactment of Parlia- 
ment on the subject ; it is from the existence of that power 
that laws have been enacted for the Natives, and Courts of 
Justice established to administer them, that have stamped 
upon them, the Natives of Zndia, the character of a con- 
quered, distinct and degraded people; the Criminal Code 
in force under that Presidency is among the records of the 
House, and the Petitioners refer to it in confirmation of their 
assertions ; that it is vague in its language ; that it regu- 
lates too much in detail the actions of the Native; that it 
abounds in severe discretionary punishments, by way of 
fine or imprisonment, or both ; that it has an endless re- 
petition of commutation of imprisonment for a fine; that 
the truth of facts is left to the decision of the British Judge; 
without any effectual control in persons of the description 
of the accused, and that the Judge has no sympathy with 
the persons subject to his criminal jurisdiction ; through- 
out the Judicial Regulations of the Bombay Government, 
there is not one on the principle of the Writ of Habeas 
Corpus ad subjiciendum ; and the Petitioners believe that 
the same observation applies to the Judicial Regulations 
framed by the Governments at Calcutta and Madras; the 
House well understand the extensive range of human 
happiness that is protected by that Writ, all there is in 
strong contrast with the Criminal Jurisdiction at the Pre- 
sidencies ; the gentlemen appointed Judges in the — 
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g Wit. IV. 


Civil and Criminal, are extremely deficient in the know- 
ledge necessary to perform their duties ; Courts of Jus- 
tice are principally constituted for the security of life, 
of property, of character, and of personal liberty, and 
the House well know the great and various qualifications 
that are required in a Judge to perform those duties ; but 
the Judges of the Provincial Courts, Civil and Criminal, 
have no strong motive to stimulate them to acquire those 

ualifications; this is a fundamental and incorrigible 
vice in the judicial system; the change from one de- 

artment of the Civil Service to another is also too 
frequent to admit the acquisition of the necesary ability 
in the Judge; at one time he is in a Ministerial Office 
at the Presidency, at another he is in the Judicial 
Department in the Provinces, at another he is in the 
Collectorate in the Provinces, and at another he is in the 
Political Department; at this time the Chief Judge of 
the Sudder Dewannee Adawlut, and the Sudder Foujda- 
ree Adawlut at Bombay, that is, of the Supreme Courts 
of Appeal in Civil and Criminal cases, is a gentleman 
who never was in the Judicial Department until he was 
made the Chief Justice of those Courts ; the Civil Courts 
are also extremely defective, from the almost total absence 
of the intelligence of the Natives in the ascertainment of 
facts ; the defects in the Judicial system, which the Peti- 
tioners have noticed, they presume to hope, would attract 
the attention of the House, even if the Judges always 
meant to do right ; but the truth is, that those Judges are 
the principal instruments of wrong, particularly of false 
imprisonment, to the Natives; and those acts of injustice 
are committed with ostentatious indifference to the feel- 
ings of those who suffer, and to the opinion of the Native 
community; the Petitioners particularly allude to the 
false imprisonment of Balloo bin Hurryram Sinday, Hin- 
doo; of Runsord Kessowjee, Hindoo; of Narroba Govind 
Oughtia, Hindoo ;- and of Dhondoo Bullol, Hindoo, all 
proved in the Supreme Court of Judicature at Bombay ; 
the two former committed at Zannah, within fifteen miles 
of the Island of Bombay, and the other two at Poonah, 
within one hundred miles of Bombay, and between both 
which places and Bombay there is a constant intercourse ; 
it is therefore no exaggeration in the Petitioners to affirm, 
that the laws administered to the Natives beyond the 
Presidencies, and the Courts of Justice appointed to 
administer those laws, stamp upon the Natives the cha- 
racter of a conquered, distinct and degraded people; it 
is true, that the impartiality in the Courts of Justice, that 
the Petitioners have presumed to solicit and enforce, will 
be offensive to some of the connexions and adherents of 
former Sovereigns, who had privileges in some respects 
exempting them from the jurisdiction of Courts of Justice; 
as, for instance, the Sirdars in the Dekan, whose privi- 
leges have been conceded to them by a Regulation of the 
Bombay Government— Regulation 29, A.D. 1827; but 
the Petitioners are sure that the House will not expose 
‘the meanest of His Majesty’s subjects in Jndia to injury 
in life, property, character or personal liberty, in com- 
plaisance to the vicious pride of those personages; the 
‘Petitioners implore the House, earnestly and without pre- 
judice, to reflect on the condition of the Natives inhabit- 
ing His Majesty’s Territories in India; in number they 
exceed sixty millions; the greater part of them are His 
Majesty’s natural-born subjects, and almost all the rest 
are denizens ; this immense population, who have strong 
natural and legal pretensions to participate in the advan- 
tages of society, are almost entirely excluded from offices 
of trust and emolument ; it is impossible for the House to 
credit misrepresentations, obviously originating in preju- 
dice and self-interest, that confound the whole Native 
population into one mass of ignorance and corruption ; 
‘the Natives of the Territories, now British India, highly 
civilized, and, by their various manufactures, largely con- 
tributed to the splendor of Thebes, of Palmyra, and of 
ancient Alerandria, when the inhabitants of one of the 
most powerful and illustrious Kingdoms of modern Europe 
lived in woods, and fought with bows and arrows and 
clubs ; whatever injury has been done to their understand- 
ings and moral principles, by the long continuance of 
‘despotism, will easily and rapidly be rectified by Courts 
of Justice intelligently and impartially administering 
justice among them, .and by their admissibility into 
honourable and profitable offices in the judicial, territo- 
rial and financial departments, being made to depend on 
their intellectual and moral character; the dynasties of 


VOL, 86. 


1” Septembris.. - 


807 


the Sovereigns of the Territories conquered by the British 
arms were of very short duration ; those Sovereigns never 
had a strong hold on the affections of their subjects, and 
since those conquests the Natives have always manifested 
a desire to coalesce with the Crown of the United King- 
dom ; their wishes to do so have been repelled even with 
contumely ; upwards of sixty millions of His Majesty’s 
subjects are at this time disjointed, loose and floating on 
the surface of India; nothing is more easy than to con- 
solidate this immense population into one mass of cohe- 
sion with His Majesty’s Territories ; administer justice to 
them wisely and impartially, and reward intellectual and 
moral merit with honourable and profitable offices, both at 
the Presidencies and in the Provinces, and the principle 
of cohesion will circulate through the whole body ; with 
a view to the same principle of cohesion, the Petitioners 
venture to suggest, that it is highly politic to introduce 
the English language into the vernacular languages of 
India, and with that intention, for Parliament to enact, 
that no Native, after the period of twelve years, shall be 
admissible into any office in the judicial, territorial or 
financial departments, unless his competency in reading, 
writing and speaking the English language has been cer- 
tified by a committee appointed for his examination; the 
children of the Natives of India have great aptitude in 
learning to read, write and speak the English language ; 
since the institution of schools for the instruction of the 
Natives in the English language, under the advice and 
patronage of the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, 
Governor of Bombay, many of the children of the Natives 
read, write and speak the English language with facility 
and fluency ; besides the principle of cohesion which the 
Petitioners have noticed, a knowledge of the English lan- 
guage, extensively dispersed among the Natives of India, 
will afford great facilities for the future improvement of 
the judicial system in Jndia; Illustrious Legislators! bene- 
factors of the human race! your persevering and intelli- 
gent exertions to abolish the trade in Slaves, have spread 


the fame of your humanity over the whole world; the - 


destiny of upwards of sixty millions of human beings de- 
pends upon your councils; they are the natural-born 
subjects, or the denizen subjects, of your own Sovereign ; 
the Petitioners are sure that the House will be eager to 
redress the wrongs they have submitted to them; know- 
ing, as the Petitioners do, the propensity to misrepresenta- 
tion that will be active against the Natives of India, and 
that it will be suggested that this Petition does not con- 
tain the real opinions ofall who have signed it, they have 
taken the liberty to subjoin to it a translation into the 
Goozarattee and Mahratta languages, the languages in 
most frequent use in Bombay; and if, in having done so, 
they have transgressed any of the rules of the House, the 
Petitioners crave their indulgence and pardon. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. ; 


Mr. Williams Wynn reported from the Select Committee 
appointed to confer with His Majesty’s Surveyor General, 
and to consider how this House shall be accommodated 
with necessary Conveniences in going to and comin 
from Westminster Abbey, and, while they are there, at the 
Solemnity of Their Majesties’ Coronation, and what order 
shall be observed therein; That the Committee, having 
viewed the Galleries and Seats in Westminster Abbey, 
find them very convenient for the accommodation of the 
Members, and have been assured by the Surveyor Ge- 
neral that they are perfectly strong and safe, and capable 
of receiving 410 Persons ; and that the Committee had 
also come to the following Resolutions ; 

1. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That it will be expedient that the House should assemble 
at eight of the clock in the morning of the day of Their 
Majesties’ Coronation, and that the Members should attend 
in Court Dresses, out of mourning, and that they enter by 
the great Gate of Westminster Hall. 

2. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That, to secure free passage for the Carriages of the 
Members, Mr. Speaker be requested to issue Tickets: to 
such Members as shall apply for the same. 

3. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That the Names of the Counties of the United Kingdom 
be put into a glass; and that, after Mr. Speaker shall 
have left the Chair, the same be drawn thereout by the 
Clerk, and that no Member do presume to go out of the 

9T 2 House 


Report from 
Corunation 
Committee. 


No. 220. 








Committee 
on Reform of 
Parliament 


(England) Bill. 


808 


House until the County for which he serves shall have 
been called; and that, for the more regular proceeding 
of the Members, Mr. Speaker be requested to stay, after 
he shall have left the Chair, till all the Members shall 
have proceeded in the order according to which their 
Counties have been called. 

4. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That no Member of this House do remain in or do cross 
or pass through any part of the passages leading from the 
door of the Lobby of the House to the Gallery prepared 
for the Members in Westminster Abbey, and that the 
Serjeant at Arms do keep the said passages clear of 
Members. 

5. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That the Deputy Serjeant at Arms do precede the Mem- 
bers, and conduct them to their Seats in the Abbey. 

6. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That when the Members go to the Abbey, they proceed 
two a-breast, without crowding, through the Members’ 
Waiting Rooms, across Saint Margaret’s-street, to the 
Abbey door in Poets’ Corner, under a covered way, and 
so to the Gallery prepared for their accommodation over 
the Altar inthe Abbey, and that they return by the same 
way to the House. 

7. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That after nine of the clock in the morning the passage to 
the Abbey by Poets’ Corner be kept clear for the exclu- 
sive use of the Members of the House of Commons until 
they shall have passed to their Seats, and again, after the 
Solemnity shall have concluded, until they shall have 
returned to the House. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, were 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; and 
be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to amend 
the Representation of the People in England and Wales. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 23. (Commissioners to divide certain 
Counties, and to fix Places of Election, &amp;c.) read. 

P. 8.1.14. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
«« And be it Enacted, That” to the end of the Clause, and 
to insert “ the Right honourable James Abercrombie, Chief 
“ Baron of Scotland, Edward John Littleton, Esquire, 
« Davies Gilbert, Esquire, William Courtenay, Esquire, 
“ Henry Martin, Esquire, Master in Chancery, William 
“ Wing field, Esquire, Master in Chancery, Sir James Wil- 
“ loughbyGordon, Baronet, Henry Hallam, Esquire, Francis 
“ Beaufort, Esquire, Captain in the Royal Navy, Launcelot 
“ Baugh Allen, Esquire, Henry Gawler, Esquire, Thomas 
“ Birch, Esquire, William Martin Leake, Esquire, Ben- 
« jamin Ansley, Esquire, John James Chapman, Esquire, of 
** the Royal Artillery, Robert Dawson, Esquire, of the Royal 
“ Engineers, Thomas Drummond, Esquire, of the Royal 
“ Engineers, John Elliott Drinkwater, Esquire, Thomas 
“ Flower Ellis, Esquire, Henry Bellenden Ker, Esquire, 
“ George Barrett Lennard, Esquire, William Henry Ord, 
“ Esquire, Junior, John Romilly, Esquire, Robert John 
« Sanders, Esquire, of the Royal Artillery, the Reverend 
“ Richard Sheepshanks, William Edward Tallents, Esquire, 
“ Henry William Tancred, Esquire, John Wrottesley, 
« Esquire, William Wylde, Esquire, of the Royal Artillery, 
“ Francis Martin, Esquire, Richard Scott, Esquire, of the 
* Royal Staff Corps, shall be and they are hereby ap- 
“* pointed Commissioners for the purposes hereinafter 
“‘ mentioned ; and that the said Commissioners or any 
* Sixteen of them shall determine in what manner each 
“ of the Counties enumerated in Schedule (G.) to this 
“ Act annexed shall thereafter be divided into Two Divi- 
“ sions, in order that each Division may return Two 
“ Knights of the Shire to serve for the same in all future 
“ Parliaments, as hereinbefore mentioned ; and the said 
“ Commissioners or any Sixteen of them shall also deter- 
“ mine at what principal place of Election the Court for 
“ the Election of Knights of the Shire for each Divi- 
** sion of the said Counties shall be holden, and at what 
principal place of Election the Court for the Election of 
“ Knights of the Shire for each of the Three Ridings of 
“ Yorkshire, and for the Parts of Lindsey, and for the 
“ Parts of Kesteven and Holland, in the County of Lin- 
© coln, shall be holden ; and the said Commissioners or 


9 





[°—2 Septembris. 





A. t83{: 
“ any Sixteen of them shall have power to unite and jn: 
“ corporate (for the purposes of Election only) with ay 
“ County, or with any Division of a County to be } 
“ them made, any outlying portions of any other County 
“ which may be locally situate within the former; ang 
“‘ the said Commissioners or any Sixteen of them shall 
“ make a Report in writing under their hands, of suc} 
“ their determination on the matters aforesaid, and shalj 
“ deliver such Report, within Three Months after the 
“ passing of this Act, to one of His Majesty’s Principal 
“‘ Secretaries of State” Agreed to. 

CrauseE, N* 23, as amended agreed to. 

Criause, N°24. (Commissioners may incorporate Pg: 
rishes with Boroughs)——read. 

P. 9. 1.4. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
“ And be it Enacted, That” to the end of the Clause 
and to insert “ the said Commissioners or any Sixteen of 
“ them shall have power to incorporate (if they shall think 
“ fit) for the purposes of this Act, with any City or Bo. 
“ rough, or with any Place sharing in the Election foy 
“ any City or Borough, which after the passing of this 
“ Act shall respectively have the Right of sending q 
“‘ Member or Members to serve in any future Parliament, 
“ the whole or any part of any one or more Parishes, 
“‘ Townships or other Places, whether extra-parochial ot 
“ otherwise, any part of which may be locally situate 
“‘ within One statute Mile of such City or Borough or 
“Place sharing in the Election therewith respectively; 
“‘ and the said Commissioners or any Sixteen of them 
“ shall have power (if they shall think fit) to ascertain 
** and declare for the purposes of this Act, the Limits and 
“ Boundaries of the several Boroughs mentioned in the 
“ said Schedules (C.) and (D.), and of such of the Places 
‘¢ mentioned in Schedule (F.) as are not now incorporated 
“ by Charter according to the true intent and meaning of 
“ the said Schedules and of this Act; and that so far a 
“ relates to any City or Borough which shall retain the 
“* Right of sending a Member or Members to serve in any 
“‘ future Parliament, but which, in the judgment of the 
** said Commissioners or any Sixteen of them, does not 
“ contain within itself, or where any Place or Places shall 
“‘ share in the Election for such City or Borough then 
“‘ within itself and such Place or Places taken together, 
“ Three Hundred Houses, Warehouses or Countinghouses 
“ in the whole, such Houses being respectively assessed 
“* to the Duty on Inhabited Houses upon a yearly value 
“ of not less than Ten Pounds, or such Houses, Ware 
** houses or Countinghouses respectively being, either 
“* separately, or jointly with any Land occupied there 
“ with, of the clear yearly value of not less than Ten 
* Pounds, or rated to the Relief of the Poor upona 
“ yearly value of not less than Ten Pounds, or bond fide 
“ let at a yearly Rent of not less than Ten Pounds, the 
** said Commissioners or any Sixteen of them shall pro- 
“ ceed to incorporate with every such City or Borough, 
“ for the purposes of this Act, the whole or any part of 
“* any One or more Parishes, Townships or other Places, 
‘“‘ whether extra-parochial or otherwise, any part of which 
“ may be locally situate within Seven statute Miles of 
“ such City or Borough ; and the said Commissioners or 
“ any Sixteen of them shall have power to determine (if 
“ they shall think fit) what Place within the limits of any 
“ Borough acquiring by virtue of this Act the Right of 
“« sending a Member or Members to Parliament, shall be 
“ the principal Place for holding the Election for such 
“ Borough, and in case they shall not determine such 
“ principal Place, then the same shall be determined by 
“ the Returning Officer for such Borough ; and the said 
“ Commissioners or any Sixteen of them shall make a 
“ Report in writing under their hands, of their determi- 
“ nation on the several matters aforesaid, touching Cities 
“ and Boroughs, and shall deliver such Report, within 
“ Three Months after the passing of this Act, to one 
“ of His Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State”—— 
Agreed to. 

Crause, N° 24, as amended——agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 











And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 2° die Septembris, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re 


ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress 











ftions, 





9, Witt. IV. 


rogress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 


in. 
*e Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
a House, to whom it was referred to consider further of the 
"Supply granted to His Majesty, the Resolutions which 
they had directed him to report to the House; and the 
same were read, and agreed to by the House; and are as 
followeth ; 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty thousand 

pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Ex- 
penses which may probably be incurred at the Coronation 
of Their Majesties ; and that the said sum be issued and 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 
- 2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen thou- 
flord sand three hundred and seventy-nine pounds fourteen 
wi. shillings and one penny, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1831, the Charge of Salaries for the 
Attendants and Officers of the Household of the Lord 
Lieutenant of Jreland, and certain other Officers and 
Services formerly charged on the Civil List in Jreland ; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 


te 3» Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five thousand 

slice. five hundred and thirty-four pounds, be granted to His 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Office of the Vice 
Treasurer of Ireland, for the year 1831; and that the 
said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other de- 
duction whatsoever. 


of 4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thousand 

iewe’s six hundred and eighty pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of the Office of the Teller of 
His Majesty’s Exchequer in Jreland, for the year 1831 ; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 


5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four thousand 
and six hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of printing Proclamations, and other 
matters of a Public nature, in the Dublin Gazette, and 
other Newspapers in Jreland, and of printing Statutes in 
Ireland, for the year 1831; and that the said sum be 
issued and paid without any fee or other deduction what- 
soever. 
| 6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty thousand 
mons: Hounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of Criminal Prosecutions, and other Law Expenses in 
Ireland, for the year 1831; and that the said sum be 
issued and paid without any fee or other deduction what- 
soever. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-one 
thousand seven hundred and forty-one pounds and fifteen 
shillings, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of Non-conforming, Seceding and Protestant Dissenting 


nation 
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f forming 


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3 Ministers in Ireland, for the year 1831 ; and that the said 
of sum be issued and paid without any fee or other deduc- 
he tion whatsoever. 
(if 8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four hundred 
ny and seventy pounds fifteen shillings and five-pence, be 
of granted to His Majesty, to pay the Salaries to Lottery 
be Officers in Ireland, for one year, ending on the 24th day 
ch of June 1831 ; and that the said sum be issued and paid 
ch without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 
by sims, _. 9: 20¢80lved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thousand 
aid * six hundred and fifty pounds, be granted to His Majesty, 
ea to defray the Expense of Inland Navigations in Jre/and, 
mi- for the year 1831; and that the said sum be issued and 
ties paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 
hin og 10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty thou- 
one =) =: Sand eight hundred and fifty-three pounds, be granted to 
ae His Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Police and 
Watch Establishments of the City of Dublin, for the year 
1831 ; and that the said sum be issued and paid without 
any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 
11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three thou- 
elve sand seven hundred and eighty-four pounds, be granted 
to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Commis- 
stoners of Judicial Inquiry, for the year 1831; and that 
| the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 
Te deduction whatsoever. 
ther VOL. 86. 


1"—° Septembris. 


809 


12. Resolved, That a'sum, not exceeding One thousand Records. 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to defray, in the year 
1831, the Expense of the Record Works not yet com- 
pleted; and that the said sum be issued and paid with- 
out any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty thou- Employment 
sand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to provide for of the Poor. 
the Employment of the Poor, and the Relief of Distress 
in certain Districts in Jreland; and that the said sum be 
issued and paid without any fee or other deduction what- 
soever. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thousand 
and one hundred pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Salaries of Commissioners of Public Works in 
Ireland, for the half year ending on the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1832; and that the said sum be issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 


Public 
Works, 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to improve the Administration of Justice in 
Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Adminstration 
of Justice 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to consoli- 
date and amend the Laws relating to Hackney Coaches, 
and the registering and numbering of Waggons, Carts and 
Drays, used in the Metropolis ; and also to place the col- 
lection of the Duty on such Hackney Coaches under the 
management of the Commissioners of Stamps, and to 
transfer the Collection and Management of the Duties on 
Hawkers and Pedlars in England from the Commissioners 
of Hackney Coaches to the Commissioners of Stamps ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made several 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Committee 
on Hackney 
Coaches Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to amend 
several Acts passed for authorizing the issue of Exche- 
quer Bills, and the advance of Money, for carrying on 
Public Works and Fisheries, and Employment of the 
Poor, and to authorize a further issue of Exchequer 
Bills for the purposes of the said Acts; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Committee on 
Public Works 
(Great Britain) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the extension and promotion of Public Works 
in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Public Works 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppress- 
ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 
in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Distillation 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Message 
for Copy of 
Report. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, request- 
ing that their Lordships will be pleased to communicate 
to this House, a Copy of the Report, with the Minutes of 
Evidence taken before the Select Committee appointed by’ 
their Lordships in the last Session, to consider of the Poor 
Laws ; and that Mr. Sadler do carry the said Message. 


Address 
for Report on 
Charities. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of 
the Twenty-fourth Report on Public Charities. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


9U Mr. 





Registration of 
Deeds (Ireland) 
Bill, presented, 


No. 219. 


Papers 
respecting 
Judicial inquiry 
([reland,) 
ordered, 


Further 
Proceeding on 
St. Alban’s and 
South Mims 
Road Bill. 


Treland— 
Papers, 
presented : 


Wexford 
Indictments. 
N oO, 2° 1. 


Messrs. 
Blanchfield 
and Byrne. 


No, 222. 


Returns, 
presented $ 


Spirits. 
No. 223. 


Malt. 
No. 224. 


810 


Mr. Jephson presented a Billi to regulate the Office for 
registering Deeds, Conveyances and Wills in Jreland: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday, the 19th day of this 
instant September. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of any Answer received to a Letter, dated 26th January 
1831, from the Chief Secretary of Jreland to the several 
Courts of Justice, as to the Suggestions of the Commis- 
sioners of Judicial Inquiry. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
three of the clock on Friday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 








Veneris, 2° die Septembris; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS, 


Ox DERED, Thatthe Order of the day, for taking 
into further consideration the Clause proposed to be 
added to the Bill for more effectually improving the Road 
from the Pondyards, in the County of Hertford, to the Town 
of Chipping Barnet, in the same County, “ to continue to 
Trustees under this Act the powers of former Trustees in 
conjunction with the Holyhead Road Commissioners,” be 
now read; and the same being read:—The House ac- 
cordingly proceeded to take the Clause into further con- 
sideration; and the said Clause, being read a second time, 
was agreed to by the House, to be made part of the Bill. 

Then another Clause was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed. 


The House being informed that Mr. Johnson, from the 
Office of the Chief Secretary for Jreland, attended at the 
door, he was called in; and at the bar presented to the 
House, pursuant to their Orders, — Copies of the Indict- 
ments sent up to the Grand Jury of the County of Wevr- 
ford against Captain Graham, at the Lent Assizes, for 
Murder; and, Copy of the Indictment sent to the same 
Grand Jury against the same Person, for Manslaughter. 

Copies of all Informations and Depositions on the sub- 
ject-matter of the Indictments sent up to the Grand Jury 
against Captain Graham, at the Lent Assizes, for Murder, 
&amp;c., transmitted at or previous to the Lent Assizes, to 
the Crown Office of the County of Wexford. 

A Copy of the Record of Conviction, and Judgment 
thereon, of Messrs. Blanchfield and Byrne, at the Lent 
Assizes for the County of Kilkenny: —And then he with- 
drew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House being informed that Mr. Crafer, from the 
Treasury, attended at the door, he was called in; and at 
the bar presented to the House, pursuant to their Orders, 
—Return of the Number of Imperial Proof Gallons of 
Spirits distilled in each Kingdom, exported from Scotland 
to England, from Ireland to England, and from Scotland 
to [reland, and that paid Duty for the Home Consumption 
of each Kingdom, rate of Duty in each Kingdom, and 
amount thereof in each quarter, from 5th January 1830 
to 5th July 1831; and showing also, for each Kingdom, 
in each of these six quarters, the Gallons of these Spirits, 
that so paid Duty for the Home Consumption of each 
Kingdom, that was made entirely from Malt, 1s. 2d. per 
Gallon Drawback was payable on, under the 6th Geo. 4, 
c. 58, and the Gallons, made from a mixture of Malt and 
Grain, no Drawback was payable on. 

An Account, showing the Number of Imperial Gallons 
of Proof Spirits remaining in Bond for the Duties, in every 
Collection of Excise, upon 5th July 1831, distinguishing 
them entirely from Malt, Drawback was payable on, and 
them from Malt and Grain no Drawback was payable on. 

An Account of the Total Amount of Money, shown in 
one Sum for each Kingdom, paid, due to, or can be claimed 
by, Distillers, as Drawback on Malt used, or Spirits made 
entirely from Malt, under 1 &amp; 2 Geo. 4, c. 82, 4 Geo. 4, 
c: 94, and 6 Geo. 4, c. 58, up to 5th July 1831. 

An Account of the Number of Bushels of Malt charged 
with Duty in the United Kingdom, from 5th January 1830 


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A. 183). 


to 5th January 1831, and from 5th January 1831 to 5th 
July 1831; distinguishing England and Scotland, and the 
amounit of each period. 

An Account of the Quantity of Foreign Sugar entered Sug, 
under the provisions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 93, and con- No: 
tinued by 1 Will. 4, c. 72, up to 5th July 1831; distin, 
guishing the Quantities entered in each quarter of each ’ 
year, the Ports at which the Entries have been made, the 
Dates of the Entries, and the Number of the Refiners for 
whose use the Foreign Sugar was entered, and the Num- 
ber of Pans actually at work upon the Premises of each 
Refiner respectively at the Dates of the Entries. 

An Account of the Quantity of Refined Sugar, Bastard 
Sugar and Treacle exported from Liverpool, Bristol and 
Glasgow, in each quarter, from 5th July 1828 to 5th July 
1831. 

Return (so far as regards Great Britain) to several Que, 
Orders of the House, dated the 5th day of August last, for iy 
a Return of the Number of Vessels placed in Quarantine 
in the United Kingdom, in each of the Five years endin 
31st December 1830; stating from what Countries the 
Ships came, at what Place they performed Quarantine, 
and the Amount of Fees levied for clearance of those 
Vessels, in each year :—a Statement of the Amount of 
Fees charged on the clearance of each Vessel from Qua- 
rantine, by what Authority the same are charged, and 
the Date of such Authority ; also, to whom these Fees 
are paid, and for what purpose :—and, a Return of the 
Number of Vessels placed in Quarantine since Ist J anuary 
1831, and the Number now in Quarantine, stating at 
what Places, up to the latest period the same can be 
made up. 

A Return of the Number of Vessels placed in Quaran- 
tine in the United Kingdom, in each of the past Five years, 
ending 31st December 1830 ; stating from what Countries 
the Ships came, at what Places they performed Quaran- 
tine, and the Amount of Fees levied for clearance of those 
Vessels in each year. 

A Return of the Number of Vessels placed in Qua- 
rantine in Jre/and since 1st January 1831, and the Num- 
ber now in Quarantine, stating at what Places, up to the 
latest period the same can be made up. 

Return of the Amount of Fees charged on the clearance 
of each Vessel from Quarantine, by what Authority the 
same are charged, and the Date of such Authority ; also, 
to whom these Fees are paid, and for what purposes, so 
far as respects Ireland :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts and Papers do lie 
upon the Table ; and be printed. 


A Petition of the Master, Wardens and Commonalty of Peiiiw 
the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River *™ 
Thames, was presented, and read; taking notice of the yeu) 
Bill to regulate the Navigation of Steam Boats and Ves- 
sels upon certain Parts of the River Thames; and pray- 
ing, That the same may pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 

A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens, Overseers of 
the Poor, and Governors and Directors of the Poor of the 
parish of Greenwich, was also presented, and read ; taking 
notice of the said Bill; and praying the House to restrict 
all Steam Boats and Vessels above forty tons burthen from 
navigating or proceeding higher up the River 7’hames 
than off the said town of Greenwich. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- St 
ing of the Bill to regulate the Navigation of Steam Boats os 
and Vessels upon certain Parts of the River Thames ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 

A Petition of Clergymen of the diocese of Ardagh and Pets 
county of Longford, was presented, and read; praying Ga 
the House to consider well and seriously before it ventures " 
again to vote any money out of the public purse for such 
an unrighteous purpose as the support of the Roman 
Catholic College at Maynooth. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Mountmelick, in the Queen's ne 
County ;—and, of Protestant Inhabitants of Ballymacor- Grass 


. . . i 
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igDu'Y pative Cotton Weavers of Standish ;—and, of Whittle-le- 
mvt Woods, in the county of Lancaster,—were presented, and 
read ; praying the House to remove the Duty now charged 
on Raw Cotton imported, and, in lieu thereof, impose 
a protecting Duty upon all Cotton Yarns exported, equiva- 
lent to the low rate of wages paid by the Foreign Manu- 
facturers, which the Petitioners confidently hope will be 
a means of giving them full employment and adequate 


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9 Wi. IV. 


the trades of Butcher, Baker, Drover, Poulterer, Pastry- 
xt f Aggk, Confectioner, Undertaker, Publican, Ship, Waggon 
sibath. nd Canal Carrier, Hair-dresser, Cheesemonger, Green 
Grocer, Chandler, Tobacconist, Newsman, Fishmonger 
and Fruiterer;—and, a Petition of Inhabitants of London, 
_-were presented, and read; praying for a law effectually 
to enforce the observance of the Sabbath, as an interval 
of rest from all labour and commercial pursuits throughout 
the Empire. 


Table; and to be printed. 


wit Manchester Owenian Co-operative Society, was presented, 

and read ; praying the House to repeal all the several 

le Acts imposing taxes and restrictions on Knowledge, and 
thus entitle themselves to the gratitude and admiration of 
the whole Country. 


pers 


2° Septembris. 


to withdraw the usual annual Grant from the Kildare 
Street Society. - 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


S11 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels of Malt manufactured 
from Barley, and from Bere or Bigg, respectively, brought 
to charge in /reland, from 5th January 1830 to 5th Ja- 
nuary 1831. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels of Malt imported from 
England and Scotland respectively, into Jreland, from 
5th January 1830 to 5th January 1831. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels charged as “ deficient 
Malt,” in respect of the excess production of Malt Spirits 
above the required proportion of two Proof Gallons of 
such Spirits for every Bushel of Malt so used in distilla- 
tion in Jreland, from 5th January 1830 to 5th January 
1831. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels of Malt used by the 
Public Brewers and Vinegar-makers respectively, in Jre- 
land, from 5th January 1830 to 5th January 1831. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels of Malt (if any) exported 
from Ireland to England and Scotland respectively, from 
5th January 1830 to 5th January 1831. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels of Malt used in the pro- 
duction of Malt Spirits in Iredand, and upon which Spirits 
a Drawback of 1s. 2d. per gallon was paid or payable, 
betwixt 5th January 1830 and 5th January 1831. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Proof Gallons of Malt Spirits 
upon which the Drawback was paid or payable; together 
with the Number of Proof Gallons of Raw Grain Spirits 
upon which no Drawback is allowed; distinguishing the 
one from the other, and showing the Total Quantity 
brought to charge in Ireland, betwixt 5th January 1830 
and 5th January 1831. 


Two Petitions of Inhabitants of London, engaged in 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


A Petition of Edward Thomas Craig, President of the 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Cotton Weavers of Accrington ;—of Ope- 


wages. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and that the last be printed. 


Petition for 
introduction of 
Poor Laws into 
Ireland, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Seix Kyran, in the barony 
of Ballybrit and King’s County, was presented, and read ; 
praying, That the House will be pleased to provide per- 
manently for the Poor of Jredand. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Se/by, was presented, and 
read ; praying, That the Penal Laws relating to Property 
may be amended, by the commutation, in all cases, of the 
punishment of Death. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of the parish of Petition 


Nun’s Island, in the town of Galway, was presented, and — 
read; praying, That the House will be graciously pleased F-anchise. 
to place the Roman Catholic Mercantile and Trading 
Classes upon an equal footing with Protestants, in regard 
to the Elective Franchise, as at present exercised by them 
in Galway. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels of Malt manufactured 
from Barley, and from Bere or Bigg, respectively, brought 
to charge in Scotland, from 5th January 1830 to 5th Ja- 
nuary 1831. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels of Malt imported from 
England and Ireland respectively, into Scotland, from 5th 
January 1830 to 5th January 1831. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels charged as “ deficient 
Malt,” in respect of the excess production of Malt Spirits 
above the required proportion of two Proof Gallons of such 
Spirits for every Bushel of Malt so used in distillation, in 
Scotland, from 5th January 1830 to 5th January 1831. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels of Malt used by the 
Public Brewers and Vinegar-makers respectively, in Scot- 
land, from 5th January 1830 to 5th January 1831. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels of Malt (if any) exported 
from Scotland to England and Ireland respectively, from 
Sth January 1830 to 5th January 1831. . 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels of Malt used in the pro- 
duction of Malt Spirits in Scotland, and upon which 
Spirits a Drawback of 1s. 2d. per Gallon was paid, or 
_ betwixt 5th January 1830 and 5th January 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Proof Gallons of Malt Spirits 
upon which the Drawback was paid or payable; together 
with the Number of Proof Gallons of Raw Grain Spirits 
upon which no Drawback is allowed ; distinguishing the 
one from the other, and showing the Total Quantity 


brought to charge, in Scotland, betwixt 5th January 1830 
and 5th January 1831. 
VOL. 86. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders, Citizens and Inha- 
bitants of the city of Dublin and its vicinity, was pre- 
sented, and read; praying, That the House will continue 
to the Petitioners the advantages and protection of the 
Coal Meters’ Establishment, or if, in the event of the con- 
templated arrangements, any alteration to the prejudice 
of the persons at present holding situations therein should 
be made, that such means may be adopted by the House 
as shall prevent so large a body of the Petitioners’ fellow- 
citizens from being deprived of, or injured in, their present 
emoluments without an adequate compensation, to which 
their services and utility justly entitle them. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petition against 
abolishing 

Coal Meters’ 
Establishment 
(Dublin.) 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in the vi- 
cinity of Bury Saint Edmund’s ;—of Maltsters and Corn 
Merchants residing in Ipswich, Woodbridge, Stowmarket, 
and adjoining places ;—and, of Agriculturists, Merchants 
and Maltsters residing in Jpswich, and its neighbourhood, 
—were presented, and read; praying, That no law may 
be passed to permit the use of Molasses in the Breweries 
and Distilleries of the United Kingdom. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Select Committee on Molasses. 


Petitions against 
use of Molasses 
in Breweries 

and Distilleries. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Uley;— and, of Wotton Petitions 
Underedge,—were presented, and read ; taking notice of (oy os og 
the Bill to alter and amend the Laws of Settlement by ty. poor Bill. 


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Petition against 
any further 
Grant to the 
Kildare Street 
Society. 


Petitions 
respecting So- 
Jemnization of 
Roman Catholic 
Marriages. 


Report on 
Poor Laws, 
delivered. 


No. 227. 


Committee 
on Reform of 
Parliament 


(England ) Bill. 


812 


Hiring and Service; and praying, That the same may 
not pass into'alaw. 

‘And’'the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the United Parishes of 
Johnstown and Walterstown, in the county of Meath ;— 
and, of Bishops professing the Roman Catholic Religion in 
the Ecclesiastical Province of Ulster,—were presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the benevolent intentions of the 
Legislature, in granting a Fund for the Education of the 
Poor of Fréland, have been defeated, as far as regards the 
Catholic portion of the Nation, in consequence of the 
hostility to their religion, and the spirit of proselytism 
which fad ind gil characterised the proceedings of the 
Kildare'Street'Society, in whose hands that Fund is depo- 
sited ; and ‘praying, That the House will apportion an 
equitable share of that Grant to be subject to the exclusive 
inspection Of the Roman Catholic Clergy of Ireland, for 
the education of the children of their communion. 

And the ‘said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and that the last be printed. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Clergymen of Navan, in 
the county of Meath ;—and, of Inhabitants of Navan,— 
were presented, and read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners feel‘deep regret that there still remains in full 
force a law which imposes a penalty of heavy fine and 
long imprisonment on a Roman Catholic Clergyman for 
marrying a person of his own communion to one of the 
Established Church ; that the Petitioners therefore pray, 
That such Penal Law may be abrogated. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


Mr. Sadler reported, That he had carried to the Lords 
the Message of this House, of yesterday, requesting that 
their Lordships would be pleased to communicate to this 
House, a Copy of the Report, and Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee appointed by their 
Lordships in the last Session, to consider of the Poor Laws; 
and that their Lordships had been pleased to communi- 
cate a printed Copy of the said Report and Minutes of 
Evidence, as desired by this House ; and he delivered the 
same in at the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Report and Minutes of Evidence 
do lie upon the Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 
read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


CravuseE, N° 25 read. 

P. 9. 1.38. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
“© And be it Enacted, That” to the end of the Clause, and 
to insert “ one of His Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of 
** State shall forthwith cause Copies of such Reports to be 
“ Jaid before both Houses of Parliament, if then sitting, or 
if notsitting, then within Ten Daysafter their sitting ; and 
** in case both Houses of Parliament shall vote Addresses 
“ to His Majesty, praying His Majesty to issue His Royal 
“ Proclamations or Proclamation for making known the 
“ Reports of the said Commissioners, or either of such 
* Reports, it shall be lawful for His Majesty to issue 
such His Royal Proclamations or Proclamation ac- 
“cordingly, and from the date of such Proclamation 
“ making known the Report of the said Commissioners 
“ relative to Counties, every County enumerated in the 
“ said Schedule(G.) shall for the purposes of this Act be 
“and remain divided into Two Divisions, according to the 
«© détermination ‘ of the said Commissioners; and each 
© Division shall return Two Knights of the Shire to serve 
“for the ‘same: in all future Parliaments; and every 
“County or Division of a’County shall for the purposes 
‘of this'‘Act_indlude’ any portions of any other County 
“that may have been incorporated therewith by the de- 
“ctermination of the said Commissioners; and from the 
«© date ‘of such’ Proclamation making known the Report 
“ of the said ‘Commissioners relative to Cities and Bo- 
« roughs, every “such ' City and Borough as aforesaid 
“shall, jointly with the whole orany part or parts of any 





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A. 183}, 


Parish, Township or Place, Parishes, Townships or 
Places, that may have been incorporated with such Cit 
or Borough, or with any Place sharing in the Elec, 
tion for such City or Borough, by the debate of 
the said Commissioners, be a City or Borough for the 
purpose of electing a Member or Members to serve in 
“ all future Parliaments ; andthe Limits, and Boundaries 
“« of every Borough mentioned in the said Schedules (C) 
“ and (D.) shall be and remain ‘as ascert ined: aad. de, 
“ clared by the said Commissioners ; Provided, always 
“ That in case either House of Parliqment shall, instead 
“ of voting an Address to His Majesty in any. of the cases 
“ hereinbefore mentioned, vote that both or-either of the 
said Reports of the said Commissioners shalt, bere, 
“ ferred back to the said Commissioners to be by them 
revised and amended, in such case the said Commis. 
sioners, or any Sixteen of them, shall be and they. are 
hereby authorized and required from time to time, as 
such Report or Reports may be so referred back to 
them, to revise and amend the Report, or Reports, s9 
referred back to them, and immediately after the Re. 
vision and Amendment thereof, to deliver the same so 
revised and amended to one of His Majesty’s Principal 
Secretaries of State, who shall forthwith cause the same 
“ to be laid before both Houses of Parliament, if then 
sitting, or if not sitting, then within Ten Days after 
their sitting ; and in case both Houses of Parliament 
shall vote‘an Address to His Majesty, praying His Ma- 
jesty to issue His Royal Proclamation or Proclamations 
for making known the Report or Reports so revised 
and amended, it shall be lawful for His Majesty to issue 
such His Royal Proclamation or Proclamations accord. 
ingly ; from the date of which Proclamation or Procla- 
mations the Divisions, Incorporations and other matters 
respectively determined in the Report or Reports so re- 
vised and amended, shall take effect, and be in force” 
Agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 25, as amended agreed to... 
CrauseE, N° 26, (Commissioners to have the Power 
of summoning Witnesses.) ——read. 
P.10. 1. 22. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
“ And be it Enacted, That” to the end of the Clause, and 
to insert “ for the purpose of collecting such information 
“ as may be useful or necessary for enabling the said 
“ Commissioners to execute the several powers vested in 
“ them by this Act, any One or more of the said Com- 
“ missioners is and are hereby authorized to issue Pre- 
cepts under his or their hand or hands, requiring any 
“ Persons to attend before him or them for the purpose 
“ of giving evidence, and to bring before him or them 
“ any Books, Papers or other Documents whatsoever _of 
“ a Public nature (except Charters and Muniments of 
“ Titles in the custody or under the control of such Per- 
sons) which in the judgment of such Commissioner, or 
Commissioners may contain information useful or ne- 
“ cessary to the due execution of the powers vested, by: 
“ this Act in the said Commissioners; and any uae 
“¢ Commissioner or Commissioners is and are hereby au- 
“ thorized to administer an Oath (or, in the case of a 
“ Quaker or Moravian, an Affirmation) to all Persons 
“ attending as Witnesses before him or them, and to 
‘* examine such Persons touching all matters which such 
“« Commissioner or Commissioners may judge to be useful, 
“* or necessary to the due execution of the powers vested 
“ by this Act in the said Commissioners ”——- Agreed to. 
Ciavuse, N* 26, as amended——agreed to. . 5 » 
Criause, N* 27, (Right of Voting for Shoreham, Crick- 
lade, Aylesbury and East Retford, to .be in Persons haying: 
Qualifications in the adjacent Districts as well as in those 
several Boroughs) read. Petes aaa 
P.10. 1.37. Amendment proposed, To leave out from, 
“ And” to the end of thé Clause, and to insert ‘ be it 
“ Enacted, That the Borough of New Shoreham shall, for 
“ the purposes of this Act, include the whole of the Rape 
“ of Bramber, in the County of Susser, save, and excepy 
“the Borough and Parish of Horsham; and that the 

















“ Borough of Cricklade shall, for the purposes of this’ 


“ Act, include the Hundreds and Divisions of Highworth, 
“ Cricklade, Staple, Kingsbridge and Malmsbury, im,the 
“ County of Wilts, save and except the Borough, and, 


“ Parish of Malmsbury ; and that the Borough of Ayles- 
“ bury shall, for the purposes of this Act, include the 
“ Three Hundreds of Aylesbury, in the County of Bugk- 
“ ingham; and that the Borough of East Retford shall, 


for 





&amp; 





ford during the Lives of the Parties) 


g Wit. IV. 


« for the purposes of this Act, include the Hundred of 
« Bassetlaw, in the County of Nottingham, and all places 
« Jocally situate within the outside boundary or limit of 
« the Hundred of Bassetlaw, or surrounded by such boun- 
« dary and by any part of the County of York or County 
« of Lincoln: Provided always, That every Person now 
« having a Right to vote for the Borough of New Shore- 
«“ ham, in wares of any Freehold situate in the Borough 
« or Parish of Horsham, and every Person now having a 
« Right to vote for the Borough of Cricklade, in respect 
“ of any Freehold situate in the Borough or Parish of 
« Malmsbury, shall respectively retain such Right of 
« yoting for the several Boroughs of New Shoreham and 
« Cricklade including as aforesaid, subject always to the 
“ conditions and exceptions hereinbefore mentioned with 
« regard to the reservation of the Right of voting for any 
“ Borough in respect of Freehold.” 

Whereupon an Amendment was proposed to the pro- 
posed Amendment, 1.14. After ““Zincoln” to insert “ Pro- 
« yided also, That every Person now having a Right to 
« yote in Elections for any of the several Boroughs of 
“ New Shoreham, Cricklade, Aylesbury or East Retford, 
“ by reason of owning or occupying any Freehold or 
“ other tenement, or by reason of inhabitancy, shall 
“ retain such Right so long as he shall own or occupy 
“ the same, or any other Freehold or tenement in the 
« same place, or shall inhabit the same place, if by reason 
“ of such ownership, occupation or inhabitancy he would 
« have had a Right of voting for any of the said Boroughs 
“ by any statutes laws or customs now in force, and such 
“ Person shall be allowed to vote, if duly registered 
“ according to the provisions hereinafter contained ; but 
“ no such Person shall be registered, unless he shall have 
“ owned, occupied or inhabited in such place as afore- 
“ said for Six calendar Months, to be computed as afore- 
« said. 

Question put, That those words be there inserted. 

The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Sir Thomas Fremantle 29. 
Teller for the Noes, Lord Nugent - - - 102. 

Amendment again proposed, P. 10. 1.37. To leave 
out from “‘ And” to the end of the Clause, and to insert 
“be it Enacted, That the Borough of New Shoreham 
“ shall, for the purposes of this Act, include the whole 
“ of the Rape of Bramber, in the County of Susser, save 
“ and except the Borough and Parish of Horsham; and 
“ that the Borough of Cricklade shall, for the purposes 
“of this Act, include the Hundreds and Divisions of 
“ Highworth, Cricklade, Staple, Kingsbridge, and Malms- 
“ bury, in the County of Wilts, save and except the Bo- 
“ rough and Parish of Malmsbury ; and that the Borough 
“ of Aylesbury shall, for the purposes of this Act, include 
“the Three Hundreds of Aylesbury, in the County of 
“ Buckingham; and that the Borough of East Retford 
“ shall, for the purposes of this Act, include the Hundred 
“of Bassetlaw, in the County of Nottingham, and all 
“ places locally situate within the outside boundary or 
“ limit of the Hundred of Bassetlaw, or surrounded by such 
“ boundary and by any part ot the County of York or 
“ County of Lincoln: Provided always, That every Per- 
“ son now having a Right to vote for the Borough of New 
“ Shoreham, in respect of any Freehold situate in the 
“ Borough or Parish of Horsham, and every Person now 
“ having a Right to vote for the Borough of Cricklade, in 
“respect of any Freehold situate in the Borough or 
“ Parish of Malmsbury, shall respectively retain such 
“ Right of voting for the several Boroughs of New Shore- 
“ham and Cricklade, including as aforesaid, subject 
“ always to the conditions and exceptions hereinbefore 
“ mentioned with regard to the reservation of the Right 
“ of voting for any Borough in respect of Freehold ”—— 
Agreed to. 

Cause, Ne 27, as amended——agreed to. 

Crause, N* 28, (Reservation of the present Rights of 
Voting for Shoreham, Cricklade, Aylesbuvy and East Ret- 
read. 

_ The said Clause was, by leave of the Committee, 
withdrawn. 


—n N°29, (Overseers to prepare Lists of Voters) 
‘read. 


P. 13.1. 6. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 








’ éfore the ” and to insert “ first day of Novem- 


“ ber in the present year, and on or before the last day of 
VOL. 86. 


2° Séptembris. 


813 
“ August in each succeeding year, make out, or cause to 
“ be made out, according to the Form in the Schedule (I.) 
to this Act annexed, an Alphabetical List of all Persons 
who may be entitled to be registered as Voters in the 
Election of a Knight or Knights of the Shire to serve 
for the County, or for the Part, Riding or Division of 
the County wherein such Parish or Township lies, in 
respect of any lands or tenements situate wholly or in 
part within such Parish or Township ; and in such List 
the christian name and surname of every Person shall 
be written at full length, together with the place of his 
abode, the nature of his qualification, and the name of 
the street, lane or other description of the place where 
such lands or tenements may be situate ; and the said 
Overseers shall sign such List, and shall cause a suffi- 
cient number of Copies of such List to be printed at the 
expense of their Parish or Township, and shall cause 
such Copies to be fixed on or near the doors of all the 
Churches and Chapels within such Parish or Township, 
or if there be no such Church or Chapel, then to be 
fixed up in some public and conspicuous situation within 
the same respectively, on the two Mondays next after 
such List shall have been made in this and in every 
subsequent year, there to continue during the remainder 
of each week; and the said Overseers shall likewise 
keep a true Copy of such List, to be perused by any 
person, without payment of any fee, at all reasonable 
hours during the Two first weeks after such List shall 
have been made; and the said Overseers shall, on or 
before the Twenty-fifth day of November in the present 

year, and on or before the bah % asap day of Septem- 
“‘ ber in each succeeding year, deliver such List to the 
“* High Constable or High Constables of the Hundred or 
other like District wherein such Parish or Township lies, 
who shall forthwith deliver the same to the Clerk of 

the Peace of the County: Provided always, That every 
“« Precinct or Place, whether cxnn-oaieial or otherwise, 
which shall have no Overseers of the Poor, shall, for 
the purpose of making out such List as aforesaid, be 
deemed to be within the Parish or Township adjoining 
thereto, such Parish or Township being situate within 
the same County, or the same Part, Riding or Division 
of a County, as such Precinct or Place; and if such 
Precinct or Place shall adjoin two or more Parishes or 
Townships, so situate as aforesaid, it shall be deemed 
to be within the smallest of such Parishes or Townships; 
and the Overseers of the Poor of every such Parish or 
Township shall insert in the List for their respective 
Parish or Township the names of all Persons who may 
be entitled to be registered as Voters in the Election of 
a Knight or Knights of the Shire to serve for the 
County, or for the Part, Riding or Division of the 
County in which such Precinct or Place as aforesaid 
lies, in respect of any lands or tenements situate wholly 
or in part within such Precinct or Place.”"——Agreed 








Crause, N* 29, as amended agreed to. 

Cause, N° 30, (Persons omitted in the Lists to give 

Notice of the Claim to the Overseers) read. 
P. 13. 1.35. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
“ List” to the end of the Clause, and to insert “ as 
‘“‘ aforesaid, and who shall claim to have his name in- 
serted therein, shall, on or before the last day of No- 
vember in the present year, and on or before the last 
day of September in every succeeding year, give or 
cause to be given a Notice in writing according to the 
“ Form numbered 1. in the said Schedule (I.), or to the 
“ like effect, to the Overseers of the Parish or Township 
wherein the lands or tenements maybe wholly or in 
part situate in respect of which he claims to have his 
name inserted in such List; and every Person who 
shall object to any other Person as not being entitled 
to have his name retained on any such List shall, on or 
before the last day of November in the present year, 
and on or before the last day of September in every 
succeeding year, give or cause to be given a Notice in 
“ writing according to the Form numbered 2. in the said 
“ Schedule (I.), or to the like effect, to the Overseers who 
“ shall have made out such List; and such Person shall 
“ also, on or before the last day of November in the pre- 
sent year, and on or before the last day of September in 
“ every succeeding year, give to thePerson objected to, or 
leave at his usual place of abode, or send by the post 
9X “* directed 





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Game Bill, 
passed. 


814 


« directed ‘td him at his usual place uf abode, a Notice in 
“« writing according to the Form numbered 3. in the said 
“ Schedule (I.),-or to the like effect ; and the Overseers 
‘* shall include the names of all Persons so claiming as 
“ aforesaid ina Notice according to the Form numbered 
“4, in the said Schedule (I.), and shall include the 
“ names of all Persons so objected to as aforesaid in a 
* Notice according to the Form numbered 5. in the said 
** Schedule (1.), and shall cause Copies of such two No- 
“ tices to be fixed on or near the doors of all the 
“Churches and Chapels within their Parish or Town- 
“ ship, or if there be no such Church or Chapel, then 
“ to be fixed in some public and conspicuous situation 
“« within the same respectively, on the Monday next pre- 
“ ceding the Tenth day of December in the present year, 
“and on the Monday next preceding the Tenth day of 
“ October in every succeeding year; and the Overseers 
‘* shall likewise keep a copy of the Names of all the Per- 
** sons so claiming as aforesaid, and also a copy of the 
*¢ Names of jal] Persons so objected to as aforesaid, to be 
** perused by any Person, without payment of any fee, at 
* all reasonable hours during the Seven days next pre- 
* ceding the said Tenth day of December in the present 
“ year, and the said Tenth day of October in every suc- 
** ceeding’ year”——Agreed to. 
Crause, N° 30, as amended agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 











And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 3° die Septembris, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


_ Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill to amend the Laws in England 
relative to Game, be now read ; and the same being read: 
—The Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill, by way of rider, “to empower Persons of Three hun- 
** dred pounds a-year in value of contiguous land to ap- 
** point a Gamekeeper for his own land, and (with per- 
** mission) for adjoining land:”—And the said Clause 
* was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second time ; it 
passed in the Negative. 

Then several Amendments were made to the Bill. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Bill in 
Pr. 31, 1.2. by leaving out the Clause imposing a penalty 
of Forty Shillings on Trespassers:—And the said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Pr. 32. 1. 3. at the end of the last-mentioned 
Clause to add the words “ and such Trespasser having 
** had notice of such reservation in lease of the Occupier :” 
—And the Question being put, That those words be there 
added ; it passed in the Negative. 

Mh as several other Amendments were made to the 

ill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Pr. 38. 1. 31. by leaving out the words “ Three 
* calendar Months,” and inserting the words “ Six 
** Weeks ” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill:—The 
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


a several other Amendments were made to the 
ill. 

rhc Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Pr. 41, 1.1. by leaving out the words “ or re- 
“’ sist ;”—And the Question being put, That the words 


proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill; it passed 
in the Negative. 


Lal 


Bill, 


2°—3° Septembris. 


Then several other Amendments were made to the . 





A. 1831. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. , 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read: ,, 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An ‘Ag oie: 
to extend the Provisions of an Act passed in the twenty. “x 
ninth year of the reign of his Majesty King Charles the 
Second, intituled, “An Act for confirming and perpe. 
tuating Augmentations made by Ecclesiastical Pérsons't 
small Vicarages and Curacies, and for’ other purposes);” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read ‘a ‘second time upon 
Monday next. 







The Order of the day being read, for the second read. Ski 
ing of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of Fray 
Frauds ; elem | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read. 4,,.. 
ing of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the At- living 
testation of Instruments made in exercise of certain Powers biti 
or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other Instruments ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


A Bill to amend the Act of the fifty-second year of the Cus 
reign of his Majesty King George the Third, respecting (= 
the Audit of the Public Accounts of Jre/and, and to appoint suir 
the number of Commissioners competent to grant Quietus 
to Public Accountants, under an Act passed in the fifty. 
sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King George the 
Third, for consolidating the Public Revenues of Great 
Britain and Ireland, was, according to Order, read a 
second time; and committed to a Con.mittee of the whole 
House, for Monday next. 





A Bill to enable the Treasurer of the County of Clare Cx 
to issue his Warrants for the levying of the Presentments 
made at the Spring Assizes of the year one thousand ,.* 
eight hundred and thirty-one, was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to Si), 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- “* 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- "4 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- a 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the \ 
ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to amend ji 
and render more effectual an Act passed in the seventh 
and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, 

“ An Act to amend the Acts for building, and promot 
ing the building, of additional Churches in populous 
Parishes ;” 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 2 (xe. 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to improve gi ms 
the Administration of Justice in Jreland; and, after some ™ 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and 
Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 


next, sae 


tion, 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole Hi 


House, on the re-committed Bill to consolidate and amen? we 
8 








9 Wi. IV. 


the Laws relating to. Hackney, Coaches, and_ the register- 
ing and numbering of Waggons, Carts and Drays used 
in the Metropolis ; and also to place the collection of the 
Duty on such Hackney Coaches under the management of 
the Commissioners of Stamps, and to transfer the Collec- 
tion and Management, of the Duties on Hawkers and 
Pedlars in England from the Commissioners of Hackney 
Coaches to the Commissioners of Stamps, the Amend- 
ments which they had made to the Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read ; and agreed to by the House. 

« Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time upon Monday next. 






Woks = Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
:bit) House, on the Bill to amend several Acts passed for au- 
" thorizing the issue of Exchequer Bills, and the advance 
of Money, for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, 
and Employment of the Poor, and to authorize a further 
jssue of Exchequer Bills for the purposes of the said 
Acts, the Amendments which they had made to the Bill ; 
and the Amendments were read; and agreed to by the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time upon Monday next. 


eit Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
o¢)Bill, relief of the Poor in Jreland, in certain cases: And that 
yl. Mr. James Grattan and Sir Richard Musgrave do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


a Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Gallons of Spirits distilled, and 
‘* upon which Duty has been paid in England, Ireland and 
Scotland respectively, in each year, from 1825 to 5th 
January last; specifying the Quantities of such Spirits 
produced from a mixture of Malt and Grain, and the 
Quantities distilled from Malt, upon which the allowance 
upon Spirits made from Malt only in Jreland and Scotland 
has been paid, the measure and strength of such Spirits, 
| and the rate of Duty charged thereon. 
| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels of Malt charged with 
Duty in England, Ireland and Scotland respectively, in 
each year, from 1825 to 5th January last. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels of Malt imported or 
brought from England, Ireland or Scotland respectively, 
to each of the three Countries (so far as such Account can 
s made up), in every year, from 1825 to Sth January 
ast. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Bushels of Malt used in distilla- 
tion in Ireland and Scotland respectively, upon which the 
Drawback on Spirits made from Malt only has been paid, 
3 in each year, from 1825 to 5th January last; specifying 
the Number of Bushels of deficient Malt charged with 
Duty on account of the excess production of Malt Spirits 
above the required proportion of two gallons of Spirits for 
every Bushel of Malt so used in distillation. 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
h count of the Sum paid by the Excise in each Kingdom for 
1, Saccharometers and repairing Saccharometers, to whom, 
t- and, if more than one, the Sum to each, and at what rate 
to each, both for new ones, and forrepairing, in each year, 
from 5th July 1823; and the same Accounts for Sum 
é- paid for Hydrometers by the Excise, and likewise by the 
Customs for Hydrometers, in each of these years, from 
5th July 1823. 


umeters 


ve fi “i _An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
ne (Ej. dissolve the Marriage of Hugh Kinnaird, Esquire, with 
nd ’ Ann, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 
atl for other purposes, was read a second time; and com- 
ats mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday, 
the 12th day of this instant September. 
ay ‘ton, Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, 
That they do hear counsel and examine witnesses for the 
ill; and also, that they do hear counsel and examine 
ole Hie witnesses against the Bill, if the Parties concerned think 
nd © fitto be heard by counsel or. produce witnesses, 
the VOL. 86. 


Q°—3° Septembris. 


815 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House,.an Ac- 
count of the Quantities of Unrefined Sugar retained for 
Home Consumption in the United Kingdom, during each 
of the years ending 5th January. 1815 to 1831 (both in- 
clusive); distinguishing the Quantities of British Plan- 
tation, of Mauritius, of East India, and of Foreign Plan- 
tation, entered for Home Consumption, or for being refined 
for Exportation, the rate of Duty levied on each deserip- 
tion respectively, the net amount of Duty annually re- 
ceived on the whole, after deducting the Drawback on 
British Refined Sugar exported, and re-payments for over 
entries ; together with a Statement of the Average Prices 
of British Plantation Sugar, exclusive of Duty, by. the 
Gazette, for every year, so far as the Returns made in 
the last respect admit of. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a similar 


Account for the four half years ending 5th July 1828, 
1829, 1830 and 1831. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after two of the clock on Saturday 
morning, adjourned till this day. 





ee 


Sabbati, 3° die Septembris, 


Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 
AN ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 


for vesting in Trustees a legal Estate, which, on the 
death of Joseph Crewe, escheated to His Majesty and the 
Lord Bishop of Bangor, in an undivided third part of cer- 
tain Hereditaments in the County of Denbigh, in order to 
effect a partition directed by the Court of Chancery, was 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Maule, &amp;c. : 


And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the ingrossed Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dissolve the Marriage 
of Louisa Turton with Thomas Edward Michell Turton, 
her now Husband, and to enable the said Louisa Turton 
to marry again, and for other purposes therein mentioned ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, 
That they had heard counsel and examined witnesses for 
the Bill; and that no counsel or party appeared before 
the Committee to oppose the Bill; and that they had 
gone through the Bill, and had directed him to report the 
same to the House, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Knottingley, was presented, 
and read; praying the House to adopt such measures for 
increasing the happiness and extending the prosperity of 
Ireland, and in particular for the establishment of a system 
of permanent legal relief for the Poor of that part of the 
Empire, as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Operative Cotton Weavers of Leyland 
and its vicinity, in the county of Lancaster, was pre- 
sented, and read; praying the House to remove the Duty 
now charged on raw Cotton imported, and to levy a Pro- 
tecting Duty on all Cotton Yarns exported. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Lightermen and Owners of Craft to the 
amount of twenty thousand tons, was presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the Bill to regulate the Navigation of 
Steam Boats and Vessels upon certain Parts of the River 
Thames; and praying, That the same may pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Ship-owners, Merchants and Tradesmen 
of the towns of Whitehaven, Harrington, Workington atid 
Maryport, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That, 
the Petitioners, in common with the Ship-owners, Mer- 
chants and Tradesmen of all other places in the United 
Kingdom, feel their interests deeply affected by the Stamp 

9X 2 Duties 





Accounts re- 
specting Sugar; 
ordered, 


Crewe’s 
Estate Bill, 
committed. 


Committee 
on Turton’s 
Divorce Bill, 


Petition for 
introduction of 
Poor Laws into 
Ireland, 


Petition for 
Protecting Duty 
on Expoftation 
of Cotton Yarn, 


Petition 

in favour of 
Steam 
Vessels Bill. 


Petitions for 
repeal of Stamp 
Duty on Poli- 
cies of Marine 
Insurance. 


Petitionsagainst 
use of Molasses 
in Breweries and 
Distilleries. 


Petitions re- 
specting Reform 
ot Parliament 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Petition for 
repeal of 
Vestries Act 
(Jreland.) 


Petition of 
W. Kertland. 


816 


Duties charged on various mercantile transactions, and 
particularly the Stamp Duties charged upon Marine In- 
surances; and they humbly submit to the House, that 
these Stamp Duties ought to be repealed; and praying, 
That the House will take the subject into consideration, 
and afford such relief as the case requires, and to the 
House may seem meet. , 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Farmers and others in and around Fraser- 
burgh, Aberdeenshire ;— of Farmers and Occupiers of land 
in the vicinity of Dunse, Berwickshire ;—and, of Owners 
and Occupiers of land, and others, engaged in the trade 
and consumption of Barley, in Sudbury, and its vicinity,— 
were presented, and read ; praying the House not to pass 
any law permitting the introduction of Molasses or Sugar 
into the Breweries or Distilleries of the United Kingdom. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Select Committee on Molasses. 


A Petition of Freeholders, Commissioners of Supply, 
Justices of Peace, and other Heritors of the county of 
Cromarty, was presented, and read ; taking notice of the 
Bill to amend the Representation of the People in Scot- 
land; and praying, That the Counties of Cromarty and 
Nairn be continued to be entitled to return a Member 
jointly, as is proposed to be done with Clackmannan and 
Kinross, or that the Counties of Ross and Cromgrty shall 
jointly send two Members to Parliament, or that the 
eleven Parishes contiguous to the Town and Parish of 
Cromarty shall be, for the purposes of this Act, declared 
to be the County of Cromarty, and the three Parishes to 
the westward of Dingwall be declared a part of the 
County of Ross, for the purposes of returning Members to 
Parliament, and further, that the three Burghs in the 
County of Ross, the Town of Cromarty, and Town of 
Stornoway, in the Island of Lewis, shall jointly send one 
Member to Parliament. 

A Petition of Freeholders, Heritors, Commissioners of 
Supply, and Justices of the Peace of the County of Elgin, 
was also presented, and read; taking notice of the said 
Bill; and praying the House to adopt such measures as 
will prevent the County of E/gin from being encumbered 
with any part of the County of Nairn, in its exercise of 
the Elective Franchise. 

A Petition of Magistrates and Councillors of the United 
Royal Burghs of Fortrose and Rosemarky, for themselves 
and the communities to whom they belong, and also of 
the Burgesses thereof, was also presented, and read ; taking 
notice of thesaid Bill; and praying, That the House will 
be pleased to allow that the proprietors of houses of 107. 
rent should, in addition to the Magistrates and Council, 
elect a Delegate to meet with the Delegates of the sister 
Burghs for the Election of a Member to represent them 
in the House, as the only mode by which their prescriptive 
rights and privilege of Franchise can be preserved. 

A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Coun- 
cil of the Royal Burgh of Forres, was also presented, and 
read ; taking notice of the said Bill; and praying, That 
whatever law the House may deem it proper to enact for 
the extension of the Elective Franchise in the Scottish 
Burghs, they will preserve to that Burgh the right of ten- 
dering its Vote by Delegate, as heretofore, in the election 
of Members to serve in Parliament, and also to provide 
that the Votes in their Burgh shall be registered and 
taken under the direction of its own Magistrates, as 
hitherto observed. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Dissenters of the parish of Knockbreda, 
in the county of Down, was presented, and read ; recit- 
ing the Act 7 Geo. 4, c. 72, for the regulation of Parish 
Vestries in Jreland; and praying, That the same may be 
repealed. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of William Kertland, of N°135, Capel-street, 
Dublin, Chemist to the Marquis of Wellesley, and Im- 
porting Merchant, was presented, and read ; complaining 
of a grievous and unmerited injury done to his reputation 


3° Septembris. 





A. 1831, 


by persons who have given evidence before the Committeg 
of the House on the subject of the late Dublin Election, 
in which evidence the Petitioner is charged with Bribery .’ 
stating the particulars of his case ; and praying, That the 
House will take the same into consideration, and grant 
him such redress as may be necessary and expedient. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table, 







A Petition of Corn Distillers in Scotland, was presented, Pai, 
and read ; setting forth, That by the Act 4 Geo. 4, c. 94, 9 abi fe 
drawback of one shilling on the proof wine gallon of Spirits Dr 
distilled entirely from Malt,was given, and 6 Geo. 4, c.58, Mab 
made it one shilling and two-pence the imperial proof 
gallon in Scotland and Ireland; and praying the House 
to pass an Act to totally repeal that Drawback of one 
shilling and two-pence, to take effect not later than 10th 
October next, or the Petitioners will be obliged to relin- 
quish their trade as Corn Distillers, to carry on which 
they have sunk immense sums in works which will be 
entirely lost to them. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Con, 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to amend Me 
the Representation of the People in England and Wales. (tay 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N’ 31, (Judges of Assizes to name Barristers, 
who shall revise the Lists of County Voters) read. 
The following Amendments were made thereunto ; viz. 
P. 14. 1.17. After “ Bench” insert “ for the time 
“ being ;” 1. 18. in the blank insert “ July or August ;” 
1.19. After “Judges” insert “or Judge of any of the 
“* Superior Courts of Record at Westminster ;” 1.21. Leave 
out “ of Assize for such other County,” and insert “ or 
“* Judge of any of the said Courts named in the Con. 
mission of Assize for every such other County, or the 
survivor of them;” ].28. After “ Notice ” insert “ as 
“ well;” 1. 29. After “ Riding” insert “as also by a 
Notice, to be fixed in some public and conspicuous 
situation at the principal place of Election for the ss 
County or Riding, or for each part or division of the 
“ County ;” 1. 33. In the blank insert ‘“ Tenth day of 
December inclusive in the present year, and the 
Twenty-fifth day of January inclusive ;” 1. 34. Leave 
out “ present,” and insert “ next ;” |. 34 and 35. In the 
blank insert “ Tenth day of October inclusive, and in the 
** second blank insert Twenty-fifth day of November in- 
“ clusive in such next and in every ;” in the same line 
leave out “in each ;” 1.41. Leave out from the beginning 
of the line to “ Provided ” in |. 44; 1. 45. In the blank 
insert “ Eighteen Months.” 
Crause, N°31, as amended agreed to. 


Crause, N° 32, (Clerk of the Peace and Overseers 
to attend before Barristers, who shall rectify mistakes in 
Lists) read. 

The following Amendments were made thereunto ; viz. 

P. 15. 1. 9. After “ Township” insert ‘ who shall 
“ have made out such Lists;” 1.22. After “ Election” 
insert “ in respect of the Qualification stated in the said 
“ Lists ;” 1.23. After “ and” insert “ every such Bar 
“ rister;” 1.24. After “ mistake” insert “ or supply any 
“‘ omission;” in the same line, Leave out “ committed” 
and insert “‘ made ;” 1.25 and 26. Leave out from “‘ name” 
to “ local,” and insert “ or place of abode, or nature of 
“ the qualification, or ;” 1.26 and 27. Leave out “ named 
“ therein,” and insert “ who shall be included in any such 
« List ;” 1.27. Leave out from “ be” to the end of the } 
Clause, and insert “ inserted in any such List, unless he | 
‘¢ shall have given to the Overseers such Notice as ishere- | 

‘ inbefore required to be given; and no Person’s name . 
shall be expunged from any such List, unless such | 
“ Notice as is hereinbefore required in that behalf, shall 
‘have been given to the Overseers, nor unless such i 
“ Notice as is hereinbefore required in that behalf, shall 
« have been given to such Person, or left at or sent to his 
“ usual place of abode.” 

CrauseE, N° 32, as amended agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made 


a further 
progress f ! 





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g Wit. IV. e—3°—5° 


rogress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 


n. 
a asilbied, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


eee Ordered, Tht there be’ laid before this House, a Copy 

gniment of the Date of Appointment of Mr. Brook T. Ottley as 

ll Tristee forthe Crown in settling the Affairs of the late 

“Wl0® Eotbnel Browne, ds general Agent for Recruiting; stating 

v the’ Salaryoand Allowances paid to him in each year; 

° stating*also,’ what other Public Offices or Employment he 
held) du#ing that time, and the Salary and Allowances 
paid to lim ‘for such Offices in each of the years he was 
Trustee. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Letter of Appointment of Mr. Brook T. Ottley as 
Trustee. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a State- 
ment of the Balances due to the Public by the late Colonel 
Browne, at the time of his decease, the Amount which has 
been repaid in each year, and the Balance now due to the 
Public, and what Assets or Security the Government have 
for the Balance. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 5° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 
“PRAYERS. 
ingrossed Bill for more effectually improving the 


N 
i, A Road from the Pondyards, in the County of Hert- 
. ford, to the Town of Chipping Barnet, in the same County, 
was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That. Sir Francis Vincent do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


“An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
neil, fo, dissolve the Marriage of Louisa Turton with Thomas 
Edward Michell Turton, her now Husband, and to enable 
the said Louisa Turton to marry again, and for other pur- 
poses therein mentioned, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Benett do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


, 
pus 






Dns re 


mt: A Petition of James Whittle, Chairman of a Meeting of 
‘nat Inhabitants of N° 4 District, in the town of Manchester, 
) Bil. in Public Meeting assembled, was presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of 
the People in England and Wales ; and praying, That the 
occupancy of any house within the limits of a Borough 
may be made to confer the right of voting in the elec- 
tions of the Members for that Borough, or that they may 
not indirectly be deprived of the promises of the Bill, 
but that a proof of the occupancy for six months of any 
tenement of the bond fide value of 10/7. may suffice to 
qualify the Electors of a Borough. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That the ‘Petition be printed :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Petition of John Perkins, of Manchester, was also 
presented, and read ;, ‘taking notice of the said Bill; and 
praying, That the Clause-which expressly provides that, 
to.qualify any, Householder, paying 10/. yearly and up- 
wards,’ he-must have. occupied such house, tenement, &amp;c. 
for twelve months previous to the registration of his Vote, 
nay, not. form-part of the Bill. 
s,Ordered,, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 

‘ ? ci A; Petition, of; Benjamin Wills, Honorary Secretary of 
Raiet the Labourers’ Friend Society, N° 51, Threadneedle-street, 
‘Bil, Was presented, and read ; taking notice of the ingrossed 

Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws 
for the Relief and Employment of the Poor ; and praying, 
That,provision be made in the said Bill, authorizing Pa- 
rishes to occupy as much land for the employment of the 


Poor as the necessity of the case shall require, also, that 
VOL. 86. 


817 


a Clause be added to grant power to large metropolitan 
and other Parishes to occupy land at a distance not exceed- 
ing ten miles from the same. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Septembris. 


Two Petitions of Inhabitants of the Metropolis and 
vicinity, were presented, and read ; complaining of the 
imprisonment and harsh treatment of the Reverend Robert 
Taylor; and praying, That the House will interpose its 
power to stay this outrage on innocence, on reason, on 
Justice, and on right definition of our religion and law, 
and that the House will be pleased to address, and to 
counsel His Majesty to avail Himself of His. forthcoming 
Coronation as a timely period at which further to shield 
Himself in the affections of His Subjects by anact of grace 
that shall stay all further persecutions or prosecutions for 
matters of opinion. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of A/anchester and Salford, 
was also presented, and read; praying, That the House 
will take into their immediate consideration the case of 
the Reverend Robert Taylor, and forthwith address His 
Majesty, praying for his immediate liberation. 

And the said Petitions weré ordered to lie upon. the 
Table; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of London and its vicinity, 
was presented, and read; praying the House to annul 
such laws as deprive men of the benefits that must result 
from free, open and uncontrolled discussion. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Maltsters of Dudley, was presented, and 
read ; praying, That no law may be passed to permit the 
use of Molasses in the Breweries and Distilleries of the 
United Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Select 
Committee on Molasses. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the united 
parishes of Allen and Miltown, in the county of Kildare ; 
—of the united parishes of Castle Carberry, Dunfierth 
and Arkle ;—of the united parishes of Monasteraris, Bal- 
lyburley, Bally-mac-William and Croghen, in the King’s 
County;—of Roman Catholic Clergy and Laity residing 
in the Roman Catholic district of A/yross, in the county 
of Cork, and containing a Roman Catholic population of 
3,392 souls ;—of Inhabitants of Granard;—and, of Roman 
Catholic Clergy and Laity residing in the Roman Catholic 
district of Castlehaven, in the county of Cork, and contain- 
ing a Roman Catholic population of 5,562 souls,—were 
presented, and read; praying that the public money in- 
tended for the Education of the People may no longer be 
placed at the disposal of the Kildare Street Society, and 
that an adequate portion of it may be appropriated to the 
Education of the Roman Catholics of Jre/and, compatibly 
with their religious principles, and, as far as regards reli- 
gious instruction, under the superintendence of the Bishops 
and Pastors of the Roman Catholic Church. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the two last be printed. 


A Petition of the Patriotic Assurance Company of Jre- 
land, associated by Act of Parliament for the Assurance 
from loss by Fire, &amp;c. was presented, and read ; complain- 
ing of the high rate of Duty on the Assurance of Property 
from Fire, whereby vast numbers of persons, particularly 
of the middling and more subordinate ranks, are pre- 
cluded from the benefit thereof; and praying, That the 
same may be reduced. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Frank Thorp Porter, Maziere Brady, 
William Stafford Ambrose, and William Fitzpatrick, of the 
County of the City of Dublin, whose, names are. there; 
unto subscribed, electors of the City of Dublin, on behalf 
of themselves and others, claiming to haye had, and 
having, a right to vote at the last Election for Members 
to serve in Parliament for the said City, was delivered in, 
and read; setting forth, That the Writ jof,,Hlection of 
our Lord the King, under the seal, of that. part of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland duly 
issued, bearing date the tenth day of August one thousand 
eight hundred and — and directed to the eae 

9 ) 


Petitions for 
remission of 
Sentence passed 
on Robert 
Taylor. 


Petition 
respecting 
Religious 
Opinions. 


Petition against 
use of Molasses 
in Breweries and 
Distilleries. 


Petitions against 
Grant to Kildare 
Street Seciety. 


Petition for 
reduction of 
Duty on Policies 
of Fire Insur- 
ance. 


Dublin City 
Election. 
Petition of 
Electors. 





818 


of the County of the City of Dublin, commanding them to 
elect two proper and discreet Citizens to represent said 
City in Parliament ; that John Mallett and George Ha- 
lahan, Esquires, the said Sheriffs, in pursuance of said 
Writ, did, by notice in writing, appoint Thursday the 
eighteenth day of August last for holding such Election 
at the Court-house in Green-street, in said City, and ac- 
cordingly such Election was begun to be holden on that 
day for the purpose aforesaid; that Frederick Shaw, 
Esquire, the Recorder of the said City,and the Honourable 
Henry John Chetwynd Talbot, commonly called Lord Vis- 
count Ingestre, David Charles La Touche, and Michael 
O' Loghlen, Esquires, were, on the said eighteenth day of 
August, proposed, and appeared as Candidates at the 
said Election to represent the said City in Parliament ; 
that, after the Sheriffs had announced that the majority of 
the persons present declared in favour of said David 
Charles La Touche and Michael O’Loghlen, a poll being 
demanded on behalf of said Frederick Shaw and Lord 
Viscount Ingestre, the same was granted, and proceeded 
on, and the said John Mallett and George Halahan acted 
as the Returning Officers at said Election, and appointed 
polling places, two for taking the votes of freemen, and, 
after some solicitation, appointed three for taking the 
votes of freeholders, having at first refused to appoint 
more than two, though the number of registered free- 
holders entitled to vote at said Election, exceeded two 
thousand three hundred, and that they appointed a Deputy 
for presiding in each of said five polling places ; that the 
Deputies so appointed were, in freemen’s booth number 
one, Mr. Isaac Hinds, in freemen’s booth number two, 
Mr. James Moore, in freeholders’ booth number one, 
Mr. Thomas Halahan, in freeholders’ booth number two, 
Mr. Richard Crawford, and in freeholders’ booth number 
three, Mr. Darragh Osborne; that all the Petitioners 
were, at and during the last Election of Members to 
serve in this Parliament for the said City of Dublin, and 
still are, electors of the said City, and had, and claimed to 
nave, a right to vote for Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said City ; that said Election began on Thurs- 
day the eighteenth day of August aforesaid, and con- 
tinued from said day until Wednesday the twenty-fourth 
day of August last, and on the said twenty-fourth day of 
August Marcus Costello, Esquire, was proposed as a Can- 
didate to represent said City in Parliament; and that, on 
the afternoon of said twenty-fourth day of August, said 
Sheriffs declared the poll to be as follows ; (that is to say) 
for Frederick Shaw, Esquire, one thousand two hundred 
and ninety-two; Lord Viscount Jngestre, one thousand 
two hundred and fifty ; for said David Charles La Touche, 
one thousand and fifty-two ; for said Michael OLoghlen, 
nine hundred and thirty-seven, and, for Marcus Costello, 
twenty-eight, and thereupon then declared the said Fre- 
derick Shaw and Lord Viscount Jngestre duly elected ; that 
the Constituency of the said City of Dublin is composed of 
Freemen and Freeholders, and that the Corporation of the 
Mayor, Sheriffs and Citizens of Dublin, claims, and has 
exercised, the right of admitting persons to their freedom, 
and also, has the power of appointing Sheriffs and other 
officers within said City; that the said John Mallett 
and George Halahan, the Sheriffs and Returning Officers, 
were, and are, Members of said Corporation, and were 
appointed Sheriffs by the Corporation, and that the Com- 
mon Council and leading members of said Corporation 
openly and avowedly supported the said Frederick Shaw 
and Lord Viscount Jngestre at the said Election, and 
opposed the said other Candidates; that several of the 
freemen of said City hold offices under the Corporation, 
from which they can be removed by the Corporation, 
and there are many offices in said Corporation held 
by persons elected by the freemen at particular periods, 
and it was openly stated by the members of the Corpora- 
tion in the interest of said Frederick Shaw and Lord Vis- 
count /ngestre, that any person who did not vote for them 
at said Election, would not be permitted to hold any of the 
corporate offices, or be elected to fill any of them; that 
almost all the freeholders of the said City were opposed 
to the said Frederick Shaw and Lord Viscount Inges- 
tre, and that on the last Election for said City, held in 
the month of May last, at which Election a similar num- 
ber of polling places had been provided by the Sheriffs, 
nearly seventy freeholders polled in each of the three 
polling places appointed for freeholders on the first 
day of the Election, notwithstanding considerable and 


5° Septembris. 


A. 1831, 


continued obstructions to delay and protract the-polls, and 
thus a considerable majority was obtained on the two firg 
days of polling at said Election over the Candidates then 
supported by the Corporation; that the Deputies, wh, 
presided in the polling places at the said former Election, 
were the Deputies who presided at the late Election, ang 
they were all members of the Corporation, and though jp 
each of the places for polling freeholders nearly seventy 
frecholders were polled on the first day of the Election 
held in May last, and though more than that number of 
freeholders attended in each booth at the late Election, 
on the first polling day thereof, ready to poll, yet, by the 
partial and illegal conduct of the Deputies, not more than 
thirty-seven polled in each of the polling places, there 
being in some instances more than nineteen minutes, and 
in almost all more than ten minutes, occupied in polling 
a voter ; that at the former Election the Sheriffs, pursuant 
to the Act of the fourth of George the Fourth, chapter 
fifty-five, made a division of the freeholders according to 
the first letters of their surnames, so that nearly the same 
number could vote in each booth; and although every 
possible obstruction was given by the agents of Messieurs 
Moore and Shaw at the former Election, upwards of two 
hundred freeholders voted on the first polling day of that 
Election, the average number polled in each booth bein 
seventy ; that the Sheriffs, without any communication with 
the Candidates opposed by the Corporation on this Elec. 
tion, altered the arrangement so made at the former one, 
which had not been complained of by any of the parties, 
and by this alteration they allotted to one of their booths 
only three hundred and sixty-six voters, and to another 
upwards of one thousand four hundred ; that the effect of 
this alteration was to delay the polling of the freeholders, 
as they were obliged to vote in the particular booth so 
appointed by the Sheriffs, and it was well known that it 
would be difficult to procure a sufficient number of per- 
sons whose names began with the letters allotted to number 
three booth ; that the Sheriffs, after the first polling day, 
and after the polling of the freeholders had been thereby 
greatly delayed, could not deny these matters, and did, 
on complaint of two of the Candidates, Messieurs La 
Touche and O’Loghlen, alter this arrangement; that the 
Deputies appointed in the polling booths by the Sheriffs, 
were the same who filled that office at the former Election, 
and who were then frequently complained of for great 
partiality towards the Corporation Candidates, and did, 
since the late Election commenced, allow the poll to be 
delayed in the most shameful manner, so that many free- 
holders who attended after the commencement of the said 
Election were greatly delayed, and several of them were 
not able to poll; that, though the booths were crowded with 
electors ready to vote, only one hundred and ten freeholders 
were polled in the three polling booths on the first poll- 
ing day, being, on an average, only thirty-seven voters in 
each booth, more than ten minutes being spent in polling 
each man, and in some instances nineteen minutes; and 
on the second day, after the alteration of the letters in one 
of the booths, only forty-two were polled, and in each of 
the others only sixty, which could not have occurred but 
by the connivance and partiality of the Deputies ; thata 
period of from three to five minutes was allowed after all 
the oaths were administered and notices read, under the 
pretext of enabling the inspectors or agents to write objec- 
tions to the voter in the freeholders’ booth, and the poll 
was in each of these booths improperly and unnecessa- 
rily delayed, for the purpose of preventing the voters who 
were opposed to the Candidates supported by the Cor- 
poration from voting; that, while every possible delay 
was given to the polling of the freeholders, every faci- 
lity was given to the polling of the freemen who came 
to vote for Frederick Shaw, Esquire, and Lord Viscount 
Ingestre; and the Deputies presiding in the freemen’s 
booths refused, though frequently required by the said 
David Charles La Touche and Michael O’ Loghlen, to poll 
the freemen by tallies, or alternately a certain number for 
each of the Candidates, but polled the freemen in the 
interest of said Frederick Shaw and Lord Viscount Jnges- 
tre without polling those who came to vote for the other 
Candidates, and many of these latter freemen, after wait- 
ing in the polling booths for several hours for the purpose 
of polling, were obliged to and did go away without being 
able to poll ; that by these means, while only thirty-seven 
freeholders on an average polled in each place of polling; 
on the first day of polling nearly two hundred persons 
were 





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9 Wit. IV. 


: | freeholders or freemen in the interest of the other 
Candidates, to induce these persons to absent themselves 
rather than submit to inconvenience and trouble, and to 
induce others not to vote for Candidates who appeared 
to have a majority of voters against them; that, during 
said Election, complaints were made to the Sheriffs and 
their Assessor of the partial conduct of the said Deputies 
in the freemen’s booths, and affidavits were lodged with 
the Sheriffs stating such conduct, and they were required 
to remove the said Moore, one of said Deputies, but they 
refused to do so, and complaints were also made to the 
said Sheriffs of the delay occasioned by the conduct of 
the Deputies in the freeholders’ booths, but such com- 
plaints were not attended to or regarded; that persons 
were allowed to vote for said Frederick Shaw and Lord 
Ingestre, and did vote for them, who had no right or 
title to vote at all at said Election, and many who were 
expressly disqualified by law from voting thereat; that 
the said majority in favour of said Frederick Shaw and 
Lord Ingestre was but a colourable majority, and was ob- 
tained, not only by the partial conduct of the said Sheriffs 
and their Deputies, but also in a great measure obtained 
by means of great bribery and corruption, for that the said 
Frederick Shaw and Lord Ingestre, by themselves, their 
agents, friends and managers, and by persons employed on 
their behalf, before the teste of the said Writ of Summons 
to Parliament, and also afterwards, and before and after, 
and at and during the said Election, did both directly 
and indirectly give, present, make and allow to various 
persons having, or claiming to have, votes at said Elec- 
tion, money, meat, drink, entertainments and promises, 
agreements, obligations and engagements to give and 
allow money, meat, drink, presents, rewards and entertain- 
ments to and for such persons, in order to be elected and 
for being elected Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said City of Dublin; that the said Frederick 
Shaw and Lord Viscount Jngestre, by themselves, their 
agents, friends and managers, and by persons employed 
on their behalf, before, and at and during the time of the 
said Election, were guilty of open and extensive bribery 
and corrupt practices, in order to procure persons having or 
claiming to have a right to vote at the said Election to 
vote for the said Frederick Shaw and Lord Viscount 
Ingestre at the said Election, and to forbear to vote for 
the said David Charles La Touche and Michael O’ Loghlen, 
and in order to procure the said Frederick Shaw and Lord 
Viscount Ingestre to be returned to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said City, and that the said bribery 
and corrupt practices of the said Frederick Shaw and Lord 
Viscount Ingestre and of their agents, friendsand managers, 
were open and notorious in the said City, and well known 
to the said electors; that the said Frederick Shaw and 
Lord Viscount Ingestre, by themselves, their agents and 
managers, and by persons on their behalf, after the teste 
of said Writ of Summons to Parliament, and at and 
during the time of the said Election, were guilty of treat- 
ing, and various corrupt and illegal acts, in order to pro- 
cure the Return of said Frederick Shaw and Lord Viscount 
Ingestre, and their said Return was thereby procured ; 
and the said Frederick Shaw and Lord Viscount Ingestre, 
by themselves, their agents and managers, and by persoas 
on their behalf, after the teste of the said Writ, and at and 
during the time of said Election, gave and caused to be 
given to several electors of said City, and to persons 
claiming a right to vote at said Election, meat, drink, 
money and entertainments, in order to procure them to 
Vote at said Election for said Frederick Shaw and Lord Vis- 
count Ingestre, and entered into divers agreements and en- 
Sagements to several persons having and claiming to have 
aright to vote, to provide meat, drink and entertainment for 
them, in order to procure them to vote at the said Election 
for the said Frederick Shaw and Lord Viscount Ingestre, 
and in order to procure the said Frederick Shaw and Lord 

iscount Ingestre to be returned to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said City of Dublin; that the said 
Frederick Shaw and Lord Viscount Ingestre, by the said 
Corrupt and illegal practices, were and are wholly disabled 
and incapacitated and ineligible to serve in the present 
Parliament for the said City of Dublin, and that the 


Return of the said Frederick Shaw and Lord Viscount 
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5° Septembris. 


were polled in each polling place for freemen, the ob- 
ject being to give.to the said Frederick Shaw and Lord 
Ingestre a majority of votes on the first and second 


ays of polling, and, by rendering it very difficult to 
0 





519 


Ingestre was and is wholly null and void; which said 

several unlawful and corrupt acts of the said Frederick 

Shaw and Lord Viscount Jngestre, and other their friends, 

agents and managers, are contrary to the freedom of Elec- 

tion, in violation of the Orders of the House of Commons, 

and the Law and Statutes of the Realm for preventing 

bribery, treating and corruption in the Election of Mem- 

bers to serve in Parliament, and have rendered the Elec- 

tion and Return of the said Frederick Shaw and’ Lord 

Viscount Ingestre wholly null and void ; that many per- 

sons were permitted to vote for the said Frederick Shaw 

and Lord Viscount Ingestre at said Election who had 

polled before at such Election, and also many persons who 

had personated other electors for the purpose of polling 

at such Election ; that the said Frederick Shaw, at and 

before the teste of said Writ, and during the said Elec- 

tion, held and still holds the office of Recorder of the 

City of Dublin, and that his duties as such Recorder re- 

quire his personal attendance in the City of Dublin, the 

said office being a judicial office, the duties whereof are 

to be performed in said city, and that as such Recorder 

he is, by several Statutes now in force in Ireland, em- 

powered and required to hear and determine suits between 

party and party by civil bill, and acts as the Assistant 
Barrister of the said City of Dublin; and by reason 
thereof, and because he cannot discharge the duties of his 
said office, and the duties of a Representative of said 
City in Parliament, he was not eligible, and is disabled 
and incapacitated to sit in Parliament, and the Return of 
said Frederick Shaw was therefore void; that the said 
Frederick Shaw, as such Recorder, receives an annual 
salary from the Crown, and that the salary of his said 
office has been increased by more than a sum of one hun- 
dred pounds per annum since the year one thousand eight 
hundred, and therefore the said Frederick Shaw, under the 
provisions of an Act of Parliament made in that behalf, 
was not eligible or capable of being elected, and is not 
capable of sitting, and is disabled and incapacitated from 
sitting in Parliament to represent said City, and therefore 
the said Return of the said Frederick Shaw is void ; that 
public notice of the ineligibility of the said Frederick Shaw 
was given during said Election, and before it commenced, 
in the City of Dublin, and placards stating it were affixed 
to the walls ofthe Court House, and that a notice of such 
ineligibility was also given to each voter before he polled ; 
that, in the discharge of the duties of the said Frederick 
Shaw as such Recorder, he is liable to be called on to 
decide, and has frequently decided, and will continue to 
decide, questions affecting the property and liberties of 
the electors of said City; that the said Frederick Shaw and 
Lord Viscount Jngestre, by themselves and persons acting 
on behalf of them, promised to pay, and did actually pay or 
allow, to persons acting as agents for them, or one of them, 
at said Election, and also for persons acting as counsel for 
them, or one of them, at said Election, sums of money ex- 
ceeding the sums prescribed by the Act of Parliament in 
that case made and provided, and are thereby disabled and 
incapacitated from sitting in Parliament; and praying 
the House to take the premises into consideration, and to 
declare that the said Election and Return of said Frederick 
Shaw and Lord Viscount Jngestre is wholly null and void, 
and that the same may be set aside as illegal, and effected 
by improper means, and that the said Frederick Shaw and 
Lord Viscount Jngestre may be declared to be disabled 
and incapacitated from sitting in Parliament as the Repre- 
sentatives of the said City of Dublin, in and during the 
present Parliament, and that the said Frederick Shaw may 
also, for the reasons aforesaid, be declared to be disabled 
from sitting in Parliament as the Representative of said 
City, and that the House may grant the Petitioners such 
other relief in the premises, and also in relation to the 
conduct of said Sheriffs and Deputies, as to the House in 
their wisdom shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday, the 22d day of this instant Septem- 
ber, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Memorandum :—In pursuance of the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 22, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
to the Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns 
of Members to serve in Parliament, Notices were 
sent to the Parties, with Orders for their at- 
tendance, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
at the time on which the said Petition was ordered 
to be taken into consideration. 

9Y 2 


Ordered, 


Petition against 
Renewal of 
Sugar Refinery 
Act. 


Petition for 
continuance of 
Grant to Kildare 
Street Society. 


Petition 
in favour of 
Vestries Bill. 


Petitions 
respecting 
Prosecutions 
for vending 
unstamped 
Pamphlets. 


Petitions 
respecting 
Sale of Beer 
Act. 


820 


2 
mA 


thought necessary by the’ Several Parties, on thie hearing 
of the matter of ‘the said Petition.” 


A Petition of West India Merchants and Planters re- 
siding in Liverpool, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That the, etitioners, and their connections in the 
West. Indies, have; been most seriously injured by the 
operation of the Act 9,Geo..4, c. 93, which Act was in- 
tended. to \permit,the refining of Foreign Sugars for ex- 
portation;only,/but. was so, drawn up as to allow the re- 
finers.to'sell|the produce of such Sugars for consump- 
tion in England, and .to.export an inferior article, to the 
great injury of the. Revenue and of the Petitioners ; that 
the.said Act expired on the fifth day of July last, but the 
Petitioners, haye seen, with great alarm, that notice has 
‘been given to ,renew, the same; and praying, That they 
may be heard at the bar of the House in support of their 
allegations, by themselves or their agents, and that the 
said Act may not be renewed. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Union of M/anor Ha- 
milton, in the diocese of Kilmore, and county of Leitrim, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners beg to express to the House their firm conviction, 
that the system of Education pursued by the Kildare 
Place Society is eminently adapted to the circumstances 
of the Zrish Poor ; and praying the House to continue or 
increase its annual Grant, and thereby encourage in Jre- 
land a method of Education as liberal as it is wise and 
salutary. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Householders of Saint Mary’s district, in 
the parish of Mary-le-bone, in Public Meeting assembled 
August 29th 1831, was presented, and read ; taking notice 
of the Bill for the better regulation of Vestries, and for 
the appointment of Auditors of Accounts in certain Pa- 
rishes of England and Wales ; and praying, That the same 
may pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Industrious Classes of the Metro- 
polis, in Public Meeting assembled at the Rotunda, Black- 
Sriars ;—and, of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint Mary- 
le-bone,—were presented, and read ; complaining of certain 
prosecutions for vending unstamped Pamphlets; and 
praying, That the House will repeal forthwith all laws 
which have had for their object restraints upon opinions, 
the expression of those opinions by means of the press, 
and the circulation of those opinions among the people of 
England. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and that the last be printed. 


A Petition of John Norton, of High-street, Poplar ;— 
of Thomas Stevens Burt, of Woolwich, Kent;—and, of 
William Washington, of Golden-lane, Saint Luke's, Middle- 
sev,—were presented, and read; reciting the Act 1 Will/.4, 
c. 64, to permit the general Sale of Beer and Cider by 
Retail in England; and praying, That the House will take 
the situation of the Licensed Retailers into consideration, 
and make such amendments in the Act as will secure to 
the Petitioners, in common with all other Licensed Re- 
tailers and Dealers in Beer, the participation and benefit 
of-one fair, equal-and impartial law. 

A’ Petition of Inhabitants of Stockport, was also pre- 
sented,,,and read; praying, That the hours of selling 
Beer in public-houses be not altered, as permitting them 
to be open as lately proposed, till eleven o’clock ona 
Sunday forenoon, would occasion more causes of com- 
plaint than, all, the Clauses of the present law put to- 
gether, and that Retailers may be permitted to sell till 
eleven o'clock on all other evenings. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 

R 


5° Septembris. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such — papers and’ ‘ecords as shall be 





A. 1831, 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders: and. others: of Pei, 
Stepney, in the County of Middlesex, was presented, and in iain, 
read ; praying the House to continue to them the benefits °f Ses 
they have for some time enjoyed’ under the Act 1 Will, 4, et A 
c. 64. aM A tot etal 

Ordered, That the said Petition ‘do lie upon: the Table. 


A Petition of the Parochial Reform Union):in,the parish Pet 
of Saint James, Clerkenwell,: was presettedy/ and seid es 
taking notice of the Bill.to:amend the Representation of kein), 
the People in England and Wales ;and praying the Hotse ght 
to expedite the passing thereof through: alloits.témaigjng 
stages, in compliance with the:ardent wishes.ofan Qnank 
mous people. MA si ot bevloest saw 

Ordered, That the said Petition'do ie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Citizens'and Freemen of the city. of Petiri., 
London, called Fellowship Porters.;—and}, of Merchants, wi 
Ship-owners, Woodmongers and others, interested in the ae 
Navigation of the River Thames,—were ‘presented, and ~~“ 
read; taking notice of the Bill to regulate the Navigation 
of Steam Boats and Vessels upon certain Parts of the River 
Thames ; and praying, That the same may pass into a law, 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. ) 









|, orde 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the ‘second Stan 
reading of the Bill to regulate the Navigation of Steam Vexij 
Boats and Vessels upon certain Parts of the River Thames, *““ 
be now read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


pimitte 
payine 
Parrist 
; Llectio 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return Ben 
of the Number of British and Foreign Vessels respectively, ““ 
with the Amount of their respective. Tonnage, that en: “* 
tered Inwards and cleared Outwards, at the Ports of the 
United Kingdom, from and to each of the British. Colo- 
nies and Possessions, between 5th January 1829 and Sth 
January 1830. : 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 4 Return 
of the Number of British and Foreign Vessels respectively, 
with the Amount of their respective Tonnage, that en- 
tered Inwards and cleared Outwards, at the Ports of the 
United Kingdom, from and to all Foreign Countries, be- 
tween 5th January 1829 and 5th January 1830; distin- 
guishing each Country. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return {ny 
of the Amount of the Official and Declared Value of the ky 
Imports to and Exports from the United Kingdom, from 
and to each of the British Colonies and Possessions,:bé&amp; 
tween 5th January 1829 and 5th January 1830 ; distin 
guishing British, Colonial and Foreign Produte.: |...) 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Amount of the Official and Declared Valué of ‘the 
Imports to and Exports from the United Kingdom, from 
and to all Foreign Countries, between 5th January 1829 
and 5th January 1830; distinguishing each Country; and 
British, Colonial and Foreign Produce. " 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return Wi 
of the Quantity of Cape, French and. other. Wine, ‘on 
which Drawback was allowed on Exportation from fhe 
United Kingdom, between: 5th’ Januaty 1830 and: Sth 
January 1831; distinguishing the Quantity in Casks and 
in Bottles, and the Place to which it was sent. ) 


A Motion was made, and the Question béing proposed, Fu 
That Mr. Speaker do: issue: his Warrant,to\ the Clerk:df 
the Crown, to make out anew, Writ for thé cleeting‘of a wi 
Burgess to serve in this. present Parliament: for.tle ‘Bo- * 
rough of Liverpool, in the room of: John- Evelyn Denisih, 
Esquire, who has made his election to serve:for the County 
of Nottingham; waib 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques- 
tion, by leaving out from the word That,” }totheverd of “BR 
the Question, in order to add. the »words. “ this &gt;House 


will 
n 


“ doth agree in the Report made: on the. 26thiday af” i 
“ March last, by the Select. Committee on ‘the Lavenpot! . 
“ Election Petition, which states,‘ That‘ gros¥*-Bribery I 


“ and Treating prevailed during the late Election for 4 
“ Burgess to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Li- 
** verpool,’.” instead thereof. .-.- ‘A azztai J 
And the Question being put, That the words proposed e 
to be left out stand part of the Question ; 


The 





9 Witt. IV. 


The House divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Mr. Ewart, 1 35 
Mr. Granville Vernon: f{ ©” 

Tellers forthe Noess1 Mr WYaeon’ } 76 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words, “ This 
« House doth agree in the Report made on the 26th 
« day of March last, by the Select Committee on the 
« Liverpool Election Petition, which states, ‘ That gross 
« Bribery and Treating prevailed during the late Election 
“ for a Burgess to serve in Parliament for the Borough 
«“ of Liverpool,” be added at the end of the Question; it 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That this House doth agree in the Report 
made on the 26th day of March last, by the Select Com- 
mittee on the Liverpool Election Petition, which states, 
« That gross Bribery and Treating prevailed during the 
late Election fora Burgess to serve in Parliament for 
the Borough of Liverpool.” 

Resolved, That such Bribery and Treating require the 
most serious consideration of the House. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
prevent Bribery and Treating in the Election of Burgesses 
to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Liverpool: 
And that Mr. Benett, Sir William Browne Folkes, Mr. 
Crampton, and Mr. Wason, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Tellers for the Yeas} 









A Motion being made, That this House will immedi- 
ately resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, 
to consider of providing for the payment of the Barristers 
employed in revising Lists of Voters at Eleetions ; 

r. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by His Majesty’s 
Command, acquainted the House, That His Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


mmittee 
payment 
iarristers 

Elections. 
Returns, 


ordetes 


Shipp 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, be autho- 
rized to direct the payment of the Expense incurred by 
the Barristers employed in revising Lists of Voters at 
County, City and Borough Elections. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
| oe from the Committee, That they had come to a 
, a, which they had directed him to report to the 
ouse. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Trower and Mr. 
Roupell : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have commanded us to acquaint this House, 
That the Lords do request that this House will give leave 
to Edward Southwell Ruthven, Esquire, William Nugent 
Macnamara, Esquire, James Browne, Esquire, Thomas 
Wyse, Esquire, and Richard More O’ Ferrall, Esquire, 
Members of this House, to attend their Lordships, in order 
to their being examined as Witnesses before the Select 
Committee appointed by their Lordships to inquire into 
the Expediency or Inexpediency of the Regulations con- 








qh, Fut tained in the Bill, intituled, An Act to regulate the Baking 
ff!" ___ Trade in Ireland :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 
ang wi Resolved, That this House will send an Answer to the 
o- ‘Tie, Said Message by Messengers of their own:—And the 
ih, Messengers were again called in; and Mr. Speaker ac- 
ty : ) sage them therewith :—And then they again with- 
ib rew. 
eS 
of «ae Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
we . resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
af the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
pal England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 
ory read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 
r a 
Li- (In the Committee.) 

Crause, N°33, (Overseers to prepare Lists of Persons 
sed entitled to vote in Boroughs) read. 


VOL. 86. 


5° Septembris. 


821 
The following Amendments were made thereunto; 
viz. 
P.15. 1.34. Leave out to “share” and insert “Place 
“ sharing ;” 1. 37. In the blank insert “ first day of No- 
“ vember ;” 1.40. After “ in” insert “the ;” 1.41. After 
** Persons” insert ‘ who may be.” 

P.16. 1.1. After “ within” insert “such City or 
Borough, or within any Place sharing in the Election 
therewith, such Property being situate wholly or in 
part within ;” 1. 2. After “ Persons” insert “ who may 
be,” leave out “such” and insert “the,” and at the end 
of the line insert “ for such City or Borough ;” J. 5. After 
“ length” insert “ together with the nature of his quali- 
** fication ;” 1.6. After “ vote” insert “ by virtue of this 
Act, or of any right hereby reserved ;” 1.14. Leave out 
fix” and insert “ cause,” and after “ copies” insert 
“ to be fixed ;” 1.16. After “ Townships” insert “ or if 
“ there be no Church or Chapel therein, then to be fixed 
up in some public and conspicuous situation within 
“* the same respectively,” and in the blank insert “ two;” 
1.17. Leave out “ respectively,” after “‘ year” insert 
*“* there to continue for the remainder of each week,” and 
at the end of the line insert ‘ the said Overseers.” 


(The Committee then proceeded to Schedule (K.) as 
part of the Clause.) 


Amendment proposed, To leave out the whole of the 
Schedule, and to add 


« SCHEDULE (K.) 


6 


“cs 





«“ FORMS of LISTS and NOTICES applicable to Cities 
and BorouGus. 


“ The List of Persons entitled to vote in the Election of a Mem- 
‘“* ber [or Members] for the City [or Borough] of 
“‘ in respect of Property occupied within the Parish [or Town- 
‘ ship] of by virtue of the Act passed in the 
“ Second Year of the Reign of King William the Fourth, in- 
“ tituled, ‘ An Act to amend the Representation of the People in 
‘© England and Wales.’ 


a“ 





Christian Name and Surname NATURE Street, Lane or other Place 
_— f in this Parish, 
ata . where the Property 
Voter at full length. QUALIFICATION. is situate. 





Church-street. 
Bolt-court, Fleet-st. 


Ashton, John - - | House assessed - 


Atkinson, William Warehouse rated - 


Bates, James - - | House rented - | Castle-street. 


Bull, Thomas - _—- | House of yearly value} Lord-street. 

















(signed) rs 2% Overseers of the said 
pe E. F. Parish{ or, Township. }” 





“ The List of Prrsons entitled to vote in the Election of a Mem- 
“* ber [or Members] for the City [or Borough] of 
“« in respect to Rights reserved to them by the Act passed in the 
*« Second Year of the Reign of King William the Fourth, intituled, 
“« * An Actto amend the Representation of the People in England 
“ and Wales.’ 





Street, Lane orother Place 
in this Parish, 


Christian Name and Surname NATURE where the Gagne te 
situate : 

nian sad if the Right of Voting 
Voter at full length. QUALIFICATION. does not 


depend on Property, then 
state the Place of Abode. 




















(signed)  ‘* A.B.) Overseers of the Parish of 
“ C.D. or Township] within 
“ E.F.} the said City [or Borough.}” 





“ No. 1. 


“ Notice of CLatm to be given to the Overseers, 


‘“* To the Overseers of the Parish [or Township] of 


“ Thereby give you Notice, That I claim to have my Name in- 
“ serted in the List made by you of Persons entitled to vote in the 
9Z “ Election 








$22 5° Septembris. 


“ Election of a Member [or Members] for the City [or Borough] 
“* of and that my Qualification consists of a 
House assessed to the House Duty [or otherwise, as the case may 
“ be] in Duke-street, in your Parish. Dated the 


“« day of One thousand eight hundred and thirty 


(signed) “ John Allen, of [ Place of Abode.)” 





“ No. 2. 
“ Norice of OssecTion to be given to the Overseers. 


“ To the Overseers of the Parish of 
as the case may be.] 
“ T hereby give you Notice, That I object to the Name of Thomas 
“‘ Bates being retained in the List of Persons entitled to vote in the 
« Election of a Member [or Members] for the City fe Borough] 


[or, Township, 


"s and that I shall bring forward such Objec- 
“ tion at the time of tlie revising of such List. 
«“ Dated the day of in the 
‘* year 
(signed) ‘ A.B. of [Place of Abode.)” 





* No. 3. 
“ List of CLarmants to be published by the Overseers. 


“ Tue following Persons claim to have their Names inserted in the 
“ List of Persons entitled to vote in the Election of a Member 
“ [or Members] for the City [or Borough] of 





Street, Lane or other Place 


appt a es 
Christian Name and Surname NATURE otartae! on vod . 
of each of . is situate: 
if the Right does not 
2 ,) me 
Claimant at full length. QUALIFICATION. depend on Property, 


state the Place of Abode. 








Allen, John - - | House assessed - | Duke-street - - 

















(signed) o 


‘ 


#4. 8. ] 
C.D. \ Overseers of, &amp;c.” 
E.F. | 


- 
ws 


“ 





“ No. 4. 
“ List of Persons objected to, to be published by the Overseers. 


“ Tue following Persons have been objected to, as not being entitled 
“« to have their Names retained in the List of Persons qualified to 
“ vote in the Election of a Member [or Members] for the City 
“ for Borough] of 





Street, Lane or other Place 
Christian Name and Surname 


NATURE in this Parish, 
where the Property 
of each of the supposed is situate : 


if the Right does not 
depend on Property, 
state the Place of Abode. 


Person objected to. QUALIFICATION. 








Bates, Thomas - - | House rented - | Castle-street. 

















(signed) “ A.B. 


“ C.D.‘ Overseers of, &amp;c.” 
«EF. | 


Crause, N° 33, as amended, together with Schedule 


(K.) agreed to. 


Crause, N° 34, (Town Clerks to furnish the Overseers 
with Lists of Freemen) read. 

The following Amendments were made thereunto; viz. 

P. 16. 1. 23. After “ Borough” insert “ or Place 
* sharing in the Election therewith ;” ]. 24. in the blank 
insert “ October ;” 1.25, in the blank insert “ August;” 
1. 26. Leave out from “ Overseers” to “ deliver” in 
1. 28. and insert “within such City, Borough or Place 
“* respectively ;” 1,29. After “ Freemen” insert “ of such 
“ City, Borough or Place respectively, who may be ;” 
1. 31, At the end of the Clause insert “ and shall de- 
“ liver a Copy of each of such Notices to any Person 
“ requiring the same, on payment of One Shilling for 
“ each Copy.” 


Criause, N° 34, as amended——agreed to. 








A. 183}, 


Cause, N°35, (Provision for Extra-parochial Places) 
read. 

P. 16. 1. 32. Amendment proposed, To leave oyt 
from “ And be it Enacted, That” to the end of the Clause 
and to insert “ every precinct or place, whether extra. 
“ parochial or otherwise, having no Overseers of the Poor, 

which now is or hereafter may be within any City oy 
Borough, or within any place sharing in the Electidy 
for any City or Borough, shall, for the purpose iof 
making out the List of Voters for such City or Borough 
be deemed to be within the Parish or Township adjoin. 
ing thereto, and situate wholly or in part within sue}, 
City or Borough, or within such Place sharing in the 
Election therewith ; and if such precinct or place shal] 
adjoin two or more Parishes or Townships so situate 
as aforesaid, it shall be deemed to be within the leas 
populous of such Parishes or Townships; and the 
Overseers of every such Parish or Township shall insert 
in the List, for their respective Parish or Township, the 
Names of all Persons who may be entitled tobe registered 
as Voters in the Election of a Member or Members ty 
serve in any future Parliament for any such City or 
Borough, in respect of any property occupied by such 
Persons within such City or Borough, or within an 





being situate wholly or in part within such precinct or 
place as aforesaid ” Agreed to. 


Crause, N° 35, as amended agreed to. 


Crause, N° 36, (Persons omitted in the Borough 
Lists, to give Notice of their Claims to the Overseers) — 
read. 

P. 16. 1.43. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
“ And be it Enacted, That” to the end of the Clause, 
and to insert “every Person whose Name shall have been 
“‘ omitted in any such List of Voters for any City or Bo- 
rough, and who shall claim to have his name inserted 
therein, shall, on or before the last day of November in 
the present year, and on or before the last day of Sep- 
tember in every succeeding year, give or cause to be 
given a Notice in writing, according to the Form num- 
bered 1. in the said Schedule (K.), or to the like effect, 
to the Overseers of that Parish or Township in the Lists 
whereof he shall claim to have his Name inserted ; and 
every Person who shall object to any other Person as 
not being entitled to have his Name retained in any 
such List of Voters for any City or Borough, shall, on 
or before the last day of November in the present year, 
and on or before the last day of September in every 
succeeding year, give or cause to be given a Notice in 
writing, according to the Form numbered 2. in the said 
Schedule (K.), or to the like effect, to the Overscers 
who shall have made out such List ; and the Overseers 
shall include the Names of all Persons so claiming as 
aforesaid, ina Notice according to the Form numbered3. 
in the said Schedule (K.),and shall include the Names 
of all Persons so objected to as aforesaid, in a Notice 
according to the Form numbered 4. in the said Schedule 
(K.), and shall cause Copies of such Two Notices to be 
fixed on or near the doors of all the Churches and 
Chapels within their Parish or Township, or if there be 
no Church or Chapel therein, then to be fixed in some 
public and conspicuous situation within the same re- 
spectively, on the Sunday next preceding the Tenth day 
of December in the present year, and on the Sun- 
day next preceding the Tenth day of October in every 
succeeding year; and the Overseers shall likewise keep 
a Copy of the Names of all the Persons so claiming as 
aforesaid, and also a Copy of the Names of all Persons 
so objected to as aforesaid, to be perused by any Person, 
without payment of any fee, at all reasonable hours, 
during the Seven days next preceding the said Tenth 
day of December in the present year, and the said Tenth 
day of October in every succeeding year, and shall 
deliver a Copy of each of such Notices to any Person 
requiring the same on payment of One Shilling for each 








“ec 








* Copy” Agreed to. 
Crause, N° 36, as amended. agreed to, 
Crause, N° 37, (Lists of Borough Voters to be re- 


vised) read. 





P. 17. 1. 25. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 

“ And be it Enacted, That” to the end of the Clause, and 

to insert “‘ the Barrister or Barristers so appointed to revise 

“ the Lists of Voters for any City or Borough, shall hold 
is 


“¢ an 


Place sharing in the Election therewith; such property _ 








and 
vise 


g Witt. IV. 


« an open Court or Courts for that purpose, within such 
« City or Borough, and also within every place sharing 
« in the Election for such City or Borough, at some time 
« between the Tenth day of December inclusive in the 
« present year, and the Twenty-fifth day of January in- 
« elusive in the next year, and between the Tenth day of 
«. October inclusive, and the Twenty-fifth day of Novem- 
« per inclusive in such next and in every succeeding year, 
« having first given Three clear days’ Notice of the 
« holding of such Court or Courts, to be fixed on the 
« doors of allthe Churches and Chapels within such City, 
« Borough or Place respectively, or if there beno Church 
« or Chapel therein, then to be fixed in some public and 
“ eonspicuous situation within the same respectively ; 
« and the Overseers who shall have made out such Lists 
« ghall, at the opening of the first Court to be held by 
« every such Barrister for revising such Lists, produce 
« their respective Lists before him ; and the Town Clerk 
« or other like officer of such City or Borough or Place 
« sharing in the Election therewith, and also the several 
« Overseers within such City, Borough or Place respec- 
« tively, shall attend the Court to be held by every such 
« Barrister for such City, Borough or Place respectively, 
« and shall answer upon oath all such questions as such 
« Barrister may put to them, or any of them, touching the 
« said Lists, or any matter necessary for the revising 
« thereof; and every such Barrister shall inquire into and 
“ determine all such objections as may be made to the 
“ insertion or omission of Names in the said Lists, and 
“ shall retain on the said Lists all Names to which no 
“ yalid objection shall be established, and shall insert in 
“ such Lists the Name of every Person who shall be proved 
“ to be entitled to vote in the Election of a Member or 
“ Members of Parliament to serve for such City or Bo- 
“ rough, and shall expunge from the said Lists the Name 
“ of every Person who shall be proved not to be entitled 
“to vote for such City or Borough, in respect of the 
“ qualification stated in the said Lists, or to be incapa- 
“ citated by any law or statute from voting in the Elec- 
tion of Members to serve in Parliament; and every such 
Barrister shall correct any mistake or supply any omis- 
sion which shall be proved to him to have been com- 
mitted in any of the said Lists, in respect of the Name 
or place of abode or nature of the qualification, or local 
description of the property of any Person who shall be 
included in any such List: Provided always, That no 
Person’s Name shall be expunged from any such List, 
unless such Notice as is hereinbefore required in that 
“ behalf shall have been given to the Overseers ; and no 
“ Person’s Name shall be inserted in any such List, unless 
“ he shall have given to the Overseers such Notice as is 
“ hereinbefore required to be given in that behalf” 
Agreed to. 
Crausr, N° 37, as amended agreed to. 


Crause, N°38, (Power of inspecting Tax Assessments 
and Rate Books) read. 
The following Amendments were made thereunto ; viz. 
P.18. 1.13. In the blank insert “ first day of Oc- 
“ tober ;” 1.14. Inthe blank insert “ first day of Novem- 
“ ber;” 1.15. In the blank insert “ first day of July,” and 
in the second blank insert “last day of August;” 1. 20 
and 21. Leave out from “ Barrister” to “ under,” and 
insert “ holding any Court.” 
Crausr, N° 38, as amended agreed to. 


Crause, N° 39, (Barrister, in revising the Lists, to 
have power of administering Oaths.) read. 
The following Amendments were made thereunto; viz. 
P.18. 1. 27 and 28. Leave out from “ Barrister” to 
“ under,” and insert “ holding any Court ;” 1.31. Leave 
out “ District, Town or ;” 1.33. Leave out from “ Court” 
to “and” in line 35, and insert “ for revising the Lists to 
2 be made in the present year, shall be held after the 
i Twenty-fifth day of January in the next year; and that 
_, BO such adjourned Court for revising the Lists to be 
‘ made in the next or in any succeeding year, shall be 
e held after the Twenty-fifth day of November in such next 
, of Mm any succeeding year;” 1. 35. Leave out “and 
2 Returning Officer ;” 1. 43. In-the blank insert “ Per- 
jury;” 1.1. Leave out “and Returning Officer.” 
Ciause, N° 39, as amended-——agreed to. _ 


Crausr, N°.40, (County Lists to be transmitted to 
the Clerk of the Peace, and Borough Lists to be kept by 
the Returning Officer)——read. 

VOL. 86. 




















5° Septembris. $93 


The following Amendments were made thereunto ; wiz. 
P. 19. 1.7. After “ Lists” insert “of Voters. for each 
“ County, or Part, Riding or Division of a County ;” in 
the same line, after “ by,” insert “ any;” 1.9. Leave out 
‘“* he” and insert “ such Barrister ;” 1. 18. Leave out “ the 
“* said” and insert “such;” 1.18 and 19. Leave out from 
book” to “ on;” 1.19. In the blank insert “ last day 
of January;” 1.20. Leave out “ present” and insert 
next,” after “ and” insert “ the like Book,” and in the 
blank insert “last day of November in such next and ;” 
1.21. Leave out “each” and insert “ every,” and leave 
out “and the Lists so signed by,” and insert “ to the 
‘¢ Sheriff of the county or his Under-Sheriff, who shall 
“ safely keep the same, and shall, at the expiration of 
his office, deliver over the same to the succeeding She- 
riff or his Under-Sheriff ; and the List of Voters for each 
City or Borough, so signed by any such Barrister, shall 
be forthwith delivered by him to;” 1. 22. Leave out 
each” and insert “such,” and leave out from “ Bo- 
rough” to the end of the line, and insert “ who shall 
safely keep the same, and shall ;” 1. 25. At the end of 
the line insert “ shall cause such Book to be completed 
‘* on or before the last day of January in the next year, 
and the like Book to be completed on or before the last 
day of November in such next and in every succeeding 
year, and ;” 1. 26. Leave out ‘“ the said” and insert 
such ;” 1.27. Leave out from “in” to “ and” in line 31, 
and insert ‘ such office;” 1.31. After “ Books” insert 
“ to be so completed on or before the last day of January 
“‘ in the next year;” 1. 32. Leave out “ Register” and 
insert “ Registers ;” 1.36. In the blank, insert “said last 
“ day of January;” 1.37. Leave out “ present” and insert 
“‘ next;” in the blank insert “ first day of December” and 
leave out “ next” and insert “same;” 1. 38. Leave out 
‘“‘ the Register to be made in each,” and insert “ such 
“ respective Books to be so completed on or before the 
“ Jast day of November in such next and in every;” 
1. 40. In the blank insert “ first day of December ;” 1. 41. 
Leave out “ Register” and insert ‘“ Registers,” and in 
the blank insert “ first day of December.” 


Crause, N° 40, as amended 


74 


“é 


‘74 


“ 





agreed to. 


Crause, N° 41, (No Inquiry at the time of Election, 

but as to certain points) read. 
The following Amendments were made thereunto; vis. 

P. 20. 1. 1. After “ Polling” insert “ as to the Right 
“* of any Person to vote;” 1. 5. After “ his” insert “ re- 
“« spective ;” 1. 7. Leave out “ by administering” and 
insert “ and ‘shall also, if so required as aforesaid, then 
“ and there administer ;” ].15. Leave out from ‘ that ” 
to “and,” inl. 16, and insert “ you still have the same 
“ Freehold, [o7, Copyhold, or Leasehold or otherwise (as 
the case may be), or, that you still occupy the same 
House or Warehouse or otherwise, as the case may be, 
specifying in each case the nature of the Qualification as 
described in the Register| for which your name was 
inserted in the said Register [or, in the case of Rights 
reserved by this Act, say, that you still have the same 
Qualification for which your name was inserted in the 
said Register];” 1.25 and 26. Leave out from “no” to 
by” and insert “ Person claiming to vote at any such 
Election, shall be excluded from voting thereat, except 
by reason of its appearing to the Returning Officer, or 
his respective Deputy, that the Person so claiming to 
vote is not the same Person whose name appears in such 
Register, or that such Person’s Qualification for Voting 
does not still continue, or that such Person has previ- 
ously polled at the same Election, or;” 1.26. Leave out 
his” and insert ‘ such Person.” 


Cause, N° 41, as amended 





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agreed to. 


Crause, N° 42, (Accuracy of Register to be ques- 
tioned before a Committee of the House of Commons) 
read. 

The following Amendments were made thereunto ; viz. 

P. 20. 1. 38. Leave out “ or Returning Officer.” 

P. 21. 1.3.and4. Leave out “ or Returning Officer ;” 
1. 5. At the end of the Clause insert “ Provided always, 
“ That any Person, whose Name may have been rejected 
or expunged by the Barrister, may, notwithstanding, 
tender his Vote at such Election, and his Vote may be 
placed upon the poll by the Committee before which 
the merits of such Election may be tried.” 

Criause, N° 42, as amended —-—agreed to. 
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Crause, N° 43, (Sheriffs of the divided Counties to 
preside at Elections by themselves or Deputies) read, 
and agreed to. 





Crause, N° 44, (Commencement and continuance of 

Polls at Elections) read. 

The following Amendments were made thereunto ; 
viz. 

P. 21. 1.16. In the blank insert “‘ Nine;” 1.17. After 
“ Election,” insert “unless such next day but one shall 
“ beSunday, and then on the Monday following ;” 1.19. In 
the blank insert “ Two days,” and after “only” insert 
«« such Two days being successive days, except where 
«‘ Sunday shall intervene ;” 1. 20. In the first blank insert 
« Seven hours,” leave out “said,” and in the second blank 
insert “Eight hours ;” 1.21. In the blank insert “ Four.” 


Crause, N° 44, as amended agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 











And the House, having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 6° die Septembris, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Committee on  Ordered,That the Order of the day, for the House to re- 

Commissioners solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the 

(Ireland) Bill. Bill to amend an Act of the fifty-second year of the reign 
of his Majesty King George the Third, respecting the 
Audit of the Public Accounts of Jredand; and to appoint 
the number of Commissioners competent to grant Quietus to 
Public Accountants, under an Act passed in the fifty-sixth 
year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, 
for consolidating the Public Revenues of Great Britain 
and Jreland, be now read ; and the same being read :— 
The House resolved itself into the Committee ; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; 
and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill; and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the 
Bill to enable the Treasurer of the County of Clare to 
issue his Warrants for the levying of the Presentments 
made at the Spring Assizes of the year 1831, be now read; 
and the same being read :—The House resulved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported 
from the Committee, That they had gone through the 
Bill; and had directed him to report the same to the 
House, without any Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed; and read the 
third time To-morrow. 


Committee on 
Clare County 
Presentinents 
Bill. 


CottonFactories The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 

Bip icraecs, ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill to repeal the Laws relating to 
Apprentices, and other young Persons, employed in Cot- 
ton and other Factories, and in Cotton and other Mills, 
and to make further provisions in lieu thereof ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Monday, the 19th day of this instant 
September. 

Reform of The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 

Parliament ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 

(Ireland) Bill, in Ireland ; 

ne Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 19th day of this instant September. 

— of best The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 

(Scotland) ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 


Bill, deferred. in Scotland ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 19th day of this instant September. 


5°—6° Septembris. 





A. 183), 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re. y. 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon Bil 
the Bill to equalize the Duties on Wine ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolye 
itself into the said Committee. 










The Order of the day being read, for the House to re. Vex: 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the 
Bill for the better regulation of Vestries,. and for the 
appointment of Auditors of Accounts in certain Parishes 
of England and Wales ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re. g,. 
solve itself into a Committee uf the whole House, to con. Rej 
sider of the Act 10 Geo.4, c.49, to continue, until the Fifth “een, 
day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty, the 
Provisions of an Act to allow Sugar to be delivered out 
of Warehouse to be refined ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself 
into the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques. 
tion, by leaving out the word “To-morrow,” and insertin 
the words “ Friday, the 16th day of this instant Septem. 

“ ber,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the word pro. 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


deferret 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- tui 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon ;=* 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- (iv 
ing of the Billto prevent the spreading of Canine Mad- 
ness ; “ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- [ut 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An bilé 
Act to enable Courts of Law to give Relief against adverse 
Claims made upon Persons having no interest in the sub- 
ject of such Claims ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 

), de» 

The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Avil 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 5H 
Act for settling Controversies by Arbitration ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


and 
The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Sy 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An (gm 
Act to diminish the Expense and prevent the Delay of ji 
Suits in the Common Law Courts at Westminster ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 19th day of this instant September. 






Des 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to /#* Bis ‘ 


resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon \iqmmetred. § 
the Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws relative 4 
to Jurors and Juries in Jreland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, A” ny 
Act for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business “ 
now done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To 


morrow. tc 


The 


) Bill, P 








9 W I L L . I V e ; Pe = 
vue The Order of theday being read, for resuming the ad- 
op of journed Debate upon the Motion made upon Tuesday last, 
mt. 4, That the Retitionof| Uychard Gurney, of Tregony, do 
Becton Jie upon the Table ; 5 
sites Ordered, That the Debate 


To-MOrroweyt oil? yt 








‘be further adjourned till 





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The, Order of the day being read, for resuming the ad- 
joyrned Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday, the 
Ist day a uly last, ‘“‘ That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill. to, seule the Importation of Arms into Jreland ;” 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Friday next. 


eon Mo- 

ting 
(Ireland), 
ued» 


pe ~~? “ithe Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
sélve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
fhe Bill to repeal so much of an Act passed in Ireland in 
the fourth yeat of King George the First, “ for the better 
regulating the Town of Galway, and for strengthening 
the Protestant. Interest therein, as limits the Franchise 
created by the said Act to Protestants only ;” 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


«ot The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
fas solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
wl the Bill to explain and amend an Act for regulating the 
receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and Emoluments 
receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts of Common 
Law ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
“wea, extend the Provisions of an Act passed in the Twenty- 
ninth year of the reign of his Majesty King Charles the 
Second, intituled, “ An Act for confirming and perpetuat- 
ine Auomentations made by Ecclesiastical Persons to small 
Vicarages and Curacies, and for other purposes,” was, 
according’ to’ Order, read a second time ; and committed 
toa Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill toamend the Provisions of the Statute of 
Frauds ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


tionof The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ome ing of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the 
Attestation of Instruments made in exercise of certain 
Powers or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other Instruments ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. : 


nie — The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
&gt; Ani solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
n bil sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 
Resolved, Thatthis House will, To-morrow, resolve itself 
n into:the said Committee. 
gm ~—s The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
J. Suv solve itself into'a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
Os sider further ‘of Ways and Means for ‘raising the Supply 
Of ji 


granted to His Majesty ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 






nes The Oules of the day being read, for the House to re- 


to Ju Bit solve itself into.a Committee of the whole House, upon 
on “ER, the ingrossed. Bill from the. Lords, intituled, An Act to 
~ | end. and render more, effectual an Act passed in the 
seventh and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, 
xt, intituled, “&lt;&lt; :An, Act to'amend the Acts for building, and 
promoting the building, of additional Churches in popu- 
lous Parishes ;” 
de SME Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself 
An &amp; ; into the said Committee, 
ess “ a CHIT 
"The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
To. § port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill 
to improve the Administration of Justice in Ireland; 
The Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


OL, 86. 






5° 6° Septembris. : 


825 
Yahzvel it Fo ainda). ob OA a att 

The ingrossed Bill to consolidate and’ amend; the Laws Hackney 
relating to Hackney Coaches, andthe registering and Coaches Bill, 
numbering of Waggons, Carts and Drays, used in’ the Pe 
Metropolis ; ‘and also to:place the: Collection of the Duty 
on such Hackney Coaches under the management of the 
Commissioners of Stamps, ‘and: to transfer the Collection 
and Management of the Duties on Hawkers and Pedlars 
in England, from the Commissioners of Hackney Coaches 
to the Commissioners of Stamps, was, according to Order, » 
read the third time ; and'several Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 
An Act to amend the Laws relating to Hackney Carriages, 
and to Waggons, Carts and Drays, used in the Metto- 
polis; and to place the Collection of the Duties on Hack- 
ney Carriages, and on Hawkers and Pedlars, in England, 
under the Commissioners of Stamps, 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading 
of the ingrossed Bill to amend several Acts passed for 
authorizing the issue of Exchequer Bills, and the advance 
of Money, for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, 
and Employment of the Poor, and to authorize a further 
issue of Exchequer Bills for the purposes of the said 
Acts ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


Public Works 
(Great Britain) 
Bill, deferred. 


Committee 
on Malt 
Drawback, 
appointed. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the effects produced by allowing a Malt 
Drawback on Spirits; and to report the same, together 
with their Observations thereupon, to the House: And 
a Committee was appointed of Lord Viscount Althorp, 
Mr. Francis Baring, Mr. Brownlow, Mr. Walter Camp- 
bell, Mr. Davies Gilbert, Mr. Callaghan, Mr. Kennedy, 
Mr. Irving, Mr. Dawson, Mr. James Loch, Mr. Frank- 
land Lewis, Lord Killeen, Mr. Horatio Ross, Sir Henry 
Parnell, Sir John Newport, Mr. Stuart Mackenzie, Sir 
George Clerk, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Sin- 
clair, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Mr. Dominick Browne, Mr. 
Thomas Hope, Mr.Warburton, Mr. Currie, Sir John Hay : 
And they are tomeet To-morrow, in theSpeaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to send for 
persons, papers and records ; and to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them, to the House. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till two 
of the clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Martis, 6° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION of Inhabitants of Clara and its vici- 


nity, inthe King’s County, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners beg leave to express 
their most anxious hope, that some effectual measures will 
be adopted to give circulation to capital in that Country, 
comfort to its industrious population, security to life 
and property and to manufactures, and that, in short, 
all laws found useful to England shall be extended to 
Ireland; and praying the House to consider their im- 
poverished situation. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petition 
complaining 
of Distress 
(Ireland.) 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of: the Petitions 
united parishes of Ballyclough and Kilbrin ;—and, of Ro- respecting 
man Catholic Clergy and Laity of Newmarket; in’ the er 
county of Cork,—were presented, and read ;»praying the 
House to withhold from the Ki/dare-street Society all and 
every grant of Money, and to vote the same tothe Bishops 
and Pastors of the Roman Catholic, Church: in Jreland, 
who will be responsible for such sums as may ‘be respec- 
tively granted them for the instruction: of the people. 

And the said Petitions were; ordered to: lie» upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


1OA A Petition 


826 


Petition A Petition of the Apprentice Freemen of Galway, of 
respecting the Roman Catholic Religion, was presented, and read ; 
nae: praying the interference of the House to enable them to 


enjoy their Franchise to which they have been duly 
elected, by reducing the triple Duty on admission to the 
sum of 1/., being the rate chargeable upon their Protestant 
fellow-citizens. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the 
Black Rod : 

Mr. Speaker, : 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring His Royal Assent to several 
Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the immediate 
attendance of this Honourable House in the House of 
Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to 
the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the desire of 
the Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty’s Com- 
mission, had been at the House of Peers, where a Com- 
mission under the Great Seal was read, giving, declaring 
and notifying the Royal Assent to the several Public and 
Private Bills therein mentioned; and that the Lords there- 
by authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the said 
Bills: Which Bills are as followeth ; 

An Act to enable His Majesty to grant an annual Sum 
to Her Royal Highness Victoria Maria Louisa Duchess of 
Kent, for a more adequate Provision for Her said Royal 
Highness, and for the honourable Support and Education 
of Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandrina Victoria 
of Kent: 

An Act to repeal the Duties of Excise and Drawbacks 
on Candles : 

An Act for transferring the Duties of Receivers General 
of the Land and Assessed Taxes to Persons executing the 
Offices of Inspectors of Taxes, and for making other pro- 
visions for the Receipt and Remittance of the said Taxes: 

An Act for better regulating the Poor within the Parish 
of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, and for em- 
powering the Guardians of the Poor to grant Building 
Leases of certain Lands vested in them, or otherwise to 
sell and dispose of the same, and to apply the Monies to 
arise therefrom in the enlargement and re-building of the 
present Workhouse, and for other purposes : 

An Act to alter and amend the several Acts for making 
navigable the River Kennet, in the County of Berks : 

An Act for making and maintaining a Railroad from 
Westland Row, in the City of Dublin, to the Head of the 
Western Pier of the Royal Harbour of Kingstown, in the 
County of Dublin, with Branches to communicate there- 
with : 

An Act for repairing and improving the Mail Coach 
Road through the County of Tyrone: 

An Act for more effectually making and repairing cer- 
tain Roads in the Counties of Fife, Kinross, Perth and 
Clackmanan : 

An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from 
North Shields, in the County of Northumberland, to the 
Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and certain Branches com- 
municating therewith ; and also for making and repairing 
additional Branches of Road : 

An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the Powers of the 
several Acts now in force relating to the New River or 
Cut from Eau Brink to King’s Lynn, in the County of 
Norfolk, called, The Eau Brink Cut, and to raise further 
Funds for carrying the said Acts into execution : 

An Act to effect a Partition of certain Freehold, Copy- 
hold, or Customary and Leasehold Estates in the County 
of Lincoln, late the Property of the Right honourable 
Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet, deceased : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Samuel Le Feuvre 
otherwise Le Fevre, Esquire, with Mary, his now Wife, 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other purposes : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Louisa Turton with 
Thomas Edward Michell Turton, her now Husband, and 
to enable the said Louisa Turton to marry again, and for 
other purposes therein mentioned. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


East India 
Company’s 
Resolutions, 
presented. 


The House being informed that Mr. Danvers, from the 
Court of Directors of the East India Company, attended 
at the door, he was called in; and at the bar presented 
to the House, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 


6° Septembris. 





A. 183]. 


Parliament,—Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments 
granting any Pension. : 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the Last Indig 
Company, being the Warrants or Instruments granting 
any Salary or Gratuity :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Merchants and Ship-owners of the town =e 
and port of Montrose, was presented, and read ; setting te, 
forth, That the Petitioners, in common with other indiyj. % 
duals connected with the Shipping and Manufacturip 
interests, have of late suffered great loss and inconvenience 
by the regulations adopted for enforcing the Quarantine 
laws, as well in the payment of fees, wages and provisions, 
as in the detention of their vessels, and in bringing their 
goods to market; that while the Petitioners have cheer. 
fully submitted to the salutary arrangements adopted by 
His Majesty’s Government, for the prevention of a Conta. 
gion which has so fatally ravaged neighbouring countries, 
they hope that the wisdom of Parliament will devise some 
means of remunerating individuals who have suffered for 
the public good; and with that view beg leave to apply 
to the House, praying, That they will be pleased to take 
the case under their immediate and serious consideration, 
and afford to the Petitioners such relief as the peculiar 
nature of the case may require, and shall be consistent 
with the interest and welfare of the State. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table, 
and be printed. 






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(jjsarm 
eomanry 


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ew Lor 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Retum ,,, 
of the Quantity of Malt Spirits, stated in imperial measure, rx 
at proof, distilled North of what was formerly the Highland 
line in Scotland, upon which Malt Drawback, under 4 Geo.4, ™ 
c. 94, and 6 Geo. 4, c.58, was paid,and the Amount thereof 
in each year, from 10th October 1823 to 10th October 
1830, and from 10th October 1830 to 5th July 1831. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, similar 
Returns for the Lowlands of Scotland, or South of what 
was formerly the Highland line, in Scotland; and showing, 
for each District, during each of these periods, the impe- 
rial proof Gallons of these Malt Spirits that paid Duty for 
Home Consumption in Scotland; and also, showing (if it 
can be done) the imperial proof Gallons of these Malt 
Spirits permitted from the North of what was formerly 
the Highland line to the South of it, in Scotland, also 
from the North of it to Zreland, under 4 Geo. 4, c. 94, 
and to England, under 6 Geo. 4, c. 80. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Number of imperial proof Gallons of Guernsey 
and Jersey Spirits imported into, and that paid Duty in 
England, in the year ending 5th January 1831, and half 
year from that date, rate and amount of Duty, and proof 
Gallons remaining in Bond upon 5th July 1831. 


A Petition of certain of the Clergy of the county of Psi 
Wilts, and diocese of Salisbury, was presented, and read; ree 
setting forth, That the Petitioners, viewing with anxious), 
concern the pernicious effects of the late Beer Act upon 
the agricultural labourers, respectfully submit to the deli- 
beration of the House, the expediency of repealing so much 
of the said Act as permits the liquor to be consumed on 
the premises licensed under the new system, pray, That 
the House will take measures for the repeal of that part 
of the said Act, which the Petitioners cannot but regard 
as extremely detrimental to the highest interest of the 
people both temporal and eternal. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 






te 
ttition of 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Metropolis, was pre- 
sented, and read ; complaining of the imprisonment and ae 
harsh treatment of the Reverend Robert Taylor; and pray- fic 
ing, That the House will interpose its power to stay this . 
outrage on innocence, on reason, on justice, and on right ion 
definition of our religion and our law ; and that the House — 
will be pleased to address and to counsel His Majesty to 
avail Himself of His forthcoming Coronation as a timely 
period at which further to shield Himself in the affections 
of His subjects, by an Act of Grace, that shall stay all fur- 
ther persecutions or prosecutions for matters of opinion. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition 





2 WiLL. IV. 


A Petition of Henry Dunlop, Chairman, and Thomas 


o t - ° Y 

ii, Davidson, junior, Secretary, of the Glasgow Reform Asso- 
gest par ciation, convened by public advertisement, was presented, 
form 


oma and read; praying the House to pass the Bills to amend 
yd) Bill 


the Representation of the People, without mutilation or 
curtailment, and with the least possible delay. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Leighlin Bridge, County 
‘ssmi"S of Carlow, was presented, and read ; praying, That the 
revieand:) House will be pleased to adopt immediate measures for 
r disarming the present Yeomanry of Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


(ition 






ston A Petition of Peter Jeffery, of Cheapside, was pre- 
yecting sented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner hath 
ev Londo? +: considerable attention to the construction of the 
lif New London Bridge, and devoted a considerable portion 
of his time, for several years past, in devising convenient 
Approaches thereto, combating the erroneous opinions of 
the London Bridge Committee, their Engineer and Sur- 
veyor, and particularly by bringing to their conviction the 
necessity of erecting an Arch over Thames-street ; the 
Petitioner ventures to approach the House, now that the 
Bridge is open to the Public, and when disguise will no 
longer favour the views of the London Bridge Committee 
and their Engineer, fully confident that the facts he is 
about to disclose will be found highly deserving the most 
serious consideration of the House, so as to cause imme- 
diate inquiry to be instituted, as there is too much reason 
to apprehend that a calamity similar to the one which 
befel the New Custom House may speedily happen to the 
New London Bridge; the Petitioner therefore informs the 
House, that a considerable settlement has taken place in 
the Piers of the New London Bridge ; that, from a survey 
made at still water by the Petitioner, it appears that a 
difference in the levels between the eastern and western 
ends of the two south Piers already exists of eight inches 
and a half; the Petitioner also states, that there is a set- 
tlement in the two north Piers; that at the east end of the 
south Abutment of the Bridge, and the lower flight of 
Stairs on the east side of the Bridge, there is a considera- 
ble settlement, so that there is much reason to apprehend, 
that by the removal of the Old London Bridge the New 
| Bridge will be put in imminent danger; the Petitioner 
. also begs to inform the House, that various other parts of 
the New London Bridge and Stairs are very defective ; 
that the Approaches to the Bridge are seriously com- 
plained of, as being highly dangerous, ruinous and incon- 





ea SD Ba ES a ae 


venient ; that a very large sum of the public money had 

been spent in amost improvident manner ; that the Commit- 

tee appointed by the Corporation of London to superintend 

the execution of this national Work were altogether in- 

| competent to the task assigned them, is fully proved by 

f Pais the manifold alterations they have effected ; and praying 
at the House will be pleased to order that inquiry be imme- 
8 A diately made as to the truth of the allegations contained 


n in this his Petition, and that the Petitioner be ordered to 
attend any inquiry or any Committee that may be ap- 


h pointed, to give such information as he is or may become 
n possessed of. 

. Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 
d te 






The House was moved, That the Order made yester- 
day, for resuming, To-morrow, the adjourned Debate 
upon the Motion made upon the 30th day of August last, 
That the Petition of Richard Gurney, of Tregony, do lie 
-_ the Table, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 


tition of 

umey, 

; ting Tre- 
ection 

Ss. 1830,) 
ed, 







me Monday next. 
ht E,. A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Corn Mills i 
; st Sime s and Occupiers of Corn Mills in 
" tin of Chester, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the 
ir etitioners have been and are excessively aggrieved by 
ely the large admissions of Foreign Flour into that district ; 
- that, under existing laws, they are overwhelmed with 
“ gluts of supply, at the very periods when they are least 
fe prepared for competition; that by those laws, when Wheat 


reaches, and not until it reaches, a high average price, 


— = are admitted to home consumption at a 


6° Septembris. 


SQ7 
low, or merely nominal duty; that when Wheat is ad- 
mitted, Flour is also admitted, at a duty not relatively 
higher than that on Wheat; that the Flour so admitted 
has been made from low-priced Wheats abroad, and comes 
to meet upon the Market that which the Petitioners have 
manufactured from Wheat purchased at an average sufli- 
ciently high to allow of the admission of Foreign Flour at 
the nominal duty aforesaid ; and praying, That the House 
will take their case into consideration, and speedily grant — 
to the Petitioners effectual relief. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


o 
5S 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That it is inexpedient to subject Vessels placed in Qua- 
rantine to the payment of the fee of £. 5. 14s. 6 d. for their 
order of release by the Lords of the Privy Council ; | 

And the previous Question being put, That that Ques- 
tion be now put; 


Motion 
respecting 
Quarantine. 


The House divided. 
The Noes went forth. 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Alderman Thompson, 1 90. 
Mr. Dixon : J 
. Mr. Spring Rice, 7 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Francis Baring: j 64. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Addresses 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- ‘Pet. 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of the (Scotland.) 
Charter granted to the National Bank in Scotland, together 
with Copies of the Petition for the said Charter, and of 
the Report of the Law Officers of the Crown there- 
upon. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of the 
Contract of Copartnership of the said National Bank, if 
the same be not fully set forth in the Charter. 

Ordered, That the said Addresses be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Committee 
on Steam 
Navigation, 
appointed, 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to take 
into consideration the frequent calamities by Steam Na- 
vigation, and the best means of guarding against their 
recurrence, and to report their Observations thereupon to 
the House: And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Sib- 
thorp, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Sir George Clerk, 
Sir George Cockburn, Mr. Davies Gilbert, Lord William 
Lennox, Mr. James Gordon, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Ewart, Mr. 
Sadler, Mr. Thomas Wood, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Marwell, 
Mr. Alderman Wood, Mr. Jephson, Mr. More O' Ferrall, 
Mr. Hodges, Mr. Serjeant Lefroy, Mr. Wilks, Mr. Shaw, 
Mr. Strutt, Mr. Croker, Mr. Watson, Mr. Hughes Hughes, 
Mr. William Gordon, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Bayntun, Lord Vis- 
count Cole, Mr. Holdsworth, Mr. Chichester, Mr.Warburton, 
Colonel Torrens, Sir Henry Parnell, Mr. Hume, Mr.Walter 
Campbell: And they are to meet To-morrow, in the 
Speaker's Chamber ; and have Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Com- 
mittee. 


Motion 
respecting 
Crown Debtors, 
withdrawn, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, 
praying His Majesty 1o grant an Act of Grace to all Crown 
Debtors, on the approaching Coronation :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Motion 
respecting 
Debtors. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That 
this House will, upon Friday next, resolve itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, to consider of an Address 
to His Majesty, for an advance of a Sum of Money, for 
the discharge of Persons imprisoned for Small Debts ; it 
passed in the Negative. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Trower and Mr. 
Roupell : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to amend an Act of the fourteenth year of his Majesty 
King George the Third, for establishing a Fund towards 
defraying the Charges of the Administration of Justice, and 
support of the Civil Government, within the Province of 

1O A 2 Quebec, 


The Lords 
have agreed 
to 


Canadian 
Revenue Bill. 





The Lords 


have passed 
Tithes on 


828 


Quebec, in America, without’ ‘ani ‘Amendment :—And 
also, yan 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
explaining and amending an Act passed in the second 
and third years of the reign of King Edward the Sixth, 


Barren Land jntituled, “* An Act for payment,of Tithes ;” to which the 


Bill. 


Subletting 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And also, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to re- 


Act (Ireland) peal an Act passed in the seventh year of his late Majesty 


Bill. 


Charities 
Inquiry Bill, 


ordered. 


Report on 
Payment of 
Barristers 
at Elections ; 


Instruction. 


Committee 
on Ketorm of 
Parliament 


(England) Bill. 


ing George the Fourth, intituled, ‘“‘ An Act to amend 
the Law of Ireland, respecting the. Assignment and Sub- 
letting of Lands and Tenements,” and to substitute other 
provisions in lieu thereof; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for ap- 
pointing Commissioners to continue the Inquiries con- 
cerning Charities in England and Wales: And that Mr. 
Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider of providing 
for the payment of the Barristers.employed in revising 
Lists of Voters at Elections, the Resolution which they 
had directed him to report to the House ; and the same 
was read, and agreed to by the House; and is as followeth ; 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of His Majesty’s 
Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, be authorized to direct the payment of the expense 
incurred by the Barristers employed in revising Lists of 
Voters at County, City and Borough Elections. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee 
of the whole House, on the Bill to amend the Representa- 
tion of the People in England and Wales, That they have 
Power to make provision therein, pursuant to the said 
Resolution. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to amend 
the Representation of the People in England and Wales. 


(In the Committee.) 


Criause, N° 45, (Counties to be divided into Districts 

for Polling, by Justices in Sessions) read. 
The following Amendments were made thereunto; viz. 

P. 21. 1. 30. In the blank insert “ the passing of this 
“ Act;” 1. 35. In the blank insert ‘ Ten days;” 1. 39. 
Leave out “ future,” and after “in” insert “ any future ;” 
]. 41. In the blank insert “ Fifteen.” 

P. 22. 1. 6. In the blank insert “ Two years.” 


CriauseE, N° 45, as amended agreed to. 


CriauseE, N° 46, (As to Booths at the Polling Place) 
read, and agreed to. 











Crause, N° 47, (Provision as to Sheriffs’ Deputies, 
the custody of Poll Books, and final Declaration of the 
Poll) read. 

The following Amendments were made thereunto; viz. 

P. 22. 1. 34. After “ preside” insert “ and Clerks to 
“ take the poll.” 

P. 23. |. 3. After “ Poll” insert “ unless such next 
“ day but one shall be Sunday, and then on the Monday 
“ following ;” 1. 6. in the blank insert “ Two.” 


CrauseE, N° 47, as amended agreed to. 








Crause, N° 48, (Commencement and continuance of 
Polls at Borough Elections)——read. 

The following Amendments were made thereunto ; viz. 

P. 23. 1. 9. At the end of the line insert “ in Eng- 
“ Jand, except the Borough of Monmouth;” 1. 11. After 
« day” insert “unless any of the said days shall be Sun- 
** day, and then on the Monday following, at the discre- 
tion of the Returning Officer, in case the Candidates 
“ do not agree upon the day;” 1.12. Fill up first blank 
with “Two days ;” in the same line, After “only” insert 
** such Two days being successive days, except where 
“ Sunday shall intervene ;” and in the second blank in- 
sert “ Seven hours at least ;” 1.13. Leave out “ said” 
and in the blank’ insert “ Eight hours ;” 1. 14. In the 
blank insert “ Four;” and at the end of the Clause 
insert “ Provided always, That nothing in this Act con- 





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A. 183), 


tained shall prevent any Sheriff or other Returning 
Officer, or the lawful Deputy of any Returning Officer, 
from closing the Poll previous to the expiration of the 
time fixed by this Act, in any case where the same 
might have been lawfully closed before the passing of 
“ this Act.” 


CrauseE, N° 48, as amended 





agreed to. 


CrauseE, N° 49, (Polling for Boroughs to be at several 
Booths) read. | 

The following Amendments were made thereunto; viz, 

P. 23. 1. 19. After “ England” insert “ except the 
“* Borough of Monmouth ;” 1.24. In the blank ‘insert “ Six 
* hundred ;” 1.25. After ‘“‘compartment” insert “ and the 
“ Returning Officer shall appoint a Clerk to take the poll 
** at each compartment, and shall cause to be affixed on 
** the most conspicuous part of each of the said Booths, 
the Names of the several Parishes, Districts and Parts 
for which such Booth is respectively allotted ; and no 
Person shall be admitted to vote at any such Election 
“ except at the Booth allotted for the Parish, District or 
“« Part wherein the Property may be situate, in respect of 
which he claims to vote, or wherein his place of abode 
as described in the Register may be; but in case no 
Booth shall happen to be provided for any particular 
Parish, District or Part as aforesaid, the Votes in re- 
spect of Property situate in any Parish, District or 
Part so omitted, may be taken at any of the said Booths, 
and the Votes of Freemen residing out of the limits of 
the City or Borough, but within Seven statute Miles 
* thereof, may be taken at any of the said Booths;” 1. 36. 
After “ day” insert “ unless such day be Sunday, and 
“ then till the Monday following;” 1. 39. In the blank 
insert “ Two;” 1.40. At the end of the Clause, add, 
“* Provided always, That the Returning Officer, or his 
“ lawful Deputy, may, if he think fit, declare the final 
“ state of the Poll, and proceed to make the Return im- 
“* mediately after the Poll shall have been lawfully closed: 
Provided also, That no Nomination shall be made, or 
Election holden, of any Member for any City or Bo- 
rough in any Church, Chapel or other Place of Public 
“ Worship.” 


CrausE, N*49, as amended 





“ 


‘73 


‘73 


if 





agreed to. 


Crause, N*50, (Candidates, or Persons proposing 
Candidates without their consent, to be at the expense of 
Booths) read. 

The following Amendments were made thereunto; viz. 

P. 23. 1.41. In the blank insert “ end of this pre- 
* sent Parliament ;” 1. 42. Leave out “ to be built” and 
insert “ erected.” 

P. 23. 1. 42. Amendment proposed, At the end of the 
line to insert “ by the Sheriff, or other Returning Officer 
“ or Officers, at the expense of the County, City, Town 
“ or Borough requiring the same, and the same shall 
“ remain the property of such County, City, Town or 
“ Borough ”——The said Amendment was, by leave of 
the Committee, withdrawn. 

P. 24. 1.5. Amendment proposed, After “ the” to in- 
sert ‘ Deputies appointed by the Sheriff, or other Return- 
“* ing Officer or Officers, shall be paid each Two Guineas 
“« by the day, and the,” and in the blank insert “ each 
“ One Guinea ” Agreed to. 

Crause, N° 50, as amended 











agreed to. 
CrauseE, N°51, (Certified Copies of the Register of 


Voters for each Booth) read, and agreed to. 





Crause, N° 52, (Powers of Deputies of Returning 
Officers) read, and agreed to. 


Crause, N* 53, (Polling for the Contributory Bo- 
roughs in Wales) read. 
The following Amendments were made thereunto; vis. 
P. 24. 1. 21 and 22. Leave out from “That” to “ in” 
and insert “from and after the end of this present Par- 
“ liament, every Person who shall have a Right to vote 
“ in the Election of a Member for the Borough of Mon- 
“ mouth, in respect of the Towns of Newport or Usk, shall 
“ and may give his Vote at Newport or Usk respectively, 
“ before the Mayor or other Municipal Officer thereof; 
“ and every Person who shall have a Right 'to vote; | 
1. 23. Leave out “ of the Places” and insert “ Place;’ 
1. 25. Leave out “ any of the said Places” and insert 
“such Place;” 1. 26. Leave out “ acquiring a” and 
insert “ who shall have a Right to;” 1. 29. Leave out 
any 











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f 


UR 


)- 


Q WILL. IV. 


« any of the said Towns” and insert “ the Town in re- 
“ spect of which he shall be entitled to vote;” 1. 31. 
After “ Town” insert “ and at every Contested Election 
« for the Borough of Monmouth, or for any Shire-Town 
« or Borough named in the second column of the said 
« Schedule (F.), or for the Borough composed of the 
« said Five Towns, the polling shall commence on the 
« day fixed for the respective Election, as well at 
« Monmouth as at Newport and Usk respectively, and 
« gs well at the Shire-Town or Borough as at each of 
« the Places sharing in the Election therewith respec- 
«“ tively, and as well at Swansea as at each of the Four 
« other Towns respectively ; and such polling shall con- 
« tinue for Two days only, such Two days being succes- 
«“ sive days, except where Sunday shall intervene; (that 
« js to say) for Seven hours at the least on the First day 
« of polling, and for Eight hours on the Second day of 
‘“ polling ; and that the Poll shall on nu account be kept 
« open later than Four of the clock in the afternoon of 
« guch second day; and the Returning Officer of the 
« Borough of Monmouth shall give to the Mayor or other 
“ Municipal Officer of Newport and Usk respectively ;” 
1, 33. Leave out “ Notice of the day of Election ;” 
|, 35. After “ Borough” insert “ Notice of the day 
« fixed for such respective Election ;” Leave out “ the” 
and insert “ such respective;” 1. 36. Leave out “ trans- 
“ mitted” and insert “ delivered;” 1.37. After “ for” 
insert “ the Borough of Monmouth, or for;” 1.38. After 
“ Borough” insert “ as the case may be;” 1. 42. Leave 
out “ transmitted” and insert delivered.” 

P.25. 1.2. After “the” insert “respective” and leave 
out “as well” and insert “ of Newport and of Usk and ;” 
1.3. After “‘ as” insert“ well as.” 

CiausE, N° 53, as amended 





agreed to. 


Crause, N° 54, (All Election Laws to remain in force, 








except where superseded by this Act.) read, and 
agreed to. 
Crause, N° 55, (Penalties on Officers) read. 


The following Amendments were made thereunto; wiz. 
P. 25. 1. 19. After “ Barrister” insert ‘‘ Overseer;” 
1.22. After ‘‘ Barrister” insert “‘ Overseer;” 1. 25. In 
the blank insert ‘‘ Five hundred Pounds;” |. 27. In the 
blank insert “ Five hundred Pounds;” |. 28. Leave out 
“ nor less than ;” 1. 33. After “ Barrister” insert 
“ Overseer.” 


Ciause, N* 55, as amended agreed to, 


CiauseE, N° 56, (Persons disqualified voting to be 
subject to ‘all Penalties now existing, and liable to Costs, 
on Petition to House of Commons) read. 

The following Amendment was made thereunto; viz. 
P. 25. 1.43. In the blank insert ‘‘ passing of this Act.” 
CLAUSE, as amended, agreed to. 











Cravse, N° 57, (Penalty for personating an Elector, 
and voting twice at the same Election)——-read. 
The fol lowing Amendments were made thereunto ; viz. 
P. 26. 1. 16. In the blank insert “ Fifty Pounds ;” 
1. 17. In the blank insert “ Six Months.” 
Crause, N° 57, as amended agreed to. 


Cravuse, N° 58, (Writs to be made conformable to this 
Act) read. 

P. 26. 1.24. Amendment made, At the end of the line 
by inserting “ Instruments, proceedings.” 


Cause, N° 58, as amended agreed to. 


Crause, N° 59, (Act not to extend to Universities of 
Oxford and Cambridge)-——read, and agreed to. 


Crause, N° 60, (Of the sense in which words in this 
Act are to be understood) read. 
The following Amendments were made thereunto ; viz. 

P. 27.1. 15. After “Counties” insert “or Treasurers 
: of Counties ; ” 1.16. Leave out “ and,” and after 
Peace” insert “and Treasurers;” |. 22. After “ an- 

nexed” insert “ or in any List or Register of Voters, or 
r in any Notice required by this Act;” 1. 26. After 
Schedule” insert “ List, Register or Notice.” 


Crause, N° 60, as amended 


j CLAusE (That Judges shall name Barristers to revise 
the Lists of City and Borough Voters) added. 


Cravse (That Copies of the Lists and of the Registers 
be printed for Sale) ——added. 
VOL. 86. 














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agreed to. 








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CriauseE (That no Freehold for life shall give a Vote 
for Counties, unless it be Ten Pounds a-year) added. 

CxrauseE (That polling Districts for Shoreham, Crick- 
lade, Aylesbury and East Retford, shall be appointed by 
the Justices in Sessions) added. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 











And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercuri, 7° die Septembris, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. ~ 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to explain and amend an Act for regulating the 
Receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and Emolu- 
ments receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts of 
Common Law, be now read ; and the same being read :— 
The House resolved itself into the Committee ; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone throvgh the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported from the Committee 
the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, on the Bill to amend an Act of the fifty-second 
year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, 
respecting the Audit of the Public Accounts of Ireland ; 
and to appoint the Number of Commissioners competent 
to grant Quietus to Public Accountants, under an Act 
passed in the fifty-sixth year of the reign of his Majesty 
King George the Third, for consolidating the Public Re- 
venues of Great Britain and Ireland, the Amendments 
which they had made to the Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to repeal so much of an Act passed in Jreland in 
the fourth year of King George the First, “ for the better 
regulating the Town of Galway, and for strengthening 
the Protestant Interest therein, as limits the Franchise 
created by the said Act to Protestants only ; ” 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Committee 
on Courts of 
Law Fees 
Bill; 

No. 228. 


reported. 


Commissioners 
of Accounts 
(Ireland) Bill, 
reported. 


Galway 
Franchise 
Bill, deferred. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend several Acts passed for Public Works 


authorizing the issue of Exchequer Bills, and the advance 
of Money, for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, 
and Employment of the Poor, and to authorize a further 
issue of Exchequer Bills for the purposes of the said 
Acts, was, according to Order, read the third time; and 
several Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


(Great Britain) 


Bill, passed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords to Lords Amend- 


the Bill, intituled, An Act for regulating, for Three years, 
and from thence until the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in 
England, be taken into consideration this day. 


Mr. Frankland Lewis reported from the Committee on 
the re-committed Bill for regulating the Vend and Deli- 
very of Coals in the Cities of London and Westminster, 
and in certain parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, 

10B Kent, 


ments, to be 
considered, 


London Coal 
Bill, reported. 





Charities 

Inquiry Bill, 

presented. 
No. 229. 


Estimate for 
Criminal 
Prosecutions 
(Ireland), 
presented. 


No. 250, 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Report on 

Charities, 

presented. 
No, 231. 


Petition 
respecting 
Poland. 


Petition 
respecting 
Duties on 


Cape Wine, 


Petition 
respecting 
Galway 
Franchise. 


830 


Mr. Spring Rice, by Order,- presented a Bill for ap- 
pointing Commissioners to continue the Inquiries con- 
cerning Charities in England and Wales : And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented to the House, by His Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Estimate to provide for the Amount 
due under the Head of Criminal Prosecutions in Jre/and 
on the Ist January 1831. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Lord Viscount Althorp reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 27th and 30th days of 
August last, and of the 1st day of this instant September 
(that His Majesty would be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that the Papers therein mentioned might be laid 
before this House) had been presented to His Majesty ; 
and that His Majesty had commanded him to acquaint 
this House, that He will give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Lamb presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Address to His Majesty,—Copy of the Twenty-fourth 
Report of the Commissioners for inquiring into Public 
Charities. 

Ordered, That the said Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till near 
two of the clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned 


till this day. 








Mercurii, 7° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of Inhabitants of Westminster, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That the terri- 
tories of Poland have now, for many months back, been 
wasted by an unjust and cruel war; that this afflicting 
contest is additionally aggravated by a frightful pestilence, 
which it is the means of spreading throughout central 
Europe; that its ravages may yet reach even our own 
shores; that it is for the honour of independent States, 
and for the best interests of free government and civiliza- 
tion, that this horrible war should be speedily terminated ; 
and the Petitioners most humbly entreat, That the House 
may, without further delay, adopt such decisive measures 
to that end as to their wisdom may seem meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of William Greig, of the city of London and 
the Cape of Good Hope, Merchant, and of Merchants 
trading to that Colony, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners view with deep alarm the 
measure now before the House for withdrawing, in 1834, 
the protection hitherto afforded Cape Wine ; and praying, 
That they will pause before they pass a measure which 
will inflict utter destruction on thousands of His Majesty’s 
loyal subjects. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Protestant Freemen of Galway, was pre- 
sented, and read; praying the House to equalize civil 
rights in Galway, by extending to the Roman Catholic 
Mercantile and Trading Classes the Elective Franchise, 
in as full and ample a manner as the same is now enjoyed 
by Protestants. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


6°—T° Septembris. 


Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berk- 
shire; That they had made other Amendments there- 
unto; and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration this day. 





A. 183}, 


A Petition of Resident Roman Catholic Freemen gg »,.. 
Galway, in Tholsell assembled, was presented, and read. Seeing 
taking notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of (ne 
the People in Jreland; and praying the House to equalize ” 
and assimilate civil rights, as to the Freedom of Co 
rations and the Elective Franchise, between Englishmen 
and Irishmen, and also between Protestant and Roman 
Catholic in the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the parish px, 
of Navan, in the county of Meath, was presented, and ‘ms, 
read ; praying the House to direct that the Yeomanry (ng 
Force be immediately disbanded, and that, if found ne. 
ys The King’s regular troops be employed in their 
stead. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table, 
and to be printed. 










A Petition of Journeymen Bakers of the town and vici- Px, 
nity of Navan, in the county of Meath, was presented, 
and read; complaining of their being obliged to work (ag 
night and day, without any other set of men to relieve 
them; and praying, That the House will emancipate 
them from this unnecessary, cruel and unnatural slavery, 
by enacting a law, whereby the employer or the employed, 
or both, be made subject to such fine or penalty as may 
be judged proper by the House, should it be proved that 
any begin to work before five o’clock in the morning, or 
continue after eight o’clock in the evening. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


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nd) Bi 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Killarney, was presented, Pej, 
and read ; praying for the Abolition of Colonial Slavery. sili 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 8% 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Very Reverend John Spratt ;—of Ro- Paix 
man Catholic Inhabitants of Rolistown and Oldtown, in ™* 
the county of Dublin;—and, of Inhabitants of Tubrid, :.2 
Tullihurton and W hitechurch,—were presented, and read;" 
praying, That the House will discontinue the Grant to 
the Kildare-street Society. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders and others of Pei 
Southwark, was presented, and read ; praying the House 
to continue to them the benefits they have for some time ,, 
enjoyed under the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 64, for permitting the 
general Sale of Beer and Cider by Retail. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Parish of Raheen, in the Péi 
Queen's County, was presented, and read; praying the a 
House to abolish Tithes, and if not, that they will, at 
least (after the death of the present possessors), allocate 
a sufficient portion of them to support the Poor, and also 
to build and keep in repair the Churches, all of which, 
beside supporting the Clergy, they are (if properly divided) 
fully adequate to, and such appears to have been the uses 
for which they were originally granted. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Raheen, in the Queen's 
County, was presented, and read ; praying for a repeal of ( 
the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland. \galii® 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the several Sums of Money advanced by the Treasury tre 
to Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, during the last Six years” 
of his holding the office of Vice-Treasurer, with the Dates 
of such Advances respectively. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of all Accounts and Vouchers for Disbursements furnishe 
by Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, during the said period of 
Six years. 


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9 Wit. IV. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of all Accounts furnished by or on behalf of Sir George 
Fitzgerald Hill, since he ceased to be Vice-Treasurer, 
with the Dates or Times’ of the furnishing such Accounts 
respectively. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of all Vouchers and Discharges furnished by or on behalf 
of Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, to sustain the credit side 
of his Account ; distinguishing such as have been admit- 
ted as valid discharges from such as are disputed or 

jected. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of all Treasury Minutes and Orders made respecting the 
Accounts of Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, for the last Six 
years he held the office of Vice-Treasurer, with such 
Replies or Answers as were made or given by him 
ereto. 

“ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Warrant for the Pension of Lady Hill, the Wife of 
Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, now Governor of Saint Vin- 
cent’s, and of all the Papers and Documents connected 
with the Grant of that Pension. 


A Petition of Hugh Wilkinson Renshaw, Chairman of 
a Public Meeting of the Inhabitants of London Road, 
Manchester, held the 3d day of September 1831, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner has 
viewed with astonishment and dismay that part of the 
Reform Bill which enacts, that Tenants whose Landlords 
compound for the Parish Rates are to be excluded from 
the enjoyment of the Elective Right; this, the Petitioner 
humbly begs to represent, will have the effect of depriving 
all Weekly Tenants of the right of voting, as the public 
authorities in all large towns require such rates to be 
paid by the Landlords; and praying, That Weekly Tenants 
paying a yearly rent of Ten Pounds be allowed the Elec- 
tive Right, on showing only that such rent has been 

aid. 
, Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 





7 A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of the Parish of 
ing Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, within the Liberty of West- 
“” minster, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the 
Petitioners are labouring under great privations, arising 
from the general stagnation in all kinds of business, and 
that those privations are very considerably increased by 
an illegal and wasteful expenditure of the Rates of the 
said Parish, and more particularly of those collected 
for the relief and maintenance of the Poor; stating the 
particulars of their case ; and praying the House to take 
the same into their most serious consideration, and afford 
such relief as they shall think fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders and others of 
the Metropolis and its vicinity, was presented, and read ; 
complaining of the imprisonment and harsh treatment of 
the Reverend Robert Taylor; and praying, That the House 
will interpose its power to stay this outrage on innocence, 
on reason, on justice, and on right definition of our reli- 
gion and our law; and that the House will be pleased to 
address and to counsel His Majesty to avail Himself of His 
forthcoming Coronation as a timely period at which fur- 
ther to shield Himself in the affections of His subjects, by 
an Act of Grace that shall stay all further persecutions or 





le ; prosecutions for matters of opinion. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
' and be printed. 
en's Pee 
| of Te A Petition of Omnibus and Coach Proprietors plying 
ind. \ome® for hire within five miles of the General Post Office, viz. 
ble; between Paddington and the Bank of England, was pre- 
sented, and read ; praying the House to afford them some 
relief, by a reduction in the enormous Duty now paid by 
turn the Petitioners for running their carriages, and likewise 
SULY te the privilege of taking up passengers in the Streets, be- 
rears cause they ply for hire within five miles of the General 


ates Post Office, and being more of the nature of Hackney 
Conveyances than Stage Coaches, this description of 


opies vehicle being intended to facilitate trade in this great 
ished commercial Metropolis, and not for the purpose of plea- 
od of Sure, as is the case with Stage Coaches ; therefore the Pe- 

litioners trust the House will feel that they ought not to 
fered OL. 86. 


7° Septembris. 


831 


be taxed so heavily, and will place their vehicles under 
the regulations of the Hackney Coach Bill now before 
the House. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Burnsall and Kirkby Petition 
Mathamdale, was presented, and read ; praying for a re- respecting 
vision of the Criminal Code, and the abolition of the — 
punishment of Death for offences against property. ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to Comte 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon Parliament 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in (land) Bill ; 
England and Wales, be now read; and the same being 0-282. 


read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
CriausEe (Remuneration of the Barristers for revising 


the Lists) added. 


Cause (Monmouth, Chepstow and Usk, to send one Re- 
presentative to Parliament)—-—brought up, and read the 
first time. 

Question, That the said Clause be read a second time 
put, and negatived. 


Cause (Abergavenny, Pontypool and Newport, to send 
one Representative to Parliament)——brought up, and 
read the first time. 

Question, That the said Clause be read a second time 
put, and negatived. 


CrauseE (Monmouth, Chepstow, Usk, Abergavenny, 
Pontypool and Newport, to send two Representatives to 
Parliament) brought up, and read the first time. 

Question, That the said Clause be read a second time 
put, and negatived. 


Cause offered, (respecting the Interference of Peers 
of Parliament at Elections.) 

Question, That the said Clause be brought up——put, 
and negatived. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


























Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported from the Committee 
the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further conside- 
ration upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


reported. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill for remedying defects in the 
Titles to Lands allotted or taken in exchange under In- 
closure Acts ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Friday, the 16th day of this instant Sep- 
tember. 


Inclosure 
Acts Titles 
Lill, deferred. 


Consideration of 
Lords Aimend- 
ments to 
Lunatics Bill, 
deferred. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
Bill, intituled, An Act for regulating, for Three years, and 
from thence until the end of the then next Session of Par- 
liament, the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in 
England, be now read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into con- 
sideration upon Friday, the 23d day of this instant Sep- 
tember. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to equalize the Duties on Wine, be now read; and 
the same being read :—The House resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported 
from the Committee, That they had gone through the 
Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday next. 

10 B 2 Ordered, 


Committee 
on Wine 
Duties Bill. 








Committee 
of Ways and 
Means. 


Clare County 


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Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty, be now read ; and the same being 
read :—The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards making good the Supply granted to His 
Majesty, there be issued and applied the sum of Eight 
millions out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ellice re- 

orted from the Committee, That they had come to a 
Resolution, which they had directed him to report to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 

Mr. Ellice also acquainted the House, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third 


Presentments reading of the ingrossed Bill to enable the Treasurer of 


Bill, passed. 


Commissioners 
of Accounts 
(Ireland) Bill, 


passed. 


Turnpike 
Tolls Regu- 
lation Bill, 
passed, 


Exchequer 


Court(Scotland) . 


the County of Clare to issue his Warrants for the levying 
of the Presentments made at the Spring Assizes of the 
year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, be now 
read ; and the same being read :—The Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Loris, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the fifty- 
second year of the reign of his Majesty King George the 
Third, respecting the Audit of the Public Accounts of 
Ireland ; and to appoint the Number of Commissioners 
competent to grant Quietus to Public Accountants, under 
an Act passed in the -fifty-sixth year of the reign of his 
Majesty King George the Third, for consolidating the 
Public Revenues of Great Britain and Ireland, be now 
read; and the same being read :—The Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts for regulating 
Turnpike Roads in England, so far as they relate to cer- 
tain Exemptions from Toll, was, according to Order, read 
the third time; and an ingrossed Clause was added to 
the Bill, by way of rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Buller do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 


Regulation Bill, ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 


deterred. 


Supply, 
deferred. 


Churches 
Building Act 
Amendmeut 
Bill, deferred. 


| 
| 
| 


Act for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business 
now done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the 
seventh and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, 
intituled, “ An Act to amend the Acts for building, and 
promoting the building, of additional Churches in popu- 
lous Parishes ;” 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re. 4... 
port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill Ot Jain 
to improve the Administration of Justice in Ireland; — {™* 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re. G 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon si 
the Bill to repeal so much of an Act passed in Lrelangd jp billig 
the fourth year of King George the First, “ for the bette, 
regulating the Town of Galway, and for strengthening 
the Protestant interest therein, as limits the Franchise 
created by the said Act to Protestants only ;” 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take into 1,,, 
further consideration the Report from the Committee oy Bil, 
the re-committed Bill for regulating the Vend and Delivery wi 
of Coals in the Cities of London and Westminster, and in 
certain parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent 
Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire:— 
And the House being informed that other Amendments 
are necessary to be made to the Bill:—The Bill was re. 
committed to a Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, resolve oi, 
itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider 
further of the Bill:—The House accordingly resolved 
itself into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Cramp- 
ton reported from the Committee, That they had gone 
through the Bill, and made other Amendments thereunto, 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 


next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the lai: 
Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in this 
present Parliament for the County of Zouth, in the room 
of Alevrander Dawson, Esquire, deceased. 





Ordered, That Sir Charles Paget, Admiral Adam, Mr. vos 
Nicolson Calvert, Mr. Charles Calvert, Sir Byam Martin," 
Mr. Alderman Venables, Mr. Horatio Ross, Mr. Evelyn 
Denison, and Sir John Hobhouse, be added to the Select 


Committee on Steam Navigation. 


( 
1 

Mr. Lamb presented to the House, pursuant to their tee | 
Address to His Majesty, —A Return of the Population, ac- 5% F 
cording to the Census of 1821 and 1831, of all Towns or &amp; j 
Cities in England, exceecing a Population of Ten thou." ’ 
sand, to which it is nut intended by the Reform Billto ~ ¢ 
give Representatives. Q 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the Table; 4 








and be printed. ] 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. : 

0 

Jovis, 8° die Septembris ; 7 

Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. of 
PRAYERS. 7 
Sie House being met ; 
And the time being arrived for the House to pr- a 

ceed to be present at the Solemnity of Their Majesties fa 
Coronation, Mr. Speaker, according to the Resolution of | « 
the House of the first day of this instant September, let JP 4, 
the Chair, and seated himself on one of the Benches neat R 


the bar, and then the Clerk drew from a glass the Names 

of the Counties of the United Kingdom, and the Members 

went forth in the order according to which their respective [M% 
Counties were drawn ; and the Tae of all the Counties JB" 





having been drawn, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. rk 
And then the House adjourned at nine of the clock tou 

in the morning. ha, 

Sa 

Mr. Speaker and the House then went in procession the 
to Westminster Abbey, to a Gallery directly over the Altar, Pla 
which had been provided for their accommodation, in the i 
€ 


following order ; viz. 
Some of the Serjeant’s Messengers went first ; T 
Then the under Clerks ; “ ; 
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Then the Deputy Serjeant at Arms; 

Then the Members, two and two, according to the 

Counties as they were drawn; 

Mr. Speaker's Secretary ; 
The Chaplain ; 
‘The Clerk of the House ; 
The Serjeant, carrying the Mace, as usual, before 
_ Speaker ; 
se Speaker alone ; 
The Clerks Assistant. 
Mr. Speaker sat in the centre of the Gallery, in a chair 
repared for him, with the Mace on a cushion before him, 
the Clerk on his right hand, and the Serjeant at Arms on 
his left, and the Clerks Assistant, Deputy Serjeant, Chap- 
jain and Secretary, in the seat immediately behind his 
air. 

" Note :—The Serjeant’s Messengers, and Doorkeepers 
were placed at the doors of the Gallery in the 
Abbey, with orders, that none but Members should 
be let into the same; and, the better to keep off 
the crowd, a platform and covered way were 
erected, from the Members’ waiting-room, across 
Saint Margaret’s-street, to the door of the Abbey 
in Poets’ Corner, and several of the Police were 
placed along the passages. 








Veneris, 9° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Strickland reported from the Committee on the 
Bill for making a Railroad from Bradford to Leeds, 


y Sill in the West Riding of the County of York, together with 


a Branch therefrom; and to whom the Petition of Owners 

and Occupiers of lands upon the Line of the Railway there- 

inafter mentioned ; of William Ward, of Leeds, in the county 

of York; of Isabella Ann Ingram, Dowager Marchioness of 
Hertford; of Hugo Charles Meynell, Esquire ; of Isabella 

Ann Ingram, Dowager Marchioness of Hertford; of In- 

habitants of houses, and Tenants and Occupiers of lands 

and tenements, in the township of Holbeck, in the parish 

of Leeds; of Holders of Shares in the intended Railway 

thereinafter mentioned ; of Samuel Clapham, of the town- 

ship of Hunslet, Cloth Merchant; of John Varley, an 

owner of estates on the Line of the intended Railroad 

thereinafter mentioned; of Edward Wilkinson, Esquire, of 
Potterton Lodge, in the county of York; of Ralph Henry 
Brandling, of Gosforth House, in the county of Northum- 

berland, and of Middleton, near Leeds, in the county of 
York, Clerk; of Joseph Ingram, of Hunslet, in the parish 
of Leeds, W oollen Cloth Merchant and Manufacturer; and, 
of John Brooke, of Hunslet, in the parish of Leeds, in the 
county of York, Esquire, and of John Edward Brooke, of 
Headingley, in the parish of Leeds aforesaid, Merchant and 
Woollen Cloth Manufacturer, were referred ; That they 
had proceeded according to the Resolution of the House 
of the 21st day of June last; That the Standing Orders 
relative to Bills for making Railways, had been com- 
plied with; and that they had heard counsel on behalf 
of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eleventh and twelfth 
mentioned Petitions, and had considered the second, 
eighth, ninth and tenth mentioned Petitions ; and that no 
person appeared on behalf of the first, third and last men- 
tioned Petitions ; and that they had also heard counsel in 
favour of the.Bill ; and that they had examined the allega- 
tions contained inthe Preamble of the said Bill, but that 
the same were not proved to their satisfaction; and the 
Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Freeholders, House- 
holders and Inhabitants of the parish of Carlow, of all 
denominations ;—of Inhabitants of Enniscorthy ;—of New- 
townbarry and. Kilmashal;—of Kilmore, Kilturk, Tom- 
haggard and Molrankan ;—of Lady's Island, Caron and 

int Margaret’s ;—of Kilrane ;—and, of Tacumshane, in 
the county of Wexford,—were presented, and read; com- 
plaining of the late affray at Newtownbarry ; and pray- 
FAs House to disband the present Yeomanry Force of 

nd. 


4 And the ‘said: Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
able; and to be printed. 
VOL. 86. 


8°—9° Septembris. 


A Petition of Ministers, Elders and Members of Con- Petition against 


gregations of the Presbytery of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ad- 
hering to the Communion of the Established Church, svoth College. 
was presented, and read; praying the House to discon- 
tinue the Grant to the College of Maynooth. 


833 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That 


the Petition be printed ; it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 


the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing of a Commissioner to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Shire of Forfar, in the room of the Ho- 
nourable William Maule, now Baron Panmure, called up 
to the House of Peers. 


A Petition of Noblemen, Freeholders, Commissioners 


of Supply, Justices of the Peace, Heritors of the County 
of Selkirk, Tenants and others, who will be entitled to (Scotland) Bill. 


vote for a Member of Parliament for the County under 


the Reform Bill for Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of 


the People in Scotland; and praying the House not to 
deprive the County of Sedkirk of its ancient right of return- 
ing a Representative of its own to Parliament, and to allow 
the Petitioners to be heard by counsel at the bar of the 
House, in support of their Petition. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the parish 
of Saint Nicholas, in the county of the town of Galway, 
was presented, and read; praying the House to place 
the Roman Catholic Mercantile and Trading Classes upon 
an equal footing with Protestants in regard to the Elec- 
tive Franchise, as at present exercised by them in Galway. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Freemen of the county of Ga/- 
way, in Tholsell assembled, was also presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of 
the People in Jreland; and praying the House to pre- 
serve the right of Elective Franchise to the Roman Ca- 
tholic Mercantile and Trading Classes of Galway on an 
equality with their Protestant fellow-citizens, and with 
the forty-shilling Freeholders. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Trower and Mr. 
Roupell : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to re- 
peal in part an Act passed in the Parliament of Ireland, 
in the thirty-second year of the reign of King George the 
Third, relating to a portion of the Lands of Ballinaspeg, 
near the City of Cork, belonging to the See of Cork, and 
to enable the Bishops of that See to demise the same under 
certain restrictions ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House:—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Mr. Spring Rice, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee of the whole House, to whom it was referred to 
consider further of Ways and Means for raising the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majesty, the Resolution which they had 
directed him to report to the House; and the same was 
read, and agreed to by the House ; and is as followeth ; 

Resolved, That, towards making good ‘the Supply 
granted to His Majesty, there be issued and applied the 
Sum of Eight millions out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentlemen 
who are appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill, pursuant 
to the first of the Resolutions which, upon Thursday, the 
28th day of July last, were reported from the Committee 
of the whole House, to whom it was referred to consider 
of Ways and Means for raising the Supply granted to His 
Majesty, and which Resolutions were then agreed to by the 
House, That they do make Provision thevem; pursuant to 
the Resolution now reported and-agreed td bythe House. . 

10C 


Ordered, 





continuance of 
Grant to May- 


Derbyshire 


the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the Wt. 
electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in this present 
Parliament for the County of Derby, in the room of the 
Right honourable George Henry Cavendish, commonly 
called Lord George Henry Cavendish, now Earl of Bur- 
lington, called up to the House of Peers. 


Forfarshire 
Writ. 


Petition re- 
specting Reform 
of Parliament 


Petitions 

respecting 
zalway 

Franchise. 


The Lords 
have passed 


Bishop of Cork’s 
Estate Bill. 


Report 
Ways and 
leans. 


Instruction. 


Committee 
of Supply. 


Estimate 
referred. 


Adjournment. 


Public Works 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Distillation 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Canine Mad- 
ness Bill, 
deferred. 


Interpleader 
Bill, deferred. 


Arbitration 
Bill, deferred. 


Debate on Mo- 
tion respecting 
Arms (Ireland) 
adjourned. 


834 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty, be 
now read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Estimate to provide for the Amount 
due under the Head of Criminal Prosecutions in Jreland 
on the Ist January 1831, which was presented to the 
House upon Tuesday last, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-seven thousand five 
hundred and ninety pounds, be granted to His Majesty, 
to provide for the Amount due under the head of Criminal 
Prosecutions in Jre/and, on the 1st day of January 1831 ; 
and that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee 
or other deduction whatsoever. 

2. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Thirty thousand pounds, be 
granted to His Majesty, to enable the Lord Lieutenant of 
Treland to issue Money in aid of Schools, and for the ad- 
vancement of Education ; and that the said sum be issued 
and paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 10° die Septembris, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had come to several 
Resolutions, which they had directed him to report to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
next. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the extension and promotion of Public Works 
in Ireland; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppress- 
ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 
in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Mad- 
ness ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read; for the second read- 
ing of the mgrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable Courts of Law to give Relief against adverse 
Claims made upon Persons having no interest in the sub- 
ject of such Claims ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for settling Controversies by Arbitration ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 

, adjourned Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday, 

the Ist day of July last, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill to regulate the ———— of Arms into Ireland; 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Monday next. 


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A. 183}. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re. 4 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon “jim 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act t, ““¥mmme*® 
extend the Provisions of an Act passed in the twenty. 
ninth year of the reign of his Majesty King Charles xs 
Second, intituled, “ An Act for confirming and perpetuat. 
ing Augmentations made by Ecclesiastical Persons t 
small Vicarages and Curacies, and for other purposes ;” 

Resolved, That this House will, — Monday, the 19th 
day of this instant September, resolve itself into the saiq 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read. g 
ing of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of Fry 
Frauds ; te, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 19th day of this instant September. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read. ,,. 
ing of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the In 
Attestation of Instruments made in exercise of certain Sila 
Powers or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other Instruments; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ing 
Monday, the 19th day of this instant September. i 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- yj) 
port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bil] il 
to equalize the Duties on Wine ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 


nmitt 
next. wate 


Kinna 
oree | 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Ym 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- lie 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business now * 
done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 7 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 







The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- (m 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon! 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to ~ 
amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the 
seventh and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, 
intituled, “‘ An Act to amend the Acts for building, and 
promoting the building, of additional Churches in popu- 
lous Parishes ;” 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday nett, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill « 
to improve the Administration of Justice in Jreland; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
next. 


Mr. Frankland Lewis reported from the Committee of 
the whole House, on the re-committed Bill for regulating ° 
the Vend and Delivery of Coals in the Cities of London and 
Westminster, and in certain parts of the Counties of Mid- 
dlesex, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckingham- 
shire and Berkshire, the Amendments which they had 
made to the Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be i0- 
grossed ; and read the third time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- “ 
turn of Lord Lieutenants of Jrish Counties, appointed vag 
under the recent Act for that purpose ; specifying those in 
resident in their respective Counties. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select Com- ¢s 
mittee appointed to consider the possibility of making # 
The House of Commons more commodious, and less 2 
wholesome, That they have Power to inquire in what 
manner adequate accommodation can be best afforded for 
its Members. 


An 





Q Wixi. IV. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
hop of te repeal in part an Act passed in the Parliament of Zreland, 
ts Bl in the thirty-second year of the reign of King George the 
Third, relating to a portion of the Lands of Ballinaspeg, 
near the City of Cork, belonging to the See of Cork, and 
to enable the Bishops of that See to demise the same 
under certain restrictions, was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 










ll, reads 


Ordered, That Lord Viscount Ingestre be added to the 
Select Committee on Steam Navigation. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till half 
an hour after two of the clock on Saturday morn- 
ing, adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 12° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
0 to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ for 
the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Walling ford, in the room of 
William Lewis Hughes, Esquire, now Baron Dinorben, 
called up to the House of Peers. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
dissolve the Marriage of Hugh Kinnaird, Esquire, with 
Ann, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 
for other purposes, be now read ; and the same being read : 
—The House resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr.Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. John Campbell reported from the Com- 
mittee, That they had heard counsel and examined wit- 
nesses for the Bill; and that no counsel or party appeared 
before the Committee to oppose the Bill; and that they 
had gone through the Bill; and had directed him to report 
the same to the House, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Bailiffs, Justices, 
principal and other Burgesses and Inhabitants of the 
Borough of Kidwelly, was presented, and read ; taking 
notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of the 
People in. England and Wales ; and praying the House to 
make the Borough of Kidwelly contributory to the Elec- 
tion of the Representative for the County of the Borough 
of Carmarthen. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Protestant Merchants and Traders of 
Galway, who are now by lawentitled to claim the Freedom 
thereof, was presented, and read; taking notice of the 
Bill to amend the Representation of the People in Jreland; 
and praying the House to assimilate the Rights saved to 
Englishmen and Irishmen, as well as those of the Pro- 
testant and Roman Catholic, in the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporations of Smiths or Guild of 
Saint Loy ;—of Weavers or Guild of the Blessed Virgin 
Mary ;—of Barbers or Guild of Saint Mary Magdalene ; 
—of Bakers or Guild of Saint Clement and Anne ;—of 
Butchers or Guild of the Blessed Virgin ;—of Cooks or 
Guild of Saint James the Apostle ;—of Carpenters ;—of 
Chandlers, Soap-boilers, &amp;c. or Guild of Saint George ; 
—of Shoemakers or Guild of the Blessed Virgin Mary ; 
t. —of Tanners or Guild of Saint Nicholas, of the city 

of Dublin ;—of Timothy Smith and John Allen ;—of the 





Re Coal Meters of the city of Dublin ;—and, of the Lord 
inted Mayor, Sheriffs, Commons and Citizens of the city of 
those (i Dublin, in Common Council assembled,—were presented 
and read; praying, That if the House shall think proper 

' to dispense with the services of the Coal Meters of the city 

Com- of Dublin, they will grant to those who have performed their 
aking duty faithfully, and have no othermeans of subsistence, such 
s ule air compensation as will enable them to support them- 

what selves and their families for the remainder of their days. 
ed for And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
i Table ; and that the two last be printed. 


VOL. 86. 


9’—10"—12" Septembris. 


835 
Ordered, That Mr. Spence have leave of absence for a Leave of 
month, on account of ill health. Absence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Penruddocke have leave of absence 
for a month, on account of ill health. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the ‘city of Coventry, was Petition 
presented, and read ; praying for the immediate and total oad —* 
repeal of the Corn Laws. orn Laws. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for resuming the — 
adjourned Debate upon the Motion made upon the 30th R.Guney,. 
day of August last, “ That the Petition of Richard respecting Tre- 


° ” Electio 
Gurney, of Tregony, do lie upon the Table,” be now read ; (Sess 1830), 
and the same being read ; adjourned. 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Wednesday next. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Navan, in Petition 
the county of Meath, was presented, and read; setting Cheech Tends 
forth, That the Petitioners consider it fair and just that (Ireland. 
the Church Lands, originally designed for objects common 
to all the inhabitants of this Realm, should be applied to 
those important objects, by which means they should be 
exonerated from the payment of Tithes, Vestry Taxes, 
Church and Poor Rates; that the Petitioners therefore 
pray, That Government may resume the Church Lands, 
in order to apply them to the general good of the people 
of Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Complaint being made to the House of a printed 
Newspaper, intituled, “‘ The Times,” dated Wednesday, 
the 7th September instant, printed andp ublished by John 
Joseph Lawson, Printing-house Square, near Apothecaries’ 
Hall, Blackfriars; and also, of the same Newspaper, 
dated Thursday, 8th September instant, as containing 
an account of the Debates of this House, and a gross mis- 
representation of its Proceedings, in breach of the privi- 
leges of this House :—The said Papers were delivered in, 
and the paragraphs complained of, read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said John Joseph Lawson, do attend this 
House upon Wednesday next; 


Complaint 
made of a 
Newspaper. 


The House divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, 1 a sat 7. 
Tellers for the Noes, =i — \ 73. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, on the Bill to equalize the Duties on Wine, the 
Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House. __ 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Wine Duties 
Bill, reported. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 49, to continue, until the 
Fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty, 
the Provisions of an Act to allow Sugar to be delivered 
out of Warehouse to be refined, be now read; and the 
same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques- 
tion, by leaving out from the word “That” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words, “ this House 
“¢ will resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, 
“ to take into consideration the Statements, Calculations 
‘* and Explanations submitted to the Board of Trade, re- 
‘ Jating to the Commercial, Financial and Political State 
‘ of the British West India Colonies, and printed by the 
“* House on the 7th February 1831,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—The 
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Committee 
on Sugar 
Refinery Act. 


n 


wn 


10C 2 Then 





Committee on 
Money Payment 
Acts er 
Bill. 


Committee 
on Money 

Payment of 
Wages Bill. 


836 


Then another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to the 
end of the Question, in order to add the words “ a Select 
“© Committee be appointed to examine and report how far 
“ the Foreign Sugar Refinery Act may be carried into 
“ effect, with a due regard to the West India Colonies,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

“The Noes went forth. ' 

“Tellers for the Yeas, ~ agg 
Mr. Keith Douglas, 
Tellers for the Noes, ) g:_ George Clerk: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:— 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; 


77. 
1 73. 


-and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 


the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, 


‘That they had come to a Resolution, which they had di- 


ected him to report to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the ingrossed Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An Act to repeal several Acts, 
and parts of Acts, prohibiting the payment of Wages in 
Goods, or otherwise than in the current Coin of the Realm; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. John Campbell reported from the 
Committee, That they had gone through the Bill; and 
had directed him to report the same to the House, without 
any Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


“The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ‘ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
prohibit the payment, in certain Trades, of Wages in 
Goods, or otherwise than in the current Coin of the Realm; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques- 
tion, by leaving out from the word “ That” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words “ this House will, 
“ upon this day six months, resolve itself into the said 
“ Committee,” instead thereof. 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of ‘the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 13° die Septembris, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker (in pursuance of the Standing Order of 
the House of the 22d day of June last) called the atten- 
tion of the House to certain Clauses of the Bill which im- 
posed Pecuniary Penalties, and gave it as his opinion, that 
the same related only to the prevention or punishment of 
Offences ; Mr.Speaker further stated, that the Bill, having 
been read a second time with the understanding that the 
Debate on the principle of the Bill was to be taken on the 
Motion for The Speaker leaving the Chair, he had _post- 
poned these observations to this period ; whereupon the 
House, in this particular case, determined not to insist on 
their privilege of originating all such Pecuniary Penalties. 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

‘The Noes went forth. 

Mr. Littleton, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Sir John Wrottesley : 
{ Mr. Hume, 

Tellers for the Noes, | Mr. Paget : 

‘So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

‘Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair : 
—The House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed theChair ; and Mr. John Campbell reported from 
the Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, 
and made several Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


\ 68. 
24, 


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A. 183}, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 1, 
ing of the Bill to prohibit the Practice of paying the House Hou 
Rents of Able-bodied Labourers out of the Poor’s Rate ; Billa” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day, 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the Ca 
Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations ang “ 
Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain pro- 
fessing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolye 
itself into the said Committee. d 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 5, 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon (rey 
the Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws relative ‘elm 
to Jurors and Juries in Jreland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into further Con, 
consideration the Report from the Committee of the whole La In 
House, on the Bill to explain and amend an Act for regu- ih 
lating the receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and 
Emoluments receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts 
of Common Law ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reading Chui 
of the Bill for appointing Commissioners to continue the !nwiyi 
Inquiries concerning Charities in England and Wales; — ***# 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Counix 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to repeal @%™ 
so much of an Act passed in Jreland in the fourth year - 
of King George the First, “ for the better regulating the y,y 
Town of Galway, and for strengthening the Protestant ; 
Interest therein, as limits the Franchise created by the 
said Act to Protestants only ;” and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. George 
Ponsonby reported from the Committee, That they had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Ponsonby accordingly reported from the Committee report 










the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 7" 
the Report was brought up, and read. Bi 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- Zz 
deration To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. » Coal 

Mr. Spring Rice, by Order, reported from the Com- Rec [ee | 
mittee of the whole House, to whom it was referred to Su! ‘ 
consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty, ! 
the Resolutions which they had directed him to report to ' 
the House; and the same were read, and agreed to by the 
House ; and are as followeth ; 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-seven Crisis t 
thousand five hundred and ninety pounds, be granted to Pr 
His Majesty, to provide for the amount due, under the "WB bic. 
head of Criminal Prosecutions in Jre/and, on the 1st day Bill, F 
of January 1831; and that the said sum be issued and oo . 
paid without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. ; 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty thousand Edu: c 
pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to enable the Lord (I of 
Lieutenant of Jreland to issue Money in aid of Schools, ft 
and for the advancement of Education ; and that the said fr 
sum be issued and paid without any fee or other deduc- &gt; 
tion whatsoever. . 

( 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Su 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Publ 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon (!™ 
the Bill for the extension and promotion of Public Works * 
in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. - 

1e 








g Witt. IV. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
ill solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
p) ” the Bill to consolidate and’ amend the Laws for suppress- 
ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 
; and ; 

7 pian wt That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 












jy. The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
_ ; ing of the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Mad- 
, a That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


ye The Order of the day being read, for resuming the ad- 
mg ioyrned Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday, the 
(ra st day of July last, “‘That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill to regulate the Importation of Arms into Ireland ;” 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till this 


day. 


nj ‘The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
ie solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of Ways and Means for raising the 
Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve it- 
self into the said Committee. 


wet The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
so ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
* Act for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business 
now done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
ag Act solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
ve the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
‘amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the 
seventh and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, 
intituled, “‘ An Act to amend the Acts for building, and 
promoting the building, of additional Churches in popu- 
lous Parishes ; ” 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
1" Enis The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
)gi, Port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill 
to improve the Administration of Justice in Lreland ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Coal The ingrossed Bill for regulating the Vend and De- 


tot livery of Coals in the Cities of London and Westminster, 
Suppl. 


and in certain parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, 
Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berk- 
shire, was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Frankland Lewis do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 






of Ordered, That the Report from the Committee on the 


Bill, re-committed Bill to authorize and empower the Com- 
missioners appointed by an Act of the seventh year of his 
late Majesty King George the Fourth, for extending to 
Charing Cross, the Strand,and Places adjacent, the Powers 
of an Act for making a more convenient communication 
from Mary-le-bone Park ; to make and form a new Street 
from the Strand to Charles-street, Covent Garden ; and to 
widen the North end of Bow-street into Long Acre, and 


for other purposes, be taken into further consideration 
To-morrow. 


Wit Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 

the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out anew Writ 
: for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in this 
Present Parliament for the County of Wexford, in the 
toom of Arthur Chichester, Esquire, now Baron Temple- 


i a more, called up to the House of Peers. 

g del And then the House, having continued to sit till near 
two of the clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned 

a till this day. 


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Martis, 13° die Septembris; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


O® D ERED, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in this 
present Parliament for the County of Dorset, in the room 


of the Right honourable John Calcraft, deceased. 


A Petition of the Protestant and Catholic Inhabitants of 
the parish of Tomregan, in the county of Cavan, was pre- 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners have 
heard with grief and dismay, that it is the intention of His 
Majesty’s Government to withdraw the annual Parliamen- 
tary Grant in aid of the Kildare School Society ; and pray- 
ing the House rather to extend their Grant, in giving a larger 
sum, than in any way to diminish from the resources of a 
Society that has done, and is likely above all others to 
do, eminent service to the Kingdom of Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Depositions taken at Newtownbarry, before the 
Coroner's Inquest, on those who were killed on the 18th 
of June last. 


Ordered, That Lord Oxmantown have leave of absence 
for ten days, on account of ill health. 

Ordered, That Mr. Schonswar have leave of absence 
for a month, on account of severe indisposition. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Master, Wardens and 
Commonalty of the Company of Watermen and Lighter- 
men of the River Thames; of Lightermen and Owners of 
craft, to the amount of twenty thousand tons; of the Citizens 
and Freemen of the city of London, called, Fellowship Por- 
ters ; and, of Merchants, Ship-owners, Woodmongers and 
others, interested in the Navigation of the River Thames, 
which were presented to the House upon the 2d,3d and 5th 
days of this instant September, taking notice of the Bill to 
regulate the Navigation of Steam Boats and Vessels upon 
certain Parts of the River Thames, and praying that the 
same may pass into a law, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Steam Navigation. 


A Petition of Joseph Townsend Holman, a Prisoner in the 
King’s Bench Prison, pursuant to a sentence of the Court 
of King’s Bench of six months’ Imprisonment, on conviction 
of writing and publishing a private Libel, was presented, 
and read ; praying, That the House will be pleased either 
to put an end to all Criminal Prosecutions for private Libel, 
or pass a law, enabling defendants to submit, as a full 
justification, the truth of the matters published. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Eastern Branch of the National Union, 
was presented, and read; praying the House to recom- 
mend to His Majesty to release forthwith the Reverend 
Robert Taylor from Prison, and from all Fines and Recog- 
nizances, and to dissolve entirely the unnatural alliance 
between Church and State. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Mary Harfeld, of Prinsted, in the parish 
of Westbourne, widow, was presented, and read; com- 
plaining of the destruction of a Threshing Machine her pro- 
perty, by a party of men on Thursday, 25th September last ; 
and praying for such compensation or relief as the hu- 
manity of the House may suggest, and the justice of the 
case require; and further praying, that the statute of 
7 &amp; 8 Geo. 4, c. 27, may be so altered and amended 
as to place Threshing Machines under the more effectual 
protection of the Law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented to the House,—a Return to 
an Order of the House, dated the 31st day of August last, 
for a Copy of any Minute of Treasury on the subject of 
the Irish Miscellaneous Estimates for 1831. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


10D Ordered, 


Dorset Writ. 


Petition for 
continuance of 
Grant to Kildare 
Street Society. 


Paper 
respecting 
Newtownbarry 
Affray, ordered. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Petitions 
referred to a 
Committee. 


Petition re- 
specting Law 
of Libel. 


Petition for 
remission of 
Sentence passed 
on Robert 
Taylor, 


Petition respect- 
ing destruction 
of Threshing 
Machines. 


Treasury Mi- 
nute respecting 
Miscellaneous 
Estimates (Ire- 
land), presented. 


No. 235, 


Flint Writ. 


Petition re- 
specting Reform 
of Parliament 


(England) Bill. 


Petition for 
Compensation 
to Coal Meters 
( Dublin.) 


Petition 
respecting 
Newfoundland 
Fisheries, 


Motion 
respecting 
Newfoundland, 


Address 
respecting 
Universities 
(Scotland.) 


Address 
respecting 
Waste Lands 
in Canada. 


$38 


A Petition of William Parr, Chairman of a Public 
Meeting held in N* 2 District in the town of Manchester, 
and of Francis Redfern and Alevander Sedgwicke, was 
presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to amend 
the Representation of the People in England and Wales ; 
and praying, That at County Elections Voters may be 
protected by the Ballot ; that all Householders may have 
a Vote in Cities and Boroughs; and that if so high a 
qualification as a10/. rental be persisted in, it shall be 
sufficient to prove that the Voter has paid that rental for 
the six months immediately preceding the Election, al- 
though he may during that period have occupied various 
houses. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Cutlers, Painters, 
Stainers and Stationers or Guild of Saint Luke, Dublin, 
was presented, and read; praying the House to grant 
compensation to the Coal Meters of Dublin, in the event 
of the abolition of the Establishment. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, Ship-masters, 
Traders, Mechanics and others of the city of Water- 
ford, interested in the Trade and Fisheries of New- 
foundland, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
if measures be not adopted without delay by the House 
for the protection of the British interests in Newfound- 
land, all the advantages of that valuable Island will 
be shortly transferred to the Americans ; the effect of the 
late commercial arrangements will give them the principal 
part of the supply for the use of the Fisheries, the Treaty 
of 1818 gave them a concurrent right to fish on the coast, 
and the natural effect of the present depressed state of the 
British Fishery is, to force the Fishermen into the more 
profitable employment of the Americans, and thereby 
making the Fisheries of Newfoundland, not a “ nursery 
for Seamen to man the British Navy when occasion re- 
quires,” but absolutely a nursery for the American Navy ; 
and praying the House to take the state of Newfoundland 
into their immediate consideration. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, 
praying, That He would be graciously pleased to grant 
to His ancient and faithful Colony of Newfoundland a 
Constitutional Legislative Government, similar to those 
enjoyed by His Majesty’s other North American Colo- 
nies, and as nearly as possible in accordance with the 
principles of the British Constitution; and also, that 
measures may be taken to ascertain the Rights and Pri- 
vileges of His Majesty’s Subjects in that Island under 
existing Treaties with France, and to afford them protec- 
tion in the exercise of the same ; 

And the previous Question being proposed, That that 
Question be now put :—The said previous Question and 
Motion were severally, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of 
the Report recently made to His Majesty by a Royal 
Commission of Inquiry into the state of the Universities 
of Scotland. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 


Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of 
the Report of Mr. Richards to the Colonial Secretary, 


respecting the Waste Lands in the Canadas, and Emi- 
gration. 





13°—14° Septembris. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the elect- 
ing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the County of Flint, in the room of Sir Ead- 
ward Pryce Lloyd, Baronet, now Baron Mostyn, called 
up to the House of Peers. 


A. 183}. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of Hi, 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re. 


turn of the Total Number of Persons who have emigrated »." 
from the United Kingdom to North America in each year. tani 
distinguishing those who have gone to the United States Oren 


from those who have gone to British North America, the 
Number from England, from Scotland, and from Ireland 
and stating the Number from each Port cleared, since the 
passing of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 21. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re. 
turn of the Number of Emigrants who have gone in each 
of those years from the United Kingdom to the Colonies 
at the Cape of Good Hope, and to New South Wales, Swan 


River, and Van Diemen’s Land. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into r», 


further consideration the Report from the Committee of 


the whole House, on the Bill to amend the Representa. (ig 
tion of the People in England and Wales, be now read; “* 


and the same being read :—The House proceeded to take 
the Report into further consideration ; and the Amend- 
ments made by the Committee to the Bill, being read a 
second time, several of them were agreed to; and several 
were amended, and agreed to by the House, as followeth . 
Viz. 

Fo. 4. 1, 3. Leave out 
“ deemed to be ;” 
“ Town.” 


Fo. 10. 1.14. Leave out “ November” and _ insert 
“ February ;” leave out “ present,” and after “ year” 
insert “ one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two;” 
leave out ‘ November” and insert ‘‘ February ;” leave 
out “ present,” and after ‘“ year” insert “ one thousand 
“ eight hundred and thirty-two.” 

Fo. 13. 1.3. Leave out “ November” and _ insert 
“ February;” and in 1. 13 leave out “ November” and 
insert “ February.” 


Fo. 14. 1. 13. Leave out “ November” and _ insert 
“ February.” 

Fo. 15. 1. 12. Leave out “ first day of November 
“ in the present year, and on or before the;” leave out 
August in any succeeding year ” and insert “ January 
in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
two;” leave out “due” and insert “ payable ;” leave 
out “ first day of July in the present year, and previ- 
“ ously to the first day of July in any succeeding year,” 
and insert “ Eleventh day of October then next preceding, 
“‘ or shall have paid on or before the Twentieth day of 
** August in any succeeding year, all the Poor’s Rates and 
*« Assessed Taxes which shall have become payable from 
“ him in respect of such Premises previously to the re- 
“ spective Sixth day of April then next preceding;” 
leave out “on or before the said first day of November in 
“ the present year, and;” leave out “ August in any 
“ succeeding year” and insert ‘‘ January in the year one 
“ thousand eight hundred and thirty-two;” leave out 
“ first day of July in the present year, and previously 
“ to the first day of July in any succeeding year,” and 
insert “ Twenty-ninth day of September then next pre- 
“ ceding, or shall have paid on or before the Twentieth 
“‘ day of August in any succeeding year all the Rent 
“‘ which shall have become due from him in respect of 
“‘ such Premises so rented previously to the respective 
“ Twenty-fourth day of June then next preceding.” 

Fo. 16. 1. 8. Leave out “ November” and insert “ Fe- 
“ bruary ;” leave out “ present ” and after “ year ” insert 
“ one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two ;” 1.9. Leave 
out “so acquired ;” leave out “present” and insert “ next; 
leave out “ November” and insert “ February ;” leave out 
“« present ” and insert “ next ;” leave out “and” and in- 
sert “ or;” leave out “ November ” and insert “‘ February ; 
leave out “ present ” and insert “ next.” 


And an Amendment being proposed to be made to the 
Amendment, to leave out the word “Seven” (statute 
Miles) and to insert the words “Twenty” or “ Fifteen 
instead thereof ; 


And the Question being put, That the word “ Seven 
stand part of the Amendment; it was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 


“ included” and __ insert 
leave out “ Borough” and _ insert 


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Fo. 16. 1. 9. Leave out “ present ” and insert “ next ;” 
leave out “ November ” and insert , February ;” leave 
out “ present” and insert “ next;” leave out “ any 
and insert “ each ;” leave out “ November” and insert 
« February;” leave out “ present” and insert “ next.” 

Fo. 18. 1.5. And. an Amendment being proposed 
to be made to the Amendment, To leave out the words 
« Edward John Littleton, Esquire ;” 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Amendment ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 14° die Septembris, 1831: 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And another Amendment being proposed to be made to 
the Amendment,To insert after the words *‘shall be holden” 
the words “shall divide their respective Counties, and 
« Parts, Ridings and Divisions of Counties, into conve- 
« njent Districts for Polling, and shall appoint in each 
« District a convenient Place for taking the Poll at all 
« Elections of a Knight or Knights of the Shire to serve in 
“ any future Parliament, in such manner that no Person 
«“ shall have to travel more than Fifteen Miles from the 
“ property in respect of which he claims to vote: Pro- 
‘ yided, That no County, or Part, Riding or Division of 
“ a County, now entitled, or by this Act empowered, to 
« send a Knight or Knights of the Shire to serve in Par- 
“ jiament, shall have more than Fifteen Districts and re- 
«“ spective Places appointed for taking the Poll for such 
“ County, Part, Riding or Division ;” 

And the Question being put, That those words be there 
inserted ; it passed in the Negative. 

Fo. 22. 1. 4. After “ (D.)” insert “and of such Places 
“ as aforesaid mentioned in the said Schedule (F.)” 

Fo. 30. 1. 11. Leave out ‘“ November” and insert 
“ February ;” leave out “ present,” and after “ year” 
insert “ one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two ;” 
leave out “in this and in every subsequent year ;” leave 
out “ November” and insert “ February ;” leave out 
“ present,” and after “‘ year,” insert ‘“ one thousand eight 
“ hundred and thirty-two;” leave out ‘“ smallest” and 
insert “ least populous ;” after “‘ Townships” insert ‘ ac- 
“ cording to the last Census for the time being.” 

Fo. 32. 1. 6. Leave out “ November” and insert “ Fe- 
“ bruary;” leave out “ present,” and after “ year” insert 
“ one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two ;” leave out 
“ November” and insert “ February ;” leave out “ pre- 
“ sent,” and after “‘ year” insert “ one thousand eight 
“ hundred and thirty-two ;” after ‘“ the” insert “said ;” 
leave out “ November” and insert “ February ;” leave 
out “ present” and insert “ said ;” leave out “ December” 
and insert ‘“‘ March ;” leave out “ present,” and after 
“ year” insert “ one thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
“ two;” leave out “ December” and insert “ March ;” 
leave out “‘ present” and insert “ said.” 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration this day. 


n“~ 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, to whom 
it was referred to consider of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 49, to 
continue, until the Fifth day of July one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty, the Provisions of an Act to allow 
Sugar to be delivered out of Warehouse to be refined, be 
now read ; and the same being read ; 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


: The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for the amendment of the Law of Inherit- 
ance ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 30th day of this instant September. 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for the amendment of the Law relating to 
ower ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 30th day of this instant September. 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 


ing of the Bill for the Limitation of Actions and Suits 
VOL. ss. 


relating to Real Property, and for simplifying the Re- 
medies for trying the Rights thereto ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 30th day of this instant September. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Curtesy of 
ing of the Bill for the amendment of the Law relating to England Bill, 
the Estate of a Tenant by the Curtesy of England ; ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 30th day of this instant September. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Committee 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill for the on Vestries 
better regulation of Vestries, and for the appointment of Bills 
Auditors of Accounts in certain Parishes of England and N° 286. 
Wales ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Spring Rice reported from 
the Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, and 
made several Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Spring Rice accordingly reported from the Com- reported. 
mittee, the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; 
and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Wednesday, the 28th day of this instant 
September. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading Wine Duties 
of the ingrossed Bill to equalize the Duties on Wine ; Bill, deferred. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Mr. Littleton reported from the Committee of the whole Money 
House, on the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, Payment of 
An Act to prohibit the payment in certain Trades of “ses ae 
Wages in Goods, or otherwise than in the current Coin “?°™ 
of the Realm, the Amendments which they had made to 
the Bill; and the Amendments were read, and are as 
followeth, viz. 

Pr. 2. 1.14 and 15. Leave out “ or the time when.” 

Pr. 7. 1.3. After “Court” insert “ so that the Fines 
shall not in any case exceed the sum of One hundred 
“« Pounds.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 28 and 29. Leave out “ Three calendar 
** Months” and insert “‘ Fourteen Days.” 

Pr. 20. 1.6. After “ provender” insert “ or if any 
such victuals, dressed and prepared under the roof of 
any such employer.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 32 and 33. Leave out “at his request or 
demand ” and insert “nor from deducting or con- 
tracting to deduct any sum or sums of money from the 
wages of such artificers for the education of any such 
child or children of such artificer, and unless the agree- 
ment or contract for such deduction shall be in writing, 

“* and signed by such artificer.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, and 
agreed to by the House; 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, To extend 
the provisions of the Act over the whole of that part of 
the United Kingdom called Great Britain :—And the said 
Clause was twice read, and agreed to by the House to be 
made part of the Bill; and is as followeth; viz. 

“ And be it further Enacted, That the provisions of 
* this Act shall extend over the whole of that part of the 
“ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called 
* Great Britain.” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Lahourers’ 
ing of the Bill to prohibit the Practice of paying the House Rent 
House Rents of Able-bodied Labourers out of the Poor's Bill,deferred. 
Rate ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 26th day of this instant September. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the ad- Debate on Mo- 
journed Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday, the ome Clocland}, 
Ist day of July last, “That leave be given to bring in a adjoumed. 
Bill to regulate the Importation of Arms into [reland ;” 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Friday next. 


10D 2 Mr. 





840 


Poor Relief | Mr. James Grattan presented a Bill to make Provision 
(Ireland) Bill, for the Relief of the Poor in Jreland, in certain cases: 
presented. And the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
No. 237. ead a second time upon Tuesday, the 27th day of this 
instant September. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Valuation of 


Mr. Crampton presented a Bill to amend an Act of the 


a seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 
P on oon the Fourth, for making provision for the uniform Valua- 
oO. ° 


tion of Lands and Tenements in-the several Baronies, 
Parishes, and other Divisions of Counties in Jreland, for 
the purpose of the more equally levying of the Rates and 
Charges upon the same: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Subletting Act 
Amendment 
(Ireland) Bill, 
read, 


No. 242, 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
repeal an Act passed in the seventh year of his late 
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “An Act to 
amend the Law of Ireland, respecting the Assignment and 
Subletting of Lands and Tenements,” and to substitute 
other provisions in lieu thereof, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill to apply the Surplus 
of Ways and Means, and a Sum out of the Consolidated 
Fund, to the service of the year one thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-one: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time this day. 


Surplus Ways 
and Means 
Bill, pre- 
sented. 


Returns, 
presented : 
Writs of 
Execution 
(Surrey.) 
No. 239. 


Mr. Lamb presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Addresses to His Majesty,—A Return of Warrants issued 
by the Sheriff of the County of Surrey, on Writs of Execu- 
tion against the Person or Property from the Superior 
Courts at Westminster, from the foot of the last Return 
made on the 18th May 1826, with the Poundage paid 
thereon, and the number of Warrants in each year; dis- 
tinguishing the Poundage paid on Process executed within 
the Liberty of Southwark from that paid in respect of 
Writs executed in any other part of the County. 

A Return, showing the Number of Persons committed 
to the County Gaol of the County of Surrey and the 
Borough Compter respectively, by the Southwark Court 
of Requests, in execution for Debt since the 2d August 
1823; stating the aggregate amount of the Expense in- 
curred by the County of Surrey and the Corporation of 
London respectively, in their maintenance during such 
period, or up to the most usual or convenient time the 
Accounts can be made up ; and distinguishing the number 
whose Debts, exclusive of Costs, did not exceed 20s., 
40s., 60s., and 100s. respectively, and the periods for 
which the Parties were detained in custody. 

A Copy of the Report made to His Excellency the Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland by Brigade Major Bushe, in conse- 
quence of directions given to him by His Excellency to 
inquire into the truth of a report that the Yeomanry had 
fired shots in derision and triumph over the Roman Ca- 
tholic Chapel at Newtownbarry, while the relations of 
those who had been killed were offering up prayers for the 
safety of the souls of the deceased. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table, 
and be printed. 


Court of 
Requests 
(Southwark.) 


No. 240. 


Paper 
respecting 
Newtownbarry 
Affray, pre- 


sented, 


No. 241. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till two 
of the clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Mercuri, 14° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


AN ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 

to repeal in part an Act passed in the Parliament 

of Lreland, in the thirty-second year of the reign of King 

George the Third, relating to a portion of the Lands of 

Ballinaspeg, near the City of Cork, belonging to the See 

of Cork, and to enable the Bishops of that See to demise 
8 


Bishop of 
Cork’s Estate 
Bill, com- 
mitted. 


13°—14° Septembris. 





A. 183], 


the same under certain restrictions, was read a second 
time; and committed to Sir Richard Musgrave, &amp;.. 


And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 





An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Kin: 
dissolve the Marriage of Hugh Kinnaird, Esquire, with, Divny, 
Ann, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 4. 
for other purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ellice do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 





Sabbat 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Clapham, Battersea, Wands. Peiiy 
. v 
worth and Weybridge, was presented, and read; com. "sx 
plaining of the imprisonment and harsh treatment of the x, 
Reverend Robert Taylor; and praying, That the House ™ 
will interpose its power to stay this outrage on innocence, 
on reason, on justice, and on right definition of our relj- 
gion and our law; and that the House will be pleased to 
address and to counsel His Majesty to avail Himself of 
His Coronation as a timely period at which further to 
shield Himself in the affections of His subjects, by an Act 
of Grace that shall stay all further persecutions or prose- 
cutions for matters of opinion. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


({relan 


A Petition of the Belfast Sunday and Daily School Pai; 
Society ;—of Schoolmasters residing in Belfast ;—of In. (2 
habitants of the district of Glenwherry ;—of Ballyclare ;— Sei 
of Ballynure ;—of Cairn Castle ;— and, of Clergymen, 
Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Ahoghill, in the 
county of Antrim,—were presented, and read; praying 
the House to continue the annual Grant to the Kildare- 
street Society. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


h Lands 


A Petition of George Fuller, a Non-resident Freeman of Peiies 
the ancient City of Canterbury, was presented, and read; *s™ 
praying the House to adopt a new system of taking the (xsi 
Votes of non-resident Freemen for the place they belong 
to, or that they may be allowed to vote where they reside, 7 
or the nearest place sending Members, without the neces- * 
sary qualification, by producing their copy of Freedom, lation 
or any other method the House may think fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Ais 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, Copies of the “ 
Royal Instructions to the Governors of New South Wales, 
Van Diemen’s Land and Western Australia, as to the mode 
to be adopted in disposing of Crown Lands; together 
with such parts of any Dispatches addressed to them as 
relate to the same subject, or to the means by which 
Emigration may be facilitated. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Spirits 








A Petition of Inhabitants of Moate, in the county of Mit 
Westmeath, was presented, and read ; praying the House pw 
to introduce a good system of Poor Laws into Jreland, *™ 
founded upon the Act of the 43d of Elizabeth. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Michael Molloy, of Tullamoore, Distiller, *™ 
was presented, and read; praying, That the House will }i. 
promptly and efficiently interfere, by making an imme- 
diate alteration in the present system of Malt regulations, 
by which a monopoly (which the Petitioner by no means 
insinuates was anticipated) has been given to the Distil- 
lers of Scotland, a monopoly which enables those traders 
to undersell by at least 20 per cent. the native Distillers in 
the Jrish market, notwithstanding the former, from the 
impoverished nature of the Scottish soil, are necessitated 
to import large quantities of Corn from Ireland, to supply 
their consumption. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lig upon the Table. 

A Petition 








9 Wiuh. IV. 


A Petition. of the Deputies, Seeretaries and others, of 
the various branches of Trade and Manufactures of the 
town and county of the town of Nottingham, was pre- 
sented, and read ; praying that the House will be pleased 
to take the case of Mr. and Mrs. Deacle into their most 
serious consideration, and render them that redress so 


required. 


‘mperiously  $. 
oe That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, ’ 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Zondon engaged in the 
trades of Butcher, Baker, Drover, Poulterer, Pastry-cook, 


nance Confectioner, Undertaker, Publican, Coach, Ship, Wag- 


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n and Canal Carrier, Hair-dresser, Cheesemonger, 
Green-grocer, Chandler, Tobacconist, Newsman, Fish- 
monger, Fruiterer, &amp;c. was presented, and read ; praying 
for a law to put an end to Sunday Trading. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Annadown, in the county of 
Galway, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the 


mean.) Petitioners have had many years’ experience of the bad 


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consequences resulting at various periods from trusting 
arms to the hands of the Yeomanry, who too frequently, 
for party purposes, have shed innocent blood ; that the 
Petitioners humbly refer to the late case of the Newtown- 
barry massacres, and entreat the House to cause inquiry, 
with a view to deprive them of their arms, or take such 
steps as may in their wisdom appear prudent for the pro- 
tection of His Majesty’s faithful subjects, and the dis- 
pensing law in such manner as will give confidence to 
the people in its impartial administration, and an assur- 
ance of no favour to sect or to party. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Killusty, in the county of 
Tipperary, was presented, and read ; praying the House 
to abolish the law by which the Inhabitants of this Realm 
are compelled to. pay Tithes and Church Rates, and more- 
over to resume the Church lands, and to dispose of them 
for objects beneficial to all the Inhabitants of this Realm. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Quantity of Corn Wash distilled by each 
Distiller, and of Spirits produced, and what these were 
under or over the Quantity required by Law, according 
to the gravity the Worts were set at ; stating the Name or 
Firm of each Distiller, and the Works, as entered with 
the Excise ; also, the Excise Collection and County each 
is situated in, in each year, from 10th October 1827, 
separating each Kingdom. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Quantity of Malt Spirits distilled by each 
Distiller upon which Drawback was payable under 
4 Geo. 4, c. 94, and 6 Geo. 4, c. 58; what these was 
under or over Two Gallons for every Bushel of Malt used 
by each Distiller, and the Number of Bushels charged on 
each Distiller for the Spirits exceeding Two Gallons per 
Bushel ; stating the Name or Firm of each Distiller, and 
of the Work, as entered with the Excise ; also, the Ex- 
cise Collection and County situated in, in each year, from 
10th October 1827, separating each Kingdom. 


Ordered, That the Accounts of the Number of Proof 
Gallons of Spirits made from Malt only by every Distiller 
in Ireland and Scotland; and, the Number of Gallons of 
Wash distilled by each of the Distillers in Great Britain 
and Ireland, for the years ending 10th October 1826 and 
10th October 1827, which were presented to the House 
upon the 30th day of July 1830, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the Motion made upon the 30th 
day of August last, “That the Petition of Richard 
Gurney, of regony, do lie upon the Table,” be now read ; 
and the same being read :—The House resumed the said 
adjourned Debate. 

_ And the Question being again proposed, That the Pe- 
tition do. lie upon the Table :—The said Motion and Pe- 
7 ee with leave of the House, withdrawn. 





14° Septembris, 


S41. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wing field and Mr. 
Roupell : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
effectuating a Partition of Estates belonging to the Most 
honourable John Crichton Stuart Marquis of Bute and 
Earl of Dumfries, and the Most honourable Maria Mar- 
chioness of Bute and Countess of Dumfries, and their Trus- 
tees, and to the Right honourable Susan North, and to the 
Right honourable Lady Georgina North, and for other 
purposes; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of. 
this House ;—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 


The Lords 
have passed 


Marquis of 
Bute’s Estate 
Bill. 


Addresses re- 
specting Cleris 
of the Peace, &amp;c 


rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return of (Scvtland.) 


the Emoluments of the Clerk of the Peace of each County 
in Scotland, during each of the last Ten years ; specifying 
the sources from which they are derived, and whether the 
Duties are discharged by Deputy, and if by Deputy, 
what are the Emoluments of the Person actually dis- 
charging the Duty. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the Emoluments of the Keeper of the Register of Seisins 
in each County in Scotland, specifying the Fees which 
are levied, during each of the last Ten years. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the Emoluments of the Sheriff Clerk in each County in 
Scotland, during each of the last Ten years; specifying 
the sources from which they are derived, and whether the 
Duties are discharged by Deputy, and if by Deputy, what 
are the Emoluments of the Person actually discharging 
the Duty. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Return, 
stating whether the Offices of Clerk of the Peace, Keeper 
of the Register of Seisins or Sheriff Clerk, are held by one 
and the same Person, in any and what Counties in Scotland. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the period during which the Sheriff Depute of each 
County in Scotland has resided within his jurisdiction 
during each of the last Ten years. 

Ordered, That the said Addresses be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Houses rated to the Inhabited 
House Duty at £.10, and upwards, in the respective Pa- 
rishes of Saint Lawrence Appleby, and Saint Michael 
Appleby otherwise Bongate; distinguishing, if it can be 
done, the Number of such Houses composing the Town of 
Appleby. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Amount of the Assessed Taxes, for the year 
1831, in each of the aforesaid Parishes ; distinguishing, 
if’ it can be done, the Amount paid by the Town. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into 
further consideration the Report from the Committee of 
the whole House, on the Bill to amend the Representation 
of the People in England and Wales, be now read ; and the 
same being read:—The House proceeded to take the 
Report into further consideration; and several other 
Amendments,made by the Committee to the Bill, being 
read a second time, were amended, and agreed to by the 
House as followeth ; viz. 

Fo. 34. 1. 12. Leave out “ December” and. insert 
“ March ;” leave out “ in the present year ;” leave out 
“ January” and insert “ April;” leave out “ present ;” 
leave out “ next” and insert “ one thousand eight hun- 
“ dred and thirty-two ;” and in]. 15. leave out “ in such 
“ next and.” 

Fo. 37. 1. 14. Leave out “‘ November” and insert 
“ February.” 


lO E Fo. 39. 


Returns 
respecting 
Appleby Bo- 


rough, ordered. 


Report of 
Reform of 
Parliament 
(England) Bill, 
further con- 
sidered. 





842 


Fo. 39. 1. 11. Leave out *« October” and insert “Ja- 
nuary ;” 1. 21. Leave out “ and shall deliver a Copy of 
each of such Notices to any Person requiring the same, 
“ on payment of One Shilling for each Copy,” and after 
“ Townships” insert “ according to the last Census for 
“ the time being.” 

Fo. 40. 1. 16. Leave out “ November” and insert 
February,” leave out “‘present,” and after “ year” insert 
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two ;” leave out 
November” and insert “ February ;” leave out “ pre- 
«+ sent,” and after “ year” insert “ one thousand eight 
“« hundred and thirty-two ;” leave out “ Sunday” and 
insert “ Monday ;” leave out “ December” and insert 
«* March ;” leave out “ present,” and after “ year” insert 
“ one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two ;” leave out 
“ Sunday” and insert “ Monday ;” leave out “ Decem- 
‘“‘ ber” and insert “ March;” leave out “ present” and 
insert “ said.” 

Fo. 42. 1.. 7. Leave out ‘“ December” and insert 
“ March ;” leave out “ in the present year ;” leave out 
‘«« January” and insert “ April,” and after “ inclusive ” 
insert “in the year one thousand eight hundred and 
“ thirty-two ;” leave out ‘ in the next year ;” leave out 
“ such next and in;” leave out “ committed ” and insert 
* made.” 

Fo. 44. 1. 7. Leave out “ October” and insert “ Ja- 
“* nuary ;” leave out ‘“‘ November ” and insert “ February.” 

Fo. 45. 1. 10. Leave out “present ;” and after “ year” 
insert “ one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two ;” 
leave out “ January” and insert “ April ;” leave out 
“* next” and insert “ said ;” leave out “ in the next or ;” 
leave out “ next or in any succeeding” and insert “ re- 
“* spective.” 

Fo. 47. 1.8. Leave out “ January” and _ insert 
* April ;” 1.16, Leave out “ January ;” and insert “ April ;” 
leave out “ next,” and after “ year” insert “ one thou- 
“ sand eight hundred and thirty-two ;” leave out “ such 
«* next and in.” 

Fo. 48. 1. 2. Leave out “ January” and insert “ April ;” 
leave out “ next,” and after “ year” insert “ one thou- 
“ sand eight hundred and thirty-two ;” 1. 8. Leave out 
“ January” and insert “ April ;” leave out “ next” and 
insert “ said;” 1. 9. Leave out “ same” and _ insert 
“ next.” 

Fo. 62. 1. 13. Leave out “ Overseer ;” 1. 16. Leave out 
“© Overseers;” 1. 19. Leave out “ Five hundred Pounds ;” 
1,21. Leave out “ Five hundred Pounds.” 

Fo. 63. 1. 1. Leave out “ not less than ;” 1. 8. Leave 
out “ Overseer.” 

Fo. 72. 1. 9. Insert ‘ and the.” 

A Clause was added to the Bill, “ That the Clerks of 
“&lt; the several Livery Companies in London do make out 
* and print Lists of Freemen and of Claimants ;” and 
Schedule (L.), to which the Clause refers. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, “ To 
“« regulate the Right of Voting for the County of Lincoln 
‘“* by the Freeholders of the City of Lincoln ;” and the 
said Clause was brought up, and read the first time, and, 
by leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, 
“ To disqualify from Voting all Persons holding Offices 
“ during the pleasure of the Crown;” and the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time, and, by 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Bill, 
in Fo. 1. 1. ult. and Fo. 2. 1. 1 to 3, by leaving out the 
words, ‘“* That each of the Boroughs enumerated in 
“« Schedule (A.) to this Act annexed, shall cease, from 
‘“* and after the end of this present Parliament, to return 
*« any Member or Members to serve in Parliament.” 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Bill; it was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
oo in Fo. 2. 1.3 to 7. by leaving out Clause 2. of the 

ill. 

And the Question being put, That the said Clause stand 
part of the Bill; it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Fo. 8. 1. 5. by inserting after the word “ for” the 
spre “each of the Counties of Carmarthen, Denbigh 
“ and.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 


there inserted ; it was resolyed in the Affirmative. 
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14° Septembris. 


A. 183}, 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, m Fo. 8. 1. 5. by inserting after the word “Glamor. 
“« gan” the words “and Pembroke.” 

And the Question being put, That the words “ang 
“« Pembroke” be there inserted ; it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Fo. 11. 1.7. to 1. 15, by leaving out the words 
“ Provided also, That nothing herein contained shall take 
‘ away or in any manner affect the Right of Voting in 
* the Election of a Knight or Knights of the Shire at pre. 
sent enjoyed by any Person, or which may hereafter 
accrue to any Person, according to the ‘laws now jn 
force in respect of Freehold Property, Rent Charges, 
Annuities or any other Right of Voting now by law 
enjoyed in relation to the Election of a Knight op 
* Knights of the Shire.” 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Bill; it passed in the Ne. 
gative. 


Then the Amendments following were made to the 
Bill; viz. 

Fo. 13. 1.3. Leave out “ present,” and after “ year” 
insert “ one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two ;” 
1. 14, leave out “ present,” and after “ year” insert 
“ one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.” 

Fo. 14. 1. 14. Leave out ‘ present,” and after “ year” 
insert “ one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.” 

Fo. 37. 1. 15. Leave out “ present,” and after “ year” 
insert “ one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.” 

Fo. 39. 1. 1, Leave out “Sundays” and insert “‘ Mon- 
“ days;” 1.2, leave out “ in this and in every subsequent 
“ year;” 1. 11. leave out “ present,” and after “ year” 
insert “ one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.” 

Fo. 44. 1. 8. Leave out “ present,” and after “ year” 
insert “ one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.” 

Fo. 47. 1. 9. Leave out “ present,” and after “ year’ 
insert “ one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.” 

Fo. 48, 1.19. After “ Register” insert ‘ as aforesaid.” 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Fo. 51.1.2. by leaving out the words “ direct 
“ the Return to be amended accordingly, or declare the 
“« Election void, as the case may be,” and inserting the 
words “ report the same to the House, and the Retum 
“ shall be amended, or the Election declared void, as the 
“‘ case may be, and the Register corrected accordingly,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Bill; it passed in the 
Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words, “ re- 
“ port the same to the House, and the Return shall be 
“ amended, or the Election declared void, as the case 
“‘ may be, and the Register corrected accordingly,” be 
inserted instead thereof; it was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Fo. 52. 1. 8. by leaving out from the word “ not- 
“« withstanding” to the end of the Clause. 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Bill; it passed in the 
Negative. 

Then several other Amendments were made to the 
Bill; viz. 

Fo. 54. 1.14. Leave out “ of nomination,” and insert 
“ fixed for the Election.” | 

Fo. 56. 1. 17. Leaye out “ of nomination,” and insert 
“ fixed for the Election,” 

Fo. 57. 1. 14. After “and” insert “ public,” and in 
the same line leave out “in writing;” |. 16. leave out 
“on the Day” and insert “ Three Days;” 1.17 and 18 
leave out “ to each of the Candidates or his Agent.” 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Fo. 59. 1. 6. by inserting after the word “ Candi- 
*“« date” the words “ Provided also, That nothing herein 
“ contained shall prevent the Candidates, or any Sheriff 
or other Returning Officer, from using or hiring any one 
or more Houses or other Buildings for the purpose of 
taking the Poll therein, subject always to the same regu- 
lations, provisions and liabilities in every respect as are 
hereinbefore mentioned with regard to Booths for tak- 
“ ing the Poll,” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted ; it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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_ Another Amendment was made to the Bill; viz. 
Fo. 59.1. 9. After the word “ Booth” insert “ or other 
« polling place.” 2. 

Another Amendment was propased, to be made to the 
Bill, in Fo. 62. l. 11. by leaving out from “ thereof” to 
« And,” in Fo. 63. 1. 12. being Clause 55, 

And the Question being put, That the said Clause 
stand part of the Bill; it passed in the Negative. 


- And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Thursday morning ; 


Jovis, 15° die Septembris, 1831: 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, “ That the Borough of Aldborough, Yorkshire,” be 
inserted in Schedule (A.) ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas went forth. ie 

r. Thomas Duncombe, 

Tellers for the Yeas, 9 gi Wn: 1m Ingilby : 64. 

Tellers for the Noes, i aaa has. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
s That the Borough of Evesham, Worcestershire,” be in- 
serted in Schedule (A.); it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
“ That the Borough of Downton, Wilts,” stand part of 
Schedule (A.) ; 


The House divided. 
The Noes went forth. 
Mr. Spring Rice, 
- Tellers for the Yeas, {Me Ro Pt! ra 196. 
Mr. Croker, 
- Tellers for the Noes, Foil Cranach Wisuliaiiih \ 43. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That.the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration this day. 


Ordered, That Mr. Trail, Mr. Shaw of Dublin, and 
Drawback. 


njtAct ‘The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
ndment : : e 
ieforeg, 80LVe -itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 


the Bill to amend an Act of the sixth year of his late 
Majesty for amending the Laws relating to Bankrupts ; 

_ Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, the 
26th day of this instant September, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
er consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
‘ whole House, on the Bill to repeal so much of an Act 
passed in Jre/and in the fourth year of King George the 
First, “ for the better regulating the Town of Galway, and 
for strengthening the Protestant Interest therein, as limits 
the Franchise created by the said Act to Protestants only ;” 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration To-morrow. 


~ The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

_ Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into 2 Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of Ways and Means. for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; 

_ Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


oe The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
)Bil, port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill 


to improve the Administration of Justice in Zreland 5 
~— oan the Report be received this day. 





14°—15° Septembris. 


843 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take into 
further consideration the Report from the Committee on 
the re-committed Bill to authorize and empower the Com- 
missioners appointed by an Act of the seventh year of his 
late Majesty King George the Fourth, for extending to 
Charing Cross, the Strand, and Places adjacent, the 
Powers of an Act for making a more convenient com- 
munication from AJary-le-bone Park; to make and form a 
new Street from the Strand to Charles-street, Covent Gar- 
den; and to widen the North end of Bow-street into Long 
Acre, and fer other purposes ; and the Amendments made 
by the Committee to the Bill, being read a second time, 
were agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, to whom 
it was referred to consider of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 49, to 
continue, until the Fifth day of July one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty, the Provisions of an Act to allow Sugar 
to be delivered out of Warehouse to be refined ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


A Bill to apply the Surplus of Ways and Means, and 
a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, to the service of 
the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bodkin have leave of absence for 


three weeks, on account of urgent business. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for effectuating a Partition of Estates belonging to the 
Most honourable John Crichton Stuart Marquis of Bute 


Report of 
WaterlooBridge 
New Street Bill, 
considered, 


Sugar 
Refinery Act, 
deferred. 


Surplus Ways 
and Means 
Bill, com- 
mitted. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Marquis of 
Bute’s Estate 
Bill, read. 


and Earl of Dumfries, and the Most honourable Maria | 


Marchioness of Bute and Countess of Dumfries, and their 
Trustees, and to the Right honourable Susan North, and 
to the Right honourable Lady Georgina North, and for 
other purposes, was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Trevor reported fram the Committee on the in- 
grossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for vesting 
in Trustees a legal Estate, which, on the death of Joseph 
Crewe, escheated to His Majesty and the Lord Bishop of 
Bangor, in an undivided third part of certain Heredita- 
ments in the County of Denbigh, in order to effect a par- 
tition directed by the Court of Chancery ; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee ; and that they had gone through the Bill, and 
had directed him to report the same to the House, without 
any Amendment ;—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Trevor do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


Crewe’s 
Estate Bill, 
reported, and 
passed, 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after © 


two of the clock on Thursday morning, adjourned 


till this day. 








Jovis, 15° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


b&gt; hour appointed for taking into consideration the 

Petition of the-several Persons, whose names are 
thereunto subscribed, Freeholders of the county of Pem- 
broke, who voted, and were entitled to vote, and claim to 
have had a right to vote, at the last Election for a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said County, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the said County, 
being come ; 

The House proceeded to the appointment of a Select 
Committee to try and determine the merits of the said 
Petition, 

10 E 2 The 


Pembroke 
County 
Election— 
Petition 
considered, 





Petition 
against Ennis 
and Galwa 
Road Bill. 


Flathmann’s 
Nat. Bill, 
reported, and 
passed. 


Petitions 
respecting 
Mr. and Mrs, 
Deacle. 


Petition 
in favour of 
Vestries Bill. 


Petition 
respecting 
Law of Libel. 


Pembroke 
County 
Election— 
Comnittee 
appointed. 


844 
The Serjeant at Arms was sent, with the Mace, to the 
places adjacent, to require the attendance of the Members 
on the business of the House : And being returned ; 
The House was counted by Mr. Speaker; and one hun- 


dred and five Members being present ; 
The counsel and agents were called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking the said Petition into 
consideration, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and read, 
in the usual manner. . 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was com- 
pleted :—And Lists of the said names were delivered to 
the Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee ; and 
then the door was opened, and the Parties, their counsel 
and agents, withdrew. 

“Note: —That in the course of drawing the names for 
the appointment of the said Committee, the names 
of several Members were drawn, who were excused, 
as being sixty years of age or upwards, or as hay- 
ing served on a Select Committee ; and one name 
was set aside, the Member being petitioned 
against. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Ennis, in the 
county of Clare, was presented, and read; taking notice 
of the Bill for maintaining, repairing, altering, amending 
and improving the Road leading from 7'ubber, near the 
Bounds of the Counties of Clare and Galway, to Ennis, in 
the County of Clare, and from thence to Thomond Gate, 
in the County of the City of Limerick; and praying, 
That the samé may not pass into a law. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hughes Hughes, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for naturalizing Herman Hinrich Flathmann ; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill; 
and had directed him to report the same to the House, 
without any Amendment :—And the Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hughes Hughes do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Maidstone ;—-and, of War- 
borough,—were presented, and read ; praying, That such 
measures may be taken by the House as to them may 
seem meet, to cause strict justice to be rendered to 
Mr. and Mrs. Deacle, and thereby convince the people 
of the United Kingdom, that their liberties are not an 
idle name, and that power cannot oppress innocence with 
Impunity. 

“ And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of John Savage, of 35, Crawford-street, in 
the parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, was presented, and 
read ; taking notice of the Bill for the better regulation 
of Vestries, and for the appointment of Auditors of Ac- 
counts in certain Parishes of England and Wales ; and 
praying, That the same may pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Carpenter, a prisoner in the 
King’s Bench Prison, was presented, and read ; complain- 
ing of prosecution under Act 60 Geo. 3, c.9, for a series 
of Publications ; stating the particulars of his case ; and 

raying, That the House may be pleased to address His 

ajesty to liberate the Petitioner from imprisonment, and 
to remit the penalties and costs for which he is detained 
in custody. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The counsel and agents before-mentioned, being re- 
-turned to the bar, the Clerk appointed to attend the said 
Committee, delivered in to the House a reduced List; 
and the same was called over ; and is as follows : 

: Sir Robert Price, Baronet, Ralph Etwall, Esquire, 
Charles Tyrell, Esquire, John Hodson, Esquire, Walter 


. ..15° Septembris. 


A. 183), 


Blackney, Esquire, Sir Richard Musgrave, Baronet, John 
Palmer Bruce Chichester, Esquire, . Dominick Browne, 
Esquire, Arthur Atherley, Esquire, Robert Ferguson, 
Esquire, Sir Francis Blake, Baronet. 
nd the said eleven Members, being the Select Com. 
mittee for trying the merits of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the County of Pem. 
broke, were sworn by the Clerk, at the table, in the usua] 
manner ; and thereupon the counsel and agents withdrew, 
Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forthwith 
in one of the Committee Chambers appoimted for hearing 
the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Ordered, That this House be called over upon Monday 


next. 


be sent for in custody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this House. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into 
further consideration the Report from the Committee of 
the whole House, on the Bill to amend the Representation 
of the People in England and Wales, be now read ; and 
the same being read :—The House proceeded to take the 
Report into further consideration. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to Sche- 
dule (A.), by leaving out the word  Fowey.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ Fowey” 
stand part of the said Schedule; it was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the word “ Minehead.” 

_ And the Question being put, That the word “ Jine- 
* head” stand part of the said Schedule ; it was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the word ‘“ Plympton.” 

And the Question being put, That the word ‘“‘ Plympton” 
stand part of the said Schedule; it was resolved in the 
Affirmative. - 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the words “‘ New Romney.” 

And the Question being put, That the words “ New 
* Romney” stand part of the said Schedule ; it was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the words “ Saint Germains.” 

And the Question being put, That the words “ Saint 
“ Germains” stand part of the said Schedule; it was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the word “‘ Wareham.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ Ware- 
“ ham” stand part of the said Schedule; it was resolved 
in the Affirmative. ; 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the word ‘ Woodstock.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ Wood- 
“ stock” stand part of the said Schedule; it was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to Schedule 
(B.), by leaving out the word ‘“ Chippenham.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ Chip- 
“ penham” stand part of the said Schedule; it was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. ) 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the word “ Clitheroe.” P 

And the Question being put, That the word “ Clithe- 
“ yoe” stand part of the said Schedule; it was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made _there- 
unto, by leaving out the word ‘ Cockermouth.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ Cocker- 
&lt;&lt; mouth” stand part of the said Schedule ; .it was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the word “ Dorchester.” ! 

And the Question being put, That the word “ Dor- 
“ chester” stand part of the said Schedule ; it was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the words “ Great Grimsby.” 


And 





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And the Question being put, That the words “ Great 
« Grimsby” stand part of the said Schedule; it was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. ’ 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the word “ Guildford.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ Guild- 
« ford ” stand part of the said Schedule ; it was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the word “ Helston.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ Helston” 
stand part of the said Schedule; it was resolved in the 
Afiirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the word “ Huntingdon.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ Hun- 
« tingdon” stand part of the said Schedule; it was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the word “ Lymington.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ Ly- 
« mington” stand part of the said Schedule; it was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the werds “ Great Marlow.” 

And the Question being put, That the words “ Great 
« Marlow” stand part of the said Schedule ; it was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the word “ Sudbury.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ Sudbury” 
stand part of the said Schedule; it was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 


. Another Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the word “ Totness.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ Totness” 
stand part of the said Schedule; it was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 


Several Amendments were made to Schedule (C.), by 
inserting after the word ‘“ Deptford” the word “ and ;” 
and after the word “ hundred ” the words ‘and the;” 
and after the word “ Rotherhithe” the word “ and.” 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to Schedule 
(D.), by inserting therein the words “‘ Ashton-under-Lyne, 
“ including the Town of Ashton-under-Lyne.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted ; it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Then several other Amendments were made to the said 
Schedule ; viz. By leaving out before the words “ of 
“ Brighthelmstone, Sussex,” the word “ Parish,” and in- 
serting the word “Town” instead thereof; by leaving out 
before the words “ of Blackburn, Lancashire,” the word 
“ Township,” and inserting the word “Town” instead 
thereof. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said Schedule, by leaving out the words “ Gateshead, in- 
“cluding Parish of Gateshead, Durham.” 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the said Schedule; it was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 


Then several other Amendments were made to the said 
Schedule, by leaving out before the words “ of Halifax, 
“ Yorkshire,” the word “Township,” and inserting the 
word “Town” instead thereof ;” by leaving out after the 
words “ Town of Kidderminster, Worcestershire,” the word 
“ Bailiff,” and inserting the words “ High Bailiff,” instead 
thereof; by inserting after the second words “ South 
“ Shields” the word “and ;” by leaving out after the word 
“ Tunstall” the word “ Court.” 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said Schedule, by inserting after the word “ Staffordshire” 
the words “ Stroud, including the Town of Stroud, Parish 
“ of Minching Hampton, Gloucestershire.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted ; it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said Schedule, by leaving out the words “ Parish of Tyne- 
mouth” and inserting the words “ Township of 7yne- 


“ mouth and Town of North Shields,” instead thereof. 
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845 


And the Question being put, That the words “ Parish 
of Tynemouth” stand part of the said Schedule; it 
passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “'Town- 
“ ship of Zynemouth and Town of North Shields” be in- 
serted instead thereof; it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then another Amendment was made to the said Sche- 
dule, by leaving out before the words “ of Wakefield, York- 
“ shire,” the word “ Township,” and inserting the word 
“ Town,” instead thereof. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said Schedule, by leaving out the words “Township of 
“ Preston Quarter, Parish of Moresby, Parish,” and in- 
serting the words “ and Town,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words “‘ Town- 
“ ship of Preston Quarter, Parish of Moresby, Parish” 
stand part of the said Schedule; it passed in the Nega- 
tive. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ and 
‘“‘ Town” be inserted instead thereof ; it was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said Schedule, by leaving out the words “ Parish of Har- 
“ rington.” 

And the Question being put, That those words stand 
part of the said Schedule; it passed in the Negative. 


Several Amendments were made to Schedule (E.), by 
inserting before the word “ Falmouth” the words “Town 
“ of;” by inserting before the word “ Deal” the words 
“ Parishes of.” 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to Schedule 
(F.), by inserting before the first word “ Wrevham” the 
words “ Town of.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be there 
inserted ; it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said Schedule, by leaving out the words “ Townships of 
“ Wrevham Regis and Wrevham Abbots.” 

And the Question being put, That those words stand 
part of the said Schedule ; it passed in the Negative. 


Then several other Amendments were made to the said 
Schedule, by leaving out the word “ Caergwole” and in- 
serting the word ‘ Caergwrley,” instead thereof; by 
leaving out before the words “ Saint Asaph” the words 
‘“* Town of ;” by leaving out before the word “ Holywell” 
the words “ Parish of;” by leaving out before the word 
“* Mold” the words ‘‘ Town of ;” by leaving out before 
the word “ Newton” the words “ Town of.” 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said Schedule, by leaving out the words “ Merthyr Tydvil,” 
and “‘ Llantrissent,” for the purpose of forming them into a 
separate District with Bridgend, for the election of a Re- 
presentative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ Merthyr 
“ Tidvil” and “ Llantrissent” stand part of the said Sche- 
dule; it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


cc 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said Schedule by inserting the word “ Bridgend.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ Bridg- 
“‘ end” be inserted in the said Schedule ; it passed in the 
Negative. 


At the end of the Bill insert Schedule (L.) 


“ SCHEDULE (L.) 





“ A List of such of the Freemen of London, as are Liverymen of the 
“« Company of entitled to vote in Elections for 
“© Members for the City of London.” 























Christian Name and Surname of the Street, Lane or other Description of 
Voter at full length. Place of Abode. 
“4. B. Clerk.” 


(signed) 





10 F No. 1. 





Motion 
respecting 
Corn Laws. 


Wine Duties 
Bill, passed. 


846 


“ No. 1. 


“ Notice of Cxarm to be given to the Returning Officer or Officers 
“ of the City of London, and to the Clerks of the respective 
“ Livery Companies. 


“ To the Returning Officer or Officers.of the City of London, and the 
** Clerk of the Company of 

“ I hereby give you Notice, That I claim to have my Name in- 

‘¢ serted in the List of the Livery, made by the said Clerk, of Persons 

“ entitled to vote in the Election of Members for this City. Dated 





“ the day of 
(signed) “ 4, B. [Place of Abode. 
Name of Company.]” 
“ No. 2, 


“ Notice of Cram to be published by the Returning Officer or 
“ Officers of the City of London. 


‘“« The following Persons claim to have their Names inserted in the 
‘¢ List of Persons entitled to vote as Freemen of the City of London, 
‘‘ and Liverymen of the several Companies herein specified, in the 
** Election of Members for the City of London.” 





Christian Name and Surname of 
Claimants at full length, 


PLACE OF ABODE, 

















“« No. 3. 


“‘ Norice of Ossection to PARTIES inserted in the List of the 
LIVERY. 
“© To Mr. William Baker. 


*« T hereby give you Notice, That I object to your Name being 
** retained in the List of Persons entitled to vote as Freemen of the 
“« City of London, and Liverymen of the Company of 
** in the Election of Members for the said City, and that I shall bring 
“ forward such objection at the time of revising the said List. Dated 
“ the day of 


(signed) “ A.B. [Place of Abode.” 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 &amp; 2 Geo. 4, 
c. 87, to repeal certain Acts passed in the thirty-first, 
thirty-third, forty-fourth and forty-fifth years of his late 
Majesty King George the Third, for regulating the Im- 
portation and Exportation of Corn, Grain, Meal and 
Flour into and from Great Britain, and to make further 
Provisions in lieu thereof, might be read; and the same 
was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 6 Geo. 4, 
c. 65, to allow, until the Fifteenth day of August one 
thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, the Entry of 
Warehoused Corn, Grain and Wheaten Flour for Home 
Consumption, on payment of Duty, might be read ; and 
the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 60, to amend the Laws relating to the Importation of 
Corn, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That this House will resolve itself into a Committee of 
the whole House, to consider of the said Acts. 

And the previous Question being put, That that Ques- 
tion be now put; 


The House divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, 1 = ae ; \ 6. 
Tellers for the Noes,| oa oon. il: \ 197. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill to equalize the Duties on Wine, 
be now read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 


15°— 16° Septembris. 


A. 183}. 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 16° die Septembris, 1831: 


It was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill was ac. 
cordingly read the third time; and several Amendment, 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Crampton reported from the Committee of the ,,. 
whole House, on the Bill to improve the Administration sia.’ 
of Justice in Ireland, the Amendments which they haq ne 
made to the Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to by the House; and a Clause was added ty 
the Bill. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, Tha 
*« Costs be made payable to Defendants in Crown Pip. 
** secutions.” 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, 
That the said Clause be brought up; it passed in the 
Negative. &gt; 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be jp. 
grossed ; and read the third time upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take into Rex, 
further consideration the Report from the Committee of “ 
the whole House, on the Bill to empower Landed Pro- in 
prietors in Jre/and to sink, embank and remove Obstrue- 
tions in Rivers; and the Amendments made by the Con- 
mittee to the Bill, being read a second time, were agreed 
to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 


grossed ; and read the third time upon Tuesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a (uy 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to apply mi 
the Surplus of Ways and Means, and a Sum out of the ""* 
Consolidated Fund, to the service of the year one thou.” 
sand eight hundred and thirty-one ; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Tennyson reported from the Committee, That they had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Ais 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- * 
tions, that there be laid before this House, an Account rr 
of the Population of the several Counties of Scotland, as ~ 
enumerated in May 1831, in so far as the same can be 
made up. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- le 
turn of the Number of Generals, Lieutenant Generals, and 
Major Generals, unattached ; specifying the daily Rate Of 
Pay, the Numbers of each Class, and the Total Charge 
on 18th February 1818 ; stating the Numbers which have 
been removed by Deaths or Appointments, from 1818 up 
to 1831 :—also, the saving of Expense which has ac- 
tually been effected by reducing the Pay of General 
Officers to the Rates of their last regimental Commissions, 
instead of the three Rates of unattached Pay granted in 
1814, and by the limitation of the Numbers to 120 Gene- 
ral Officers; specifying the yearly average, as well as the 
total amount of saving to the Public. © a 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Officers on Full and Half Pay on 
Ist January 1814 and Ist July 1831, classed as follows: 
Combatants—Line, Foreign Corps: Non-combatants— 
such as Medical Staff, Paymaster Generals, Chaplains, 
Commissariat Department liable to service with the Army; 
adding Ordnance Military Corps, viz. Artillery, Engineers; 
and Sappers and Miners: Non-combatants— in the same 
order, including Field Train, Commissaries of Stores 

y Conductors 






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Conductors of Stores, Military Draftsmen and Warrant 
Officers liable to Field Service, entitled to Half Pay or 
Pension; annexing to this Return a brief Statement of 
the existing Regulations relating to the Grant of Pay to 
unattached General Officers, and other Rates of Pay to 
General Officers ; also, to Retired Officers on Full Pay ; 
and any alterations regarding the claims of Officers of 
the Army to Half Pay. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Officers on Retired Full Pay for 
the years 1822 and 1831; showing the Charge in each 
year, and the difference of Expense to the Public; also, 
the Prospective Establishment, and Limitation of Ex- 

ense. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ab- 
stract of Promotions by purchase of unattached Commis- 
sions since 1823; specifying, under each General Order 
and Class, the Number of Officers promoted, and the 
Expense of the same to the Public ; stating the Numbers 
of Purchasers who have subsequently returned to Full 
Pay, the object and principle of each General Order, and 
its effects upon the efficiency of the Army, Ordnance and 
Marines:—also, the Expense to the Public by the in- 
creased Rates of Half Pay; and showing, as far as is prac- 
ticable, the Expense arising from placing younger Lives 
on the Half-Pay List :—also, the saving to the Public by 
Half-Pay Commissions commuted in consequence of 
appropriating Sums of Money paid by Officers who pur- 
chased, over and above the Sums received by the Officers 
who sold, as well as by substituting an immediate pay- 
ment in Money for an existing Annuity and a Contingent 
Pension to the Widow or Children; showing, in one gene- 
ral Total the Number of unattached Commissions pur- 
chased, and of Promotions obtained thereby, and the real 
Expense to the Public of these measures, from 1823 to 
Ist July 1831. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Commissions in the Army of each 
Rank which have been purchased, and the Half or Retired 
Pay of the same cancelled up to Ist July 1831; stating 
the Amount of Purchase Money paid for each Rank, and 


the Amount of Annuities so cancelled, and the saving to 
the Public. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Sum- 
mary of so much of the above-recited Returns as will 
show, on the one hand, the Total Expense of all these 
Arrangements, and, on the other, the saving to the Pub- 
lic, striking a Balance of the same. 


The House was moved, That the Order made yester- 
day, for receiving, this day, the Report from the Commit- 
tee of the whole House, to whom it was referred to consi- 
der of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c.49, to continue, until the Fifth 
day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty, the 
Provisions of an Act to allow Sugar to be delivered out of 
Warehouse to be refined, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thursday 


next, 


A Petition of Thomas Swinburne, of Lincoln’s Inn, Es- 
quire, and George Dyson, of Kennington, in the county of 
Surrey, Gentleman, was presented, and read ; complain- 
ing of errors in Law, superficial views, and other defects 
in the Reports of the Commissioners on Real Property ; 
and praying the House to withhold their sanction from 
any measures proposed on the recommendation, or in 
any way arising out of the suggestions, of the said Com 
missioners ; and further, that the House will be pleased 
to address His Majesty, that the said Commission may be 
closed as speedily as to His Majesty may seem good, or 
to take such other measures as may appear fit to the 

ouse, in the matter set forth by the Petitioners. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Electors of the borough of Stamford, was 
Presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to amend 
the Representation of the People in England and Wales ; 
and Setting forth, That the Petitioners can no longer 
refrain from expressing their opinions, that, from circum- 


VOL. 86. 





15°—16° Septembris. 


) 
S47 
stances, over which they have had no control, greater delay 
than they anticipated has taken place in its. progress; and 
they believe that this delay has been entirely caused by 
the acts of a corrupt faction, bent upon their own aggran- 


° 5 
dizement, at the expense of the best interests of the 


Country at large. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Leave of 
Absence, 


Ordered, That Mr. Beaumont have leave of absence for 
three weeks, on account of ill health. 

Ordered, That Mr. Holdsworth have leave of absence 
for three weeks, on account of the death of a near 
relation. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Fitzgerald have leave of ab- 
sence for a fortnight, on urgent business. 


Ordered, That Mr. Conolly and Mr. North be added 
to the Select Committee on Malt Drawback. 
Ordered, That Sir Henry Parnell and Lord Killeen be 


discharged from any further attendance on the said Com- 
mittee. 


Members added 
to a Committce; 


others 
discharged. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till two 


of the clock on Friday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Veneris, 16° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 
Time for Report 


RDERED, That the Committee on the Bill for jijeier pet 
providing for the discharge of a Claim in respect of Nozeed and 
Monies advanced by the late James Hodges, Esquire, on jiy"*?"™"*" 
security of the Lands of the late Zemindar of Nozeed and 
Mustaphanagur, in the District of Fort Saint George, in 
the East Indies, now under the Sovereignty of the Ho- 
nourable the Last India Company, have leave to make 
their Report on or before Friday next. 


Petition 
respecting 
Poland, 


A Petition of the National Reform Association, meet- 
ing at the Crown Tavern, Museum-street, Saint George's, 
Bloomsbury, was presented, and read ; praying the House 
to take the case of the Poles into their immediate consi- 
deration, and, by Address, beseech His Majesty to re- 
cognize the cause of Poland, and send forth His fleets to 
their instant aid, or that the House will be pleased to adopt 
such other measures thereon as to them shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petitions re- 
specting Mr.and 
Mrs, Deacle. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cranbrook ;-—and, of Lea- 
mington Priors,—were presented, and read ; praying the 
House to take the case of Mr. and Mrs. Deacle into their 
consideration, to cause an investigation into the matters 
complained of, and to afford to the suffering parties such 
redress as shall encourage His Majesty’s subjects in ge- 
neral to hope that their liberties and lives will not be ex- 
posed in future to similar oppressions. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Lamb presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Address to His Majesty,—A Copy of the Letters Patent 
under which the Governor of the Isle of Wight holds that 
Office. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Copy of Letters 
Patent of the 
Governor of tie 
Isle of Wight, 
presented. 


No. 246. 


Petition 
respecting 
Sale of Beer 
Act. 


A Petition of Retail Brewers and Excise Licensed Beer 
Retailers in the borough of Reading, was presented, and 
read ; praying, That, whatever laws, restrictions, regula- 
tions or alterations may be deemed necessary to be made 
for regulating the retail sale of Beer, that they may be 
meted to all alike, and that the Petitioners may be put 
upon the same footing, and governed by the same laws 
as Alehouse-keepers licensed by the Justices for the sale 
of Beer are governed by. 


10 F 2 Ordered, 








Petition 

in favour of 
Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Petition of the 
Master of the 
Rulls of [reland, 
relative to his 
Claim of Right 
to appoint his 
own Secretary. 


848 


and be printed. 


A Petition of Mechanics, Labourers and Inhabitants of 
Reading, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the 
Petitioners thank the House for the benefits enjoyéd by 
the destruction of the late licensing system of the Jus- 
tices, and the abolition of the baneful monopoly of the 
Alehouses by the Common Brewers ; and praying, That 
no restriction or impediment may be adopted by Parlia- 
ment to lessen the free sale of Beer, or in anywise to im- 
pede the benefits they daily partake of by the reduced fair 
price and improved quality that they now buy at through 
the competition.of the Beer Sellers and the Brewers, the 
former being, now free to buy Beer from any Brewer that 
he or she pleases, or brew themselves if it answers the 
purpose best. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Right honourableSir William M‘ Mahon, 
Baronet, Master of the Rolls of Jreland, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner was appointed 
Master of the Rolls of Jreland by Letters Patent under 
the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, bearing date the 4th of March 1814; that 
the office of Master of the Rolls is an ancient judicial 
office, as the Petitioner submits, and that the Petitioner 
holds the same not by any derivative title in tenure or 
jurisdiction from the Lord Chancellor, but directly as the 
Lord Chancellor holds from The King, by Letters Patent 
under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, and not under the Great Seal of 
Ireland, and that the judicature in which the Petitioner 
presides is an ancient distinct and independent Court, sub- 
sisting asa branch of the Court of Chancery, with all the 
rights and incidents of the ancient office and Court of 
the Master of the Rolls, and that, while its Orders and 
Decrees are subject to appeal to the Lord Chancellor, it 
is a judicature obviously distinct from and independent of 
that appellate jurisdiction ; the Petitioner showeth and 
submits, that the office of the Master of the Rolls in Ireland 
is not only similarand perfectly analagous to the same 
office in England as a branch of the English Court of 
Chancery, the Courts of Chancery in both Countries ex- 
isting beyond legal memory, and being part of the Con- 
stitution and Laws of both Countries, and both offices of 
Master of the Rolls in each Country being as ancient as 
the Courts, inasmuch as the custody of the Records must 
have been contemporaneous with the Courts themselves, 
but that the office of the Jrish Master of the Rolls has been 
identified with the office of the English Master of the Rolls 
by an unbroken series of grants, uniformly continued from 
the first of James the First, from which period the Records 
have been, and can be produced and proved and deduced 
with perfect and uninterrupted regularity, and that ac- 
cordingly, upon the occasion of the litigated proceeding 
hereinafter detailed, the Patents were produced and read 
in evidence, as specified in the Schedule hereto annexed, 
commencing from the first James the First, whereby it ap- 
peared that the office had been granted to each successive 
Master of the Rolls, “to do, carry on and execute all and 
singular things to the office aforesaid in any manner be- 
longing, and by the Clerks or Masters of the Rolls or 
Records of our Chancery of our said Kingdom of Eng- 
land, or of our Kingdom of Jreland, were accustomed to 
be done ;” that the only difference in these grants is, that 
after the Union with Scot/and the description is, “ of our 
Master of the Rolls of Great Britain,” and herein the 
Petitioner begs leave to refer to the Petition of Frederick 
Shaw, Esquire, presented to Sir Anthony Hart as Lord 
Chancellor, with the Schedules of the Records thereto 
annexed, hereinafter stated; that this office, which was 
judicial in its nature, was, in the first year of the reign of 
George the Third, coriverted into a political office only, 
and granted'to Richard Rigby, the ministration of justice 
being ‘excepted, and that this office was so continued to 
be granted from tithe to tiine (the ministration of justice 
being extéptéd) until the year 1801 ; that this office had 
been ‘granted as d judicial ‘office to Sir William Temple in 
the 16th of Charlesthé Seeond, and afterwards in the 8th of 
William ‘the Third, to William Berkeley, but that under the 
licenses of absence'from Ireland, which had been granted 


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Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 


A. 183), 


and successively continued from three year's to three years; 

or, in some instances, from year’ to year, the judicia}'; 
duties were not discharged from’ the 16th of Charles thé» 
Second to the appointment of Thomas Carter in the reign 

of George the Second ; that this’ office; ’eonverted into 4 

political office in the person of the said Richérd Rig hys:, 
was thus granted afterwards to the Dake of Leinster, ang): 
to Lords Glandore and Carysford (the niniistration of 
justice being excepted) until the year 1800;‘when the Ace 
of Union passed (the 40th Geo! 3, c.'38);) tnd? under 
the Act of the same Session (the 40th ‘Geo?3;'e. 69);): 
provision is made, whereby the Crown is enabled to grant’ 


aretiring pension of 2,700/. per annum’ to w Master of the» 


Rolls, being a person learned in the Law; ‘to: the Chief: 
Justice of the Common Pleas and Chief Baron of thes 
Exchequer, after a given service, specified in the Statute ; 
that this was followed in the next year by the Statute 
41st Geo. 3, c. 25, which, as the Petitioner submits 
with confidence, clearly imports and receives its sound 
and obvious construction in construing it, in reviving the 
ancient judicial office of Master of the Rolls, and in pre- 
venting the course adopted from the Ist Geo. 3, of grant- 
ing this office, with the ministration of justice excepted, 
the legality of which exception might well be questioned, 
with further provisions in the Statute to extend the jurisdic. 
tion of the Master of the Rolls to cases in bankruptcy, and 
to regulate and provide for his salary and accounting, and 
the Petitioner submits, that it is an obviously erroneous 
construction of this Statute, to hold that it created for the 
first time a new judicial office ; that Sir AZichael Smith was 
appointed the first Master of the Rolls after this Statute 
passed, about the month of June 1801, and this Statute 
having legislated upon the principle that the revival of the 
judicial duties of the ancient office of Master of the Rolls 
revived those offices, and places necessarily incident to a 
Rolls Court, as a distinct judicature, and to the’ judicial 
duties to be there discharged, although it is submitted it 
had been more satisfactory if, as in some subsequent in- 
stances, distinct provisions had been made in the Statute 
for the offices and places thus necessarily incident to this 
revived ancient jurisdiction; the offices of Deputy Register, 
Trainbearer, Crier, Court Keeper, were called into exist- 
ence under this principle of necessary incidency, and Sir 
Michael Smith filled up these several places, except the 
Deputy Register, who was necessarily appointed by the 
principal Patentee Register, and he further appointed 
Mr. Ignatius Cusack as his Secretary ; that Mr. Jenatius 
Cusack and Mr. John Dwyer having both died several 
years since, it is impracticable to make any inquiries of 
them as to the nature of such arrangements as may have 
subsisted between them in relation to this appointment, 
and no appointment of any Secretary to any Lord Chan- 
cellor, or any Master of the Rolls to that period can be 
found in the Registers or the Rolls Office, the appointment 
being only by parol so recently as in Lord Manners’ ap- 
pointment of Mr. Lockwood ; that, however, the Petitioner, 
upon reference to the Report of the Commissioners under 
the 44th Geo. 3, c. 106, finds that the said John Dwyer, 
who had been Secretary to Lord Clare for several years, 
and had been continued afterwards by Lord Redesdale, on 
the 22d November 1802, obtained a warrant of the then 
Lord Lieutenant, under an adjudication of the Commis- 
sioners under 40th Geo. 3, c. 34, for an annuity of 
500 /. per annum, from the 5th day of June 1801, being 
the date of the appointment of Sir Michael Smith, as com- 
pensation, by reason of the appointment of a Secretary by 
the said Sir Michael Smith as Master of the Rolls, and of 
his right so to do, as the Petitioner submits, and. that 
though this transaction may be justly made the subject 
of much criticism as to the extent of ‘the compensation; 
yet, as it applies to the rights of the Petitioner's office, it 
generates two clear and indisputable inferences, first, that 
at the time of the revival of the office in June 1801, neither 
the Lord Chancellor nor his: Secretary, Mr. Dwyer; then 
thought of questioning the right of Sir. Michael ‘Smith to 
appoint his own Secretary, but that. Mr.) Dwyer, as: the 
then Chancellor’s Secretary, sought: to look for compen- 
sation elsewhere ; and, 2dly, that the public have paid 
Mr. Dwyer until 1824, when he died, a sum of 500 /.per 
annum, amounting to about 11,5002. late currency; as 
compensation for this right of the Master.of the. Rolls, 
so that it will be impossible ever to-claim compensation 
from the public a second time by reason of this a 
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that the said Sir Michael Smith resigned in 1806, and that 
thereupon the late Mr. Curran was appointed his successor, 
who nominated the late Mr. John Glover as his Secretary ; 
that the appointment of Mr. Glover was at once followed 
by a Chamber Order of Lord Chancellor Ponsonby, bear- 
ing date the 7th December 1806, and importing “ that 
the Registers of the Court should not receive or file any 
Petition, unless the same was signed by his Lordship’s 
Secretary;” that the history of this Order is marked 
with obscurity, and that the original was never lodged in 
the Register’s Office, and a copy of it, purporting to 
be attested by Robert Eustace, the Chancellor’s Secretary, 
on Sunday 7th of December 1806 only is to be found, but 
that such as it is, it operated at once to prostrate the ap- 

intment thus made by Mr. Curran, the last predecessor 
of the Petitioner, by extinguishing all remedy for the trial 
of the right claimed, and substituting for a trial and 
adjudication by an uninterested tribunal, the compendious 
and hitherto unprecedented remedy of a Chamber Order 
made post litem motam by the Chancellor, as one of the 
parties claiming an adversary title against his adversary 
claimant, which could not be made the subject of appeal 
to the House of Lords, nor of petition to The King in 
Council, and which barred any action to be brought, as 
hereinafter more particularly stated ; the Petitioner showeth, 
that the late Mr. Curran, with a foresight which did not 
over-rate the expense, vexation and resistance in every 
quarter which has attended the effort of the Petitioner to 
procure an investigation of those conflicting titles, accord- 
ing to the known principles of Law, and the clear and 
familar remedies of the Common Law for the trial of dis- 
puted titles to office, yielded to this judicial coercion, and 
he retired from a conflict to deliver his rights from the 
extraordinary bondage imposed upon them by this pro- 
ceeding, which was, as the Petitioner submits, inconsistent 
with the Constitution and those fundamental Laws of this 
Country in relation to the civil rights of The King’s sub- 
jects, which forbid any man to be judge and party in the 
same cause; that the Petitioner has never heard any 
principle of Law or ground of title stated for the Lord 
Chancellor which could have given title to Lord Chancellor 
Ponsonby, on the 7th of December 1806, thus conclusively 
established under this Chamber Order pronounced by his 
Lordship as a Judge and party in favour of his own title, 
tothe exclusion of every remedy by the adverse claimant ; 
that, whether the office held by Mr. Curran were to be 
deemed the ancient judicial office, or a newly created judi- 
cial office, under the Act of 1801, his title, as sole Judge 
of this distinct Court, was clear at Common Law to appoint 
his own Secretary, if necessary, for the discharge of his 
judicial duties in dispatching the Petition business of his 
Court, and that, if it were to be deemed the ancient judi- 
cial office enlarged in jurisdiction and regulated, he had, 
expressly in addition to the Common Law, a title by his 
Grant, sustained by the previous Grants to hold as the 
English Master of the Rolls ; that no title by prescription 
was ever hinted at for the Lord Chancellor, nor could it, 
the office of Secretary, in both England and Ireland, being 
created as offices within the time of memory, viz. in the 
23d of Elizabeth in England, and much later in Ireland, 
for such an officer does not appear to have existed in 
1718, from the Returns made under 4 Geo. 1, c. 8; that, 
even if modern usage could take away this clear Common 
Law title of Mr. Curran, there could be no evidence of 
iton either side for the licenses of absence above men- 
tioned from the 16th of Charles the Second to the appoint- 
ment of Thomas Carter in the time of George the Second, 
and the conversion of the office into a political one (the 
ministration of justice being excepted) in the Ist of George 
the Third, and from thence to 1801, would render it im- 
practicable, as the Petitioner submits, to make out title 
by usage, for Chancellor Ponsonby, previous to 1801, and 
from 1801, with the intervening appointment of Mr. 
Cusack by Sir Michael Smith, it would be equally im- 
practicable, as the Petitioner submits, at the end of six 
years for Lord Chancellor Ponsonby to set up such a title 
against a clear Common Law title, for usage to create a 
title, even in cases of prescription, must, in the words of 
Lord Coke, be “long, continual and peaceable,” instead 
of being, as here, short and disputed ; usage can never be 
established as a title, as the Petitioner submits, by coer- 
cion or by an exercise of arbitrary judicial power, which 
extinguishes all the right of the adversary claimant, and 


takes from him all remedy for the assertion or redress of 
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such conflicting title; the Petitioner therefore submits, 
that Lord Chancellor Ponsonby had no title to this office at 
the time of issuing this Order of the 7th of December 1806, 
and that this Order, which was an exercise of judicial power 
arbitrarily made by a Judge in favour of his own title, and 
conclusively establishing it without being subject to appeal 
or review against the Petitioner’s predecessor, Mr. Curran, 
ought not to exclude the Petitioner from the right to have 
his title to this office tried and adjudicated according to 
the course of the Common Law, by the known remedies for 
that purpose; that Mr. Curran Lines resigned, the Pe- 
titioner was appointed his successor in 1814, and the 
Petitioner, finding Mr. Lockwood in enjoyment of the 
profits of the office under the circumstances stated in the 
Petitioner's Letter to Mr. Peel, as the then Secretary of the 
Home Department, dated the 14th April 1826, adopted 
two principles of conduct, the one, to abstain from raising 
the question until, upon a vacancy and transfer of the 
Great Seal, he could bring forward the subject without 
pressure upon, or disappointment to, any individual, and 
the other, when the question was once raised, steadily to 
follow it up to some recorded and determinate conclusion, 
the Petitioner being convinced of the vast inconvenience 
which ever results when a judicial title to office is put 
forward and claimed, and then allowed to remain in ob- 
scurity and undetermined ; the Petitioner showeth, that 
Lord Manners, having intimated an intention to resign 
the Seal in 1826, the Petitioner, acting on these prin- 
ciples, on the 14th of April 1826, addressed the said 
Letter to Mr. Peel upon two topics, the one stating the 
grounds of his right and claim to appoint a Secretary for 
the Rolls Court, and suggesting that, if the Chancellor to 
be appointed agreed with the Petitioner, the subject would 
be at once arranged by a general Order of the Court signed 
by both, but proposing, that if they differed in their views, 
that as the opinions of neither, by reason of their respective 
interests, ought to decide the question, that it should be 
referred to the Lord Chancellor and Master of the Rolls 
of Great Britain, or to the three Puisne Judges of any 
of the Courts of King’s Bench, Common Pleas or Exche- 
quer, in Jre/and, the Petitioner being desirous to avoid 
public litigation in the ordinary action at law to try dis- 
puted titles to office, if the new Chancellor were so dis- 
posed, and there having been a recent instance in the 
Court of such a reference between Lord Manners and 
Mr. Curran, in relation to the office of Clerk of Recogni- 
zances ; and the second topic related to those multiplied 
abuses and defects which deeply aggrieve The King’s sub- 
jects in the Zrish Court of Chancery, and herein the Peti- 
tioner begs leave to refer to this Letter of 14th April 1826 ; 
that, Mr. Peel having resigned, and Lord Manners having 
still continued in office, the Petitioner addressed a Letter to 
Mr. Sturges Bourne, his successor, dated 3d May 1827, 
and, to meet the then rapid succession in office in the 
Home Department, addressed a further Letter, dated the 
19th of July 1827, to the Marquis of Lansdowne, upon 
the same two topics, and herein the Petitioner begs leave 
to refer to his Correspondence with the Home Depart- 
ment; that the right claimed by the Petitioner is not a 
mere title to assert an unimportant privilege, but that it is 
a right which, if vested in the Petitioner, would, in the 
exercise of it, afford great convenience and utility to the 
Petitioner and his successors in the dispatch of the Peti- 
tion business of the Rolls Court, for that the Petitioner, in 
several instances, has been subjected to much personal 
labour and extra-judicial toil, as the Petitioner conceives, 
by want of a Secretary, subject to his control, and change- 
able with every transfer of the Great Seal, to aid him in 
dispatching the Petition business of the Rolls Court, as 
explained in detail in the said Letter of the Petitioner to 
Mr. Peel, dated 14th April 1826, the Petitioner conceiv- 
ing, as he clearly and habitually does, that he has no 
jurisdiction over the Secretary of the Chancellor, who is 
the personal Officer of the Lord Chancellor, and, there- 
fore, that his only remedy would be by making complaint 
to the Chancellor for a default in the discharge of duty, 
and thus changing the character of a Judge into a party 
complaining before another Judge, which at once pro- 
strates every idea of an independent and distinct Judge, 
and presents a scene of judicial humiliation and depend- 
ence which the Petitioner will never be the first to exhibit 
or record as a precedent; that, in this state of things, Sir 
Anthony Hart was appointed to the Great Seal of Ireland 
in October 1827, and the Petitioner having proposed to 

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350 
Mr. Frederick Shaw, then a practising Barrister, as his 
near relative, to accept this office of Secretary at the Rolls 
Court, as a temporary appointment, in order to enable the 
Petitioner to assert his title to appoint to this office at his 
own expense, and he having agreed thereto, the Petitioner 
appointed him his Secretary on the 7th November 1827, 
and that, upon the same day, Sir Anthony Hart issued the 
following general Order: ‘“‘ Wednesday, 7th November 
1827—Ordered, by the Right honourable the Lord Chan- 
cellor of Jreland, That the Registers of the Court do not 
receive or file any Petition, unless the same is signed by 
his Lordship’s Secretary, and that the said Secretary is to 
mark on every Petition the day on which the same is 
lodged with him: (signed) Anthony Hart, C.;” that the 
Secretary of Sir Anthony Hart, relying upon this Order, 
immediately refused the proposition of Mr. Shaw to concur 
in settling a special verdict, or in any other mode of pro- 
ceeding at law, in order to have these conflicting and 
opposed titles of the Chancellor and Master of the Rolls 
to appoint to this office decided in a Court of Law, as 
appears by their Letters on this subject, dated the 9th 
November 1827; that this Order of 7th November 1827, 
which was transcribed from the Order of Lord Chancellor 
Ponsonby, of the 7th December 1806, and was therefore 
equally objectionable upon the grounds hereinbefore sub- 
mitted, was within a few days followed by a written com- 
munication, signed by Sir Anthony Hart, and countersigned 
by his Secretary, sent as a species of circular to some of the 
officers, and published in the newspapers, in which Sir 
Anthony Hart, after referring to the Rolls Orders then 
made, proceeds to communicate what the Petitioner sub- 
mits was an extra-judicial opinion, directly affecting the 
jurisdiction, independence and authority of the office of 
Master of the Rolls, in these words: “ I conceive there is 
at present no authority under which an Order can be made 
in the High Court of Chancery in Jreland, upon a Peti- 
tion addressed personally to the Master of the Rolls, and 
that I could not legally enforce the execution of any Order 
so made against the person or property of The King’s sub- 
jects ;” the Petitioner submits, that this opinion, which, as 
thus pronounced and promulgated, prostrated the authority 
of the Rolls Court, so far as regards Petitions, and con- 
verted the ancient, independent and distinct Court of 
Judicature, in which the Petitioner has the honour to 
preside as sole Judge, into a derivative, dependent and 
limited jurisdiction, was purely extra-judicial, was not 
delivered upon any question raised or argued upon the 
—~ before any tribunal of justice, nor was the Petitioner 
‘heard upon that occasion ; and the Petitioner respectfully 
but confidently submits, that this opinion is clearly erro- 
neous, that it is opposed to the clearest principles of law 
and practice, that it is confuted by the various books of 
practice to be found with precedents, and that it is further 
directly contradicted by a body of decided cases extend- 
ing over a period of two hundred years in the Jrish Court 
of Chancery (except during the period in which succes- 
‘sive licenses of absence were given to the Masters of the 
‘Rolls, appointed as hereinbefore mentioned,) and which 
in the subsequent stage of the proceedings were laid 
before Sir Anthony Hart in proof; for the Petitioner 
showeth that, during that period, Petitions had been pre- 
sented and addressed to the Master of the Rolls as such, 
and that even since the Act of the 41st Geo. 3, c. 25, 
namely, from the 1st July 1801 to the Ist January 1804, 
no fewer than 894 Petitions were addressed to Sir Michael 
- Smith, as Master of the Rolls; the Petitioner showeth, 
that if this opinion, thus extra-judicially delivered, were 
well founded, all those Petitions, and the proceedings 
thereon, were coram non judice, and therefore null and 
void; but the Petitioner believes that neither Sir Anthony 
Hart or any other lawyer, after the investigation of the 
records, which has been had since the promulgation of 
this extra-judicial opinion, and after referring to the re- 
cords which were offered in evidence upon the hearing of 
the Petition hereinafter mentioned of Mr. Frederick Shaw, 
as the appointee of the Petitioner, would adhere to any 
opinion productive of such consequences, and that the vast 
extent of judicial proceedings which have taken place 
within the last two centuries, in opposition to this novel 
‘and very unexpected communication, ought not now to 
be disturbed, but the Law declared to be as it has been 
hitherto clearly held and practically acted upon for such 
a tract of time; and the Petitioner submits, that Sir An- 
thony Hart, having also made the verbal communication 


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to the Six Clerks mentioned in the Rolls Order, bearin: 
date the 10th day of November 1827, it will be necessary 
to prevent any obstruction to the trial and adjudication 
of the Petitioner's title, or ‘amy imconvenience to the 


Public, by the assertion of the Petitioner's right to have . 


Petitions addressed to him as heretofore, to have the 
law declared in relation to Petitions so addressed ; that 
these Orders, dated the 7th December 1806, and the 74} 
November 1827, constitute the grievance to ‘which the 
Petitioner begs leave respectfully to solicit the considera. 
tion of the House, for that the effect of this latter Order 
as acted on, operates directly and effectively to deprive 
the Petitioner of his title to the efficient appointment 
of a Secretary for Petition business, and of all remedy 
for the trial and adjudication of the title which he claims 
to have to appoint such Secretary against the adversary and 
conflicting title of the Lord Chancellor to. appoint to the 
same office, and thus to vest the title to the appointment 
conclusively in the Chancellor, upon no other authority 
than that of a Chamber Order made by himself as Judge 
and party in. his own cause in favour of his own title and 
post litem motam ; the Petitioner further begs leave to re 
present, that he would not have troubled the House with 
any Petition on this subject, but that as he conceives and 
submits such an Order is not the subject of appeal to the 
House of Lords, nor of Petition to The King in Council, 
as appears from the result of a search made as herein: 
after stated, for more than three centuries in the Council 
Office ; the Petitioner showeth, that this course of pro- 
ceeding seeks to establish in the person of the Petitioner 
a precedent in a litigated case of conflicting and opposed 
titles to appoint to the same Office between the Lord Chan- 
cellor and the Petitioner, equally novel and important, 
and the Petitioner submits that, when examined, it will 
be found to be as strongly opposed to the plain dictates of 
natural justice as it is subversive, as the Petitioner submits, 
‘of those rights which the Constitution and fundamental 
Laws of England establish and secure to the free and 
happy subjects of these Realms as their birth-right ; the 
Petitioner submits, that it is obviously contrary to natural 
justice that any man should have a right to decide his 
own cause in his own favour, and that it 1s not less opposed 
to the clear principles and fixed maxims of the Common 
Law of this Country, and as the Petitioner. believes, to the 
principles of jurisprudence adopted in all the other civi- 
lized States of the world ; and the Petitioner submits, if 
the Lord Chancellor of Ireland were permitted, upon a 
litigated title to office to assume jurisdiction in his own 
case, and render it exclusive, and appropriated to himself 
by a Chamber Order post litem motam, so as to exclude 
his adversary claimant from all the known remedies of 
the Common Law for the trial and determination of op- 
posed litigated titles to office by an uninterested tribunal 
of justice, the consequence must result that a Judge will 
thus be allowed to create a precedent for himself to actas 
Judge and party in his own cause, to exclude the trial of 
conflicting titles to the same office where he is a party 
from a trial by jury, and the judgment of-an uninterested 
Court, and to realize, in thus establishing his own title by 
his own act, an absolute judicial power in opposition to 
every principle of our Constitution and Laws, which 
might lead to the most objectionable exercise of sucha 
monstrous power, by reason of direct interest in the subject- 
matter; the Petitioner respectfully submits, that the Lrish 
Lord Chancellor has not the power or privilege of decid- 
ing upon a question of title in which he is interested, and 
that the experiment which has been thus made of the ex- 
ercise of such a power upon the rights of the Petitioner's 
office is a most momentous novelty, that no such exercise 
of judicial power has hitherto been attempted, as the Pe- 
titioner believes, with respect to any other office in the 
Court of Chancery on a question of litigated title where 
the Chancellor was interested, and the Petitioner, without 
entering into any Law argument upon the subject (which 
is to be found in the case hereinafter mentioned, a copy 
of which is now in the office of the Home Department), 
submits, that such privilege or power claimed by the Lord 
Chancellor of Jreland is not sustainable upon any prit- 
ciple of law or reason; and the Petitioner submits that, 
as the Common Law affords clear and ascertained reme- 
dies for the trial and determination of litigated titles to 
office, the assumption of such an extraordinary and un 
precedented jurisdiction, without any colour of necessity; 


-by a Judge in his own cause, is subversive of the say? 
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Law remedies applicable to such a case, and deprives the 
Petitioner and his successors in office of the benefit and 
rotection of the Common Law in relation to the rights 
of this office; that the Petitioner, without burthening the 
House with a detail of cases to be found in the books 
where titles to office have been tried and determined in 
the Courts of Common Law by action, begs leave to in- 
stance two cases in reference to the rights of his own par- 
ticular office, which have occurred during the time of 
Lord Manners holding the Great Seal in Ireland; the 
one related to the office of Clerk of Inrolments, and there 
the right of patronage was litigated between Lord Man- 
ners andthe Petitioner's predecessor, Mr. Curran, and was 
by agreement referred to the opinion and award of three 
Judges not interested ; the other, the case of the present 
Deputy Keeper of the Rolls, which was litigated by Mr. 
Hetherington in a Common Law action, in which a special 
verdict was settled, and the title of the Petitioner’s appointee 
was finally established by the judgment of the House of 
Lords upon a Writ of Error; that, in neither of these 
cases, was it ever thought of that any Judge could by his 
own judicial act acquire jurisdiction, and decide the 
disputed title in his own favour; and the Petitioner begs 
Jeave to add that, upon a claim of the Usher of the Court 
of Chancery in relation to a fee, where the Jrish Lord 
Chancellor had no sort of interest, in the cause of Booth 
y. Parks, 4th May 1829, Sir Anthony Hart most properly 
called upon Judge Burton to sit with him, as the right 
claimed, involved a legal title to a fee claimed in relation 
to an office in which he was not interested at all; that, 
while the Petitioner begs leave thus distinctly to examine 
this proceeding, and to show its inconsistency with any 
principle of our Constitution and Laws, he begs to represent 
to the House, that it is no part of his object to make any im- 
putation or charge upon any individual, nor to impute any 
motives to any person, but to state the facts distinctly, to 
present, with great deference, to the consideration of the 
House, the rights of his office and of himself, as they are 
impressed on his mind, to state the motives which induce 
him to submit his case to the consideration of Parliament, 
and respectfully to solicit from Parliament a remedy for 
the trial and determination of the title which he claims to 
have to appoint a Secretary to aid him in dispatching the 
Petition business of the Rolls Court; that the grievance 
of which the Petitioner complains is the making of the 
Orders of the 7th December 1806, and of the 7th of No- 
vember 1827, whereby any action to be brought by the 
Secretary appointed by the Petitioner against the Register 
of the Court, or the Lord Chancellor's Secretary, to try the 
right, would be barred and defeated, as these general Or- 
ders would, as a bar or as evidence, justify the Register or 
Secretary of the Chancellor, as ministerial officers, in act- 
ing in pursuance of them, and thus exclude all possibility 
of trying the title to the office, as was exemplified when 
the experiment of thus trying the title was attempted, in 
the proceeding taken on behalf of Mr. Shaw, as the ap- 
pointee of the Petitioner; and that the remedy which the 
Petitioner respectfully submits to the consideration of the 
House is a Legislative Enactment which shal] enable him 
to establish his title to this office, if he have the right, in 
action at law, according to the course of the Common Law, 
unaffected and unprejudiced by these two Orders; and that 
his motives are these, that, while he is under a strong im- 
pression that the title to appoint to this office belongs to 
his office, he is yet perfectly sensible that he may be mis- 
taken in that opinion, as a party interested, and that there- 
fore he has never sought nor desired more than that he 
shall have the judgment of any uninterested tribunal of 
justice upon that subject ; that he has abstained from pro- 
ceeding to exercise the right until a transfer of the Great 
Seal occurred in 1827, when he could doso without pressure 
upon, or disappointment to, any individual in receipt of 
emoluments, and that having once raised the question, in 
pursuance of his intimation in his Letter to Mr. Peel of 
the 14th of April 1826, he has deemed it his proper and 
ecoming course, as a Judge, “ steadily to follow it up, 
80 as to have the question concluded for ever, by some 
determinate recorded measure on that subject ;” that it 
appears to the Petitioner that, in common with the hum- 
blest of his fellow-subjects, that he has a right to have his 
litle to this office tried and decided upon according to the 
course of the Common Law, and that the Lord Chancellor, 
as his fellow-subject, has no more right than the Peti- 


tioner has to claim the extraordinary privilege of being sole 


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851 
and exclusive judge and party in his own cause, without 
appeal or review of any kind; and that the Petitioner, 
having such impressions of his rights, as the fellow-subject 
of the Lord Chancellor, ought not, as one of the King's 
Judges, to allow such a precedent to be recorded, in his 
person, without using all reasonable measures to seek a 
deliverance from such an exercise of judicial power ; the 
Petitioner showeth, that, acting upon these principles, his 
appointee, Mr. Shaw, at the desire and expense of the 
Petitioner, applied by Petition to Sir Anthony Hart for re- 
lief, amongst other things, from those Orders; and that on 
that occasion the Records applicable to the subject from an 
early period were produced and given in evidence, at great 
expense to the Petitioner, and were afterwards carefully 
indexed and annexed to the Petition, and herein the Pe- 
titioner begs to refer to this Petition and Indexes, in the 
office of the Home Department; the Petitioner further 
showeth, that this Petition urged ‘a further ‘ground for 
controverting those two Orders, namely, that they substan- 
tially rendered the signature of the Chancellor's Secretary 
necessary to the validity of a Rolls Order on Petition, and 
thereby virtually repealed the provisions of the 41st Geo. 3, 
c. 25; that Sir Anthony Hart, who did not call to his 
assistance any of the Judges, refused to afford any relief 
on this Petition, by pronouncing, on the 13th day of De- 
cember 1827, “‘ No Rule,” as his Order, and at the same 
time delivered a judgment or opinion, which, the Peti- 
tioner conceives, fully states the grounds upon which Sir 
Anthony Hart rested his title to appoint to this office, and, 
in assigning his reasons, in one part of his judgment, he 
made the validity of the Order of the 7th of November 
1827 to depend upon the validity of the Order of the 7th 
of December 1806 ; and the Petitioner here begs leave, in 
justice to the memory of the late Lord Chancellor Pon- 
sonby, to observe, that this Order of the 7th of December 
1806 was never brought before him for review in a Peti- 
tion similar to that presented by Mr. Shaw; the Petitioner 
showeth, that no reason nor principle is stated in the judg- 
ment so delivered by Sir Anthony Hart to sustain the 
Order of Lord Chancellor Ponsonby of the 7th December 
1806 as a judicial act, for the right of Chancellor Ponsonby 
or his Secretary to appoint a Secretary for the Rolls 
Court must depend upon some principle of the Common 
Law, or some title of prescription, and the Petitioner 
herein refers to the matter hereinbefore stated as to the 
said last-mentioned Order; the Petitioner showeth, that 
Sir Anthony Hart, as appears by Mr. Beatty’s Reports, 
in the matter of Frederick Shaw, also places the ground 
of his title upon implications deduced by him from the 
First Report of Commissioners of Judicial Inquiry, and 
from the Tables annexed to the 4th Geo. 4, c. 61, which 
clearly could not apply to the Order of the 7th De- 
cember 1806 ; the Petitioner showeth, that, without enter- 
ing upon any Law argument in relation to this topic, 
which is to be found in the case hereinafter mentioned, 
-he begs leave to observe, that, if the title to appoint a 
Secretary was vested in his office previous to the passing 
of the last-mentioned Statute in 1823, it certainly was 
not the intention of any individual of the Government 
who introduced that measure to take away, either ex- 
pressly or by implication, any of the rights or powers of the 
Petitioner's office, and that he was not consulted, nor, as 
he believes, Lord Manners, upon the Bill in the state in 
which it passed into a law, though they had been con- 
sulted with in earlier stages of the legislation proposed ; 
but, at all events, neither the Petitioner's office nor any of 
his rights as connected therewith, appear to have been 
expressly taken away by the said Act, nor did any such in- 
tention ever exist; and that, lest any doubt, by implication, 
should be raised under this Statute, prejudicial to the 
rights or authorities of his office, the Petitioner, finding 
that Government were about to amend this Statute in the 
6th Geo. 4, called upon the then Jrish Government to 
protect the office from all such possible intendments or 
implications, by substantially repealing the 4th Geo. 4, 
c. 61, so far as it related to the rights or authorities of 
this office, and that accordingly, by the 8th section of 
the 6th Geo. 4, c. 30, the Legislature made a provision 
for this purpose; the Petitioner showeth, that though 
this Statute is wholiy overlooked in the prmted Report 
of the opinion of Sir Anthony Hart on Mr. Shaw’s Pe- 
tition, and does not appear to make any part of the dis- 
cussion, yet the Petitioner has learned from the Counsel 
and Solicitor concerned for Mr. Shaw, his appointee, 
10G 2 that 





852 


that when Sir Anthony Hart was pressed with this Sta- 
tute, he expressed an impression that this Clause, which 
was substantially intended to protect and guard the 
rights of the Petitioner's office, was not worded with 
sufficient perspicuity to be operative ; and the Petitioner 
respectfully submits, that if there be any obscurity in the 
wording of this Statute (8th section of 6th Geo. 4, c. 30), 
which is intituled, ‘“‘ An Act to amend the 4th Geo. 4, 
ec. 61,” it would be expedient and just that Parliament 
should promote the real intention of the Act by amending 
the said section, and making the same more explicit ; the 
Petitioner showeth, that being most sincerely reluctant to 
occupy the attention of Parliament upon any subject con- 
nected with the rights of his office, provided any remedy 
could be found which would enable Petitioner to bring 
this question of conflicting titles to be decided by any un- 
interested tribunal, the Petitioner had a search made in 
the Privy Council Office of Great Britain for 350 years, 
to ascertain whether any precedent could be had of a Pe- 
tition to The King in Council in such case, to review the 
Order of Sir Anthony Hart, it being the remedy suggested, 
in his opinion upon Mr, Shaw’s Petition, as the mode to 
have his decision reviewed, but the Petitioner found that 
no precedent could be found of any such proceeding ; 
the Petitioner further showeth, that he caused a case to 
be submitted to Sir James Scarlett, in which the course 
taken was not to originate any statement of facts, but 
merely to follow and examine the topics of the Judgment 
of Sir Anthony Hart, as printed in the order in which 
they were to be found in it, and instead of proposing 
general questions to Counsel upon the conflicting titles 
thus submitted, to put categorically, for answers from Coun- 
sel, the specific propositions decided by Sir Anthony 
Hart, and upon which the opinion, as printed, professes 
to be founded, and the result has been a dissent on the 
part of that eminent Counsel from the opinions delivered 
by Sir Anthony Hart, and an opinion in favour of the title 
of the Petitioner; that the Petitioner does not take the 
liberty to press this opinion in any other view than to 
show and submit, that it is just and necessary that the 
title which the Petitioner claims should be tried and ad- 
judicated according to the known principles and remedies 
of the Common Law, by an uninterested Court of Justice, 
instead of the opinion of the Chancellor being made the 
final judgment upon a question to office, in his own cause, 
and in his own favour; the Petitioner further showeth, 
that the Petitioner being solicitous still to avoid coming 
before Parliament upon this subject, and to claim the con- 
sideration of His Majesty's Government in relation to this 
subject, addressed a Letter to Mr. Peel, as Secretary of the 
Home Department, dated the 11th of November 1828, 
and inclosed to him a copy of this Case and Opinion, the 
printed copy of the Petition of Mr. Shaw, the former 
Correspondence with the Home Department, and the Do- 
cuments referred to; that, previous to the recent transfer 
of the Great Seal to Lord Plunket, the Petitioner ad- 
dressed a further Letter to Lord A/elbourne, as the suc- 
cessor of Mr. Peel, dated the 3d December 1830, which 
detailed the course of continued measures, followed up by 
the Petitioner, in the hope that His Majesty’s Ministers 
would, previous to the transfer of the Great Seal to Lord 
Plunket, have made some arrangement for the determina- 
tion of this question of conflicting titles to this office, by 
some uninterested tribunal, but Lord A/elbourne, in his 
reply, dated the 11th day of December 1830, having ap- 
peared to forbid any expectation of redress through the 
Home Department, the Petitioner addressed another Letter 
to Lord Melbourne, dated the 14th December 1830, to 
which the Petitioner has received no reply, and herein 
the Petitioner begs leave to refer to this Correspondence 
of the Home Department ; that, previous to the appoint- 
ment of Lord Plunket to the Great Seal, but after it had 
been announced that it was so intended, the Petitioner, 
anxious to avoid all public litigation upon the subject as 
far as practicable, availed himself of the state of his ac- 
quaintance and personal intercourse with his Lordship, 
to,address a Letter to him, previous to his appointment, 
upon the subject,of this Petition, on the 9th day of De- 
cember 1830, and inclosed to hima copy of the Peti- 
tioner’s Letter to Lord Melbourne, dated the 3d day of 
December 1830, and the Petitioner received an answer 
from his Lordship, dated the 20th of December 1830, and 
the Petitioner having replied thereto on the 21st day of 
December 1830, was finally honoured with a Letter from 


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A. 183}, 


his Lordship after he had entered upon his duties ag 
Lord Chancellor, dated the 8th day of January 183] 

which closed the Correspondence, by intimating an opinion 
favourable to his own title, and the final resolve of hig 
Lordship to abide upon this subject upon the course 
adopted by his predecessors, and accordingly his Lord. 
ship has appointed two joint Secretaries, Richard Bolton 
M‘Causland, a very young gentleman, whois a lawstudent, 
and Robert Long, Esquires, which is a new precedent 
as the Petitioner believes, of joint Secretaries; and’ tha 
Petitioner has, by the Rolls Order, bearing date the 
24th day of January 1831, asserted, as far as the pre- 
sent circumstances of his office will permit, on behalf of 
himself and of his successors in office, his right to appoint 
his own Secretary to aid the Petitioner, as Master of the 
Rolls at the Rolls Court, in dispatching the Petition busi. 
ness there heard and determined ; the Petitioner showeth, 
that Mr. M‘Causland acted as Secretary at the Rolls 
Court until the 5th day of February 1831, when he went 
to England to put in his term as a law student, and that 
Mr. Long commenced to act in his place on the 7th of the 
same month, and continued until the last day of Hila 

Term, when Mr. M/‘Kay presented himself to act, and 
again attended, on the 14th of February 1831, to act under 
the circumstances stated in his own words in the Rolls 
Order of that day, so that in the short interval of those 
twenty-two days the Petitioner had to transact the Peti. 
tion business of the Rolls Court through three gentlemen 
acting as Secretaries, none of whom has been appointed 
nor approved of by him, and that Mr. M‘Causland, since 
his return from England, has generally attended at the 
Rolls Court, and that since his return it has happened 
that the Petition business has been transacted at the Rells 
Court even in the same day by Mr. Ad‘Causland, Mr. 
Long and Mr. M‘Kay, but that Mr. A/‘Kay has not 
attended at the Rolls Court since the 10th day of March 
last; the Petitioner further showeth, that though the 
suitors of the Court may be much benefited by the Master 
of the Rolls having a Secretary subject to’ his judicial 
control, to aid and expedite in drawing fiats and dispatch. 
ing the Petition business of the Rolls Court, instead of a 
person acting in these particulars over whom the Master 
of the Rolls has no judicial authority, and who is to 
change with every appointment of a new Chancellor, and 
to vary from time to time in particular periods of his 
sitting, yet those suitors are entirely uninterested in a 
pecuniary way in the subject, for only one fixed fee can be 
payable by the suitor, whoever may perform the duties; 
that the Petitioner, having thus exhausted every means 
which presented a chance of redress, and finding that the 
constitution and laws of this country do not afford any 
direct remedy or redress for such a case, for this plain 
reason, as the Petitioner submits, that it was never con- 
templated that, according to the Constitution and Laws, 
the same person could be Judge and party in a litigated 
proceeding, and decide in favour of his own title, is 
obliged, as a last resource, reluctantly to occupy the 
attention of Parliament in relation to the rights of his 
office, and to submit, with the greatest deference, to the 
Legislature, that the Petitioner, as the fellow-subject of 
the Zrish Lord Chancellor, is entitled to have a remedy 
afforded to him for the trial of the title which the Peti- 
tioner claims to this office, according to the course of the 
Common Law, by an uninterested tribunal of justice, un- 
affected and unprejudiced by any bar or impediment 
arising from the judicial Act of the Zrish Lord Chancel- 
lor, done, post litem motam, in favour of his own title; 
that if, on the other hand, Parliament shall be of opinion 
that the Petitioner is not entitled to such redress, or to any 
relief, the Petitioner, having adopted all reasonable mea 
sures to prevent the establishment of sueh a precedent 'n 
his person, will respectfully and cheerfully bow to the 
decision, and cease further to discuss the subject} the 
Petitioner therefore prays, That’ the House will take the 
premises into consideration, and pass such an Act 
will enable the Petitioner to put. into. a course of, trial, 
before a Court of Law, the title, and right claimed ‘by 
him to appoint a Secretary for the Rolls Court, according 
to the course of the Common Law, without — barred, 
impeded or prejudiced by reason of the said Ordersof 
the 7th of December 1806 and the 7th of November 1827, 
and will also amend the said 8th section of the 6th 
Geo. 4, by removing all ambiguity in the construction 
thereof, or that the House will apply such other remedy 











ittee on 
Works 


d) Bill, 





9 Wit. IV. 


wisdom deem just and expedient. 


16°—17° Septembris. 


to the matters stated in this Petition, as it shall in its 














853 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 


ported from the Committee, That they had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto, 




















Ne ene ana 5 5 , e t " 
aE Oe ene foes fk Forest and bone Sichiid'in Silents a 4 dered, That the Report be received upon Wednesday 
* ( vice Maia bade _ Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- Watciloo 
things to the office afore.| ing of the ingrossed Bill to authorize and empower the ne 
said, in any manner be-| Commissioners appointed by an Act of the seventh year pesseds 
sob if longing, and by theClerks} of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for extend- 
14, Sis Anthony | Mester of) | Pevent dates || or Masters of the Rolls or] ing to Charing Cross, the Strand, and Places adjacent 
St. Leger, Knt. J Records of our Chancery the P : . ; 
of cee id. Kineton, af e Powers of an Act for making a more convenient com- 
England or our Kingdom} munication from MJary-le-bone Park ; to make and form 
of Ireland, accustomed to} a new Street from the Strand to Charles-street, Covent 
gig ole if \| be venenrean Garden; and to widen the North end of Bow-street into 
Sy ohpier nef 7 |Dated7Jas.1.| - Like. Long Acre, and for other purposes, be now read; and 
g.FrancisLord|) papier RABY saad the same being read:—The Bill was read the third time. 
Aungier. . Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Sak a al or ~ 15Chas.1] - Like. Ordered, That Mr. Bernal’ do carry the Bill to the 
Esq. P | Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
. Sir John . n ws 
* Temple, Knt. fro ™ yi Cone. tae The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- Inclosure 
asad Waser bn -29Chas.1I.| - Like. ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the Acts Titles 
» Willian sak whole House, on the Bill for remedying defects in the —— 
Berkeley, Esq. +, SWaLME) «-\ Like. Titles to Lands allotted or taken in exchange under In- yy, o4g 
8,ThomasCar-\} ~ 5Geo.11.| Great Britain or Ireland.| Closure Acts:—The Bill was re-committed to a Com- =" 
ter, Esq. a fall and ample| mittee of the whole House. 
ae . Resolved, That this House will, immediately, resolve considered ; 
Masters of the Rolls or| itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider 
Keeper of the Books,| further of the Bill:—The House accordingly resolved itself 
wt aoe, lane sna into the Committee; and, after some time spent therein, 
‘Acton tag. | — -27Ge0.11.&lt;| of our Kingdom of Great Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported 
Britain, or ofour Kingdom| from the Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, 
of Ireland, or either of} and made other Amendments thereunto. 
| seme ponies ne wage . Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
ian Mr. Bernal accordingly reported from the Committee "ported. 
the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 





the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and, be printed. 


rumente " Raplved, That this House will, at the rising of the 


House this-day, adjourn till Monday next. The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Interpleader 


ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Bill,deferred. 
Act to enable Courts of Law to give relief against adverse 


ittee on 
Works 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 


i) si, Tesolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon (Claims made upon Persons having no interest in the sub- 
the Bill for the extension and promotion of Public Works ject of such Claims ; : 
' in Ireland, be now read ; and the same being read:— “ Qrdered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
The House resolved itself into the Committee. Friday next. 
(In the Committee.) : . as 
. ae The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Arbitration 

2 CrauseE, (Appointment of Commissioners.) , f the i d Bill f he Lords, intituled, An_Bill,deferred. 
y P.3. 1.28. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 8 0 the Ingrossed Dill from the “ords, intituled, /\n 
n 





Act for settling Controversies by Arbitration ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


with “ Three” Agreed to. 

In the same line, Amendment proposed, To leave out 
“ Persons” and insert “ of the present Directors of In- 
d “ land Navigation.” 


The Order of the day bei d, for the third reading’ Money Pay- 
Question, That “ Persons” stand part of the Clause Oe ee ee ee ee ee 








" of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act — on 
. —~put, and agreed to. to repeal several Acts, and parts of Acts, prohibiting the aoPrred.. 
* CLavsE, as amended——read, and agreed to. payment of Wages in Goods, or otherwise than in the 
r Several Amendments made. current Coin of the Realm ; 
: Ciavuse (Grand Juries may make Presentments for Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
‘ Public Works, in order to obtain, Advances) read. Monday next. 
h P. 12. 1.4. Amendment proposed, To leaye out “ Ten” roe 
wt and to insert “‘ Twenty.” The Order of the day being read, for taking into further Courts of 
- Question put, That ‘‘ Ten” stand part of the Clause. consideration the Report from the Committee of the whole 9 oe P 
ent The Committee divided. ; House, on the Bill to explain and amend an Act for =’ ° 
- Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Spring Rice - 102. regulating the receipt and future Appropriation of Fees 
le; Teller for the Noes, Mr..Hume - “1 2h and Emoluments receivable by Officers of the Superior 
ion : 
P.12. 1. “Biya” Courts of Common Law 
any and to a be — pinipaned; bariegniny'veadliniien Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
vs Question put, That “Five” stand part of the Clause. sideration upon Thursday next. 
ihe neti — Sorin Ri 81 A Bill for appointing Commissioners to continue the Chasities " 
Teller = i Seon, ok ey f on ae . an Inquiries concerning Charities in Emgland and Wales, was, wee. et erg 


according to Order, read a second time; and committed 


Ciavse——~agreed to. to a Committee of the whole House for Thursday next. 


Several other Amendments made. 
Preamble———read, ‘and agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to’ re- Distillation 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


solve itself. into a Committee of the whole’ House, upon’ — Bill, 

the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppres- ° 

sing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 

in [reland ; 

- Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 

solve itself into the said ae | 
10 





And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 17° di bris, : 
VOL ome ati ie Septembris et 


of 


The 











Canine Mad- 
ness Bill, 
deferred. 


Exchequer 
Court 
(Scotland) 
Regulation Bill, 
deferred, 


Churches 
Building Act 
Amendment 
Bill, deferred. 


Money 
Payment of 
Wages Bill, 
deferred. 


Debate on Mo- 
tion respecting 
Arms (Ireland), 
adjourned. 


Report of 
Galway 
Franchise Bill, 
considered, 


Supply de- 
ferred. 


Ways and 
Means, de- 
ferred. 


Surplus Ways 
and Means 
Bill, reported. 


Hospitals 
(Ireland) Bill, 
ordered. 


854 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Mad- 
ness ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upo 
Wednesday next. | 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business 
now done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Fri- 
day next. ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
amend and. render more effectual an Act passed in the 
seventh and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, 
intituled, ‘“ An Act to.amend the Acts for building, and 
promoting the building, of additional Churches in popu- 
lous Parishes; ” 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading 
of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to prohibit the payment, in certain Trades, of Wages in 
Goods, or otherwise than in the current Coin of the 
Realm ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the ad- 
journed Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday, the 
Ist day of July last, ‘“‘ That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill to regulate the importation of Arms into Jreland ;” 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take into 
further consideration the Report from the Committee of 
the whole House, on the Bill to repeal so much of an Act 
passed in Jreland in the fourth year of King George the 
First, “ for the better regulating the Town of Galway, and 
for strengthening the Protestant Interest therein, as limits 
the Franchise created by the said Act to Protestants 
only:”—And the Amendments made by the Committee 
to the Bill, being read a second time, were agreed to by 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Spring Rice reported from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill to apply the Surplus of Ways 
and Means, and a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, to 
the service of the year one thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-one, the Amendments which they had made to the 
Bill; and the Amendments were read ; and agreed to by 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time upon Monday next. 


The House was moved, That the Act 50 Geo. 3, c.103,, 
for repealing the several Laws relating to Prisons in Jre- 
land, and for re-enacting such of the provisions thereof as 
have been found useful, with Amendments, might be: 
read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 7 Geo. 4, ¢.74 
for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to 


reg in Ireland, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 


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A. 1831, 


Ordered,. That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act passed in the Parliament of [reland, in the 
fifth year of His Majesty King George the Third, for esta. 
blishing Public Hospitals in Zre/and: And that Mr. Jeph- 
son and Mr. Callaghan do prepare, and bring it in. 







Patitiol 
respect 
Molasst 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give dij. ™ 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return 
of all Dispensations granted under the Great Seal for ™ 
holding two Livings or Benefices ; specifying the Names 
of each Living, and the Counties where situated, in each 
of the last Thirty years ; stating, also, the certified Values 
of each of those Livings. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Call of t 


Ordered, That Lord Killeen have leave of absence for Ley, 
three weeks, on account of illness in his family. Absea 
Ordered, That Mr. Edwards Vaughan have leaye 
of absence for one month, on account of ill health. 
Ordered, That Sir John Nicholl have leave of absence 
for a month, on urgent business. 
Ordered, That Mr. William Russell have leave of absence 
for three weeks, on account of ill-health. 


Paitions 
pecting 
and J 
Deacle. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 106, Cuin 
for the management of the Customs, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider of the said Act. 


Matagag 
Act ty deem 
sidered, 


titions 
pecting 
ucatior 

reland.) 











Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy Mewis 
of Memorials of Tax Payers of the Queen’s County at the * 
Summer Assizes of 1830, Spring Assizes of 1831, and «ier: 
Summer Assizes of 1831, complaining of excessive Assess- 
ments for Public Works and Salaries. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Adie» 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- ‘i, 
rections, that there be laid before this House, Copies of (#4 
the Letters of the Master of the Rolls of Zre/and, addressed 
to the Right honourable Robert Peel, dated 14th April 
1826, 11th November 1828; to the Right honourable 
William Sturges Bourne, dated 3d May 1827; to the 
Marquis of Lansdowne, dated 19th July 1828; to Lord 
Viscount Melbourne, dated 3d December 1830, and 11th 
December 1830; and of the Answers thereto, from the 
Right honourable William Sturges Bourne, the Marquis 
of Lansdowne, and Lord Viscount Melbourne. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


disarmin; 


y 
ps(Lrelas 


ition 
Bpecting 
tence 0 

tho Lear 


Host 


Mr. Jephson presented a Bill to amend an Act passed (na 


in the Parliament of Jre/and, in the fifth year of his Ma- \ 
jesty King George the Third, “ for establishing Public "\ , 
Hospitals in Jredand:” And the same was read the first ~ 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
two of the clock on Saturday morning, adjourned 
till Monday next. 





Lune, 19° die Septembris ; 


Anno 2° Willielmi 1V" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


M&amp; Benett presented a Bill to prevent Bribery and li 
Treating in the Election of Burgesses to serve in I" 
Parliament for the Borough of Liverpool: And the same sit 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read asecond 
time upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Bill, and a 
Copy of the Order for reading the said Bill a second 
time, be served upon the Returning Officer for the Bo- 
rough of Liverpool. 


ion agains 
kments 


Mand) Bill, 





ions 
ting 
of Beer 


A Petition 





Petitions 
respect’ 
Molasses 


all of the 
Houses 
jeferreds 


of ° 
B® puitions 


Hpespectinng 
er Mrs. 
Deacle. 






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lace ey 

to bey 
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stitions 
pecting 
ucation 

reland.) 


ition 
disarming 
Peomanr 


ition 
pecting 
Bentence of 
ha Leary. 





ion against 
kments 
id) Bill, 


9 Wit. IV. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land interested 
in the growth of Barley, at a Public Meeting held at 
Chelmsford ;—at Rochford ;—of Owners and Occupiers 
of land interested in the growth of Barley, in the county 
of Essex ;—of Inhabitants of Witham ;—and, of Owners 
and Occupiers of land in Braintree, —were presented, and 
read; praying, That no law may be passed to permit the 
use of Molasses in the Breweries and Distilleries of the 
United Kingdom. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to 
the Select Committee on Molasses. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the Call of the 
House, be now read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, Thatthis House be called over upon Friday next. 

Ordered, That such Members as shall not then attend, 
be sent for in custody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this House. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wingham ;—of Wolver- 
hampton ;—of Morpeth ;—of Eye ;—and, of Boston,— 
were presented, and read ; praying the House to take the 
case of Mr. and Mrs. Deacle into consideration, with a 
view to ascertain the truth of all the allegations in their 
Petition, to prevent a recurrence of similar acts of arbi- 
trary injustice, and to further the ends of justice to the 
suffering parties. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie uponthe Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Longford, Templemichael 
and Ballymacormick, in the county of Longford ;—and, of 
Householders of the united parishes of Rosmire and Kil- 
barrymeaden, in the county of Waterford,—were presented, 
and read ; praying, That the House will no longer con- 
fide any Fund which may be granted for the purposes of 
Education to the Kildare Place Society, but that they will 
place it at the disposal of persons who will distribute it 
faithfully and impartially among the people, and who will 
not apply it to the purpose of perverting the faith of a 
Nation, and disseminating religious disunion and discord. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Stradbally, 
in the Queen’s County, was presented, and read ; praying 


ps(Ireland.) the House to take immediate measures to disarm and dis- 


band the Yeomanry Corps of Ireland. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Children of John Leary, late of Rossa, 
near Doneraile, in the county of Cork, now in Botany Bay, 
pursuant to his commuted sentence of transportation for 
life, was presented, and read; setting forth, That the 
father of the Petitioners, John Leary, aged seventy-five, 
was put upon his trial at the Special Commission held in 
the county of Cork in the month of October, upon an in- 
dictment for a conspiracy to murder George Bond Lowe, 
Michael Creagh and Henry Evans, Esquires, Magistrates 
of the County of Cork, upon which indictment he was 
convicted, and sentenced to death, the execution of which 
sentence his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 
was pleased to respite, and the sentence was then com- 
muted to transportation for life; that, subsequently to his 
conviction, other persons accused of the self-same offence, 
and leagued in the same conspiracy, were put upon trial, 
and acquitted ; stating the particulars thereof; and praying 
the House to institute an inquiry into the circumstances, 
and to adopt such measures‘as may procure for their father 
the full and free Pardon of His most gracious Majesty. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Proprietors of Water-mills in and around 
the county of Dublin, was presented, and read ; taking 
notice of the Bill to empower Landed Proprietors in Jre- 
land to sink, embank and remove Obstructions in Rivers ; 
and praying, That the same may not pass into a Jaw as it 
now stands. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


_A Petition of James Edgcombe, of Peichel-street, Pad- 
dington ;— of Inhabitant Householders, and others, on 
behalf of James Edgcombe, Licensed Retailer of Beer ; 
—of Thomas Robinson, of Praed-street, Paddington ; — 


of Inhabitant Householders, and others, on behalf of 
VOL. 86. 





19° Septembris. 


855 


Thomas Robinson, Licensed Retailer of Beer ;—of James 
Bodman, of Bridge-row, Paddington;—of Inhabitant 
Householders, and others, on behalf of James Bodman, 
Licensed Retailer of Beer ;—of Samuel Cheese, of the Flora 
Tea Gardens, Bayswater, Paddington ;-—of Inhabitant 
Householders, and others, on behalf of Samuel Cheese, 
Licensed Retailer of Beer;—and, of Licensed Brewers and 
Retailers of Beer in Northwich and its vicinity, in the 
county of Chester,--were presented, and read; reciting 
the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 64, to permit the general Sale of Beer 
and Cider by Retail in England; and praying the House 
to take the situation of the Licensed Retailers of Beer 
into consideration, and make such alterations in the said 
Act as will secure to them an equal and impartial law, 
and give them the same privileges, as Traders in Beer, 
which others engaged in vending that essential beverage 
have so long enjoyed. 


And the said Petitions were ordered tolie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Retail BeerSellers of Macclesfield, and other Petition 
Household Inhabitants, was presented, and read ; setting in favour of 
forth, That a Petition from the Magistrates and Grand 05 of Beer 


Jury presiding at the last Quarter Sessions for the county 
of Chester, stating that most of the cases brought before 
them have originated in the new Licensed Houses for 
sellmg Beer by Retail, has been presented to the House ; 
that the Petitioners conceive they would be guilty of a 
dereliction of duty did they not at the present crisis ap- 
proach the House with a frank and honest declaration of the 
serious grievances under which they labour, through the 
malicious enmity which the Magistrates and other autho- 
rities so unjustly entertain against them ; stating the par- 
ticulars of their case ; and praying, That the House will 
grant an equal protection by the laws of this Realm to all 
His Majesty’s subjects who may have embarked their 
capitals in the same line of business, and not be led 
away with the flimsy and concocted statements made 
against the Retail Beer Sellers in general by interested 
Magistrates and Grand Juries. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the New Malton 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the elect- Writ. 


ing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of New Malton, in the room of William Ca- 
vendish, Esquire, who, since his Election for the said 
Borough, hath accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff 
of His Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Des- 
borough and. Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of 
the borough of Huntingdon, in Common Council assem- 
bled, was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill 
to amend the Representation of the People in England 
and Wales ; and praying, That the right of voting for that 
Borough may be confined to the Inhabitants of the Borough 
exclusively, and that it may continue to return two Mem- 
bers to the House. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That Sir Richard Williams Bulkeley be added 
to the Select Committee on Steam Navigation. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Vale of Berks, was 
presented, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners 
behold with dismay the many awful and destructive Fires 
which have recently occurred in their neighbourhood, 
which they have ascertained to be the work of incen- 
diaries ; that they are induced, from prudential motives, 
to insure their property, but consider the high Duty paid 
to Government on Insurances to press with peculiar se- 
verity upon them ; they therefore humbly pray the House 
to take their case into consideration. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill to amend the Representation of 
the People in England and Wales, be now read; and the 
same being read ; | 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, 
That the Bill be now read the third time ; 


1OH 2 The 


Petition re- 
specting Reform 
of Parliament 


(England) Bill. 


Member added 
to a Committee. 


Petition for 
reduction of 
Duty on Poli- 
cies of Fire 
Insurance. 


Reform 

of Parliament 
(England) Bill, 
read 3°. 








856 


The House divided. 
The Noes went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Lord Viscount Morpeth, 113. 


1 Mr. Kennedy: 


Mr. William Peel, 
Tellers for the Noes, Sir George Clerk : i 58. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill was 


accordingly read the third time; and an ingrossed Clause 
was added to the Bill, by way of rider, providing for 
Rights of Voting in case of the Dissolution of Parliament. 

Then the Amendments following were made to the 


Bill; viz. . 


“ee 


Pr. 25. 1.25. After “ reserved,” insert ‘‘ and any 
Minor born previous to the passing of this Act in whom 
any Freehold Tenement is or may be vested, which 
Minor would, on his attaining the age of twenty-one 
years, have been entitled to vote in such Election if this 
Act had not passed, shall acquire, and.” 

Pr.56. 1.21. Leave out “ such.” 

Pr.67. 1.30. Leave out “ present,” and insert “ next.” 

Pr.73. 1.14. After “ Barrister” insert the said Com- 


” 


“ 


“cc 


“ee 


** mittee. 
Pr. 74. 1. 17. After “ be” insert “ Saturday or.” 
Pr. 74. 1. 26. Leave out from “ days” to “that” in 
1. 28. 
Pr. 79. 1.15. After “ be” insert “ Saturday or.” 
Pr. 79. 1. 22. Leave out from “ days” to “that” in 
1. 23. 
Pr. 91. 1. 36. After “just” insert “Provided always, 


and be it Enacted, That where the Committee ap- 
pointed to try the merits of any Petition complain- 
ing of an undue Election or Return of a Member or 
Members to serve in Parliament shall award Costs in 
any of the cases mentioned in this Act, such Costs 
shall be recovered in the same manner as Costs are di- 
rected to be recovered by virtue of the Act passed in 
the ninth year of the reign of King George the Fourth, 
intituled, ‘ An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws 
relating to the Trial of Controverted Elections or Re- 
turns of Members to serve in Parliament.’ ” 

Pr. 96. 1.17. Leave out “ of the Town of,” in Column 
of Returning Officers. , 

Pr. 100. 1. 32. After “ Whitehaven” insert “ Town- 

* ship of Preston Quarter.” 
A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 


posed, That the Bill do pass ; 


And a Debate arising in the House thereupon; 
And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 


.of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Registration of 
Deeds (Lreland) 
Bill, deferred, 


Martis, 20° die Septembris, 1831: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bill to regulate the Office for registering 
Deeds, Conveyances and Wills in Ireland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


_Friday next. 


Cotton Factories 
Apprentices 
Bill, deferred. 


Reform of 
Parliament 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Reform of 
Parliament 
(Scotland) 
Bill, deferred. 


Suits in Com- 
mon Law 
Courts Bill, 
deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill to repeal the Laws relating to 
Apprentices, and other young Persons, employed in Cotton 
and other Factories, and in Cotton and other Mills, and 
to make further provisions in lieu thereof ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 
in Ireland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 
in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to diminish the Expense and prevent the Delay of Suits 
in the Common Law Courts at Westminster ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


19°—20° Septembris. 





A. 183}. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Ap, 
solve itself intoa Committee of the whole House, upon aL 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act ty "“™ 
extend the Provisions of an Act passed in the twenty. 
ninth year of the reign of his Majesty King Charles the 
Second, intituled, “ An Act for confirming and perpetuat- 
ing Augmentations made by Ecelesiastical Persons to 
small Vicarages and Curacies, and for other porpgtes Ve 

Resolved, That. this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. : 













The Order of the day being read, for the second read Sti, 
ing of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of Frans iy 
Frauds ; defer, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reading At 
of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the Attes- of Inn, 
tation of Instruments made in exercise of certain Powerg ™*ti 
or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other Instruments ; ; dele 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Mon. 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Jui 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon (ltelaiy 
the Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws relative ele 
to Jurors and Juries in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Vaiss 
ing of the Bill to amend an Act of the seventh year of the (Iii 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for “™ 
making provision for the uniform Valuation of Lands and 
Tenements in the several Baronies, Parishes and other 
Divisions of Counties in Jreland, for the purpose of the 
more equally leying of the Rates and Charges upon the 
same ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Friday next. bstWays 





leans 
The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Swtiyy mn 

ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act a | 
to repeal an Act passed in the seventh year of his late Ma- «en 
jesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to 
amend the Law of Jreland, respecting the Assignment : 
and Subletting of Lands and Tenements,” and to substi- 3 

ittee 


tute other provisions in lieu thereof ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


toms ( 
ement 


( 
The ingrossed Bill to improve the Administration of Ms 
Justice in Ireland, was, according to Order, read the third (ieuss 
time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the , 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


a 
‘ r Z t 

The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- — : 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the aoa f] 


whole House, on the Bill for remedying defects in the b 
Titles to Lands allotted or taken in exchange under Inclo- 
sure Acts; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 







deration upon Thursday next. : 
D 

The Order of the day being read, for the third reading ¥™ 

of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act ree : 

to repeal several Acts, and parts of Acts, prohibiting the oan 
payment of Wages in Goods, or otherwise than in the le fy 
current Coin of the Realm, be now read; and the same M 
being read ; an 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- M 
morrow. | Tr 
, a to 
The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Dis ot! 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon ont _to 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppres- Af 

sing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 

in Ireland ; ! 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- , Cor 
solve itself into the said Committee, Co 


The 





9 Witt. IV. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
rie it solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
eet the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
idee mend and render more effectual an Act passed in the 
seventh and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, 
intituled, “ An Act to amend the Acts for building, and 
promoting the building, of additional Churches in popu- 
lous Parishes ;” 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to prohibit the payment, in certain Trades, of Wages in 
Goods, or otherwise than in the current Coin of the 
Realm ; 

pe That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Lin 
ne 
by 
, 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday, 
the Ist day of July last, “‘ That leave be given to bring in 
a Bill to regulate the Importation of Arms into Ireland ;” 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
* resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of Ways and Means for raising the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 





ys Ways 
eans 


The ingrossed Bill to apply the Surplus of Ways and 
Means, and a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, to the 


sin used. service. of the year one thousand eight hundred and 
ania thirty-one, was, agcording to Order, read the third time. 
a Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
ite The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 


toms 


: Committee of the whole House, to consider of the Act 
emen 


6 Geo. 4, c. 106, for the management of the Customs ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
esi the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That he was directed 
of Jute by the Committee to make a Motion. 

— Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported, That he was directed 
by the Committee to move the House, That leave be given 
to bring in a Bill to amend so much of the said Act as 
allows certain Fees to be taken by Officers of the Cus- 
toms :—And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: And 
that Mr. Bernal and Mr. Spring Rice do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That Sir John Newport be discharged from 
i; any further attendance on the Select Committee appointed 

' to inquire into the effects produced by allowing a Malt 
Drawback on Spirits. 


Ordered, That Mr. Power be added to the Committee. 





An ingrtossed ‘Bill ‘from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for effectuating a’ partition of Estates belonging to the 


fa") 
o 


e "Most ‘honourable John Crichton Stuart Marquis of Bute 
and Earl of Dumfries, and the Most honourable Maria 
- |  Marchioness of Bute and Countess of Dumfries, and their 


Trustees, and to the Right honourable Susan North, and 
to the Right honourable Lady Georgina North, and for 


e- Dis other purposes, was read a second time; and committed 
om a to Lord James Stuart, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
5 Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 
its 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 

re- , Count of all Articles imported into and exported from this 

Country, and brought into consumption, of Silk, or Silk 
“he VOL. 86. 





19°—Q0° Septembris. 


857 


mixed with other materials, wholly or in part made up; 
distinguishing them under their proper heads, and Quan- 
tity thereof. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of all Raw, Thrown and Manufactured Silks, im- 
ported into and exported from this Country, and brought 
into consumption, from January 5th 1830 to January 5th 
1831; distinguishing the different descriptions of Silk 
and Raw Silk from Waste, Knubs and Husks, and the 
Countries from whence imported, with the amount of 
Duty paid thereon. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Amount of Drawback paid on the expor- 
tation of British Silk Manufactured Goods, for the. year 
ended January 5th 1831; distinguishing the Amount 
upon Stuffs or Ribbons of Silk only, upon Stuffs or Rib- 
bons of Silk and Cotton mixed, and upon Stuffs or Ribbons 
of Silk and Worsted mixed. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of all Foreign Manufactured Silks permitted to be 
imported without payment of Duty, for the purpose of 
undergoing some process of manufacture or printing, &amp;c: 
on condition of being afterwards exported, in the year 
ended January Sth 1831; and distinguishing the different 
descriptions of Silk. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Total Quantities of Raw and Waste Silk 
entered for Home Consumption in Great Britain and Ire- 
land, in each year from 1814 to 1828, both years inclu 
sive; distinguishing the Quantity of Raw from Waste, 
including Knubs and Husks, in each year, and stating 
also the Annual Quantity of Raw and Waste separately, 
on an average of three periods of five years each, namely, 
in the five years 1814 to 1818, of the five years 1819 to 
1823, and of the five years 1824 to 1828 ; and stating the 
rate of Duty paid in each year on Raw and Waste, in- 
cluding Knubs and Husks, separately. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Quantity of Raw and Waste Silk entered for 
Home Consumption in Great Britain and Ireland during 
the year ended January 5th, 1830; distinguishing Raw 
from Waste, including Knubs and Husks. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
one of the clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned 


till this day. 








Martis, 20° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of SirJohn Marwell, Baronet, of Pol- Petition re- 

A lok, Chairman, and George Gardner, Secretary, of Sp&lt;ctins Reform 
the Renfrewshire Political Union, was presented, and read; (Scotland) Bill. 
taking notice of the Bill to amend the Representation of 
the People in Scotland; and praying the House to expunge 
therefrom the Clause which requires the Representatives 
of Scotch Counties to have a rental of 500/. from heritage; . 
the Clause which proposes to enact that the 10/. rent, or 
qualification of Voters in Counties, is to be estimated only 
after the deduction of the interest of any debt heritably 
secured ; and the Clause, in so far as it requires each 
Voter in Boroughs and Towns, before voting, to have 
paid all his local taxes, as well as the rents then due 
by him. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- Accounts 
count of the several Sums expended by the Trustees of se''Gecrve’s 
the Parish of Saint George, in the County of Dublin, in “eyet wg 
erecting, furnishing and ornamenting the Parochial Church |” ' 
thereof, in each year since the commencement of the Build- 
ing; and, of all Sums granted, borrowed. or’ levied. foy 
those purposes, specifying the source from whence every. ‘ 
such Eueia, Loan and Levy was derived, and the year in 
which each severally took place, together with the amount 
of the outstanding Debt, and the authority under which 
it was incurred, and the several periods: when ‘any ‘part 
of the Loan or Loans has been liquidated ;'\atid'algo; ‘a 
Statement of the amount of the original Estimate’ of the 
Building. 


101 Ordered, 





Regulation of 








858 20°—-21° Septembris. A. 183}, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Houses in the Parish of Saint 
George which are subject to the levy of Church Rates, 
and the greatest and least amount of Church Rates, and 
of Minister's Money, payable by each House in the years 
1805, 1810, 1815 and 1828 severally. 


A Petition of Hugh James Sanderson, of Liverpool, 
Merchant, was presented, and read; setting forth, That 
the Petitioner, and Robert M‘Neill, of Liverpool, Mer- 
chant, were sole owners of the new British Brig Utopia, 
of 260 tons per register, which, béing on her first voyage 
to Buenos Ayres, was captured by the Brazilian Squadron 
in the River Plate on the 16th October 1826; that the 
said Brig, and the principal part of her cargo, also belong- 
ing to the Petitioner and the said Robert M‘ Neill, were 
carried by the captors to Rio de Janeiro, and there laid 
up in a place called “ Rotten Row” for two years, with- 
out the captain or any other person being allowed to 
take care of the said Brig or her cargo, in consequence of 
which, the Vessel was rendered unseaworthy by the heat 
of the climate, worms and rats, and the cargo was plun- 
dered, and so badly damaged, that both were sold fora 
mere trifle ; and complaining of evasion on the part of 
the Brazilian Government to satisfy him for the loss he 
has sustained thereby ; and praying the House to adopt 
such measures as will cause the just claims of the Peti- 
tioner, and other British subjects similarly situated, to be 
promptly liquidated. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. John Campbell presented a Bill for establishing a 
General Register for all Deeds and Instruments affecting 
Real Property in England and Wales: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Tuesday, the 10th day of October next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson and 

Mr. Roupelt: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment ; vz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to explain and amend two 
Acts of the thirty-fourth and thirty-eighth years of his 
Majesty King George the Third, so far as the same relate 
to Double Assessments of the Land Tax : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws relating 
to Hackney Carriages, and to Waggons, Carts and Drays 
used in the Metropolis, and to place the Collection of the 
Duties on Hackney Carriages, and on Hawkers and Ped- 
lars in England, under the Commissioners of Stamps : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually improving 
the Road from the Pondyards, in the County of Hertford, 
to the Town of Chipping Barnet, in the same County :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


A Petition of Gentry, Clergy, and Inhabitants of, Re- 
sidents in, and Visitors at, Beaumaris, in the county of 
Anglesey, and of Carnarvon, Bangor and Conway, in the 
county of Carnarvon and the vicinity thereof, was pre- 
sented, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners, 
deeply impressed with the dreadful calamity which has 
lately befallen the Steam Vessel, called, “The Rothesay 
Castle,” plying between Liverpool and Beaumaris, by 
which more than one hundred lives were lost, pray the 
House, as a means of providing against a like recurrence, 
from similar causes, That no Steam Vessel should here- 
after be permitted to carry Passengers without being first 
duly licensed, such License to be renewed periodically ; 
and that no License should be granted or renewed, except 
upon the certificate of a person appointed for that pur- 
ees of the sea-worthiness and proper appointment of the 

essel, and of the general good conduct and capacity of 
the Captain who is to command her. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Select 
Committee on Steam Navigation. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate, upon the Motion made yesterday, 
‘« That the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 
in England and Wales do pass,” be now read; and the 
same being read :—The House resumed the said adjourned 


Debate. 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelye 
of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 21° die Septembris, 1831: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned ¢ijj 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading », 
of the ingrossed Bill-to empower Landed Proprietors jp (indy 
Ireland to sink, embank and remove Obstructions jp “*™ 
Rivers ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Ty. 


morrow. 


Ordered, That Mr. Mostyn be added to the Select sis, 
Committee on Steam Navigation. to ales 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
one of the clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 








es 
$$ ———— 


Mercuri, 21° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


HE House being informed that Mr. Crafer, from the hg 
T Treasury, attended at the door, he was called in; i 
and at the bar presented to the House, pursuant to their Wi 
Orders,—an Account of the Quantities and Descriptions Dus 
of Wines on which any Duties, in addition to those im. 
posed by Law, have been demanded or received, from 
20th July last to the present time; and, of the Amount of 
such additional Duties so demanded or received. 

A Return of the Number of British and Foreign Ves- sini. 
sels respectively, with the Amount of their respective \,y 
Tonnage, that entered Inwards and cleared Outwards, at 
the Ports of the United Kingdom, from and to each of the 
British Colonies and Possessions, between 5th Janua 
1829 and 5th January 1830;—and, a Return of the 
Number of British and Foreign Vessels respectively, with 
the Amount of their respective Tonnage, that entered 
Inwards and cleared Outwards, at the Ports of the United 
Kingdom, from and to all Foreign Countries, between 5th 
January 1829 and 5th January 1830; distinguishing 
each Country. 

Return to several Orders of the House, dated the 5th day Inge 
of this instant September, for an Account of the Amount 1? 
of the Official and Declared Value of the Imports to and ™ 
Exports from the United Kingdom, from and to each of 
the British Colonies and Possessions, between 5th Janu- 
ary 1829 and 5th January 1830; distinguishing British, 
Colonial and Foreign Produce ;—also, an Account of the 
Amount of the Official and Declared Value of the In- 
ports to and Exports from the United Kingdom, from and 
to all Foreign Countries, between 5th January 1829 and 
5th January 1830; distinguishing each Country, and 
British, Colonial and Foreign Produce. 

Return to an Order of the House, dated the 5th day of Ww 
this instant September, for an Account of the Quantity of \ 
Cape, French and other Wine, on which Drawback was 
allowed on Exportation from the United Kingdom, be- 
tween 5th January 1830 and 5th January 1831 ; distin- 

uishing the Quantity in Casks and in Bottles, and the 
lace to which it was sent. 

Return to several Orders of the House, dated the 19th S# 
day of this instant September, for an Account of all Ar- ™ 
ticles imported into and exported from this Country, and 
brought into consumption, of Silk, or Silk mixed with 
other Materials, wholly or in part made up; distinguish- 
ing them under their proper heads, and Quantity thereof; 
—an Account of all Raw, Thrown and Manufactured Silks, 
imported into and exported from this Country, and brought 
into consumption, from January Sth, 1830, to January 5th, 
1831; distinguishing the different descriptions of Silk 
and Raw Silk from Waste, Knubs and Husks, and the 
Countries from whence imported, with the amount 0 
Duty paid thereon ;—an Account of the Amount of Draw 
back paid on the ‘exportation of British Silk Manufac- 
tured Goods for the year ended January 5th, 1831 ; dis 
tinguishing the Amount upon Stuffs or Ribbons of ‘Silk 
only, upon Stuffs or Ribbons of Silk and Cotton mixed, 


and upon Stuffs or Ribbons of Silk and Worsted mixed 
9 oa 






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jition for 
pendment of 
medy against 
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9g Wit. IV. 


—an Account of all Foreign Manufactured Silks permitted 
to be imported without payment of Duty, for the purpose 
of undergoing some process of manufacture or printing, 
&amp;c. on condition of being afterwards exported, in the year 
ended January 5th, 1831 ; and distinguishing the different 
descriptions of Silk ;—an Account of the Total: Quantities 
of Raw and Waste Silk entered for Home Consumption 
in Great Britain and Ireland, in each year from 1814 to 
1828, both years inclusive ; distinguishing the Quantity 
of Raw from Waste, including Knubs and Husks, in each 
year, and stating also the Annual Quantity of Raw and 
Waste separately, on an average of three periods of five 
ears each, namely, in the five years 1814 to 1818, of 
the five years 1819 to 1823, and of the five years 1824 
to 1828; and stating the rate of Duty paid in each year 
on Raw and Waste, including Knubs and Husks, sepa- 
rately ;—and, an Account of the Quantity of Raw and 
Waste Silk entered for Home Consumption in Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland during the year ended January 5th, 1830; 
distinguishing Raw from Waste, including Knubs and 
Husks :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account and Returns do lie 
upon the Table; and be printed. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands in 
the county of Southampton, was presented, and read; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners are convinced that 
the law of Alfred the Great, whereby he made all the 
members of the Decennary answerable for the offences 
committed by any one within their district, was founded 
on a sound, wise and politic principle; that later statutes 
passed in extension of the same principle, whereby the 
inhabitants of each hundred were compelled to indemnify 
their neighbours for the loss of property destroyed by 
secret incendiaries or open tumults, by the operation of 
which laws every subject possessed of substance was made 
to feel a direct and immediate interest in guarding the 
property of his neighbours, as well as his own, from wilful 
and malicious destruction, and whereby the vigilance of 
the aggregate community was enlisted for the protection 
of the property of every individual, were bottomed on the 
like wisdom, justice and sound policy; that the Peti- 
tioners perceive, with deep regret, that in the recent new- 
modelling of the law which regulates actions against the 
Hundred, no provision hath been made for the reimburse- 
ment by the Hundred of the loss occasioned, either by 
secret wilful fire or by open tumult, of certain property, 
of a nature, above all others, the most exposed to be in- 
jured and destroyed by secret mischief, namely, stacks 
of corn, grain, pulse or seeds in the straw, or hauim, 
mows of flax and mows of hay, straw, haulm and reed, 
and woodland produce felled, whether manufactured or in 
its raw state, nor for the reimbursement, in case of the 
destruction, by secret wilful burning, of barns, stables, 
cattle-houses, granaries, mills, malt-houses, hop-oasts or 
other buildings used for the harvesting or depositing 
therein of agricultural produce, or for preparing the same 
for a market or for consumption, or of any corn or other 
produce contained therein, nor of any machinery or en- 
gine used for the purposes of preparing or manufacturing 
such produce, or for performing or facilitating any opera- 
tions of husbandry ; that the Petitioners are persuaded, 
that if a due measure of indemnity to the owners of pro- 
perty of the above description against the felonious de- 
struction thereof, whether occasioned by secret and mali- 
cious burnings, or by the acts of persons riotously and un- 
lawfully assembled (under due guards against abuses), 
were compellable from the inhabitants of the Hundred, 
such a provision would accord in spirit with the ancient, 
politic and constitutional laws of this Realm, and would 
preserve from ruin many industrious and meritorious 
farmers, that such a law would in a much greater degree 
increase the vigilance of every member of the community 
to prevent and detect such crimes, than it could relax the 
watchfulness of the individual owner,and would materially 
conduce to the security of a description of property, upon 
the preservation of which, the plenty, cheapness and sea- 
sonable supply of the wants of the community principally 
depend ; and praying, That the Legislature will be gra- 
clously pleased to frame such enactments for this purpose 
as shall, without giving any indulgence to indolence or 
Supineness in the owners, compel.the inhabitants of the 

undred to reimburse them for the destruction of corn, 


grain, pulse, seeds, flax, hay, straw, haulm and roots, and 
VOL. 86. , 





21° Septembris. 


859 


of manufactured and unmanufactured woodland produce 
that may hereafter be destroyed by fire, wilfully and un- 
lawfully occasioned, or by the acts of riotous or tumultuous 
assemblies of persons, and for the destruction of barns, sta- 
bles, cattle-houses, granaries, mills, malt-houses, hop-oasts 
and other buildings used for the harvesting or depositing 
therein of any agricultural produce, or preparing the same 
for market or for consumption, and of corn and other pro- 
duce of land deposited or contained therein, and of all 
engines, machinery and instruments used or intended for 
the purpose of preparing for a market or consumption any 
corn or other produce of land, or used or intended for 
performing or facilitating any operation of husbandry. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Copeland be added to the Select 


Committee on Steam Navigation. 


A Petition of Peers of the Realm and Freeholders of 
the county of Northumberland, was presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the Bill for establishing a General Re- 
gister for all Deeds and Instruments affecting Real Pro- 
perty in England and Wales; and praying, That the 
same may not pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of several Electors of the borough of Hert- 
Jord, was presented, and read; setting forth, That at the 
late General Election of Members of Parliament to serve 
in the House as Representatives of the Borough of Hert- 
ford, three Candidates presented themselves for the 
suffrages of the Petitioners, namely, the Honourable Henry 
John Chetwynd Talbot, commonly called Viscount Ingestre, 
Thomas Slingsby Duncombe and John Currie, Esquires ; 
that the first named of the said three Candidates expressed 
himself as hostile to the measure of Reform in Parliament 
introduced by His Majesty’s Ministers into the House in 
the last Session, and the two last named as friendly to the 
same ; that the Petitioners, approving of the said measure, 
voted for Z'homas Slingsby Duncombe and John Currie, 
Esquires ; that the Most Noble James Brownlow William 
Gascoigne Cecil, Marquis of Salisbury, is possessed of divers 
houses in the Borough of Hertford, the tenants whereof 
have by ancient custom the right of voting for Members to 
represent the said Borough in Parliament; that George 
Nicholson and Philip Longmore were, and continue to be, 
agents and Solicitors to the said Marquis of Salisbury, 
and, at the said last General Election, also acted as agents 
for Lord Viscount Jngestre; that all the Petitioners are 
tenants of the said Marquis of Salisbury, many of whom 
have regularly paid their rent for the premises they 
occupy, but in consequence of their having voted against 
the aforesaid Lord Viscount Jngestre at the last General 
Election, and for no other cause, they have received no- 
tices to quit the premises they occupy, which notices are 
signed by the aforesaid George Nicholson and Philip Long- 
more, and express to be given by the order and authority 


Member added 
to a Committee. 


Petition 
against General 
Register Bill. 


Petition 
respecting last 
Election for the 
Borough of 
Hertford. 


of the Marquis of Salisbury; that, Daniel Mardall, of | 


Hertford, in the county of Hertford, Steward of the said 
Marquis of Salisbury, has declared to some of the Peti- 
tioners, or their wives, whose affidavits of the facts are 
annexed to the Petition, that the Petitioners have received 
notices to quit in consequence of their not ie voted 
for Lord Viscount Jngestre ; that, considering the Resolu- 
tion of the House, “‘ that it is a high infringement of the 
liberties and privileges of the Commons, for any Peer, or 
any Lord Lieutenant of any county, to concern himself in 
the Election of Members of Parliament,” the Petitioners 
pray, That the House will take such measures to vindicate 


the independence of Parliament, and protect the rights | 


and property of the Petitioners from such unconstitutional 
interference, as to the House shall seem best. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson and 
Mr. Roupell : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment; viz. : 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Acts for ‘re- 


gulating Turnpike Roads in England, so far as they 
relate to certain exemptions from Toll : ° 
101 2 A Bill 


The Lords 
have agreed 
to 


Turnpike 
‘Tolls Regula- 
tion Bill, 


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Public Works 
(Great Britain) 
Bill. 


Clare County 
Presentments 
Bill. 


The Lords 
have passed 


Spring Guns 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 


Courts Con- 
tempts Bill. 


Etzerodt’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Reform of 
Parliament 
(England) 
Lill, passed. 


Roman Catholic 


860 21°—29°. Septembris. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend several Acts passed 
for authorizing the issue of Exchequer Bills, and the 
advance of Money for carrying on Public Works and 
Fisheries, and Employment of the Poor, and to authorize 
a further issue of Exchequer Bills for the purposes of the 
said Acts: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Treasurer of the 
County of Clare to issue his Warrants for the eying of 
the Presentments made at the Spring Assizes of the year 
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one : And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
permit the setting of Spring Guns, and Man Traps, in 
certain cases; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House : And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for en- 
forcing the Process upon Contempts in the Courts Eccle- 
siastical of England and Ireland; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
naturalizing Christian Etzerodt ; to which the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for resuming the 
adjourned. Debate upon the Motion made upon Monday 
last, ‘‘ That the Bill to amend the Representation of the 
People in England and Wales do pass,” be now read ; and 
the same being read :—The House resumed the said ad- 
journed Debate. 

A‘ Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
«“ That the further Debate upon this Question be ad- 
journed :”—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


And the Question being put, “That the Bill do pass ;” 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Thursday morning ; 


Jovis, 22° die Septembris, 1831: 


The House divided. 
The Yeas went forth. 


Mr. Kennedy, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. John Wood : \ 345. 
Tellers for the Noes, { Mr. Croker, \ 236. 


| Sir George Clerk : J 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Lord John Russell do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 


Charities Bill, solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

PublicWorks The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 

— Report from the Committee of the whole House, on the 


Canine Mad- 
ness Bill, 
deferred. 


Galway 
Franchise 
Bill, deferred. 


Bill for the extension and promotion of Public Works in 
Ireland ; 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reading 
of the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Madness ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill to repeal so much of an Act 
passed in Jredand in the fourth year of King George the 
First, “‘ for the better regulating the Town of Galway, and 
for strengthening the Protestant Interest therein,” as limits 
the Franchise created by the said Act to Protestants only ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Hospitals The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
) sr gama ing of the Bill to amend an Act passed in the Parliament 


of Ireland, in the fifth year of his Majesty King George 
the Third, for establishing Public Hospitals in Zredand ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 





A. 183}, 


The Order of. the day.being read, for the-third read. Mo 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from. the Lords, intituled, An Act men 
to repeal several Acts, and parts of Acts, prohibiting the Repel 
payment of Wages in Goods, or otherwise than in the “re. 
current Coin of the Realm ; ftey 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To. 


morrow. 







The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- ¢, 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon Bail 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Amen 
amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the Bill dey mereition 
seventh and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, td 
intituled, “ An Act to amend the Acts for building, and ws Det 
promoting the building, of additional Churches in popu- 
lous Parishes ;” 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading Nip, 
of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Payng,, 
to prohibit the payment, in certain Trades, of Wages in sti 
Goods, or otherwise than in the current Coin of the 
Realm ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time: To- 


morrow. 


pave of 
ipsence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Supply 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- fer. 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Wy. 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- Mea 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply ® 
granted to His Majesty ; al Asse 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve ills, 
itself into the said Committee. | 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Spring 
to permit the setting of Spring Guns, and Man Traps, in Bil, 
certain cases, was read the first time ; and ordered to be Nuit 
read a second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Lent! 
for naturalizing Christian Etzerodt, was read the first S#" 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. on 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
after five of the clock on Thursday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 





Jovis, 22° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


HE hour appointed for taking into consideration the Dw 
Petition of Frank Thorp Porter, Maziere Brady, peiia 
William Stafford Ambrose, and William Fitzpatrick, of the 
County of the City of Dublin, whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, electors of the City of Dublin, on behalf 
of themselves and others, claiming to have had and having 
a right to vote at the last Election for Members to serve 
in Parliament for the said City, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said City, being come ; 

The House proceeded to the appointment of a Select 
Committee to try and determine the merits of the said 
Petition. 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent, with the Mace, to the 


places adjacent, to require the attendance of the Members : 
on the business of the House: And béing returned ; 0 
The House was counted by Mr. Speaker; and two ] 
hundred and eight Members being present ; . 
The counsel and agents were called in. fi 
And the door being locked ; _ 
The Order of the day, for taking the said Petition into 
consideration was read. 
And the names of the Members were drawn, and read, R 
in the usual manner. , ui 


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And the whole number of thirty-three names was com- 
Jeted:—And Lists of the said names were delivered to 
the Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee; and 
then the door was opened, and the Parties, their counsel 
and agents, withdrew. 

Note :—That in the course of drawing the names 
for the appointment of the said Committee, the 
names of several Members were drawn, who were 
excused, as being sixty years of age or upwards, or 
asserving or having served on a Select Committee. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Battle ;—of Manchester ; 
—of Warwick ;— and, of Winchester,—were presented, 
and read; praying the House to take the case of Mr. and 
Mrs. Deacle into their consideration, to cause it to be 
investigated, so that the injured parties may receive re- 
dress, and the guilty the punishment their acts merit, and 
to cause such steps to be taken as will encourage His 
Majesty's subjects in general to hope, that their liberties 
and lives will not be exposed in future to similar oppres- 
sions. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Fazakerley have leave of absence 
for three weeks, on account of illness in his family. 

Ordered, That Mr. Adeane have leave of absence for 
ten days, on account of illness in his family. 

Ordered, That Sir Ralph Lopes have leave of absence 
for three weeks, on account of illness in his family. 

Ordered, That Colonel Davies have leave of absence 
for a fortnight, on account of illness in his family. 

Ordered, That Mr. Heathcote have leave of absence 
for three weeks, on account of illness in his family. 

Ordered, That Lord Charles Churchill have leave of 
absence for a week, on account of illness in his family. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black 
Rod ; 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty’s Com- 
mission, for declaring His Royal Assent to several Acts 
agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the immediate 
attendance of this Honourable House in the House of 
Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to 
the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the desire of 
the Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty's Com- 
mission, had been at the House of Peers, where a Com- 
mission under the Great Seal was read, giving, declaring 
and notifying the Royal Assent to the several Public and 
Private Bills therein mentioned ; and that the Lords there- 
by authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the said 
Bills: Which Bills are as followeth ; 

An Act to amend an Act of the fifty-second year of the 
reign of his Majesty King George the Third, respecting 
the Audit of the Public Accounts of Jreland ; and to ap- 
point the Number of Commissioners competent to grant 
Quietus to Public Accountants, under an Act passed in 
the fifty-sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Third, “ for consolidating the Public Re- 
venues of Great Britain and Ireland :” 

_ An Act to amend several Acts passed for authorizing the 
issue of Exchequer Bills, and the advance of Money, for 
carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, and Employment 
of the Poor, and to authorize a further issue of Exchequer 
Bills for the purposes of the said Acts : 

An Act to amend an Act of the fourteenth year of his 
Majesty King George the Third, for establishing a Fund 
towards defraying the Charges of the Administration of 
Justice, and support of the Civil Government within the 

rovince of Quebec in America: 

_ An Act to amend the Laws relating to Hackney Car- 
nlages, and to Waggons, Carts and Drays, used in the 
Metropolis; and to place the Collection of the Duties 
on Hackney Carriages and on Hawkers and Pedlars in 
England under the Commissioners of Stamps : 

An Act to explain and amend two Acts of the thirty- 
fourth and thirty-eighth years of his Majesty King George 
the Third, so far as the same: relate to Double Assess- 
ments of the Land Tax : 

An Act to amend the Acts for regulating Turnpike 


Roads in England, so far as they relate to certain Exemp- 
lions from Toll ; 


VOL. 86. 


22°. Septembris: 


861 

An Act to enable the Treasurer of the County of Clare 
to issue his Warrants for the levying of the Presentments 
made at the Spring Assizes’ of the year one thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-one : 

An Act for more effectually improving the Road from 
the Pondyards, in the County of Hertford, to the Town 
of Chipping Barnet, in the same County : 

An Act for vesting in Trustees a legal Estate, which, 
on the Death of Joseph Crewe, escheated to His Majesty 
and the Lord Bishop of Bangor, in an undivided third 
part of certain Hereditaments in the County of Denbigh, 
in order to effect a Partition directed by the Court of 
Chancery : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Hugh Kinnaird, 
Esquire, with Ann, his now Wife, and to enable him to 
marry again, and for other purposes : 

An Act for naturalizing Herman Hinrich Flathmann. 


The House being informed that Mr. Samson, from the 
Trustees for building two new Churches in Newington, 
Surrey, attended at the door, he was called in; and atthe bar 
presented to the House,—Return to several Orders of the 
House, dated the 2d day of August last, for an Account, 
showing the Total Amount of Money levied upon the Pa- 
rishioners of Saint Mary Newington, Surrey, under the Act 
for building two new Churches in that Parish, from the 
passing thereof to the present time ;—an Account, showing 
the actual Amount received from the passing of the Act 
to the present time ;—and, an Account, showing, for each 
year, the Expenses attending the collection of the Rate, 
and other Expenses incident thereto, as well as the annual 
Amount of Loss from Defaulters upon each Rate, and the 
Amount of their respective Assessments :—And then he 
withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table. - 
A Petition of the Clergy, Chief Constable, Church- 


wardens and others, Inhabitants of Burslem, in the county 
of Stafford, not being Publicans, was presented, and read ; 
complaining of the increase of drunkenness and crime occa- 
sioned by the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 64, to permit the general 
Sale of Beer and Cider by Retail in England ; and pray- 
ing the House to repeal the said Act. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


The counsel and agents before mentioned, being re- 
turned to the bar, the Clerk appointed to attend the said 
Committee, delivered in to the House a reduced List ; and 
the same was called over, and is as follows : 

Samuel Adlam Bayntun, Esquire, the Honourable Henry 
Sutton Fane, John Hodson Kearsley, Esquire, Josias Du 
Pre Alexander, Esquire, Thomas Legh, Esquire, the Ho- 
nourable Peregrine Francis Cust, Sir Antony Buller, Thomas 
Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, Esquire, Hylton Jolliffe, 
Esquire, Lord Apsley, Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, 
Baronet. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select Com- 
mittee for trying the merits of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the City of Dublin, 
were sworn by the Clerk, at the table, in the usual man- 
ner; and thereupon the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forthwith 
in one of the Committee Chambers appointed for hearing 
the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Huddersfield and its vicinity, 
was presented, and read ; praying, That the House will 
interfere on behalf of the Reverend Robert Taylor, and 
of Messrs. Carpenter and Hetherington, and that the 
House will repeal those statutes which restrict the circu- 
lation of cheap knowledge, and that they will be further 
pleased to pass a Bill of Indemnity for those who are al- 
ready convicted, and are now suffering in prison, and that 
they will effect the restoration of the above-mentioned 
individuals (who are injured for the cause of liberty) to 
the full enjoyment of their rights, their families and their 
friends. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the 
facts stated in the Petition of Mr. and Mrs. Deacle, pre- 
sented to this House on the 22d day of August last; and to 

10K report 





Return respect- 
ing Newington 
Churches, 
presented, 


Petition for 
repeal of Sale 
of Beer Act. 


Dublin City 
Election— 
Committee 
appointed. 


Petition for 
remission of Sen- 
tence on Robert 
Taylor, and 
others, 


Motion re 
specting Mr. and 
Mrs, Deacle, 
withdrawn, 








862 


report their observations thereupon to the House :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson and 
Mr. Roupell : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to amend an Act of the fifty-second year of the reign of 
his Majesty King George the Third, respecting the Audit 
of the Public Accounts of Zreland; and to appoint the 
Number of Commissioners competent to grant Quietus to 
Public Accountants, under an Act passed in the fifty-sixth 
year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, 
* for consolidating the Public Revenues of Great Britain 
and Jreland,” without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize and empower the Commissioners appointed 
by an Act of the seventh year of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, for extending to Charing Cross, the 
Strand, and Places adjacent, the Powers of an Act for 
making a more convenient communication from Mary-/e- 
bone Park; to make and form a new Street from the Strand 
to Charles-street, Covent Garden; and to widen the North 
end of Bow-street into Long Acre, and for other purposes, 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then the 
Messengers withdrew, 


The House was moved, That the Act of the Parlia- 
ment of Jreland, 15 &amp; 16 Geo. 3, c. 21, to prevent and 
punish tumultuous Risings of Persons within this King- 
dom, and for other purposes therein mentioned, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in.a Bill to 
amend the said Act: And that Mr. Stanley and Mr. 
Crampton do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, to whom 
it was referred to consider of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 49, to 
continue, until the Fifth day of July one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty, the Provisions of an Act to allow 
Sugar to be delivered out of Warehouse to be refined ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wednesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill to explain and amend an Act 
for regulating the receipt and future Appropriation of 
Fees and Emoluments receivable by Officers of the Su- 
perior Courts of Common Law :—The Bill was re-com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, resolve 
itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider 
further of the Bill:--The House accordingly resolved 
itself into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ellice 
reported from the Committee, That they had gone through 
the Bill, and made other Amendments thereunto. 

_ Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Ellice accordingly reported from the Committee 
the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for appointing Commissioners to continue the In- 
quiries concerning Charities in England and Wales ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take into 
further consideration the Report from the Committee of 
the whole House, on the Bill for remedying defects in the 
Titles to Lands allotted or taken in exchange under Inclo- 
sure Acts; and the Amendments made by the Committee to 
the Bill, being read a second time, were agreed to by the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time upon Wednesday next. 


22 Septembris. 





A. 1831, 


The Order of the day being read, for the third readin 
of the-ingrossed Bill to empower Landed Proprietors jn (eajy 
Ireland to sink, embank and remove Obstructions jn — 
Rivers ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 









The Order of the day being read, for the House to re. ¢y, 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the Build, 
ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to amend Ameu 
and render more effectual an Act passed in the seventh 7s 
and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty. intituled, 

“ An Act to amend the Acts for building, and promotin 
the building, of additional Churches in populous Pa. 
rishes ;” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented to the House, by Pope: 
His Majesty’s Command,—Papers relating to the Slave {itv 
Trade : Class (A.) Correspondence with the British Com- presi 
missioners ; Class (B.) Correspondence with Foreign 
Powers. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table. 







Lord Viscount Althorp reported to the House, That their Any. 
several Addresses of the 6th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Add 
days of this instant September (that His Majesty would 
be graciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House) had 
been presented to His Majesty; and that His Majesty had 
commanded him to acquaint this House, that He will give 
directions accordingly. 


Mr. Ellice presented to the House, pursuant to their Pur 
Address to His Majesty,—a Copy of the Charter granted ¥% 
to the National Bank in Scotland, together with Copies of (Siu 
the Petition for the said Charter, and of the Report of the "““ 
Law Officers of the Crown thereupon ;—also, a Copy ™ 
of the Contract of Copartnership of the said National 
Bank. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Adins 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- {i 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return of Bails 
the Number and Names of Persons appointed to any Ju- 
dicial Station in the Kast Indies and in the British Colonies 
respectively, since Ist January 1801 ; specifying the Date 
of each Appointment, the Amount of Salary attached 
thereto, and also the Amount, as nearly as can be, of 
other Emoluments ; and also specifying the Bar, whether 
English, Scotch or Irish, to which each such Person be- 
longed. | 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn, to the present day, of the Names and Places of Py 
Confinement of all Persons now in Prison for the non- : 
payment of Penalties, or for other causes connected with | 
the Paper Duties ; also, an Account of all Prosecutions | 
connected with the said Duties now pending, against 
whom, and for what cause. ( 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 1 
turn of the several Drawbacks allowed on the exportation 
of Paper, in all its branches, to the Universities, the } 
King’s Printers, and on every other account, for the year t 
ending 5th January last. I 
¢ 


A Petition of Ellenor, the wife of Edward Windust (now os 
a prisoner in the House of Correction), was presented, and \.. 7 
read ; complaining of the imprisonment of her husband 
for having sold a Copy of Berthold’s Political Handker- 
chief; stating the particulars of the case; and praying 
the House to take the case of her husband into their 
serious consideration, and to take measures for his resto- ; 
ration to his family. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Warrant of Commitment of Edward Windust to 


Pape 
the wi 


House of Correction in Cold-bath Fields, on the 17th Sep- “"HR"® cx 


tember, by the Magistrates of Marlborough-street Office, i) th 
stating 











9 Witt. IV. 


stating the Offence for which, and the Act under which, 
he was committed ; and also, a Copy of the Conviction 
or Judgment of the Court for such Offence. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That 
Mr. Davies Gilbert have leave of absence for a month, 
on urgent private business ; it passed in the Negative. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Monday last, That this House be called over To-morrow, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That this House be called over upon Tuesday 

xt. 

" Ordered, That such Members as shall not then attend, 
be sent for in custody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this House. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 23° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Committee on the Bill for 
providing for the discharge of a Claim in respect of 
Monies advanced by the late James Hodges, Esquire, on 
security of the Lands of the late Zemindar of Nozeed and 
Mustaphanagur, in the District of Fort Saint George, in 
the East Indies, now under the Sovereignty of the Ho- 
nourable the East India Company, have leave to make 
their Report on or before Monday next. 
Ordered, That Lord Cavendish be added to the said 


Committee. 


A Petition of Proprietors of the Shetland Islands, 
was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to 
amend the Representation of the People in Scotland; and 
praying, That they may have a separate Representative 
in Parliament. 

A Petition of the Very Reverend the Principal and the 
Professors of the University of Edinburgh ;—and, of the 
Chancellor, Rector, Principals and Professors of the 
University of Saint Andrew’s,—were also presented, and 
read ; taking notice of the said Bill; and praying the 
House to provide for the Scotch Universities such a share 
in the Representation as may appear to be expedient and 

roper. 

: A Petition of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, in Conven- 
tion assembled ;—of Magistrates, Town Council and Bur- 
gesses of the royal burghs of Crail, Anstruther Easter, 
Anstruther Wester and Pittenweem, and Managers and 
Burgesses of Kilrenny, constituting the East of Fife Dis- 
trict of Burghs ;—of Magistrates, Town Council and 
Burgesses of the royal burgh of Pittenweem, one of the 
burghs constituting the East of Fife District of Burghs ;— 
of Magistrates and Council of the royal burgh of Crail ; 
—and, of Burgesses and Inhabitants of the royal burgh of 
Kilrenny,—were also presented, and read ; taking notice 
of the said Bill; and praying the House so far to alter 
the same as it deprives the East of Fife District of Burghs 
of their privilege to return a Member to the House. 

A Petition of Landowners and Householders of the 
county of Dumbarton, was also presented, and read; 
taking notice of the said Bill; and setting forth, That the 
Petitioners have perceived with alarm that Clause which 
proposes to unite the County of Dumbarton with Bute in 
the right of electing a Member to represent them ; and 
praying the House to take the same into their serious 
consideration. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


_ A Petition of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, in Conven- 
tion assembled, was also presented, and read ; taking notice 
of the said Bill; and praying, That the same may pass 
into a law, with such amendments in minor details as the 
House may approve of. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Licensed Distillers from Malt in the 
pt of Caithness, was -presented, and read; praying 


the House to weigh well the inducements that may be 
VOL. 86. 





29°93" Septembris. 


863 


offered to influence them to disturb the laws under which 
the Petitioners carry on their business, to depreciate their 
property, and to throw them and their numerous depen- 
dents out of employment by either the introduction of 
Molasses, or a repeal of the Drawback on Malt. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Edward Stuart have leave of absence 
for three weeks, on account of ill health. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Paget have leave of absence 
for a month, on account of ill health. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Mevborough have leave of 
absence for three weeks, on urgent business. 

Ordered, That Mr. March Phillipps have leave of ab- 
sence for three weeks, on account of illness in his family. 

Ordered, That Lord Viscount Milton have leave of ab- 
sence for three weeks, on account of illness in his family. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lott have leave of absence for six 
weeks, on account of severe illness. 

Ordered, That Sir George Staunton have leave of ab- 
sence for five weeks, on account of severe illness. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the district of Erritt, in the 
county of Roscommon, comprising a population of three 
thousand souls, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners have always been peaceable and well 
conducted, never, during the most disturbed times, having 
belonged to any illegal society, never having put the 
Government to the slightest expense in maintaining the 
tranquillity of that part of the country, never having had 
any police force stationed in their district, and for the last 
four years there has been but one charge made against 
any of its inhabitants; the Petitioners having observed by 
the public papers that it is the intention of His Majesty’s 
Government to move for a sum of Money to be expended 
in Public Works in Jreland, venture respectfully to lay 
before the House the statement of the Waste Lands in the 
district, that there are upwards of nine thousand acres of 
reclaimable Bog, as reported in the Survey made by 
order of the House under the direction of a Surveyor of 
eminence (Mr. Longfield), as a reference to the Third 
Report of the Bog Commissioners, printed in 1814, will 
show ; that it is entirely out of the Petitioners’ power to 
commence improvements on any extended scale unless 
some assistance is afforded them in opening the main 
ventages in the country, as directed in the Report referred 
to; that the Petitioners have never received the slightest 
assistance from any of the sums heretofore granted by 
Parliament for the improvement of Ireland, but have on 
a small scale proved the practicability of reclaiming the 
Bogs; that the Petitioners have been in the habit of 
going to England to cut the harvest, but, from the feel- 
ings of jealousy displayed towards them by the labouring 
classes there, they are desirous of remaining at home, if 
work can be provided for them; under these circum- 
stances, they beg leave respectfully to solicit a Grant to 
enable them to open the Rivers and construct the Roads 
as recommended in the said Bog Reports. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir Robert Price, from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the merits of the Petition of the 
several Feeholders of the County of Pembroke, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the said County, 
informed the House, That the said Committee have deter- 
mined, 

That Sir John Owen, Baronet, is not duly elected a 
Knight to serve in this present Parliament for the County 
of Pembroke : 

That the last Election of a Knight to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said County, is a void Election : 

That the said Petition did not appear to the said Com- 
mittee to be frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not appear 
to the said Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be entered 
in the Journals of this House. 


Sir Robert Price also reported to the House, That the 
said Select Committee had come to the following Resolu- 
tions, which they had directed him to report to the House ; 
and the same were read; and are as followeth ; 


10K 2 Resolved, 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Petition ree 


specting Bogs 
(Ireland.) 


Pembroke 
County 
Election, 
determined ; 


Special Report 
respecting 
Conduct of the 
High Sheriff. 








Minutes 
ordered, 


Petitions for 
repeal of Sale 
of Beer Act. 


Petition re- 
specting Sale 
of Beer Act. 


Papers 
presented : 
Population 
(Scotland.) 


No. 258. 


Van Diemen’s 
Land and New 
South Wales. 
Nos. 
259 &amp; 261. 


Colonies. 
No. 260. 


Minutes (Pem- 
broke County 
Election), pre- 
sented. 


No. 262. 


Reform of 
Parliament 
(Scotland) Bill, 
committed, 


364 


‘Resolved, That the conduct pursued by the High She- 


riff, and: by those acting under him, was strongly marked 
by a culpable neglect on his part, partiality on the part 


of the Under Sheriff and some of the Sub-Sheriffs, and 


‘the inefficient conduct of the Assessor. 


Resolved, That the Committee consider it their duty to 
report in such terms, more especially as they found their 
decision that the Election is void, on the strong impression 
of such improper conduct having prevailed. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings, and the 
Evidence taken before the said Conimittee, be laid before 
this House. 


A Petition of Ministers and Parishioners of Carleton 
Rode, Bunwell, Ashwelthorpe, Brooke and New Bucken- 
ham,—was presented, and read; reciting the Act 1 Vill.4, 
c. 64, to permit the general Sale of Beer and Cider by 
Retail in England; and praying, That the same may be 
repealed. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of the parish of 
Bisley, was presented, and read; praying the House to 
repeal, without delay, so much of the Act 1 Will. 4, as 
permits Retailers of Beer to allow it to be drunk at their 
own houses. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Lamb presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Address to His Majesty,—An Account of the Population 
of the several Counties of Scotland, as enumerated in May 
1831, in so far as the same can be made up. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Lord Viscount Howick presented to the House,—Re- 
turn to several Addresses to His Majesty, dated the 19th 
day of July last, for Copies of all Correspondence between 
Lieutenant Governor Arthur and His Majesty's Secretary 
of State for the Colonies, on the subject of the Military 
operations lately carried on against the aboriginal Inha- 
bitants of Van Diemen’s Land ;—and, Copies of all Instruc- 
tions given by His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the 
Colonies, for promoting the moral and religious Instruc- 
tion of the aboriginal Inhabitants of New Holland or Van 
Diemen’s Land. 

Return to an Address to His Majesty, dated the 10th 
day of August last, for a Return from each Colony or 
foreign Possession of the British Crown ; stating the Date 
at which each Colony or Possession was captured, ceded 
or settled ; the Number of the Population, distinguishing 
White from Coloured, and Free from Slaves, at the latest 
period, and as far as the same can be complied with ; and 
whether having Legislative Assemblies, or governed by 
Orders of the King in Council; stating also, the Value 
of Exports and Imports into each of those Colonies for 
each of the past Three years for which the same can be 
made out. ; 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir Robert Price presented to the House, pursuant to 
their Order,—A Copy of the Minutes of Proceedings and 
Evidence taken before the Select Committee appointed to 
try and determine the merits of the Petition of the several 
Freeholders of the County of Pembroke, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said County. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the Bill to amend the Representation of the 
Eeople in Scotland, be now read; and the same being 
read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now nead a second time; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be made 
to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word “ now,” and 


at the end of the Question to add the words “ upon this 
** day six months.” 


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A, 183), 


And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand -part of the Question ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 24° die Septembris, 1831: 


The House divided. 
The Noes went forth. 
Mr. Kennedy, 
Tellers for the Yeas Sit James Macdonald : 
jSir George Clerk, .., 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Charles Douglas: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. ~~ 
Then the main Question being put ; 


1. 
209. 


1s 





Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time :— ine Me 
The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and com. wer 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House for Monday 
next. 









The Order of the day being read, for taking into con- Conny 
sideration the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bil], 
intituled, An Act for regulating, for Three years, and tmnt 
from thence until the End of the then next Session of “* 
Parliament, the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in 
England ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into con- 
sideration upon Monday next. 


mey Pay 
nt Acts 
veal Bill 
ferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Inten, 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An billia 
Act to enable Courts of Law to give Relief against ad- 
verse Claims made upon Persons having no interest in 
the subject of such Claims ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


yment of 
ges Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Artin, 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Billi 
for settling Controversies by Arbitration; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- tx 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business now ‘é« 
done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon . ed, 


Monday next. 










The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Regs 
ing of the Bill to regulate the Office for registering Deeds, «De 
Conveyances and Wills in Jre/and ; ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


ng Gur 
Monday next. 


,deferre 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- cus 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the i" 
whole House, on the Bill to repeal the Laws relating to 
Apprentices, and other young Persons, employed in Cotton 
and other Factories, and in Cotton and other Mills, and 
to make further provisions in lieu thereof ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Wednesday next. 





A Bill to amend an Act of the seventh year of the reign yajuis 
of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for making |i! 
provision for the uniform Valuation of Lands and Tene- “ 
ments in the several Baronies, Parishes and other Divi- 
sions: of Counties in Zreland, ‘for the purpose of the 
more equally levying of the Rates and Charges upon the 
same, was, according to Order, read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 














The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Disi# 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon (I 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppress- - 
ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 
in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to re- be 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, Up0P je 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 

3 _an 








g Wiu. IV. 25°26" Septembris. 865 


and Bequests of His’ Majésty’s Subjécts in Great Britain 
rofessing the Roman Catholic¢ Religion, be now read ; 
and the same being read ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


yieWorks §=— Mr. Bernal — from the Committee of the whole 
und) Bill, F{ouse, on the Bill for the extension and promotion of 
tls Public Works in Ireland, the Amendments which they 
had made to the Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to by the, House. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time upon Wednesday next. 


jie Mad- Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second read- 
stil, ing of the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Mad- 
ness, be now read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 7th day of October next. 







myPay- Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- 
or ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
ay ’ Act to repeal several Acts, and parts of Acts, prohibiting 
the payment of Wages in Goods, or otherwise than in the 
current Coin of the Realm, be now read ; and the same 
being read ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday, the 5th day of October next. 


male Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- 
ynent of ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
gs bill, Act to prohibit the payment, in certain Trades, of Wages 
in Goods, or otherwise than in the current Coin of the 
Realm, be now read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday, the 5th day of October next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty, 
be now read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
"resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
consider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty, be now read; and the same being 
read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


ing Guns 


— Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 


reading of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled; 
An Act to permit the setting of Spring Guns, and Man 
Traps, in certain cases, be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to empower Landed Pro- 
prietors in Jreland to sink, embank and remove Obstruc- 


Vai tions in Rivers, be now read ; and the same being read ; 
Area Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
co nwa Monday next. 

ment, 


. Resolved; That this: House will, at the rising of the 
. House this day, adjourn till! Monday next. 


anittees, Ordered, That Mr. Ellice be added to the Select Com- 
mittee on Civil Government Charges. 


a Ordered, That Mr. Kemmis be added to the Select 

(lr Committee on Steam Navigation. 

_ dele 

, Bil The House was moved, That the Act 47 Geo. 3, sess. 2, 
w, ’ C: 54, to prevent improper Persons from having Arms in 


, Ireland, might be read ; and the same was read, 
e House was also moved, That the Act 50 Geo. 3, 
c. 109, to continue for two years, and from thence until 


Le the end of the then next Session of Parliament, and 
a amend an Act made in the forty-seventh year of his pre- 
n WO ee” for the preventing improper Persons from 





having Arms in Iréland, might be read; and the same 
was read. ef ie Poi 

The House was also moved, That the Act 10 Geo. 4, 
ce. 47, to continue for one year, and until the end of the 
next Session of Parliament, and to amend two Acts made 
in the forty-seventh and fiftieth years of the reign of his 
late Majesty King George the Third, for preventing im- 
proper Persons from having Arms in Jreland, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to re- 
vive the said Acts, and to indemnify Persons for acting 
since the expiration thereof: And that Mr. Stanley and 
Mr. Crampton do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, intitaled, 
An Act to authorize and empower the Commissioners 
appointed by an Act of the seventh year of his late Ma- 
jesty King George the Fourth, for extending to Charing 
Cross, the Strand, and Places adjacent, the Powers of an 
Act for making a more convenient Communication from 
Mary-le-bone Park; to make and form a new Street from 
the Strand to Charles-street;Covent Garden ; and to widen 
the North end of Bow-street into Long Acre, and for other 
purposes ; and the same was read ; and isas followeth ; 

Pr.3. 1.1. After “ of” insert “ Saint Mary-le-Strand.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time; was 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ellice do carry the Bill to the Lords ; 
and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed to the 
Amendment made by their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill for providing 
for the discharge of a Claim in respect of Monies ad- 
vanced by the late James Hodges, Esquire, on security of 
the Lands of the late Zemindar of Nozeed and Alusta- 
phanagur, in the District of Fort Saint George, in the 
East Indies, now under the Sovereignty of the Honourable 
the East India Company, have leave to sit, notwithstand- 
ing any adjournment of the House. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
enforcing the Process upon Contempts in the Courts Ec- 
clesiastical of England and Ireland, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Mon- 
day next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of 
the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the electing of a 
Knight of the Shire to serve in this present Parliament for 
the County of Pembroke, in the rocm of Sir John Owen, 
Baronet, whose Election has been determined to. be 
void ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That this House do now adjourn:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That Mr, 
Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, 
to make out a new Writ for the electing of a Knight of 
the Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the 
County of Pembroke, in the room of Sir John Owen, Ba- 
ronet, whose Election has been determined to be void :— 
The said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
two of the clock on Saturday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 








Lune, 26° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi 1V" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 
_—_ House being informed that Mr. Johnson, from 
the Office of the Chief Secretary for Zreland, at- 
tended at the door, he was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented to the House, pursuant to their Ordér,—a Return 
of Lord Lieutenants of Jrish Counties appointed under 
the recent Act for that purpose ; specifying those resident 
in their respective Counties :-And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do'lié upon the Table ; 


and be printed. , 
10 L Mr. 


Amendment to 
WaterlooBridge 
New Street Bill, 
agreed to. 


Power toa 
Committee. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Con- 
tempts Bill, 
read. 


No. 263. 


Motion 
respecting 
Pembroke- 
shire Writ. 


Return re- 
specting Lord 
Lieutenants 
{freland.) 


No. 264. 





Bishop of 


866 


Mr. King reported from the Committee on the ingrossed 


Cork’s Estate Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to repeal in part an 


Bill, reported 
and passed. 


Time for Report 


of Zemindar of 
Nozeed and 
Mustaphanagur 
Bill. 


Etzerodt’s 
Nat. Bill, 


counnitted. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Petition 

in favour of 
Election by 
Ballot. 


Petition for 
repeal of Stamp 
Duty on Poli- 
cies of Marine 
lusurance, 


Petition 
respecting 
Mr. and 
Mrs. Deacle. 


Petition for 
introduction 
of Poor Laws 
into Ireland. 


» Act passed in the Parliament of Jre/and, in the thirty- 


second year of the reign of King George the Third, re- 
Jating to a portion of the Lands of Ballinaspeg, near the 
City of Cork, belonging to the See of Cork, and to enable 
the Bishops of that See to demise the same under certain 
restrictions ; That they had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to 
the satisfaction of the Committee; and that they had 
gone through the Bill, and had directed him to report 
the same to the House, without any Amendment :—And 
the Bill was read the third time. = 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. . 

Ordered, That Mr. King do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill for providing 
for the discharge of a Claim in respect of Monies ad- 
vanced by the late James Hodges, Esquire, on security of 
the Lands of the late Zemindar of Nozeed and Musta- 
phanagur, in the District of Fort Saint George, in the 
East Indies, now under the Sovereignty of the Honour- 
able the East India Company, have leave to make their 
Report on or before Thursday next. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Christian Etzerodt, was read a second 
time; and committed to Mr. John Wood, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber. 


Ordered, That Lord Oxmantown have leave of absence 
for a fortnight, on account of ill health. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ramsden have leave of absence for 
a month, on account of illness in his family. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gore Langton have leave of absence 
for three weeks, on the Public Service. 

Ordered, That Mr. Williams Wynn have leave of ab- 
sence for three weeks, on the Public Service. 

Ordered, That Mr. Duncombe Bouverie have leave of 
absence for a fortnight, on urgent business. 


A Petition of Thomas Gledhill, Secretary of the Halifax 
Political Union, was presented, and read ; praying the 
House to adopt the Vote by Ballot in the Reform Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders, Ship-owners and 
Underwriters of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners are extensively 
concerned in the Commerce of the United Kingdom, and 
have long felt the pressure of the heavy Stamp Duty now 
levied upon Policies of Marine Insurance ; that the con- 
tinuance of this heavy and oppressive Tax will operate 
seriously against the interests of the Petitioners, while 
its repeal, or a modification of it, will not only afford 
them considerable relief, but will continue to this Country 
the = and important business of Marine Insurance, 
which, by reason of this Tax, is already passing into the 
hands of Foreigners ; and praying, That the House will 
give its early and most serious attention to the grievance 
thus respectfully stated, and that it will grant the Peti- 
tioners such relief as it may deem most fitting. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Royton, in the parish of 
Oldham, was presented, and read; complaining of the 
Treatment of Mr. and Mrs. Deacle; and praying for an 
immediate investigation into the matters complained of, 
and to afford to the suffering parties such redress as shall 
encourage His Majesty’s subjects in general to hope that 
their liberties and lives will not be exposed in future to 
similar oppressions. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Eastern Branch of the National Union, 
in Public Meeting convened, was presented, and read ; 
praying the House to extend the Poor Laws to Jreland. 

- Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


26° Septembris. 





A. 1831, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Belfast, was presented, and Pei 
read; praying, That the Yeomanry of Jreland may be tke 
disbanded. (ing 

Ordered, That the said Petition dolie upon the Table. 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Long ford, Templemichae] p,.. 
and Ballymacormick ;—of the United Parishes of Lough. fr rg 
more and Castle Iney, in the county of Tipperary ;—anq. Yriny 
of Street, in the County of Westmeath,—were presented, Tray 
and read; praying for a repeal of the Legislative Union 
between Great Britain and Ireland. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re. Rin, 
turn of the Quantity of common Glass Bottles manufac. 8% 
tured in Jreland, from 5th January to 5th July 1831, with ae’ 
the Amount of Excise Duty chargeable thereon. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the ty, 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the Fen 
electing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Higham Ferrers, in the room of 
Charles Pepys, Esquire, who, since his Election for the 
said Borough, hath accepted the Office of Steward or 
Bailiff of His Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, 
Desborough and Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That Meus 
the Writ for the Election of a Knight of the Shire to serve (i 
in this present Parliament for the County of Pembrokebe 
not issued before Monday, the 3d day of October next; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

{ Mr. Robinson, 


Tellers for the Yeas, \ Mr. Dominick Browne J 24. 
Tellers for the Noes, 1 red poh \ipo, 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to Pasi 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the °"*" 
electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in this present 
Parliament for the County of Pembroke, in the room of Sir 
John Owen, Baronet, whose Election has been determined 
to be void. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wing field and Mr. Tels 

Roupell : “) " 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act Su 
to apply the Surplus of Ways and Means, and a Sum out my 
of the Consolidated Fund, to the service of the year one 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, without any 
Amendment :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords to the luni 
Bill, intituled, An Act for regulating, for Three years, and 
from thence until the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in 
England, be now read ; and the same being read :— The 
House proceeded to take the said Amendments into con- 
sideration ; and the same were read ; and are as followeth ; 

' Pr. 1. 1.27. Leave out “ August” and insert “ Sep- 
“* tember.” 

Pr.2. 1. 8. After “ repealed” insert ‘ Provided 
always, That from and after the commencement of this 
Act, the authority of the Commissioners appointed 
under the former Acts for licensing Houses for the re- 
ception of Insane Persons shall cease and determine, 
without, however, invalidating any acts or proceedings 
of such Commissioners previous to the determination of 
such Commission as aforesaid.” 

‘Pr. 4. 1.36. Leave out from “ for” to “ annually” in 
line penult. and insert “the Lord Chancellor or the Lord 
“ Keeper or Commissioners of the Great Seal of Great 
‘© Britain, or other the Person or Persons forthe time being 
“ intrusted, by virtue of the King’s Sign Manual, with 
the care and commitment of the custody of the Persons 
and estates of Persons found idiot, lunatic or of un- 
*¢ sound mind.” , 
Pr. 4. 1. ult. Leave out “ August ” and ‘insert “ Sep- 
‘* tember.” 7 
Pr. 5..1. 4. Leave out “ Fifteen” and insert a “abr 
T, ve 


“ec 


“cc 











Pembri 
Coustr' 


Q Wixi. IV. 





Pr. 5. 1. 5. Leave out “ Twenty” and insert “ Fif- 
4 teen.” : 

Pr. 5. 1.35. Leave-out “ Four” and insert “ Three.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 36. Leave out “ Five” and insert “ Four.” 

Pr. 5. 1.37. Leave out “ Secretary of State” and in- 
sert “ Lord Chancellor, or other the Person or Persons 
« jntrusted as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 5. 1.38. Leave out “or Surgeons ” and insert 
« and two Medical Persons, whose practice has been 
« principally directed to cases of Insane Persons, and who 
« aré not now, nor ever have been, at any time, directly 
« or indirectly, concerned or interested in any House 
« licensed, or to be licensed, for the reception of Insane 
« Persons, and two Barristers.” 

Pr. 6. 1.9. Leave out “Secretary of State” and insert 
« Lord Chancellor, or other the Person or Persons in- 
“ trusted as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 6. 1.28. Leave out “Surgeon” and insert “such 
« Medical Person as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 6. |. ult. Leave out from “for” to “by” in 
Pr. 7. 1. 2. and insert ‘‘ the Lord Chancellor, or other the 
« Person or Persons intrusted as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 7. 1.28. After “ regulating” insert “ for Three 
« years, and from thence until the end of the then next 
«« Session of Parliament.” 

Pr. 7. 1.30. After “ England” insert “and that I 
«“ will keep secret all such matters as shall come to my 
“ knowledge in the execution of my office, except when 
“ required to divulge the same by legal authority, or so 
“ far as I shall feel myself called upon so to do, for the 
“ better execution of the duty imposed on me by this Act.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 33. Leave out from “ for” to “to” in 1. 36. 
and insert “the Lord Chancellor, or other the Person or 
“ Persons intrusted as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 8. 1.6. Leave out from “that” to “is” in 1.8. 
and insert “‘the said Lord Chancellor, or other the Per- 
“ son or Persons intrusted as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 14. Leave out from “as” to “shall” in 1.16. 
and insert “‘ the Lord Chancellor, or other the Person or 
“ Persons intrusted as aforesaid.” 

Pr.9. 1. After “ regulating ” insert “ for Three 
“ years, aiid from thence until the end of the then next 
“ Session of Parliament.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 22. After “ Physicians ” insert “ or such Me- 
“ dical Persons as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 9. 1.23. Leave out from “as” to “ may” in 1. 25. 
and insert “ the said Lord Chancellor, or other the Per- 
“ son or Persons intrusted as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 10. 1.12. After “ Physicians ” insert “ or such 
“ Medical Persons as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 12. l. ult. After “ Physician ” insert “ or other 
“ such Medical Person as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 13. 1.27. Leave out from “to” to “or” in 1. 29. 
and insert “the Lord Chancellor, or other the Person or 
“ Persons intrusted as aforesaid.” | 

Pr. 15. 1.30. After “regulating” insert “ for Three 
“years, and from thence until the end of the then next 
“ Session of Parliament.” 

Pr.19. 1.14. After “ Physicians” insert “or such 
“ Medical Persons as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 24. 1.18. Leave out from “ and” to “ for” in 
1.20, and insert “‘ the Lord Chancellor, or other the Per- 
“son or Persons intrusted as aforesaid.” 

_ Pr. 24. 1.33. Leave out “ Secretary of State” and 
insert “‘ Lord Chancellor, or other the Person or Persons 
“ intrusted as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 5, Leave out from “ to” to “ for” in 1. 7. 
and insert “ the Lord Chancellor, or other the Person 
“ or Persons intrusted as aforesaid.” 

Pr, 25. 1. 11. Leave out from “such” to “after” in 
L 12. and insert “ Lord Chancellor or other the Person 

or Persons intrusted as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 30. In the interlineation, 1. 1. and 2. leave 
out “ Secretary of State,” and insert “ Lord Chancellor, or 

other the Person or Persons intrusted as aforesaid.” 
_ Pr, 25. 1.33. Leave out “ Secretary of State,” and 
meer Lord Chancellor, or other the Person or Persons 
intrusted as aforesaid.” 
_ Pr. 25. 1.38. Leave out “ Secretary of State” and 
insert “‘ Lord Chancellor, or other the Person or Persons 
intrusted as aforesaid.” 


Pr. 26. 1.25. Leave out “ instructed” and insert 


** intrusted.” 


Pr. 27. 1. 24, Leave out “ separately.” 
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Pr. 30. 1. 28. Leave out (M.) and insert (L.) 

Pr, 31. 1.33. Leaveout from “death” to “of” in 1.34, 

Pr. 33. 1. 30. Leave out from “ therein” to “ And” 
in Pr. 35.1. 15. 

Pr. 35. 1.22. After “ Physician” insert “ or other 
** such Medical Person as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 31. After “ has” insert “ within the last 
“* twelve months.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 13. Leave out from ‘ to” to “ And” in 
1.18. and insert “the Lord Chancellor, or other the 
** Person or Persons intrusted as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 7. Leave out from ‘‘ House” to “ Pro- 
“ vided” in Pr. 43. 1. 27. 

Pr. 43. 1.32. After “ or” insert “ for.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 33. After “ Department” insert “ in case 
of any Person being confined as a State Lunatic, or 
under the order of any Criminal Court of Justice.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 6. Leayeout from “cured” to “the” in 1.9. 

Pr. 45. 1. 11. After “ Act” insert “ or under the 
said recited Act of the ninth year of the reign of his 
said late Majesty.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 12. Leave out “him” and insert “ the 
Lord Chancellor, or othér the Person or Persons in- 
trusted as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 45. 1.14. After “ thereof” insert “ within one 
“* year after the period of such death or discharge;” and 
also insert Clause (A.) 

Criause (A) “ Provided always, and be it further 
“* Enacted, That after the passing of this Act, the Clerk 
to the Metropolitan Commission appointed under the 
former Acts for licensing Houses for the reception of 
Insane Persons shall forthwith deliver up any Register 
of private Patients which may be in his possession to 
the Lord Chancellor, or other Person or Persons in- 
trusted as aforesaid, in order that the same may be 
“ cancelled.” 

Pr. 45. 1.22. Leave out “ Physician” and insert 
** Medical Man.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 26. Leave out (N.) and insert (M.) 

Pr. 47. 1. 34. Leave out “other,” and in the same 
line, after “ Actions,” insert ‘“ and other Proceedings.” 

Pr. 47. 1. 35. Leave out “ and” and insert “ or.” 

Pr. 52. 1. 28. After “as” insert “ is.” 

Pr. 53. 1. 20. After “ Justices” insert ‘ or by the 
Lord Chancellor, or other Person or Persons intrusted 
* as aforesaid.” . 

Pr. 55. 1. 9. Leave out (M.) and insert (L.) 

Pr. 55.1.14. Leave out from “to” to “ and” in 
1. 15. and insert “the Lord Chancellor, or other Per- 
son or Persons intrusted as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 55. 1. 24. Leave out “ August” and insert ‘‘ Sep- 
** tember.” 

In the ScueDuce (C.) to the Bill, 

Pr. 59. 1. penult. Leave out “ separately.” 

Pr. 60. 1. 14. Leave out “ separately.” 

Pr. 66. 1.28. Leave out the whole of the ScuEDULE 
L. : 
ie In the heading to the Scuepute (M.), 

Pr. 67. 1.1. Leave out (M.) and insert (L.) 

In the eighth Column, 

Pr. 67. 1.11. Leave out “ relieved” and insert “ not 
** cured.” 
In the heading to the ScHEDULE (N.), 

Pr. 68. 1.1. Leave out (N.) and insert (M.) 

Pr. 68. 1.9. After “ regulating” insert “ for Three 
“ years, and from thence until the end of the then next 
“ Session of Parliament.” 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment in 
Pr. 4. 1. 36. being read a second time, were agreed to 
by the House. 

The Amendment in Pr. 4. 1. 36. being read a second 
time ; ‘ 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the 
said Amendment ; 

The House divided. 


The Yeas went forth. : 
Tellers for the Yeas, ! + aay General, | gé) 
Tellers for the Noes, a ant . } 66. 
So it passed in the Negative. 

The Amendment in Pr. 4. 1. ult. being read a second 
time, was agreed to by the House. 
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868 26°—27° Septembris. A. 183]. 


The Aniendments in Pr. 5. 1.4. 1.5. 1. 35. 1. 36. 1.37. 
ard 1. 38. ; and Pr. 6. 1. 9. 1. 28. and 1. ult. being read a 
second time ; 

And the Question being severally put, That this House 
doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendments ; it 
passed in the Negative. , 

The Amendment in Pr. 7. 1. 28. being read a second 
time, was agreed to by the House. 

The Amendments in Pr. 7, 1. 30. and 1.33.; Pr. 8.1.6. 
and |. 14. being read a second time ; 

And the Question being severally put, That this House 
doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendments ; it 
passed in the Negative. 

The Amendment in Pr. 9. 1.1. being read a second 
time, was agreed to by the House. 

The Amendments in Pr. 9. 1. 22. 1. 23.; Pr. 10. 1. 12.; 
Pr. 12. 1. ult.; and Pr. 13. 1. 27. being read a second 
time ; 

And the Question being severally put, That this House 
doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendments; it 
passed in the Negative. 

The Amendment in Pr. 15. 1. 30. being read a second 
time, was agreed to by the House. 

The Amendments in Pr. 19. 1. 14.; Pr. 24. 1. 18. 1. 33.; 
and Pr.25. 1.5. 1. 11. and 1.12. 1,30. 1.33. and 1.38. being 
read a second time ; 

And the Question being severally put, That this House 
doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendments; it 
passed in the Negative. 

The Amendment in Pr. 26. 1. 25. being read a second 
time, was agreed to by the House. 

The Amendments in Pr.27. 1.24.; Pr. 30. 1. 28.; Pr. 31. 
1. 33.; and Pr. 33. 1. 30. being read a second time ; 

And the Question being severally put, That this House 
doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendments; it 
passed in the Negative. 

The Amendments in Pr. 35. 1. 22. and Pr. 40. 1. 31. 
being read a second time, were agreed to by the House. 

The Amendments in Pr, 41. 1. 13. and Pr. 42. 1.7. 
being read a second time ; 

And the Question being severally put, That this House 
doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendments ; it 
passed in the Negative. 

The Amendments in Pr. 43. 1. 32. and 1.33. being read 
a second time, were agreed to by the House. 

The Amendment in Pr. 45. 1. 6. being read a second 
time ; 

And the Question being put, That this House doth 
agree with the Lords in the said Amendment ; it passed 
in the Negative. 

The Amendment in Pr. 45. 1. 11. being read a second 
time, was agreed to by the House. 

The Amendment in Pr. 45. 1. 12. being read a second 
time ; 

And the Question being put, That this House doth 
agree with the Lords in the said Amendment ; it passed 
in the Negative. 

The Amendment in Pr. 45. 1.14. being read a second 
time, was agreed to by the House. 

CiaussE (A.), inserted at the end of the last preceding 
Amendment, being read a second time ; 

And the Question being put, That this House doth 
agree with the Lords in the said Amendment; it passed 
in the Negative. 

The Amendment in Pr. 45. 1. 22. being read a second 
time, was agreed to by the House. 

The Amendment in Pr. 45. 1. 26. being read a second 
time ; 

And the Question being put, That this House doth 
agree with the Lords in the said Amendment; it passed 
in the Negative. 

The Amendments in Pr. 47. ]. 34 and 1. 35.and Pr. 52. 
1. 28. being read a second time, were agreed to by the 
House. 

The Amendments in Pr. 53. 1.20., Pr.55. 1.9. and 1.14. 
being read a second time ; 

And the Question being severally put, That this House 
doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendments; it 
passed in the Negative. 

The Amendment in Pr. 55. 1. 24. being read a second 
time, was agreed to by the House. 

The Amendments in Pr. 59. 1. penult.; Pr. 60. 1. 14.; 


Pr. 66. 1. 28.; Pr. 67. 1.1. and 1.11., and Pr. 68. 1.1. 
being read a second time ; 





And the Question being severally put, That this House 
doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendments ; jt 
passed in the Negative. 

Then the last Amendment being read a second time, 
was agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up ¢,,.. 
Reasons, to be offered to the Lords ata Conference, for tod F 
disagreeing to such of the Amendments made by their Rew’ immpviun 
Lordships as this House hath disagreed to:—And a 
Committee was appointed of Mr. Robert Gordon, Lord 
Granville Somerset, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Charles Ross, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Wil. 
liams Wynn, Sir Charles Wetherell, Lord Viscount Pai. vein Co 
merston, Mr. Hume: And they are to withdraw imme. | 
diately into the Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum of the Committee, 










 delert 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to Contig 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to “Si, 
consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty, 
be now read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques. 
tion, by leaving out from the word “ That” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words “ it is the opinion 
“‘ of this House, That it is not expedient to continue the 
« Annual Grant to the College of Maynooth after the 
‘ present year,” instead thereof. : 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


Sir Henry Parnell, | 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Crampton : pits. 


Mr. Perceval, 
Tellers for the Noes, Sir Robert Inglis : \ 47. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question being put ; 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :— 


The House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 





(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Eight thousand nine hundred 
and twenty-eight pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Roman Catholic College at 
Maynooth, for the year 1831; and that the said sum be 
issued and paid without any fee or other deduction what- 
soever. 


Resolution to be reported. 


estation 
rument 
L deferre 





And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 27° die Septembris, 1831: 7 


id) Bill, 
d, 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had come to 
a Resolution, which they had directed him to report to 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That they may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to prohibit the Practice of paying the 534 
House Rents of Able-bodied Labourers out of the Poors 
Rate ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re | 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upo » 
the Bill to amend an Act of the sixth year of his late Ma 
jesty for amending the Laws relating to Bankrupts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, the 
5th day of October next, resolve itself into the said Com 
mittee. *'. The 


. is 
M) Bil 








2 WiLL. LV. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
an ing of the Bill to prevent Bribery and Treating in the 
 yeerted- Election of Burgesses to serve in Parliament for the Bo- 





rough of Liverpool ; 
rdered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 








The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 
Ireland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 7th day of October next. 


efortn of 
,rliamevt 


os Bil, « 


The Order, of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to diminish ‘the Expense and prevent the Delay of 
Suits in the Common Law Courts at Westminster ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


sis in Come 
Law Courts 
deferred. 


won The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
patio" “Committee of the whole House, upon the ingrossed Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An Act to extend the Provisions 
x... of an Act passed in the twenty-ninth year of the reign of 
his Majesty King Charles the Second, intituled, “ An Act 
for confirming and perpetuating Augmentations made by 
Ecclesiastical Persons to small Vicarages and Curacies, 
and for other purposes ;” and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported from the Committee, That they had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported from the Committee, 
the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Friday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


red, 


ute of 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 


+ ing of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of 
Ted. 


Frauds ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 









statinof The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ments ing of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the 
pivlered. Attestation of Instruments made in exercise of certain 
Powers or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other Instruments ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


ewe aa = SC 


.., rhe Order of the day being read, for the House to 
-_— resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 

‘the Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws relative 
to Jurors and Juries in Jreland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


e 


ping Act 


iedct The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
Bl ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
“to repeal an Act passed in the seventh year of his late 

Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to 
amend the Law of Ireland, respecting the Assignment and 
Subletting of Lands and Tenements,” and to substitute 
other provisions in lieu thereof ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


_ The ingrossed Bill.to, repeal so much of an Act passed 
2 Ireland in the fourth year of King George the First, 
for the better regulating the Town of Galway, and for 


ra? stren hening the Protestant Interest therein,” as limits 
ah Bil the Franchise created by the said Act to Protestants only, 


was, according to Order, read the third time. 
_ Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wyse do carry the Bill to the Lords, 


and desire their concurrence, 


i$ 


a 23 The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
» ing of the Bill to amend.an Act passed in the Parliament 


Ht 
= 


pod pa 

ta ‘ of Treland, in the fifth year of His Majesty King George 
pat “for establishing Public Hospitals in Jre- 

’ the na ; 

= Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


onday next. 


VOL. 86. 





26°—27° Septembris. 


869 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Committee on 
Committee of the whole House, upon the ingrossed Bill Building Act 
from the Lords, intituled, An Act to amend and render Amendment 
more effectual an Act passed in the seventh and eighth 
years of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, “‘ An Act cassia 
to amend the Acts for building, and promoting the build- 
ing, of additional Churches in populous Parishes ;” and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made several 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported from the Committee, 
the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Friday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


reported. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to amend 
the Representation of the People in Scotland; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; 
and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported from the Committee, 
the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Monday next. : 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Committee 

on Reform of 
Parliament 
(Scotland) Bill; 


No. 269. 


reported. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business 
now done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Exchequer 
Court (Scot- 
land) Regulation 
Bill, deferred, 


A Bill to regulate the Office for registering Deeds, 
Conveyances and Wills in Jreland, was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Registration 
of Deeds 
(Ireland) Bill 
comniitted. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Valuation of 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the Ireland Bill, 
Bill to amend an Act of the seventh year of the reign of ‘ferred. 
his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for making pro- 
vision for the uniform Valuation of Lands and Tenements 
in the several Baronies, Parishes and other Divisions of 
Counties in Jreland, for the purpose of the more equally 
levying of the Rates and Charges upon the same ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Distillation 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon (Ireland) Bill, 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppress- deferred. 
ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits in 
Treland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means, 
deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to permit the setting of Spring Guns, and Man Traps, 
in certain cases ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Spring Guns 
Bill, deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading 
of the ingrossed Bill to empower Landed Proprietors in 
Treland to sink, embank and remove Obstructions in 
Rivers ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


Embankments 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


10M The 








Ecclesiastical 
Courts Con- 
tempts Bill, 
deferred. 


Members added 
tu a Committee, 


Poole Writ. 


Petition respect- 
ing Registration 
of Deeds (Lre- 
Jand) Bill. 


Whiteboy 
Otiences Bill, 
presented. 


No, 265. 


Arms 
(Ireland) Bill, 


presented, 
No. 266. 


Report respect- 
ing Maynooth 
College, pre- 
sented, 


No. 267. 


Accounts, 
presented : 


Cork Trade 
and Shipping. 


870 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for enforcing the Process upon Contempts in the 
Courts Ecclesiastical of England and Ireland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. More O’ Ferrall and Mr. Walker be 
added to the Select Committee on Malt Drawback. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ for the elect- 
ing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Poole, in the room of the Honourable 
William Francis Spencer Ponsonby, who, since his Elec- 
tion for the said Borough, hath accepted the office of 
Steward of His Majesty’s Manor of East Hendred, in the 
County of Berks. 


A Petition of Clerks in the office for the Registration 
of Deeds in the city of Dublin, was presented, and read ; 
taking notice of the Bill to regulate the Office for regis- 
tering Deeds, Conveyances and Wills in Jre/and; and 
praying, That the House will be pleased to take their 
case into consideration, with a view to recognize them 
on the establishment during good behaviour, and the 
faithful discharge of their respective duties, and, finally, 
to make such provision for them in the event of ill 
health, infirmity or old age in the Public Service, as to 
the House shall appear fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Ellice, by Order, presented a Bill to amend an Act 
passed in the Parliament of Jre/and, in the fifteenth and 
sixteenth years of the reign of his Majesty King George 
the Third, intituled, “ An Act to prevent and punish 
tumultuous Risings of Persons within this Kingdom, and 
for other purposes therein mentioned :” And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read asecond time 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Ellice, by Order, presented a Bill to revive, for a 
limited time, three Acts made in the forty-seventh and 
fiftieth years of the reign of his Majesty King George the 
Third, and in the tenth year of the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty King George the Fourth, for the preventing improper 
Persons from having Arms in Jreland; and to indemnify 
such Persons as may have acted in execution of, and pur- 
suant to, the provisions of the said Acts, since the expira- 
tion thereof: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Lamb presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Address to His Majesty,—A Copy of the last Report of 
the Visitors of the Royal College of J/aynooth. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till near 
three of the clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 





Martis, 27° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 

HE House being informed that Mr. Crafer, from 
the Treasury, attended at the door, he was called in; 
and at the bar presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Orders,— An Account of the Imports into the Port of Cork 
during each of the last Six years; distinguishing the 
Quantity and Value of all Articles severally exceeding the 
amount of £.500 ;—of the Exports from the Port of Cork 
during each of the last Six years; distinguishing the 
Quantity and Value of all Articles severally exceeding the 
amount of £. 500 ;—and, of the Number and Tonnage of 
Ships and Vessels that have entered Inwards and cleared 


Outwards from the Port of Cork during each of the last 
Fifteen years. 





26°—27° Septembris. 


A. 183), 


A Return to an Order of the House, dated the 16th da 
of August last, for an Account of the Amount of the Ex- 


Treasury, on account of all Select Committees of the 
House of Commons, and Committees of the whole House, 
since the end of the year 1800; distinguishing the Ex. 
penses, under separate heads, of each Committee, and in 
each year. 

A Return to an Order of the House, dated the 16th day 
of August last, for an Account of the Total Amount of 
the Expenses paid by the Lords Commissioners of the 
Treasury relative to the following Disfranchisement Bills; 
viz. Aylesbury, in the year 1804; Helleston in the years 
1813, 1814,1815 and 1816; Barnstaple, in the year 1819; 
Penryn, in the year 1819,and in the years 1827 and 1828, 
and Grampound, in the years 1820 and 1821; distinguish- 
ing the several years. 

An Account of the Quantities of Unrefined Sugar re- 
tained for Home Consumption, in the United Kingdom, 
during each of the years ending 5th January 1815 to 183] 
(both inclusive); distinguishing the Quantities of British 
Plantation, of Mauritius, of East India, and of Foreign 
Plantation, entered for Home Consumption, or for being 
refined for Exportation, the rate of Duty levied on each 
description respectively, the net amount of Duty annually 
received on the whole, after deducting the Drawback on 
British Refined Sugar exported, and re-payments for over 
entries ; together with a Statement of the Average Prices 
of British Plantation Sugar, exclusive of Duty, by the 
Gazette, for every year, so far as the Returns made in the 
last respect admit of ;—and, a similar Account for the 
four half years ending 5th July 1828, 1829, 1830 and 
1831. 

A Return of the Average Prices of British Plantation 
Sugar, exclusive of Duty, by the Gazette, for every year, 
from 5th January 1815 to 1831, both inclusive. 

A Return to an Order of the House, dated the 14th day Ap, 
of this instant September, for an Account of the Number Bows 
of Houses rated to the Inhabited House Duty at £. 10, and 
upwards, in the respective Parishes of Saint Lawrence 
Appleby and Saint Michael Appleby otherwise Bongate; 
distinguishing the Number of such Houses composing the 
Town of Appleby. 

A Return to an Order of the House, dated the 14th day 
of this instant September, for an Account of the Amount 
of the Assessed Taxes, for the year 1831, in each of the 
Parishes of Saint Lawrence Appleby and Saint Michael 
Appleby otherwise Bongate ; distinguishing the Amount 
paid by the Town of Appleby :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts and Papers do lie 
upon the Table; and that the Accounts relating to Com- 
mittees of the House of Commons and Disfranchisement 


Bills, be printed. 


Sugar, 


The House being informed that Mr. Fitzpatrick, Chief wana! 
Clerk of the Police Office, Great Marlborough-street, at- — 
tended at the door, he was called in; and at the bar pre- do 
sented to the House, pursuant to their Order,—Copies of \““ 
the Warrant of Commitment and Conviction of Edward 
Windust :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to in- Pow! 
quire into the best mode of giving efficiency to Secondary “™ 
Punishments, and to report their observations thereupon 
to the House, have Power to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. : 

Mr. Estcourt accordingly reported from the said ht 
Committee, That they had made a progress in the mat- seowia 
ters to them referred ; and had directed him to make a “a 
Report thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of ~~ 
the Evidence taken before them; and an Appendix ; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report and Appendix do lie upon 
the Table ; and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and parish of Pe 
Glenarm, in the county of Antrim, was presented, and Fis 
read ; praying the House to afford, as they have hereto- (tps! 
fore done, their countenance and protection, on public 
grounds, to the Society for promoting the Education of 
the Poor of Ireland. : 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed, 


A Petition 


; Comm J 
. “ae , Howe g 
penses.paid by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Comm, 


No, 2h, 


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Ment Bil; 
No, % 4, 








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sud) Bill 


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bills. 


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tingham 


272, 





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213, 


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P Pettis 272, 
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tingham 


9 Witt. IV. 


A Petition of Trustees of the late James Schaw, of 


neon Preston, was presented, and read; setting forth, That 
wet the late James Schaw, of Preston, in the county of Had- 


dington, devised his whole property, and particularly 
his landed estate of Preston, to the Petitioners in trust, 
for the purpose of instituting an Hospital, for the re- 
ception, maintenance and education of poor boys; that 
the Petitioners, in the course of administering the estate, 
incurred very heavy expenses in obtaining an Act of Par- 
liament, and in making up titles, with the purpose of selling 
the dominium directum of their lands of Preston, a property 
which, by the law and constitution of Scotland, would confer 
on the purchasers two freehold qualifications in the county 
of Haddington, and for this property they, on reasonable 
grounds, expected a price of from 1,500/. to 1,800/.; that, 
under the provisions of the Bill now under the conside- 
ration of the House, to amend the Representation of the 
People in Scotland, this value is in a great measure for- 
feited, as the Elective Franchise is separated from its 
possession ; that in every instance in which private rights 
of property have hitherto been taken for public interests, 
compensation has, as they understand, been given; and 
praying the House to take the premises into consideration, 
to receive evidence of the facts, and to hear the Petitioners 
thereon, and to give them a suitable compensation for the 
loss of property sustained. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole House on the Bill. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black 
Rod : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty’s Com- 
mission, for declaring His Royal Assent to several Acts 
agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the immediate 
attendance of this Honourable House in the House of 
Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to 
the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the desire of 
the Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty’s Com- 
mission, had been at the House of Peers, where a Com- 
mission under the Great Seal was read, giving, declarin 
and notifying the Royal Assent to the several Public Bills 
and one Private Bill therein mentioned; and that the Lords 
thereby authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Bills: Which Bills are as followeth ; 

An Act to apply the Surplus of Ways and Means, and 
a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, to the service of the 
year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one : 

An Act to authorize and empower the Commissioners 
appointed by an Act of the seventh year of his late Majesty 
King George the Fourth, for extending to Charing Cross, 
the Strand, and Places adjacent, the powers of an Act for 
making a more convenient Communication from MJary-le- 
bone Park; to make and form a New Street from the Strand 
to Charles-street, Covent Garden; and to widen the North 
end of Bow-street into Long Acre, and for other purposes: 

An Act to repeal, in part, an Act passed in the Parlia- 
ment of Jredand in the thirty-second year of the reign of 
King George the Third, relating to a portion of the Lands 
of Ballinaspeg, near the City of Cork, belonging to the 
See of Cork, and to enable the Bishops of that See to de- 
mise the same under certain restrictions. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wing field and Mr. 
Roupell : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
restrain and regulate the holding of Plurality of Dignities 
and Benefices by Spiritual Persons ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 


Mr. Robert Gordon reported from the Select Committee 
appointed to inquire into matters connected with Windsor 
Castle and Buckingham Palace; and to whom the Papers 
telating to the Supply of Furniture for Windsor Castle, 
and the Papers relating to the New Palace, called Buck- 
mgham Palace, in Saint James’s Park, which were pre- 
sented to the House, by His Majesty’s Command, upon 
the 15th day of February last; and also, the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken by the Committee in the last Session 
of Parliament, and all Papers laid before them, were re- 
ferred ; and who were empowered to report the Minutes 


VOL. 86, 


QT Septembris. 


S71 
of the Evidence taken’ before’ them, from time to time, to 
the House; and who were instructed to consider whether 
the Building now erected for a Palace, may not be more 
advantageously applied to other Public Purposes, and to 
what Purposes; That they had made a progress in the 
matters to them referred, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House; and the Report was 
brought up, and read. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; and be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the Call of the 
House, be now read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That this House be called over upon Monday, 
the 10th day of October next. 

Ordered, That such Members as shall not then attend, 


be sent for in custody of the Serjeant at Arms attending 
this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, 
that He will be graciously pleased to give directions, that 
there be laid before this House, a Copy of all Communi- 
cations between the Zrish Government and Baron Penne- 
Sather, on the subject of John Leary, convicted of a 
Conspiracy to murder, at the last Special Commission 
held in the County of Cork :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of the city and 
suburbs of Winchester, and of the Clergy, Gentlemen 
and Yeomanry residing in the immediate neighbourhood 
thereof, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the 
Petitioners have read, with feelings of indignation, the 
allegations which are contained in the Petition presented 
to the House on the 22d day of August last, by Thomas 
and Caroline Deacle, of Marwell Farm, in the vicinity of 
that city; that the statements made in the said Petition 
appear to the Petitioners to contain such gross misrepre- 
sentations, as to render it necessary for the Petitioners to 
express to the House the opinion which is entertained in 
that city and neighbourhood relative to the conduct of 
the individuals against whom such injurious statements 
have been thus artfully and maliciously sent forth; that 
the Petitioners have noticed with deep regret the Petitions 
which have been recently presented to the House from 
distant parts of the country, not on account of the inquiry 
which is sought by such Petitions, but because the Peti- 
tioners feel convinced that they have been sent up to the 
House under the erroneous impressions which the state- 
ments contained in the Petition of the said Z’homas and 
Caroline Deacle were evidently intended to produce in 
remote parts of the country, where the real facts of the 
case are unknown, and where the characters of the several 
parties are not duly appreciated ; that the Petitioners 
take the earliest opportunity of recording their opinion, 
and expressing to the House the strong feelings which 
prevail in that city and neighbourhood as to the calum- 
nies which have been thus industriously propagated against 
Messrs. Francis and Bingham Baring, and other Magis- 
trates of that county, to whose active, judicious and un- 
wearied exertions, the Petitioners conceive that they 
are in a great measure indebted for the restoration of 
the public peace in November last, a period when that 
county was in a state of unparalleled excitement and too 
well-grounded alarm, and when, it should be remembered, 
it was in almost every instance found impracticable to 
procure the due execution of the Magistrates’ Warrants 
without the aid of the Military ; that several of the Peti- 
tioners were present at the Trial which took place in that 
city at the last Assizes, and witnessed, with unfeigned 
regret, the situation in which the Messrs. Baring were 
unavoidably placed, in consequence of the only indivi- 
duals of whose testimony they could have availed them- 
selves having been made co-defendants, obviously, as ap- 
peared to the Petitioners, for the sole purpose of excluding 
their evidence, and exposing the Messrs. Baring to the 
overcharged statements of the two individuals on whose 
evidence a verdict was returned against Mr. Bingham 
Baring alone ; that, should the House see fit to order an 
investigation into the facts of the case, the Petitioners 
would hail with satisfaction a proceeding so well calcu- 
lated to elicit the truth, and to place the characters of the 
several parties in their proper light ; and the Petitioners 

10M 2 desire 


Call of the 
House, 
deferred. 


Motion 
respecting 
John Leary, 
withdrawn. 


Petition com- 
plaining of mis- 
statements 

in the Petition 
of Mr. and Mrs. 
Deacle. 





Petition 
withdrawn. 


Petitions 
respecting 
Mr. and 
Mrs. Deacle. 


Motion for Se- 
lect Committee 
respecting 

Mr. and Mrs. 
DPeacle. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Report of 
Courtsof Law 
Fees Bill, 
considered. 


Committee 
on Charities 
Inquiry Bill. 


Interpleader 
Bill, deferred. 


Arbitration 
Bill, deferred. 


872 


desire further to express their conviction, that a full ex- 
posure of fhe real circumstances of the case would render 
the same feelings which exist in that city and its vici- 
nity, as to the conduct of the Messrs. Baring, generally 
prevalent throughout the country at large. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Subscribers on behalf of the North- 
Western Branch of the National Union, held at the 
Bazaar Coftee House, Castle-street, Oxford Market, pray- 
ing for an immediate investigation into the matters 
complained of in the Petition of Mr. and Mrs. Deacle of 
the 22d day of August last, was presented, and read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 

And notice being taken, that the Petition did not 
appear to be the Petition of the Subscribers on behalf of 
themselves, but on behalf of a Branch of the National 
Union :—The said Motion and Petition were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of High Wycombe ;—of Louth, 
in the county of Lincoln ;—and, of Thomas and Caroline 
Deacle,—were presented, and read; praying for an in- 
vestigation into the matters complained of in the Petition 
presented on the 22d day of August last, respecting 
Mr. and Mrs. Deacle. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That 
a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire into the alle- 
gations contained in the Petition of Mr. and Mrs. Deacle, 
as affecting the conduct of Mr. Bingham Baring, a Ma- 
gistrate of Hampshire ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
Mercurii, 28° die Septembris, 1831: 


The House divided. 
The Yeas went forth. 


{ Colonel Evans, ‘ 
UMr. Hume : \ si 


Tellers for the ye | Mr. Attorney General, \ 78. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


| Mr. Lamb: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to make Provision for the Relief of the 
Poor in Ireland, in certain cases ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday, the 6th day of October next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take into 
further consideration the Report from the Committee of 
the whole House, on the Bill to explain and amend an 
Act for regulating the receipt and future Appropriation of 
Fees and Emoluments receivable by Officers of the Supe- 
rior Courts of Common Law ; and the Amendments made 
by the Committee to the Bill, being read a second time, 
were agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill for appoint- 
ing Commissioners to continue the Inquiries concerning 
Charities in England and Wales; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. 
Leader Maberly reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable Courts of Law to give Relief against adverse 
Claims made upon Persons having no interest in the sub- 
ject of such Claims ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second timeTo-morrow, 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for settling Controversies by Arbitration ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 





Q7°—28° Septembris. 





A. 1831; 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read. 
ing of the Bill to prevent Bribery and Treating in the 
Election of Burgesses to serve in Parliament for the Bo, 
rough of Liverpool ; OB 


Ordered, That the 


Ordered, That Earl Grosvenor have leave of absence 
for three weeks, on urgent business. Onis 4 

Ordered, That Mr. Brayen have leave of absence for =” 
a month, on account of severe illness in his family. 


Liver) 
F Fateh 
Bill ic, 


Bill be read a second time this aul 


Leayg of 


Mr. Spring Rice presented a Bill to amend so much of ¢y,., 
an Act for the Management of the Customs as allows Managing 
certain Fees to be taken by Officers of the Customs: And ilps 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read “"* 
a second time upon Friday next. ut, 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 













Mr. Spring Rice presented to the House, by His Ma- tins, 
jesty’s Command,—an Estimate of the Sum required to jy? 
defray the Expense incurred, and to be incurred, in 188], aii 
in carrying on the Repairs and Alterations at Windsor ‘te 
Castle, and in providing Furniture for the Castle ; and of Not 
the Sum required towards the amount which is wanted to ~ 
defray Debts incurred for Work done, and Contracts en- 
tered into, for Buckingham House previous to the ap- 
pointment of the Select Committee of the House of 
Commons. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ace Agim» 
count, showing the Cases, Amount and Names of all si 
Detections or Seizures, under the Excise Laws, made inin: 
upon Traders in Scotland and Ireland respectively, from ™)** 
5th July 1830 to the latest period to which the same can 
be made up; specifying such as have been brought to 
trial, settled by compromise, or now remain unsettled. 


¢ of 





And then the House, having continued to sit till half 
an hour after two of the clock on Wednesday 
morning, adjourned till this day. 








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Mercuri, 28° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


HE House being informed that Mr. Robertson, from Be 
the Office of the Commissioners of His Majesty's jini 
Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, attended at the door, &gt;=" 
he was called in; and at the bar presented to the House, 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 
The Eighth Report of the Commissioners appointed for 
the purposes of an Act (4 Geo. 4, c. 74), intituled, “ An 
Act for vesting in Commissioners the Bridges now build- 
ing over the A/enai Straits and the River Conway, and the 
Harbours of Howth and Holyhead, and the Road from 
Dublin to Howth, and for the further Improvement of 
the Road from London to Holyhead :’—And then he 
withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Saint George Lyster, Esquire, of Stamford, Pai 
a Captain on Half Pay of His Majesty’s Service, was 7 
presented, and read; complaining of Clergymen being jj, 
placed in any Commission of the Peace; and praying, 
That the House will, during its. present sitting, take 
such steps as will remove the odium of the people from the 
Clergy of the Established Church, by a recall of its Mr 
nisters solely to the duties of their own profession, which 
the Petitioner is well convinced will be the means of 
placing the Church upon a much firmer basis than it has 
hitherto stood. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 4% 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- jy: 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return of pas 
the Number of all the Justices of the Peace in each County, 


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g Witt. IV. 


City, and Town in England and Wales, who have quali- 
fied; distinguishing the Number of Clergymen and of Lay- 
men, and distinguishing the Number of those appointed 
‘under Corporate or City authority, from those appointed 
under Commissions of the Peace issued by the Lord 
Chancellor. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bromsgrove, Retailers 
under the Act to permit the general Sale of Beer, was 
resented, and read; complaining of their being com- 
pelled to close their houses at ten o’clock in the evening ; 
and praying, That, if the House is still of opinion that they 
should not draw ale after ten o'clock in the evening, 
they may be allowed one hour longer, namely, till eleven 
o'clock, for the purpose of clearing their houses, and on 
Saturday evenings until twelve ; and that the law may be 
so altered, that they may not be subject to fine for a second 
offence before they have been examined by the Magistrate 
for the first. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Fishermen in the neighbourhood of 
Helvick, near Dungarvan, in the county of Waterford, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners are poor men, who obtain their livelihood by their 
industry, by trawl and other fishing on the coast between 
Youghal and Waterford ; that Notices have been posted, by 
order of the Board of Inland Navigation, prohibiting the 
use of trawl nets during the months of July, August, 
September, October and November, authorizing the Coast 
Guard of Helvick Head to enforce these regulations ; 
and praying, That the House will be pleased to have 
those injurious restrictions removed. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Hugh Owen have leave of absence 
for five weeks, on the Public Service. 

Ordered, That Mr. Jones have leave of absence for a 
fortnight, on account of urgent business. 

Ordered, That Mr. Coke have leave of absence for 
three weeks, on urgent business. 

Ordered, That Mr. Handley have leave of absence for 


three weeks, on account of ill health. 


A Petition of Heritors, Freeholders, Justices of the 


to amend the Representation of the People in Scotland ; 
and praying, That, in apportioning the Representatives 
of the People in Scotland, the House will be pleased 
to provide, that the County of Ross remain, as it now 
is, entitled to return a Representative by itself singly ; 
that the County of Cromarty remain, for the purposes of 
the said Bill, united, as it is at present, with the County 
of Nairn, but that its right of Election be conjoint, and 
not alternate; that the Burghs of Zain, Dingwall and 
Fortrose be disunited from the Districts of Burghs to which 
they now respectively belong, and that they, with their 
suburbs, and the Town of Cromarty, with its suburbs, 
be united jointly to return one Member, leaving to the 
Burghs of Dornock, Wick and Kirkwall, with their suburbs, 
and to which might be advantageously added, if such 
should seem meet to the House, the Towns of Thurso and 
of Lerwick, with their suburbs, the like privilege. 

A Petition of Magistrates, Town Council and House- 
holders of the Burgh of Forfar, was also presented, and 
read; taking notice of the said Bill; and praying the 
House to alter the same so as to withdraw Peterhead 
from the Montrose, and add it to the Elgin, District, to 
add Forfar to the Montrose District, to allow a Member 
to Perth, and to unite Cupar and Saint Andrew's to the 
Kirkaldy District, or at least to substitute Forfar for 
Peterhead in the Montrose District. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Islandeady ;— and, of 


ughagour, in the county of Mayo, — were presented, 


™ and read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Repre- 


sentation of the People in Jre/and; and setting forth, 
VOL. 86. 





28° Septemoris. 


873 


That it is proposed by the said Bill to give additional 
Members to twenty-five Counties, and twenty-six Dis- 
tricts; that sixteen out of those twenty-five Counties are 
inferior in the number of their inhabitants to the County 
of Mayo, which is the third largest County in Jredand, 
but to which it is not proposed to give any increase of 
Representation, a hardship which they feel to be the 
more oppressive, when they remember that its population 
exceeds likewise the aggregate numbers of twenty out of 
the twenty-six Districts which are to be by the new Bill 
endowed with the power of sending to Parliament one 
Member each ; and praying, That the injustice of the 
case may be remedied by the House in such manner as 
they may direct. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Cadogan Williams, was presented, and 
read ; stating a plan by which the safety of Ships and 
Steam Vessels might be increased; and praying the House 
to take the same into their consideration. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Select 
Committee on Steam Navigation. 


A Petition of Rated Inhabitants of the parish of Saint 
Philip and Jacob ;—of Rate-payers of the central parishes 
of Saint John, Saint Leonard and Saint Ewen ;—of Resi- 
dent Inhabitants and Occupiers of premises in the parish 
of Saint Stephen ;—of Rate-payers of the parish of Saint 
Mary, Redcliff;—of Householders, Rate-payers and In- 
habitants of the parish of Saint Thomas ;—and, of the 
parish of Saint James, in the city of Bristol,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill for the better 
regulation of Vestries, and for the appointment of Audi- 
tors of Accounts in certain Parishes of England and Wales; 
and praying that the City of Bristol may not be exempted 
from the operation thereof. | 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


A Petition of William Harris, Chairman of a Meeting 
of the Journeymen Cordwainers of the city of Bristol ;— 
and, of the National Union of the Working Classes, Beth- 
nal Green,—were presented, and read ; praying the House 
forthwith to repeal all those laws which have a tendency 
to shackle the liberty of the Press. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county and city of 
Kilkenny, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That a 
Canal between the cities of Kilkenny and Waterford was, 
about the year 1755, projected and undertaken, and was 
in part executed, by several grants made from time to 
time by the Jrish Parliament, amounting in the whole to 
asum of 25,250/.; that in consequence of mismanage- 
ment, and from other causes not here necessary to detail, 
the said Undertaking was, after a considerable expenditure, 
abandoned, and that though its completion has at different 
times since been contemplated and planned during the 
existence of their local Legislature, has never since been 
proceeded with ; that the Petitioners are informed, and be- 


lieve, that the formation of a Railroad, for the purpose of 


connecting Kilkenny with the sea, would prove a work less 
expensive in the execution, and more expeditious and effec- 
tual for the conveyance of goods, than a Canal ; that it ap- 
pears, from various former surveys, that a Line of Road 
sufficiently level for a Railway has already been traced out 
between the cities of Kilkenny and Waterford, and also 
to New Ross, and Petitioners have every reason to believe 
that such Railway could be executed at an expense which, 
though inconsiderable for a national work, would prove 
too heavy and expensive an undertaking for any indivi- 
dual or company in that city or county ; and praying the 
House to adopt such measures as may be required, either 
for the completion of the works above mentioned, which 
were intended to have been executed by the Jrish Par- 
liament, or for the construction of a Railroad, which 
would effect the objects contemplated, by facilitating the 
transport of produce from the city of Kilkenny and the 
interior of Zre/and to the sea. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


10 N Ordered, 


Petition 
respecting 
Steam 
Vessels, 


Petitions 
respecting 
Vestries Bill. 


Petitions 
respecting 
Liberty of the 
Press. 


Petition respect- 
ing Kilkenny 
and Waterford 
Canal. 





Account to 
be printed. 
No. 283. 


Petition 
respecting 
Quarantine 
Laws, 


Reasons for 
disagreeing to 
Lords’ Amend- 
ments to 
Lunatics Bill ; 


Conference 
to be desired 
with the 
Lords. 


874 


A Petition of John London, part owner and master, or 
commander of the Schooner “ Deft,” belonging to the 
ort of Ipswich, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
hat the Petitioner sailed from Riga with his said Vessel 
on the 26th of June last, laden with a cargo of 24 tons of 
hemp and 260 quarters of wheat, bound for the port of 
Hull, and that the said Vessel arrived in the Quarantine 
Station in Whitebooth Roads, in the River Humber, on the 
14th day of July last ; that, by reason of the usual Orders 
of His Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council not 
having been transmitted or received at the usual and 
proper period (namely, immediately on or soon after the 
Vessels arrived in Whitebooth Roads), and by reason of 
other circumstances therein mentioned, the Deft was de- 
tained under Quarantine in Whitebooth Roads for the 
extraordinary period of sixty days, whereby the Petitioner 
has, upon the most moderate computation, sustained a 
loss of one hundred and fifty pounds, occasioned by the 
very serious increase of expense for the crew’s wages and 
provisions, pilotage and other charges, and by the loss of 
the voyage she would otherwise have made to the Baltic 
after her release from Quarantine, and of the profits of 
such voyage, the Deft having been detained in Quarantine 
beyond the safe, proper and usual period for such vessels 
proceeding on that voyage at this latter end of the year ; 
and praying, That the House will be pleased to take his 
case into consideration, and to adopt such measures for 
the relief and compensation of the Petitioner, in respect 
of the loss he has sustained by reason of the detention of 
his vessel, as to the House shall seem expedient, and the 
case may require. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Robert Gordon reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed to draw up Reasons to be offered to the Lords, at 
a Conference, for disagreeing to such of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
regulating, for three years, and from thence until the end 
of the then next Session of Parliament, the Care and 
Treatment of Insane Persons in England; That the Com- 
mittee had drawn up Reasons accordingly, which they 
had directed him to report to the House, as followeth ; 

The Commons agree to the Amendments made by your 
Lordships, as far as the Amendment in Pr. 2. 1. 8. 

The Commons agree to the Amendments in Pr. 4. 1. ult. 
Pr. 7. 1.28. Pr. 9. 1.1. Pr. 15. 1.30. Pr. 26. 1. 25. 
Pr. 35. 1.22. Pr. 40. 1. 31. Pr. 43. 1. 32. and 33. Pr. 45. 
1.11.14. and 22. Pr.47. 1.34. and 35. Pr. 52. 1.28. Pr.55. 
1.24. Pr. 68. 1. 9. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendments in Pr. 4. 

1.36. Pr. 5. 1.4.5.35.36.37. and 38. Pr.6. 1.9.28. and ult. 
Pr.7. 1.30. and 33. Pr. 8. 1.6.and14. Pr.9. 1.22. and 23. 
Pr.10. 1.12. Pr. 12. l.ult. Pr. 13. 1.27. Pr. 19. 1.14. 
Pr. 24. 1.18 and 33. Pr. 25. 1. 5.11.12. 30. 33. and 38. 
Pr. 27. 1.24. Pr. 30. 1.28. Pr.31. 1.33. Pr. 33. 1.30. 
Pr. 41. 1.13. Pr. 42. 1.7. Pr. 45. 1. 6.12. and 14. to the 
insertion of Clause (A.), 1. 26. Pr. 53. 1.20. Pr. 55. 
1.9and 14. Pr.59. 1. penult. Pr. 60. 1.14. Pr. 66. 1.28. 
Pr. 67. 1.1. In the eighth Column, 1.11. In the heading 
to Schedule (N.) Pr. 68. 1.1. 
- Because, in many instances, they materially alter the 
provisions of the present Law, which has been found most 
useful and advantageous to the public interest ; and be- 
cause, in other instances, the Commons consider the 
Amendments proposed by their Lordships to be inexpe- 
dient. 

The Commons decline, at this time, offering any other 
Reasons, in regard to some of the said Amendments, be- 
lieving these may be sufficient to prevail upon your Lord- 
ships not to insist upon the said Amendments, that a Bill 
so necessary may not be lost. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the Lords, 
upon the subject-matter of the Amendments made by 
their Lordships to the said Bill: And that Mr. Robert 
Gordon do go to the Lords, and desire the said Con- 
ference. 





28° Septembris. 


Ordered, That the Account of Imports and Exports at 
the Port of Cork, during the last Six years, and, of Ship- 
ping entered and cleared there, in the last Fifteen years, 
which was yesterday presented to the House, be printed. 





A. 183}, 


A Petition of Clergy of the diocese of Bath and Wells. p,.. 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That the Petj. ia 
tioners approach the House with sentiments of deep re. Sale ti 
gret at the great increase of pauperism, of drunkenness “% 
and of every kind of immorality, that has followed the 
passing of an Act in the course of the last year, common] 
called the Beer Bill; and praying the House immediately 
to adopt such measures as they may think fit to prevent 
the recurrence of those evils which have resulted from 
the unlimited license of houses for the sale of intoxicating 
liquors to be consumed upon the premises. : 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table: 
and be printed. ; 


Petiti 
for Fe 
Game 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Navan, in Peis, 
the county of Meath, was presented, and read ; setting ™¥t 
forth, That the Petitioners beg to state, that nothing can (laine 
contribute more to good order, than that Constituents cap 
elect their Representatives by secret Votes, this mode of 
electing being the most efficacious means to guard against 
undue influence, bribery, perjury, persecution and popular 
intimidation; and praying, That Members of Parliament 
be elected by Ballot. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Manag 
appoiti 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the parish Peitiais, 
of Navan, in the county of Meath, was presented, and ‘sl 
read ; setting forth, That though the Roman Catholics in a(t 
that parish are 7,000 in number, and the Protestants not 
three hundred, yet the Catholics are compelled by law 
to pay for the maintenance of the Protestant Rector, and 
for matters connected with the Protestant house of wor- 
ship about 1,500 /. a year, in return for which, the Peti- 
tioners receive not the smallest advantage ; and praying 
the House to exonerate them from a burthen so unjust, so 
oppressive and so odious, by passing a law whereby 
Tithes shall be entirely abolished. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 














Confere 
held, an 
sported 


The Lor 


jive pas 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Dunshaugh- Pic ci 
lin, in the county of Meath, was presented, and read; “** 
praying the House to adopt immediate measures for dis- (Ii) 
banding the Jrish Yeomanry Corps. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Bankrupt 
Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole te: fee" *! 
House, to whom it was referred to consider further of the 
Supply granted to His Majesty, the Resolution which 
they had directed him to report to the House ; and the 
same was read, and agreed to by the House; and is as 
followeth ; 

Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight thousand 
nine hundred and twenty-eight pounds, be granted to 
His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Roman Ca- 
tholic College at Maynooth, for the year 1831; and that 
the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other 
deduction whatsoever. 


No, 276 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson and 

Mr. Roupell: : 
Mr. Speaker, ; 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act to 4” 
improve the Administration of Justice in Zredand, without (‘s/§ 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act = 
for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in the jus 
Cities of London and Westminster, and in certain parts of 
the Counties of Middleser, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hert- 
fordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, with some 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, il 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to ae 
establish a Court in Bankruptcy ; to which the Lords de- puis 
sire the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- ** 
sengers withdrew. 


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havea 






0 ate, &amp; 
ed, 


peitiv# 
penis 


A Petition of Members of the Finsbury division of the 


National Union of the Working Classes and others assem- set 

bled at the Philadelphian Chapel, Windmill-street, Fins- 

bury, was presented, and read; praying the — to 
address 












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for repeal of 
Game we 
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address His Majesty to remit the sentence passed upon 
the Reverend Robert Taylor. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Pétition of the National Union of the Working 
Classes; Bethnal Green, was presented, and read ; pray- 


Laws. ing the House forthwith to repeal the Game Laws. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Gordon reported, That he, having been with 
the Lords, to desire a present Conference upon the subject- 
matter of the Amendments made by their Lordships to 
the Bill, intituled, An Act for regulating, for three years, 
and from thence until the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in 
England, the Lords do agree to a Conference, and appoint 
the same immediately in the Painted Chamber. 

Ordered, That the Committee who were to draw up 
Reasons to be offered to the Lords at a Conference for 
disagreeing to such of the Amendments to the said Bill 
to which this House hath disagreed, do manage the Con- 
ference: —And Sir Charles Wetherell, Mr. Bernal, Sir 
George Clerk, Sir J. Newport, Mr. George Lamb, Mar- 
quis of Chandos, Mr. Burge, Mr. Irvine, Mr. Robinson, 
Mr. Trench, Sir John Hobhouse, Mr. Byng,. Mr. Cutlar 
Fergusson, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Frankland Lewis, 
Lord Stanley, Mr. A’Court, Mr. Petre, and Sir George 
Rose, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called over, and 
they went to the Conference :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Robert Gordon reported, That the Managers had 
been at the Conference, which was managed on the part 
of the Lords by the Duke of Richmond; and that they 
had delivered the Reasons for disagreeing to such of the 
Amendments made by their Lordships to the said Bill to 
which this House hath disagreed ; and had left the Bill, 
and Amendments, with their Lordships. 


A Message from. the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson and 
Mr. Roupell : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
amend an Act passed in the first year of His present Ma- 
jesty’s reign, intituled, “ An Act to permit the general 
Sale of Beer and Cyder by Retail in England ;” to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House:—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to establish a Court in Bankruptcy, was read the first 
time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be read a second time upon Fri- 
day next ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be made 
to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word “ Friday” 
and to insert the word ‘‘ Tuesday,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word “ Friday” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 1 Mr. Attorney General, 


Mr. Lamb: 6S 
Sir Charles Wetherell, 

Tellers for the Noes, 1 Sir George Clerk : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 


\ 33. 
5 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to 
Consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty, 
be now read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum required to de- 
fray the Expense incurred, and to be incurred in 1831, in 
carrying on the Repairs and Alterations at Windsor Castle, 
and in providing Furniture for the Castle; and of the 

um required towards the amount which is wanted to 
defray debts incurred for Work done, and Contracts en- 
tered into, for Buckingham House previous to the ap- 
pointment of the Select Committee of the House of Com- 
mons, which was yesterday presented to the House, be 


referred to the Committee. 
86. 


VOL. 





28°—29° Septembris. 


875 


- Ordered, That the Report which was yesterday made 
from the Select Committee on Windsor Castle and Buck- 
ingham Palace, be referred to the Committee. . . 


Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That it is the opinion of this Committee, That a sum, 
not exceeding One hundred and sixty-three thousand six 
hundred and seventy pounds nine shillings and two- 
pence, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense 
incurred, and to be incurred in 1831, in carrying on the 
Repairs and Alterations at Windsor Castle; and in provid- 
ing Furniture, and on account of Debts for Work done, 
and Contracts entered into, for Buckingham House, pre- 
vious to the 15th day of February 1831; and that the 
said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other de- 
duction whatsoever ; 

Whereupon a Motion was made, and the Question 
being put, That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. ’ 

Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Hume - - 12. 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Edward Ellice - 110. 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, That 
a sum, not exceeding One hundred and sixty-three thou- 
sand six hundred and seventy pounds nine shillings and 
two-pence, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Ex- 
pense incurred, and to be incurred in 1831, in carrying 
on the Repairs and Alterations at Windsor Castle; and in 
providing Furniture, and on account of Debts for Work 
done, and Contracts entered into, for Buckingham. House, 
previous to the 15th day of February 1831 ; and that the 
said sum be issued and paid without any fee or other de- 
duction whatsoever. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had come toa 
Resolution, which they had directed him to report to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he was di- 
rected by the Committee to move, That they may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That the Order of the day, for receiving the Report from 
the Committee of the whole House, to whom it was re- 
ferred to consider of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 49, to continue, 
until the Fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred 
and thirty, the Provisions of an Act to allow Sugar to be 
delivered out of Warehouse to be refined, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques- 
tion, by leaving out from the word ‘“ That” to the end 
of the Question, in order to add the words “ a Select 
“ Committee be appointed, to inquire how far the per- 
“* mission to refine Foreign Sugar in this Country is op- 
“ posed to the interests of the British West India Co- 
** lonists, and proves an encouragement to the continua- 
“ tion of the Foreign Slave Trade,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Question ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Thursday morning ; 


Jovis, 29° die Septembris, 1831: 


The House divided. 
The Yeas went forth.. 
Mr. Spring Rice, 


Tellers for the Yeas, { Lor A an cena ew  hamea 
Sir George Clerk, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Keith Douglas : his. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, to whom 
it was referred to consider of the Act 10 Geo. 4, ¢. 49, to 
continue, until the Fifth day of July one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty, the Provisions of an Act to allow 

10 N 2 Sugar 


Report of 
Sugar 
Refinery Act; 





Bill ordered. 


Vestries Bill, 
re-committed. 


Cotton Factories 
Apprentices 
Bill, re-com- 
mitted ; 


considered. 


Inclosure 
Acts Titles 
Bill, read 3°. 


Public Works 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Ways and 
Means, de- 
ferred. 


Spring Guns 
Bill, deferred. 


Embankments 
(Ireland) Bill. 
passed, 


Whiteboy 
Offences Bill, 
committed. 





876 28°—29° Septembris. A. 1831, 


Sugar to be delivered out of Warehouse to be refined, be 
now read ; and the same being read ; 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported from the said Com- 
mittee the Resolution which they had directed him to 
report to the House; and the same was read, and agreed 
to by the House; and is as followeth ; 

Resolved, That it is expedient further to continue an 
Act of the first year of His present Majesty, to allow 
Sugar to be delivered out of Warehouse to be refined, and 
to amend the Provisions of an Act of the ninth year of 
his late Majesty relating thereto. ; 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said Re- 
solution: And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and 
Lord Viscount Althorp, do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill for the better regulation of 
Vestries, and for the appointment of Auditors of Accounts 
in certain Parishes of England and Wales :—The Bill was 
re-committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into 
further consideration the Report from the Committee of 
the whole House, on the Bill to repeal the Laws relating 
to Apprentices, and other young Persons, employed in 
Cotton and other Factories, and in Cotton and other 
Mills, and to make further provisions in lieu thereof, be 
now read ; and the same being read :—The Bill was re- 
committed to a Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, resolve 
itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider 
further of the Bill:—The House accordingly resolved 
itself into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Zen- 
nyson reported from the Committee, That they had gone 
through the Bill, and made other Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The ingrossed Bill for remedying defects in the Titles 
to Lands allotted or taken in exchange under Inclosure 
Acts, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Ordered, That the further proceeding upon the third 
reading of the said Bill, be adjourned till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading 
of the ingrossed Bill for the extension and promotion of 
Public Works in Jreland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself intoa Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to permit the setting of Spring Guns, and Man Traps, 
in certain cases ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill to empower Landed Proprietors 
in Ireland to sink, embank and remove Obstructions in 
Rivers, was, according to Order, read the third time ; and 
an ingrossed Clause was added, by way of rider; and seve- 
ral Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass.. 

Ordered, That Mr. More O’ Ferrall do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill to amend an Act passed in the Parliament of 
Ireland, in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the 
reign of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, 
* An Act to prevent and punish tumultuous Risings 
of Persons within this Kingdom, and for other purposes 
therein mentioned, was, according to Order, read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for To-morrow. 





A Bill to revive, for a limited time, three Acts made Arms 

in the forty-seventh and fiftieth years of the reign of his “teland)ay 
Majesty King George the Third, and in the tenth year of “™™ite 
the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for 

the preventing improper Persons from having Arms in 
Ireland; and to indemnify such Persons as may have acted 

in execution of, and pursuant to, the provisions of the said 

Acts, since the expiration thereof, was, according to Order, 

read a second time ; and committed to a Committee of 

the whole House, for To-morrow. 





The ingrossed Bill to explain and amend an Act for Courts of 
regulating the receipt and future Appropriation of Fees Law Fe 
and Emoluments receivable by Officers of the Superior Bill, pase 
Courts of Common Law, was, according to Order, read 
the third time ; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the Lords, 


and desire their concurrence. 





Mr. Attorney General reported from the Committee of Charitic 
the whole House, on the Bill for appointing Commis- !quiry ti, 
sioners to continue the Inquiries concerning Charities in "4 
England and Wales, the Amendments which they had 
made to the Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 








The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Labourey 
ing of the Bill to prohibit the Practice of paying the House Hi ke: 


Rents of Able-bodied Labourers out of the Poor's Rate ; Bill ce I 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. par 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Liverpal 
ing of the Bill to prevent Bribery and Treating in the Francie 
Election of Burgesses to serve in Parliament for the Bo- bi! 
rough of Liverpool ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 12th day of October next. 


Sir James Graham presented to the House, by His Ma- Estimate 
jesty’s Command,—Estimate of the additional Sum re- Vitis, 
quired to complete the Works at the Royal Clarence Yat, Gu» 
Victualling Yard at Gosport, beyond the Sum of £.20,000, yay! 
which was voted on the Estimate of the Navy for the ~" 
present year. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy Correspmiea 
of the Correspondence between the Right honourable Yiiuin 
the Commissioners of the Admiralty and the Commis- Yui Gus 
sioners of the Victualling Office, respecting the Works ° No. sit 
now in progress in the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard ~~ 
at Gosport. 

Sir James Graham accordingly presented to the House presente 
the said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 







Ordered, That the several Returns relating to Pensions, Retun 
which were ordered to be printed on the 2d and 7th days Dv. 
of December, and the 3d day of February in the last Ses- 5. re. 
sion of Parliament; and on the 5th day of July last; and yy, 9 
also relative to the Four-and-Half per cent. Duties, whic 
were presented to the House on the 8th day of April 1830, 


be re-printed. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- Pasion 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Return 0 | 
such Pensioners on the Civil List of England, Scotland | 
and Ireland, and the Four and Half per cent. Duties, as 
may have signified their intention of declining to receive 
their Pensions in future. ; : 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His ‘ 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- ; 


tions, that there be laid before this House, a Return of ‘ 
the amount of Pensions which have ceased by the death « 
of the Possessors in the present year, together with the 
Names of such deceased Pensioners. _ 


Ordered, That the said Addresses be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 





An 











ties 
y bil, 
ed, 


imate 
pecting 
stualling 
rd, Gospet, 
sented, 


No, 281 


spectiiig 
ictualling 
‘ard, Gost, 
rdered ; 
No. 


vresentel. 


Return 
respecting 
Pensions, 
be re-pris 
No. 244 


Address 
respects 
Pensiots. 


OS hlU}rwmmr Cl 





9 Wii. IV. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
amend an Act passed in the first year of His present Ma- 


jesty’s 


reign, intituled, “An Act to permit the general 
Sale of Beer and Cyder by Retail in England,” was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 

Mr. Spring Rice presented to the House, by His Ma- 
iesty’s BET An Estimate of the Sum required to 
provide for the payment of certain Salaries, Allowances, 
Pensions and Services heretofore paid out of the Civil 
List for England and Ireland, the Hereditary Revenues 
of the Crown in Scotland, and the Four and a Half per 
cent. Duty, but for which no provision has been made in 
the Civil List of His present Majesty, from the period to 
which the said Services were severally last paid to the 
10th day of October 1831. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till three 
of the clock on Thursday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Jovis, 29° die Septembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


ORD Viscount Jngestre reported from the Com- 
mittee on the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 

An Act for effectuating a Partition of Estates belonging 
to the Most honourable John Crichton Stuart Marquis of 
Bute and Earl of Dumfries, and the Most honourable 
Maria Marchioness of Bute and Countess of Dumfries, 
and their Trustees, and to the Right honourable Susan 
North, and to the Right honourable Lady Georgina 
North, and for other purposes; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given their con- 
sent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee; and 
that they had gone through the Bill, and made several 
Amendments thereunto ; and the same were read, and are 
as followeth ; 

Pr. 12. 1.36. Leave out “ herein” and insert “ therein.” 

Pr. 39. 1. 2. After “ howsoever ” insert “‘ and whereas 
“ the said Thomas Coutts departed this life on or about 
“ the twenty-second day of February one thousand eight 
“ hundred and twenty-two.” 

Pr. 43. 1.1. Leave out “ Georgiana” and insert 
“ Georgina.” 

Pr. 43. 1.10. Leave out “ Georgiana” 
“ Georgina.” 

Pr. 43. 1.15. Leave out “ Georgiana” 
“ Georgina.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 38. Leave out “ Georgiana” 
“ Georgina.” 
Pr. 44. 1. 4. Leave out from “ benefit” to “ And” in 
od. 

Pr. 44. 1.17. Leave out “ Georgiana” 
“ Georgina.” 

Pr. 52. 1.44. After “ except” insert “as.” 

Pr. 70. 1. 9. After “annexed” insert “ except that 
the words ‘and the impropriate Rectory of Kirtling,’ 
and the words ‘the impropriate Rectory of Harlow,’ 
are inserted in the first Schedule to this Act an- 
nexed, the said Rectories having been respectively in- 
cluded in the valuation mentioned in the said Award, 
and taken into account in the making of the said 
Award, but omitted to be inserted in the first Schedule 
“ to the said Award.” 

Pr. 70. 1. 12. After “annexed” insert “ except that 
the words * and impropriate Rectory’ are inserted in 
the second Schedule to this Act annexed, between the 
words ‘also the Manor’ and the words ‘ of Elsfield,’ 
the said last-mentioned impropriate Rectory having 
also been included in the valuation mentioned in the 
said Award, and taken into account in the making of 
the said Award, but omitted to be inserted in the second 
Schedule to the said Award.” 

Pr..73. 1.37. Leave out “sums” and insert “ sum.” 


Pr. 78. 1.13. Leave out “ Indentures” and insert 
“ Tndenture.” 


VOL. 86. 


and insert 
and insert 


and insert 


and insert 





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~ 
817 
Pr. 84. 1. 9. Leave out “in” and insert “ on.” 
Pr. 86. 1. 19. Leave out “ power ” and insert “ trust.” 
Pr. 87. 1. 20. Leave out from the beginning of the 
line to “ the” in 1. 21. 
Pr. 88. 1. 18. Leave out ‘“‘ Award ” and insert “ Act.” 
Pr. 88. 1. 37. After “ remedies” insert “‘ and term of 
** one hundred years.” 
Pr. 90. 1.4. Leave out from the beginning of the 
line to “ to” in 1. 5. 
Pr. 93. 1. 37. After “ their” insert “ heirs.” 
Pr. 94. 1. 3. After “ executors” insert “ and.” 
Pr. 94, 1. 4. Leave out “and assigns.” 
Amendments to First ScuEDULE: 
Pr. 110. 1. 5. After “ Kirtling” insert “and the im- 
“ propriate Rectory of Kirtling.” 
Pr. 119. 1. 2. After “ Twenty” insert the “ impro- 
“ priate Rectory of Harlow.” 
Pr. 119. 1. 3. After “ the” insert “ right of.” 
Amendments to Second ScHEDULE: 
Pr. 129. 1. ult. After “the ” insert “ right of.” 
Pr. 137. 1.19. After “Manor” insert “ and impro- 
* priate Rectory.” 
Pr. 139. 1.16. After “the” insert “ right of.” 
Amendment to Third ScuEepuLE: 
Pr. 149. 1. 7. After “ the” insert “ right of.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to by the House. 


Sir Richard Musgrave reported from the Committee 
on the re-committed Bill for maintaining, repairing, alter- 
ing, amending and improving the Road leading from Tub- 
ber, near the bounds of the Counties of Clare and Galway, 
to Ennis, in the County of Clare, and from thence to 
Thomond Gate, in the County of the City of Limerick ; 
That the Standing Orders relative to Turnpike Bills, had 
been complied with; and that they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the 
same had not been proved to their satisfaction; and the 
Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill for providing 
for the discharge of a Claim in respect of Monies advanced 
by.the late James Hodges, Esquire, on security of the Lands 
of the late Zemindar of Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, in 
the District of Fort Saint George, in the East Indies, now 
under the Sovereignty of the Honourable the East India 
Company, have leave to make their Report on or before 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That Lord Viscount Mandeville have leave of 
absence for three weeks, on urgent business. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bastard have leave of absence for 
three weeks, on urgent business. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Vaughan have leave of absence 
for three weeks, on urgent business. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gisborne have leave of absence for 
a fortnight, on urgent business. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders, Tradesmen and In- 
habitants of the town and county of the town of Galway, 
was presented, and read; praying the House to preserve 
the rights of Freedom and Elective Franchise to the resi- 
dent Freemen who have been elected, and to the Roman 
Catholic Merchants, Guilds and Tradesmen of Galway, 
who now or hereafter may be entitled to their freedom, 
or to which they may be enabled to establish their rights 
before the proper tribunal, upon an equality with their 
Protestant. fellow-citizens, and also with the Freemen of 
right, and Apprentices, in all other places, and that the 
House will be pleased to give effect to the enjoyment of 
said rights by an equalization of the Duty of three pounds, 
paid on the admission of each Freeman, to the sum of one 
pound, being the amount charged upon the admission of all 
Freemen of right, and of their Protestant fellow-citizens. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Royal Dublin Society, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That the Society, incorporated 
by royal charter for the promotion of Husbandry and other 
useful arts in Ireland, respectfully approach the House, 
under feelings of deep surprise and sorrow at the im- 
portant reduction which has been announced in the cus- 
tomary Grant from Parliament for the current -year, after 

100 eight 


Ennis and 
Galway 
Road Bill, 
reported. 


Time for Report 
of Zemindar of 
Nozeed and 
Mustaphanagur 
Bill, 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Petition 
respecting 
Galway 
Franchise. 


Petition for 
continuance of 
Parliamentary 
Grant to Rosal 
Dublin Society. 





Petition 
respecting 
Baking Trade 
(Ireland.) 


Return 
respecting 
India Board, 
ordered. 


Motions 
respecting 
President of the 
Board of Con- 
trol. 


The Lords 
have agreed 
to 


Game Bill, 
with Amend- 
ments. 


The Lords 
have passed 


Decrees in 


Equity Bill. 


Lords’ Amend- 
ments to Game 
Bill, to be con- 
sidered, 


Grand Juries 
(Ireland) Bill, 
ordered. 





878 29°30" Septembris. A. 1831, 


eight months of that year have been suffered to elapse 
without any intimation whatever having. been conveyed 
to them of the intention of Government on a subject of 
such vital moment to the Society ; stating their claims for 
the continuance thereof; and praying the House to insti- 
tute whatever inquiry they may deem necessary into the 
truth of the statement contained m the Petition, confident 
that the more rigorous the scrutiny, the more complete 
will be their vindication, as they cannot doubt but that it 
will, they trust, have established an unanswerable claim 
upon the approbation, the liberality and the support of 
the United Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Sheriffs, Aldermen and Com- 
mon Councilmen of the county of the city of Waterford, 
in Council assembled, was presented, and read ; praying, 
That the City of Waterford may be placed within the 
operation of any Bill which may be brought into the 
hen to regulate the Baking Trade of Jredand. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Drafts and Collections which passed 
through the Office of the Commissioners for the Affairs of 
India, in the years 1805-6 to 1809-10, and in the Five 
complete years immediately preceding the alterations 
which have been recently adopted in the mode of con- 
ducting the Indian Official Correspondence. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That it appears to this House, that the Salary attached to 
the Office of President of the Board of Commissioners 
for the Affairs of India has been fixed, since the year 
1810, at the Sum of £.5,000, since which period the 
business to be transacted by the said Board has been con- 
siderably increased. 

And the Previous Question being put, That that Ques- 
tion be now put; it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That the administration of the Affairs of India, the con- 
trol of which is vested by Act of Parliament in the said 
Commissioners, is one of the most important Departments 
in the Government of this Empire, and imposes upon 
the President of the said Board laborious and peculiar 
Duties. 

And the Previous Question being put, That that Ques- 
tion be now put; it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That 
it does not therefore appear expedient to this ad that 
the said Salary should be reduced to the Sum of £.3,500, 
proposed in the Report of the Committee appointed to 
consider of the Reduction of Salaries, more especially 
since the said Sum is so much less in amount than that 
which is therein recommended for the Salaries of the 
Principal Secretaries of State, who are the chief Officers 
of the corresponding Departments of Government ; it 
passed in the Negative. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson and 
Mr. Roupell: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to amend the Laws in England relative to Game, with 
some Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for the 
better execution of Decrees and Orders made in the Courts 
of Chancery and Exchequer, in England and Ireland, re- 
spectively ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords to 
the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws in England 
relative to Game, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts relating 
to Grand Juries in Jreland, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend 
the said Acts: And that Mr. Stanley and Mr. Crampton 
do prepare, and bring it in, 


_ Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole p 

House, to whom it was referred to consider further of the Sup 
Supply granted to His Majesty, the Resolution which 
they had directed him to report to the House; and the 
same was read, and agreed to by the House; and js as 
followeth ; 

Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred anq Wind 
sixty-three thousand six hundred and seventy pounds nine ™ be 
shillings and two-pence, be granted to His Majesty, to tam 
defray the Expense incurred and to be incurred in 183] 
in carrying on the Repairs and Alterations at Windsop 
Castle, and in providing Furniture; and on account of debts 
for work done, and Contracts entered into, for Buckingham 
House, previous to the 15th day of February 1831 ; ang 
that the said sum be issued and paid without any fee or 
other deduction whatsoever. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- Pubjey, 
ing of the ingrossed Bill for the extension and promotion ‘ui 
of Public Works in Jreland, be now read}; and the same 
being read :—The Bill was read the third time; and an 
ingrossed Clause was added, by way of rider ; and several 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- Chai 
ing of the ingrossed Bill for appointing Commissioners to !ving 
continue the Inquiries concerning Charities in England ** 
and Wales, be now read; and the same being read :— 
The Bill was read the third time; and several Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass : And that the Title be, 
An Act for appointing Commissioners to continue the In- 
quiries concerning Charities in England and Wales, for 
two years, and from thence to the end of the then next 
Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second nena 
reading of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, Bil, 
An Act to enable Courts of Law to give Relief against ™ 
adverse Claims made upon Persons having no interest in 
the subject of such Claims, be now read; and the same 
being read :—The Bill was read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second Ati 
reading of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, we 
An Act for settling Controversies by Arbitration, be now 
read ; and the same being read :—The Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- he 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon ane 
the Bill to regulate the Office for registering Deeds, Con jr 


veyances and Wills in Lredand ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 30° die Septembris, 1831: 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- - 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An | 
Act for enforcing the Process upon Contempts in the gees 
Courts Ecclesiastical of England and Ireland ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


Sir John Hobhouse reported from the Committee of the _ 
whole House, on the re-committed Bill to repeal the Laws gi 
relating to Apprentices, and other young Persons, employed 
in Cotton and other Factories, and in Cotton and other 
Mills, and to make further provisions in lieu thereof, the 









Inclosu! 
gets TI 
Bill, pa 


necting 
blie Acco 
ance), 


par 

finery B 
sented. 

No. 290, 


cation 
Jand) Bi 
sented, 


‘0, 286, 


Tees in 


ity Bill, 


ho, 288, 


. 4 W ith 


Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and the BB 
Amendments were read ; and agreed to by the House. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 10 
grossed ; and read the third time upon Tuesday next. : 
1 


ing a 


“Trade 





g Wit. IV. 
_ The House, according to Order, resumed the adjourned 
Inewyes Proceeding upon the third reading of the ingrossed Bill 
AC assede for remedying defects in the Titles to Lands allotted or 


ond taken in exchange under Inclosure Acts ; and an ingrossed 
Clause was added, by way of rider; and several Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Ayshford Sanford do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


ie 


A Bill to prohibit the Practice of paying the House 
Rents of Able-bodied Labourers out of the Poor’s Rate, 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


jpourers 
House Rent 


Mr. Rice presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Address to His Majesty,—Copies of the Letters of the 
Master of the Rolls of Ireland, addressed to the Right 
honourable Robert Peel, dated 14th April 1826; to the 
Right honourable William Sturges Bourne, dated 3d May 
1827 ; and to the Marquis of Lansdowne, dated 19th July 
1827; and, of the Answers thereto from the Right honour- 
able William Sturges Bourne and the Marquis of Lansdowne. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


vers 

apectig 

T ster of the 

,; (Ireland), 
ted. 


No. 997. 







Nig 
i} 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of any Reports received at the Treasury respecting the 
mode of keeping the Public Accounts in France, since 
the presentation of Dr. Bowring’s Report on 5th July last. 

Mr. Rice accordingly presented to the House the said 
Report. 

Ordered, That the said Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


ing 
blic Accounts 


Mr. Poulett Thomson presented a Bill to continue and 
amend the provisions of the Acts for allowing Sugar to 
be delivered out of Warehouse to be refined: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


er 
finery Bill, 
sented. 
No. 290. 


Interpla 
Bill, cam 


- Mr. Wyse presented a Bill for the establishment and 
ml 


maintenance of Parochial Schools, and the advancement 
of the Education of the People in Jreland: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


ation 
land) Bill, 
sented. 


No, 286, 


rees in 


ae An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
MY ’ 


the better execution of Decrees and Orders made in the 
Courts of Chancery and Exchequer in England and Ire- 
land respectively, was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after twelve of the clock on Friday 
morning, adjourned till this day. 


ho, 288, 








Veneris, 30° die Septembris; 


Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


A N ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for effectuating a Partition of Estates belonging to 
the Most honourable John Crichton Stuart Marquis of 
Bute and Earl of Dumfries, and the Most honourable 
Maria Marchioness of Bute and Countess of Dumfries, 
and their Trustees, and to the Right honourable Susan 
North, and to the Right honourable Lady Georgina North, 
and for other purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Viscount Ingestre do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with some Amendments ; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence of 


their Lordships. 








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Court 
An tempe 
the eer 


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the cut 
App 


_ A Petition of Jonathan Sisson, one of the Representatives 
in the Common Council of the city of Dublin, for the 


Corporation of Weavers of that city, was presented, and 
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29°—30° Septembris. 


879 


read; praying, That.an unpaid Board of Commissioners 
may be appointed for Jredand, of practical experience, 
their object being the trade, manufactures, fisheries, agri- 
culture, all public works and internal improvement of 
Ireland; that such Board beincorporated with such powers 
as the House may think meet, and be further appointed 
to inquire into the causes and extent of distress, and as- 
certain the best means of renovating her sources of em- 
ployment, and report from time to time to the Lord 
Lieutenant of Jreland as may be further directed. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr.Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the elect- 
ing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Dorchester, in the room of Lord Ashley, 
who, since his election for the said Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of His Majesty’s 
three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonen- 
ham, in the county of Buckingham. 


A Petition of Parishioners of Saint George’s Parish, 
Dublin, was presented, and read; praying, That the 
House will order the production of all Papers and Accounts 
relative to the building of the Parish Church of Saint 
George, together with an Account of all Monies received 
on account of the said Church; that the Acts of Parliament 
of the 12th of July 1806 and the 27th of May 1814 may 
be repealed, and that the present Churchwardens and all 
future Churchwardens may be restrained by the House 
from levying any more church cess, until said Accounts 
be submitted to, and audited by a Committee of the 
House. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Chichester have leave of absence 
for three weeks, on account of ill health. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Burrell have leave of absence 
for a month, on urgent business. 

Ordered, That Mr. Powell have leave of absence for a 
month, on the Public Service. 

Ordered, That Mr.West have leave of absence for three 
weeks, on account of ill health. 


A Petition of Henry Revell, Chairman of a Public 
Meeting of the Rate-payers of the parish of Saint Pancras, 
in the county of A/iddlesex, was presented, and read ; taking 
notice of the Bill for the better regulation of Vestries, and 
for the appointment of Auditors of Accounts in certain 
Parishes of England and Wales ; and praying, That the 
same may pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the re-committed Bill for the better regulation of Vestries, 
and for the appointment of Auditors of Accounts in certain 
Parishes of England and Wales, be now read; and the 
same being read:—The House resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°. 

Preamble postponed. 

Several Amendments made. 

CrauseE (B.), (A Ballot may be demanded) read. 

P. 3. 1.7. Amendment proposed, To leave out “ Votes” 
and to insert “ at least two-thirds of the Rate-payers pre- 
“* sent.” 

Question put, That “ Votes” stand part of the Clause. 

The Committee divided. 

Teller for the Yeas, Sir John Hobhouse 33. 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Estcourt - 67. 

Amendment again proposed, To insert “ at least Two- 
“ thirds of the Rate-payers present.” 

Whereupon an Amendment was proposed to the pro- 
posed Amendment, To leave out “Two-thirds” and to 
insert ‘ Three-fifths ” Agreed to. 

Amendment, as amended, P.3. 1.7. To insert “ at 

















“* least Three-fifths of the Rate-payers present ” put, 
and agreed to. 
CuaAuse (B.), as amended agreed to. 
100 2 Several 


Dorchester 
Writ. 


Petition 
respecting 

St. George’s 
Church, Dublin. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Petition 
in favour of 
Vestries Bill. 


Committee 
on Vestries 
Bill. 








Lords’ Amend- 
ments to Game 
Bill, considered. 


880 


Several other Amendments made. 


Cause offered (To exclude from the Act such Select 
Vestries as have alone, in their respective Parishes, the 
control over Church Charities) :—And, by leave of the 
Committee, withdrawn. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported: 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Stephenson 
reported from the Committee, That they had gone through 
the Bill, and made other Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws in England 
relative to Game, be now read; and the same being read; 

Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that he had ex- 
amined the Amendments, and that he considered they 
fell completely under the Resolution of the House made 
in the beginning of the Session, respecting interference in 
Money Clauses, as affecting the Privileges of this House. 

Then the House proceeded to take the said Amend- 
ments into consideration ; and the same were read; and 
are as followeth ; 

Pr. 1. 1. 2, Leave out “ Laws” and insert “ following 
“ Statutes.” 

Pr. 7. 1.31. Leave out from “ Wales” to “ and” in 
line ultimo. 

Pr. 8. 1. 9. Leave out from “the” to “ and” in 1.11, 
and insert “ Thirty-first day of October in the present 
“* year.” 

: Pr.8.1.23. Leave out “Twentieth” and insert “Thirty- 
** first.” | 

Pr.8. 1.28. Leave out “Twentieth” and insert “Thirty- 
“ “Gest.” 

Pie 8. 1.38. Leave out “Twentieth” and insert “Thirty- 
“ first.” 

Pr.9.1.6. Leave out “ hereinbefore” and _ insert 
“ hereinafter.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 7. Leave out “Twenty,” and in the same 
line leave out from “ day” to “ And” in 1. 8, and insert 
“ of November in the present year.” 

Pr. 15.1.4 and 5. After“ whatsoever” insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That in all cases 
where any Person shall occupy any Land under any 
Lease or Agreement made previously to the passing of 
this Act, except in the cases hereinafter next excepted, 
the Lessor or Landlord shall have the right of entering 
upon such Land, or of authorizing any other Person or 
Persons who shall have obtained an annual Game Cer- 
tificate to enter upon such Land, for the purpose of 
killing or taking the Game thereon ; and no Person oc- 
cupying any Land under any Lease or Agreement, either 
for life or for years, made previously to the passing of 
this Act, shall have the right to kill or take the Game on 
such Land, except where the right of killing the Game 
upon such Land has been expressly granted or allowed 
to such Person by such Lease or Agreement, or except 
where upon the original granting or renewal of such 
Lease or Agreement a fine or fines shall have been taken, 
or except where in the case of a term for years such 
Lease or Agreement shall have been made for a term 
exceeding Twenty-one years,” 

Pr. 15. 1. 5. Leave out “ also” and insert “ always.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 20. After “ taking” insert “ the.” 

Pr. 16. |. 24. After “ them” insert “nor the rights 
or privileges of any Persons holding under any grants 
** or purchases from the Crown.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 7. Leave out “ Pasture” and insert “‘ Com- 
“ mon.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 8. After “ any ” insert “Wastes or,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Commons” to “ any” in 
1. 9. . 
Pr. 17. 1.12, After “ Act” insert “ nor to autho- 
rize such Owner of Cattlegates or Rights of Common 
** to pursue or kill the Game found on such Wastes or 
“« Commons.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 24. After “ such” insert “ Wastes or,” and 
in the same line leave out from “ Commons” to “ And ” 
in ],.25. and insert “ and that the Lord or Steward of the 
“* Crown of every Manor, Lordship or Royalty, or reputed 
“ Manor, Lordship or Royalty, shall have the right to 


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30° Septembris. 





A. 1831, 


pursue and kill the Game upon the Wastes or Commons 
within such Manor, Lordship or Royalty, or reputed 
Manor, Lordship or Royalty, and to authorize any other 
Person or Persons who shall have obtained an annua] 
‘Game Certificate to enter upon such Wastes or Com- 
mons for the purpose of pursuing and killing the Game 
“* thereon ;” and also insert Clauses (B.) and (C.) 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That where the 
Lessor or Landlord shall have reserved to himself the 
right of killing the Game upon any Land, it shall be 
lawful for him to authorize any other Person or Persons 
“* who shail have obtained an annual Game Certificate to 
enter upon such Land for the purpose of pursuing and 
killing Game thereon.” 

Crause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That where the 
right of killing the Game upon any Land is by this 
Act given to any Lessor or Landlord, in exclusion of 
the right of the Occupier of such Land, or where such 
exclusive right hath been or shall be specially reserved 
by, or granted to, or doth or shall belong to, the Lessor, 
Landlord, or any Person whatsoever, other than the 
Occupier of such Land, then and in every such case, if 
“ the Occupier of such Land shall pursue, kill, or take any 

Game upon such Land, or shall give permission to an 

“ other Person so to do, without the authority of the 
“* Lessor, Landlord, or other Person having the right of 
killing theGame upon such Land, such Occupier shall, 
“ on conviction thereof before TwoJustices of the Peace, 
forfeit and pay for such pursuit such sum of money, not 
“ exceeding Two Pounds, and for every head of Game 
so killed or taken such sum of money, not exceeding 
“ One Pound, as to the convicting Justices shall seem 
‘“‘ meet, together with the costs of the conviction.” 

Pr. 18. 1.9. After “take” insert “ for the use of 
“ such Lord or Steward.” | 

Pr.18. 1.16. Leave out from “ Certificate” to “ And” 
in |, 27. 

Pr. 19. 1. 7 and 8. After “ Royalty” insert “ or for 
“ such division or district of such Manor, Lordship or 
“ Royalty as such Lord or Steward of the Crown shall 
‘¢ think fit.” . 

Pr. 21. 1. 8. After “ take” insert “ for the use of the 
“« Person so appointing.” 

Pr. 22. l. ult. Leave out from “ year” to “ and,” in 
Pr. 23. 1. 2. and insert “ between the Fifteenth and Thir- 
“ tieth days of October.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 8. Leave out ‘“‘ Ten” and insert “Seven.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 26. Leave out from “any” to “ mail” in 
]. 27. and in 1. 27. after ‘“ coach ” insert “ or other ve- 
“ hicle employed in the conveyance of the mails of let- 
“ ters, or of any stage-coach.” 

Pr. 24. 1.19. After “‘ year” insert “ shall begin to 
“‘ be in force on the First day of November in the present 
“ year, and.” 

Pr. 27. 1. 37. Leave out “shall unlawfully and” and 
insert “ not having the right of killing the Game upon 
« any Land, nor having permission from the Person-hav- 
“ ing such right, shall.” 

Pr. 27. 1. penult. After “nest” insert “ upon such 
“ Land.” 

Pr. 28. 1.1. Leave out “ unlawfully and wilfully” 
and insert “ knowingly.” 

Pr, 28. 1. 3. Leave out “the” and insert ‘‘ any such,” 
and in the same line leave out from “ eggs” to “ every” 
in |. 4, and insert ‘ so taken.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 37. Leave out from “ tavern-keeper” to 
“* without,” in 1. penult. 


Pr. 29. 1. 30. After “ Certificate” insert “ or for 
“ want of a License to deal in Game.” 


Pr. 30. 1.33. After “ himself” insert “ Provided 
“ also, That nothing herein contained shall prevent any 
“ licensed Dealer in Game from selling any Game which 
“ shall have been sent to him to be sold on account of 
“ any other licensed Dealer in Game.” 


Pr. 32. 1.3. After “ mentioned” insert “ but such 
“ Landlord, Lessor or other Person shall, for the purpose 
“ of prosecuting for each of the two offences herein last 
‘© before-mentioned, be deemed to be-the legal Occupier 
“ of such Land, whenever the actual Occupier thereof 
“ shall have given such leave or license ; and that the 
“ Lord or Steward of the Crown of any Manor, Lordship 
“ orRoyalty, orreputed Manor, Lordship or Royalty, shall 


“be deemed to be the legal Occupier of the Land of the 
+. Wastes 





g Witt. IV. 


« Wastes or Commons within such Manor, Lordship or 
« Royalty, or reputed Manor, Lordship or Royalty.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 5. Leave out “ trespassing” and_ insert 
« found.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 14. After “ otherwise ” insert “or for any 
« Gamekeeper, or Servant of either of them, or.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 16. Leave out “ trespassing” and insert 
« found.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 17. Leave out “ trespassing” and_ insert 
“« found.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 18. Leave out “at the end of that time.” 


Pr. 33. 1. 24. After “ place” insert Clause (D.) 

Criause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That where any 
« Persons, to the number of Five or more together, shall 
“ be found on any Land, or in any of His Majesty’s 
« Forests, Parks, Chases or Warrens in the day-time in 
“ search or pursuit of Game or Woodcocks, Snipes, Quails, 
«“ Landrails or Conies, any of such Persons being then 
« and there armed with a gun, and such Persons or any 
« of them shall then and there, by violence, intimidation 
“ or menace, prevent, or endeavour to prevent, any Person 
“ authorized as hereinbefore mentioned from approach- 
“ ing such Persons so found, or any of them, for the pur- 
“ pose of requiring them, or any of them, to quit the 
« Land whereon they shall be so found, or to tell their or 
“ his christian name, surname or place of abode respec- 
“ tively, as hereinbefore mentioned, every Person so 
“ offending by such violence, intimidation or menace as 
“ aforesaid, and every Person then and there aiding or 
“ abetting, such offender shall, upon being convicted 
“ thereof before Two Justices of the Peace, forfeit and 
“ pay for every such offence such penalty, not exceeding 
“ Five Pounds, as to the convicting Justices shall seem 
“ meet, together with the costs of the conviction, which 
“ said penalty shall be in addition to and independent of 
“ any other penalty to which any such Person may be 
“ liable for any other offence against this Act.” 


Pr. 33. 1. penult. After “ conviction” insert Clause 
E. 
—_ (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That, for the pur- 
“ poses of this Act, the day-time shall be deemed to 
commence at the beginning of the last hour before 
sunrise, and to conclude at the expiration of the first 
“ hour after sunset.” 


Pr. 34. 1. 2. After ‘“‘ Trespassers” insert “ and Per- 
sons found on any Land.” 


Pr. 34. 1. 23. After “ Royalty” insert Clause (F.) 

Crause (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That when any 
Person shall be found by day or by night upon any 
Land, or in any of His Majesty’s Forests, Parks, Chases 
or Warrens in search or pursuit of Game, and shall then 
and there have in his possession any Game which shall 
appear to have been recently killed, it shall be lawful 
for any Person having the right of killing the Game 
upon such Land, by virtue of any reservation or other- 
wise, as hereinbefore mentioned, or for the Occupier 
of such Land (whether there shall or shall not be any 
such right by reservation or otherwise), or for any Game- 
keeper or Servant of cither of them, or for any Officer 
as aforesaid of such Forest, Park, Chase or Warren, or 
for any Person acting by the order and in aid of any of 
the said several Persons, to demand from the Person so 
found, sach Game in his possession, and in case such 
Person shall not immediately deliver up such Game, to 
seize and take the same from him, for the use of the 
“ Person entitled to the Game upon such Land, Forest, 
“ Park, Chase or Warren.” 

Pr. 34. 1. 26. Leave out “ hereinbefore mentioned” 
and insert “ against this Act.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 28. Leave out “ One” and insert “ Two.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 30. Leaveout “exceed” and insert “amount 
°° 

Pr. 36. 1. 1. Leave out “ hereinbefore mentioned.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 8. Leave out from “J. J. P.” to “ punish- 
able” in Pr. 43. 1. 18, and insert Clause (G.) 

Crause (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall be 
lawful for any Justice of the Peace to issue his sum- 
mons requiring any person to appear before himself, 
or any One or Two Justices of the Peace, as the 
case may require, for the purpose of giving Evidence 
touching any offence against this Act; and if any Per- 


Son so summoned shall neglect or refuse to appear at 
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58 | 


‘the time and place appointed by such summons, and 
no reasonable excuse for his absence shall be proved 
before the Justice or Justices then and there present, 
or if any Person appearing in obedience to such sum- 
mons shall refuse to be examined on oath touching any 
such offence by the Justice or Justices then and there 
present, every Person so offending shall, on conviction 
thereof before the said Justice or Justices,. or any other 
Justice or Justices of the Peace, forfeit and pay such 
sum of Money, not exceeding Five Pounds, as to the 
convicting Justice or Justices shall seem meet.” And 
also insert “ And be it Enacted, That the prosecution 
for every offence.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 20. Leave out “ Be it Enacted” and insert 
shall be commenced within Three calendar months after 
the commission of the offence, and.” 

Pr. 44. ]. 25. Leave out from “summons” to “And” 


in |. 37. 


Pr. 45. 1. 24. Leave out from “ Court” to “ And” 
in Pr. 46. 1. 2. 

Pr. 47. 1. penult. Leave out from “ otherwise” to 
“* save” in Pr. 48. 1. 2. 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment in 
Pr. 38. 1. 8. being read a second time, were agreed to by 
the House. 

The Amendment in Pr. 38. 1. 8. being read a second 
time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, 
That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said 
Amendment ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, a a, ‘ \ 67. 
Mr. Hunt, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Hume: \ 3 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Mr. Vernon Smith do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- 
sider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty, be now 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum required to 
provide for the payment of certain Salaries, Allowances, 
Pensions and Services heretofore paid out of the Civil 
List for England and Ireland, the Hereditary Revenues 
of the Crown in Scotland, and the Four and a Half per 
cent. Duty, but for which no provision has been made in 
the Civil List of His present Majesty, from the period to 
which the said Services were severally last paid to the 
10th day of October 1831, which was presented to the 
House upon Wednesday last, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Estimate of the additional Sum re- 
quired to complete the Works at the Royal Clarence Vic- 
tualling Yard at Gosport, beyond the Sum of £. 20,000, 
which was voted on the Estimate of the Navy for the 
present year, which was presented to the House upon 
Wednesday last, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding One hundred and twenty thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, to provide for 
the payment of certain Salaries, Allowances, Pensions 
and Services heretofore paid out of the Civil List of Eng- 
land and Ireland, the Hereditary Revenues of the Crown 
in Scotland, and the Four and a Half per cent. Duty, but 
for which no provision has been made in the Civil List of 
His present Majesty, from the period to which the said 
Services were severally last paid to the 10th day of 
October 1831 ; and that the said Sum be issued and paid 
without any fee or other deduction whatsoever. 

2. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-seven thousand six 
hundred and fifty-seven pounds, be granted to His Ma- 
jesty; to complete the Works at the Royal Clarence Vic- 
tualling Yard at Gosport, in addition to the Sum of Twenty 

10P thousand 


Committee 
of Supply ; 


Estimates 
referred, 








The Lords 
have agreed 
to 


Wine Duties 
Bill. 


Amendments 
to Marquis of 
Bute’s Estate 
Bill. 


The Lords 
have passed 


Special Con- 
stables Bill, 


Bankruptey 
Court Bill, 
deferred. 


Adjournment. 


Accounts 
respecting 
Bankruptcy 
Fees, ordered. 


Inheritance 
Bill, deferred. 


Dower Bill, 
deferred, 


S82 30° Septembris.—1° Octobris. A. 1831. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of ‘the Bill for the Limitation of Actions and Suits 
relating to Real Property, and for simplifying the Reme- ¢efere, 
dies for trying the Rights thereto ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


thousand pounds already voted on the Estimate of the 
Navy for the present year. 
Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had come to seve- 
ral Resolutions, which they had directed him to report 
to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson and 
Mr. Roupell : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to equalize the Duties on Wine, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made by 
this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for effectuating 
a Partition of Estates belonging to the Most honourable 
John Crichton Stuart Marquis of Bute and Earl of 
Dumfries, and the Most honourable Maria Marchioness 
of Bute and Countess of Dumfries, and their Trustees, 
and to the Right honourable Lady Susan North, and to 
the Right honourable Lady Georgina North, and for 
other purposes, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
amending the Laws relative to the appointment of Special 
Constables, and for the better preservation of the Peace; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


. Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to establish a Court in Bankruptcy, be now read; and 
the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
roposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be made 
to the Question; viz. To leave out the word “ now,” and 
at the end of the Question to add the words “ upon 
“ Tuesday next.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 1° die Octobris, 1831: 


It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ upon 
“Tuesday next ” be added at the end of the Question ; it 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Amount of all Fees in matters of Bankruptcy 
received by the Clerk of the Hanaper, in each of the last 
Three years, terminating on ]st May in each year. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of all Sums of Money paid by him to the Lord High 
Chancellor, in each of such years. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of all Sums of Money paid by him to the Officers 
of the Lord Chancellor called Chaff Wax Sealer and 
Examiner of Letters Patent, arising from Fees in Bank- 
ruptcy, in each of such years. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reading 
of the Bill for the amendment of the Law of Inheritance ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ne of the Bill for the Amendment of the Law relating to 
ower ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next, 


Limitai, ‘ 
Actions bi 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read. Cin) 
ing of the Bill for the amendment of the Law relating to Balt 
the Estate of a Tenant by the Curtesy of England ; defer,” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- — 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon “tuts: 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations —_ 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- guisix 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act mon {:, 
to diminish the Expense and prevent the Delay of Suits “oust 
in the Common Law Courts at Westminster ; defer 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- Anger 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the of Bs 
whole House, on the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, in- — 
tituled, An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act passed 
in the twenty-ninth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
Charles the Second, intituled, “ An Act for confirming 
and perpetuating Augmentations made by Ecclesiastical 
Persons to small Vicarages and Curacies, and for other 
purposes ;” 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to Juis 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon (teluil 
the Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws relative “* 
to Jurors and Juriesin Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- subtet 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act (ina 
to repeal an Act passed in the seventh year of his late seit 
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to 
amend the Law of Jreland, respecting the Assignment and 
Sub-letting of Lands and Tenements,” and to substitute 
other provisions in lieu thereof ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take into Rept 
further consideration the Report from the Committee of $j. 
the whole House, on the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, Ame 
intituled, An Act to amend and render more effectual an 
Act passed in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of 
his late Majesty, intituled, “‘ An Act to amend the Acts 
for building, and promoting the building, of additional 
Churches in populous Parishes;” and the Amendments 
made by the Committee to the Bill, being read a second 
time, were agreed to by the House; and are as followeth ; 

Pr. 4. 1. 32. After “ aforesaid” insert “ or where a 
“ Church or Chapel has already been built on the faith 
“ of the said recited Act of the seventh and eighth years 
*“* of the reign of King George the Fourth.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 39. After “‘ and” insert ‘“ where such Person 
or Persons shall declare their intention.” 

Pr. 6. 1.28. After “ them” insert “ or chosen in such 
manner as may be agreed upon by the Persons build- 
“ ing and endowing such Church or Chapel, and the 
Bishop of the Diocese, in writing under their hands and 
“* seals.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 23. After “ Trustees” insert “ or Person or 
** Persons building and endowing the same.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 26. After ‘“ Trustees” insert “or such Per- 
“* son or Persons as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 29. After “ Trustees” insert “ or such Per- 
‘ son or Persons as aforesaid.” 


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Pr. 8. 1. 33. Leave out from “ always” to “and” 
in line ult. and insert “ that all such Pews as shall not 
« be taken at the rent respectively fixed thereon, within 
« Fourteen days after the commencement of the ensuing 
« year, shall in every such case be let to any Inhabitant 
« of any adjoining Parishes or Places in which there shall 
« not be sufficient accommodation in the Churches and 
« Chapels of the Parish or Place for the Inhabitants 
« thereof, at the rent respectively so affixed upon such 
« Pews, for any term not exceeding the end of the year, 
« and at the expiration of the year, and also of every suc- 
« geeding year in which any such Pews shall be rented 
« by Inhabitants of any adjoining Parishes, such Pews 
« ghall be inserted in the list of vacant Pews, to be taken 
« in preference by the Inhabitants of the Parish or Place 
“ to which the Church or Chapel shall belong ; and all 
« such Pews as may not be so taken by any Inhabitant 
« of the Parish or Place, may again be let, and so on 
“ from year to year, to any Inhabitants of any adjoining 
« Parish or Place.” 

Pr. 13. 1.12. After the Amendment insert “ Provided 
«“ always, That the Churches or Chapels already built 
“ and completed on the faith of the said recited Act of 
« the seventh and eighth years of the reign of King 
« George the Fourth, be excepted as to the Two Months’ 
« Notice, such Notice having already been given to His 
« Majesty’s said Board of Commissioners and Incumbents 
«“ when such Churches or Chapels were built.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 39. After “ aforesaid” insert “‘ and com- 
«“ pletely furnished and fitted up for the performance of 
« Divine Service.” 

Pr. 17.1. 34. After ‘“ Diocese” insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it Enacted, 
« That in cases where the District to be provided, for any 
« Church or Chapel erected, or to be erected, shall extend 
“ into more Parishes than one, all the conditions hereby 
“ directed to be complied with, shall be observed with 
“ respect to the Patrons and Incumbents of each Parish, 
“ any part of which shall be comprised in such District, 
“ and the Patron or Patrons, Incumbent or Incumbents of 
“ each such Parish, shall be entitled to such and the same 
“ Notices, and such and the same Rights and Privileges, 
“as if such District were solely situate in one only of 
“ such Parishes.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 14. After “ built” insert “ or with any 
other Benefice having cure of souls.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 35. Leave out from “ situated” to “ pro- 
“ vided,” in Pr. 21. 1. 6. 

Pr. 22. 1.39. After “Clerk” insert “ Beadles, Pew- 
openers, and other expenses incident to the performance 
of Divine Service.” 

Pr. 26. 1. 34. After “ Deed” insert Clause (B.) 

Ciavse (B.) “ And whereas the said Commissioners 
acting under the powers of the said recited Act of the 
fifty-ninth year of the reign of King George the Third, 
have executed Deeds or Instruments for the purpose of 
discharging Subscribers towards building Churches or 
Chapels, and also Subscribers towards purchasing Sites 
on which Churches or Chapels have been built from 
the payment of Pew-rents in such Churches or Chapels: 
and whereas doubts have arisen whether the powers of 
the said Act extend to cases of Persons subscribing 
towards purchasing Sites for Churches or Chapels; Be 
“ it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commis- 


dient, to make and execute any Deed or Instrument, or 
to confirm any Deed or Instrument already made by 
them, discharging any Person or Persons subscribing 
towards either of the purposes aforesaid, either wholly 
or in part from the payment of Pew-rents in the said 
Church or Chapel for the term or period and in the 
manner in the said Act mentioned ; and all such Deeds 
or Instruments, whether hereafter to be made or already 
made, and afterwards confirmed in pursuance of the 
power hereby given, shall as from the date and execu- 
tion of such Deed or Instrument, be good and valid to 
all intents and purposes whatsoever; any thing in the 
said recited Acts or any of them to the contrary not- 
withstanding.” 

Pr. 29. 1.34. After “ Fee-simple” insert Clause (C.) 

Crause (C.) “ And be it further Enacted, That no- 
thing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed 
to extend, to repeal or alter, vary or affect any powers, 
authorities, clauses or provisions contained in any Act 


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30° Septembris.—1° Octobris. 


sioners, in any case in which they shall deem it expe- 


883 


or Acts passed relating to any particular Parish or Place, 
“ so far as relates to any Church or Chapel already built, 
unless with the consent of the Patron and Incumbent, 
or of the Persons for the time being authorized to exer- 
cise the powers of Vestry for Ecclesiastical purposes 
within such Parish or Place, or contained in any Deed 
or Deeds of Trust executed under the sanction of the 
Bishop of any Diocese, for the regulation of any Church 
“ or Chapel already built.” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Exchequer 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act CourtGecotland) 
for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business deterred. 
now done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. | 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to Valuation of 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, !*eland Bill, 
upon the Bill to amend an Act of the seventh year of “*ré¢- 
the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
for making provision for the uniform Valuation of Lands 
and Tenements in the several Baronies, Parishes and other 
Divisions of Counties in [reland, for the purpose of the 
more equally levying of the Rates and Charges upon the 
same ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Distillation 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon (Ireland) Bill, 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppress- ae 
ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 
in Jreland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Billto amend so much of an Act for the Manage- Customs 
ment of the Customs as allows certain Fees to be taken Management 
by Officers of the Customs, was, according to Order, read coe rage 
a second time ; and committed to a Committee of the \) 4 

o. 291. 
whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, resolve considered ; 
itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the 
said Bill :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee; and, after some time spent therein, 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported from the Committee, reported. 
the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Ways and 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to con- Means, de- 
sider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Spring Guns 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Bill,deferred. 
Act to permit the setting of Spring Guns, and Man 
Traps, in certain cases ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a’ Committee 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to amend an on Whiteboy 
Act passed in the Parliament of Jreland, in the fifteenth Offences Bid. 
and sixteenth years of the reign of His Majesty King 
George the Third, intituled, “An Act to prevent and 
punish tumultuous Risings of Persons within this King- 
dom, and for other purposes therein mentioned ;” and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported fromthe Committee, That. 

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884 


they had gone through the Bill;. and made several 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to revive, for a limited time, three Acts made 
in the forty-seventh and fiftieth years of the reign of his 
Majesty King George the Third, and in the tenth year of 
the reign of fis late Majesty King George the Fourth, for 
the preventing improper Persons from having Arms in 
Ireland; and to indemnify such Persons as may have 
acted in execution of, and pursuant to, the provisions of 
the said Acts, since the expiration thereof ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for enforcing the Process upon Contempts in the Courts 
Ecclesiastical of England and Ireland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 

Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in 
the Cities of London and Westminster, and in certain parts 
of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hert- 
Sordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire; and the same 
were read ; and are as followeth ; 

Pr. 7. 1.35. After “hereby ” insert “ revived and.” 

Pr. 40. 1.7. After “ appointed ” insert “ under the 
“ said Act of the ninth year of the reign of his late 
** Majesty King George the Fourth, or appointed.” 

Pr. 43. l. ult. After “delivered” insert “ from such 
“* Ships.” 

P. 65. 1.24. and 25. Leave out “ appears” and in- 
sert “ appeared.” 

Pr. 110. 1.27. After “affidavit ” insert ‘‘ according to 
“‘ the form in the Schedule to this Act annexed.” 

Pr. 113. 1.25. Leave out from ‘‘ case” to “the” in 
1, 27. 

At the end of the Bill insert the Schedule. 


“ The ScuEoDULE to which the Act refers. 


“ A.B. of maketh oath and saith, 
‘ That the Schedule hereunder written, and signed by 
* this Deponent, contains a true account and particular 
* of all the Coals vended and shipped by this Depo- 
‘ nent (and C.D. of this Deponent’s 
‘ Partner, as the case may be) for delivery in the Port of 


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** London, from the day of 
* to the day of both inclusive. 
Day of the Certificate 
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— Name. Name. Tons. | ofColliery.| paid. | livered to 
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The said Amendments, being read a second time, were 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
amending the Laws relative to the appointment of Spe- 
cial Constables, and for the better preservation of the 
Peace, was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


. A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens and Vestry of 
the parish of Saint Pancras, in the county of Middlesex, 
was presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill for the 
better regulation of Vestries, and for the appointment of 


30° Septembris.-—1° Octobris. 





A. 1831, 


Auditors of Accounts in certain Parishes of England and 
Wales ;-and praying, That they may be heard by them. 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 
and be printed. : 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Hi 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of 
an Address signed by 
prietors of Saint Lucie, dated 6th October 1830, addressed 
to his Excellency Major General Farquharson, admini- 
stering the Government of Saint Lucie, with the Names 
thereunto annexed, stating that the Order in Council had 
proved beneficial to the Slaves, &amp;c. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of 
an Address from certain Proprietors of Saint Lucie, in 
answer to the above Address, with the Names thereunto 
annexed. 

Ordered, That the said Addresses be presented to His 
Majesty, by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a State. Statemsas 
ment, showing, for each of the last Ten years, the prin- of lap 


cipal Articles of British and Foreign Produce and Manu- 
facture, and the Quantities and Value of each Article in 
each year, exported to Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Guate- 
mala, Peru, Chili, and Buenos Ayres, with the Total 
Amount exported in each year, and for the Ten years. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
similar Statement, for the same periods, of the principal 
Articles, Quantity and Value, imported from these Coun- 
tries, with the Total Amount imported in each year, and 
for the whole Ten years. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, similar 
Statements applicable to the Foreign Free Ports in the 
West Indies, including Cuba, Saint Thomas, Saint John, 
Saint Eustatia, Saint Martin, Saint Crux, and Curacoa. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy tess 


of Treasury Minute of the 21st March 1828, on the sub- 


ject of the Compensation to be made to the Lagan Navi- tioi,«itt 


gation Company, in consequence of the repeal of the 
Duties formerly levied within the Lagan District, for the 
benefit of the Company. 


A Petition of Thomas Flanagan, was presented, and Peitins 
read ; setting forth, That in the Session before last a Com- speci] 


mittee was appointed by the House to inquire into the - 
Tolls and Customs in corporate towns, fairs and markets 
in Jreland, and a few witnesses only were examined ; that 
in the course of the last Session the Committee was again 
appointed, but no further proceedings were had, in con- 
sequence of the dissolution of Parliament ; that the poor 
of Ireland are not only most seriously aggrieved by the 
impositions practised jn reference to the Tolls and Cus- 
toms, but that the most extravagant monopoly exists at 
the hands of monopolizers, who have no just claim, inas- 
much as all manner of Toll at fairs and markets is the 
real property of the Crown, except where special grants 
have been given for particular purposes ; and praying the 
House to re-appoint the said Committee, and to vest such 
Committee with equal powers and authority as the former, 
and that his Petition be referred to the said Committee 
before whom he is ready to attend to give testimony. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
after one of the clock on Saturday morning, ad- 
journed till Monday next. 





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_ Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


‘ PRAYERS. 

PETITION of Inhabitants of Tonbridge, in the 
A county of Kent ;—of N° 5 District in the town of 
Manchester ;—and, of Newton and Failsworth, in Public 
Meeting assembled,—were presented, and read; pray- 
ing for an investigation into the matters complained 
of in the Petition of Mr. and Mrs. Deacle, which was 
presented to the House upon Monday the 22d August 


ast. 
_ And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. | 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Imperial- Proof. Gallons of Corn, Grain, or 
Malt Spirits in Bond, upon 5th January 1826, and bonded 
since then. to 5th January 1831, under 4 Geo. 4, c. 94, 
stating each Country separately ;—of the Proof Gallons of 
those Duty was paid.on betwixt 5th January 1826 and 
5th January 1831, and difference of Proof Gallons betwixt 
what Duty was so paid on, and what was permitted, and 
actually removed from Bond, so as to show the Proof 
Gallons of deficiency or leakage Duty, was so paid on 
(by it being charged by the quantity actually bonded), 
over the Proof Gallons permitted, and actually removed 
from Bond, what the Duty on these Proof Gallons of de- 
ficiency or leakage amounted to, and what it was equal to 
on each Proof Gallon permitted, and actually removed 
from Bond, betwixt 5th January 1826 and 5th January, 
1831, and the Proof Gallons remaining in Bond upon 5th 
January 1831, stating each Country separately. 


Ordered, That Mr. Dixon have leave of absence for 
a fortnight, on account of the death of a near relation. 
. Ordered, That Mr. Burton have leave of absence for 
three weeks, on urgent business. © 

Ordered, That Sir Watkin Williams Wynn have leave of 
absence for a month, on the Public Service. 


A Petition of Landowners and other Inhabitants of 
Bridgwater, was presented, and read; taking notice of 
the Bill for establishing a General Register for all Deeds 
and Instruments affecting Real Property in England and 
ly and praying, That the same may not pass into 
a law. 
~ Ordered, That the said 


| Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. ) 


Mr. Robert Grant reported from the Committee on the 
Bill for providing for the discharge of a Claim in respect of 
Monies advanced by the late James Hodges, Esquire, on 
security of the Lands of the late Zemindar of Nozeed and 
Mustaphanagur, in the District of Fort Saint George, in 
the East Indies, now under the Sovereignty of the Ho- 
nourable the East India Company ; and to whom the Pe- 
tition of The United Company of Merchants of England 
trading to the Kast Indies, was referred; That they had 
heard counsel in support of the said Petition, and had 
also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and that they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made several Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to by the House. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday next. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Gorey ;—of Templeshambo; 
—of Adamstown ;—of Catholic Inhabitants the Union of 
Tintern, Rosegarland and Inch ;— of Inhabitants of Clon- 
more;—ot Duncormack, Killag, Kilcoan, Kilmannon and 
Ballyconick, in the barony of Bargy;—of Kilrush and 

iskamore ;—of the Union of Clone ;—of the united pa- 
rishes of Glanbryan, Edermine and Ballynaslaney ;—of 
aghmon ;—of Oulart ;—and, of the united parishes of 
Carnagh and Cushenstown, in the county of. Wexford,— 


. Were presented, and read; praying, ‘That the Yeomanry 


orps in Jreland may be disbanded. , 
‘ And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed, eo eee 
VOL. 86. — : 





- 8° Octobris. 


885 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
House, to whom it was referred to consider further of the 
Supply granted to His Majesty, the Resolutions-which 
they had directed him to report to the House; and ‘the 
same were read, and agreed to by the House; and are as 
followeth ; 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hundred 
and twenty thousand pounds, be granted to His Majesty, 
to provide for the payment of certain Salaries, Allowances, 
Pensions and Services heretofore paid out of the Civil 
List of England and Ireland, the Hereditary Revenues of 
the Crown in Scotland, and the Four and a Half per‘ cent. 
Duty, but for which no Provision has been made in the 
Civil List of His present Majesty, from the period to 
which the said Services were severally last paid, to the 
10th day of October 1831; and that the said Sum be 


issued and paid without any fee or other deduction what- 
soever. 


Report 
Supply ; 


Civil List 
Salaries. 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-seven Victualling 
thousand six hundred and fifty-seven pounds, be granted Yard, 
to His Majesty, to complete the Works at the Royal (Gosport) 


Clarence Victualling Yard at Gosport, in addition to the 
sum of Twenty thousand pounds, already voted on the 
Estimate of the Navy for the present year. | 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to Committee 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to of Ways and 


consider further of Ways and Means for raising the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majesty, be now read ; and the same 
being read :—The House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That, to make good the Supply granted to His Majesty, 
there be issued and applied the further sum of One 
million and eight hundred thousand pounds, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland. ; 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
en from the Committee, That they had come to a 

esolution, which they had directed him to report to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


eans. 


_ A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Zrower and Mr. The Lords | 


Roupell: — 
Mr. Speaker, 


have passed 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to Lunatic 


diminish the Inconvenience and Expense of Commissions Commissions 


in the nature of Writs De Lunatico Inquirendo, and to 
provide for the better Care and Treatment of Idiots, 
Lunatics and Persons of unsound Mind, found such by 
Inquisition ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Bill. 


A Petition of Robert Hunter, of Liunna; oné of the Pro- Petitions re. 


prietors and Inhabitants of Zetland, was presented, and 
read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Represen- 
tation of the People in Scotdand; and praying, That the 
House will be pleased to grant to Zetland a Member for 
itself exclusively. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee of the whole House on the Bill. 


A Petition of James Johnstone, of Alva, in Stirlingshire, 
was also presented, and read ; taking notice of the . said 
Bill; and praying the House so to deal with the Clause 
by which the Voters in the parish of Alva are .attached 
to the County of Clackmannan, for returning a Member 
to Parliament, that they may not be divided from. the 
property which they are supposed to represent, but 
possess’ their just share in ‘the Election of a Member 
for that County, of which the said Parish shall form 
a part. 


specting Keform 
of Parliament 
(Scotland) Bill, 


Ordered, ‘That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; . 


and be printed. 2 she 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into 
further consideration the Report from the Committee of 
the whole House; on the Bill to amend the Representation 
of the People in Scotland, be now-read; and the same 

10Q being 


Reform of 
Parliament 


(Scotland) Bill, 
re-comuitted; 








886 3°—4? Octobris. _/1 As 188}, 


being read :++The Bill was re-committed to a Committee 
of the whole: House. o:)) tec) gous siequvol 
Anda» Motion: being made, and the Question being 
put; That, Mx. Speaker do.now leave the Chair; 04 2. 
And the Housesheving continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 2 


Martis, 4° die Octobris, 1831: 


It was resolved in the Affirmative. 


considered. Resolved; That this House will, immediately, resolve 
itself'into'a‘Committee of the whole House, to consider 
' further) of the Bill:—The House accordingly resolved 
itself\into:the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr.Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported from’ the Committee, That they had made a 
progress’ inthe Bill; and that -he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 
again. 
e Resolvel That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Whiteboy Mr: Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole 
Offences Bill, House, on the Bill to amend an Act passed in the Parlia- 
reported. ment of Treland, in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the 
reign of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, 
“ An Act to prevent and punish tumultuous Risings of 
Persons within this Kingdom, and for other purposes 
therein mentioned,” the Amendments which they had made 
to the Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to by the House. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Statute of The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 

Frauds Bill, ing of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of 
deferred. Frauds : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Friday next. Fog ' 


Attestationof | The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
Instruments jing of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the 
Bill,deferred. Attestation of Instruments made in exercise of certain 
Powers or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other Instruments ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Friday next. 


Hospitals The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
(Ireland) Bill, solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the 
ae Bill to amend an Act passed in the Parliament of Ireland, 
in the fifth year of his Majesty King George the Third, 
for establishing Public Hospitals in Zre/and ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Sale of Beer An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
Bill, com- amend an‘Act passed in the first year of His present 


me Majesty’s reign, intituled, “‘ An Act to permit the general 
Sale of Beer and Cyder by Retail in England,” was read 
a second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for To-morrow. 

Labourers’ The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 

House Rent 


Bill deferred, S0lVe itself into a Committee of the whole’ House, upon 
. the Bill to prohibit the Practice of paying the House 
Rents of Able-bodied Labourers out of the Poor’s Rate ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee.. 


Vestries Bill, The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
deferred. Report from the Committee of the whole House, on the 
re-committed Bill for the better regulation of Vestries, and 
for the appointment of Auditors of Accounts in certain 
Parishes of England and Wales ; | 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


) = onl The House, according to Order, proceeded to take into 


of Benefices further consideration the Report from the Committee of 
Bill, considered. the whole House, on the ingrossed Bill from. the Lords, 
intituled, An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act 
passed in the twenty-ninth year of the reign of his Ma- 
jesty, King Charles the Second, intituled, “ An Act, for 
confirming and perpetuating Augmentations made by Ec- 
clesiastical: Persons to small Vigarages and Curacies, and 


for other purposes; ”, and. the Amendments'made by the 
Committee to the Bill, being read a second time, wepp 
agreed to. by the House ;. and are.as followeth ; ) 

Pr. 15. 1.,.22. After, made” insert Clause (A;) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That such 
of the powers, hereinbefore, contained ‘as. are restricted 
to cases in, which the, Corporation or, Person by:whom 
the same may, be exereised shall, be the Patron of the 
** Benefice which it. shall be intended or desired to aug. 

ment, shall,apply to and may be exercised in cases jn 
which such Corporation or, Person shall be. entitled 
only to the alternate, right of presentation to such 
Benefice.” ; 

Pr. 15. 1. 35. After. ‘Hundred ”..insert,‘‘ and Fifty,” 

Pr. 15. 1. 36. After “‘ Pounds” insert “ or Three hun- 
dred Pounds, not taking account of Surplice Fees,” 

Pr. 21, 1, 18., After ‘‘ Parish” insert. Clauses (B.) 
(C.) and (D.) 

Crave (B.) “ And be it further Enacted, That jn 
any case in which the consent of the Patron of any 
Benefice shall be required to the exercise of any power 
given by this Act, and the Patronage of such Benefice 
shall be in the Crown, the consent of the Crown to the 
exercise of such power shall be testified in the manner 
hereinafter mentioned ; (that is to say) if such Benefice 
shall be above the yearly value of Twenty Pounds in 
The King’s Books, the Instrument by which the power 
shall be exercised, shall be executed by the Lord High 
Treasurer or First Lord Commissioner of the Treasu 
for the time being ; and if such Benefice shall not ex- 
ceed the yearly value of Twenty Pounds in The King’s 
Book, such Instrument shall be executed by the Lord 
** High Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Lords Commis- 
sioners of the Great Seal. for the time being ; and if 
such Benefice shall be within the Patronage of the 
** Crown, in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, such In- 
** strument shall be executed by the Chancellor of the 
said Duchy for the time being; and the execution of 
such Instrument by such Person or Persons. shall:be 
deemed and taken, for the purposes.of: this Act, to be 
*, an execution by the Patron of the Benefice..” 

Crause (C.) “ And. be it furtherEnacted, That in 
any case where the consent of the Patron of any Bene- 
fice shall be required to the exercise of any power 
- given -by this Act, and the Patron of such Benefice 

shall be a minor, idiot, lunatic or feme. covert, it shall - 

be lawful for the guardian or guardians,, committee or 
committees, or husband of such Patron (but in case of 
a feme covert, with her consent in writing), to execute 
the Instrument by which such power shall be exer- 
cised, in testimony of the consent of such Patron; and 
such execution shall, for the purposes of this Act, be 
deemed and taken to be an execution by the Patron of 
“ the Benefice.” 

Crause (D.) “ And be it further Enacted, That in 
any case in which the consent of the Patron of any 
Benefice shall be required to the exercise of any power 
given by this Act, and the advowson and right of 
Patronage of such Benefice shall be part of the pos- 
sessions of the Duchy of Cornwall, the consent of the 
Patron of such Benefice to the exercise of such power, 
shall be testified in the manner hereinafter mentioned; 
(that is to say) the Instrument by which the power shall 
“ be exercised shall be executed by the Duke. of Cornwall 
for the time being, if of full age; but if such Benefice 
“ shall be within the Patronage of the Crown in right of 
the Duchy of Cornwall, such Instrument shall be exe- 
cuted by the same Person or Persons who is or are by 
this Act authorized to testify the consent of the Crown to 
the exercise of any power given by this Act in respect of 
any Benefice in the Patronage of the’Crown, and the 
execution of such Instrument by such Person or Per- 
sons shall be deemed and taken, for the purposes of 
“ this Act, to be an execution by the\ Patron of the Be- 
* nefice.” "3 
: Ordered, That the Bill be read’ the third time this 

ay. Dp 


if4 


The ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Os 
amend and render. more effectual an Act passed im‘ the ge 
seventh and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, 2 
intituled, “‘ An Act to amend the. Aets for building, 

romoting the building, of additional Churches in popU- 
ous Parishes,” was, according.to Order, read the ' oo 
» teme; 











aluation 
cland Bi 
elerred, 


clesiasti 
rts Co 
mipts Bil 
ferred, 


pecial 
onstables 
| deferr 


ralities 
culation 
I, read, 


‘0, 208, 





itions 
red to ¢ 
m nittee, 


"Nagainst 















cheque? 

0 rt 

Kotland) . 
ulation Bill, 
erred, 


aluation of 
sland Bill, 
olerred. 


clesiastical 
rts Cone 

pupts Bill, 

ferred, 


pecial 
onstables 
|, deferred. 


uralities 
ulation 
|, read, 


No, 293, 





g Wi. lV. 


tine; andthe 


Amendments' following*were made’ to the 


z v7 (BEGG |. Mic 


- Pr. 6. 128:In' the Amendment,-after “« may” insert 
“ ini the first: instance,” ‘and’after“’ Chapel” insert+ or 
é“ the:major-part of them.” + a dd." .4 ofa A Bho ‘ 
oP 16}, 27. After ““* mentioned”» insert “ and also 
« with the consent of the Patron and Incumbent in all 
« other cases in’ which additional Churchés-or Chapels 
« shall have been already built and endowed.” -- 

Pr. 29. 1: 34. In Clause (C.) added to the Bill, leave 
out “or of the Persons for the time being authorized to 
« exercise the powers of Vestry for Ecclesiastical pur- 
“ pases within,” and insert “and of the Select-Vestry, or 
« Persons exercising the powers of Vestry in.” 

Resolved, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal .do' carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, with some Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence’ of ‘their 
Lordships. iF RD 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed” Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business 
now done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read’a second time this day, 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend an Act of the seventh year of the reign 
of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for making 
provision for the uniform Valuation of Lands and Tene- 
ments in the several Baronies, Parishes and other Divisions 
of Counties in Ireland, for the purpose of the more equally 
levying of: the Rates and.Charges upon the same ; 

Resolved, That this House. will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee.- par 

The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for enforcing the Process upon Contempts in the 
Courts Ectlesidstical'of England and Ireland ; 

Ordered, That ‘the’ Bill be read‘a second: time upon 
Friday next. if ont | iid ical | 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
or amending the Laws relative to the appointment of 
a Constables, and for the better preservation of the 

eace ; : Migt ey r 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
restrain and regulate the holding of Plurality of Dignities 
and Benefices by Spiritual Persons, was: read: the first 
time, and ordered to be read a se¢ond ‘time upon Friday 
next. Wn Phe ta BEAD 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Hindoos, Parsees and 
Mahometans, Natives of the East Indies, and Inhabitants 
of the Island of Bombay; and also, the Petition of Chris- 
tians, Hindoos, Parsees, Mahometans and Jews, Natives of 
His Majesty’s Territories in India, and Inhabitants of the 
Island’ of ‘Bombay, which were presented to the House 
upon the Ist day of September last, be referred to the 
Select Committee on East India Company’s Affairs. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till two 
of the clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 





Martis, 4° die Octobris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi 4" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


A PETITION of the United Company of Merchants 
of England trading to the East Indies, was presented, 


* and read’; ‘taking notice of ‘the Bill for providing for the 


discharge of a ‘Claim in réspect ' of’ Monies advanced ‘by 
the late James ‘Hodges, Esquire; on security of the Lands 
of the late Zemindar of’ Nozeed and Miustiphanagur, in 
He ye of Fort Saint Géorge,'in the East Indies, now 





3°? Octobris. 


‘That the 
. Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon'the Table. 


887 


usider the Sovereignty of the Honourable the East India 
Company ; and praying, That the same! may not pass 
into'a law, and that the Petitioners may be A cea yr7 to 
be heard by their counsel imsupport of the prayer of their 
Petition, and that they may have’ sach relict in the’ pre- 
mises ‘as'to'the House shall seem meeti.! 10 voolo od?) 

Ordered, That the said. Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed.:  ~ Oe teeter 


The House was moved, That the Order miadeyesterday, Zemindar of 

for reading the third time, upon Thursday next, : thi in- nce ll 
grossed Bill for providing for the discharge of a Claim in Bill, deterred. 
respect of Monies advanced by the. late James: Hodges, 
Esquire, on security of the Lands of. the late Zemindar 
of Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, in the District .of. Fort 
Saint George, in the East Indies, now under the Sove- 
reignty of the Honourable the Last. India. Company, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 

Ordered, That the United Company of Merchants of 
England trading to the East Indies, who petitioned this 
House this day, praying to be heard by their counsel. at 
the bar, against the said Bill, be permitted to be heard, by 
their counsel, upon their Petition,.if they think fit. 


A Petition of Traders of the town of Brighthelmston, Petition 
was presented,’ and read ;complaining’ of the’ expense "especting 
they are put to in getting in ‘small Debts*through’ the *"*! P°&gt;*- 
medium of thé County Courts; and praying, ‘That’ the 
House will be pleased to protect them’ in ‘their trades, 
by enacting such laws as will remedy the evils com- 
plained of. M9 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Thomas Parkin, late of Dudley, in the Petition 
county of Worcester, but now of the city of London, was we . 
presented, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioner is _ 
prohibited by the Christian Religion from taking an im- 
precatory oath ; complaining ‘that, he cannot ‘put in an 
answer to a Bill filed against him in Chancery, because pro- 
hibited from taking an oath, whereby he is obliged to dis- 
continue a profitable business ; and praying the House to 
take such immediate steps in the premises ‘as they shall 
kil tall i tel ) 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. | ina’. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of New Ross, was presented, Petition 
and read; praying the House to adopt such measures as Kilkeuny and 
may be required to finish the present Canal between Ki/- Waterford 
kenny and New Ross, a work which was patriotically ““""" 
undertaken by the Jrish Parliament, for the purpose of 
establishing an improved communication, from that city 
and the interior of Zreland, to the Sea, and the comple- 
tion of which at this particular time would confer a great 
benefit on that Country, and would prove to the Jrish 
People the beneficent intentions of the British Legis- 
lature. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Catholic Inhabitants of the Union of Petition 
Tintern, Rosegarland and Inch, in the county of Wevford, 7 see 
was presented, and read ; praying, That a part of the (Ireland.) 
Funds granted for the purposes of Education may be com- 
mitted to the charge of their Prelates for the Education 
of the Catholic Poor of Ireland. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. John Campbell presented a Bill for the abolition of Fines and 
Fines and Recoveries, and for the substitution of more —— 
simple’ modes of Assurance in lieu of them: And the same ,.../.5 
was read the first time ; and’ ordered to be read’a second y,, 994, 
time upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Athy, and. its vicinity, in Petition tor 
the ren 4 of Kildare, was presented, and read; praying, manry Corps 


manry Corps 


eomanry Corps ‘of Ireland may be disbanded.. ('reland.) 


"10Q 2 A Petition 





Petitions. 
against 
General 
Register Bill. 


Power to 
Committee 
on Malt 
Drawback. 


Report. 
No. 295. 


Ireland— 
Returns, 
ordered : 


Constabulary 
Force. 


Newtownbarry 
Magistrates. 


Motion respect- 
ing Metropolis 
and Tower of 
London. 


Petitions re- 
specting Reform 
a iediomens 
(Scotland) Bill. 


888 


A Petition of Land-ownersand other Inhabitants of the 
county’ of Somerset ;—~of the city of Lincoln, and ‘county 
of the same city, and: of the adjoining parishes’ of the 
county of Lincoln ;—and, of Land-owners of the town ‘and 
neighbourhood of Caistor, in the county of Lincoln,—were 
presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill for es- 
tablishitio’ a General Register for all Deeds and Instru- 
rhents iaffedtitie Real Property in England and Wales ; 
and‘praying, That the same may not pass into a law. 

And the said ‘Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and tobe printed. apr 3 


Ordered,'That the Select Committee appointed to in- 
quire into the effects produced by allowing a Malt Draw- 
back on, Spitits, and to report the same, together with 
their observations thereupon to the House, and who were 
empowered to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them, have power to report their opinion there- 
upon to the House. 

Mr. Francis Baring accordingly reported from the said 
Committee, That they had examined the matters to them 
referred, and had come to several Resolutions, which they 
had directed him to report to the House, together with 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them ; and the 
Resolutions were read ; and are as followeth ; 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That the present system of allowing a Drawback on Malt 
Spirits affords great opportunities for Fraud. 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That in any manner of reducing or repealing the Malt 
Drawback, due precaution be taken to prevent the revival 
of illicit Distillation. 

Ordered, That the said Report and Minutes of Evi- 
dence do lie upon the Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Constabulary Police of Jre/and during the last 
year, containing the Number and Distribution thereof in 
each County, together with the Pay, amount of Expense 
of Clothing, Barrack and Commissariat Allowances, and 
distinguishing the amount paid by Grand Jury Assess- 
ment from that paid by the Public. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count, in detail, of all Expenses incurred on account of 
the Inspectors General of Police in Ireland, and resident 
Magistrates, under the Constabulary Act, during the last 
year; distinguishing the sources from which such Pay- 
ments have been made. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Memorial of James Nowlan, John Nowlan, John 
Murphy and James Masterson, of the 16th August, to the 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, regarding the conduct of 
Captain Graham and the Reverend W. Morgan, two 
Magistrates of the County of Wexford, for declining to 
receive Bail, and grant the required Information, on the 
charge of burning the house of one of the Newtownbarry 
Yeomen, together with his Excellency’s Reply ;—also, 
Copies of any further Communications received by the 
Trish Government relating thereto. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That 
an humble Address be’ presented to His Majesty, that 
He will be graciously pleased to give directions, that 
there be laid before this eae Copies of Papers remain- 
ing in any of the Public Offices, tending to show the extent 
of the Insurrectionary. Movement expected to have broken 
out in the Metropolis on the 9th of November last ;— 
also, of any Arrangements, or Plans of Operation, for put- 
ting down the same by force of arms, so far as these may 
be communicated without detriment to Public safety ;— 
also, Return of Expenses for movement of Troops col- 
lected to be in readiness to act against the People’ on that 
occasion, or incurred for any additions to the defences of 
the Tower, towards increasing the cannon and: musket 
fire capable of being brought to/bear from it against the 
surrounding streets or buildings; it passed in the Negative. 


A Petition of Sir George Stuart Mackenzie, Baro- 
net, was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill 
to amend the Representation of the People in‘Scotland ; 
and praying the House to place the proprietors’ of entailed 
estates at once on a footing with those’ whose estates are 


not entailed, by enacting, that no person, after the passing 


4° —5° Octobris.. 


1 AL1881: 


of the Bill into‘a ‘law, sliall' have’ a suffrage in the Blec- 
tion of &amp; Representative for:'a' County, who'has not'the 
possession or dominiwm utile;as well as the domininm 
nobile, of and rated intlie’Cess Books at One hundred 
Pounds Scots or upwards, such rating having no fluctagz 
tion as real rent, which cost is proposed by the’ Bill for 
fixing the title to-vote at County Elections, but which 
must necessarily fluctuate with the value of agricultura] 
produce. ; 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kelso, was also presented, 
and read; taking notice of the said Bill; and praying the 
House to extend throughout Scotland the Elective Fran- 
chise to all tenants who pay Ten Pounds of yearly rent. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Council of 
the Royal Burgh of Tain, was also presented, and read; 
taking notice of the said Bill; and setting forth, That, be. 
sides Tain and Dingwall, there is in Ross-shire the Burgh 
of Fortrose, which at present unites with Nairn, Forres 
and Inverness, each in, a separate county, in returnin 
by a delegate a Member to Parliament; but the Pefi- 
tioners would humbly beg to: crave, that the three Ross. 
shire Burghs, along with the populous and thriving sea- 
port Town of Cromarty, in their immediate neighbourhood, 
and all possessing a community of interest, should have 
the privilege of returning their own Representative, leay- 
ing to the Burghs of Dornoch, Wick and Kirkwall the 
like privilege. : 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Coun- 
cil, and of the Deacons of the Incorporated Trades of the 
Royal Burgh of Lanark, was also presented, and read; 
taking notice of the said Bill; and praying, That the 
House will see the propriety of not combining Falkirk 
with the Lanark District of Burghs. 

Ordered, That the said’ Petition be referred to the 
Committee of the whole House on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to) Cami 
resolve itself into a Committee. of the whole House, upon)" 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in (iw 


Scotland, be now read ; and the same being read :—The 
House resolved itself into the Committee. — 


(In the Committee.) 


Cause, N° 1. (Number of Representatives for Scot- 
land)—— read, and postponed. , 


CrauseE (A.) (Burghs of Peebles and. Selkirk to be 
-deemed parts of their respective Counties) read, 
P. 1. 1. 21. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
“ Parliament” to “ the Burgh” in 1. 25. 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause. 
The Committee divided. 











Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Kennedy - = = = 133. 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. Gillon - - 60. 
CLAUSE agreed to. 
Crause, N° 3. (Counties. hereafter to return Mem- 
bers) read. 
P. 2. 1. 4. Amendment proposed, To leave , out 
* Thirty” agreed to. 





P. 2. 1. 5. Amendment proposed, At the end of the 
line to insert “ Two shall always be returned by each of 
“the following Shires; (that is to say) Aberdeen, Ay’, 
“ Edinburgh, Fife, Forfar, Lanark, Perth and Renfrew. 

Question put, That those words be there’ inserted. 

The Committee divided. red'T 

Teller for the Yeas, Sir George Clerk - 65. 
Teller for the Noes, Mr, Rice =). + 2 118). 


To report Progress, and ask leave'to sit again.’ 





And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Wednesday morning; ~~ 


. Mercurii; 5° die Octobris, 4831): 


Mr. Speaker ‘resumed’ the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from’the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill ; and that he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again te- 
solve itself into the said Committee. M 

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Mr. Bernal reported from the. Committee of the whole 


ng : Honse,, to. whom it) was referred to consider ‘further of 
P Ways and Means for.raising the Supply granted to His 
Majesty, the Resolution whieh they. had directed him to 
report to. the House ; and the:same was read, and agreed 


to by the House ; and; is. as followeth ; 
\ Resolved, That,-to' make good the Supply granted to 
His.Majesty, there be issued and applied the further sum 
of One million and eight hundred thousand pounds, out 
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, - 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said Reso- 
lution; And that Mr. Bernal, Lord Viscount Althorp, and 
Mr. Rice, do prepare, and bring it in. 


. Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into fur- 
ras Ma ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
geet Bh hole House, on the Bill to amend so much of an Act for 
; the Management of the Customs as allows certain Fees 

to be taken by Officers of the Customs, be now read ; and 
the same being read :—The House proceeded to take the 
Report into further consideration ; and the Amendments 
made by the Committee to the Bill, being read a second 
time, were agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed, and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for establishing a General Register for all 
Deeds and Instruments affecting Real Property in England 
and Wales ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


peril 
ister Bill, 
erred. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the ingrossed Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable Courts of Law 
to give Relief against adverse Claims made upon Persons 
having no interest in the subject of such Claims; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and had directed 
him to report the same to the House, without any Amend- 
ment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


mmittee 
|ntere 


der Bill, 


mittee 
rbitras 
Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole, House, upon the ingrossed Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An Act for settling Controver- 
sies by Arbitration; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal reported 
from the Committee, That they had gone through the 
Bill, and had directed him to report the same to the 
House, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to regulate 
the Office for registering Deeds, Conveyances and Wills 
in Ireland; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the 
Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, and 
made several Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported from the Committee 
the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

_ Ordered, That ‘the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Friday, the 21st day of this instant 
October. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The: ingrossed Bill to repeal the Laws relating to 
Apprentices, and other young Persons, employed in Cot- 
ton and other Factories, and in Cotton and other Mills, 
and to make further provisions in lieu thereof, was, 
according to Order, read the third time ; and an Amend- 
ment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 

Act to repeal the Laws, relating to Apprentices, and 
other young Persons, employed in Cotton Factories, and 
im Cotton Mills, and to make. further provisions in lieu 
thereof. 

Ordered, That. Sir John Hobhouse do. carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their,concurrence... : 
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The Order of the day being read, ' for the’ second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to establish a Court in Bankrupteyy:5 yt © 7 
; Ordered, That the Bill be: réad:-a. second: time: this 
ay. ‘ ‘ bt tr 


The House, according to Order, resolved) itself into’ a: 


Bankruptcy 
Court Bill, 
deferred. 


Committee 


Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to.amend. o" Hospitals 
an Act passed in the Parliament.of Zreland, in the fifth ‘led Bill 


year of his Majesty King George the Third, ‘‘ for,esta- 
blishing Public Hospitals in Zredand ;” and, after, some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Rice reported from the Committee, That they. had 
gone through the Bill; and had directed him to.report 
the same to the House, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed, and read the.third 
time this day. 


Sir John Hobhouse reported from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the re-committed Bill for the better re- 
gulation of Vestries, and for the appointment of Auditors 
of Accounts in certain Parishes of England and Wales, the 
Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and the 
Amendments were read ; and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in+ 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to extend the provisions of an Act passed in the twenty- 
ninth year of the reign of His Majesty King Charles the 
Second, intituled, “ An Act for confirming and perpe- 
tuating Augmentations made by Ecclesiastical Persons 
to small Vicarages and Curacies, and for other purposes,” 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, with some Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business now 
done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
amending the Laws relative to the appointment of Special 
Constables, and for the better preservation of the Peace, 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the Committee on the Bill for providing for the discharge 
of a Claim in respect of Monies advanced by the late 
James Hodges, Esquire, on security of the Lands of the 
late Zemindar of Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, in the Dis- 
trict of Fort Saint George, in the East Indies, now under 
the Sovereignty of the Honourable the East India Com- 
pany, and the Proceedings of the Committee, with a 
Chronological Index of Papers, be laid before this House. 

Mr. Cutlar Fergusson: accordingly presented to the 
House the said Papers. AO) 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed at the expense of one of the’ Parties. 


Mr. Warburton reported from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to inquire into the expediency of admitting the 
use of Molasses in the Breweries and Distilleries of the 
United Kingdom, subject to such restrictions and modifi- 
cations as may be necessary for the protection of the 
several interests connected therewith ; and who were em- 
powered. to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them from time to time to the House, together with 


Vestries Bill, 
reported. 


Augmentation 
of Benefices Bill, 
passed, with 
Amendments, 


Exchequer 
Court 
(Scotland) 
Regulation Bill, 
deferred, 


Special Con- 
stables Bill, 
committed. 


Minutes, &amp;c. of 
Committee on 
Zemindar of 
Nozeed ana 
Mustaphanagut 
Bill, ordered ; 


presented. 


Report from 
Committee 
on Molasses, 


No, 297. 


their observations and opinion thereupon; and to whom . 


the Report which, upon the 17th day of February 1807, 
was made from the Committee appointed to consider of 
the expediency of permitting the use of Sugar and Mo- 
lasses in the Distillery and Brewery, for a time to be li- 
mited, under. the circumstances now affecting the trade of 
the British Colonies in the West Indies ; and also the first, 

10R second, 








890 


second, third and fourth Reports, which, upon the 13th 
April, 31st May, and 10th and 22d June 1808, were made 
from the Committee appointed to inquire and report how 
far, and under what circumstances, it may be practicable 
and expedient to,confine the Distilleries of the United 
Kingdom to:the: use of Sugar and Molasses only; and 
the several Petitions presented to the House in the present 
Session against the use of Molasses in the Breweries and 
Distilleries, were referred ; That they had examined the 
matters to them referred; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House, together with the Minutes 
of thé Evidence taken before them, and an Appendix ; 
and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report and Appendix do lie upon 
the Table; and be printed. 


Report respect 
ing Holyhead 
Road Conmmnis- 
sioners,ordered ; 


No, 298. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Report of the Commissioners of the Holyhead Roads, 
relative to the origin of their Commission for the Improve- 
ment of the Holyhead Road, and the present Jurisdiction 
and Duties of the Commissioners. 

Mr. Rice accordingly presented to the House the said 
Report. 

Ordered, That the said Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


presented, 


Returns 
respecting 
Lagan Naviga- 
tion, ordered, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number and Amount of the Debentures issued 
by the Undertakers of the Lagan Navigation Company, 
stating the Names of the Holders of such Debentures. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Sums paid for the Interest of the same during 
the last Seven years, ending in January 1831; with a 
distinct and separate Return of the Sums expended upon 
the necessary Work required for the preserving, repairing 
and improving the Lagan Navigation during the last 
Seven years, ending in January 1831. 


Address 
respecting 
Population. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Comparative 
Account of the Population of Great Britain in the years 
1801, 1811, 1821 and 1831; with the Annual Value of 
Real Property in the year 1815:—also, a Statement of 
progress in the Inquiry regarding the occupations of Fa- 
milies and Persons, and the duration of life, as required 
by the Population Act of 1830. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Petition re- 
specting Reform 
of Parliament 


(Ireland) Bill. 


A Petition of Merchants of Galway, was presented, 
and read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Repre- 
sentation of the People in Ireland; and praying, That 
the House will be graciously pleased to provide in the 
said Bill for the peculiar Franchise of Galway, viz. in the 
resident Merchants, Tradesmen and Artisans. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
two of the clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned 


till this day. 








Mercuri, 5° die Octobris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of Inhabitants of Raheen, was pre- 
sented, and read; praying, That the Yeomanry 
Corps of Ireland may be forthwith disbanded. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petition for 
disbanding Yeo- 
manry Corps 
Ireland.) 


Petition re- A Petition of Resident Magistrates, Free Burgesses 
specting Reform 


oF Parliament 220 Protestant Freemen of Galway, was presented, and 

(Ireland) Bil. read; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Repre- 
sentation of the People in Jreland; and praying the 
House to provide in the same for the peculiar Franchise 
of Galway; viz. in the resident Merchants, Tradesmen 
and Artisans. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A?—5° Octobris. 





fl Al83h 
A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the parish p,:; 
of Saint Mary, Youghal; was presented, and read; set, tag” 
ting forth, That, it being obviously unjust to compel any Tithe, 
persons to support the Ministers, and to defray the ex. 4k 
penses of a Religion to which they do not belong; the 
Petitioners humbly implore the House to abolish for eye; 
the Tithe system: which oppresses the energies of the 
Country, and to repeal the infamous Vestry Act, which con. 
tributes more than any other to embitter the minds of the 
people against the Established Church, as well as against 
the established order of things in that Country. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 
and be printed. j 













A Petition of Inhabitants of Cappogquin ;—of Working Petiin, 
Jewellers of the city of Dublin ;—and, of Inhabitants of repeal 
Castledermott,—were presented, and read; praying for Union yi, 
the repeal of the Legislative Union between Great Britain rela 
and Ireland: » 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


tition f 
0€ | of 
Beer A 


A Petition of Henry Lanauze, of College Green, in Pei, 
the city of Dublin, Stock Broker, and other Persons, rey 
was presented, and read; praying, That all Insurance Insure 
Companies not incorporated or recognized by Act of ~~ 
Parliament, be compelled to register their Deed of Co- 
partnership within six months after their formation, and 
enrol the names of their Proprietors at least once in every 
three years at the Enrolment Office of the Courts of 
Chancery in London and Dublin, and made liable for 
the defaults of their managing Director. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


tition 


pecting 
ducation 


eland.) 


itions for 
ission of 
plence on 
bert Tay if 


A Message by Mr. Pudman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rol: 


Rod: to Bill, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty’s Com- 
mission, for declaring His Royal Assent to several Acts 
agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the immediate 
attendance of this Honourable House in the House of 
Peers, to hear the Commission read. ; 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to 
the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the Howse, at the desire of 
the Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty’s Com- 
mission, had been at the House of Peers, where a Com- 
mission under the Great Seal was read, giving, declaring 
and notifying the Royal Assent to the several Public Bills 
and one Private Bill therein mentioned ; and that the Lords 
thereby authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Bills: Which Bills are as followeth ; 

An Act to equalize the Duties on Wine: 

An Act to improve the Administration of Justice in 
Ireland: 

An Act to amend the Laws in England relative to 
Game : 

An Act for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals 
in the Cities of London and Westminster, and in certain 
parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Esse, 
Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire : 

An Act for effectuating a Partition of Estates belong- 
ing to the Most honourable John Crichton Stuart Mar- 
quis of Bute and Earl of Dumfries, and the Most 
honourable Maria Marchioness of Bute and Countess of 
Dumfries, and their Trustees, and to the Right honourable 
Lady Susan North, and to the Right honourable Lady 
Georgina North, and for other purposes. 


¢ Lords 
re ugree 


arities 
quiry Bil 


mey Pay. 
bot Acts 
Beal Bill, 
od, 





A Petition of Samuel, Robert and James Hitchcock,and ye 
Denis Cremin, all of Ardrivina, near. Crookheaven, in the mai 
county of Cork, Labourers, was presented, and read; (Ire 
complaining of the introduction of Petit Sessions in Jre- 
land; stating the particulars. of two cases instituted against 
them at the Petit Sessions of Zuormore, in the said county; 
and praying, That the House will not only take their ease, 
but the general system of Petit-Sessions in Jredand, into 
their consideration. 


Ordered, That, the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 4 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- we 
count of the Imperial Proof Gallons of Guernsey and Jersey «* I 
Spirits 





g Witt. IV. 56° Octobris. | 891 


Spirits imported, bonded, and that paid Duty at the Port tothe same, with some Amendments ; to which Amend- 
. of London, from 5th July 1831 to the latest date the same ments this House doth desire the concurrence ‘of their 
S| can be made up. Lordships. 


. | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
see better examination in Jre/and of Witnesses in Suits in the 
‘nil, Gourts of Equity in England, and for empowering the 
et = @ourts of Law and Equity in England to grant Commis- 

sions for taking Affidavits in Jredand: And that Mr. 
O'Connell and Mr: Leader do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second Bankruptcy 
reading of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords; intituled, reve ne 
An Act to establish a Court in Bankruptey, be now read; a 
and the same being read ; ee 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, 

That the Bill be now read a second time ; 


it Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Esti- And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
it? . mate of the Establishment to be formed under the Act to of the clock on Thursday morning ; 
akruptcy va ° Fs 
vinpeed. establish a Court in Bankruptcy, stating the Offices pro- ae . . 
= sate to be created, and the Pay of each, with their pro- Jovis, 6° die Ochobris, "1991: 
r posed Pensions and retiring Allowances, and from what It was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill was ac- 


avid Funds to be paid. | cordingly read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
u, i mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 
sion for A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens, and other 
walof Sale [phabitants of Cannington, was presented, and read; pray- Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- Whiteboy’ 
ber Act ing the House forthwith to pass a law for the repealing ing of the ingrossed Bill to amend an Act passed in the Offences Bill, 
the Beer Act, and imposing such wholesome restrictions Parliament of Jre/and, in the fifteenth and sixteenth years ? “ 


, on the Sale of Beer as were formerly laid on the same. of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, inti- 
ton, 


we Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; _tuled, “ An Act to prevent and punish tumultuous Risings 
sree and be printed. of Persons within this Kingdom, and for other purposes 
Dpali, 


therein mentioned, be now read; and the same being 


ition A Petition of Inhabitants of Coleraine and its vicinity, read :—The Bill was read the third time; and an Amend- 

cing - was presented, and read; praying the House not to dis- ment was made to the Bill. 

ea) continue their annual Grant to the Kildare-street Society. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. : 

és Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
and be printed. Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


sins for Two Petitions of Inhabitants of the Metropolis, were Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to Committee 
win of presented, and read ;_ praying, That the Sentence passed resolve itself intoa Committee of the whole House, upon 0" 4™s 


yt Tyl. upon the Reverend Robert Taylor may be remitted. the Bill to revive, for a limited time, three Acts made in a 
= And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the the forty-seventh and fiftieth years of the reign of his Ma- 
fil Table. jesty King George the Third, and in the tenth year of the 


reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for 
lors A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Trower and Mr. the preventing improper Persons from having Arms in 
agreed Roypell : Ireland; and to indemnify such Persons as may have 
Mr. Speaker, acted in execution of, and pursuant to, the provisions of 
ities The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act the said Acts, since the expiration thereof; be now read ; 
uity Bill. for appointing Commissioners to continue the Inquiries and the same being read :—The House resolved itself 
concerning Charities in England and Wales for Two years, into the Committee; and, after some time spent therein, 
and from thence to the end of the then next Session of Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Rice reported 
Parliament, without any Amendment :—And then the from the Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, 
Messengers withdrew. and made several Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
ney Pays = The ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
| big, tTepeal several Acts, and parts of Acts, prohibiting the The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Bankrupt Act 
: i, ' payment of Wages in Goods, or otherwise than in the solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon peel 
: current Coin of the Realm, was, according to Order, read the Bill to amend an Act of the sixth year of his late Ma- 
the third time. jesty for amending the Laws relating to Bankrupts ; 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
Ordered, That Mr. Littleton do carry the Bill to the itself into the said Committee. 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Decrees in 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Equity Bill, 
1 Wes _ The Order of the day being read, for the third read- forthe better execution of Decrees and Orders’ made in deterred. 






a wsewith Ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer, in England and 
: “to prohibit, the payment, in certain Trades, of Wages in Jre/and, respectively ; 
’ Goods, or otherwise than in the current Coin of the Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
a ealm ; morrow. 
4 And a Motion being made, and the Question being pro- , 
a posed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; A Bill for the amendment of the Law of Inheritance, Inheritance 
of . The Amendments following were proposed to be made was, according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Bill, com- 
le to the Question; viz. To leave out the word “now” and mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday '™e* 
dy at the end of the Question to add the words “ upon this next. 
“ day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “ now” A Bill for the amendment of the Law relating to Dower, power Bill, 
J stand part of the Question ; was, according to Order, read a second time ; and com- committed. 
nd pe The House ‘divided. mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday 
Paid The Noes went forth. next. 
aC 5 ( {rd ? Mr. Littleton, 
wh Tellers for, the, Yeas, Mr John Williams : } 61. A Bill for the Limitation of aeet oe brag relating Limitation of 
ins Mr. Hume, to Real Property, and for simplifying the Remedies for Actions Bill, 
ity; Tellers for the Noes, Mr. O'Connell : } « trying the Richts thereto, dak. gceindiag to Order, read committed, 
ase, So it was resolved in the Affirmative. a second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
into Then the main Question being put ; whole House for Tuesday next. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time :— 
ible. The Bill was accordingly read the third time. A Bill for the amendment of the Law relating to the Curtesy of 
4 Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do pass. Estate of a Tenant by the Curtesy of England, was, England 
Ace Ordered, That Mr. Littleton do carry the Bill to the according to Order, read a second time ; and committed Bill, -_ 
rsey ai aes - acquaint them, that this House hath agreed to a Committee of the whole House for Tuesday next. wee 
yirits VOL, 86. 


10R 2 The 








892 


Roman Catholic 
Charities Bill, 
deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


SuitsinCom- The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
=. ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
deferred, ’ Act to.diminish the Expense and prevent the Delay of 
Suits in the Common Law Courts at Westminster ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 
Juries 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
— solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
emrre’- the Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws relative 
to Jurors and Juries in Jreland ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Sub-letting Act The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
(ireland) Bill, ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
deferred. to repeal an Act passed in the seventh year of his late 
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to 
amend the Law of Jreland, respecting the Assignment 
and Subletting of Lands and Tenements,” and to substi- 
tute other provisions in lieu thereof ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 
Distitiation The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
(Ireland) Bill, : , , 
ye solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 


the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppress- 
ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 
in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Spring Guns The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
Bill,ceferred. ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to permit the setting of Spring Guns, and Man Traps, in 

certain cases ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


Sale of Beer = The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
Bill, deferred. solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
amend an Act passed in the first year of His present Ma- 
jesty’s reign, intituled, “‘ An Act to permit the general 
Sale of Beer and Cyder by Retail in England ;” 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Committee The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
on Labourers’ Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to prohibit 
— Rent the Practice of paying the House Rents of Able-bodied 
° Labourers out of the Poor’s Rate; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Rice reported from the Committee, That they had 
gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments 

thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Committee 
on Valuation 
of Ireland 
Bill; 

No. 301. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to amend an 
Act of the seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty 
King George the Fourth, for making provision for the 
uniform Valuation of Lands and Tenements in the several 
Baronies, Parishes, and other Divisions of Counties in 
Ireland, for the purpose of the more equally levying of 
the Rates and Charges upon the same; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Rice reported from the Committee, That they had 
gone through the Bill; and made several Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Rice accordingly reported from the Committee, the 
Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and the 
Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


reported. 


5°—6° Octobris. 





A. 183}, 


The ingrossed Bill to amend so much of an Act for the ¢ 
Managément of the Customs as allows certain Fees to be M 
taken by Officers of the Customs, was, according to Order. Bill, aay 
read the third time. , 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be 
An Act to repeal so much of an Act for the Management 
of the Customs, as allows certain Fees to be taken } 
Officers of the Customs, and to make further Regulation 
in respect thereof. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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The Order of the day being read, for the third reading luiteniai, 
of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Bill tcis 
to enable Courts of Law to give Relief against adverse 
Claims made upon Persons having no interest in the sub- 
ject of such Claims ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To. 


morrow, 


The Order of the day being read, for the third read- Anis. 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Bill, 
for settling Controversies by Arbitration ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To. 


morrow. 





The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act passed in the Par- Hospi 
liament of Jreland, in the fifth year of his Majesty King (Ireland yg 
George the Third, “ for establishing Public Hospitals in *“** 
Ireland,” was, according to Order, read the third time, 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Jephson do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence.’ 


ectity 

The Order of the day being read, for the third reading Vetiai "al 
of the ingrossed Bill for the better regulation of Vestries, 
and for the appointment of Auditors of Accounts in cer- 
tain Parishes of England and Wales ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be made 
to the Question, viz.; to leave out the word “ now” and 
at the end of the Question to add the words “ this day.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” pres 
stand part of the Question ; t 

The House divided. . 

The Noes went forth. 


Sir John Hobhouse, 7} 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. John Campbell : s 36. Dates 

f Mr. Trevor, - 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. George Dawson : 8. 7 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. _ 
Then the main Question being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time:— of 

The Bill was accordingly read the third time. Me 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir John Hobhouse do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- aaa 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An (io! 
Act for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business *#** 
now done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


ee 


a 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Mit 
enable the Master of the Rolls of Ireland to try the Title sii 
claimed by him to appoint a Secretary for the Rolls Court 
of Ireland: And that Mr. Lewis Knight and Mr. Shaw do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copies ae 
of the Rolls Orders, bearing date 14th November 1827 tei 
and 24th January 1831, in relation to the Office of Secre- 
tary at the Rolls Court. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Fret! 
enable the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury t Cl 
make a conveyance of Fresh Wharf, in the City of London: 
And that Mr. Rice and Mr. Vernon Smith do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


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The House was moved, ‘That the Aet.42 Geo. 3, c. 38, 
. for granting to His Majesty additional Duties on Beer 
and Ale brewed in or imported into Great Britain; on 
Malt made in Great Britain; on Hops grown in or im- 
orted into Great Britain; and on Spirits distilled in 
Treland, and imported into Great Britain; for repealing 
certain Allowances to Brewers of Beer and Ale; and for 
reventing Frauds and Abuses in the Revenue of Excise, 
on Beer, Ale and Malt, might be read; and the same 
being read 5 i ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to re- 
ulate the payment of the Duties on Hops: And that 
r. Rice and Mr. Vernon Smith do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Mr. Lewis Knight presented a Billto enable the Master 
of the Rolls of Zredand to try the Title claimed by him to 


9 appoint a Secretary for the Rolls Court of Zreland: And 


the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Rice presented a Bill to apply a certain Sum out of 
the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year one 
thousand eight hundred ard thirty-one: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time this day. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented to the House, by — 


His Majesty’s Command, Papers relative to the Affairs of 
Portugal, 1828—1831. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, Copies of 
such further Papers relative to the Affairs of Portugal as 
may not be inconvenient to the Public Service. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most’ honourable Privy Council. 


_ Mr. Rice presented a Bill to enable the Commissioners 
of His Majesty’s Treasury to make a conveyance of Fresh 
Wharf, in the City of London: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time this 


day. 


Mr. Rice presented a Bill to regulate the Payment of 
the Duties on Hops: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That Sir Charles Coote have leave of absence 
for a fortnight, on account of illness in his family. 

Ordered, That Mr. Halse have leave of absence for a 
month, on urgent business. 


Ordered, That the Bill for providing for the discharge 
of a Claim in respect of Monies advanced by the late 
James Hodges, Esquire, on security of the Lands of the 
late Zemindar of Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, in the Dis- 
trict of Fort Saint George, in the East Indies, now under 
the Sovereignty of the Honourable the East India Com- 
pany, as amended by the Committee, be printed at the 
Expense of one of the Parties, 


And then the House, having continued to sit till near 


two of the clock on Thursday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 


VOL. 86. 





5°—6° Octobris. 


893 


Jovis, 6° die Octobris; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


C &amp; House being informed that Mr. Seton, Deputy 
Clerk of the Hanaper, attended at the door, he was 
called in; and at the bar presented to the House, pursuant 
to their Orders,—An Account of the amount of all Fees 
in matters of Bankruptcy received by the Clerk of the 
Hanaper in each of the last Three years, terminating on 
Ist May in each year:—an Account of all Sums of Money 
paid by him to the Lord High Chancellor in each of such 
years :—and, an Account of all Sums of Money paid by 
him to the Officers of the Lord Chancellor, called Chatf 
Wax, Sealer, and Examiner of Letters Patent, arising from 
Fees in Bankruptcy in each such years:—And then he 
withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. John Wood reported from the Committee on the 
ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for na- 
turalizing Christian Etzerodt; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and had directed him to 
report the same to the House, without any Amendment : 
—-And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Wood do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of the Presidents, Secretaries and Members 
of the under-named Friendly Societies; that is to say, 
The United Provident Society, meeting at the Spread 
Eagle, Limehouse Causeway ; The Provident Union Society, 
meeting at the Reverend Mr. Stevens’s Chapel, Meard’s- 
court; The Friendly Society, meeting at Spitalfields Chapel, 
Church-street ; The Amicable Society, meeting at the Pitt's 
Head, Tysen-street, Bethnal Green; The Christian Benefit 
Society, meeting at Kagle-street ; The Second Society of 
Carpenters, meeting at the Hole-in-the-Wall, Fleet-street ; 
The Provident Society, meeting at the Reverend George 
Burder’s, Fetter-lane ; and, The Hope Society, meeting at 
The King’s Arms, Poland-street,— was presented, and 
read ; reciting the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 56, to consolidate 
and amend the Laws relating to Friendly Societies ; and 
praying the House to amend certain of the provisions 
thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the Number of Friendly Societies filed by the Clerks of 
the Peace of each County, Riding and Division,. City, 
Borough and Place in Great Britain, and Ireland, since 
Ist January 1793 to the time of making such. Return; 
and distinguishing the Number filed in each year, and 
also those filed since the passing of the Act 10 Geo. 4, 
c. 56, being 19th June 1829. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of John Russell, of Wigmore-street, Mary- 
le-bone, was presented, and read; complaining of the 
conduct of a Police Serjeant, in taking the son of the 
Petitioner to the Station-house, for playing with a hoop 
on the pavement, and of the Magistrate before whom he 
was. afterwards taken, and bound in recognizances to keep 
the peace ; stating the particulars.of his case; and. pray- 
ing the House to cause an inquiry to be made into the 
circumstances thereof; and that the said Police Serjeant 
and Magistrate may forthwith be removed from their 
situations. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table: 


. A Petition .of John Joseph Stockdale, was . pre- 
sented, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioner and 
his numerous family have been greatly oppressed. and 
reduced by a system of persecution which. has -~even 

1 penetrated 





Account 
respecting 
Bankruptcy 
Fees, presented, 


No. 303. 


Etzerodt’s 
Nat. Bill, 
reported, and 
passed. 


Petition for 
Amendment of 
Friendly Socie- 
ties Act. 


Address 
respecting 
Friendly 
Societies. 


Petition of 
J. Russell. 


Petition 
complaining of 
conduct of late 
Chief Justice of 
Court of Com- 
mon Pleas. 








Petition of 
J. Stockdale. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Petition for 
Amendment 
of Sale of 
Beer Act. 


Petition against 
use of Molasses 
in Breweries 

and Distilleries, 


Petition 
respecting Pay- 
ment of Tithes 
(Lreland.) 


894 


penetrated the highest Courts of Judicature, wherein the 
Statute Laws, and the laws of practice and precedent, 
have been departed from, as he believes, for the sole 
purpose of suppressing certain manuscripts supposed 
to be in his hands; that the Right honourable Sir Wil- 
liam Draper Best, now Baron Wynford, late Lord Chief 
Justice of His Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas, stated 
from the Bench, that if the Petitioner should apply to 
any Court of Law, he should have no redress, on account 
of his infamy, thereby virtually outlawing him ; that 
such dictum was followed up by an illegal infliction of 
heavy costs on the Petitioner, who was thereby deprived 
of a valuable estate, and subjected to various injuries, 
which continue to this moment, all which the Petitioner 
craves leave to substantiate at the Bar of the House. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Joseph Stockdale, was also presented, 
and read ; complaining of the difficulties which he has in- 
curred in his endeavours to petition the House; and pray- 
ing for a remedy. 


‘Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Sir Clifford Constable have leave of ab- 
sence for a month, on account of severe illness in his family. 

Ordered, That Mr. Peers Williams have leave of ab- 
sence for three weeks, on urgent business. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cooper have leave of absence for a 
month, on account of illness in his family. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernard have leave of absence for 
a month, on account of illness in his family. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergymen, and other Inha- 
bitants of Lechlade, Fairford, and the villages adjoining, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners find daily more and more reason to lament the ill 
consequences arising in their neighbourhood from the 
establishment of Beer Shops under the Act of last year, in 
the waste of wages, and the corruption of the principles of 
the poor, as one mark of which they observe particularly 
a growing irreverence towards the Lord’s-day ; and praying 
the House to make such an alteration in the law as may 
bring the houses already licensed more completely under 
the control of the Police, and prevent new licenses from 
being obtained by improper persons, also to forbid the beer 
sold in such houses being consumed on the premises, or at 
least to have them closed as places of resort on Sundays. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Farmers and Occupiers of land in the 
upper district of the county of Roxburgh, was presented, 
and read ; praying, That the use of Molasses may not be 
permitted in the Breweries and Distilleries of the United 
Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Beneficed Clergymen of the dioceses of 
Ossory, Leighlin and Ferns, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the evils complained of in a Petition 
lately presented to the House from several of the Clergy 
of these dioceses, not only continue to exist, but have ac- 
quired additional strength, from the persevering and com- 
bined exertions of the enemies of the Established Church ; 
and that the rights and properties of the Petitioners are 
still assailed and withheld by a system of intimidation, 
and by acts of violence and outrage unknown to and in- 
consistent with every principle of civilized society where 
a government is recognized, or laws respected ; and al- 
though some have denied such combination against Church 
property, yet documents have been laid before the Jrish 
Government from time to time, fully establishing the in- 
juries sustained by the Petitioners, the atrocities that have 
been committed, and the state of insubordination to the 
laws, which is daily increasing and extending throughout 
these dioceses, more especially in the counties of Carlow, 
Kilkenny and Queen's Coos: and praying the House to 
take into their consideration the nature and extent of the 
difficulties and privations under which they are labouring, 
and to enact such measures as shall be deemed best cal- 
culated for the recovery of. their incomes, thus withheld, 
and for the more easy collection thereof in future. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


6° Octobris. 


A. 183}, 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Trower and Mr, ‘y, 

Roupel : : 
Mr. Speaker, ody y 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
to explain and amend an Act for regulating the Receipt Fes 4) 
and future Appropriation of Fees and. Emoluments re. 
ceivable by Officers of the Superior Courts of Common 
Law, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made by this Ane 
House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to prohibit the Pay. Mone 
ment, in certain Trades, of Wages in Goods, or otherwise Was 
than in the current Coin of the Realm, without an 
Amendment :—-And then the Messengers withdrew. 


have , 
to em 
Act County, 


A Petition of William Seymour Blackstone, of Castle Wajx.. 
Priory, inthe county of Berks, Esquire, was delivered in, Borg 
and read ; setting forth, That, at the last Election for q Elin 
Member of Parliament for the Borough of Walling ford, Pai 
in the county of Berks, which arose from the seat of one rt 
of the Members for the said Borough, William Lewis 
Hughes, becoming vacant by his elevation to the Peerage, 
the Petitioner, and Thomas Charles Leigh, Esquire, were 
Candidates to represent the said Borough in this present 
Parliament; that a corrupt practice has long prevailed, 
and was practised to a great extent in the Elections which 
occurred in June and December, in the year one thousand 
eight hundred and twenty-six, in the said Borough, of 
distributing large sums among the electors, or persons en- 
titled to vote in the said Borough, for their votes, and such 
payments have been usually made after the Return of the 
Member for whom the voters had given their votes ; that 
the usual payments had not been made after the General 
Election of one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and 
previous to the Election which took place in April in the 
present year 1831, although promised to the electors, and 
there remained, according to the corrupt system in the 
said Borough, the payments for the preceding Elec- 
tion of 1830, and another payment became due, ac- 
cording to the same corrupt system, upon the General 
Election which took place in April 1831 ; that, upon the 
vacancy which occurred upon the elevation to the Peerage 
of the said William Lewis Hughes, one of the then Men- 
bers for the said Borough, who had been elected in April 
1831, the Petitioner and the said Thomas Charles Leigh 
became Candidates to represent the said Borough in Par- 
liament ; that the said Thomas Charles Leigh stood upon 
the interest by which the said corrupt payments were, 
according to the said corrupt practice of the Borough, to 
be made, and was recommended as a Candidate to the 
said electors by the preceding Member, the said William 
Lewis Hughes, now Lord Dinorben, who was, according 
to the said corrupt practice, to pay such arrear, and that 
Robert Knight, Esquire, who was elected in December 
1826 and also in 1830, and at the last General Election, a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, and 
who, by himself, his agents, friends, partisans and persons 
on his behalf, had made such corrupt payments in respect 
of the said Flection in 1826, and had also made, by his 
agents, friends, partisans, and other persons employed in 
his behalt, promises to make such payments, in respect of 
the said Election in 1830, and the last General Election, 
who is now one of the Members for the said Borough in 
the present Parliament, openly canvassed with and for, 
and introduced and recommended, the said Thomas Charles 
Leigh to the electors of the said Borough, as a proper 
Candidate to be elected as a Member to serve for the said 
Borough ; that many voters to whom such payments were, 
according to such corrupt practice, due, voted for the said 
Thomas Charles Leigh under corrupt representations that 
these payments being made good depended upon their 
voting for the Candidate so recommended as aforesaid; 
and many such voters were also prevented voting for the 
Petitioner by apprehensions of the loss of such payments 
if they voted for the Petitioner; that by such corrupt 
practice, and the corrupt use made thereof, and by other 
corrupt practices, and by bribery committed by the said 
Thomas Charles Leigh, his friends, partisans and agents, and 
persons employed and acting on his behalf, and the agents 
of the said William Lewis Hughes, now Lord Dinorben, and 
of the said Robert Knight, by whom he was recommend 
to the said electors, a colourable majority was obtained 
for the said Thomas Charles Leigh, and the said Thomas 
Charles Leigh was unduly returned as a Member to Te 
present the said Borough in the present —, 

wherea 


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whereas if such corrupt practices had ‘not prevailed and 
been corruptly used in violation of the freedom of Elec- 
tion, the Petitioner would have been elected and returned 
instead of the said Thomas Charles Leigh ; that many of 
the electors and persons claiming to have a right to vote 
atthe said Election, were bribed and induced -by ‘corrupt 
influence and means and ‘promises of profit and rewards 
and payments, to give their votes at the said Election for 
the said Thomas Charles Leigh, and to forbear to give 
their votes for the Petitioner at the said last Election ; that 
the Petitioner had the majority of legal and uncorrupted 
votes on the poll at the said last Election, and ought to 
have been returned duly elected to serve in the present 
Parliament as a Member to serve for the said Borough ; 
the Petitioner therefore humbly prays, That the House 
will take the premises into consideration, and declare that 
the Petitioner was duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough, and that the Return may be amended, and the 
Name of the Petitioner may be inserted in the Return, 
instead of that of the said Thomas Charles Leigh, or that 
the said Election may be declared null and void ; and that 
the House will take such other measures for vindicating 
and securing the freedom of Election, and the franchise 
of the uncorrupted electors of the said Borough, and for 
preventing such corrupt practices in future in the said 
Borough, and grant the Petitioner such other relief in the 
premises as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into conside- 
ration upon Tuesday, the 25th day of this instant October, 
at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

Memorandum :—In pursuance of the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 22, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
to the Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns 
of Members to serve in Parliament, Notices were 
sent to the Parties, with Orders for their attend- 
ance, by themselves, their counsel or agents, at the 
time on which the said Petition was ordered to 
be taken into consideration. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant or 
Warrants for such persons, papers and records as shall be 
thought necessary by the several Parties, on the hearing 
of the matter of the said Petition. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Town and County of the Town of Drogheda, 
in the room of John Henry North, Esquire, deceased. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, 
That He will be graciously pleased to direct the removal 
of such of the newly appointed Lords Lieutenants of 
Counties in Jre/and as are not resident within their re- 
spective Counties :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business 
now done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, be now 
read; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time; and 
a Debate arising in the House thereupon ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 7° die Octobris, 1831: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to make Provision for the Relief of the 
Poor in Ireland, in certain cases ; 


Ordered, That the’ Bill be read a second time upon 
uesday next. ° 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for the establishment and maintenance of 
Parochial Schools, and the advancement of the Education 
of the People into Freland ; &lt;i wey 
Ordered, That the Bill’ be read’a second time this 
ay. om 
VOL. 86. 





6°—7° Octobris. 


895 

The Order of the day being read, for the House to ‘re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
Scotland ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Reform of 
Parliament 
(Scotland) 
Bill, deferred. 


Mr. Bernal reported from'the Committee of the whole Arms 
House, on the Bill to revive, for a limited time, three (!"eland) Bill, 
Acts made in the forty-seventh and fiftieth years of the “? saad 
reign of his Majesty King George the Third, and in the 
tenth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 
the Fourth, for the preventing improper Persons from 
having Arms in Jreland; and to indemnify such Persons 
as may have acted in execution of, and pursuant to, the 
provisions of the said Acts, since the expiration thereof, 
the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Roman Catholic 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon a 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 
and Bequests of His Majesty's Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Suits inCom- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Poe a 
Act to diminish the Expense and prevent the Delay of esi ’ 
Suits in the Common Law Courts at Westminster ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Distillation 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon tae Bill, 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppress- one 
ing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 
in Jreland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Spring Guns 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An ¥ill,deferred. 
Act to permit the setting of Spring Guns, and Man Traps, 
in certain cases ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Sale of Beer 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon Bill, deferred. 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
amend an Act passed in the first year of His present 
Majesty’s reign, intituled, “‘ An Act to permit the general 
Sale of Beer and Cyder by Retail in England ;” 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Labourers’ 
Report from the Committee of the whole House, on the gee aa 
Bill to prohibit the Practice of paying the House Rents" ’°"" 
of Able-bodied Labourers out of the Poor’s Rate ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
next. 


A Bill to apply a certain Sum out of the Consolidated Consolidated 
Fund to the Service of the year one thousand eight hun- Bit, committed 
dred and thirty-one, was, according to Order, read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 


for this day. 


A Bill to enable the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Fresh Wharf 
Treasury to make a conveyance of Fresh Wharf, in the a 

: : ill, com- 
City of London, was, according to Order, read a second jjtteg, 
time’; and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for this day. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, Committee 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the 0” !Vest India 
Commercial State of the West India Colonies, and to re+ a) pointed. 

ort their observations and opinion thereupon to the 
can :—And a Debate arising in the House thereupon ; 


1082 A Motion 





Returns, 
presented : 


Africans 
captured, 
No. 304, 


Slave Eman- 
cipation. 


No. 305. 


Accounts 
respecting 
Silk Trade, 
ordered. 


Returns, 
presented : 


Navy. 
No. 306. 


896 


A Motion was madé, and the Question was proposed, 
That the Debate be adjourned till this day :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, ‘That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire into the Commercial State of the West India Colo- 
nies, and to report their observations and opinion there- 
upon to the House :—And a Committee was appointed of 

r. Poulett Thomson, Lord Viscount Althorp, Mr. Irving, 

Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Keith Douglas, Mr. Hume, Lord Vis- 
count Howick, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Hyde Villiers, Mr. Baillie, 
Mr. Leader Maberly, Mr. Burge, Mr. Macauley, Mr. Wey- 
land, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Callaghan, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Vernon 
Smith, Mr. Kennedy, the Marquis of Chandos, Mr.Wrightson, 
Mr. Protheroe, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Alderman 
Venables, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Warburton, Mr. John Wood: 
And they are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's Cham- 
ber; and have Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum of the Com- 


mittee. 


Lord Viscount Howick presented to the House,— Return 
to an Address to His Majesty, dated the 19th day of July 
last, for Copies of any Reports made to His Majesty’s 
Government, from the Governors or other proper Officers 
in the different Slave Colonies belonging to His Majesty, 
respecting the State, Treatment, Employment, or complete 
Enfranchisement, of Africans condemned to His Majesty, 
under the Acts abolishing the Slave Trade, since 16th 
October 1828 :—any Instructions given with reference to 
Reports of Commissioners of Inquiry relative to the state 
of Apprenticed Africans, with any Reports received in 
consequence of those Instructions. 

Return to an Address to His Majesty, dated the 18th 
day of August last, for Copies of the several Orders sent 
‘o the Colonies for emancipating the Slaves belonging to 
the Crown; and ofany Report (subsequent to that already 
presented to the House) made to His Majesty’s Secretary 
of State for the Colonies, from the Governors of the Co- 
lonies, in relation to that measure, and any directions as 
to the means by which the Slaves emancipated are to be 
maintained. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of Manufactured Silks of the East Indies exported 
from the United Kingdom in the year 1828; stating the 
Countries to which exported. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a similar 
Account of Foreign Manufactured Silks, not of the East 
Indies, exported in 1828. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the amount of Drawback paid on the exportation 
of British Silk Manufactured Goods, for the year 1828; 
distinguishing the amount upon Stuffs or Ribbons of 
Silk only, upon Stuffs or Ribbons of Silk and Cotton 
mixed, and upon Stuffs or Ribbons of Silk and Worsted 


mixed. 


Sir James Graham presented to the House, pursuant 
to their Orders,—A Return of the Number of Midship- 
men promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal 
Navy, in the year 1830, and up to the present date ; 
stating the Name of each Person so promoted, and the 
Date of Entry into the Service, and whether educated at 
the Royal Naval College ; and distinguishing also, from 


_ the other, the Promotions in the Navy on Foreign Stations 





to vacancies occasioned by Death, or dismissal by Courts 
Martial. 

A Return of the Number of Lieutenants promoted to be 
Commanders in the Royal Navy, in the year 1830, and 
up to the latest date; stating the Names of each Person 
so promoted, and the Date of the Commission each 
Officer held at the time of his Promotion ; distinguishing 
also, from the other, the Promotions in the Navy on Foreign 
Stations to vacancies occasioned by Death, .or dismissal 
by Courts Martial. 

A Return of the Number of Commanders in the Royal 
Navy promoted to the rank of Captain, in the year 1830, 
and to the latest period ; stating the Name of each Per- 
son so promoted, the Date of Promotion, and the Date 
of the Commission each Officer held at the time of his 


A. 183}, 
Promotion ; and distinguishing also, from the other, Pro- 
motions in the Navy on Foreign Stations to vacancies oc. 
casioned by Death, or dismissal by Courts Martial. 

A Return of the Number of Captains promoted to be 
Rear Admirals, of Rear Admirals to be Vice Admirals 
and of Vice Admirals to be Admirals, in each of the years 
from Ist January 1827 to 1st January 1831, and the Num- 
ber of each Rank promoted between Ist January and the 
latest date. 

A Return of the Number of Officers in the Royal Navy 
promoted on the occasion of His Majesty’s accession to 
the Throne; distinguishing the Number of each Rank. 

A Return of the Total Number of Officers in the Royal 
Navy on Ist January 1831; distinguishing the Number 
of each Rank, from Admiral to Lieutenant inclusive, and 
distinguishing the Number employed afloat on that date, 
and also at the latest date the same can be made up to. 

A Return of the Number of Gentlemen appointed to Nain, 
First Commissions, of the Number of Promotions of Lieu- 
tenants to be Captains, of Captains to be Majors, and, of 
Majors to be Lieutenant Colonels, in the Royal Marines, 
in each year, from 25th January 1830 to the latest 
date. 

A Return of the Number of Officers on Full and on 
the Half Pay of the Royal Marines, on Ist January 183]; 
distinguishing the several Ranks. 

A Return of the Number of Officers of the Royal Marines, 
who have been brought from Half Pay to Full Pay, in 
each year, from Ist January 1830 to the latest period; 
stating the Number of each Rank. 

A Return of all Officers of the Royal Marines who 
have been allowed to sell their Full-Pay Commissions, 
since 25th March 1830; stating their Names, Rank, and 
when they obtained their First Commissions in the Ser- 
vice. 

Ordered, That the said Returns to lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


No. am, 


The House was moved, That the Act 52, Geo. 3, c.51, Militry 
to provide for the more speedy examination, controlling Acwus 
and finally auditing the Military Accounts of Jreland, — 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal the said Act: And that Mr. Ellice and Mr. Rice 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of houses, &amp;c. Pein» 
in the town of Hamilton, of the value of 10/. of yearly oles 
rent and upwards, was presented, and read ; taking notice (Sis) 
of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People in 
Scotland ; and praying the House to confer upon the Town 
of Hamilton the right of an electing Burgh, instead of 
Airdrie, or at least to class it along with the proposed 
Lanark District of Burghs. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Ellice presented a Bill to repeal an Act passed in Miley 
the fifty-second year of the reign of his Majesty King peor 
George the Third, to provide for the more speedy exami- |. 
nation, controlling, and finally auditing the Military ” y,» 
Accounts of Jre/and: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time this day. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to con- Power! 
sider the possibility of making The House of Commons (™ 
more commodious, and less unwholesome ; and who were 
empowered to report their observations thereupon to 
the House; and who were instructed to inquire in what 
manner adequate accommodation can be best afforded for 
its Members, have Power to report their opinion thereupon 
to the House. 

Colonel Trench accordingly reported..from the said em” 
Committee, That they had examined the matters to them Hoses! 
referred; and had come to several Resolutions, which they “ | 
had directed him to report to the House, together with ™ 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them ; and the 
Resolutions were read ; and are as followeth ; ' 

1. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That the present House of Commons does not afford ade- 


quate accommodation for its Members. 
2. Resolved, 





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2. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That no such alterations or improvements could be made 
in the present House of Commons as would afford adequate 
accommodation for the Members, due regard being had 
to their health, to general convenience, and to the dispatch 
of Public Business. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; and 
be printed. 

And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
three of the clock on Friday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 








Veneris, 7° die Octobris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION of James Mee, Chairman of the Fins- 
bury Division of the National Union of the Working 
Classes, and others ;—and, of Friends to the diffusion of 
Knowledge among the People resident in London,—were 
resented, and read; praying the House to repeal all laws 
which affect the Liberty of the Press, also the Stamp 
and other Acts affecting the diffusion of Knowledge. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Recruiting Districts in the United 
Kingdom; of Staff Officers, Staff Non-commissioned Offi- 
cers, Superintending Subalterns and Regimental Parties 
in each District ; Number of Recruits annually raised in 
each District (exclusive of East Indian Service) ; also, 
Total Annual Expense of the same ; from 24th December 
1828 to Ist January 1831, each year respectively. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Amount of Customs levied on Imports and 
Exports at the Ports of Rye, Newhaven and Shoreham, for 
each of the years between December 1814 and January 
1831; likewise the Gross Amount of Tonnage entered 
Inwards and cleared Outwards during the same period ; 
specifying, with respect to the Port of Rye, the Quantity 
of the Six principal Articles of Commerce on which Du- 
ties were levied. 


A Petition of George Goodman Hewett, of Hilton, Gentle- 
man; —and, of Francis Watts, of Elsworth, Retailer of Beer, 
—were presented, and read ; setting forth, That, by the 
seventeenth section of the Act to permit the general Sale 
of Beer, Justices are enabled to order public money to be 
expended for the protection of each other, even in im- 
proper conduct or unjust decrees ; and praying, That the 
House will take into consideration the enactment of such 
laws as may enable persons, at a moderate expense, to 
compel Justices to hear their complaints, and put in force 
the laws of the Kingdom; also, to render Magistrates more 
easily amenable for their conduct, compel them t» support 
their own convictions, and oblige them to remunerate 
persons for such costs and damages as they may be put 
to or sustain in procuring a mandamus, or by setting 
aside or getting reversed erroneous, improper or illegal 
decrees, decisions or judgments; and that no person shall 
be allowed to act as Justices without showing they pos- 
sess a sufficient knowledge of the laws; and that the 
House will take such steps in the premises as to them 
shall seem meet. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert Taylor, prisoner in Horsemonger- 
lane Gaol, was presented, and read ; complaining of im- 
prisonment ; and praying for his liberation. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clergy and other Inhabitants of 
Wigan, was presented, and read; reciting the Act 1 Will. 4, 
¢. 64, “to permit the general Sale of Beer and Cider by 
Retail in England ;” and praying the House to amend the 
same, by making it imperative on all Retailers of Beer to 
close their houses on the Lord’s-day, except during such 

ours as the House may think sufficient for the labourer 
to purchase beer for his meals, and that all Beer Houses 
should be finally closed before nine o’clock in the evening 
of every Sunday, whereby much excess and profane riot- 


Ing would be prevented. 
VOL. 86. 





897 


A Petition of the officiating Clergy of the town of 
Southampton and the adjoining parishes, was also pre- 
sented, and read; reciting the said Act; and praying, 
That such measures may be adopted as may appear to 
the House the most efficacious in promoting the morals 
and comforts of the poor, by prohibiting the consumption 
of beer on the premises where it may be sold. ” 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 


Table ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Retail Brewers and Inhabitants of Preston; 
—and, of Persons acting as a Committee in the name and 
on behalf of the Licensed Brewers and Retailers of Beer 
of London and its environs,—were also presented, and 
read ; reciting the said Act; and praying, That they may 
be placed upon the same footing with the Licensed Vic- 
tuallers as regards the hours of keeping open their houses 
at night. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of all Public Offices and Official Houses occupied 
by Public Officers, or for Public Purposes, in and conti- 
guous to London and Westminster, with the exception of 
the following: The Speaker’s House, and Offices con- 
nected with both Houses of Parliament; Houses and 
Offices belonging to the three Secretaries of State ; the 
Board of Trade; Council Office; the Treasury ; the 
Horse Guards ; Somerset House; Ordnance Offices, Pal/- 
Mall; the Tower; Excise Office; Custom House; Post 
Office. 


A Petition of West India Planters and Merchants of 
Liverpool, was presented, and read ; taking notice of the 
Bill “to continue and amend the Provisions of the Acts 
for allowing Sugar to be delivered out of Warehouse to 
be refined ;” and setting forth, That the said Act does not 
require the Refiners to export the actual produce of such 
Foreign Sugar, but permits the substitution of other 
articles for export, allowing the Refiners to sell for con- 
sumption in England the produce of such Foreign Sugar; 
that, in proof thereof, the Petitioners have to state, that 
a very extensive Refinery-house in Liverpool did, in the 
month of June last, enter a large quantity of Foreign 
Sugar to be refined for export, but, instead of exporting 
the real produce of such Sugar, they have entered, in 
lieu of the bastard Sugar, an article made from Molasses, 
which has neither the appearance nor consistency of 
Sugar; Molasses only pays 9s. per 112 pounds Duty on 
import, whereas the lowest Duty on Sugar is 24s. per 
112 pounds ; and praying the House to inquire into these 
facts before the Bill passes into a law, with a view to pro- 
hibit the exportation of any article whatsoever made from 
Molasses, as a substitute for the export of the product of 
Foreign Sugar. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That Colonel Arbuthnott have leave of ab- 
sence for three weeks, on the Public Service. 

Ordered, That Mr. Davies Gilbert have leave of absence 
for ten days, on urgent business. 

Ordered, That Mr. Jenkins have leave of absence for 
a month, on account of ill health. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Russell have leave of ab- 
sence for three weeks, on account of ill health. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spence have leave of absence for 
three weeks, on account of ill health. 

Ordered, That Mr. Buller have leave of absence for a 
week, on urgent business. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Brecknock have leave of ab- 
sence for a fortnight, on account of ill health. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to apply a certain Sum out of the Consolidated 
Fund to the Service of the year one thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-one, be now read; and the same being 
read ; j 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, 
That they have Power to receive a Clause of Appropria- 


tion. 
10 T 


Then 


Return 
respecting 
Public Offices 
and Official 
Houses, orde:ed, 


Petition for 
Provision in 
Sugar Re- 
finery Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Committee 
on Consolidated 
Fund Bill; 


Instruction. 





Adjournment. 


Committee 
on Bankruptey 
Court Bill; 


No. 309. 


reported. 


The Lords 
have agreed 
to 


Amendments 
to Churches’ 
Building Act 
Amendment 

Bill. 


Turnpike Roads 
(Scotland) Bill, 
with Amend- 
ments, 


Sugar 
Refinery Bill, 
committed. 


Exchequer 
Court 
(Scotland) 
Reyulation Bill, 
committed, 


898 


Then thé House resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made several 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
establish a Court in Bankruptcy, be now read; and the 
same being read:—The House resolved itself into the 
Committee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the 
Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, and 
made several Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported from the Committee, 
the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Trower and Mr. 

Roupell : 

Mr. Speaker, 

' The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made by 
this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend and 
render more effectual an Act passed in the seventh and 
eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, 
* An Act to amend the Acts for building, and promoting 
the building, of additional Churches in populous Parishes,” 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for amending and making more effectual the Laws con- 
cerning Turnpike Roads in Scotland, with some Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: —And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the Bill to continue and amend the provisions 
of the Acts for allowing Sugar to be delivered out of 
Warehouse to be refined, be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be made 
to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word “ now,” and 
at the end of the Question to add the words “ upon this 
* day fortnight.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Mr. Rice, 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Lord Viecount Howick ; } 130. 
Mr. Keith Douglas, 
Tellers for the Noes, 1 Sis George Clerk « \ 96. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
. Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time :— 
The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and com- 
mitted to Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the Motion made yesterday, “That 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business now 
done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, be now read 
a second time,” be now read ; and the same being read : 
—-The House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the Bill 


be now read a second time ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 8° die Octobris, 1831: 


. The Amendments following ‘were proposed to be made 
to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word “ now,” and 


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at the end of the Question to add the words “ upon this 
“* day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the worg 
“now,” stand part of the Question: —And a Debate 
arising in the House thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed 
That the Debate be adjourned till Monday next:—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn, 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


(ireland 


Mr. Kennedy, 

Mr. Rice: D 
Mr. Adam Dundas, 

Tellers for the Noes, Sir Charles Wetherell: 3l. 

So it was resolved inthe Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time :— 
The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and com. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 














95. 


‘aluatio 
reland | 


ferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read. Canine, 
ing of the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Mad- "stil 
ness ; eferres, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


nerplead 
Thursday next. 


il, defer 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Reims 
ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People Paws 
in Ireland ; —_ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 7 
Friday next. 
rbitratior 

The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Stato, fimmibdeterr 
ing of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of ti 
Frauds ; deterred 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Monday next. 


p Duties 
, com- 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Atte 
ing of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the |» 
Attestation of Instruments made in exercise of certain 
Powers or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other Instruments ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


cation 
- 
err 

The Order of the day being read, for the second read- feclais 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Cu! 
for enforcing the Process upon Contempts in the Courts i" 
Ecclesiastical of England and Ireland ; ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Pio 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act “% 
to restrain and regulate the holding of Plurality of Dig- “”” 
nities and Benefices by Spiritual Persons ; 

_ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a Cons 
Committee of the whole House, upon the ingrossed Bill ool 
from the Lords, intituled, An Act for amending the jj 
Laws relative to the appointment of Special Constables, 
and for the better preservation of the Peace; and, after | 
Some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; 
and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, That they 


had gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday l 
next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- SUbil, 


solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon yi 4 u 
the Bill to amend an Act of the sixth year of his late pe 
Majesty for amending the Laws relating to Bankrupts; S 


_ Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Pt fa 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An ya A 
, 0 





Q Wit. IV. 


for the better execution of Decrees and Orders made in 
the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer, in England and 
Ireland respectively; ., los 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. Hoasl 


- The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 


Jui Bil, golve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 


(reland) 


ee the Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws relative 
to Jurors and Juries in Jreland ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

s lyation of The Order of the day being read, for taking into further 


‘ind Bill, consideration the Report from the Committee of the whole 
sre House, on the Bill to amend an Act of the seventh year 
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
for making provision for the uniform Valuation of Lands 
and Tenements in the several Baronies, Parishes, and 
other Divisions of Counties in Zreland, for the purpose of 
the more equally levying of the Rates and Charges upon 
the same ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Monday next. 


yieater ~The Order of the day being read, for the third reading 
iideerreds of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable Courts of Law to give Relief against adverse 
Claims made upon Persons having no interest in the sub- 
ject of such Claims ; | 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


iitrtion The Order of the day being read, for the third reading 
\deerred. of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for settling Controversies by Arbitration ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


tute of 
rauds bi 
oletred, 







A Bill to regulate the Payment of the Duties on Hops, 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


» Duties 
Attes |, come 
[strung ted. 
Bill del 


atin The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
iind)Bill, ing of the Bill for the establishment and maintenance of 
ne. Parochial Schools, and the advancement of the Education 
of the People in Ireland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


un _—_—- The ingrossed Bill to revive, for a limited time, three 
Beem, Acts made in the forty-seventh and fiftieth years of the 
"reign of his Majesty King George the Third, and in the 


| “- tenth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 

tlt the Fourth, for the preventing improper Persons from 

having Arms in Ireland; and to as: ait such Persons 
as may have acted in execution of, and pursuant to, the 

’ provisions of the said Acts, since the expiration thereof, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

— Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 


An Act to revive, for one year, three Acts made in the 
Cons forty-seventh and fiftieth years of the reign of his Majesty 


1e il King George the Third, and in the tenth year of the 
a) reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for 
a the preventing improper Persons from having Arms in 
T; Ireland; and to indemnify such Persons as may have 
‘1 acted in the execution of, and pursuant to, the provisions 


of the said Acts, since the expiration thereof. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 







ban The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
; ’Tesolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, 
upon the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for 
suppressing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of 
Spirits in [reland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


vv , _ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
acl ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 








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899 


to permit the setting of Spring Guns, and Man Traps, in 
certain cases ; cae | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. | | 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the 
ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to amend 
an Act passed in the first year of His present Majesty's 
reign, intituled, “ An Act to permit the general Sale of 
Beer and Cyder. by Retail in England ;” srt 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sale of Beer 
Bill, deferred. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to enable 
the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury to make 
a conveyance of Fresh Wharf, in the City of London; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill; and made several 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
next. 


Committee on 
Fresh Wharf 
(Loudon) Bill, 


A Bill to repeal an Act passed in the fifty-second year 
of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, to 
provide for the more speedy examination, controlling, and 
finally auditing the Military Accounts of Jredand, was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Military 
Accounts 
(lreland) Bill, 
committed. 


Returns, &amp;c. 
ordered : 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Amount of Fees received by the Commis- 
sioners of Bankrupts in London respectively, for the years 
1828, 1829 and 1830. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- 
count of the Expenses of the Office of Secretary of Bank- 
rupts, upon the average of Three years, ending Ist March 
1830 ; distinguishing how much on the average was re- 
tained by the Secretary for his own use, how much was 
paid to the Deputy Secretary and each of the Clerks, and 
how much was applied to pay the general Expenses of 
the Office. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Esti- 
mate of the Annual Amount of Fees received by the Com- 
missioners of Bankrupts in London, by the Secretary of 
Bankrupts, by the Patentee in Bankruptcy, and by the 
Messengers to the Commissioners of Bankrupts; and 
also, of the Expense of Assignments, and Bargains and 
Sales ; which Expense, and several Fees, are proposed to 
be abolished by the Bill for establishing a new Court in 
Bankruptcy. 

Ordered, That there be laid before’this House, a Re- 
turn of the Amount advertised by the Commissioners for 
the Management of the Sinking Fund to be applied for 
the discharge of Debt in each of the last eight quarters, 
as directed by the 8th George 4:—also, an Account of 
the actual Surplus of Revenue in each of those quarters, 
and the Amount really applied in each of the Two years 
to the discharge of the Public Debt; distinguishing the 
Amount applied to purchase Funded and Unfunded Debt 
and Annuities. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ab- 
stract of the Amount voted by Parliament for Suppl 
under the several Heads of Service in each of the Three 
years 1829, 1830 and 1831, in parallel columns, on the 
Total Amount in each year :—also, an Account, in parallel 
columns, of Amount actually expended under each of 
these Heads of Service in the years 1829 and 1830, and 
an Estimate for the year 1831. 


Bankruptcy 
Fees. 


National 
Debt. 


Heads of 
Service and 
Expenditure. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Address 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- — 
rections, that there be laid before this House, Abstract Goat 
Accounts of the Sheriffs and Stewards in Scotland for their 
Receipts and Disbursements in the Public Service, audited 
and passed before the Barons of Exchequer for the years 
1793, 1816 and 1819, ended at Whitsuntide in each 
year; showing the principal Heads both of Charge and 
Discharge, and the Total Amount of each. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council.’ 


10T 2 Resolved, 








Address 
respectin 
Criminal Justice 
(Scotland.) 


Papers 
ordered : 

East India 

Seminaries. 


Fast India 
Licensed 
Printing. 


East India 
Periodical 
Publications. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Papers, 


presented : 


Gaols. 


Universities 
(Scotland). 
No, 310. 


Clerks of the 
Peace, &amp;c. 
(Scotland.) 


Papers respect- 
ing Repairs at 

Priddy’s Hard, 
ordered ; 


No. 311. 


presented, 


Treasury Mi- 

nute respecting 
Lagan Naviga- 
tion, presented, 


No. 312. 


900 


_ Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of all new Regulations between 1793 and 1829, autho- 
rizing the alterations or increase of the Fees payable to 
the Crown Agent, the Advocates Depute, and the Pro- 
curators Fiscal, Sheriff Clerk and Sheriffs, relative to the 
Administration of Criminal Justice in Scotland. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a State- 
ment, exhibiting the Number of Colleges, Schools or other 
Seminaries of Education in ecah Zillah, under the several 
Presidencies of Fort William, Fort Saint George, and 
Bombay, with their Dependencies; distinguishing English, 
Mahommedan and Hindu Seminaries respectively, and 
stating the Average Number of Teachers and Pupils in 
each year, for the years 1814, 1820 and 1830, or latest 
period for which the same can be furnished, in so far as 
can be complied with. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a State- 
ment, exhibiting the Number of Printing Presses licensed 
or sanctioned by the British Government under the several 
Presidencies of Fort William, Fort Saint George, and 
Bombay, and their Dependencies; distinguishing English 
from Native Establishments, in each year, for the years 
1814, 1820 and 1830, or latest period for which the same 
can be furnished, in so far as can be complied with. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a State- 
ment, exhibiting the Number of Periodical Publications 
published under the license or sanction of the British 
Government, under the several Presidencies of Fort William, 
Fort Saint George, and Bombay, with their Dependencies ; 
distinguishing Native from European Publications in each 
year, for the years 1814, 1820 and 1830, or latest period 
for which the same can be furnished, in so far as can be 
complied with. 


Lord Viscount Althorp reported to the House, That their 
several Addresses of the 22d, 23d and 30th days of Sep- 
tember last, and of the 4th, 5th and 6th days of this 
instant October (that His Majesty would be graciously 
pleased to give directions that the Papers therein men- 
tioned might be laid before this House) had been pre- 
sented to His Majesty; and that His Majesty had com- 
manded him to acquaint this House, That He will give 
directions accordingly. 


Mr. Lamb presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Addresses to His Majesty,—An Account of the Total Ex- 
penses incurred in building, repairing, fitting and furnish- 
ing the several Gaols and Houses of Correction in England 
and Wales, since the year 1800. 

A Copy of the Report recently made to His Majesty, 
by a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the State of the 
Universities of Scotland. 

Return relating to the Offices of Sheriff Depute, Sheriff 
Clerk, Clerk of the Peace, and Keeper of the Register 
of Seisins in each County in Scotland. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table; 
and that the Report be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of a Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, 
dated 28th September 1831, requesting authority for re- 
pairing the Floors of the Magazine belonging to that De- 
partment at Priddy’s Hard, Gosport, together with the 
Treasury Minute thereon. 

Mr. Rice accordingly presented to the House the said 
Papers. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Rice presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Order,—Copy of a Treasury Minute of the 21st March 
1828, on the subject of the Compensation to be made to 
the Lagan Navigation Company, in consequence of the 
repeal of the Duties formerly levied within the Lagan 
District for the benefit of the Company. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


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A. 1831, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac- Acc 
count of Sums due to the Excise under 4 Geo. 4, c. 94, and "tei 
6 Geo. 4, c. 80, for Spirits produced being short of the mai," 
charge by gravity of Worts, by attenuation, or charoe "i * 
from the Low Wines; amount due; the steps taken ¢e 
recover the same ; the amount (if any) recovered by Law; 
and the case (if any) where the Verdict has been for the 
Defendant. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 
three of the clock on Saturday morning, adjourned 
till Monday next. 








Tune, 10° die Octobris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


OF DERED, That the Order of the day, for the gains, 
third reading of the ingrossed Bill for providing for Noni w 
the discharge of a Claim in respect of Monies advanced mae 
by the late James Hodges, Esquire, on security of the 
Lands of the late Zemindar of Nozeed and Mastaphanagur, 
in the District of Fort Saint George, in the East Indies, 
now under the Sovereignty of the Honourable the East 
India Company, be now read ; and the same being read; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 









prin, ali 
roving tl 


The House being informed that Mr. Preston, from the p,..),, 
Court of Directors of the Hast India Company, attended Conga 
at the door, he was called in; and at the bar presented Resi 
to the House, pursuant to the directions of several Acts 
of Parliament,—Resolutions of the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, being the Warrants or Instru- 
ments granting any Pension. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company, being the Warrants or Instruments granting any 
Salary or Gratuity. , 

Regulations passed by the Governor General in Council East ii 
of Bengal, the Governor in Council of Fort Saint George, Coup; 
and the Governor in Council of Bombay, in the year 1830: * 
—And then he withdrew. = 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table. 












A Petition of Landholders, Land Occupiers and Inha- Puitin 
bitants of the county of Suffolk, was presented, and read ; ye, 
setting forth, That the Petitioners feel aggrieved by the ' 
unjust and oppressive operation of the Tithe Laws on the 
capital, the skill and labour of the agriculturist ; and 
praying, That such part of the Tithes as were originally 
intended and appropriated to the support of the Poor, be 


ional 
Hresses, 
ponsidere 


again appropriated to that natural and legitimate object; ig he 
and that such part of the revenues of the Church as are bd) Bi 


and) Bill 


. 


not necessary for the respectable maintenance of the 
Clergy according to their services, be appropriated to the 
exigencies of the State; and that the Clergy who receive 
the revenues, emoluments and fees of the Church, some of 
which have increased ten thousand per cent., be compelled, 
as in former times, to keep the Churches in proper repair, 
and for which purpose there is the most unquestionable 
proof that part of the Tithes were originally entrusted to 
them. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


bm of 
lament 
land) 
deferred 
A Petition of Agricultural Labourers of Earl Stonham Peitis 


and Creetings ;—and, of Stonham Aspal, Stonham Parva, oh 
and Mickfield,—were presented, and read; praying iii 
the repeal of the Duty on Malt. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the on 
Table. lcs Bll, 
The Order of the day, for the call of the House, being _ 
read ; ' 

Ordered, That the House be now called over. ; 

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
House, do go with the Mace to the places adjacent, and 
summon the Members there to attend the service of the 
House :—-And he went accordingly ; and being returned; 

The House was called over; and the names of such 
Members as made default to appear, were taken down. 

And the names of the Defaulters being called over, 
several of them appeared ; and some were excused on ac- 


count of their own illness, or of illness in their families, 
or 


“erred, 





9 Witt. IV. 


| or as being abroad, or as being engaged on the Public 

i Service, and the names of those for whom no excuse was 
Of 

offered, were taken down. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint Clement 


ee Danes, in the county of Middlesex, was presented, and 
wot yead ; setting forth, That the Petitioners have learned with 


iment the deepest pain and regret, that the great measure of 


Reform in the Representation of the People recom- 
mended by His Majesty, introduced by His Ministers, 
sanctioned by a large majority of the House, and sup- 
ported by the great body of the People, has been rejected 
by the House of Lords; that the Petitioners are firmly 
convinced that His Majesty’s Ministers continue to possess 
the full confidence of the People; and therefore humbly 
entreat the House to adopt such legal and constitutional 
means as in their wisdom shall appear best calculated to 
support His Majesty's Government, and to promote the 
ultimate success of that measure of Reform which has 
_ already received the sanction of the House. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


i A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That, 

ing, while this House deeply laments the present fate of a 

waste Bill for amending the Representation of the People in 

act of England and Wales, in favour of which the opinion of the 
Country stands unequivocally pronounced, and which 
has been matured by discussions the most anxious and 
laborious, it feels itself called upon to re-assert its firm 
adherence to the principle and leading provisions of that 
great measure, and to express its unabated confidence in 
the integrity, perseverance and ability of those Ministers 
who, in introducing and conducting it, have so well con- 
sulted the best interests of the Country ; 





pisteTSs 


St Indig 
mipany’s 


solution, 
esente, 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 11° die Octobris, 1831: 
The House divided. 


The Yeas went forth. 


Teller for the Yeas, 


‘ast Ina 
Dompani 
Regulata 
presente 


Mr. Rice: 329. 


Mr. Croker, . 
Sir George Clerk: J 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Mr. Littleton, \ 
} 


Teller for the Noes, 198. 


Petition 
respecting 
Tithes, 







jonal 
lresses, to 
wnsidered, 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
ito a Committee of the whole House, to consider of the 
usual Sessional Addresses. 
ting Act ~~ ‘The Order of the day being read, for the second reading 
i) yi, Of the ingrossed Biil from the Lords, intituled, An Act 

« to repeal an Act passed in the seventh year of his late 
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to 
amend the Law of Ireland, respecting the Assignment and 
Subletting of Lands and Tenements,” and to substitute 
other provisions in lieu thereof ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 24th day of this instant October. 








bm of 
lament 
land) 
deferred, 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the 
Bill to amend the Representation of the People in Scot- 
land ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, the 10th 


day of November next, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Mb Pettis 
l, for reve 
It Da 
" Ma 


e 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the better securing the Charitable Donations 
and Bequests of His Majesty’s Subjects in Great Britain 
professing the Roman Catholic Religion ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, the 


id 10th day of November next, resolve itself into the said 
he ommittee. 

h “d The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Re- 
; ood port from the Committee of the whole House, on the Bill 
e ‘to prohibit the Practice of paying the House Rents of 
“4 Able-bodied Labourers out of the Poor's Rate ; 
“ Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday, 
; the 31st day of this instant October. 

. VOL. 86. 


10°—11° Octobris. 


901 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole Consolidated 
House, on the Bill to apply a certain Sum out of the Con- Fund Bill, 
solidated Fund to the service of the year one thousand "Ported. 
eight hundred and thirty-one, the Amendments which 
they had made to the Bill; and the Amendments were 
read ; and agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to sugar 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon Refinery Bill, 
the Bill to continue and amend the Provisions of the Acts “ferred. 
= oe Sugar to be delivered out of Warehouse to be 
refined ; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 


_ into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- Exchequer 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon (Scotland) 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Regelation Bill, 
making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business now “““"** 
done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Statute of 
ing of the Bill to amend the Provisions of the Statute of Frauds Bill, 
Frauds ; deferred. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 24th day of this instant October. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Attestation of 
ing of the Bill for amending the Laws respecting the Instruments 
Attestation of Instruments made in exercise of certain Bill, deferred. 
Powers or Trusts in Deeds, Wills and other Instruments ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 24th day of this instant October. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Ecclesiastical 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Courts Con- 
for enforcing the Process upon Contempts in the Courts — 
Ecclesiastical of England and Ireland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole Special __ 
House, on the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, (or ey vin’ 
An Act for amending the Laws relative to the appoint- Amendments. 
ment of Special Constables, and for the better preserva- 
tion of the Peace, the Amendments which they had made 
to the Bill; and the same were read, and agreed to by the 
House ; and are as followeth ; 

Pr, 2. 1.7. After “Justices” insert ‘ or any two or 
more Justices acting for the same division or limits.” 

Pr. 2. 1.32. Leave out “ said,” and in the same line 
leave out “so appointing,” and insert “ of the Peace, who 
“ shall appoint any Special Constables by virtue of this 
‘* Act.” 

Pr. 4. 1.14. After “ be ” insert “‘ appointed and.” 

Pr. 4. 1.18. Leave out “ sworn” and insert “ ap- 
pointed and sworn in manner aforesaid, and shall be 
“ liable.” 

Pr. 4, 1.25. Leave out “ sworn in” and insert “ ap- 
pointed and sworn in manner aforesaid.” 

Pr. 4. 1.35. After “so” insert “‘ appointed and.” 

Pr. 4. 1.38. After “so” insert ‘appointed and.” 

Pr. 9. 1.35. Fill up the blank with the words “ Two 
“ Pounds.” 

Pr.10. 1.26. After “ Militia” insert Clause (A.) 

Crausse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the Justices 
of the Peace acting for the division or limits within 
which any such Special Constables shall have been 
called out to serve at a Special Session to be held for 
that purpose, or the major part of the Justices at such 
Special Session, are hereby empowered to order, from 
time to time, such reasonable allowances for their 
trouble, loss of time, and expenses, to be paid to such 
Special Constables who shall have so served, or be then 
serving, as to the said Justices, or such major part of 
them, shall seem proper ; and the said Justices, or such 
major part of them, may also order the payment of 
such expenses as may have been incurred in providing 
staves or other necessary articles for such Special Con- 
stables; and the said Justices so ordering, if Justices 
for any County, Riding or Division having a separate 

10U “¢ Commission 


“ce 








Bankrupt Act 
Amendment 
Bill, deferred. 


~ 


Decrees in 
Equity Bill, 
deferred. 


Juries 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Report of 
Valuation of 
Ireland Bill, 
considered. 


Interpleader 
Bill, deferred. 


Arbitration 
Bill, deferred. 


Committee 
on Hop 
Duties Bill. 


“‘ Commission of the Peace, or if Justices for any Liberty, 
“ Franchise, City or Town which shall be contributory to 
“‘ the Public Rate for any County, Riding or Division, 
“ shall make every order for the payment of such allow- 
ances and expenses upon the Treasurer of such County, 
“ Riding or Division, who is hereby required to pay the 
“ same out of any public money’ which shall then be in 
“ his hands, and the said Treasurer shall be allowed all 
“ such payments in his accounts ; and where the J ustices 
“ of the Peace assembled at such Special Session are 
Justices for any Liberty, Franchise, City orTown which 
“ is not contributory to the Public Rate for any County, 
“‘ Riding or Division, but which raises a Rate or other 
‘“‘ similar Fund in the nature of a County Rate, in every 
“ such case the said last-mentioned Justices shall make 
“ every order for the payment of such allowances and 
“ expenses as aforesaid, upon the Treasurer or other 
“ officer having the collection or disbursement of such 
“ last-mentioned Rate or Fund, who shall forthwith pay 
“ every such order out of such Rate or Fund, and shall 
“ be allowed all such payments in his Accounts.” 

Pr. 13. 1.35 and 36. Leave out “‘ as the case may 
** require.” 

Pr. 13. 1.38. After “et cetera” insert “ or otherwise, 
“as the case may require.” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend an Act of the sixth year of his late 
Majesty for amending the Laws relating to Bankrupts, 
be now read ; and the same being read ; 

_, Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Act for the better, execution of Decrees and Orders 
made in the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer, in Eng- 
land and Treland respectively, be now read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 10th day of November next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws relative 
to Jurors and Juries in Ireland, be now read; and the 
same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill to amend an Act of the seventh 
year of the reignof his late Majesty King Georgethe Fourth, 
for making provision for the uniform Valuation of Lands 
and Tenements in the several Baronies, Parishes, and other 
Divisions of Counties in [re/and, for the purpose of the 
more equally levying of the Rates and Charges upon the 
same, be now read; and the same being read :-—The 
House proceeded to take the Report into further consi- 
deration ; and the Amendments made by the Committee 
to the Bill, being read a second time, were agreed to by 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed, and read the third time this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to enable Courts of Law to give relief against adverse 
Claims made upon Persons having no interest in the sub- 
ject of such Claims, be now read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for settling Controversies by Arbitration, be now read ; 
and the same being read ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the 


10°—11° Octobris. 


A. 183}, 


Bill to regulate the Payment of the Duties on Hops, be 
now read; and the same being read :—The House resolved 
itself into the Committee ; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Berna) 
reported from the Committee, That they had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
amend an Act passed in the first year of His present 
Majesty’s reign, intituled, ‘‘ An Act to permit the general 
Sale of Beer and Cyder by Retail in England,” be now 
read; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolye 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of the whole Fresh 


House, on the Bill to enable the Commissioners of His (Loni, 


Majesty's Treasury to make a conveyance of Fresh Wharf, Bille, 
in the City of London, the Amendments which they had 
made to the Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to Comni 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon m Milan 
the Bill to repeal an Act passed in the fifty-second year Asus 
of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, to pro- "4 
vide for the more speedy examination, controlling, and 
finally auditing the Military Accounts of Jre/and, be now 
read ; and the same being read :—The House resolved it- 
self into the Committee; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported 
from the Committee, That they had gone through the Bill; 
and had directed him to report the same to the House, 
without any Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed, and read the third 


time this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- pein, 
turn of the Number of Stamps issued to each Newspaper 
in Ireland, during eacl ince 5th J 1830 Nerve 
in fre/and, during each quarter, since 5th January 830 ¢ 

6 tamps 
to 5th October 1831. (rela 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- Spr 
turn of the Sums due to the Excise for additional Duties cis )ig 
of 2 d. and 4d. per Gallon on Spirits, under 1 Will. 4, c.49, 
the Dates they became due, Amount due by each Name 
or Firm, steps taken to recover them, what has been re- 
covered, either by Verdicts in Exchequer, or decisions of 
Justices, or by Distraint, by and upon whom the Distraints 
were issued, and the case, if any, where the Verdict has 
been for the Defendant. 


Notice having been taken, that several Members who tio 
were absent when their names were called over, and which °, 
names were then taken down, appeared in their places, at: 
they were severally excused for their non-attendance when 
their names were called ; and those who did _ not appear, 
were ordered to attend at the time appointed for them, as 
followeth ; 

Ordered, That the Honourable George Anson, William otis 
Astell, Alevander Baring, Joseph Cripps, John Fitzgerald, a 
Esquires, Sir Robert Frankland, Baronet, Robert Gordon, *~ 
George Fieschi Heneage, Nathaniel William Peach, Jona- 
than Peel, John Cressett Pelham, Richard Price, Esquires, 
Wilson Aylesbury Roberts, Esquire, Sir Horace David 
Cholwell Saint Paul, Baronet, the Honourable Robert John 
Smith, Lord Edward Thynne, Owen Williams, Wadham 
Wyndham, and Charles Philip Yorke, Esquires, do attend 
the service of this House upon Friday next. 


A Petition of Captain Richard John Tabois, late of the 
second Battalion of the 12th Regiment of Native Infantry aa 
of the Madras Establishment, was presented, and read} yor 
setting forth, That the Petitioner obtained the rank of 
Captain in the Army of the Madras Establishment on 
the 8th day of January 1817, and his regimental rank on 
the 1st August of the same year (as appears by the Army 
List) ; that the Petitioner served under the command © 
Colonel H. Fraser, then Lieutenant-Colonel of the said 
regiment, during the whole of the campaigns of 1817, 
1818 and 1819, in the southern Mahratta country, bs 

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which regiment formed part of the force under the late 
Sir Thomas Munro and Sir Theophilus Pritzler, K. C. B. ; 
that the Petitioner, upon the distribution of the first divi- 
dend of the Deccan Prize Money, was only paid for the rank 
of a Lieutenant, although the Petitioner claimed his share 
as a Captain, to which he was entitled ; that the Petitioner 
was induced to receive the same, upon understanding from 
Archibald Campbell, Esquire, that the Petitioner would 
not waive his right to the remaining part due to him asa 
Captain, upon a proper representation of the circumstance ; 
that the Petitioner, upon the distribution of the second 
dividend of the said Prize Money, duly received his share 
thereof according to the rank of a Captain, and to the 
payment of which no hesitation was made; that the Peti- 
tioner has, during the last four years, made repeated ap- 
plications to the Trustees and their Agents, claiming to 
participate in the first dividend as a Captain, and has for- 
warded them a certificate from Colonel H. Fraser, cor- 
roborative of his rank as a Captain during the whole of 
the said campaign, but the Petitioner has never been able to 
obtain any satisfactory answer thereto ; that the Petitioner 
has held the rank of Captain for thirteen years, or there- 
abouts; that the remaining part of the first dividend to 
which the Petitioner is entitled, amounts to the sum of 
about 233/., and that he hath sustained considerable loss 
and inconvenience by the delay in payment thereof; and 
praying, That the House will make such inquiry into the 
above circumstances as may be deemed reasonable and 
proper, and afford the Petitioner such relief as to the 
House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Treasury Minute respecting the improvement of 
Crown Lands in Jreland. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Report of the Commissioners of Accounts relating 
to the Exchequer. 

Mr. Rice accordingly presented to the House the said 
Report. 

Ordered, That the said Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Rice presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Orders, —A Return of the Amount of Fees received 
by the Commissioners of Bankrupt in London for the years 
1828, 1829 and 1830, ending on the Ist of March in 
each year. 

An Account of the Expenses of the Office of Secretary 
of Bankrupts upon the average of Three years, ending 
the 31st of March 1830; distinguishing how much on 
the average was retained by the Secretary for his own 
use, how much was paid to the Deputy Secretary and 
each of the Clerks, and how much was applied to pay the 
general Expenses of the Office. 

An Estimate of the Annual Amount of Fees received 
by the Commissioners of Bankrupt in London, by the Secre- 
tary of Bankrupts, by the Patentee in Bankruptcy, and by 
the Messengers to the Commissioners of Bankrupt; and 
also, of the Expense of Assignments and Bargains and 
Sales, which Expenses and several Fees are proposed to 
be abolished by the Bill for establishing a new Court in 
Bankruptcy. 

An Estimate of the Establishment to be formed under 
the Act to establish a Court in Bankruptcy; stating the 
Offices proposed to be created, and the Pay of each, with 


their proposed Pensions and retiring Allowances, and 


from what Funds to be paid. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Abstract of the Total Expenses in- 
curred in building, repairing, fitting and furnishing the 
several Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and 
Wales since the year 1800, which was presented to the 
House upon Friday last, be printed. 


A Petition of theGentry, Clergy and other Inhabitants of 
the northern part of the hundred of Bassetlaw, in the county 
of Nottingham, was presented,and read ; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners, having understood that a Bill is now under 
the consideration of the House for the amendment of the 


VOL. 86. 


10°—11° Octobris. 


903 


Act passed during the last Session of Parliament, for the 
regulation of the Retail Sale of Beer, beg leave to express 
their concern, that the Act referred to, though benevolent 
in its intention of supplying the labouring class at a mode- 
rate expense with a wholesome beverage, to be shared with 
their families, has been attended with consequences de- 
trimental to the religious and moral habits of those for 
whose benefit it was especially designed ; that the Peti- 
tioners humbly submit to the House, that the great evils 
which have arisen out of the salutary measure of throw- 
ing open the Trade in Beer will not be. removed by any 
modification of the time allowed in each day for the 
house being open to the Public; that the Petitioners, 
relying upon the wisdom of the House to devise means 
by which the real benefits of the late Act may be secured 
to the community, and its ill effects removed, are desirous 
to express their humble opinion, that the drunkenness and 
excess which they now daily witness, can alone be ob- 
viated by such an amendment of the Act as shall take 
away the power altogether of consuming the beer upon 
the premises. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 7 


And then the House, having continued to sit till half 
an hour after two of the clock on Tuesday morn- 
ing, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 11° die Octobris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


HE House being informed that Mr. Swinburne, from 

the Commissioners. of Westminster Bridge, attended 

at the door, he was called in; and at the bar presented to 

the House, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 

liament,—A Book, intituled, “The Four Quarterly Ac- 

counts of the Treasurer of the Commissioners of West- 

minster Bridge, from the 5th April 1830 to the 5th April 
1831 :’—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Book do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants of the city of Londonderry 
concerned in the Linen, Yarn, Flax and Flax-Seed Trades, 
was presented, and read; praying, That the House will 
re-enact such parts of the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 122, relative to 
the Import and Inspection of Flax Seed for sowing, as may 
be thought right and expedient. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Mary-le-bone and Padding- 
ton, was presented, and read ; reciting the Act 3 Geo. 4, 
“ to prevent the cruel and improper Treatment of Cattle ;” 
and setting forth, That by the said Act, the animals pro- 
tected therein are named the Ox, Cow, Heifer, Steer, and 
other Cattle, and a question has been raised, whether, 
after the particular enumeration of cattle made by this 
Act, the words “other Cattle” are sufficient to include 
the Bull; that, to remove doubts upon this question, the 
Petitioners pray the House to pass a law to include the 
Bull within the meaning thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs and Burgesses of 
Liverpool, was presented, and read; taking notice of 
the Bill for establishing a General Register for all Deeds 
and Instruments affecting Real Property in England and 
Wales; and praying, That the same may not pass into 
a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Louth, in the county of 
Lincoln, was presented, and read; complaining of the 
present Distress which exists throughout Jreland; and 
praying the House immediately to take the whole state of 
that Country into their immediate consideration, and forth- 
with to legislate thereon. 3 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


10 U 2 A Petition 


Westminster 
Bridge 
Accounts, 
presented. 


Petition re- 
specting Import 
and Inspection 
of Flax. 


Petition 
respecting 
Bull-baiting. 


Petition 
- against General 


Register Bill. 


Petition 
respecting 
Distress 
(Ireland.) 








Petition re- 
specting Reform 
of Parliament 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Petition for 
repeal of 
Drawback 
on Soap. 


Petition 
respecting 
Pensions, &amp;c. 


Petition for 
abolishing 
Slavery. 


Petition 
againstrepeal 
of Drawback 
on Malt. 


Petition of 
Jacob Wintle. 


Petition for 
remission of 
Sentence on 
Robert Taylor, 


Report from 
Committee on 
East India Come 
pany’s Affairs. 


No, 320. 





904 ‘11° Octobris. A. 183}. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Merchants, Householders 
and Free Citizens of the town and county of the town of 
Galway, was’ presented, and read ; taking notice of the 
Bill to amend the Representation of the People in Ireland; 
and praying the House to provide therein for the peculiar 
Franchise of Galtay, viz. in the resident Merchants, 
Tradesmen and Artisans. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Soap-makers of the county of the city of 
Cork, was presented, and read ; praying the House to re- 
peal the Drawback on Soap in Ireland, which, as has been 
proved, is an injury to the Jrish manufacturer, and a loss 
to the Public Revenue. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Members of the Political Union, and other 
learned and scientific Inhabitants of the parish of Lea- 
mington Priors, in the county of Warwick, was presented, 
and read ; praying, That they may have perfect equality 
of rights, and that the law of primogeniture may be 
abolished. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Political Society,of the 
borough of /Varwick, was presented, and read; praying 
for the Abolition of Colonial Slavery. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Distillers, Maltsters and Farmers, in the 


County of Stirling, was presented, and read ; setting forth,. 


That the Petitioners have heard, with the greatest sur- 
prise and alarm, that a proposal is to be made to the 
House to repeal the Law which allows a Drawback of a 
part of the Malt Duty to Distillers in Scotland and Ireland, 
who make Spirits from Malt only ; and praying the House 
to continue the Malt Drawback, as the only means of 
preventing illegal distillation, and of saving many hun- 
dreds of industrious individuals in Scotland from total 
ruin. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Jacob Wintle, silversmith, John-street, 
Waterloo-road, was presented, and read; complaining of 
an assault committed upon him by two of the Metropolis 
Police force, and praying for redress. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Birmingham, was presented, 
and read ; praying the House to take such steps as shall 
lead to the immediate liberation of Robert Taylor; and 
that the House will immediately pass a law preventing any 
further prosecutions for opinion’s sake, leaving opinion to 
be fought with by opinion, so that truth may ultimately 

revail. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir James Macdonald reported from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed on the present State of the Affairs of the 
East India Company, and to inquire into the State of 
Trade between Great Britain, the East Indies and China, 
and to report their observations thereupon to the House, 
and who were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them from time to time to the House, 
and to whom several Petitions presented to the House in 
the present Session of Parliament were referred ; That, 
having considered the matters referred to them, and 
having called for Evidence and Documents upon subjects 
connected with the Affairs of the East India Company, of 
much importance, they had agreed, that such information 
should be reported to the House, without thinking it ne- 
cessary at present to make any observations thereupon ; 
and the Report was brought up, and read. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; and 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- eins 
ing of tlre ingrossed Bill'to apply a certain Sum out of Fug 
the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year one passe, ’ 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, be now read: 
and the same being read :—The Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 

An Act to apply the Sum of One million eight hundred 
thousand Pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the 
service of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
one, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Ses- 
sion of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- Fre, y,, 
ing of the ingrossed Bill to enable the Commissioners of (London) 
His Majesty's Treasury to make a conveyance of Fresh Bill, pas 
Wharf, in the City of London, be now read ; and the 
same being read :—The Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill tothe Lords, 
and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the Aovaias, 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, Tiets 
An Act for amending and making more effectual the Laws ae 
concerning Turnpike Roads in Scotland; and the same 
were read ; and are as followeth ; 

Pr. 26. 1. 37. After “‘ mistake” insert “ and that such 
“* Owner or Occupier had received due Notice.” 

Pr. 28. 1. ult. Leave out ‘ some” and insert “ any.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 4. Leave out “ or” and insert “ and.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 20. Leave out “ or” and insert “ and.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 21. Leave out “ some” and insert “ any.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 37. After “ fit” insert ‘any thing herein- 
before contained to the contrary notwithstanding.” 

Pr. 50. 1. 8. After “ bar” insert “ or shall permit 
or suffer any obstruction to the passing through any 
tollbar, by the stopping or unnecessarily delaying of any 
carts or carriages.” 

Pr. 53. 1. 1. After “ Act” insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That it 
shall not be lawful for the Justices of the Peace for any 
Shire or Stewartry to grantto the Tacksman of the Tolls, 
or Tollgatherer, or other Person situated, at any toll- 
bar, any license to sell any Wine, Ale, Spirituous 
Liquors or Provisions, unless an application shall have 
been previously made to such Justices by the Trustees 
“ of the District of Roads within which such tollbar shall 
be situated, recommending that such Tacksman, Toll- 
gatherer or other Person who from time to time may 
‘“‘ be situated at such tollbar, should be so licensed as on Factor 
aforesaid.” pies 

Pr. 55. 1. 28. Leave out from “ Peace” to the first 
* or” in |. 35. 

Pr. 55. 1.36. Leave out from “ garden” to “ or” in 
1. 38. 

Pr. 64. 1. 10. Leave out “ said Trustees” and insert lia 
Justices at any stated Meeting, on the application of the a? 
“* Trustees of such Road.” 

Pr. 64. 1. 12. In the interlineation, 1. 1. leave out 
Three” and insert “Six,” and leave out from “ Resolu- 
tion” in ]. 3. of the said interlineation, to ‘“‘ Provided” 
in ], 20. and insert “ if not appealed from as hereinafter 
‘“‘ mentioned,” and in 1. 20. after “always,” insert “ That 


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“‘ Thirty days’ Notice of the intention to propose a Resolu- a 
“ tion or Order to that effect shall be given by advertise brand 
“ ment in any Newspaper usually circulated in the ° Com. 
“ County or Counties, and by Advertisement affixed to ious Bill 


the Church-door of any Parish or Parishes in which 
respectively such Road proposed to be shut up may be 
* situated, and.” . 

Pr. 64. 1.24. Leave out “ Three” and insert “ Six, 
and in the same line leave out “ thereafter” and insert 
“ after the date of such Order or Resolution.” cultural 

Pr. 75. 1. ult. Leave out from “ waste” to “ or” in o‘ 
Pr. 76. 1. 1. , 

Pr. 76. 1. 10. After “ Persons” insert “ authorized 
“ by them.” 








Pr. 76. 1.28. After “Persons” insert “ authorized oy dal 
“* by them as aforesaid.” omiittee 


Pr. 77. 1. 16. Leave out “ the same” and insert “such _ 


“ materials.” ps, 
Pr. 78. 





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Pr. 78. 1. 14. Leave out “ or” and insert “ and.” 

Pr. 90. 1. 2. Leave out ‘“ Common.” 

Pr. 90. 1. 3. Leave out from “ source” to “ and” 
in |. 14. and insert “ with the’ consent of the Owner 
« thereof, or other Persons interested therein.” 

Pr. 90. 1. 17. Leave out from ‘ purpose” to “ And ” 
in J. ult. and insert “ and to make such compensation 
« as may be agreed upon between the said Trustees and 
«“ guch Owners or Persons as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 95. 1. 1. After “ thing” insert “except hay and 
“ straw.” 

Pr. 97. 1. 26. After “ shafts” insert “ or in.” 

Pr. 97. 1. 27. Leave out from “ carriage” to “ with- 
“ out” in |. 32. 

Pr. 97. 1. 36. After “ carriage” insert “ or shall at 
‘ any time leave the same travelling on any such Road 
“ without having some Person to guide the beast or beasts 
“ of draught drawing the same.” 

Pr. 97. 1. 38. After “ his” insert “‘ waggon.” 

Pr. 97. 1. ult. After “ such” insert “‘ waggon.” 

Pr. 98. 1. 8. Leave out from “ his” to “ carriage” 

in ]. 9. 
Pr. 102. 1. 6. After ‘“* Road” insert ‘ Provided al- 
« ways, That such trestles or bars shall at all times be 
‘ placed in such manner as not to be more inconvenient 
‘ to Passengers than may be necessary to prevent inter- 
‘ ruption to the work, or to prevent carts or carriages from 
“ running in tracks injurious to the Road.” 

Pr. 113. 1. 8. After “Person” insert “without delay.” 

Pr. 116. 1. 22. Leave out “ frivolous and vexatious ” 
and insert ‘‘ without probable cause.” 

Pr. 116. 1.28. Leave out from “ trust” to “ and” 
in |. 36. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, were 
agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Sir George Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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na 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Clerks of the 
Peace and Sheriffs Clerks in Scotland, which was presented 
to the House upon Friday last, be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield and Mr. 
Roupell : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal so much of an Act 
for the Management of the Customs, as allows certain 
Fees to be taken by Officers of the Customs, and to make 
further Regulations in respect thereof: And also, 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal the Laws relating 
to Apprentices, and other young Persons, employed in 
Cotton Factories, and in Cotton Mills, and to make fur- 
ther provisions in lieu thereof: And also, 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Extension and Promo- 
tion of Public Works in Ireland: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made by 
this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to extend the 
Provisions of an Act passed in the twenty-ninth year of 
the reign of his Majesty King Charles the Second, inti- 
tuled, “An Act for confirming and perpetuating Aug- 
mentations made by Ecclesiastical Persons to small Vicar- 
ages and Curacies, and for other purposes:” And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
regulate the Baking Trade in Jreland ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
encouraging and facilitating Compositions for Tithes, and 
other profits arising and payable to Incumbents of Eccle- 
Siastical Benefices in England and Wales ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
bettering the Condition of the Agricultural Poor: And that 
Mr. Sadler, Mr. Cripps, and Mr. Estcourt, do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report which, upon 


Thursday last, was made from the Select Committee 


appointed to consider the possibility of making The House 
of Commons more commodious, and less unwholesome ; 


VOL. 86. 


11°—12° Octobris. 


905 


and who were empowered to report their observations 
thereupon to the House; and who were instructed to in- 
quire in what manner adequate accommodation can be 
best afforded for its Members, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Tuesday, the 1st day of November next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into 
further consideration the Report from the Committee of 
the whole House, on the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, 
intituled, An Act to establish a Court in Bankruptcy, be 
now read ; and the same being read :—The Bill was re- 
committed to a Committee of the whole House. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :— 
And a Debate arising in the House thereupon ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercuri, 12° die Octobris, 1831: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House,- to 
consider of the usual Sessional Addresses, be now read ; 
and the same being read :—The House resolved itself into 
the Committee; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and. Mr. Rice reported 
from the Committee, That they had come to several Reso- 
lutions, which they had directed him to report to the 
House. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. | 
Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, inti- 
tuled, An Act to amend the Laws for the Relief and 
Empleyment of the Poor, be read the first time upon this 
day three months. 


The House was moved. That the Act 59 Geo. 3, ce. 12, 
to amend the Laws for the Relief of the Poor, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the said Act: And that Lord Viscount Althorp 
and Mr. Rice do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for the abolition of Fines and Recoveries, 
and for the substitution of more simple modes of Assur- 
ance in lieu of them ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the amendment of the Law of Inheritance, be 
now read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the amendment of the Law relating to Dower, 
be now read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the Limitation of Actions and Suits relating 
to Real Property, and for simplifying the Remedies for 
trying the Rights thereto, be now read; and the same 
being read ; 


Bankruptcy 
Court Bill, re- 
committed. 


Committee 
on Sessional 
Addresses. 


Poor Relief 
Bill, put off. 


Poor Relief 
Bill, ordered. 


Fines and 
Recoveries 


Bill, read. 


Inheritance 
Bill, deferred. 


Dower Bill, 
deferred, 


Limitation of 
Actions bill, 
deferred 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve — 


itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the amendment of the Law relating to the 
Estate of a Tenant by the Curtesy: of England, be now 
read; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House: will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


10 X Ordered, 


Curtesy of 
England Bill, 
deferred. 








Master of the 
Rolls (Ire- 
land) Bill, 
deferred. 


Poor Relief 
({reland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Education 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Committee 
on Distillation 


(Ireland) Bill ; 
No, 315, 


reported. 


Spring Guns 
Bill, deferred. 


Sugar 
Refinery Bill, 
deferred. 


Exchequer 
Court 
(Scotland) 
Regulation Pill, 
deterred. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Con- 
tempts Bill, 
deferred. 


Special 
Constables Bill, 
passed, with 
Amendments. 


906 


Ordered; That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the Bill to enable the Master of the Rolls of 
Ireland to try the Title claimed by him to appoint a Se- 
cretary forthe Rolls Court of Treland, be now read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday, the 25th day of this instant October. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the Bill to make Provision for the Relief of the 
Poor in Jreland, in certain cases, be. now read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday, the 25th day of this instant October. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the Bill for the establishment and maintenance 
of Parochial Schools, and the advancement of the Educa- 
tion of the People in Jredand, be now read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for suppres- 
sing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of Spirits 
in Jreland, be now read ; and the same being read :—The 
House resolved itself into the Committee ; and, after some 
time spent therein; Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Ponsonby reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made several Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Ponsonby accordingly reported from the Committee, 
the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further con- 
sideration this day. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Act to permit the setting of Spring Guns, and Man 
Traps, in certain cases, be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to continue and amend the provisions of the Acts 
for allowing Sugar to be delivered out of Warehouse to 
be refined, be now read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business now 
done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, be now read ; 
and the same being read ; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Act for enforcing the Process upon Contempts in the 
Courts Ecclesiastical of England and Ireland, be now 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for amending the Laws relative to the appointment of 
Special Constables, and for the better preservation of the 
Peace, be now read; and the same being read :—The 
Bill was read the third time; and the Amendments fol- 
lowing were made to the Bill ; 

a 2. 1.6 and 7. Leave out “ the said” and insert 
** such.” 


i 2.1. 10. Leave out “ the said Justices,” and insert 
“ they.” 


11°—12° Octobris. 


A. 183]: 


Pr. 2.1. 19. After “ Justices” insert “ respectively.” 
, Pr.-2. 1. 24. Leave. out from “ place” to “ and” jp 
. 32. 
Pr. 5. 1. 14. After “ power” insert “ to make such 
orders and regulations as may from time to time be nez 
cessary and expedient for rendering such Special Con. 
stables more efficient for the preservation of the public 
peace, and shall also have power.” 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do pass; 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this es hath agreed 
to the same, with some Amendments ; to which Amend- 


ments this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


c 
ce 
“ec 


ee 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third reading yj... 
of the ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the seventh year fehl 
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, pas 
for making provision for the uniform Valuation of Lands 
and Tenements in the several Baronies, Parishes, and other 
Divisions of Counties in Jreland, for the purpose of the 
more equally levying of the Rates and Charges upon the 
same, be now read ; and the same being read :—The Bill 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- tnteyie, 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Billie 
Act to enable Courts of Law to give Relief against ad- 
verse Claims made upon Persons having no interest in the 
subject of such Claims, be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third Atitais 
reading of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, Bille 
An Act for settling Controversies by Arbitration, be now 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


Mr. Rice reported from the Committee of the whole Hop Duis 
House, on the Bill to regulate the Payment of the Duties *!\" 
on Hops, the Amendments which they had made to the 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be _in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- Miliay 
ing of the ingrossed Bill to repeal an Act passed in the meer 
fifty-second year of the reign of His Majesty King George a 
the Third, to provide for the more speedy examination, 
controlling and finally auditing the Military Accounts of 
Ireland, be now read; and the same being read :—The 
Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Luuite 
diminish the Inconvenience and Expense of Commissions oad 
in the nature of Writs De Lunatico Inquirendo, and toy» 
provide for the better Care and Treatment of Idiots, 
Lunatics and Persons of unsound Mind, found such by 
Inquisition, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time this day. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Baking! 

(Irelant 

read. 
No. HY 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
regulate the Baking Trade in Jre/and, was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Rice presented to the House, pursuant to their Ad- Par 
dress to His Majesty, —Copies of Letters from the Master jj: 
of the Rolls of Jreland to Viscount Melbourne, dated bn) 
3d December 1830, and 14th December 1830, and of the ™ 
Answer thereto from Viscount Melbourne. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Rice 








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9 Witt. IV. 


Mr. Rice presented a Bill to amend an Act of the fifty- 
ninth year of His Majesty King George the Third, for 
the Relief and Employment of the Poor: And the same 
was Tead the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time this day. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Rice presented a Bill to repeal the Provisions of 
several Acts relating to the Presentments of Money for 
Public Purposes by Grand Juries in Zreland, and to make 
more effectual Provisions relating to such Presentments : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Tuesday, the 25th day of this 
instant October. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn, showing the Number of Half Pay Officers of the 
Army employed in any Civil Office paid by Government; 
specifying the Name of the Officer, his Military Rank, 
annual amount of Half Pay received, annual amount of 
Half Pay forfeited, Salary or Fees of Civil Office, de- 
scription of Office, and where situated: the Names to 
be returned by Departments, classing those connected 
with the Military Service from those strictly of a Civil 
nature; distinguishing, in each Department, those em- 
ployed at Home from those Abroad, the number and 
amount of Charge of each Class, with a General Total 
of the whole. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Sum- 
mary of the above Return, showing the Numbers of 
Officers in Military Departments and in Civil Depart- 
ments, at Home and Abroad ; specifying, out of the total 
number of Officers, how many are on Fialf Pay at rates 
below five shillings a day, and of these, how many receive 
Civil Salaries under £.150, £.200, and £.250 a year, to- 
gether with their Half Pay; how many are on Half Pay 
at rates below seven shillings a day, receiving, with their 
Half Pay, Civil Salaries; and how many at rates above 
seven shillings. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn, showing the Number of Half Pay Officers in the 
year 1831, who are in receipt of Civil Salaries exceeding 
twice the amount of their Half Pay, and who now receive 
their Half Pay, together with the Civil Salary, under the 
clause of the Appropriation Act of 1820, stating the 
amount of Half Pay received. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn, showing the increased Charge of Half Pay which 
was actually incurred, in the year 1821, over and above 
the Charge in the preceding year, in consequence of the 
clause in the Appropriation Act of 1820 allowing Half 
Pay Officers, under certain restrictions, to receive their 
Half Pay with Civil Salaries. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn, showing what was the actual saving of Expense for 
one year to the Public, from July 1828, when the Appro- 
priation Clause of 1820, relating to Military Half Pay, 
was cancelled :—also, what would have been the in- 
creased Expense to the Public, for one year, from July 
1830 to July 1831, if the Appropriation Clause of 1820 
had been restored in 1830. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copy 
of a Treasury Minute of 1810; stating the necessity of 
authorizing, in certain cases, the issue of Allowances to 
Half Pay Officers equal to their Half Pay, to induce 
them to accept such Civil Offices. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, similar 
Returns for Half Pay Officers of the N avy and Marines, 


as far as the same may apply to the Officers of those 
Services. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 


two of the clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 


VOL. 86. 





1 1°—12° Octobris. 


907 


Mercuri, 12° die Octobris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


M R. Estcourt, from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the merits of the Petition of 
Frank Thorp Porter, Maziere Brady, William Stafford 
Ambrose, and William Fitzpatrick, of the County of the 
City of Dublin, whose names are thereunto subscribed, 
electors of the City of Dublin, on behalf of themselves 
ane others, claiming to have had, and having, a right to 
vote at the last Election for Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said City, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the said City, informed the House, That 
the Committee had determined, 

That Frederick Shaw, Esquire, and the Honourable 
Henry John Chetwynd Talbot, commonly called Lord 
Viscount Jngestre, are duly elected Citizens to serve in 
this present Parliament for the City of Dublin: 

That the Petition of Frank Thorp Porter, Maziere 
Brady, and others, does not appear to the said Committee 
to be frivolous or vexatious : ' 

That the opposition to the said Petition does not appear 
to the said Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be en- 
tered in the Journals of this House. 


A Petition of George Richards, of Aston-jucta-Bir- 
mingham, was presented, and read ; stating certain griev- 
ances arising from the Law of Arrest on Mesne Process, in 
imprisonment for Debt, and the great detriment arising 
therefrom to society, truth, justice and morality ; and 
setting forth, That if the Law of Imprisonment for Debt 
shall be abolished, and a summary mode of investigating 
and recovering Debts shall be established, as before Com- 
missioners in districts, to assemble monthly, or in such 
other manner as the House may deem expedient, great ex- 
pense might be saved to both debtor and creditor, and 
thus the ruin to either, which is so frequently the case; 
and praying the House to take such steps in the premises 
as to them shall seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Magistracy, Parochial and other 
constituted Authorities in Birmingham, and its vicinity, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners, in accordance with the feeling generally display- 
ing itself, expressed in the Resolutions of Grand Juries, 
and in Petitions from the highest ecclesiastical as well as 
civil authorities throughout the Kingdom, beg to add 
their humble mite of opinion on the dangerous effects 
which the late extension of the Beer License has already 
had on the peace, happiness and morals of the Country; 
that the Petitioners, though not the first to have stood 
forward on the subject of this danger, have nevertheless 
been quite alive to its demoralizing effects, as in a manu- 
facturing town dissipation, riot and profligacy are carried 
to a much greater excess (as the habits and propensities 
of the servant are much less under the immediate inspec- 
tion of his employer) than in an agricultural, or any other 
district ; and praying the House to take the same into 
consideration. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Birmingham, Deritend 
and neighbourhood, Retailers of Beer, was also presented, 
and read; reciting the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 64, to permit the 
general Sale of Beer and Cider by Retail in England, 
whereby they are compelled to close their houses at ten 
o’clock in the evening ; and praying the House to relieve 
them from their highly injurious situation, and let them 
have the benefit of an equal law, let all who sell the same 
article be subject to the same hours of keeping open their 
houses, and be subject to the same penalties, and if the 
House is still of opinion they should not draw ale after 
ten in the evening, they would then implore the House (to 
prevent them from being ruined by informers) that they 
have one hour longer allowed them for clearing their 
houses of company, that is, until eleven o'clock, and on 
Saturday evenings until twelve, and that they will so alter 
the law, that they shall not be subject to be fined for a 
second offence, before they have been examined by the 
Magistrates for the first. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 

10 X 2 A Petition 


Dublin City 
Election, 
determined, 


Petition re- 
specting Arrest 
for Debt on 
Mesne Process, 


Petitions 
respecting 
Sale of Beer 
Act. 





Petition 
respecting 
Distress and 
Poor Laws 
(Ireland.) 


Petitions 
respecting 
Religious 
Observances. 


Petition for 
Suppression 
of Pilgrim 
‘Tax (India.) 


Petition for 
alteration of 
Tithe Laws 
(lreland.) 





908 


A Petition of Members of a Committee appointed by 
a Public Meeting of the Inhabitants of Birmingham, held 
on Friday, the 10th of June, for the purpose of originat- 
ing measures for relieving the distress in the western 
part of Ireland, and of calling the attention of His Ma- 
jesty’s Government and the Legislature to the condition 
of that Country, in connexion with this subject, was pre- 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners have 
heard, with the deepest concern, that nearly 200,000 of 
their fellow-subjects in the west of Zredand still continue 
to suffer the utmost extremity of famine, and that whilst 
the Petitioners have considered it their duty to call upon 
their fellow-townsmen to unite with them in exertions to 
afford immediate relief in the present emergency (a call 
which has been most promptly and liberally met), it is 
their full conviction, that all contributions flowing merely 
from the benevolence of individuals, must of necessity 
be totally inadequate effectually to mitigate the intense 
misery existing in that country ; that the Petitioners are 
further of opinion, that the system which exposes a large 
portion of the peasantry of Jre/and to frequent depend- 
ence on the charity of individuals for the support of life, 
is fraught with cruelty and injustice of the deepest dye, 
and demands the immediate attention of the Legislature ; 
that, with these convictions, the Petitioners feel it a duty 
to implore the House to institute an immediate inquiry 
into the state of Jreland, and to adopt, without delay, 
such legislative measures as will render the property of 
that Country available to the maintenance of its own 
poor, and thus prevent those frequent appeals to English 
benevolence, which impose an unjust burthen upon the 
people of this Country; and the Petitioners further implore 
the House to adopt such other legislative enactments as 
shall tend to raise the peasantry out of their wretched con- 
dition, and secure from its frequently recurring destitution 
one of the most fertile Countries in the world. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and vicinity of 
Sligo ;—and, of Westham, Hailsham, Eastbourne,Willingdon 
and Wilmington,—were presented, and read ; complaining 
of British Soldiers, serving in foreign countries, being 
obliged to take part in the religious ceremonies and forms 
of those countries ; and praying for the repeal of all such 
Acts in our Military Code as may either directly or indi- 
rectly produce or sanction the abuse in question. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That the last Petition be printed :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Petition of John Boyd, Mayor, and Chairman of a 
Meeting of Inhabitants of Coleraine, was also presented, 
and read ; complaining of our Army and Navy in foreign 
stations being required in many cases to pay military 
honours and do homage to a bit of bread consecrated and 
carried about, and worshipped as a God, yea, even to 
attend and walk in the processions of a canonized saint, 
or triumph of a heathen idol; and praying the House to 
take the subject into their early consideration. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Bailiff and Inhabitants of Hemel 
Hempsted, in the county of Hertford, was presented, and 
read ; praying that the speediest and most decisive mea- 
sures may be adopted to terminate the connexion of Bri- 
tain with Hindoo idolatry, so that Hindoo idols and temples 
may be left to the management of their own votaries, and 
no longer be aided, sanctioned and honoured by British 
management and influence; and further, that the House 
will adopt such measures as shall secure to the Hindoos 
the full enjoyment of their religious and civil rights. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Tithe-payers of Clough, in the Rectory of 
Castlecomer, was presented, and read ; praying the House 
to make such change in the Tithe System as shall appear 
calculated to remove the grievances and allay the discon- 
tent of which it is productive. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


~~ 12° Octobris. 


A. 183}. 


Ordered, That the Churchwardens and Overseers of 
the Poor of every Parish, Township or Place, in England eri 
and /Vales, do prepare an Account of the Total Amount Poor p, 
of the Valuation upon which the Rate or Rates for the 
Relief of the Poor was or were allowed by Justices of the 
Peace, in and for the year ending 25th March 1831: ip 
the Parish, Township or Place, for which they respectively 
act as Churchwardens and Overseers ; stating the Year jn 
which such Valuation was made, and whether it was made 
upon the Full Rent or Annual Value, or what portion 
thereof ; stating also, whether such Valuation comprises 
all the Property in such Parish, Township or Place, and 
if not, what is the Amount of the Property not assessed. 
and why it is not rated; also, the Number and Value of 
each Rate in the Pound allowed in the same Year ; statine 
whether such Rate or Rates was or were laid upon such 
Valuation, or upon what portion thereof; and whether an 
and what difference was made in the Valuation of Land 
or Houses, or in the Rate or Rates laid thereon :—and 
that the Churchwardens and Overseers do, as soon as may 
be, transmit the same, together with any Observations 
they may think necessary, directed to the Clerk of The 
House of Commons. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Peace for each County County 
in England and Wales do prepare an Account of the latest Rate. 
Valuation of every Parish, Township or Place, upon which 
the County Rates were laid in their respective Counties 
immediately preceding the Act 55 Geo. 3, c. 51, (12th 
May 1815), intituled, “* An Act for the more easy assess- 
ing, collecting and levying of County Rates :”’—also, of 
the Valuation of every such Parish, Township or Place, 
when first taken under and by virtue of the said Act 
55 Geo. 3, c. 51; stating the Year in which such Valua- 
tion was taken, and also the Valuation upon which the 
County Rate was laid on every such Parish, Township or 
Place in the year 1830; showing also the Total Valuation 
of each County in each Year ; and that such Account be 
transmitted as soon as may be, to the Clerk of The House 
of Commons. 


spool 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to in- Pow 
quire into, and to report upon, the proportion of Tolls ma 
which ought to be imposed upon: Coaches and other Ve- 
hicles propelled by Steam or Gas, upon Turnpike Roads; 
and also, to inquire into, and to repert upon, the Rate of 
Toll actually levied upon such Coaches or other Vehicles 
under any Acts of Parliament now in force; and who were 
instructed to inquire generally into the present state and 
future prospects of Land Carriage by means of Wheeled 
Vehicles propelled by Steam or Gas on common Roads; 
and to report upon the probable utility which the Public 
may derive therefrom, have Power to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them to the House. . 

Mr. Jephson accordingly reported from the said Com- le" 

, ; Comuit 
mittee, That they had examined the matters to them re- 5 gi: 
ferred ; and had directed him to make a Report thereof Currie 
to the House, together with the Minutes of Evidence taken yi, 
before them ; and the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; and 
be printed. 


or Relief 
come 


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sidered, 


A Petition of Land-owners, Merchants, Freemen and es 
Freeholders, of the Vicarage of Clare Galway, was pre- o? 
sented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend’ the (ie 
Representation of the People in Jreland ; and praying, 
That the House will be pleased to preserve the right of 
Elective Franchise in the said Bill, to the Roman Catholic, 
Mercantile and Trading Classes of Ga/way, on an:equality 
with their Protestant fellow-citizens, and with, the 40+. 
freeholders. Ly of | 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie apen the Table; 
and be printed. vat 


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A Bill to prevent Bribery and Treating in the Election “ae 
of Burgesses to serve in. Parliament. for. the Borough of i « 
Liverpool, was, according to, Order, read a second time; wine! 
and committed .to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day three months, . 


A Motion was made, and the Question bein proposed, Mati 


That Mr. Speaker do issue. his Warrant to the Clerk of the i. 
Crown to make out a new Writ for the electing of a Bur ji 
gess to serve in this present Parliament for the Boroug 


of Liverpool, in the room of John Evelyn Denison, fag’ 
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who has, made his Election to serve for the County of 
ingham ; ) 

we ‘Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques- 
tion, by leaving out from the word “ That.” to theend of 
the Question, in order to add the words ‘ this House will 
« not order any Warrant to be issued for a new Writ for 
« the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present. Par- 
« }iament for the Borough of Liverpool, until the expira- 
« tion of fourteen days after the meeting of the next 
« Session of Parliament,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


{ Mr. Granville Vernon, 


Tellers for the Yeas, |. Mr. Ewart : 93. 
Mr. Wason, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Charles Ross: va 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ for the 
electing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Liverpool, in the room of John Evelyn 
Denison, Esquire, who has made his Election to serve for 
the County of Nottingham. 


Ordered. That the Order of the day, for resuming the 
adjoured Debate upon the Motion made yesterday, ‘‘ That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair,” be now read ; and 
the same being read :—The House resumed the said ad- 
journed Debate:—And the Question being again pro- 
posed ; 

And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Thursday morning ; 


Jovis, 13° die Octobris, 1831: 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques- 
tion, by leaving out from the word “ That” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words “the Bill be 
“ committed to a Select Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

And a Debate arising in the House thereupon ; 

_ Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the Bill to amend an Act of the fifty-ninth 
year of His Majesty King George the Third, for the Re- 
lief and Employment of the Poor, be now read ; and the 
same being read :—The Bill was read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House. ; 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, resolve 
itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon the said 
Bill:—The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported 
from the Committee, That they had gone through the 
Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Lamb, by Order, reported from the Committee of 
the whole House, to whom it was referred to consider of 
the usual Sessional Addresses, the Resolutions which they 
had directed him to report to the House; and the same 


were read, and agreed to by the House; and are as fol- 
loweth ; 


1. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to direct 
to be issued to the Commissioners appointed to carry into 
execution an Act passed in the fifty-second year of the 
reign of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, 
“An Act to repeal an Act passed in the thirty ninth and 
fortieth year of his present Majesty, for establishing cer- 
tain Regulations in the Offices of The House of Commons, 
and to establish other and further Regulations in the said 

ffices,” such a sum of Money as may, together with the 
Fees vested in them by the said Act, be sufficient to make 
good the payment of the Salaries of the Officers of this 

ouse, and for Allowances to Retired Officers, according 
to the provisions of the said Act, for the last and present 
Sessions of Parliament ; and to assure His Majesty, that 


ny ge make good the same. 





12°—13° Octobris. 


909 


- 2. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to order 
such Compensation as His Majesty shall think proper to 
be made to the Clerks who have attended Public Com- 
mittees of The House of Commons in the last and present 
Sessions of Parliament, and for preparing Abstracts of 
Poor Returns ; and to assure His ag that this House 
will make good the same. 

3- Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to direct 
to be issued the Sum of One thousand and two, hundred 
pounds, to Sir Alerander Cray Grant, Baronet, for his 
Services to this House in the last Session of Parliament, 
as Chairman of the Committee of the whole House, to 
whom it was referred to consider of Ways and Means for 
raising the Supply granted to His Majesty ; and to assure 
His Majesty, that this House will make good the same. 

4. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to direct 
to be issued the Sum of One thousand and two hundred 
pounds, to Ralph Bernal, Esquire, for his Services to this 
House, in this Session of Parliament, as Chairman of the 
Committee of the whole House, to whom it was referred 
to consider of Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to His Majesty ; and to assure His Majesty, that 
this House will make good the same. 

5. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to direct 
to be issued to Edward Phillips, Esquire, Mr. Speaker's 
Secretary, for his services during the last and present 
Sessions of Parliament, such a sum of Money as, together 
with the Fees of his Office on Private Bills, will amount 
to the clear sum of Eight hundred pounds ; and to assure 
His Majesty, that this House will make good the same. 

Ordered, That the said Addresses be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That an humble Ad- 
dress be presented to His Majesty, that He will be gra- 
ciously pleased to confer some Dignity in the Church 
upon the Reverend Frederick Vernon Lockwood, Chaplain 
to this House. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this. House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to amend an Act of the sixth year of his late 
Majesty for amending the Laws relating to Bankrupts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws relative 
to Jurors and Juries in Jreland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, the 


12th day of November next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
amend an Act passed in the first year of His present Ma- 
jesty’s reign, intituled, “ An Act to permit the general 
Sale of Beer and Cyder by Retail in England ;” 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for the establishment and maintenance of 
Parochial Schools, and the advancement of the Education 
of the People in Jreland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 26th day of this instant October. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole House, on the Bill to consolidate and amend the 
Laws for suppressing the illicit making of Malt, and 
distillation of Spirits in Ireland ; ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration this day. 


10 Y The 


Address 
respecting 
Chaplain. 


Bankrupt 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill, 
deferred. 


Juries 
(lreland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Sale of Beer 
Bill, deferred. 


Education 
({reland) Bili, 
deferred, 


Distillation 


(lreland) Bill, 


deferred, 


910: 
Spring Guns = The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
Bill, deferred. ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to permit the setting of Spring Guns, and Man Traps, in 
certain cases ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


Sugar The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
ee Bill, solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
, the Bill to continue and amend the provisions of the Acts 
for allowing Sugar to be delivered out of Warehouse to 
be refined ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 
Exchequer The Order of the day being read, for the House to 
(Sectiend) resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
Regulation Bill, the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
nase making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business now 
done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ecclesiastical The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
pon Con- ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
empts Bill, ai ‘ 
dctieeed. Act for enforcing the Process upon Contempts in the 


Courts Ecclesiastical of England and Ireland ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


Interpleader 


The Order of the day being read, for the third read- 
Bill, deferred. 


ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to enable Courts of Law to give Relief against ad- 
verse Claims made upon Persons having no interest in the 
subject of such Claims ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


Arbitration 


Bill, deferred. The Order of the day being read, for the third read- 


ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for settling Controversies by Arbitration ; 


Ordered, That Bill be read the third time this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to regulate the Payment of the 
Duties on Hops, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Hop Duties 
Bill, passed. 


Lunatic 
Commissions 
Bill, deferred. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to diminish the Inconvenience and Expense of Commis- 
sions in the nature of Writs De Lunatico Inquirendo, and 
to provide for the better Care and Treatment of Idiots, 
Lunatics and Persons of unsound Mind, found such by 
Inquisition ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


Motion respect- 
ing Flax Seed 
(Ireland), with- 
drawn, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to regulate the Im- 
portation of Flax Seed into Ireland :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Barbadoes Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to allow, 

ng for a limited time, the Importation of Lumber and Ame- 

ordered,  72Can Flour, Duty free, into the Islands of Barbadoes and 
Saint Vincent, and to indemnify the Governors and others 
for having permitted the Importation of those Articles 
Duty free: And that Mr. Poulett Thomson and Lord Vis- 
count A/lthorp do prepare, and bring it in. 

Address Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 

respecting = Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 

Education, 5 


rections, that there be laid before this House, a Return of 
all Colleges, and Schools of Education in the Colonies or 
West India Islands, with a List of the Professors and 
Masters severally belonging to them; and also, an Ac- 
count of their respective Salaries. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


West Indies. 


Mr. Poulett Thomson presented a Bill to allow, fora 
limited time, the Importation of Lumber and’ American 
Flour, Duty free, into the Islands of Barbadoes and Saint 
Vincent, and to indemnify the Governors and others for 


Barbadoes 
and Saint 
Vincent Bill, 
presented ; 


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having permitted the Importation of those Articles Duty’ 
free : And the same was read the first time ; and ordered. 
to be read a second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time -_ 
The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and com. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Commitys 


And then the House, having continued to sit till half 
an hour after three of the clock on Thursday morp. 
ing, adjourned till this day. 





















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Parliame 
Gotland) ! 


Jovis, 13° die Octobris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


PETITION of Inhabitants of Kildalkey, in the Peiiiow, 
county of Meath ;— of Killigny and Chapel ; ~ of ‘sain 
Rosdroit and Templescoby, in the barony of Bantry ;~of (Ire 
Barntown ;—of Ferns ;—of Killmuckridge and its Union; 
—of the united parishes of Aaglass, Ballymore, Killinick, 
and Sharthmon, in the barony of Forth ;—of the town 
of Wexford ;—and, of the county of Wexford, — were 
presented, and read ; praying, That the Yeomanry Corps 
of Ireland may be disbanded. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and, except the first, to be printed. 


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ting Refi 
Parliamen' 
gland) Bi 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the united parishes of Petitin 
Lady's Island, Caron and Saint Margaret's, in the county Tépectiy 
of Wexford, was presented, and read ; praying the House (edu 
to withhold the annual Grant from the Kildare Place \""" 
Society. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 
ies 


Breweries ar 
illeries, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bury Saint Edmund's, and Petition 
its vicinity ;—of Churchwardens, Sidesmen and Consta- ae 
bles of Newcastle-under-Lyme, the Potteries and neigh- “je? 
bourhood ;—and, of Inhabitants of London, and its vicinity, 
—were presented, and read; taking notice of the ingrossed 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to amend an Act 
passed in the first year of His present Majesty’s reign, 
intituled, ‘“ An Act to permit the general Sale of Beer 
and Cyder by Retail in England;” and praying the House 
to devise means which shall at once secure to the com- 
munity all the real benefits of the late Beer Act, and shall 
secure inviolate that national regard to the institution of 
the Christian Sabbath, by which this Country has been 
hitherto happily distinguished amongst the nations of 
Christendom, and which they believe to be intimately 
connected with the favour and protection of the Almighty 
Ruler of the Universe. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the Table. 


lions ree 
ing Reforr 
Pirliament 


vand) Bill, 









A Petition of the Friendly Societies of Birmingham, Paitin! 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That the Peti- res 
tioners, having seriously and attentively considered the §) nin 
Act of the 10th of Geo. 4, c. 56, relative to Friendly 8o- 
cieties, are fully of opinion, that the said Act requires 
some essential modifications, or it will prove highly inju- 
rious to Friendly Societies in general ; and praying, That 
an inquiry may be directed by the House into the matters 
aforesaid, and that they will be pleased to appoint a 
Committee of such Members as the House shall think 
most fit to consider the same, and to examine intelligent 
members of Friendly Societies upon the subject, and also 
the Actuary, and one or more of the Directors of The Paisley 


Equitable Friendly Society, and to compare the different ma 
evidence with each other, in order to form a correct table mal 
of payments for the guidance of Friendly Societies; and iter Bill, 


further praying, that no undue partiality may be shown 
to one class of Friendly Societies in preference to another 
who may choose to place their surplus capital in Govern- 
ment Securities, but that the same rate of interest be 
allowed to all, without any kind of distinction. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Thomas Rogers Licensed Retail Beer Seller, a 


White Cross-street, Saint Like’s, Middlesex ;—of Licensed | pee 
Retailers of Beer, Ale and Cider, of the city of London, 
and counties of Middlesex and Surrey ;—of Inhabitants of 
Wolverhampton, Bilston, and their vicinities, in the county 
of Stafford, trading under the Act: passed in the first yer 

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the reign of-His present Majesty, to permit the general 
ie of ll of John Fryer, of Clift-street, a, 
in the parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex,— 
were presented, and read; taking notice of the ingrossed 
ue Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to amend an Act 
passed in the first year of His present Majesty’s reign, 
intituled, “‘ An Act to permit the general Sale of Beer and 
Cyder by Retail in England;” and praying, That the 
same may not pass into a law as it now stands. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Town Council and Burgesses 


tition Te 
cing of the burgh of Anstruther Wester, in the county of Fife, 
— Bill _was presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to 
amend the Representation of the People in Scotland; and 
setting forth, That the Burgh of Anstruther, with the 
sd Burghs of Crail, Anstruther Easter, Pittenween and Kil- 
de renny, constitute the Eastern District of Fife Burghs, 
hy which by the said Bill it is proposed to disfranchise, to 
their lasting degradation; and praying, That the Clause 
for disfranchising that District may not pass the House. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
ion re- A Petition of Farmers, Graziers and Occupiers of land 
— in the hundred of Pérehill South, in the county of Staf- 
jd) Bil. ford, was presented, and read ; taking notice of the Bill to 
amend the Representation of the People in England and 
‘ion Wales; and praying, That a Clause may be inserted 
ety therein, giving the right of voting for Members to serve in 


Acation 


-* Parliament to the Farmers, Graziers and Occupiers of land, 
land) 


although they may not be Freeholders, and at the same 
rate of qualification as the Occupiers or Householders. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 






ition against 
of Molasses 
Breweriesand 
illeries, 


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergy and Landed Pro- 
prietors in the county of Wigtown, was presented, and 
read; praying the House not to admit the use of Molasses 
in Breweries and Distilleries, as a measure detrimental 
not only to the agriculture and moral well-being of the 
Country, but as adding to the already hard fate of the 
slave population of the West Indies. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 
a A Petition of the Mayor, Sheriffs, Freemen and Free 
inet Burgesses of the Corporation of Galway, was presented, 
wai) Bil. and read ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the Repre- 
sentation of the People in Jre/and ; and praying, That the 
right by election of the resident Freemen of Galway ad- 
mitted since the 1st March 1831 may be preserved, and 
that the said Bill may be shaped to that effect. 

A Petition of the Fifty Pound Freeholders and Ten 
Pound Householders of the county of the town of Galway, 
was also presented, and read; taking notice of the said 
Bill; and praying the House to provide for the peculiar 
Franchise of Galway therein, viz. in the resident Mer- 
chants, Tradesmen and Artizans. 

A Petition of Landholders, Clergy, Merchants, Free- 
holders, Freemen, Householders, Tradesmen and Inha- 
bitants of the town and corporation of Galway, was also 
presented, and read ; taking notice of the said Bill ; and 
praying the House to preserve the Elective Franchise to 
the Roman Catholic, Mercantile and Trading Classes of 
Galway, on an equality with their Protestant Fellow- 
citizens, and with the Forty Shilling Freeholders. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table, 


Petition | 
amendaie 
of Friend 


Societies 





" A Petition of Freeholders and others, owners of Real 
ml Property at’ and in the vicinity of Stokesley, in the county 
jterBill, Of York, was presented, and read ; taking notice of the 
Bill for establishing a General Register for all Deeds and 
Instruments affecting Real Property in England and Wales; 

and praying, That the same may not pass into a law. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 

Reli ‘ 

onl Mr. Rice, by Order, reported from’ the Committee of 
the whole House, on the Bill to amend an Act of the fifty- 


., Pett ninth year of His Majesty King George the Third, for the 
j — Relief and Employment of the Poor, the Amendments 
1 0 which they had made to the Bill ;, and the Amendments 
ft were read, and agreed to by the House. 

y Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
i grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


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13° Octobris. 


911 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ki/dalkey, in the county: Petition for 
of Meath, was presented, and read; praying, That the toed 
Laws which at present affect Roman Catholic Marriages: Roman Catholic 
may be repealed. arriages, 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return, 
stating the period at which the Annesley Bridge was com- 
rmenced, and when finished; the original Estimate of 
Expense, and the Sums expended on it; the Sums bor- 
rowed at various times by the Trustees of Annesley Bridge 
Turnpike, and the Amount of Debt unliquidated; the 
Amount of the Rates at the disposal of the Trustees for 
the last Five years, and the Total Amount of their Re- 
ceipts since the passing of the Annesley Bridge Turnpike 
Act ; the purposes to which said Rates are now applied ; 
the Wages and Salaries paid out of the same, and the 
Names of the Persons receiving them ; also, the Names 
of the Persons not employed by the Trustees who have 
received payment since the passing of the said last-men-: 
tioned Act, with the specification of the purposes for which’ 
such Payments were made; an Account of any Sums lost 
by Defaulters, and the Names of such Defaulters, and of 
the Securities for the same, and a Statement of any Pro- 
ceedings taken to recover the said Defalcations ; together 
with the Names of the present acting Trustees. 


Return respect- 
ing Annesley 
Bridge (Tre- 
land), ordered, 


Poor Relief 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the fifty-ninth 
Bill, passed. 


year of His Majesty King George the Third, for the 
Relief and Employment of the Poor, was, according to 
the Order made this day, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Biil do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Committee 
on Barbadves 
and Saint 
Vincent Bill; 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to allow, for a limited time, the Importation of 
Lumber and American Flour, Duty free, into the Islands 
of Barbadoes and Saint Vincent, and to indemnify the 
Governors and others for having permitted the importa- 
tion of those Articles Duty free, be now read; and the 
same being read :—The House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Vernon Smith reported from 
the Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, and 
made several Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Vernon Smith accordingly reported from the Com- 
mittee, the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to by the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


reported. 


Barbadoes 
and Saint 
Vincent Bill, 
passed. 


The ingrossed Bill to allow, for a limited time, the Im- 
portation of Lumber and American Flour, Duty free, into 
the Islands of Barbadoes and Saint Vincent, and to indem- 
nify the Governors and others for having permitted the 
importation of those Articles Duty free, was, according to 
the Order made this day, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title be, 
An Act to allow the Importation of Lumber, and of Fish 
and Provisions, Duty free, into the Islands of Barbadoes 
and Saint Vincent, and to indemnify the Governors and 
others for having permitted the Importation of those 
Articles Duty free. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in this present 
Parliament for the County of Cambridge, in the room of 
the Right honourable Francis Godolphin Osborne, com- 
monly called Lord Francis Godolphin Osborne, who, since 
his Election for the said County, hath accepted the Office 
of Steward or Bailiff of His Majesty’s three Chiltern Hun- 
dreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonenham, in the County 
of Buckingham. 


Cambridge 
County Wr't. 


Sir Henry Hardinge presented to the House, pursuant 


Returns re- 
to their Orders,—A Return of the Number of Officers in a: 
the Army who have been promoted by Brevet, since the _Nos. 


accession of His present Majesty ; stating the Number of 326 &amp; 327. 
10 Y 2 each 


912 


each Rank, and the Amount of additional Pay and Allow- 
ances which the Officers of each Rank will receive in 
consequence of that Promotion; and the Total additional 
Expense to the Country by such Brevet Promotion. 

A Return of the Number of Officers who have pur- 
chased Unattached Commissions under the Order of 25th 
April 1825, or under any other Orders since that date, 
which authorized the Sale of Half Pay ; viz. the Order of 
25th April 1826, which granted Promotion and permis- 
sion to sell to Brevet Officers, and the Orders which 
allowed Retired and Half Pay Officers to settle in the 
British Colonies, selling their Half Pay ; also, Return of 
the Number of Officers who have purchased Unattached 
Commissions in succession to certain Officers of the Artil- 
lery, Engineers and Marines who have been allowed to 
sell out since 1823, with the increased Expense to the 
Public by such Purchases. 

A Return of the Number of Officers who were pro- 
moted under the General Order of 25th April 1826, which 
conferred Unattached Promotion upon Regimental Officers, 
with superior Brevet Rank ; and of the Number of Officers 
who were promoted under the renewal of that Order in 
1830, and of the Expense of the measure. 

A Return of the Number of Officers upon Half Pay 
having superior Brevet Rank who were promoted to Un- 
attached Commissions, in consequence of their service on 
the Staff, in the year 1830, and of the additional Expense 
to the Public by the measure. 

A Return of the Number of Lieutenants who have taken 
the Unattached Rank of Captain, with the Half Pay of 
Five Shillings a-day, under the General Order of 27th De- 
cember 1826, and the extension of that Order in 1830. 


An Abstract Table, showing the Promotions that have 
occurred in the Army by the measures recited in the above 
foregoing five Returns, and the additional Expense to the 
Public by the whole. 


A Return, showing the Number of Appointments to 
First Commissions in the Army between Ist January 1825 
and Ist July 1831; and also, showing what Appointments 
from Half Pay to clear vacancies on Full Pay, distin- 
guishing First Commissions from other Ranks, have taken 
place in the same period ; also, showing what Number of 
Gentlemen Cadets are included in the appointments to 
First Commissions. 

A Return of the Total Number of Officers in the Army 
on the Ist July 1831, stating those on Full Pay and Half 
Pay, including Generals, and all Ranks. 

A Return of the Number of Generals, Lieutenant Gene- 
tals, and Major Generals, unattached ; specifying the daily 
Rate of Pay, the Numbers of each Class, and the Total 
Charge on 18th February 1818; stating the Numbers 
which have been removed by Deaths or Appointments, 
from 1818 up to 1831 :—also, the saving of Expense which 
has actually been effected by reducing the Pay of General 
Officers to the Rates of their last regimental Commissions, 
instead of the three Rates of unattached Pay granted in 
1814, and by the limitation of the Numbers to 120 Gene- 
ral Officers ; specifying the yearly average, as well as the 
total amount of saving to the Public. 

A Return of the Number of Officers on Full and Half 
Pay on Ist January 1814 and Ist July 1831, classed as 
follows: Combatants—Line, Foreign Corps: Non-com- 
batants—such as Medical Staff, Paymaster Generals, 
Chaplains, Commissariat Department liable to service 
with the Army; adding Ordnance Military Corps, viz. 
Artillery, Engineers, and Sappers and Miners: Non-com- 
batants — in the same order, including Field Train, Com- 
missaries of Stores, Conductors of Stores, Military Drafts- 
men and Warrant Officers liable to Field Service, entitled 
to Half Pay or Pension: also, a brief Statement of the 
existing Regulations relating to the Grant of Pay to Un- 
attached General Officers, and other Rates of Pay to 
General Officers ; also, to Retired Officers on Full Pay ; 
and any alterations regarding the claims of Officers of 
the Army to Half Pay. 

- A Return of the Number of Officers on Retired Full 
Pay for the years 1822 and 1831; showing the Charge in 
each year, and the difference of Expense to the Public; also, 
the Prospective Establishment, and Limitation of Expense. 

An Abstract of Promotions by purchase of Unattached 
Commissions since 1823 ; specifying, under each General 
Order and Class, the Number of Officers promoted, and the 
Expense of the same to the Public; stating the Numbers 


13° Octobris. 


A, 183}, 


of Purchasers who have subsequently returned to Full 
Pay, the object and principle of each General Order, ang 
its effects upon the efficiency of the Army, Ordnance ang 
Marines : —also, the Expense to the Public by the jp. 
creased Rates of Half Pay; and showing, as far as is prac. 
ticable, the Expense arising from placing younger Lives 
on the Half-Pay List :—also, the saving to the Public } 
Half-Pay Commissions commuted, in consequence of 
appropriating Sums of Money paid by Officers who pur- 
chased, over and above the Sums received by the Officers 
who sold, as well as by substituting an immediate pay- 
ment in Money for an existing Annuity and a Contingent 
Pension to the Widow or Children ; showing, in one gene. 
ral Total the Number of Unattached Commissions py,. 
chased, and of Promotions obtained thereby, and the rea} 
Expense to the Public of these measures, from 1823 tg 
Ist July 1831. 

A Return of the Number of Commissions in the Army of 
each Rank which have been purchased, and the Half op 
Retired Pay of the same cancelled up to Ist July 183] - 
stating the Amount of Purchase Money paid for each 
Rank, and the Amount of Annuities so cancelled, and the 
saving to the Public. ; y 

A Summary of so much of the above-recited Returns as 
will show, on the one hand, the Total Expense of all these 
Arrangements, and, on the other, the saving to the Public, 
striking a Balance of the same. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 


mation as may have been conveyed to His Majesty by the 
Cabinet of Russia, and by the accredited Agents of the 
late de facto Government of Poland, concerning the cause 
of the War which has been waged in the latter Country ; 
also, showing how far Neutrality appears to have been pre- 
served by the States bordering on Poland, especially 
Prussia :—also, of such Mediation between the Belli- 
gerents as may have been adopted, contemplated or pro- 
posed by His Majesty, or by His Majesty’s Ally the King 
of the French, in conjunction or otherwise; and of the 
Assurances (if any) which may have been conveyed to His 
Majesty by the Emperor of Russia, whether before or 
since the capture of Warsaw, in respect to the just ob- 
servance in future of the constitutional rights, nationality 
and independence of the Kingdom of Poland, as guaran- 
teed by the Treaty of Congress of Vienna, and other di- 
plomatic acts of that period :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson and The ls 
Mr. Roupell 7 haveag 


Mr. Speaker, . 


The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment ; viz. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act passed inthe Whi 
Parliament of Jreland, in the fifteenth and sixteenth years Ofien 


of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, inti- 
tuled, ‘‘ An Act to prevent and punish tumultuous Risings 
of Persons within this Kingdom, and for other purposes 
therein mentioned ;” 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act passed in me 
the Parliament of Jre/and, in the fifth year of His Majesty (oem 


King George the Third, for establishing Public Hospitals 
in Ireland: And also, Hi ke: 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made by 4% 
this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for amending the sities 


Laws relative to the appointment of Special Constables, 
and for the better preservation of the Peace, without any 
Amendment :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, ee? 
That the course adopted by a certain portion of the House- par ‘ 
holders of the Parish of Saint James, Westminster, ™ py, 


holding out the threat of withholding the payment of the 
Rates and Taxes, isa daring violation of the Privileges of 
Parliament, and a most improper attempt to intimidate its 
Members in the discharge of their duty, mischievous as 
to example, and pernicious as to effect and precedent ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ques- 
tion, by leaving out from the word “ That” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words “ an humble 
Address 


Motion 
That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, that rec 


He will be graciously pleased to give directions, that there _ 
be laid before this House, Copies or Extracts of such Infor- — 










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9 Wii. IV. 


« Address be presented to His Majesty, that He will be 
« graciously pleased to give directions, that a Special 
« Commission mit be issued, with all convenient dispatch, 
« {o try the offenders concerned in the recent burning and 
« destruction of Nottingham Castle, and in other outrages 
« and acts of violence recently committed in the County 
“of Nottingham,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Question ; it was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being again proposed, That the 
course adopted by a certain portion of the Householders of 
the Parish of Saint James, Westminster, in holding out the 
threat of withholding the payment of the Rates and Taxes, 
is a daring violation of the Privileges of Parliament, and 
a most improper attempt to intimidate its Members in the 
discharge of their duty, mischievous as to example, and 
pernicious as to effect and precedent :—The said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which were yes- 
terday proposed to be made to the Motion, “ That Mr. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair,” (for the purpose of 
going into the Committee on the Bankruptcy Court Bill ;) 
and which Amendments were, to leave out from the word 
“That” tothe end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ the Bill be committed to a Select Committee,” 
instead thereof, be now read ; and the same being read :— 
The House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put, That the words proposed 
to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Myr" Ropeusraws’ — } 107. 
Mr. Warburton, 

. Tellers for the Noes, ) 4. Geor ge Bankes : \ 31. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question being put ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :-— 
The House accordingly resolved itself intothe Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2”. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cravss (Establishment of a Court of Bankruptcy) — 
read. 
P. 1. 1, 19. Amendment proposed, To leave out 
“ Chief.” 
Question put, That “ Chief” stand part of the Clause. 
The Committee divided. 
Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Spring Rice - 
Teller for the Noes, Mr. George Bankes - 
* CLausE-—-—agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





71. 
19. 





And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 14° die Octobris, 1831: 


Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed by the Committee to 
move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

_ Resolved; That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill to continue and amend the provisions of the Acts 
for allowing Sugar to be delivered out of Warehouse to be 
refined, be now read; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion ‘being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr: Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That 
this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

‘{ Mr. Burze, 

Tellers for the Yeas, {Mr Ty ees 

Tellers for the Noes OMe Viscount Howick, 

&gt; UMr. Tennyson : 


12. 
\ 49. 
So it passed in the Negative. | 
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13°—14° Octobris. 


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And the Question ver, again proposed, That Mr. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 


And a Debate arising in the House thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this day. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for taking into 
further consideration the Report from the Committee of 
the whole House, on the Bill to consolidate and amend 
the Laws for suppressing the illicit making of Malt, and 
distillation of Spirits in Jreland, be now read ; and the 
same being read :—The House proceeded to take the Re- 
port into further consideration; and the Amendments made 
by the Committee to the Bill, being read a second time, 
were agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to diminish the Expense and prevent the Delay.of 
Suits in the Common Law Courts at Westminster ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Mad- 
ness ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day month. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the Bill for the abolition of Fines and Recoveries, 
and for the substitution of more simple modes of Assurance 
in lieu of them ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the amendment of the Law of Inheritance ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the amendment of the Law relating to Dower ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the Limitation of Actions and Suits relating to 
Real Property, and for simplifying the Remedies for trying 
the Rights thereto ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the amendment of the Law relating to the 
Estate of a Tenant by the Curtesy of England ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to regulate the Baking Trade in Ireland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon this 
day month. a 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
amend an Act passed in the first year of His present Ma- 
jesty’s reign, intituled, “ An Act to permit the general 
Sale of Beer and Cyder by Retail in England ;” 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve itself 


into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 


Report of 
Distillation 
(Ireland) Bill, 
considered. 


Suits in Com- 
mon Law 
Courts Bill, 
deferred. 


Canine Mad- 
ness Bill, 
deferred. 


Fines and 
Recoveries - 
Bill, deferred. 


Inheritance 
Bill, deferred. 


Dower Bill, 
deferred. 


Limitation of 
Actions Bill, 
deferred. 


Curtesy of 
England Bill, 
deferred. 


Baking Trade 
(Ireland) Bill, 
deferred. 


Sale of Beer 
Bill, deferred. 


Spring Guns 


ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Bill, deferred. 


to permit the setting of Spring Guns, and Man Traps, in 


certain cases ; ‘ 
‘Ordered, Fhat the Bill be read a second time this day. 
10Z 


The 





Ecclesiastical 
Courts Con- 
tempts Bill, 
deferred. 


Interpleader 
Bill, deferred. 


Arbitration 
Bill, deferred. 


Lunatic 
Comnoissions 
Bill, deferred. 


Papers re- 
specting New 
South Wales, 
presented. 


No. 328. 


Petition 
respecting 
Manufacture 

of Chain Cables, 


914 


19°14" 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for enforcing the Process upon Contempts in the Courts 
Ecclesiastical of England and Ireland ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading 
of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable Courts of Law to give Relief against adverse Claims 
made upon Persons having no interest in the subject of 


such Claims ; j 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading 
of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for settling Controversies by Arbitration ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to diminish the Inconvenience and Expense of Commis- 
sions in the nature of Writs De Lunatico Inquirendo, and 
to provide for the better Care and Treatment of Idiots, 
Lunatics and Persons of unsound Mind, found such by 
Inquisition ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this day. 


Lord Viscount Howick presented to the House,—Re- 
turn to an Address to His Majesty, dated the 14th day of 
September last, for Copies of the Royal Instructions to 
the Governors of New South Wales, Van Diemen’s Land 
and Western Australia, as to the mode to be adopted in 
disposing of Crown Lands, together with such parts of any 
‘Despatches. addressed to them as relate to the same sub- 
ject, or to the means by which Emigration may be faci- 
litated. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Richard Porter, William Porter and 
Robert Porter, of the city of Carlisle, Bar-Iron and Chain- 
Cable Manufacturers, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners, seeing the disadvantageous 
situation in which the Naval and Mercantile Shipping In- 
terests of the Country are placed in respect to the quality 
of the iron of which its Anchors and Cables are made, 
and the system pursued in the manufacture of the latter, 
have for some years applied themselves to the manufac- 
ture of Bar Iron and Chain Cables, with the view to supply 
the best for these important purposes ; that, after many 
experiments, and the outlay of much capital, the Peti- 
tioners succeeded in manufacturing a species of iron 
which, when applied to the making of Cables, has been 
shown to the Navy Board to exceed in durability alone, 
by nearly one hundred per cent., much of the iron which 
is used in the Cables of the Royal Navy, and have also 
succeeded in making Cables capable of sustaining a strain 
of twenty-four tons upon the links of a one-inch Cable ; 
that, after great exertions on the part of the Petitioners, 
they succeeded in getting a public Testing Machine set 
up in Liverpool, for trying the strength of Chain Cables 
after quitting the manufacturers’ premises; the Naval De- 
partment being applied to, furnished a Scale of Proofs, 
which was adopted by the Directors for the use of that esta- 
blishment ; the inefficacy of this Scale was so apparent to 
the Petitioners and others, that scientific men were called 
in to examine it, who reported, that the proofs were 
capable of no more than to extract links having only 
one-fourth of their substance united at the weldings, and 
at the same time recommended a high Scale of Proofs, 
properly authenticated at a public test, to His Majesty’s 
Government, the Maritime Interest, and the Public at 
large ; that the Report of these gentlemen, together with 
the most convincing ocular proofs, having been handed 
to the Navy Board, they, adhering to experience gained 
so far back as the year 1820, and rejecting all the know- 
ledge derived from experience since that period, have in 
the last Contract confined the Contractors for the Cables 
of the Royal Navy to one species of iron, and that of an 
inferior kind, and require no more than a proving strain 
of eighteen tons to be applied to their Cables, of one inch 
diameter in the link, thereby advancing the proofs only 
ten, instead of fifty per cent., thus still permitting links 


&lt; 


Octobris. 


of inferior iron and very bad workmanship to remain jp 
them ;.that it having been satisfactorily shown by those 
men of science, that no Chain Cable can be relied upon 
to bear any strain beyond that to which it has been proyeq 
and that the proofs on all ought to be greatly increaseq, 
the House will perceive that of two chains of equal weight 
and size, one manufactured according to the regulations 
of the Navy Board, and the other on the improved method 
recommended by scientific men, that of the Navy Board 
will bear a strain of only eighteen tons, whilst the othe, 
will bear a strain of twenty-four, which is also near] 
equal to one hundred per cent., thus presenting the three 
great desiderata, strength, cheapness and lightness, the 
latter quality being of itself a valuable consideration, as 
it respects the convenience of a crew; that from these 
facts it will be clear to the House, that, for the perfect 
security of life and property, and a due economy of the 
public money in this department of expenditure, means 
ought to be taken for trying the capabilities of chains ag 
to their strength and durability, and that, instead of re. 
quiring Chain Cables of a certain diameter to have only a 
certain amount of strain, which amount has not been 
ascertained upon any known scientific principles, those 
only which are capable of resisting the greatest strain with- 
out distending the links, ought to be received for the 
Royal Navy, the power to be ascertained by a re-proving 
machine, instead of being left, as is now the case, to the 
honesty of the manufacturer ; the example would be fol. 
lowed by the Mercantile and Shipping Interests, and life 
and property be rendered more secure, and the conveni- 
ence of a crew better consulted ; the Petitioners therefore 
pray, That the House will be pleased to order an investi- 
gation into the subject, for the purpose of ascertaining 
the precise capabilities of well-manufactured Cables, with 
a view to discover if the present system of the Navy Board 
be the most advantageous to the Public Service for the 
supply of Chain Cables. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Edward Harris, of Park-street, Camber- Peis 
well, Gentleman, was presented, and read ; setting forth, “&gt;i 


specting 


That the Petitioner conceives he needs not inform the Natiou) 


House how great a blessing to the industrious classes of 
the community, and to the rest of it consequentially, relief 
from the charge called the National Debt, would bring, 
nor how deeply impressed with this sense are the Peti- 
tioner’s fellow countrymen ; the Petitioner also ventures 
to suppose the House to communicate in this sentiment; 
the House is, the Petitioner assumes, sensible that that 
deeply desired measure of Parliamentary Reform which 
now so worthily engages the universal attention of the 
Petitioner’s fellow countrymen, is- only valuable on ac- 
count of that redress of their grievances which it pro- 
mises to induce, and that the master-grievance of the 
Country is that public charge, for the satisfaction of which, 
the far greater portion of the Taxes is exacted, denomi- 
nated the National Debt ; the Country is in this respect 
in the condition of the fabled wretch fixed to the frosty 
Caucasus, whose liver was renewed only to be as often 
devoured ; the earnings of industry are renewed to be 
— with to feed this ravenous political monster; the 

etitioner would cheerfully pay the Taxes requisite for 
the two purposes of the institution of civil society, namely, 
external defence, and internal peace ; the Taxes levied for 
the satisfaction of this charge, are levied for neither of 
these national purposes, but after they have been levied, 
other Taxes remain to be levied for those purposes; 
although the Petitioner entertains his opinion of the vali- 
dity of this charge, yet the Petitioner would not think of 
venturing to obtrude his own unlearned notions in this re- 
spect upon the House, but he has read in a Pamphlet, 
recently published, intituled, ‘‘ The Sponge,” being an 1n- 
quiry into the validity of the public charge, pleasantly 
denominated the National Debt, purporting to be the 
work of a Barrister learned in the law, an apparently 
advised and careful exposure of its invalidity ; the Peti- 
tioner ventures to predict that the question of the validity 
of this charge will, before long, become a most serious 
public question to be resolved ; and since the Petitioner 
naturally perceives that impartial opinions cannot be ex- 
pected’ at home among ourselves, who are either Fund- 
holders or payers of Taxes on account of them, he ven 
tures to recommend (in analogy to the measure taken by 


the late Mr. Pitt, on the question of the nature of the 
_ doctrines 








turns, 
sented 


pirits. 
No, 331 


toms an 
ise Ap- 
tments, 
10, 332, 


¢ Super. 
ations 


id.) 


its, 








tus, 
sented : 


pits 
No. 33 1 . 






Petition 
of E, Har 


respecting 
Nationa) 


toms and 

ise Ape 
tments. 
(0 332, 


e Super. 
f 


ations 


e- id.) 


ity 1. 333, 


2 Witt. IV. 13°—14° Octobris. | 915 


doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church) the consulta- 
tion of the Continental Colleges of Law and Jurists upon 
the question; and praying, That the House will be pleased 
to present an Address to His Majesty, that His Majesty 
will be pleased to take measures for procuring such advice 
as aforesaid. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
after three of the clock on Friday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 





——— 





Veneris, 14° die Octobris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 
HE House being informed that Mr. Crafer, from the 
Treasury, attended at the door, he was called in; 
and at the bar presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Orders,—Return to several Orders of the House, dated 
the 3d day of August last, for an Account of the Total 
Imperial Proof Gallons of Rum, Brandy, Geneva, and 
other Foreign, Colonial, or Guernsey or Jersey Spirits, in 
Bond in the United Kingdom, from 5th January 1826, 
and imported since then to 5th January 1831, added to- 
gether ;--and, of the Total Imperial Proof Gallons of each 
of these that paid Duty in the United Kingdom, exported 
as Merchandize, as Ship Stores, or under any other 
denomination or character, or taken for the use of the 
Navy, from 5th January 1826 to 5th January 1831, and 
that remained in Bond on 5th January 1831; and show- 
ing the Total Gallons of each of these added together, and 
difference betwixt each of these so added together, and the 
Gallons of each of them in Bond on 5th January 1826, 
and imported from then to 5th January 1831, and stating, 
in detail, how this difference arose; with Copies of all 
Orders authorizing the same, and what the Total Amount 
of Duty, at the rate each kind of these was subject to, 
would have been, and what that amount is equal to per 
Gallon on each Gallon of the Total Quantity of Gallons 
of each kind of these that paid Duty, during the period 
from 5th January 1826 to 5th January 1831. 

A Return of the different Persons appointed to Situa- 
tions in the Department of the Customs during the last 
twelve months, viz. from 11th August 1830 to 11th 
August 1831; specifying their respective Offices, and Sa- 
laries and Emoluments ;—and also, a Return of such Per- 
sons as have been nominated as Expectants, or to receive 
Instruction to qualify them to become Officers in their 
Departments ; distinguishing the Appointments or Nomi- 
nations in each month respectively. 

A Return of the different Persons appointed to Situa- 
tions in the Department of the Customs during the last 
twelve months, specifying their respective Offices, and 
Salaries and Emoluments, viz. from 11th August 1830 
to 11th August 1831. 

A Return of all Persons appointed to Situations in the 
Department of the Excise during the last twelve months ; 
specifying their respective Offices, Salaries and Emolu- 
ments ;—also, a Return of all Persons who have been 
nominated as Expectants to receive Instructions to qua- 
lify them to become Officers during the last twelve months ; 
distinguishing the Appointments or Nominations in each 
month respectively ;—and, a Return of all Persons re- 
appointed, during the last twelve months, from the List 
of dropped Officers. 

A Return of all Officers of Excise who have been super- 
annuated, and are now receiving Pensions or Retired Sala- 
Nes; specifying the Dates of such Superannuation, the 
several Amounts of the same, with the Age and former 
Services of each Individual; and stating when, how and 
in what Situation or Situations their Services have been 
performed. 

An Account of the Number of Imperial Proof Gallons 
of Guernsey and Jersey Spirits imported into and that paid 
Duty in England, in the year ending 5th January 1831, 
and half year from that date, rate and amount of Duty, 
and ProofGallons remaining in Bond, upon 5th July 1831. 

An Account of the Imperial Proof Gallons of Guernsey 
and Jersey Spirits imported, bonded, and that paid Duty 
. 0 hep of London, from 5th July 1831 to the latest 

riod the same can be ma . 

VOL. 86. me 





Mr. Crafer also presented to the House, pursuant to 
their Addresses to His Majesty,—A Return of such Pen- 
sioners on the Civil List of England, Scotland and Ireland. 
and the Four-and-Half per Cent. Duties, as have signi- 
fied their intention of declining to receive their Pensions 
in future. 

A Return of the Amount of Pensions on the Civil List 
and the Four-and-Half per Cent. Duties which have ceased 
by the death of their Possessors in the present year, toge- 
ther with the Names of such deceased Pensioners. 

A Return of the Amount of Pensions on the Civil List 
of Scotland, which have ceased by the death of the Pos- 
sessors in the present year, together with the Names of 
such deceased Pensioners, 

A Return of the Amount of Pensions on the Civil List 
of Ireland, which have ceased by the death of the Pos- 
sessors in the present year, together with the Names of 
such deceased Pensioners. 

Mr. Crafer also presented to the House, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Sixth Report of 
the Commissioners appointed by virtue of an Act of Par- 
liament passed in the fourth year of the reign of his late 
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, An Act for 
building additional Places of Worship in the Highlands 
and Islands of Scotland :’—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts and Papers do lie 
upon the Table; and, except the Accounts relative to 
Excise Superannuations, Jreland, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to take 
into consideration the frequent Calamities by Steam Na- 
vigation, and the best means of guarding against their 
recurrence, and to report their observations thereupon to 
the House, have Power to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

Mr. Sibthorp accordingly reported from the said 
Committee ; and to whom several Petitions, which were 
presented to the House in the present Session of Parlia- 
ment, were referred ; and who were empowered to report 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them to the 
House ; That they had examined the matters to them re- 
ferred ; and had directed him to make a Report thoreof 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them, with an Appendix; and the Report 
was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; and 
be printed. 


A Petition of the Honorary Members of the Provident 
Society of Corsham, in the county of Wilts, was presented, 
and read ; praying that such repeals, alterations and im- 
provements may be made in the laws of Friendly Societies, 
that every obstacle which tends to cramp, fetter or mili- 
tate against the formation and continuance of the same, 
may be removed, and such amendments made and substi- 
tuted in their place for the ease, comfort, facility and pro- 
tection of these useful Societies as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Stafford, 
was presented, and read ; praying, That the speediest and 
most decisive measures may be adopted to terminate the 
connection of Britain with Hindoo Idolatry, so that Hindoo 
Idols and Temples may be left to the management of their 
own votaries, and no longer be aided, sanctioned and 
honoured by British management and influence ; the Pe- 
titioners also understand, that, by laws now permitted to 
exist in India, converts to Christianity lose the right of 
inheriting hereditary property; the Petitioners therefore 
earnestly beseech the House to adopt such measures as 
shall occasion a speedy alteration of such oppressive and 
persecuting laws, and as shall secure to their [7indoo 
Christian brethren the full enjoyment of their religious 
and civil rights. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of His Majesty’s most faithful subjects, The 
Commons of Lower Canada, in Provincial Parliament 
assembled, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners, deeply impressed with the conviction 
that nothing can tend more to promote the happiness and 
welfare of all classes of the community than a system 
of Laws founded upon principles of justice and equity, 

0Z 2 adapted 


Pensioners. 
No. 334. 


Report on 
Highland 
Churches. 


No. 330. 


Power to 
Committee 
on Steam 
Navigation. 


Report. 
No, 335. 


Petition for 
amendment 
of Friendly 
Societies Act. 


Petition for 
suppression 
of Pilgrim 


‘Tax (India.) 


Petition from 
Lower Canada, 
respecting 

the Tenure of 
Lands, 





916 
adapted to the circumstances of the Country, and consist- 
ent with the education and habits of life of those who 
reside therein, beg most respectfully to bring under the 
consideration of the House an Act passed in the sixth 
year of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, “ An Act 
to provide for the extinction of Feudal and Seigniorial 
Rights and Burthens‘on Lands held @ titre de fief, and a 
titre de cens, in the Province of Lower Canada, and for 
the gradual conversion of those Tenures into the Tenure of 
free and common Soccage, and for other purposes relating 
to the said Province,” by which, without confirming all 
such transactions as had been previously entered into in 
good faith, there has been introduced the greatest confu- 
sion and alarm into ail parts of that Province, inasmuch 
as the said Act destroys acknowledged rights, introduces 
laws unknown to the people, and unfortunately affords 
facilities for fraud and oppression; that the Petitioners 
would moreover expose to the House, that the said Act is 
opposed to the feelings of the inhabitants of that Province, 
is incompatible with their education and habits of life, and 
has been forced upon them contrary to their rights, interests 
and desires ; wherefore, in the name of the people they 
represent, they pray the House to repeal the said Act, 
that the people of that Colony may continue to enjoy the 
security and protection afforded them by laws to which 
they have heretofore been subject, and for which they 
feel the strongest attachment, by reason of the benefits 
derived from their judicious enactments, so well adapted 
to the country and its inhabitants. 

A Petition of His Majesty’s dutiful and loyal Sub- 
jects, The Commons of the Province of Lower Canada, in 
Provincial Parliament assembled, was also presented, 
and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners, confiding 
in the sentiments of justice and liberality which actuate 
the House, and the other branches of the Government 
of this powerful Empire, respectfully approach the 
House, to submit for their consideration, that, notwith- 
standing the progress that has been made in the edu- 
cation of the people of that Province, under the encou- 
ragement afforded by the recent Acts of the Legislature, 
the effects of the impediments opposed to its general dis- 
semination by the diversion of the revenues of the Jesuits’ 
estates, originally destined for this purpose, the withholding 
of promised grants of land for schools in 1801, and the re- 
jection in the Legislative Council of various Bills in favour 
of education, are still severely felt throughout the Province, 
and materially retard its prosperity ; that the management 
of the waste lands of the Crown has been vicious and im- 
provident, and still impedes the settlement of these lands, by 
delays, expenses and difficulties opposed to their easy and 
secure occupation by all persons without distinction, who 
may be disposed to become actual settlers thereon, and ap- 
ply themselves to this branch of industry,so pre-eminently 

eneficial for the general prosperity of new countries ; 
that the power of regulating the trade of the Province re- 
served by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, however 
beneficially it may have been exercised on several occa- 
sions for the prosperity of the Colony, and the general 
good of the Empire, has, nevertheless, from the variations 
and uncertainty of the duration of its enactments, occa- 
sioned injurious uncertainty in mercantile speculations, 
and prejudicial fluctuations in the value of real estate in 
the country, and in the different branches of industry, 
particularly connected with trade ; that the inhabitants of 
the different towns, parishes, townships, extra-parochial 
places, and counties of that Province, suffer from the 
want of sufficient legal powers for regulating and ma- 
naging their several local concerns, indispensable to im- 
provement, and their common welfare; that much uncer- 
tainty and confusion has been introduced into the laws 
for the security and regulation of property, by the inter- 
mixture of different codes of laws, and rules and proceed- 
ing in the Courts of Justice ; and that the administration 
of justice has become insufficient, and unnecessarily ex- 
pensive; that this uncertainty and confusion has been 
greatly increased by enactments affecting real property 
within the Colony, made in the Parliament of the United 
Kingdom since the establishment of the Provincial Le- 
gislature, without those interested having even had an 
opportunity of being heard, and particularly by a recent 
decision on one of the said enactments in the Provincial 
Court of Appeals; that several of the Judges of the 
Courts of that Province have long been engaged in, and 
have even taken a public part in, the political affairs and 


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A. 183f 
differences of the Province, at the same time holdin, 

offices during pleasure, and situations incompatible with 
the’ due discharge of their judicial functions, tending 4 
destroy that confidence in their impartiality, ‘in ¢aseg 
where the Executive Government is concerned, ‘which 
is so essential to the peace’and well-being of the com: 
munity ; that, during a long series of years, executive 
and judiciary offices have been bestowed almost excly. 
sively upon one class of subjects in that Province, and 
especially upon those the least connected, by property or 
otherwise, with its permanent inhabitants, or who haye 
shown themselves the most averse to the rights, liberties 
and interests of the people ; that, holding executive offices 
essential to the proper and regular administration of the 
Government, and having lost the confidence of the country, 
several of these persons avail themselves of means afforded 
by their situations to prevent the constitutional and har- 
monious co-operation of the Government and the House of 
Assembly, and to excite ill feeling and discord between 
them, while they are remiss in their different situations to 
forward the public business; that there exists no suffi- 
cient responsibility on the part of the persons holding these 
situations, nor any adequate accountability among those of 
them entrusted with public money, the consequence of 
which has been the misapplication of large sums of public 
money, and of the money of individuals, by defaulters, with 
whom deposits were made under legal authority, hitherto 
without reimbursement or redress having been obtained, 
notwithstanding the humble representations of the Peti- 
tioners ; that the evils of this state of things have been 
greatly aggravated by enactments made in the Parliament 
of the United Kingdom, without even the knowledge of 
the people of that Colony, which enactments have ren- 
dered temporary duties imposed by the Provincial Legis- 
lature permanent, leaving in the hands of public officers, 
over whom the Assembly has no effectual control, large 
sums of money arising within that Province, which is 
applied by persons subject to no sufficient accountability ; 
that the selection of the Legislative Councillors has also 
been chiefly confined to the description of the inhabitants 
of the Province before mentioned, or to the public officers 
holding situations during pleasure, with large salaries paid 
out of the Public Revenue, and who, uniting in the same 
persons legislative, executive and judiciary powers, coun- 
tenance, encourage and uphold abuses, and render all 
legislative remedies in Provincial Legislature nearly im- 
practicable ; that while the people of that Province suffer 
under the present state of things, and endeavour to obtain 
redress, they are not the less sensible of the advantages 
which they enjoy under His Majesty’s Government, and 
particularly the more liberal policy adopted towards that 
Colony within the last two years, they nevertheless feel, 
with sentiments of the deepest regret, that the hopes with 
which they were cheered, after a long period of unmerited 
suffering and insult, have been greatly diminished by the 
delays which have occurred in redressing many of the 
grievances complained of in their humble Petition to The 
King and Parliament in 1828, most of which were recom- 
mended to be removed by the Select Committee of the 
House on the State of Canada, which reported in the 
same year, particularly the interspersion of Crown and 
Clergy reserves among the lands granted by the Crown; 
the evils resulting from Imperial legislation for the internal 
concerns of the Colony ; the composition of the Legislative 
Council; the dependence of the Judges, and their inter- 
ference with the political business of the Province ; the 
want of responsibility and accountability of public officers; 
and of a Tribunal in the Colony for the trial of Impeach- 
ments ; the withholding of the Revenues of the Estates of 
the late Order of Jesuits from the purposes of Education ; 
the management of the Waste Lands of the Crown, in con- 
sequence of which, applicants for actual occupation are pre- 
vented from freely possessing the same under secure titles 
in sufficient quantities for cultivation without unneces- 
sary delay, and without any expense or burthen other than 
the fair and necessary costs of survey and title ; the Pe- 
titioners most respectfully submit, that, by a judicious exer- 
cise of the Royal Prerogative, most of the grievances and 
subjects of complaint above set forth, might be remedied, 
and that the favourable intervention of the House in that 
behalf could not fail to produce a result equally advan- 
tageous toall classes of His Majesty’s faithful subjects 
that Province, and to the general welfare of the Empire; 


wherefore the Petitioners most humbly pray, That the 
House 








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House will take their case into favourable consideration, 
and adopt such measures as may lead to the exercise of 
the Royal Prerogative for remedy of the evils of which 
they complain, to the end that they may be wholly and 
for ever removed. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill to consolidate and amend the 
Laws for suppressing the illicit making of Malt, and dis- 
tillation of Spirits in Ireland, be now read ; and the same 
being read :—The Bill was read the third time; and 
several Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Robert Gordon reported from the Select Committee 
appointed to inquire into matters connected with Windsor 
Castle and Buckingham Palace ; and to whom the Papers 
relating to the Supply of Furniture for Windsor Castle, 
and the Papers relating to the New Palace, called Buck- 
ingham Palace, in Saint James's Park, which were pre- 
sented to the House, by His Majesty’s Command, upon 
the 15th day of February last; and also, the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken by the Committee in the last Session 
of Parliament, and all Papers laid before them, were re- 
ferred ; and who were empowered to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them, from time to time, to 
the House ; and who were instructed to consider whether 
the Building now erected for a Palace, may not be more 
advantageously applied to other Public Purposes, and to 
what Purposes; That they had examined the matters to 
them referred; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them, with an Appendix; and the 
Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; and 
be printed. 


A Petition of His Majesty’s faithful subjects, Inhabitants 
of the Province of Upper Canada, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners addressed the House 
about three years ago on subjects inseparably connected 
with the vital interests of the Petitioners, theirchildren, and 
the Province at large, namely, the erection of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church into a dominant Church, and the esta- 
blishment of a partial, unsuitable and oppressive system of 
education; the Petitioners feel grateful for the attention 
shown to their just and dutiful remonstrances, and the mea- 
sures recommended by a Committee of the House for the 
removal of those evils of which the Petitioners then com- 
plained, and the introduction into that country of that 
equitable system of religion and education so essential to 
its permanent tranquillity, prosperity and happiness ; but 
the Petitioners deeply regret to perceive that, whilst their 
humble Petition was graciously received, the justness of 
their remonstrances acknowledged, the redress of their 
grievances recommended, and assurances held out that 
the wishes of His Majesty’s subjects in Canada should be 
fully consulted on all matters which relate to their local 
interests, no effectual public measures have yet been taken 
to terminate a system which, if fostered and obstinately 
adhered to, must in its ultimate consequences prove ruinous 
to that Province as a portion of the British Empire; 
emboldened by the tender regard which the House has 

eretofore expressed and manifested for the welfare of 
every class of His Majesty’s subjects in that Province, the 
Petitioners again lay their case before them, confident 
that when the true state of the Province is known to the 
House, the representations which are secretly made to His 
Majesty’s Government, and which shun the light of public 
investigation in the Colony, will no longer be listened to, 
and that monopolies which exalt and enrich a few at the 
expense of the Province will be for ever put down; the 

etitioners cannot disguise their decided opinion, that 
any kind of ecclesiastical establishment, situated as that 

rovince is, is essentially anti-Christian and baneful to 
every interest of humanity ; if any Church were to be 
erected into a dominant Church in that Province, the Pe- 
titioners would quite as soon that dominant Church should 
be the Church of England as any other, from the com- 


parative moderation with which that Church has exer- 
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14° Octobris. 


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cised its political power in Great Britain for the last cen- 
tury; but, whatever reasons may exist for such an Eccle- 
siastical Establishment in Great Britain, the Petitioners 
are persuaded such or any good reasons do not apply to 
that Province, and the lately contemplated project of 
establishing two Churches instead of one, with peculiar 
immunities and prerogatives, is only, in the opinion of the 
Petitioners, doubling instead of lessening the evil ; in sup- 
port of this, their earnest belief, the Petitioners beg leave to 
submit a few reasons ; Ist, as is well known to the House, 
two things are necessary in the state of the population to the 
establishment of any one or more forms of religion, first, that 
such form or forms of religion be professed by a majority 
of the population, and, secondly, that a majority of the 
population be in favour of the establishment of such a 
form or forms of religion; neither of these essential re- 
quisites for such an establishment is to be found in that 
Province ; in the words of “ the Select Committee on the 
Civil Government of Canada,” appointed by the House in 
1828, “ it is certain that the adherents of the Church of 
England constitute but a small minority in the Province, 
of Upper Canada,” and neither the adherents of the 
Church of England, nor those of the Church of Scotland, 
form the most numerous body within the Province of Upper 
Canada, and nothing is more repugnant to the feelings 
and principles of a very large majority of the population 
of that Province than the establishment of any one or 
more forms of religion with peculiar endowments and pri- 
vileges ; to establish both of these points the most abun- 
dant proof might be adduced, but the Petitioners will 
only mention the fact, that the Parliament of that Province, 
a considerable portion of which has always consisted of 
members of the Church of England, has successively de- 
cided, and by almost unanimous votes, that the members 
of the Church of England compose but a small minority 
of the population, and that the establishment of any Church 
in the Province, with peculiar immunities, would be im- 
politic, unjust and cruel ; the Petitioners beg also to refer 
the House to the Report of a Select Committee on the Pe- 
titions of different denominations of Christians appointed 
by the Provincial Parliament in Upper Canada in 1828; 
in which Report the House will find a mass of evidence, 
given by different religious and political parties, whereby 
it may be clearly ascertained, that a very large majority 
of the population of that Province are decidedly and con- 
scientiously opposed to any thing like one or more domi- 
nant Churches ; it is worthy of remark, that the advocates 
for erecting a dominart Church have always been opposed 
to the expression of any public opinion in the Province on 
this subject, and have, with all possible caution, avoided any 
investigation of their claims or measures, hoping by private 
representations to His Majesty’s Government to procure the 
permanent establishment of a system which is deprecated 
by the great body of the population, and is highly detri- 
mental to the peace and prosperity of the Province; 2dly, 
the Clergy reserve lands of that Province have been 
brought from a nominal to a real and rapidly increasing 
value by the labour, industry and enterprise of the popu- 
lation generally, and to appropriate the avails of these 
lands to the support of the Clergy of a minor Church or 
Churches, will be converting the labours of the many to 
the undeserved and unjust aggrandizement of a few; 
3dly, the other denominations of Christians in that Pro- 
vince stand in a very different relation to the Churches of 
England and Scotland from what they do in Great Bri- 
tain; in Great Britain the Churches of England and 
Scotland embrace a large majority of the population of the 
United Kingdom, and were established by law before many 
of the dissenting denominations were known in the Em- 
pire ; but in Upper Canada the Churches of England and 
Scotland are of a much more recent date than several other 
Christian denominations, who have received no assistance 
or encouragement from the local Government, and whose 
ministers have, in some instances, been treated with great 
severity, and have been uniformly denied the rights and 
privileges which the Provincial Assembly have repeatedly 
recognised and sought to obtain for them; according to 
the Reports of the Society for the Propagation of Chris- 
tian Knowledge in Foreign Parts, there were only five 
clergymen of the Church of England in Canada during 
the late war with the United States, and their number has 
not amounted to twenty until within a few years past ; and 
the honourable and venerable Dr. Strachan stated, in a 

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918 


printed discourse on the occasion of the death of the late 
Bishop of Quebec, as also, in an appeal to the friends of re- 
ligion and literature in Great Britain, published in 1827, 
that the benefits of the Ecclesiastical Establishment of 
England are little known or felt in Upper Canada ; there 
are at the present time but eleven or twelve clergymen 
belonging to the Church of Scotland, and there was only 
one minister of that Church settled in the whole Province 
-before the year 1818; but the ministers of several other 
denominations accompanied the first influx of emigration 
into Upper Canada, and have largely shared the hard- 
ships, privations and sufferings incident to ministers and 
missionaries in a new country, who have no other de- 
pendence for their support than the voluntary contribu- 
tions of their scattered flocks, and it is through the instru- 
mentality of their unwearied and successful labours that 
the mass of the population of Upper Canada have been 
mainly supplied with religious instruction ; they therefore 
do not stand in the relation of dissenters from either the 
Church of England or of Scotland, but are ministers of 
distinct and independent Churches, who had numerous 
congregations in various parts of the Province before the 
ministerial labours of any Ecclesiastical Establishment 
were to any considerable extent known or felt; the Peti- 
tioners therefore cannot but view it as a case of peculiar 
hardship, that those “ who have borne the burthen and 
heat of the day” should be treated with contemptuous neg- 
lect, whilst others who enter at the eleventh hour the mea- 
surably cultivated vineyard are enriched with large Parlia- 
mentary grants of money, and one-seventh of the landed 
property of the Province, besides the monopoly of vast 
resources for the purpose of education; this partial dis- 
tribution of the Royal munificence strikes more directly 
at the rights and interests, and wounds more deeply the 
feelings of the most numerous denominations of Chiris- 
tians in the Province, from the circumstance, that the plea 
made to His Majesty's Government by the Episcopal 
Clergy and their agents is, that it will enable them to ex- 
terminate all other Christian denominations, and ulti- 
mately to bring the whole population into the communion 
of the Ecclesiastical Establishment ; under such circum- 
stances, the Petitioners cannot but view the appropriations 
made to the Episcopal Church as powerful weapons un- 
justly put into the hands of one class of persons to carry 
on a proselyting warfare against the conscientious opinions 
and civil liberties of other numerous and equally loyal 
and deserving classes of His Majesty’s subjects; a liberal 
and equitable system of education the Petitioners consider 
of equal importance to the well-being of that Province, 
with a just and wise policy in respect to religion, and 
they regret to have it to say, that the Charter of King’s 
College has as yet undergone no modification, and that 
the principles on which it is established are incompatible 
with the state of public opinion, and unsuitable to the cir- 
cumstances of the people ; the Petitioners feel persuaded 
that nothing would contribute more to the tranquillity of 
Upper Canada than the removal of injurious jealousies, 
the provoking of a fair and generous emulation among all 
classes of His Majesty’s subjects, the promotion of a spirit 
of general enterprise, and the strengthening of an in- 
creased attachment to the Imperial Government, than an 
equality of privileges and immunities among all Christian 
denominations, and a system of education, under the con- 
trol of the provincial Legislature, with schools and col- 
leges, in which there should be no preference of sectarian 
tenets or interests, and whose portals and honours would 
be equally accessible to meritorious industry of every re- 
ligious creed ; according to the present distribution of the 
Clergy, and a large portion of the Crown lands, the Peti- 
tioners consider there is just cause of complaint and 
alarm; in a Letter addressed by the Honourable and Vener- 
able Dr. Strachan to the Right honourable R.J.W. Horton, 
dated Downing-street, May 22, 1827, the author, after 
making every deduction that his well-known ingenuity 
rendered him so capable of doing, has estimated one- 
seventh of the arable lands of the Province at 3,760,000 
acres, and the annual revenue arising from said lands for 
a century to come at 376,000/.; the real estate, of which 
this sum is acknowledged to be the probable annual value 
rent for the first century, is placed at the disposal of a 
body of men irresponsible to the Colonial Legislature, 
consisting, at the present time, of between fifty and sixty 
persons ; it cannot be denied that such a monopoly, in 


14° Octobris. 


A. 1831. 


the hands of any body of men whatever may, be the cha- 
racteristic liberality of their sentiments, is inimical to the 
interests of any Goverment, and alarmingly dangeroys 
to the liberties of any people; in addition to one-seyenth 
of the Province, a grant of 225,944 acres of the Crown 
lands has been made to endow King’s College, establisheq 
at York, Upper Canada, and an annual sum from the Im. 
perial Government of 1,000 /. for sixteen years ; the Col- 
lege Council have passed an order to dispose of none of 
this land for less than four dollars per acre, and much of 
it has been sold at a higher rate ; according to this valua- 
tion, this single grant amounts to upwards of 200,000, 
besides an annual appropriation of 1,000/. for sixteen 
years; the terms of the Charter place the munificent en- 
dowment also under the control of the Clergy of the 
Church of England, as also the entire government of the 
College ; when, therefore, it is considered that there are 
nearly three millions of acres of Clergy reserved lands in 
the Province, which have been, and still are, a very serious 
obstacle to the improvement of the Country, that they are 
a most dangerous monopoly in the hands of a few indi- 
viduals, that experience has shown that such appropria- 
tions are not likely to be of any religious advantage to the 
Church of England itself in Upper Canada, that the 
ministers of other denominations have laboured more ex- 
tensively to improve the moral condition of the Province 
than the Clergy of the Episcopal Church, that the mem- 
bers of the several Christian denominations are equally 
loyal with the members of the Episcopal Church, and 
are equally deserving of the gracious consideration of 
His Majesty’s Government, that hereby unjust and im- 
proper political distinctions are recognized, which are 
fraught with endless dissatisfactions, and which must 
ever mar the happiness of the Province as long as they 
are sanctioned by the Executive Government, that the 
funds arising from the sale of the Clergy lands might 
be converted from a worse than useless purpose, to the 
promotion of various and important internal improve- 
ments, and that the Charter and endowments of King’s 
College are partial and exclusive, the Petitioners cannot 
but remonstrate against the manifest injustice, impolicy 
and evil of thus appropriating so large a portion of 
the Province, and of making such invidious distinctions 
on account of religions opinions ; in this opinion, the Pe- 
titioners have reason to believe, a great portion of the 
members of the Church of England participate ; in the 
Parliament, eighteen members of which, the Reverend 
Dr. Strachan stated in the above-mentioned Letter to the 
Right honourable R. J.W. Horton, were members of the 
Church of England, only three were found in favour of 
the present application of the Clergy reserves ; if these 
eighteen, chosen members of the House of Assembly by 
the people, may be considered as fairly representing the 
sentiments of the members of the Church of England 
on this subject, it will be found that five out of six are 
opposed to giving their Clergy any political advantages 
over the ministers of other Christian denominations ; and 
praying, That it may please the House to take the subject 
of promoting religion and education in Upper Canada into 
their serious consideration, to take such steps as may be 
within the constitutional powers of the House, and to 
leave the ministers of all denominations of Christians to 
be supported by the people among whom they labonr, 
and by the voluntary contributions of benevolent Societies 
in Canada and Great Britain; to do away with all political 
distinctions on account of religious faith; to remove all 
ministers of religion from seats and places of political 
power in the Provincial Government; to grant to the 
Clergy of all denominations of Christians the enjoyment 
of equal rights and privileges in every thing that apper- 
tains to them as subjects of His Majesty’s Government, 
and as Ministers of the Gospel, particularly the right of 
solemnizing Matrimony, of which many of them have 
long been deprived, contrary to the repeated and unanl- 
mous votes of the House of Assembly, to modify the 
Charter of King’s College, established at York, in Upper 
Canada, so as to exclude all sectarian tests and prefer- 
ences, and to appropriate the proceeds of the sale of lands, 
heretofore set apart for the support of Protestant Clergy; 
to the purposes of general education, and various internal 
improvements. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


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A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wing field and Mr. 
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a Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment ; v7z. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal so much of an Act 
passed in Ireland, in the fourth year of King George the 
First, for the better regulating the Town of Galway, and 
for strengthening the Protestant Interest therein, as limits 
the Franchise created by the said Act to Protestants 


ly: 

me Bill, intituled, An Act to revive, for one year, three 
Acts made in the forty-seventh and fiftieth years of the 
reign of his Majesty King George the Third, and in the 
tenth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 
the Fourth, for the preventing improper Persons from 
having Arms in Jre/and, and to indemnify such Persons 
as may have acted in the execution of, and pursuant to, 
the Provisions of the said Acts since the expiration 
thereof : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the fifty- 
ninth year of his Majesty King George the Third, for the 
Relief and Employment of the Poor: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Commissioners 
of His Majesty’s Treasury to make a conveyance of 
Fresh Wharf, in the City of London : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to allow the Importation of 
Lumber, and of Fish and Provisions, Duty free, into the 
Islands of Barbadoes and Saint Vincent, and to indemnify 
the Governors and others for having permitted the Im- 
portation of those Articles Duty free: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to empower Landed Proprietors in Jreland to sink, em- 
bank and remove Obstructions in Rivers, with some 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
shortening the time of Prescription in certain cases; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Lord Viscount Althorp presented to the House, pursu- 
ant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— Eleventh 
Report of His Majesty's Commissioners for building New 


Churches. 


Ordered, That the said Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to con- 
sider the Charges for the Civil Government of the United 
Kingdom, heretofore defrayed from the Civil Lists of 
England and Ireland, the Hereditary Revenues of Scotland, 
and the Four-and-Half per cent. Duties, and remaining to 
be provided for, have Power to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them to the House. 

Mr. Rice accordingly reported from the said Committee ; 
and to whom an Account of the Charges for the Civil 
Government of the United Kingdom, heretofore defrayed 
from the Civil List in England and Ireland, and from the 
Hereditary Revenue in Scotland, and from the Produce of 
the Four-and-Half per cent. Duties, not provided for by the 
Act 1 Will. 4, c.25, which was presented to the House, by 
His Majesty’s Command, upon the 12th day of August last, 
was referred ; and who were empowered to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them to the House ; 
That they had considered the matters referred to them ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them, and an Appendix; and the Report was 
brought up, and read. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; and 
be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
mendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
n Act to empower Landed Proprietors in Jredand to: sink, 
embank and remove Obstructions in Rivers; and the same 
were read ; and are as followeth; 
Pr. 86. 1.19. After “ thereof” insert Clause (A.) 

, Tease (A.) “ Provided always, and be it Enacted, 
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“* wise, upon any inclosed Park, incloged Garden, or in- 
closed Demesne, without the consent in writing of the 
“« Proprietor thereof.” Oey 

At the end of the Bill insert Clause (B.) 

Crauss (B.) “ And whereas it is expedient to pro- 
vide against any injury which may otherwise arise to 
Navigation and Commerce, by an injudiciows or im- 
proper exercise of the powers of this' Act; Be it further 
Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any’ Person’ or 
Persons, either under the powers of this Act of other- 
wise, to make, construct or erect, or causé to be made, 
constructed or erected, any Pier, Quay, Wharf, Jetty, 
Breast or Embankment in or adjoining to any public 
Harbour, or any River immediately communicating 
therewith, so far as the tide flows up the same, without 
first obtaining the authority and consent of the Lord 
High Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing the 
“ office of Lord High Admiral, of the United Kingdom, 
to be for that purpose signified in writing under the 
hand of the Secretary of the Admiralty for the time 
being ; and if any Person or Persons shall make, con- 
struct or erect, or cause to be made, constructed or 
erected, any such Pier, Quay, Wharf, Jetty, Breast or 
Embankment contrary hereto, every Person so offend- 
ing shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on 
conviction be subject to punishment by fine and im- 
prisonment, at the discretion of the Court before which 
the conviction shall take place; and every such un- 
“* authorized Work shall be forthwith abated and removed, 
and the shore restored to its former condition by, or at 
the expense of, the Person or Persons so unlawfully 
causing such Work to be made.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
establish a Court in Bankruptcy, be now read; and the 
same being read:—The House resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
CiauseE (The Court of Review) 





read, and agreed 
to 





Crause (Mode of Application to such Court) 
read. 

P. 2. 1.27. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
“ Provided ” to the end of the Clause. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out stand 
part of the Clause put, and agreed to. 
CLAUSE agreed to. 











Cause (Court of Review may direct Issues) read, 
and agreed to. 
Cause (Costs in the Court of Review) read, and 





agreed to. 
Cause (Subdivision Courts) 





read, and agreed to. 


Cause (Power of Commissioners) read. 

P.3. 1.17. Amendment proposed, To leave out “ or 
“ more.” 

Question, That “or more” stand part of the Clause 
put, and agreed to. 

P. 3. 1.21. Amendment proposed, To leave out “or 
“ more.” 

Question, That “or more” stand part of the Clause 
put, and agreed to. 
CLAUSE agreed to. 


Cause (Oath to be taken) read, and agreed to. 


Cuavse (Appointment of Registrars and Deputy Re- 
gistrars) read. 

P. 4. 1.6. Amendment proposed, To leave out ‘ Two” 
and insert ‘‘ One.” 

Question, That “Two” stand part of the Clause 
put, and agreed to. 

P, 4. 1.7. Amendment proposed, To leave out “ Eight” 
and insert “ Four.” 

Question, That “ Eight” stand part of the Clause—— 
put, and agreed to. 

CLAUSE agreed to. 

11 A 2 


























CLAUSE 


Committee on 
Bankruptcy 
Court Bill, 








920 





this Court)——read, and agreed to. 

Cause (Judges to make Rules for regulating the Pro- 
ceedings of the Court) read, and agreed to. 

Cause (Lord Chancellor to issue a Fiat in lieu of a 
Commission) ——read, and agreed to. 

CLavss (Fiats to be filed in Court of Bankruptcy) 
read, and agreed to. 

Cause (Appointment of Country Commissioners, and 
Fiats to them)——read, and agreed to. 

Cravse (Oath of Commissioners in the Country) —— 
read, and agreed to. 


CrauseE (Provisions of former Acts made applicable to 
this Act and to Fiats) read, and agreed to. 


CriavusE (Manner of Proceeding in case the Bankrupt 
shall dispute the Adjudication)——- read. 

P. 6. 1.20. Amendment proposed, To leave out “ One 
“year” and insert “ Eighteen months.” 

Question, That “One year” stand part of the Clause 
put, and agreed to. 
CLAUSE agreed to. 


Cause (Fiat to issue on Petition to Lord Chancellor) 
read, and agreed to. 
CrauseE (Power to annul Fiat) 


Crause (Meeting of Creditors) 
to. 

CrAusE (Powers given to the Commissioners may be 
exercised by the Judges) read, and agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


























read, and agreed to. 





read, and agreed 








And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 15° die Octobris, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a fur- 
ther progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Tavistock Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 

Writ. Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the elect- 
ing cf a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Tavistock, in the room of the Right ho- 
nourable William Russell, commonly called Lord Russell, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of His Majesty’s 
three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonen- 
ham, in the County of Buckingham. 

Members Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the attendance 

— of the several Members who were ordered to attend the 

attendance, SetVice of the House this day, be now read ; and the same 


being read ; 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Further Papers 
respecting 


Lord Viscount Althorp presented to the House, pur- 


Portugal pre. SUant to their Address to His Majesty,—Further Papers 
sented. relating to Portugal. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table. 
Reform of 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 


ing of the Bill to amend the Representation of the People 
in Ireland ; 


Parliament 
(Ireland) Bill, 


deferred. 
ite Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day month. 
Debateon = The Order of the day being read, for resuming the ad- 
ll _ journed Debate upon the Motion made yesterday, “That 
rw ’ Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair,” (for the purpose 


of going into the Committee on the Sugar Refinery Bill); 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Monday next. 


Suits in Com- 
mon Law Courts 
Bill, deferred. 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to diminish the Expense and prevent the Delay of 
Suits in the Common Law Courts at Westminster ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day month. 


14°—15° Octobris. 


‘Ciavse (All Attornies and Solicitors may practise in 





A. 183}. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to amend an Act passed in the first year of His present 
Majesty’s reign, intituled, “‘ An Act to permit the genera] 
Sale of Beer and Cyder by Retail in England ;” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Sale of " 
Bil i 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Spring ¢ 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Billig. 
to permit the setting of Spring Guns, and Man Traps, in 
certain cases ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- feck, 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, Ay Coun, 
Act for enforcing the Process upon Contempts in the "li 
Courts Ecclesiastical of England and Ireland ; — 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, 
That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Mr. Attorney General, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. John C mpbell : \ 35. 

Tellers for the Noes, 1 = — \ 5. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill was 
accordingly read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


he Com 
itions Bi 


fo. 339, 


The Order of the day being read, for the third read- Inte 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Billicin 
to enable Courts of Law to give Relief against adverse 
Claims made upon Persons having no interest in the sub- 
ject of such Claims ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third read- Aniniv 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act billit 
for settling Controversies by Arbitration ; ’ _ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon ¥ 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- Linie 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Cam 
to diminish the Inconvenience and Expense of Commis. *!# 
sions in the nature of Writs De Lunatico Inquirendo, and 
to provide for the better Care and Treatment of Idiots, 
Lunatics and Persons of unsound Mind, found such by 
Inquisition ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 28th day of this instant October. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Pre« 
shortening the time of Prescription in certain cases, was \™ 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time \* 
this day. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Petition of William Seymour Blackstone, of Castle \* 
Priory, in the county of Berks, Esquire, was presented, pais 
and read; setting forth, That the Petitioner, on the *% | 
6th day of October instant, presented a Petition to the aio 
House, complaining of an undue Election and Retum | 
for the Borough of Wallingford, which Petition was a 
ordered by the House to be taken into consideration on : 
the 25th day of October instant; that the Petitioner, on ) 
the 7th instant, delivered, in writing, to the Clerk of the _ 
House the names of John Saltren Willett, of N° 21, Upper 
Grosvenor-street, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, a 
and Benjamin Palmer, of N° 175, Piccadilly, in the a 
county of Middlesex, Upholsterer, as his Sureties, pursuant ; 0 
to the Act of the 9th George the Fourth, c. 22; that the t 
Examiners appointed by the Right honourable The Speaker : 
appointed Saturday the 15th instant, at one o'clock, 1 t 
inquire into the sufficiency of the said Sureties, of which _, 
appointment due notice has been given, as required by C 
the said Act, and the Resolutions of the House; that the 
Petitioner finds this morning that the said Benjamin Pal- ee. 
mer left town early this morning for Ramsgate, on urgent 
business of his own; that the Petitioner, previously t 
giving the name of the said Benjamin Palmer as one of 
his Sureties, inquired of him if he would eae — 
urety; 





_ Surety, 


ihe Com- 
itions Bill, 





fo. 339. 


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to which the said Benjamin Palmer readily as- 
sented; that, from the absence of the said . Benjamin 
Palmer, 2s aforesaid, the, Petitioner will not be able to 
comply with the requisitions of the House, and the afore- 
said Act of Parliament, respecting, his Recognizances, 
unless the House will allow him to nominate some, other 

erson as one of his Sureties; the Petitioner therefore 
humbly prays, That he may be at liberty, pursuant to the 
5th section of the said Act of Parliament, to substitute 
the name of Arthur Salwey, of N° 26, North Audley- 
street, Grosvenor-square, in the said county of Middlesea, 
Esquire, in the place of the said Benjamin Palmer, as one 
of the Petitioner’s Sureties in the matter of the said Peti- 
tion, and that a further day, to be named by the House, 
may be given to the Petitioner for the completion of his 
aforesaid Recognizances. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That leave be given the Petitioner to substitute another 
Surety ; 

And a Debate arising in the House thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Monday 
next. 


An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
encouraging and facilitating Compositions for Tithes, and 
other Profits arising and payable to Incumbents of Eccle- 
siastical Benefices in England and Wales, was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till three 
of the clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Sabbati, 15° die Octobris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


MESSAGE by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 
the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty’s Com- 
mission, for declaring His Royal Assent to several Acts 
agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the immediate 
attendance of this Honourable House in the House of 
Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

_ Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to 
the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the desire of 
the Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty’s Com- 
mission, had been at the House of Peers, where a Com- 
mission under the Great Seal was read, giving, declaring 
and notifying the Royal Assent to the several Public Bills 
and one Private Bill therein mentioned ; and that the Lords 
thereby authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Bills: Which Bills are as followeth ; 

An Act for appointing Commissioners to continue the 
Inquiries concerning Charities in England and Wales for 
Two years, and from thence to the end of the then next 
Session of Parliament : 

_An Act to repeal several Acts and parts of Acts prohi- 
biting the payment of Wages in Goods, or otherwise than 
in the current Coin of the Realm : 

An Act to prohibit the payment, in certain Trades, of 

ages in Goods, or otherwise than in the current Coin 
of the Realm: 

An Act to allow the Importation of Lumber, and of Fish 
and Provisions, Duty-free, into the Islands of Barbadoes 
and Saint Vincent, and to indemnify the Governors and 
others for having permitted the Importation of those Ar- 
ticles Duty-free : 

An Act to explain and amend an Act for regulating 
the Receipt and future Appropriation of Fees and Emo- 
luments receivable by Officers of the Superior Courts of 
Common Law : 

An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act 
passed in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of 
his late Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Acts 


for building, and promoting the building, of additional 


populous Parishes ;” 


YOL, 86 





14°—-15° Octobris. 


| 921 
. An Act to repeal the Laws relating to Apprentices and 
other young Persons employed in Cotton Factories and 
in Cotton Mills, and to make further Provisions in lieu 
thereof: | : 

An Act to repeal so much of an Act for the manage- 
ment of the Customs as allows certain Fees to be taken 
by Officers of the Customs, and to make further Regula- 
tions in respect thereof : 

An Act for amending and making more effectual the 
Laws concerning Turnpike Roads in Scotland : 

An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act passed in 
the twenty-ninth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
Charles the Second, intituled, “ An Act for confirming 
and perpetuating Augmentations made by Ecclesiastical 
Persons to small Vicarages and Curacies,” and for other 
purposes : 

An Act for amending the Laws relative to the appoint- 
ment of Special Constables, and for the better preserva- 
tion of the Peace : 

An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in Jreland 
in the fourth year of King George the First, for the better 
regulating the Town of Galway, and for strengthening 
the Protestant Interest therein, as limits the Franchise 
created by the said Act to Protestants only: 

An Act to enable the Commissioners of His Majesty's 
Treasury to make a conveyance of Fresh Wharf, in the 
City of London : 

An Act to amend an Act of the fifty-ninth year of his 
Majesty King George the Third, for the Relief and Em- 
ployment of the Poor: 

An Act for the extension and promotion of Public 
Works in Ireland: 

An Act to amend an Act passed in the Parliament of 
Ireland, in the fifth year of his Majesty King George the 
Third, for establishing Public Hospitals in Ireland: 


‘An Act to amend an Act passed in the Parliament of 
Ireland, in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the reign 
of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, “ An 
Act to prevent and punish tumultuous Risings of Per- 
sons within this Kingdom, and for other purposes therein 
mentioned :” eas 
- An Act to revive, for one year, three Acts, made in the 
forty-seventh and fiftieth years of the reign of his Ma- 
jesty King George the Third, and in the tenth year of 
the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
for the preventing improper Persons from having Arms in 
Ireland, and to indemnify such Persons as may have 
acted in the execution of, and pursuant to, the provisions 
of the said Acts since the expiration thereof : 

An Act for naturalizing Christian Etzerodt. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Select Committee 
appointed to take into consideration the commercial state 
of the West India Colonies, which was presented to the 
House upon the 24th day of July 1807; also, the Cor- 
respondence between Great Britain and the United States 
relative to the Commercial Intercourse between America 
and the British West India Colonies, December 1829 to 
November 1830, which were presented. to the House, 
upon the 16th day of November 1830; also, the State- 
ments, Calculations and Explanations submitted to the 
Board of Trade, relating to the Commercial, Financial 
and Political state of the British West India Colonies, 
since the 19th of May 1830, which were presented to the 
House upon the 7th day of February 1831; and also, the 
several Reports which, in the presentSession of Parliament, 
were made from the Select Committee appointed to inquire 
into the expediency of admitting the use of Molasses in the 
Breweries and Distilleries of the United Kingdom, subject 
to such restrictions and modifications as may be necessary 
for the protection of the several interests connected there- 


Papers 
referred toa 
Committee. 


with, be referred to the Select Committee on West India _ 


Colonies. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Tuesday, the 20th day of September last, that there be 
laid before this House, an Account of the several Suins 
expended by the Trustees of the Parish of Saint George, 


Return to be 
made forth- 
with, 


in the County of Dublin, in erecting, furnishing and - 


ornamenting the Parochial Church thereof, in each year 
since the commencement of the Building; and, of all 
Sums granted, borrowed or levied for those purposes, 
specifying the source from _— every such Grant, Loan 

1] and 








Committee on 
Bankruptcy 
Court Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Con- 
tempts Bill, 
deferred. 


Prescription 
Bill, deferred. 


Minutes of 
Committee on 
ReductionofSa- 
laries, ordered. 


922 


and Levy was derived, and the year in which each seve- 
rally took place, together with the amount of the outstand- 
ing- Debt, and the authority under which it was incurred, 
and the several periods when any part of the Loan or 
Loans has been liquidated ; and also, a Statement of the 
amount of the original Estimate of the Building ;—and, 
an Account of the Number of Houses in the Parish of 
Saint George which are subject to the levy of Church 
Rates, and the greatest and least amount of Church 
Rates, and of Minister’s Money, payable by each House 
in the years 1805, 1810, 1815 and 1828 severally, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Orders be laid be- 
fore this House forthwith. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the ingrossed Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An Act to establish a Court in 
Bankruptcy. 

(In the Committee.) 
Criause (Appointment of Official Assignees) 


read. 

P. 7.1. 39. Amendment proposed, After “ Rules” to 
insert “ to be” Agreed to. 

P. 7. 1. 39. Amendment proposed, At the end of the 
line to insert “ to” Agreed to. 

P. 8. 1. 20. Amendment proposed, At the end of the 
Clause to add, “ Provided always, That, until Assignees 
‘* shall be chosen by the Creditors of each Bankrupt, such 
“ official Assignee so to be appointed to act with the 
Assignees to be chosen by the Creditors, shall be 
“* enabled to act, and shall be deemed to be, to all intents 
and purposes whiatsoever, a sole Assignee of each 
** Bankrupt’s Estates and Effects” Agreed to. 

CLAUSE, as amended agreed to. 
Cause (Restricting the authority of Official Assig- 

nees) read, and agreed to. 

CrauseE (Filling up Vacancies in the number of 
Assignees) read, and agreed to. 

Cause (Personal Estate to vest in Assignees) 
read. 

P. 8. 1. 40. Amendment proposed, After “ Assignees” 
to insert “ or Assignee * Agreed to. 
CLAUSE, as amended agreed to. 

Cravuse (Real Estate, how to vest) 
agreed to. 


Cause (In cases where a conveyance of the Property 
of a Bankrupt would require to be registered, the Certifi- 
cate of Appointment of the Assignee shall be registered) 
read. 

P. 9. 1. ult. Amendment proposed, To fill the blank 
with ‘“‘ Twelve ”——Agreed to. 

CLAUSE, as amended———agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 



































read, and 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a further 
progress in the Bill; and that he was directed by the 
Committee to move, That they may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
enforcing the Process upon Contempts in the Courts 
Ecclesiastical of England and Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for shortening the time of Prescription in certain 
cases ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That a Copy of Minutes of the Proceedings 
of the Committee appointed in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment to inquire what Reductions can be made in the Sala- 
ries and Emoluments of Offices held, during the pleasure 


of the Crown, by Members of either House of Parliament, 
be laid before this House, 


15°—-17° Octobris. ‘' 





A. 183), 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac. 4 
count of the Amount of Revenue collected at each Post orient 
Office in the United Kingdom (excluding London, Dubjin Post Oi, 
and Edinburgh), Names and Salaries. of each Postmaster 
Clerk, and others employed at each Post Office, and whole 
Amount of these Salaries at each Post Office, and what 
that was per cent. on the whole Amount of Revenue eo}. 
lected at each Post Office, all for the year ending 5th July 
1831. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac. 
count of the Amount of Money in the hands of each 
Distributor of Stamps in the United Kingdom (statin 
Names, and Places distributed for), upon the Ist of eacl 
month, in the year ending 5th July 1831, when paid over 
to whom paid, how remitted ; as also, how employed, Pi 
where lodged, from the time it was collected from Sales of 
Stamps till so paid over, and the Emoluments arising to 
each Distributor from the use of this Money ;. with thé 
Amount of Sales of Stamps for this year, the rate per 
centage allowed each Distributor thereon, the Amount 
thereof, and what both amounted to, to each Distributor 
during this year. 
' Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ac. 
count of the Amount of Money in the hands of each Co}: 
lector of Assessed Taxes (stating their Names, and Places 
collected for) in the United Kingdom, upon the Ist of each ° 
month in the year ending 5th July 1831, when paid over, 
to whom paid, how remitted ; as also, how employed, or 
where lodged, from the time it was collected till so paid 
over, and the Emoluments arising to each Collector from 
the use of this Money, the Amount of Salary to each 
Collector, and what both amounted to, to each Collector, 
during this year. 


Stamp 
Distrib 


tition 


Assessed 
Taxes, 


ddress 
pecting 
pecial Con 
IsSIONS 










And then the House adjourned till Monday next, 





Lune, 17° die Octobris; 
Anno_ 2° ‘Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. - 


P pyecting 
O RDERED, That the Account of the Quantities of secujime A2 
Unrefined Sugar retained for Home Consumption, in be primi 

the United Kingdom, during each of the years ending \b. 

5th January 1815 to 1831 (both inclusive) ; distinguishing 
the Quantities of British Plantation, of Mauritius, of East 
India, and of Foreign Plantation, entered for Home Con- 
sumption, or for being refined for Exportation, the rate of 
Duty levied on each description respectively, the net 
amount of Duty annually received on the whole, after de- 
ducting the Drawback on British Refined Sugar exported, 
and re-payments for over entries; together with a State- 
ment of the Average Prices of British Plantation Sugar, 
exclusive of Duty, by the Gazette, for every year, so far 
as the Returns made in the last respect admit of ;—and, 
a similar Account for the four half years ending 5th July 
1828, 1829, 1830 and 1831 ;—and also, the Return of the 
Average Prices of British Plantation Sugar, exclusive of 
Duty, by the Gazette, for every year, from 5th January 
1815 to 1831, both inclusive, which were presented to 
the House upon the 27th day of September last, be 
printed. 


itions 


pecting 
lway 
anchise, 


A Petition of Owners of messuages, lands and tenements Pettis ° Refor 


in the neighbourhood of Cockermouth, was presented, and hae 
read ; taking notice of the Bill for establishing a General eset 
Register for all Deeds and Instruments affecting Real 
Property in England and Wales ; and praying, That the 
same may not pass into a law. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of certain Protestant Dissenters of the Baptist Pei 
denomination, meeting for Divine Worship in Brown-street, pet 
in the city of Salisbury, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners feel that the interests of mo- 
rality and religion greatly depend on the due reverence ° 
the name of God, and that this veneration must be greatly 
weakened in the public mind by the frequency with 
which oaths are administered in our Courts of Justice, 
and in our Public Offices ; that the Petitioners are assure 
that, by all upright persons, a declaration or a promise will 
be considered as equally obligatory with an oath, = 








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that where integrity of principle is wanting, its responsi- 
bility will often be evaded or violated ; that the only re- 
straint in such a case is the fear of punishment, which may 
still be preserved, by attaching the same penalties to a 
false declaration which are now consequent on perjury ; 
the Petitioners are also assured, that numbers of indivi- 
duals are often restrained from giving important evidence, 
because they cannot countenance a practice which they 
regard as irreverent to God, and a great augmentation of 
national guilt ; the Petitioners therefore implore the House 
to take this subject into immediate consideration, and 
devise such measures as in their legislative wisdom shall 
be thought necessary to abolish an evil which they cannot 
but view as offensive to Him who has said, “ Thou shalt 
not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and to be printed. 


A Petition of Members of a Congregation of Protestant 
Dissenters at Reading, was presented, and read ; praying 
for the abolition of the Pilgrim Tax in Jndia, and for the 
adoption of such measures as shall secure to their Chris- 
tian brethren the enjoyment of their civil rights, and 
withdraw the sanction of the British name from Jndian 
idolatry. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid beforé this House, a Return 
of the Expenses incurred by holding the Special Com- 
missions to try Persons who were implicated in the Dis- 
turbances during the last winter; distinguishing the 
Amount paid to Counsel and Agents, from those paid to 
the Witnesses. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Total Expense to the Public of the Royal Military 
Asylums at Chelsea, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Hibernian 
School, &amp;c. since their first establishment to 31st Decem- 
ber 1830 (expenditure on Buildings, Value of Grounds, 
&amp;e. inclusive) :—also, Total Number of Recruits fur- 
nished to the Army by these Establishments ; specifying 
the number of those which became Non-commissioned 
Officers, as far as may conveniently be ascertained. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Merchants, Freemen and 
Freeholders of the vicarage of Newtown Smith, Galway ; 
—of the Roman Catholic Prelate and Clergy of the diocese 
of Kilfenora ;—and, of Ten Pound Householders of the 
county of the town of Galway,—were presented, and 
read; praying the House to equalize civil rights in 
Galway, by extending to the Roman Catholic Mercantile 
and Trading Classes the Elective Franchise in as full 
and ample a manner as the same is now enjoyed by Pro- 
testants. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders and Inhabi- 
tants of the town and parish of Ballinrobe, in the county 
of Mayo, was presented, and read ; taking notice of the 
Bills to amend the Representation of the People; and 
praying, That the same may pass into a law, with such 
additional extension of Franchise to Ireland as may seem 
fit and necessary to the House. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon the 
5th day of August last, That there be laid before this 
House, a Return, by the Registrar in each Diocese in 
Ireland, of the Number of Parishes the Tithes of which 
are the Property of Laymen; specifying the Name of 
such Lay Impropriator, and the Amount of Income which, 
as such, he derives from each such Parish, if under the 
Tithe Composition Act, or, if not under the said Act, the 
th 


e Tithes thence derived be Rectorial or entirely Impro- 


priate, and the Amount of Allowance allotted by the Lay’ 


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Number of Acres in each Parish ; distinguishing whether 


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Impropriator in each such Parish to the officiating Clergy- 
man therein, might be read ; and the same being read ; 


Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid before 
this House forthwith. 


Lord Viscount Althorp reported to the House, That 
their Address of Wednesday last (that His Majesty would 
be graciously pleased to confer some Dignity in the 
Church upon the Reverend Frederick Vernon Lockwood, 
Chaplain to this House) had been presented to His Ma- 
jesty ; and that His Majesty had commanded him to ac- 
quaint this House, That He will confer some Dignity in 
the Church upon the Reverend Frederick Vernon Lock- 
wood, as is desired. 

Lord Viscount Althorp also reported to the House, That 
their several other Addresses of Wednesday last, had been 
presented to His Majesty; and that His Majesty had 
commanded him to acquaint this House, That He will 
give directions, as is desired by the said Addresses. 
~ Lord Viscount Althorp also reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 7th and 12th days of this 
instant October (that His Majesty would: be graciously 
pleased to give directions that the Papers therein men- 
tioned might be laid before this House) had been pre- 
sented to His Majesty ; and that His Majesty had com- 
manded him to acquaint this House, That He will give 
directions accordingly. | 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to amend 
an Act of the sixth year of his late Majesty for amending 
the Laws relating to Bankrupts; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Berna] 
reported from the Committee, That they had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto, 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported from the Committee 
the Amendments which they had made to the Bill; and 
the Report was brought up, and read. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further consi- 
deration upon this day month. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House to 


resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
establish a Court in Bankruptey, be now read; and the 
same being read:—The House resolved itself into. the 
Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Cause (Seal of the Court) _——read, and agreed to. 


Cause (Evidence of Appointment and Title of As- 
signees) read, and agreed to. | 


Cause (Adjournment of Examination to Subdivi- 
sion) read. 

P. 10. 1. 12. Amendment proposed, After ‘“‘ Commis- 
‘“* sioners” to insert “ if he think fit * Agreed to. 

P.10.. 1. 14 and 15. Amendment proposed, To leave 
out from “ Review” to “ And” Agreed to. 

P. 10. 1. 22. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
“ them” to “ and” Agreed to. 

CLAUSE, as amended agreed to. 


Cause (Decisions brought under review) 
and agreed to. 


Cause (Determination of Court of Review in favour 
of Appeals to be final) read. 

P. 11. 1.7. Amendment proposed, To leave out “ re- 
“ Jate only” and insert “ be allowed in relation.” 

P.11. 1.10. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
“ rejected” to the end of the Clause, and insert “ ac- 
“ cordingly ” Agreed to. 

CLAUsE, as amended Agreed to. 


Cause (New Trial of Issues) read, and agreed to. 


CrauseE (Proof of Debts by Affidavits) 
agreed to. 

Cravuse (Assignees may appoint the Bankrupt to 
superintend the management of the Estate) read. 

P. 11. 1.28. Amendment proposed, After “ the” to 

insert ‘“ proper subdivision.” 

In the same line, Amendment proposed, To leave out 

* of Review "Agreed to. 

CLAUSE, as amended 

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read, 

















read, and 








agreed to. 





CLAUSE 





924, 


CiausE (Removal of Assignees)——read. 

P. 11. 1.35 and.36.,Amendment proposed, To leave 
out from “ Estate” to ‘And ”——Agreed to. ) 

P. 11. 1..36. Amendment, proposed, To leave. out 
from ‘¢ Court” to “ shall” and insert “ thereupon” 
Agreed to... | 

CLAUSE, as amended——agreed to. 

Giavuse (Appeal to the House of Lords) 
agreed to. 

Cravse (Court may take Evidence vivd voce) 
and agteed to. : 
~’’ ELause, (Commissions depending in London to be 











read, and 


read, 











remoyed into the Court of Bankruptcy)——read, and 
agreed to. 

CLAusE (Power to appoint Official Assignees there- 
under) read. 


P. 13. 1.2. Amendment proposed, At the end of the 
Clause to add “ without prejudice to any Action or Suit 
“‘ commenced, or any Contract entered into by the exist- 
“ ing Assignees at the time of the passing of this Act” 
agreed to. 

CLAusE, as amended agreed to. 


Cravuse (Extent and construction of this Act) 
read, and agreed to. 


CrauseE (Not to extend Proceedings executed else- 
where than in Court of Bankruptcy) read, and agreed 
to. 

Crause (Concerted Bankruptcies) 
agreed to. 

Cause (Arbitration) read. 

P. 13. 1.27. Amendment proposed, To leave out 
“ any Assignee” and insert “ the Assignees ” Agreed 
to. 

CLAUsE, as amended agreed to. 


Cause (Abolition of Fees to Patentee and others) 
read, and agreed to. 


CiauseE (Sum to be paid to the Lord Chancellor’s 
Secretary of Accounts on the granting of every Fiat) 
read, and agreed to. 


Cause (Assignees of Bankrupt’s Estate to pay 
Twenty Pounds to the like Account) read, and agreed 
to. 

Cause (Other Sums to be paid on Commissions) 
read, and agreed to. 


Criause (Power for the Secretary of Bankrupts to 
receive the Fees in the first Schedule) read, and 
agreed to. 

Cause (Power for the Chief Registrar to receive 
the Fees in the Second Schedule) read, and agreed 
to. 

Cause (Salaries of Judges and other Officers of the 
Court) read, and agreed to. 


CiavseE (Annuities to Judges) read. 
Question, That this Clause stand part of the Bill—— 
put, and negatived. 


Cause (Annuities to Registrars) read. 

Question, That this Clause stand part of the Bill—— 
put, and negatived. 

Cause (Restriction as to Judges) read. 

P. 17. 1. 1. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
“ Barrister” to “ and ” in ]. 3——Agreed to. 

P. 17. 1.4. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
“ of” to “as,” and insert “ of the said Court of Bank- 
“ ruptcy, or of any of His Majesty’s Courts at West- 
** minster” Agreed to. 

CLAUSE, as amended agreed to. 

CravseE (Provision for Compensation to the Patentee 
of Bankrupts) read. 

P. 17. 1. 38. Amendment proposed, To leave out 
«¢ January” and insert “ July.”—Agreed to. 

CLAUSE, as amended agreed to. 

CrLavusE (Commissioners to settle Compensation to 
Commissioners of Bankrupts) read. . 

Question, That this Clause stand part of the Bill—— 
put, and negatived. 

Cause (Fees to be paid into the Bank by Official 
Assignees) ——-read. 

P,.19. 1. 3. Amendment proposed, To leave out “ Fif- 
“ teen” and insert “ Ten ”———Agreed to. 

CLAUSE, as amended, apreed to... 


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Crause (Commissioners . to. settle Compensation to 
Lord Chancellor’s Officers)———read. ox Rinse 

Question, That this Clause stand part of the Bill—_ 
put, and negatived. ; 

CxauseE (In: case-of ‘a surplus, the Lord Chancel]gp 
may order an abatement of Fees)——-read, and agréed 
to. Va 

Cravuse (Remuneration to Official Assignees) 
read. ; 

P.20. 1.28. Amendment proposed, To leave out from 
** Money ” to “ as” in 1. 30 Agreed to. 

CLAUSE, as amended agreed to. 


CrauseE (Penalty on Officer taking Fees) —reaq, 
and agreed to. 














CLAUSE (Offences against this Act) read, and 
agreed to. | 

Crause (Commencement of Act) read, and 
agreed to. 


Cause (Compensation to Commissioners and Super- 
annuated Officers) added. 


CrauseE (No Person holding an Appointment under 
this Act to be a Member of Parliament) added. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 











And the House having continued to sit till after twelve 
of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Mariis, 18° die Octobris, 1831: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto ; and 
the same were read ; and are as followeth; 

Pr.14. 1. 7. After “ Rules” insert “ to be.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 8. After “ and” insert “ to.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 8. After “‘do” insert “ Provided always, 
‘ That until Assignees shall be chosen by the Creditors 
“ of each Bankrupt, such official Assignee so to be ap- 
** pointed to act with the Assignees to be chosen by the 
‘ Creditors, shall be enabled to act, and shall be deemed 


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“to be to all intents and purposes whatsoever a sole ~ 


“« Assignee of each Bankrupt’s estates and effects.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 2. After “Assignees” insert ‘or Assignee.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 5. Fill the blank with “ Twelve.” 

Pr. 18. 1.27. After ‘“‘ Commissioners” insert “ if he 
“ think fit.” 

Pr..18. 1. 30. Leave out from “* Review ” to the end 
of 1. 31. 

Pr. 19. 1. 5. Leave out from “them” to “ and” in 
l. 6. 

Pr. 20. 1. 14. Leave out from “ shall” to “ to” in 
]. 15. and insert “ be allowed in relation.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 21. Leave out from “ rejected” to “ And” 
in |. 23. and insert “ accordingly.” 

Pr. 21. 1.12. After “‘ the” insert “ proper subdi- 
“ vision.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 13. Leave out from “Court ” to “ appoint.” 
Pr. 21. 1. 26. Leave out from ‘‘ Estate ” to “‘ And” in 
| &gt; - - ; 

Pr. 21. 1. 28. Leave out from “‘ Court” to “shall” in 
1. 29. and insert “ thereupon.” 

Pr, 24. 1. 3. After “ Act” insert “ without prejudice 
* to any Action or Suit commenced, or any Contract en- 
“ tered into, by the existing Assignees at the time of the 
“ passing of this Act.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 8. Leave out from “if” to “ of” inl. 9. 


and insert ‘“ the Assignees.” 


Pr. 25. 1.26. At the end of the line add Clauses 
(A.) to (Q.) 

Crausz (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That, all Fees 
“ heretofore payable to the Person holding the Patentees 
“* Office ‘ for the execution of the Laws and Statutes con- 
“ cerning Bankrupts,’ shall cease and determine; and 
“ that no Fee whatever shall be payable to any Person 
“ whomsoever holding any. office under or by virtue of this 
“ Act, except such as are, provided by this Act, or m 


“ the Schedules hereto annexed, and except the Fees 


“ payable to any Commissioner acting in the execution of 
“ any Commission or Fiat issued or to be issued, and to 


“ be executed elsewhere than in the Court of Bank- 


“* ruptcy.” 


Cravse (B.) 











9 Wit. IV. 


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Cravse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That there shall be 
paid to the Lord Chancellor’s Secretary of Bankrupts, 
upon the granting of every Fiat in lieu of a Commission 
of Bankrupt, by virtue of this Act, the sum of Ten 
Pounds; and the sums to be so received by the said 
Secretary shall be by him paid once a week or oftener, 


as the Lord Chancellor shall think fit to direct, into the 


Bank of England, to the credit of the Accountant Ge- 
neral of the High Court of Chancery, to a separate 
Account, to be intituled, ‘ The Secretary of Bankrupts’ 
Account ;’ and all Monies to be paid into the said Ac- 
count shall be subject to such general orders, touching 
the payment in, investment, accounting for, and pay- 
ment out of such Monies, for the purposes hereinafter 

rovided, as the Lord Chancellor shall from time to 
time think fit to prescribe.” 


Crause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That there shall 
be paid to the said Accountant General, to be placed 
by him to the like Account by the official Assignee of 
each Bankrupt’s estate, to be administered in the said 
Court of Bankruptcy out of the first Monies that shall 
come into his hands, and immediately after the choice 
of Assignees by the Commissioners, the sum of Twenty 
Pounds.” 


CrauseE (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That in all cases 
of Commissions of Bankrupt which, by virtue of the 
provisions herein contained, shall be removed into the 
said Court of Bankruptcy, and under which the choice of 
Assignees shall have taken place prior to the commence- 
ment of this Act, there shall be paid by the Assignees 
of every such Bankrupt’s estate, in lieu of all other 
sums directed to be paid under and by virtue of this 
Act, the sum of Three Pounds on every sitting under 
such Bankruptcy which shall be held in the said Court, 
or by any Division, Judge or Commissioner thereof ; 
such sum to be paid to the said Accountant General, 
and to be carried to the said Account, intituled, ‘ The 
Secretary of Bankrupts’ Account :’ Provided always, 
That no Fee whatever shall be paid on any meeting for 
the purpose of auditing the Assignees’ Accounts, unless 
there shall appear to the Commissioners to be sufficient 
assets of the Bankrupt’s estate for the payment thereof.” 


Cravuse(E.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall be 
lawful for the Lord Chancellor’s Secretary of Bankrupts 
for the time being, and his Clerks, and he and they 
are hereby respectively authorized and required to 
receive and take the several Fees and Sums set forth 
in the First Schedule hereto annexed, in respect of 
the business therein specified ; and the amount to be so 
received shall be by the said Secretary applied in pay- 
ment of salaries to a Messenger and Housekeeper, and 
the various other expenses of his office, and the surplus 
(if any) of such Monies shall and may be retained for 
his own use.” 


Cause (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall be 
lawful for the Chief Registrar of the said Court of Bank- 
ruptcy for the time being, and his Clerks, and he and 
they are hereby respectively authorized and required 
to receive and take the several Fees or Sums set forth 
in the Second Schedule hereto annexed, in respect of 
the business therein specified ; and the amount to be so 
received shall be by him applied in payment of such 
salaries or sums of money to Clerks, Ushers and other 
Under Officers of the said Court of Bankruptcy, as the 
Lord Chancellor may from time to time order and direct; 
and the yearly surplus (if any) of such Monies shall be 
divided between the two Registrars, or between them 
and the Deputy Registrars of the said Court, in such 
proportions as the Lord Chancellor shall appoint.” 

Crause (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That from and 
after the commencement of this Act, there shall be paid 
and payable out of the Monies and Securities standing 
to the said Account, to be intituled, ‘ The Secretary of 
Bankrupts’ Account,’ the yearly Sums following, as and 
for Salaries to the Judges and other Officers for the 


time being hereinafter named ; videlicet, To the Chief 


Judge of the said Court of Bankruptcy, the sum of 
Three thousand Pounds; to each of the other Judges 
of the said Court, the sum of Two thousand Pounds ; 
to each of the Commissioners of the said Court, 
the sum of One thousand five hundred Pounds; to 
the Lord Chancellor's Secretary of Bankrupts, the sum 


of One thousand two hundred Pounds; to each of the 
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Registrars of the said Court, the sum of Eight hundred 
Pounds ; to each of the Deputy Registrars of the said 
Court, the sum of Six hundred Pounds; to the first 
Clerk of the said Secretary of Bankrupts, the sum of 
Five hundred Pounds, and to the second Clerk of such 
Secretary, the sum of Three hundred Pounds; which 
said several Sums shall be paid from time to time quar- 
terly, free and clear from all taxes and deductions what- 
soever, on the Eleventh day of April, the Eleventh day 
of July,the Eleventh day of October, and the Eleventh 
day of January, in every year, by equal portions; the 
first payment thereof respectively to be made on the 
Eleventh day of April next: and that if any Person 
for the time being holding either of the said offices, 
shall die, resign or be removed from the same, the Exe- 
cutor or Administrator of the Person so dying, or the 
Person so resigning or being removed, shall be entitled 
to receive such proportionable part of his Salary as 
shall have accrued during the time that such Person 
shall have executed his office since the last payment ; 
and that the Successor of any such Person so dying, 
resigning or being removed as aforesaid, shall be en- 
titled to receive such portion of his Salary as shall be 
accruing, or shall accrue from the day of such death, 
resignation or removal.” 


Cravuse(H.) “ And be it Enacted, That no Judge, 
Commissioner, Registrar or Deputy Registrar, to be 
appointed by virtue of this Act, shall, during their re- 
spective continuance in such offices, practise as a Bar- 
rister; and that no Attorney or Solicitor, whose name 
shall be on the Rolls of the said Court of Bankruptcy, 
or of any of His Majesty’s Courts at Westminster, as 
such Attorney or Solicitor, shall be appointed to or hold 
any of the said offices.” 


Cravuse(I.) “ And whereas the office of the Patentee 

‘ for the execution of the Laws and Statutes concerning 
Bankrupts’ is now held by the Reverend Thomas 
Thurlow, by virtue of a grant thereof by Letters Patent, 
made to him for the term of his natural life, and the 
same Office hath also been granted by Letters Patent 
to the Honourable William Henry John Scott, for the 
term of his natural life, after the termination of the pre- 
vious existing Interest therein: And whereas the duties 
of the said office, and the Fees and Emoluments pay- 
able in respect thereof, will by virtue of the Provi- 
sions of this Act be wholly discontinued ; and it is just 
and reasonable that such Compensation as is herein- 
after provided, should be made to the said Patentees 
in lieu of such Fees and Emoluments ; Be it therefore 
Enacted, That the Accountant General and the two 
senior Masters of the High Court of Chancery, shall 
be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for 
the purpose after mentioned, and the said Commis- 
sioners shall, within Six months after the passing of 
this Act, by examination on oath or otherwise, which 
oath they and each of them are and is hereby autho- 
rized to administer, inquire into, and ascertain the 
amount of the annual clear legal Profits and Emolu- 
ments of the said office, to be computed on an average 
of the last Three years (after deducting all payments 
accustomed to be made thereanent), and shall certify 
such amount in writing, under their hands to the Lord 
High Chancellor, whereupon an Annuity equal to such 
amount shall forthwith become a charge on an Account 
to be opened by the said Accountant General, and to 
be intituled, ‘The Secretary of Bankrupts’ Compensation 
Account,’ and shall be paid and payable to the said 
Thomas Thurlow during his natural life, and from and 
after his decease to the said William Henry Scott during 
his natural life, in case he shall survive the said Zhomas 
Thurlow, which Annuity shall commence and be com- 
puted from the Eleventh day of January next, and be 
payable half yearly by equal portions on the Eleventh 
day of July, and the Eleventh day of January in every 
year, the first of such payments to be made on the 
Eleventh day of July next: Provided always, That 
in case of the death of either of the said Patentees 
in the interval between either of the said half-yearly 
days of payment, his Executor or Administrator shall 
be entitled to receive a proportionate part of the An- 
nuity then payable to the day of his decease ; and that 
the said William Henry John Scott, in case he shall sur- 
vive the said Thomas Thurlow, shall be entitled to 
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receive on the next half-yearly day of payment after his 
decease a proportionate ‘part only of his said Annuity 
from the day of such decease.” ' 


Cravuse (K.) “And whereas the duties of the several 
Persons now acting as Commissioners of Bankrupt in 
London, and the Fees and Emoluments accustomed to 
be ‘received by them, will be abolished by the provi- 
sions of this Act; and the Clerk of the Hanaper, Purse- 
bearér, ‘anid other Officers of the Lord Chancellor, and 
of the High Court of Chancery, have been accustomed 
to receive certain Fees, which wil also be abolished 
by this Act, and it may be just and necessary that in 
ail, or some of such cases, Compensation should be 
made in respect of such Fees so to be abolished ; Be it 
Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lords Com- 
missioners of His Majesty’s Treasury, by examination 
on oath or otherwise, which oath they and each of 
them are and is hereby authorized to administer, to 
inquire into and ascertain the annual amount of the 
lawful Fees and Emoluments of such Commissioners 
and other Officers received by them, and to award to 
all and every, or such one or more of the said Com- 
missioners and Officers, as they the said Lords of the 
Treasury shall deem to be entitled to the same, an 
Annuity or Annuities of such an amount or for such 
term as the said Lords of the Treasury shall find to be 
a fair and reasonable Compensation for the loss to be 
sustained by all or any of the Commissioners and Offi- 
cers aforesaid by the abolition of the said Fees, and 
shall certify the amount of such Annuity or Annuities 
in writing, under their hands to the Lord High Chan- 
cellor, who shall thereupon have power to order the 
amount so certified as payable to each Commissioner 
or other Officer to be paid out of the Monies and Secu- 
rities to be standing to the said Account, ‘ The Secretary 
of Bankrupts’ Compensation Account ;’ and the same 
shall be payable and paid accordingly to the respective 
Persons aforesaid, without any deduction whatsoever : 
Provided always, That the annual sum to be so pay- 
able to any one of the said Commissioners of Bankrupt 
shall not exceed the sum of Two hundred Pounds, 
and shall not be paid to any such Commissioner who, 
at the commencement of this Act, or at any time after- 
wards, shall hold any Public Office or Employment of 
an annual value greater than the Annuity to be so cer- 
tified as payable to him, or be in the receipt of any 
yearly sum of money in lieu of or as a compensation 
for the proceeds of any such Office or Employment 
exceeding in amount such Annuity, so long as any such 
Office or Employment shall be so held, or such sum of 
money shall continue to be received.” 


Crause (L.) “ And be it Enacted, That for the pur- 
pose of raising a Fund to meet the Compensations here- 
inbefore directed to be made to the said Patentees and 
Commissioners of Bankrupt, there shall be paid by the 
official Assignee of each Bankrupt’s estate to be admin- 
istered in the said Court of Bankruptcy, immediately 
after the choice of the Assignees by the Creditors, or so 
soon afterwards as a sufficient sum shall come into 
his hands for the purpose, over and beyond the sum 
hereinbefore directed to be paid by such official Assig- 
nee, the sum of Ten Pounds into the Bank of Eng- 
land, to the credit of the said Accountant General, to 
be carried to a separate Account, to be intituled, ‘ The 


* Secretary of Bankrupts’ Compensation Account ;’ and 


in like manner there shall be paid to the said Ac- 
countant General, to be placed by him to the like 
Account, by such official Assignee, for every Sitting of 
the said Court of Bankruptcy, or of any Division, Judge 
or Commissioner thereof, other than the Sitting at 
which any Person may be adjudged a Bankrupt, or any 
Sitting for the choice of Assignees, or any Sitting for 
receiving proofs of debt prior to such choice, or any 
Sitting at which any Bankrupt shall pass his or her 
last examination, or any Sitting at which any dividend 
shall be declared, or any Sitting at which the Bank- 
rupt’s certificate shall be signed by the Commissioners, 
the sum of One Pound ; and for every such Sitting at 
which a dividend shall be declared, a sum of Money 
or Fee, according to the amount at such Sitting ordered 
to be divided, such Fee being regulated by the follow- 
ing scale; videlicet, Where the sum ordered to be divided 
shall be under Five hundred Pounds, the sum of Three 


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Pounds; where;the same shall'be Five hundred Pounds 
and under Onethousand Pounds, the sum of Ten Pounds: 
where the same shall..be One thousand Pounds and 
under Five thousand Pounds, the sum.of Fifteen Pounds. 
where the same shall be Five thousand Pounds ang 
under Ten thousand Pounds, the sum of Twenty Pounds. 
where the same shall be Ten thousand Pounds and yp, 
wards, the sum of Fifty Pounds; such several payments 
to be made within one week after such Sittings respec. 
tively shall be held; and all Monies to be paid into 
the said last-mentioned Account shall be subject to 
such general orders touching the payment in, invest. 
ment, accounting for and payment out of such Monies 
for the purposes hereinbefore provided, as the Lord 
Chancellor shall from time to time think fit to pre. 
scribe; and when and as such last-mentioned Com. 
pensations shall from time to time cease to be payable, 
it shall be lawful for the said Lord Chancellor, as he 
may see fit, to direct that lesser sums shall be paid b 
the said official Assignees, at the several times and for 
the purpose last aforesaid.” 


Crause(M.) “ And be it further Enacted, That if at 
any time it shall appear to the Lord Chancellor that 
the Monies and Securities standing to the said Account, 
to be intituled, ‘ The Secretary of Bankrupts’ Account, 
together with the Fees expectant and to be payable to 
such Account, shall be sufficient to answer and pay the 
several Salaries and other Payments for the time being 
chargeable thereon, and to leave a Surplus applicable 
to the purpose after mentioned, it shall be lawful for 
the Lord Chancellor to order such abatement to be 
made in the Fees hereinbefore made payable by the 
Secretary of Bankrupts, and by the said official Assig- 
nees, or by either of them, to the said Account, to be in- 
tituled, ‘ The Secretary of Bankrupts’ Account,’ as may 
to the said Lord Chancellor from time to time seem just 
and reasonable.” 


Criause (N.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall be 
lawful for the Commissioner before whom any Person 
shall be adjudged a Bankrupt in the said Court of 
Bankruptcy, or who shall appoint an official Assignee 
under the power hereinbefore given for that purpose, 
to order and allow to be paid out of the Bankrupt’s 
estate, to the official Assignee thereof, as a remuneration 
for his services, such sum of Money, as shall appear to 
such Commissioner, upon consideration of the amount 
of the Bankrupt’s property, and the nature of the duties 
to be performed by such official Assignee, to be just 
and reasonable.” 


Cause (O.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any Judge, 
Commissioner, Registrar, Deputy Registrar, Clerk, 
Messenger, Assignee, or any other Officer or Person 
whatsoever, shall for any thing done or pretended to 
be done under this Act or any other Act relating to 
Bankrupts, or under colour of doing any thing under 
this Act or any other such Acts, fraudulently and wil- 
fully demand or take, or appoint or allow any Person 
whatsoever to take for him or on his account, or for or 
on account of any Person by him named or in trust for 
him, or for any other Person by him named, any Fee, 
Emolument, Gratuity, sum of Money, or any thing of 
value whatsoever, other than is allowed by this Act 
and any other such Act as aforesaid, such Person, when 
duly convicted thereof, shall forfeit and pay the sum of 
Five hundred Pounds, and be rendered incapable and 
is hereby rendered incapable of holding any Office or 
Place whatsoever under His Majesty, His heirs or suc- 
cessors.” 


Crause (P.) “ And be it Enacted, That any such 
offender may be prosecuted either by Information, at 
the suit of His Majesty’s Attorney General, or by 
Criminal Information before. His Majesty’s Court of 
King’s Bench, or by Indictment; Provided always ne- 
vertheless, That if any Registrar, Deputy Registrar, 
Clerk, Messenger or Assignee shall commit any offence 
against this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the 
Court of Review, or the Lord Chancellor, to dismiss 
the Person so offending, upon proof made before him 
or them of such offence having been committed, upon 
a Rule to show Cause: Provided further, That if such 
Court, on cause being shown, shall think fit to direct 
an Issue to be tried touching the matter of the said 


charge, such Issue may be tried before the said Chief 
73 Judge, 




















Bil, 


of 
d Bill 


9 Witt. IV. 


« Judge, or one of the other Judges of the said Court of 
« Review.” 


Cravse (Q.) “ And be it Enacted, That no Judge, 
« Commissioner, Registrar or Deputy Registrar, Secre- 


« tary of Bankrupts, or Official Assignee, or other Officer 
« to be appointed by virtue. of this Act, shall, during 
« their respective continuance in such offices, be capable 
« of being elected or of sitting asa Member of The House 
« of Commons.” 


At the end of the Bill add Schedules First and Second. 


« THE FIRST SCHEDULE OF FEES 
Before referred to. 


£.s. d. 
For every Docket struck, and not acted upon - -| 112 6 
For every renewed Fiat - - e - et ee ee 
For every Petition of Appeal answered for Hearing -|{ ~ 13 6 
For every Order on Hearing - . “ ps +k oe 
For every previous Minute of Order - OTN, uf sg 6 
For every Warrant for advertising Declaration of In- 
solvency - . - 4 - i. 3° ot. 238 
For every Certificate of a Fiat issued to authorize Ad- 
vertisement in the Gazette ~- ° d e &lt; oe 6 
For every Search made for Fiat or other Proceeding -| - 1 —- 
For filing Affidavits and other Documents - - — i" oe 
For Copies of Affidavits, Orders, and other Proceedings, 
per Folioof Ninety words = - - + -{ — = 13” 








«THE SECOND SCHEDULE OF FEES 
Before referred to. 


ia &amp; 
Onfilingevery Fiat - = - = 2 - -/ = 1 = 
For every Certificate of Bankrupt’s Conformity - -| - 6 6 
On entering every Appeal for Hearing in the Court of 
Review - - - - - - - ot 2 » 
For every Order pronounced by that Court - ‘* tg - 
For every previous Minute of Order - tek a: eo 
For entering every Matter for Hearing in a Subdivision 
Court - - - - - - - ~ oT ar 2 
For every Order pronounced there - = - - ef - g = 
For Fees on the Trial of every Issue, to be paid by the 
successful Party - - - - + + «#]/ @-— = 
For every Search made inthe Court - -« - -{| - 1 — 
For filing Affidavits and other Documents - - bt @ a 
For Copies of Affidavits, Orders, and other Proceedings, 
per Polio of Ninety words - - - - -| -- 
For every Subpoena ad Test. and other Writ issued out 
of the Court - - - - - - o 38 at! @ a? 





The said Amendments, being read a second time, were 
agreed to by the House. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this day. 


A Bill for the abolition of Fines and Recoveries, and 
for the substitution of more simple modes of Assurance in 
lieu of them, was, according to Order, read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday, the 7th day of November next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the amendment of the Law of Inheritance ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, the 7th 
day of November next, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the amendment of the Law relating to 

ower ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, the 7th 


day of November next, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


ae The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
,’ Solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 


the Bill for the Limitation of Actions and Suits relating 
to Real Property, and for simplifying the Remedies for 
tying the Rights thereto ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, the 7th 


day of November next, resolve itself into the said Com- 
Ihittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to re- 
' solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for the amendment of the Law relating to the 


Estate of a Tenant b the Curtesy of England; 
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927 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, the 7th day 
of November next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the Motion made upon Friday 
last, “ That Mr.Speaker do now leave the Chair, for 
the purpose of going into the Committee upon the Sugar 
Refinery Bill ;” 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Monday, the 7th day of November next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to, re- 
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
amend an Act passed in the first year of His present. Ma- 
jesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act to permit the general 
Sale of Beer and Cyder by Retail in England;” 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to permit the setting of Spring Guns, and Man Traps, 
in certain cases ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable Courts of Law to give Relief against adverse 
Claims made upon Persons having no interest in the sub- 
ject of such Claims, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed 
to the same, without any Amendment, 


The Order of the day being read, for the third reading 
of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for settling Controversies by Arbitration ; — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday, the 7th day of November next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second read- 
ing of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for encouraging and facilitating Compositions for 
Tithes, and other Profits arising and payable to Incum- 
bents of Ecclesiastical Benefices in Breland and Wales, 
be now read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 7th day of November next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the House, to 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon 
the Bill for enforcing the Process upon Contempts in the 
Courts Ecclesiastical of England and Ireland, be now 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, Thatthis House will, upon Monday, the7th day 
of November next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second 
reading of the ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Act for shortening the time of Prescription in certain 
cases, be now read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 7th day of November next. 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to bring in 
a Bill to enable Churchwardens and Overseers to inclose 
Land belonging to the Crown for the benefit of poor Per- 
sons residing in the Parish in which such Crown Land is 
situated ; 

Lord Viscount Duncannon, by His Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That His Majesty, having been in- 
formed of the subject-matter of this Motion, gives His 
consent, as far as His Majesty’s Interest is concerned, 
That the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Lord Viscount Duncannon and Mr. Rice do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Lord Viscount Duncannon presented a Bill to enable 
Churchwardens and Overseers to inclose Land belonging 
to the Crown for the benefit of poor Persons residing “ws 

11C 2 the 


Debate on 
Sugar Refinery 
Bill, adjourned. 


Sale of Beer 
Bill, deferred. 


Spring Guns 
Bill, deferred. 


Interpleader 
Bill, passed. 


Arbitration 
Bill, deferred. 


Tithe Com- 
positions Bill, 
deferred. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Con- 
tempts Bill, 
deferred. 


Prescription 
Bill, deferred. 


Crown Land 
Inclosure 
Bill, ordered, 


Crown Land 
nclosure 

Bill, pre- 

sented ; 





committed. 


Returns re- 
specting Bank- 
ruptcy Fees and 
Emoluments 
(Dublin), 
ordered. 


Treland— 
Papers, 
presented : 


Newtown- 
barry Afiray. 


No. 342. 


Newtownbarry 
Magistrates, 


Master of the 
Rolls. 


No. 344. 


Agriculural 


Poor Bull, 
presented. 


No. 343. 


Petitions 
respecting 
Galway 

I ranchise. 


Petition for 
amendment 
of Law of 
Libel. 


928 17°—18° 


the Parish in which such Crown Land is situated: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. ‘ 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time :-— 
The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


. Ordered,-That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Fees received by the Commissioners of Bankrupt 
in Dublin, for the years 1829, 1830 and 1831, ending on 
lst March in each year ; specifying-the Sums received by 
each Commissioner respectively. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Emoluments and Sums received by the Secretary of 
Bankrupts in Dublin, during the last Three years, ending 
on Ist March 1831; distinguishing each year, with a 
statement of the Application of the same. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Emoluments and Sums received by the Clerk of 
Enrolments in Bankruptcy in Dublin, during the last 
Three years, ending on Ist March 1831; distinguishing 
each year, with a statement of the Application of the 
same. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of all Sums paid for sealing Commissions, or Subpoenas 
in Bankruptcy, in Dubin, during the last Three years, 
ending Ist March 1831; distinguishing each year, with 
a statement of the Application of the same. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till after 


three of the clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 








Martis, 18° die Octobris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV“ Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 


6 te: House being informed that Mr. Johnson, from 
the Office of the Chief Secretary for Jreland, attended 
at the door, he was called in; and at the bar presented 
to the House, pursuant to their Orders,—a Copy of the 
Depositions taken at Newtownbarry before the Coroner's 
Inquest, on those who were killed on the 18th June last. 

A Copy of the Memorial of James Nowlan, John Now- 
lan, John Murphy and James Masterson, of the 16th 
August, to the Lord Lieutenant of [redand, regarding the 
conduct of Captain Graham and the Reverend W. Morgan, 
two Magistrates of the County of Wexford, for declining 
to receive Bail, and grant the required Information, on 
the charge of burning the house of one of the Newtown- 
barry Yeomen, together with His Excellency’s Reply ;— 
also, Copies of any further Communications received by 
the Zrish Government relating thereto. 

Copies of the Rolls Orders, bearing date 14th Novem- 
ber 1827 and 24th January 1831, in relation to the Office 
of Secretary at the Rolls Court :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table ; 


and, except the Memorial of James Nowlan and others, 
be printed. 


Mr. Sadler presented a Bill for bettering the condition 
of the Agricultural Poor: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon this 
day month. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Petition of the Resident Free Burgesses and Magis- 
trates of the Town and Corporation of Galway, was pre- 
sented, and read; praying the House to maintain Jrish 
existing rights upon an equality with English rights in 
the Reform Bills, and that they will also remove religious 
distinctions in the Town and Corporation of Galway. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie wpon the Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Allday, late of Highgate, in the 
parish of Aston, near the town of Birmingham, now a 
prisoner in the County Prison of Warwick, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner does not pre- 
sume to ask the House to interfere with the sentence passed 
upon him, though he humbly deems it to be most unjust 
and oppressive ; but he earnestly implores the House to 





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take into consideration the state of the Law of Libel, any 
to make such alterations therein as may to-their wisdom 
seem fit, in order that every subject of this Empire 
be able to know when he is.and when he is not guilty. of 
infringing that law, which, in its present anomalous state 
the Petitioner is utterly unable to know. 1 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. ito 
A Petition of the Overseers, and others, employed at. Pes plas 
or immediately connected with, the Spinning Mills of sas, 
Dundee, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Cat 
Petitioners view with pleasure the introduction of a Bij] Avan 
into Parliament for regulating the hours of labour of the 
young persons employed at Spinning Mills and othe; 
manufacturing establishments; and praying, That an 
legislative measure for the i rae or limitation of the 
hours of working in Spinning Mills and similar establish. 
ments may be extended to Scotland, and that it may be 
enacted that no individual of immature years shall labour 
or be employed in such establishments beyond eleven 
hours and a half per day during five days of the week, or 
beyond eight hours and a half on Saturdays, exclusive of 
an adequate allowance for meals, and that such young 
persons shall on no account be employed to labour jp 
these establishments-during the night-time. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 










A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens and Inhabi- Pui, 
tants of the parish of Satwel/, in the county of Berks, was ‘ulti 
presented, and read; praying for the total extinction of Slate 
Colonial Slavery, Ds | 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 

tion 

A Petition of the Land Proprietor and Inhabitants of Pin." 
the island of Feenish, on the west coast of the county of sree 
Galway, was presented, and read; complaining of the 
ruinous effects resulting from enactments passed in 1822 
relative to Kelp, and of the reduction of the remaining 
protecting Duty on Barilla; and praying the House to 
take their case into consideration; and, relying with hope 
on its anxiety to protect the drooping: interests of Jreland, 
the Petitioners trust the House will adopt: some: measure 
to support this extensive branch of industry, and coun- 
teract the total destruction that awaits them. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. - : 


A Petition of Merchants and Ship-owners of the port Peis 
of Barnstaple, was presented, and read; praying, That a 
the House will be pleased to repeal the heavy Duty now «« 
levied on Policies of Marine Insurance, or, at all events, 
lessen the Duty in such a manner as to give the Pe- ! 
titioners an opportunity of effecting Insurance in this o 
Country on equally advantageous terms as can be effected 
elsewhere. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Committees i 
of this House, presented to the House, pursuant; to, their _— 
Order,—Copy of Minutes of the Proceedings of the Com- ™* 
mittee appointed in the last Session of Parliament, t0 js 
inquire what Reductions can be made in, the, Salaries 
and Emoluments of Offices held, during the pleasure.o 
the Crown, by Members of either House of Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Proceedings, do lie 


Tespect. 
Rates, 


upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented, to: His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give, di- yi 
rections, that there be laid before this, House, a Return ™ 
of the Number of decked and_half-decked Vessels, with 
their Total Tonnage, and of open sail, or row Boats, and 
Fishermen employed at the Port of tye, during the years 
1820 and 1830 respectively :—a similar Return, for. the 
same two years, for the Ports of Newhaven and Shore 
ham, and for Hastings and Brighton, as far as the same 
can be conveniently procured; specifying whether any 
Piers, Quays, or other Work, towards improving this 
Maritime Trade, have been constructed at any of the 
above-named Places within the last Twenty years, when 
any such Work was finished, and whether constructed by 

private 








g Wit. IV. 


rivate contribution, or aidéd by any loan, fund or other 
public source. ire - ; 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of London and Westminster, 
was presented, and read; praying the House to enter 
upon a revision of the Corn Laws, with a view to the 

dual removal of every species of restriction upon the 
importation of food and raw material, and with the ulti- 
mate object of securing to British Agriculture the only 

érmanent protection which in equity it can claim, the 
abolition or equalization of all those taxes, assessments or 
charges which may be found to press with exclusive or 
with disproportioned weight upon the soil. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of the united parishes of 
Skreen and Rathfigh, in the county of Meath, was pre- 
sented, and read; praying for a just and full participa- 
tion in the benefits of the English Reform Bill, and hat 
its provisions be extended to Jredand as much as possible 
in the same manner as to England. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Number of Stamps issued to each Newspaper in 
Great Britain; specifying the Title of, and the Amount 
to, each Journal ; and distinguishing England from Scot- 
land, for the year ending 5th October 1831. 


tition 


lis 


slavery, 


' A Petition of John Charles Duffy, for the Disfranchise- 
ment of the Bishops, on account of their Votes against the 
Bill to amend the Representation of the People in Eng- 
land and Wales, was offered to be presented :—And the 
said Petition was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


_ | Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
* tions, that there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the Number of Persons convicted of the crime of Sheep- 
stealing ; as also, a similar Return with regard to Horse- 
stealing ; the Sentences passed on such conviction, and in 
what manner carried into effect throughout England and 
Wales, during the years 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830 
and 1831, as far as can be made up, to the latest period. 





ti Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
t Da Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
po Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 

5, 

_ 4 Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
‘ Vests, Of the Number of Vessels propelled by Steam that have 


been employed, and are now employed, or building, under 
the Orders of Government, since the period in which such 
Vessels were in use by Government, specifying the Ser- 

vice in which they have been engaged, the Tonnage, and 
Horse-power of each. 






eS Rei 
elt wa The House was moved, That the Order made upon the 
we 12th day of this instant October, That the Churchwardens 
and Overseers of the Poor of every Parish, Township or 
Place, in’ England and Wales, do prepare an Account of 
the Total Amount of the Valuation upon which the Rate 
or Rates for the Relief of the Poor was or were allowed 
by Justices of the Peace, in and for the year ending 25th 
March 1831, in the Parish, Township or Place, for which 


they respectively act as Churchwardens and Overseers ; 


His a stating the year in which such Valuation was made, and 
di whether it was made upon the Full Rent or Annual Value, 
“th or what portion thereof ; Stating also, whether such Valua- 
uit Ff tion comprises all the Property in such Parish, Township 
an or Place, and, if not, what is the Amount of the Property 
mi hot assessed, and why it is not rated ; also, the Number 

and Value of each Rate in the Pound allowed in the same 
sah r year; stating whether such Rate or Rates was or were 
= aid upon such Valuation, or upon what portion thereof ; 
this va whether any and what difference was made in the 
he ‘ atuation of Land or Houses, or in the Rate or Rates laid 
Wi rrptaer oan a the Cerca arecns and Saighai do, 
d by VOL. 86 ‘ay be, transmit the same, together with any 





18° Octobris. 


929 


Observations they may think necessary, directed to the 
Clerk of the House of Commons, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


A Petition of A. H. Simpson, Chairman of a Meeting of 
the Inhabitants of Paisley, was presented, and read ; com- 
plaining of the rejection of the Bill to amend the Repre- 
sentation of the People in England and Wales by ‘the 
other Branch of the Legislature ; and believing, as they 
do, that the very salvation of the Country depends on the 
measure, they intreat that the House will exercise those 
means which they possess for the completion of so de- 
sirable an object; that they will implore His’ Majesty’s 
Ministers to retain their offices ; and that they will give 
them all the support in their power, so that their efforts 
in the cause of the People may ultimately be crowned with 
success. 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of several British Merchants residing ‘in 
London, and sufferers by the illegal capture of their pro- 
perty by the Brazilian squadron in the Rio de la Plata, 
in the years 1826 and 1827, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners are among the number 
of British subjects who have lost property to the extent of 
nearly half a million sterling, in consequence of the cap- 
ture of British vessels and their cargoes, by the Brazilian 
squadron, during the war between Brazil and Buenos 
Ayres; that it is notorious, that the Brazilian squadron 
about the same period captured several vessels and cargoes 
belonging to the subjects of ance, and the citizens of the 
United States of America, and that the Government of 
Brazil have not only long ago been compelled to settle, but 
have actually paid to the sufferers of those nations the full 
amount of their adjudicated claims ; and it is also a fact 
worthy of remark, that British merchants have received 
from the Brazilian Government indemnification for losses 
which they sustained by the capture of their property then 
under the protection of the flag of the United States of 
America, whilst to the present time not a single British 
claim for indemnity for the seizure of British property, to 
the amount of nearly half a million sterling, under the pro- 
tection of the British flag, has ever been adjusted ; that, 
in the month of May, in the year 1829, Lord Ponsonby, 
the British Ambassador at the Court of Rio de Janeiro, 
after a long protracted negociation, obtained the consent 
of the Brazilian Government to a Memorandum, contain- 
ing various articles, forming the basis upon which the 
claim for indemnities for the above-mentioned losses of 
British subjects should be adjusted ; but, ever since that 
period, the Brazilian Government have contrived by 
various means to evade the adjustment of the British 
claims for losses sustained by the capture of British ves- 
sels, and the Petitioners have good reason to believe, that 
the Brazilian Government will still endeavour to defer to 
an indefinite period the settlement of these claims, unless 
His Majesty’s Government be pleased to adopt such 
measures as shall compel them to render to the Petition- 
ers, and others the subjects of His Majesty, ad and 
effective justice ; they therefore pray, That the House will 
take into consideration the nature of the grievances of 
which they complain, and afford to the Petitioners, and 
other sufferers, His Majesty’s subjects, that protection 
which the wisdom of the House, under all the circum- 
stances, may deem to be necessary. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Householders of New- 
castle-upon- Tyne, and its immediate vicinity, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners observe with 
deep-regret, that it is the intention of Government, at a 
period of unexampled suffering and distress, to continue 
the annual grant of public Money to the Kildare Street 
Society ; this money is bestowed for the avowed purpose 
of promoting Education among the people of [reland, but 
the collocation of it in the hands of a body of men who are 
arrayed in hostility to the religion which has been pro- 
fessed from the fifth century of the Christian era by the 
great majority of the Jrish people, has occasioned it to be 
diverted from the beneficent purpose contemplated by the 
State, to the propagation of a religious system which the 
people of Zre/and conscientiously reject ; in eee’ 

0 





Petition 
respecting 
Reform of 
Parliament. 


Petition 
respecting 
Brazilian 
Captures. 


Petition re- 
specting Church 
Establishment 
and Education 
(Lreland.) 





Petition for 
repeal of Stamp 
Duties on News- 
papers, &amp;c, 


Petition for 
abolishing 
‘Tithes (Ire- 
land.) 


Petitions for 
remission of 
Sentence on 
Robert Taylor, 


930 
of this unjust diversion, the Petitioners, who devoutly 
wish for the pacification of that distracted Country, pray 
that the Grant may be discontinued ; the Petitioners view, 
with the strongest feelings of disapprobation, the illiberal 
and ungenerous conduct of men, who, while they advo- 
cate most strenuously the propriety of the Grant to the 
Kildare Street Society, oppose with equal vehemence the 
trifling annual donation to the Roman Catholic College 
of Maynooth ; while the Petitioners are in principle op- 
posed to every grant of public money, not demanded by 
the most urgent necessity, since it is wrested from the toil 
and sweat of an anxious, laborious and impoverished 
people, yet they cannot but condemn, as unjust, the ab- 
straction from the Catholic Clergy of Zreland of so small 
a Grant as 8;000/., while the Catholics of that Country 
are compelled to contribute annual millions to uphold the 
Protestant Church of Jreland, the support of which esta- 
blishment by a Catholic people, the Petitioners cannot 
but regard as a grievous burthen and oppression, the 
source of poverty, and the cause of intestine discord and 
division among the people, creating a spirit of proud and 
imperious ascendancy in a small but dominant faction, 
and letting loose upon society a storm of raging passions 
and furious hate; the Petitioners therefore pray, That, 
as the existence of a Protestant Church Establishment, 
supported at the expense of a Catholic people, can be 
defended on no principle of policy and justice, and must 
be regarded by every just and candid man as a great 
national evil, that that Establishment may be abolished 
by the same power from which it derives its existence, 
and its revenues applied to those grand purposes of 
national amelioration and improvement, which a wise, a 
just, and a paternal Legislature may deem most beneficial 
to the State. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Members of the Clerkenwell Parochial 
Reform Union, meeting at the Northumberland Arms 
Tavern, Clerkenwell Green, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners are aware that an im- 
mense revenue is required to discharge the Interest of the 
National Debt, and to uphold the various Institutions of 
the Country ; that the easy obtainment of the said revenue 
must arise by the facilities given to Trade and Commerce, 
and by promoting the intelligence of the People ; that, in 
the opinion of the Petitioners, the United States of America 
may now be considered as the most flourishing commercial 
nation, and that its prosperity arises from its economy in 
the national expenditure, and the encouragement given 
to the circulation of intelligence ; that the Petitioners 
conceive it is most desirable that the Taxes on Paper, 
Newspapers, Pamphlets, and Advertisements should be 
immediately abolished, as so many turnpikes or obstacles 
on the road of commerce and knowledge, and feel con- 
fident, that trade would be improved, want diminished, 
and crime decreased, by the abolition of the above Duties ; 
they therefore most earnestly pray the House to adopt 
such measures for the abolition of these obnoxious and 
injudicious Taxes, as to its wisdom shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Tithe-payers of the parish of Knock- 
breda, in the county of Down, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners, view with the deepest 
concern the unhappy and alarming state of the Country, 
the cause of which, they are fully convinced, is in a great 
degree owing to the present distressing Tithe Laws, and 
that while these Laws oppress most grievously the agri- 
culturists, they also affect the manufacturing interest ; 
and praying, That they may be relieved from this vexa- 
tious imposition. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stockport ;—of Richard 
Carlile ;— and, of Robert Welsh, Chairman, and Joseph 
Styles, Secretary, of the National Union of the Working 
Classes, and others, adopted at a Public Meeting held 
at the Infant School-house, Vincent-square, Westminster, 
—were presented, and read ; praying for the liberation of 
the Reverend Robert Taylor. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table, 


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'“ hereby directed to be made to the Clerk of the Hanaper, 





The ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act x 
to establish a Court in Bankruptcy, was, according ty Conte? 
Order, read the third time ; and the Amendments follow. 3% 
ing were made the Bill ; — 
Pr. 4. 1. 11. After “thereof” insert “or before a 
“ Judge of Assize.” 
Pr..13. 1.17. Leave out from “ day” to “and” jp 
1. 18. and» imsert “ after the publication of his Bank. 
“ ruptey in the Gazette, and the choice of Assignees 
“* shall take place at the first of such two Meetings.” 
Pr. 18. ]. 21. Leave out from ‘ appointment” tg 
* in” inl. 23. 
Pr. 24. 1. 23. Leave out from “to” to “ And” jn 
}. 32. 
Pr. 25. 1. 26. After Clause (K.) added to the Bill, 
insert Clause (K 1.) Fi eae 
CiauseE (K 1.) “ Provided always, and it is hereby 
‘“* further Enacted, That the Annuity or Compensation 





shall be fixed and regulated upon the same computa- 
tion, and in like manner as is above provided with re- 
spect to the Annuity or Compensation for the Patentee 
“* of the Bankrupts’ Office.” 

In Cause (L.) added to the Bill, Leave out from 
videlicet” to “ such,” and insert “ for all sums not 
exceeding Ten thousand Pounds, Ten Shillings jn 
every One hundred Pounds, and for any excess above 
Ten thousand Pounds, Two Shillings and Sixpence in 
‘“* the One hundred Pounds.” 

Resolved, That that the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, That this House hath agreed 
to the same, with some Amendments ; to which Amend- 


ments this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


tition 
wyecting 





dan) 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson and typ}, 

Mr. Roupell: have apa 
Mr. Speaker, to 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills following, 
without any Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to consolidate and amend the psig 
Laws for suppressing the illicit making of Malt and Dis- (lei! 
tillation of Spirits in Lreland : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to apply thesum of One million Cosi 
eight hundred thousand Pounds out of the Consolidated Funilid 
Fund to the service of the year one thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-one, and to appropriate the Supplies 
granted in this Session of Parliament: ~~. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to regulate the Payment of Ho Di 
the Duties on Hops: Bil. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the seventh yeux 
year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Irdwil 
Fourth, for making provision for the uniforn Valuation of 
Lands and Tenements in the several Baronies, Parishes 
and other Divisions of Counties in reland, for the purpose 
of the more equally levying of the Rates and Ghrarges 
upon the same : | 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal an Act passed in Milt 
the fifty-second year of the reign of his Majesty King ‘nd 
George the Third, to provide for the more speedy exami- 
nation, controlling and finally auditing the Military Ac- 
counts of Jreland: And also, 















The Lords have commanded us to acquaint this House, ™# 
That the Lords do request that this House will be Sn Rept 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of a Report b# 
made from the Select Committee appointed by this House ”" 
on the present state of the Affairs of the East India Com- 
pany, and to inquire into the state of Trade between a 
Great Britain, the East Inilies and China :— And then 0 
the Messengers withdrew. R 
Resolved, That this House will send an Answer to the Te fc 
last part of the said Message by Messengers of their own. \ s 
And the Messengers were again called in, and Mr. a 
Speaker acquainted them therewith :— And then they E 
again withdrew. 
Ta 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 2 o 
Committee of the whole House, upon the Bill to enable j), 
Churchwardens and Overseers to inclose Land belong&gt; sul 
ing to the Crown for the benefit of Poor Persons residing 
in the Parish in which such Crown Land is situated; 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resume’ 
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9 Witt. IV. 


the Chair: and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made an Amend- 
ment thereunto. i 

Ordered, That the Report be now received, 

Mr: Bernal accordingly reported from the Committee, 
the Amendment which they had made to the: Bill; and 
the Amendment was read, and agreed to by the'House. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be in- 
grossed ; and read the third time this day. 


A Petition of the Committee of the Clara Dispensary, 
King’s County ;—and, of the Committee and Subscribers 
to the General Dispensary for the barony of Gallen, in 
the county of Mayo,—were presented, and read ; praying 
the House to take into consideration the condition of the 
destitute Jrish poor, and to cause the Law of the 58th of 
Geo. 3, c.47, to be so amended or explained, that no 
doubt may in future exist in its construction, and that it 
may be made clearly imperative on Grand Juries to grant 
a sum equal to such sums as a majority of subscribers of 
one guinea each may contribute for the maintenance of 
any local Dispensary in Ireland. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


litons 


pgectlOlg, 
. 
\;eand.) 


A Petition of Hugh Dillon Massy, Foreman of the 
Grand Jury of the county of Clare, assembled at the 
as Summer Assizes 1831, was presented, and read ; setting 
-_ forth, That, by the Act of 4 Geo. 4, the Commissioners 
of Inland Navigation were empowered to expend a sum, 
not exceeding 10,000/., throughout that Kingdom in the 
keeping in repair certain Roads, to the original formation 
of which, the Government had contributed a half, or some 
smaller proportion, of the funds, and that the sum ex- 
pended by the said Commissioners should be a peremptory 
charge by Presentment on the County, without the control 
or examination by the Grand Jury; complaining of the 
great abuses which have taken place in the expenditure 
of these funds ; and stating, that the said Act expired in 
consequence of the dissolution of the late Parliament ; and 
praying, That it may not be renewed without giving the 
Grand Juries the power of control and examination, and 
also limiting the amount to be expended to the same sum 
as can now be legally granted to private contractors. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


tition 
gyectiNg 


» Lords 


aT 






ition for 
ion of 
y on Glass 


lu,) 


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergy and Landholders of 
the barony of Moycullen, in the county of Galway, was 
presented, and read; praying the House, as a means of 
rescuing the labouring classes in Jreland, from al] the 
horrors of the present famine and contagion, to reduce 
the Duty on Glass, for the general advantage of the pea- 
santry, and as some equivalent for the ruin of the Kelp 
trade, and to substitute a mart for the article used in same, 
by the formation of Roads into the vast unreclaimed 
ae tracts of the western parts of the county of 

alway. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 






Military 
- Aceon 
( lait 


jons for 


oi A Petition of John Hamilton, of Saint Ernan’s, in the 
Linn COURty of Donegal ;—and, of Richard Smyth, Chairman of 
i,  &amp; Meeting of the Inhabitants of the city of Dublin, —were 
presented, and read ; praying for the introduction of Poor 
Laws.into Ireland, 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and that the last be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stockport, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That the Bill of the last Session 
f Parliament, enabling Parishes to mortgage their Poor 
tes, in order to furnish the means of transporting to 
foreign climes those unfortunate, but useful, persons whom 
a certain class of statesmen and journalists describe as 
redundant population, ought not to pass into a law ; and 
praying, That the House will not allow the proposed 

migration Bill to become the law of the land. 


acta That the said Petition do lie upon the 
able. 


et A Petition of Free Burgesses of the town of Liver- 


ng ti, P00l, was presented, and read; setting forth, That at the 
d 5 late Election fora Member to represent that Town in the 
red ouse, shameless bribery and corruption did prevail 
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18° Octobris. 


931 


among a large portion of its burgesses, as has lately been 
shown before the Committee of the House; that, amidst 
the corruption which so existed, the Petitioners express 
their firm conviction, that there were many burgesses who 
did not degrade themselves by the acceptance of any emo- 
lument whatever, or by endeavouring to induce others to 
do so, and the Petitioners therefore boldly claim for them- 
selves exemption from the odium and indignation which 
the conduct of a large portion of the electors of Liverpool 
justly excited in all classes of the community ; that the 
Petitioners, indignant at the charge of venality so gene- 
rally alleged against the burgesses of Liverpool on the 
late Election, are especially anxious to impress on the 
House their perfect innocence of the charge of giving any 
bribe, or of receiving, or expecting to receive, any bribe 
or compensation whatsoever for their votes on that occa- 
sion ; that the Petitioners, although deeply impressed with 
the necessity of an early adoption of such measures as 
will effectually prevent a repetition of offences so flagrant 
and indefensible, nevertheless most respectfully but ear- 
nestly claim exemption from penalties merited by those 
burgesses who so grossly committed themselves, but 
which, if visited on the Petitioners, would be punishing 
the innocent for the offences of the guilty ; the Petitioners 
therefore most humbly pray, That the House will, in any 
measure which it may in its wisdom deem necessary to 
adopt with reference to or affecting the Burgesses of Li- 
verpool, consider the Petitioners as not inculpated in the 
venal and corrupt practices which have so unhappily pre- 
vailed, and therefore entitled to the protection which they 
confidently seek at the hands of the House. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Galway, cor sa 
was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to ofparliament 
amend the Representation of the People in Jreland; and (relsnd) Bill. 
praying, That the House will be graciously pleased to 
provide in the said Bill for the peculiar Franchise of 
Galway, viz. in the resident Merchants, Tradesmen and 
Artisans. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petition 
respecting 
Belfast and 
Autrim Road, 


A Petition of Members of the Doagh Reform Com- 
mittee, and others, was presented, and read; praying, 
That the House will order a Statement of the Grand Jury 
Accounts connected with the Road from Belfast to Antrim ; 
a statement of the Tolls received, and how expended ; 
and also, that the House may order one or more engineers 
in the Jrish Department to survey and report upon said 
Road, or such other measures as to the wisdom of the 
House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


Crown Land 
Inclosure 


Bill, passed, 


The ingrossed Bill to enable Churchwardens and Over- 
seers to inclose Land belonging to the Crown for the 
benefit of poor Persons residing in the Parish in which 
such Crown Land is situated, was, according to the Order 
made this day, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the Lords, 


and desire their concurrence. 


Petition of 
Owen 
Davies, 


A Petition of Owen Davies, a Newsman, was presented, 
and read; complaining of his arrest and imprisonment, 
for having in possession some pieces of printed cotton, 
intituled, ‘“Berthold’s Political Handkerchief ;” stating the 
particulars of his case ; and praying, That the House will 
investigate the same, that the law may be more speedily 
declared on the subject, as others have been similarly 
arrested, and are now suffering imprisonment, and as the 
trade of the newsman is thereby injured. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the extra-parochial Land Petition 
situate in the Blockhouse, in the city of Worcester, was a 
presented, and read ; taking notice of the ingrossed Bill p:)° °°" 
from the Lords, intituled, An Act to amend an Act passed 
in the first year of His present Majesty’s reign, intituled, 

“ An Act to permit the general Sale of Beer and Cyder by 
Retail in England ;” and praying, That the House will be 
graciously pleased to substitute, instead of the words 

11D 2 “* persons 








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“« persons paying poor-rates,” the words “ persons paying 
land-tax, assessed taxes, an annual rent of 15/. and up- 
wards,” or whatever else the wisdom of the House shall 
deem meet, to entitle persons residing on the aforesaid 
extra-parochial land, and all other places of a similar 
nature, to obtain a license to sell ale, beer, &amp;c. by retail. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Freeholders and others, owners of real 
property, resident in Darlington ;—in Gainford ;—in West 
Auckland and Saint Helens Auckland ;—in Heighington ;— 
and, in Hurworth, in the county of Durham,—were pre- 
sented, and read; taking notice of the Bill for establish- 
ing a General Register for all Deeds and Instruments 
affecting Real Property in England and Wales; and 
praying, That the same may not pass into a law as it now 
stands. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the 
Table ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrew. 





Mercuri, 19° die Octobris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 
PRAYERS. 


Se House being informed that Mr. Tomlins,, from 
the Treasury, attended at the door, he was called in; 
and at the bar presented to the House, pursuant to their 
Address to His Majesty, —An Account of all Pensions on 
the Civil List of England and Ireland, and on the He- 
reditary Revenue of Scotland, on the 22d of November 
1830, arranged according to the order of the respective 
Grants ; stating the Names of the Persons holding the 
Office of First Lord of the Treasury, er Lord Lieutenant 
of Ireland respectively, at the period of each Grant. 

Mr. Tomilins also presented to the House, pursuant to 
their Orders,—A Return, to the present day, of the Names 
and Places of confinement of all Persons now in Prison 
for the non-payment of Penalties, or for other causes con- 
nected with the Paper Duties. 

An Account of all Prosecutions connected with the 
Paper Duties now pending, against whom, and for what 
cause. 

An Account of the several Drawbacks allowed on the 
exportation of Paper, in all its branches, to the Univer- 
sities, the King’s Printer, and on every other Account, 
for the year ended 5th January last. 

Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 21st January 1831, 
respecting the improvement and reclamation of Waste 
Land belonging to the Crown in Jreland :—And then he 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts and Papers do lie 
upon the Table; and, except the Treasury Minute re- 
lating to the Crown Lands in Jreland, be printed. 


A Petition of Journeymen Shoemakers in the town of 
Northampton, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners desire to call the attention of the 
House to the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, the Duty on 
Advertisements, and the Duty on Paper, by the operation 
of which, the Petitioners are deprived, to a considerable 
extent, of the means of acquiring that knowledge which is 
essential to their interests ; and praying for the total repeal 
of the same. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the Number of Persons now confined in the Gaols of 
England and Wales, of Scotland, and of Ireland, for 
Offences against the Game Laws, stating the Number in 
each County, the time they have been confined, and the 
time that remains to complete the periods of the Sentence 
ordered by the Court, in classes; stating also, by what 
tribunal tried and sentenced. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 





. A Petition of John Wilson, Brass-founder in Paisley, pe: 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That the House rede 
ought, in all its deliberations, steadily and continually to Taxa, 
keep in view the necessity of reducing taxation by eve 
possible means ; taking notice of the Bill to amend the 
Representation of the People in England and Wales ; and 
praying, That the House will see cause to pass the same 
with all convenient dispatch. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of Clerkenwey 
agreed to in Public Vestry, was presented, and read ; set. 
ting forth, That the parish of Clerkenwell contains upwards ° 
of six thousand houses, chiefly occupied by industrious 
tradesmen and humble mechanics, from whose pockets 
sum of 25,000/. is to be raised for the support of the poor, 
and expenses of the Police, during the current year, in 
addition to which, the Petitioners are burthened with 
several other heavy Parochial Rates ; that general distresg 
and want of trade render many of them unable to pay even 
the said Rates, and they are thereby almost reduced to a 
state of pauperism, in proof whereof, they beg to state to 
the House, that, for the quarter ending at Midsummer last, 
no less than eight hundred rate-payers were summoned 
for their respective Rates, and during the last two quar- 
ters nearly the like number ; and the Petitioners humbly 
submit to the House, that all direct Taxes press more 
heavily upon the middling classes of the community than 
on the rich and opulent, which is particularly the case 
with respect to the House and Window Taxes, tradesmen 
and artisans being obliged to occupy light and roomy 
premises to carry on their business, whether profitable or 
not, and upon which the greater part of the Assessed 
Taxes are levied ; the Petitioners therefore humbly pray, 
That the House will forthwith take these Taxes into their 
consideration, an immediate relief from which would, in 
their opinion, prove one of the greatest benefits that it is 
possible for the Legislature to bestow. ) 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 





A Petition of George Hodgkinson Barrow, of Staveley, Petia 
was presented, and read; complaining of surcharges {* 
under the Assessed Tax Acts; and praying for their re- sé(um 
peal; the Petitioner moreover craves leave to submit to 
the House the necessity of permitting the circulation of 
One-pound Notes upon a solid basis. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. ) 


A Petition of Joseph Townsend Holman, 2 Prisoner in Peiiin 
the King’s Bench Prison, was presented, and read ; com- ri 

laining of the system of imprisonment for Debt; and 1"! 
plaining of the sy of imp ent fo : for De 
praying, That, as certain Commissioners, who were ap- 
pointed by the House to investigate and make their 
Report on the general Laws of the Realm, are now 
engaged in particularly inquiring into the Laws relating 
to Arrest for Debt, the House will be pleased to order 
that this Petition may be referred for consideration to 
the said Commissioners; and that the Petitioner, and 
other persons of general experience and intelligence, now . 
confined for alleged debt in the King’s Bench Prison 
and elsewhere, and of whose sentiments the Petitioner 
is now the organ, may be examined by the said Com- 
missioners touching the allegations contained in this 
Petition. | 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners and Occupiers of land in Peli 
the townships of Nether Staveley and Over Staveley, within 
the parish of Kirkby-in- Kendal, was presented, and read ; 
praying the House to enact some reasonable period of limi- 
tation beyond which no right to Tithes in kind shall be 
established, and that the same may have the like effect as 
it would have had if it had been passed before the disso- 
lution of the last Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Chichester; fe 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That, m the poss 


opinion of the Petitioners, the present Pension List swel® 
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Petition 

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9 Witt. IV. 


roe ettirely abolished, and new Pensions granted to those 
ee Who merit them ; and praying the House to take the same 


Lords 
agreed 


nen Land 
Josue 


end ments to 


ruptcy 


piries Bill, 


) Amend- 


pnts, 


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ped to, 


fo 


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#\to consideration. bow to,1 
“Ordered, That. the said Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Council of the Birmingham Political 
Union, was presented, and read; praying, That the 


House will» forthwith address His Majesty, urging the 


necessity of immediately creating one hundred new Peers, 
or as many more as may be found necessary to ensure the 
ing of the Bill of Reform in the House of Lords 
without mutilation or delay, or that the House will be 
pleased to address His Majesty, humbly imploring Him 
forthwith to dissolve this present Parliament, and to sum- 
mon immediately a new Parliament, in which the House 
of Commons .shall be chosen upon the principles laid 
down in the Bill of Reform which has been lately passed 
by the House, 
Ordered, That the said Petition do li 


‘ upon the Table ; 
and be printed... « , 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson and 

Mr. Roupell : © 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act to 
enable Churchwardens and Overseers to inclose Land be- 
longing to the Crown for the benefit of Poor Persons re- 
siding in the Parish in which such Crown Land is situated, 
without any Amendment :—And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made by 
this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to establish a 
Court in Bankruptcy, without any Amendment :—And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the better regulation of Vestries, and for the appoint- 
ment of Auditors of Accounts in certain Parishes of Eng- 
land and Wales, with some Amendments; towhich Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The‘ House, proseeded, to take into consideration the 
Amendments; made: by, the. Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An, Act for the better/regulation of Vestries, and for the 
appointment.of Auditors of Accounts in certain Parishes 
of England and. Wales, and the same were read ; and are 
as followeth ; 

Pr.1. 1. 17. Leave out from “ any” to “ Parishes” 
in ]. 18. and insert “ Parish or.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 21. Leave out from “ Parish” to “ certain” 
in |, 25. 

Pr. 2. 1.2. Leave out from “ may” to “ deliver” in 
1. 3. and insert “on some day between the first day of 
“ December and the first day of March.” 

Pr. 2. 1.4. After “ signed” insert “ and describing 
* their places of residence.” 


Pr. 2. 1. 32. Leave out from “to” to “and” in 1. 35. 
and insert: “ ascertain,” and in 1. 35. leave out from 
“ determine” to ‘ the” in 1. 36. 

Pr. 3. 1.10. After ‘“ Sunday ” insert “ in the month 
“ of March.” ; 

Pr. 3. 1.11, After “ affix” insert “ or cause to be 
“ affixed.” 

_ _ Pr.3. 1. 14. Leave out from “ Parish” to “ some” 
inl. 16. ‘and insert “ specifying.” 

__Pr,.3, 1,19. Leave. out “ specifying at what time,” 
and in the same line, after “ and,” insert “ at what.” 

Pr. 3, 1.20. After “ place” insert “ or places.” 

Pr. 3. 1:22;./Leave out “ meet and vote” and insert 
signify their Votes.” | 

Pre.) 23/ °After which” insert “ Votes shall be 
received on three successive days, commencing at Eight 
of the clock in the'Forenoon, and ending at Four of the 
clock in the Afterhoon'of each day, and the said.” 

Pr. 3.1.25. Leave out from “ effect” to “ And” in 
pr... 1. 5. and insert “ The’ Churchwardens of this 
i: Parish [insert here the'iame of thé Parish] having re- 
z ceived a requisition duly signed according to the pro- 
, Vistons of an Act of the second year of the reign of 

King William the Fourth, ‘chapter for 


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the better Regulation of Vestries, the Rate-payers 


of this Parish of [izsért here the name of the Parish] 
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933 


are hereby required, all and each of them, on the 
day of next, and the 
two following days, to signify to the said Church- 
wardens by a Declaration, either printed or written, or 
partly printed or partly written, addressed and deli- 
vered to one of the Churchwardens at 
[insert here the Place] their Votes for or against the 
adoption of the aforesaid Act for the better Regulation 
of Vestries by the Rate-payers of this Parish. 


“* (signed) Churchwardens.” 
And also insert Clauses (A.) (B.) (C.) and (D.) 


Crause (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That the 
said Declaration shall be to the following effect : 

“ 1, A. B., of Street [or 
Place or House] in this Parish of 
vote [for o7 against, as the case may be] the adoption of 
the Act of the second year of the reign of William the 
Fourth, chapter for the better 
Regulation of Vestries, by this Parish.” 


Cravse (B.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
the said Churchwardens shall carefully examine the 
Votes to them delivered as aforesaid, and shall com- 
pare them with the last Rate made for the relief ot 
the Poor of the said Parish, and shall be empowered to 
call before them and examine any Parish Officer touch- 
ing the said Votes, or any Rate-payer so giving his 
Vote, and after a full and fair summing-up of the said 
Votes shall, by public Notice, according to the form and 
manner hereinafter prescribed, declare whether or not 
Two-thirds of the Votes given have been given in fa- 
vour of the adoption of the said Act: Provided always, 
That the whole number of persons voting shall be a clear 
majority of the Rate-payers of the Parish: Provided 
also, That the adoption or non-adoption of this Act 
shall be decided by such number of Votes as aforesaid.” 


CrauseE (C.) “ Provided always, and be it further 
Enacted, That any of the Rate-payers of the aforesaid 
Parish, not exceeding Five together, may inspect, at or 
in the Vestry Room, or in some convenient place within 
the same Parish, and they are hereby empowered to 
inspect, the Votes so given for and against the adoption 
of this Act at all reasonable times within one month 
after such Notice shall have. been given; and the 
Churchwardens of the said Parish are hereby required 
carefully to preserve the said Votes, and freely to per- 
mit and allow the examination thereof by the aforesaid 
Rate-payers of the said Parish at such reasonable times 
within the period aforesaid.” 


Cravse (D.) “ Provided always, and be it Enacted, 
That no Person shall be deemed a Rate-payer, or be 
entitled to vote, or do any other act, matter or thing 
as such under the provisions of this Act, unless he or 
she shall have been rated to the relief of the Poor for 
the whole year immediately preceding his so voting 
or otherwise acting as such Rate-payer, and shall have 
paid all the Parochial Rates, Taxes and Assessments 
due from him or her at the time of so voting or act- 
ing, except such as have been made or become due 
within the six months immediately preceding such 
voting.” 


Pr. 5. 1.19. Leave out from “ effect” to “‘ Provided ” 


in 1..36. and insert ‘ Parish of [here insert name of 


Parish]. Notice is hereby given, That the above 
named Parish has adopted the Act of the second year 
of the reign of King William the Fourth, chapter 
, intituled, An Act [here insert the title of the 
Act]; and that the numbers of the majority and mino- 
rity of Votes given for and against the adoption of the 
said Act are as follows; (that is to say) Votes 
for the adoption thereof, and Votes against the 
adoption thereof. 
“« Dated this 
year of our Lord 
“* (signed) Churchwardens.” 
Pr. 6. 1. 4. Leave out “ Two ” and insert “ Three.” 
Pr. 6. 1. 6. Leave out from “ Parish” to “in” in 1. 9. 


Pr. 6. 1. 17 and 18. Leave out from “‘ mentioned” to 

and” in pr. 7. 1. 4. and insert Clause (E.) 
Crause (E.) “ And be it further Enacted, That if 
any Churchwarden, Rate-collector, Overseer or other 
11E “ Parish 


in the 


day of 








934, 19°—20° 


« Parish Officer, shall refuse to call Meetings according 
“ to the provisions of this Act, or shall refuse or neglect 
“* to make and give the Declarations and Notices directed 
“ to be made and given by this Act, or to receive the 
“‘ Vote of any Rate-payer as aforesaid, or shall in any 
“ manner whatsoever alter, falsify, conceal or suppress 
“ any Vote or Votes as aforesaid, such Churchwarden, 
“‘ Rate-collector, Overseer, or other Parish Officer, shall 
“‘ be deemed and taken to be guilty of a misdemeanor.” 

Pr. 8. 1. ult. Leave out from “ payers” to “ may” 
in pr. 9. 1.1. and in pr. 9. 1. 1. after “ may” insert 
«* then and there, in writing or otherwise.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 26. After “ separate” insert “ sets of.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 27. Leave out “ apart.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 3. Leave out “ Three” and insert “Four.” 
Pr. 12. 1. 7. Leave out “ March” and insert “ May.” 
Pr. 12. 1. 8. Leave out “ Two” and insert “Three.” 
Pr. 12. 1. 9. Leave out “ Nine” and insert “ Eight.” 
Pr. 12. 1. 23. After “ Parish” insert “ shall have 
“* been or.” 

Pr. 13. 1. ult. After “ aforesaid” insert “ from any 
“ one Parish or Ecclesiastical District as aforesaid, shall 
“ ev officio.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 20. After “ office ” insert “ such portion to 
“ be determined by lot.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 1. Leave out “ Twenty-five” and insert 
“ Forty.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 6. Leave out “ previously.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 7. Leave out “ all preceding Vestries ” and 
insert “ any Vestry now existing in such Parish,” and in 
the same line leave out “ their” and insert “ the.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 8. After “ authority” insert “ of such 
“ Vestry.” 

Pr. 16. 1.16. Leave out “ preceding Vestries” and 
insert ‘‘ Vestry.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 21. Leave out “ preceding Vestries” and 
insert “ Vestry.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 5. Leave out from “ which ” to “ consists 
in 1. 6. and in 1. 6. after “ Twelve” insert “ or more,” 
and also in 1. 6. and in 1. 7. after “ Vestrymen ” insert 
“ and not exceeding Twenty-three.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 9. Leave out “ under this Act.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 10. After “ Four” insert “ or more.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 11. After “‘ Vestrymen” insert “ and not 
“ exceeding thirty-five.” 

Pr. 17. 1.13. Leave out from “‘ which ” to “ consists ” 
in |. 14. 

Pr. 17. 1.28. After “ Vestry” insert Clauses (F.) 
and (G.) 

Cuause (F.) “ And be it further Enacted, That in 
“ any case in which the Vestry-room of any Parish in 
** any City or Town shall not be sufficiently large and 
“* commodious for any Vestry Meeting, such Meeting shall 
“ be held elsewhere within the said Parish or Place, but 
«* not in the Church or Chapel thereof.” 

Cravuse(G.) “ And be it further Enacted, That at 
“ every Meeting of any Vestry, in the absence of the 
“ Persons authorized by law or custom to take the Chair, 
“ the members present shall elect a Chairman for the 
** occasion, before proceeding to other business.” 

Pr. 17. 1.36. After “meetings ” insert “ of the Vestry.” 

Pr. 18.1. 3. Leave out “ Vestry ” and insert “ Ves- 
“ trymen.” 

Pr. 18. 1.12. Leave out “ Vestry” and insert “ Ves- 
“ trymen.” 

Pr. 19. 1.15. Leave out “ Twenty ” and insert “Ten.” 

Pr. 19. 1.26. Leave out “ Vestry ” and insert “ Ves- 
“ trymen.” 

Pr. 20. 1.23. Leave out “ Four times” and insert 
“ Twice.” 

Pr. 20. 1.29. Leave out “ quarter” and insert “ half 
“* year.” 

Pr. 20. 1.30. Leave out “ their” and insert “ the 
Vestry.” 

Pr. 20. 1.31. After “ their” insert “ said.” 

Pr. 21. 1.13. Leave out “or” and insert “ as.” 

Pr. 21. 1.32. Leave out “ or.” 


Pr. 22. 1. 1. Leave out from “ shall” to “and” in 
1. 6. and insert “ be guilty of a misdemeanor.” 


”? 


Octobris. A. 188]. 


Pr. 22. 1. 9. After “ or” insert “ by.” 


Pr. 22. 1. ult. Leave out “ Four times” and insert 
“ Twice.” 


Pr. 25. 1. 24. After “ place” insert Clause (H.) 


Cuiause (H.) “ Provided always, and be it further 
“ Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall ex. 
“ tend to any Parish not being within, or being part of 
“‘ any City or Town, in which Parish there shall not be . 
“ greater number than Eight hundred Persons rated ag 
“« Householders, and having paid the Rates for the relief 
“‘ of the Poor within the year preceding that in which 
“ the provisions of this Act may be desired to be put in 
“* execution within such Parish.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time 
were agreed to by the House. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath agreed sre 
to the Amendments made by their Lordships. _ 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return Retum 
of the Total Quarters of Malt made, and Total Duty eri 
charged thereon (showing the Total of both these in one Malt 
sum for each Kingdom, in each year), with the rates of 
Duty in each Kingdom, in each year, from 10th October 
1827 to 10th October 1831; and also showing, in one 
sum, the Total Quarters, and Total Duty, for the United 
Kingdom, and distinguishing the Quantity made in each 
year in Scotland and Ireland, from Bere or Bigg, with the 
rate of Duty upon it, and the Acts under which the 
different rates of Duty are charged. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return Derren 
of the Amount of the annual Gross Receipts, Disburse- ™« 
ments, and Net Balance of the Derwentwater Estates, 
from the year 1787 to the latest period to which such 
Account can be rendered. 







Mr. Rice presented to the House, pursuant to their Comp 
Address to His Majesty,—Comparative Account of the Accou 
Population of Great Britain, in the years 1801, 181], 7 
1821 and 1831, with the Annual Value of Real Property a. 
in the year 1815; also, Statement of progress in the " 
Inquiry regarding the occupations of Families and Per- 
sons, and the duration of Life, as required by the Popu- 
lation Act of 1830. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts of the Number and De- Aceouni 
scription of Arms registered at the several Quarter Ses- be prs 
sions in each and every County in Jreland, from Ist %o! 
January 1828 to Ist June 1831, distinguishing each year, 
which was presented to the House upon the 22d day of 
August last, be printed. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Merchants, Freemen and Petition 
Freeholders of Galway, in aggregate Meeting assembled, iii 
was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill to (trim 
amend the Representation of the People in Jre/and; and 
praying, That the House will provide therein for the 
peculiar Franchise of Galway, viz. in the resident Mer- 
chants, Tradesmen and Artisans. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 20° die Octobris ; 


Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION of Inhabitants of the city of Bristol, Pi, 
was presented, and read; praying the House to Senter 
release Robert Taylor from Horsemonger-lane Prison. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His per? 
Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give direc- Brit” 


tions, that there be laid before this House, a coun wa si 
0 


(ing 
Bill. 





Assent 





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l. 


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p prints 
No. df 





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9 Wii. IV. 


of the Duties payable on the principal articles of British 
Produce and Manufactures in the Ports of France, Spain, 
Portugal, Italy, Russia,’ Prussia, Denmark, Sweden, 
Holland, and the United States of America; showing the 
cases where distinctions exist in favour of articles of 
Domestic Produce and Manufactures, and specifying 
whether any and what alterations have been made within 
the last Seven years ; and also, a Statement of the Tonnage 
Duties payable on British Shipping in the several Ports 
of the States before mentioned, and on their own Ship- 
ping, and whether any and what alterations have been 
made within the last Seven years. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His 
Majesty by such Members of this House as are of His 
Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of J. Clayton, residing in Windsor-court, in 
the parish of Saint Mary-le-Strand, was presented, and 


- read; praying, That the House will address His Majesty, 


requesting Him to exercise His undoubted prerogative in 
the creation of such a number of Peers, friends of Reform, 
as may be necessary for carrying the Reform Bill through 
the Upper House ; and, lest a permanently inconvenient 
addition should be made to the said House, as a delibe- 
rative assembly, that His Majesty will be graciously 
pleased to create such Peers for the term of their natural 
lives, without remainder ; and that the House will concur 
with the other Branches of the Legislature in passing a 
law by which the Right Reverend the Bishops and Arch- 
bishops of the Established Church shall be disqualified 
from sitting and voting in the other House as Lords of 
Parliament. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being proposed, 
That the said Petition do lie upon the Table: And a 
Debate arising thereupon— , 


A Message from His Majesty, by Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, 
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: 


Mr. Speaker, 


The King commands this Honourable House to attend 
His Majesty immediately, in the House of Peers. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went up to 
attend His Majesty; where His Majesty was pleased to 
give the Royal Assent to the several Public Bills follow- 
ing; vis. 

An Act to apply the Sum of One million eight hundred 
thousand Pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the 
service of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
one, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Ses- 
sion of Parliament : 

: An Act to regulate the Payment of the Duties on 
ops : 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for sup- 
pressing the illicit making of Malt, and distillation of 
Spirits in Ireland : 

An Act to amend an Act of the seventh year of the 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for 
making provision for the uniform Valuation of Lands and 
Tenements in the several Baronies, Parishes and other 
Divisions of Counties in Jreland, for the purpose of the 
more equally levying of the Rates and Charges upon the 
same : 

An Act to repeal an Act passed in the fifty-second year 
of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, to 
provide for the more speedy examination, controlling and 
finally auditing the Military Accounts of Ireland: 

_ An Act to empower Landed Proprietors in Ireland to 
sink, embank and remove Obstructions in Rivers : 

An Act to establish a Court in Bankruptcy : 

An Act to enable Courts of Law to give relief against 
adverse Claims made upon Persons having no interest in 
the subject of such Claims : 

An Act for the better regulation of Vestries, and for 
the appointment of Auditors of Accounts in certain Pa- 
tishes of England and Wales : 

An Act to enable Churchwardens and Overseers to in- 
close Land belonging to the Crown for the benefit of 


oor Persons residing in the Parish in which such Crown 
Land is situated. 


VOL. 86. 


90° Octobris. 


935 


After which, His Majesty was pleased to make a most HisMajesty’s 
gracious Speech from the Throne, to both Houses of Par- Speech. 


liament, as followeth : 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


I am at length enabled to put an end to a Session of 
unexampled duration and labour, in which matters of 
the deepest interest have been brought under your con- 
sideration. 


I have felt sincere satisfaction in confirming, by My 
Royal Assent, Bills for the amendment of the Game 
Laws, and for the reduction of Taxes which pressed 
heavily on the industry of My People; and I have ob- 
served with no less pleasure the commencement of im- 
portant improvements in the Law of Bankruptcy, from 
which the most beneficial effects may be expected. 


I continue to receive the most gratifying proofs of the 
friendly disposition of Foreign Powers. 


The Conference assembled in London has at length 
terminated its difficult and laborious discussions, by an 
arrangement unanimously agreed upon by the Plenipo- 
tentiaries of the Five Powers for the separation of the 
States of Holland and Belgium, on terms by which the 
interests of both, together with the future security of 
other Countries, have been carefully provided for. 


A Treaty, founded on this arrangement, has been pre- 
sented to the Dutch and Belgian Plenipotentiaries ; and 
I trust that its acceptance by their respective Courts, 
which I anxiously expect, will avert the dangers by which 
the Peace of Europe was threatened whilst this question 
remained unsettled. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


I thank you for the Provision made for the future dig- 
nity and comfort of My Royal Consort in the event of Her 
surviving Me, and for the Supplies which you have 
granted for the Service of the present year. You may 
be assured of My anxious care to have them administered 
with the strictest attention to a well-considered economy. 


The state of Europe has made it necessary to incur, in 
the various establishments of the Public Service, an in- 
creased Expenditure, which it will be My earnest desire 
to reduce, whenever it can be done with safety to the 
interests of the Country. In the mean time I have the 
satisfaction of reflecting, that these demands have been 
provided for without any material addition to the Public 
burthens. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


In the interval of repose which may now be afforded 
you, I am sure it is unnecessary for Me to recommend to 
you the most careful attention to the preservation of tran- 
quillity in your respective Counties. The anxiety which 
has been so generally manifested by My People for the 
accomplishment of a Constitutional Reform in the Com- 
mons’ House of Parliament, will, I trust, be regulated by 
a due sense of the necessity of order and moderation in 
their proceedings. 


To the consideration of this important question the 
attention of Parliament must necessarily again be called 
at the opening of the ensuing Session; and you may be 
assured of My unaltered desire to promote its settlement, 
by such improvements in the Representation as may be 
found necessary for securing to My People the full enjoy- 
ment of their Rights, which, in combination with those 
of the other orders of the State, are essential to the 
support of our free Constitution. 


And afterwards, the Lord Chancellor, by His Majesty’s 
Command, said ; 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 

It is His Majesty’s Royal Will and Pleasure, That this 
Parliament be prorogued to Tuesday the Twenty-second 
day of November next, to be then here holden; and this 
Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the 
Twenty-second day of November next. 


11 E2 


Parliament 
Prorogued. 





Parliament 
prorogued. 





936 92° Novembris. A. 183}. 


Accordingly the House, with the Clerk Assistant, went 
up to the House of Peers: Where the Commission was 
read, for the further proroguing of the Parliament, unti| 
Tuesday the 6th day of December next; and the Parlig. 
ment was accordingly prorogued until Tuesday the 6th 
day of December next. 


Martis, 22° die Novembris ; 
Anno 2° Willielmi IV" Regis, 1831. 


4 h~ House being met, pursuant to the last Proroga- 
tion; and Mr. Speaker being in the country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. Pudman, 
Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majesty’s Com- 
mission, desire the immediate attendance of this Honour- 
able House, in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission 
read. 























TABLE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE APPENDIX TO THE 


EIGHTY-SIXTH VOLUME: 


(Part the Second.)— Sess. 1831; 


‘Showing,—On wnat Day the Papers entered in the following APPENDIX were presented to The House, 


and the Page where they are entered in the Appendix. 



































eer , abet. 
1831. Page. 1831. Page. 
Sabbati, 25° die Junii: Sabbati, 25° die Junii—continued. 
‘Ordnance Estimates - : - - - - - 996 New South Wales, estimate to defray bills drawn from 1049 
Estimates of His Majesty’s Land Forces, &amp;c. - | 964-984 Turnpike Road Bills, estimate for paying fees on - ibid. 
Army Services (1830-1831,) comparative abstract 984 Common Law, &amp;c. Commissions, estimate for - 1050 
Public Buildings, estimate for works and repairs of 1019 Lescene and Escoffery, estimate for compensation to ibid. 
Port Patrick Harbour, estimate for expenses at - 1020 C. Hooper and P. Martin, estimate respecting - 1053 
Donaghadee Harbour, estimate for - - - 1021 Public Records Commission, estimate for - - ibid. 
British Museum, estimate for new buildings at = - ibid. Civil Establishments: Bahamas, &amp;c. estimates for - 1055 
Holyhead and Howth Harbours, estimate for - ibid. Gold Coast, estimate for charge of establishment on 1056 
Revenue Buildings (Liverpool), estimate for - ° 1022 Propagation of the Gospel, estimate required for - ibid. 
Officers of Lords and Commons, estimate of salaries 1026 New South Wales, estimate for providing stores at - 1057 
Houses of Lords and Commons, estimate for - ibid. Water Communication, Canada, estimate for - ibid. 
Fee Funds, estimates for making good deficiency in ibid. Western Australia, estimate for settlement in - ibid. 
Contingent Expenses, estimates of sums to defray - 1028 Fernando Po, estimate for establishment of - : 1058 
Universities, estimate wanted to pay salaries in . 1029 Army Extraordinaries, account and estimate of — - 986 
Insolvent Debtors’ Court, estimate for - ~ ibid. Commissariat, estimate of sums required for - = = 989 
Aliens, estimate for paying salaries, &amp;c. in office of - ibid. Civil Contingencies, account and estimate of - ° 1059 
Penitentiary House, estimate for establishment of - 1030 Exchequer Bills, estimate for paying interest on - 1018 
Office of Works, estimate for defraying charge of - ibid. British Museum, annual account of income, &amp;c. - 1065 
Colonial Slaves, registry of, sum required for - 1031 Navy Estimates - . * - * : 943 
State Paper Office, estimate for defraying expense of ibid. 
Superannuations, estimate to defray charge of - ibid. ; . 
Lune, 27° die Junii: 
Emigrants, estimate for granting relief to - - 1036 
Surplus Ways and Means, account of - - - 1018 
Vaccine Establishment, estimate to defray expense of 1037 
Exchequer Bills issued, and charged on Supplies 1831 ibid 
Refuge for the Destitute, estimate for - - - ibid. 
ite ie issued between 5 Jan.1830 and 1831 ibid. 
Criminal Lunatics, estimate of expense of confining ibid. 
- Monies in the Exchequer, account of - - - ibid. 
Protestant Dissenting Ministers, estimate for - ibid. 
Secret Services, estimate of sum wanted for - = - 1038 
Printing Acts, &amp;c. estimate of sum required for - ibid. | Veneris, 8° die Julii : 
Stationery, &amp;c. estimate for providing - - - ibid. Militia Estimates, report from Committee on - 993 
Gold Coinage, estimate for defraying expense of - 1043 
Coin, estimate for prosecutions respecting - - ibid. , ” 
r 4 Luna, 11° die Julii: 
Law Charges, estimate of sum to defray expense of ibid. ; : ; , 
Civil List Pensions, estimate of sum required for - 1065 
Convicts at Bermuda, &amp;c. estimate of expense of - ibid, 
Captured Negroes, estimate for the support of — - ibid. 
Slave Trade, estimate for salaries, &amp;c.ofCommissioners| __ ibid. Mercurii, 27° die Juli: 
Consuls General, estimate for defraying salaries of 1046 Belgian Fortresses, protocol of conference - - 1086 
VOL. 86.—Part II. 1 F 





TABLE OF CONTENTS. 











1831. 
Jovis, 18° die Augusti : 
(Ireland) Charitable Institutions - ° . © 
Miscellaneous Services © - - “ 


Courts of Justice, estimate for salaries to Commiss"* 
Record Works, estimate for carrying on (1832) = 
Employment of the Poor (Ireland) estimate for - 
Public Works (Ireland) estimate for salaries - - 


Charitable Institutions, &amp;c.(Ireland) general abstract 


Veneris, 19° die Augusti : 


Ordnance Services, returns relatingto- - = 


Martis, 30° die August: 


Coronation Expenses, estimate of probable sum for 


Martis, 6° die Septembris : 


Law Prosecutions (Ireland) estimate for . - 





Page. 





1068-1075 
1077-1072 
1083 
ibid. 
ibid. 
ibid. 
1067 


1017 


1065 











1831. 
Martis, 13° die Septembris : 


Irish Miscellaneous Estimates, Treasury minute on 


Martis, 27° die Septembris : 


Windsor Castle &amp; Buckingham House, estimates for 


Mercurii, 28° die Septembris : 
Victualling Yard, Gosport, estimate for completing 


Civil Government Charges, estimate respecting - 


Mercurii, 5° die Octobris: 


Portugal, correspondence relating to demands upon 


Veneris, 14° die Octobris : 


Portugal, further correspondence respecting . 


1066 


1066 
ibid. 


1113 


1190 














ase aaa 


| &amp; 2 WILL. IV. } | 939 









































— 
APPENDIX 
TO THE 
s 
EIGHTY-SIXTH VOLUME: 
(Part the Second.) 
¢ ° 
Sess. 1831: 
CLASSED UNDER THE FOLLOWING 
HEADS: 
(A.)—- NAVY, ARMY, COMMISSARIAT, MILITIA, AND ORDNANCE ESTIMATES - - - __ p. 943. 
(B.)— MiscELLANEOUS ESTIMATES, &amp;. GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND - - - -__ p. 1018. 
(C.)— WINAMCE ACOOUNTE- «© 5 5H ew re eR eS et 
(D.)—stateE PAPERS ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee a 
PAGE. 
LIST OF THE APPENDIX. om 
(A.)—navy, ARMY, COMMISSARIAT, MILITIA, AND ORDNANCE ESTIMATES: 
05° Juni, | (1.,\—Navy :—Estimates of the Navy, for the year 1831 - - - - - - - - e ° ° ™ » 943 
J. p. 564. (2..—Lanp Forces:—Estimate of the Charge of His Magsesty’s Land Forces, for service at Home and Abroad 
J.p. 562. (excepting the Regiments employed in the Territorial Possessions of the East India Company), from 1st January to 
gist December 1831 a ee ee ek ee eh Bp 2 Mae Roe ee 964 
Ne 1.—State of the Expenses on account of Recruiting, as included in the Estimate of the Charge of the Land Forces 
N’ 2.—Statement referred to in the Estimate of the Charge of the Land Forces - - - - - - 965 
N° 3.—State of the Services provided for under the head of Contingencies, in the Estimate of the Land Forces  - 966 
(3.)—GeneraL and Starr Orricers :—Estimate of the Charge of General Staff Officers, and Officers of the Hospital, serving 
with His Majesty’s Forces . £8 ee ee et ee ea ll | a 967 
N° 1.—Particulars of the Charge of General Staff Officers, and Officers of the Hospitals, for service in Great 
Britain and Ireland - - - - - - - - - - - - . “ © am 968 
N° 2.—Particulars of the _ of General Staff Officers, and Officers of the Hospitals, for service on Foreign 
Stations, excepting India- = - - - - -= = -2© 2 © © 2 2 = “= ibid. 


(4.)—Orrrcers’ ALLOwANCEs :—Estimate of the Charge of Allowances to the principal Officers of the several Public Departments 
(5.)--Mepicines :—Estimate of the Charge of Medicines and Surgical Materials for His Majesty’s Land Forces - - - 969 








(6.)\—Garrisons :—Estimate of the Charge of His Majesty’s Garrisons at Home and Abroad - . : - - - - 973 
(7..—Royat Miritary CoLtece :—Estimate of the Charge of the Royal Military College - - - - - - - ibid. 
Particulars of the Expense of the Royal Military College i a a i i ibid. 
(8.\—Royat Mititary Asy_um :—Estimate of the Charge of the Royal Military Asylum - - - - - - - ibid. 
(g.)—VoLunTEER Corps :—Estimate of the Charge of Volunteer Corps in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland —- 975 
(9)— Supplementary Estimate of the Charge of Volunteer Corps in the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland - - - - ee - - - - - - - - - _ 2 « - ibid. 
(10.)—Troors in Inp1a :—Estimate of the Charge of Four Troops of Dragoons, and Twenty-one Battalions of Infantry, for 
service in the Territorial Possessions of the East India Company - - - - - - - - - - 976 
A Statement referred to in the Estimate . - - - - - - - - - : - - ibid. 
(11.)--Generat Orricers :—Estimate of the Charge of the Pay of General Officers in His Majesty’s Forces, not being Colonels 
of Regiments - - : - - : ° - - - - - - - - - - - - - 977 
(12.)—Retirep Orricers:—Estimate of the Charge for Full Pay for reduced, retired and unattached Officers of His Majesty's 
Forces - - - - . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ibid. 
(13.)— ———— Estimate of the Charge for Half Pay and Military Allowances to reduced and retired Officers of His Majesty's vie 
ere «ell mw, we, BR: te ee ee a Oe oe Oe? Ce ibid. 
(14.)—Hatr Pay :—Estimate of the Charge of Half Pay and Reduced Allowances to Officers of Disbanded Foreign Corps; of 
Pensions to Wounded Foreign Officers ; and of Allowances to the Widows and Children of deceased Foreign Officers = - 978 
(15.)—Locat Mirirtia, &amp;c.:—Estimate of the Charge for Reduced Local Militia Adjutants, Retired Officers of the Militia, and 
Reduced Adjutants and Serjeant Majors of Yeomanry - - - - - - - - - - - . ibid. 
(16.)—Wipows of Orricers :—Estimate of the Charge of Pensions to be paid to the Widows of Officers of the Land Forces - ibid. 
(17.:—Compassionate List :—Estimate of the Charge of Allowances on the Compassionate List; of Allowances as of His 
Majesty’s Royal Bounty, and of Pensions, Gratuities and Allowances to Officers for Wounds . - - - 7 979 
(18.)—CHetsea, &amp;c. Hospirats:—Estimate of the Charge of Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals; of the In-Pensioners of 
those Establishments; and of the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital - - - - . - - - - . ibid. 
(19.)—Compassionate List :—Estimate of the Charge of Allowances, Compensations and Emoluments, in the nature of Superan- 
nuated or Retired Allowances, to Persons formerly belonging to several Public Departments in Great Britain and Ireland - 980 


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List of Appendix. A. 














8° Julii, 
J. p. 634. 
25° Junit, 
J. p. 562. 
19° Augusti, 


J. p.777- 


(A. ——NAVY, ARMY, COMMISSARIAT, MILITIA, AND ORDNANCE ESTIMATES—continued. 





(20.)—ExcHEQuER FEEs :—Estimate of the Charge of Exchequer Fees upon Issues to be made for Army Services - . ‘ 


(21.}—Assrract, showing the distribution of the Forces borne on the foregoing Estimates - - : - ° a 
inane &lt; © + © 8 &amp; eo ee ee Ue hh 
(23.)—Army SERVICES :—Comparative Abstract of the Estimates of Army Services for the years 1830 and 1831 - - ° B 
(24.).—Army ExTRAORDINARIES :—Account of the Extraordinary Expenses of the Army, paid from 25th December 1829 to 

31st December 1830 - - - - - . - - - - © ~ . * - ‘ a a 
(25.)— — Estimate of the Sum that may be required to defray the Extraordinary Expenses of the Army for the year 1831 - 





(26.)—CoMMISSARIAT :--Estimate of Sums required for the supply of Bread, Meat and Forage, Coals, Candles and Straw, for the 
Troops in Great Britain and Ireland; and for Coals, Candles, &amp;c. for the Troops at certain Foreign Stations; also, for 


the Pay of the Commissariat Department - - - . - - - - - - ° - ° a, 
(27.)—Mititia Estimates :—Report from the Committee appointed to prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Disembodied Militia 
of Great BritainandIreland - — = - - - + - - - - - &gt;. = . . . Ss 
(28.)—Orpnance :—Estimates of the Charge of the Ordnance Department (including Superannuated Allowances) - os 
(2g.)—- -————— Services:—Return of the Balance remaining unpaid upon 1st January 1831, upon each of the Grants of 
Parliament for Ordnance Services = - - - - - . - - - ~ ° ° ~ je te ¥ 
(30.) — ——————— Account of the Balance remaining in the hands of the Treasurer of the Ordnance on 1st January 1831 - » 





25° Juni, 
J. p. 564. 
27° Junii, 


J. p. 578. 


25° Juniz, 
J, p. 562. 





(B.)—wmiscELLANEOUS ESTIMATES, &amp;c. (GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: 














(31.) -Excuequer Bitts:—Estimate of the Sum required to pay Interest on Exchequer Bills, for the year 1831 * + « 
(32.)— — Account of ail Exchequer Bills issued, or authorized to be issued, charged on the Supplies 1831, unprovided 
(33.)— — Account of all Exchequer Bills issued between 5th January 1830 and 5th January 1831, under the Acts 3 Geo. Iv. 
c. 86, and 5 Geo. IV. c. 103, unprovided for = - - - - - - - - - ~ . Z ‘a . 
(34.)— — Account, showing the amount of Monies in the Exchequer, and remaining to be received on gist January 
1831, to complete the Aids granted by Parliament for the year 1830 - - - - ° « ° ‘ . a 
(35.)—Ways anv Means:—Account of the total amount of Money which on 5th January 1831 was in the Exchequer, or 
remained to be received on account of Ways and Means, &amp;c. - - - - - - ~ “ oy = ‘ 


(36.)\—Pustic Buitpines :—Estimate of the probable Amount that will be required for Repairs, &amp;c. of Public Buildings ; for 
Furniture, &amp;c. for the various Public Offices and Departments; and for certain Charges for Lighting, Watching, &amp;c. 


defrayed by the Office of Works - - ° ° ° a i" .  s . "a : tes 
(37.) Port Parrick HArsour:—Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required to defray the Expense of Works now 
executing at Port Patrick Harbour - - - - ° . ° ° ‘ ‘ a pe - ie sti gs 
(38.)—Donacuapee Harsour :—Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required to defray the Expense of Works now 
carrying on at Donaghadee Harbour ~ + « © &amp; «© © + 2 £ % SO &amp; © oe 
(39.)—British Museum :—Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required in the year 1831, on account of the New Buildings 
at the British Museum - - - - - - - - - - ~ a s . iS 2 
(40.)—Hotyneap and Howtn Harsours, &amp;e. :—Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted for the year 1831, on account of the 
Holyhead and Howth Roads and Harbours - - . - 7 = a a ee : is a 2 a 


(41.)—Liverroot Buitpincs :—Estimate of the Amount required to be granted in the year 1831, upon account of the Building 
now erecting at Liverpool, as a Custom House, Excise Office, Stamp Office and Post Office ; and also, as an Office for the 
Liverpool Dock Company - - - - - . oe . ° « m 


(42.)—Orricers or Lorps anp Commons :—Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Salaries and Allowances to 











the Officers of the Houses of Lords and Commons” - ° ° " sy ‘ et es i ie = i 
(43.)—Exrenses oF - - D® - -:—Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required to defray the Expenses of the Houses of 
Lords and Commons - - = - - - - - - - - - - ° ‘ “ ‘ = 
(44.)—Fer Funps :—Estimate of the Sum that may be required to make good the deficiency of the Fee Fund, in the department of 
His Majesty’s Treasury - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - + 
(45.)— —————_ Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to make good the deficiency of the Fee Fund, in the department of His 
Majesty’s Home Secretary of State - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - 
(46.\— ————— Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to make good the deficiency of the Fee Fund, in the department of His 
Majesty’s Foreign Secretary of State 7 «+ £ 2 &amp; ww *&amp; “*§ @ &amp; &amp; ££ ww 8 
(47.— ————— Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to make good the deficiency of the Fee Fund, in the department of His 
Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies - - - - - - - - - - - - - os 
(48.)— --————. Estimate of the Sum that may be required to make good the deficiency of the Fee Fund, in the departments of 
His Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council, and the Committee of Privy Council for Trade Sea a a oe 
(49.).—Contincent Expenses :—Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required to defray the Expenses for Contingencies 
and Messengers, in the department of His Majesty’s Treasury - - . - - - - - - —. 
(50.)— — Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Contingent Expenses and Messengers’ Bills, in the 
department of His Majesty’s Home Secretary of State - - - - ° ° - ° » « —"« 
(51.)— — Estimate of the Sum which may be wanted to defray the contingent Expenses and Expenses of Messengers, 
in the department of His Majesty’s Foreign Secretary of State - - - - - - - - - - 
(52.)— — Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Contingent Expenses and Expenses on account of 
Messengers, in the department of His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies - - - . - on 
(53-)— ————— Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the contingent Expenses and Messengers’ Bills, in the 
departments of His Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council, and Committee of Privy Council for Trade er er. 
(54.)— —————. Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required to defray the Expense of Messengers attending the First Lord 
of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the four Patent Officers of the Court of Exchequer, and various 
ancient Allowances to Officers of that Court, and others - + - - - - - - ~ - 
(55-)—Untversities :—Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to pay the Salaries or Allowances granted to certain Professors 
in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, for reading courses of Lectures - - - - - - - 3% 
(56.)—In soLvENT Desrtors’ Court :—Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the 
Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, of their Clerks, and of the contingent Expenses of their Office - 
(57-)—ALIENs :—Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted for paying the Salaries of the Officers, and the contingent Expenses 
of the Office for the superintendence of Aliens - - - - © = = © = #© © # 5° 
(58.)—Penirent1ary House :—Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required to defray the Charge of the Establishment 
of the Penitentiary at Milbank - = - - a _ « ° . . . ° - « . . * * 


(59-—Orrice or Worxs:—Estimate of the Sum that may be required to defray the Charge of His Majesty’s Office of Works - 


(60.)—Orrice of Recisrry of Cotontat Staves :—Estimate of the Sum which may be wanted to make good the deficiency of 
the Fees in the Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves in Great Britain - - - - - - - - - _ 


(61.)—-State Paper Orrice :—Estimate of the Amount that may be required to defray the Expense of the State Paper Office - 


(62.) -SurPERANNvaTions :—Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Charge of the Allowances or Compensations 
granted as Superannuations or retired Allowances to Persons formerly employed in Public Offices or Departments - ~ 


(63.)—EMIGRANTS : 








Jp. 


25° Ju 
Jp. 
11 Jj 
Mi p. 6 


30° Ay; 
J.p.g 
&amp; Senter 
“J. p.8 


7 Ste 
J.p.8 


28° Septen 
P p. 8 


J. p. g 


4 


18° dug: 
Zz p. 7 


VOI 





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Pee i 
. (B.}—MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES—continued. PAGE. 
oJunit, (63.) EMIGRANTS :—Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to enable His Majesty to grant ‘Relief to.Toulonese and 
? 563. Corsican Emigrants, &amp;c. .. ¢ «§ *« + © t © e, we * «© eee al we 1036 
P (64.)—VACCINE EsTABLISHMENT :—Estimate of the Sum required to:defray the Expense of the National Vaccine Establishment - 1037 
(65.)—Reruce for the Destirute:—Estimate of the Sum required for the support of the Institution called “ The Refuge for 
the Destitute” - - - - — = es ° ot ee - not we. S ibid. 
(66.)—Criminav Lunatics :—Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Expense of confining and maintaining 
Criminal Lunatics - - - - -— = we.) . : - + + &amp; &amp; -_ * ibid. 
(67. —ProresTanT DissENTING MINISTERS :—Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted, in the year 1831, for paying the usual 
Allowances to Protestant Dissenting Ministers in England, &amp;c.- —- - = - - ° ‘e é e ‘ chee 
(68.)—Srcret Services :—Estimate of the Sum which may be wanted for His Majesty’s Foreign and other Secret Services - 1038 
(6g.)—Printine Acts, &amp;c.:—Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required to defray the Expense of printing Acts of 
Parliament and Bills, Reports and other Papers, for the Two Houses of Parliament + - - - - - - sbid 
(70. —Stationery :—Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required to defray the Expense of providing Stationery, Printing, 
and Binding, for the several Departments of the Government in England and in Ireland, and in providing Paper which 
may be ordered in the year 1832, by the Two Houses of Parliament - - - - - - - - 7 ° ibid. 
(71.)—Gotp Co1nace:—Estimate of the Sum that may be required to defray the Extraordinary Expenses of the Mint in the 
Coinage ofGold - - - - - - = = . . = ee oe - « op 1043 
_ (72.)—Co1n :—Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Extraordinary Expenses of Prosecutions for Offences 
against the Laws relating toCoin - = ~- A i a a a i fee | ibid. 
(73..—Law Cuarces :—Estimate of the Sum that may probably be required to defray the Expense. of Law Charges - ° ° ibid. 
(74-)—Con victs :—Estimate of the Sum that may be required to defray the Expenses attending the confining, maintaining and 
employing Convicts at Home and in Bermuda - es. @ "a - © = «© = - -° s&amp;s ° ibid. 
(75.)-—CapturRED NeGrors:—Estimate of the Sum which may be required to defray the Expense incurred for the support of 
Captured Negroes, &amp;c. - - - - - - ° ° ° . Ss . ™ e a &lt; ibid. 
(76.)\—Stave TRADE :—Estimate of the Sum which may be wanted to pay the Salaries and incidental Expenses of the Commissioners 
appointed under the Treaties with Spain, Portuga! and the Netherlands, for preventing illegal traffic in Slaves - - ibid. 
(77-)-—Consuts GeneraL:—Estimate of the Sum which may be wanted for the Salaries of His Majesty’s Consuls General and 
Consuls, for 1831 - - - - &gt; - ° - ° * . . ws . . 3 7 . “4 1046 
(78..—New Sourn Wates:—Estimate of the Sum that may be required to pay the Bills drawn from New South Wales and 
Van Dieman’s Land ee A ee eS vie el eee yae eee liad! Sel notte i a tie 1049 
(79-)—Turnpike Roap Bitt Feres:—Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required to defray the Expense of paying the 
Fees due and payable to the Officers of the Parliament, on all Bills for continuing or amending any Acts fur making or 
) maintaining, keeping in repair, or improving Turnpike Roads, which shall pass the two Houses of Parliament, and receive 
the Royal Assent - - - - 2 2 2 © © 8S © © 8 £ ££ 2£ 2£ © ¢ ibid. 
" ' (80.)— Courts or Justice :—Estimate of the Sum required to be granted to defray the Expenses of the Commissioners appointed 
to inquire into the Practice and Proceedings of the Superior Courts of Common Law, and into the Law of England, 
1 respecting Real Property _ « £ © 8 6 2 Se CU SUSU ee 1050 
| 81.)—Lescene and Escorrery :—Estimate of the Sum required to be granted to make good the Losses sustained by Louis 
) q 2 y 
Celeste Lescene and John Escoffery, in consequence of their removal from Jamaica, in the year 1823, by order of the 
: Duke of Manchester, the Governor of that Island = - - - - : - - - - - - - - 1oid. 
i (82.)—Crivit List Pensions (Ireland) :—Estimate of the Sum required for the purchase of the Pension granted by his late 
: Majesty King William the Third to James Waller; and re-granted by his late Majesty King Charles the Second to Charles 
Hooper and Philip Martin, and their heirs a ee ee a ee ee a ee ee ee ee ee 1053 
(83..—Pustic Recorps:—Estimate of the Amount that may be required to defray the Expenses incurred under the direction 
») y q y P 
a and management of the Commissioners of Records - - - - - - - - - - - - - ibid. 
95 J. p. 564. (84.)—Banamas :—Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Establishment of the Bahama Islands’ - - = = = 1055 
" (85.;\—Nova Scotia :—Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Establishment of Nova Scotia - a © ibid. 
d. (86.)\—Benmupas :—Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Establishment of the Islands of Bermuda, in America - - ibid. 
(87.)—Prixce Epwarp’s IsLanp:—Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Establishment of Prince Edward’s Island in 
d. America - - - - - - . - ” - - - - - - - - - - ° ibid. 
(88.)—_NewFrounDLAnD:~-Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Establishment of the Island of Newfoundland - - 1056 
27 (89.)—Sterna Leone:—Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Establishment of Sierra Leone - - - . ° ibid. 
. (go.)—Gotp Coast :—Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Expenses of the Forts of Cape Coast Castle and Accra - - ibid. 
id. (g1.)—PropaGation of the Gospet :—-Estimate of the Sum required by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, in aid of the 
Expenses of the Society in the several Colonies therein mentioned = - - - - . - - - : ° ibid. 
id. (g92.)—New Sourn Wa zs :—Estimate of the Sum that may be required to defray the Charge of providing Stores for New Sout) 
. Wales and Van Diemen’s Land - - - = = = 5 = = = = 2 8 2 =  - 1057 
vd. (93. —Water Communication, Canapa:—Estimate of the Sum which will be wanted in 1831, for improving the Water Com- 
munication between Montreal and the Ottawa, from the Ottawa to Kingston, and from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario . ibid. 
08 (94.)—WeEsTERN AUSTRALIA :—Estimate of the Sum which will be required to defray the Charges of the Settlement in Western 
, Australia - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ibid. 
bid. (95..—Frernanvo Po :—Estimate of the Sum required for the Establishment of Fernando Po - - - - «— = . 1058 
6.)—Civit Contincenctes :—Account of the Sum expended under the head of Civil Contingencies in the year 1830 - - 
bid. ) P y 1059 
_—— (97.)— ~———— Estimate of the Amount that will probably be required to defray the Expense thereof for the year 1831 - ~ - 1064 
bid. } ae (98.)—Britisu Museum :—Account of the Income and Expenditure of the British Museum for the year 1830 - - - - 1065 
ue Julii, (99.)—Crvit List Pensions :—Estimate of the Sum required to provide for the payment of certain Salaries, Allowances, Pensions, 
bid. Jep. 643. and Services heretofore paid out of the Civil List for England and Ireland, the Hereditary Revenues of the Crown in 
. Scotland, and the £.43 per Cent. Duty, but for which no provision has been made in the Civil List cf His present 
Majesty, from the periods to which the said Services were severally last paid, to the 5th day of July 1831 —- - ° ibid. 
1029 . Augusti,, (100.\—Coronation Exrenses :—Estimate of the Sum which may probably be required to defray the Expense to be incurred on 
- p-802, account of Their Majesties’ Coronation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ibid. 
ibid. © Septembris, (101.)\—Law Prosrcutions, IRELAND :—Estimate to provide for the amount due under the Head of Criminal Prosecutions in 
J. p.830, Ireland, on the ist January 1831-  - - - - = - - - - - - - - - - ibid. 
ibid. *? Septembris,| (102.)—Winpsor CastLe and BuckincHam House :—Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Expense incurred, and to be 
t q len 9 te ane 
+p. 872, incurred in 1831, in carrying on the Repairs and Alterations at Windsor Castle, and in providing Furniture for the Castle ; 
‘bid and of the Sum sauna towards the amount which is wanted to defray Debts incurred for Work done and Contracts 
; entered into for Buckingham House, previous to the appointment of the Select Committee of the House of Commons - 1066 
1030 ' Pg (103.)—Civit Government CuArces :—Estimate of the Sum required to provide for the Payment of certain Salaries, Allowances, 
“J "P9877. Pensions and Services, hereinbefore paid out of the Civil List for England and Ireland, the Hereditary Revenues of the 
ibid. Crown in Scotland, and the £.42 per Cent. Duty, but for which no provision has been made in the Civil List of His present 
; Majesty, from the period to which the said Services were severally last paid, to the 10th day of October 1831 - - ibid. 
1031 - p-876. (104.)—VictuaLitinc YARD, Gosport :—Estimate of the additional Sum required to complete the Works at the Royal Clarence 
ibid. Victualling Yard at Gosport, beyond the Sum of £.20,000, which was voted on the Estimate of the Navy for the present 
‘ Year -~ - ee ee ee ee eee Oe eo ae en oe a ee ae ibid. 
ibid : = (105..—CHARITABLE InstiTUTIONS and MIsceLLANEouS SERVICES, IRELAND:—General Abstract: Amount of the Expense in 
"P7900, 1830, and of the Sums proposed tobevoted in 1831 - - = = 1067 
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PAGE, 
18° Augusti, | (106.\—Prorestant CHARTER Scuoots :—Estimate of the Expense of supporting the Protestant Charter Schools in Ireland ° 1068 
J. p. 766. (107.)—Scnoors and Epucarron :—Estimate of the Sum necessary to enable the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to issue Money in 
aid of Schools, and for the advancement of Education - - - a ae ° « * J My . 7 ibid 
(108.)\—FounpiineG Hospitar :—Estimate of the Expense of the Foundling Hospital of Dublin - - a _ : s 1069 
(109.)—HousE OF Inpustry, &amp;c.:—Estimate of the Expense of the House of Industry in Dublin, &amp;c. - - - ‘ s ibid 
(110.)—Ricumonp Lunatic Asytum :—Estimate of the Expense of the Richmond Lunatic Asylum - - - - ‘ ‘ 1071 
(111.)—Hisernian Society :—Estimate of the Expense of the Hibernian Society for Soldiers’ Children — - - - * ibid. 
(112.)—Hisernitan Marine Society :—Estimate of the Expense of the Hibernian Marine Society - - - - - .- ibid. 
(113.)—FemMALe Orruan Hovse:—Estimate of the Expense of the Female Orphan House, Circular Road, Dublin —- - -| 107 
(114.)—WestmMorLanp Lock Hospitat :—Estimate of the Expense of the Westmorland Lock Hospital = - - - a vm ibid 
(115.)—Ly1nc-In Hospitat :—Estimate of the Expense of the Lying-In Hospital = - Griek, 0a - - - . @ «a 1073 
(116.)—Docror Sreevens’s Hosritar :—Estimate of the Expense of Doctor Steevens’s Hospital  - - - - S- 4 ibid. 
(117.)—Fever Hospirat :— Estimate of the Expense of the Fever Hospital, in Cork-street, Dublin = - - - - - =| 107% 
(118.)—Hospira for IncuraBLes :—Estimate of the Expense of the Hospital for Incurables_ - - - = - - «| ibid 
(119.)—Roman CatHotic CoLLeGe:—Estimate of the Expense of the Roman Catholic College at Maynooth _ - - 1075 
(120.)—Royat Dustin Society :—Estimate of the Expense of the Royal Dublin Society - - - - - - «| Ba 
(121.)—Royat Irish Acapemy :—Estimate of the Expense of the Royal Irish Academy - - - : - - ° -| 107 
(122.) -CHARITABLE Donations :—Estimate of the Expense of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests in [reland ibid 
(123.)—Betrast AcapemicaL InstiTUTION :—Estimate of the Expense of the Belfast Academical Institution - - - «| ibid. 
(124.)—-Boarp or Works :—Estimate of the probable Expenditure of the Board of Works in Ireland - - - = - -| 107 
(125.)—-Cuier and Unver Secretary's Orrices, &amp;c. :—Estimate of the Sum required to pay the Salaries and other Expenses of 
the Chief and Under Secretary’s Offices and Apartments, and other Public Offices in Dublin Castle, &amp;c. - - «| 1079 
(126.)—Hovsenotp of the Lorp Lizuten ant :—Estimate of the Sum required in 1831 to defray the Charge of Salaries for the 
Attendants and Officers of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and certain other Officers and Services 
formerly charged on the Civil List in Ireland - - - = - - - - - ete - =| 1090 
(127.)—Vice Treasurer’s Orrice :—Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Charge of the Office of the Vice Treasurer of 
Ireland, for the year ending 5th January 1832 ee i Me Bele a i ee es ee de es 
(128.)—Excnequer :—Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Charge of the Office of the Teller of His Majesty’s Excheauer 
in Ireland, for the year ending 5th January 1832 = - - - - - - ° - a is = ak 108] 
(129.)—ProczaMations :—Estimate of the Expense of printing Proclamations, &amp;c. - - - - - - - - «1 ibid, 
(130.}—CriminaL Prosecutions :—Estimate of the Sum that will be necessary to defray the Expense of Criminal Prosecutions, 
and other Law Expenses in Ireland - : - . - - - - - ° - ° . e -| ibid. 
(131.)—Non-conrorMING Ministers :—Esfimate of the Sum that will be necessary to defray the Expense of Non-conforming, 
Seceding and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in Ireland - - - - - - - - - ° ‘ ol iad 
(132.)—Lorrery Orricers :—Estimate of the Sum that will be required to pay the Salaries of the Lottery Officers in Ireland =~ | __jbid, 
(133.)—InLanp Navication :—Estimate of the Sum that will be required for the maintenance of the several Navigations in charge 
of the Directors General of Inland Navigation # e zs t = aa “ « a ss a i ¥ 1082 
(134.)—Dustin Porice :— Estimate of the Sum that will be required in aid of the Expenditure for the Police and Watch Establish- 
ments of the City of Dublin District - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ o | 
(135.)—Courts or Justice :—Estimate of the Salaries and Expenses of the Commissioners for making examination into the 
Duties, Salaries and Emoluments of the Officers, Clerks and Ministers of Justice - - - - ° - - | 1083 
(136.)—Recorp Works :—Estimate of the Sum necessary to be provided in the year ended 5th January 1832, for carrying on 
Record Works not yetcompleted - - - = = © s = = = = “se 6 "eed Gig. 
(137. —EmptoyMeEnt of the Poor :—Estimate of the Sum required for the Employment of the Poor and Relief of Distress in 
certain Districts in Ireland = - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - =| ibid. 
(138.)—Pusiic Works :—Estimate of the Amount which may be required for the Salaries of intended Commissioners of Public 
Works in Ireland, for the half year ending 5th January 1832 - - - - - - * . . ‘ s ibid. 
13° Septembris,) (139.)—In1sH MisceLtLangous Estimates :—Copy of Minute of the Board of Treasury, on the subject of the Irish Miscellaneous 
J. p. 837. Estimates - - - 2+ 2 © 5 2#© # 2S © 2 ££ 2 © © © © © of 10 
(C.)—FINANCE ACCOUNTS. (See Parr I) 
(D.)—state papers. 
27° Julii, (140.)—BetGian Fortresses :-—Protocol of a Conference held at the Foreign Office, April 17, 1831, between the Plenipotentiaries 
J. p. 703: of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia; with Translation ;—and, Note addressed by the Plenipotentiaries of 
Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, to the Plenipotentiary of France, on the 14th of July 1831; with 
——“» « « « &lt;¢ =. + ee © eee ee ee oe we gt 
5° Octobris, | (141.)—Porrucat:—(A.) Correspondence relative to the British Demands upon the Government of Portugal —- - - «| 
J. p. 893. (B.) Correspondence relative to the French Demands upon the Government of Portugal - - - - 1164 
14° Octobris,| (142.)—PortuGaL:—(A.) Correspondence relative to the British Demands upon the Government of Portugal subsequent to the 
J. p. 920. goth August 1831 - - - - - o E 4 a 2 * @ M - | 1190 
(143) -PortucaL:—(B.) Correspondence relative to the French Demands upon the Government of Portugal subsequent to the 
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APPEN DIX to ParrIl. 














ESTIMATES of the NAVY, for the Year 1831. 





NAVY OFFICE. | VICTUALLING DEPARTMENT. 


ESTIMATE of the Charge of Waces for 32,000 Mey, including | ESTIMATE of the Charge of Victuats for 32,000 Mev, including 
1c,000 Royat Marines, to serve in His Maiesty’s Fleet, for 10,000 Royat Marines to serve in His Majesty’s Fleet, for 
Thirteen Lunar Months, commencing 1st January 1831. | Thirteen Lunar Months, commencing 1st January 1831. 


Part I.—Estimate of the Navy for the year 1831. 


Estimate of the Expense of the Victualling and Medical Depart- 
ABSTRACT. 


ments of the Navy, for the year 1831. 


. ABSTRACT. 
sana 8 iallaaaaaeaaaaa | Parr I.—Victualling and Medical Establishments. 
Part II.—Half-pay, Pensions, and Superannuations, 


Part II].—Extra EstTiMATE. Part III.—Extra Estimate for Services not Navai. 


ABSTRACT. 





|| GeneRAL Asstract of the Victualling Estimate. 


GeverAL Axsstract of the Estimates of His Majesty’s Navy, for | Assrracrt of the Navy and Victualling Estimate. 


the Year 1831. Aw Account, exhibiting the Sums voted by Parliament for Victu- 


alling the Navy, and other Sums received, from 1st January to 
gist December 1830; and the Sums expended, under the several 
Heads, during that period, as near as the same can be made out. 


SraTeMENT of the Receipt and Expenditure for Navy Services| Sratement, showing the Receipts and Payments of the Victualling 
between the ist January and the gist March 1831. Board, between the ist January and 31st March 1831. 


SraTeMENT of Receipt and Expenditure of His Majesty’s Navy, 
between the ist January and the 31st December 1830. 








Navy Office, 7th February 1831. 
(1.—AN ESTIMATE of the Charge of Waces for Thirty-two Thousand Merv, including Ten Thousand 
Royal Marines, to serve in His Majesty’s Fleet; for Thirteen Lunar Months, commencing the First day 
of January 1831. 


£.. s. d. 
For the Wages of os aeene Men, at oe Pounds Twelve Shillings) _ a 
a Man,amonth - - « i ‘i 7 =f ,001, - - 


The whole Charge amounts to the Sum of One Million and Eighty-one Thousand and Six Hundred Pounds. 





Part I. ESTIMATE of the Navy, for the Year 1831. 





. 1l.-—— 


ABSTRACT. 














i 
No. £. e &amp; 
1. Wages of 32,000 Men, including 10,000 Royal Marines - « ° - 1,081,600 - — 
2. Wages of Officers, sate eee da ~_. ee to won in Ordinary . - - 75,110 - = 
3 Admiralty Office - - - - = = 40,365 11 3 
4. Navy-Pay Office - - - - - - - - - - - - 29,929 - 8 
g. Navy Office - - - - - - - - - - - - - 49,299 2 7 
6. Scientific Branch = - - - - - - - : - ~ ~ - 20,162 16 3 
7 His Majesty’s Yardsat Home - - - - - - -« - - = 82,249 10 — 
8. His Majesty’s Yards Abroad - - - 21,211 — — 
Q- Wages to Artificers and Labourers employed i in His Majesty s Yards at Home and 
Abroad, and to Crews of Navy Transports, &amp;c. - - - 7 534224 4 4 
10. Timber and other Materials for Ships, Docks, &amp;c. (after abating), £. = 
£. 69,992, received for Old Stores in 1830) - —- joa =F Sissi 

Add - ~ - for Steam Engines - - r - ‘a 60,000 - —-f ? i Ss 

11. Repairs and Improvements in His aye Yards at Home and Abroad - 98,000 -— — 
12. Pilotage and other Contingencies - - - = 50,500 — — 
33. Transport Establishments, and Freight of Nay val and Victualling Steves ~ . - 25,000 ~ — 
i4. Hired Packets - - - - - - - - - - - 24,040 =— — 
15. Ships building at Bombay - . - - - - - ° . © 25,000 — — 
Tora - + 2,966,691 4 11 











AN ESTIMATE of the Sums required to meet the Expenses which may be incurred in the Year 1831, under the following Heads: 
No. 1.—WaGEs to SEAMEN and MarINEs. 


For the Wages of Thirty-two Thousand Men, including Ten Thousand Royal Marines, for £. 
Thirteen Lunar Months, commencing the 1st day of January 1831, at Two Pounds and 


1,081,600 ie 
twelve Shillings a Man,amonth = = = + =~ = - - - . -f 





Appendix, 
(A.) 


25° Junii 


Journal, p. 564. 











Appendix, 
(A.) 
25° Junii 


continued. 





Journal, p. 253. 


94.4 Navy [stimates. 

















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Part I.— continued. 
No. 2.—Waces to Orricers, SHipKEeEPERS, &amp;c: on board Vessels in Ordinary. 
£. s. d. 
For the Wages of Officers, Boats’ Crews, Shipkeepers, and for the care of aati in omnny - 10,232 17 
For the Wages and Allowances of Warrant Officers of the said Ships - - - 64,877 
£. 75,110 
No. 3.—ADMIRALTY OFFICE. 
Savanies of the Lorps Commissioners for executing the Office of Lorp Hich ADMIRAL 
of Great Britain, &amp;c.; viz. SS «ad 
First Lord - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . _ - = 
Four Lords, at £. 1,000 each - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4,000 —- —- 
First Secretary - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - ° 3,500 - - 
Second Secretary - - - - - - : - - - - - - ° — - - 
Private Secretary to the First Lord - - - - - - - - - - ~ - = - 
Chief Clerk - - - - - - - - - - - £.1,000 - —- ai + 
Ditto - as Receiver of Fees and Paymaster of Contingencies - - + 150 - - . 
Clerks on the Establishment : 
First Class - - - - - - - 7 Clerks, at Salaries varying according to length of service, 08 
from £.600 to £.850per annum = -_—si- a * 
Second Class - - - ~ - = 6 Clerks, at ditto, from £.350 to £.550 per ditto - - - 2,460 - - 
Third Class - - - - + + - 12 Clerks, at ditto, from £.100 to £.350 per ditto - - - 2,040 — — 
French and Spanish Translator ° - - - ° - - “ ° . x = eee ee. as 
one at - - ~ ~ - - - - - - - 250 - —- 
Six Messengers &lt; four at 9s. 7d. per day each - ~ . - - - - - 599 18 4 
lene to the office of Private ane, at os 5. 5 d. per day - - + 100 8 5 
Two Porters, at 3s. 2d.each perday - - - - - - - 99 2 4 
One Porter attending Greenwich Hospital business, at 1s. 11d. per day - - - - - 29 19 11 
Necessary Woman, for selfand Servants = - - - ‘- 2+ 2 -# 2 «-# = 150 - — 
one at 1s. 11d. per day - - - - - : - - - . 29 19 11 
Two Watchmen ee atis. 7d. ditto - - - - - - - - - ~ 24.15 7 
Allowance for cleaning Bouks = 8 = eee oS «- . 
Printer - - - - - “ - - - - - - - - ‘ - 120 - — 
Bargemaster and Coxswain - © - - - o « és _ ‘ Se- « 
Taxes, Parochial Rates, Fuel, Lamps, Travelling Charges on van Public Service, Repairs, and “ie 
other Contingencies - - - - + - - - a .- -« —-- 
Vice-Admiral of Great Britain - - - - - . - - - - - 469 5 8 
Rear-Admiral of Great Britain - . - . - - - - - - - - 370 4 3 
Judge of the Admiralty Court - - - ° - « $500 - = 
Advocate-General of the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great ‘Beitain - - - - 13 6 8 
Judge Advocate - : -  - - - - - - - - - - = = 182 10 - 
Deputy Judge Advocate - - . . - . - - - - 46 - « 
Counsel to the Admiralty and Navy Offices - - - - - - - - - - 100 - - 
Solicitor to the Admiralty and the other Naval Departments - - - - £1,500 — —-) “ 
Ditto - for an Office, and Clerical Assistance - - - - - - 000 - —f —_ = * 
Disbursements of the Solicitor in Lawsuits - - - - - - - - - 4,500 -— — 
TotaL - - - £ 40,365 11 1 
No. 4.—Navy Pay OrFice. 
Treasurer of the Navy (paid as Vice-President of the Board of Trade.) 
Clerks on the Establishment : i awed 
f ist Section, 4 Clerks, at Salaries varying according to length of Senter) 
First Class from ‘£.600 to £. 800 perannum -— - 4,200 - - 
lea - ditto 3 Clerks at ditto from 500to 650 - ditto - - -| 
Second Class - - - - = 24 Clerks at ditto from gj00to 4500 - ditto - - - 8,700 - - 
Third Class - - - - - - 46 Clerks at ditto from goto 300 - ditto - - - 7,760 -— - 
Deputy Treasurers in the Prize Department ; viz. 
One at Portsmouth - - - : - - - - - . - . - - 250 — - 
One at Plymouth - - - ° ° ° ° © ° e ~ ° ‘ ‘ * — « 
One at Dublin - - - - - . - - - - - - - — = « 
Conductors of Money: 
Chief Conductor in London’ - ~ m ° a ° - ° . ° j- . ° 275 - - 
One Conductor at Chatham - e e ° . * m m 4 ‘ ‘ ‘ 1. + 
Housekeeper, Messengers, «c. : 
Housekeeper, and for three Maid-servants and Charwoman a 22110 - 
Keeper of Ships’ Books in London, at 8s.11d. per day - - - - - ° ° . 139 10 11 
Teller of Money and Keeper of Allotments, at 8s. 11 d. per day _ fs © #* 2 “8 139 10 11 
Bargemaster - ~ - ae « . ° ° - "an - - 
Nine Messengers, at 5s. 10d. each per day  - - - - - ° - - - - 821 12 6 
Four Labourers, atgs.6d.each perday-  - - - + = © = * = = 219 2 - 
Two Watchmen, at 2s. 4d. each per day i a . 73 - 5 
One Porter, at 2s. 11d. perday - - - - - - - £45 12 31) 87 12 11 
House-rent, Coals and Candles - - . - - - “ qe - -J 7" 
ad 2 at Chatham, ati10s.3d.perday' - - 5 2£ © 8 # 160 8 3 
Six Joint Porters -&lt;2 at Portsmouth, at 10s. 3d. - ditto - - - . - - - 160 8 3 
2 at Plymouth, atios.3d.-ditto  - - - - - + 160 8 3 
Two Fire-lighters, at 2s. 6d. per day each eee &amp; - a i ai ° 78 5 - 
One Assistant Fire-lighter, at 2s. 6d. per day - - - - - ° * . ° 39 2 6 
Expense of sending Money to the Ports - : - - : - - - - - . 1,633 8 6 
Taxes, Parochial Rates, Fuel, Repairs, and other Contingencies -  =- - - - +.) = 5900 - — 
fotaL - - - £ 313529 - 8 














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—— 
, (1.)—Estimates of the Navy, for the Year 1831—continued. Appendix, 
wenn (A.) 
Part I.— continued. , &gt; 
No. 5.—Navy Orrice. 25° Junit 
&amp; « €&amp; 
Comptroller of the Navy - .- - ° - ° ‘ - a ee ‘ ‘ 2,000 = . continued. 
Deputy Comptroller - - - - + 2 += + © «© 2 2 = - — ~ = Journal, p. 564. 
Surveyor ” = ” * - a as ° ° ° - - - - - - 1,000 —- — ee 
Accountant-Genera! ° - « a - = a = - a M a . 4 ——- . = 
Storekeeper-General - - - - = - a a a a oe - 1,000 - - 
House-rent to one Member - . - . - - - - - - - - - 200 - — 
Secretary to the Board - - - - - - - - - - = ~ = - ce 
Receiver of Fees and Paymaster of Contingencies - - - ~ ° e m - « "400 age 
Clerks on the Establishment: 
f ist section, 4 Clerks, at Salaries varying according to eased of win, from 
First Class ; £.€oo0 to £.800. per annum - 2,880 - - 
lea section, 7 Clerks at ditto - from £.500 to £.650 per annum = 4,230 - —- 
Second Class; - 23 Clerks - at ditto, from £.300 to £.500 per annum - - Ps ~ 9,550 Be 
Third Class; - 74 Clerks - at ditto, from £. go to £.300 per annum - - - - 16,625 — 
Surveyor of Naval Buildings - - - - - . - . - - - - - "700 — 
Two Draughtsmen employed under him one = if : 7 - ‘: ¥ a = 7 400 —- — 
Draughtsman tothe Surveyor- - - - -« - -« .« «.« «|. - pn Be 
Housekeeper - - - - - ° ° ° . o ° ™ © m £. 100} | 
Allowance for four Servants - - - ° ° . ° “ ° - 143 3 233 - - 
Porter, at 3s.10d. perday  - - - - - - . - - - - - 59 19 10 
Bargemaster - - - - - - - - ~ ~ ° ° o s e a - = “« 
one at - - . ad od - - - ° - - a 
one at 7s. 4d. per day - - - - - - - - - 11415 
Seven Messengers - -4 two at 7s. per day each - - - - - - - ° - oan 2 : 
one at 6s. 5d. perday - - - - - - - : - 100 8 5 
two at 4s. 6d. each per id - - . - - - - - 140 17 ~ 
Labourers and Watchmen on weekly wages’ - - a - 1,476 -— — 
Taxes, Parochial Rates, Fuel, Repairs, Charge va Ships Books , Travelling Charges on the Public 
Service, and other Contingencies - - - - a - ° “ eae 
£. 49,299 2 7 
No. 6.—Screntiric BRANCH. 
Royal Naval College : £ s d. £ s. d. 
Lieutenant-Governor - - - - - - - - - - 800 - - 
Clerk to ditto - - - : - - - - - - - - 150 - - 
Three Lieutenants, at £.200 each = - - - - - . - - 600 - - 
Professor - - - - - - - - - - - - 700 — — 
Master of Classics - . - : - - - - - - - 350 - - 
one at - - - . - - : - - 275 =- - 
Four Assistants - ¢twoat£.200 - - - - - - - - 400 —- — 
one at - - - : - - 230 - - 
Allowance for house-rent to the histo, at £.'70, and to nm halen "7 on 
£.40 each - - ° ° . as “ « “ a «= 
French Master - . - - - - - - - - - 200 - — 
Fencing Master - - - -_ = © f£ © * 100 - — 
Drawing Master - - - - - - - 200 -— — 
Three Serjeants, late of the asian Artillery -  - - : ° . ie. « 
Surgeon - - - - . - - - - - - 80 - - 
Matron - - - - - - - - - - ° - - 70 —- - 
Porter - - - - - - - - - . . - - WM = « 
Messenger - - - - = - - - - - 6o - - 
Disbursements on account of Board, Clothing, Servants’ Wages, Taxes on the side 
College, Books, Stationery, and other Contingencies - - « ~ 4 = 
8,623 - - 
Deduct the Amount received in 1830, for the education of Students = - 6,867 - - 
1,756 ” — 
School for Naval Architecture: 
Superintendent - - - - : * - -_ 250 - - 
Housekeeper - - - - . - - - - - - - og &lt; = 370 - ~ 
Porter and Messenger = - ° ° " . . i. ’ - - = = 
Royal Observatory : a1 = = 
Astronomer Royal - - - - . . . ° . . . Goo - - 
First Assistant to ditto - - - - ? - = * goo -—- — 
Second Assistants to ditto - ‘tome nd i aie nh Uw Oy te ee co ~ 
Extra Assistants to ditto, two at £.100 - - - - - - : ns = 
Labourer - - - 2 . ’ me 46 18 6 
Taxes, Parochial Rates, Houso-suni, Fuel, Repairs, and other contingencies - 1,772 1 6 
Observatory at the Cape of one aes 3319 - - 
Astronomer - . - - - - - £.600 
Assistant to ditto - - - 7 s * 4 ‘i vi - 1,020 - - 
Labourer - - - - - - - - . - - 100 ' , 7 
Contingent expenses i ee en ee 4339 
Nautical Almanack ; for expenses connected therewith = - - - - - - - - - cs an 
Chronometers : 
Salary of the Superintendent of Chronometers - : - - £100 - - 
For the purchase, repair, and other expenses connected with Chommtune - 1,800 - - 
cance emeoneens _1,900 - - 
Rewards, Experiments, and other Expenses incurred for scientific purposes - - - - ~ 1,000 - — 
Extra pay to the Commander of His Majesty's sloop Conte, employed on a scientific expedition, ee. 
305 
connected with the pendulum - - ° ° ° - - ° - ° 
Carried forward - - - &amp;. 10,530 - - 
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Appendix, (1.)—Estimates of the Navy, for the Year 1831—continued. 
(A.) ~ 
Patel Part I.—continued. ia a, ae — 
25 Juni No. 6.—Scientific Branch—continued. 
continued. iat Brought forward - - - - - - 10,530 -— ~- 
Hydrographical Department : 
Journal, p. 564. y “ cS "ed a te tp Me a 
b nll ydrographer - - - - - - 500 - 2 
Three Assistants to ditto - of as ee oe i 6 3 
, one at - - - : - - - 900 - «= 
Four Draughtsmen to ditto f three at £.3. 3s. per week - - - 492 15 - 
Porter and Repairer of Charts, at £.1. 1s. per week - = - - - 78 4 3 
Assistant to ditto and Packer of Charts, at 18s. perweek - - - - 4618 - 
For the purchase of Charts, for Engraving, Printing and Mounting Charts, aa 3 
and various other Contingencies  - - - - - - - 97 4 
To Captain William Henry Smyth, for his prepared Charts and Plans of al a 
various parts of the Mediterranean - - - - . - - 5 
For the hire of Vessels and Boats, Lodging Money, and a va « 
various Expenses relating to Coast and other Surveys - 3 
For extra Pay to Surveyors and their Assistants in surveying i wo 
Ships athome__ - - - - - - - . 4401 - - 
For extra Pay to Surveyors and their Assistants in surveying Ships abroad - 1,825 - - 
) 9,632 16 3 
Tora, - - 20,162 16 3 
No. 7.—His Magesty’s Yarps at Home. 
Deptford : £. s. d. £ os. d 
Store Receiver - . . - - - - - - : - 600 - - 
Storekeeper - - - - 5 - - 5 2 = 600 - - 
Superintending Master - - - - - = = = 250 - - 
Warden - - - - - - - - - - - - - 200 - - 
Clerks on the Establishment : 
First Class; - 1 Clerk - &gt; - - - - - - - - a = « 
: gs _, _sat Salaries varying according to length of Service, | 
Second Class; 3 Clerks -{ from £.150 to £.300 per annum -~— - : J — « « 
Third Class; - 6 Clerks - at ditto, from £.80 to £.150 per annum = - 837 10 — 
Master Suilmaker - - - . - - - - - - - 250 - - 
Allowance to the Officers for Stationery  - - - - - - - 50 = « 
Parliamentary Taxes, Parochial Rates, Travelling Charges on the Public) 
Service, Allowance to Lecturer, and various other Contingencies - - — 
Woolwich : i33 © - 
Master Attendant - - - - - - - - ° ° . Gap « « 
Master Shipwright - - - - = - = = = «© = ie « « 
Assistant to ditto - ° - ~ - ‘ = « ad ‘ i on =.= 
Store-receiver - - - - - - - - - - ° OO =. = 
Storekeeper - - - - - “ ‘i ‘s és ‘ és * 600 — -— 
Timber Converter - - - - . - ‘ x = “ - ee wa &lt; 
Surgeon - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5g00 - - 
Boatswain - - - - - - - - - - - - $50 = - 
Warden - - - - - . - - - . - ° . Se =&lt; « 
Clerks on the Establishment : 
- . _, fat Salaries varying according to length of Service 
First Class ; - 2 Clerks - from £. 300 to £450 per annum - - a _ 
Second Class ; 5 Clerks, at - ditto - from £.150 to £. 300 per annum - - 1,452 = — 
Third Class ; 10 Clerks, at - ditto - from £.80 to £.150 per annum - - 1,377 - - 
Master Smith - - - - - - ° - ° * ° aa 
Foremen of the Yard, 4 at - - - - - £.250 per annum 1,000 — — 
Allowance to the Officers, for Stationery - - - - - - - 7610 - 
Parliamentary Taxes, Parochial Rates, Rent of Premises, Travelling Charges 
on the Public Service, Allowance to Lecturer, and various other Contin- 950 - - 
gencies - me 7 7 - - 7 - 7 ” * * 10,165 oO = 
Chatham : 


Master Attendant 


Assistant to ditto - - - ‘ = - _ ‘i - je = 220 
Master Shipwright - - - - - = = = -# «= = 650 
Assistants to ditto - - twoat£.400 - - - - - - - 800 
Store-receiver - - - ° - - e « “ o o 600 
Storekeeper - = = - - © © © © © -« 600 
Timber Converter - - - - o - o ° ° » re 300 
Surgeon - - - - - - - . - ° - . ° 500 
Assistant Surgeon - -~ - - 2© 2+ © - - - -« 200 
Chaplain - - = - ._ - = =-— - = © &amp; 500 
Boatswain - - - - - - - - o . we * 250 
Warden - - - . . - - - - - - - - 200 


Clerks on the Establishment : 


First Class: - 2 Clerks -/ * Salaries varying according to length of Service, 
hale from £. 300 to £.450 per annum . - - 

Second Class; 6 Clerks, at - ditto - from £.150 te £.300 per annum - - 1,690 

Third Class; 11 Clerks, at - ditto - from £. 80 to £.180 per annum - - 1,680 


‘Smith - - - - . - - £. 260 
Saw- Mills - - - - - - - - 250 
Master - +4 Sailmaker - - - - - - - - 250 1,260 
Ropemaker_ - - - - 2+ 2 = 2§0 
Rigger - . - - - - - - 250 
Foreman of the Yard, 8 at - - - + - . - £. 250 2,000 
Allowance to the Officers for Stationery - . - - - - - 71 
Parliamentary Taxes, Parochial Rates, Travelling Charges on the Public Ser- 
vice, Allowances to Clerk and Sexton of the Chapel, and various oe 670 
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(1.)—Estimates of the Navy, for the Year 1831—continued. Appendix, 
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Part [.—continued. £. a -&amp; £. eS wh 25° ye 
No. 7.—His Majesty’s Yards at Home —continued. continued. 
. 564. 
Brought forward = - - - - - - 28,474 - - Journal), p- 594 
Sheerness : 
Commissioner - - - - - - - - - - . : 1,000 - - 
Secretary to ditto - - + - - - - _ *» a * aa - - 
Master Attendant - - - - - - 2 - -« «2. « 650 - - 
Assistant to ditto - - - - . - : e « - . — a. « 
Master Shipwright - - - - - = -s - - «* ——— 650 - 
Assistant to ditto - - - . . - : - - - - 400 - - 
Store-reveiver - eee ed ee eee aa 
Storekeeper -  - oe wi''Gi-~ we we we Ole . Bic a 
Timber Converter - - - - - - - ~ ‘ a goo - -— 
Surgeon - - - - - - - - - - - ~ 500 -— - 
Chaplain . - - - - - - - - - - 9 - - 
Boatswain - - - - - - - - - - « ° “oe . ~ 
Warden - - - - - - - - - - - ° - 200 - -« 
Clerks on the Establishment : 
, ‘ at Salaries varying according to length of Service, 
First Class; - 3 Clerks, from £. i 450 sec heh aa } 1,350 - - 
Second Class; 6 Clerks, at - ditto - from £.150 to £.300 per annum - fe + « 
Third Class; - g Clerks, at - ditto - from £. 80to £.150 per annum - i » « 
Master Smith - - - - *© = 2 # 2. = «© - 260 - - 
Foremen of the Yard; 3 at - - - - - - ° £. 250 750 - 
Allowance to the Commissioner and Officers for Stationery - - - a - - 
Parochial Rates, Travelling Charges on the Public Service, Allowances to 
Clerk and Sexton, and various other Contingencies - + - a =F 
—] 11,904 - - 
Portsmouth ; 
Commissioner - - *- - - = 2 = © 2 = ©] gn00 - - 
Secretary toditto - - - - * me we Wee ee a 
Master Attendant - - - - - - - - - - ° a « « 
Assistant Master Attendant - - - - - - - - - a ws « 
Master Shipwright - - - - - - - - = = - oo » + 
Assistants to ditto ; two at - . - - - - - £. 400 800 - - 
Store-receiver - - - . . - . - - - - - Goo - - 
Storekeeper - - - - = - = 5 2 2 2 = 600 - - 
Timber Converter - - - - " és . - é . ‘ 300 — - 
Surgeon - - ° : : ° : - ° - - - : 500 — — 
Assistant Surgeon - - 5 = - - = - =» . « 200 — 
Chaplan - - - - - = « « &amp;€ © ww» « 500 — - 
Boatswain - - - - - ° - - - - . - ae. « 
Warden - - - - - - - - - - - - - Om « 
Clerks on the Establishment : 
. at Salaries varying according to length of Service, 
First Class; - 4 Clerks,{ from £. “ne %. 450 ore . "4 1,985 - - 
Second Class; 10 Clerks, at - ditto - from £.150 to £. 300 per annum - iw 
Third Class; 17 Clerks, at - ditto - from £. 80to £.200 per annum~—  - 2,687 10 - 
Smith - - - - - - . - &amp; = 
Sailmaker - - - - - - . - 250 
Master - Rigger a n . . A . . " a 1010 - - 
Ropemaker - 2 - - =. = 250 | 
Foremen of the Yard, 10 at - - - - -  £.250 per annum 2,500 - - 
Allowance to the Commissioner and Officers for Stationery ° - ° “st i. = 
Parliamentary Taxes, Parochial Rates, Travelling Charges on the Public) 
Service, and various other Contingencies _. *e + + co a 
18,123 lo ~ 
Plymouth : 
Commissioner - - - - - - . - - ° - « 1,000 - -— 
Secretary to ditto - - 7 - - - - - ° ° ~ a 
Master Attendant - . - - - - - ‘ . s 650 - - 
Assistant Master Attendant - - - - - - ° © ° a ae 
Master Shipwright - - -— - - - . « « R jm « « 
Assistants to ditto; two at - - - : - = - £.400 a 
Store-receiver - - - - - - - - - - - - 600 - - 
Storekeeper - - _ + * &amp; . -. te ee 600 - - 
Timber Converter - - . - - - - - - - - 300 - - 
Harbour Master - - - - - - - - w is : 490 - - 
Surgeon - - - - - - - - - - di ~ g a = 
Assistant Surgeon - - - - - - - - . ‘ s 200 - — 
Chaplain - - - - - - - - a &gt; - “ = « 
Boatswain . - - - - . . - - - ‘ “ 250 - - 
Warden - = = - - - - - - - - ~ 200 —- =— 
Clerks on the Establishment : 
, at Salaries varying according to length of Service 
First Class; - 4 Clerks, from £.300 te Z. 450 per hi 4 - - - 1,400 - — 
Second Class; 10 Clerks, at - ditto - from £.150 to £. 300 per annum - $050 « - 
Third Class; 16 Clerks, at - ditto - from £. 80 to £.200 per annum - 2,270 = — 
(Seen , - - - - - - - - £. 260 
Sailmaker ° - - ° - ‘ 4 2K0 
Master - - Rigger - ‘ , ; p . ni a 1,010 - - 
be - - - = - - - 250 
Foremen of the Yard, g at - - - - - £.250 per annum 8,050 - — 
Allowance to the Commissioner and Officers for Stationery - = “s és a = 
Parochial Rates, Rent of Premises, &amp;c. travelling Charges on the Public 
Service, Allowance to Clerk and Sexton, Organist and Bellows-blower of 168 &lt;- « 
the Chapel, and various other Contingencies - - - - «= - 17,754 = - 
Carried forward - - - ‘ &gt; &gt; 76,255 10 — 











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(1.)—Estimates of the Navy, for the Year 1831—continued. 
Part I.—continued. £8. d. £0 d. 
No. 7.—His Majesty’s Yards at Home—continued. 
Brought forward - - - - - - 76,255 10 = 
Pembroke : 
Master Shipwright  - - - m 2 - ‘ 7 ‘ Goo - - 
Clerk of the Check and Storekeeper - - - - “ a = m jn = = 
Timber and Store Receiver - - - - - - - £.460) ae 
House-rent - - - - - - - - - 50 f 45 
Chaplain - - - - - . - - - - - : - 400 - - 
Surgeon - - - - - - - - - - - £.400 ae ce 
House-rent - - ° a “ " ' . . a 450 
Boatswain - - - - - - - + ~ - £.220)] 
House-rent - - - - - - - - - 30f ”--- 
Clerks on the Establishment : 
First Class; - 1 Clerk - - - - - - - © - - 402 10 — 
” _, fat Salaries varying according to length of Service, | 
Second Class; 4 Clerks,) “from £.1 50 to £. 300 per annum =e -f — 
Third Class; 5 Clerks, at - ditto - from £. 80 to £.150 per annum - - 700 — — 
Foremen; - 2at - - - - - - - £. 220 per annum 440 - - 
Allowance to Officers for Stationery - - _ és “ go 15 - 
Parochial Rates, Travelling Charges on the Public Service, Allowances to the) sin tie” ap 
Clerk and Sexton of the Chapel, and various other Contingencies - -f 9 15 5473 - - 
Deal: 
Clerk in charge - - - - - - - - - - - 150 - — 
For Clerical assistance - - - - - © a = = go - - 
Allowance for Stationery - - - - ° - : ° . &lt; « 
Parochial Rates, Travelling Charges and Contingencies - - - . 45 - 
— 
Haulbowline : 
Naval Officer and Agent Victualler. 
(Salary paid by the Victualling mayest.) 
Allowance for Stationery - - “ » S «am 
Extra Pay to the Master, Surgeon ond Carpenter of the Flag Ship, ~ - ia deen a 
forming duties in the Yard -~ - + 
Rent of Premises, Parochial Rates, Travelling Charges, Allowance to Clerk sie as 
of the Chapel, and other Contingencies - - - 2668 - - 
ToraL - - 82,249 10 - 
Gibraltar : No. 8.—His Masesty’s YARDS ABRoaD. 
Naval Storekeeper and Agent Victualler. £ d £ ] 
(Paid in the Veena peeps. ) ' . = = 
Clerk to ditto - - - - ” ° ~ « 250 - = 
Master Shipwright - - - - = - - «© «© «© = 400 — -— 
Boatswain - - - - - ~ - “ - ° 230 - - 
Allowance to the Officers for Stationery - - = =. 1210 - 
Paving, Lighting, &amp;c. ARewases for regulating Yard Clock, and -— tae 
Contingencies - - - - . . - . 952 10 
Malta: 
Commissioner - - - - ° - - « ° - * ° ee 
One Clerk - - - - - - - ° ° . . . 350 — = 
Naval Storekeeper - - - + - = © -#© = «© « 600 - - 
one at - - - - - - “ £. 250 
Two Clerks,| one a s . . _ . . i vi = 559 - - 
Master Shipwright - - - - = - -« = «© «- - 400 — — 
One Clerk - - - - ° - - - - - - - 120 -—- — 
Master Attendant - - - - - - - - “a * - a. =: = 
Boatswain - - - - - - « “ ie ‘ om 7 230 - - 
Foreman of eeegpae - - - = = = « £.160) g 
House-rent - in " - ‘i - . . 20 f 180 - - 
Allowance to the Commissioner and Officers for Stationery - - - - 39 10 - 
House-rent to the Commander-in-Chief on the Station - “ e - 196 - - 
Advertisements, Postage, regulating Yard Clock, and other Contingencies - 50 - - 
- 4:244 10 - 
Canada —Kingston : 
Naval Storekeeper - - - - - ° - - . . ” 600 - - 
One Clerk - - « - - - ° ° ° » * ° ap =&lt; « 
Master Shipwright - - - - - ° ° e o 400 -— — 
Clerk in charge of Stores at Montreal - - - 250 —- — 
Allowance to the Commodore, Officers and Clerk i in charge, for Stationery - 40 - - 
Advertisements, Postage, Travelling Expenses, Allowance to Clerk of the 
Chapel, and various other Contingencies - - - - - - = 2 1,840 - - 
Halifax : 
Master Shipwright - - i a Ye ee ee ik e's &amp; 
Allowance for Stationery - - - - - . ‘i = e — = &amp; 
oneat - +2 = 2 -#- = = - £,200 
Two Clerks, ° on " 7 . . : - ; ao 0 - « 
Master Attendant - - - - + « «© = « «© -« 350 - - 
Allowance for Stationery - - - - = = = = = ag ts 
Advertisements, sweeping Chimneys, and other Contingencies - - - 45 - - 
Newfoundland : 084 - - 
Clerk in the charge a ak Naval Depit ond Stores at St.John’s - - = 96 10 - 
Contingencies - ° ° ® ° - * 8 uel 
104 10 = 
Carried forward = - - - - + - 8,225 10 - 


















































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ee, (A.) 
Part 1—continued. £8. d. £ « d. oe 
No. 8.—His Majesty's Yards Abroad—continued. 25° Juni 
a Brought forward - - -| «= «+ - 8,225 10 continued. 
Bermuda: 
Commissioner - ° ‘ m ‘ - “ 7 . . : ae Journal, p. 564. 
One Clerk - - - - - - - e “ “ é “ 350 - 
Naval Storekeeper - - + + - +2 - «2. «| . 600 - - 
one at a. «© eon ae es Ss J 
Two Clerks - ia pe A SE SP he in 2 = 590 ~- ~ 
Master Shipwright - - + - + - - .« «2. . &amp; 400 - - 
One Clerk - - - = = = 5 . 2 n 2 ~ eae 
Master Attendant - - - - - - - - ° “ ° 400 - - 
One Clerk - - - - - - ° © . m . * re a dae 
Clerk of the Works - - = -« - - ° ° — * 700 ~ - 
Surgeon - - - - 2 2 2+ 2 2 += + £328 10 
House-rent - - - - - ° % ‘ ‘ ‘ 50 - 378 10 - 
Chaplain © e © - - - - - - i £. 400 
House-rent - - - - ° ° a 7 a ve ae 460 - - 
Boatswain - - - ° © . “ 4 ” m Be ee. 
Foreman of Shipwrights — «) &amp; 2 we ee ee ead 
Foreman of Carpenters - - ° ° . om is = a ie ma a = 
Cabin-keeper - - - +-+ 2+ 2 © © © «© «© -« et. 
Gate Porter - - - - ~ ° ° © i ae ak 
Allowance to the Commissioner and Officers for Stationery - sa - 39 10 - 
Travelling Expenses, Allowance to the Clerk of te Chapel, and other 
Contingencies oe ee ae ee - - sf §0 - 
| 6,208 - - 
Antigua : | 
Naval Storekeeper - - - - © © «© 2s. -« «2. . 60oo - - | 
Allowance for Stationery - - - “ « ‘ ‘ " iw wz@=_-- | 
Clerk and Storehouse paaayer . - © 6 « w@- w&amp; yy 200 - - | 
Boatswain - xs % e = . ; 230 - - 
Allowance to a Surgeon for Medical Attendance - - - - - - =~ 
Contingencies - +2« - = re” el we” Gl " 10 - - 
1,102 -— - 
Jamaica : 
Naval Storekeeper - - - - - - Zs - “s * “ | 600 ie 
one at - - - - - ws - £.400 
Two Clerks - { a ¢ « #0) «- «&gt; ¢ »« = 650 - - 
Master Shipwright - - - - -  - °  &amp;@° &amp; “a 400 - - 
One Clerk -— - - + = - *_ « »* .* 180 - - 
Boatswain - - - - - - - m 230 - — 
Foreman of Shipwrights and Caulkers - - - - - a 230 - - 
Store Porter - = - 2£ ££ © «© 2£© © « 190 &lt;- - 
Allowance to the Officers for Stationery - - in . S 49 10 - 
Advertisements, Boat-hire and other Contingencies - ° = Fe a 100 —- — 
2,589 10 ~- 
Sierra Leone : 
Agent Victualler (paid in the Victualling Department.) 
Allowance for Stationery and Contingencies - - - - «= = =» * 
10 - - 
Cape of Good Hope: 
Naval Storekeeper and Agent Victualler, exclusive of £.100 a-year paid by ii. a 
the Victualling Depertasent _ 2. =£ 2. + se Se 
One Clerk - - - - ° ° « - m ‘ .350 - - 
Master Attendant - - - - + 2 + -« « «-« « 400 - - 
Foreman - + - - - . i‘ 180 - - 
Allowance to the Naval Storekeeper and Master Seis for Stationery - 5 = = 
Travelling Expenses, regulating Yard Clock and other Contingencies - —- ~ © 6 
= 1,615 - - 
Trincomalee : 
Naval Storekeeper and Agus vestaniier a a - 600 - - 
One Clerk - - - a ‘ ‘ a “ ss = 200 — — 
Foreman of Shipwrights - - - = - - - - - - -« ge « « 
Boatswain of the Sheer Hulk - - + - - ° . ° R — -— « 
Gate Porter - - - - - ~ ‘ - Zs Z “ = Sa ms: ae 
Storehouse Labourer - - - - - ° . ° 7o- - 
Allowance to the Naval Storekeeper for Stationery - = = = « 30 - - 
Contingencies - - - - - i “ = - 4 ™ St Sex: se 
1,461 - - 
ToTaL - - - - - £. 21,211 -— - 














No. 9.—WAGES to Artiricers, Lasourers and others employed in His Majesty’s Yards at Home and Abroad, including 
Day-pay to inferior Officers transferred from No. 7. 











£ «8. d. 
Wages to Artificers and Labourers employed in His Majesty’s Yards at Home, and wee 466,000 - - 
to Crews of Navy Transports and Yard Craft, and for the Teams of Horses - 
Wages to Artificers and Labourers employed in His pny" s — Abroad - 2 = 38,000 - - 
Wages to Watchmen, Warders and Rounders” - - - - - - 10,500 - - 
Day-pay to the following inferior Officers, reduced from salaried Officers, and now transferred 
rom the Head of His Majesty's Yards at Home; viz. 
Deptford : &amp; a &amp; 
Leading Men of Storehouses, threeat - - - - 7/8 per day 359 19 - 
Woolwich : 
Assistant Timber Converter, at - 5 2 2 = 26 = 179 19 6 
Foreman uf Smiths, at - - - : - . * 9/7 - 1449 19 7 
Fire Engine-maker, at - _-—s fe « 149 19 7 
Leading Man of Storehouses, SB «© = = + + 119 19 8 
Five Measurers, at - - - - © - 7 ° Hy ~ 899 17 : 
: one at - * - * 179 19 
Superior Class of Shipwrights - { ane &lt;*- « 2 149 19 7 
Carried forward - - €. 2,189 13 11 514,500 = — 
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Part I.—continued. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. 
No. 9.—Wages to Artificers, Labourers, &amp;c.—continued. 
ee Brought forward - - - 2,189 13 11 514,500 - = 
Assistant Timber Converters, two at - - - - - 11/6 per day 359 19 - 
Foreman of Smiths, at - - - - - - - 12/6 - 195 12 6 
Foreman of Ropemakers, at - - - - . - 12/6 - 195 12 6 
Layers in the Rope-yard, three at - 25 = = = 98 = 359 19 — 
Leading Men of Storehouses, two at - - - - - 7/8 - 239 19 4 
Conductor of Lead Mills, at - - - - - - 12/6 a 195 12 6 
Measurers, eight at - - - - - - - - 11/6 ~ 1,439 16 —- 
Leading Men under the Storekeepers, two at - - - §/ - 156 10 - 
. een one at - . - - 11/6 - 179 19 6 
Superior Class of Shipwrights oe at 2 - " - 9/7 vs 299 19 
Sheerness : 
Assistant Timber Converter, at - - - - - - 11/6 - 179 19 6 
Foreman of Smiths, at - - . . - - - 9/7 - 149 19 7 
Leading Men of Storehouses, two at - - - - - 4/8 - 239 19 4 
Measurers, six at - . - . - - - - 11/6 - 079 17 = 
Superior Class of Shipwrights, one at - - . - - 9/7 - 149 19 7 
Portsmouth : 

* ‘ oneat - - - - - 11/6 = 179 19 6 
Assistant Timber Converters neh is . 2 i‘ - 10/3 160 8 3 
Superintendent of the Wood-Mills, at - - - - - 12/6 - 195 12 6 
- + ditto - - - Metal-Mills,at - - - - - 10/3 - 160 8 3 
- - ditto - - + Millwrights, at - - - - - 9/7 - 149 19 7 
Foreman of Smiths, at - - - - - - - 12/6 - 195 12 6 
Foreman of Ropemakers, at - - - - - - 12/6 ~ 195 12 6 
Measurers, seventeen at - - - - - ~ - 11/6 - 3,059 11 6 
Leading Men of Storehouses, two at - - - - - 7/8 - 239 19 4 
Leading Men under the Storekeepers, three at = - - - 5(/ - 23415 - 
Layers in the Rope-yard, three at - 5 = = = 98 = 359 19 - 

: cree! two at - - - - 11/6 - 359 19 
Superior Class of Shipwrights ie pot 7 . . -  gf7 _ 299 19 2 
Plymouth : 

Assistant Timber Converters, two at - - - - - 11/6 359 19 - 
, two at - - - . - - 12/6 - 391 5 - 

Foreman of Smiths im aa ; . - . - - off _ 14919 7 
Foreman of Line-spinners, one at - - - - - 10/3 - 160 8 3 
Foreman of Rope-makers, one at - - - - 12/6 - 195 12 6 
Layers in the Rope-yard, two at - . - - - - 7/8 - 239 19 4 
Leading Men of Storehouses, four at - - - - - 47/8 - 479 18 8 
Leading Men under the Storekeepers, threeat - - -+ 5] - 23415 - 
Measurers, fifteen at - - - - - - - - 11/6 - 2,699 12 6 
, ‘ . ey fone at - - - - 11/6 - 179 19 6 
Superior Class of Shipwrights lone at ee :- « 149 19 7 

Pembroke : 
Assistant Timber Converter, at - - - - - - 11/6 - 179 19 6 
Measurers, three at’ - - oe 5 = ee le 1/6 = 539 18 6 
Superior Class of Shipwrights, one at - - : - - 11/6 - 179 19 G 
Leading Man under the Storekeepers, at = - - - - 5/ - 78 5 - 
Porter, at - . - - - - - - - - 6/5 - | 100 8 5 
19,724 4 4 
ToraL - - - &amp;. 534,224 4 4 














No. 10.—Timser and all other Marerrats for the Burtpinc, Repair and Ourrirt of the Freer, &amp;c. 


For the Purchase of Timber and all other Materials fur the Building, Repair and Outfit of the £. s. d. 
Fleet ; for the ordinary Repair of Ships in Harbour, and for the Repair of Docks, Wharfs and 
Buildings ; for sundry Expenses for Salvage, Repairs and Conveyance of Stores; for Expenses 
of Purveyors and Converters of Timber; for the Purchase of Ships and Vessels; for the Repair 

of His Majesty’s Ships at other than King’s Ports, and for various other incidental Expenses - 819,992 - - 

Whence abate the Amount received in 1830, for old Naval Stores sold - - - 69,992 - - 

£. 750,000 — — 

For the Purchase of Steam-Engines - 2s 5s 8 5 = 8 - 60,000 — = 

ToraL - - - £ 810,000 - — 

















No. 11.—Repairs and IMPROVEMENTS in His Masesty’s YARpDs at Home and Asroap. 


Woolwich: 
For enlarging the Basin, and repairing the Mast Pond - 5 5 &amp; ee 


Sheerness : 
For completing the Ordnance Wall, the Admirals, Commissioner’s, and Officers’ Houses 


Plymouth Sound : 


For carrying on the Works of the Breakwater - . : - - - . ” 
Pembroke : 

For completing the Chapel - . - —_ - - ~- *- @ a 
Leith : 

For completing the Western Breakwater - = - - + - &amp; « o 
Bermuda: 

Towards forming a Naval Establishment - - . e * ‘ ‘ . . 
For Incidental Works at the several Yards - - - - o in ji e a 


— 








Estimate for 


completing the Work. 


£. s. d. 
Final payment 


Final payment 
110,048 - - 
Final payment 

6,000 -— - 


Uncertain 









Sum that may be laid out 
duriug the Year. 





£ 5s d. 
25,000 - - 
15,000 - —- 
30,000 - - 
2,000 - ~ 
3,000 - - 
20,000 - ~ 
3,000 - ~ 
ae 
98,000 - ~ 


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Pilotage: : é. , 
For Pilotage of His Majesty’s Ships on Home and Foreign Stations ; Half-day Pay to Pilots; 
Travelling Charges of Pilots, and Incidental Expenses - - - - - - — - 
Head Money: 
For Bounty allowed for the Capture or Destruction of Enemies’ Ships of War, &amp;c. by) 
ee ee a i a ee a ae ee ee eae Se 
Distressed Seamen : 
For the Expense of subsisting, clothing, &amp;c. Distressed British Seamen in Foreign Parts, | 
and for their Passage to England; also for the Passage of Seamen invalided from His‘} 10,000 - 
Majesty’s Ships - 7 - - - - - - - - . &gt; ° 
Exchequer Fees : ; 
For Fees paid at the Exchequer on the Receipt of Money for Naval Purposes - - ~~ - 3,700 
Coast Blockade: 
For the Travelling Expenses of Offcers employed on the Blockade Service on the Coasts 
of Kent and Sussex, for the Rent of Stations, Repairs and various other Contingencies - _ 
Commanders in Chief: 
For Postage, Stationery, Wages of Attendants and other Contingencies - - -~ - 4,000 - 
Commission to Consuls: 
For a Commission of 23 per cent. allowed to Consuls on their Disbursements on account of 20 
the Naval Department © - ° = a ~ = a = - &lt; 3 
Courts Martial : 
For Allowances to Persons officiating at Courts Martial for Travelling Expenses and other) - 
Contingencies - - a * z % a z Hy - = 3 4 “a §00 - 
Freight of Specie : 
For Freight of Specie for the use of His Majesty’s Yards . © + &amp; Ss 190 
Floating Lights : 
For the Maintenance and Repair of the Bembridge Light Vessel - - - : : 810 
Passage Money : 
For the Passage of Naval Officers proceeding to, and of Invalided Officers returning from 
their Ships on Foreign Stations, and of Civil Officers proceeding to or returning from\| 1,500 - 
His Majesty's Yardsabroad - - - - || + © 2 «| «© -| 
Signal Stations and Semaphores : 
For the Expense of Semaphores in Commission, for the Allowances of Persons in charge of _ 
Signal Houses and Semaphores, for Rates, Repairs and other Contingencies - - a 3» 
Miscellaneous : 
For Bounty to the Relatives of Persons slain in fight with the Enemy, for assistance ren- 
dered to Ships in distress, Compensation for Damage done by His Majesty’s Ships, | 8 
Allowances for Special Duties, Bounty to Schoolmasters, and for various Payments for | — * 
casual Services - - - - . « « * « ° ° . 
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No. 13.—TRANSPORT EsTABLISHMENTS, and CHARGE for Freicut of Navat and VicTUALLING SrorEs: 


















































Deptford : £. s d. £. s &amp; 
Shipwright Officer for Transports - - - - -*© - = = 400 - - 
Agent - ~ - - - - - - - - . - - 328 10 - 
One Clerk - - - - - . - - - - - - 120 -— — 
Two Watermen, and hire of Wherry - - si . - - ” # 199 - ~ 
Contingencies - - - - : : : - - - - - 2710 - 
1,006 - - 
Portsmouth : 
Agent - - - - - - - - - - - - - 328 10 - 
Clerk and Storekeeper - -— = - -e - “2s - 109 10 — 
Boat’s Crew - - - - - - - - - - - - 109 10 — 
Office Rent - - - - - - - - - - - - a7 7 6 
Contingencies - - - - - - - - - - - - 35 2 6 
Leith ; m= - 
Agent - - - - - - - - - - - - - 328 10 - 
Office Rent - - - = 2 5 = = = = 2 8 27 7 6 
Contingencies - = - - - . . ° : . ° . ° 35 2 6 
Cove of Cork : - te ca - "= 
Agent - - - - . - - : - - - - - 328 lo — 
Office Rent - . - - - - - - - - - - o7 7 6 
Contingencies - - - = - - + - - - 41 2 6 
Gibraltar : — ~ 
Agent - - - - - - - - - - - - - 328 10 - 
Contingencies - - - - - - - - - - . - 1010 - 
os = 
; 2,743 a ca 
For the Freight of Naval and Victualling Stores to His Majesty’s Yards abroad, and to Ships ye 92,057 - - 
Foreign Stations = - - . - - - - - - - - - - - 
£. 25,000 - = 
No. 14.—Hirep Packets: 
£. 
For the Expense of Hired Packets -  - - - * 2 2 = © * = -| 24,040 - —- 
No. 15.—Sures building at Bombay: 
£. x «&amp; 
For Ships building at Bombay - - : ° : . . . . _ * - 25,000 - —- 














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(1.)—Estimates of the Navy, forthe Year 1831—continued. 
Part II, 
ESTIMATE of Hatr-pay, Superannvuations, &amp;c. of the Navy, for the Year 1831. 
— £. 1,434,464. 3. 1.—— 
ABSTRACT: 
, me —, 
No. £. s. d. 
1. | Half-Pay to Officers of the Navy and Royal Marines - - - - - =| 782,000 - — 
2. Pensions to Officers, their Widows, Relatives, &amp;c. - - - - - -| 246,088 5 3 
3- | Bounty to Chaplains ei - +e eB Be ee Oe 1,300 —- - 
4. | Out-Pensions of Greenwich Hospital - - -* - - - -* = «| 249200 - ~ 
5. | Superannuations, &amp;c. of Persons formerly belonging to the Civil Establishments -| 155,905 17 10 
TotaL - - - £.| 1,434,464 3 1 
ESTIMATE of Hatr-pay, SurpeRANNuATIOnS, &amp;c. of the Navy, for 1831. 
No. 1.—Hatr Pay. 
£. 
For Half-Pay to Flag Officers, Captains, Commanders, Lieutenants, Masters and Royal Marine] _— 
Officers, who may be unemployed during the ensuing years - - - - = = -f 747) ~ 
For retired Half-Pay to Rear-Admirals, Captains, Commanders, Masters, Officers and others - 35,000 — 
£.] 782,000 - 
No. 2.—Pensions to Orricers, their Wipows and RELATIVEs. 
£. a € 
The Pensions to Commissioned and Warrant Officers, &amp;c. for the Year 1830, amountedto - - - 113,504 12 g 
Amount of Pensions to the above Officers, &amp;c. which have ceased, or been transferred to Half-Pay 686 1 
between the 1st January and 31st December 1830 - © - « * M ‘ ye “ 34 3 1 
£. 78,817 19 8 
Pensions granted since the 1st January 1830: 
£. 8. d. 
Lieutenant F. A. Smith, for Wounds - . - . - - - © « gl 5 - 
Fifteen Boatswains, at Pensions varying from £.30 to £.85 per annum - -~— - 740 - — 
Seventeen Gunners, at ditto from £.30 to £.85 - - . - - - a goo - - 
Thirteen Carpenters, at ditto from £.30 to£.85 - . - - © ° ~ 740 =- = 
Twenty-eight Cooks, at ditto from £.19. 11. to £.34.17.4.perannum- -~ - g10 15 7 
The Pensions to the Widows and Relatives of Naval Officers slain, drowned, &amp;c. for MPP 1.8 
the year 1830, amounted to - - - - - += - = «-  «f| 13559 5 = 
Amount of Pensions to the above Widows and Relatives which have ceased between 
the ist January and the 31st December 1830 - - -  - - - - Sa - - 
12,7088 5 -— 
Amount of Pensions granted to Widows and Relatives since the 1st January 1830 - 120 - = 
12,828 5 - 
Pensions to Widows of Naval Officers formerly paid by the Widows’ Charity - -|129,030 - - 
141,858 - 
Pensions to the Widows of Officers of the Royal Marines - - - - : ° ° ° i nan . ~ 
Allowances to pay the Orphans of Naval and Marine Officers, who may be placed on the Compassionate 
List - ° . « ° a r : «= «= «= =" a . - 7 } 12,000 ~- - 
£.| 246,058 5 3 
No. 3.—Bounty to CHAPLAINS. 
For paying a Bounty to Twenty Chaplains of 4s. per day, who have served Seven Years ; to hens, 4 £. ei de 
at 3 ce day, who have served Five Years; and to Twenty at 2s. 6 d. per day, who have served | 
Four Years on board of any of His Majesty’s Ships of War, provided it shall appear by the Books | LD 
of the said Ships that they have been actually borne and mustered thereon for the above times - 
No. 4.—Ovurt-Pensioys of GREENWicH HospirTAt. 
— £. s. d@. 
For Out-Pensions to Commissioned Officers - . e e « é é “ y . 4,200 - - 
- + - + + to Warrant Officersandothers - - -_ * # = = oe #] Cope 
£. 249,200 








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(1.)—Estimates of the Navy, for the Year 1831—continued. 








Part I1.—continued. 


No. 5.—SuPerannvations, &amp;c. of Persons formerly belonging to the Crvit EstaBiisHMENTS. 





























, £. s. d. 
e SUPERANNUATIONS and Pensions granted to Commissioners, Secretari 
- the Civil Establishments of the Navy, as voted on the Estimates for sg Prisco ig _ a enpleges 141,730 13 6 
Amount of Superannuations and Pensions which have ceased since the ist January 1830 - - - = = . 5,019 18 6 
£. 136,710 15 = 
Games seen te ve January sie. Time of Service. } Amount per Annum. 
Admiralty Office : Years. — ee = 
Edward Finch Hatton, Paymaster of Widows’ Charity - * * a 
William Brixey, Clerk in the Royal Marine Pay Office - - o “ - 31 - = 
ans. ss oes + ek lll lw 29 ag - - 
George Gardner - - - ditto - - - - - «= «| - : . — - - 
Navy Pay Office : 175 
Benjamin Hunt, Messenger = - ° . . - - . . . 
Stamper Choppin, ditto - . . 4 " . . ° “ = 52 - = 
John Doward, Keeper of Ships’ Books - n s " re “ 7 s §09 - - 
Navy Office : 35 95 = 
The Hon. Courteney Boyle, Commissioner . jn - = P 7 
Joseph Tucker, Surveyor ° . ” s ie ye 7 . 2 - 22 500 - = 
Thomas Harding, Chief Clerk, transport - - - - -. -« 7 30 666 - - 
John Tackle, Clerk ek 36 600 - - 
James Turnbull, Clerk, transport + s " K ‘ ee % v ” 3° 190 - —- 
William Channon, Messenger, ditto - ‘ ¥ . . ; . 18 ae 
Robert Smith, Draughtsman to the Surveyor’ - es “i a a - - —_— * 
Richard Crafts, Messenger = - - « sé . er ae - 96 204 - - 
ae - He ee ee ae ee "= 7 « = 
Yard Officers : as - « 
John Douglas, Master Attendant, Deptford « . ~ ss w “ 
William Hookey, Timber Master, ditto - ‘i m . ie 7 Pe: 26 379 3 4 
Matthew Kent, Surgeon - ditto - i is ‘ 7 7 i 33 333 6 8 
Nath! M‘Kail, Porter = - - ditto - e ao «ie a 250 - =- 
George Boddy, Timber and Store Receiver, Woolwich ‘ a a s — —~ - = 
Johr Peake, Clerk of the Rope Yard - - ditto - es ‘i s : 3 —-- 
Richard Cuthbert, Clerk - - - - = - dito - - - - « .j 36 230 - - 
Benjamin Pidcock, ditto - - - - - - ditto - - - = - 33 —_— os 
Thomas Mayell, Master Bricklayer - - - ditto - is is ii "a . 32 — + « 
William Russell, Master Sailmaker - - ~- ditto - " n 4 i 35 a 
Arch. Moody, Master Rigger - - - - - ditto -  - - 25 “§ - = 
George Parkin, Master Shipwright at Chatham - a - "i z " . 23 125 0¢- 
Stephen Dadd, Timber Master - - ditto - - ° « 7 - 49 = 
William Sugden, Clerk - - - - dittO - - - - - 7 59 —_—-~ * 
jJ.Fensham - ditto- - - - - ditto - - - ~ * 37 — * 
William Baker ditto- - - - - ditto - - - - « «| . 30 —~- - 
Lewis Barnaby ditto- - - - - ditto - - - «= - 7 30 — - = 
John Vinall, Master Bricklayer - - ditto - - + - - - . 19 = - - 
William Streek, Master Painter - - ditto - a 2 is o i 44 208 - - 
William Ward, Timber Master, Sheerness ° ta a ‘ e ; ps — « 
William Beal, Master Blacksmith ditto - . ° ~ . a _ . 39 oo = 
Josias Seager, Master Bricklayer ditto - ° ~ o i . 2 : 44 — - - 
William Soie, Master Sailmaker - ditto - - - - - « «- ; 22 wg - - 
John Clark, Master Painter - - ditto - ss . " te _ . e 36 187 - - 
Henry Cradock, Assistant to Master Attendant, Portsmouth - 7 “ y = — - - 
Simon Goodrich, Engineer and Mechanist - - ditto - ae " 15 — ~ * 
W. Heard, Draughtsman toditto - - - - - ditto - ‘ i “ : 30 =“ - 
Thomas Radcliff, Assistant to Master Shipwright ditto - oJ i 7 — ~ « 
Thomas Alms Hill, Secretary to the Commissioner, ditto - . * “ 5 —— * 
Ree Oa te we ewe ae leh hl ll 37 _— 
5.d. Geer ~- Gite -~ - «© © - + « « Ge « 7 ps . 41 Se, = 
George Creasey ditto - - - - - - - - ditto - - - &gt; ta 35 a 
George Stobie- ditto - - - - - - - = ditto - _ - vile: 19 — * 
John Radcliff - ditto - ------- dite - - - .- 19 at 
George Smith - ditto - - - - - - - - ditto - 2 2 Aa 19 ~~ + 
Zelophehad Webb, ditto - - - - - - - - ditto - - .- . 18 e+ - 
William Smith, Master Painter- - - - - - ditto - - - . «| 16 = 
Hamlet Vernon, Master of the Metal Mills- - ditto - - - - i &amp; is 
William Kingston, Master Millwright- - - - ditto - 2 ss 7 23 25 - = 
Edward Churchill, Master Shipwright, Plymouth - “ - i‘ 19 = = 
Alexander Lumsdale, Master Attendant - ditto + - ° ‘ ’ : 48 —_— ~~ * 
Benj. Couch, Timber Merchant - - = ditto +s 7 Pe e P &gt; 54 — - * 
Benj. Nankivel - Clerk - - - - = ditto - ° ° . 7 % we —- 7 
George Foster - ditto - - - - - ditto ~ ‘ ‘ a 7 7 42 360 - - 
Thomas J. Jenner ditto - - - - - ditto - - . a . 35 oe 
Daniel Tom - - ditto - - - - = ditto - - E ke a 34 ee es oS 
Edward W. Foster ditto - - - - - ditto s i = a ee 2 38 — *, # 
Thomas Driscoll - ditto - - - - = ditto . ‘ ‘i a - 7 32 ~~ - = 
Daniel M‘Carthy ditto - - - - - ditto - - - i - 25 aie 
John Foot - - - ditto - - - - - ditto Ze Fo ° 25 105 - - 
John Williams - ditto - - - - - ditto i &amp; a . ° 18 60 - = 
John F. Phillips - ditto - - - - = ditto - - ¥ : : . 18 60 - - 
Henry Litheby, Master Bricklayer - - ditto - o'« ae ‘ 23 a. a 
John Yole, Master Painter - - - - - ditto ‘ ae ie : - 15 — =~ = 
08 Gunn, Clerk, Leith, Pension increased - ‘ . id a 7 ” 19 83 - - 
Michael Spratt, Master Attendant, Kingston, Canada - © « » me yy we ' = * 
— Yarwood, Commissioner’s Clerk, ditto - - » 7 - Z 7 0 pe i Si: 
illiam Fletcher - - - ditto - - Jamaica - - = ss is 2 Fo = 6 oa 7 
8 Foremen, at Pensions varying from 341 14,613 12 2 
9 Measurers - ditto - ‘itto - 75 i Som - “ " page aga et aamapohl HIE oe ON os Se =e Ss 
a Cabin-keepers ditto - ditto - 231.6s.8d.to60l - - ditto - is : . " . - - 925 - - 
Artificers - ditto - ditto - Sto ---- dit - . . . « « « « = &gt; * 
ste a a 7 2,483 - - 
Toran - - - £.| 155,905 17 10 








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Appendix, 
(A.) 
25° Junii 


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Journal, p. 564. 








Appendix 
(A.) 
25° Junii 
continued. 


Journal, p. 564. 





954 


Navy Estimates. 


A. 183}, 





(1.)—Estimates of the Navy, for the Year 1831—continued. 




















i 
Parr IIL. 
Extra Estimate of the Navy for the Year 1831. 
£.231,680. 
ABSTRACT. 
“No. — \ 
1. Freight of Ships for the Conveyance of compe, wm, &amp;c. on ham ofthe Army ' £ 
and Ordnance Departments - - - - - - - 136,800 
2. Freight of Ships for the Conveyance of Passengers, Stores, &amp;c. on Account of the 
Colonial Department - - - - - - - 3,000 
3- Expense of Conveying Convicts to New South Wales - - - - - - 88,500 
4- | Head Money for Pirates - - - - - = 2 = 2© = -« 3,380 
Toran - - - &amp;£. 231,680 














AN ESTIMATE of the Sums required to meet the Expenses which may be incurred in the Year 1831, under the following Heads: 





No.1.—Freicut of Suips for the Conveyance of Troops, Stores, &amp;c. on Account of the Army and ORDNANCE DEPARTMENTs, 


Freight of Ships on Monthly Pay -~ - ale a 


Freight of Ships engaged for the conveyance of Troops ond Stores to and fom the Colonies, for} 
victualling Troops, and for Mess Allowance to Officers on their Passage - 

Freight of Ships on short Services - - - - - * = = 

Passage-money to Officers going upon or returning from Service Abroad - 

Fitting + caondlily 

Bedding for ated and various other Stores - - + - - - 


Forage 
Pay and contingent "Expenses of Officers of the ‘Navy employed 2 as Agents for Transports afloat 


Transports, &amp;c. - - - = = . ts ‘ 


ToTaAL + - - 





‘ «2 
79,000 — — 


30,000 — - 


14,000 — -— 
6,000 ~— — 
1,500 — -— 
1,000 -— - 

gco —- - 
5,000 — 





th 





136,800 - - 





No. 2.—Freicut of Suips for the ConveyANcE of Passencers, Stores, &amp;c. on Account of the CoLon1tat DEPARTMENT. 


Freight of Ships for the conveyance of Passengers, Stores, &amp;c. to Swan River and other places, on 


Account of the Colonial Department - - ° ~ a * ‘ . ‘ = 





No. 3.—Expense of conveyinc Convicts to New Soutn WALEs. 





ai 


£. 8. de 
3,000 — — 












































- &amp; d, 
Freight of Ships to carry Convicts to heel SouthWales - - - -* 2 2 - = 75,000 — = 
Fitting Convict Ships - - . - - - - : - ° - - - 4,500 — — 
Bedding and other Stores . - - - - - - - - - - - g,000 — — 
ToTtaL - - - &amp;. 88,500 — 
No. 4.—HeEAp Money for Pirates. a 
For Bounty allowed for the capture or destruction of Piratical Vessels, by Act 6 Geo. IV. c.49 - 3,380 - = 
Navy Office —GENERAL ABSTRACT of the foregoing Estimares. 
i" a ~ 
No. Finst Part: £. s. d. £ s. d 
a Wages of 32,000 Men, including 10,000 Royal Marines - - | 1,081,600 - - 
2. Wages of Officers, Ship Seapes, -~ belonging to Vessels in Ordinary 75110 -— — 
3. Admiralty Office - - - - - - - 40,365 11 1 
4. Navy-Pay Office - - . - - - - - - 29,929 - 8 
5- Navy Office - - ° - - - - - - . 49,299 2 7 
6. Scientific Branch - = - - - - - - - 20,162 16 3 
2 His Majesty’s Yards at Home - = = © = ee 82,249 10 — 
8. His Majesty’s Yards Abroad « ° - 21,211 — — 
9. Wages to Artificers and Labourers employed in His Majesty’ s Yards} = 
at Home and Abroad, and to Crews of Navy Transports - 534224 4 4 
10. Timber and other Materials for Ships, Docks, &amp;c. (after abating 
69,992 /. received for Old Stores in ~~ - - + = £.750,000 810,000 -— — 
Add, for Steam-engines = - - - - 60,000 
11. Repairs and Improvements in His Majesty’ s Yards at Home and Re os 
Abroad - - - - - - ~ - ~ - © 9°; 
12. Pilotage and other Contingencies - - 50,500 —- — 
13. Transport Establishments, and mage of You! and Victualling — 25,000 —- — 
14. Hired Packets - - - - - - - 24,040 -— — 
15. Ships building at Bombay - - - = = = 2  « 25,000 — - 
6 11 
Seconp Parr: 2,966,691 4 
1. Half Pay to Officers of the Navy and Royal Marines - -~— - 782,000 -— — 
2. Pensions to Officers, their Widows, Relatives, &amp;e. - - - 246,058 5 3 
9. Bounty to Chaplains - - _— - - - -« 1,900 . = 
4- Out-Pensions at Greenwich Hospital - - = - 249,200 -— — 
5- Superannuations, &amp;c. of Persons formerly belonging to the — 
Establishments - - - - - - - 155,995 17 10 A 
6 1 
Turrp Part: 143404 3 
1. Freight of Ships for the Conveyance of Troops, Stores, &amp;c. on 
account of the Army and Ordnance Departments - - 136,800 - - 
2. Freight of Ships for the Conveyance of Passengers, Stores, &amp;e. on ‘ai in 
account of the Colonial Department - - - = 3 
3 Expenses of conveying Convicts to New South Wales - - - 88,500 - — 
4. Head Money for Pirates . - - - - - . - 3,380 - - 
231,680 - - 
—_———t 
Torac - - - £ | 4,632,835 8 - 








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J.D. Thomson. 





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955 











(1.)— Estimates of the Navy, for the Year 1831—continued. 











Navy Office, 24th January 1831. 
STATEMENT of the Recerer and Exrenpiture of His Maszsty’s Navy, between the 1st of January and the 31st of December 1830. 







































































RECEIPTS. 
a =v oe 
Exch d in the hands of the T he 31st December 1829, af iding f 0 
lance in the Exchequer, and in the hands of the Treasurer, on the 31st December 1829, after providing for 
- ay ots and other Bills outstanding on that day - - ‘ . in * ne * 7 * 1,097,584 19 8 
£. s. d. 
Balances in the hands of Sub-Accountants, &amp;c. unaccounted for on the 31st December 1829 + 118,577 15 3 
Abate Balances due to Agents for Transports - - - - - - - - - 694 12 9 
117,883 2 6 
To Amount voted for the Service of the Navy for 1830 Jt—H—O@0»(@(H 20.1 _ = | © = 
Extra Receipts, &amp;c. under the following Heads, viz. 
Unclaimed Bills, registered in former years, cancelled this year - - - - - 6,924 13 6 
Fees on Public Instruments - - - - - - - - - - - 7,900 — 1 
Old Stores sold at the Yards,&amp;c. - - - - - -#© 2 -# « - 67,708 19 10 
Old Ships sold (net proceeds) - - -_ 2£ ee - - - 2,283 12 5 
Passages in His Majesty's Steam-vessels - - + + - + «© - - 3.332 1 9 
Receipts, Miscellaneous, Fines, &amp;c. - - - - - - - - - - 1,015 1 5 
Rent of Naval Premises - - - - - - - - - - - 5,026 g 10 
Rent of Dock-yard Taps - - - - - ° - - ° - - - 1,126 12 3 
, , 95.317 11 1 
Repayments under the following Heads, viz. 
Damage done to His Majesty’s Ships a a, a a, a 177 4 
Repairs done, and Stores supplied, on account of private Persons, foreign Governments, &amp;c. 8,602 19 4 
Ditto, on account of other Departments of His Majesty’s Government . - - 92,097 18 3 
100,718 4 11 
Voluntary Receipts of the Paymaster of Marines - ad - - - - - - - ~ - - 3,047 13 11 
Voluntary Receipts of the Treasurer of the Navy, on account of the Victualling Department - - ~ . 165,504.17 5 
£.| 7,175,011 15 2 
EXPENDITURE. 
VOTES for 1830. 
BY Payments under the following Heads: £. s. d. ra 2d 
Wages to Seamen and Marines PS ae: - - - - - - - -| 1,136,183 7 5 980,200 - - 
Admiralty Office (Salaries and Contingencies) - - - - - - = - 57143 14 9 52,216 5 1 
Navy Pay-Office - - - ditto - - - - = = 2 = - = 33,855 3 6 32,033 1 6 
Navy Office - - - - - ditto - - - 2 - - 2 2 - = 64,132 19 5 57,500 15 — 
His Majesty’s Yards at home, ditto —_ - - - - . - - - - 126,891 5 9 125,117 8 4 
Wages to Artificers, Yard Craft, &amp;c. at home = - - - - - - - - 467,653 17 2 457,629 5 — 
Timber and all other Materials for Ships, &amp;c. —- - - - - - - - 588,346 1 11 {| . cae - « 
Pilotage, Salvage, and other Contingencies - - - - - - 79,311 16 4 75,000 — 
His Majesty’s Yards abroad (Salaries, Wages and Contingencies) - - - - - 74,665 9 4 66,208 12 7 
Royal Naval College and School (net Expense) - - - - - - - - 2,171 1 9 845 8 3 
Wages to Officers, &amp;c. on board Vessels in Ordinary - - - - - - - 74,753 1 8 75,495 8 4 
Hired Packets - - - ° . . . . . . - . . * 25177 4 1 27,870 - — 
Ships building at Bombay - - - - - - : - . - - - 26,240 1 1 — 
Half-pay to Flag-officers,&amp;c. - - - - - = 2 2 2 2  « 840,050 12 6 854,000 -— - 
Superannuations, &amp;c. Military - - : ‘_ oe © = - * &gt;. * 258,511 16 1 296,063 17 g 
Bounty to Chaplains - - - : ° ° ° . : ? . . 1,290 12 6 1,500 - — 
Greenwich Out-pensions - - - -— = &gt;. &gt;» * *. * = 272,887 17 6 270,000 — — 
Superannuations, &amp;c. Civil -_ = ££ ££ © - 8 _ +. 8 123,715 14 7 141,730 13 6 
Transports - - - - - - - - ° - - - - - 246,082 9g 6 250,000 — — 
Repairs and Improvements inthe Yards - - = - _ - © « «8 161,861 1 11 89,000 - - 
£.| 4,660,925 8 9 { 4;532:470 15 4 
Victualling Service : a 
For Amount of Bills registered - - - - = 2 * = = = =] 1,107,874 16 11 { Be pe : 
5,594,955 5 8 
a 2 sme 5 S { 0.S.112,896 - - 
Balances in the hands of Sub-Accountants, and unaccounted for on) 6 3 ’ 4 o hk 
31st December 1830, as per Balance Sheet - - a 9939 
. Ss. . 
Balance in the Exchequer on 31st December 1830 | 1,324,858 16 7 
Balance in the hands of the Treasurer - - 364,865 8 - 
1,406,211 g 6 
Abate for Sixty-day and other Bill ue. 
ate tor Sixty-day and other Bills outstanding on 
gist Basnutber B50 _ = © 2 , 353453 9 3 
1,336,271 15 4° | 
£. | 7,175,011 15 2 











* This Sum, 1,336,271. 15s. 4d., is available for the payment of the Debt of the Navy on the 31st December 1830, amounting, 
on a rough Estimate, to 1,278,284/., and to the Services arising in 1831, before the Supplies for 1831 come to be voted. 





T. B. Martin. 
J.D. Thomson. 





Appenaix, 
(A.) 
25° Junii 
continued. 


Journal, p. 564. 








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Appendix, (1.)—Estimates of the Navy, for the Year 1831—continued. 
(A.) 
25° Juni Navy Office, goth April 1831. 
parr STATEMENT of the Receipt and Exrpenpiture for Navy SERVICEs, between the 1st January and the 31st March 1831, 
Journal, p. 564. 
RECEIPT: 
f Bi et 
£. s. d. £é#&lt;sad 
TO Balance in the Exchequer on accourt of the Navy on the 31st December 1830 - | 1,324,858 16 7 
Abate Amount applied to Victualling Services - - - - - - -| 220,000 = — 
Remained for Navy Services - - - | 1,104,858 16 
To Balance in the hands of the Treasurer on the 31st December 1830, apyee “] 304,007 10 6 
Navy Services - - - - - - - - am o “ 
&gt; in the Seater and &amp; in ieee of oe semen, for } ae 1,408,866 7 1 
Abate Amount of Navy Bills outstanding on 31st December 1830 = _- - - -| 203,962 4 3 
Net Amount applicable to Navy Services on 1st January 1831 =&lt; - - - 1,204,904 2 10 
To Balances in the hands of Sub-Accountants, unaccounted for on 31st December 1830 | - . - 69,939 14 2 
Extra Receipts, &amp;c. under the following Heads; viz. 
Bills registered in former years, cancelled this year - - - - - - 200 1 10 
Fees on Public Instruments - - . a - - - e « - 1,397 10 
Old Stores sold at the Yards, &amp;c. - - - - - - - - 6,517 17 10 
Old Ships sold (net proceeds)  - - - . ~ - - - - - 179 18 3 
Passages in His Majesty’s Steam-vessels  - - - - - - - ° 940 7 7 
Receipts, Miscellaneous (including Fines, &amp;c.)  - - . - - - - 128 11 6 
Rents of Naval Premises - - - - - - - - - - - 185 15 11 
Rents of Dock-yard Taps - = - - - = = = = © « 268 15 - 
Repayments under the following Heads ; viz. 19,818 17 11 
Damage done to His Majesty’s Ships - = «© © £=£ #£ «© « | 52 3 =- 
Repairs done, and Stores supplied, on account of private Persons, Foreign Govern- | 86 
Maas « = + « + se te lhe le 40 14 «7 
a done, and Stores ongynen, on account of other Degen of His Majesty sy} 4,593 8 2 
overnment - - - - - - - - ~ 
| 5132 5 9 
Discharges (Marine Service) - - - = = = = 2 = -] = . . 442 15 1 
Royal Naval College (the Contributions for the Half-year exceed ~- Expenditure oft . ™ i 
this Quarter) by - - - - - - - - - e fe J| 964 6 2 
£. | 1,301,202 1 n 




















EXPENDITURE: 
f 
BY Payments under the following Heads : er 
Wages to Seamen and Marines -~— - - - - = = - - = = «-« «| g7Q.%8q 8 
Admiralty Office - - = ee oe 3 : 
Navy Pay Office - -— = ola 8,661 12 6 
Navy Office 5 Oe: a ede 15,871 611 
* His Majesty’s Yards at Home (Salaries ad Contingencies) - _ - ¢£ w» @ &amp; 29,933 18 11 
+ Wages to Artificers and Labourers, in His Majesty’s Yards at Home - - - - ~ «| ‘gaee 7 5 
Timber and other Materials for Ships, Wharfs, &amp;c. - - - - * * - &gt; “ 100,420 18 9 
Pilotage and other Contingencies - _-_ = -«- &amp; w« *% on. 188 411 
His Majesty’s Yards Abroad (Salaries, Wages ona Contingencies) - - - ° . " ie 1 5,399 17 10 
Wages to Officers, &amp;c. on Board Vessels in any ° “ « s - ‘. - 19,124 &lt;* 
Hired Packets - - - - ° ~ s ‘ ‘ - " 5,335 15 4 
Half-pay to Officers of the Navy and Royal Marines - - - - - ° i ‘ “ 215,382 13 7 
Pensions to Officers, their Widows, &amp;c. - - -_ + «© @' «# * ae . 8 4,2 54 8 5 
Bounty to Chaplains - e.« w ‘ Ye - «— ~w a. «sw so uu - ae ee 
Greenwich Out-Pensions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 59,018 17 6 
Superannuations, &amp;c. Civil - = - - - «© © «© « : + «&amp; w we « 30, 537 7 4 
Transports - - - - - ° - - e e ‘ én - . is : 5.973 19 2 
Repairs and Improvements in ‘the Yards  *¢«. 2 &amp;¢© © &amp;© © @- w= eh 504499 14 - 
Balance in the Exchequer and in the Hands of the Treasurer, applicable to Navy Services, on 3090,749 19 ~ 
the 31st March 1831, after providing for 60 days, and other Bills, cutetending on that day, as per 
Balance Sheet - - - - © . - | £127,262 14 6 
Balances in the Hands of Sub-Accountants, unaccounted for on the 31st March 
ee ee ee 83,189 8 5 
wie 210,452 2 11 
£. | 1,301,202 1 11 








* Exclusive of Wages to Watchmen, Warders and Rounders. 
+ Including Wages to Watchmen, Warders and Rounders. 


R. Dundas, 
J. D. Thomson. 














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VICTUALLING DEPARTMENT. 


Victualling Office, 11 February 1831. 


ESTIMATE of the Expense of the Victruattine and Mepicat Departments of the Navy, 
for the Year 1831. 


ESTIMATE of the Charge for Vicruats for 32,000 Men, including 
10.000 Rorat Marines, to serve in His Majesty’s Fleet, for 
Thirteen Lunar Months, commencing 1st January 1831. 


Estimate of the Expense of the Victualling and Medical De- 
partments of the Navy, for the Year 1831. 
ABSTRACT. 
Part I.—Victualiing and Medical Establishments. 
Part II.—Half Pay and Superannuations. 
Part III.—Extra Estimate for Service not Naval. 








Genera Abstract of the Victualling Estimate. 
AssTrRACcT of the Navy and Victualling Estimates. 


An Account, exhibiting the Sums voted by Parliament for Vic- 
tualling the Navy, and other Sums received from the 1st January 
to 31st December 1830 ; and the Sums expended under the several 
Heads during that period, as near as the same can be made out. 


STATEMENT, showing the Receipts and Payments of the Victualling 
Board, between the 1st January and 31st March 1831. 





An ESTIMATE of the Charge for Vicruats for Thirty-two Thousand Men, including Ten Thousand Royal Marines, to serve in 
His Majesty’s Fleet, for Thirteen Lunar Months, commencing 1st January 1831. 


£ a. &amp; 


For Victuals for 32,000 Men, at One Pound Nine Shillings per Man per Month 603,200 - - 





The whole Charge amounts to the Sum of Six hundred and three thousand two hundred Pounds. 





PART THE FIRST. 


ESTIMATE of the VicruaLttinc DerartMENTs of the Navy, for the Year 1831. 


oa _ 








1. | Vicruats for 32,000 Men, at £.1. gs. per Man per Month - -~ - 


VICTUALLING OFFICE - ~ ~ é 
VICTUALLING YARDS - ° ~ js 
Mepicat EsTABLISHMENTS - és i 
Mepicat Stores and Provisions “ 
Provisions for Suips in ORDINARY - 


Provisions for the YARD Crart - - 


Sy AAS wo LP 


New Works = - - - ce 





ABSTRACT. 


~ 
x «a@ 
- 603,200 = — 
- - - : - - 30,050 —- — 
-_ © «© «© + «| Gee go 
- - - - - - 24,242 7 8 
- - - - - - 30,000 - — 
- - - - . - 31,611 9 - 
.- ee &amp; I 8,557 18 - 
- = ee ee] 86457 - - 





ToTtaL - - - &amp;. 877,482 3 8 











An ESTIMATE of the Sums required to meet the Expenses which may be incurred in the Year 1831, under the following Heads : 


No. 1. 


For the Victuals for Thirty-two Thousand Men, including Ten Thousand Royal Marines, to serve 


Pound Nine Shillings per Man per Month - -~— - 


£. 8S. d. 


in His Majesty’s Fleet, for Thirteen Lunar Months, commencing 1st January 1831, at one 603,200 — — 








2.—VICTUALLING OFFICE. 





Gm &amp; 

Chairman - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,200 - = 

Accountant General - - - - = = © © = © © 2 «© « 800 - - 

Three other Commissioners, at £.800 each - - . - - - . - - - 2,400 —- — 

Additional Allowance to the Medical Commissioner - - - - - - - - 200 - - 

Secretary to the Board oe ee - ° -_ 2 2e* © : = == 
Clerks on the Establishment : 

. ist Section; 3 Clerks, at Salaries varying according to length of Service, 

First Class - from £. 600 to £. 800 a year - a is _ « * ee —« « 

2d Section; 5 Clerks, £.500 to £.650 - - - i e . ° oie - « 

Second Class - - - + 16Clerks, 300 to 500 - - - - - - - 6,070 - - 

Third Class - - - - 44 Clerks, goto 300 - - - - « « . 9,749 - - 

Private Clerk to the Chairman, in addition to his Salary - - - - - . - - 50 - - 

One Head Messenger, for Salary and House-rent - . - - - . - - 130 - - 

Housekeeper eee ee ee ee ee a: a. ws 

Parish Duties and Taxes, Advertisements, Stamps and Contingencies - - - - - 3.450 - - 

&amp;. 30,050 - = 


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Appendix, 
(A.) 
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Journal, p. 564. 











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Appendix, (1.)—Estimates of the Navy, for the Year 1831—continued. 








(A.) 


. ai VicTuALLING DEPARTMENT :—Part the First—continued. 
25° Junii | 


















































continued. 3-—VICTUALLING YARDS. Red 
Journal, p. 564. Deptford: 
. Commissioner - - - - ° ° ~ ™ we é is ° * ' a « 
Superintendent of the Wharf - - - - - - - - - - - goo - -— 
Clerk of the Cheque - - - - . ~ a e * = * * « a me 
Storekeeper - . - * - ° - . © ‘s - a . ‘i a = « 
Clerks : 
First Class - 3 No. - - - £.220 to £.300 - - - - . : —_— +&gt; 
Second Class- 5 No. - - - + 150to 220 - - - - - - 1,000 ~— — 
Third Class - 10 No. - - - - 80to 100 - - - - - 1,090 - - 
Master Cooper -~— - - += - = °- . - -» ° . ~  —— 
Miller - - - 7 - ~ ~ - - - - ° ° - 225 - - 
Butcher - - - ° - - - - - - - - - - 200 — - 
Baker = - - - - - - . - - - - - - - ws 
Surgeon to Dispensary - © ° ~ ° o ~ . . 7 ‘s " goo - - 
Assistant to ditto - - - © i / . - ‘ ‘ * 6 " 50 = - 
Inspector of Works in the Victualling and Dock Yard - - - . - : - 150 - 
Assistant to Superintendent of the Wharf —- - - - - - - - - 120 - - 
Repairs of Buildings - - - . - - - - - - - - - 2,763 10 — 
Taxes - - . - - - ° ° - - - - ° - = 380 - - 
Wages and Victuals for the Hoys - - - - - - - - © + 820 - - 
Incidental Expenses - + + += = = = © = -_- = « 459 - - 
£. 10,693 10 - 
Weevil : 
Superintendent of the Wharf - - - - - - - - ° - - 250 - - 
Clerk of the Cheque - - - - - - - - - £.400, and - - . 
50 House-rent = 
Storekeeper o«* «© « «© © © «© &amp;© « soe «4 i a as 
Clerks: 
First Class - 3 No. - - - £.220to £.300 - - - . - - 820 - - 
Second Class- 2 No. - - - 150to 220 - - a - - - 970 - - 
Third Class - 5 No - - « Soto 150 - - - - - - 660 - - 
Master Cooper - - = = © = = - -2©- + ° ° -« 990 =&lt; - 
Baker . - - - - - = - - - ° . = 130 - - 
Miller - - - _ - = - a - - - - - 175 _- _ 
Inspector of Works at Weevill, and of the Dock Yard at Portsmouth - - . - 140 —- 
Repairs of Buildings - - - ° - Pa = e a é ‘ ” ‘ 286 ~- « 
Wages, Provisions, &amp;c. for Hoys - - - - - - . - - - - 1,038 - - 
Taxes - - - - om - « - ° « « » ° « * 198 - « 
Incidental Expenses - - - - * = *© © = © «# «*#  » 687 - - 
£. 6,794 et 
Plymouth : 
Superintendent of the Wharf - . . - - - - - - - - 250 — — 
Clerk of the Cheque - - os - - - - - - £.400,and- -) 
50 House-rent { — 
Storekeeper - - - - - - - ° ° . ~ - ditto - td 
Clerks : 
First Class - 3 No. - - - £.220to £.300 - - - - - - "80 - - 
Second Class - 3 No. - - - - 150to 220 - - - - - - 490 - - 
Third Class - 5 No. - - - - 80to 150 - - - - : - _— + 
Master Miller - - . - - - - - - ° o ° ° ‘ ii ke 
Baker - - - - - - - - : . - ‘ « . +e 
Inspector of Works, and of the Dock Yard - - - - - - - - - ma « « 
Repairs of Buildings, &amp;c. —- - - . - - ° - ° ° - ° i. « 
Wages and Provisions for Hoys_ - - - - - . ° ° * . 1,071 - - 
Taxes - . - - - - - - - - - - - - ae = « 
Rent of Premises - - - - - - - - - - “ ° - 210 - - 
Incidental Expenses - - - - - - ° ° . ° ° is s 480 - - 
é. 5311 - - 
Sheerness : 
Storekeeper - - - - - . - - - - - : - - 400 —- - 
One Clerk @ = = - = = 7 - 7 —_ _ — = _— - 2 15 Pe -_ 
Incidental Expenses - ~ ° ~ ‘ - » ‘ * ‘ &gt; n 7 ae) «s 
Wages and Provisions for Tank Vessels - - - - - : - - : 281 6 - 
&amp;. 1,026 6 - 
Milor : 
Storekeeper - - ° - : ~ . « - ‘ a i wise 100 = — 
Cork : 
Agent, who is also Naval Officer - ‘ - ‘i Ps ‘ - “ P ‘ ‘i OT ae 
Two Clerks - - - - - ~ ‘i ™ e &lt; ‘a ~ a . 250 — - 
Incidental Expenses - - ws - ~ - be a ‘i - 7 a oe . oa 
£. goo - - 
Cape of Good Hope : 
Agent, in addition to his Salary as Naval Storekeeper - - -~ - - - - eo 
Clerk @ = @ bal bad . @ @ - - &gt; - = - = 300 = = 
£. 400 - - 
Gibraltar : 
Agent, who is also Naval Officer - - - -— -&amp; - 2 = - - 600 - - 
One Clerk -~— - - - - - - - - . « ° . ‘ @50 - - 
£. 850 - - 














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Staddon Point: 


Brixham : 


Fernando Po: 


Ascension : 


Bermuda: 


Halifax: - 


Jamaica: 


VICTUALLING DEPARTMENT :—Part the First— continued. 





3-—Victualling Yards —continued. 
















































































Agent - - - : - - - - - - - - - : : 600 
Three Clerks - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 650 
Repairs - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - 500 — 
£. 3750 — 
Superintendent of the Watering Place - ~ - ‘ e ss 5s a  «&lt; 120 - 
Agent - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - go - 
Repair of Premises - - - - -— = - - 2£= 2 2 -« - 360 - 
£. 390 - 
Agent . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Goo - 
Clerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ goo — 
£. goo — 
Storekeeper - - : - - - - - - - - - €. 300 - 
Agent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 400 —- 
Clerk - - - - . - - - : - - - - - - - 200 - 
Allowance for Stationery = - - - - - : - - - - . 10 - 
£. 610 - 
Superintendent of the Victualling - - - - - . - - - £. 100 — 
Superintendent of the Victualling - - - - = - ~ ° ° . . 200 — 
Clerk - - . - - - - . - . - - - - - — 
£. 2g0 _- 
RECAPITULATION: 
oe iia, 
VicTUALLING YARDS: £. s. d. 
Deptford Yard - _ = =— = £ © © = © © * 10,693 10 - 
Weevil - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6,794 - - 
Plymouth - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5311 - - 
Sheerness - - - - - - - - . - - - - 1,026 6 - 
Milor ° - - - - - - - - - - * = 1. as as 
Cork na e e - - 7 = e = - ~ - goo -_- - 
Cape of Good Hope - - - - - - - . - - : 400 = — 
Gibraltar - - - - - - - - - - - - - 850 — - 
Malta - - - - - - - - - ° - - - 1,750 - = 
Staddon Point - - - - - - - - « - ° a i sie ib 
Brixham - - - - - - - - - . - ° e 390 - - 
Fernando Po - - - - - - - - ° - “ ‘ qn6 - ~- 
Ascension Island - - . - - - - ° - “ ° — « « 
Bermuda - - . - + - - - - ° - ° . ae 
Halifax Sa - - - - - - - . - - 100 - = 
Jamaica - - - + - - - - - - - - - 290 - - 
£. 30,534 16 - 
For Wages of the Foremen, Warders, Porters, Messengers, ant} «. 6. &amp; 
Attendants of the Victualling Yards and mes heretofore paid’ 3,638 10 —- 
by Salary, &amp;c. _ - « * oe em 
For Wages of the Artificers and Labourers employed at the several — 
Yards, at Home and Abroad - - - - - 1 ~~ = 40,638 10 - 
£.| 71173 6 - 
Whence abate the Amount received in 1830 for Old Stores - - - ° - 7,809 — = 
£. 63,303 9 - 
4.—Mepicat EstasLisHMENTs : 

Royal Hospital at Haslar : eo 
Commissioner - - - - ° - - - ‘ i = o ‘* 800 - 
Two Lieutenants, £. 200 each - - - - - - - e i * e 400 — 
Physician - - - - . - - io e am . - i 600 — 
Two Surgeons and Lecturer, £. 500 each + 2S ee ea ewe Oe 1,000 - 
Agent ~ - - - - - - - - - ° ~ ° - m 350 - 
Steward - - o . © o o ‘i . ‘ ‘ - a a ia 350 — 
0 ee ee ee a ee 300 — 
Chaplain - - ~ - - ~ o - - - - 300 — 
Four Hospital Mates, Gs. 6 3d. per day each &gt; «+ = = &amp; -~, + 4 474 10 
Clerk to Commissioner - - - - - - - ° ° igo - 
Clerk to Agent - ° * ° « ~ ° . ° é . . * « 1 &lt; 
Two Clerks to Steward - 2© - - &gt; - . - - . 240 ~ 
Allowances for Satienery - - - - - - ° - - : ° ° 33 17 
Taxes - - - - Pe - - - - ‘ - ‘os o e 333 - 
Repairs of Buildings - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2,032 — 

£. 7513 7 








Appendix, 
(A.) © 
25° Junii 
continued. 


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Appendix, (1.)\—Estimates of the Navy, for the Year 1831—continued. 
(A.) 
25° Juni VicTUALLING DEPARTMENT: —Part the First—continued. 
P ogeny 4.—Medical Establishments—continued. 
. 5 . . . . 
ioscan Royal Hospital at Plymouth: £ s. d 
Commissioner - . . - - - - - - ~ - ° ‘ ES as a 
Two Lieutenants, at £.200 each - - - - - - : “ - ‘ Bi cm: | 
Physician - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 600 =- « 
Surgeons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 500 - -— 
Agent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - o_o" &lt;- « 
Steward - - - - - - - - . - - - - 350 - - 
Dispenser - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 300 —- -= 
Chaplain - - - - - - - “ es - &lt; g00 - - 
Four Hospital Mates, 6s. 6d. Lal day each - - - - - - - - 474 10 = 
Clerk to Commissioner - - - - " n - “ — + = 
Clerk to Agent - - - - - - - - - - - - - _— = « 
Clerk to Steward - - - - - - - - - ° ~ - - — = «- 
Allowances for ene - - - ~ - - - ° * - . 31697 «- 
Taxes - - - - - - - - - - - - - ° i?ws hl 
Repairof Buildings - - - - - - - = = = «+ -| 1554 = — 
£.| 6,234 17. - 
Naval Hospital at Jamaica : 
Surgeon - - - - - - - - - - - - Oe we 
Agent, £.350, and. £. 57- 2.10. House-rent - - - - -=- = = = 407 2 10 
Dispenser, £. 300, and “s 57. 2. 10. House-rent - - - - - - - 357. 2 10 
Clerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - s sh 
Hospital Mate - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - 136 17 6 
Chaplan - - - - = - 25 = © - = - = 62 10 - 
Allowance for Stationery - - - - ° ° m - ‘ 17 17° = 
Ditto - in lieu of Hospital Retiens . - ° - - - . . " 57417 6 
£.| 2,137 12 8 
Naval Hospital at Malta: 
Surgeon - - - - - - - - . . - - - 500 - = 
Agent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 350 - - 
Dispenser, £. 300, =a £.31. 4. House-rent - - - - om - " * 331 4 - 
Hospital Mate, £.136. 17. 6. and £.27. 6. House-rent - - - - m ~ 164 3 «6 
—- . - - . - - - . - - - - - 40 - - 
Clerk - - ° ° - . ” i - . . . . . - Ss. = 
Allowance for Stationery - - - - - ~ - - - * « os — 
-—— in lieu of Hospital Rations - - - - - - “2s « 447 2 6 
£.} 1,942 13 - 
Naval Hospital, Cape of Good Hope: 
Dispenser - - . . - - - - - - ° ° « - 20 &lt;- « 
Hospital Mate - - - - - - - - - ~ ~ ° - 136 17. 6 
Clerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - . ‘ 90 - - 
Stationery for Dispenser = - - - - - - - - - - . &gt; a 
Allowance in lieu of Hospital Rations = - « - e ‘ . _ . " 191 12 6 
£ 726 18 - 
Naval Hospital at Bermuda: 
Surgeon - - - + - - - .- « * e  &amp; " r 500 - - 
Agent - - - - . - - - - - - - ° . aw ee 
Clerk - - - - - - - - ° n a 91 i de 
Two Hospital Mates, 7 s. 6 d. per day each - - = = - - - - 273 16 - 
Allowance for Stationery = - ° “ S » m o ‘ . ‘. 
in lieu of Hospital Rations - - = © = - : : - 328 10 — 
£./ 1,559 5 - 
At Halifax: 
Clerk in charge of Stores - - - - - -« ° . “ ‘“ ° ee 
Repairs of Buildings - - - - - - ° « . o - ‘ 161 7 6 
£ 1s 7 G 
At Deal : 
Repairs of Buildings - - - - - ° ~ m ‘ % » a es 
RECAPITULATION: 
~~ —s — 
Mepicau EstTasLisHMENTs: q ad. 
Haslar Hospital - . - - - - - - ° e ~ 7513 7 6 
Plymouth a - - ~ ~ - - - - a ae = 6,234 17 a 
Jamaica - - - - - - - - - - ° - 2,137 12 8 
Malta - - - - - - - - = ~ Fs . 942 13 - 
Cape of Good Hope - - - - - - - ~ - a ‘a 726 18 a 
Bermuda - - - - - - - o ts - " is 4 160 § 
Halifax - - * “ - - - - - - - es 211 7 6 
Deal - . - - - - + - - “ ‘ “ is 221 7 = 
For Wages of the Matrons, Porters, Barber, Keeper of sametion, £. s. d.| 20547 7 §&amp; 
Cooks, &amp;c. heretofore paid by Salaries - - é: —- - 
For Wages to Labourers, Nurses, Washers, &amp;c. at the several e500 ~ - 
Hospitals - - ~ + - - ~ 2 3,695 - &lt;= 
£.{ 24,242 7 8 











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ViIcTUALLING DEPARTMENT :—Part the First—continued. 





Medical Establishments—continued. 


5.—MEDICAL Stores and Hospitrat Provisions: 
Provisions and Stores of all kinds - - « es . 
Medicines - - - ~ - . ™ 7 - - + 
Surgical Instruments - - - - ~ ‘ ‘ &lt; 
Subsistence and Care of Seamen at Sick Quarters and Town Hospitals 
Miscellaneous Disbursements, and Value of Stores issued from Victualling 


Dépots 

















6.—Provisions for Surps in OrpiNAry, 1,677 Men, at £.1. 9. per Man per Month 





Appendix, 
(A.) 
25° Junii 
£ sd continued. 
Journal, p. 564. 

14,000 — — 
iy Bea j- = 
- 500 - — 
. 3,000 — — 
9,000 —- = 
&amp;. 90600' ~~ = 
. 31,611 g - 
8,557 18 —- 


7.—Provisions for the YARD Service AFLOAT, 454 Men at £.1. 9. per Man per Month 





8.—New Works: 
At Cremill - ‘ - 3 2 








| - - - - -£.55,000 - - 
At Weevil - - - - &gt; - - - - o 20,000 —- — 
At Malta Hospital - - - - ~ ~ ‘* - en = = 

£86,457 - - 


Further Sum required 
to complete. 





55,000 — 
Nil. 
Nil. 








PART THE SECOND. 


ESTIMATE of Hatr Pay, Penstonsand Surperannuations of the Victualling Department, 


for the Year 1831. 

































































No. ABSTRACT. £. s. d. 

1. Har Pay to Mepicat OFFicers - - - - - - - - 69,000 - = 

2. Har Pay to Pursers - - - - - - - - * ° 34,000 - — 

&gt; Pensions to MepicaL OFFricerRs - - - - - - - . 325 15 = 

4. PENSIONS to PuysiciaAns’ Wipows~ - - - - - - - - —s- - 

5 PENSIONS to SurGEeons’ Wipows - ~ - . - - . - 13,000 - = 

6. PENSIONS to AssISTANT SURGEONS’ Wipows~ - - - . - - — - = 

7. PENsions to Pursers’ WipDows - - - - - - - - . 9,000 —- —- 

8. SUPERANNUATIONS - -— - - = = ee 31,280 15 10 

&amp;, | 157,570 10 10 

1.—Hatr Pay. £. s. d. 

To Medical Officers who may be unemployed during the ensuing year - - -~— - 69,000 - — 

2.—To Pursers who may be unemployed during the ensuing year - ‘es - 4008 - = 

3.—Pensions to Mepicau Orricers for Injuries contracted in the Service : 
Amount voted in Estimate for 18g0 - - - - - . . « 20410 — 
Since granted : 
To Mark Thompson, for paralysis - - - “ “ - £.91 § -) 
William Hamilton, for an injury - . - - - 30 = -J| a. 

£, | 925.15 - 

4.—PeEnsions to Physicians’ Widows- —  - - - - - 2 - - - | 270 - - 

5-—Pensions to Surgeons’ Widows - - - - - = = = = =| 13,000 — — 

6.—PeEnsioNs to Assistant Surgeons’ Widows - -~— - -_ te te 700 - — 

7.—Pensions to Pursers’ Widows - -~ - - - - os - - 9,000 -- — 

8.—SuUPERANNUATIONS: £. s. d. 

The Superannuations, Pensions, &amp;c. granted to Clerks, Officers, and Artificers formerly employed under)| ee 

the Victualling and Transport Boards, as voted on Estimate for 1830, amounted to - - - - ow = 
Amount thereof ceased in 1830 - - - - - - - - . - - - 3.110 - - 
£. 28,719 5 10 
PENSIONS since granted: 
Years. 2. « 
Captain Wolley - - - Deputy Chairman (as a Commissioner) - - 22 500 -— — 
Dr.John Weir - + - Commissioner (asa Commissioner) - - - 29 583 6 8 
John Forsyth - - - - Clerk at Deptford . - - - - - - 30 200 — - 
Samuel Chapman - - Master Brewer - - ~ - - - - 19 %. - - 
F.H. Starke - - - - Clerk at Portsmouth - - - - - . 33 195 - - 
J.M.G.Poulden - - Clerk at Portsmouth - - - - - - 30 1384 - - 
J. Defrates - - - - Master ofa Hoy - - - - © - 54 54.3 4 
- Turner - - - - - Foreman - - - - - . “ - 31 66 - - 
E. Wills - = - - Clerk at Plymouth - - - - - - 46 260 - - 
ty D. Morrison - - - Dispenser at Plymouth = - - - - - 20 Wim + 
ohn Earnshaw - - - Porter at Plymouth - - - - ” - - ie Geis 
22 Small Pensions to Artificers and Labourers - - - - - - - 344 - - 
2,561 10 
g. 31,280 15 10 


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So —— ————— 
(1.)—Estimates of the Navy, for the Year 1831—continued. 
PART THE THIRD. 
EXTRA ESTIMATE for Services not Nava. 
£. a. 2 
For Provisions for Troops on Foreign Stations, and for the Convict Service, and the Value of on 
Rations for Troops to be embarked on board Ships of War and Transports - - - - 75» ‘a wigs 
Victualling Office. 
GENERAL ABSTRACT OF THE VICTUALLING ESTIMATE. 
“a Te \ 
No. First Part. £. - = £. = &amp;£ 
&amp;. Victuals for 32,000 Men - - - - : - - - - - | 603,200 - - 
2. Victualling Office - - . - - - - - ° : - 30,050 - - 
3. | Victualling Yards - - - - = =~ - © = = =! 63,363 9 - 
4. Medical Establishments - - - - - - - - - -| 24,242 7 8 
5. | Medical Stores and Provisions - 2 - 2  * - - | 30,000 - - 
6. Provisions for Ships in Ordinary . - - - - - - -| 31,6115 g - 
qe Provisions for the Yard Craft - - : - - - - - - | 8,557 18 - 
8 New Works - ° ms - ‘a ‘ a $s = : . - 86,457 - ~ 
Carried forward - - - | 77,482 3 8 

















AN ACCOUNT, exhibiting the Sums voted by Parliament for VicruALLING the Navy, and other Sums received from ist January to 














N. B.—Tue Accounts from the Foreign Establishments not being (of course) as yet received, up to the 31st of last month, the Expenditure q 
closed till the Accounts from all the Foreign Establishments had arrived up to the end of 31st ultimo (Dec. 1830); but the Expenditure . 
Ss 
RECEIPTS: 

/ £ 8 d | £ os d, : 
Bavance in Treasurer’s Hands, 1 January 1830 ~ - - - - - - - - - - | 78,644 - 2 | 
Receipts from the Exchequer - - - -  - - - - - - - - . - - | 962,116 1 8 | 

OTHER RECEIPTS: | | 
For Slops - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 60,336 6 | | 
For Premises sold ~  - - - - = = - = - = = 24,996 5 - | | 
For Old Stores - - - - . ° ° ° - . * . ’ 7,809 17 - | | 
From Home Department for Convict Services - - - - - - - - 29,570 14 8 | : 
From Greenwich Hospital, for Stores supplied there - - - - - + - 1,198 ¢ = |} 
| 
Miscellaneous Receipts - - : - ° - - - ° + . / 31,655 9 3 | 
Pn a = =e 
£. | 1,206,264 19 3 











Turis Account is not balanced, for the reasons given in the Victualling Board’s Letters to the Admiralty, of the following dates; 


















































viz. 10 February 1830; 2 January 1831; 31 January 1831- In addition to which it may be stated, by way of further illustration, “ 
that the first item in the debit side of the Account; viz. “ Balance in the Treasurer’s hands, 1 January 1830,” £.78,644. 0. 2. is not Cr 
expended merely by the payment of the sums on the credit side of the Account, but is appropriated (together with the sums sub- the 
sequently received) to the payment of Bills registered in Novernber and December 182g ; for instance, 60 Day Bills amounting to re 
£.125,470. 19. g., which being considered as Cash when made out in 1829, are then brought to account so far as regards the Head He 
of Expenditure, though not paid until due in the next year, and consequently interfering with the Balances of that year, so as to thu 
preclude 
STATEMENT showing the Receipts and Payments of the VicTUALLING Bo, 
DATE. RECEIPTS. AMOUNT. 
1831 . h h £. s, d, £. Ss. d. — 
’ . {In the Exchequer - - - . 220,000 — — 
t Jenuary . - | BALANCE on 31 Dec. 1830) In the hands of Treasurer of Navy - 60,857 17. 6 ; 
280,857 17 6 31 
Abate Amount of Bills, outstanding 31st December 1830 _- 149,683 9 10 
Balance actually available on 1st January 1831 - - - 131.174 7 8 
Extra Receipts under the following Heads: 
1 January - - | Repayments by 
Slops' - . - - = £.25,100 16 83 
31 March. Navy Board &lt; Tobacco - - - - 3,112 16 113 
| Soap - - - - ‘ - 1,858 - - 
| 30,071 13 8 
Marine Department: Slops - - - - - - - 2511 8 
Sold at Auction: Useless Slops - : ~ - - - - 1,148 8 - 
. f Subsistence of Lunatics - - - £.214 18 8 
Greenwich 
Sesueel ’ Flour - - - - - - 3,290 - - 
_ | Medicines and Stores - - - - 338 12 4 
3,343 = 
Treasury: Supplies to Pitcairn’s Island - = - ~ : - - $21 
Home Department: Supplies to Convicts . - - - - 6,094 9 g | 
Owners and others: Supplies to Merchant Ships, &amp;c. - - = - 161 18 10 
Solicitor: Rent - . - ° - ° - . . * lloma aes 41,398 14 11 | 
172,573 2 7 | 
Balance unprovided for - = = =e Tals - 
1 
£,) 243,987 3 * | 











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963 





(1.)—Estimates of the Navy, for the Year 1831—continued. 





Appendix, 





GENERAL ABSTRACT OF THE VICTUALLING EsTIMATE—continued. 








(A.) 


25° Junii 
continued. 


Journal, p. 564. 


157,576 10 10 


175,000 - — 





— sassmiiborallcilaie 
N SeconD Parr * “¢ 
» | ‘ Brought forward - -j| - - 
1. | Half Pay to Medical Officers - - - - - - - | 69,000 - - 
2. , Half Pay to Pursers - ° - - - - - - - -| 34,000 - - 
3, | Pensions to Medical Officers - - - « - ° - - | 92515 — 
4. Pensions to Physicians’ Widows - - - - - - - - | 270 - = 
5. Pensions to Surgeons’ Widows - - - - - - : - 13,000 -— — 
6. | Pensions to Assistant Surgeons’ Widows - : - - - - 700 -— — 
7. Pensions to Pursers’ Widows - - - . - - - - g,000 — —- 
8. | Superannuations~ - - - - - - - - . - - | 31,280 15 10 
Turrp Parr. | 
1, | Provisions for Troops on Foreign Stations - - - - - - | - - - 
ToTtaL - - - £, 








{ 


1,210,058 14 6 





G. A. Chetwynd Stapylton. 





ABSTRACT OF NAVY AND VICTUALLING ESTIMATE, 


£. s d. 
4,632,835 8 - 
1,210,058 14 6 


Navy Estimate - - a 





VicTUALLING Ditto - - - - - 


5,842,894 2 6 


F. Edgcombe. 








Victualling Office, 31st January 1831. 
3ist December 1830; and the Sums expended, under the several Heads, during that Period, as near as the same can be made out. 





at those Establishments is made up from the 1 July 1829 te 30 June 1830; otherwise it is obvious that this Statement could not be 
so taken for the year ending 30 June 1830, can vary but little in amount from the Expenditure for the year ending 31 December 1830. 


PAYMENTS: 








| 











| Amount Voted. Amount Expended.* 
| £. s. a. £. a «@ 
| Head Office; Salaries, &amp;c. - - - - - - - - - - - 38,207 10 - 35,184 5 - 
Vicwalling Yards - - - - 2 2+ © -© = © © © = 64,934 5 - 64,030 § 11 
Medical Service - - -© - - - ° . . - - - 4,026 7 6 48,3932 6 4 
_Pensiuns “Se oe ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee a 32,353 15 10 24,879 5 9Q 
Extra Works : - - - - - - - - - - 10,000 —- — 159,227 1 5 
Stores, &amp;c. for Sea-victualling - - - - - - - £. 603,200 
Army Service - = ° « ° “ - ° we ° - 210,000 } 857,258 12 - 764,592 13 2 
Harbour Service - = - - - “ as a . - - 44,058) a 
1,071,780 10 4 1,096,245 17 7 
Old Stores to be abated - - - . - - - 8,896 - - ~— 
Slops  - ° ° ° - - . ° - « ° ° - - - - - - - 33452 16 5 
* Note. —' i ign Establishments is taken from " ne we 
Note.—The Expenditure fates ie oe taken from Accounts, for o £. 1,062,884 10 4 1,129,698 14 











preclude the possibility of making the Account balance when the credit is confined to the Expenditure, or Bills registered in the year 
1830, in as far as the same can be made out, with reference to the receipt of Accounts from abroad. While, on the other hand, the 
Credit side of this Account includes the 60 Day Bills (considered as Cash, and therefore brought to acvount in 1830, amounting, for 
the 60 Day Bills, to £.115,383. 6. 10.) made out in November and December of that year, but not payable till 1831, though in this 
Account of Expenditure for 1830, they are necessarily (being, as before stated, considered as Cash Payments, so far as regards the 
Head of Expenditure) placed on the Credit side of the Account, as if they were actually paid out of the Receipts on the Debit side, 


thus confounding all Balances by the running Receipts and Payments into different years. 


G. A. Chetwynd Stapylton. 





Boarp, between ist January and gist March 1831. 


a 








F. Edgcombe. 


Victualling Office, 26th April 1831. 











being considered as Cash, or ready Money expended ; per Admiralty Order, dated { 


&amp; | 
31 March. | 23d January 1831 - = . 
| 








DATE. | PAYMENTS. AMOUNT. 
1831 : | : £ s. d. 
1January - - | AMOUNT of Bills registered between 1st January and 31st March 1831, (60-Day Bills 5 ‘ 


243,987 3 1 

















243,987 





G. A. Chetwynd Stapylton. F. Edgcombe. 








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A. 183], 





Appendix, 
(A) 
25° Junii. 
Journal, p. 562. 








ARMY ESTIMATES. 











| 


(2..—ESTIMATE of the Charge of His MaJrsty’s Lanp Forces, for Service at Home and Abroad 
(excepting the Regiments employed in the Territorial Possessions of the East India Company); 
from the 1st January to the 31st December 1831, being 365 Days. 














































































































Numbers Numbers ; Annual 
Numbers} of _| including Officers, Pay a 
CORPS. of Rank |Non-commissioned and goes oi AGENCY. CLOTHING. TOTA LS 
and Officers, Riding Masters, 
Horses. ¥. 7 Daily All . | and Allowances for 
orses.| File. |and Private Men.| ~*™Y “owances Sashes. 
s 
CAVALRY: £. &amp; de £. 3@2ig aed £. s. d. &amp; «f#is j 
ist Regiment of Life Guards - . -| 274] 351] 437|1- -]| - - - - - - - = - - - - | 30,189 7 9g 
2d - Ditto - - | 274) 351| 437/- -| - - = je phy = 148 - = «+ | 30,189 7 9g 
Royal Regiment of Hone Guards - -| 274 | 344| 430]/- -] - - - - - - - - - - ° . 26,495 6 4 
822 | 1,046 95304 —| 8684 14 
Dracoon Guarps and DrAGoons: 
ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards - - 61 | 406 | 479|- -]| 18,911 11 3 1,035 8 5| 25810 — 5370 14 6] 22,576 4 2 
2d - Ditto . - - - -| 271, 304} 363}- -1] 14,968 - 10 791 18 11 | 19817 6 »786 19 -| 17,745 16 3 
Twelve other Regiments of Dragoon 
Guards and Dragoons, each of like 
Numbers and Charge as the 2d Dra- 
goon Guards ; viz.—3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, ) | 3,252 | 3,648 14,356 |- -1|179,616 10 - 9,503 7 —|2,386 10 -—| 21,443 8 -—/}212,949 15 - 
and 7th Dragoon Guards; 1st and 2d | 
Dragoons; and 7th, gth, 10th, 14th, 
and 15th Light Dragoons . - 
(th Regiment of Dragoons’ - - -| e271 | 304] 362 ]- -]| 14,616 14 7 791 18 11 | 19613 7 1.786 19 -| 17,392 6 1 
Three other Regiments of Dragoons, each) i 
of like Numbers and Charge as the 6th . 
Dragoons; viz. 8th, 13th, and 17th 813 | g12 | 1,086 }- -| 43,850 3 9] 2,375 16 9| 590 - g| 536017 -| 52,176 18 3 
Dragoons ° “ 
3d Regiment of Light Dragoons - -| 272 | 304 | 363]- -]| 14,650 3 9 793 9 4| 19617 11 1,793 6 -] 17,433.17 - a4 
| 5,878 | 7,009 | 286,613 4 2 15)291 19 4 | 3,827. 9 9] 34542 3 6 iio 
Foot Guarps: ao SPSS on _ 
ist or Grenadier Regiment - - -|- -1|2,288 }2,561]}- -| = - - - - - —) = a. - - - 82,332 10 10 
Coldstream Regiment - - - -|- -1{1,408 |1,578|- -] - - - - - - a ae . . 51,406 4 6 
Scotch Fusilier Regiment - - -{- -{1,408/}1,578|}- -| - - - - - - — . - - | 51,406 4 6 
52104 5:717 185,14 9 
Inrantry of the Line: 
ist Regiment of Foot, 1st Battalion ~|- = 739 | 835 \- -| 22,342 3 8 333 15 -| 232 19 6 2,186 7 2] 25,095 5 4 
Sixty-seven other Regiments of like Num- | 
bers and Charge; viz.—4th, 5th, 8th, 
gth, 10th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 
igth, 21st, 22d, 23d, 24th, 25th, 27th, 
28th, 2gth, goth, 32d, 33d, 34th, 35th, 
6th, 37th, 39th, 42d, 47th, 50th, 53d, :: . +. 
oGth, 58th, sth, Gist, 63d, 64th, Guth, - = |49,513'55,945|- - [1,496,926 5 8] 22,361 5 —- 15,609 6 6 | 146,486 - 2 [1,681,382 17 4 
66th, 67th, Ggth, 7oth, 72d, 73d, 74th, 
75th, 76th, 77th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 81st, 
82d, 83d, 84th, 86th, 87th, 88th, gist, 
g2d, 93d, 94th, gsth, ofith, 97th, g8th, 
and 99th - - - -) 
ist Re t of Foot, 2d Battalion, fro 
st Regiment o ’ Saly - -| 739| 834/- -| 11,055 18 2 158 3 3 116 1 9 1,102 3 4| 12,432 6 6 
8oth - - ditto - -  fromistJuly |- -]| 739] 835|- -| 11,262 18 2 168 5 -}| 117 811 1,162 3 4| 12,65015 5§ 
7th Regiment, or Royal Fusileers - -|- -| 739] 835 |1- -| 22,524 13 8 333 15 -—| 234 2 3 2,186 7 2| 25,278 18 1 
43d - Ditto - (Light Infantry) -|- -]| 739) S35 |- -1| 22,296 11 2 333 15 -]| 23213 9g 2,186 7 2 | 25,049 1 
Six other Regiments, of like Numbers and 
Charge; viz.—5ist, 52d, 68th, 71st,/|- - |4,434/5,010|- -|133,779 7 —| 2,002 10 —/1,396 2 6] 13,118 3 -|150,296 2 6 
85th, and goth - - . ‘ -| 
6oth Regiment - Two Battalions -|- + /1,478 |1,671 | - -] 44,831 17 9 667 10 -—| 46617 5 45372 14 4} 50,338 19 6 
Rifle Brigade - - Two Battalions -|- -|1,478 [1,671 |- -| 44,831 17 9 667 10 -| 46617 5 4,372 14 4 | 50,338 19 6 
Additional Assistant Surgeons for Three} 
complete Regiments on Foreign Service, | ee 8 om 8 
and for 55 Reserve Companies of Regi- | . . --* a's -| . . 49 10 10) - . . 7,988 5 10 
ments on Foreign Service - - -) 
Additional Contingent Allowance to the) 
Captains of the Service Companies of}|- -j|- -|-+ -|- = 3,011 5 -| - ° “ 1815 10| - in . 3,030 — 10 
55 Regiments - - : - a] 
ist West India Regiment - - -|- -| 646) 737|- -1 20,326 6 4 310 5 -—| 211 2 1 990 12 —| 22,838 5 5 
2d - - Ditto - - - -|- -] 998 {1,126} - -] 29,436 2 2 365 -+-]| 27710 2 953 15 6] 33,032 7 10 
Royal Waggon Train - - - -| 100] 102] 120! - 4,495 11 8 212 1 8 6217 7 700 — —| 5,470 10 11 
Royal Staff Corps - - -|- - 60 6yi- - 2,334 9 7 i8 5 - 2316 7 142 - — 518 11 
3 Royal Newfoundland Vetoun Companies - -| goo} 335/- - 8,255 16 10 129 10 - 7915 8 480 - - 8,945 2 
Royal Veteran Company, for Service in) oa a 
New South Wales -~— - - — | 73 so * 2,281 5 - MRE Or 4 . ° 321 5 
African Colonial Corps - . - -|- -| 200] 2ge5]/- - 5,902 7 1 93 - - 55 14 5 sa + = 6,499 1 6 
Ceylon Regiment - - - - -|- - 11,600 |1,824]}- -] 34,3903 5 4 i. = =| « P 1,500 — —| 36,537 5 4 
Ceylon Invalids - - - -|- -); 153 | 165 )- - 1,899 10 5] = - - - - - - - - 1,899 10 § 
Cape Corps of Mounted Rifemn - -| 200 234 | 269|- -| 6,576 16 10 Get 3 a4] - - - 1,2co — —| 8,468 - 2 
Malta Fencibles' - - - - -|- -| 468 | 534]- -]| 10,527 4 2 ao wl we eS 650 - —| 11,337 4 2 
INFANTRY - . 300 |65,432|- = 74,012} - - = . - - re te OG 3 ™ a 2,183,749 
FOOT GUARDS - “1° °°] Sl@gic - 1. s717 — -- — oie -- 
CAVALRY . - |6,062 | 6,924) - - 8,313 mad ae ae at = 
6,362 |77,460| - - [88,042 |1,947,230 8 5 | 29,689 13 3 [19,651 13 2 [187,177 7 6| - - &amp; [ai 
Deduct, a Proportion of the Charge included in this Estimate for the Pay of Non-effective Men - - - - -| - - ° 40,00 
Carried forward - - -| - - &amp; [2.75000 











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— 
(1.)—Estimate of the Charge of His Majesty’s Land Forces, for Service at Home and Abroad—continued. Appendix, 
ae (A.) 
In In 
Great Britain. Ireland. £ a a 25° Junii 
) continued, 
MIscELLANEOUS CHARGE: Brought forward - - - - | 2,756,043 ~ g 


, J l, p. 562. 
Additional Allowances to Captains of Infantry having Brevet Rank; to Regimental &amp; «af, &amp; «#04 nine 


Paymasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Subalterns, Quarter Masters, Veterinary 





Surgeons, Corporals and Privates, after certain periods of Service; upon Account | 55,000 — -| 17,000 — — 
Clergymen performing Divine Service to the Troops at Home _ 7 ef 9°) S4e - =] 177 - - 
’ Dito - - - - - ditto - - - - - — Abroad - - ° 33359 - = intel 


Recruiting ; including the Charge of the Recruiting Staff, as specified in the accom- 
anying State of Particulars (No. 1.) upon Account - - 


- - - - 0,352 — 5990 
Depot at Chatham, &amp;c. as specified in the accompanying State of Particulars (No. 2.) we 7 3 - pill * 
Allowances to the Troops in lieu of Small Beer ; upon Account - - - - | 36,000 - -]| 30,000 - —- 
P Increased Rates of Subsistence _ to Innkeepers and others quartering Soldiers, in 
7 South Britain ; and Lodging Money paid to the Inhabitants quartering Soldiers, in 
North Britain; upon Account - ~ - a : e 3 be &amp; -| 19,000 - - a 
Allowances to the Troops while on a March in Ireland; upon Account - ~ el . - &gt; “tt &lt; « 


Contingencies; including the several Heads of Service enumerated in the accom- 


+1 panying State of Particulars (No. 3.) ; upon Account - 2 * + ©] 75,769 610] 43,314 5 8 





£. | 265,036 14 g | 131,074 12 9g 











Miscellaneous Charges for Great Britain - - - £. | 265,036 14 9 
Ditto - - - - - IReLaynp - - - - £.1|131,074 12 g 
Tora of MiscELLANEous CHARGE - - - - - 





396,111 7 6 








Tota CuarcE of the Lanp Forces - - - - - - - £. 1 3,152,154 8 3 








War Office, 
H. PARNELL. 


24th June 1831. 





(No. 1.—STATE OF THE EXPENSES on account of Recrurrtinc ; as included in the Estimate of the Charge of the Lanp Forces, 








74 16 4 for the Year 1831. 
Charge. 
IN GREAT BRITAIN: ; 
£. s. d. 
Levy Money of 8,000 Recruits - - - - - - ~ at an average of £.4. each 32,000 — — 
EL Expenses of such of those Recruits as may be raised | 
in Districts, prior to joining their Regiments -f say 5,000 Men, at an average of £. 1. 5s. each 6,250 - - 


Allowances and Expenses of 35 Superintending Officers - - - at 6s. 10d. per diem each 4,364 15 10 


Purchase of 850 Remount Horses for the Cavalry - - - - - at £.26. 5s. each 22,312 10 — 
Expenses for ditto, prior to joining Regiments - = - - = «= at£,2. 15s. per Horse 2,237 10 — 
Purchase of Horses to complete the Establishment of the Regiment of Royal Horse Guards, upon 

account - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 600 - 
General Agent for the Recruiting Service, his Salary, Clerks, Office-rent,&amp;c. —- - - ° 1,054 - — 





£. 68,818 15 10 
Deduct, 
Probable Amount to be received from Men permitted to purchase their dis- 
charge in 1831, at various rates, calculated at an average of £. 20 each, for; £.8,000 - —- 
SS i he 











Moiety of the Amount expected to be received from goo Men, who, after . a 
hastily enlisting, may probably dissent, and be discharged on paying 20s. each —_ 
Expected Produce of the Sale of 390 cast Horses, at an average of £. 10. 10s. 4,095 
a - a es = » o. - a a a ee —_ = = 
—_ 12,545 - - 
£. 56,273 15 10 
Add, , 
Charge of the Recruiting Department in London, and of the British Recruiting Districts, as 
shown in the annexed State of Particulars, marked (A.) - - : - - - - 14,078 4 5§ 
Totat for Great Britain - - £. | 79,352 - 3 





IN IRELAND: 





Levy Money of 4,000 Recruits - - - - . - - at an average of £.4 each 16,000 - —- 
Expenses of District Recruits, prior to joining their Regiments - say 2,500 Men, at £. 1. each 2,500 = — 
Allowances and Expenses of 11 Superintending Officers in Recruiting Districts, at 6s. 6:/. per diem each 1,304 17 6 
Purchase of 500 Remount Horses for the Cavalry - os 7 . s at £.26. 5s. each 13,125 -— — 
Expenses for ditto, prior to joining their Regiments - - “ - ‘i at £.2 per horse ea = 
General Agent for the Recruiting Service, his Salary and Allowances - = © = = 577 6 - 

Deduct, £. 34,507 3 6 


Probable Amount to be received from Men permitted to purchase their dis- 
charge in 1831, at various rates, calculated at an average of £.20 each, for ‘£. 4,000 -— — 

















200 Men - = 2 = - ° - - = &amp; 1 a J 
Moiety of the Amount expected to be received from 300 Men, who, after 
hastily enlisting, may probably dissent, and be discharged on paying 20 s. 150 —- — 
each - - - - - - - - - - : - - 
. Expected Produce of the Sale of 160 cast Horses, at an average of £.10 
183,749 each Horse m ‘ v4 . ps ee fe r é 7 1,600 -— - 
a - = 
Add, 28,757 3 6 
Charge of the Recruiting Districts in Ireland, as shown in the accompanying State of 
96,045 Particulars, marked (B.) se ee ee ee ee ee 6,233 3 7 
ono Torar for IRELAND - - &amp;£. 34,990 7 1 
mn 
73 H. PARNELL. 
VOL. 86.—Part II. 11 N 





asvaaaa 


Appendix, 
(A.) 


25° Junii 





continued. 


Journal, p. 562. 


966 


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(No. 1.)—State of the Expenses on account of Recruiting ; as included in the Estimate of the Land Forces, &amp;c.—continued. 






























































a ia. 
PAPER (A.\—Referred to in the preceding Statement, No. 1. 
Pay, &amp;c. ‘Charge 
Per Diem. for 365 5 Days. 
For the Charge of the Recruiting Department in London, for conducting the Recruiting Service £2. d. aS “&lt;¢ 
ee ee ee ie ke A ie 1,136 12 6 
Six Recruiting Districts in Great Britain; viz. Bristol, Coventry, North Britain, 
Leeds, Liverpool and London : 
Six Inspecting Field Officers:—On Infantry Full Pay of their Regimental Ranks, at the Rates 
existing previously to the 25th June 1806, the Half Pay to which they may be entitled as Reduced 
Officers being included in those Rates ;—viz. 
5 Lieutenant Colonels, —_ at 15s. 11d. - - - ° ° ee £319 7 
1 Major - - - - = . ° - - -14 1 
Allowance to 6 Inspecting Field Officers, to defray Expenses in visiting the 
Recruiting Quarters, at 10s. per diem each - - - - - e dhesadae. 713 8 
7 Adjutants ar. a i Sn ee a a =e 8s. 6d. 219 6 
6 Paymasters ; viz. 2 at 205. each; 1 at 178. 6d.; 3 at15s. - - - - “ s 5 2 6 
5 Staff Surgeons ; viz. 2 at 235.; 2 at 20s. each ; ‘and 1atiGs. - - - 2 - . a8 « 
6 Serjeant Majors, Pay at 3s. Beer Money, 1d. each - - . - « - 38. 1d. «ot 6 
7 Serjeant Clerks ~- - ditto - 2s. 6d. - ditto - 1d. each - - - - 258. 7d. —" a 
2 Paymaster Serjeants, - ditto - 2s. 6d. - ditto - 1d.each - - - - 28. 7d. _ 8 
1 - - ditto - - ~ditto- 3s. 6d. - ditto - 1d. each : - - 3s. 7d. 9 
10 Paymaster Clerks ; viz. 4 at 58. 1 at 48., 2 at 35., 1 at 25. 8d, sat 2s.6d., and1atis. 4d. 116 6 
46 Staff Serjeants employed in conducting Recruits to the Head Quarters of ‘ ‘ d — 
Depéts of Regiments, Pay at 2s. 6d. Beer Money atid.each_ - 7s oe 
Pay, &amp;c. perdiem_ - - €£. go 18 4 
Pay, &amp;c.perannum - - - -| - . «. 11,284 11 8 
Clothing for 62 Serjeants, at an average of £.3 each per annum i a: ee ee 18 . . 
CONTINGENCIES : per Annum. 
For Postage, Rent of Offices, Coals and Candles for Offices, and other Contingent Sapenens -| 84416 9g 
For Lodging Money to certain of the District Staff Officers - . =. € . -| 626 3 6 
1,471 - 3 
Tora. for Britisn Recruiting Districts - - - £. 14,078 4 5 
H. PARNELL. 
PAPER (B.)—Referred to in Statement, No. 1. 
Three Recruiting Districts in Ireland ; Centre, Head Quarters, Dublin; Southern, Head Charge 
Quarters, Cork ; and Northern, Head Quarters, Newry. 
3 Inspecting Field Officers, viz. 1 Lieutenant Colonel at 15s. 11d. per diem, and « mayne at £8. d. 
145. 14. per diem each, with an Allowance of 10s. per diem each in addition  - 352 - 5 
3 Adjutants . - . - . - - - . - at 8s. 6d. each per diem 465 7 6 
3 Paymasters - ~ . - . - - - - - at 15s. each per diem 821 5 - 
3 Surgeons, viz. a oe - = - 2 at 20s. and 1 at 16. each per diem 1022 — - 
3 Serjeant Majors - - Sk a ek ee - at 3s. 1d. each per diem 168 16 3 
; Serjeant Clerks and Paymaster Serjeants - - - - at2s. 7d. each per diem 424 6 3 
3 Paymaster Clerks, viz. - - ° - 2 at 5s. and 1 at 2s. 6d. each per diem 228 2 6 
19 Conducting Staff Serjeants - - - - - - - at 2s. 7d, each per diem 895 15 5 
Clothing for 31 Serjeants = - - at an average of £. 3. each per ann. 93 - - 
Lodging Money for certain of the District Staff Officers, Rent of Orderly Rooms for Inspecting 
Field Officers, Rent of Offices, Postage and Stationery, Expenditure for Inspecting Field area 735 2 9 
and District Paymasters, and Allowances to Non-commissioned Officers - 
Additional Allowance, at 1s. Gd. per diem, to the Adj of the Southern District, for &amp; super. ‘ 6 
intending Embarkations - - -— - a, . . =. Ue le 7 7 
Tora for Iris Recruiting Districts - - - &amp;£. 6,233 3 7 
H. PARNELL. 


STATEMENT (No. 2.) referred to in the Estimate of the Charge of the Land Forces, for the Year 1831. 











Pa Charge 

Depét at CHATHAM: per Diem. for 365 Days. 

&amp; «¢ &amp; «a ¢ 
i Commandant General -  - - a ee ae er - 1 16 10 
1 Staff Captain - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -11 7 
4 Staff Serjeants - - - - - © 2 © © © 2 © each is. 114, - 7 8 
1 Clerk to the Commandant - - - - - - - - ° - ~ - « ~~ we 
1 Paymaster ey @ @ 2 eS ee we Oe Se eee -17 6 
3 Clerks to ditto - - - - . 1 at 7s. 6d.; 2 at 5s. each -17 6 
1 Acting Garrison Adjutant, (difference between Full Pay of Lieutenant and Adjutant) - -1- 
2 Clerkstoditto - - - ay ee ee - atis. 6d, each - 9 - 

Stationed in London : 

1 Staff Captain (Brevet Majer) ee ee ee oo ee ee ee ee ee -13 7 
1 StaffSerjeant -  - e Swe: ee ee &gt; &amp; #5 - 111 
Pay, &amp;c.per Diem - - &amp;, 6 - 7 

Ditto - for365 Days- - -| - - - 2,200 12 11 

Peaster 
Carried forwarl = - - -t . ° £. 2,200 12 11 














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_ 
Statement (No. 2.) referred to in the Estimate of the Charge of the Land Forces, for the Year 1831—continued. Appendix, 
PS a email (A.) 
Per Annum. oe . - 
shin 25° Junii 
£. 8 da £. s. d. continued, 
+ . e 2 
Brought forward = - _ ee ey ee Journal, p. 562. 
ConTINGENCIES : 
Postage 2 . X nd “s ibiag Feld 3m sO aa es s sf ‘ cuca 
Forage of Horses for the Commandant, Staff Captain, and Acting Garrison Adjutant, Allowances 345.17 - 
to Serjeants for paying Divisions, and other Contingencies = - - - - - - - 
Contingent Allowance for one Staff Captain - - oe les - - - . - 36 10 - 
Clothing of 5 Serjeants, at £.3 each per annum - - - - - - - - - j= - 
a 7 = 
Torat for the Dept, CoaTHAM - - - - - 2,657 19 11 
EsTABLISHMENT at PorTsMOUTH: 
Acting Paymaster of Detachments, Allowance at 4s. per diem - °- 2£© 2©¢ © © - 3- - 
9 Staff Serjeants, Pay, 2s. 4d.; Beer Money, 1 d.; Lodging Allowance, 1 d. per diem each, 5s. - gg « 
Clothing for ditto, at £.3 each perannum == - = - - = + - = « « GO a « 
3 Boatmen; 1 at 2s. 7d.; 2 at1s. 7d. perdiem each, 5s. gd. - ee Se SS 104 18 9g 
Clothing Allowance for ditto - - ° e ‘ in . n : iM si ¥ 74 = 
Postage and Contingencies of the Acting Paymaster, &amp;c. - - ° ° ‘ . - . ae 
; 2909 7 9 
Charge of the Vessel for the conveyance of Troops to and from the Isle of Wight : 
One Master - ° - ° - - - - - - - perannum - ie o's 
One Mate - - - - - - - - - - - - ditto - aa 
Allowance for two Boatmen =—- - ° ° © ° ‘ a ditto a eee 2.) 9h. 
Repairs and other Contingencies - - - - = = ae et esas! 
TorAt for the Establishment at PortsmMoutu - a17 - - 
ToTraL- - - - - §&amp;, 3,165 7 8 
H. PARNELL. 





(No. 3.)—STATE of the SERVICES provided for under the Head of Contincencies, in the Estimate of the Land Forces, 
for the Year 1831. 





REGIMENTAL CONTINGENCIES: Cage 

‘ail \ 

Hire of Carriages on marches; Allowance for postage and stationery, guard and store-rooms; } For . For 
Travelling expenses of officers ; Allowance in lieu of forage of horses of field and staff officers Great Britain. Ireland. 
of infantry ; Expenses attending the apprehension and escort of deserters; Articles of equip- 
ment for the cavalry ; Carriage of horse medicines; Taxes on officers’ horses; Marching money, £ os. dd. £. s. d. 
and family allowances for discharged soldiers ; Allowances to the wives and children of soldiers 
not permitted to embark with regiments on foreign service, or ordered to be sent from the 
regiment, and to the widows and families of soldiers dying abroad ; Hire of ground for exercise ; 52,000 — — 
Passage money and ferries; Inspection of great coats; Extra allowance of rifle and light ' 
infantry corps; Painting of drums; Allowance in aid of the regimental mess of corps serving in 
Great Britain and in the West Indies ; Passage money of officers; Allowances to acting deputy 
judge advocates, and to members and witnesses attending at courts martial; Allowances for 
horses shot for the glanders, and expense of their appointments when destroyed to prevent 
infection; Stationery and other expenses for regimental schools; and Allowances to officers 
whilst on a march by route - - + = -s “ 











- - - -J 


Ditto - - in Ireland; and also Lodging money for officers and privates, and stabling for the| 
cavalry ; Lodging and fuel allowances for recruiting establishments; and fire and candle allow- 


~~ -* 42,000 —- — 
ances for Detachments and guards, &amp;c. not supplied in kind - - - - . ~ “a 


Other ConTINGENCIES: 


Clothing allowances for Supernumerary Men of Regiments - - - ° eS - 
Table at St. James’s for the Officers of the Life and Foot Guards —- - - - 
Losses of Baggage and necessaries, and of Horses - - - - - - - «© © 


ay ee of drafts of the Mutiny Bill, and other Military Bills; of Military Publications, and of) 
azettes furnished to General Officers commanding abroad _ - - - - - - -J -*- * 


Expenses of Law proceedings - - - - - - - - - - - - 500 — - 
Inspector of Regimental Colours (salary) - - - - - - - - - - - 60 
Superintendent of the Sword Exercise - - - - - = - at 15s. per diem 
Allowances to the Proprietors of Battersea, Bursledon, Fulham, Kew, and Northam Bridges, in) 6 

lieu of tolls for His Majesty’s Forces - - - - - - - - - - -f a 


Cost of Bibles, and other religious books, supplied under the orders of the principal Chaplain, for} 
the Troops, and for sick soldiers in Hospital; Allowance to the agent for paying retired Chap-;| 1,200 
lains; payments to Chapel Clerks, and other smail disbursements - - - ° - -| 

Expenses of the Riding establishment - - = a = a . = = ‘J 5 a 


Allowances to the Field Officers and Captains of the regiments of Foot Guards, in lieu of emolu- 
ments formerly derived from out-lyers, and allowances to the first Majors of the said acount 
in lieu of eevee tie sat from coals and candles supplied to the Guard at St. James's, and from | 
apartments formerly occupied by them at the Horse Guards - - = - - - 


Pay of Officers supernumerary to the reduced establishments of the Royal Horse Guards, and of 
the three regiments of Foot Guards ; and compensations to certain Officers and leaccmuaiintenst’ 6 
Officers in the Horse Guards, for the loss which they respectively sustain by the reduction of the | i 
pay oftheir present ranks - - - - + = = «= = 


Allowance for the table of the Officers on guard at Dublin Castle, and for providing a bed for the] 
field officer on guard - - - - - - - : - 


8,425 11 10 


Pay be Provost Marshal, allowance for his horses, and contingent expenses of the Depét eer 
nN UVubiin - - 








Tora, - - - £.| 75,769 610) 43,314 5 8 








H, PARNELL. 





Appendix, 
(A.) 
25° Junii 


continued. 


Journal, p. 562. 





968 


Army Estimates. 





(3..—ESTIMATE of the Charge of Generat Starr Orricrrs and Orricers of the Hospirats, serving 
with His Majesty’s Forces; for the Year 1831. 



































Charge : 
"ean omit ay Tora. 
General Staff. Medical Staff. 
GREAT BRITAIN: _—_ — 
Pp. £ ss. d. &amp; «8s 4. &amp; «ws 
ay of General Staff Officers, and Officers of the Hospitals, serving with His . 
Majesty’ s Forces in Great Britain ; as qomes in the aouamgenymng State of 11,932 2 11 4,544 5 = 16,476 7 14 
Particulars (No. 1.) - - , - ° ° . M a ‘ 
“ae the wee Officers for ee Mat Forage of Horses all other Con- ee - - ee saiiieae 26) 
Pay of General Staff Officers, ol Officers of the Hospitals, swing with the] 
Forces on Foreign Stations, excepting india, as shown in the accompanying 33,464 14 9 21,242 8 9g 54,707 3 6 
State of Particulars (No. 2.) - - ° ° pe 
Pay of Clerks and other Contingent Expenses of the said Officers - 14,000 - — - - 14,000 ~ ~ 
Additional Pay to Chaplains, Medical Officers at Home and Abroad, for length’ 
of Service, and Allowance to Principal Medical Officers on certain Foreign 630 - = 5:762 10 - 6,392 10 ~ 
Stations - . - - - - - - ~ ° " ° a — 
70,026 17 8 32,349 3 9 102,376 1 5 
Amount of Deductions to which Infantry Officers on Full Pay, who hold Staff Se es ~ i . m Q 
Appointments, are liable - - - - - ° ° a 3 03 - - 
Torat for Great Britain - - - £.| 69,223 17 8 32,349 3 9 101,573 1 5 
IRELAND: ———= 
Pay of General Staff Officers, and Officers of the Hospitals, serving with the) 2.252 17 6 ° 
Forces in Ireland ; as specified i in the accompanying State of Particulars (No. 1.) f 95724 9 10 953 17 11,978 7 4 
Allowance to the said Officers for Lodgings, Forage of Horses, and other ‘Dabln) 10,400 - - 406 14 3 10,806 14 3 
gencies, including the Charge of the Clerks and Officers of the _ at Dublin 
Additional Pay to Medical Officers for length of Service- —- - _ TO 273 15 = $73.15 -— 
20,124 9 10 2,934 6 9g 23,058 16 7 
Amount of Deductions to which maining Officers on Full Pay, who hold Staff log 10 - “a ” 3 109 10 - 
Appointments, are liable - - - 2 - ° —————————————__ 
Torat for IRELAND - ~- - &amp;. 20,014 19 10 2,934 6 g 22,949 6 7 
Tora for Great Britain - - - &amp;. 101,573 1 5 
GENERAL TOTAL - - - 124,522 8 - 


War Office, 
24th June 1831. 








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H. PARNELL. 





(No. 1.\—TARTICULARS of the Charge of Generat Srarr Orricers, and Orricers of the Hospitats, for 
GreaT Britain and IRELAND; for the Year 1831. 


GREAT BRITAIN. 





GENERAL STAFF: 


HEAD QUARTERS: 

General Commanding in Chief 
Four Aides-de-Camp - 
Secretary - - ~- 
Assistant Secretary . 


each gs. 6d. 


Adjutant General - - - = 2 
Allowance to ditto - ° - a 

Deputy Adjutant General - 

One Assistant Adjutant General at “Head Quaten 

One Deputy Assistant Adjutant General - ditto 


Quarter Master General - - © * 

Allowance to ditto - ° e 
Deputy Quarter Master General - - - 
One Assistant Quarter Master General - - 
One Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General 


Tora for the Staff at Head Quarters, transferred to the 
Estimate of Public Departments - - - ° 


SOUTH BRITAIN : 


Four Major Generals - - + - + = = each £.1. 17. 11. 
Four Aides-de-Camp = - - - - -  - » 9 6. 

One Assistant Adjutant General - oe ee es . - 

Four Majors of Brigade - - - - + ~~. 2s 6. 

Six Aides-de-Camp to the King - ° - - - :-— ih &amp; 


Four Permanent Assistant Quarter Masters General ; viz. 


One on Pay of Lieutenant Colonel of cnet da inciating a daily reennenes € 
1/6 fora Servant - - ° 


Three on Pay of Major of Cavalry, with a similar Allowsnee - each £.1. 


0. 9. 

Two Inspectors of Army Clothing - - - - each 0.19. 0. 

One Principal Veterinary ps - - - er ao sae 
Principal Chaplain - - = - ee 

Three Chaplains to the Forces - each 0.16. 0. 

Allowance to the Committee of the Consolidated Board of General Officers for 

the days of attendance - - oe (6 «oe, 

GUERNSEY AND JERSEY : 
Two Major Generals, asColonels - - - - = each 1. 2. g. 


Service in 





Charge of Net Pay: 











~ 
Per Diem For 365 Days. 
&amp;« @ &amp; «a % -#« &amp; 
9 9g 6 3458 7 6 
118 - 693 10 - 
- - - 2,000 - — 
eee ao 6,751 17 6 
3 15 10 1,383 19 2 
o - - 500 —- — 
S a7 88 691 19 7 
sel. ea 34615 - 
14 3 260 1 3 9,182 15 - 
3 15 10 1,383 19 2 
- - - §00 -_- =— 
117 11 691 19 7 
~™ - 346 15 - 
- 2 1 
mo : 3,182 15 - 
2 « ©. ane 13,117 7 6 
711 8 767 18 4 
118 - 693 10 - 
- 14 3 260 1 3 
118 —- 6y3 10 —- 
3 2 6 1,140 12 6 
1 6 447 2 6 
3 2 3 1,136 1 3 
118 - 93 10 — 
- g 6 173 7 6 
- - - 216 - - 
2 - 876 ie 
- - - 500 - = 
6 830 6 
fie | _so428_ = 10 
Carried forward - - - &amp;. 23,545 8 4 


























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On 



















































































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1 — — — - 
(No. 1.)—Particulars of the Charge of General Staff Officers, and Officers of the Hospitals, &amp;c.—continued. 
Charge of Net Pay. 
Per Diem. For 365 Days. 
&amp; «4. &amp; s. d, £. s. d. 
Brought forward - - oe e . - 23.545 8 4 
STAFF IN NORTH BRITAIN: 
Major General - + 5 5 © = 8 © 18 Le 11711 691 19 7 
a te Aide-de-Camp ° ‘« ee, Le A, a, - g9 6 173 7 6 
One District Assistant to the Quarter Master General, on Pay of Major of | ant 
Cavalry, including a daily Allowance of 1s.6d.foraServant - - -f ’ 37° 13 9 
One Assistant Adjutant General - - - - - - - - - -14 3 260 1 3 
1,504 2 1 
Tora for General Staff Officers in Great Britarn, ) £ . 7 
Guernseyand Jersey - - - - -f/ ~  * iia ' 25,049 10 5 
MEDICAL STAFF: 
Two Assistant Inspectors of Hospitals - = each £.0. 19. 0. 118 - 693 10 
Five Surgeons - - - - - - - - = 0.14. 0. 310 - 1,277 10 - 
Two Apothecaries - ae, - . - - = 0 g. 6. -19 - 34615 - 
One Deputy Purveyor of Hospitals - - - - - - - - - 9 6 173 7 6 
Eight Assistant Surgeons - - - - - - - each 7s. 6d. 3-- 1,095 “- - 
One Dispenser of Medicines - - - - - - « e ‘“ me ~ &lt;n -— is 
Two Clerks - - - ° - - - - - - each 5s. -10 - 182 10 - 
Torat for Mepica Starr, Great Britain - - -| - -« 3,859 17. 6 
Add, : , , 
Five Assistant Surgeons to attend Troops proceeding to aban ea 117 6 684 7 6 
mn 4544 5 - 
Toran - + -| = = Ri 5. B 29,593 15 5 
Deduct, Shiai ; . , 
The Charge of the Staff at Head Quarters, which is provided for in the at ae a ‘aoe 13,117 7 6 
mate of Public Departments - . - = = ie a 2 . : 
Remains to be provided for GREAT BriTAIn - - -| - - - - - 16,476 7 11 
IRELAND: 
GENERAL STAFF; 
One Lieutenant General - - - - - - - - - - 3 15 10 1,383 19 2 
Two Aides-de-Camp - - : - - - +  eachgs.6d. -19 - 346 15 - 
One Secretary - - - - . - : - - - - - 553.17 4 
Four Major Generals - - - - - - - each £.1.17. 11. 711 8 2,767 18 4 
Four Aides-de-Camp_ - - - - - - - - oO g. 6. 118 = 693 10 - 
One Deputy Adjutant General - - - - - - - - - ~19 - 346 15 - 
Three Assistant Adjutants General - - - - - each 14s. 3d. 229 780 3 9 
One Deputy Assistant Adjutant General - - - - - - - - 9 6 173 7 6 
One Deputy Quarter Master General - - - += |= - «| | -19 - 346 15 - 
One Assistant Deputy Quarter Master General . - - 7 - : - 4 9 86 13 9 
Three Permanent Assistant Quarter Masters General : 
One on pay of Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry, including a daily Allowance 
of 1s. 6d. for a Servant - - ices - - - - - tes “7 3 6 
Two on pay of Majors of Cavalry, with a similar Allowance, each £.1. 0. 9. 21 6 "57.7 6 
Two Inspectors of Clothing - - - - - - - » 68% oa 118 - 693 10 - 
Two Majors of Brigade - - - - - ~ - » OO g. 6. -19 - 346 15 - 
Tota for GENERAL STAFF - - e] « - ~ « . 9,724 9 10 
MEDICAL STAFF: 
Two Deputy Inspectors General of Hospitals - - - - each £.1. 4. 0. 28 - 876 -. - 
Two Apotheciries - - : - - ° : - » 0. Q, 6. “a 346 15 - 
Two Deputy Rurveyors of Hospitals - - - - - 4 09.6, -19 - 346 15 - 
Five Assistant’Surgeons  - - - - _ = = @% &amp;2E 117 6 684 7 6 
Tora for Mepicat StarF - - - &amp;. 2,253 17 6 
Tora to be provided forInELAND - - £. 11,978 7 4 
H. PARNELL. 





(No. 2..—PARTICULARS of the Pay of Genrrat STAFF Orricers, and Orricers of the Mospriracs, for Service on FoREIGN 


STations, excepting India; for the Year 1831. 








NORTH AMERICA: 


GENERAL STAFF: 


OneCommander ofthe Forces - - - - + = = = « 
Two Aides-de-Camp - - - - - - - each gs. 6d. 
One Secretary - -~ - « &gt; as - a - 





VOL. 86.——Part II. 





Charge of Net Pay. 

















r 
Per Diem. For 365 Days. 
£ s. d. £. Ss. d. £. $ ad. 
9 9 6 3458 7 6 
“i - 346 15 - 
-19 - 346 15 - 
Carried forward - - «&lt; &amp;. 4515117 G 








Appendix, 
(A.) 


25° Junii 
continued. 


Journal, p. 562. 





Appendix, 
(A.) 
25° Junii 


continued. 





Journal, p. 562. 


970 


Army Estimates. 





A. 183]. 











(No. 2.)—Particulars of the Pay of General Staff Officers, amd Officers of the Hospitals, 





&amp;c.— continued. 

















Brought forward 


CANADA: 
GENERAL STAFF: 


One Major General - - . 
One Aide-de Camp - ‘ 


One Deputy Adjutant General - 
One Assistant Adjutant General - 
One Deputy Quarter Master General 
Two Majors of Brigade - - 
Four Chaplains - - - - 


MepicaL Starr: 


One Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals - 


One Assistant Inspector of Hospitals 


One Apothecary - . . = 
Four Assistant Surgeons —- - 
One Purveyor’s Clerk - ‘i = 


NOVA SCOTIA : 


GENERAL STAFF: 


One Lieutenant General ° ‘ 
Two Aides-de-Camp— - . 
One Secretary - ‘ o 


One Major General - mn a 
One Aide-de-Camp i 


One extra Aide-de-Camp (without Pay) 


Tora for 


CANADA 


One Colonel (without Staff Pay) at Prince Edward's Island - 


One Deputy Adjutant General —- 
One Deputy Quarter Master General 


One Major of Brigade - . ‘ 
MeEpDICcA 

One Surgeon - o ” - 

One Apothec cary - os - o 


Three Assistant Surgeons - 


One Ditto for Service i in Wewliiaiinnd 


One Clerk - - - - - 


L STAFF: 


ToTAt for Nova Scotia - 


WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS: 


GENERAL STaFF: 


One Lieutenant General ~ . 
Two Aides-de-Camp - ~ 
One Secretary - - - - 
Two Major Generals - - ° 
Two Aides-de-Camp 
One Deputy Adjutant General - 


One Deputy Assistant Adjutant General 


One Deputy Quarter Master General 


One Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General 


One Deputy Judge Advocate - 
One Major of Brigade - - - 


One Chaplain to the Forces at Trinidad 


Eight Fort Adjutants - - - 


MeEDIcAL STAFF: 


One Inspector General of Hospitals 


One Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals 


each 


each gs. 6 d. 


- each gs. Gd. 
each 16s. 


od, 


each 7s. 6d. 


each gs. 6d. 
£.1.17. 11. 
g. 6. 


- each 14s5.0d. 


Ten Surgeons - - - - - - - - 
Eleven Assistant Surgeons - - - - - - - each 7s. 6d. 
One Deputy Purveyor of Hospitals - - . ° . #2 ie 7 
Two Clerks - - - - - - - - - each 7s. od. 
One Apothecary - - - - ~ " “ i _ a a a 
One Dispenser - - - - - - - é 7 . a = 

Tora for Winpwarp and LEEWARD IsLANps - - ~ 


BAHAMAS: 


One Assistant Surgeon - - 


Totat for BAHAMAS” - 


BERMUDAS : 


One Assistant Surgeon - - 


ToTAt for BERMUDAS - 




















IAN 


me 
&gt; D&gt; 


NOP OW | 


" oneness 
Per Diem. 


Lanni 


—- 


aerate: 
Charge of Net Pay: 





For 365 Days: 



























































£ s. d £. S. d. 
= ea” 4,151 17 6 
; 691 19 7 
73 7 6 
346 15 - 
260 1 3 
346 15 - 
34615 - 
| 1,108 - - 
| 3333 13 4 
| 438 - - 
| 94615 - 
| 173 7 6 
547 10 - 
| 127 15 - 
| 1,633 7 6 
| - - &amp;. | 9,118 os. 
——————— 
} 
| 
| 
| 1,383 19 2 
346 15 
| 34615 - 
691 19 
173 7 6 
346 15 ~- 
346 15 - 
7. 7 6 
3,809 13 g 
255 10 - 
173 7 6 
410 12 6 
136 17 6 
| 12715 - 
1,104 2 6 | 
+ ees 4,913 16 3 | 
1,383 19 2 C 
34615 - ; 
346 15 - 0 
1,383 19 2 
34615 = 
346 15 ~ 
173 7 6 
34615 - 
173 7 6 
34615 - 
173 7 6 Or 
383 5 - 
693 10 - 
6,445 5 10 On 
657 - - 
438 - - | 
3465 - - 
1,505 12 6 
173 7 6 
255 10 - 
173 (7 
12715 - Ong 
5,885 12 6 wa 
- = — £ |” 42,330 18 4 Fird 
136 17 6 
- - £. 
136 17 6 
- £. 




















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(No. 2.)—Particulars of the Pay of General Staff Officers, and Officers of the Hospitals, &amp;e—continued. 


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Charge of Net Pay: 
7 he 
Per Diem. For 365 Days. 
JAMAICA ann HONDURAS: ' 
GENERAL Starr: &amp; «a fd &amp; » @ S&amp; a @ 
Qne Major General - - - 2 25 2 2© 2 2 | 117 11 691 19 7 
One Aide-de-Camp - - - 2 - 2 2 - - - g 6 173 7 © 
One Assistant Secretary - “ - - - - - - ° - g 6 173 7 6 
One Deputy Adjutant General - - - - - - - ° ° -19 - 3406 15 - 
One Deputy Quarter Master General - - ° © * - * ‘ = % &lt; 346 15 — 
One Major of Brigade- —- - le r $ * ois 9s 173 7 6 
One Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Jamaica - - - - = - «96 173 7 6 
2,078 19 7 
Mepvicat Starr: 
One Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals - - - - = - - 14- tm = 
One Assistant Inspector of Hospitals - - - - - ° ° - ~-— « 346 15 - 
Two Surgeons (one stationed at Honduras) - - - - each 14s. od. “—&lt;— on MN bi 
Seven Assistant Surgeons - - - - - - - - 7s.6d. 212 6 958 2 6 
QeeApothecary- - - - - © 8£ # # © © -&amp; - g 6 173 7 6 
One Deputy Purveyor - 7 si = ss pa . ~ ” i i = 2 6 173 7 6 
a ee -J- 127 15 - 
‘eee ead 2,728 7 6 
Tora for JamMAIcA and Honpuras - - -]| -~ - - - - £. 4,807 7 1 
GIBRALTAR: 
GENERAL Starr: 
One General, without Staff Pay, being Governor - - 7 ° - . ae -_ 
Two Aides-de-Camp - - - - - - - each gs. 6d. «= 346.15 - 
One Secretary = - ° * . ‘ . . ° ° - - -19 = 346 15 - 
i — a 292 — — 
985 10 — 
MepicaL Starr: 
One Inspector General of Hospitals --  - - - = -« - 16 - oy - = 
Five Assistant Surgeons - - - - - 7 - each 7s. 6d. 117 6 684 7 6 
One Deputy Purveyor - - - - - - ” . _ " ~-s 173 7 6 
1,514 15 = 
ToraLforGiprattaR - - -| - =. « _ £ 2,500 5 - 
MALTA: 
GENERAL Srarr: 
One Major General - : - - - - - - - - - 11711 691 19 7 
One Aide-de-Camp = - - - ; - - - - : - - ee 173 7 6 
One Assistant Secretary - - - - - - - - - — 173 7 
One Chaplain - - : - - e : ° : - : - -— a 292 —- — 
1,330 14 7 
MeEpIcAL Starr: 
One Assistant Inspector of Hospitals - - - - - © - - «&lt;i = 346 15 - 
One Apothecary - = -@ -_ = -* - - - -  - ~ 9 6 173 7 6 
Two Assistant Surgeons . - - - - - - each 7s. 6d. ae 273.15 - 
One Clerk - - - - - ° . - ° ° - - - -7- 12715 - 
931 12 6 
Tota for MALTA - - - -| . . ° . 7 £ 2,252 7 1 
. 925% 
| — 
IONIAN ISLANDS: | 
GENERAL SrarrF: 
One Lieutenant General = - - - - - - : ° : ° 15 10 ‘ 
Two Aides-de-Camp - - - - - - each gs. 6d. : a - —_ — ‘ 
One Secretary - - : - : . . ° : “ . -19 - 34615 - 
One Major General - - - - - ° . ° . “ 
; zs 2 37 08 691 1¢ 
One Aide-de-Camp —- - * . ’ . . . : ¥ ~ = 173 7 é 
One Deputy Adjutant General - - - - . ° ° « . - = 
One Deputy Quarter Master General - - - - - - - - és a - a - n 
aes «ell ll leh ie bem 36 : 
One Chaplain = - - - - - - - “ . - . . _ i = ph * is 
One Deputy Judge Advocate - - - - - : . - ° -19 - 346 15 - 
4448 8 9g 
MEDICAL Srarr: 
a meety Inspector General of Hospitals - - - - - “ ° ‘a= 438 - 
he Surgeon - - - ° - ° - « o " a be 
One Apothecary i = os e a ” i i; S “ s % =i = 255 sae - 
Five Assistant Surgeons - - ~ - - - - each 7s.6d - 6% ma 2 © 
One Clerk - — - io haat 117 6 684 7 6 
7 - . ° . ° . . &gt; - - 12715 - 
j 1,679 - - 
Torat for Iontan Istanps - - -| - é ‘ A £ 6,127 8 9g 
AFRICA: | 
One Assistant Surgeon ° ‘a s s u . - a z " «2 136 17 6 | 
ne - - ditto - - to 30th June - - - ° - . . ‘ sid 2 6 67 17 6 | 
| 
Torat for AFRICA age - &amp;. 








appendix, 
(A) 


25° Junii 





continued. 


Journal, p. 562, 





Appendix, 


(A.) 


25° Junii 


continued. 


Journal, p. 562. 








72 


Army Estimates. 





A. 183]. 








(No. 2.)—Particulars of the Pay of General Staff Officers, aiid Officers of the Hospitals, &amp;c.—continued. 

























































































Charge of Net Pay: 
f 
CAPE OF’GOOD HOPE: ar Se. Hor 5 Deys. 
GENERAL StTaFF: £ s. d. £. - 8. d. £. s. d. 
One General, without Staff Pay, being Governor - - - - - - _ —— 
Two Aides-de-Camp - - - - . - - each gs. 6d. -19 - 346 15 - 
One Secretary - - . - - - - - - - - -_ * 346 15 - 
One Deputy Adjutant General - - - - - . - - +i). 2 346 15 - 
One Deputy Quarter Master General - - - - - - - - -19 - 34615 - 
One Major of engnte - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 6 173 7 G 
One Chaplain’ - - ° « « a _ - ‘ 2 ie = 292 — — : 
1,852 
Mepicat Starr: tt 
One Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals - - - - - . - Bag &amp; wt - - 
One Apothecary - = - -_ © ¢- = = © © * +e - g 6 173 7 6 
Six Assistant Surgeons - - - . - - - each 7s. 6 d. s §- 821 5 - 
One Clerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 - 7, 5 = 
fo 7 6 
Tota. for Carpe or Goop Hope - - -| - - - - - £. 3.412 15 - 
= 
MAURITIUS: 
GENERAL STAFF: 
One Lieutenant General, without Staff Pay, being Governor -  - ° ms _ 
Two Aides-de- -Camp - - - - - - - each gs. 6d. -19 - 346 15 - 
One Secretary - - - - - - - - - -19 - 34615 - 
One Deputy Adjutant Generel - - - - - - - - - -19 - 346 15 - 
One Deputy Quarter Master General - - - - 5 ¢ ° - i ee 346 150 - 
One Chaplain’ - - - - - - - - - - - - -16 - $06 ono ' 
MeEpiIcaL STAFF: 1,679 - - 
One Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals - - - - - - 3 @¢- 438 - - 
One Apothecary - . - - ° ° . - . &gt; . - 9 6 173 7 6 
Three Assistant Surgeons  - ° i - - - - each 7s. 6d. 1 2 6 410 12 6 
One Clerk - ° . ° ° - - - - - - ° - 7 = 12715 — 
1,149 15 - 
Tora for Mauritius” - - -{ - - - e ” £. 2,828 15 — 
CEYLON: —— ~o 
GENERAL STAFF: 
One Major General - - - - : - ° - . ° 117 11 691 19 7 
One Aide-de-Camp - - - - . ° . . . - g 6 173 7 6 
One Assistant Military Secretary - = 8 2 * - - - g 6 173 7 6 
One Deputy Adjutant General - - - - - - ° . ° ~~ = 34615 - 
One Deputy Quarter Master General - - - =~ = _ + -% - 346 15 - 
One Assistant Quarter Master General - - - : - - ° ° - 14 3 260 1 3 
One Chaplain, tothe gothJune - - - = * = = - -16 - 144 16 - 
MepicaL Starr 2,137 1 10 
One Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals - - - . - - - 14e- 438 - ~- 
One Assistant Inspector of Hospitals - - - - - - - - -19 - 34615 - 
One Surgeon - -— = - = = = = ee ee - 14 3 260 1 3 
One Apothecary - - - - - - - ° - ‘ . - 9 6 173 7 6 
Ten Assistant Surgeons - - = = -_ + « 78.6d. 315 - 368 15 - 
2,586 18 9 
Tota for CeyLon - - «| = - - - ~ £. 4,724 - 7 
NEW SOUTH WALES: 
GENERAL STAFF: 
One Lieutenant General, with Pay as Major General - ° ° ° ° 11711 691 19 7 — 
inane + + + + + + © © - g 6 173 7 6 
One Assistant Military Geeeney - - - ° - - - - g 6 173 7 6 
One Major of Brigade - - . 7 . . &lt; - 9 6 173 7 6 | 
One Colonel at Van Diemen’s Leod, without Staff Pay . - - - e panel 
One Lieutenant Colonel at Norfolk Island - - ditto - - - - - — _ 
TotTat for New South WALEs - - - - - - - £. 1,212 2 1 
ABSTRACT OF THE CHARGE FOR THE STAFF ON FOREIGN STATIONS: 
Fa \ 
Charge of Net Pay: 
STATIONS : r "h ' 
— Ber ~~ TOTALS. 
ae General Staff Officers. Medical Staff Officers. 
s «, &amp; 84 x « «€ 
Nortu AMERICA—CANADA - - - - + - 7,485 10 10 1,633 7 6 9,118 18 4 — 
Nova Scoria - : - - - . - - 3,809 13 9 1,104 2 6 4,913 16 3 
Win pwarp and Leewarp Tetaups - . . - - 6,445 5 10 5,885 12 6 12,330 18 4 
eS ee eae ee a ee es ce @ s 136 17 6 13617 6 
BermMupDAS-= - + -+ © *2* *#© s&amp; © = - - - 13617 6 136 17 6 
JaMAicA and Honpuras - ~ - . - - - 2,078 19 7 2,728 7 6 4,807 7 1 
GIBRALTAR - - - - - - - - - 985 10 - 1,514 15 - 2,500 5 — 
Matta - - = = *= == © © © * 1,330 14 7 g21 12 6 2,252 7 1 
Tontan ISLANDS - . - - - - ° . - _ 4448 8 9 1,679 - = 6,127 8 9 
AFRICA - - - - - - - - - - - - 204 15 - 20415 — 
Care or Goop Hore - - - - - - - - 1 852 7 6 1,560 7 6 3.412 15 - 
Mauritius - - - - - - - - - 1,679 - - 1,149 15 ~- 2,828 15 - 
Ckyton - = - © © = © = © = 2,137. 1 10 2,586 18 9 4.724 - 7 
New Soutn WALES - - - - - - - - 1,212 2 1 - = = - 1,212 2 1 
Tora - - - &amp;. 33,404 14 9 | 21,242 8 g 54,707 3 7 











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Army Estimates. 


973 





——_—_— 


(4. ESTIMATE of thé Charge of the ALLowances to the Principal Officers of the several Public Departments 
under-mentioned, their Deputies, Clerks, and Contingent Expenses; for the Year 1831. 


GENERAL Commanding in Chief, and his personal Staff, Secretaries, Assistants, 
Clerks, &amp;c.  - - - - - - - am * ‘s vs ie iM 


Secretary at War, his Deputy, Clerks, &amp;c.  - - - * « £.35,171 12 — 
Deduct, probable Amount of the Fee Fund - ° ‘ * 1008 = « 


j 








Paymaster General, his Deputy, Clerks, &amp;c. - - - - a ” “ e 
Adjutant General, his Deputy and Assistants at Head Quarters - - - -— = 
Quarter Master General - - ditto - - - ditto - - - - - - 
Judge Advocate General, his Deputy, Clerks, &amp;c. including his Deputy, &amp;c. in Ireland - 
Comptrollers of the Accounts of the Army, their Secretary, Clerks, &amp;c. - - 


Principal Officers of the Army Medical Department in Great Britain, their ree 
Clerks, &amp;c. ° - “ . - aw pa a ‘ ns 


Ditto - 


- ditto - - ditto - - in Ireland - - ~ ° 








Charge. 
&amp; « &lt;€ 
11,470 7 6 
34,171 12 = 
21,197 10 — 
6,800 8 8 
6,037 19 7 
59397 14 
10,881 18 1 
5,780 - - 
2,159 16 6 
103,897 6 4 





War Office, 
24th June 1831. 


H. PARNELL. 





(5.,-ESTIMATE of the Charge of Mepicrnes and Surcicat Marertrats for His Majesty’s Land Forces, 


and of certain Hospital Contingencies; for the Year 1831. 


GREAT BRITAIN : 


MepicinEs and Surgical Materials - “ “ ‘i 


Hospital Contingencies ; including the Charge of Sick Officers in General Hospitals, and 


of Soldiers in Hospitals at Home, when exceeding the Stoppages from their Pay, and 
other Miscellaneous Expenditure - - - - - - - - J 


Tota. for GREAT BrRiTAIN - - €. 


IRELAND: me « &amp; 


Medicines, &amp;c. for General and Regimental Hospitals - 


General Hospital Expenses ; including the provision of Bedding and 


all other Contingencies, chargeable in the Accounts of the Director = 
General of Hospitals - - - - - - = [ 








TotTat for IRELAND - ~ - £. 


OQ « « «- ¥., 








Charge. 


© 
on } 
° 
5 

| 

| 


2,920 —- — 





12,420 - — 





War Office, 
24th June 1831. 


H. PARNELL. 





(6.,—ESTIMATE of the Charge of His Majesty’s Garrisons at Home and Abroad; for the Year 1831. 




















Charge. 

rae 
Garrisons in Great Britain - - - ~ - - - - : - - 21,953 9 4 

Garrison Appointments in North America, the West Indies, Gibraltar, Malta, the Cape 
of Good Hope, Sierra Leone, Van Diemen’s Land and Heligoland - - - 7 7577 19 2 
29,531 8 6 
Garrisons in Ireland - . - - - - . - * * * ° . ene 7 4 
ToTaAL - - - €. 33,835 15 10 

War Office, 
24th June mei i. PARNELL. 





VOL. 6. 


(7.)—ESTIMATE of the Charge of The Royat Mitirary Coxrece; for the Year 1831. 





Cu ARGE for the Pay and Allowances of the Officers on the Establishment, and for the 
aintenance and Instruction of the Students, 
of Particulars - - - 


=~ - - — _ -_ ~ “ “ 





Charge. 
a d. 


as specified in the accompanying Sates §,627 19 3 





War Office, 
24th June es 


Part II. 








H. PARNELL. 





Appendix, - 
(A.) 
25° Juni 
continued. 


Journal, p. 562. 








Appendix, 
(A.) 
25° Juni 


continued. 


Journal, p. 562. 


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A. 1831) 





(7.)—Estimate of the Charge of the Royal Military College—continued. 


ay 














STATE of PARTICULARS of the Expense of The Royat Minitary Courece; for the Year 1831. 





Pay and Salaries of the Military Branch : 


Governor - ~ os - - - - - - - 
Lieutenant Governor - - Staff Pay,at£.1 1 - perdiem = - 
2 Captains of Companies,each - dittoat - 7 1 ditto -  - 
Adjutant and Paymaster - - ditto - - - perannum - 
Quarter Master- = - - - dittoat - 5 4 perdiem-= - 
Surgeon - - - - - dittoat - 14 - ditto - - 
Assistant Surgeons - - - dittoat - 7 6 ditto - - 
Riding Master - - - - dittoat - 7 1 ditto - - 


Chaplain, Librarian, and Superintendent of Classical Instruction - 


Serjeant Major -— - - - at - 4 — perdiem - 


Quarter Master Serjeant - - - at - 4 - ditto - - 


Hospital Serjeant - - “ 
Serjeant, acting as Master of the 
Band - . ~ . s 


Drummers’ - - - + 


Fifers - - - - “f -eachat - 1 6 
Bugler - - - - - 


-eachat - 3 - 


1 
1 
6 Staff Serjeants - = - "| 
| ditto - - 


oO 


ditto - - 


~ 


Pay and Salaries of the Civil Branch : 


Professor of Mathematics - - - ~ - 
ditto - - - - - - - 
Master of Arithmetic - - - - - - 
Professor of Fortification - - - - - - 
Master of - ditto - - - - - - 
Ditto - - ditto - - - . - - 
Senior Military Draftsman - - - ° - 
Master of Military Drawing - - - - - 
Ditto - - ditto - - - - - - 
Ditto - - ditto - - - - - - 
Master of French - - - - - - 
Ditto - - ditto 
Ditto of German - - - - - 
Ditto of History, Geography, and Classics - = - 
Ditto - - - - ditto - - - - 
Ditto of Landscape Drawing - - -- -— = 
eaching Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy - ~~ - 
Clerk in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office - - - 
- Ditto - - - - =- ditto - - - ~ ~ 
- Ditto - - - - =- ditto - - - - ° 
- Ditto - in the Paymaster’s Office - = = 
Housekeeper - - - - ~ “ 
Nurse to the Infirmary - - e - 
Armourer - - - - - - - 
Porter - - - - - - 
Men Servants - - - - ° 


~~ = 


at 3s. od. per diem 
- at3s.6d. - - 
each at 16s. od. per week 


i a ee 


= 


Board, Washing, Xc. : 
Board of 170 Gentlemen Cadets, at 1 s. per diem each, for 270 days - 


Washing the Body Linen of the Gentlemen Cadets, and the Cate 


hold Linen of the Establishment, at 24d. per diem for each Cadet, 
for 270 days - - - - - - © * 


Clothing : 


annum - - - 
Serjeant Major - - = - 
Quarter Master Serjeant - 
Staff Serjeants - 

Meapitel Gesjennt each at £.8. 0s. 8d. per annum 
Serjeant, acting as Master of the Band - 
Drummers “| 

Fifers - - - - - 

Bugler - - f 

15 Men Servants - - - ° 


170 Gentlemen Cadets, including Shoes and Repairs, each £.6. 2s. per} 


hh OF KK Oe 


each at £.8. 115s. 6d. per annum 


each at £.6. 5s. 6d. per annum 


Postage and Stationery for the Secretary to the Supreme Board of Com- 
missioners - - -— - . @ } 


Stationery for 170 Gentlemen Cadets, including antiquarian drawing paper for 
Fortifications, columbier and royal for Military and Landscape Drawing, 
Mathematical Instruments, Maps, Globes, &amp;c. - at £. 2. a per annum 


Contingencies - is a és ‘ ‘a . ‘ ‘ ne ™ ‘ 


Charge and Repair of Public Buildings - = = 


Carried forward - - &amp;. 





Particulars of 
Charge. 





Ss. 


ltoanoanon 


17 


d. 


— 


lan@il ono l 








14 


tignis 


I 


{on ies i 








2,295 





15 
15 


n OBO 











TOTALS. 


ae ae 


3,663 15 5 


5541 10 4 
2,773 2 6 
P 
C 
Fi 
E 
1,328 16 10 
Pa 
60 - - D: 
Pa 
Ye 
Ge 
— 
1,200 - - 
800 - - 

















15,707 5 } 





Army’ Estimates. 


62 Wit. IV. 


975 





























Appendix, 
(A.) 
25° Junti 
continued. 


Journal, p. 562. 











(7.)\—Estimate of the Charge of the Royal Military College—continued. 
se a 
Royal Military College. Chie of TOTALS. 
Expense for the Year 1831— continued. i baa £. — 
Brought forward - -— - - = 1§:707 § 1 
Coals, Candles, Rates and Taxes : 
568 4 Chaldrons of Coals - - at £.2 6s. 43d. per Chaldron 1,317 12 4 
647 4 Dozen lbs. of Candles - - at 7s. $d. per dozen lbs, 227 18 11 
Rates and Taxes - - - - - - - - - - 625 - - 
2,170 1l 3 
Forage : ; 
Governor - - - - - 4 Horses, at 1s. 11d. each p’ diem 139 18 4 
Lieutenant Governor - - - 2 Ditto - - ditto - - 69 19 2 
Senior Military Draftsman - -1 Ditto - - ditto - - = - 34 19 7 
Riding Master - - - -g3Ditto - - ditto - - = - 104 18 9g 
349 15 10 
Lodging Money, Forage, Contingencies, &amp;c. for 15 Officers permitted to study } Al x 
at the College, and to be instructed by the Professors of the Establishment =&gt;. &gt; 
Salary of the Secretary to the Supreme Board of Commissioners - - = ~ - - 200 - - 
Fencing, Planting, and Improvement of the College Estate - —- . - . ss 350 - - 
Deduct, the following Sums in aid of the above Charge : 19,177 12 2 
Subscriptions of Gentlemen Cadets of the First Class - - - - - 525 - - 
Ditto - - ditto - - - Second Class . - ~ - 3,735 - - 
Ditto - - ditto - -  - Third Class -  - - - 8,766 13 4 
Ditto - of 15 Officers, who are permitted to study at the College, at a 
£.31.10s.each, perannum - - - - = = -  -f| 47 * 
Amount of Rent due at Michaelmas 1831, for the College Estates at Sandhurst 50 9 7 
13,549 12 11 
Tora Charge remaining to be provided for - - - - €. 5,627 19 3 





H. PARNELL. 





(8.)\—ESTIMATE of the Charge of The Royar Mixitary Asyium; for the Year 1831. 


Pay of Officers, Wages, Clothing 


Pay of Officers, Wages, Clothing and Maintenance of Attendants, and Clothing and 


Maintenance of the Branch at Southampton for the reception of 200 Girls, including} 


50 Infants - - - « ° ° a ie 


Clothing and Maintenance of 43 Supernumerary Girls, who are to be gradually reduced = - 
Rent and Insurance of the Infirmary (Seven Houses) at Chelsea - - - - 


ToTrat - - &amp;. 


and Maintenance of Attendants, and Clothing and) 
Maintenance of 800 Boys in the Asylum at Chelsea, including Fuel and Contingencies J 





Charge. 














War Office, 1 


24th June 1831. H. PARNELL. 





(9..—ESTIMATE of the Charge of VotuntreeRr Corps in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ; 


for the Year 1831. 





























Charge. 
GREAT BRITAIN: £ d £ a 
Pay and Forage Allowance of Adjutants and Serjeant Majors - = = = = 5 552 ‘ 10 — 
ane and Contingent Allowances - - - - : - - - - - 123,740 10 - 
urther Sum to provide for New Corps or augmentations which may be authorized over) 
and above those already accepted, upon account i e+ 
135,512 15 10 
Expense of Corps when assembled for Permanent Duty - - - - - -| ge00e - - 
Ditto - - in Aid of the Civil Power - - — - - - - - - - 5,000 - — 
35,000 -— — 
Tora for Great Britain - - - - £.| 170,512 15 10 
IRELAND: 
Pay of Corps of 
y ps of Yeomanry - - ° - - - - - - - - - ] 17 11 
ally Allowance and Travelling Expenses of Officers employed to inspect the Yeomanry - cae ; - 
y and Contigent Allowances of Ten Brigade Majors - - - - - - °° - 3431 14 9 
eomanry Department in Dublin Castle - - - - - - - - - 853 4 
eneral Agent, including the Charge of his Office - - - - - - . 461 10 10 
Toray for IrELaAND - - - - - &amp;£. 19,291 3 10 
Torta to be provided - - - £.] 189,803 19 8 


War Office, } 
24th June mad 





H. PARNELL. 








976 








Army Estimates. 





A. 183], 





Appendix, 
(A.) 
25° Junii 
continued. 





Journal, p. 562. 











for the purpose of Recruiting ;) from the 1st January to the 31st December 1831 inclusive. 

















(10.)\—ESTIMATE of the Charge of Four Regiments of Dracoons, and of Twenty-one Battalions of Inran 
for Service in the Territorial Possessions of The East India Company; and of Two Battalions of Inranrry op 


TRY, 


their Passage home; (including the Troops and Companies attached to the said Regiments, but stationed at Home 






































Numbers ; Annual CLOTHING, 
Numbers oneen including Officers, PAY Allowances including the 
of to Field Officers, Allowance for the 
CORPS. of Non-commissioned and Captains. and AGENCY. extra Expense TOTA Ls 
am. wer ” Gn, Daily Allowances pony cay , 
and File.) sad Private Men. for Farriery. ant Rpm. 
CAVALRY: &amp; asd &amp; «2 Sj at £ ss. d, &amp; ad &amp; 
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons - ~| Fol 675 | 789]- -| 28,769 12 1 1,760 11 1 355 1 3 4,700 19 1 | 35,586 3 6 
Three more Regiments, of like Numbers 
and Charge ; viz. the 11th, 13th and }. 2,103 | 2,025 2,367 - - 86,308 16 3 5,281 13 3 1,065 3 9 14,102 17 3 106,758 10 6 
16th Light Dragoons - - - [100,758 10 6 | 
2,804 |2,700|- -13,156] - -— = - 2 -_ = « - - -e “ « « Bee 
INFANTRY: | i $2,344 
= Ragpnent eres: ae apa, Numbers included in the Estimate | aii 18 9 19115 9 7“ 16 10 ane 8s 8e 7 SS 8 
‘ 93 | of the Land Forces. 
8oth - Ditto - - - to 30th June) 11,946 11 4 20114 1] 121 3 6| 1,300 11 10| 13,370 -~ 9 
13th - Ditto - - Light Infantry -]- -]| 739] 850|- -| 24,045 10 4 406 15 -—| 244 1 6 2,219 8 8] 26,915 15 6 
14th Ditto - - (Ordered home)-|- -{| 739] 850] - 24,091 2 10 406 15 -| 244 7 3 2,219 8 8] 26,961 13 9 
Nineteen more Regiments, of like Num- 
bers and Charge; viz. 2d, 3d, 6th, 16th, 
2uth, 26th, 31st, 38th, goth, 41st, 44th, +} - - |14,041 |16,150| - = | 457,731 13 10 7,728 5 - 14,642 17 g| 42,169 4 8 /512,272 1 3 
4sth, 46th, 48th, 4gth, 54th, 55th, 57th | 
and 62d Regiments - - - -| 
Add, Probable Charge of Clothing for| 
Supernumerary Men of the Infan--|- -|- -|- -/- -] - o “ e . ‘ » -« a 4900 « « 4,000 ~ - 
try Regiments - - - ol eae ite we 
Infantry - - -|- -[tS5IQ]- = [ZB5O) - = ete ee Pe ew eet eb fe lpi 
Cavalry - = =| 2,804 | 2,700 
ToTAL - + - | 2,804 |18,219] - + |21,006| 644,636 5 5] 15,977 9 2|6,792 11 10] 71,613 2 -]| - - = /739.019 § 
Add, Charge of the Depots at en 
for Regiments in India, as shown|} __ oo . . - ; 
by the accompanying state of Par- | ed ‘ial bed ee . - . , - © | 32ab 
ticulars - - - - - 
ToTaL - - -|-+ e]- -]- -]- -| - - - - - - _ «- @ ] « . . ° &gt; = 1749,247 11 
| ‘ 
































Memorandum ;—Ir is not necessary to propose a Vote on account of the above-mentioned Expense ; the 


War Office, 
24th June 1831. 


j 





H. PARNELL. 


STATEMENT referred to in the Estimate of the Charge of the Regiments of Cavalry and Infantry, for Service in the 
Territorial Possessions of The East India Company. 


Commandant - 
Acting Staff Captain 
Riding Master - 
Quarter Master 
Assistant Surgeon 
Veterinary Surgeon 
Serjeant Major - - 
Serjeant and Clerk - 
Armourer Serjeant - 
Schoolmaster Serjeant 
Serjeants - - - 
Trumpet Major - - 
Saddler Serjeant - 
Farrier - - - 
Paymaster Serjeant - 


Pmt ee ett ttt 


Which for 365 Days, from the 1st January to the 31st December 1831, both inclusive, is 


Allowance for Horse Drills, incidental Expenses of the Riding School, and Allowance for the 
Farriery of 40 Horses, at 1d. aday each - 
Stationery, Postage, Repairs of Saddlery, Duties on Horses, Coals and Candles, and other 


Contingent Expenses 


Mess Allowance for the Officers of the D 
Acting Staff Captain, Adjutant and Captains of Troops 


DEPOTS AT MAIDSTONE AND CHATHAM. 





MAIDSTONE : 


same being chargeable to The East India Company. 








- Pay, 3s.6d. - - Beer Money, 1d. 
- Pay, 25.8d. - - Beer Money, 1 d. 
- Pay, 2s. 2d. - - Clothing, - 64d. 

- Pay, 2s.2d. - - - Beer Money, 1d. - 
- ditto - - - ditto - 

- ditto - - - ditto - 


- Pay, 2s.2d. - - - 
- Pay, 1s. 5d. 


Clothing for 8 Non-commissioned Officers, at £.3 each per annum - 


1 Paymaster - - 
2 Clerks for ditto - - 


Pay and Annual Allowance of a Major commanding the Depéts 
Allowance to Acting Adjutant, Acting Serjeant Major, Acting Quarter Master 


at 5s. perdiemeach - - 


Tota. for MAIDSTONE - 


CHATHAM. 


Clothing, - 6d. 
Beer Money, 1d. - 


Which for 365 Days, amounts to 
Postage, Lodging-money for Paymaster, and Forage for 1 Horse 


epots, and Forage for the Horses of the Commandant, 


























Pay: 
Per Diem. For 365 Days. 
= £. s 4 
- - = - | _ 15 -_ | 
— - — - == 7 _ 
- - ~ - 5 — 
os ‘ - - - 6 6 
o o ° - no = -_ 
~ we - - ~~ i 
. " . : - 3 F 
- - - - _ 2 9 
- Beer Money, 1d. - 2 9g 
re 3 ; ~~ ££ = 
- each 2s. 3d. -~ 6 g 
- = - - ii 2 3 
- Beer Money, 1d. - 2 9 
¢ sce 4 .* 
- - — - = 4 _ 
4 4 1 
~ - 1,534 10 5 
Per Annum. 
. ° - 134 6 8 
2 2 * — - = 
- : " — = * 
7, _. ER Bn 8 6 8 
- .: a ia 2,302 17°~«1 
Per Diem. 
° £.- 15 - 
- -10 — 
£. 1 5 — 
_ - = @ 1a 6 - 
_ = * “* 65 15 7 
- @ - - 312 ae ‘a 
Serjeant, &amp;c. &amp;c. 91 5 - 
Tora for CHATHAM en em eS 925 5 7 
ToraL ---+--- -&amp;, 3,228 2 8 


— 





H. PARNELL. 











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977 





—_—_—— 


(11.)—ESTIMATE of the Char 
































ge of the Pay of Genrrat Orricers in His Majesty's Forces, not being 
Colonels of Regiments ; for the Year 1831. 























Charge. 
i &amp; 8 d. 
4 GENERALS _ - - - - - - - - - at £.1. 18. 0. per diem each - $774 -. = 
Generals, and 21 Lieutenant Generals - - - - - - - 1.12.6 on « - 35,587 10 = 
g5 Lieutenant Generals - - - - - * . . “ . - 1 § 0 - ° “} 43343 15 - 
For an additional Allowance to such of the above General Officers as were removed in 1814 from Commissions as 
Field Officers and Captains of the Regiments of Foot Guards, to complete their Pay to the following Rates ; 
7“ Former Regimental Commission New Rate of Pay Ordinary Pay as Difference of 
Present Army Rank. in the Foot Guards. per ann. each. General Officers. Charge. 
, £. £ s. d. q 8 a, 
1 General - - - | Lieut. Colonel - - - - 800 593 2 6 206 17 6 
1 Ditto i - -| First Major - - - - 800 593 2 6 206 17 6 
1 Ditto - - | Second Major - - - = - 700 593 2 6 10617 6 
1 Lieut. General - | Third Major - - - - 700 456 5 - 243.15 - 
1 Ditto - - - | Senior Captain of a Battalion = - 550 456 5 - 9315 - 
8 Lieut. Generals - | Remaining Captains of Battalions 500 456 5 - 950 - = ta -+« @ 
For the Charge of 1 General, 4 Lieut. Generals, and 10 Major Generals, who were Lieut. Colonels of Cavalry ; 
1 Major General, who was a Major of Cavalry; 44 Major Generals, who were Lieut. Colonels of Infantry ; and 20,636 3 9g 
1 Major General, who was a Captain of Infantry ; who continue to receive their Regimental Rates of Pa - 
For the Charge of Pay for 13 Major Generals, who were removed in 1821, 1825 and 1830 from their Regimental 8 8x0 
Commissions in the Foot Guards -.- ~e- ~ “ * 3 2 S Fi a 9050 — — 
For the Charge of Full Pay, at the rate of their respective Regimental Ranks, for 83 Major Generals, who, at the 27,041 18 
time of their promotion, were on Half Pay as Regimental Officers - - - - . &lt; i : . 7:04 9 
Charge of 316 General Officers - - - ££ | 139,441 10 —- 
Deduct Probable Saving by Casualties in the Year1831 - - - - «- 4,441 10 = 
Remains to be provided - - - - £.| 135,000 -— — 
War Office, 
24th June 1831. H. PARNELL. 





(12..—ESTIMATE of the Charge of Furi Pay for Reduced, Retired, and Unattached Officers of 
His Majesty’s Forces ; for the Year 1831. 


Charge 
. ‘uit; 
£. s. d. £ «8 d. 
4 REDUCED OFFICERS of the late Horse GrenadierGuards - - - - 985 7 9 
2 Reduced Lieutenant Colonels and 2 Reduced Trumpeters of the Life Guards - 1,019 19 3 
Agency - - - 2 &amp; 
1 Retired Surgeon of the Foot Guards -~— - - « « ©» « . 171171 2,085 7 - 
Agency - - ° 4 511 1"6 
32 Reduced Officers of the late RoyalInvalids - - - - - - ° 4,827.2 6 - e 
Agency - - - 120 13 6 
Allowances to 12 Captains of the same Corps” - - = - - - a ‘ 
2 Reduced Officers of the late Royal Garrison Battalion - - - - - 1583 4 5,907 10 — 
Agency - - - 319 1 
1 Reduced Major of the late 7th Royal Veteran Battalion - - - : ° —- - 162 2 § 
Agency - - : » 6 - P “— 
518 Reduced Officers of the late Royal Veteran Battalions: Pay - - - - 78,138 17 11 99 
Allowances to 1 Field Officer and 1 Captain of the said Battalions, who for-) 
merly held Companies inthe Invalids - - - © - = «f "= = yee vy 11 
8 Reduced Officers of the late Garrison Companies in the West Indies, at the Cape of Good Hope, ; 
and in New South Wales - - - ~ - - - « is * iu is = 1,241 - = 
2 Reduced Colonels of the late Irish Brigade, at £.1. 7s. 6d. per diem each e ° is 2 1,003 15 = 
1 Reduced Captain of the late Scotch Brigade - - - - - - . - . e 17117 1 
29 Retired Officers of the Royal Veterans, under the Acts 51 Geo. 3, c. 103, and 52 Geo. 3, c. 151 - 4,761 14 7 
51 Ditto - of Regular Regiments - - -* - -= +2© - 2 -#- 2 «. . 6,256 14 2 
Deduct, Charge of 651 Retired Officers - i 
Probable Saving by Casualties in the year 1831 - - ‘ = ‘ ‘ - sd . = ; ne “ 
Remains to be provided - - - £, 95,300 - — 
War Office, } 
24th June 1831. 
ee H. PARNELL. 












































(13..—ESTIMATE of the Charge for Hatr Pay and Miritary Attowances to Reduced and Retired 
Officers of His Majesty’s Land Forces; for the Year 1831. 








Charge. 
. Har Pay: . £. mae a oe _ 
6,745 | REDUCED OFFICERS of His Majesty’s Land Forces - « ° - | 674,380 -— — 
168 Ditto - - ditto - - of His Majesty’s American Forces - - - ~ - 9,569 - ~ 
, _— 683,949 - - 
Deduct Probable Saving by Casualties in the course of the Year 1831 9449 - - 
6,913 - - - - - - - ToratforHatr Pay - - &amp;, * . a 674,500 —- - 
MILITARY ALLOWANCES: 
138 | Reduced Officers of His Majesty’s Land Forces - ° - - . 748 + « 
18 Ditto - ditto - of His Majesty’s American Forces - - . - 90 &lt;- « 
52 | Retired Regimental Chaplains, at 45. _ diem each - - - 3796 - - 
8 | Retired Garrison Chaplains, and Chaplains of Brigade, at various rates - 504 5 - 
5 | Reduced Garrison Officers - - - - - - - - - 1,050 2 4 
5 | Reduced Commissaries of Musters - - - - “ - ° ° 640 16 4 
ae oi 24,172 3 8 
226 Deduct Probable Saving by Casualties in the course of the Year 1831 872 8 8 
Tota for MitiraARy ALLOWANCES - - - - « - Oa a « 
sm i- -°- = = e1 © « GeneRAL Toran - - - - - - - - - = £ | 697,800 - ~— 
a) . 
War Office 
24th June a. H. PARNELL, 
VOL. 86. Part II. 








11 Q 






































Appendix, 
(A.) 


25° Junii 
continued. 





Journal, p. 562. 





Appendix, 
(A.) 


25° Junii 


continued. 





Journal, p. 562. 








978 


Army Estimates. 


A. 183}. 





(14..—ESTIMATE of the Charge of Harr Pay and Repucep ALLowances to Officers of disbandeg 


Foreign Corps, of Pensions to Wounded Foreign Officers, and 
of deceased Foreign Officers ; for the Year 1831. 


of Allowances to the Widows and Children 























att rare, 
Charge. 
et ome eas 

£ 8. d. £ 8. d, 
HALF PAY, and Reduced Allowances of 794 Foreign Officers - . - - 74,674 19 6 
Deduct, on account of probable Casualties in 1831 - - - = = 2,674 19 6 

Tora for Half Pay - - - - = = ° - - 72,000 — — 
Pensions to 78 Wounded Foreign Officers - - -— = - - wie 7,170 —- = 
Deduct, on account of probable Casualties in 1831 - ° - - - 170 - - 

Tota for Wounded Officers - - - - - - 7,000 — — 
Allowances to 18g Widows, and to 231 Children of deceased Foreign Officers - - 11,937 - - 
Add, for Additions, which may be expected in 1831, beyond Casualties - 963 - - 

Tora for Widows and Children - - - - - - 12,300 - — 

Torar - - - - «+ £ 91,300 — - 


War Office, 1 
24th June 1831. 








H. PARNELL. 





&lt;_&lt; 


(15.)—ESTIMATE of the Charge for Repucep Locat Miuitia Apsutants, RetirED OFFIcERs of the 
Micitia, and Repucep Apjsurants and SersEant Masons of Yeomanry; for the Year 1831. 





























Charge. 
ADJUTANTS OF LOCAL MILITIA: F ona oe 

£. ss. di. &amp; «sd. 

1 ADJUTANT - . - - - . - - - at6/aday - - 109 10 — 

199 Adjutants - - - - - - - . - 4/ - - - 14,527 — ’— 
200 Numbers -« - - - - -  Torat of Local Militia Adjutants - - - - - €. 14,636 10 - 

RETIRED OFFICERS OF MILITIA: 
Great Britain: 

go Adjutants - - - - - - - - - at8/aday - - aa, «= 

18 Quarter-masters - - - - - - - - 5/ - - - 1,642 10 - 

1 @ Ditto e ad - = = = - = a 3/ _ o o 54 15 net 

26 Surgeons - - . - - - - - - 6 - - - 2,847 - = 
.75 Numbers - - - Tota. of Retired Militia Officers, Great Britain - - - - - = £, 8,924 5 - 

IRELAND: 

14 Adjutants - - - - - - - . - at8/aday_ - - 2,044 - —- 

1 Quarter-master - - - - - - - - $l - - - gi 5 - 

6 Surgeons - - “ - - - - - - 6 - - - 657 - - 
21 Numbers - - - Totat of Retired Militia Officers, Ireland - - - - - - &amp;, 2,792 5 - 

Adjutants and Serjeant Majors of Yeomanry : 

11 Adjutants - ~- - . - - = - - atg/aday - - 602 5 - 

1 - Ditto - - - - - - - - ~ 1/6 - Fs - 27 7 6 

7 Serjeant Majors - - - - - - - - 16 - - : 1g1 12 6 
1g Numbers’ - - - Torat of Adjutants and Serjeant Majors of Yeomanry - - - - &amp;. 8a1 5 - 
315 Numbers - . . - - - - - - To be provided for- - - - &amp;£. 27,174 5 - 


N. B.—The Charges contained in this Estimate were included in 


War Office, 
24th June 1831. 





the Year 1830 in the Militia Estimate. 


H. PARNELL. 





(16.)—ESTIMATE of the Charge of Penstons to be paid to 
for the Year 1831. 











the Widows of Officers of the Land Forces ; 


























a Rank of their late Husbands. oe Charge. 
&amp; ad £24. 
GENERAL OFFICERS - -° - 2 2° *&amp; 7 S *  * 120 - - 
Colonels - - - - - - - - - - - - go - - 
Lieutenant Colonels - - - - - - - - - - i 
Majors, Directors of Hospitals, and Inspectors of Hospitals - - - 70 - - 
Captains, Paymasters, Chaplains to the Forces, Deputy Inspectors of Hos- 
pitals, Physicians and Surgeons Major of the Foot Guards~- - | == 
Surgeons and Purveyors of Hospitals - - - - - - - 45 -- 
Lieutenants, Adjutants, Physicians (not having served abroad as such,)} 
Assistant Inspectors of Hospitals, Apothecaries, Assistant Surgeons, and / 40 = « 
Hospital Assistants - - - - - - - - - ~) 
Second Lieutenants, Cornets, Fnsigns and Quarter-masters . - - 6G - - 
Chaplains of Regiments, Hospital Mates, Veterinary Surgeons and pit . 
Purveyors - - - ° - . - o &gt; ° « . wy « 
__.__._ | Hospital Mate ° ° ° “ om ° ° - ° ° a cca 
3,959 ii eo _ © 8 #2 ef e “e  « &amp;] 1479778 - = 
Add, 
Further Charge of additional Pensions to Fifteen of the above-mentioned Widows, 
as directed by the Will of the late Colonel Drouly; viz. 
To the Widows of 5 Captains, at - - £.25 each - - - - - ~ 125 - - 
5 Lieutenants - - - 20 = - - - - - - . 100 - - 
- 4 — —- 
5 Cornets - © - - 15 -- - - - - - 75 a 
Deduct, 148,078 - - 
Interest of £.10,000 Consolidated 3 per Cent. Annuities, standing in the Names of 
the Secretary at War, and Paymaster General for the time being, under the Will - - + goo - - 
of the late Colonel Drouly - + -— = : o/h ee aoe 
Remains to be provided - - - - - £.| 147,778 - - 


War Office, 
24th June 1831. 








H. PARNELL. 





i a i i i 





1&amp;2 Wixi. IV. 


Army Estimates. 








= 


979 





17.) -ESTIM ATE of the Charge of ALLowaNces on the CompasstonatTE List ; of Allowances as of His Majesty’s 
Royal Bounty ; and of Pensions, Gratuities and Allowances to Officers for Wounds; for the Year 1831. 


ALLOWANCES on the Compassionate List to the Families of deceased Officers, 3,255 individuals - 
Allowances, as of His Majesty’s Royal Bounty, to 424 Individuals, Relatives of Officers who have 


a 


Pensions, Gratuities and Allowances to Officers, who have lost an Eye or Limb, or sustained other 


d 


been killed in Action - © - : 


serious and permanent Injury on Service, 841 Officers - - - 


War Office, 
24th June 1831. 











Charge. 
£ a « 
35659 - - 
32,397 - = 
112,563 - —- 
180,619 - = 





H. PARNELL, 





—_—_ 


(18.) ESTIMATE of the Charge of Cuersea and KrrmarnuaM Hospitats ; of the In-Pensioners of those 
Establishments ; and of the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital ; for the Year 1831. 

































































; Charge. 
CHELSEA : £ d £ s 2 F 
'. § . . . “e 
SALARIES of the Governors and other Officers of Chelsea, according to the Establishment - - 6,340 - - 
Salaries of the Established Clerks in the Secretary’s Office, 38 in number -| £6,070 - - 
Salaries of the extra Clerks in ditto, 35 in number, Messengers, Housekeeper, a 6 x 
and Contingent Expenses - - - - - - - - - 4:3°7 
, ; 10,457 2 - 
Salaries of the Established Clerks in the Office of the Agent for Out-Pensioners, Ose in = 
35 in number - - - - - - - - - - - - *7 
Salaries of the Extra Clerks in ditto, 13 in number, Messengers and Contingent _ - 
Expenses - - ss - ° - - - - ° od - 9 ~ 
Salaries of Sub-Agents, Clerks and Contingent Expenses - - - - 2,260 — — 
10,330 - - 
Allowances to Collectors of Excise and Chief Constables of Police, at the rate o . ” 
3d. per man per payment - - ° i» “ a 3 a # 3440 = 
Contingent Expenses of Collectors of Excise for Postage, &amp;c.- - - = 210 - = 
, 3650 — - 
Repairs of Chelsea Hospital ee ee ee ee oe oe 2,500 - — F 
Assessed Taxes, Poor Rates, Church Rates, &amp;c. - - - - - 1,025 - - 
3525 - — 
34,302 2 = 
Pay of 539 In-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital - - - - - - - - - - 1,450 -— = 
Provisions for ditto, according to Contracts - - - - - - - - - ° 12,15¢ - - 
Clothing for ditto, according to Contracts - ° - . ° ° - * -_ * - 1,765 16 4 
Household Disbursements for Stores, Furniture, Bedding, &amp;c. - - - - - ° - 1,675 - - 
Contingencies and F.xtraordinaries  - - - - - - ° - - : - 1,700 —- — 
18,740 16 4 
042 18 
336 Out-Pensioners, at 43d. per diem each - ° - ° “ - “ . ° 2,427 5 — _ : 
3,943 Ditto - - - 5d. — - - - - - ° * . “ e 20.08 
. 9993 4 7 
18,311 Ditto - - - 6d. — t,t, HE ed - 25 2 © © ©] 167,087 17 6 
2514 Dito - - - 7d — . . ° - - - - - - . . 26,763 12 6 
244 Ditto - - - 8d — - - - - - - - - - - : 2,968 13 4 
15,848 Ditto - - - gd. — - - - - - - - - - - - 216,919 10 - 
800 Ditto - - -i0d. — - - - - - - - - - - - 12,166 13 4 
1 Ditto - - -1id. — - - - - - - - - - - - 16 147 
2 Ditto - = = 113d, —_——- bal e - 7 = - = - - - = 34 19 7 
21,091 Ditto - - - 18s. — ° - - - - - - - - - 384,910 15 —- 
19,916 Ditto - - at different Rates, between 1s. and 2s. per diem each, in consideration of | 
their being totally disabled by blindness, or otherwise, or of having served more | 496,565 - 3 
; than 21 years in the Infantry, or 24 years in the Cavalry - - - - 
1,347 Ditto - - between 2s. &amp; 35. per diem each, ditto - - - - - - - 54,725 13 4 
1 Ditto - - at3s.1¢d. per diem, ditto - - - - - - - . - 57 - 8 
180 Ditto -~ - from Militia and Yeomanry; viz. 179 from Militia, and 1 from Yeomanry, | 
at different rates, between 1s. and 2s. 3d. per diem, in consequence of being } 5259 16 - 
totally disabled by blindness or otherwise = - - : ~ ° - 4 
84,534 
Annuities to Private Gentlemen of the late ist and 2d Troops of Horse Guards - - - 183 - - 
Contingent Expenses for Trusses, Artificial Legs, &amp;c. - - = = © © -» 1,000 - —- 
Deduct, 1,401,069 15 8 
Probable Amount which may not be required, in consequence of Unclaimed 
Pension, and the savings by Casualties, after providing for the charge of new \| £. 37,000 - — 
cases during the Year 1831 = - - + - - - - - ° 
Probable Saving which may arise from the Reduction in the Rates of Pension, id | 
consequence of the investigation into the Services of the Out-Pensioners from 2,000 = — 
the disbanded Regiments - ° - oi . . " ¥ -J 
The following Sums may also be applied in aid of this Charge: 
Poundage on Out-Pensions for 1831 - - ° - . . * * 68,000 - - 
Balance of Poundage in the hands of the Deputy-Treasurer, unappropriated at 
the termination of 1830 - - - - - - - - i “ _ * = 
Balance in hands of Agent for Out-Pensioners, on account of Pensions for the 
preceding Year — - - = = ~ - - - - J 6,000 7 os 
120,000 = — 
1,281,069 15 8 
1,334,112 14 = 
Appropriation of a portion of the Unclaimed Prize Money = - - = = «-« « «fg * ‘ 10,000 - — 
Torat for Chelsea Hospital, and In and Out-Pensioners - - - -| Carré forward &lt; 1,324,112 14 — 

















Appendix, 
(A.) 


25° Junit 


— 


continued. 


Journal, p. 562. 








9380 Army Estimates. . A. 183). 











Appendix, 
(A.) 


(18.)—Estimate of the Charge of Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals—continued. 




















a tt rrr 
Charge : 
25° Junii ‘ ree 
: £ s. d. GS «ta 
continued. ° Brought forward - - - = -o 1,324,112 14 _ 
Journal 562 KILMAINHAM HOSPITAL: 
J da Salaries, Wages and Allowances for the Civil and Military Officers and Servants -  - - = 3325 - = 
Diet of Officers and Soldiers - - - - - ° . - . e » ‘ a 4,160 - - 
Clothing for ditto (half-nounting) - - - - ° - ~* ‘ ~ = * ie  « « 
Coals, CandlesandLamps - - © - © 2© © © 5 5 2 © * 800 -— - 
Tradesmen and Artificers’ Bills - - - ° ° ° - ws a e a . 1,100 = &lt;- 
Washing : - - - - - - - - : : ~ ° a é * 369 4 8 
Stationery and Printing - - - - - - . - - - - ° © ° gz 6 2 
Medicaments - - - - - - . - - - - - - ° . « gz 6 2 
Contingencies - - - - - . = ee « a it is _ s 1,000 -—- =- 
Pensions to Four Non- resident Military Officers ee ee s -— ie * w 184 13 4 
Towards which Charge may be applied the following Sums : 11,923 10 4 
— “4.1 in he pouns, poyehle on contain Military Ie Issues made ae the — £.36 18 7) 
Interest on Four Government Debentures, at 3} per cent. - - - - - 12 18 6f = * 
Tota for KitMAINHAM - + = - - - 11,873 13 3 
. . ee. 
Remains to be provided - - - - - £.| 1,335,986 7 3 








csieinietae 


N. B.—In this Charge of £. 1,335,986. 7. 3. is included a Charge for the Pensions of - 4,711 Militia Out-Pensioners, 
273 Local Militia ditto 
78 Yeomanry - ditto 





5,062 Amount, £.64,141. 12 11, 
which in the year 1830 was voted as a part of the Militia Estimate. 
War Office, } 


24th June 1831. H. PARNELL. 





—— 


(19..—ESTIMATE of the Charge of ALLowances, Comprnsations and EMoLuMEnts, jn the Nature of 
Superannuation or Retired Allowances, to Persons formerly belonging to the several Public Departments under- 
mentioned, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ; for the Year 1831. 








Retired Allowances 


granted 
Superannuation upon Reduction or 
GREAT BRITAIN: Arrangement of Office, TOTAL 
Allowances whereby 


a Saving has been 
made to the Public. 











OFFICE of General Commanding in Chief: i « &amp; . - «a &amp; £ sd. 
One Principal Clerk - - -— = - - + - - - 666 - - 
One Established Clerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - 300 - — 
Two Junior Clerks - - - - ~ each at £.106. 13. 4. : - - 213 6 8 
One Housekeeper - + - - - - - . = - - 70 - - 
6 «a 2 
War Office : 366 583 6 8 1,249 6 8 
Reduced Allowances on Superannuation : 
One Superintendent of Accounts - - - - - - - - 666 13 4 
Two Private Secretaries to Secretaries at War - . - - - 300 - — 
One Senior Clerk - - . . - - - - - - - 450 - - 
Two other Clerks - - . - - - - - each at £. 225 450 - — 
One -_ ditto - - - - - . - - - - 160 - = 
Retired Allowances on Reduction : 
One Deputy Secretary at Wars - - - - - - - - . 2,500 — — 
One - - ditto - - - - - . - £. 1 800 


(including a Pension of £. 800 per annum from the Office of the Secre- 
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, which Mr. Francis Moore has volun- 
tarily relinquished to the service of the Public) - - - 


- - 1,000 — — 
One Chief Examiner of Accounts - - - ° - - - - ° 1,060 - — 
One Superintendent of Accounts - - - - - - - - - - . goo —- — 
_assscaes + + se ehlUrhlUlUhlUlUhhUhKhU OO 660 - - 
One Senior Clerk - . - . - - - - - - - - - -« goo — -— 
One -_ ditto - - - - . - - - . - - - - - 600 -— —- 
One -_ ditto - - - - . - - - - - - - = - 550 - — 
One -_ ditto - - - - - - - - - - . - - - 533 6 8 
One -_ ditto - - - - - . - - . - - - - 525 - - 
Three - ditto, each at £. 466 - - - - - - - - - - - 1,398 - - 
Two - ditto - - - 450 - - - - - - - - - - - goo -— — 
One - ditto - - - - - . - - - - - - - - 350 - - 
One other Clerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 330 - - 
Four - _ ditto, eachat£.300 - - . - - - - - - - - 1,200 — — 
One -_ ditto - - - - - - - - - - - a 290 - ~ 
One -_ ditto - - - - - - - - - - . - - 275 - - 
One -_ ditto - - - - - - - - - - - - - 270 — — 
Two -_ ditto, each at £224 - . ~ - - - - - - = = 448 - - 
One other Clerk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 212 - — 
Six - ditto,each at £.200 - - - - - - - - - - - 1,800 - — 
One -_ ditto - - - - - - - - - - - ee - 182 - — 
One -_ ditto - - - - - - - - - - - - ° a6 = &lt; 
Three ditto, each at £. 175 - + . - - - - - he 525 - - 
One - ditto = - &gt; &gt; - - - o e e o a is 162 aie veal 
One -_ ditto - - - - - ° . ° ° ‘ e - &lt;— oe a a 
One - _ ditto - - - - - - - - - ° - - - - 165 - = 
One -_ ditto - - + - - - - - - ° - - - - 152 10 —- 
Six - ditto, eachat£.150 - - ~ - - - - ° - ° - goo — - 
Two - ditto - - - 19§ - + + -2« += 2 e« -« - - - 270 — - 
One -_ ditto - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 130 -— - 

One -_ dittc - - - - - - - - - - - - - - a &lt;- « 

| One -_ ditto - - - . - - . - . - - - - - 104 3 








Cerriedforward - - - 2,026 13 4 19,087 


1,249 6 8 














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(19.)—Estimate of the Charge of Allowances, Compensations, &amp;c.—continued. Appendix, 
— (A.) 
Retired Allowances 
Superannuation upon Reduction or 25° Junii 
GREAT BRITAIN—continued. es Petter of Office, TOTAL, , 
Allowances, whereby continued, 
a Saving has been 
° made to the Public. Journal, p. 562. 
£Z s. d. £ ss. d. £ 8. da 
Brought forward - - - - 2,026 13 4 19,087 - = 1,249 6 8 
War Office—continued. 
Retired Allowances on Reduction—continued. 
One other Clerk - - - - - - - « a ‘ - : i: @ a 
One - ditto - - ° - - - - . - - - - - - 83 6 8 
Two - ditto, each at £.7 - - - * ° ° ° a - é * ‘e+ « 
One - ditto - - - - - - - - - - = - ~ - 40 - - 
One Messenger - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - 66 - - 
One - ditto - - - - - - - - ~ . ° - ° * Ge ~- ~ 
Two - ditto, each at £.50 - - .- € &amp; ‘ &lt;  @ ‘ ° n ‘ re 
One - ditto ° - - - - - - - o - ° - ° e 40 —- - 
One - ditto - - - - - - - - - - e - - a go - - 
Department of Foreign Accounts : 
First, or Chief Clerk - - - - - . - - ° “ rn . . "995 - - 
One - ditto - - - s  « - - = - - - - - 547 10 - 
One other Clerk © - - - - ~ o - o ~ e we = 195 - - 
One - ditto - - - - - - - - - - ° - - - 105 =- = 
2,026 13 4 21,258 16 8 23,285 10 - 
Adjutant General's Office : 
One Clerk - - - - . - - - - - - 145 - = 
One ditto - - - - - - - - - - - - 55 - = 
- - - 200 - = 
Adjutant General’s Department in North Britain : 
One Clerk - - - - - - - - - - ° - - - 36 - - 
One Messenger - = - - = = = = += at 1s. per diem -  - - 185 - 
545 - 
Quarter-master General’s Department : 
One Director of the Military Depét - - - - - - - - - - 350 - - 
One Deputy Assistant Quarter-master General - at 3s. 6d. per diem - - - 63 17 6 met 
Army Medical Department : 
One Principal Inspector — - - - -  - - - - 600 - - 
One -_ ditto - - - - - - - - - - 800 - - 
One - _ ditto - - - - - - - - - ° - - - a 
One Inspector General of Army Hospitals - -  - - -  - 462 6 8 
One Comptroller of the Accounts of Army Hospitals, at £.1. 5. 4. per diem 462 6 8 
One Secretary - : - - - - - ‘ ° M ° a &lt; &lt; 
One Messenger - - - - - - - - - ~ - 35 - - 
2,692 13 4 600 - - 3,292 13 4 
Judge Advocate General’s Office: 
One Deputy Judge Advocate General, and First Clerk - - - - 900 = - 
One Assistant Deputy Judge Advocate General - - - . m ° - goo - - — 
’ 
Paymaster General’s Office: 
Two Accountants, each at £.1,000 - - - - - ° 2,000 — - 
One Cashier of Half Pay - - - - - ~ © ° ° e « « 
One Ledger Keeper - - - - - - ™ * . ” 500 — - 
One - ditto - ~ - - - - - - - - ° 600 - - 
One Deputy Paymaster General - - - - - at 30s. p’ diem 547 10 — 
Two - ditto - ditto - - - - - eachat2os. -— - 7390 - ~ 
Four - ditto - ditto - ~ ” - - - 155. - - 1,095 - - 
Four - ditto - ditto ~ - - - - - 10s. - «= 730 - - 
Two Assistant - ditto - - - - - - 78s.6d. - 273.15 - 
Eleven ditto - ditto - - - - - - 58 — - 1,003 15 - 
. . - 7,980 - — 
Comptrollers of Army Accounts : 
One Comptroller - - e a a a a 2,000 - 
One - ditto - - - - - - - - - - - 1,000 - = 
One Secretary - - - - - - - e ” 7 . 590 - - 
One First Clerk - - - - ° . « - - - * 3 - - 
One Clerk - - - - - - - - - - ~ 275 - - 
One ditto - - - - - - - - - = - o 120 an 
as + «£ « « &amp; we -  -  * oS RE 
One ditto - ° ° - - - « - - “ ™ . o «-« 
One ditto - - - - - - - - . e « - 50 - - 
One Housekeeper - - - - - += - = - 56 § - 
- = = 4,764 5 - 
Late Mustermaster General's Department : 
One Deputy Mustermaster General - - at £.1. 1. 9. per diem - - - 396 18 9 
One Chief Clerk - - a ° e~-@ . ~ i is a aa 490 - - 
One Junior Clerk % = “ ‘ é a e * 7 s 2, B 5 ae 
ne, en ee ~ ww 99 - - 
ae 6 ae ee Om Um me Oe of - = « = - 
1,075 18 9g 
Late Agent General’s Department : 
The Agent General - - &gt; eg - £350 - - 
This Allowance is not now received, the late Agent General being now 
Under-Secretary of State. 
The Deputy Agent General - - - - - - - - - - - 350 - - 
One Clerk - - - ° - - - ~ * a ae ‘ m 110 - = 
One ditto - - - - o - os o ea - ‘a ‘ ‘ie é a 100 - - 
Two ditto - - - - -  - - - - each at £.90 - - - 180 - - 
ne. | ¢h Beret .¢ &lt;a me | gp Og eee ee : e ik ee... 
Two ditto - - - - . - - - - each at £.50 - - - 100 - - 
ee se, ae ee em ee er ae SS ee ~_ — « 45 - - 
a * &gt; 
Carried forward - - - + &amp; 44,485 16 3 


Journal, p. 562. 








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(19.)—Estimate of the Charge of Allowances, Compensations, &amp;c.—continued. 








GREAT BRITAIN—continued. 





Brought forward 
Chelsea Hospital : “ 
Two Orphan Daughters of a deceased Adjutant 
One Chief Clerk of the Secretary’s Office 
One Assistant Clerk of the Agent’s Office 
One - ditto - - + - ditto - 
One Retired Junior Clerk - ditto - 


Royal Military College : 
One Lieutenant Governor 


One Major - - - e ‘i ‘i 
One Captain of Cadets - - - - - 
One - - ditto - - - ° - 
One Instructor of French - - - - 
One - - ditto - - - - - - 


One Professor of Mathematics 
One Instructor of German, Senior Department 
One Instructor of Arithmetic, Junior Department 
One Instructor of Landscape Drawing, ditto - 
One Nurse at the saeagenes - . - 
One Purveyor - . - 
One Clerk of the Senior Department - 


One Instructor of French - - - 
One Clerk of Works - - - - - - 
One Professor of Mathematics, Junior Department - 
One Instructor of Fortifications - - ditto - - 
One Instructor of French - - 


One Master of Military menting 
One Paymaster = - 


Royal Military Asylum: 
One Reading Mistress - - - - : 
One Laundress - - - - - - ° 
One Retired Sempstress - - - - - - 


Miscellaneous: 


One First Clerk of the Deputy Quarter-master General in 


Nova Scotia - “ . " 2 “ 


One Messenger of the Assistant Quarter-master General i in 


North Britain - ° ‘ a * és oe 


One Messenger of the General Officer commenting in 


North Britain - - = 
One Clerk of the late Establishment : at Albany Barracks 


One Agent for the issue of Half Pay to aa nies « Posige ome 


One Agent of Army Hospitals . 


IRELAND. 
King’s Military Infirmary : 
One Apothecary - - - - - ° ° 
One Storekeeper - - - : ° ° . 


Chief Secretary’s Office: 
One Clerk of the Military Department = - - : 
One - ditto - - ditto - - - - - 
One - ditto - - ditto - - - - - 


Office for Military Accounts : 


One Clerk - - ~ ° © . a » 
Office of the Lieutenant General Commanding: 

One Clerk - - - - - 7 ° « 

One ditto - - . e 2 


One Assistant Secretary and First Clerk 


Adjutant General’s Department: 
One Deputy Aatinent Adjutant General as s First Clerk 


One Clerk’ - ss a ‘ a a 
Late Board of General Officers: 

One Deputy Secretary - ~ - o ° » 

One Accountant - - . a . ~ 7 


Judge Advocate General’s Department : 
One Judge Advocate General - - - - 
One Deputy - ditto - - - - - - 


Kilmainham Hospital : 
Two Daughters of the late Deputy Mester 
One Providore - 
One Auditor and Registrar - - - 
One Clerk tothe Paymaster - - = - 
One Nurse - - - - : - 

















at 4s. per diem 





















































at £. 100 each 

















a 
i, 
Retired Allowances 
ranted 
Superannuation upon Reduction or 
Arrangement of Office, TOTAL, 
Allowanees. whereby 
a Saving has been 
made to the Public. 
£ s d £ s. 4. £ s d. 
tae eee -_ -* - 44,485 16 3 
~~ -*= 
450 - - 
65 - - 
«+ = 
= = 
&gt; “ . 655 - . 
- - - 803 - - 
. * &amp; 351 6 3 
- - : 266 211 
. - - 255 10 — 
- - - 180 -—- - 
- - - 105 - - 
é - - 132 7 6 
- . - 121 10 - 
- - - 109 - - 
- - - 114 =—- — 
‘i ss - 18 5 - 
° * . 5415 - 
- “ - 50 - — 
- - - 112 5 - 
- - - 160 -_ - 
146 - - 
—_— == 
130 10 — 
68 - - 
- 7 = 175 — - 
479 10 — 3,008 1 8 3.487 11 8 
20 - - 
20 = - 
25 - 
é e 65 - - 
- - - 73 _-&gt;_ -_ 
° - - 1313 9 
» ~ - 13 13 9 
- - - 33 6 8 
* o ‘a 400 —- - 
- - - 100 —- — 
633 14 2 
Tora for Great BRITAIN - - - - &amp;. 49,327 2 1 
276 18 8 
i * - Re ae 
276 18 8 62 - - 338 18 8 
166 3 4 
266 10 4 
- 2 418 9 4 
532 13 8 418 9 4 951 3 - 
69 4 8 
- o - 69 4 8 
5015 8 
— — = 
276 18 8 
- © &amp; 364 14 4 
22510 4 
27 14 - 
° ” . 253 4 4 
Ris he g2 6 4 
- - - 130 17 - 
223 3 4 
336 18 8 
249 4 8 
- - - 586 3 4 
200 - - 
203 1 8 
- - - 276 18 8 
. ” . 3° 9 4 
14- - 
417 1 8 307 8 - 724 g 8 
Carried forward - - - £.| 3,511 1 4 





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(19.)—Estimate of the Charge of Allowances, Compensations, &amp;c.—continued. 





anry Department : 
ioe deel Major 


One - 


ditto - 


IRELAND—continued. 





Brought forward = - 


One Office Keeper (annual Gratuity, until otherwise provided for) 


Miscellaneous : 


One Paymaster and Agent of Widows’ Pensions 
Two Agents for Half Pay, at £.276, 18. 8. each 
ditto - - 7. - 


One Deputy - - ay 
One Agent for the Transmission of Deserters - 


Superannuation upon Reduction or 
Arrangement of Office, 
Allowances. whereby 
a Saving has been 
made to the Public, 
&amp; «da £. 8s. d. 
168 9g 4 
126 7 - 
- - - 32 6 4 
294 16 4 32 6 4 
._ « * 498 9 4 
7 sj i 553 17 4 
= . zs aos = 
- - - 60 - - 
Totat for IRELAND - - - - - «- - £, 
Toray for Great Britain - ~- + - &amp;. 
GENERAL ToTaAL +&gt; - - - - &amp;. 





Retired Allowances 
granted 

















Deduct, on account of Casualties known since this Estimate has been prepared—One Senior Clerk in 
the War Office, £. 466; One other Clerk in the War Office, £.330; One Laundress at the Military | 


Asylum, 


War Office, 


£.20; One Clerk in the Military Department of the Chief Secretary’s Office, Ireland, | 
£.166. 3. - i - se - ‘ « 


-- -+. i.e © 


24th June i.) 


Remains to be provided - 


£. 





Appendix, 


(A.) 


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Journal, p. 562. 























TOTAL 
i. &amp; 
3,511 1 
327 2 
1,186 3 
§:024 7 
49,327 2 
54,351 9 
982 3 
53,369 6 





H. PARNELL. 





(20..—ESTIMATE of the Charge of Excuequer Fees in Great Britain, upon Issues to be made 


GREAT BRITAIN - - 


War Office, 


for Army Services in 1831. 


24th June 1831 } 


For Exchequer Fees - 


upon Account - - 


£. 32,000. 





H. PARNELL. 





(21..—ABSTRACT, showing the Distribution of the Forces borne on the foregoing Estimates. 








| Numbers of Rank and File. 
STATION, DESCRIPTION OF CORPS. 
| Establishment. Effectives, cme a Supernumeraries. 
f Cavalry - - - - - 4,796 4,471 | 
Great BRITAIN - - «| Foot Guards - - - - - 4,400 3,646 
| Infantry of the Line’ - - - - | 13,006 10,727 | 
22,202 18,844 | 3,358 
Cavalry - . - - - - | 2,230 2,082 | 
IRELAND - - -¢| Foot Guards - - - - - 704 551 
| Infantry of the Line - - - - 15,632 13,275 
18,566 15,908 2,658 
| 
On PASSAGE - - - | Five Battalions of Infantry of the Line - 3,023 | 3,101 - - - 78 
Infantry of the Line, including Detach- | 
ments of ditto on Passage ~ } 28,997 | 26,657 
ABROAD, exclusive of India, | Royal Veteran Companies - - “ 373 | 370 | 
West India Regiments - - - 1,644 1,659 
Colonial Corps - - - - - 2,655 2,586 | 
33,669 | 31,272 | 2,397 | 
8.4130 | 78 
Deduct Supernumeraries - - - - - - - - = =| 78 
ToTaL wanting tocomplete - - - - - - = - - 8,335 
The Effectives will be recruited to Establishment in 1831; but a deduction of £.40,000 on | 
account of Pay of Men wanting to complete, has been made from the Charge of the Land Forces, 
in page 964 of the present Estimates. 
Force - at Home 
) a eS ey ee he Se COR “ 40,768 345752 6,016 
Dito - - - - - + + = = Abroad - 36,692 34,373 2,319 
(exclusive of India.) 77,460 69,125 | 8,335 
Establishment. Effectives. 
Inna - 0 -COkSsC, f Cavalry ew hie” fe a be 2,700 2,656 | 
Infantry of the Line - - - - 15,519 16,345 | | 
18,219 19,001 aa 78 
War Office, 
24th June 1831. H. PARNELL. 




























































































Appendix, 
(A) 
25° Junii 


continued, 


Juurnal, p. 562. 








984 





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A. 183). 


























a 
(22..—-ABSTRACT ofthe Estrmates of — - - - me 
NUMBERS: a, . 
EFFECTIVE: NON. &gt; 
| EFFECTIVE; 
SERWVICES. | nies Reomtcscartnecttvone: 
| RANK including Officers, All Ranks of 
| HORSES. and Non-commissioned Officers 
| vibe Private Men, | 4 Men 
- ‘ee 
EFFECTIVE: No. No. No. No. 
1.—Land Forces, exclusive of India - - - - - - - 6,062 77,460 88,042 cas | 
2.— Staff, exclusive of India - - - - - ° - - — ‘ ~ « . aioe 
3.—Public Departments — - - - - : - - - - a s =&lt; * * - e a eee 
4.—Medicines - : - - - - - - - - - .-. *# * - « o a m ees 
5.—Garrisons - - - . - - - - - - .- * «@ - -— « - ° “ PR 
6.—Royal Military College - - - - - : - 2« ® - ws a - ~ 
7.— Royal Military Asylum - - - - 2 = = &amp; a - aw 4% a he 
3. 8.—Volunteer Corps - - - - - - - - - oo *- « ws “ a én i mah a 
Regiments in the East India Company’s Territories - - - 2,804 18,023 20,552 .: &amp; a 
4- 9-—) And the Troops and Companies, and Depéts at Home - - - - - = 196 454 * € ~ 
NON-EFFECTIVE: 
10.—Army Pay of General Officers - = = - = = = - - = ° - - “ « * 316 
11.—Full Pay for Retired Officers - - - - - . - “ *¢ @ +“ * © - ° ° 651 
12.—Half Pay and Military Allowances . - - - - - = ae ae . * » 1 
7139 
13.—Foreign Half Pay, &amp;c. - - - - - . - -« . ° * 794 
14.—Allowances to Retired Officers of Militia, to Reduced ‘Adjutants of Local . 
5s Militia, and to Reduced apne and Serjeants Major of Yeomanry {| ~ ~ Pires ' ° * 315 
15.—Widows’ Pensions - - - - - - - a: fel me a” Se Te es z 7 er 
16.—Compassionate Allowances, Bounty Warrants, and Pensions for Wounds - -:- - + - « o e ee 
17.—In-Pensioners of Chelsea and Kilmainham, and Out- Funstenere wd 8 
Chelsea Hospital - - - - - ° - “ee = Pee FF » ¥: . 59333 
\ 18.—Superannuation Allowances - - - - - - - - . =— &amp; a te . ‘. : ae 
6. 19.—Exchequer Fees - - . - - - - - - - _ -« « “&lt;*« « . a -|. -. 
Tota Numbers and Charge - - - 8,866 95,579 109,048 | 94,548 
Deduct, the Numbers of Horses and Men of Regiments in India, and the] 
Charge of Regiments in India, and of the Troops, Comgentes a 2,804 18,023 20,552 * ws 
Depots at Home - - - - ° . . ‘ 
Rematn, The Numbers and Charge for the Year 1831 - - - 6,062 77,056 88,496 04,548 








Memorandum :—By the Act 4 Geo. 4. c. 71. a Sum of £. 0,000 per annum is paid into His Majesty’s Exchequer by the East India Company on account of the Charge for 
retiring Pay and Pensions, and other Expenses of that nature arising in respect of His Majesty’s Forces serving in India. 


towards the general Expenses of the State. 

















‘This Sum is applied annually 





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| HORSES, RANK AND FILE 
EFFECTIVE. ESTABLISHMENT. | 
- More in More in | Less in | 
| 1830. 1831. 1831. 1830. 1831. 1831. | 1831. 
| { 
| | 
( 1.—Land Forces - . - - - - - 6,014 6,362 348 78,282 | 77,460| - - | 822 
ey | | 
O11.) o Sef - . . . - Voted on the Army Estimates, 1830 . i a 
5 _ . " 7 - ~ {| + Included in Vote for Army Extraordinaries, 1830 - - 
| 
a 3.—Public Departments - - ° - - - - - - - - - - - * * a - - 
a . 4.—Medicines - - - - ° - - ° - - - °* - ° e — iol a 7 
= f 5.— Garrisons - - - « . ° ° -e . * o — —— = a os 
2 | 2.) 6.—Royal Military College - : : - - ° - - . * — . « --&lt;« es es 
i a 7.—Royal Military Asylum - - ° - - - - - - - » - - ~ « —— . 
fa 8.—Volunteer Corps - - ° ° e -  * . * « ° . ——_— ~~ 
Regiments in India, ond - - - - - 2,804 2,804 - - 17,312 | 18,023 711 . = 
is 9-— Troops and Companies of ditto —- - - - - - - - - 192 196 4 - 4 
na ( ( 10.—Army Pay of General Officers - - - - - - - - - - - - ° - “2 
5 11.—Full Pay for Retired Officers - - ° - : - - “&lt;&lt; o.-« = . «© . ' -- 
&gt; 12 —Half Pay and Military renee © ~ - o -« om ol mw - = dl we - 
s 13.—Foreign Half Pay - - . ° ° ° * « « « « — “” « . * ‘2 
7 14.—Retired Officers of Militia, neal - - - - - Voted in 1830, as a part of the Militia Estimates ia: 
s 15.— Widows’ Pensions - . . ° m . «= . « ~ * - © . &lt;@ o % - - 
et 3 | 16.— -Compassionate List, &amp;c. - - - ° - ° — » « - - | - - i ol . = - 
B In-Pensioners of Chelsea and Kilmainham - - - - - - - -|-e- - ° e - e ~~ 
fae 17.—&lt; Out-Pensioners of Cnelsea_ - - - ~ - - - | ee ee a ae - - 
ao Ditto - Militia, Local Militia, and ‘Yeomanry - - Voted in 1830, as a part of the Militia Estimates a. -* 
S 18.—Superannuaticns - - - - .-« «+ - - - - - |e - - - . . * -- 
6. 19.—Exchequer Fees - -~- - - + - «© — . poe oe — ania - «2 eo 
Deduct, Number of Horses and Men of Regiments in| 8,818 | 9,166 | 348 952786 | 95,679 715 vo 
India, and the Charge of Regiments in India, and of }| 2,804 | 2,804 | - - | 17,312] 18,023 7u * 
the Troops and Companies at Home - - | 6,014 6,362 | 348 78,474 | 77,050 4 822 
Deduct 1830 from 1831 - - « rs ‘ ss cn 6,014 en oe 77,056) - - oa ee - ° 
And Decrease from Increase - ° « ° * — ~ / “—— ~- — . « 4 
— 348 | 348 818} - - - - 818 
XY =e | 
Increase of Horses, Effective. Decrease of Establishment, Rank and File. 


War Office, 
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Appendix, 
(A.) 
25° Junii 


continued, 





Journal, p. 562. 








eS 
~ * - - - - Army Services for the Year 1831. 
OO” ———— 
CHARGE: 
gece GENERAL TOTALS 
TOTALS TOTALS of Effective 
GREAT BRITAIN. IRELAND and Non-Effective Services, 
of each Service. of each Class, and of 
Exchequer Fees, 
_ -£ s. d. is @ £. s. d. £. s d. £. s. d. 
2,333:384 6 8 818,770 1 7 3,152,154 8 3 
101,573 1 5 22,949 6 7 124,522 8 — 
101,737 Q9 10 2,159 16 6 103,897 6 4 
9500 - - 2,920 - -— 12,420 - - siidalai ss 
29,531 8 6 4:304 7 4 33835 15 10 — ? 
5,627 19 3 . = * * 5627 19 3 
19,975 12 5§ ° ° ° . 19,975 12 § 
- 59439 7 6 
170,512 15 10 19,291 3 10 189,803 19 8 18 
9,803 19 8 
2,2 111 - - .- a 742,2 2 (Ut 3,642,237 g 9g 
} 7425247 2247 742,247 11 1 
742,247 11 1 
135,000 - = - ° - - 135,000 -—- — 
953300 - — - - - 953300 —- — 
6g7,800 - -—- es ee Ss 697,800 - -— 
91,300 - — - *S ake 91,300 - - 
24,388 - = 2,792 5 - 27,174 § - 
wae = Cl ° - - - 147,778 - - 
180,619 - - - &gt; - - 180,619 - - 
1,324,112 14 = 11,873 13 3 1,335,986 7 3 
48,511 2 1 4858 4 4 53,369 6 5 
’ 2 2,764,326 18 8 2,764,996 18 8 
32,000 —- — - - - - 32,000 - — 32,000, - = 32,000 - -—- 
6,290,893 1 1 889,918 18 5 - - - - - - - - 7,180,811 19 6 
742,247 11 1 - - - - - - - ~ - - - - 742,247 11 1 
5:548,645 10 — 889,918 18 § . : ° - a a. 6,433,564 8 § 
War Office 
24th June &gt;! H. PARNELL. 





EstiMATES 


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VOL, 86.— Part II. 














H. PARNELL. 





118 





TOTAL EFFECTIVES, CHARGE, 
including Officers, 
Non-commissioned Officers, and Men. 
More in Increase in Decrease of 
1830. | 1831. 1231. 1830. 1831. 1831. 1831. 
— 
88,848 | - Establishment of 1830. 
7,684 - Non-Effectives of 1830. £. s. d. £. £. 5. d.|¢_. This increase is caused by an augmen- 
: i f 6,878 effective M d 348 
81,164 | 88,042 | 6,878 ] 3,015,333 2 7 | 3152154 8 3| 196,821 - = fae Gapcuss gonial 1a te 
1830. 
- - An increase of £. 4,080. 7. 6. for addi- 
| tional Pay of Medical Officers, under 
i eg 2 a Eom 109,347 11 4 } 124,522 8 — 1,174 16 J . Warrants of July 1830, has been intro- 
-..% - « - 14,000 —- — duced. The decrease would otherwise 
have been £,2,905. 10. 
- - 2° - a 106,530 15 3 103,897 6 4 &gt; - ° 2,633 8 11 
- - - -« = 14,420 — — 12,420 = =- : = * 2,000 —- — 
- - « i 36,669 7 8 33,335 15 10 ~ - - 2,833 11 10 
- - - - ° « 7,656 ig 6 5,627 19 3 . -* 2,029 — 3 
- - - . « 20,986 1 19,975 12 5§ - - - 1,011 - 10 , 
- - e — 60612 3 : 189,803 19 8 129,191 11 ee By Augmentation of Force. 
19,719 | 20,552 8 
8] 8] SHY] 709007 9 9] reser +] ass 
oem « - - 126,000 - —- 135,000 — — 9,000 — - - Increased by Brevet of 1830. 
oF « « Bw « 104,000 - — 95900 - -| - - - 8,700 -— - 
ce e -« oe 720,859 12 10 697,800 - —- - - - 23,059 12 10 
aed Sa =e 94,900 - — ougme ~- -i - = 3,600 - - 
to Elak (uAes. 28,493 1 - - . Sit Giga 1,318 16 — 1 By Excess of new Claimants be- 
et edi -- 145,207 -— -—| 147,778 - —- 2,511 er ee yond Casualties. 
- = a eS 185,036 - — 180,619 - - - - = 4417 - - 
oe - - - 47,686 1 1 
" 2 J} = = | = © | 1,241,601 17 8 |$1,335.986 7 3} - - - 19,846 17 11 
he See i 66,545 6 5 
aon ae oe 54,204 18 1 53369 6 5), - - ° 835 11 8 
ne Tb - - 32,000 - — 32,000 — 
101,319 | 109,048 |" 7,729 | 6,939,148 4 6 | 7180,811 19 6 | 313,948 15 3 72,2385 - 3 
—. 20,552 | 833 706,997 9 9| 742:247 11 1 35250 
1,600 | 88,496 [6,896 | 6,232,150 14 9 | 0,438,504 8 5 | 278,698 13 11 72,285 - 3 
we 81,600 ot - - - 6,232,150 14 9 
|e Hes -|-——_K Eee aa E db 
he 6,896 | 6,8 . -*.  &amp; 206,413 13 8 | 206,413 13 - - Of this Increase, £.129,191. 11. 7. is caused by 
wd , sa ~ ‘ ~ an Augmentation of the Volunteer Force. 
Increase of Effectives, all Ranks. Increase of Charge. 


Appendix, 
(A.) 


25° Junii 


continued. 


Journal, p. 564. 


986 


Army Extraordinaries. A. 183}. 











— 


(24.)—AN ACCOUNT of the Exrraorpinary Expenses of Tue Army, paid from 
25th December 1829 to 31st December 1830, both inclusive. 





EXTRAORDINARIES 18380. 





Brits or Excuance drawn on the Lords Commissioners of His Masesty’s Treasury by the several Officers in charge of the 
Comnsienastat on Foreign Stations, amounting to the sum of £. 1,853,511. 0. 2. 





All Sums granted by Parliament for any Branch of Public Service incurred and paid at Foreign Stations, are advanced, in the first 
instance, by the Commissary out of the Military Chest; he negotiating all Public Bills on this Country. Such Advances, if made 
on account of Army, Navy, Ordnance or Miscellaneous Expenditure, provided for in the Annual Estimates for those Services 
respectively, are repaid in England by the proper Departments, out of Money imprested to them on account of those Estimates ; and the 
Sums so repaid are credited by the Paymaster General to Army Extraordinaries. The BALANCE is expended on account of those 
Services, which, from not being matter of previous Estimate and specific Grant, constitute the Army Extraordinaries paid Abroad. 

















General Heads of Service, 
To which the Sums are applied. From whence drawn. Amount. 
By the Officers in the Charge of the Commissariat at the Ss ad 
following Stations : 

Gibraltar - - - - - £.110,800 4 10 

Malta - - - - - ° 153:795 15 9 

fu - * o - - - 102,8 2 

Pay of the Forces; Navy, Ordnance and Barrack ex- a Leone « iF c ¥ - Mg . 3 
penses ; Half-pay ; Widows and Chelsea Pensions ; and] | fernando Po - fi “i A 2 OO diy, cde 

Miscellaneous Grants in Supply - - - -| | Cape of Good Hope is 4 . 108,719 — 72 
Pensions to the aged and infirm Men and others of the} | Mauritius - - - -— = 76,665 18 8 
disbanded West India Regiments not receiving Chelsea | | Jamaica . . * . 215,587 1 11 
Pensions ; Provisions for the Troops; Fuel ; Lodging Barbadoes - - - ° . 138,960 11 6 
Allowances; Hire of Vessels for local services; Land Bahamas - : ° . - 22,307 16 1 
transport ; Military Labourers; Hospital Expenses (with Bermuda . “ . . . 62,407 2 2 
the exception of medicine); Forage of Horses, and Honduras . a : * ‘ 13,816 17 - 
every other description of Contingent Expenses incident Halifax - * ° ° : . 101,340 18 - 

- to the above Services at the Station from whence the| | Canada - “ ° . . * 372,588 13 9 
bills are drawn - - - . 7 m -| | Newfoundland - - - - 6,586 15 10 
New South Wales - - - - 154,545 7 = 

Van Diemen’s Land - 93.548 1 8 

.| By the Paymaster of the Forces, Ceylon 91,663 - - 





Amount of Bills which have been paid in England in 1830, drawn from Stations Abroad, 
for Army, Navy, Ordnance and Miscellaneous Services - - - - 





1,853,511 - 2} 








MONIES issued by the PayMAsteR-GENERAL in England, in Repayment of Sums paid into the Military Chests Abroad. 


To the Receiver-General of the Post-Office; in repayment of Sums paid into the mary Chests £ 8. d. £ sd. 
by Deputy Postmasters in the West Indies and British America’ - - 25,646 4 11 
To the Treasurer of the East India Company 1 ; for came paid into the Military Chests in Mews Scotia 
and Canaila, by their Agents - - - 
To the Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty ; in repayment of Sums paid into the Military 
Chest at Sierra Leone, as the proceeds of Slave Ships - - - - - 
To the Receiver-General of Greenwich Hospital; in repayment of Sums paid into the Military 
Chests at Newfoundland and the West Salen, on account of Greenwich Hospital - - - 
To the Receiver-General of Customs; in repayment of Sums paid into the manny Cane on 
account of the Customs, in the British West Indies and British America - - - 
To Thomas Hyde Villiers, esq. ; in repayment of the like sum paid into the Military Chest at  New- 
foundland by Sir Thomas Cochrane, Governor - - . - - - - - 291 7 1 
To the Treasurer of the Ordnance; in repayment of sundry Sums paid to the credit of the Ordnance 
into various Military Chests in the Colonies - - - - - - - - - 
To William Sargent, esq. Agent for Commissariat Supplies ; in repayment of Sums paid into the 
Military Chest at Berbice, by the Capernenainent of the Winkel Reteeeenenent, being the Surplus 
of Winkel Receipts - - £.233 5 6 
To the Exchequer, in repayment of a Sum of Money deposited i in the Military 
Chest of Trinidad ; in further reduction of a Balance due from Mr. Whitmore, 
the Deputy Commissary General in the West Indies - - 
To the Treasurer of the Navy ; in repayment of the like sum paid into the Military 
Chest at Malta, on the 8th July last, by the Naval Officer at that Station - 


114,941 2 6 
6,217 17 5 

428 15 4 
16,658 4 4 


26,506 g 5 


8,850 11 11 
6,002 7 3 





15,086 4 8 
To John Dyer, esq. Receiver of Fees of the Adnicaiy ; ; in mpnpoes of te like Sum paid into the 
Military Chest at Corfu - - - - - - - - 200 2 


Amount of Sums paid in England in 1830, on account of Monies received from time to time | 205,976 7 8 
by Commissaries Abroad, into the Military Chests for remittance to this Country - —_ - f 5997 








To William Sargent, esq. Agent for Commissariat Supplies, being the Amount expended by him in the purchase of 


British Silver Coin, for remittance to Foreign Stations, for Army, Navy and Ordnance Services - : - - 57,002 2 = 
Total Amount paid in England wile the year, on account of Monies received into the Military Chests nee 
Abroad - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 2,116,489 9 10% 


Deduct,— 
Amount repaid by Public De epg in England, in 1830, for Money from time to time advanced by the 
Commissariat Abroad, out of the Military Chests, to the Officers of those Departments, to enable them to 
carry on their respective Services, as voted by Parliament ; viz. 


From the Grant for Army Services - - - - - - - . - - | 762,883 11 52 
_ Navy - - - - - S is - - = «=| 211,176 13 11 
— Ordnance - - . - - - - - - - - | 456,362 6 1 
-- Miscellaneous’ - - - - - - - - - - | 173,089 11 - 





1,603,512 a 5b 





Amount remaining ~—- - - - £.| 512,977 7 5 














y &amp; 2 Witt. IV. Army Extraordinaries. 987 


‘ 


























—_— 
(24.)—Account of the Extraordinary Expenses of the Army—continued. Appendix, 
(A.) 
General Heads of Service By whom ‘ 
‘ “ 
To which the Sums are applied. And from whence drawn. wana 25° Juni 
‘continued, 
£. s. d 
Brought forward’ - - - - - | 512,977 7 5 Journal, p. 554. 
BILLS drawn from Axsroap for Services not included in the Accounts of 
CoMMISSARIAT OFFICERS. 
Major-General Sir Colin Halkett, Lieute- £. s. d. 
Hire of Vessels; Pay and Allowances to Inspectors of nant-Governor, Jersey . - - 2,127 18 6 
Artillery and Militia Officers to drill the Militia; Se- | | Major-General William Thornton, Lieute- 
cretary and Accountant to the Governors; Superin- nant-Governor, Jersey - . - 425 9 - 
tendent of Signal Stations; Military Signal Men, Boat- | | Major-General John Ross, Lieutenant- 
men, Repairs to Boats, Stationery and other Incidental Governor, Guernsey -~— - - = 1,594 10 4 
Expenses + - - - - - - - || Lieutenant - Colonel G. Cardew, Acting 
Governor - - - - - - 108 410 


{| H.J. Ricketts, Governor, SierraLeone - 11718 53 
Captain A. W. Fraser, Acting Governor, 
Sierra Leone - - - - - 128 8 gi 


Rent of House at the Office of the Mixed Commission 
Court, and Colonial Contingencies - - - - | 


Redemption of Paper Money formerly issued, and also 
towards the excess of the Expenditure of this Colony, &gt; 
after applying the whole of the Colonial Revenue - J 


Honourable Sir Charles Colville, Governor, 
Mauritius - - - - - - 2,226 13 52 


Purchase of Provisions and Stores, and other Expenses { Captain James Stirling, Lieutenant-Gover- 








for the use of the Settlers - - - - - nor, Perth, Western Australia - - 7,071 15 5 
Allowance to Captain Kennedy, as Colonial Secretary for {| Lieutenant-General Sir H. Turner, Go- 
one year ° - - : - . 8 - vernor at Bermuda - -~— = - 59 9 - 
; _ §| Captain Sir Thomas Cochrane, Governor 
Hire of a Government Vessel . - : - { at Newfoundland . ‘ ee ska 
: : _ J} Lieutenant-Colonel H. King, Lieutenant- 
Contingent Expenses of the Island - - - { Governor, Heligoland ne - - ewe « 
Amount paid in the same period for Bills drawn for Services for which the Drawers are) 16.488 1 2 
accountable in the same manner as the Commissaries to the Commissioners of Audit - -J 4 9 9% 





PAYMENTS mapeE 1n TuH1s Country. 





AccomMoDATION of Orricers, &amp;c. on board Suips of War. 


Expenses on account of the Passage of Major-General Carmichael Smith and his Family, on £. 8s. d. 
board H. M. Ship Blossom, to his Government at the Bahama Islands, being the remainder of 
the allowauce due - - - - - - - i o 2 x = 7 a 189 7 - 
Ditto - allowed for the Passage Money to Lieutenant-Colonel John Austin from Portugal, in the 
ear 1820 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 - 
et ae incurred in aid of the Passage of Mrs. M. Forbes, with her Family, from the Mauritius 
to this Country, her husband having died in necessitous circumstances - - - = = 78 3 ~- 
Expenses attending the conveyance in H. M.’s Sloop Herald, of Lieutenant-General Lord Aylmer, 
appointed Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief of the British Provinces in North America, 
and his Suite, from England to Quebec - - - - - - - - - - 168 12 - 
Ditto - for providing a Passage of Major-General George Mackie and Suite to St. Lucia, of 


which Island he has been appointed Governor - - - . . - - - 
Ditto - incurred by Captain Sir A. William James Clifford, R. N. in making preparations for the 
Passage of Lieutenant-General Lord Aylmer, appointed Captain-General and Commander-in 
Chief of the British Provinces in North America, and his Suite, from England to Quebec, on 
board H.M.S. Undaunted - - - - - - - - - - . - - 11017 - 
Ditto - incurred by Mrs. Jane Daly, in returning from the Swan River, being the Allowance which 
would have been granted to her late husband, Assistant-Surgeon Daly, of the 63d Regiment, 
in aid of his Expenses - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - 102 2 - 
Ditto - on account of the Passage of Major-General Grant, and his Suite, from New Providence 
to Trinidad, in H. M.S. Barham, on the occasion of his being removed from the Government of 


goz 2 — 








the Bahamas to that of Trinidad - - - - - - - - - - - 226 2 = 
Ditto - attending the Mess of Surgeon D. B. Conway, R. N. while on board the Amity Transport, 
from 1st December 1829 to 5th April 1830 - - - - - - - « - © 24 --- lis i 
22 - 
For Freicut on Sprcie conveyed on board the following Vessels : , 
In His Majesty’s Ship Cordelia, from Portsmouth to Malta - - - - - - 200 — - 
; -- Arachne, from Jamaica to Barbadoes = - - - - - - - 1,000 — — 
— Jaseur, from Cape of Good Hope to Mauritius - - - ° ° 25 3 2 
— Galatea, from Portsmouth to Barbadoes - - - - - - - 250 -— - 
_ Pallas, from Portsmouth to Cape of Good Hope - - - - - 350 - - 
a Jaseur, and H. M.S. Tweed, from England to Mauritius - - - - 75 ~ 
— Ditto - - - - - - - - - - - 25 - - 
_ Kangaroo, from Kingston to Falmouth in Jamaica - - - - + 37 10 - 
—_ Gambia, from Portsmouth to the Gambia - - - . - - 50 - - 
— Hussar, from Halifax to Barbadoes - - - - - - - 600 -—- - 
—_ Zebra, from Plymouth to New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land - __- 300 - — 
—_ Ranger, from Jamaica to Barbadoes - - - . - - - 264 6 8 
— Winchester, from England to Barbadoes - - - ~ - - - 250 — — 
3,426 19 10 
For Pay To Orricers, &amp;c. 
To Philip Van Cortlandt, late Inspector of Ordnance Accounts at Quebec, being the amount of 
= the difference of the rate of Lodging-money due to him, for the period from 25 June 1827 to 
; ae +. ~~ «&lt; + &lt;&lt; + « «&lt;  £ 8 ES a « 28 - 4 
To Joha Holmes, for his allowance as late Clerk of the Works at the Royal Military College, for 
the Half Year, to 24th Decentoer 1829 - . - - - - - . - - 80 - - 
To the Baroness D’Agrain, widow of the late Baron D’Agrain, late Professor in the Royal Military 
College, being the amount of her Pension, from 8th April 1828, the period of the Baron’s Death, 
to 24th December 1829, at the rate of £.40 per Annum, as follows ; viz. 
s « &amp;@ 
For 77 Days, from 8th April to 24th June 1828, on £.10 - - - - | 8 g 3 
For One Year-and-a-Half, from 24th June 1828 to 24th December 1829, on 
£. 40 per Annum . - - - - . - - . - Go - - 
‘ | 68 9 3 








: Carried forward . . &amp; 176 9 7 534,119 13 -2 











Appendix, 
(A.) 
25° Juni 
continued. 
Journal, p. 564. 








988 Army Extraordinaries. 





A. 183}. 





(24.)—Account of the Extraordinary Expenses of the Army—continued. 





For Pay to Orricers, &amp;c.—continued. 


Brought forward - - = 


To C. Greville, esq. being the amount of his pay as Commissary and Steward-General of Jamaica, 
at the rate of 215s. per day, from the 1st January 1829 to 24th September following, including 


£.2. 2. forfee - = . Cd yee! Ok. ee ae oe 
To Rev. Robert Hodgson, being the sum to which the Chaplain General’s Salary would have 
amounted to had he retained his situation to 24th June 1830 - - - - - o 


To Mrs. Catherine Sinclair, representative of the late Major-General Patrick Sinclair, being in full 
of all claims arising out of the public accounts of that officer, as Lieutenant-Governor of 
Michilimachinac, in North America, between 23d August 1780 and 18th September 1782 - 

To D. Barry, being the amount of the difference between the pay of a Surgeon and a Physician 
to the ada from the 25th January 1829 to the 4th November following, when he was 
commissioned to the latter rank at Gibraltar - - - - - - - - - - 

To Dr. John Frederick Clarke, being the amount of his pay as Physician to the Forces serving in 
Africa, at the rate of 19s. per day, from 25th February 1830 to 10th May following - - 

To Mr. Lardner, being the amount of 396 days forage allowance, from 25th June 1827 to 
24th July 1828, at the rate of 3s. gd. per diem, £.74. 5. and to pay the fee £.3. 3. - = 

To W.G. Sharp, ig sewer of the 1st Foot, being the amount of forage allowance due to him as 
Paymaster of the Royal African Corps at Sierra Leone, from 2oth June 1828 to 31st March 1829 


Various MIscELLANEOUS PAYMENTS. 


To the Treasurer of the Navy, in further payment of stores supplied by the Victualling Department 
for the Settlement at Fernando Po - - - - ° ° - ° « ~ " 


To William Holmes, esq. Treasurer of the Ordnance, on account of expenses incurred for packages 
for candles and oil furnished on account of the Commissariat Department of the Treasury, in 
the year ended 31st December 1829 - - - - - - - « ° s e 


To Baron Munchausen, in repayment of Disbursements made by the War Office at Hanover, 
during the year 1828, on account of pensions to Invalids who are entitled to such from the 
British Government + - - 2 = = “te Ay rin - e . 


To Alexander Campbell Willy, esq. being in satisfaction of his claim for the loss of Negroes in the 
Island of St. Simon’s, in the year1$15 - = a. - - - . e ° ° 


To John C.Clarke, esq. in repayment for medicines and medical stores, supplied in June 1829, for 
the use of His Majesty’s Convict Hospital in Van Diemen’s Land -~— - .@ - ° 


To William Holmes, esq. Treasurer of the Ordnance, in reimbursement of the expense of temporary 
barracks in Lancashire, from ist July to 31st December 1828, the said expense not having been 


included in the Ordnance Estimate - - - - . - - - ° . ° 
To G. Maule, esq. on account of law business done for the Army Pay Office, from 31st December 
1828 to 31st December 1829 - - - - - ° - ° ° o ° ° 


To the Treasurer of the Navy, in payment for stores supplied and workmanship performed for 
services unconnected with the Naval Department, for one year, ended Christmas 1829 - . 


To William Holmes, esq. ‘Treasurer of the Ordnance, for the value of camp equipage, supplied 
from the Cape of Good Hope, to H. M. S. Challenger, for the accommodation of a party 
proceeding to form an establishment at Swan River . - - - - . ° ° 

To - - ditto - - on account of the expenses of temporary hired barracks in Lancashire, in 
the half year ended 30 June 1830 - - - - ° ‘ © é a : ¥ 


To J. C. Clarke, esq. in repayment for Lemon Juice supplied by him in February 1829, for the use 
of His Majesty’s Convict Hospital in New South Wales - - ~— - - : ~ eo « 


To T.S. Plaskett, esq. being in reimbursement of expenses incurred in passing the Great Seal to 
a Commission appointing additional Commissioners to Chelsea Hospital - - - - - 


To the Treasurer of the Navy, in payment of stores supplied and workmanship performed for the 
service of the Commissariat Department, as appears by an account transmitted with a Letter from 
the Treasurer of the Navy of 22d May last - - - - - - - - ° i 

To William Holmes, esq. Treasurer of the Ordnance, being in repayment of a sum expended by 
the said Department for iron tanks supplied in 1826, for the York and Albany barracks at 
Demerara - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 


To - - ditto - - in reimbursement of temporary hired barracks in Lancashire, from 1st July 
1829 to 30th June 1830 - - . - - - ° ° ° e é 4 
To Brook T. Ottley, salary and allowances granted to him as Trustee for the Crown in the 
recovery of balances due by certain sub-accountants and others to the estate of the late 
Colonel Browne, as general agent for the recruiting service in Ireland, three quarters, to 
pe te ..2. -s- @&amp; © © © 76 8 68 lhl 


PayMENT for VoLUNTEER and YEOMANRY. 
To the amount of the excess beyond the Vote on account of this service for the year 1830 - = - 


Payments for the Purcnase of Hatr-Pay Commissions. 

To Messrs. Greenwood &amp; Co. on account, to be applied, under the direction of the Secretary at 
War, to discharge the claims of sundry subaltern officers arising out of the sale of their half-pay 
commissions, between 25th December 1829 and 31st December 1830 inclusive - - a 
To William Holmes, esq. Treasurer of the Ordnance, to be applied in the purchase of the half-pay 
or retired allowances of three Ordnance officers named in a Letter from the Secretary of the 


Ordnance Department, dated 6th December 1830 - © © © « ee 

Deduct, 
Amount paid into the Bank by Messrs. Greenwood &amp; Co. being the surplus money on the sale 
of Half-pay Commissions  - - - + - - — -— 2s - a 


Expended in the year 1830 on the purchase of Half-pay Commissions - - - ~- 


ADVANCES to AGENTSs. 


Apvances to the Agents for the under-mentioned Colonies, to be repaid by them to the 
account of Army Extraordinaries; viz. 


Mauritius - - - - - - - - ° « a é ‘i Pe P 
Malta @ al e e e - - = = = = - e @ é eo 
Swan River - - - ° ° - « « ‘ i e 


Cape of Good Hope - - = + 2 = 2 «© « -« 


ToTaL ExpenDITuRE - - ~ carried forward 


























&amp; ad 
176 9 7 
282 9 - 
400 - = 
2,203 3 - 
69 11 - 
8. Tt 
ie 
53 5 - 
1,530 17 8 
1,074 11 2 
1,730 18 — 
3372 2 1 
447 7 8 
1,324 8 8 
3119 4 
15,793 17 9 
149 2 2 
1,241 11 4 
401 5 4 
98 18 2 
124 18 4 
258 14 4 
2,450 5 1 
446 10 9 
51,906 1 — 
274 16 6 
§2,180 17 6 
1,461 5 - 
11,905 19 11 
1,900 - - 
483 11 - 
4,280 - -— 
- - €£. 


£068 
534119 13-3 


3333 10 7 


39,477 7 10 


7,533 5 1 


50,719 12 6 


18,569 10 11 


— 








644,753 - 93 





}&amp;2 Witt. 1V. Army :—Commissariat Estimates. 989 























(24.)—Account of the Extraordinary Expenses of the Army—continued. Appendix, 
(A) 

£. s. d. £. s. d. &gt; Fost 

Total Expenditure brought forward - - ° - - 644,753 - 9% 33 7a 

continued. 

To meet this ExpenDITURE: 
: Journal, p. 564. 
Surplus Grant of 1829 over the Expenditure, as stated in the Account laid before Parliament 

in 1830 = - - - * - - - - - - - - . - - 69,345 8 2 
The Grant for Army Extraordinaries 1830 - - - - - 7 - - - - 550,000 —- — 


; | 
Amount paid into the Bank of England on account of the Paymaster-general, by the East | 


India Company, on account ef the claims of the Public upon the Company, in respect of 
His Majesty’s Forces serving in India: 








£. s. ad. 
On account of the four quarters of the vear 1830 - - - = - - | 120,000 — - 
Balance due to the Public for recruiting, &amp;c. on account of the year 1827, which 

has been finally examined and settled with the Company — - - ‘ - | 174,807 13 4 3] 
Amount repaid by sundry persons, balances on account of recruiting, &amp;c. .for | 
regiments in India, issued and included as paid in former Accounts of Extra- | 
ordinaries i ee ee ae ee eT ee ee 1,358 5 3 | 
| 
Deduct, . sii 296,165 18 7} | 
Cash paid on account of pay, clothing, allowances, recruiting, &amp;c. for the several 


Corps serving in the East Indies, including the charge for the recruiting | 
Troops and Companies, &amp;c. in England — - 





























- - £.154,924 12 2 | 
Ditto - - Recruiting in Ireland - ~ . ‘ - 2,050 - 
eee 186,974 12 2 
More repaid than issued in 1830 - - - - £ | 109,191 6 §F 
Amount paid to the credit of Army Extraordinaries as the produce of | | 
cinnamon from Ceylon - - - . ‘ ; ‘ ; x . 58,3900 5 8 | | 
Deduct, | | 
Advanced from Army Extraordinaries to the Agent for Ceylon - e 2 52,000 - — | 
More repaid than issued in 1830 - — - | . « we 6,300 5 8 | 
| 734,838 - 3¢ 
Surptus applicable to the Expenditure of 1831 - - - &amp;£. go,084 19 53 
Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, } , . 
21 June 1831. ii T. SPRING RICE. 





(25.—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be required to defray the Exrraorpinary Expenses of the 
Army, for the Year 1831. 





—— Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds. 


Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, . T. 
nciye omg aay } T. SPRING RICE. 





COMMISSARIAT: N° 1—8. 





(26..—ESTIMATE of Sums required for the Supply of Breap, Mear and Forace, Coats, Canptes and 
Straw, for the Troops in Great Britain and Ireland ; and for Coats, Cann es, &amp;c. for the Troops at certain 
Foreign Stations; also, for the Pay of the Commissariat DepartrMeENrT; in the Year 1831. 























Great Britain. Ireland. Total. 
£. a &amp; £. e @ £. a &amp; 
ESTIMATED EXPENSE of Bread, Meat and Forage; - ~- as per annexed : 3 ger 
Statement - - - - - - - N’1 - - .]| *38090 - - Psst oe =~ - 
Ditto - - for Coals, Candles and Straw for Barracks in Great Britain) : oe i - a 
and Ireland; - - asper annexed Statement - N°2 - - -J 36,000 - - 39,114 759114 [ 
Ditto - - for the supply of Coals, Candles, Oil for Light, and Oats, 18 - : . ‘cm ~ - 
for Foreign Stations; - - as per annexed Statement, N° 3 - - - one 15 
Ditto - - forthe Pay of the Commissariat of Stores and Provisions at 
all His Majesty’s Foreign Garrisons and Possessions; - - enumerated)| 41,152 4 7 - - - 41,152 4 7 
in the subjoined List - : - . . - N°4 ‘ ? -J 
Ditto - - for the Pay of the Commissariat of Accounts in New} 
South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land; - - as shown in the subjoined 953 11 3 : : + 953 11 3 
List - - ° - - - - - - N°4 - - - 
Ditto - - for the Half Pay of Commissariat Officers, and Allowances 
to Persons superannuated, or for Offices abolished; - - accordingto?| 50,653 7 3 “ ° . 50,653 7 3 
the subjoined List —- - - . - + #5 vs . -J 
Ditto - - forthe Pensions of Widows of Commissariat Officers, and 
Compassionate Allowances to their Children; - - according to the B17l - - - - aAyt - 
ae. « « + « + « Se 
Ditto - - forthe Pay ofthe Establishment of the Offices in Great Britain 12,40 10 8 
and Ireland; - - according to the subjoined List, N° 7 - - } 9,991 - 6 2,459 10 2 145 
Ditto - - of the Contingent Expenses of the Commissariat Offices, | ’ 8 6 8 840 6 8 
including Coals, Candles, Postage and Advertisements - - - -f —“ * — atid 
Ditto - ~- of the Contingencies of every other description; - - ac- n 
cording to the subjoined List - - - «+ N°8 - - } oisnpin = 
£.} 301,401 3 7 | 91,641 16 10 | 393,043 - 5 











Whitehall, Treasury —_— | 


21 June 1831. 
VOL. 86. 





Part II. 11 T 








990 


Army :—Commissariat Estimates. 


A. 183). 





Appendix, 
(A.) 


(26.)—Commissariat Estimates—continued. 











25° Junii 


continuea. 
GREAT BRITAIN: 











————____ 


No. 1.—ESTIMATE of the Expense of supplying Bread, Meat and Forage, to the Troops, for one Year, to 31st December 1831 








Journal, p. 56 . hin. 
— EstimaTep Cost of Bread and Meat -~— - - + &amp;19ge99 - - 
Deduct, Estimated amount of Stoppages made from the Pay oft the Soldier, 
(see Note)* - . - - - - - - 192,689 - - 
Expense to be defrayed by the Public - - . - . - : - 2,550 - — 
Cost of Forage for the Cavalry - - - 131,260 -— - 
Deduct, Estimated amount of Stoppages made from the Pay of Officers of 
Cavalry, at the rate of 83 d. for each Ration of wae supplied to eal 
Horses’ - - - - 11,180 -— — 
Expense to be defrayed by the Public - - - - - - - - 120,080 - — 
Cost of Forage for the Royal Artillery, &amp;c. - : - - 14,000 -— -—- 
Deduct, Estimated amount of Stoppages made from the Pay of Officers of 
the Royal Artillery, &amp;c. for Forage ae to —_ Horses - - 600 - - 
Expense to be defrayed by the Public - - - - - . 13,400 — - 
Tora Charge for Great Britain - - £. | 136,030 - -~ 
IRELAND: 
Estimated Cost of Forage for the Horses of the Cavalry and Royal Artillery, &amp;c. - - -| 48,228 - - 
£. | 184,258 -- - 








* Note.—A stoppage is made from the Pay of the Soldier, equal to the Expense of the daily Ration of Bread 


and Meat, provided the cost thereof does not exceed 6d.; 
by the Public. 


No. 2..-ESTIMATE of the Expense of Coals, Candles and Palliasse Straw, for the several Barracks and Stations in Great Britain 


GREAT BRITAIN - - 


IRELAND - 


No. 3 —ESTIMATE of the Expense to be incurred in the Year 1831, for the Supply, from Great Britain, of the following Stations, 





and Ireland, in the Year 18931. 


Coals, Candles and Straw - - - i « " “ : 


Fuel, Candles and Straw - ~ - “ “ . J is - 


£. 
36,000 
39,114 


the excess beyond that amount. if any, is defrayed 


s € 








75,114 








with Coals, Candles, Oils, Oats, &amp;c. 





Gi ad 
CoaLs - for Bermuda, Corfu, Gibraltar, Newfoundland, and the West Indies - 9450 - - 
Candles - for Bermuda, the Cape of Good Hope, Canada, Gibraltar, Halifax, Sentienen’ 
Jamaica and Newfoundland ; also, Candles and Oil for the Bahamas and the West f 5,500 —- - 
Indies - - - - - - - - - - . - 
Oats - - forthe West Indies, Newfoundland and Hendures - - - - - - 3,800 -— — 
£. 18,750 -— - 


No. 4.— ESTIMATE of the Amount of the Pay of the Commissariat Establishment at His 











Possessions, for the Year 1831. 


Majesty's Foreign Garrisons and 






































Somms epu Assistan Y Assistant . Total N° 
tae out Ge nt, Pecan aad Coon a Clerks. of Persons. AMOUNT 
Suppty BRANCH: — | aim a 
Africa Sierra Leone . -| - - - - 1 - - 2 652 8 g 
Gambia ~ - -| - - . - 1 - - - - 1 351 6 3 
Bahamas - - - - -| - - - - - ° 2 - - 2 483 12 6 
Bermuda - - - - -| - - - - 1 2 . - 3 698 1 3 
Canada - - - - 1 1 5 34 - - 41 9.447 8 4 
Cape of Good Hope - - -| - - 1 1 5 - - 7 1,820 8 g 
Gibraltar - - - - -| - - 1 1 4 . 7 6 1,647 1 3 
Honduras - - - . - - - - 1 1 - - 2 652 8 9g 
Jamaica - - - - -| - : 1 1 3 - - 5 1,875 3 9 
Ionian Islands’ - - - -| - - - - 1 6 . - 7 1,391 11 3 
Malta - : - - -| - 1 1 5 - - 7 1,820 8 9 
Mauritius - - - - -| - - - . 1 5 - - 6 1,218 3 9 
Newfoundland - - -| - - - - 1 2 - - 3 698 1 3 
Nova Scotia - - - -| - - 1 - - 7 - - 10 2,427 5 - 
New South Wales - - -| - - 1 1 15 7 24 4,767 16 3 
Van Diemen’s Land - - 7 - - - 1 5 - . 6 1,218 3 9 
West Indies - = 2 =] = - 2 8 32 - - 42 11,374 6 3 
Deduct the amount of the Pay . 9 28 7 7 174 42,543 15 10 
of the Commisariat in the 
Ionian Islands, the same&gt; - . - - 1 6 - - 7 1,391 11 3 
being provided for out of 
the Colonial Revenue - a 
1 9 27 123 7 167 41,152 4 
Account BRANCH: 
New SouthWales - - -/| - -]- - 1 2 - 3 606 16 3 
Van Diemen’s Land - - -| - - - - - : 2 - ° 2 346 15 - 
casualties 
- - - - 1 4 - - 5 953 11 3 


























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ee” 
(26.)—Commissariat Estimates —continued. Appendix, 
” (A.) 
No. 5.—ESTIMATE of the Sums required for Half-Pay, and for Superannuations and Retired Allowances, 25°. Junii 
for the Year 1831. continued. 
i a &amp;. s. d. Journal, p- 564. 
; ComMISSARY GENERAL - - - - at £.3 - — per diem - 1,095 - - —onein ‘ails 
; Commissaries General + - - - - - 119 3 - ditto each 3,581 11 3 
as +s oa * - - - - - - - 1 9g 3 -. ditto - 6,405 15 - 
3 Deputy Commissaries General - ~ ° ° ‘ -19 - ditto - 1,040 § - 
- - Ditto - - - - - - - - -— 14 8 - ditto - 15,792 6 8 
4 Assistant Commissaries General - - - - - - g9 6 - ditto : 693 10 - 
“ - - Dito - - - - - ° - - - 7 4 - ditto - 8,966 16 8 
85 Deputy Assistant Commissaries General - ~ - - 411 - ditto - 7,626 19 7 
45,202 4 2 
SUPERANNUATION AND RETIRED ALLOWANCES: 
Total Amount of Superannuation and Retired Allowances granted prereenety to the 24th oe 
December 1829, and specified in the Estimates for 1830 - ~ ——— = © 
Deduct Allowances granted to the following Persons deceased : eo te 
R. Usher - - - - - - - - - - - 6317 6 
G. Micallep - - - - - - : - - - &gt; #2 8 4 
tte oes 75 5 7 
£. 5,121 12 10 
Add Allowances since granted : 
Frederick 8. Parker, late Clerk inthe Commissariat Department in Ireland pt 
served upwards of 19 years - - - - . - - - a  iallons 
Henry M‘Farland, ate apne in ” Cons of Wagan 3 in maaan, aati 
27 years - — 
James Fagan, late Paymaster and Adjutant in ditto, served 27 years - - JO - = 
Alexander Ramsay, late Lieutenant - - in ditto, served 27 years - - 45 - - 
Thomas Stroker, late Veterinary Surgeon, in ditto, served 31 years - - 45 - - 
————| — &lt;&lt; = 
a &gt; tne 5.451 12 10 
£.| 50,653 17 - 











No.6.—ESTIMATE of Pensions payable to the Widows, and of Compassionate Allowances payable to the Children cs 
of Commissariat Officers, in the Year 1831. 












































Rate per Annum. TOTAL. ener 
WIDOWS’ PENSIONS: £. “oF | ee £. a 
1 Wipow of a Commissary General - - - - - at 120 - - 120 - —- 
9 Ditto - Deputy Commissaries General - - ‘ - - 70 - - 630 - = 
7 Ditto- - - - ditto - - - - - - - - 6o - - 420 - — 
25 Ditto - Assistant Commissaries General - - - - - 50 - - 1,250 — - 
1 Ditto- - - - ditto - - - - - - - - 40 - - 4o - - 
39 Ditto - Deputy Assistant Commissaries General . - - 40 - - 1,560 -— — 
ry 4,020 - - 
— COMPASSIONATE ALLOWANCES: 
Total Amount of Compassionate Allowances, as specified in Estimate 
for 1830 - - - - - a ‘ * ‘ i a - - - 1,167. —- ~ 
Deduct Allowances granted to the following persons, which have 
since ceased : 
Duke, Ann E.K. — - ~ - - - - - - - - 10 - - 
Duke, William - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - 
Phillips, Anna Maria - - -_ ++ - -s . - : | te 
Kirton, Fortuna Victoria - - - - - - - - - 5 * = 
Kirton, Mary Louisa ._ + — ©. e. *. ot &amp; Jas 
Kirton, Emma Clarissa - - - - - - - - - 5 - + 
Dumaresq, Charles Thomas - - - - - - - al 
Dumaresq, Albert - - - - - - = = = = $ -- 
Dumaresq, William Lovelace  - - - - - - - J pasa ret i. te 
Add ALLOWANCES since granted : = = 
f —— — —— 
NAME Rank of Officers. 
Marianne - - - 9 -- 
Baker -&lt; Charlotte Elizabeth - =|? Asst Com’ Gen! - « or ww 
Jane - - « - e-- 
a7 — - 
1151 - = 
£ 5,171 ee 

















Appendix, 
(A.) 


25° Junii 


continued. 


Journal, p. 564. 


Army :—Commissariat Estimates. 


A. 183] 








(26.)—Commissariat Estimates — continued. 


—————— 








No. 7—ESTIMATE of the Pay of the Commissariat Department of the Treasury, for the 


AcEnt for Commissariat Supplies - . ° - 


Assistant - - ditto - ° - = _ = 7 


4 Clerks, as heads of separate Departments . - 


1 Ditto- - ditto - - - - - 


each at 28/ perdiem~- 


£.500 per annum 


5 Senior Clerks of the First Class, at various Salaries, according to the following Scale ; viz. 





Under 7 years’ Service - - - - - - - £.200 per vee 

Above 7 years,and under 15 - -. = - - - 250 ~ 
15 - 20 - - - - - - 300 - | 
20 - - - - - - - : 


- = 350 


One of these Clerks receives a Salary of £.450 per annum, which is the 


Salary he enjoyed when transferred to this Office; but this rate of Salary 
will not be continued to his Successor. 


5 Senior Clerks of the Second Class, at various Salaries, according to the following Scale ; 
viz. 


Under 7 years’ Service - - - - - - - £150 per annum 

Above 7 years, and under15 - - - - - - 200 - | 
15 - 20 - - - - - - 250 - | 
20- = = = = = = =  - = 300 - 


13 Junior Clerks, at various Salaries, according to the following Scale; viz. 


Under 2 years’ Service - -— - ° - 
Above 2, and under 5 - - - . e 


£.90 per annum 


eh trian: 
Year 1831. 


mx «wed 
1400 - « 


7oo -—- — 


ee ..- - 
500 - — 


1,809 10 10 


1,387 17 11 














- - 100 - 
5 ~ - - = - : - - 120 - 
7 - R a . . . 7 . 7 140 _ 1,847 11 1 
10 - 15 - - - - . - - 160 - 
15 - - . -  - - - . - - 200 - 
1 Office-keeper i» *¢ «© @&amp;© 6» * «© * «© &amp; *-&amp; i“ *s = 
Ditto - - Allowance for Housemaids’ - - . - - - - - ’ a 
2 Messengers - - -— - _ «+ © © © = © = © &amp; 140 15 8 
Commissariat Department of the Treasury - = - - &amp;. 9,991 - 6 
IRELAND: 
ESTIMATE of the Pay of the Commissariat Department in Ireland, 
for the Year 1831. 
| i « @ 
1 Deputy Commissary General (in charge) - - at47/6 perdiem | 86617 6 
1 Assistant Commissary General - - - . - 14/3 ms | 201 3 
2 Deputy Assistant Commissaries General, each - - 9/6 “ | 346 15 - 
Special Allowance to one of them - - - - 1/ - | 8 4 « 
1 Principal Clerk ee ©!) 211 7 11 
2 Clerks, each - - - - ie . ' - 6/1 - 252 9 2 
2Ditto - - - - = = = = = 66 = 237 5 - 
1 Ditto -  - - - - 2 = - 4/7 - 101 17 11 
1 Ditto - - - . . : - ° - 4/8 “ 85 3 
1 Office Messenger - - - - - - - 2/10 = 5114 2 
1 Office-keeper - = - - - - - - - - -« -« 27 13 11 
Commissariat Department in Ireland - - - - 2,459 10 2 
£. 12,450 10 8 











No. 8.—ESTIMATED Amount of Contingencies, of various descriptions, to be incurred in the Year 1831. 


For the Conveyance of Troops in Great Britain by Canal - 


For Travelling and Contingent Expenses of Officers of the Commissariat, ordered to or 
returning from Stations Abroad - + } 


£. 


= € 
100 - - 


600 - - 
ae 


—- - 





——— 





Whitehall, Treasu ies 


21 June 1831. 


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Se T = 
Appendix, 
(27.).—MILITIA. (A.) 
REPORT from Committee appointed to prepare Mixiria Estimates. 8° Juli. 
Journal, p. 634. 


THE Select Committee appointed to prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Year 1831;—Have prepared the said Estimates accordingly; and agreed to report 
the same to The House, as follows: 








ESTIMATE of the Charge of the DisemBopiEep Mrxitra of Great Britain, from the 1st January 1831 
to the 31st December 1831. 


STAFF: a 868 6G, 

Pay of 89 Adjutants - - - - - ~ eachat 8s. - per diem - - - 12,994 - - 

89 Serjeant Majors - - - - - 1s.10d. —- _ = * * 2,977 15 10 

1,243 Serjeants - - - - - - 1s. 6d. - - - “ - 34,027 2 6 

61 Drum Majors” - - - - - 1s. 6a - - - - - 1,669 17 6 

469 Drummers - - - - - - 18s - = - . - = 8,559 5 - 

Additional Pay to 89 Serjeants acting as Quarter-master Serjeants - each at 4d. per diem 541 8 4 

Additional Pay to 1 Serjeant Major, and to 11 Serjeants who were “ 
Colour Serjeants in Provisional Battalions of Militia - _f each at 6d. per diem — 

Contingent Allowance, at 1d. per month, for each Drummer and Private, being 51,357 Men 2,567 17 - 

Allowances for Medicines and Medical Attendance for 1,862 Non-commissioned Officers 
and Drummers, at the rate of 2d. per week, or 8s. 8d. per annum each - - - 806 17 4 
Biennial Clothing, or Compensation in lieu thereof,on account - - - -— = _— - ~- 





ToTAt for the Staff, resident at Head Quarters, kept up in time of Peace - £. 68,253 13 6 





ALLOWANCES to SUBALTERNS disembodied at the Peace: 





558 Lieutenants, - - - eachat2s.6d.perdiem - - = = = = 25.458 15 - 
102 Ensigns - - - - - 25. om . “ ” * * - 3,723 - - 
57 Surgeons Mates - - 2s.6d.  - - - - = «© = 2,600 12 6 
Torat for Subalterns and Surgeons Mates liable to Service - £ 31,782 7 6 





Repucep ALLOWANCES to OrFricerRs and SERJEANT MAJors on various 
Reductions of Establishment : 




















In 1799: , ‘ 
20 Adjutants, - eachat4s.perdiem - - - £.1,460 - - 
39 &amp; 40 Glan 6 Serjeant Majors, each at 1s. per diem, and 2s. 6d. p’ week 148 11 10 
ao 1,608 11 10 
3 Second Adjutants, reduced in 1816, at 4s. - at 4s. perdiemeach  - - 219 - - 
1829: 1 Paymaster - - atas. - perdiem - -£.- 2 - £. 8. d. 
5 Ditto - - - - 2s.6d. - - - -12 6 
2 Ditto - - - - 3s. ~ - - - 6 - 
2 Ditto - - - - gs. 6d. - - - - 7 - 
18 Ditto - - - - 4s. ~ - - 312 - 
2 Ditto - - - - 4s. 6d. - - - - 9 - 
8 Ditto - - - - 65s. - - - 2-- 
24 Ditto - - - - 6s. - - - 74- 
ae nag : 5338 2 6 
62 Paymasters, at per diem - - - 1412 6 
5 Surgeons - - at3s.6d. perdiem - -£.-17 6 
15 Ditto - - - - 4s. ~ - - g-- 
2 Ditto - - - - 48.6d. - - = = 9 - 
21 Ditto - - - - 5s. - ~ - 6 5- 
9g Ditto - - - - 6s. - - - 214 - 
52 Surgeons, at per diem - - - - f.12 5 6 4480 7 6 
4 Quarter-masters at2s. - perdiem - - - 8 - 
g Ditto - - - - 2s.6d. - - 1 2 6 
4 Ditto - - - - gs. - - - -12 = 
4 Ditto - - - - gs. 6d. - - - =-14 - 
5 Ditto - - - - 4s. - - Cu« 
1 Ditto - - - - 48s.6d. - - - - 4 6 
5 Ditto - - - - 5s. - - - 8 g- 
32 Quarter-masters, at per diem - - - -£5 6 - 1,934 10 — 
meee 11,763 - - 
Tota. of Allowances to Officers, &amp;c. on Reduction of Establishment - £. 


13,580 11 10 





Allowances to Clerks of General and Subdivision Meetings of Lieutenancy, and to Surgeons 
examining the Persons drawn at the Ballot, or claiming exemption therefrom, in Great} 











0,000 —- — 
Britain; and to Schoolmasters, Constables, or other Officers in Scotland, upon Account “ 

RECAPITULATION : 

Pay, &amp;c. of the Staff resident at Head Quarters, in Peace - - - - - - 68,253 13 6 
ALLOWANCEs, &amp;c. 

Disembodied Allowances to Subalterns and Surgeons Mates liable to Service - - ~ - 31,782 7 6 

Reduced Allowances on Reduction of Establishment = - - - - - - - 13,580 11 10 

Allowances to Lieutenancy Officers,&amp;c. -  - - - - . - . - 30,000 -— - 

Expense of Training and Exercising the Militia of Great Britain, upon Account = - - 150,000 —- — 

Tora Cuarce for the Regular Militia of Grear Britain - - £.| 293,616 12 10 





Memorandum :—The following Services, which are included in the Militia Estimate for the year 1830, have 
been transferred to the Army Estimates for the year 1831 ; viz. 
Retired Allowances to Officers on account of Disability. 
Out-Pensioners of the Regular Militia, for Great Britain and Ireland. 
Allowances to Adjutants and Out-Pensions of Men of Local Militia. 


VOL. 86. Part. IT. 11U 











. Appendix 
(A) 





8 Juli 
continued. 


Journal, p. 634. 





9 


4 


Army :—Militia Estimates. 


A. 183}; 





(27.)—Report on Militia Estimates—continued. 


—_—= 





ir 


ESTIMATE of the Charge of the Disemsopiep Mirirt1a of Ireland ; from the 1st January 1831 to the 31st December 1831, 


both days inclusive ; being 365 days. 















































. @ ae 
Pay of 38 Adjutants - - each at 8s. -—d. perdiem = - - - - - 5548 - - 
38 Serjeant Majors = - - -18 10d, —- - = - - - 1,271 8 4 
449 Serjeants - - - -1s. 6d. - - - - - - 12,291 7 6 
21 Drum-Majors - - - -1s. 6d - - - - - - 57417 6 
200 Drummers - - - - 18% -d = - 2£= 5 - 3,650 - - 
Additional Pay of 38 Serjeants, acting as Quarter-Master Serjeants, each at 4d. per diem - 231 3 4 
Contingent Allowance, at 1d. per month, for each Drummer and Private, being 18,725 men 936 5 - 
Allowance for Medicines and Medical Attendance for 708 Non-commissioned Officers and 
Drummers, each at 2 d. per week, or 8s. 8d. per annum - - - - - - 306 16 
Allowances for Fuel and Lodging - - = - - -_ - » - - 2,310 9 7 
Biennial Clothing, or Compensation in lieu thereof - = 2£ 28° 8 © * 3,600 - - 
Allowance for Agency, at two guineas per annum for each Company, 285 Companies - 598 10 — 
Tota. for the Staff resident at Head Quarters - - - &amp;. 29,218 17 3 
ALLoWANCEs to SuBALTERNs and AssisTANT-SuRGEONS disembodied 
at the Peace: 
355 Lieutenants, including Supernumeraries, each at 2s. 6d. perdiem - - - - 16,196 17 6 
140 Ensigns, each at 2s. per diem - - - . - - - - - - 5,110 — — 
18 Assistant-Surgeons, each at2s.6d.perdiem- - - - = = = = 821 5 - 
Tora for Subalterns and Assistant-Surgeons, liable to Service - - £.] 22,128 2 6 
Repvucep ALLOWANCES to OrFicERs on various Reductions of Establishment : 
1797: On the incorporation of the Drogheda with the Louth Militia, one Adjutant, at 6s. 
per diem - - - - ° * ie ea . ‘ = am 2 “i 109 10 — 
1829: 2 Paymasters - eachat2s. perdiem - -£- 4 - &amp; s&amp;s d. 
3 Ditto - - - - 2s.6d. —- - - - 7 6 
3 Ditto - - - - 45. - - - -12 - 
10 Ditto - ~ - - 5s. as ~ @ 210 - 
8 Ditto - - - - 6s, ~ - - 28 - 
26 Paymasters - - atperdiem - - -£6 1 6 2,217 7 6 
1829: 2 Surgeons - eachat2s. perdiem - -£.- 4 - 
2 Ditto - - - - 2s.6d. -—- - - -5- 
8 Ditto - = = = 48. - - - 112 = 
3 Ditto - - - - 58. ~ -15 - 
9 Ditto - - - - 6s. ~ - - 214 - 
24 Surgeons - - at perdiem - - - £510 -— 2,007 10 — 
1829: 1 Quarter-Master - at2s. perdiem - -£#.- 2 - 
4 Ditto - - each at2s.6d. — - - -10 - 
4 Ditto ~ ~ - - 3s. “ns ~ ie a 
8 Ditto - - - - 3s.6d. - - - 18 - 
4 Ditto - - - - 4s. - . - -16 - 
9 Ditto - - - - 5s. ~ - - 265- 
30 Quarter-Masters - at per diem - . - £513 - 2,062 5 - 
6,287 2 6 
Totat of Allowances to Officers on Reduction of Establishment - - f£. 6,396 12 6 
RECAPITULATION FOR IRELAND: 
Pay, Xc. for the Staff resident at Head Quarters - - = - - - * =| 29,918 17 3 
Allowances to Officers, viz.: 
Disembodied Allowances to Subalterns and Assistant Surgeons liable to Service —- - 22,128 2 6 
Reduced Allowances on Reduction of Establishment  - - - - ~ . - 6,396 12 6 
Toray for IRELAND - - - £.| 57,743 12 3 
Memorandum.—The Retired Allowances to Officers on account of disability, which 
were included in the Militia Estimate for 1830, have been transferred to the 
Army Estimates for the year 1831. 
GENERAL RECAPITULATION FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: 
Toran for Great Britain - - - - - - = - = = = =| 293,616 12 10 
Tora for Ireland - - - - + - - - - - - - - 57-743 12 3 
Tora for Great Britain and [IRELAND - - - £.] 351,360 5 1 








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(27.)\—Report on Militia Estimates—continued. Aprendix, 
(A.) 
COMPARATIVE ABSTRACT of the Mixitia Estimates 1830 and 1831. 8° Julii 
em ey continued, 
NUMBERS. CHARGE, INCREASE. DECREASE, CAUSES OF INCREASE J ) aa 
SERVICES. hee eepeece. ~ ond ournal, p. 634. 
1830: | 1831: 1830: 1831: 1831: 1831: DECREASE. 
a 
GREAT BRITAIN: £. s. d. &amp; ses &amp; £. 8s. a &amp; «a &amp; 
Staff at Head Quarters - | 1,951 1,951 64,983 13 6] 68,253 13 6 3,270 —- =| - - - | Biennial Clothing. 
iable to Ser- Casualties, and a few 
— — “ } 734 797 32,475 17 6 | 31,782 7 6) - &gt; a 693 10 - Commutations. 
Reduced Officers, on Re- 
duction of Establish- 
ment, the greater pro- 181 175 14,077 5 -]| 13,580 11 10] - - - 496 13 2 | Casualties. 
portion liable to Ser- 
vice - = 5 = 
ired Allowances to - a - . i . ” _ |f Transferred to Army Es- 
Misabled Officers ot 78 75 | 9.289 5 9,289 § timates, p. 978. 
Se 4,870 | 4,711 | 63,760 18 13) - - += | - - = | 63,760 18 13] - ditto - ditto - p.g79. 
Local Militia: Reduced 
Adjutants liable to f 211 200 15,439 10 -| - - - - ° - 15.439 10 —| = ditto - ditto - p.g78. 
Service - - 
Ditto - Out-Pensions - 282 273 4,044 17 6] - - + - - - 4,044.17 6 | - ditto - ditto - p.g79. 
Lieutenancy Expenses - | - -|- - - - - 30,000 — —]| 30,000 —- — 2 - 


- | No Ballot in 1830. 


Training - ~ wt hs yt te nt Tey - * |150,000 —- -/|150,000 - -}| .~ - - | No Training in 1830. 





6,356 6,141 |204,071 6 72) 293,616 12 10 





ae ‘ - Clothing, Lieutenancy 
Increase 1832 = == | * — - aati ia ‘ 7 { Expenses and Training, 
—— £.1,190. 3. 2. 

Deduct Decrease - ~- | - “is pst Sig si " . ¥ ~ | 93:724 13 93| 93,724 13 gb Transferred Charges, 





Net Increaseon British 


£. 92,534. 10. 7 3. 
- . - = - - @ _ oe a £8 i 6 
Militia Estimate - 95545 23 





IRELAND: 


Staff at Head Quarters - 746 746 | 27,718 17 3] 29,218 17 3 1,500. 


- | Biennial Clothing. 
Subalterns liable to Ser-] 


Casualties and a few 





526 513 | 22,603 -— —| 22,128 2 6] - « o 



















































































vice- - - - 474.17 6 Commutations. 
Reduced Officers, on Re-| 
duction of Establish- } 85 81 6,725 2 6 6,396 12 6] - - - 328 10 — | Casualties. 
ment liable to Service ‘ 
Retired Allowances to ome an . « Transferred to Army Es- 
Disabled Officers } = sn 2,038 5 an . 2938 5 - timates, p. 978. 
633 615 59,985 4 91 57.743 12 3 —_—" £.803. 7. 6. 
Decrease 1831 - 73° oir ft 1. 7 . “ . * # . 3:741 12 6 | Transferred Charges, 
£. 2,933. 5. 
Deduct Increase -«. - |. -|- -| - - - - - - 1,500 — — 1,500 — — | Biennial Clothing. 
Net Decrease on Irish ls os) 
Militia Estimate -f} ~ — in . ‘“ 2,241 12 6 
Totats of Mixitia 
EsTIMATEs : £. s. d. 
Great Britain e of -|- - | 204,071 6 73/293,616 12 10| 89,545 6 23] - - - 89,545 6 22 
Ireland - - -|- -|- - | 59,985 4 9] 57,743 12 3] - - - 2,241 12 6 2,242 12 6 
Torat Great Britain and x 2 © ee 6 ad pe 
Ireland, 1831 -f|~ —an &amp; * 
Ditto - ditto - 1830 | - -|- - | 264,056 11 41) 264,056 11 43 — — 
T ; Mi- 
Cr ad il nc Macaca el ad eT 
Torat of Militia Estimate, Great Britain - iene ; &lt; 
. ; Ireland, 1831, as above - - - ° ~ ’ ‘ 
Ch ’ ’ 
oo a a peti Add - Total of Services transferred to Army Esti- 
CHARGES transferred to the ARMy | Militia Fstimate, Militia Estimate, mates - ditto ta 7 b&gt; 3 a ¢ 89,854 12 11 
EstIMATEs in 1831: 1830. 1831. Total Charge for Militia, 1831 - - - ~-| 441,214.18 - 
Ditto - - ditto - 1830, including the Services 64,026 
—o as * transferred in 1831 to Army Estimates - ~ {| 204,056 11 43 
Great Britain: Retired Allowances) Actual Increase, as under, in 1831 - = = 1177,158 6 73 
to Disabled Officers -{| 789 5 -| 8924 5 - 
Out - Pensi includi £ 8. d, 
‘Trish) age -s 8 t| 63,760 18 131* 59,760 - - | Increase - Great Britain - Clothing] 3,270 - - 
Local Militia Adjutants -| 15,439 10 -]| 14,636 10 - — ~— —-~ « 
Ditto - Out-Pensions - 4,044 17 6] * 3,741 12 11 a 2 Training 150,000 — — 
Ireland : Retired Allowances " “at «+1 ton % « Ireland - Clothing | 1,500 - - 
Disabled Officers - — - : ‘ Deduct - - Decrease on Retired |184,770 - - 
— Militia. Esti Allowances, &amp;c. by Casualties: 
AL per Militia Esti- 1 _ Great Britain, a 
mates 1830 - - } 95.472 15 72 hau (A) ' £.1,190 3 2 ' 
To i. Ireland (B.) - - 803 76 7,611 13 44 
aa ties ited —_ 89,854 12 11 | 89,854 12 11 | On Services trans- 
ferred to Army? 5,618 2 83 
Decrease in 1831, arising 5,618 2 831 (C) Estimates (C.) -J 
from Casualties - - " 7 Net Increase 1831 - £.| 177,158 6 72 























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(28.)—ORDNANCE. 


ESTIMATES of the Charge of the Orpnancz Department, (including Superannuated Allowances) . 
for the Year 1831. 





ABSTRACT OF THE ESTIMATE, 1831. 
The Sums marked thus (*), are subdivisions of Gross Amounts comprised in the Estimate, calculated in conformity with the arrangements 
made upon the Transfer of the Barrack and Military Store Branches to the Ordnance Department. 





ORDNANCE. | 









































GREAT BRITAIN. IRELAND. COLONIES. TOTAL 
7 ~ ieee 
ORDINARY: | £. £. £. £. 
Tower and Pall Mall - - - | *49,204 | Dublin - * 7,496 - - = - ° 56,700 
Established Civil [| Woolwich - - - . - 9,089 - - ° « » 3h gilts - “ 9,08 
Pay. || Stations - - - - - 17,705 | Stations - 2,746 | Stations - | *21,242 41 ioe 
[ Academical Fstablishment = - - 3,402 - - - - 7 ol si « - o 3,402 
Master Gunners - - . 3,829 - - - 1,381 - - = - - 5,2lo 
Engineers - - - - 27,270 - - - 8,156 - © - 17,274 52,700 
Sappers and Miners - - - 13,983 - - - e - = = 12,164 26,14 
Established Mili- Instruction of Sappers - - - 2,481 - = = - ° - = = - - 2,48) 
ma Regiment of Artillery, (including) 
tary Pay, Company of Cadets, £. zs 775) &lt; 146,548 - - - 32,619 i 99,269 278,496 
Clothing, &amp;c, Horse Artillery - - 26,784 - - - 7,987 - - - - ° 34,771 
Riding Troop - - - - 1,445 - - - “ ° - - - - ° 1,445 
Field Train - - : - - 1,223 - - - ° ° - - = - - 1,223 
L Medical Establishment - - 59789 - - - 819 - - = 2,610 9,218 
— (| Extra Pay of Engineers - - 33353 - - - 1,768 - - - 7,463 12,584 
as mid Ditto - ditto - attached to tf c Fi 608 
Sappers and Miners - : - 934 7 . 7 P 7 - 3,00 45542 
Works - -( | Pay of Clerks of Works, Santen, 
Clerks, &amp;c. - - 33,200 ™ ‘ . ,080 Mie tes 79340 20,620 
Works 56,366 - = = 15,693 | &gt; - - 63,936 | 135, 
[To which add the Unprovided below.] os 
( r Pay of Land 9,086 - - - 1,603 - 2 - 10,174 20,863 
Storekeeper’s ] Labourers, &amp;c.| Sea 22,322 - = = 150 - = 7,950 30,422 
Department. Current Land 3417 - - - 4,066 _ 2- 3,766 11,249 
Service. Sea 8,391 - - - §00 - - - 944 11,835 
Hire of Carriages on Marches, Al- 
lowances for Stationery and Post- &gt;| 24,500 - - - 59144 - = = 9567 36,211 
age, Passage Money, &amp;c.&amp;c.  - 
Recruiting - a . - - 2,500 _ _ “ = . co &amp; S a se 2,500 
Purchase of Horses - - - 2,500 - - ° 1,000 - -« -« ~ o 34500 
Contingencies, Aaotiomy - - 1,115 - - . * . - = - - ~ 1,115 
Drawing-room = - . - 500 - - ° - . .- « « - ° 500 
Clerks, Medical Department - 188 ° - ~ ‘es i “es a e 188 
Medicines, Wines and other Hos-} 
pital Expenses - - -— - f —st*.* * 386 -_ = * 550 2,886 
Allowance to Civil Surgeons -~—- 550 - - . ‘s “ - «© e - ~ 550 
Survey P a “ - ‘ 9,000 - - 30,000 _ =. « ° ° 39,000 
In lieu of House-rent - . 1,107 a ° « 1 “soe « - - 1,276 
Coals, &amp;c.  - - - 1,100 a _ ‘a mo ea - - - . - 1,100 
— — “) 
Miscellaneous and Law Charges, (Land 25750 7 7 = . ? nore * " 2,750 
Services. rineten,| Soeneeneen, | Sen $79 | - 5 ef oo | mie omgie: ares SP 
Postage of Letters - 500 - - “ ° o .. =e “ ° 500 
cing 1s _ fLand 350 * . ° - - _* * - ° 350 
Making Surveys of Stores | Sea 350 . - - - oad in ol oA i peat 
Stores - - - f Land = ~ ~*~ ft 2,357 = rou x : 25357 
a - - - . ° 943 * BAF ? bs 943 
as =| 1,947 . - 4,682 | - - - 350 | 6,979 
[ coy of [tana 2,060 - - - - - - 2,060 
Small Arms, | Artificers and S ? a ’ _ - rs : — 
Cleaning, &amp;c.) Labourers. J ” 753 - ’ * " 753 
Contingencies Land 200 - - - - - - - ° - - 200 
Tower, Laboratories 
at Woolwich, Ports-| Pay of 
mouth and Keyham| Arti- Pay of 
Point, and the Car-\ ficers, Land 75344] nea [ pe aes 39915 i Mee ° ° 11,259 
riage and Inspector { Labour- | and La- - - 
of Artillery’s De-| ers, Sea 21,042] bourers. | 350 el 21,39? 
partmentsand Brass} &amp;c. 
Foundry, Woolwich 
| | Ordnance Vessels - - Sea 4,750 - . ° - - . - s - - 4,750 
UNPROVIDED = | [Referable tothe head of Works] - 26,746 - - . - - oe 628 27,374 
£.| 540,373 ° ° - 136,010 - - = | 267,835 | 944,218 
BARRACKS. GREAT BRITAIN. IRELAND. COLONIES. TOTAL 
ORDINARY : £. 4. £. £. 
Tower and Pall Mall - - - | *8,724 | Dublin - * 4,354 aw =o * 4,206 17,284 
Pay - Stations - | * 3,736 31736 
Barrack Masters - - - - 12,631 - - - 93505 - - - 7,318 29,454 
EXTRAORDI- Barrack Serjeants - - - 5,198 - - - 2,606 = ©. e@ 3498 11,302 
BARIESs _f Extra Pay of Engineers - - 1,110 - * . 775 _ =&lt; - 7,462 93347 
Works - - Pay of Clerks of Works, Overseers, &amp;c. 3,952 - - - 5,814 - 2 - 75341 17,107 
| Works and Repairs - 61.*26 = - = 122 Se ae 4 2 181,601 
P oP) 44,13 752943 
[Lo which add the Unprovided ‘el: ] 
Miscellaneous Ser- {| Barrack Masters’ Expenditure - 23,289 - - . 19,497 - - - 11,150 53,930 
vices - - || Allowance to Barrack Masters, &amp;c. 6,085 . ° ° 4,308 _ = * - - 10,453 
UNPROVIDED ~- | [Referable to the Head of Works] - 600 - : - - ° - - = - - 600 
el 
£. | 123,115 . - - 91,051 - = - 120,654 | 334820 


























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(28.)—Estimates of the Ordnance Department, &amp;c.—continued. Appendix, 
oe ' - (A.) 
BARRACKS. GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND. COLONIES. TOTAL. — 
eens 55° Junii 
MILITARY STORE BRANCH: £ £. £. £. continued. 
Pay Clerks, Tower and Pall Mall - - - -| *2,865 | Dublin - | *1,179 |f Tower&amp; I ao co, a who 
Ditto - - Overseers and Labourers - - - 2,500 - ° é 708 : -  &lt; 1,500 4,708 
Rent of the Depét, Tooley-street —- - - - 3.446 | Dublin - 220 - 2 - - 3,666 
Materials for Packing - - - : ° : 850 - - - 356 - + - 850 2,056 
Freight and Carriage of Stores = - A A: 1,200 - - - 800 | Lighterage 200 2,200 
Great Coats for His Majesty’s Service, including Artillery 6,800 ° ° m 3,000 ee | 5,000 14,800 
Bedding, Bedsteads, Utensils and other Stores for )| . 8 6 
Barracks and Hospitals . . + - on 31500 i it all ie ee . 3 15,000 39,500 
Implements for Commissariat Magazines abroad, 
Clothing for Military Labourers in the West Indies, | _ 6 
Corn Sacks and Water Decks for Cavalry, and for | — : 7 ” M4 ° “=~ = 5,000 ),000 
casual Supplies - - - - - - - 92,161 7 7 . 14,263 re ore 90,171 76,505 
RECAPITULATION: 
-_ ™ 
GREAT BRITAIN. IRELAND. COLONIES. TOTAL. 
£. £. £. £. 
ORDNANCE - - - - - 540,373 136,010 267,835 944,218 
BARRACKS - - - - - 123,115 91,051 120,654 334,820 
MILITARY STORE BRANCH - - 32,161 14,263 30,171 76,595 
£. 695,649 241,324 418,660 1,355:023 
Deduct: Rents, Sale of Old Stores, and unexpended Sums of former Grants - . - 296,182 
1,0505451 
EXCHEQUER FEES - - - - + + + + «© © © © «© «© © 1,600 
£. 1,061,051 
MILITARY - - £.297,1 | 
SUPERANNUATED- - - - Civit - - - 60,115 . - - - . 357,766 
EXCHEQUER FEEs - - 535 isivndeiiauidegnanes 
TOTAL TO BE VOTED - - - - &amp;. 1,418,817 
COMPARATIVE ABSTRACT OF THE ESTIMATE 1831. 
1831. 1830. | _ ater 
Item. ORDINARY: MORE. LESS. 
’ ; £. £. £. £. 
1. Civil Establishments, (Tower, Pall Mall and Dublin) - 80,649 85,025 ‘ és ‘ 4,376 
2. Departments at Woolwich - - - - - - 9,089 8,933 156 on 
3. Salaries at Home Stations - - - - - - 17,705 17,432 273 _ 
4. Ditto - at Out Stations in Ireland and Foreign Stations = - 27,724 28,644 - am ° 920 
5. Ditto - Barrack Masters, &amp;c.at Home, Abroad, andin Ireland 40,756 41,388 ° ° ° 632 
6. Master Gunners” - - - - - - - - 5,210 51390 ° m ‘ 180 
7. Royal Engineers, and Sappers and Miners + - - 81,328 $3,046 ° - ‘ 1,718 
8. Regiment of Artillery - - - - - - . 278,436 283,626 ° © ° 5,190 
9. Horse Artillery, &amp;c. - - - - - - © 36,216 37,111 - = . 895 
10. Field Train - - - - - - - - - 1,223 1,223 — — 
11. Medical Establishment - - - + - - - 9,218 9,127 gl _ 
12. Academical Establishment . - - : - - 3,402 3,402 —_ ani 
TOTAL of the OrDINARY - - - - 590,956 604,347 520 13,91 1 
Nei F 
Less - 13,391 
EXTRAORDINARIES: os 3939 
13. Charge for Superintendence, &amp;c. for Works and Repairs - 64,200 66,122 - - - 1,922 
14. Ordnance and Barrack Works and Repairs, and Storekceper’s Ge , 
Departments, at Home, Abroad and in Ireland - — - 391,995 454,534 _ + «© 62,569 
15. Barrack Masters’ Expenditures and Allowances, and for) 64.28 
Miscellaneous Charges - - ~ ° - -f 45309 66,589 - » «* 2,200 
16. Military and Civil Contingencies, Stores, &amp;c. - - - 146,219 217,608 . ss m 71,389 _ 
TOTAL of EXTRAORDINARIES - - - - 666,773 | 804,803 ee a 138,080 
UNPROVIDED: 
17. For Services as stated - - - - - - - 27,974 4,034 23,940 = 
MILITARY STORE BRANCH: 
18. | Great Britain, Colonies and Ireland , &gt;, £, 69,930 78,455 “ &amp; &amp;@ 8,525 
RECAPITULATION: 
ORDINARY - - - - - - . ° - 590,956 604,347 13,391 - Less. 
EXTRAORDINARIES - - - - - - ° 666,773 804,853 138,080 - Less. 
UnrrovipEp - - - - : ° ° ° 27,974 4,034 23,940 - More. 
Mitirary Store BRANCH - . - - - - 69,930 78,455 8,525 - Less. 
To BE EXPENDED - .* &gt;. 1,355,533 1,491,689 136,056 - Less. 
Deduct, Credits, ‘ 
By Rents, Sale of Old Stores, and unexpended Sums o . : 
pase scram o pi zs *P . c i 296,182 167,745 128,437 - More Credits. 
1,058,451 1,323,944 264,493 - Less. 
1g. EXCHEQUER FEES - - - - - - - - 1,600 1,984 384 - Less. 
TOTAL for the EFFECTIVE - - - - 1,061,051 1,325,923 264,877 - Less. 
20. SUPERANNUATED (including Exchequer Fees) - - 357,766 363.516 5»750 - Less. 
TOTALtobe VoteD += - - = &amp; 1,418,817 1,689,444 270,627 = Tora Less. 
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ESTIMATE of the Charge of the OrpNance Department, for the Year 1831. 





ORDINARY :—Satarigs, &amp;c. to the Civit EstaBLisHMents at the Tower and Patt Matz 
























































Item, N° 1. 
£. £. 
Master GENERAL - - - --— = - -_ +. * © . . 3,176 
Surveyor General - - - - - = = - a - = sa “ 1,200 
Clerk of the Ordnance - - - . . . ° . - . . . 1,200 
Principal Storekeeper _ ee -—hehUhUchTcUhlUcr hh ‘. = * 1,200 
Treasurer - - - - - - - - - - - - ° - - 1,200 
Secretary to the Master General - - - - - - - - - - - 1,000 
Secretary tothe Board + - - 5 = 7 5 F = = es 1,400 
Clerks under the Master General : £. 
1 Chief Clerk - - - - - fixed Salary - - - - - - 759) 
1 Senior Clerk - - - - - Salary - - - - ° - - §§0 1,530 
1 Junior Clerk - - - - - ditto - - - - - - 230] 
3 
Clerks under the Surveyor General : 
1 Chief Clerk - - - - - Salary - - - - - . 1,100 
1 Assistant Chief Clerk - - ditto - - - - - - 800 
12 Senior Clerks -f ,. pier eee — — = “—_ §,622 13,742 
y iil 16 at Salaries varying from 180to 300) 
31 Junior Clerks 15 - - ditto - from goto i180f ~ 6,220 
27 Ordnance. 
45 - (13 Barracks. 
— t 5 Military Store Branch. 
Clerks under the Clerk of the Ordnance : 
1 Chief Clerk - - - - - Salary - - o e o - 1,000 | 
1 Assistant Chief Clerk - - ditto - - - . * - 700 
a al 3 at Salaries varying from £.400 to £.550) aes 
g Senior Clerks " 6 - ditto “- * from 300 to 4005 . 3,960 $933 
i . il _J12 at Salaries varying from 180to 300) | 
Junior aa - . « Si &gt; ieee goto 180f 4273 | 
— 23 Ordnance. 
93. ~«C«ss f 4 Barracks. 
= | 1 Military Store Branch. 
Clerks under the Principal Storekeeper : 
1 Chief Clerk - - - - - fixed Salary - - - ° m 750 
— -. .s 3 at Salaries varying from £.400 to £.550) 
&amp; Senter Clerks 2 oe ditto - from 300 to £. 400 f° 2,460 8,084 
, ‘or Clerk {13 at Salaries varying from 180to 300) 
: — pele, ee ase 180} ; _ 
30 - J 4 Barracks. 
g Military Store Branch, 
Clerks for a - Store Accounts sary under the Clerk of the Deliveries :) 
1 ief Clerk - - - - - fixed Salary - - - - a 750 
4 Senior Clerks  - ‘ at —_ varying from £.400 to *.550\ . a 
8 at S incon ale &gt; ne a home 6,039 
‘or Clerks - at Salaries varying from 180 to 300 
15 Junior Clerks { , &lt;= aie i oe as 380} 7 3,399 , 
12 Ordnance. 
20 - 4 7 Barracks. 
1 Military Store Branch. 
Clerks under the Treasurer : 
1 Chief Clerk - - - - - fixed Salary - - - ~ ~ goo 
2 Senior Clerks - - one at £.540, and one at £.400 - . - onl 26 
4 Junior Clerks -{ 1 at Salary varying from £.180 to £.300 ; 2,017 § 
3 - - ditto - from goto 180f ~ 777 
_ f6 Ordnance. ( 
7 \1 Barracks. 
Clerks under the Secretary to the Board : 0 
1 Chief Clerk - - co - fixed Salary - - - - a goo 0 
. ~ e iy e iy - . " - = 0 
g Senior Clerks 42 at Salaries varying from £.400 to £.550) ” 9,62 
6 ee ditto - from 300to goof ~ 32500 tin 
™ . _f12 at Salaries varying from 180to 300) 
23 Junior eves ee - - ditto - from goto 180f ~ 45475 
20 Ordnance 
32 «= 8 Barracks. 
4 Military Store Branch. R 
Office of Inspector General of Fortifications : 
1 Senior Clerk and Surveyor - Salary - - - - - 400 
8 Clerks - - - - 3 at Salaries varying from £.180 to “4 . 
15 - - ditto - from goto 180f ~ 1395} 1,795 
_ {5 Ordnance. 
9 \4 Barracks. 
Carried forward - - - £, 63,741 











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2S (A.) 
a — } ee 
Item, N° 1—continued. ‘ a a5 Jeunii 
Salaries, &amp;c. to the Civil Establishments at the Tower and Pall Mall—continued. continued. 
Brought forward - - - 63,741 Journal, p. 562. 
Porters, Doorkeepers and Messengers : £. 
1 at - - - - - - - - - ~ - 120 ) 
1 at - - - - - - - - - - - - 110 
17 at £.95 each - - - - - - - - - - 1,615 
2 at 85 each - - . - ~ . % . in ‘ 170 ; 2,275 
1 at - ee ee 75 
1 at - - - . - - - - - - - - 65 
1 daily to and from Woolwich - » « - - - - = 1207 
24 
Officers attached to the foregoing Establishments : 
Superintendent of Shipping - - - - Salary - - - - - 450 | 
Clerk to - ditto - - - - - - - ditto - - - - - 167 
Clerk of the Cheque - - - - - - ditto - - . - - 247 
coe Tower - - -fixedditto - - - - 100 
——— eS ae eee eee eee 80 tate 
Wharfinger - - - - - - - - - - - 70 ; 
Bargemaster - - - - - - - - - - - 70 
Armourer - - - . . - - - - - - - 6o 
Engine Keeper - - - - - - - - - - - 70 | 
Small Gun Department : 
1 Master Furbisher - - - Salary - - - - - 200 | 
— Clerk to ditto - - - - ditto - - - - - go J 29° 
, 67,620 
Tower and Patn Matt - - - - -|- » © 
DUBLIN: 
Storekeeper’s Office: £, 
Storekeeper - - - - - Salary - - . . - - - 750 ] 
Ordnance - - - - 3 2,795 
Barracks - - - - 5¢9 Clerks; Salaries varying from £.85 to £.350 2,045 J 
Military Store Branch 1 
Clerk of the Survey’s Office: 
Clerk of the Survey - - - Salary - - - - - - - 620 ] 
Ordnance - - - - 3 2,451 
Barracks - - - - 5/79 Clerks; Salaries varying from £.85 to £.400 1,831 J 
Store Branch - - - 1 
Clerk of Account’s Office : 
Clerk of Accounts - - - Salary - - . - - - - 650 1 
Ordnance - - - - 3 ; 2.165 
Barracks - - - - 3/77 Clerks; Salaries varying from £.85 to£.400 1.515 J ils 
Store Branch - - - 1) 
Treasurer’s Office : 
a oo aha Clerks ; Salaries varying from £.90 to £.550 = - - 1,393 
Clerks to respective Officers - Salary - -  - - - - - 520 1 
Ordnance - - - - 6] 2,462 
Barracks - - - - 3/10 Clerks; Salaries varying from £.85 to£.350 1,942 if 
Military Store Branch J 
Commanding Engineer’s Office : 
oo Se ae 3} 5 Clerks; Salaries varying from £.85 to£.350 - ~~ - 885 
Laboratory Department : 
Assistant Firemaster- - - Salary - - - ~ - - - 150 | 
Clerk to - ditto - - - ditto - - ° - ‘s ‘ - 173 J 323 
Small Gun Department: 
Master Furbisher - - - - Salary - - - - - - - 116 
Counsel - - o - - - - - - - ‘in « - - - 93 
_. . fret ~ 7 _ _ P 
Messengers {i ot Leo - m “ ° - 269 
Office Keeper - - - - - - « - ~ ° . * - 50 346 
Office Cleaner - - - - - - - - ° - 0 ‘ © OF Fh tients 13,029 
Ist VOTE:—Torat - - Tower, Patt, Matt and Dustin - - -|- - &amp;£. 80,649 
Item, N° 2. 
EsTABLISHMENTS AT WooLwicu. 
Royal Laboratory - Director - - - - - « - fixed Salary - - £. 350 ) 
Firemaster - - + - - - = - Salary - - - 230 
Assistant Firemaster, Portsmouth - ditto - - - 250 
Clerk to - ditto - - - - - - ditto - - - 110 
Assistant - ditto - Plymouth - - ditto - - = 150 2,008 
Inspector of the Royal Manufac- . 
tories of Gunpowder - ~ffixed —~ + + 
3 Clerks, Salaries varying from £.90 to £250 - - - 718) 
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Item, N° z—continued. 


Establishments at Woolwich—continued. 


Brought forward 


Inspector of Artillery Department :—Inspector - fixed Salary 


Assistant ditto and Draftsman - Salary - 


2 Clerks; 1 at £.236, and 1 at £.197.  - 


Proof Master -- - - - fixed Salary 
Modeller - - - - - - - ditto - - - 
Inspector of the Royal Brass Foundry - fixed Salary 


Searcher and Instrument Keeper - - - 


Royal Carriage Department :—Inspector - fixed Salary 


Assistant ditto - - - - - Salary 
Junior Constructor --- ditto 
Deputy Storekeeper - - - ditto 
Clerk to the Inspector - - - ditto - 


Salary 


2 Clerks to the Deputy Storekeeper; 1 at £.200, 


1 at £.160 
Royal Military Depository :—Superintendent - - - Salary - - 
Storekeeper’s Department :—Storekeeper - - - - Salary - ~ 
Clerk of Survey- - - - - ditto - 
Deputy Storekeeper - - - ditto - 


13 Clerks; Salaries varying from £.80 to £.250 


3 Assistant Clerks; 2 at £.76, and 1 at £.70 


21 VOTE :—-DerartMEnNTs, WooLwicu - 


Item, N° 3. 


Home SratTions—ist Class: 


Portsmouth - - - Storekeeper - - - - - Salary - ns o 
Deputy Storekeeper - - - ditto - - - 
5 Clerks; Salaries varying from £.80 to £.200 - 
Plymouth - - - Storekeeper - - - - - Salary - - ‘ 
Deputy Storekeeper - - - ditto - - - 
4 Clerks; Salaries varying from £.80 to £.200 - 
Chatham - - - Storekeeper - - - - - Salary - - - 
Deputy Storekeeper - - - ditto - e m 
4 Clerks ; Salaries varying from £.80 to £.200 - 
ed Class: 
Purfleet - - - - Storekeeper and Acting Barrack Master - Salary 


2 Clerks; 1 at £.160, and 1 at £.131 - - 
Waltham Abbey - Storekeeper - - - - - Salary - 


Deputy Storekeeper - - - ditto - - - 
2 Clerks; 1 at £.169, and 1 at £.1397. - - - 
Master Worker - » - - Salary - - - 
Weedon - - - - Storekeeper - - ~ - - Salary - -— = 
Clerk - - - - - - - ditto - - 
Priddy’s Hard - - Storekeeper - - - - - Salary - o - 
Clerk - - - - - - - ditto - . - 
3d Class: 
Dover- - - - - Storekeeper - - - - - Salary - - ‘ 
2 Clerks; 1 at £.140,and 1 at £.110 - - - 
Enfield - - - - Storekeeper - - - - - Salary - ‘ 7 
Superintendent - - - - ditto - - © 
Clerk --+--+-++s+-: - ditto - i . 
Edinburgh - - - Storekeeper - - - - - Salary - -— - 
2 Clerks; t at £.143, and 1 at £.110 . - 
4th Class: 
Gravesend - - - Storekeeper - - - - - Salary - » e 
Clerk - - - - - - - ditto - o * 
Guernsey - - - Storekeeper - - - - - Salary - on ‘ 
Clerk - - - - - - - ditto - om i. 
Jersey- - - - - Storekeeper - - - - - Salary - és 
Clerk - - - - - - - ditto - . . 
Hull - - - - - Storekeeper - - - - - Salary - " - 
Clek - © © © © = « @to - * = 
Harwich and Landguard Fort:—Storekeeper - - Salary - - = - 
Clerk - - - - - - - ditto - ‘ a 
Keyham Point - - Storekeeper - - - - - Salary - - * 
Clerk - +--+ -+ + = - ditto - ‘ - 
Marchwood - - - Storekeeper and Acting Barrack Master - Salary 
North Hyde- - - Storekeeper and Acting Barrack Master - Salary 


Chester - - 


Carried forward 


Storekeeper and Acting Barrack Master - Salary 





1,748 


200 


3,500 








1,867 


1,777 


1,581 


841 


1,405 


488 


567 


750 
670 


683 


411 
517 
578 
392 
430 


430 
300 
500 


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Item, N° 3—continued £ £. 
Home StatTions—continued. 
Brought forward . s+ 14,48" 
Stations under Deputy StoREKEEPERS: £. 
- - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - Salary -~ - ~- 350 
a Geeta eas ae - 134 484 
is Castle - Deputy Storekeeper and Acting ——_ Master - Caley 332 \ 
Pendennis Chek eras Pe nc + * ne -s i 156 f 488 
Upnor Castle - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - ditto - - - - 350 
Tipner Point - - - Deputy Storekeeper and Acting Barrack Master - Salty - 246 
Carlisle - - - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - Salary -— - Soe 200 
th Castle - Acting Deputy Storekeeper and Barrack Master - dene - - 200 
Tynemou g Lcputy P 
Hyde Park - - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - Salary - + - - - 200 
Scarborough - - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - ditto - - - - - 200 
Fort George - - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - ditto - - * 200 
Fort William - - - Deputy Storekeeper and Acting Barrack Master - Salary - - 120 
Stirling - - - - Deputy Storekeeper and Acting Barrack Master - ditto - . 120 
Alderney - - - - Deputy Storekeeper and Acting Barrack Master - ditto - - 140 
Sheerness - - - - Acting Deputy Storekeeper - Salary - - . - 170 
Hampton Court - - Master Furbisher - ~- fixed Salary - . - - - 60 
Windsor - - - - Master Furbisher - - - ditto Fy Po 40 
3d Vote :—Home Stations - = = - - 17,705 
Item, N° 4 
IRELAND: 
Cork Harbour - - Storekeeper - - - - + - Salary - - - 450 
4 2 Clerks; 1 at £.140, and 1 at £.98 - . - 238 688 
thl - - - - Storekeeper - - - - - - Salary - - - 350 } 
— Clerk Pe ala. i, ditto - - - 130 480 
Ballincollig - - - Storekeeper and Acting Barrack Master- Salary - -~ - 368 
Charlemont - - - Storekeeper and Acting Barrack Master - ditto - 341 8 
Gat = «= =| s - - = = = «- ditto = 167 50 
Carrickfergus - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - Salary - - - - - 262 
Duncannon Fort - - Deputy Storekeeper and Acting Barrack Master- Salary - — - 250 
Enniskillen - - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - Salary - - - - - 190 
Our Srations, IRELAND (carried to p. 1002) - - = 2,746 
Foreign STaTions—ist Class : 
Gibraltar - - - - Storekeeper - - - - - - Salary - © o 580 
Deputy Storekeeper - - - ditto - - - 344 \ 1,814 
6 Clerks - Salaries varying from £.90 to £.200 - 890 . 
2d Class: 
Malta - - - - - Storekeeper - - - - - - Salary - - - 635 ] 
ree | Storekeeper - - - ditto - - 300 1,807 
6 Clerks - Salaries varying from £.90 to £.200-  - 872 J 
Mauritius - - - - Storekeeper - - - - - - Salary - - - 500 
Deputy Storekeeper - - - ditto - - - 269 1,303 
4 Clerks - Salaries varying from £.90 to £.200 - 534 J 
Colombo ~ - - - Storekeeper - - - - - - Salary - - - 480 | 
Deput y: Storekeeper - - - ditto - - 200 1,207 
4 Clerks - Salaries varying from £.90 to£.200 - 527 J ; 
Cape of Good Hope- Storekeeper - - - - - - Salary - - - 520 
yi Se Storekeeper - - - ditto - - - ~~ 1,318 
4 Cle - Salaries varying from £.90 to£.180 - 3 f 
Jamaica - - - - Storekeeper - - - - - - Salary - - - on 
er Storekeeper - - - ditto - - - 260 1,242 
3 Clerks - Salaries varying from £.90 to £.180 - 432 
Barbadoes - - - eae - - - - - - Salary - - - 520 
ea - - - dito - - - 260 1,398 
Cler - Salaries varying from £.90 to £.200 - 618 
Quebeo - - - - ees - - - - - - Salary - - - 480 } 
Deputy Storekeeper - - - ditto - - - 240 1,140 
3 Clerks - Salaries varying from £.90 to£.180 - 420 
Halifax - - . - ee - --- - - Salary - - 446 
Deputy Storekeeper - - - ditto - - - 250 1,103 
3 Clerks - Salaries varying from £.90°to £.180 - ) J 
Tying 90. 407 
3d Class: 
Corfu - - - - - Storekeeper and Acting Barrack Master - Salary  - 380 752 
3 Clerks - Salaries varying from £.90 to £.180 - 372 } 
Trincomalee - - - Storekee - - - - Sal 
per - - alary - - - 320 
Clerk - - - - - - - - ditto - - 108 ate 
Carried forward - - ~- {f, 13,512 
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£. 
; Brought forward - + = 13,512 
Foreign StTations :—4th Class. £. 
St. Lucie - - - - Storekeeper - - - - - - Salary - - - 350 
Clerk - - ------ ditto - - - 126 476 
Demerara - - - - Storekeeper - - - - - - Salary - . - 300 | 443 
Clerk - -"- - - = - - ditto - - - 143 f 
Bahamas - - - = Storekeeper - - - - - - Salary - - - 310 
et Scan ee ee ae tw 126 \ 436 
Bermuda - - - - Storekeeper - - - - - - Salary’ - -— - 460 ™ 
2 Clerks; 1 at £.150, and 1 at £.102 - - - 252 } 7 
Kingston (Upper Canada):—Storekeeper - - - - Salary -  - - 290 
° 2 Clerks; 1 at £.149,and1at£.118) - -— - 267 557 
Montreal - - - - Storekeeper - - - - - - Salary - - 350 608 
2 Clerks; 1 at 150, and 1 at £.108 . - - 258 
Trinidad - - - - Storekeeper - - - - - Salary - - . 290 } - 
Clerk - - - - - - - - ditto - - - 120 4 
Sierra Leone - - - Storekeeper - - - - - - Salary - - - 250 
Clerk - - - - - - - =. ditto - - - 96 340 
Srations under Deputy SToreKEEPERS: 
Newfoundland - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - Salary - - . 367 
Clerk - - - - - - - - ditto - -  - 127 494 
New Brunswick - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - Salary - - - 300 x48 
2 Clerks; 1 at £.126, and 1 at £.122 - - - 248 | o4+ 
St. Christopher - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - Salary - - - 240 \ 
Clerk - - - - - - - - ditto - - - 108 J 348 
Dominica (Roseau) - Deputy Storekeeper - - - Salary - -~— - 250 
Geek eee ee we we Oe lle 114 364 
Antigua - - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - Salary - - - 260 || 
Clerk” - - - - - - - - ditto - - - 120 J 380 
St. Vincent - - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - Salary - . - 300 
Mn". cs oes eee Me lel _ } 420 
Grenada - - - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - Salary - - - 260 } 
Clerk - - - - - - = - ditto - - - 120 380 
Tobago - - - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - Salary - - = - 220 
Clerk - - - - - - - - ditto - - - 120 \ 349 
Berbice - - - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - Salary - -— - 240 
Clerk - - - = - - - - ditto - - - 120 } 360 
Isle aux Noix - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - Salary - - - - = 210 
Simon’s Town (Cape of Good Hope :)—Deputy Storekeeper - Salary - - - 206 
Graham’s Town - - Deputy Storekeeper - - - Salary - - - - 220 
Zante - - - - - Deputy Storekeeper.and Acting Barrack Master - Salary - 240 
Santa Maura - - - Deputy Storekeeper and Acting Barrack Master - ditto - 272 
Annapolis - - - - Deputy Storekeeper and Acting Barrack Master - ditto - 180 
Prince Edward’s Island, Deputy Storekeeper and Acting Barrack Master - ditto - 180 
Extra Pay granted to Civil Officers and Clerks serving in the West Indies and Coast of 
Africa, and at Ceylon, in consequence of the price of Provisions, &amp;c. in those climates ; 2,336 
being on an average an addition of one-fourth of their minimum Salaries - - = J 
SALARIES, ORDNANCE STATIONS ABROAD - - - 
SALARIES, ORDNANCE Ovrt-StaTions, IRELAND - - a 
(Brought from p. 1001.) 
4th VOTE :—TotTat Satarigs, ORDNANCE STATIONS IN ] 
IRELAND AND ABROAD- - - -/Jfi| 7 7 
Item, N° 5. 
BARRACKS.—Sataries To Barrack Masters, Deputy Barrack Masters, 
Cuierks, and Barrack SERJEANTSs. 
GREAT BRITAIN: 
London District - - 20 Barracks: £. 
8 Barrack Masters, varying from 7s. 6d. to 15s. per diem - - 1,460 
14 Barrack Serjeants, varying from 1s. 7d.to3s.  - - - - 472 } 1,932 
Woolwich District : 
1 Barrack Master, at 15s. per diem - - - - - - 274 
1 Clerk - - - - Salary - - - - - - - - go 
10 Barrack Serjeants and Labourers, varying from 1s. 6d. to 2s. 6d. 702 
perdiemeach -~ - - - - = - ° -« 338 J 
Thames District - - 4 Barracks: 
2 Barrack Masters ; 1 at £.182, and 1 at £.160 - - - - 342 1 
3 Barrack Serjeants, at 1s. 7d. per diem each - - - - 87 J 429 
Chatham District - - 5 Barracks: 
2 Barrack Masters; 1 at 15s. per diem, and 1 at 10s. per diem - 456 
1 Deputy Barrack Master, at 7s. 6d.perdiem - - -— - 137 
10 Barrack Serjeants’ Pump Masters, and Labourers, from 1s. 7 d. to 946 
2s. 6d. perdiemeach - - - - - - = = 353 
Carried forward - - £, 














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Item, N° 5.—continued. 25° Junii 
Great Britain :—Barracks—continued. é. é. continued. 
Brought forward - - - 4,009 Journal, p. 56% 
Sheerness - - 1 Barrack: £. 
1 Barrack Master, at 7s.6d.perdiem - - - - - = 137 | 173 
1 Barrack Serjeant,at2s. - ditto - - - - - - 36 J 
Dover District - - 13 Barracks: 
4 Barrack Masters, at 10s.perdiemeach - - - -— - 730 1,057 
11 Barrack Serjeants and Labourer, varying from gd. to 2s. 6d. p’diemeach 327 . 
Portsmouth District - - 22 Barracks: 
7 Barrack Masters, varying from 6s. to 15s. per diem each = - - 1,478 | 
22 Barrack Serjeants and Labourers, varying from 1s. 7d. to 2s. 6d. per 2,189 
diemeach = - : - - - - - - - - 711 J 
Plymouth District - - 22 Barracks: 
8 Barrack Masters, varying from 7s. 6d. to 15s. per diem each - 1,460 
1 Deputy Barrack Master - - - - - = = = 182 2,342 
1 Clerk, at 4s. per diem - - - - - - - - 73 . 
20 Barrack Serjeants and Labourers, varying from 1s. 7d. to 3s. p’ diem 627 
Eastern District - - 5 Barracks: 
3 Barrack Masters, at 10s. per diem each - ~ - - - 548 ions 
5 Barrack Serjeants, varying from 1s. 7d. to 2s. per diem each - 152 7 
Weedon District - - 5 Barracks: 
5 Barrack Masters, varying from 5s. 6d. to 10s. per diem each . 785 | 
6 Barrack Serjeants and Engine Man, varying from 1s. 7d. to 2s. per g81 
diem each - - - - - - - - . - 196 J 
Northern District - - 20 Barracks: 
10 Barrack Masters, varying from 7s. 6d. to 20s. per diem each - 2,053 2,804 
23 Barrack Serjeants, varying from 1s. 7d. to 3s. per diem each - 751 ‘ 
Scotland - - 25 Barracks: 
12 Barrack Masters, varying from §s. 6d. to 15s. per diem each - 2,062 | 2,952 
27 Barrack Serjeants, varying from 1s. 7d. to 3s. per diem each : 890 J , 
Guernsey - - 12 Barracks: 
1 Barrack Master, at 10s. per diem - = = 5 = - 182 | 
5 Barrack Serjeants and Labourer, varying from 1s. to 1s. 7d. per 316 
diem each - - - - - - - - - - 134 J 
Alderney - - 4 Barracks: 
1 Barrack Serjeant, at 1s.7d.perdiem- - -~— - - 2 28 = 29 
Jersey - - 12 Barracks: 
1 Barrack Master, at 10s. per diem - - - - - - 182 ‘ 
3 Barrack Serjeants, varying from 1s. 7d. to 2s. per diem each - 95 77 
Tora of Sataries to Barrack MaAsteERs and SERJEANTS, } ee 17,829 
Great Britain (carried to p. 1004.) —- - - - : 
IRELAND: 
Dublin District - - 23 Barracks: £. 
B k Mast . : , 
; eee Gack Master pY@*¥ing from 5s. to 15s. per diem each = - 1,643 \ 2,137 
19 Barrack Serjeants - - ditto- - 1s.to2s.6d.each - - 494 , 
Athlone District - - 25 Barracks: 
15 Barrack Masters, varying from 5s. to 10s. perdiem each = = - 2,144 6 
21 Barrack Serjeants, varying from 1s. to2s.6d.each = - - . 549 21993 ’ 
Charlemont District - - 10 Barracks: 
6 Barrack Masters, varying from 5s. to 10s. perdiemeach -  - 1,004 
8 Barrack Serjeants, varying from is.to2s.each - - -— = 187 1,19! 
Loughswilly District - - 20 Barracks: 
10 Barrack Masters, varying from 5s. to 10s. perdiem each - - 1,191 | 1.660 
10 Barrack Serjeants, varying from 1s.to1s.t1d.each - - ~~ - 469 J , 
Duncannon Fort District - - 8 Barracks: 
3 Barrack Masters, at 10s. per diem each - ~ ao ° - 547 | 657 
4 Barrack Serjeants, varying from 1s. to 2s. 6d. each - - - 110 J " 
Limerick District - - 11 Barracks: 
6 Barrack Masters, varying from 7s. 6d. to 15s. per diem each - 1,050 
7 Barrack Serjeants, varying from 1s.to2s.6d.each - - - 199 a 
Cork District - - 33 Barracks: 
12 Barrack Masters, varying from 5s. to 15s. per diem each - - 1,926 — 
25 Barrack Serjeants, varying fromis.to2s.6d.each - ~ - - 598 524 
Tota Sararies of Barrack Masters and SERJEANTS, } 19.111 
IRELAND (carried to p.1004.) —- - - 7 - ’ 
COLONIES: £ 
Gibraltar - - - - © Barrack Masters, 1 at 12s. and 1 at 105. p’ diem each 401 \ 675 
6 Barrack Serjeants - - 2s.6d.perdiem -~ - 274 J ” 
Malta - - - - - 1 Barrack Master- - - at 15s. perdiem - - 274 
1 Deputy Barrack Master at 10s. - - -. 182 ¢ 684. 
5. Barrack Serjeants - - at 2s. 6d. per diem each 228 J 
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Item, Ne 5—continued. 
Co1o m1 Es :—Barracks—continued. | £. £ 
Brought forward - = - - 1,359 
Ionian Islands - - 2 Barrack Serjeants - - at 2s. 6d. per diem each - gl 
Barbadoes - - - 1 Barrack Master- - - at 15s. - - - £.274 411 
3 Barrack Serjeants - - at 2s. 6d. - each - 137 
Berbice - - - - 1 Barrack Master - - - at ios. - - - 182 } 274 
2 Barrack Serjeants - - at 2s. 6d. - each - g2 
Demerara - - - - 1 Barrack Master - - - at 10s. - - - 182 401 
6 Barrack Serjeants - - 1s.to2s.6d. - each - 219 J 
Tobago - - - - 1 Barrack Master- - - at 10s. - - - 182 228 
1 Barrack Serjeant - - at 2s. 6d. - - - 46 
Trinidad - - - - 1 Barrack Master - - - at 10s. - - - 182 274 
2 Barrack Serjeants - - at 2s. 6d. - each - g2 
Grenada - - - - 1 Barrack Master- - - at 10s. - - - 182 es8 
1 Barrack Serjeant - - at 2s. 6d. - - - 46 
St. Vincent - - - 1 Barrack Master - - - at 10s. - - 182 274 
2 Barrack Serjeants - - at 2s. 6d. - each - G2 } 
St. Lucia - - - - 1 Barrack Master- - - at 10s. ~ - - 182 ] 274 
2 Barrack Serjeants - - at 2s. 6d. - each - g2 J 
Dominica - - - - 1 Barrack Master - - - at 10s. ~ - - 182 ] 274 
2 Barrack Serjeants - - at 2s. 6d. - each - g2 J 
Antigua - - - - 1 Barrack Master- - - at los. - - = 182 280 
2 Barrack Serjeants - - at 2s. 8d. - each - 98 
St. Christopher - - 1 Barrack Master - - - at 10s, - - 182 228 
1 Barrack Serjeant - - at 2s. 6d. - - = 46 
Jamaica - - - - 1 Barrack Master - - - at 1os. ~ - - 182 | 228 
1 Barrack Serjeant - - at 2s. 6d. - - - 46 J 
Bahamas - - - - 1 Barrack Master- - - at 10s. - - - 182 } 240 
2 Barrack Serjeants, 1atis.&amp;1at2s.6d. - - — - 64 J 
Bermuda - - - = 1 Barrack Master - - - at 10s. - - = 182 ot 
1 Barrack Serjeant - - at 2s. 6d. - - - 46 
Quebee - - - - 4 Barrack Masters - varying from an 618 } 
3s. 10d. to 15s. 937 
7 Barrack Serjeants - - at 2s. 6d. - each - 319 f 
Montreal - - - - 2 Barrack Masters - 1 at 7s. 6d.) 
and 1 at 12s. 6d. - each - 365 | 526 
4 Barrack Serjeants - varying from 6 
2s. 6d. to 3s. 10d. ~ ~ ~ os | 
Isle aux Noix - - 1 Barrack Master- - - at7s. 6d. ~ - = 137 182 
1 Barrack Serjeant - - at 2s. 6d. - - = 45 
Kingston - - - - 4 Barrack Masters - varying from 1 
7s. 6d. to 10s. ~ each = 593 867 
6 Barrack Serjeants - - at 2s. 6d. - each - 274 
Halifax - - - - 3 Barrack Masters - varying from 
Fae - each - 502 | 
5S. to 15s. 694 
5 Barrack Serjeants - - is.to3s.6d. — each - 192 J 
New Brunswick - - 1 Barrack Master - - - at 7s. 6d. - ° « 137 
3 Barrack Serjeants - - at 2s. 6d. - each - 137 274 
Newfoundland - - 1 Barrack Master- - - at gs. 6d. &gt; - « wy " 
2 Barrack Serjeants - - at2s. 4d. - each - 85 j 259 
Cape of Good Hope - 4 Barrack Masters - varying from 
5s. to gs. 6d. - each - 575 894 
7 Barrack Serjeants - - at 2s. 6d. - each - 319 
Mauritius - - - - 2 Barrack Masters,1 atios.&amp;1ati5s. —- - « 456 
2 Barrack Serjeants - - at 2s. 6d. - each - gl 547 
Sierra Leone - - - 1 Barrack Master- - - at 15s. - - - 2 
1 Barrack Serjeant - - at 3s. 6d. - = = ay } 338 
Torta of Satarizs to Barrack Masters and Serseants, Cotonigs - 10,816 
Sth VOTE: From p.100g. Barrack Masters, &amp;c. GREAT BRITAIN - £. 17,829 _ 
From p. 1003. - Ditto - ditto - - IRELAND - - - 19,111 
See above - - Ditto - ditto - - COLONIES - - - 10,816 
£. 40,756 
Item, N° 6. 
ORDNANCE MILITARY CORPS. 
Master GunNERs. £ £ £ 
Pay and Allowances to 76 Master Gunners, at the Garrisons and Batteries in Great Britain, 
Guernsey, Jersey,andinIreland - - - - + «. -. .T ° “I - - - . 5,210 
Great Britain, &amp;. - - - - - §, 3,829 
IRELAND - - - - - - - 1,381 
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Corrs or Royat ENGINEERS: 
Pay of the Corps of Royal Engineers, for the United Kingdom of Great Britain -_ 
Ireland, consisting of 250 Officers - - “ -_ - - ‘ " ‘ ; 
Pay of the Inspector General of Fortifications, and of the Brigade Major - 2 - 
5 Colonels Commandant - - £.2 14 g per diem each. 
10 Colonels - - - - os i 
20 Lieutenant-Colonels = - 
5 Ditto - - - - - 
4o Captains - -— - 
40 Second Captains - - - -11 
8o First Lieutenants - - - - 610 ~ 
40 Second Lieutenants - - - 5 7 = * 
240 —— 


ities 
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INVALID ENGINEERS: 


1 Colonel - - - - £.1 6 3 per diem. 
1 Lieutenant-Colonel - a a - 
1Ditlo - - - - -18 1 ~ 
4 Captains - -1ll - - each. 
1 Second Captain -~— - -11 1 - 
1 First Lieutenant - - - 610 - 
1 Second Lieutenant - - =- 5 7 - 
10 —— 
Increase Pay to 47 Officers having Brevet Rank - - - - -— - 
Agency - - - - - - - 


250 £. 

= Great BRITAIN” - - - - - 27,270 
[RELAND “ - - - - . 8,156 
CoLonieEs - - - . - - 17,274 


Torar—Corps of RoyAL ENGINEERS - - £.52,700 


(Carried to page 1006.) 


Corps or Royat Sarppers AFD MINERs: 


Officers included (exclusive of Six Companies, consisting of 467 Men, charged as here- 
after stated) - - - - = ° - ° © ~ . ea ‘ - 


Staff: s. d. 

1 Brigade Major- = - 10 — per diem. 

1 Adjutant - . - - - 

1 Quarter-master - 

2 Serjeant Majors . 

2 Quarter-master Serjeants 

1 Bugle Major - - -— - 
nn 


Pay of the Royal Sappers and Miners for General Service, consisting of 852 Men, here 


$ —-_ each. 
. «+ ee 
y 


One Company, consisting of 


1 Colour Serjeant . 
2 Serjeants - = 
3 Corporals - = = 
3 Second Corporals - 
Carpenters” - - = = 
Masons - - - - | 
Bricklayers - - - - 
Smiths - - . - - 
Wheelers 
Coopers 
Collar-makers - - - - 
Painters - 
Tailors - - - 
[Miners - - - 
2 Buglers - 
62 
682 Eleven Companies more, the same. 


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752 One Company, consisting of 
1 Colour-Serjeant - - = 
2 Serjeants -  - 
3 Corporals - - 
3 Second Corporals = - 
Carpenters - - 
Masons - - - 
Bricklayers, &amp;c. = - 
Smiths and Tinners 
Wheelers - - 
Coopers - - - 
Collar-makers - - 
Painters 
a - 
Miners - - * Note.—Of these,—Three Companies raised for 
2 Buglers io a the Irish Survey, and charged to that Head; One 
pr } Company for the Works at Corfu, to be paid by the 


81 Tonian Government ; and Two ag cee Canada, 
to be paid out of the Vote of the Rideau and Gren- 


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486 Six Companies more, the same. ville Canals, are not charged in the Total Amount of 
567 the Money to be voted. 


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Service - - - - - “ “ a“ a * s 
Clothing - - - « - a is i a “ i - m= . a! 
Agency - - - - - - - - - o » - ‘ ‘ ‘ 


Allowance for the Repair of Arms, Losses by Men’s Debts, &amp;c. fixed by the Regulations 
for 13 Companies, at £.47. 7. 6. per Company - - - - - - we 


Pay or Five Companies oF THE RoyAt Starr Corps: 


» «&amp; 

2 Lieutenant-Colonels - . - at1g 3) 

5 Captains - - - . - 15 8 | 

10 First Lieutenants” - - . - 9 - 

15 Serjeants a - ‘ . n 2 6 Charged as under; 
{ Privates of the first Class - - 2 -| 2 Companies to Corfu; 
300) Ditto - - second Class - * 1 6/ 2 ditto to Canals, Canada; 

Ditto - _ 7 third ditto - 1 3) 1 ditto to Nova Scotia. 

1 Bugle Major -~— - - - - 1 10 

4 Buglers - - - - - - 1 3 

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Note —The Two Companies at Corfu are to be forthwith reduced, and One of 
the Companies now employed in Canada is also to be reduced in the 
course of the present year. 





GREAT BRITAIN” - - - - - £.13,983 

IRELAND - - - - ° ° _ 

CoLonieEs - - - - - - 12,164 
£.26,147 


EsTABLISHMENT FOR THE INsTRUCTION oF SAPPERs, &amp;c.: 


Pay of an Establishment for the Instruction of Royal Sappers and Miners, and of junior 
Officers in the Corps of Royal Engineers, in the construction of Field Works ; in- 
cluding a course of practical Architecture for the Officers of Engineers before they join 
their Stations - - - - - - - - - - . - 


Tota Saprers and MINERS - - - - oe #, 
Totat Royat Encineers (from p. 1005) - - - €£, 


7th VOTE:—Torat Royat ENGiINreERsS, Sappers and Miners, &amp;c. - 


Item, N° 8. 
Royvaut REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY: 


Pay of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, consisting of 6,455 Men, Officers included; and of an Adjutant, Quarter- 
master, and 150 Non-commissioned Officers and Gunners of the late Invalid Battalion, 
retained in the several Garrisons and Batteries in Great Britain and Ireland - - 


* Note.—A Reduction has been made for the Pay of vacant Second Lieutenancies, 
after allowing for the Pay of the extra number of Gentlemen Cadets, 
who are under Instruction for filling those Commissions. The Reduction 
amounts to £. 2,546. 


Colonels, Field Officers, and Regimental Staff : 
Master General, Colonel. 


Colonels - - = - - - 1 6 3. perdiem. - 
Lieutenant-Colonels = - - - - - 
Ditto - - - - - - - - 
Adjutants - ~ - - - - - 
Quarter-masters - - - . - - 
Veterinary Surgeons 
Serjeant Majors - - - - - - 
Quarter-master Serjeants « ° - - 
Serjeants attending the Repository - - - 
Serjeant Schoolmaster - - - : ~ 
Drum Major - - - - - - 
Fife Major - - - - - - - 
Trumpet Major - - - - = = 
Master of the Band - - . - - 
Serjeant ofthe Band - - - = - - 
First Corporal of the Band -~— - - ~ 
Second Corporal of the Band - - - 
Musicians as Gunners - - - - - 
9 Farriers and Carriage Smiths - - - ~ 
9 Shoeing and Carriage Smiths - - - 
9g Collar Makers - - - - - 
9 Wheelers - - - - - . ~ 


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el (A.) 
Item, N° 8—continued. £. £. £. © Fomaie 
Royal Regiment of Artillery—continued. 7 


175 Brought over. Brought forward - - | 246,503 continued, 


Srarr: Journal, p. 562, 

Deputy Adjutant General - £.2 — — perdiem. om 

Assistant - ditto - - 15 

. in England - 12 

Brigade Majors {n aad . om 

1 Aide-de-camp - -— - - 10 

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Company or GENTLEMEN CADETs: 
1 Captain - - * % _ = 
1 Second Captain - - - - 
3 First Lieutenants 
1 Serjeant Major 
80 Gentlemen Cadets’ - 
- 


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6 10 - each, 
4 

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Second Captain - 
First Lieutenants . 
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Company Serjeant - 
Serjeants - 
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Bombardiers’ - - 
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6,192 Nine Battalions. 
2 Chaplains, at 16s. each, per diem. 


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6,455 Regiment of Nine Battalions. 











INVALID ARTILLERY: 
1 Adjutant - = - = a 
3 Quarter-master - . . . 
4 Serjeants - - - 
1 Corporal - 
19 Bombardiers 
6 First Gunners 
118 Second ditto - o ‘ 
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Gunners, &amp;c. after certain periods of Service - - - - - - = = ore 
Clothing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15.418 
Agency - - = = 2 2 = 2 = - - = = = 2,427 
Allowances by|To the Farriers, for shoeing 491 Horses - - - £.3731 as 

Regulations. {To 1 Officer commanding the Troops at Woolwich - = = 548) 9 
For Repairs of Arms, comune by ae s Debts, &amp;c. for 72 Companies, at £.47. 7. 6. per} 11 
Company - - ° - ._ © a . * ‘ a . 34 
GREAT BRITAIN - - - - ~ - - £.146,548 
IRELAND- - - - - - . - - - - 32,619 
CoLonigs - - - - - . * . - 99,269 

8th VOTE :—Torat for the Roya Reorwenr - . | 278,436 
of ARTILLERY ~~ - } ak, ‘ 
Item, N° g. 
Roya. Horse ARTILLERY: 
Pay of the Brigade of the Royal Horse Artillery for the United minghon of area Britain 
and Ireland, consisting of 616 Men, Officers included ; viz. - 7 30,568 
1 Colonel Commandant - - - - £3 - - per diem 
2 Colonels - - (-— = - - 112 4 - each 
5 Lieutenant-Colonels - = - - - a a - - 
1 Ditto - - = 2 2 © » 1 213 - 
1 Adjutant - - - - - - - -10 6 - 
1 Quarter-master and Gommnionry ofStores - -1010 - 
1 Serjeant Major - -  - - - 4 33 - 
1 Quarter-master Serjeant -  § - - - - 3 9} - 
1 Staff Serjeant - - = = = = =— g9 gf - 
1 Trumpet Major _ *-— +? oe ek oe 
1 Farrier and Smith - - = = - = 3102 - 
1 Carriage Smith - 2- 2 ££ 2 = 391039 - 
3 Ditto - - - * ? ‘a - “345. ~ 7 
1 CollarMaker - - - - - - = 8 42 - 
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se - eaisinlidiittnnpiheteaaiin acusiteiuniimmtinaitl —) 
Item, N° g—continued. £. £. £ 
Royal Horse Artillery—continued. 
21 Brought over. Brought forward - - 30,568 
OnE Troop: aye 
i Captain - - - - = = = = 16 1 per diem. 
1 Second Captain - - - - - - - 16 1 - 
3 First Lieutenants - - = = = g 10 - each. 
2 Troop Staff Sexjoonte - = = = 2 = 393 - - 
3 Serjeants - - - - - - - 27} - = 
3 Corporals - - - - - - 2 4 - - 
2 Bombardiers ‘ - - - - - - 2 2 - 
47 Gunners . - - - - - ° 16: - - 
18 Drivers - - - - - . « : oh « _ 
1 Farrier and Smith - - - - - - 3 42 - 
1 Shoeing Smith = - - - - - - » 223i - 
1 Collar Maker - - - - - - 2-~ - 
1 Wheeler - - - - - - - « «2 - 
1 Trumpeter - - - : - - - 241}, - 
85 
510 Six Troops more the same, including one for Rocket Service. 
595 Seven Troops. 
616 
Increase Pay to 24 Officers, having Brevet Rank, he. and 275 Non-commissioned oe —— 
&amp;c. after certain periods of Service - - . = = o i = = 2395 
Clothing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,914 
Agency - ° . - - - - - - - . - - - - 286 
Allowances, by Regulations, to the Farriers for Iron and Fuel ~ shoeing 317 Horses ; } - 
also Horse-cloths,&amp;c. - - a” = a 329 
For Repair of Arms, Losses by Men’s Debts, for 7 Troops, at £ 40 per Troop - os - 280 
Great Britain - : - - - = £.26,784 345771 
IRELAND - - - - - - ° “ 7,987 
£.34,771 
Pay of the Riding-house Troop, consisting of 22 Officers and Men; viz. - - = 1,120 
Lieutenant Colonel Superintendent - - - - - £- 6 - 
2 Lieutenants - - - - each - - - - - g 10 
1 Serjeant Major - - . - - - - - - - 4 3} 
2Sereants - - - - - each - - - - =~ 2 7} 
2 Corporals - - . . - - - - - . - 24 
15 Rough Riders” - - - - - - - - e - 1 6} 
22 —— 
Increase Pay to 3 Officers ond 7 aon - © © © © © © © @ &amp; 87 
Clothing - - - - - - - . © . « 76 
Agency - - - 7 - - - - - - " * e ‘a " 15 
Allowances by Regulations - —_- “7s © © © ' os @ @ «&amp; 132 
For Repair of Arms, Losses by Men’s Debts, Xe. - - - - » « 15 
9th VOTE :—Torat for Horse ARTILLERY and 1,445 6 
Ripinc House Troop - 3 . ’ 36,21 
Item, N° 10. —_— 
Director GENERAL of ARTILLERY AND Fie_p TRAIn DEPARTMENT: 
Pay of the Director General of Artillery, and for the Field Train Department - - el -« . 1,223 
viz. s. d. 
1 Director General of Artillery - - = = 40 — per diem. 
1 Assistant Commissary - - - - . - 10 - - 
1 Clerk of Stores - . - - . - . 7 = - 
2 Conductors of Stores - - - - {° ” ” 
5 — 4- - 
10th VOTE - - - - - - - ee ‘ - - 1,223 
Item, N° 11. a 
MepicaLt EsTaBLisHMENT 
Pay of the Medical Matebiichment for the atiitany Department of the Ordnance, consisting 
of 37 Persons - - - - ° * rd a ‘ Z } 9,218 
viz. 
1 Director General - - - - - £.3 - = per diem. 
1 Resident Surgeon - - = - - = - ' o « ’ ie 
13 Regimental Surgeons - - - - - -11 4g = each. 
1 Apothecary -— - - - - -— ~« wih w= 7 
14 First Assistant Surgeons - - - - - - 7 6 - each. 
7 Second Assistant Surgeons = - - - - - 7 6 - a 
— — 
Great BRITAIN - - - - - - £.5,789 
IRELAND - - - - - - . - 819 
Cotonirs - - - - = - = - 2610 
llth VOTE:—Torat Mepicat EstasLisHMENT -~— - - &amp;€. 9,218 














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Item, N° 12. £. £, é. 
AcapemicaL EsTABLISHMENT: 
Establishment of the Professors, Masters, &amp;c. of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, | 
consisting of 12 Persons - - - - - - - - - - &lt;-f} 3049 
Viz. 
1 Lieutenant Governor - - - - - - £.400 —-per annum 
1 Inspector - - - - - - - - 264 1 - 
1 Professor of Fortifications - - - - “= — « “ 
1 Professor of Mathematics - - - - . 435 4 ™ 
1 Second Mathematical Master - - = = = 403 = - 
1 Third - - ditto - - - - - - - 373. - - 
1 Assistant in Fortification - - - - - ° 321 = ” 
1 French Master ~ - - - - « m 150 = ~ 
1 Drawing Master - - - - - - - 1206 - - 
1 Clerk - - - - - - - - - 123+ - 
1 Modeller - - - - - - - . 112 12 - 
1 Assistant Drawing Master for Military Plan Drawing, 
Surveying and Perspective - - - - “ gr 5 ~ 
is -—— 
Additional Pay to Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, for attending the Company) 
of Gentlemen Cadets - - - - - - _.-. + * wf 353 
Viz. 
1 Second Captain and Paymaster . - - £.120 — — per annum 
1 First Lieutenant - - - - - - - 5 — per diem. 
2 - ditto - - . - - - - - 2 6 each. 
Allowance to the Captain for a Clerk - - - £.50 - -— per annum 
12th VOTE :—Torat for the AcapEMICAL EsTABLISHMENT re £. 3.402 
Torat for the ORDINARY - - - - - - £.590,956 
Great BRITAIN - - - - - - - £.344,997 
IRELAND - - - - - - - - - 78,848 
CoLonieEs - - - - - - - - - 167,111 
£. 590,956 








Item, N° 13. 
EXTRAORDINARIES. 





Expense of the SUPERINTENDENCE and MANAGEMENT of ORDNANCE and Barrack Works and Repairs. 





























GREAT BRITAIN. Ordnance. Barrack. TOTAL 
Command Pay, and Extra Pay to Engineers, and Allowances for their Servants : 
2 Colonels - - - - - - ‘ o . . " . . £. £. &amp;. 
10 Lieutenant-Colonels - - - - - - - - ° ~ 
8 Captains - - - - . - . “ - - “ * 39353 1,110 46 
1 Second Captain - - - - ° ° “ m . ‘ ‘ 464093 
5 First Lieutenants - - - - ~ - - - - ~ ~ 
Ditto - ditto - attached to Sappers and Miners : 
4 First Lieutenants’ - - - - - - - - - - -) 
4 Second Lieutenants - - - - - - - « m w J 934 o Tite 934 
Pay and Allowances to 
41 Clerks of Works; 13 Overseers; 17 Clerks; 1 Watchman; 1 Warder; 
24 Foremen, Master Artificers and Labourers; 5 Boatmen; 19 Office, 
Tool and Storehouse Keepers; 1 Engine-man ; 3 Drain-keepers ; 2 Sluice- “Rane 3/952 15,152 
masters ; and 2 Messengers .- -— «-— + «- + - -«@ 
TotaL Great Britain - - - (topageioio) - - £.] 20,549 
IRELAND. 
Extra Pay to Engineers, and Allowances for their Servants : 
1 Colonel Commandant - - - - - - - - “ - 
: Lieutenant-Colonel - ~ - - - - ° ° ns “ . 
Captains - - - - - . - - - ~ ' - 1.768 “ . 
4 Second Captains - - . - - - - - - - - 7 775 543 
3 First Lieutenants - ° - ~ - - ‘ » 4 _ - 
Pay and Allowances to 
10 Clerks of Works; 24 Overseers; 13 Clerks; 3 Draftsmen; 13 Foremen; 
11 Office-keepers; 2 Watchmen; 1 Coxswain; 3 Boatmen; and 3 Mes- 2,080 5,814 7,894 
sengers - - - - - - - - - - ° - 
Toran IRELAND - - - (to page1010) - - £.| 10,437 








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Journal, p. 562. 





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Appendix, -(28.)— Estimates of the Ordnance Department, &amp;c.—continued. 
(A) —— 
25° Junii Item, N° 13-—continued. 
. ; Ordnance. Barrack. Total, 
contionet Expense of Superintendence—continued. i — — 
Journal, p. 562. 
COLONIES: £ £ P 
Command Pay, and extra Pay to Engineers, and Allowances for their Servants : : : 
5 Colonels - - - -- - - - . . - - - - 
7 Lieutenant-Colonels - - - - - - - - = 
13 Captains - - - - - - ~ - - - . - - 6 6 
6 Second Captains - = = = = &gt; -— *» ee 7-493 72402 14,925 
24 First Lieutenants . - - - - - ~ « - te “ 
2 Second Lieutenants - - - - ° - - ° . ‘i 
Extra Pay to Engineers attached to the Sappers and Miners, and Allowances for their 
Servants : 
8 Second Captains - - . - - - - - - is a 
g First Lieutenants - - - - - - - - - ~ é 3,608 wd 4 3,608 
8 Second Lieutenants - - - - - - - - - - - 
Pay and Allowances to 
24 Clerks of Works; 12 Overseers; 2 Draftsmen; 24 Clerks; Assistant Engineer ; 
25 Foremen ; 23 Office, Tool and Storehouse Keepers; 1 Messenger; 1 * War- 75340 7,341 14,681 
der: 1 Sluice-keeper ; ‘and 1 Superintendent of Saw-mill - - | See 
Totat Cotonies - - - - - - - - £.| 33,014 
Great Britain (from p. 1009) - - - . 20,549 | 
IRELAND - - (from p. 1009) - - - - 10,437 
CoLonieEs - - - - - - - - 33,214 
13th VOTE :—Torat for the SuUPERINTENDENCE, &amp;c. of Onnwaxcn), £ 6 
and Barrack Works and Repairs _ - e WF tau W kus ae 4,200 
Works and Repairs : Storekeepers’ 
; Department. 
Item, Ne 14. Barracks. Ordnance. 
N° Amount. Amount. Amount. 
HOME STATIONS: £. £. £. 
Woolwich District - - - - - - - - 1 4,901 — — 
Woolwich - - - - - . - - ef - -|l- - - | (4) 14,776 11,946 
For the District - - - 1 4,901 14,776 11,946 
Portsmouth District - - - - - - - - 22 8,364 — ani 
Portsmouth - - - - - - -| - - |{[- - - 6,139 5,076 
Gosport and Priddy’s Hard - = = = = ef = = Je = e 1,750 1,279 
Marchwood - - - - - - - -| - -|- - - 413 561 
Sussex Coast - - o ~ ‘ ‘ . ak @ ww te - Z 1,102 &amp; ted 
Tipner Point - - - - - - - ol « « ‘ls - - 206 351 
For the District - - . 22 8,364 9,610 7,267 
Plymouth District - - - - - «© = = - 22 7,217 ae “tp 
Plymouth - - - - = - = - -} . 2. }- - 1,291 3,326 
Pendennis - - - - - - - ° ~ ae ‘ a 100 308 
Scilly Island - - = - - - - - _ = a - ~ 130 43 
Keyham Point - - - - - - - we a ew * * 330 1,374 
For the District - - ~ - 22 7,217 2,481 5,051 
Chatham District - - - ~ . ° ‘ ® ~ 5 2,894 _ _ 
Chatham - - - o ° o a i oe im 2,092 3,361 
Upnor Castle - - - - - ol w &amp; Ee ‘i - 118 681 
For the District - - - 5 2,894 2,210 4,042 
Dover District - - - » - - ~ ‘ ° 13 4,022 a on 
Dover- - - - = - / « ee oe 703 
For the District - - - 13 4,022 4,083 793, 
Thames District - - - - - - - - 4 881 — er 
Gravesend and Tilbury °° 2 - -« ° ° Lee Be : * 925 648 
Purfleet . - ° - ~ - é oh ww «&amp; Bw " - 810 1,736 
For the District - - - 4 881 1,735 2,384 
Eastern District. - - . - - © ~ 5 1,536 _— - 
Harwich and Landguard Fort. - ££ Ss 2© ef = 2 fe -~ - 2,914 414 
Yarmouth - - - - - - a an a - ss = 205 28 
t For the District - - « 5 1,536 3,209 442 
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— ' (A.) 
Works and Repairs : Storekeepers’ a 
Item, N° 14—continued. oe 25° Juni 
Barracks. Ordnance. . 
continued. 
N° Amount. Amount. Amount, Journal, p. 562. 
Home Strations—continued. —— simstsalinetimat antec ats 
ae £. £. é. 
Northen District - - - - + | « « - 20 6,150 hk 7” 
Tynemouth Castle - = =. eo oe ee Ce - 918 82 
Carlisle - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - 35 134 
Hull - - - = - = -) ee oe -| - - |- - - 331 536 
Scarborough a ee ee ee ee ee ee | ee go 29 
Liverpool - - - - - - o - -| - - |- e « 18 ons 
For the District - - - 20 6,150 1,392 781 
Scotland - - * - - - - - - - 25 3,183 rere 43 
Edinburgh and Leith - - - - - - -}| - - |- - = 701 748 
Fort George - - - = - - - -} - - {- - - 232 207 
Fort William - - - - - ~ - - - - | - i ii 52 10 
Fort Augustus - - - - = = = -]| = - }- — 44 3 
Stirling - - - - - - - . dt dill | - - - gl 112 
Scotland - - - 25 3,183 1,120 1,080 
Guernsey * £ ee ee OS Uh ShUr CU 12 1,221 1 
Alderney - - - - - - - - - . 4 o ss . 7 = 
alll i Mie ae i a! a goo 385 370 
Sheerness - cose. *§ ww = - 1 415 1,704 363 
Chester - 7 , 7 ‘ “ry. OM : ? § 1 (9) 3,184 764 599 
Weedon &gt; . fi &amp;? © &amp; YF &amp; F 5 1,508 1,109 1,672 
London District ° - ° « a “ - = * b as oo 
Tower and Pall Mall - - - - - - - hes ‘ . » — . 6.281 _ 
St. James’ and Hyde Park - - = -* ©. wb ie «@ Be . . : 34 51 
North Hyde © = ead asl = = ead * ow is o a - 160 621 
For the District - - - 20 11,150 6475 672 
Waltham Abbey - - - - - = - = -f = - Je = = 3,246 2,713 
Enfield - - . - - - - - - - “| - -]- - - 386 1,548 
Feversham - . - « * “ « , . oF = .* §* ’ * 753 992 
For providing Lock-up Rooms in various Barracks in Great Detain) 
for the confinement of Soldiers under Sentence of Courts‘; - - | (s) 4,000 — 
Martial - - - - - - - - ~ - 
For Great Britain (carried to p. 1012.) 
OrDNANCE Works and REPArirRsS~ - - - - . - £.56,366 
Barrack Works and Repairs - - - - - - 61,526 7 £.161,108 
STOREKEEPERS’ DEPARTMENT - - - - « ‘ 43,216 
IRELAND: ie 
Dublin District - - - - - - - ° 23 (c) 8,828 (d) 9,860 4,062 
Athlone District - - - - - ~ - o 25 (f) 8,074 1,670 427 
Charlemont District - - - - - - - 10 (e) 7,828 1,496 472 
Loughswilly District 7  =©= © 2 © © -| 20 2,491 620 149 
Duncannon Fort District - - - - ° « - 8 1,603 380 192 
Limerick District = - . - - - - . - 11 2,656 275 158 
Cork District - - - - - = = - =| 33 10,257 1,392 859 
For providing Lock-up Rooms in various Barracks in Ireland for); —  _ (r) 2,905 a 
the confinement of Soldiers under Sentence of Courts Martial } 7395 on 
130 445132 15,693 6,319 
For IRELAND (carried to p. 1012.) 
ORDNANCE Works and REPAIRS . - - - - - £.15,693 
Barrack Works and REpAirs - - - - - - sae} £. 66,144 
STOREKEEPERS’ DEPARTMENT - - - - - - - 6,319 
FOREIGN STATIONS: 
eee ei a ee ee i 7,761 2,808 3,089 
a i ee 2,634 5,000 1,501 
Ionian Islands —_- . - - - - - - - - -|- - -|- - - | 736 
West Indies : 
Barbadoes - = - - - - - - - 4,569 1,462 1,591 
Berbice - + © -©- © © £ #© © © © 1,402 453 170 
Demerara - - - - - - . - - - - |(g) 10,169 1,203 719 
Tobago - Se oe. owe oe coke - © = - 434 191 220 
Trinidad - « - - - - - - - - - | 2,091 1,672 966 
Grenada - - - - - - - - - | 1,472 650 427 
St. Vincent ' - - . - - - - - - - 1,527 677 355 
St.Lucia - - - - = - = 2 2 = =! 2,000 500 633 
Dominica - - - = = = - = - - 3,846 441 304 
Antigua - - - - - - ~ - - - . 943 336 381 
St. Christopher - - - . - - - - - . 1,796 745 274 
Toray West INpies - ae &amp; 30,249 8,330 6,040 











(9) (6) (r) © @ (Ff) (e) (g) See Appendix (p. 1016) for explanation as to parts of these Sums. 





Appendix, 
(A.) 
25° Junii 


continued. 


Journal, p. 562. 


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(28.)—Estimates of the Ordnance Departments, &amp;c.—continued. 


‘A. 1831, 










































































i 
Works and Repairs : Storekeepers’ 
a oe Departme 
Item, N° 14— continued. ’ Barracks. Ordnance. a 
ait eee 
Amount. Amount. Amount. 
Fore1cNn STaATIONs—continued. ee 
. &amp;. £. £. 
Jamaica - - - - - - - - . * . 4,463 222 1,607 
Bahamas - - - - - = a = +e 493 153 353 
Bermuda - - - - - - - - . ° ° 731 (A)1 32504 1,030 
$$ . eee een ee, 
Canada: (i) ) 
Quebec - - - = = - - = = =| (65,774 (ky f 19-935 1,900 
Kingston - - - -  - - = = = =] @™) 9,378 670 1,188 
Montreal - - - - - - - - - - 1,908 2,077 1,369 
Isle aux Noix - - - - - - - ° 263 110 184 
Total Canada - ~ - . - - - 17,323 22,792 | 4,641 
"&gt; Bare ' 
Nova Scotia: 
Halifax - - - - - - - - . - 3.179 (n) 7,131 1,526 
Annapolis - - - - - - - - - 86 10 32 
Prince Edward’s Island . - . - - - - - 105 15 50 
New Brunswick - - - - - - ° : . 1,130 59 664 
Total Nova Scotia - - ° . 4,500 7,206 2,272 
Newfoundland - - - - - . - - ° 1,250 1,295 333 
Cape of Good Hope - - -— - _ = - *£ »* 5,000 1,000 557 
Mauritius - - - - - - ° ° - ° ° 889 426 468 
Ceylon : 
Colombo - = = - - - - - - sh ° ° 300 726 
Trincomalee - = - - - - - - - - “7° - -|- : - 263 
Point de Galle - - - - ~ - - - oi - - 790 82 
Total Ceylon - - . - - - -|- - - 1,900 1071 
Sierra Leone - - - : - : - - - - 600 200 135 
OrpNANCE Works and REPAIRS - - - £.63,936 &amp;. 
For Foreign STaTions - - - | Barrack - ditto - ditto - - - - 753943 164,713 
STOREKEEPERS’ DEPARTMENTS - - - oaiinn! 
TOTAL. 
14th VOTE :—Orpnance and Barrack Works For Great Brirain - (from p.1011) - £161,108 
and Repairs, and the SroREKEEPERS’ IRELAND - - (from p. 1011) - 66,144 
DEPARTMENTS sO ForEIGN STATIONS (as above) - 164,713 
—————_ 391,065 
Deduct, - - For Rents, Sale of Old Stores, and unexpended Sums of former Grants - - - 296,182 
To BE VOTED - - £. 95,783 
(h) (2) (k) (2) (m) (n) See Appendix for explanation as to parts of these Sums. 
Item, N° 15 
BARRACKS. 
Barrack Masters’ ExPENDITURES. 
Great Britain. Colonies, Treland 
. £. £. £. 
Purchase of small Articles of Furniture and Utensils - . 3,851 1,983 1,725 
Repairs of - - ditto - - ditto - - . - 2,519 1,291 22 
Rentstobepaid - - - - - -  - 5.715 933 | 8,299 
Taxes and Rates’ - -  - - - - 1,192 183 492 
Lighting Lamps, Oil, Cotton, Ke. . - - - - 2,011 - - - | 1,294 
Washing and repairing Bedding - - - - - 5995 5,269 4,871 
Sweeping Chimnies - — - - = = = = 782 501 | 381 
Advertisements, Printing, &amp;c. - - - - - - 70 116 
Occasional Labour and artage - 5 fF ee 1,154 734 | 913 
Postage - ~ - - - - - - - -|- - - 69 | 
Contingencies - - - - - - - - -|- - - 71 | — 
£. 23,289 11,150 19,497 . 53,936 



































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Item, N° 15-—continued. 


Barracks—continued. 





ALLOWANCES to BarrAck Masters and SerJeants, and Miscellaneous Charges for Barrack Service. 
























































Great Britain. Ireland. 
&amp;. £. 
Allowances to Barrack Masters at Out-stations, for taking charge of cae} 61 
nent and temporary Barracks, Half-billet Stations, Batteries and Towers platen 4 
Allowance for House-rent to 56 Barrack Masters - - - - &lt; 822 506 
Allowance for Postage and Stationery to 128 Barrack Masters - : - 486 441 
Allowance in lieu of Forage to 8 Barrack Masters - - - - - 272 — 
Allowance in lieu of Profits on washing Sheets, to 4 Barrack Masters - 117 — 
Allowance for Fuel and Candles to 1 Barrack Master - - - - - - - 16 
Allowance in lieu of Chelsea Pension to 5 Barrack Serjeants in charge of 
Barracks, at from 1/ to 1/11 per diem - © ° . ‘ ‘} 133 _ 
Allowance for Fuel and Candles to 3 Barrack Serjeants - - - - ons 26 
Allowance for Lodging Money to 2 Barrack Serjeants = - - - -|- - = 18 
Lodging Money to Officers and others not accommodated in Barracks = - 2,500 1,800 
Allowance in lieu of Coals and Candles, and in lieu of profits by —_— 
sed i a Ss " fs Pe 4 = 7 a fs 1,005 ae 
suppresse : 
Travelling and Miscellaneous Services - - - - - . - 500 450 
Law Expenses” - - : - - - - - - - 200 500 
Advertisements - - - - - - - - - - - 50 150 
£. 6,085 4,368 10,453 
15th VOTE :—Barrack Masters’ ExpenpiTuREs, Great Britain, Ireland and Colonies - - £. 53,936 
ALLOWANCES to Barrack Masters and SERJEANTs, and MiscELLanzous\ . 10,453 
Cuarces, Great Britain and Ireland - ~ - - - : : 
Tora. Barrack Masters’ Exrenpitures, ALLOWANCES, &amp;c. - - £. 64,389 
ConTINGENCIES, Mixirary and Civit, granted under Established Regulations. 
Item, N° 16. Great Britain. Ireland. Colonies. 
MILITARY: t £ £ 
Hire of Carriages on Marches; Allowance for Stationery and Postage; ; ; ; 
Travelling and Passage-money to Officers and Men; Tax on Officers’ 
Horses; Allowance for Wine to Regimental Messes; Allowance in lieu 
of Small Beer ; Allowance to Innkeepers; Allowance in lieu of Forage 
to Field and Staff Officers; Pay of Officers and Serjeants teaching the 24,500 5144 
use of Military Machines at Woolwich, and other Expenses at the Royal 
Military Repository for Artillery Practice; Pay and Allowances to the 
Department of the Deputy Adjutant-General; Expenses attending 
Courts-martial, Allowances to Officers employed on Committees, &amp;c.  -/ 
Allowances to Officers acting as Adjutants, Quarter-masters and Fire- 
masters; to Working Parties on Laboratory Duties, to Military Labourers, 
&amp;c. for Postage of Letters; for making Signal Flags; for Boat-hire, &amp;c &amp;c. » «= .9 » 3 6,567 
at the several Stations - - - - ° ‘ # “ od 
On account of Recruiting - — - - - - - - - - 2,500 
For the Purchase of Horses for the Military Corps - - - - - 2,500 1,000 
Contingencies, Royal Military Academy - - - - - 1,115 
Pay of Persons retained in the Drawing-room, on account of Plans, a ih 
&amp;e. - - ~ - - - - - - - - - 
For two Clerks attached to the Medical Department - ~ - . 188 
Medicines, Wines and other Hospital Expenses - - - - - 1,959 386 550 
CIVIL: 
Allowance to Civil Surgeons - - - - - - - £.750 
Deduct Stoppages made from the Pay of Artificers and om 
Labourers - - - - - - ‘ “ 
ewe 55° 
On account of the Survey of Countizs, and the Trigonometrical Survey | 
carrying on under the direction of the Ordnance * J « A (0)9,000 | (p)30,000 
Allowance in lieu of House-rent, Coals and Candles, to Civil Officers, per 
King’s Warrants - - - - - eee - - " 9 al 169 
For Contingencies at the Tower and Pall Mall: 
For Coals and Candles for the several Offices - - - - . 1,100 
For Contingencies, Law Charges, Advertisements, &amp;c. - - - - 5,500 
For Postage of Letters ~ - ‘ - ° - “ ‘ ~ 500 
For making Surveys, and taking Remains of Stores at the various Stations 700 


(0) (p) See Appendix (p. 1016.) 


VOL. 86.—Part II. 12B 




















(continued. ) 





Appendix, 
(A.) 
25° Junit 
continued. 


Journal, p. 562. 





Appendix, 
(A.) 


25° Juni 


continued. 


Journal, p. 562. 


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(28.)—Estimates of the Ordnance Departments, &amp;c.—continued. 











° 16—continued. a 
Item, N 16—¢ e Great Britain. 





Contingencies, Military and Civil— continued. 


STOREs: £. £. 


Stores required for Ordnance Services - - - . - 35,000 | - 
Saltpetre remaining to be delivered by the East India Company 18,000 | 


£.53,000*) 





* This Sum will not be required to be voted by Parliament, as | 
Balances on former Votes connected with Stores will not only cover 

it, but leave also £.19,401 in hand, which Sum is included in the 
deductions at the foot of the Estimate, as below. 





Rents to be paid by the Ordnance - - - - - ~ m 1,947 


Small Arms: £. 


For the cleaning, browning and repairing Small Arms —- - 2,813 
For marking and engraving Arms - - « e 


3,013 
Pay of Artificers and Labourers: 


Tower - - - - - - - - - 4,227 
Royal Laboratories at Woolwich, Portsmouth, and Plymouth - 10,266 
Carriage Department, Woolwich - - - - - ° 11,102 
Inspector of Artillery’s Department, Woolwich - = 1,719 
Brass Foundry, ditto - - - - - - - - 1,072 | 





| 28,386 
Dublin : 
In the Armoury, Gun-Carriage Yard, and Magazines at the] | 


Pigeon-house Fort, Island Bridge, and Phoenix Park - = -f- 3°37 | 
Laboratory Department . . - ~ - - a 














Stores, &amp;c. including every expense of Masters, Mates, Men, and 
Repairs for the year - - - - fs 





| 
Ordnance Vessels and Gun-Hoys employed in the carriage of en, andl 
J 








Ireland. 


3,300 


4,682 


4,265 


Colonies, 





£. 





35° 











GreaAT BRITAIN 
Mivitary AND Civit ConTINGENCIES, Stores, &amp;c. - IRELAND - 


CoLonNtieEs - - 


£ 


- 89,806 
- 48,946 


7,497 


16th VOTE :—Torat Miuitary anp Civit ConTINGENCIEs, Stores, &amp;c. - - - - £.146,219 





ToTaL or THE EXTRAORDINARIES'” - « - ° 
(Of which for Ska Service, £.73,195.) 
Deduct, 


Rents, Sale of Old Stores, and unexpended Sums of former Grants - 


Tora Amount of the preceding Votes for the 
EXTRAORDINARIES - - - - = = = -} 





Item, N°17. 


Expense of Services PERFORMED by the Orrice of ORDNANCE, and 
NOT PROVIDED for by Parliament. 


Compensation for the Occupancy of Land at Colchester, taken upwards of 20 years since, 
by the late Barrack Department, under the powers of the Defence Act, for the =} 


of forming a part of the Military Road for the use of the Barracks at that Station, and 
for which no claim had been made before - - - - 


For the Purchase of an old House adjoining to the King’s Mews Barracks, sanctioned 
under the authority of the Lords of the Treasury, dated 5th November 1830 - - 


For the Purchase of the Maison Dieu Property at Dover, tecently under the charge of the 
Victualling Department, and bought from the Commissioners of the Navy, under an| 
arrangement with the Admiralty and Victualling Boards, in the year 1830 :—These 
Premises will be advantageously substituted as a depot for the reception of Stores for| 


the Engineer’s and Storekeeper’s Departments - 
For the Purchase of Land at Gosport, with Interest thereon, from 1st January 1802, cst 


by the Ordnance from the See of Winchester, under the Defence Act, and assessed 
finally by a Court of Commissioners only, on 6th October 1830 - -~— - 
For the Purchase of about Twelve Acres of Land at Stamshaw Common, adjoining red 


Magazines at Tipner Point, Portsmouth, containing the only good Water that can be 
found there for supply of the Board’s Premises - - - - - = = -{ 


For the Purchase of 200 acres of Land at Short’s Hill, Upper Canada, for the Site of an 
intended Fortress for the Defence of the Niagara Frontier, to be repaid to the Army ; 
Extraordinaries, by direction of the Lords of the Treasury, dated 30th January 1830 -J 


For the Interest in full to 10th May 1830, on the Purchase-Money of Land bought of | 


Sir Edward Banks, at Sheernees, in the year 1829, in order to present annoyances to the 
Defences - - : - - - 





£. 
666,773 


296,182 








379,591 





100 


500 


7,000 


17,123 


450 


628 











17th VOTE :— Torat UNprovipep - 


Office of Ordnance,) 


17 June 1831. J W. L. Maberly. Charles Tennyson. 


£. 27,974 


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Item, N° 18. 
MILITARY STORE BRANCH. 





ESTIMATE of the Miritary Store Brancu for Great Britain, IRELAND, and the Cotontss. 












































































































































Great Britain. Treland. Colonies. 
Great Britain, Irevawp and the Cotontzs: £. £. £. 
For the Hire of Overseers and Labourers - - - © nm é - , - 2,500 708 1,500 
For the Rent of the Depot in Tooley-street and Dublin, including Rates and _—— 3,446 220 ma 
thereon ee a ee Se! re ee a , 
For Materials for packing at the Depét, Tooley-street — eA ete 850 356 850 
For Freight and Carriage of Stores - - ° ° ‘ * m _ ‘ 1,200 800 200 
For Great Coats for His Majesty’s Forces, including the Artillery - - - - 6,800 3,000 5,000 
For Furniture and Utensils fur Barracks, Great Britain and Ireland ; viz 
For Bedding, Bedsteads, Furniture, Utensils and other Articles, for the Barracks 
and Hospitals attached thereto - - - - ° ‘ - e 7 13,500 8,000 ~ 
For Furniture and Utensils for Barracks and Hospitals abroad ; viz. 
For Bedding, Bedsteads, Furniture and Utensils, and other Stores - - -| « - - - 15,000 
For Implements for Commissariat Magazines abroad, Clothing for Military Labourers in 3.000 . 000 
the West Indies, Corn Sacks and Water Decks for Cavalry, and for casual Repairs - . ~ 5 
29,296 13,084 27,550 
—— 
Tora Sum to be voted for the Military Store Branch, ) £.6 
Great Britain, IRELAND, and the Cotonizs -f| * : * 99930. 
18th VOTE: - - Great Britain - ° -« ‘ ‘ - £.29,296 
IRELAND - - ~ “= - = = 13,084 
CoLoniEs Cc - «© £¢ = ea 27,550 
£. 69,930 
19th VOTE: - - Excnequen Fees - - - « «© -«- «© Jl. . ‘ ° ° - | £.1,600 
Office of Ordnance, | 
17th June 1831. W. L. Maberly. Charles Tennyson. Henry Duncan. 
Item, N° 20. 
ESTIMATE of the Cuarce of SurpERANNUATED. 
No. Amount. 
MILiTaRy: 
£. +. &amp; £. 
Superannuated and Half-Pay - = - - - 2 2 = - 599 54,216 2 = 
Retired General Officers - - ~ - - - - - 22 11,600 - - 
Pensions for good Services - - - - - - - - 25 64 - - 
Pension for an Invention - - - - - - ° ° [aan « « 
Pensions for Wounds” - - - - - - ° - - 38 6,770 - — 
Superannuated and disabled Men - - - - - - © 10,692 186,000 = —- 
Widows and Children’ - - - - - - - . - 692 23,500 = — 
IRELAND ; 12,069 288,750 - - 
Retired Officers of the late Irish Artillery and Engineers, and Pensions 
to Widows - - - - . ° ° e ‘ ‘ 83 8,366 - —- 
12,152 297,116 - - 
i ee ee ee ee oe oe ee ie ee: fee - - £.| 297,116 
Office of Ord . 
wary Hes ~_ } W. L. Maberly. Charles Tennyson. Henry Duncan. 
ORDNANCE. BARRACK. TOTAL. 
CIVIL: No. | Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. 
Great Britain and CoLontes: ae. a  . «2 
Prior to Act 50 Geo. III. - - + 1810] 20 2,498 17 6 1 gl 5 - 21 | 2,590 2 6 
Superannuation Pursuant to Act 50 Geo. III. . - 1810] 24 3019 5 9| 10 1,325 8 7 34 4,344 14 4 
Pursuant to Act { Permanent - - -| 27 7,003 14 4] 15 1,045 17 6 |) a we 
3 G.Iv. 1822\ Temporary - - -| 11 1,125 8 2|- -| - - - iJ 53 | 917 
Prior to Treasury Minutes, August 1821 and 
p ael ny his aaga aan agua } 49 4435 -— 8] 24 | 4,234 - - 64 | 8,669 - 8 
Reduction . -( Pursuant to Treasury Minutes - - ditto - 53 10,528 16 g| 14 2,578 8 9g 67 | 13,107 5 6 
Unattached Barrack Masters - - ete -«} - “ . 7 652 3 9 7 652 3 9 
In iieu of Half-Pay to Officers employed ose -w] e ° - 2 = 6 t 2 77 2 1 
Officers of the late Barrack Commission -|- -| - - - 5 690 - - 5 690 - - 
Artificers and Labourers - - ie “te - - | 236 50384138 5}- -| - . 236 | 5,034 13 5 
Prior to Regulations of 1796 - 1 20 - -|+ -| - - | 
ai [Civil Officers 4 Special- = - - - =| 21 502 6 — 1 20 - — |+112]| 2702 6 - 
Widows - ~ - 7 Pursuant to Regulations of 1796 | 84 2,035 - - 5 125- - J 
| Artificers and Labourers - - - - | 100 1,670 17 3}]- -| - - 100 1,670 17 
48,714 5 6 














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ix, 28.)—Estimates of the Ordnance De artments, c-—continued. 
Appendix E f the Ordnance Dep &amp; ued 
(A.) . RDNANCE ARRACK 
Item, N° 20—continued. ORD . B . TOTAL, 

° ** 0 8 ee 
25%, Junit Sipt mak Sinieed No, Amount. No. Amount, No. Amount. 
outtinued, Civir—Sop NUATED—continued. whee eit 

J a IRELAND: £. 8. d. £. 8. B"e4 
ournal, p. 562. { Prior to Act 50 Geo. III. - - 1810 1 36 18 6 1 521 10 10 2 558 ‘ 
a ~—— Superannuation 4 Pursuant to Act 50 Geo. III. - - iio j- -| - - - 2 224 12 4 2 224 12 : 
) Pursuant to Act 3 Geo. IV. - - 1822 1 64 12 4 15 1,001 3 10 16 1,065 16 4 
{Prior to Treasury Minutes, August 1821 and 
January 1822 - - hes eee 787 12 8 18 | 2,321 6 g 29 3,108 19 5 
Reduction - -4 Pursuant to - - ditto - - ditto - - - 22 2,043 12 10 11 1,584 19 7 33 3,628 i¢ 5 
Temporary Pension’ - - : - - 1 65 - - |- -| - - - 1 65 .° 
Unattached Barrack Masters - - “|e el - - - 17 1,224 17 2 17 1,224 17 9 
Artificers and Labourers - - - - - - - - | 46 wee 7 8B ie of @ - - 46 733 7 1 
English Pensions paid in Ireland - - - - - - 11 163 3 3_|- -] - - - 11 163 3 4 
oe = Special - - - - - - 2 30 9 3 
Widows of Civil Officers {pee Regulations of 1796 - -| 13 S'S &gt;) Bee See 15 286 3 6 
Widows and Families of Artificers and Labourers’ - - - 27 342 9 8 |- -] - - - 27 342 9 8 
dat. 
£. 1 11,40 

£.  ~€£ nitive, 
Great Britain, &amp;c. - . - - - - 48,714 5 6 — 

IRELAND - - - - - - - - - 11,401 10 4 

2ist VOTE - - - - - - 60,115 15 10 

22d VOTE : Excnequer Fees - . 5385 - - 

Office of Ordnance, | 
17th June 1831. J W. L. Maberly. Charles Tennyson. Henry Duncan, 





LIST of the Names of Persons on the Civis EstasiisHMent of the ORDNANCE, to whom Retired Allowances have been granted; 
since the last Estimate presented to Parliament. 














Length Grounds = Proportion 
f upon which the Former Salary, of Salaries, &amp;c. Amount 
OFFICE. NAME, - Age. | Retired Allowances} and Increase of upon which of Half-pay or 
Service. have been Sal the Pensions are . 
granted. ey calculated. Pensions, 
Years. | Years. sd £. s. d. 
Overseer of Works, Chatham - - | John Byham, sen.| 254] 55 | Infirmities - 146 - - 7-12ths 80 - - 
Ditto - - - Canada - - |Rich.Goldsworthy| 46 70 | Age and ditto 82 2 6 11-12ths 15 - - 




















APPENDIX. 





A LIST of important Works in progress under the Encinrer DerARTMENT; showing the Amount of the Original Estimates, the 
Amount already granted, what remains to be voted, and the Amount proposed to be taken in the Orpnance Estimate for 1831; 


also, of Contemplated Works. 























Amount Already Remains Proposed 
STATIONS. of Original to be to be REMARKS. 
Estimates. granted. voted. taken in 1831. 
Works 1Nn Procress: £. £. £. £. 
(@) | Woolwich, Storehouses - - 35,000 - - =» 35,000 6,000 Compl . 
—s ’ 00? 4 t timat d Work for 
(6) | King’s Mews, Barracks - - 30,054 25,000 5,054 5,054 che atts Minnie — 
(c) | Pigeon-house Fort, Dublin - - 8,331 - - - 8,331 7,031 ae ' 
(d) | Beggar's Bush Recruiting Depot - 17,109 15,497 1,612 1,612 ee —— te See 
fe) | Belfast, Infantry Barracks - - 13,346 8,423 4,923 4,923 — . 
(f) | Castlebar - ditto - - - 18,691 16,874 1,817 1,817 [=~ — — aoe 
(g Demerara, Barracks -- .- - -| - 932,070 10,000 22,070 8,000 l.= linet ae 
(4) | Bermuda, defence of Dock-yard - 129,432 51,493 77;939 13,304 
Canada : ‘ , . 
: ita This will complete the Estimate 
(7) | Quebec Citadel - - - - 236,540 222,3 14,141 14,141 f P 
— Glacis_ - « ~¢ 1,644] ” . ee ee 
(k) { — Gun Carriage Shed, ) . 3,181 - - = 3,181 3,181 
Cape Diamond -f 537 | 
(1) | Penetanguishene Barracks - - 3974 . ey 3,974 3,974 . « Of the Sum voted, only £. 5,000 
Kingston, Fortifications - - 273,000 40,900 233,000 - - + |, is expended in the preparation 0 
( Materials. 
: This will complete the Estimate 
(m) | Kingston, Barracks -~ - - 7,315 4,973 2,342 2,342 { pane oa Work. 
(n) | Nova Scotia, Halifax Citadel - 124,863 50,427 745436 4,931 ” 
c 
Mauritius, Coast Defences ~- - 25,950 13,000 12,950 oe ye oe biped _ spent, excep 
(0) | Survey, Great Britain - - -| 306,963 213,963 93,000 9,000 
(P) | Ditto Ireland - - - =| 300,000 180,770 119,230 30,000 
£.| 1,565,819 852,819 713,000 115,310 
ConTEMPLATED WorKs: 
For which Sunus are also proposed 
in the Estimates for 1831. 
(q) | Chester, Barracks _ - -« 5,000 : 5,000 3,000 
(r) | Lock-up rooms in Barracks for con- 
finement of Soldiers ° - 7400 . Jee 72400 6,400 
£.} 1,578,219 852,819 725,400 124,710 
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(29. RETURN of the BaLaNnce remaining unpaid on 1st January 1831, upon each of the Grants of _ Appendix, 
PanLIAMENT, for ORDNANCE Services, set forth in the Act 11 Geo. IV. and 1 Will. IV. c. 63. s. 12; (A.) 
and also, of the Amount paid on account of each of the several Heads of Service for which the said Grants Pe: ened 
were made, between 1 January 1831 and 21 June 1831, by the Treasurer of the Ordnance, or any other Public 19° Augusti. 


Officer ; showing at what Period the full Amount of each Grant had been applied, and what Sum, if any, has 
in any case been paid for any Head of Service beyond the Amount granted for it by Parliament. 


Journal, p. 770. 



























































AMOUNT Paid . 
of the Balance} for the same Unexpended Ehssoding 
AMOUNT | AMOUNT | remaining | — Service, : vy a0 
SERVICE. f id unexpended on between the the Grants the Grants 
dane ne rs 1 Jan. — ist January ois wal e = il 
° 1 Jan. 1631. | to complete n 
4 the Grant, 26 —" age. 1831. 

; £. £. £. £. £. i 
1.—SALARIES, Tower, Pall Mall, and Dublin - - - - 85,025 37,808 47,217 48,799 ‘ ‘ 1,582 (!) 
2.—Ditto - Civil Departments, Woolwich - - - - - 8,933 6,711 2,222 2,260 - - 38 
3.—Ditto - Home Stations - - - = = = =| 17,432] 12,992 | 45440 4,343 97 — 
4.—Ditto - Foreign Stations and Ireland - - - - - 28,644 17,834 10,810 11,211 » o 401 (?) 
5.—Ditto - Barrack Masters and Serjeants - - - - 41,388 19,075 22,313 16,586 59727 — 
6.—Pay of Master Gunners . e ° = zs « s 5,390 3,297 2,093 2,092 ? — ; 

—Establishment Royal Engineers, and Sappers and Miners - 83,046 52,382 30,664 32,749 - - 2,085 (*) 
§—Ditto - Royal Regiment of Artillery - - : ° * 283,626 164,034 | 119,592 119,807 i ™ 215 (") 
g—Ditto - Royal Horse Artillery - - - - + =| 37,111 | 26,846) 10,265 | 16,516 | - - | 6,951(°) 
10.—Ditto - Field Train Department - - - - - 1,223 805 418 499 - . 81(°) 
11.—Ditto - Medical Department - - - - - - 9,127 6,064 3,063 4,116 - - 1,053(") 
12,—Ditto - Royal Military Academy - - - - . 3,402 2,568 834 1,671 - - 37(°) 
13.—Extra Pay, &amp;c. Engineers, Pay of Clerks of Works, &amp;c. - 66,122 30,686 | 35,436 28,908 6,528 _ 
14.—Ordnance Works and Repairs, and Storekeepers P * 38 
and Artillery Departments — - - - - 54 
Credits for Sales of Old Stores, Rents, &amp;c. = 16 ¥ 
mitted as a Vote upon the Estimate of 1830 7745 337,217 172,672 | 164,545 139,796(°)| 24,749 a 
Add Additional Grant for Works, under 1 Will. IV. —_— | 
c. 5. (Voted 7 Dec. 1830) - - : - 5° 
Unprovided (referrible to this Head of “*‘ Works” ) 4,034 
15.—Barrack — = Barrack good Expenditure, &amp;c. - 194,335 125,805 68,530 71,428 - - 2,898 ('°) 
16.—Military and Civil Contingencies, Stores, &amp;c. - 211,213 i . 
Add Military Store Branch - - - - 78,455 289,668 118,920 | 170,748 110,068 60,680 — 

a 17.—Unprovided (referred to the Head of “ Works” above) - — — — —_ _ ome 
18.—Superannuated, Military = - - - ~ - - . 300,245 213,419 86,826 86,051 775 — 
19.—Ditto - - - Civil - - - - - - - - 62,655 33,566 29,089 27,387 1,702 _ 
20.—Military Store Branch (referred to the Head of “ Stores” above) om ae an cain ad iis 
21.—Fees at the Exchequer . - . - - - 2,600 1,357 1,243 791 452 -- 

&gt; £. | 1,857,189 | 1,046,841 | 810,348 725,078 100,711 15,441 

15,441 
Remaining unexpended on 21 June 1831 - - - - £.| 85,270 
(') Full Amount of Grant applied 23 April 1831. (°) Full Amount of Grant applied 1 June 1831. 
- (7) - - - Ditto - - - 11 June 1831. (*) - - - Ditto - - - 1 June 1831 
(*) - - - Ditto - - - 1 June 1831. (7) - - - Ditto - - + 1 June 1831. 
(*) - - - Ditto - - + 11 June 1831. (*) - - - Ditto - - - 18 June 1831. 
(*) The following Sums, voted under the “ Unprovided” in the Estimate » 1831, are included in this Sum; viz. 
Interest on Purchase Money of Land at Sheerness - . - - - - - - £.2,173 
Purchase of Maison Dieu at Dover - ~~ - - - - - - - - - 7,000 
: Purchase Money, &amp;c. of Land at Gosport - - - - -— - - - 7 17,150 
- £. 26,323 





(, This Excess is occasioned by Barrack Services ordered to be executed in 1830, but for which no provision was made in the 
Estimate of that Year. These amounted to £. 15,468.—Full Amount of Grant applied 1 June 1831. 
Office of Ordnance, By Order of the Master General and Board of Ordnance, 
19 August 1831. R. Byham, Secretary. 


ir 





e (30..—AN ACCOUNT of the BaLance remaining in the Hands of the Tnzasurer of the OrpDNANCE, on 
the 1st January 1831, and of all Mowres received by said Treasurer, between that date and 21st June 1831, 
from the Exchequer, or from any other Source; showing under what Grants of Parliament or other Authority 
the same were in each case received by him; together with an Account of the Application of the said Balance 
and Receipts, so far as they have been expended by him within the same Period ; distinguishing the several 


Heads of Ordnance Services, as set forth in the Act 11 Geo. IV. and 1 Will. IV. c. 63. s. 12. to which the 
same have been applied. 


te 









































BALANCE Monies received by the Treasurer, Application of the Receipts, 
00 remaining between 1 January and 21 June 1831, The Grants of Parliament, so far as they have been 
in the Hands from the Exchequer, or from - expended within the same 
of of the any other Source. or other Authority, Period, under the several 
Treasurer, r — under which Heads of Ordnance Services, 
on the From the On th : in the Act 11 Geo. IV. and 
te ist Jan. 1831. Exchequer. Velotony , the Sums were received. 1 Will. IV. c. 63. s. 12. 
pt From the Exchequer’ - aie” WE. -« “ 4 é. The Grants of Parliament for | 
Fr dry P ¢ a : 5991444 Ordnance Services. ‘ ; , 
om sundry Persons for various - - The application o 
Services) - - « i an - 182,715 The Orders of the Board. these Receipts, so far as 
£. 105,623 of this Sum is that | they have been expend- 
part of the Credits in the Esti- \ ed between 1 January 
mate of 1830, (viz. £.167,745) { and 21 June 1831, is 
which was not received until | shown in the accom- 
5993444 182,715 1831; the remainder, viz. panying Account, 
ts /| £.77,092, belongsto the Credits | No. 29. 
£.782.1 which are shown in the Estimate 
* 7924159: of 1831. ; 
Office of Ordnance, By Order of the Master General and Board of Ordnance, 
19 August 1831. R. Byham, Secretary. 


VOL. 86. 


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Appendix, 
(B.) 
25° Junit. 


Journal, p. 564. 


1018 


Miscellaneous Estimates. 


A. | 














27° Junii. 


Journal, p. 578. 





(B.)—MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES, &amp;c. 





83] 


(31..—AN ESTIMATE. of the Sum which will be required to pay InrerEst on ExcnEQuer Bits, 


for the Year 1831. 
Six Hundred Thousand Pounds - 








Whitehall, Treasury eee 
24 June 1831. 


- (£.600,000) —— 


T. SPRING RICE. 





| 


(32..—AN ACCOUNT of all Excnequer Bixts issued, or authorized to be issued, charged on the 


Supplies 1831 ;—Unprovided for. 


—— Twenty-five Millions Five Hundred and Seventy-seven Thousand Six Hundred Pounds - (£.25,577,600) 








— 


(33..—AN ACCOUNT of all Excnrqurer Brits issued between 5th January 1830 and 5th January 183), 
under the Acts 3 Geo. IV. c. 86, and 5 Geo. IV. c. 103 ;—Unprovided for. 


Tue Amount of Exchequer Bills, issued for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, 
in the Year ended 5th January 1831 - - - - - - - on ‘ 


The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued for teiiting edditional Churches in the Year 
ended 5th January 1831 - - - - ° ° ° “ ° 


£. 














(34..—AN ACCOUNT, showing the Amount of Monies in the Exchequer, and remaining to be received, on 
the 31st January 1831, to complete the Aids granted by Parliament, for the service of the Year 1830. 


In the Exchequer. 


To be raised. 





Excnequer Bills remaining to he issued towards the Ways and £. s. d. 
Means 1830 - - - - - - ° - - - 
Sugar Duties, per Act 1 Will. IV. c. ‘50 - - - . - - | 222,972 19 24 
East India Company, per Act 11 Geo. 1V. c. 4 - - - =| 1§,000 - — 

Money paid by Shenae Rippon, Esq. on account of the Commissioners ; 
for the issue of Exchequer Bills for Public Worms, ye fet 
11 Geo. 1V.c. 4 - 20,000 — — 
Interest under Contracts for the Redemption of Land Tax” - - - 8 23 


To be brought from the 
Consolidated Fund a, per Act 1 Will. IV.c.1 ~ ~ ~ ° ~ ~ 


Ditto - - - a ee ee 


£. s. d. 
6,750 = oe 


1,323,379 9 42 
1,850,000 - — 














£.| 257,973 7 5 





3180,129 9 43 
257:973 7 5 





£. 





3,438,102 16 9? 





Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, 
24 June 1831. } 


T. SPRING RICE. 





(35.)—AN ACCOUNT of the Total Amount of Money which, on the 5th January 1831, was in the 


Exchequer, or remained to be received, on account of Ways and Means; 


also of the several Sums of 


Money which would probably remain to be defrayed on account of the Suppiizs of the under-mentioned 
Years respectively ; and the Surpius of the Ways and Means at the disposition of Parliament. 











£. i: = 


4,894,645 3 64 


4,801,083 6 53 





bid ys and MEAns applicable to » the outianting ss ae od oe under-mentioned 
ears - = - . ss -« 
1823 - - - £.12,167 7 6 
ag: &lt;- + 5435 16 9 
1826 - - - 20,000 4 - 
OvuTsTaANDING SuppLigs - -( 1827 - —_—. 49,254 10 113 
1828 - - - 57,828 6 10 
1829 - - - 91,082 7 8 
(1830 - - -| 4,565,314 12 83 
Surpius Ways and Means at the disposition of Parliament - - - &amp;. 





93.561 17 -# 





Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, 
24 June 1831. } 


T. SPRING RICE. 





SRS | 


Ri 





1 &amp; 2 Wi. IV. Miscellaneous Estimates. 1019 














——+&amp;§_ 
ESTIMATES, &amp;. Aone. 
(B.) 
Public Buildings. Donaghadee Harbour. Holyhead Harbour. 25° Junii. 
Port Patrick Harbour. British Museum. Revenue Buildings, Liverpool. Journal, p. 562. 





Whitehall, Treasury “waned 


21 June 1831. T. SPRING RICE. 





A STATEMENT of the Estimares of the Miscettangovs ExpenpiTureE for Pustic Works, &amp;c. submitted to 
Parliament for 1831, compared with the Grants for the same Service in 1830. 





























wee ee 1830. 1831. MORE. LESS, 
Repairs of Pusric Buitpines, &amp;c. - - £.32,500 £. £. £. £. 
Ditto - of Royal Palaces, &amp;c. England and Scot- 
land, formerly charged on Civil List, England, 76,300 73,800 ‘pl eye — 
and Hereditary Revenue, Scotland - - 43,800 
Portpatrick Harbour - - - - . . e 7,000 4:70 a ae 2,230 
Donaghadee Harbour - - - - - - * 8,000 4,000 “a 4,000 
New Buildings at British Museum Oy MOTE. be 10,000 12,000 2,000 — 
Holyhead Harbour -_ Fe Oe we 4,700 4,700 _ _ 
King’s Town Harbour - - - - - - a 20,000 oe ee = 20,000 
Churches, West Indies - - - - - “ 6,000 ee i se eal 6,000 
Pier at Hobb’s Point - - - - - « “ 8,000 oe: wee a ae 8,000 
State Paper Office a 12,000 - - - a 12,000 
1§2,000 99,270 2,000 54:730 
Revenue Buildings, Liverpool* = - - - - of e+e ~ 25,000 25,000 a 
£. 152,000 124,270 27,000 545730 
2'7,000 
Decrease - - €. 27,730 








* This additional Estimate is rendered necessary by an Agreement entered into by a Treasury Minute of 1827. 


Whitehall, Treasury “meats 


21 June 1831. T. SPRING RICE. 





(36.\—AN ESTIMATE of the probable Amount that will be required for Repairs, &amp;c. of Public Buildings, 
for Furniture, &amp;c. for the various Pustic Orrices and Departments; and for certain Charges for 
Lighting, Watching, &amp;c. defrayed by the Office of Works; and also for the Repairs and Alterations of Royal 
Palaces and Works in the Royal Gardens heretofore charged upon the Civil List; and for the Repairs of the 


Royal Palace of Holyrood House, and certain Public Buildings in Scotland heretofore charged on the 
Hereditary Revenue of Scotland. 





Seventy-three Thousand Eight Hundred Pounds :—Clear of Fees and al! other Deductions. 








PARTICULARS OF THE FOREGOING ESTIMATE. £. 
Works and Services heretofore defrayed by Annual Grants of Parliament for the Ordinary Repairs 
i of the Public Buildings, calculated as near as possible upon the Expenditure of the past year ; viz. 


HOUSES of Parliament ;—include the Houses of Lords and Commons; Committee Rooms ; House- } 
keepers’ Apartments, &amp;c.; the Parliament Office; the Record Office to ditto; Two Houses for the 
Clerks in Parliament; Three Houses for the Clerks of the House of Commons ; the House containing 
the Records ; and the Expense of Lighting the Gas and Oil Lamps - - - - = - = 

Speaker’s House, Stables, &amp;e. - - - - = = = = = = = = = = 

— Bench Prison ;—including two Official Houses, occupied by the Under Marshal and Clerk of the 

apers - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

The Fleet Prison and Official House -- - - - - - - - - - - 

Marshalsea Prison and Official House - - - - - - - - - - 

Insolvent Debtors’ Court and Offices - - - - - 

Somerset House and Official Houses - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Whitehall ;—includes the Treasury Offices; the Houses of the First Lord, and Chancellor of the Exchequer ; 
the Offices of the Three Secretaries of State, and Official Residence for the Foreign Secretary; the 
Council Office ; the Office of Works ; the Office of the Auditor of the Land Revenue ; Whitehall Chapel ; 
Whitehall Stairs and Causeway to the River; and the Marshalsea Court and House’ - - - - 

Westminster ;—includes Westminster Hall; the Courts of Law and Record Rooms to ditto, and Chapter 
House Record Rooms ; the Buildings in Cannon-row occupied by the Board of Control, &amp;c.; Parliament 
Stairs, and the Stairs and Causeway to the River from New Palace Yard - - - - - “S 
e Tower;—includes the White Tower; Byeword Tower ; Bull Tower; Cow Tower; the Record Office ; 
the Chapel and Chaplain’s House; the Lion Office; the Jewel Office; the Governor’s House; and 
Twenty-two Houses and Apartments for the Master Jailor, Yeoman Porter, Wardens, and Labourer in 
Trust; also the Court House in Wellclose-square forthe Tower Division - - - - -— - 

Rolls House, Chapel, Stables and Secretary’s House - - - . - - - - - - 


13,988 














— Carried forward - - - &amp;. 13,988 








Appendix, 
(B.) 
25° Juni 


continued. 


Journal, p. 564. 


1020 ~ Miscellaneous Estimates. 


(11 A. 183) 











(36.)—Estimate of the probable Amount that will be required for Repairs, 8c. of Public Buildings; for. Furniture; S¢!—eontinued, 


ah 











Brought forward - - - 


British Museum - = = - 

The Horse Guards »—ineledes the Paymaster Genral’s Hipasd ‘the Atrtt'y Pay Office; “the Office fot Military 
Boards; the Chaplain General’s Office; the Comptroller's Office : the Guard Rooms, Orderly and ‘Store 
Rooms, and Recruit Houses, belonging to the Three Regiments "of Foot Guards; the Judge Advocate 
General’s House and Office in Downing-street; the Office of the Recruiting Department in Duke-street, 
Westminster ; the Offices of the Department of Accounts in Duke-street and Crown-street, Westminster ; 
the Army Medical Board Office in Berkeley-street ; and the various Seutry Boxes of the Foot Guards ; 





also, all kinds of Furniture for the above Offices, Guard Rooms, &amp;c.-- - - - « « ‘ 
The Royal Gallery, iad Mall - =, - ee et =. ‘«, .@, Se Se 
The Royal Mint - - - - - - - - ° . . é ‘i ‘s ‘ ‘ 
National Debt Office - - - - - - - ° * ° « e n J - a 


Stationery Office - = - 

Estimate of the Expense for providing Fumiture for the Horse Guards Building, for the Oil and Gas Lamps} 
at the Houses of Parliament, Somerset House, Whitehall, Westminster, Horse Guards, and for keeping in 
Repair the Gas Lanterns in St. James’s Park ; likewise the Expense of supplying Water at Somerset ouse, 
and Watching at various Public Buildings - - - a e  «:- -&amp; “ 

Estimate of the Amount required for we the Expense of repairing and providing Fixtures and i 





ture for the Offices and Establishments formerly supplied under the Lord Chamberlain’s Department, but 
since transferred to the direction of the Surveyor General of His Majesty’s Office of Works, by Treasury 
Minute, dated 15th January 1828, calculated on the Expenditure of last year - = - - 


Amount of One Year’s Assessment on the following Offices, for Paving, Lighting, Cleansing, &amp;c. the Streets 
of Whitehall and Westminster, due Midsummer 1831, under the Act by w which these Rates were first 
imposed, and which would otherwise fall on the Contingencies of the several Departments ; viz. 

Whitehall District:—-The Admiralty, Army Pay ‘Office, Horse Guards Offices, Home Department, 
Treasury, Board of Trade and Council Office, Whitehall Chapel, Marshalsea Court and House, 
Almonry Office, Office of Works, Comptrollers of Army Accounts, Exchequer Seal Office - - 

Palace Yards District :—The Houses of Lords and Commons, Courts of Law, Westminster Hall, the 
Garden in Parliament Square, Speaker’s House and Premises, Exchequer Offices and Whasfs| 


occupied by the Board of Works ~~ - - - ~ ~ ° Mi ~ - ‘ a 


Amount of One Year’s Assessment for New Police Establishment on the following Offices, &amp;Xc. :—Horse| 
Guards, Home Department, Treasury, Board of Trade, Council Office, Comptroller of amy Accounts, 
Exchequer Seal Office, Whitehall Chapel - - - — - : =e ee am | 


Tora of Common and Orpinary Repairs, including the Expense of providing a 
ture, &amp;c, and the Amount of Assessments for Paving, &amp;c. Whitehall an Westminster - 


Estimate of the Amount required on account of the Expense of repairing the whole Exterior of Whitehall 
Chapel, including a new Roof, being the remainder of Mr. Soane’s Estimates of £. 16.500, for this Building, | 


which were submitted to Parliament i in 1829 and 1830 - - £.4,500 | 


Expense of packing and protecting the Paintings of the Ceiling of the Chapel during the Repairs - £.560 . 


Orpinary Reparrs of the Royal Palaces and Works in the Royal Gardens, calculated as near.as 
possible from the Expenditure of the past Year, heretofore charged upon the Civil List ; viz. 


Windsor Castle; excepting what is now under Sir Jeffry Wyatville - = - bs 
Ditto - - the Stables, Lower Lodge and heme detached Buildings, and the Water Mill on the = s 

River - - - - . - ' 
Ditto - - continuation of Expose for qecting a Pedestal for the Statue of King George the Third, in’ 
the Great Park - - - - - - -« - - ‘ ae VINE 


Hampton Court Palace; Stables and Out- buildings - 
Hampton Court; Stud House and Garden Buildings ; Longford River and Coombe Conduit, which supplies 





the Palace with hard and soft Water; ; including also the Bridges - . - - 
Kew Palace; Stables and other Buildings belonging to the King on Kew Green - 
Ditto - - the Observatory, Pagoda and other pegs in the Pleasure, Kitchen and Botanical 


Gardens, and Forcing Grounds - - - - " 


Kensington Palace ; Stables and Out-buildings, the en and Kitchen Garden Buildings, including 
Forcing Houses, &amp;c. - ~ - m ~ ea 24 sa i =| 


St. James’s Palace - - - és ws a“ ‘s . ‘‘ . e a 6 
Royal Mews, Pimlico, and Riding- Sates - « “ “ e a - - is é 3} 
Carlton House Stables, and House, 105, Pall Mall. - - ss ° ° . a “ - “ 
The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, and the riage and Out- baiting» - - - ° ° ‘ “ | 
The New Palace, St. James’ s Park - - ° - mn ° « » » q ¢ 


Works and Repairs at the Royal Palaces and Public Buildings in Scotland, heretofore defrayed 
out of the Hereditary Revenue in Scotland, under the superintendence of the Barons of the Exche- 
quer in that Country; viz. 


Estimated Amount for the Ordinary Repairs of the Royal Palaces and Public Buildings in Sestlend, bear 


lated upon an average of the Expenditure of former Years - - - - - - 





£. 
13,988 


4,218 


4,642 


25745 


39,000 


3,800 





£.| 


73,803 








(37.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will probably be required in the Year 1831, to as dh | axpense of 


Works now executing at Port Parrick Harzour. 








Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Pounds :—Clear of Fees and all dite ‘pooniag ail 201 — 





THE estimated Expense of, completing the Harbour, according to the Accounts and - 
Papers laid before Parliament in 1820, meeting | in addition £.4,500 for a Light-house, 61.08 
an rf 2,200 for Improvements not gees nee — the original Estimate was pre- a 
pared, is a, ee ae re ee ee eee ae 

On account of which there has already been granted since the Work was commenced - 112,442 

Required to complete the Estimates -' #"- -  £. 9,538 








It is proposed to grant one-half of this Balance in 1831, and the remainder in 1832. 





1 &amp; 2 Witt. IV. 





Miscellaneous Estimates. 


192] 



































(38.).—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum. that will probably be required to defray the Expense of Works now - Appendix, 
carrying on at DonaGuapeEE Harsour, in the Year 1831. (B.) 
Four Thousand Pounds :—Clear of Fees and all other Deductions. FO feng 
25° Junii 
. . . . ta d. 
Tue estimated Expense of this Work, according to the Papers laid before Parliament in}| £. pease 
1820, including £. 4,500 for a Light-house not contemplated when the original Estimate | 145133 Journal, p. 562. 
was prepared,is = - - - = ~ ~ " 5 pe e 7 - 
On account of which there has been already granted since the Works were commenced - 131,577 
Required to complete the Harbour - - - - &amp;. 14,556 
It is proposed to grantin1831 - - - - - ~ = 4,000 
To be provided in future Years - - - £, 10,556 


os 











(39.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will probably be required in the Year 1831, on account of the 
New Buitprnes at the Brirish Museum. 


—— Twelve Thousand Pounds :—Clear of Fees and all other Deductions. 








Tue probable Expense of erecting the East and West Wings of this Building, accordin 








: ; £. 
to the Estimates of the Architect employed under the direction of the Reanendionnal 223,382 
of Works, including the probable Charge for certain Fittings and Furniture, is - a 

On account of which Parliament has granted since the Works commenced in 1824 - « 195,000 

Required to complete the East and West Wings - - - f£. 38,382 
On account of which it is proposed to grant in 1831 - - - 12,000 
To be provided for the completion of the Building in future Years - - - £, 26,382 

















My Lords, British Museum, 16th March 1831. 


Tue Trustees:ofthe British Museum having had under their 
consideration a Copy of the Treasury Letter of the 8th February 
addressed to the or-General, direct me to represent to 
your Lordships, that the sum of £.8,000 proposed by your Lord- 
ships as the t for carrying on the Buildings at the Museum 
in the present year, will not be sufficient, according to a Report 
which the Trustees have received from their architect, to defray 
the expense of completing the New Gallery for the Athenian 
Marbles, and of removing and refixing the Marbles there. 

The Trustees beg to remind your Lordships, that the Build- 
ing in which the Marbles are at present placed was erected in 
the year 1816, and was intended as nothing more than a tonne 
rary shed in which the Marbles ‘might be exhibited, until a 
more suitable room could be raised for their reception ; that this 
Building has already continued for twice the number of years 
for which its durability was calculated ; and that notwithstand- 
ing various precautions of external and internal props, which 
have been added from time to time, the Trustees have been for 
several winters apprehensive for the stability of the Building, and 
the safety of the sculptures which it contains. 

The Trustees are fully aware of the exigencies of the Public 
Service, which have induced your Lordships to propose so limited 
a Grant as £.8,000 for the Buildings at the Museum ; but under 
the urgent circumstances ofthe ease, the Trustees would feel it 





a dereliction of their duty to the Nation, if they did not carnestly 
press upon your Lordships the absolute necessity of providing, 
without any delay, for the safe preservation of the incomparable 
works of ancient art which the liberality of Parliament has 
committed to their care. 

From the Report of Mr. Smirke, the Trustees understand that 
the sum of £.12,000. will be requisite in the present year to 
finish the Gallery intended for the Athenian Marbles, and to 
provide such articles of furniture as are indispensably necessary 
to enable the Trustees to exhibit their other Collections in a 
proper manner to the Public. 

The Trustees, therefore, do not doubt that your Lordships will 
be pleased to ad¢ £.4,000 to the Grant which your Lordships 
had proposed to submit to Parliament on account of the new 
Bujidings at the British Museum. 

I have the honour &amp;c. 
(signed) J. Forshall, Secretary. 





Extract of Treasury Minute, dated 22d March 1831, 
on the preceding Representation. 


“ Unper the circumstances set forth by the Trustees of the 


-British Museum, My Lords will not think themselves justified 


in withholding their recommendation to this proposed addition 
to the Grant for these Buildings.” 





(40..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted for the Year 1831, on account of the Hotyneap 
and Howrn Roaps and Harsours. 





Four Thousand Seven Hundred Pounds: —Clear of Fees and all other Deductions. 








An Estimate of the Sum required during the Year, commencing 5th April 1831, for the Improvement of the Holyhead 
and Liverpool Roads, and for Holyhead and Howth Harbour, &amp;c. 


Roap From SuHrewssury To HotyneaD: £. s. d. 
For repairing Walls, and building new protecting Walls along the sides of precipices in} ia 
various parts of the Road between Chirk and Holyhead - - - - -— = —— 


HotyHEAD Harpour: 


For continuing the use of the Dredging Machines, for the purpose of clearing and deepen-) 
ing the Packet Births, and for a by means of diving bells, large stones round the 

or protecting the same from injury by storms + 

Engineers ——s 

ing upon the various Roads, Bridges and Harbours under the care of the Commissioners, 


Outer Head of the Main Pier, 
For the payment of the Chief and Assistant 


1,651 16 — 


ed in examining and report- 


including travelling and incidental Expenses, and for the Salaries of the Secretary and 
Clerks in London, having the charge of all Monies coming into the hands of the Com- 
missioners, the examination and payment of all Accounts, the repayment to the Exche- 
quer of Monies advanced for Works under this Commission, and the Correspondence in 
regard to all matters relating thereto - - - ee se “eer 
For the Payment of Advertisements in the Gazette and Public Newspapers for two years ; 
for Surveys and Valuations of Land and Damages for those years; and for Postage, 
Stationery and other Incidental Expenses during the last year - -  - -— = 
For Parliamentary Fees and Law Charges in soliciting the Act 1 Will. 1V. c.67; and) 
for general Law Business during the years 1829 and1830 - - - - -— = 


1,832 6 6 





188 


773 
£. 4,700 


14 7 











VOL. 86. 


Part II. 12 D 











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Miscellaneous: Estimates. 


A.183}) 





Journal, p. 562, 











(41.\—AN ESTIMATE of the Amount required to be granted in the Year 1831, upon Account of the 
Buitprne now erecting at Liverpoot as a Custom-House, Excisz-Orricr, Stamp-Orricr and 
Post-Orrice; and also as an Office for the Liverroot Dock Company. 


——Twenty-five Thousand Pounds :—Clear of Fees and all other Deductions. 








Tux estimated Amount of the Expenditure which will probably be required for the Building is £.175,000; of. which 
the Corporation are to defray £.25,000, to keep the Building in complete Repair for ten years from.the tame it is finished 
and also to,defray any Excess upon the Estimate. The site has been granted by the Corporation to the Public, free of 


Charge. 


The Amount to be paid by the Public upon the whole being - —- Brody 


Deduct Amount proposed for 1831 — - 


To be granted in the next Five Years. - - - &amp;. 


To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of 
His Majesty’s Treasury. 


The respectful Memorial of the undersigned Members of 
the Common Council and Trustees of the Liverpool 
Docks, Merchants, Bankers, and other Inhabitants of 
the Town of Liverpool ; 


Sheweth, 


Tuat your Memorialists, impressed with the great inconve- 
nience which has long been felt by the Merchants and others 
interested in the Trade of Liverpool, from the very insufficient 
accommodation afforded to them, and to the Officers of His 
Majesty’s Revenue, in the present Custom House and Offices in 
Liverpool, beg leave most earnestly but respectfully to draw your 
Lordships’ serious consideration and attention thereto. 


Your Memorialists beg to acquaint your Lordships that the | 





existing Custom House was built almost a century ago, and upon | 
a scale adapted to the extent of trade at that period ; and it may | 


perhaps excite surprise, that although the trade has increased 
in a tenfold amount since the present Custom House was erected, 
little or no additional accommodation has been given to the 
Public, or to the Officers of the Revenue. 

Your Memorialists lament to contrast the situation of Liver- 
pool with the other Ports of the Kingdom, and in the compa- 
rison they cannot but feel that, in this respect, Liverpool has not 
shared in the liberality of the Crown. Hor whilst London, and 
Dublin, and Leith, and other Out-ports have obtained the as- 
sistance of Government in the establishment of commodious 
public offices for the collection of the Revenue, no additional 
accommodation has been provided in Liverpool, although the 
extent of her trade, and the amount of revenue derived from it, 
places her, in a commercial point of view, inferior only to the 
Metropolis. 

Your Memorialists are the more anxious to draw your Lordships’ 
attention to this subject at the present time, as it appears the 
Corporation have it in their contemplation forthwith to fill up 
a part of the Old Dock. 

By the Act of the 51 Geo. III. c. 148, s. 45, and by that of the 
sixth year of His present Majesty’s reign, a site for a new Cus- 
tom-house is suggested to be on part of this Dock, and your 
Memorialists are therefore induced to request that your Lord- 
ships would be pleased to give directions for the inspection of 
this advantageous site for the purpose, and that you will be 
pleased te authorize the erection of a Custom-house and other 
Public Offices on that or some other convenient situation, thereby 
aiding the public spirit of the local authorities in their great 
efforts for the improvement of the town, and encouraging the 
enterprize of its inhabitants by the favourable consideration of 
the Crown. 

Liverpool, 27 December 1825. 

igned by four hundred and ninety-four persons. 





Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 14th February 1826. 
Reap a Memorial of the Members of the Common Council 
and Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, Merchants, Bankers, and 
other Inhabitants of the Town of Liverpool, on the subject of 
the erection of a new Custom-house at that Port. 
Transmit the Memorial to the Commissioners of Customs, 
and acquaint them, that it is the desire of this Board that every 
ossible accommodation, consistent with a due regard to economy 
in the administration of the Public Money should be afforded 
for the despatch of the business of this great and important 
Port ; and that it appears to their Lordships that the best mode 
of procuring such information as will enable them to decide what 
arrangement it will be proper to make with a view of giving in- 
creased facility, in that respect, will be, that the Commissioners 
of Customs should despatch one of their Surveyor’s General forth- 
with to Liverpool, in conjunction with a professional person who 
will be appointed by the Surveyor General of the Works for that 
purpose, to survey the proposed site, and report their opinion as 
to the most advantageous mode of providing for the Public 
Service, and the accommodation of the Town of Liverpool, in 
the erection of a new Custom-house. Desire, therefore, that 


they will communicate with the Surveyor-General of the Works, 





£. 
150,000 


25,000 





125,000 








and proceed accordingly, reporting to this Board for further 
directions the result of this inquiry. / 

Send a Copy of this Minute to the Surveyor-General, and de- 
sire he will appoint a proper person to make this inquiry in con- 
junction with an Officer of the Customs. é 


May it please your Lordships, 


Mr. Harrison having, with his Letter of the 17th February 
last, transmitted copy of a Memorial of the Members of the 
Common Council and Trustees of the Docks at Liverpool, the 
Merchants, Bankers and others at that Port, submitting the 
necessity of a new Custom-house at Liverpool, and suggesting 
a part of the Old Dock there as a site for the Building, and sig- 
nified your Lordships’ directions, that, in order to obtain such 
information as might enable your Lordships to decide what 
arrangements it might be proper to make, with a view of giving 
increased facility to the business of the Port of Liverpool, we 
would communicate with the Surveyor-General of the Works, 
and despatch one of our Surveyors-General to Liverpool to sur: 
vey the proposed site, in conjunction with a professional person 
who would be appointed by the Board of Works for that purpose, 
and report as to the most advantageous mode of providing for 
the Public Service, and the accommodation of the Town of 
Liverpool, in the erection of a new Custom-house, and that we 
would report the result of the inquiry for your Lordships’ 
directions. 

In obedience to your Lordships’ commands, we report— 

That, after having communicated with the Surveyor-General 
of the Works, as directed by your Lordships, we directed Mr. 
Morris, one of our Surveyors-General, to proceed to Liverpool, 
who, in conjunction with Mr. Smirke, appointed by the Board 
of Works, has surveyed the site proposed for the new Custom- 
house, and submitted to us a Report on the subject, cop 
whereof, together with copy of the Report of Mr, Smirke, whieh 
has been forwarded to us 4 the Surveyor-General of the Works, 
we beg leave to transmit for your Lordships’ information, and 
for any further directions your Lordships may see fit to give 
thereon. 


R. B. Dean, 
A. A. H. Hutchinson. 


F. S. Larpent, 
F. B. Watson, 


Custom-house, 
6 April 1826. 





Honourable Sirs, 

In obedience to the directions of the Board, I proceeded on 
the ist instant to Liverpool, and, in conjunction with Mr. Smirke, 
from the Board of Works, waited upon the Mayor, for the pur- 
pose of ascertaining the intention of the Corporation in regard 
to the site proposed in a Memorial to the Treasury, for the erec- 
tion of a new Custom-house at that place; we were informed 
by the Mayor that the Memorial alluded to was from. certain 
individuals, and not from the Corporate Body of Liverpool ; and 
the right of disposal of the site of the Old Dock is vested in 
the Corporation and certain Trustees, and that although this 
Dock had been suggested as a fit place for the erection of a new 
Custom-house, it was not yet decided in Council whether it 
would or would not be appropriated to such purpose. 

I subsequently called upon the Trustees of the said Dock, and 
received from their Secretary a similar answer. 

With regard to the fitness of the site of the Old Dock for the 
erection of a building of such magnitude, I am not competent 
tooffer an opinion, presuming that to be the province of M r.Smirke, 
to whom, after consulting the Collector, Comptroller and In- 
spector-General, I delivered a List of the Offices, and the space 
which would be required in the new Custom-house, for the due 
conduct of public business. But as regards the local situation 
of this Dock for the Custom-house, 1 am of ‘opinion it 1s the 
most eligible that can be selected, for, besides being in the 
middle of the Town, and in the vicinity of the Exchange, it isin 
the centre of the several Import and Export Docks of the Port, 
and, in point of extent, is capable of affording accommodation 
for any other Public Office or Buildings exclusive of a Custom 

- house. 


25th March 1826. 








T. Morris. 


(signed ) 


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Sir, Stratford-place; March 18, 1826. 

In reference to the Memorial of the M erchants and others at | 
Liverpool, of which you transmitted me a copy with the Minute 
of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury, I beg 
leave to report to you, that I went, according to your instruc- 
tions, to Liverpool, on the 1st instant, and examined the ground 
offered for the site of the New Custom-house. 

Icommunicated fully with the officers of the Customs to whom 
I was referred for information upon the subject,.and procured 
also from the officers of the Corporation such an account of the 
improvements now carrying into effect in that part of the town 
adjoining the proposed site, as appeared necessary for enabling 
me to form a correct opinion. 

The site offered is that of the Old Dock, formerly the only 
one, and now about to be abandoned and filled up. It is in im- 
mediate connection with the New Docks, which, when completed, 
will extend in one continued line of more than two miles and 
a halfin length, the New Custom-house standing nearly in the 
centre of this line fronting the River Mersey. 

Several of the principal and longest streets form the approaches 
to the site, and these are about to be widened in all those parts 
where they require it. 

I do not think that any situation could be pointed out along 
the whole line of the River possessing so many important ad- 
vantages for the position of a Custom-house as this, considered 
in tespect of its connection with the River, and the Docks, and 
with the Town. 

In order to state further what ‘portion of this extensive area 
would be required for the New Buildings, I examined the Offices 
now used for the Customs, and received a particular account of 
the accommodation required for the Establishment. At present 
itis evident that business is conducted under circumstances of 
the greatest disadvantage and inconvenience, several rooms most 
resorted to by the Public being wholly inadequate to receive 
them, and scarcely nine feet in height; and it often occurs that 
many waggons loaded with goods, brought from vessels for 
examination, from the want of an inclosed area sufficiently large 
to receive them, are unavoidably left standing for the night in 
the street in front of the Custom-house. 

An annual Rent of about £.900 is paid for the occupation of 
the Premises. 

I annex to this Report a Plan showing the site, and the prin- 
cipal streets in connection with it, with an outline of-the space 
which the New Building would occupy in the situation I pro- 
posed for it. 

I recommend that the Building should stand upon that part of 
the ground which lies between Pool-lane and the Docks; its 
front to the River would be about 170 feet in length, the fronts 
to the north and south each nearly 150 feet in length, 

Upon this area, having a spacious Court within, the Esta- 
blishment could be provided in a convenient manner with the 
Offices required, leaving next the north and south fronts a 
streetway of not less than between 70 and 80 feet wide, and the 
Dock Office and other Public Offices might be built with advan- 
tage upon the remaining part of the area. 

The erection of a Custom-house upon so valuable and conspi- 
cuous a situation as this offered for it, and in a Town distin- 
guished by the character of its public buildings, and its exten- 
sive commercial establishments, must, I conceive, incur a larger 
expenditure than would be necessary under other circumstances, 
for I conclude that it would be thought proper to give to the 
exterior of each front a casing of stone. I am not prepared to 
state what would be the probable Expense of such a Building, 
as'your instructions have not authorized me to make the Plans 
necessary for such a calculation; but with the information re- 
ceived upon the subject, I shall be enabled to do so whenever 
I shall be called upon for that purpuse. 


I remain, Sir, your very obedient Servant, 


(signed ) Rob! Smirke. 





‘Cory Treasury Minute, 26th June 1827. 


Reap Report of the Commissioners of Customs of the 6th 
April 1826, upon a proposition from the Members of the Com- 
mon Council and Trustees of the Docks at Liverpool, in regard 
to the erection of  Custom-house upon a site offered for that 
pe by the said Corporation. 

_Mr. Canning states to the Board, that he has had a conference 
with a Deputation from the Corporation of Liverpool upon this 
subject, in which it has been proposed that the Building should 
contain accommodation not only for the Customs, but also for 
the Excise-office, Post-office, and Stamp-office, together with an 
Office forthe Trustees of the Docks, and for other purposes 
connected with the public business of the Town and Port of 
Liverpool. 

For a Building of sufficient extent for these various purposes, 
the Corporation and Dock Trustees have offered such part of 
the site of the Old Dock in Liverpool as may be necessary for 
the erection of the Building in which the Public Offices are 
‘0 be accommodated ; and the Corporation have proposed to 











undertake the erection of it, to which their, Lordships are ready 
to accede upon the following terms ; viz. 

That the Building shall be commenced as soon as the site in 
question shall be legally conveyed to Trustees, to be named by 
this Board, and as soon as the Plans, Elevation and Specifica- 
tions of the proposed Buildings, prepared by the Architect of the 
Corporation of Liverpool (subject to such alterations as may be 
agreed upon), shall be approved by the proper Officer, to be 
named by this Board, for the examination of these Plans. 

That the Corporation of Liverpool shall undertake to complete 
all the said Buildings in Six Years, to be reckoned from the day 
on which the site of the Premises shall be conveyed to the 
Trustees to be named by this Board, according to the Plan, 
Elevations and Specifications to be approved of jointly by this 
Board and the Corporation of Liverpool ; and that the Corpora- 
tion shall further undertake to expend in the erection and com- 
pletion of the same, a sum not less than the amount of the Esti- 
mate prepared by their Architect ; viz. £.175,000. 

That in consideration of this Undertaking on the part of the 
Corporation, this Board shall engage to pay to the said Corpora- 
tion the sum of £.150,000 in the while, by instalments, at a 
rate not exceeding £.25,000 in any one of the six years, and 
that the difference between this Amount and the whole Estimate, 
and any exceeding (if there should be any) of the said Estimate, 
in completing the Buildings, &amp;c. shall be borne by the Corpora- 
tion, in consideration of the Estimate including the expenses of 
the erection of au Office for the Dock Trustees, and other objects 
immediately connected with the interests of the Town and Port 
of Liverpool. 

That this Board shallbe at liberty to appoint such Surveyor or 
other Officers as they may think proper to inspect the progress 
of the Works and Buildings, as well as the Accounts of the 
Expenditure incurred in the said Works and Buildings, so as to 
certify the same to this Board before the payment of the several 
Instalments to the Corporation on account of this Undertaking. 

That if any alteration be made in the Plans or Specifications 
by the desire of this Board, subsequently to the approval of them 
by My Lords, the Expense of those Alterations shall be borne by 
the Public. 

That the Corporation shall further undertake to keep the 
whole of the Buildings in good and substantial repair for the 
first ten years after the completion, to be reckoned from the time 
of their being used or appropriated to the serviee of the Depart- 
ments for which they are to be built. 

My Lords are pleased to direct that their acceptance of this 
offer of part of the site of the Old Dock for the purposes, and 
subject to the conditions herein specified, may be signified to 
the Corporation, and desire that the Corporation may be re- 
quested to direct their Law Adviser to communicate with Mr. 
Maule, the Solicitor of this Board, in regard to the conveyance 
to Trustees of the site upon which these Buildings are to be 
erected, as well as to the form of the agreement to be entered 


into between this Board and the Corporation for the erection of 


the Buildings in the manner and upon the terms proposed. 

My Lords further desire, that the Plans, Elevations and Spe- 
cifications of the proposed Buildings may be transmitted to this 
Bourd, in order that My Lords may communicate with the Heads 
of the several Public Dipesunauis for whose use the Buildings 
are intended, in regard to the accommodation required by them 
respectively. 





Cory of Treasury Minute, dated eth February 1828. 


Reap Report from the Commissioners of Excise, dated 19th 
February 1828, on one from the Commissioners of Customs, with 
the Plans, Elevations, &amp;c. of a New Custom-house and Offices 
proposed to be built at Liverpool, wherein they state that the 
Space set apart for the performance of the business of the Excise 
is ample, and the arrangements of the several rooms well adapted 
for their intended purpose ; but that although the number of 
rooms is not greater than requisite, they are generally upon a 
larger scale than the actual or future wants of their establish- 
ment will probably appear to render necessary. 

My Lords resume the consideration of the Report of the Com- 
missioners of Customs of the 31st January last, upon the Plans 
and Elevations for the New Custom-house at Liverpool. 

My Lords also read their Minute of the 26th June last, stating 
the terms upon which the Corporation of Liverpool undertook to 
erect this Building, and towards which this Board engaged to 
pay to the Corporation the sum of £.150,000 in the whole, by in- 
stalments, at a rate not exceeding £.25,000 per annum ; and 
that the difference between this amount and the whole cost of 
the Building (which was estimated at £.175,000) whatever that 
cost might Ker should be paid by the Corporation ; and Plans, 
Elevations and Specifications of the proposed Buildings were to 
be transmitted to this Board for their approval. 

My Lords have now before them the following Plans, Eleva- 
tions and Specifications, viz. : 

No. 1. Basement Plan of the proposed Custom-house. 

2. Ground Plan of ditto. 
3. One Pair ditto. 
4. Two Pair ditto. 
5. North 


Appendix, 
(B.) 
25° Junii 
continued. 


Journal, p. 562. 








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25° Junjt 
contenued. 
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o(§. North Elewation. .. 
6. West ditto. it} 
g: Longitudinal Section, 
. Transverse, ditto. 
yoQe Ditto, ditto. 
Plan of the Roof. 
View of the Custom-house. 
Section of Ground up Pool-lane and Castle-street, 


Liverpool. ' 
Plan, showing the site of the proposed Custom-house. 
Plan of the Docks and Public Buildings in the neigh- 
hourhood. . 
Plan, of the. Building under the proposed Custom- 
, house, : 


As.the extra,expense of these Buildings beyond the sum of 
£.250,000 \to.be,,contributed thereto. by the Public, is to be 
borne by the.Coxporation of Liverpool, under whose particular 
direction, the Plans, Elevations. and Specifications have been 
prepared, My Lords will not object to the extent of the accommo- 
dation, proposed to be granted tothe Offices of the Customs and 
Excise, notwithstanding that accommodation. is, in the opinion 
of the Commissioners.of those Boards, more than is at present 
absolutely necessary for the conduct of the business of those 
Departments, and My Lords will therefore sign those Plans, 
Elevations and Specifications as approving thereof. 

Transmit the said Plans, Elevations and Specifications to the 
Surveyor-General of Works for his inspection, and desire he 
will forward them to the Corporation of Liverpool without delay, 
and acquaint him that it has been agreed that the sum of 
£.150,000 should be contributed by the Public towards the ex- 
pense of this’ Building, the Corporation of Liverpool having 
engaged to carry on the Works, and to defray the whole Expense 
of the Building, which is estimated at £.175,000; which sum of 
£.150,000 is to be paid by the Public by annual Instalments 
not exceeding £.25,000 in each year. With a view therefore of 
ensuring a due execution of this Work, according to the Plans, 
Elevations and Specifications, My Lords desire he will from 
time to time appoint a proper officer of his department to inspect 
the progress of the Works and Buildings, and the Accounts of 
the Expenditure, as it is their Lordships intention that the 
annual issues to the Corporation should be made upon certificate 
from him, stating that the Works and Buildings have been pro- 
ceeded with and carried on in a workmanlike manner, and that 
asum exceeding by at least the sum of £.25,000 has been ex- 
pended upon the Buildings, or is due to the Tradesmen beyond 
the amount which may, up to that date, have been advanced to 
the Corporation by the Public. 

Acquaint the Corporation of ‘Liverpool, that My Lords have 
been pleased to approve of the Plans, Elevations and Specifica- 
tions of the proposed Buildings, and they have directed the 
Surveyor-General of His Majesty’s Works to forward the said 
Plans, &amp;c. immediately to' them, and acquaint them with the 
directions given tothe Surveyor-General of Works for the in- 
spection of those Works in progress, and with the nature of the 
certificate which he will be required to grant to enable them, 
the Corporation, to apply to this Board from time to time for 
the issue of the instalments to be paid by the Public. 





Sir, Office of Works, 4th March 1828. 


I nave been honoured with the receipt of your Letter dated 
the 29th ultimo, transmitting the Plans and Elevations for the 
New Custom-house and Public Offices at Liverpool, directing in 
what manner the sum of £.150,000 granted by His Majesty’s 
Government for these Buildings is to be appropriated and ac- 
counted for. In answer to which, I take the liberty of observ- 
ing, for the consideration of the Lords Commissioners of His 
Majesty’s Treasury, that, in my humble opinion, it would be more 
satisfactory were the Architect employed upon this occasion to 
send up Certificates, perreonels to any payment being made on 
account of these Works, specifying the Value of the Work exe- 
cuted up to the. period of the Account, and stating that the 
Works so done had been executed with the best materials, in the 
most. substantial and workmanlike manner, and in strict con- 
formtity to the Plans approved of by their Lordships for these 
Buildings ; and which Certificates, in addition to the signature 
of the Architect, should also have the approval and signature of 
the Mayor of Liverpool for the time being; and it might also 
be advisable that this Certificate should state the period to which 
the tradesmen employed on the Works had been paid. 


I beg leave further to suggest for their Lordships’ considera- 
tion, whether it would not be satisfactory upon this occasion to 
have the Specifications and all Drawings showing the construc- 
tion of these: Buildings submitted for the previous examination 
and report of the Architects attached to this Office, as is the 
practice in regard to all the churches and ‘chapels erected under 
the Church Commissioners. 

Under thé circumstances in which the Buildings in question 
are to be executed, it would not be possible for me to give any 
Certificate in respect to the goodness of materials or workman- 











ship, and for which. the: Architeet is considered-as exclusively 
answerable, and, who, in my humble opinion, it’ would. be dan- 
gerous to relieve from so essential a part of his duty. 
I have the honour to be; ‘Sir, 
Your most obedient Servant, 
(signed) B. C. Stephenson. 


Geo. R. Dawson, Esq. 
&amp;ce. Ke. Ke. 





Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 13th March 1828, 


Reap Letter from the Surveyor-General of Works, dated 4th’ 
March 1828, respecting the 5 ata of the sum of £.150,000 
tra by His mary Me overnment towards building the 

ew Custom-house and Public Offices at Liverpool, wherein he 
states his opinion, that it would be more satisfactory were the 
Architect employed upon this occasion to send up Certificates 
previously to any payment being made on account of these 
Works, specifying the value of the Works executed up to the 
period of the ‘Aotoant and stating that the Works so done had 
been executed with the best materials, in the most substantial 
and workmanlike manner, and in strict conformity to the Plans 
approved of by their Lordships; and which Certificates, in addi- 
tion to the signature of the Architect, should also have the a 

roval and signature of the Mayor of Liverpool for the time 

eing; and it might also be advisable that this Certificate should 
state the period to which the Tradesmen employed on the Works 
had been paid ; and further submits, that the g ecifications and 
all Drawings showing the construction of ‘isos Buildings, 
should be submitted for the previous examination and report of 
the Architects attached to his Office. 

My Lords read the Minute of the 2gth ultimo respecting the 
erection of the New Custom-house, Excise-office, &amp;c. at Liver- 
pool, and the manner in which it was proposed that the Certifi. 
cates should be granted previously to the issue of the Mone 
proposed to be contributed towards this Building by the Public. 

Transmit to the Mayor of Liverpool a Copy of the Letter of 
the Surveyor-General of Works for his information, and acquaint 
him, that in lieu of the Certificate described in the Letter of this 

Board of the 29th ultimo, My Lords request that the Certificate 
to be transmitted to this Board for the purpose of obtaining the 
issue of the Money to be contributed by the Public towards this 
nein. may be in the form described by the Surveyor-General 
of Works. y Lords. farther request that the Specifications 
and Drawings showing the construction of the Buildings: may 
be transmitted to the Surveyor-Generat of Works, for the exa- 
reipation and report of the Architects attached to:the Office of 
orks. 

Acquaint the Surveyor-General of Works with the directions 
My Lords have given. 





My Lords, Town Hall, Liverpool, 24th Nov. 1830. 


In accordance with your Lordships’ Minute of the 21st March 
1828, directing the grant of £.150,000 towards the erection of a 
New Custom-house, and other Public Offices at. Liverpool, the 
payments to be mede by Instalments of £:25,000 each, upon the 
production by the Architect, of the Accounts, showing the 
Amount actually expended in the construction of the Works 
according to the Plans approved of by your Lordships, I have 
the honour to acquaint your Lordships, that I have authorized 
Mr. Foster, the bearer of this Letter, and Architect to the Cor- 
poration of this Town, and under whose direction the Building is 
executing, to proceed to London to submit the Accounts to your 
Lordships, and afford such other explanations as your Lordships 
may require; and J have to request, that on the deposit of these 
Accounts with your Lordships, you will be pleased to cause di- 
rections to be given for. the issuing of the first Instalment of 
£.25,000, which, by the tenor of the aforesaid Minute, is now 
due to the Corporation. 


I have the honour to be, my Lords, 
Your Lordships’ obedient humble Servant, 
(signed). Thos. Bruncker, Mayor. 


To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners 
of His Majesty’s Treasury. 





Cory of Treasury Minute, dated 30th November 1830. 


Reap Letter from the Mayor of Liverpool, dated 24th instant 
requesting that directions may be fen Sor the Issue of the Sum 
of £.25,000, being the first Instalment on the Sum granted to- 
wards the erection of a New Custom-house, &amp;c. at Liverpool, and 
enclosing the Accounts of Mr. Foster, the Architect, under 
whose direction the Building is executing. 

My Lords read their Minutes of the 29th February and 28th 
March 1828, on this subject. ! 

Write to Mr. Foster, the Architect to the Corporation of 
Liverpool, desiring’ him to ‘call’ ‘upon the Surveyor-General of 
Works, who is instructed to receive from him any explanation he 
may have to afford’ respecting the Works at the Custom-house 
at Liverpool, and the Accounts for the same transmitted by the 
Mayor of Liverpool. 


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al : 


Write to the Surveyor-General of Works, transmitting to him 
the’ Letter from the Mayor of Liverpool, and the Accounts en- 
closed, and desire that he will confer with Mr. Foster, and report 
to my Lords any observations he may have to offer on this 


Account. 


Sir, Office of Works, 6th Dec. 1830. 


I nave been honoured with the receipt of your Letter of the 
d instant, transmitting, for any observations I may have to 
make thereon, a Letter from the Mayor and Corporation of Li- 
yerpool, with an account of the sums they have actually paid for 
six quarters of a year, from the 1st May 1829 to gist October 
1830, amounting to £.56,319. 19. 5- towards erecting a New 
Custom-house in that City, and upon which they pray an 
issue of £.25,000, being the amount of the first Instalment upon 
the sum granted by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s 
Treasury, towards defraying the expenses of this Building. 

In consequence of the above reference, I have had a con- 
ference with. Mr. Foster, the Architect employed upen this occa- 
sion, and have had an examination made of his Accounts, and 
of the several Contracts and Vouchers which he produced in 








support of the same, and which appear to be satisfactory. Ihave 
also carefully compared this Account with their Lordships’ Mi- 
nute of the 29th of February 1828, and their Letter dated the 
gist March 1828, relative to the expenses and other matters 
connected with the erection of this Building ; and I beg to state, 
for their Lordships’ information, that in my humble opinion, from 
the above Accounts and Documents, it appears that the Mayor 
and Corporation of Liverpool have complied with the several 
directions and stipulations contained in the Minute and Letter 
before alluded to, and are therefore fairly entitled to receive an 
issue of £.25,000, being the amount of the first Instalment upon 
the sum of £.150,000 which the Board of Treasury engaged to 
pay towards the expenses of building the New Custom-house in 





Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, | 
21 June 1831. 


the city of Liverpool. I return herewith the Account and Docu- 
ments received with your Letter of the gd instant, 
And have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient Servant, 


, (signed) B. C. Stephenson. 
The Hon. J. K. Stewart, 
&amp;e. &amp;e. &amp;e. 





Cory of Treasury Minute, dated 25th January 1831. 


My Lords read Copy of the Resolutions’ of the’ Committee 
appointed by the Coramon Council of the Town of Liverpool for 
the purpose of carrying on the Works of the New Custom-house 
there, dated 19th January 1831, in which they state, that in the 
event of the sum of £.25,000 now due to the Corporation from 
the Lords of His Majesty’s Treasury under their several Minutes, 
and confirmed by the Deed of Conveyance of the land to the 
Crown, dated 10th January 1828, not being immediately paid, 
the Committee will be under the painful necessity of forthwith 
suspending the Works. 

My Lords resume the consideration of the Report from the 
Commissioners of Customs, dated 6th April 1826, upon the pro- 
position from the Members of the Common Council and Trustees 
of the Docks at Liverpool, in regard to the erection of the said 
Building, together with their Minute thereon of the 26th June 
1827. 

My Lords read also their several subsequent Minutes on this 
subject. 

It appears to My Lords that no sum of money has been spe- 
cifically appropriated by Parliament towards the building of the 
New Custom-house at Liverpool. 

Write to Mr. Littledale, Chairman of the Committee, acquaint- 
ing him, that My Lords do not feel themselves authorized to 
advance the sum of £.25,000 of Public Money without the con- 
sent of Parliament. 


T. SPRING RICE. 





ESTIMATES, &amp;c. 


Salaries and Allowances to the Officers of the 
Houses of Lords and Commons. 
Expenses, Lords and Commons. 


Deficiencies of the Fee Funds : 
Treasury. 
Home Secretary of State. 
Foreign ~- ditto. 
Colonial - ditto. 
Privy Council Office, and Office for Trade. 


Whitehall, Treasury irr te 


Treasury. 


Foreign - ditto. 
Colonial - ditto. 





21 June 1831. 


Contingencies and Messengers : 


Home Secretary of State. 


Salaries to Professors of the Universities of 
Oxford and Cambridge. 
Insolvent Debtors’ Court Establishment. 
| Aliens, Salaries and Expenses. - 
| Penitentiary Establishment, Milbank. 
| Office of Works, 
| Office of Registry of Slaves. 


| Expenses of Exchequer, Messengers, &amp;c. 


Privy Council Office, and Office for Trade. | State Paper Office. 


T. SPRING RICE. 





A STATEMENT of the Estimates of the MisceLttaneovus ExpenpiTure for the SAaLariges, &amp;c. submitted to 
Parliament in 1831, compared with the same Services for 1830. 





Appendix, 
(B.) 
25° Junii 
continued. 





Jaurnal, p. 562. 





























1830. 1831. INCREASE. DECREASE. 
£. &amp;. £. Z, 
: 2 'd 2 ‘ ~ 40,381 43,200 2,819 - 
_—rwes gre” pn OA a, 
i - 63,650 59,900 - - = 3:750 
hate Treasury - - ~ - - - 3095 59,9 
Deficiencies Home Bidictinry of State - - - - 21,010 20,137 .*, * ; 873 
of Foreign - ditto - - = =| 26,000 24,709 1:77 nell ep 
__—— Colonial - ditto - - - - ~ 26,500 25.475 Pg tt 3* , 2 
00 FE Privy Council and Board of Trade - - 26,395 22,064 &gt; ottt. 2 4:33 
in a a a 8,000 9.375 13375 ton 
. - [Treasury - ¢ 
Contingencies | tome Sectutaty of State - - - - 8,045 8,373 328 sea 
and Foreign - ditto - - - - - 34750 359155 405 foie 
M Colonial - ditto - - - - i 93430 8,430 HTDNOR i ’ : 
a Privy Council and Board of Trade - - 35725 3,269 ecihalld 45 
Expenses of Exchequer, Messengers, &amp;c. - - - - ach ae EAfteld 1 eee 
Salaries to Professors, Oxford and Cambridge = - - - ae 95 veil Sele fl phe 
Insolvent Debtors’ Court, Establishment - - -— - 13,97 13:574 Bil 3 +: 
Aliens, Salariesand Expenses - - - - = = 4,034 3,55 
Penitentia &lt; - - ¥ - ” - " m 21,135 192700 testes “a 
Office of Works - - - - - - - - 11,270 1 Layo = 7m 
Office for Registry of Slaves - - - e - - 1,470 1,470 ae Bad 
State Paper Office - » “ Boils - - ro 2,200 2,200 | omnis 2 po 
Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry, Salaries - 9 - = - 6,500 rig oi 2 ’ 
EstimaTED EXPENDITURE - - - £.| 356,550 ’ 347,815 14,708 23,443 
Deduct, 
Produce of Fee Funds, Balances, &amp;c. as stated on the face *"} 55,022 57,242 a ee 2,220 
the several Estimates - - - - - - - 
Required to be granted - - - £.]| 301,528 290,573 14,708 25,663 
ae Hacer es T. SPRING RICE. 
VOL. 86.—Part II. 12E 








Appendix, 
(B.) 
25° Junii 
continued. 
Journal, p. 562. 


1026 - Miscellaneous Estimates. 








A. 183}. 








Journal, p, 563. 


——=—_—S_= 


(42..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Charge for those Saarizs of the 
Officers of The House of Lorps and of The House of Commons, and of Pensions for Retired Officers of the 
Two Houses, which are paid at the Treasury ;—and also, of the Amount which will be required in Aid of the: 


Fee Funps of the Two Hauses. , 
Forty-three Thousand Two Hundred Pounds. 











In this. Estimate, provision is made for the Fee Funds of the Two Houses, to the extent of £.10,269 more than in 1830, 
on account of Copy Money formerly paid by the Printers, and charged in their Bills, in aid of those Fee Funds. That 
Charge will be omitted in the future Estimates for Printing, and a corresponding increase is made in this. 





(43..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will probably be required to defray the Expenses of The House of 


Loxps, and of The House of Commons; for the Year 1831. 


BALANCE at the commencement of 1830 - - - - - - - - - 
Grant of 1830 - - - - - . ° * . e ° “ ‘ o 


Expended in the year 1830, including the Expense for Witnesses on the East Retford 
Disfranchisement Bill - - - -— = - -« i», ©. ee. a 


Expenditure in 1830, unprovided for - - - - &amp;. 
Estimated Expenditure in 1831 - - - - -— = 


£, 


£. 
5,218 
17,000 


a 
. 





22,218 


29,269 





72050 
24,850 








31,900 





—— Thirty-one Thousand Nine Hundred Pounds. 











——— 


(44..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be required to make good the Deficiency of the Fre Funp, 


in the Department of His Majesty’s Treasury ; for the Year 1831. 


EstimaTep Amount of the Salaries of the First Lord, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
the Four Junior Lords, the Secretaries and Clerks, and other Persons on the Establish- 
ment, and of the Retired Allowances and Superannuation Allowances chargeable upon 
the Fee Fund - - - = - - - = - . = - - 


The Fee Fund arising from beneficial Warrants, Orders and Appointments, and the Fees 
hitherto received by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which are now directed to be 
carried to this Fund, is calculated to produce - - - - - - - - 


Deficiency to be made good~—s- - - &amp;, 











—— Forty-five Thousand Four Hundred Pounds. 








The difference between the Amount of the present Estimate and that laid before The House in March last, viz. £.2,100, 
is occasioned by carrying into effect, from the 5th April, the Reductions recommended in the Report of the Select 


Committee on Reductions in Offices held by Members of Parliament. 

















In this Estimate provision is now made, for the first time, for the Salaries of the First &amp; * 
Lord, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Junior Lords, Civil List Audit, &amp;c. formerly paid 
from the Civil List, which amounted in 1830 to . - - - - - - 17,160 - 
And also for that Branch of the Establishment which was formerly paid by a Charge 
upon the Gross Produce of the Customs Revenue - - - - -=- «= = 6,990 - 
£.] 24,150 —~ 
The Expenditure of 1830, for the remainder of the Establishment, as voted in that year, 
— ss} -« «&lt; «+ + £18 © es es e)hUmemlhlUmr”6h Ul i 
Charge for 1830 - - - - £.| 63,650 - 
Estimate of 1831 - - - - =| 59,900 - 
Diminution of Charge, as compared with 1830 - -_ €, 3,750 - 
The Grant in 1830, was” - - - - - - - - - - - -| 24,000 - 
Add Charge transferred to this Estimate - - - - - - - - -| 24,150 = 
£. 48,150 - 
To be granted in 1831 - - - -]| 45,200 — 
Diminution of Grant, as compared with 18g0 - - &amp;, 2,750 = 














The proposed Vote is therefore less by £.2,750, while the Diminution of Charge is less by £.3,750.—This is occasioned 
by the Produce of the Fee Fund being estimated at £.1,000 less in 1831 than it was taken at in 1830; the Produce of 


1830 having fallen short of the Estimate. 








1 &amp; Q2Wix1. IV. Miscellaneous Estimates. 1027 


.— —— oa 












































Appendix, 
(45.)-AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted to make good the Deficiency of the Fez Funp, in the (B.) 
Department of His Majesty’s Home Secretary or State; for the Year 1831. ~veuniiaiiial 
EstiMATED Amount of the Salaries of the Secretary of State, of the Under Secretaries of £. sd 25° Junii 
State, and Clerks and other Persons upon the Establishment, and of the Retired Allow- continued. 
ances or Superannuations chargeable on the Fee Fund of the Department - - -| 20,1397 - - 
The Fee Fund arising from Appointments of various descriptions, Passports, &amp;c. is esti- Jounaal, pea 
mated to produce - - - = = = = = = 5s -#£ = « 9,000 - = 
Deficiency tobe made good - - - €£.| 11,197 - - 
Eleven Thousand One Hundred and Thirty-seven Pounds. 
The difference between the Amount of the present Estimate and that laid before The House in March last, viz. £.1,125, 
has been occasioned by carrying into effect, from the 5th April, the Reductions recommended in the Report of the Select 
Committee on Reductions in Offices held by Members of Parliament. 
(46.\—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted in the Year 1831, to make good the Deficiency of the 
Free Funp, in the Department of His Majesty’s Forrrcn Secretary or STare. 
Est1mATED Amount of the Salaries of the Secretary of State, Under Secretaries of State, °° -«'é 
and Clerks and others upon the Establishment, and of the Retired Allowances and ° 
Superannuations chargeable on the Fee Fund of the Department - "2 © -] 94,709 = = 
The Fee Fund arising from Appointments of various descriptions, Passports, &amp;c. is esti- 
mated to produce - - * - - - - - - - - - - 9,000 —- — 
Deficiency to be made good - © ‘© &amp;] 1§709 - = 
—— Fifteen Thousand Seven Hundred and Nine Pounds. 
° 


The difference between the Amount of the present Estimate and that laid before The House in March last, viz. £.1,125, 


is occasioned by carrying into effect, from the 5th of April, the Reductions recommended in the Report of the Select Com- 
mittee on Reductions in Offices held by Members of Parliament. 





(47. AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted in the Year 1831, to make good the Deficiency of the 
Fer Funp, in the Department of His Majesty’s Secretary or Strate for the CoLontrEs. 


EstiMATEeD Amount of the Salaries of the Secretary of State, Under Secretaries of State, £. 





s. d. 
and Clerks and other Persons upon the Establishment, and of the Retired Allowances 
or Superannuations chargeable on the Fee Fund of this Department - - - -] 25,475 - - 
The Fee Fund arising from Appointments of various descriptions, Passports, &amp;c. is calcu- 
lated to produce = - - - - - - - - - - ° ° ° 9,000 - —- 
Deficiency to be made good - - &gt; &amp; 16,475 - - 











Sixteen Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy-five Pounds. 








The difference between the Amount of the present Estimate and that laid before The House in March last, viz. £.1,125, 
is occasioned by carrying into effect, from the 5th of April, the Reductions recommended in the Report of the Select 
Committee on Reductions in Offices held by Members of Parliament. 





(48.)\—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be required to make good the Deficiency of the Fez Funp, in the 


Departments of His Majesty’s most honourable Privy Counci1, and Committee of Privy Councit for 
TravE; in the Year-1831. 


Est1iMaTED Amount of the Salaries of the Lord President of the Council, Vice-President £. 
of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, of the Clerks of the Council in Ordinary, 
the Under Clerks, and other Persons upon the Establishments of the Offices of Privy 
Council and Committee of a Council for Trade, and of the Retired Allowances or a 
Superannuations chargeable on the Fee Fund of these Departments - - — - 


sa 





-| 22,064 - - 

The Fee Fund arising from Fees on Licences, Orders of Council, and other Documents, is 
estimated to produce . + =e See ee eT ee 3,400 - — 
Deficiency to be made good - - - &amp;€. 18,664 - —- 











—— Eighteen Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty-four Pounds. 





The difference between the amount of the present Estimate and that laid before The House in March last, viz. £.626, 


has been occasioned by carrying into effect, from the 5th April, the Reduction recommended in the Report of the Select 
Committee on Reductions in Offices held by Members. 





In this Estimate provision is now, for the first time, made for the Salary of the Lord President, formerly paid, at the 
rate of £.2,835 per annum, from the Civil List. : 











£ s. d. 

The Amount granted in 1830 for these offices was - - ° “ . » és 16,858 = — 
The Amount of the Fee Fund - - - ° - - - - - - - 3,400 =— - 
Applied from Balance of former years - - - -~— = oe ee ee 3,302 - — 
Estimated Expenditure of 1830 - o “ « eg,480 ~- - 

Add, Lord President’s Salary in 1830 - - - 2,835 - - 

£.| 26,395 - - 

Estimate asabove - - - - - - -| 22,064 - - 

Diminution, as compared with Charge for18g0 - £. 4,331 - - 

















1028 


Miscellaneous Estimates. 


A. 1891, 








Appendix, | —_ 
(B.) (49.) AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will probably be required, in the Year 1831, to defray the Expenses for 
Contincencies and MEssEnGERs, in the Department of His Majesty's Treasury. 
a a Oo 10 gucd. 
25 = Tue Amount granted in 1830 was ° - - - - - - - - - Geeo -- « 
continued, The Amount unprovided for at that time, of the Expenses of former Years, was - - 1,193 - - 
Journal, p. 563. — : 

Amount remaining for the Expenditure of 1830 - - -% - 6,867 -— - 
Amount expended in 1830 - - . - - - - - 8,242 = — 
Arrear unprovided for - - - - - - - - - 1,375 - - 
Probable Expenditure of 1831 - - - - - - - . 8,000 - — 
£. 95375 attics” 


—— Nine Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-five Pounds. 


























Semen 


(50..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted, in the Year 1831, to defray the Contincenrr Expenses 


and Messengers’ Bills, in the Department of His Majesty’s Home Secretary oF Strate. 


CONTINGENCIES - ° is ° _ = - 
Messengers - » m " ‘ i . 


—— Fight Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-three Pounds. 





£. 
4,289 
4,084 


Ss. 





8,373 











(51..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted, in the Year 1831, to defray the ConTINGENT Exrensgs, 


and Expenses of Messengers, in the Department of His Majesty’s Forrrgn SECRETARY OF SrareE. 


CONTINGENCIES - - ° @ ‘a P 
Messengers - © a _ ne 


—— Thirty-five Thousand One Hundred and Fifty-five Pounds. 





£. 
8,725 
26,430 


Ss. 


d. 








359155 











(52..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Contincent Expenses, and Expenses on 
account of Messengers, in the Department of His Majesty's Secrerary or Srarte for the CoLontEs; 


for the Year 1831. 


CONTINGENCIES - - 3 a is " 2 
Messengers - - ° a . ‘“ . 


—— Eight Thousand Four Hundred and Thirty Pounds. 





The Charge of the Slave Registry Office was formerly provided for out of the Contingencies voted in this Estimate: 


The Amount for 1830 was - - - - - * 
Estimate as above for 1831 - - 


Grant for 1830 - . - - 


Diminution, as compared with 1830 





£. 
3.930 
4,500 


Ss. 


d. 








8,430 





£. 
1,070 
8,430 


S. 





9,500 
10,500 








1,000 








(53..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the ConrincenT Expenses, and Messengers 
Bills, in the Departments of His Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Counciz, and Committee of Privy 


Councit for TrapE; in the Year 1831. 


CoNTINGENCIES  * “S - « - - - 
Messengers’ Bills Ok ow en ee ee 


Estimated Expenditure - 


Balance of the Grant of 1830, applied tow ards this Expenditure 


Unprovided for -- 


—— Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty Pounds. 











£. 


32109 
160 


Ss. 





3,269 
389 








2,880 








TS 
vy 


1&amp; 2: IL. IV. . |. Miseellaneous Estimates. 1029 














—— 


(54 )—AN, ESTIMATE, of the Sum that will probably be required, in the Year 1831, to defray the Expense of 
Messengers attending the First, Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Excuequer, the Four Patent 
Messengers of the Court of Excuequer, and various ancient Allowances to Officers of that Court and others. 


Two Thousand Eight Hundred Pounds. 











Appendix, 
(B.) 


25° Juni 


continued. 


Journal,p. 563. 








—— 


(55.)-AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted, in the Year 1831, to pay the Salaries or Allowances 
granted to certain Proressors in the Universities of Oxrorp and Cam BRIDGF, for reading Courses of Lectures; 
for One Year. 








&amp; « €. 

Proressor of Mineralogy - - - - - at Oxford - - . . = - . a « « 
Ditto - Geolo - - - = = + = ditto - - - - ° - é Nee ae 
Ditto - Experimental Sumnneyny - - ditto ° ~ ° - . « ‘ Se? Fas sat 
Ditto - Chemistry - - - - - ditto ~ + - a ‘ ‘ - nae ms) tg 
Ditto - ditto . - - - - - at Cambridge - - - ~ ~ ‘ oe 
Ditto - Anatomy and Philosophy - ditto - - ~ ° ° “ . aa 
Ditto - Mineralogy - - - - - - ditto - - . ~ m * . a 
Ditto - Arabicand Hebrew - - - ditto - ° - - 2» * ~ Aa ae ais 
Jacksonian Professor - ~ - - - - - ~ m - ‘ i 4 Or ae 
£ 900 —- ~ 

To pay the Fees and Charges on the Receipt thereof - = = - - 58 5 - 

£ 958 5 - 











Nine Hundred and Fifty-eight Pounds Five Shillings. 











(56.).—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted, in the Year 1831, to defray the Charge of the Salaries 
of the Commissioners of the INsotvent DesBrors’ Court, of their Clerks, and of the Contingent Expenses, 
for One Year; and also, of the Expenses attendant upon the Circuits, 





£ s. d 
ProsaB_e Expenditure, according to the detailed Estimate of the Commissioners of the 
Insolvent Debtors’ Court - : - - - - - - - - - | 13,574 - - 
Deduct,— 
The Amount of the Interest accrued on the Property of Insolvents unclaimed 
within Twelve Months, and invested in Government Securities by order of the 
Commissioners, under the authority of the Acts 3 Geo. IV. c. 123, and 
7 Geo. IV. c. 57, by which Acts these profits or interest are to be ne 
towards defraying the Expenses of the Court -  - 418 -— - 
Unprovided for 1831 - - - #£.] 13,156 - - 








——Thirteen Thousand One Hundred and Fifty-six Pounds :—Clear of Fees and all other Deductions. 











(57..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted, in the Year 1831, for paying the Salaries of the Officers 
and Contingent Expenses of the Office for the Superintendence of AL1ENs, and also the Superannuations or 
Retired Allowances to Officers formerly employed in this Service. 


—— Three Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-six Pounds :—Clear of Fees and all other Deductions. 








PARTICULARS OF THE ESTIMATE: 





























1. | Three Clerks; viz. i .* @ &amp; a:a 
A Chief Clerk - - - - - - - - “ ~ 320 - - 
A Second Clerk - - « - ~ * - - ‘ " 15.- - 
A Third Clerk - - - - - ~ « . ‘ « wk &lt;- « 
650 - - 
2.) -Altowarices to the principal Officers of the Customs at the Ports of London 
and Dover, with their extra Bills; viz. 
London’. - - - - Salary - - - - £.200 -— - 
Allowance for a Clerk - siduis - - 65 - - 
265 - - 
Dover - - - - - Salary - - - - £.100 - - 
Allowance for a Clerk - - * ° . —%.- - 
165 - - 
Extras at the above Ports ~ ‘ ‘- ™ mn &lt; - 
520 - — 
3- | One Messenger TS ee eat Io we Ogee bres + Sion 2 ee the 136 16 - 
4- House-rent - - - - - - - - © « eh - ° 217 = — 
5: Contingencies ° - = ie - - - - rs a “g _ Zi = 150 - - 
Orrice - (Carried forward) - £.| 1,673 16 - 
VOL. 86. Part IT. 12 F 





= 


es 








Appendix, 
(B.) 


25° Junii 
continued. 





Journal, p. 563. 


A. 183}. 








1030 


Miscellaneous Estimates. 





SS 


(57.)—Estimate of the Sum for paying the Salaries of the Officers, &amp;c. of the Office for the superintendence of Aliens—continyed. 




















entries 
PARTICULARS OF THE ESTIMATE—continued. 
she s. d. £. os. d, 
Brought forward - eit el te \ - 1,673 16 — 
SUPERANNUATIONS: 
1. The late Chief Clerk, who retired from ill health, in 1819, after 20 years’ 
Service - - - - - - - - - - - 600 - - 
2; The Senior Clerk, pensioned in consequence of the Reduction of the 
Establishment in 1815, after 22 years’ Service, at the rate of 3-4ths - 637 10 - 
y. AClerk - - ditto - - 19 years’ service - - a-gds - 333 6 8 
4. Ditto- - - ditto - - 12 - = ditto - - 2-3ds - 133 6 8 
5. AMessenger - ditto - - 22 - - ditto - - 3-4ths - 8115 - 
6. The Inspector at Harwich, pensioned in consequence of the discon- 
tinuance of the Office in 1820, after 15 years’ Service - ~ - — ~- = 
7. The Agent at Gravesend, pensioned in 1826, for the like reason, after 
26 years’ Service - - - - - - - - ° 290 +\ = 
8. A Messenger, pensioned in1827, after 12 years’ Service, in consequence 
of the discontinuance of the Office - - - - + - 36 10 = 
2,182 8 4 
£.| 3,856 4 4 

















— 


(58..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will probably be required, in the Year 1831, to defray the Charge 
of the Establishment of the Penrrentrary at MILBANK. 





Tue Estimated Amount of the Expenditure for the Year 1831, according to the Particulars é. s d 
detailed below, is - - 2 - - . = ee ee eh eo 
Towards which Expenditure there is a Balance remaining issued of the Grants of former 
Years - - - - ° . ° “ . - - - ° - - 11,135 -— = 
Unprovided for 1831 - - - &amp;. 8,565 - re 








-—--— Eight Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-five Pounds :—Clear of Fees and all other Deductions. 





PARTICULARS OF THE AFOREGOING ESTIMATE: 


The Prison is calculated to contain 1,000 Prisoners, but the Estimate is made for 650; the Number at present within the 
Walls is 550. 


The Estimate is composed of the following Items ; viz. 











i 6s. -d 

Furniture for Cells, Kitchen Utensils, Mops, Brushes, &amp;c.  - - ° * ‘ ‘. RN sue 

Beds and Bedding, Blankets, Sheets and Rugs - - - - Fa « é 4 the eS 
Clothing for 500 Male Prisoners - - - - - - ° - £.1,350 
150 Females - - - - . - - - - “ 350 

, — 1,700 — - 
Clothing for Discharged Prisoners - - - 150 Males - 2s # -« 460 
35 Females’ - - - . go 

ee . . ee 550 - — 
Provisions and Victualling - - - - - 500 Males - 2¢ © - 4,800 
150 Females’ - - - ° 1,180 

——| 5,980 - - 

Rations for 60 Inferior Officers, Male and Female - - - ° ° a , ee ws 
Infirmary, Medicines - 7 Ue pee ee Ue a ee ee 200 
Extras for Sick - - - - - - - - Te 240 

; , —_+ 440 - = 

Soap, Starch, and Scouring Articles - - i tty oe + 

Coals, Coke and Firewood - - - ee - - . me 1500 ~ = 

Candles, Oil, Gas, &amp;c. - - o - ~ - - - - ~ 4 e a &amp; a 

Books for Prisoners, Lithography, Printing, &amp;c. - -  - - &gt; @. go ay i 
Stationery, and Account and Report Books, supplied by His Majesty’s Stationery Office. 

Miscellaneous and Incidental Expenses, Postages, &amp;c. - - - ° a . s a Es 

Funerals, &amp;c. - - - - - - - - - - - - ° = a. a 

Fixtures and Repairs of the Building - -  - = - - - ° - 7 1,000 - - 

Gratuities to Prisoners for good Conduct after Discharge - - - -- - - ae 

Salaries to Officers, including Clerks, 70 - - - - - - ee” 5,800 - - 

Pensions, 2 - - - - - - - - - ~ - ° ie i ve + « 

Wages to Engineer and Assistant Labourer, People cleaning Yards, Moat, Tank, &amp;c. - ma + « 

£.| 19,700 = - 








(59.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be required, in the Year 1831, to defray the Charge of 
His Majesty’s Orrice or Works. 








EstiMATED Amount of the Salaries of the Surveyor-General, Assistant Surveyor-General, £. s. d, 
and Cashier, and other persons upon the Establishment, and for Superannuation Allow- 

ances to persons formerly employed - - Laren a - - - - - - 10,1399 - - 
Estimated Amount of the Contingent Expenses of the Office, on an average of the last 

Three years - - - - - ° . - - - . - - 405 - - 

Formerly provided for on Civil List - - . - - - ee 10,544 - - 
Estimated Amount of the Salaries and Allowances of the Office in Scotland, formerly 

charged on the Hereditary Revenue - . - - - - * a - . 725 - - 

£. 11,269 - = 








——Eleven Thousand Two Hundred and Sixty-nine Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. . 





1&amp;2 Witt. IV. 


— 


Miscellaneous Estimates. 1031 

















Appendix, 
(60.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum which may be wanted to make good the Deficiency of the Frxs in the (B.) 

Orrice oF Recistry or CoLtontat Staves in Great Britain; for the Year 1831. Basa 

EstimMATED Amount of the Salaries of the Registrar, Clerks and Messenger on the £. 8 d. 25° Junii 

Establishment, and of the Contingent Expenses - - - - - - ~ 1,470 - — continued. 

Deduct Estimated Amount of the a arising from Official Business, for Searches and ‘ 
Certificates - - - - ~ - - - - - - - -  - 400 —- - Journal, p. 563. 

£. 1,070 - = 














One Thousand and Seventy Pounds. 
Thls Expense was formerly paid out of the Contingent Fund in the department of the Secretary of State for 


the Colonies, which has been diminished to the extent of the above sum, in addition to the other reductions 
made therein. 


—— 





(61..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be required, in the Year 1831, to defray the Expenses of the 
STATE Paper OFFICE. 


EstiMaTED Amount of the Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation Allowances for one £. 





s. d. 
yer = = = = -= 6 = = 2 6 ee ee ef 1,790 = - 
Estimated Amount of Contingent Charges, for the like period - = Ley 410 = - 

£. | 2,200 — — 








Two Thousand Two Hundred Pounds. 
The Expense of this Office has been heretofore defrayed partly by a Charge on the Civil List, and partly by a 
Charge on Civil Contingencies. It is proposed in future to vote the whole upon Estimate in Supply. 


Whitehall, Treasury “iment 
21 June 1831. 





T. SPRING RICE. 





ESTIMATES, &amp;c. 


Superannuation Allowances. American Loyalists. 


National Vaccine Establishment. 


Criminal Lunatics. 

Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants, 
Dutch Naval Officers, and St. Do- 
mingo Sufferers. 


Protestant Dissenting Ministers, 
Poor French Refugee Clergy 


Refuge for the Destitute and Laity, &amp;c. 


Whitehall Treasury —" 


21st June 1831. T. SPRING RICE. 





A STATEMENT of the Estimates for MiscELLANf£ous ExrEenpDITURE for SUPERANNUATION and CHARITABLE 
ALLOWANCES submitted to Parliament for 1831 ; compared with the Grants for the same Services for 1830. 











1830. 1831. MORE. LESS. 
SuPERANNUATION ALLowANcEs to Persons Soementy’ ™ el Pe ae = 
employed in the Public Service = - - - =} , . 1004 
TovuLonEsE and Corsican EMIGRANTS, — 13,647 
Navat Orricers and St. Dominco SuFFrERERS ’ 15,920 Pll 1,727 
AMERICAN LOYALISTS’ - - - - - - 4,000 
NaTIOoNAL VacciINE EsTABLISHMENT -— - - 2,500 2,500 - — 
REFUGE FoR THE DEsTITUTE - - - - - 3,000 3,000 _ _ 
CrimMINAL LUNATICS - - - - - - 3,039 3,039 _— _— 
ProtrestanTt Diss—entine MINIsTERs, &amp;c. - - 5,712 5,612 » 100 
£. 48,780 45,869 - - 2,911 

















Whitehall, Treasury —_—ee 
2ist June 1831. 





- SPRING RICE. 


(62..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Charge of the Allowances or Compensations 
granted as SUPERANNUATIONS or RETIRED ALLOWANCES to Persons formerly employed in Public Offices or 


Departments, or in the Public Service, according to the Provisions of the Acts 50 Geo. III. c. 117, and 3 Geo. Iv. 
c. 1133 for the Year 1831. 





£. s. d. 

Avpit Orrice - - ° - . ° . as - . * * * . 10,991 3 4 
Exchequer Bill Office -  — - - a ee 4 - - - - - 166 - = 
Mint Office - - . - - - - - - - - - - 304 - - 
Persons formerly employed on Roads, North Britain —- - - - - “ . 458 - - 
Surveyors, Inspectors and Stamp Masters of Linen in Scotland -~ - - = lol 11 8 
The late Master Shipwright at Kingston, Canada - ° . . = * 5 P 160 - = 
Public Offices, and Officers of the late Linen Board, inIreland -~— - ee ee 3.400 15 —- 
Officers of the late Irish Life Annuity Office oe ee ee ge “ge ee oe 227 — — 
£. 15,798 10 — 








Fifteen Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-eight Pounds Ten Shillings :— 


Clear of Fees and all other Deductions.—— 








Appendix, 





25° Junii 
continued. 


Journal, p. 563. 





Miscellaneous Estimates. 





A. 183}, 











—— 
= 


(62.)— Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray Retired Allowances or Superannuations—continued. 








PARTICULARS OF THE FOREGOING ESTIMATE. 








——e 


Name. 


Situation. 


So 





Age and Length of 
Service 


at the time of Superannuation. 





Yearly Salary 
immediately 
preceding the 
Superannuation. 


Yearly Allowance 
granted 
by way of 
Superannuation. 


eee 
Ground of such Allowance, 
and 


Authority for the same, 








AUDIT OFFICE: 


James Bauke Sf - 


Richard Dickerson 


George Harris, Esq. 


Philip de Langsdorff 


Baddeley Child - 


Edgeworth Moore 


Charles Broughton 


Peter Bicknell - ° 


Mr. Serjeant Praed 


David Edw. Williams - 


Henry de Treytorrens - 


John Sargent, Esq. - 


E. P.Spickett -  - 


Jos. W Slatter 


Jos. W: Vevers - - 


H. A. Printall 


Thomas Hagger - - 


George Tatter - - 








An Inspector - . 


Senior Examiner, 1st class 


Chief Inspector - 


Foreign Translator and 
Examiner. 


Senior Examiner, 2d class 


Senior Examiner, 1st class 


Senior Examiner, 1st class 


Senior Examiner, 2d class 


Chairman - - - 


Senior Examiner, 1st class 


Foreign Translator, and 
Examiner. 


Commissioner - - 
Junior Examiner - - 
- ditto a i . 


Senior Examiner, 2d class 


Porter - - - 


Ledger-keeper - - 


Extra Clerk - - 





53 years of age, and having 
served 33 years. 


42 years of age, and having 
served 23 years. 


Go years of age, and having 
served 38 years. 


33 years of age, and having 
served nearly 11 years. 


44 years of age, and having 
served nearly 12 years. 


--61 years of age, and 
having served upwards of 
30 years. 


61 years of age, and having 
served 22 years. 


-- 63 years of age, and 
having served 20 years and 
upwards. 


--65 years of age, and 
having: served 15 years as 
Chairman to the Audit 
Board. 


38 years of age, and having 
served 15 years. 


37 years of age, and having 
served 15 years. 


--70 years of age, and 
having served 15 years as 
a Commissioner for audit- 
ing the Public Accounts. 


30 years of age, and having 
served 12 years. 


33 years of age, and having 
served 18 years. 


- - 40 years of age, and 
having served upwards of 
22 years. 


60 years of age, and having 
served 15 years. 


69 years of age, and having 
served 33 years. 


69 years of age, and having 
served 17 years. 














600 


400 


800 


300 


350 


45 


260 


1,500 


360 


350 


1,200 


150 


180 


300 


68 


300 


300 


18 


£. 


| 


- 100 


-| 150 


- 200 


- | 300 


- 160 


- | 1,000 


-| 130 


-| 150 


- 800 


-| 125 


= 200 


- 100 





d. 





Ill health; Treasury Lett 
igth December 181 5. ” 


- - Inability, frrom infirmit 

of body, to discharge the duties 
of his office; Treasury Letter 
5th March 1812, ‘ 


- - Ill health, age, and length 
of service ; Treasury Letter. 
14th December 1813,’ 


- - Permitted to retire, the 
office of Foreign Translator, held 
by Mr.Langsdorff, being dispensed 
with ; Treasury Letter, 13th July 
1816. 


- - Ill health, and inability 
from infirmity of body, to dis. 
charge the duties of his office: 
Treasury Letter, 1¥ih August 
1818. 


-- Ill health, and inability, 
from infirmity of body, to dis- 
charge the duties of his office; 
Treasury Letter, 3d September 
1818. 


- - Ill health, and inability, 
‘fom infirmity of body, to discharge 
the duties of his office ; Treasury 
Letter, 8th May 1820. 


-- Ill health, and inability, 
from infirmity of body, to discharge 
the duties of his office; Treasury 
Letter, 2d April 1821, 


- - Permitted to retire, being 
65 years of age, and having held, 
for several years, the situation of 
a Commissioner of Naval Inquiry, 
previously to his appointment as a 
Commissioner for auditing the 
Public Accounts; Treasury Let- 
ter, 24th August 1821. 


- - Length of service, and 
inability to attend to the duties of 
his office ; Treasury Letter, 28th 
August 1821. 


- - Permitted to retire, the 
office of Foreign ‘Translator, held 
by Mr. de Treytorrens, being dis- 
pensed with; Treasury Letter, 
28th August 1821. 


- - Permitted to retire, being 
70 years of age, and having served 
in several public situations pre- 
viously to his being appointed a 
Commissioner for auditing the Pab- 
lic Accounts; Treasury Letter, 
3d October 1821. 


- - From ill health had be- 


come incapable of discharging the 
duties of his office; Treasury Let- 
ter, 13th December 1821. 


- - Infirmity of mind, and in- 
capable of discharging the duties 
of his office; Treasury Letter, 
3d January 1823, 


- - Ill health, and inability 
to perform the duties of his 
office ; Treasury Letter, 6th 
July 1824. 


- - Ill health, and inability 
to perform the duties of his 
office; Treasury Letter, 
11th August 1824. 


- - III health, and inability, 
from infirmity of body, te discharge 
the duties of his office ; Treasury 
Letter 31st March 1830. 


-- Ill health, and inability 
from infirmity of body, to discharge 
the duties of his office ; pursuant to 
Treasury Minute, 4th May 1%30. 





1 &amp; 2 Wit. IV. Miscellaneous Estimates. 1033 





























= 
(62.}—Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray Retired Allowances or Superannuations—continued. ; 
Appendix, 
Age and Length of Yearly Selesy Yearly ia Ground of such Allowance, (B.) 
: : *i% i diat t 
Name. Situation. Service senadingtild is me of and ; ‘ 
at the Time of Superannuation. Superannuation. | Superannuation. Authority for the same. 25 Junii 
————— continued. 
AUDIT OFFICE—continued. £. 8; d. Journal, p- 563. 
OFFICERS AND CLERKS 
Who have been placed on Reduced Allowances, in consequence of the 
abolition of the Offices respectively held by them: 
John Taylor - - | Late Minute Clerk at | 49 years of age, and having 450 = =| 300 = | --Onthe abolition of office; 
Whitehall Place. served 22 years. Treasury Letter, 20th Jan. 
1824. 
Mary Browne - - | Housekeeper at ditto - | having served 16 years - ga -« 20 = «| --Ontheabolition of office; 
Treasury Minute, 19th July 
1822. 
A. Maxwell, Esq. - | Inspector - - - | 65 years ofage, andhaving | 600 - - 6 « =) 


served 37 years. 


- - ditto- - - | 62 yearsofage,andhaving | 600 - -| 300 - 
served 21 years. 


W" Clark - ~ - | Senior Examiner, 66 years of age, and having | 450 


G. Matthias, Esq. 


io a 400 —- = 
1st Class. served 42 years. 
C. Lightfoot - -|- - ditto- - -| 58yearsofage, andhaving| 450 - -| 375 - - 
served 38 years. 
John Finney - -|- - ditto - - - | 46 years of age, andhaving | 400 - -| 265 -— — 
served 28 years. 
D. Gibbon - - | Senior Examiner, 40 years ofage,andhaving | 350 - -—| 200 - = 
ad Class. served 24 years. 
Arch4 Dyer - -|- = ditto - - - | 38 years of age,andhaving | 350 - -| 200 -— — 
served 24 years. 
W.R. Beloe - -|- - ditto- - - | 44 yearsof age, andhaving | 350 - -| 210 — = 
served 23 years. 
J. B. Forster -|- - ditto - - - | 37 years of age, andhaving | 250 - -—| 130 - = 
/ ae - -On the abolition of office ; 
W" Green - - | Junior Examiner - - | 59 years ofage, and having | 210 - -—| 120 — —| Treasury Letter, gth Jan. 
served 22 years. 1826. 
J. Bursey,jumn. - -|- - ditto- - - | 36 years of age,andhaving | 210 - -| 110 = = 


served 20 year3. 


Cha* Bulley - -|- + ditto - - - | 37 years ofage, andhaving | 210 - -| 110 =— = 
served 19 years. 

W" Willocks - -|- + ditto- - - | 31 years of age,andhaving | 210 - - 80 - - 
served 11 years. 

Tho' Chapman - -/- = ditto - - * | 37 years of age, andhaving | 180 - -]| 100 — - 
served 18 years. 

Joseph Strutt - -|- - ditto - - - | 6o years of age, andhaving | 180 - - go - = 
served 18 years. 

Geo. Anstey - =| Assistant Examiner ~- | 27 yearsof age,andhaving| 120 - -| 40 =- - 
served 7 years. 

G.C.Bauke - - 


- - ditto - - - | 30 years of age,andhaving | 140 - —- §0 - =- 
served 10 years. 


Geo. Alex. Thompson | Junior Examiner - - | 40 years of age, andhaving | 310 - -| 175 - =| -&gt; On the abolition of office; 


served 22 years. Treasury Letter, 27th April 
1826. 








COMMISSIONERS, OFFICERS AND CLERKS 
lately belonging to the West India Commissioner's Office. 









































J. Halkett, Esq. - | Commissioner’ - ° - es - “ - 11,500 - -| 750 - = ] 
J. Wilson, Esq. - -|- - ditto - - ~ a ‘ “ ” - |1,000 - -| 500 - - 
Bernard Bayley - - | Inspector - - ° * - z - ~ 500 = @ 116 3 4 
R‘ Rotton - - Assistant ditto - - - ° « . ° 965 - -| 180 - = 
R.W. Benjamin -}- - ditto- - -| - - - + - | 365 - -| 180 - -'.-On the abolition of the 
David Oakes - th Sane 7 yi ig rts sp — = © 5° - =| offices respectively held by 
Dan' Penning - “i&gt; + Ges . , . . ° - ° 1g - = 50 - — | these persons; Treasury Mi- 
| Ja* Rogers : -|- - ditto - - - - - - - - 100 - = 59 - —| nute, 1gth July 1822. 
| N. Reickenback - | Office-keeper - ° « . . ‘ a "9 « « — &lt;- « 
Eliz. Reickenback = - Housekeeper - ° « ° “ = . @-- - we wi 
J. 1. Panter, Esq. - | Secretary - - = | 48 years of age, and having | 730 - -| 500 - -|..QOnthe abolition of office; 
served about 30 years. Treasury Letter, 10th Sept. 
1825. 
Estimate for the Year 1831 - - - - £.|10,991 3 4 . 
. Estimate for the Year 1830 - : - - £. (11,826 3 4 
, Diminution - - - £&amp;| 835 - - 
y Occasioned as follows :—By the discontinuance of the following Allowances ; viz. Z.-'% d. 
h Mr. Hoffay, who died 17th March 1830 - ° : - ° - : - - - 400 - - 
Mr. Whitcomb, who died 7th November 1830 = - . - + - - - - 735 - - 
y Diminution - - - &amp;£. 1,135 - - 
MS 
a; From which is to be deducted the Superannuation Allowance of £.200 granted to Mr. Hagger, and 
£.100 granted to Mr. Tatter ._ £ * © © © FS Se See CF — * * 
Lys ae 
: £. 835 
uy 
: Audit Office, Somerset Place 
t ’ 4 
= sth June 1831. | F. S. Larpent. James Chapman. John Osborn 


t to 


VOL. 86.—— Part II. 12G 








1034 


Miscellaneous Estimates. 





























Appendix (62.)—Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray Retired Allowances or Superannuations—continued. 
(B.) Length Yondy, Sony Yearly ‘a am Grounds of such Allowance 
: * immediately grante : 
© Junii Name. Situation. Age. of semaiingtne | tpany of and 
25 unit Service. Superannuation. | Superannuation. Authority for the same. 
continued. 
Journal, p. 563. excHEQUER BILL OFFICE: £ 8s. dj £ 8 dele. Service; Treasury 
W" Carmichael Smyth, Esq.| Paymaster - - - 40 13 §00 —- —- 166 -— — |, thority; December 2, 1896 
and November 11, 1828 ” 





Exchequer Bill — 
January 15, 1831. 

















Edw. H. Nevinson. 
Jno. H’. Latham. 


A. 183], 


= 





Name. 


Situation. 


Age and Length of Service 


at the time of 


Superannuation. 


Yearly Salary 
immediately 
preceding the 
Superannuation. 


Yearly Allowance; 
granted 
by way of 
Superannuation, 


0 — 


| and 
Authority for the same, 








MINT OFFICE: 


A. Jones - - 


Tho*® Pope - 


Late Weigher and Teller 


Clerk of the Works. 








ing served 10 years. 





4. i &amp; 


am « 
73 years of age, andhav- | 277 6 -—| 200 = 
ing served 41 years. 
66 years of age,andhav- | 180 -— - 60 - 





i ——.. 
| 


d. | 
- | Age or Infirmities; Treas 


— _ Ditto, Ditto, 26th Oct. 1824, 





W. Lawrence - - | Fireman to the King’s | 47 years of age, and hav- 88 - - 44 - 
Assayer. ing served 20 years. 
Tota. Sum that may be wanted for the Year 1831 - £.| 304 -— —/| 
Note.—The Estimate for the Year 1830, was - - - - - £.604 - - 
The Estimate for the ensuing Year, is - - 7 - - 304 - - 
Diminution - - - - - £.300 -— ~+ 


Mint Office, 
23d December 1830. 


j 





Caused by the decease of Mr. Lewis Pingo, late Chief Engraver of the Mint. 


Ja’ W. Morrison, 
Dep. M' &amp; W:. 


Ground of such Allowance, 


Order, 19th August 18; 5 


Ditto, Ditto, 11th Dec.18; 5. 





Name. 


Situation. 


At the time of 


Superannuation. 


Yearly Salary 
immediately 
preceding the 


Superannuation. 


Yearly Allowance 
granted by 
way of 
Superannuation. 


Ground of such Authority 


Allowance. fur the same, 


ee 





PERSONS formerly employed 


. Robert Anstruther 


— 


. Alexander Anderson 


. Malcolm Campbell 


Ant &amp;O BW 


. John Sim - - 


N. B.—John Geddes, Clerk and Paymaster, died on 27th July 1830, which makes the Estimate for 1831 £.55 less than the Estimate for 1830. 


. Alexander M‘Isaac - 


. John Faichney - - 





{ 
on the Mititary Roaps, N. B. 


Inspector - - ” 


Superintendent - - 


Overseer - - - 
- ditto - - - 
Master Mason - . 
- ditto - - - 


58 





A ge. 


£ s. d 
Service. 

17 500 = = 
9 200 - — 
24 30 - _ 
22 go - _ 

12 go - 
8 go - - 








ToTaAL - - - &amp;. 





go - = 
20 —- = 
20 —- = 
16 - - 
12 - = 
458 - - 











Service, the Office 
being abolished. 


‘ - For length of t - Lords Commis- 


sury. 


- ditto- -|- ditto. 
- ditto- -|- ditto. 
- ditto- -j|- ditto. 
- ditto- -|- ditto. 
- ditto- -j|- ditto. 





David Geddes. 





AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Charge of Superannuation Allowances in 1831, to the Surveyors, Inspectors, 
and Stamp-masters of Linen, &amp;c. in Scotland, whose Offices were abolished by the Act 4 Geo. IV. c. 40. 


Amount payable to the Persons superannuated, being in number 67_ - - 


Deduct the Sum to be provided out of the Funds of the Board of Trustees for Manufactures 


Sum required to be voted for 1831 —- 


Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, | 
J 


21 June 1831. 





£ s. d. 
- 1,301 11 8 
- 1,200 -— - 
£. 101 11 8 








T. SPRING RICE. 


sioners of the Trea- 





Name. 


Situation. 


at the time of Superannuation. 


Length of Service 


Supera 


Yearly Salary 
imme diately 
preceding the 


nnuation. 


Yearly Allowance 
granted 
by way of 
Superannuation. 


— 


and 


Authority for the same. 





THE LATE MASTER SHIPWRIGHT at Kingston in Canada: 


William Bell - 


1831. 





late Master Shipwright at 
Kingston, Canada. 


Whitehall, ‘Treasury cee: 








17 years °. 28 - 








e « - - On account of the aboli- 
) tion of his Office; Treasury 


Letter, 2 July 1818. 





Ground of such Allowance, 


Edy 





i- 


1 &amp; 2Witt. IV. 


Miscellaneous Estimates. 








(62)—Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray Retired Allowances or Superannuations—continued. 





a 





ESTIMATE of Surerannuation AtLowances for Persons formerly employed in the Pustic DEPARTMENTS and under the 
Linen Boarp in IRELAnp, for the Year 1831. 



























































1035 





Appendix, ° 
(B.) 
25° Junii 


continued. 


Journal, p. 563. 























—————— 
Age and Length | Yearly Salary, &amp;c. | Yearly Allowance Ground 
: i of Service immediately granted of such Allowance, 
Office - - Name. Situation. at the time of preceding the by way of and 
Superannuation. | Superannuation. Superannuation. Authority for the same. 
Age. | Service. 
POLICE: | GS ad £ s. d 
Edward Henderson Chief Constable under Act | 7o | 26 gg « = 25 —- — | Infirmity; Treasury Letter, 
27 Geo. III. c. 40. | 30 October 1826. 
PRIVY COUNCIL: | 
re } 
Sarah Flinn - Office Keeper . = -| 65 | 27 2813 1 16 - - | Infirmity; Treasury Letter, 
12th February 1828. 
PRATIQUE MASTER IN THE PORT OF DUBLIN: 
Colonel Ready - Pratique Master - - -|- - 18 247 7 8 200 — — | Abolition of Office; Treasury 
| | Letter, 11th June 1828. 
OFFICE OF IMPREST ACCOUNTS: | 
R. T. Herbert - Chairman - - - -| 74 | go 923 - - 700 — — | -- Total incapacity, from ill- 
| ness, to discharge the duty of 
his office ; Treasury Minute, 
LINEN BOARD: gth June 1829. 
James Corry - - | Secretary - - - -| 56 38 553 16 11 460 - - 
John Blacker - - | First Clerk - - - -| 31 12 184 12 3 61 - - 
Edward Loughlin - | Second Clerk, &amp; Clerkof Minutes} 42 | 25 156 18 4 gi - - 
Jane Byrne - - - | Office Keeper - - -| 43 | 17 1415 4 515 - 
James King - - | Chamberlain - - - -| 56 21 27618 5 138 - - 
Thomas W. Warren’ - | Chamberlain - - - -| 39 | 20 136 12 3 67 - - 
Patrick Carey - - | Gatekeeper - . - -| 50 | 15 46 3 - ig - - 
William Marshall - | Inspector General, Ulster -| 52 | 30 230 15 4 153 - - 
James Greer - - - ditto - - Leinster -| 52 | 23 230 15 4 115 - - 
Peter Besnard - - | - + ditto Munster &amp; Connaught | 61 | 12 230 15 4 76 - — 
William Hogg - - | Inspector, Co. Antrim (North) 60 | 22 "9 - = 39 - - 
Hugh Shaw - - | - ditto - Down(East}- -| 40 | 10 7 — = 2 - - 
Robert J. Fowler - - | - ditto - Down (West) - -| 55 | 31 67 - - 44 - - 
Thomas Sinclair - - | - ditto - Armagh - - - 50 | 22 7 = = 38 - - 
Henderson Boyle - | - ditto - Derry (South) -| 42 | 10 69 - - 23 - - - _ 
Benjamin Pattison - | - ditto - Tyrone (East) -| 65 | 23 66 - - | ss = | Abolition of Office; Trea- 
John Huston - - | - ditto - Tyrone (West) -| 42 | 10 76 - — | 25 - — ( sury Letter, 17th December 
Robert Cochran - - | - ditto - Donegal - - | 80 23 a = | 40 - — | igo 
John Milligan - - | - ditto - Monaghan” - -| 53 | 10 84 - - 2 - - . 
Edward M‘Intosh - | - ditto - Cavan - - - | 36 | 20 56 - - 28 - - 
Michael Lambert - | - ditto - Louth and Meath - | 53 12 84 - - 28 - - 
Leonard Kilbee - - | - ditto - Kildare and Wicklow | 61 30 45 - - 30 - - 
Charles Sloan - - | - ditto - Kilkenny &amp; Queen’s Co, 74 55 45 - - 34 - - 
Robert Garvee_ - - | - ditto ~- Dublin - . “i ¥ 15 38 19 5 | 16 - - 
Isaac Dowden - - | - ditto - Cork (South) - -| 72 23 22 16 4 11 - = 
John Winter - - | - ditto - Limerick - -| 54 12 9 - - 26 - - 
William Holmes - - | - ditto - Sligo - + -| 31 10 67 - - 22 - 
James Wilkes - - | - ditto - Mayo (South) -| 55 22 81 - - 40 - = 
Thomas Hamilton - | - ditto - Leitrim - - - | 46 22 70 —- — 35 - = 
John Macartney - - | Port Inspector, Belfast - - | 60 31 36 18 4 24- = 
James Watt - - | - ditto - Dublin - -| 41 15 1244 - = 51 - = 
Edward Stewart - - | English Agent . - -| 77 45 100 —- = gi —- ~ 
Edward Hearne - - | Revenue Accountant’ - -| Go | 14 1010 — 310 - 
Michael Walsh - - | Watchman, Linen Hall - -~| 35 | 15 46 3 - 19 — — )}--Abolition of Office; Trea- 
Timothy Clooney - | - ditto - Yarn Hall - -| 46 | 15 46 3 - 19 — — ;sury Letter, goth February 
Peter M‘Keon = - - | - ditto - Yarn Hall - -| 62 | 17 46 3 - 1g — — J 1829. 
Francis G. Moran - | Inspector of Flax Seed - - - | - . - - 8 - - 
Adam Hill - -|- ditto . - - - -|- - - - ( 120 — = 
Michael Lambert - -|- ditto - - - - - i Compensation 310 — | --Abolition of Office; Trea- 
James Evatt - -|- ditto - - - - - | = Jon abolition of 80 — — )sury Letter, gth February, 
John Winter - -|- ditto - - - - - | -— | their Fees. 13 - — | 28th May 1827. 
William Marshall - | - ditto - - - - - | - . - . 7 = 
George Clendenning - | - ditto - - - - - | - - - - | 20 - — 
£. | 3,332 15 - 
Dublin Castle, 8 June 1831. E. G. Stanley. 
Length | Annual Amount | Annual Amount Grounds 
f ° 
Name. Situation. Age. of of Retired of Retirement. Authority . 
Service. Salary. Allowance, 
VICE-TREASURER’S OFFICE: &amp;# «a @ i &amp; a &amp; 
Edward Standish - - | Loan Clerk - -| 57 36 100 «- - 68 -— — | Loss of Sight - | Treasury Minute, 30 May 
1826. 











Vice-Treasurer’s Office, Dublin Castle, 
21 February 1831. 

















John Smith. 


Appendix, 
(B.) 
25° Junii 
continued. 
Journal, p. 563. 





1036 


Miscellaneous Estimates. {| 


142 1831, 





— 


(62.)—Estimate.of the Sum that may be wanted to defray. Retired Allowances or Superanruations—continued. | 












































Persons formerly employed in Public Departments in Ireland—continued, l v¥ 
Length | Annual Amount | Annual —_ ‘? Grounds 2 
“Name. ° Situation. Age. ie « Retired of Authority. 
&lt; : Service. Salary. Al'owaace. such Allowance. 
IRISH (LIFE ‘ANNUITY OFFICE: &amp; « d. £. s d. 
George Prickett " - - | Chief Clerk - . -| 54? 16% 210 - =| 105 - = Abolition 
Daniel Brandon . - | First Clerk - -| 33¢ 173 85 - - 42 - - of Treasury Minutes, 23 Noy. 
Robert'Watson Wade -| Translator - -| 75 152 | 900 = =| 195 «0 Office. 1830 &amp; 3 May 1831, 
Total Annual Amount of Allowances - - - - - ©. Bl, 8c le 
Amount to be paid for 10 Months, from the 28th Feb. 1831 - - £ | 227 - - 


Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, | 
21 June 1831. J 





T. SPRING RICE. 





— 


(63.}—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted in the Year 1831, to enable His Majesty to grant Relief 
to Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants, Dutch Naval Officers, Saint Domingo Sufferers, American Loyalists, and 
others, who have heretofore received Allowances from His Majesty, and who, from Services performed, or Losses 
sustained in the British Service, have Special Claims upon His Majesty’s Justice and Liberality. 


Tovtonese Emigrants - -— - - - 
Corsican - ditto elo Yio oe 9 « 
French and other Persons having Special Claims - 
Dutch Naval Officers - - - - - 
Saint Domingo Sufferers - - - - — = 
American Loyalists - - -— = - - 


Gratuity to the late Paymaster of Dutch Naval Officers and Saint Domingo Sufferers, we 
the cessation of his Office, two years’ Salary; of which, one-half to be voted in 1831, 


and one-half in 1&amp;32 . - - a io 


—  «&amp; 
1,941 - = 
SPE oT 
4,684 ret 

500 —- —- 

920 - - 
es ie 


&amp; i 4,970 -_- =- 


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et 84 
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‘ 

tee 








ee 


£. | 15,920 - — 








——Fifteen Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty Pounds :— 


Clear of Fees and all other Deductions. 


Whitehall, Treasury - ee 
28th February 1831. 





T. SPRING RICE. 





Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 11th February 1831. 


My Lorps have before them a Statement of Saint Domingo 
Pm act Claims, and also a Statement and General List of 
Balances unpaid on the Martinique Regie Accounts. 

My Lords resume the consideration of Mr. Martin’s Letter of 
17th December, applying for an Imprest of £.5,000, to enable 
him to proceed in the liquidation of admitted Claims for Property 
sequestered by the British Government in Saint Domingo, and 
on the Regie Fund of Martinique. 

My Leos resume also the consideration of Mr. Martin’s Letter 
of the 8th ultimo, containing a Statement of the Balance of his 
Accounts. 

My Lords have before them a Statement of the Funds which 
have been already issued to Mr. Martin for the settlement of 
these Claims, which is as follows: 


MRTINIQUE. 

The following sums were paid to Mr. Martin by Mr. Harrison, 
pursuant to the directions of the Lords of the Tosasaty, out of 
money in his hands arisen from remittances for surplus of Crown 
Revenues in Surinam, Saint Croix, &amp;c.; proceeds of Sale of 
Chariab Lands in Saint Vincent’s; also from Forfeited Estates, 
Grenada, &amp;c.—namely, 





June 3, 1816 - - - - £.7,000 - = 
April 18, 1817 - . . . 7,000 — — 
May 15, 1818 - - - - 7,000 — = 
Jan. 3, 1821 - - - - 7,000 — — 
Oct. 6, 1825 - - - 1,500 —- = 

ToTraL - - - £.29,500 - — 





Saint DomInGo. 


~Two sums were paid to Mr. Martin by Mr. Hill, pursuant to 
an Order of the Lords of the Treasury, out of money in his 
hands received from the French Government, in repayment of 
Advances on account of Emigrants ;—viz. 

July 30, 1818 - - - - £.5,000 - = 

May 8, 1819 - 7 - - 4,057 5 11 

The following sums were issued from the Exchequer, on ac- 

count of sums granted by Parliament ;—namely, 

July 23, 1819 


. « ° - 10,000 — = 
April 17, 1820 - - - - 10,000 - - 
Feb. 12, 1821 - - ° - 10,000 — = 
Jan. 18, 1822 - - - - 6,662 14 1 


The following sums were advanced by Mr. Hill and Mr. Sar- 
gent, pursuant to Orders of the Treasury, out of Remittances for 
French Indemnity Fund ;—namely, ,, _ 


Jan. 11, 1822 - - - re £. 3,400 - = 
Sept. 4, 1823 - - - - 5,000 — - 
April 24, 1824 - - = - 5,000 -— = 
Feb. 1, 1825 - - - - 5,000 — = 
June 21, 1826 - - 5 a ‘000° = - 
Mar. 31, 1827 - 7 - - 5,000 —- = 





ToraL - - - £.74,120 





Martinique and Saint Domingo conjointly, the two Accounts 
having been incorporated together, from 31st December 1827. 
On the 14th July 1828, Mr. Martin received the amount of a Warrant 


out of Droits of Admiralty, for - - - £.5,000 - - 
Brought down - = - - - - 74,120 - = 
Ditto - - - - - - 29,500 -— - 





ToraL .- - -£.108,620 - - 





My Lords have also before them a Statement of the Salary 
and Allowances of Mr. Martin, + respect of claims for property 
sequestered in Martinique and Saint Domingo. 


Mr. Martin’s annual Salary - - - £.300 - - 
Allowance for a Clerk (M. Martin, jun.) 136 17 6 
at 7s.6d.aday perannum -~— - 3 


aaa 
£.436 17 6 


Considering the long period which has elapsed since the se- 
questration of the property in question in the Islands of Saint 
Domingo and Martinique, and the length of time during which 
these Ciaims have been under consideration, My Lords are of 
opinion, that the settlement of them ought to be forthwith 
concluded, upon such vouchers and materials as the Claimants 
may have already placed in the hands of Mr. Martin; and with 
that view, My Lords are pleased to desire, that Lord Nugent 
and Mr. Vernon Smith will form a Committee of the Board 
for the purpose of considering the unsettled Claims, and report 
to the Board their opinion on each, with a view to an immediate 
final decision on them; and My Lords are pleased to desire 
Mr. Martin to attend Lord Nugent and Mr. Vernon Smith with 
the papers and documents in his possession, to enable them to 
come to a decision on each unsettled Claim; and My Lords a 
pleased to direct, that the expense of Mr. Martin’s Salary a0 
allowance for a Clerk may cease from the 5th April 1831. 











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1 &amp; 2 WILL. lV. 





Miscellaneous Estimates. 


1037 





— 


(63.)—Estimate of the Sum-wanted to defray Allowances to Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants, 8&amp;c.—continued. 





———E 


My Lords have also before them a Statement of. the Salary 
nd Allowances to Mr. Martin, in respect of annual Allowances 
a Saint Domingo Sufferers and Dutch Officers. 
Mr. Martin’s annual Salary ~ - £650 - ~ 
Allowance for a Clerk (David Martin), 


at the rate of 5s. a day per annum - 91 5 - 
Allowance for an Office-keeper, per annum 30 - - 
. £771 5 = 





The Estimate for this Service for the year 1830, states the 
number and amount of these Allowances to be as follows :— 

Sixteen oe pre entitled to receive annual allowances, 

ing to £.1,420. 

amy this Statement it appears, that, out of the Grant of Par- 
liament, amounting to £.2,197. 10. for the Pensions of Dutch 
Naval Officers and St. Domingo Sufferers, £. 1,420 only is applied 
to those Payments, the number of Pensioners being‘ only SiX- 
teen; and the remaining sum of £.771. 5. is expended in 
Salary to Mr. Martin, and allowance for a Clerk and Office- 
keeper. My Lords are of opinion, that this unnecessary 
expense of £.771. 5. ought forthwith to cease, and a Vote for 
£.1,420 only should be taken for the payment of these Pen- 
sioners in the Estimate of this Session. 

My Lords are further pleased to direct, that the Dutch Naval 
Officers and St. Domingo Sufferers should in future receive 
their Pensions from Mr. Thomas Crafer, who is in the receipt 
of an allowance as Paymaster of Pensions and Allowances to 
American Loyalists, and who may properly’ be employed in 
paying these Pensions also. 

Acquaint Mr. Martin accordingly, and desire he will hand 
over to Mr. Thomas Crafer the Documents in his possession 
relating to these Pensions. By this arrangement, the Public 
will save the annual sum of £.436. 17.6. on account of the 
expenses of settling the St. Domingo and Martinique Claims, 
and also the annual sum of £.771. 5. on account of the Pensions 
above named, making in the whole an immediate annual saving 
of £,1,208. 2.6. As Mr. Martin’s employment in the public 
service will be thus concluded, whenever the Committee of this 
Board shall have no further occasion for his attendance, My 
Lords proceed to consider a Statement of his services under 
Government, which Mr. Stewart lays before them. My Lords 
are of opinion that services of this nature are not such as entitle 
Mr. Martin to any Pension or Retired Allowance on their 





being discontinued ; but as it appears that Mr. Martin has been 
employed above thirty years by Government, and has faithfully 
discharged the duties confided to him, and is at a very advanced 
period of life, My Lords are of opinion, that it would not be 
proper to deprive him of his two salaries, amounting to £.950 
per annum, without granting him a gratuity; and My Lords 
will recommend to Parliament, that a gratuity equal to two 
years’ salary should be paid to him, one moiety to be provided 
for in the Estimates of this Session, and the other moiety;in the 
Estimates for 1832. But My Lords desire that Mr. Martin will 
distinctly understand, that he is to render his assistance to the 
Committee of this Board in settling these Claims without any 
other remuneration than the gratuity above named. 





Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 8th March 1831. 


My Lords have under their consideration the Estimate sub- 
mitted by Mr. Howard, of the Amount which will probably be 
required, during the year 1831, to defray the Charge for Pen- 
sions to the Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants who receive 
allowances from this Country. 


The amount of this Expenditure, exclusive of the Charge for 
making the Payments, and preparing the Accounts for exami- 


‘nation by the Commissioners of Audit, is £.9,700, the Pen- 


sioners now living being 155; the expense of paying these 
Pensioners, which is £.920, appears to My Lords to be much 
greater than is necessary for the purpose, and their Lordships 
are of opinion, that the duty may be satisfactorily performed at 
a much less charge to the Public. They think that the best 
mode of providing for the discharge of it in future will be, to 
direct that, for the payment of the Pensions now existing, an 
allowance of £.100a year be granted to Mr. Howard, with a fur- 
ther allowance of £.50 a year for a Clerk to assist him, which 
will be a sufficient remuneration. 

By such an arrangement as this, the duty would be equally 
well performed, and a saving would arise of £.770 per annum. 


Let the necessary communication be made therefore to 
Mr. Howard. 


Let the Estimate for this Expense contain a provision for 


‘paying £.150 for making. the payments and rendering the 


Accounts, instead of the sum of £.920, now included therein 
for that purpose. 





(64..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Expense of the Narionat Vaccine 
Establishment ; for the Year 1831. 





Two Thousand Five Hundred Pounds :—Clear of Fees and all other Deductions. 











(65.)-AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required for the Support of the Institution, called 
“ Tue Reruce ror tue Destitute;” for the Year 1831. 





Three Thousand Pounds :—Clear of Fees-and-all other Deductions. 








(66.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Expense of confining and maintaining 
Criminavt Lunatics; for the Year 1831. 


——Three Thousand and Thirty-nine Pounds :—Clear of Fees and all other Deductions. 








(67..—AN ESTIMATE of the Amount that may be wanted in the Year 1831, for paying the usual Allowances 
to the Protestant Dissenting Ministers in England, Poor French Protestant Refugee Clergy, Poor French 
Protestant Refugee Laity, and sundry small Charitable and other Allowances to the Poor of St. Martin’s-in- 


the-Fields, and others. 


Protestant Dissenting Ministers in England - 
Poor French Protestant Refugee Clergy - - 

ae ee - - 
Poor of Saint Martin’s-in-the-Fields, and others 





Five Thousand Six Hundred and Twelve Pounds and Seven Shillings. 


; oe ae ee 
1,695 17 - 
1,673 17 —— 
1,100 — 
1,142 13 





£. 5,012 7 














Whitehall, Treasury Chambers; 
28th February 1831. 


VOL. 86.——Part II. 





T. SPRING RICE. 


12H 





Appendix, 
(B.) 
25° Junii 


continued. 





Journal, p. 563. 





Miscellaneous Estimates. 


1038 A. 183}. 








Append ee 
ppendin ESTIMATES, &amp;e. 
B. vinesiediiieal 
; (B.) Secret Service—Foreign and other. _ oe Charges. Fees on Turnpike Road Bills. 
a Printing for the Houses of Lords a om- onvicts at Home and at Bermuda. Common Law, and Law of Real 
25° Junii mons. _ | Captured Negroes. Commissions. al’ Property, 
continued. Stationery, Printing and Binding, for Public | Commissioners for preventing illegal Traffic | Lescene and Escofiery (Compensation.) 
Departments. . in Slaves. Rension on Irish Civil List. 
Journal, p. 563. Gold Coinage. Consuls abroad. ' | Expenses under Commissioners of Recor, 
Prosecutions relating to Coin. New South Wales Bills. &amp;e. ds, 














Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, 
24 June 1831. 





A STATEMENT of the Estimates of the ExpenpiTure for Services of a Miscellaneous N 


T. SPRING RICE. 


Parliament for 1831, compared with the Grants for the same Services in 1830. 





























ature, submitted to 


Ee ties. 

1830. 1831. MORE, LESS. 
£. £. £. £. 

Secret SERVICE - - ~ - - - - : 49,473 41,000 ° - 8,473 
Printine, Lords and Commons - - - - - 76,000 104,300 28,300 — 

STATIONERY, PRINTING, &amp;c. Public Departments - - 149,873 129,471 - - - 20,402 

Gotp CoinaGE - - - - - - - - 19,000 15,000 - = - 4,000 
Prosecutions relating to Comin = - - = = 7,000 8,000 1,000 -— 
Law CuarRGes - - = - - - - - 15,000 15,000 —_ a 
Convicts at Home and at Bermuda - - - - 107,986 108,165 179 onal 

CarTuRED NEGROES - - - - - - - 35,000 25,000 - - - 10,000 
Commissioners for preventing Illegal Trafficin Staves - 18,700 19,450 750 ad 

Consuts abroad - . - - - - - - 117,970 112,195 : - - 5:75 
New Soutn Wates BILLs - - - - - - 120,000 120,000 — on 
Frees on Turnpike Roap Bitts - - - - - 9,000 14,250 5.250 ea 
Common Law and Law of REAL Prorerty, Commission 16,600 29,900 13,300 _ 
Lescene and Escorrery (Compensation) a - - 11,276 11,276 “ne 
Pension on Irisn Cirvit Lisr - - - - - - - 1,846 1,846 _ 

Expenses under ComMISSIONERS of Recorps, &amp;c. - 14,039 10,500 - - - 3,539 

SrecrAt Commissions to New Statesof America - - 28,000 - - -|- - ~ 28,000 

£.| 783,641 765:353 61,901 80,189 

61,901 

DecrREASE - - - &amp; 18,228 


Whitehall, Treasury cteauiens, 5 
24 June 1831. 


T. SRRING RICE. 











-(68.\—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted for His Majesty’s Foreren and other Secrer 
Services; for the Year 1831. 


—-—Forty-one Thousand Pounds :—Clear of Fees and all other Deductions. 








(69.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will probably be required, in the Year 1831, to defray the Expense of 
Printinc Acts of Par.tiAmENT, and Bitis, Reports, and other Papers, for the Two Houses of 





Parliament. 
£. 
Amount required to defray the Arrear outstanding and unprovided for - - -— = 31,400 
Estimated Expenditure in 1831, exclusive of Copy Money formerly paid to the Fee Funds 
of the Two Houses, now voted in the Estimate for the Salaries of the Officers of the | 
Two Houses, but inclusive of the Charge for Paper in 1831, the provision in the J 72,900 
Stationery Office Estimate being for Paper for 1832 a ee ee ee 
&amp;. 104,300 








——One Hundred and Four Thousand Three Hundred Pounds.— 





(70.).—AN_ ESTIMATE of the Sum that will probably be required, in the Year 1831, to defray the Expense of 
providing Srarionery, Printine and BinpinG, for the several Departments of the Government in England 
and in Jreland; and also for providing Parer for the Printing which may be ordered in the Year 1832 by the 


5 


Two Houses of Parliament; and also for the Charge of the Stationery Office. 





Clear of Fees and all other Deductions —— 





In this Estimate provision is made, for the first time, for the following Services :— 


One Hundred and Twenty-nine Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy-one Pounds:— 











Stationery, Printing and Binding for the Public Departments in Ireland, the Average - 
Annua! Expense of which was - - ° ._. ~~ * ° + ” 23,945 
Paper required for Printing Bills, Papers, Votes, &amp;c. under the orders of the Two Houses 8 
of Parliament, the Expense of which in 1830 was - - - - - - 27,47 
Offices now supplied from the Stationery Office, and which formerly paid for their own 
Sationery, &amp;c. as detailed in the Particulars = - - - - - - - - oe 
_ Acts of Parliament supplied to Public Offices, and formerly paid for by those Offices, or 
from Civil Contingencies - - - - - - - - - - . 900 
£. 53,023 
Estimate of 1830 Se. ee 96,850 
£.) 149,873 
Estimate of 1831 for the whole Supply - 129,471 
Diminution of Expense - - - = &amp;. 20,402 














1&amp; 





Miscellaneous Estimates. 








—— 


Sua SSS &gt; + 


(70.)—Estimate of the Sum that will be required, in the Year 1831, to defray the Expense of Stationery, &amp;c.—continued. 





LetTER from the Right honourable C. Munners Sutton to 
T. Spring Rice, Esq. &amp;c. &amp;e. &amp;e. 


Sir, Mistley Hall, Manningtree, Jan: 8. 1831. 

[ nap this morning the honour of receiving your Letter of the 
6th instant, communicating to me that the Lords Commissioners 
of His Majesty’s Treasury (having had under their consideration 
the Bills of Messrs. Hansard &amp; Sons for Printing for The House 
of Commons) are desirous to learn whether I see any objection 
to ‘their Lordships causing an examination to be made, under 
their authority, with a view of ascertaining whether any and 
what saving can properly be made without detriment to the 
Public Service; and bearing in mind also the great importance 
of securing to the Members of The House of Commons a correct 
and rapid delivery of the various Papers ordered to be printed, 
upon the most economical terms to the Public of which such 
service is susceptible. | beg, in reply, to state, that I see no ob- 
jection to their Lordships’ proposal ; and further to assure you 
for myself, and on the part of those Officers of The House of 
Commons more conversant with the minutest details of this 
business than I am, the greatest readiness to offer every assist- 
ance and facility in forwarding the examination. 

It is unnecessary, I am persuaded, to guard their Lordships or 
you against the immoderate expectations of saving entertained 
by some persons with whom I have had communications on this 
subject; and although whatever can be retrenched in so large 
an expenditure ought to be retrenched, | much fear the enor- 
mous and increasing demand in the House of Commons for 
Printed Papers, the correctness of such prints so absolutely es- 
sential, the rapidity of delivery almost as essential, and the fitting 
quality of type and paper to be used, will, all combined, leave 
but a small field for the operation of retrenchment. In whatever 
way, however, I can be useful, my services shall be at their 
Lordships’ command. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) C. Manners Sutton. 





Cory of Treasury Minute, of 25th January 183). 


My Lords have under their consideration the Letter of 
The Speaker of The House of Commons, of the 8th instant, in 
reply to the Letter of the Board, communicating to him their 
Lordships’ desire to make an inquiry into the subject of Printing 
and supply of Papers for The House of Commons, in order to 
ascertain whether some reduction might not be made in this 
heavy branch of the Public Expenditure. 

In this Letter The Speaker states, that he sees no objection to 
their Lordships’ proposal, and assures My Lords for himself, 
and on the part of those Officers of The House more conversant 
with the minutest details of the business than he is, the greatest 
readiness to offer every assistance and facility in forwarding the 
examination. 

The Speaker states, at the same time, that he is persuaded 
that it is unnecessary to guard My Lords against the immoderate 
expectations of saving entertained by some persons with whom 
he has had communications on the subject; and that although 
whatever can be retrenched in so large an expenditure ought to 
be retrenched, he much fears that the enormous and increasing 
demands in The House of Commons for Printed Papers, the cor- 
rectness of such prints so absolutely essential, the rapidity of 
delivery almost as essential, and the fitting quality of type and 
paper to be used, will, all combined, leave but a small field for 
the operation of retrenchment. He adds, that in whatever way 
he can be useful, his services shall be at My Lords’ commands. 

My Lords have at the same time before them the Returns 
called for from Messrs. Hansard &amp; Sons, and the King’s Printer, 
of the quantities of each description of Paper used in Printing 
for the Two Houses of Parliament during each of the last five 
years, and of the prices charged for each description of Paper 
per ream, accompanied by the suggestions which they respec- 
tively offer, as means whereby the Paper may probably be pro- 
cured at a cheaper rate in future. 

My Lords desire to confine the inquiry, at present, to the 
future supply of Paper, being quite aware that no alteration 
could be introduced at such a period of the Session, in the mode 
of printing and delivering the Papers to the Two Houses of 

arliament, without great risk of interfering with the rapid 
despatch of the business which is absolutely essential. The 
manner in which this duty has hitherto been performed both by 
the King’s Printer for ‘he House of Lords, and by Messrs. 
Hansard for The House of Commons, has gained for them 
tespectively, My Lords are quite aware, the full approbation of 
those persons under whose more immediate directions the service 
has been conducted ; and My Lords have considerable doubts 
whether any alteration could be introduced without risk of inter- 
fering with the satisfactory mode in which the service is per- 
formed. My Lords however will express no final opinion upon 
the subject until they shall have made more full inquiries into 
it hereafter. . 

Their Lordships can have no doubt, however, of the advan- 
tage of directing an immediate inquiry into all that relates to 














the purchase of the Paper, because My Lords believe that the 
establishment of the Stationery Office may be made instru- 
mental to the equally effective and more economical supply of 
it hereafter. They desire that the Letter of The Speaker, and the 
Statements of the King’s Printer and of Messrs. Hansard,.accom- 
panied by the specimens of Paper supplied by them. respec- 
tively, may be forthwith transmitted to the Comptroller of the 
Stationery Office, and that he may be directed to os no time in 
considering the subject, and reporting to My Lords whether any 
and what better and more economical arrangement can be made 
for procuring these large supplies of Paper, bearing in mind 
always the great public disadvantage which would result from 
any failure in the supply ; My Lords,’ considering it to be their 
indispensable duty to effect all practicable reductions in every 
branch of the Public Expenditure. 

My Lords further desire that the Comptroller of the Stationery 
Office will put himself in communication with the King’s Printer 
and with Messrs. Hansard, for the purpose of procuring from 
them all the additional information which he may require to 
enable him to report to My Lords. 

When this Report shall be before My Lords, they will again 
communicate with The Speaker. 

Transmit Copy of this Minute to the Comptroller of the 
Stationery Office, for his information and guidance. 





Letter from J. Church, Esq. to Thomas Hoblyn, Esq. 
&amp;e. Ke. &amp;e. 


Sir, Stationery Office, 3d February 1831. 

I Bec leave to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of the 
28th of January, transmitting a Copy of a Treasury Minute of 
the 25th ult. together with a Letter from The Speaker, on the 
subject of the inquiry into the Printing of The House of Com- 
mons, and accompanied by Statements from the King’s Printers 
and from Messrs. Hansard, of the quantities and prices of the 
Papers used by them respectively each year, as Printers to 
the Two Houses of Parliament ; and desiring me to lose no time 
in considering and reporting to their Lordships, whether any 
and what better and more economical arrangement can be made 
for procuring these large supplies of Paper, and whether this 
Office might not be made instrumental to this purpose; and 
further desiring me to place myself in communication with the 
King’s Printers, and with Messrs. Hansard, for the purpose of 
procuring from them such further information as may be 
required, 

In obedience to those directions, I have the honour to submit 
to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury, that, 
being fully aware of the great confusion in which the public 
business would. be involved, in the event of any failure in the 
supplies of Paper to the Parliamentary Printers, whether in 
quantity, quality or punctuality in its delivery ; and being aware 
also (if their Lordships should see fit to transfer the duty of fur- 
nishing these Papers to this Office) of the responsibility which 
I should personally incur if any inconvenience should arise from 
the want of proper precaution on my part, I have considered the 
subject with as much care and attention as I am capable of giv- 
ing it. 

» the purpose of bringing the prices of the King’s Printer 
and of Messrs. Hansard into comparison with those of this 
Office, I have reduced them into a Tabie form, having a refer- 
ence to the quantities and description of Paper supplied by each 
of these gentlemen in the year. But as it appears from their 
Returns to the Treasury (which include the supplies of five 
years) that they have gradually reduced their charges for Paper 
year after year, from 1826 to 1830, both inclusive, the Table 
{ have formed applies only to the year of their lowest prices, 
viz. those of the last year. 

This Table will, I trust, bring the subject so clearly to their 
Lordships’ view, that it is not necessary for me to explain its con- 
struction, further than to say, that the Stationery Office prices 
are not the prices at which these Papers could be —- by 
public competition ; because these Papets are for the most part 
of a special description, and have not been in sufficient demand 
at this Office to have been the object of an open Contract. 

The prices therefore which I have stated, are those at which 
they could be procured by private Contract. I can, however, 
assure their Lordships with perfect confidence, that if it were 
thought expedient to purchase these Papers by public compe- 
tition, any deviation from these prices would be on the side of 
reduction; unless, which cannot be foreseen, a general increase 
of prices should take place in the market. 

I must also take the liberty to observe, that it is too late to 
effect any change in the present system of purchasing for the 
service of this Session. The great majority of the Papers must 
be specially made for the purposes for which they are wanted, 
which would require a preparation of some months; and there 
can be no doubt that the Printers have already provided them- 
selves with what will be required for this year. 

The most convenient time for making Contracts for Paper is 
in May, in order to give the Manufacturer the advantage of fine 
weather ; and by increasing the quantity of Papers already to be 
contracted for at that period, by the quantity which will be 

required 





Appendix, 
(B.) 
25° Junii 


continued. 





Journal, p. 563. 





Appendix. 
(B.) 
25° Junii 


continued. 


Journal, p. 563. 


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(70.)—Estimate of the Sum that will be required, in the Year 1831, to defray the Expense of Stationery; ce—continiiied. 





required for the Two Houses, the demand for Paper throughout 
the country remaining the same, it is very probable that the 
increased competition produced by the transfer, would have a 
favourable effect upon the prices of a// the Papers purchased for 
the Public Service. 

- If their Lordships should think the humble opinion I have 
offered worthy of their further consideration, | must venture to 
impress upon their attention the absolute necessity of mutual 
co-operation and good feeling between the Parliamentary Printers 
anit this Department: mistakes and omissions must arise on 





See: 


one side from inexperience and from the barry ‘of business - and 

unless they are met by a willingness onthe other; to assist wa 

inform, | am persuaded that no efforts,which I can use will : 

vent the occurrence of impediments to, the public. busines t, 

which any saving that can be effected will not bea a 

sation. ecenettemt 25 . 
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most.obedient 

humble Seryant,, -, ._ 


(signed) J. Church, Comptroller. . 





AN ACCOUNT, showing, by numerical reference to the Returns of Messrs. Eyre &amp; Strahan, and Messrs. Hansard, the different descriptions 
of Parer supplied by them, for PrinT1NG purposes, to the T wo Houses of PARLIAMENT; showing also, the Quantities of each description 
and the Total Quantity supplied in the Year 1830; distinguishing the Prices per Ream charged by them, and by the Stationery Office, 


the Total Amount paid to them in the year, and the Total Amount at which the Supplies could be furnished by the Stationery 


Office ; 


showing also, the difference or saving that would be produced in the Price of each different description of Paper, and in the Total Amount, 















































“ao Beeson, Bidnensd’s | ‘Gintionery Ofies Amount Paid ara Paid ten ‘ 
’ Ss. t v8 : I s. I Ss one to iffere 4 . iy 
QUaETITY. Prices. Prices. Messrs, Hansard. Stationery Office. fa da! aise 
Ai. eek £ sd. eS Saray 
wee i-« - | 1,000 Reams | 25/ p. Ream.| 18/9 p. Ream. 1,250 — = 937 10 — 312 10 ~ 
—- «oN 896 - 23/6 - 166 = 1,052 16 — 739 4 - $13 12 = 3 
N°S - -| 3,168 —- 23/6 - 17/6 - 3.722 8 = 2,773 — = g50 8 - 9g: 
Be: Qiao eb a r LR eS 5 hee 408414 6 
N°4 -— =f] 1,037. - 18/ - 13/6 = 933 6 - 699 19 6 233 6 6 
N°5 - -| 1,172 = 27/6 eo 22/6 - 1,611 10 = 1,318 10 — 293 - - 
19,637 Reams | - " " « ° - £.21,552 4 - (£16,667 9 6 | £.4,884 14 6 
Messrs. - . A t Paid t A t Paid 
QUANTITY. Eyre &amp; Strahan’s eae 4 mas “ia ; ~* va Difference. 
Prices. ‘ Eyre &amp; Strahan. Stationery Office. 
£2. &amp; ds G 2: &amp; £.. &amp; :d, 
- Pi. - | 2,4894 Rms. | 21/ p.Ream. | 16/gp.Ream.| 2,613 19 6 2,084 19 13 529 - 44 
 ) aoa ° 216 - 43/6 - 32/5 - 469 16 - 359 2 = 119 14 - 926.13 ¢ 
N3  . 2852 - 26/ “ 18/9 - 371 3 - 267 13 12 | 103 9g 103 9 
N°4 - - 997 - 25/6 - 22/ - 1,271- 3 6 1,096 14 - 174 9 6 
N°5  - = s - 47/6 = _ = — S: 
3,990 Reams | - - - - - - |£.4,726 2 - |£.3,799 8 3 |£.9296 19 g &gt;| £.5,811 8 3 




















Cory of Treasury Minute, dated 11th February 1831. 


Reap Report of the Comptroller of the Stationery Office, 
dated 3d instant, on the subject of the Paper used in Printing 
for the Two Houses of Parliament being supplied through the 
Stationery Office. 

My Lords observe with satisfaction, that in consequence of 
the inquiry directed by their Minute of the 25th ult. it appears 
from the Repwt of the Comptroller of the Stationery Office, 
that it may be practicable to effect, in the supply of Paper to 
the Printer of the House of Commons and to the King’s Printer, 
a very considerable reduction in the charge upon the Public. 
By that Report it appears, that the supplies of Paper used in 
those Departments during the year 1830, amounted to a charge 
of £.26,278. 6., which might have been furnished by the Sta- 
tionery Office at an expense of £.20,466. 17. 9., making a differ- 
ence of £. 5,811. 8. 3. for the benefit of the Public. 

My Lords are desirous that this saving, bearing so consider- 
able a proportion to the total Estimate, should be carried into 
effect with as little delay as is consistent with the expeditious 
and punctual discharge of the duties of the King’s Printer and 
the Printer of the House of Commons, and they direct. the 
Comptroller of the Stationery Office to take measures for obtain- 
ing, by open competition, the supply of the Paper requisite. 

Direct the Comptroller further to communicate with Messrs. 
Eyre &amp; Strahan and Messrs. Hansard, when he has received his 
supply of Paper, and to make with them such arrangements as 
may be necessary. to carry this Minute into effect. 

My Lords do not perceive that any inquiry has as yet been 





made by the Stationery Office with  régard'‘to* the supply of 
Paper used in printing the Votes and: the Appeniix for’ the 
House of Commons; a branch ofa subject Of itquity now’ 
depending before My Lords. y ISHS SNESO YF wh 

Direct the Comptroller to prosecute his éxamnations further, 
in order to ascertain whether a similar tétrepehment may not 
be effected in that Department. A verhepars 


7 


long 





Letter from J. Church, Esq. to the Hon. J. Stewart, 
&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 
Sir, Stationery Office, 19th February 1831. 

I HAVE received the honour of your Letter of the 1 4th instant, 
on the subject of the Papers used in Printing for the Two 
Houses of Parliament, and directing me, by the command of 
The Lords Commissioners of His Majetty’s Treasury, to take 
measures for obtaining, by open competition, the annual supply 
which may be necessary for this purpose. 

I beg leave also to acquaint you, for the information of their 
Lordships, that I have procured from Mr. Nichols, the Printer 
of the Toms, a return of the quantities and description of Paper 
used by him each Session in printing the Votes; and their 
Lordships will observe, from the Statement” annexed, that 
a retrenchment would be effected to the amount of £.277 per 
annum, by procuring the supply through thé Stationery Office. 

I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient humble, Servant, 
(signed) J. Church, Comptroller. 





COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the Prices now paid for Parer used for Printine the Vores; andthe Pricts 
at which such Paper could be procured at the Stationery Office. @ Sit 


Vat 




















NUMBER Mr. Nichols’s | Stationery Offee AMOUNT AMOUNT anaes oS 
of QUANTITY. of of the DIFFERENCE. 
SAMPLE. Price. Price. Mr. N.’s Price. S. O. Price. 

Reans. S. s. d. q.. «4 £. « d $0: ithe 
1 620 22/ 17/3 682 - - 594 15° =| 147 “grit 
2. 513. 20/ 15/ 513 - - 384 15 -| 128 5: 
3 6 31/ 26/ 9 6 = 716 - 110 - 

1,139 - . - 1,204 6 - 927 6 -—| 277. -.&gt;- 




















Ist 


A n 





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——_— 


(70.)--Estimate of the Sum that will be required, in the Year 


1831, to defray the Expense of Stationery, &amp;c.—continued. 





—— 


Cory of Treasury Minute, dated 22d February 1831. 


Reap a Letter from the Comptroller of the Stationery Office, 

dated 19th instant, acknowledging the receipt of the Letter 
‘from this Board of 14th instant, on the subject of the Paper 
ysed in printing for the Two Houses of Parliament, and direct- 
ing him to take measures for obtaining, by open competition, 
the annual supply which may be necessary for this purpose; and 
stating that he has procured from Mr. Nichols, the Printer of 
the Votes, a Return of the quantities and description of Paper 
used by him each Session in printing the Votes, by which it 
appears that a retrenchment would be effected to the amount of 
£.277 per annum, by procuring the supply through the Sta- 
tionery Office. 

My Lords resume the consideration of the former Report of 
the Comptroller of the Stationery Office, of 3d February, on 
the supply of Paper required for Printing for the Two Houses 
of Parliament, and read their Minute of 11th February there- 
upon. 

PW rite to the Comptroller of the Stationery Office, and 
acquaint him that it is the desire of this Board, he should supply 
allthe Paper required for Printing the Votes of The House of 
Commons, in the same manner as he has been directed to pro- 
cure and supply the Paper required for Printing for the Two 
Houses of Parliament by the King’s Printer and by Messrs. 
Hansard. 

Write also to The Speaker of the House of Commons, with 
reference to the former communication which. My Lords have 
had with him upon this subject, and acquaint him, that as My 
Lords have found that the supply of Paper may be made to 
Messrs. Hansard &amp; Sons and to Mr. Nichols for Printing for 
The House of Commons through the Stationery Office, without 
the risk of any failure in the supplies, either in quality, quantity 
or punctuality of delivery, and at a saving upon the quantities 
supplied and prices charged last year-by the Printers, of more 
than £.5,000; their Lordships have determined to direct that 
the supplies should be furnished through the Stationery Office 
in future. 

State, that on the commencement of this new system, it may 
be of great importance that the Printers should give every aid 
and assistance to the Stationery Office, and that their Lordships 
therefore request he will instruct Messrs. Hansard &amp; Sons and 
Mr. Nichols, to afford every information and assistance to the 
Comptroller of the Stationery Office which he may require. 

Write to the King’s Printer and state, that as My Lords have 
determined thatthe Paper required by the Printers of the Two 
Houses of Parliament shall be supplied for the future, after the 
termination of the present Session, through the Stationery 
Office, they desire that they will afford to the Comptroller of the 
Stationery Office every information and assistance in their 
power, to enable, him,to fulfil, in the most satisfactory manner, 
the orders which My Lords have given to him on the subject. 

Acquaint the Comptroller of the Stationery Office. 





Letter from J, Church, Esq. to T. Spring Rice, Esq. 
&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 

Sir, Stationery Office, 22d February 1831. 

I nave the honour to-enclose the Estimate of the probable 

Amount that will be required to defray the Charge, in the year 

1831, for Printing, Binding and Stationery, for the several 

Public Departments in England and Ireland, together with the 

expenses of the Establishment of the Stationery Office. 

n submitting this Estimate to the consideration of the Lords 
Commissioners of His. Majesty’s Treasury, I take leave to ob- 
serve, that the Amount assumed to be required for each of the 
English Offices is computed upon the average of the actual 
consumption of such, Office during the last three years. 

Their Lordships will see, that the amount of the Esti- gt 
mate of the present year, exclusive of the ex- 
aare of management is - - - ° v4 

While that of the preceding year was only -  - 


d. 


91,055 - - 
90,290 — — 


765 - - 





Making an excess in the present year of - &amp; 





But as it is shown on the face of this Estimate— 


ist. That an extraordinary expense will be incurred £.. 8. d. 
for the service of the War Office, for the paper 
and printing of the forms issued for the Militia 

allot, amounting to - &gt; oe - 

2dly. That Six Offices, which had previously been 
furnished with their Stationery through other 
channels, have, since the commencement of 

last year, been transferred to this Office, making 

an amount of - - - ° ° ~ 

And 3dly. That in addition to the sum of £.1,100 per 
annum, which is already paid at this Office for 
Acts of Parliament, supplied by the King’s 
Printer to the Boards of Revenue and other 
offices, it has been directed by Treasury Mi- 
nute, dated 25th ult®, that such Acts of Parlia- 
ment as are. furnished by. the. King’s. Printer 
to the Treasury and other offices of Govern- 
ment, and which have hitherto been paid for 
at the Treasury, shall hereafter be paid for by 


VOL. 86.——Part. II. 


1,000 = = 

















this Office, amounting, as appears bya Return £. s, d. 

from the King’s Printer, to - - - - goo = — 
Their Lordships will perceive, that these: new 

Heads of Service will cause an increase, in the: |—= 

Expenditureof - - - - -  } 9 |23.400,0- 
But as the increase of the Estimate, as above 

shown, isonly - - - - #. =} 765 =. = 
The consumption of Stationery in such offices as” 

appeared in the Estimate of last year, is reduced’ 

in that of the present to an extent of -° =| 2,635&gt;°- — 








I will in this place take the liberty to state, for the further 
information of their Lordships, that the anriual amount of Sta- 
tionery, supplied through this Office, always exceeds the Esti- 
mate laid before Parliament, by upwards of £.25,000. . Of this 
sum, the parchment and paper furnished by this Office to the 
Stamp Office, for the purposes of stamping, amounts to about 
£.29,000 ; but as the consumer is charged with the value of the 
parchment and paper, in addition to the price of the stamp, the 
Receiver General repays the amount to the Stationery Office. 
The remaining £.5,000 arises from supplies made to the Civil 
List Offices and some others, having special Parliamentary 
Grants, to the Indian Board of Control, and also to some of 
the Colonies, the amount of which is repaid by their respective 
agents. The annual amount, therefore, of the Stationery, to 
be issued for the Public Offices, exclusive of Ireland, will be 
£.116,055. 

I have added to the Estimate, also, a list of the Irish Offices, 
which will be supplied with Stationery through this Depart- 
ment; but as some of these Offices have not yet made any 
Return at all of the Stationery which-they will probably con- 
sume within the year, and as others, instead of making their 
Returns in quantity, have made them in amount, I am unable 
to submit to their Lordships any other than a general Estimate 
for Ireland. 

It will be found, by documents now at the Treasury, that the 
annual amount of Stationery, upon an average of five years, 
ending 5th January 1830, furnished by Sir Abraham B. King, 





to the offices specified in the Estimate, was - £.| 22,045 - = 
To which must be added the amount, consumed by ; 
a department of the General Post Office, supplied 
by another stationer - - ae. - -| 1,600 - - 
Making the annual expense of Stationery under the 
former system - - - - - - - |23,645 - - 





Upon the best calculation which I have been able to 
make, keeping in view the reduction which will be 
effected in the prices of stores supplied, as well as 
a reduction, both in quantity and quality, as far as 
may be practicable, I trust that the Grant, which 


will be required for this service, will not exceed + {12,000 = = 








In consequence also of their Lordships’ directions of the 14th 
instant, that 1 should take measures for obtaining, by open 
competition, the supply of mane which will be required for the 
pntns purposes of the T'wo Houses of Parliament, and which 

as hitherto been furnished by their respective Printers, it will 
be requisite that I should be furnished with the necessary funds 
in order to carry these directions into effect for the Session of 
1832. No advances on this account will be required before the 
month of November; but as all the Papers must be made and 
delivered to this Office before the commencement of the Ses- 
sion, their Lordships will see the necessity of providing for 
their payment in the present Estimate. 

I have further been directed to report to their Lordships whe- 
ther any arrangement can be made for the more economical 
provision and consumption of Stationery in future. 

I beg leave to assure you, that if I were aware of any mode 
of procuring the public stores, which was likely to be more 
economical than the present one, I should feel it my auty fan: 
mediately to submit it to their Lordships’ consideration. itli 
respect to a more economical consumption, their Lordships are 
aware that that must depend more upon the vigilance which 
may be used by the heads of the different Departs, than 
upon any efforts which I have the power to make. 

I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient humble Servant, 
J. Church, Comptroller. 





PARTICULARS OF THE FOREGOING ESTIMATE : 








ENGLAND: £. £, 

House of Lords - - - - - 1,100 
House of Commons - - - - - | 2,400 
Treasury and Commissariat - - - | 2,400 
Admiralty - - - - - - | 2,900 
Navy Office and Yards_—- - - - | 4,500 
Navy Pay Office - - ~ - - goo 
Victualling Office - - - . - - | 1,800 
Ordnance Office - ‘e - - - | 8,000 
Secretary of State, Home Department and 

Alien Office - - . . . 600 
Secretary of State, Foreign Department - 1,500 
Secretary of State, Colonial Department - | 1,300 
Privy Council Office - - : - 250 

(continued.) 


12 I 








Appendix,. 
(B.) 





25° Junit 
continued. 
Journal, .p. 563. 





Appendix, 
(B.) 
25° Junit 


continued. 





Journal, p. 563. 


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(70.)—Estimate of the Sum that will be required, in the Year 1831, to.defray the Expenses of Stationery, &amp;c.—continued. 
so — 
PARTICULARS OF THE FOREGOING ESTIMATE—continued. 
-_ 
ENGLAND—continued. £. £. IRELAND —continued. Ribsal ga? i 
Board of Trade - : © ° ° 350 Household Lord Lieutenant. it is presumed, keep- 
Customs - - - - = = =] 9500 Insolvent Debtors’ Court. ing in view-the re-|. md 
Excise - + - - - - - | 15,000 Irish Fisheries. duced prices at which 
Tax Office a ee ee King’s Bench, the stores will be fur- 
Stamp Office - -. - = - =| 6,000 Kingstown Harbour. nished, and the saving 
etOQG@cee -.° * © &amp; jf §80 Life Annuity Clerk. that may be effected 
Commissariat Abroad - - - - 5,000 Law Exchequer. by reducing the sup- 
War Department of Accounts and mere) aa Law Fees Inquiry. ply, as far as is prac- 
Districts - - - - - - 455 ae Hospital. ticable, both in quan- 
Ditto, extraordinary for Paper, and printing ae edical Board. tity and quality, that 
Militia Forms - - - - - 5 Navigation Board. the total amount of 
Ditto, Medical Board - - - - 800 Office of Arms. Stores, Printing and 
Military Board - - - - - 25 Ordnance Offices. Binding will not. ex- 
Chelsea Hospital - - - - - 1,200 Police Oflice. eeed - £12,000 
Exchequer - - - - - - goo Post Office. | 
Paymaster General - - - = = 750 Paving Board. | 
Audit Office, Somerset Place - - - 260 Quarter-Master General's Office. | 
Adjutant-General’s Office - - - 450 Quit-Rent Office. 
Royal Military Asylums - - -— = 200 Record Office. 
Commander-in-Chief’s Office - . - 250 Rolls Court. 
Quarter-Master General’s Office - - 300 Rolls Office. 
National Debt Office - 2 = = 600 Stamp Office and Warehouse. | 
Office of Woods, &amp;c. - - . - 400 Teller of the Exchequer. | 
Hackney Coach Office, Hawkers, &amp;c. - 150 Vice-Treasurer. 
Comptroller of Army Accounts - - 100 Yeomanry Office. | 
Insolvent Debtors’ Court - : - - 110 Parliamentary Commissions of 
Judge Advocate General's Office - - 50 Inquiry. 
Colonial Slaves’ Registry Office - - + 25 Board of Works. ) 
Heme ype Clothing - - ° . Amount of Estimate for Ireland - - s - 12,000 
po ang dl ingle nt st m ba Paper for the Printing purposes of The House 3,309 
Royal Marine Pay Office - — - - - 500 K.. ae ‘in Prin a as x co ieee 
General Penitentiary - - - - 180 "Ha al f C inting purposes of The t 15,087 
Stationery Office - - - = = 500 Dj var 4 ~ lt SL, ee 3 
Greenwich Out-Pension Office - - - 600)! These Offices itto for the Votes " ' ” - 43 
Commissioners in Lumacy - - - - 40 | hee hereto- 19,239 
a - , rds ; : - oka | thei spy Torat AmountofEstimatefor Stationery,&amp;c.| - - £. 122,294 
. of Stationer 
Irish Department Offi i TR 150) through other EsTABLISHMENT : 
Ecclesiastical Commission - - - 60) channels. For the C roll £.6 
Acts of Parliament supplied to the Public or the Comptroller - - - £.600 
Départments by the King’s Printer e+ %800 Seven Clerks - + = 1,380 
- y Storekeeper - - - 400 
Amount of Estimate for Stationery, &amp;c. 91,055 Eleven Clerks - - - 1,535 
Two Messengers - - 140 
IRELAND: Three Warehousemen - 330 
; Seven Porters &amp; one Watchman 394 
Adjutant-General’s Office. In consequence of Two Carters - - - 120 
Architect’s Office. ) the defective’state of One Paper Cutter - * 104 
Account Office. — the Returns, it has 5,003 
Chief Secretary's Office, Civil and | beenfound impossible Amount of Superannuations - é 115 
Military Departments. to apportion to each Ditto - Retired Allowances ‘ 679 . ’ 
Commander of the Forces. office in Ireland (as 794 
Customs. is done in the Esti- Contingencies, viz. Taxes, Coals, Cnn) 
Constabulary Force. matefor England) the Postage, Advertisements, extra Labour, 1,280 
Common Pleas. amount of Stationery, Hire of Horses, &amp;c. r pe ri -f 
Commissary General's Office. Printingand Binding, : 
Excise. which will be requir- AMOUNT of Establishment and f 
Equity Exchequer. ed for the service of , Contingencies - = - -{ _ 7°77 
General Post. the present year ; but (continued.) £. 4 129,371 
Stationery Office, 7} 
June 1831. J. Church, Comptroller. 
Sir, Stationery Office, 8th June 1831. | last, I stated that the sums paid for the Paper used for these 


- I nave the honour to enclose the Estimate for Stationery, 
Printing and Binding, for the Public Departments for the pre- 
sent year, in compliance with your Note of the gd instant. 


I presume that it will not be necessary for me to repeat to 
The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury, the 
grounds upon which this Estimate is computed, having already 
stated them at length in my Letter of the 21st of February last, 
which accompanied the Estimate then transmitted. 


But as their Lordships will find in that Estimate, that I com- 
puted the sum which would be required to purchase the Papers 
for the Printing purposes of the Two Houses of Parliament in 
the Session of 1832 at a higher rate than that now stated, it is 
necessary to explain, that the reduced sum is the result of the 


actual Contract for those Papers, which was concluded on the 


6th instant. : 
In my Letters to the Treasury of the 3d and 19th of February 





purposes in the Session of 1830, were, to 


Messrs, Eyre &amp; Strahan - - 
— Hansard - - - 
— Nichols, for the Votes - 








Making together - £. 





By Messrs. Eyre &amp; Strahan - 
—— Hansard - - - 
— Nichols, for the Votes 


. -*. &amp;. 
4,726 - - 
27,552 - — 
1,204 - = 
27,482 - - 

for the sup- 


And the Prices, for which a Contract is now made 
plies for the Session of 1832, assuming the quantities to remain 
the same, are, for the Papers used, 


és. 

3,309 

15,087 
843 


a € 





£. 





19,239 





The Conttact Prices for all these Papers will, therefore, be found lower than those hitherto charged by 3o per cent. 


I have the honour to be, Sir 


Your most obedient humble Servant, 
J. Church, Comptroller. 


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| 


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je 2 Wit. IV. -Miscellaneous Estimates. 1043 


_— 











)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be required to defray the Extraordinary Expenses of the Mrnr in , 
7 ) c the Cornace of Goin ; inthe Year 1831. Appendix, 


Fifteen Thousand Pounds. (BY &gt; 
25° Junit 


continued. 
— 














Journal, p. 563» 





(72.) AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Extraordinary Expenses of ProsEcuT10N$ 
for OFrrEeNces against the Laws relating to Corn; in the Year 1831. 


Eight Thousand Pounds. —— 











a 


(73.)-AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may probably be required, in the Year 1831, to defray the Expense 
7 of Law CHarcGEs. : 


—— Fifteen Thousand Pounds. 








PARTICULARS OF THE FOREGOING ESTIMATE. 





— 

SALARIES: eS ' a = 
Solicitor - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - . - 2,000 — — 
Assistant Solicitor - - ° - - - - &gt; - - - - - 1,500 - — 
First Clerk - - : - - - - - - - - - - - ao «- 
Second Clerk - - ~ - - - - - - - - ~ . « + - 
Third Clerk - - . - - - - - - - - 3 « ek ath \e 
Chairman of the Middlesex and Westminster Sessions - - - - - « . 750 - = 
‘Messenger of the Press and Assistants . - - - - - - - © 127 12 — 
Constables of St. James’s Park - - - - - = | = = - P iil as a 

INCIDENTAL ExPENSEs: 
Ground Rent and Dues for Chambers ae oe ee ee ee ee 4% 5 4 
Contingent Expenses of the Office i ek. . -« ~ * , Si 1088 5 2 
ProsecuTions, Suits, Cases, &amp;c. 

Fees to Counsel - = = = = 2 2  - -  - — a 2,737 13 10 
Expenses incurred in carrying on the same - ~~ - - - - - et 2,764 7 5 
Probable additional Expenditure in Prosecutions, &amp;c. on account of the Disturbed State] 4500 «' = 


of the Country - - © “ * ~ - n a 








£. 14,889 13 


ve) 





Lincoln’s Inn, 24th January 1831. 





(74..-AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Expenses attending the confining, maintaining, 
and employing Convicts at Home and in Bermuda, in the Year 1831. ‘ 





One Hundred and Eight Thousand One Hundred and Sixty-five Pounds : — 


Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. —- 





(75.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum which may be required to defray the Expense incurred for the Support of 


Carturep Necrozs, LrperaTeD Arricans, &amp;c. for the Year 1831; under the Acts for the Abolition of the 
SLAVE” TRADE: | 


—— Twenty-five Thousand Pounds. 











(76..-AN ESTIMATE of the Sum which may be wanted, in the Year 1831, to pay the Salaries and 
Incidental Expenses of the Commissioners appointed on the part of His Majesty, under the Treaties with 
Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands, for preventing illegal Trarric in Staves, in pursuance of the Acts of the 
58th and 59th Geo. 111. for carrying the said Treaties into effect; and for Penstrons to the retired Commissioners. 


—— Nineteen Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds :— 


Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 








1044 Miscellaneous Estimates. .) 2.1.5: e483], 














=—=—=— 






















































































—— 7 
Appendix, (76.)—An Estimate of the Sum which may be wanted, in 1831, for - - a ‘ 
(B.) . : -_ 
td ay PARTICULARS of the foregoing ESTIMATE ;—so far as relates to the 
25° Junii. 
continued, : i ii 
Journal, p. 563. Stations. RAN K. . Persons. Sums, ¥ 
ieee... 
. “ye . £. §, d. 
Commissary Judge - -j| William Smith-- - -!| 3,000 ~ _ 
¢ Sierra Leone - - -/| Commissioner of Arbitration (Vacant.) 2,000 — . ‘ 
Registrar - - - =| William Walter Lewis  -| 1,000 ~ _ 
f Commissary Judge -  - | William Sharp Macleay - 1,850 ~ J 
Havana - - = =-| Commissioner of Arbitration | Charles Mackenzie - ~-| 1,200 ~ _ 1 
| Registrar - - - =| Spanish Officer - - — - = 1 
SALARIES - = ( 
{| Commissary Judge - = - John Henry Lance - - 1,500 = — 
Surinam - - - -\| Commissioner of Arbitration | Campbell James Dalrymple 1900 « « I 
| Registrar - - -  -| Netherland Officer -  - on F 
f Commissary Judge - -/| AlexanderCunningham -| 1,200 ~ ~ 7 
Rio de Janeiro - - | Commissioner of Arbitration | Frederick Grigg - - ee: ae r 
| Registrar - - -  -| Brazilian Officer H. .| sa 
13,550 - -| 
_ | | 
tin E The Total of these Expenses for the several Commissions } £ | 
SORT TAS Sarawess “ are estimated for the Year 1831, at - - - - 4 3300 = 
Totau of Estimate - - - £. | 16,850 - - 
| 
The E for this Service for the Year 18gowas - {OT SSEARIES = oem f. 
1e EstimaTE for this Service for the Year 1830 we ter Gndameneda Ruentinn. « 
The Estimate for this Service for the Year 1831 was ra en ene 7 ' 
Decrease in the Estimate for 1831 ie « £ : 
PARTICULARS of the preceding ESTIMATE ;—so far as 
_— ie Yearly 
Name. Situation. Age. asa - bead Allowance 
Superannuation. granted. 
£. 3s 4 
Christopher Edw. Lefroy - {| Late His Majesty’s Commis- 44 - - Upwards of eight years’ actual ser- 600 - - Em 
sary Judge at Surinam. vice under the Commission for the M 
Restriction of Slave Trade. 
Henry Theophilus Kilbee - | Late His Majesty’s Commis- 43 |-- Upwards of eight years’ actual ser- 750 - - -- | 
sary Judge at the Havana. vice under the Commission for the Har 
Restriction of Slave Trade. ue 
. 
Henry Hayne - - -/| Late His Majesty's Commis- 38 ‘| -- Eight years’ actual service under the rl) aia ff 
sary Judge at Rio de Janeiro. Commission for the Restriction of de . 
Slave Trade. : b 
is | 
Robert Francis Jameson - | Late His Majesty’s Commis- 44 |-- Upwards of ten years’ actual service 500 - rot 
sioner of Arbitration at the under the Commissions for Restric- Hay, 
Havana. tion of Slave Trade, and for the settle- nish 
ment of Claims on Spain. oy 
With 
jesty 
| emol 
: ~~ 
The Estimate for this Service for the Year 1830, was - - a. ge ae pnts 
The EstimaTE for this Service for the Year 1831, is we Te ee "| | 2, 
INCREASE - - ™ P * &lt; 74 3 : - €. | | 1,: 





Foreign Office, | 
March 11, 1831. f 








1&amp;2 Wi Lt. IV. 








Miscellaneous Estimates. 


1045 





——— 


— 


Salaries of Commissioners for preventing illegal Traffic ir. Slaves— continued. 


oo 





‘ SaLaRIigEs and INCIDENTAL ExPENsEs attendant on the several ComMIssIoONs. 





ae 
MEMORANDUM ON PENSIONS. 





Period of Service requisite to entitle 
to a Pension. 


a 


Maximum of 
Eventual Pension. 


REMARKS, 





Eight years’ actual service at the post 
Eight years’ actual service at the post 


Twelve years’ actual service at the post - 


Twelve years’ actual service at the post - 





Six years” actual service at the post ™ 
Six years) actual service at the post 
Six years’ actual service at the post . 


Ten years’ actual service at the post ~ 
Ten years’ actual service at the post ° 


£. 1,000 a year 
750 a year 
500 a year 


750 a year 
500 a year 


750 a year 
500 a year 


600 a year 


400 a year 











Tue Salary of the Commissioner of Arbitration at the Havana 
was reduced in the commencement of 1830, from £.1,850 to 
£.1,200; and the Salary of Commissary Judge at that place will 
be reduced on the next vacancy, from £. 1,850 to £. 1,600. 

A further retrenchment has now taken place in this expendi- 
ture by a reduction of the Salaries to the Commissioners at 
Rio de Janeiro, diminishing the Salary of the Commissary Judge 
from £.1,500 to £. 1,200, and that of the Commissioner of Arbi- 
tration from £. 1,000 to £. 800. 

The incidental expenses under the Commissions are brought 
within the narrowest compass to which they can be compressed. 

The Pensions have been reduced in amount at Rio de Janeiro 
from £.700 to £.600 a year for the Commissary Judge, and 
from £.500 to £.400 a year for the Commissioner of Arbitration ; 
and the length of service necessary for a Pension has been ex- 
tended for future cases, both at the Havana and Rio de Janeiro ; 
at the Havana from eight to ten years’, and at Rio de Janeiro 
from eight to twelve years’ actual service at the post. 

The unhealthiness of the climate will not allow of any exten- 
sion of period at the other posts, consistently with a fair chance 
of surviving the service. 

The Contingencies contain the whole of the incidental expenses 
of the establishment of the four Commissions abroad, and of 


those of the department at home for conducting the business 
under the Commissions. 




















£,14,050 - — 
So = = 
77" "- ~ 
355° - - 
—_—- = 
: 16,860 - - 
ot = «- &amp; 500 - - 











The Cause of the Decrease is the reduction of SALARIES 
to the Commissioners at Rio de Janeiro. 





as relates to the PENsions granted to The CoMMIssIONERs. 





Ground upon which granted. 


The Authority by 


which granted. 


REMARKS. 





Employment as Commissioner at Suri- 
ham. 


-- Employment as Commissioner at the 
Havana, and previous service of up- 
wards of eight years as attaché to His 
Majesty’s Embassy at Madrid. 


-- Employment as Commissioner at Rio 
de Janeiro, and severe and continued 


ill health, contracted by a residence at 
his post. 


-- Employment as Commissioner at the 
favana, and as Commissioner for Spa- 
nish Claims in London. Pension granted 
only as long as he shall be unprovided 
with any employment under His Ma- 


20, 1829. 


ary 13, 1830. 


1830. 


1830. 





-- Letter from His Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury, of July 


-- Letter from His Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury, of Janu- 


-- Letter from His Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury, of May 7, 


- - Letter from His Majes- 
ty’s Treasury, of July 30, 


Ir is to be observed, that the posts at which the 
Commissioners under the Slave Trade _ Restriction 
Treaties are placed, are mostly in climates which have 
been found so deleterious to an European constitution, 
that, in order to induce acceptance of the situations by 
persons fit for them, it has been necessary to hold out 
a prospect of a pension after a very limited service, such 
service, however, actually performed at the post. Here- 
tofore the period on which a Commissiover could claim 
retirement was fixed at six years for Sierra Leone, 


and eight years for Surinam, the Havana and Rio de 
Janeiro. 


At Sierra Leone no one has yet survived to claim a 
pension. 


At Surinam the climate will not allow the period of 
service to be extended with a fair chance of surviving 
the service. At the Havana the period of service has 














; been lengthened to ten years’, and at Rio de Janeiro to 

Jestys Government of equal or greater twelve years’ actual service at the post. 

emolument. 

£.1,350 = — —_ . 

2,600 — — Causes or INcrEAsE.—Two more Commissioners have, by length of service, 

hd earned the Pension, of which a prospect had been held out to them when they 
Ae a undertook the office. 
| 








VOL. 86:——Part II. 


J. Backhouse. 


12 K 


Appendix,’ 
(B.} 





25° Junii 
continued. 


Journal, p. 563. 








1046 Miscellaneous Estimates. A. 183] 

















Appendix, 
=. (77..—-AN ESTIMATE of the Sum which may be wanted-for the Satarizs of His Masesry’s Co 
25° Junii GENERAL and Consuts, for the Year 1831; and also for all Contingent Charges and Expenses ee 
YP with the Public Duties and Establishments of such Consuls General and Consuls; and for paying the ries 
coe of Superannuation Allowances granted to retired Consuls for the Year 1831. mount 


Journal, p. 563- 





For Consular Services in Europe and America, as per Account, No. 1. - - - “ £.94,075 — — 
For Consular Services on the Coast of Africa, as per Account, No.2. - ~ - - « 11,250 — _ 
For Superannuation Allowances to retired Consuls in Europe and America, see Account, 
No. 3. - - - - - - . e ys &lt; . et a _ 3,870 - ~ 
For Superannuation Allowances to retired Consuls on the Coast of Africa, see Account 
No.4. - - . . : . m ” ” . ° ° - - 2,100 — _— 
£.| “rae — &gt; 








One Hundred and Twelve Thousand One Hundred and Ninety-five Pounds ; 

Clear of all Fees, and other Deductions. 
Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, T. SPRING RICE 
21 June 1831. } | 





PARTICULARS of the foregoing ESTIMATE: 


No, 1.—An ESTIMATE of the Sum which will be required to provide for the Expense of the Britisu Consut 
Service abroad, under the Forzign DeparTMENT; for the Year 1831, * 





Ninety-four Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy-five Pounds :—Clear of Fees and all other Deductions —_ 














Viz.— _, 
Salaries to Consuls General and Consuls in Europe and America (A.)_ - - . - 68,050 _* 
Allowances to Vice-Consuls in - - - - ditto - - ditto (B.) - - - - 8,025 ae 
Contingent Expenses, Moiety of Expenses for Chaplains, Chapels, Hospitals, Burial 

Grounds, &amp;c. &amp;c. &amp;e. - - - ° . - ° . - . ° . 7,000 - ~ 
Consular Expenditure in the Levant, according to the establishment maintained by the 
late Levant Company, and provisionally sanctioned by His Majesty’s Government (C.) ee 
£.| 94.975 — - 
The Estimate for this Service for the year 1830 was - - | £.99,600 
The Estimate for 1831 is - - os * - 94,075 
Diminution - - - - - £. | 4,625 





The Diminution arises from the Abolition of some Consulships, and the Reduction of the Salaries of others. 


Foreign Office, 20 June 1831. J. Backhouse. 





(A.)—APPROPRIATION of the Sum of Sixry-e1GHT THousanp Nine Hunprep and Firty Pounps, for Salaries of 
Consuts GENERAL and ConsvuLs, in Europe and America; for the Year 1831 


















































Annual Annual | 
COUNTRY. STATION. TITLE. | COUNTRY. STATION. TITLE, —— 
propused proposed | 
| for 1831. for 1831. | 
| £. £. 
Russia - - | St. Petersburgh} Consul General| 1,000 IraLy—continued | Ancona - | Consul - - 600 
| Archangel ~- | Consul - - 600 Naples - - | Consul General | 1,200 
Riga - - | Consul - - 800 Messina - | Consul - - 400 
| Libau - - | Consul - - 200 AustrRIAN Srates| Venice - - | Consul General| 1,000 
| Odessa - - | Consul General 800 Trieste - - | Consul - - 500 
SweDEN - - | Stockholm - | Consul - - 600 Ragusa - | Consul - - 200 
| Gottenburg - | Consul - - 500 Unitrep States | Washington - | ConsulGeneral | 1,600 
Norway - - | Christiania Consul - - 600 New York - | Consul - - 800 
DENMARK - - | Elsinore - | Consul - - 600 Philadelphia - | Consul - . 800 
PRUSSIA - - | Konigsberg - | Consul - - 700 Charleston - | Consul - - 800 
Memel - - | Consul - - 500s New Orleans - | Consul - - 800 
| Danzig - - | Consul - - 500 Boston - - | Consul - - 800 
GERMANY - - | Hamburgh - | Consul General} 1,500 | Baltimore  - | Consul - - 800 
HOLLAND - - | Amsterdam - | Consul - - 600 | Pensacola - | Consul - - 500 
| Rotterdam - | Consul - - 600 | Norfolk - | Consul - - 500 
| Antwerp - | Consul - . 800 Savannah == | Consul - - 300 
| Ostend - -| Consul-~— - 400 Portsmouth - | Consul - - 500 
France - - | Paris - - | Consul General| 1,600 Wilmington - | Consul - . 500 
Calais - - | Consul - - 500 Newport - | Consul - - 300 
| Boulogne = - | Consul - - 300 New London - | Consul - - 300 
| Havre - - | Consul - e 500 BRazIL - - | Rio de Janeiro | Consul General! 1,500 
| Caen - - | Consul - - 400 | Maranham~ - | Consul - - | 1,900 
| Nantes - - | Consul - - 400 | Pernambuco - | Consul - - | 1,000 
| Charente - | Consul - - 400 — | Bahia - - | Consul - - | 1,200 
| Bordeaux - | Consul - is 800 Mexico - - | Mexico - | Consul General | 2,000 
| Bayonne - | Consul - ‘ 300 GuATEMALA -| Guatemala - | Consul - - | 1,500 
| Marseilles - | Consul - ‘ 800 CoLomBia - | Bogota - - | Consular Agent} 800 
| Corsica - - | Consul - ° 200 Carthagena - | Consul - - | 1,500 
| Brest - - | Consul - - 300 Maracaibo - | Consul - -| 1,250 
SPAIN - - | Madrid - - | Consul General| 1,600 La Guayra_ - | Consul - - | 1,250 
| Bilboa - - | Consul - - 400 Panama - | Consul - - | 1,250 
| Corunna - | Consul - - 500 Guayaquil - | Consul - - | 1,000 
| Cadiz - - | Consul - ° 800 Puerto Cabello | Consul - = 800 
Malaga - | Consul - A 400 Monte Vipgo - | Monte Video - | Consul General! 1,250 
Carthagena - | Consul - . 400 Buenos Ayres - | Buenos Ayres | Consul General} 2,500 
Alicante - | Consul - - 400 Cunt - - | Valparaiso ~- | Consul General} 1,250 
Barcelona - | Consul - - 600 Concepcion - | Consul - - | 1,000 
Mahon - - | Consul - « 400 Coquimbo - | Consul - - | 1,250 
Teneriffe - | Consul - - 600 Peru - -| Lima - - | Pro-Consul - | 1,600 
PorRTUGAL - | Lisbon - - |_Consul General 600 Arequipa - | Consul - - | 1,250 
| Oporto - - | Consul - ° 700 Hair - - | Port an Prince | Consul - - | 1,200 
Madeira - Vacant. 68.950, 
St.-Michael’s Consul General 600 95 
Cape Verds - | Consul -~— - 400 cee 
iraty = le — i Pn bal ao | The Estimate for this portion of the Consular Service for 1831 was) 72,600 
Cagliari ~ | Gamat o " i The Estimate for - - - ditto - - ditto - in18311s 68,950 
Leghorn - | Consul - - 800 Diminution - - £.| 3,650 
el 




















1&amp;2Wi1. [V. 





Miscellaneous Estimates. 











—— 





== 


Particulars of the foregoing Estimate—continued. 





(B.)—APPROPRIATION of the Sum of Ergut Tuousanp and Twenty-Five Pounps for Allowances to British Vice ConsuLs; 


for the Year 1831. 





















































Appendix, 
(B.) 
25° Junii 


continued. 


Journal, p. 563. 











Annual Annual 
COUNTRY. RESIDENCE. RANK. Allowance | —— COUNTRY. RESIDENCE. RANK. Allowance] —— 
for 1831. for 1831. 
eS S_ MH ee 
£. | £. 
Russia - - | Tagaurog - | Vice Consul - 200 Brazi, - -| Para - - | Vice Consul - 200 
paussta - -| Pillau - -| Vice Consul - 50 Maceio —- | Vice Consul - | 250 
DenMARK - | Copenhagen - | Vice Consul - 150 Mexico - -/| San Blas - | Vice Consul - 500 
; Vera Cruz ~- | Vice Consul - 500 
GERMANY - - | Hamburgh - Vice Consul - 300 Tampico - | Vice Consul - 500 
Bremen - | Vice Consul - 200 ; 
er ~ | Ves Seen. 150 Buenos Ayres- | Buenos Ayres | Vice Consul - 700 
Cuxhaven - | Vice Consul - 100 Cutt - - | Valparaiso ~- | Vice Consul - 700 
FRANCE - - | Toulon - | Vice Consul - 50 PERU - -| Lima - - | Vice Consul - 700 
SPAIN ° - | San Lucar - | Vice Consul - 200 Haitr_ - - | Port au Prince} Vice Consul - 500 
PoRTUGAL - | Lisbon - - | Vice Consul - 300 Cape Haitien | Vice Consul - 400 
Madeira - | Vice Consul - | 300 | 
St. Michael’s | Vice Consul - | 200 : 
Fayal - - | Vice Consul - | 150 £. | 8,025 
Terceira - | Vice Consul - | 100 
ITALY . - | Naples - - | Vice Consul - | 300 The Estimate for this portion of the Consular Service) 
Gallipoli - | Vice Consul - 100 for 1830, was - * a z a a _¢ &amp; 8,500 
Otranto - | Vice Consul - 25 The Estimate - - - - ditto - - for18g1,is_ - 8,025 
Palermo - | Vice Consul - | 250 | 
Fiume - - | Vice Consul - | 50 | DIMINUTION - - - - &amp;, 475 
| | 4v 
(eee 




















(C.)— APPROPRIATION of the Sum of ELeven Tuousanp Povunps, estimated as the Expense of the ConsuLAR EsTABLISHMENT 
in the Levant, for the Year 1831, under the Arrangement maintained by the late Levant Company, and provisionally sanctioned by 
His Majesty’s Government. 
























































Annual Aiea 
COUNTRY. STATION. TITLE. Amount. COUNTRY. STATION. TITLE. Amount, 
£. £. 
TURKEY - - | Constantinople | Consul General - | 1,600 Ecypr - -| Cairo - - | Expenses 5 a 400 
Vice Consul - - 300 ; 
Physician . . 300 Alexandria - Consul General - | 1,000 
Trebizond -| Vice Consul - = - 250 a - = on 
Dardanelles - ditto - - : 300 magna - | : 
Salonica - ditto - - - 250 never a - - | ; o 
Bucharest = - ditto - - - 500 “ — . - oo - 00 
Adrianople - ditto - - - 500 _— s, Presents, } ial 
Smyrna -; Consul - - - 800 c - 7 - - , 
Vice Consul and Can- . Pension to Mr. Icard 60 
cellier Ss } 500 Damietta - | Vice Consul - s 80 
Chaplain « ‘ 250 | Rosetta - ditto - ° - 60 
Surgeon - -— - 300 | 
Dragomans + - 400 | GREECE - - | Patras - - Consul - - - 700 
Scio - - | Vice Consul - - 50 | Pyrgas - - | Vice Consul - - 200 
| Napoli - — - ditto - . . 200 
Syria - - | Damascus” - | Consul General - 800 | 
Beirout - | Consul - - . 400 £. | 11,000 
Scanderoon -| Agent - . - 5 val 
Cyprus - | Vice Consul - - 25 
Canea - - Ditto - - - 100 








The Estimate for this portion of the Consular Service for 1831, is the same in amount as those for 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829 and 1830, 





No. 2.—ESTIMATE of the Sum which may be wanted to provide for the SALARIES 
and Vice Consuls in the Barbary State. 


Eleven Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds. 


of His Majesty’s Agents and Consuls General 





























&amp; « &amp; ae &amp; 
Morocco :—His Majesty's Agent and ConsulGeneral —- - : -| 2,000 - - 
Vice Consul at Tangiers to the 5th July 1831 - - - ss «= « 
Ditto - - at Mogadore - - - - - - - 0 = = 
Ditto - - at Tetuan - - - - - . : 8 « « 
age - - 
Axoiers :—His Majesty’s Agent and Consul General - - - “| a «= &lt;« 
Vice Consul at Algiers - - - - - - - a = ~ 
Ditto - - at Bona - - - - - - - - 400.&lt;- « 
Ditto - - at Oran - - ° ° ° . « m 900 = - 
3,200 - - 
Tunis:— His Majesty's Agent and Consul General - “ - -l ome «= « 
Vice Consul at Tunis - - - - - - - - 599 - = 
2,300 - - 
Tripoi1:— His Majesty’s Agent and Consul General = - - . -} feo - ~ 
Vice Consul at Tripoli — - - - - - - - ge = « 
Ditto - - at Bengazi- - . - - - - 0 « « 
00 —_————-—| 2,700 - - 
0 Tota - - - &amp; 11,850 - ~ 
50 
Colonial Department Ww 
— ’ : 
31 Dec. 1830. "} R Hay 








1046 | 


Miscellaneous; Estimates. 


#1. £04831. 





Appendix, ’ 


Particulars of the foregoing. Estimate—continued. -; 


————__, 





(B.) 
25° Junu 
continued. 
Journal, p. 563. 





No. 3.—-ESTIMATE of the Sum required to pay the Amount of. 





a 








Three Thousand Eight’ Hundred and*Seventy Pounds : —~ , 














AGE 
NAME. SITUATION. at the Period of LENGTH of SERVICE. 
Retirement. 
Andrew Allen - : - | late Consul at Massachusetts - -4 not known - | 12 years’ services in the con- 
~ sular department. 
John Lemprier - = . =| late Consul at Pernambuco - -{ 61 years - - | 4Oyears’ services - ~ 
Richard B. Hoppner - - | late Consul General at Venice -} 41 years - - | -- 24 years’ of publice sery'ce 
in the Foreign Office, and as 
Consul General. 
Sir James Gambier - - | late Consul General in the Netherlands - | 54 years - - | 23 years’ services ai a 
Richard Rochfort - - - | late Consul General in East Friesland - | 49 years - - | 11 years’ services - ~ 
John R. Wise - - - | late Consul General at Gottenburgh - years - - | 12 years’ services ©,' de 
Francis Werry - - - | late the Levant Company’s Consul at Smyrna} 84 years - - | 36 years’ services - nts 
Charles Fenwick — - - - | late Consul at Elsinore - - - | 55 years - - | 33 years’ services ele 

















Tue Estimate for this Service for the Year 1830, was 


In which was included a Pension of £.1,200 a year for Mr. Thomas 


Pension. 


The Estimate thus reduced amounted to - 


The Estimate for this Service for the Year 1831, is - 


Decrease in the Estimate for 1831 


Foreign Office, March 11, 1831. 





Barclay; but 
he dying before the sum was voted by Parliament, £.350 only was taken for that 


A. 8 d 
Te Me abthoan aT 
- - op th¥Anr - 








No. 4.—ESTIMATE of the Sum which will be required to provide for the Superannuation Allowances to retired 


Superannuation ,Allowance to H. S. Blanckley, Esq. late His Majesty’s Agent and 


i 


Consul 


Barbary Consuls ; for the Year 1831. 





General at Algiers - - ” ‘ _ 


Ditto to Richard Oglander, Esq. - ditto - Tunis 


Ditto to James Green, Esq. - - - ditto - Morocco 


Ditto to Hugh M‘Donell, Esq. - - ditto - Algiers 


Compensation Allowance of £.200 per annum to Charles Ellis, Esq. Vice 


Tangier, on the abolition of his Office, from the 5th July 1831 





Colonial ca ig mt 
3ist December 1830. 


Two Thousand One Hundred Pounds. —— 


- - - 


Consul F- 


100 = = 





2,100 - baal 











(7 


(7! 


Tu 
The 





1 &amp; 2.Wit. IV. “Miscellaneous Estimates. 1049 














Particulars of the foregoing Estimate—continued. Appendix, 
—— . (B.) 
SupERANNUATION ALLOWANCES granted to Retrrep Consuts; for the Year 1831. 25° Junii 
’ continued. 
—_— 


Journal, p. 563. 





Clear of all Fees, and all other Deductions. 























a 
YEARLY SALARY YEARLY ALLOWANCES AUTHORITY 
immediately preceding | granted by way of GROUND of such ALLOWANCE. 
the Retirement. SUPERANNUATION. eiiacuel a 
f. 8° d 
£.788 and Fees 350 - = --Services, imprisonment, and severe illness, | Act 50 Geo. 3. c. 87. 
contracted in the latter part of his residence 
in America. ; 
£.300 and Fees 300 - = -- Age and length of service, and ill health, | - ditto - ditto. 
from residence in a tropical climate. 
£.1,000 Salary &amp; Fees} ~ - - - Services and ill health, contracted by the | Act 3 Geo, 4. c.113. 
, climate of Venice. 
£.1,672 Salary 1,200 —- — Abolition of office - - - = =} Acts 3 Geo. 4.c. 113. 
500 Fees and 6 Geo. 4. c. 87. 
" £.560 - 370 - = Abolition of office - - - - . -|- ditto - ditto. 
£.1,000 Salary 500 - = Abolition of office - - - - -|- ditto - ditto. 
200 Fees. 
{Acts 3 Geo. 4. c. 113. 
£.800 and a house 800 - - Length of service, and extreme old age - 6 Geo. 4. c. 33. 
\ 6 Geo. 4, c. 87. 
- £.600 - 350 - = Length of service, and incapability of mental | Acts 3 Geo. 4. c. 113. 
or bodily exertion by ill health. 6 Geo. 4. c. 87. 
Oe as And concurrence of the Lords 
3:97 of the Treasury. 








Cause or DECREASE. 





The suspension of Mr. Hoppner’s Pension during his temporary 





employment - - - - - - - = © - £650 - - 

The cessation of Mr. Thomas Barclay’s Pension, on his death, in 
in April 1830 - - - a ” - - - - - 350 ~ ~ 
£.1,000 - -— 





J. Backhouse. 





(78.—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that may be required, in 1831, to pay the Bills drawn from New Sour 
Wates and Van DiemeEn’s Lanp, on account of Expenses incurred at those Settlements for Convicts. 





One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds. 











(79. —AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will probably be required, in the Year 1831, to defray the Expense of 
paying the FexEs due and payable to the Orricers of the ParLIaMENT, on all Bills for continuing or amending 


any Acts for making or maintaining, keeping in repair, or improving Turnrixe Roaps, which shall pass the 
Two Houses of Parliament, and receive the Royal Assent. 








£... te. &amp; 

Tue amount granted in 1830 was . * * + = Se ee eS 9,000 = = 
The amount of the Charge was - - - ° . - - ° &gt; . 7 10,258 3 6 
Arrear unprovided for - - - - - £ 1,258 -— - 

Estimated probable Charge for 1831 - - - - = = = = = = a 
£. 14,258 3 6 











——- Fourteen Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Eight Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 


&gt; 
tte —* 





VOL. 86.—Part II. i2 L 








1050 


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f [ LA. 1831. 
































_ ae 
- Appendix, f 0} -betiinw. a 
‘(B) (80.}\—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to be granted, in the Year 1831, to defray the Expenses of the 
, ao ComMIsstoners appointed to inquire into the Pracricr and Procrepines of the SuPEnror Courts of 
25° Funii Common Law, and into the Law of England respecting Reat Proeerty,.., ad piimliprnge ) 
continued. ——— Twenty-nine Thousand Nine Hundred Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. —— 
° Journal p. 564 | : | 
EXPLANATION OF THE ESTIMATE: 7 
if ; rt if) t ’ 7 TIT Ty 
Common Law Commission : X Be leks Se £:") gig 
5, Commigsioners, each £.1,200 per annum, for the two years 1829-30 and 18g0-1 - | 12,000 + — 
_....UAmount of Salary which the under-mentioned Gentlemen have declined receiving, in 
.2consequence of their having been appointed Judges ; viz. 
r. Justice James Parke, two years to May 1831 - + £.2,400 - = 
_., Mr. Justice Bosanquet, one year to May 1831 - - - 1,200 -— .- 668 
8,400 ~ 2 
Secretary fortwo years © ot 5) 0% |) OMitenMniz Ylaor"6 sbaeal vor tf _ a 
Real Property Commission : £-} 10,000 = ~ 
8 Commissioners, each £.1,200; § for the two years 1829-30 and 1830-1, and 3 for 
a year and a half only of the period, from August 1829 - - - .- =| 18,300 - ~ 
Secretary for two years oe eS Re, ee ee ee 
19,900 ~ . 
Lie 29,900 er 














ee 


(81..\—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to be granted to make good the Losses sustained by Louis Celeste 
Lescene and John Escoffery, in consequence of their Removal from Jamaica, in the Year 1823, by Order of 


the Duke of Manchester, the Governor of that Island. 





Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. —~— 





PARTICULARS OF THE FOREGOING ESTIMATE: 


—_ 


Eleven Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy-six Pounds, Nineteen Shillings and Five-pence :— 




















, a. &lt;—¥ | 
Be...’ Be . the 
The Amount awarded to Mr. Lescene, as stated in the accompanying Papers - - -J| 11,415 14 3 
The Amount of Interest due to him, at 4 per cent. on the detent payment of 
£.7,415; 14. 3. from goth July 1830 to 10th April 1831 - - - = = “-] 206° 8 -— 
The Amount awarded to Mr. Escoffery, as stated in the accompanying Papers,£.4,555 18. 2 ry,68ai0 90°34 
The Amount due to him as Interest, at 4 per cent. on the deferred payment re 
of £.3,555- 18. 2. from goth July 1830 to 10th April 1831 - - 98 19 - . 
The Amount of the Expenses incurred in the proceedings, as stated in the accompanyifig’ 4854.47 2 
ee Oe te eg gg AIOE: Wt 1g! Wine i, Coe 12°19 10 
312-13 
Deduct,— 
The Amount already paid from Civil Contingencies, as stated in the Amount of Payments | 76589''13" 3 
from that Fund for 1830: 
To Mr. Lescene - - - . - - - - - £.4,000 = — 
To Mr. Escoffery - - - - -=- = - = = 1,000 — = 
To, the Solicitors, their Bills of Costs +. * 312 13 10 
§:312 13 10 
£. 11,276:19° 5 











Letrrer from R. W. Hay, Esq. to J. K. Stewart, 
&amp;e, &amp;e. &amp;e. 
Sir, Downing-street, oth April 1829. 

I Am directed by Secretary Sir George Murray to commu- 
nicate to you, for the information of the Lords Conltiniésioners 
of His Majesty’s Treasury, the following Statement of facts 
respecting the case of two persons named Louis Celeste Lescene 
aoa John Escoffery. 

‘Thesé men resided for-‘many years in the Island of Jamaica. 
In the month of October 1823, they were arrested and com- 
mitted to,the gaol of Kingston, in Jamaica, as aliens and per- 
sons of a dangerous description, in pursuance of an Order issued 
by his Grace the Duke of Sendheater, the Governor of the 
Island. His Grace intended to avail himself of the earliest 

unity for removing them from Jamaica, under the provi- 
sions of the Alien Act of that Colony, and the commitment was 
preliminary to that further measure. 

An application was made to the Supreme Court of Jamaica, 
for writs of habeas corpus to bring up the bodies of Lescene and 
Escoffery, and the Court ordered that such writs sohuld issue, 
unless good cause could be shown to the contrary. After heat- 
ing the Attorney’ General of the Island, in o position to this 
application, the writs were issued on the 25th October 1823, and 
on the same day Lescene and Escoffery were discharged. It is 
stated, and appears to bé the fact, that at the time of making 
this order, the Chief Justice declared that it would still be com- 
petent to the Governor to remove'these ‘persons by his own au- 
ate satisfactory proof of their foreign birth should be 


obtain 








On the 26th of November 1823, a Secret Committee of the 
House of Assembly of Jamaica reported to the House, that 
Lescene and Escoffery were ““ Natives of St. Domingo, and per- 
“ sons of a most dangerous description to’reiidin in the Colony.” 
The House agreed to this Report, aiid sent‘a copy of it to the 
Governor. B ‘the Governor the ‘Report was Teferred to the 
Council, and they unanimously ‘reported their opinion, that Le- 
scene and Escoffery should “be sent’ off the Island forthwith.” 
They were accordingly carried to the Island of St: Domingo, in 
pursuance of a warrant from the’ Governor, addressed to the 
Provost Marshal. Ot 

In the year 1824, a motion was’ made ‘ii:the House of Com 
mons for Copies of all the Proceedings 'in thiscase. 

In the year 1825, the Retarns havmg’bden laid before Parlia- 
ment, &amp; Motion was made for the dopelatmentof'a Select Com- 
mittee to inquire into the case. It was, however, agreed that 
the investigation should be conducted by the Commissioners of 
— Inquiry, who were then in the West Tdies. 

n the beginning of the year 1826, the Commissioners a¢- 
cordingly entered upon the proposed inquiry; and on the 20th 
of February in that yeat they made 'their Report to the Secre- 
tary of State. They stated’ their opinion; first, that Lescene 
and Escoffery were aliens; and, sécondly, that there was suff- 
cient reason to impute to each of them conduct and designs pre 
judicial to the peace of the Island. 

This Report was communicated to Dr. Lushington, the Mem- 
ber of the House of Commons, at whose motion the proceedings 
in Parliament had been adopted. Dr. Lushington, after perus 


ing the Report and: Evidence, charged the Commission _— 


a ee i ee (ek ee 


ceo 8 2 wee = = ee 


oo 





ye 2 Wait. IV. 


Miseellanéous. Estimates. 


1051 











, neal 


ght tawid Sh) &gt; Gi 155 ¥_ 3iit 


(81.)—An Estimate of the Sum wanted to make good the Losses of Messrs. Lescene and Escoffery—continued. 





having conducted the inquiry in an unfair and partial manner, 
and undertook to. prove that they had drawn erroneous conelu- 
sions from the evidenss dbexih collected. At his suggestion, 
the Papers were laid before Mr. Courtenay, who consented to 
jnivestigate the subject in concurrence with Dr. Lushington, in 
order to ascertain how far the imputations against the Commis- 
sioners were well founded. 

On the 6th of December 1826, Mr. Courtenay addressed a 
letter to the Secretary, of State, in which he expressed his en- 
tire concurrence in the opinion of Dr. Lushington, that the con- 
clusions of the Commissioners were contradicted by the evidence 
before them, and that Lescene and Escoffery were born in the 
Island of Jamaica, and had conducted themselves ‘in a peaceable 
and inoffensive manner. Dr. Lushington at the same time trans- 
mitted the Copy of a Letter addressed ny himself to Mr. Courtenay, 
explaining at length the grounds of their common opinion upon 

subject. 
Letters of Mr. Courtenay and Dr. Lushington having been 
shown to the Commissioners, they made a reply vindicating 
their Report. ; ; 

At this stage of the controversy, it was thought right to refer 
the question to the decision of some person to be selected by the 
contending parties. Accordingly it was agreed by Dr. Lush- 
ington on the part of Lescene and Escoffery, and by Mr. Hinch- 
cliffe on behalf of his Grace the Duke of Manchester, that Sir 
John Richardson, lately one of the Judges of the Court of Com- 
mon Pleas, should be the Referee for the decision of the questions 
in dispute. This nomination having been approved by the Secre- 
tary of State, Sir John Richardson, at his desire, undertook the 
investigation of the case. 

After a few weeks had elapsed, Sir John Richardson returned 
all the Papers to this Office, being disabled by the state of his 
health from completing the task he had undertaken. He how- 
ever recommended Mr. Serjeant Bosanquet as a proper person 
to be employed on this occasion; and Mr. Serjeant Bosanquet 
having been approved as -a Referee by Dr. Lushington on the 
one side, and by the agent of the Duke of Manchester on the 
other, undertook the inquiry. 

On the 5th of November 1827, Mr. Serjeant Bosanquet made 
a Report to the following effect :—He stated that it appeared 
to him unnecessary to inquire whether Lescene and Escoffery 
were born in Jamaica Or in St. Domingo, because even on the 
hypothesis of theit having been born in St. Domingo, they were 
natural-born subjects of the King of Great Britain ; it appearing 
by the evidence, that the places of their birth were at that time 
in the occupation of His Majesty’s forces, and they having on 
the evacuation of those places by the British“troops, repaired to 
Jamaica, where they had ever since resided. 

The consequence of..this Report; ‘if accurate in point of law, 
was to establish ‘the’ titlé of these, persons.to.the character of 
British subjects, and consequently to show that their removal 
as aliens was an illegal act. As the establishment of these 
points of law would, entitle Lescene and Escoffery to compen- 
sation for their losses, it was théught'right to refer to the then 
law officers of the Crown, Sir James Scarlett and the present 
Solicitor General, the consideration of thé question how far the 
_ of Mr. Serjeant Bosanquet' was well founded in point 
of law. 

On the 24th January 1828, the Attorney and Solicitor General 
reported to the Secretary of State their opinion, that, under the 
cireumstances of the.case,.Lescene and Escoflery, even if born 
in St. Domingo, were: British subjects. 

Shorty after the date of this Report, Mr. Burge, the Attorney 
General of Jamaioa, arrived in this, country. At an interview 
with Sir George Murray, he represented that the opinion of the 
Law Officers of the Crown was erroneous, in consequence of their 
not haying been apprised of certain statutes of Jamaica, which, 
in his judgment, entirely superseded those principles of common 
law upon which the. opinions of: Mr. Serjeant Bosanquet and the 
Attorney and. Solicitor General proceeded. Mr. Burge was de- 
sired to state the grounds of this opinion, in writing, 

After a considerable, delay, Mr. Burge accordingly. made a 
Wntten statement of the grounds upon which, as he conceived, 
a person born in St. Domingo must be regarded as an alien in 
Jamaica, evenithoegh, the place.of his, birth had been occupied 
by the British,forces,'; Mz. Burge further asserted that, in point 
of fact, the; birth; of Lyescene,.and, Escoflery did not follow, but 
preceded, ithe capture of the places of their birth by His Majesty’s 


On the 2d: day of Octaber.last the case, was a second time re- 
ferred to the Law Officers’ ofthe Crown,,.who were directed. to 
teport whether, having regard,.to, Mr. Burge’s statement, they 
ered to. their former Report, or, found cause to correct, it, in 
any particular. | After an-interyal.of four months, they. reported 
their- opinion tothe following,effect ;, wig, That supposing Les- 
céne. and. Escoffery, to have been, born ,in' St. Domingo, during 
the occupation of the places.of their, birth by the British troops, 
they were British subjects ; but. that if born before-such: occupa- 
tion| of those places, t ey were aliens. y tod 
~The controversy being now, reduced tothe question of the 
tuneof the birth of these persons, supposing, them. born in'St. 
“mngo, Mr, Serjeant Bosanquet was desired to state whether 


od od 








he had fully investigated the evidence with réference to that 
point; and, if so, what was the result of ity’ «.' OU 

Mr. Serjeant Bosanquet accordingly reported to this office that 
he had fully investigated the evidence before he madé his first 
Report, and that supposing Lescene and Escoffery to have been 
born in St. Domingo, he could draw no other conclusion than 
that they were born after the occupation of the places of their 
birth by the British troops. 

— this opinion being communicated to Mr. Burge, that 
gentleman requested that the argumént which he ‘had’ written 
and printed, respecting the time of the birth of these’ persons, 
might be fully considered, because he was persuaded’ that the 
perusal of that argument would prove'that Mr. Serjeant’Bosan- 
tt conclusion was erroneous. Accordingly Mr. Serjeant 

osanquet was requested to revise his opinion, with reference to 
Mr. Burge’s argument. He did so, and reported that he adhered 
to the opinion, that Lescene and Escoffery, if born in St. Do- 
mingo, were born after the British forces had taken possession 
of the places of their birth. 

Such is the progress and the present state of this protracted 
controversy. By three distinct Reports of Mr. Serjeant Bosan- 
quet it is therefore established, that, in the opinion of that 
gentleman, the evidence proves that Lescene and Escoffery were 
born during the occupation of the places of their birth by the 
British troops. By two Reports of the Law Officers of the 
Crown, it is established, that, assuming the fact to be as Mr. Ser- 
jeant Bosanquet understands it, Lescene and Escoffery are 
British subjects. If British subjects, they have been illegally 
removed from Jamaica: Whether the birth-place of these men 
was really in St. Domingo or in Jamaica, has therefore become 
an immaterial inquiry. rf is still maintained by themselves, by 
Mr. Courtenay, and by Dr. Lushington, that: they were really 
born in Jamaica. Mr,Serjeant Bosanquet desires, it to be under- 
stood, that he has expressed no opinion upon that point, but has 
reasoned for the sake of argument, upon the assumption, that 
the evidence adduced against them is entirely uncontradicted. 

Under these circumstances, the claim of Lescene and Escof- 
fery to be compensated for the loss they have sustained by their 
removal from Jamaica, seems irresistible. It is perfectly clear 
that the Assembly of Jamaica will grant no compensation. The 
Duke of Manchester is personally responsible, and unless the 
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury shall assume this charge, 
his Grace will be sued for the amount of the damage sustained. 
It must, under the circumstances already stated, be assumed 
that such an action would be successful. But it appears that 
Lord Bathurst, whilst Secretary of State, distinctly exonerated 
his Grace from all blame for the course he had adopted, since he 
acted upon the concurrent opinions of the Council, the Assembly, 
the Attorney General, and the Chief Justice of the Island. Sir 
George Murray entirely concurs in this opinion. . 

Under this impression it has been distinctly understood be- 
tween this Department and the agents for Lescene and Escoffery, 
that His Majesty’s Government would indemnify the Duke of 
Manchester, and make good any loss which Lescene and Escof- 
fery might prove themselves to have sustained, if they should 
sneceed in establishing their title to the character of British sub- 
jects. Indeed, as this inquiry was directed in consequence of 
a Parliamentary proceeding, and was carried on by commis- 
sioners appointed by His Majesty, this consequence would seem 
to have been inevitable. 

It is understood that the demand of Lescene and Escoffery 
is very considerable. They are vse to have been traders 
at Kingston in Jamaica, and to have carried on an extensive 
and lucrative business, which they state to have been utterly 
ruined by their abrupt removal. 

I am to request that you would lay this statement before the 
Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury,, with the ex- 
pression of Sir George Murray’s opinion, that, under the cir- 
cumstances of this case, measures ought immediately to be taken 
for ascertaining the real amount of the loss sustained by_ these 
persons by their illegal removal from Jamaica, and that provi- 
sion ought to be made for indemnifying them against the amaqunt 


of that loss. er Ee eer? 
Titaves ke." 
a RW. Hay. 


3 
yOTE 
een ei ii IOS Is? 





Cory of the’ Minute of the Lorns’ of the Treasury of 
» gd July 1829, on the foregoing Representation of the 
Secretary of Strate for the Cotonigs. 191 


Write, to Mr, Hay, for, the information of Secretary, Sir 
George Murray, that on a full consideration of the Statement, in 
his. Letter of the gth April. last, My Lords,concur in opinion with 
Sir. George Murray, that the deportation of Messrs. ene and 
Kscoffery from Jamaica was. illegal, and that they are entitled to 
Compensation for the loss they; have conseqnently sustained. 
My Lords are also of opinion, that 1t would not be expedient to 
press on the Legislature of Jamaica the justice of such com- 
pensation being provided out of the Revenue of that Colony, 
and that it would be unjust to permit the Duke of Manchester 
to bear-that burthen, his Grace having acted in this matter in 

accordance 





Appendix;. 
(B) 


25° Juniz 
continued. 
Journal, p. 564." 











Appendix, 
(B.) 
25° Juni 
continued. 
Journal, p. 564. 





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4.183}. 








(81.)—An Estimate of the Sum wanted to make good the Losses of Messrs. Leseene and Escoffery—continued. 


—— 





_— 


accordance with the opinions of the Council, the Assembly, the 
Attorney General, and the Chief Justice of the Island. 

My Lords therefore feel the necessity of providing the means 
of compensating these parties for such losses as they may prove 
they have necessarily sustained in consequence of their depor- 


- tation; and My Lords will take their claims into further con- 


sideration when they shall have before them a statement of their 
losses, supported by such proof as will afford the means of de- 
termining on the justice of their demand; and they request the 
parties may be called upon to furnish a statement thereof ac- 
cordingly. 





Letter from George Maule, Esq. to the Hon. J. K. Stewart, 
&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 


Sir, Lincoln’s Inn, 1 July 1830. 

Wiru reference to your Letter of the 4th August last, desiring 
me to refer the claims of Mr. Louis Celeste Lescene and Mr. 
John Escoffery to Mr. Selwyn, and to my Letter of the 28th Oc- 
tober last, acquainting you with the progress then made in 
the inquiry before Mr.Selwyn, and to Mr. Dawson’s Letter of 
the 16th November last, acquainting me that the account books 
of the Claimants ought to be aatenl for the elucidation of 
their claims as it regarded their respective trades, I beg leave to 
acquaint you, that on the arrival of these books from Jamaica, 
they were submitted to Mr. Selwyn, who resumed the inquiry, 
and received evidence in explanation of them, and I have this 
day been favoured with his Report, which I take the liberty to 
enclose. 

Mr. Selwyn has been engaged in this matter since the month 
of September last, and has held various meetings, for the purpose 
of examining witnesses, and documents of some extent and 
intricacy have been under his consideration in the course of this 
inquiry. For these services, and for his Report, | have humbly 
to submit to My Lords, that a fee of sixty guineas would be 
proper; and if My Lords should approve thereof, I have to re- 
quest the favour of you to obtain directions for me to pay and 
charge the same in my accounts. 
I am, &amp;e. 


(signed) Geo. Maule, 





Ex parte Louis Celeste Lescene and John Escoffery. 


I nave been attended by the parties and their witnesses, 
upon the statement of their claims, and having considered the 
same, I think that Louis Celeste Lescene is entitled to the sum 
of £.11,415. 14-3. and that John Escoffery is entitled to the 
sum of £.4,555. 18.2. as a compensation for the losses sus- 
tained by them respectively, by reason of their deportation from 
the Island of Jamaica; and in addition to the foregoing sums, 
I think a sum of £.212. 13. 10. is due to Mr. W. Rothery, jun. of 
Doctors’ Commons, for business done by him on behalf of the 
claimants, in copying documents and attendances respecting 
the said claims, and the sum of £.100 to Mr. George Stephen, 
of King’s Arms yard, Coleman-street, Solicitor, for Tie charges 
in attending me in support of the said claim. 

W= Selwyn, 


July 1st, 1830. Serle Street, Lincoln’s Inn. 





Mr. Louis Celeste Lescene. 


PARTICULARS constituting the Sum of £. 11,415. 14. 3. 
reported by Mr. Selwyn. acti: 




















CURRENCY. STERLING. 
Loss of Income for six years £. 8. d. g. w 
' and a half as a Distiller, &amp;c. 
&amp;c. at £.1,500 per annum- | 9,750 — - 
Loss in disposing of Stock in 
Trade - - - -| 1,000 —- — 
Loss by Materials of Distilla- 
tion spoiled = - - - 300 —- = 
Interest for three years and a 
quarter at 6 per cent. -| 1.901 a 
Loss by bad Debts -~—- ,oo : am | 
Emancipation of Pieire, slave 180 = &amp; 
£. 13,381 5 -| 9,558 - 8 
Law Expenses in the Island of 
Jamaica, pagenete of him- 
selfand Escoffery at Port au 
Prince, and Passage to 
England ey we ie 502,19 4 $9 5 « 
Board and Lodging, Medical 
Advice, Postages, Expenses 
of bringing Witnesses, and 
their Maintenance, &amp;c. in 
England - - - -|- - - | 1,448 8 
Passage back toJamaica -/- - = 50 = 4 
£. | £1,415 14 3 





ee 
Mr. Escoffery. 
PARTICULARS constituting the ‘Sum' of £. . 
reported by Mr. Selwyn. oor mS 











CURRENCY, STERLING 


_—_—, 





Loss of Trade as a general £. sd. £. os. d, 


dealer, at £.650 per annum ; 4,225 -— — 
Interest for three years and a 
quarter, at 6 per cent. - 82317 6 


Loss by bad Debts - 200 -— — 
Loss by Judgments - = - 50 = — 





£.| 5,298 17 6 | 3,784 18 5 

Board and Lodging in England) - - — - sbi 
Incidental Expenses, Clothing, 

&amp;e. - - - oP se se é 250 — _ 

Passage back - = -|- - = apd 


ne, 
—, 


£. 4,555 18 2- 














Cory of the Minute of the Lorps of the Treasury, of 
goth July 1830, on the Report of their Solicitor, trans. 
mitting the Award of Mr. Selwyn, to whom was referred 
the Ciaim of Mr. Lescene and Mr. Escoffery. 


My Lords resume the consideration of all the former Papers 
on this subject, and read their Minutes of the 2d June, 
28th July, 10th November, and 1st December 1829 thereun; 
by the last of which Minute My Lords directed the sum of 
£. 1,000 to be paid out of Civil Contingencies to Dr. Lushington 
on account of these claims; which sum appears to have been 
applied towards the claim of Mr. Lescene. My Lords approve 
of Mr. Selwyn’s Report, according to which the sum due to 
Mr. Lescene amounts to £. 11,415 14. »3s.and to Mr, Escoffery 
£.4,555- 18. 2.3 also a sum of £.212. 1g. 10. to Mr. Rothery, 
jun., and of £.100 to Mr. George Stephen, for their respective 
bills of costs in these proceedings. 


Write to Mr. Lescene, acquainting him that My Lords have 
had under their consideration the Report of Mr. Selwyn, upon 
the subject of his claim to compensation for losses sustained by 
him by reason of his removal from the Island of Jamaica; and 
with reference to that Report, their Lordships will direct that 
a sum of £.10,415. 14. 3., in addition to £.1,000 already 
advanced on account, making a total of £.11,415. 14. 3. be 
paid to him in the following manner; viz. the sum of £.3,000 to 
be paid forthwith, and the residue on or before the 10th day of 
April next, the same to bear interest at 4 per cent. from this 
date; upon payment of which residue and interest, a receipt in 
full of all demands will be required of him. 


Acquaint him also that My Lords will direct, with reference 
to the same Report, that a sum of £.212. 13. 10. be paid to 
Mr. Rothery, jun., and a sum of £.100 to Mr. George Stephen, 
for their respective bills of costs in these proceedings, and that 
these sums will be paid to him, and to Mr. Rothery and 
Mr. Stephen respectively, on application to Mr. Sargent at this 
office. 


Write to Mr. Escoffery, that My Lords have had under their 
consideration the Report of Mr. Selwyn upon the subject of his 
claim to compensation for losses sustained by bim by reason 0 
his removal from the Island of Jamaica; and with reference 
thereto My Lords will direct that a sum of £.4;555. 18. 2. be 
paid to him in the following manner: viz. the sum of £.1,000 
to be paid forthwith, and the residue on or before the 10th day 
of April next, the same to bear interest at 4 per cent. from this 
date, upon payment of which residue and interest a receipt in 
full of all demands will be required of him ; and that My Lords 
will direct the sum of £.1,000 to be paid: to him on his applica- 
tion to Mr. Sargent, of this office. 


Transmit Copy of this Minute to Mr. Sargent, and direct him 
to pay out of monies in bis hands, on account of Civil Contin- 
gencies, the said sums of £.3,000 and £.1,000 to Mr. Lescene 
and Mr. Escoffery respectively,.on their receipt for the same 
as in part payment of the above-named several sums of 
£.11,415. 14. 3- and £.4,555. 18. 2. 


Direct him further to pay to Mr. Rothery, jun. the sum of 
£.212. 13. 10., and to Mr. George Stephen the sum of £. 100. 
Transmit Copy of this Minute to the Solicitor. 





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Miscellaneous Estimates. 








— 





——$—$_—— 


(82:)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required for the Purchase of the Pension granted by his late Majesty King 


William the Third, to. James Waller ; and re-granted by his late Majesty King George, the Seeond. to. Charles 


Hooper and. Philip Martin, and their Heirs, 


lor 





One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-six Pounds Three Shillings :— 
Clear of all Fees, and all other Deductions. 


y 


ty 








A Cory of the Grant or PENsIon on the Irisn Civit List, 
to Charles Hooper and P. Martin, and their Representatives, 
specifying the Term for which it was granted, and the Con- 

. ditions, if any, thereunto annexed ; as also the Names of the 
Persons to whom this Pension is now payable. 


GEORGE R. 


Ricut trusty and well-beloved Counsellor, We greet you 
well. Whereas Our late royal predecessor, King William the 
Third, by Letters under his Royal Sign Manual, bearing date the 
17th day of April 1700, to the then Chief Governor or Governors 
of the Kingdom of Ireland directed, was pleased to order and 
appoint that a yearly Pension of Two Hundred Pounds should 
be paid unto James Waller, then Lieutenant-Governor of Charles- 
fort and Kinsale, in the said Kingdom, from the time and in 
manner therein mentioned, until the sum of Two Thousand 
Pounds should be satisfied and paid him in one entire payment, 
which said sum of Two Thousand Pounds is therein set forth 
to have been expended in his said late Majesty’s service, 
towards subsisting and transporting French prisoners during the 
then late rebellion there. And whereas We are given to under- 
stand that the said sum of Two Thousand Pounds hath not yet 
been paid, and that the Pension payable in respect thereof hath 
been received to the Twenty-fifth day of March, which was in 
the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and fifteen, 
and no longer. 

And whereas the Commissioners of Our Treasury here have 
laid before Us Our Letter of the Twenty-sixth of July last past, 
with a Report of Our Solicitor General there, made on the 
Petition of Charles Hooper, of the — of London, and Philip 
Martin, widow and executrix of John Martin, Esquire, deceased, 
praying that the said Pension may be re-established again, and 
the arrears thereon paid; by which Report it (among other 
things) appears'that the ‘said Pension, after being so granted, 
was purchased for a valuable consideration, and the Petitioners’ 
title 1s well derived to the same under the said purchase; but as 
the original ‘charge thereof'on the Revenue was created only b 
a Letter under his said late Majesty’s Sign Manual, the Peti- 
tioners can have no'rehef but such as We, upon consideration of 
the circumstances of the case, shall of Our grace and favour be 
pleased to grant. 

- Now We, being: moved, as: well upon consideration of the 
original debt a&amp;/upon:consideration of debts contracted by the 
Petitioners, or. those under whom they claim, and to which the 
said Pension or sum -of Two Thousand Pounds, in case it had 
been paid, would have been applied, are graciously pleased, 
without taking upon Ourself the burthen of paying any of the 





arrears thereupon from Lady-day One thousand seven hundred 
and fifteen as aforesaid, to revive the said Pension, so, as, the 
same shall be paid to the Petitioners, or those claiming under 
them, from Michaelmas last past, One thousand seven hundred 
and twenty-six. Our will and pleasure therefore is, and We do 
hereby direct, authorize and command you forthwith to give 
the necessary orders and directions for inserting the said’ ‘yearly 
Pension of Two Hundred Pounds, for the said Charles’ Hooper 
and Philip Martin, widow, or those claiming under them, on 
the present and all future establishments of Our Civil Expense 
in that Kingdom, to commence from Michaelmas last past as 
aforesaid, and to be paid from time to time in like manner as 
other the Pensions on Our said establishment or establishments 
are paid or payable, until such time as the said sum of Two 
Thousand Pounds shall be satisfied! and paid in one entire pay- 
ment; and this shall be, as well to you for so doing as to our 
Lieutenant-Deputy, or other Chief Governor or Governors of 
that Our Kingdom for the time being, as also to Our Receiver- 
General, and all others herein concerned, a sufficient Warrant. 
And so We bid you very heartily farewell. Given at our Court at 
Kensington, this 15th day of December 1726, in the Thirteenth 
year of Our Reign. 


By His Majesty’s Command, 


Walpole. 
Will. Younge. 
Geo. Iodington, 


To Our right trusty and well-beloved Counsellor, 
John Lord Carteret, Lieutenant-General and Gene- 
ral-Governor of Our Kingdom of Ireland, and to 
Our Lieutenant Deputy, or other Chief Governor 
or Governors thereof for the time being. 


Entered at the Signet Office, 19th December 
1726. 


(signed) 


Per Tho. Fisher, Deputy. 
(A true Copy.) 


John Smith, 
1 * P pont 
Vice-Treasurer’s Office Sicedibenstateh 


Record Department, : 
8th January 1831. 





Now payable to Major-General Sir George R. Bingham. 
8th January 1831. John Smith, Vice-Treasurer. 





(83.).—AN ESTIMATE of the Amount that may be required, in the Year 1831, to defray the Expenses incurred 
under the Direction and Management of the Commissioners of Recorps. 


-—— Ten Thousand Five Hundred Pounds :— 


Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 








New Boswell Court, Lincoln’s Inn, 
Sir, June 24th, 1831. 
A Lerter, dated the 10th of January Jast, was addressed by 
you to the late Commissioners on the Public Records, statin 
that the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury mised 


that the: Commissioners would give directions that an Estimate _ 


might be: red and transmitted to: you, as soon as possible, 
for their Lordships’ consideration, of the amount that would be 
required, during the year-1831, todefray the charge for Printing 
Works under their directions, and that their Lordships requested 
that thé Estimate might be so prepared as to exhibit the Expense 
under each separate head. : ; 

Also, that their Lordships have desired you to state, that it 
appeared to them it would be expedient that the Sum assigned 
annually as: Rewards to the ‘persoris' employed ‘under the Com- 
Mission, should be voted by Parliament’ upon Estimate, in the 
same manner as the expense of Printing, imstead of being paid, 
a8 heretofore, ‘out of Civil Contingencies ; and they therefore 
requested that the Commissioners would at the same time trans- 
mit to their Lordships a Statement, in the usual detail, showing 
the amount which they recommended to be paid on this account 

urmg the year 1831. tA or yuq O8 teritust 
In answer to which Letter it ‘appears that Mr. Caley, the 


VOL. 86. Part IT. 








Secretary to the late Commissioners, addressed to you a Letter 
dated the 12th of March last, enclosing an Estimate of the Sums 
which it was conceived would be requisite for Printing and 
Remuneration for the year 1831, and the attention ‘of His Ma- 
jesty’s Commissioners, appointed by virtue of the’ new Commis- 
sion dated the same 12th of March, having been latély called to 


| such Letter and Estimate, I am’ désired by them to‘ withdraw 


such Estimate, and to send you, for the information of the Lords 
Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury, the enclosed Amended 
Estimate, which, although of smaller amount, it is conceived is 
better adapted to the present exigencies of the Commission: 

I am also desired to state, that the Commissioners have great 
hopes that they shall be able to effect'an arrangement for the 
discharge of the Debt claimed to'be due from theOld-Commis- 
sion, and for the continuance of all the useful and’ important 
works of the Commission, oe obliged to have recourse 
to Parliament for any extraordinary ‘aids O68) os 

I have the honour to remain, &amp;c. 
signed C. P. Cooper, 
CT een Oaalteeien: 
T. Spring Rice, Esq. 
&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 


12M 





Appendix, 
(B.) 
25° Junii 





continued. 


Jvurnal, p- 564. 








Appendix, 
(B.) 


25° Junii 


continued. 





Journal, p. 564. 











1054 


Miscellaneous Estimates. 














4, 183], 


(83.)—An Estimate of the Sum required, in 1831, to defray the Expenses incurred under Commissioners of Record—continyed, 





RECORD COMMISSION. 





ESTIMATE of Sums which will be required for the Sub-Commis- 
sioners for their Services, &amp;c.; and for Printing, from March 1830 
to March 1831; and for the Weekly Wages of the Persons em- 
ployed in repairing the Records; and for other minor Miscellaneous 
Expenses, during the course of the current year, beginning March 


1831 and ending March 1832. 
ENGLAND: 
Mr. Palgrave (vide his Estimate) —- 


. 


King’s Printers Bill to Christmas 1830 - £.3,639 16 7 
Paid on account s- - - 710 29 








Rent of Warehouse for stock (half-year) - ~ ‘ 

Under the arrangement concluded by the present 
Commissioners no rent is in future payable. 

Mr. Caley, as Secretary 


SCOTLAND: 


Mr.Thomson, for Abridgment of Register} £. s. d. 


of Seisins (13 persons 1,300 - — 
employed) - 


Register of Royal Charters 400 - - 
Transcripts of Parliament- 
ary Records and Royal 675 - - 
Charters, &amp;c. - -| 
Balarce of Account lastyear 37 - - 


In arrear of Mr. Leer | 
Salary (from June 1829+ 500 - - 
to April 1st, 1831) - 





King’s Printer, Scotland, to December 1830 - - 
Secretary.—Imprest to pay the weekly wages of per- 
sons employed under the Commissioners in repair- 
ing and binding Records, and for other incidental 
expenses of the current year, March 1831 to March 
1832; such money to be paid to the Secretary from 
time to time as wanted, upon Certificates to the 


Treasury signed by the Commissioners - - 
Mr. Petrie and Assistants, for collecting Materials for 
the History of England, on account’ - - ° 


ToTAL - - = - &amp;. 


£. &amp;. dd 
1,588 3 4 
2,929 13 10 

63 - - 


210 - = 


2,912 - -— 
1,031 34 - 


1,265 8 10 


500 — — 





10,500 — — 





The last Work, the materials for the History of England, does not 


originate with the Record Commission. 


It was undertaken in pur- 


suance of an Address of The House of Commons to his late Majesty 
in the year 1822, and has been placed under the superintendence of 
the Commissioners by the commands of his late and also of His pre- 
sent Majesty. The average yearly expense of the Work has hitherto 
been about £.773; but this expense will now be greatly increased, as 
the printing of the Work has been commenced, and it is expected to 


proceed with great rapidity. 


It is also necessary to state, that no remuneration has yet been 
made to Mr. Petrie himself, nor has the amount been in any way fixed; 
that gentleman having declined to receive any remuneration until the 


Work shall be completed. 


As, however, many years must elapse 


before the Work can be completed, the expediency of this arrange- 
ment seems doubtful; and it is now under the consideration of the 


Commissioners. 
Whitehall, Treasury ene 
24 June 1831. 








The present Record Commission is dated the 12th of March 18 
and the whole of the Sums contained in the Estimate, except a 3}, 
tion of the Imprest to the Secretary, and the £.500 for the mat 
for the History of England, are actually due for work done und 0 
direction of the old Commission. er the 

There are also the following claims, all (with a trifling Exception) ; 
respect of works commenced under the old Commission, the fur 9 
prosecution of which the present Commissioners have thought it tiek : 
to suspend, and respecting which claims the Commissioners have 7 ” 
yet come to any decision: . at 





Mr. Holbrook (the Foedera) - . - - - vn * d, 
Mr. Caley - (the Foedera) - - - - - —_ 
Ditto - - (the Valor Ecclesiasticus) - - - 5210 | 
Mr. Bayley (the Foedera and Index to Chancery “ 
Proceedings) - - - - 453 7 - 

Mr. Minchin (Index to Records of Duchy of Lancaster) 182 5 
Mr. Lemon (Transcripts Foedera) . - ~ 42 15 3 
Mr. Palmer, Rolls Chapel (Inquisitiones post mortem) rts, 4 
(The amount unknown, but small.) PD pp sgercsen 
* | 1;240 17 ' 





There is, moreover, owing to the King’s Printers, partly for the 
unfinished volumes of the suspended works, and partly for an 
finished volume of the work of Mr. Palgrave, and for the work of 
Mr. Petrie, the printing of which has just commenced, about £. 5,200 

Some expense has also been incurred for printing in Scotland since 
Christmas last, but the amount cannot be specified. 





MR. PALGRAVE’S ESTIMATE, 





Rotus oF PARLIAMENT, Xe. 


Mr. PALGRAVE in Account with the Honourable the Commissioners 
on the Public Records. 





SB. “a 
1831. March 25. One year’s Salary, due this day - 500 - . 
Calendar of Writs of Election, and Returns, Edw. II.,) 
145 sheets, at £.2.12.6.persheet - - — - 380 12 6 
Completion of Digest of Persons, Edw.IL., Digests of | 
Places and Principal matters, Edw. L., II., 250 sheets, 750 -= = 
at £.3. = - - - - - - - J 
Corrections of 77 sheets of Digest, 103 to14, at £.1.1. 8017 ~ 
N. B.—The Corrections of the preceding sheets 
have been paid to Mr. Palgrave by His 
Majesty’s Printers, upon the orders of 
Mr. Caley. 
Disbursements, viz. &amp; “a¢@ 
One year’s Salary, Henry Cole, writing 
a. ae es ee 
Ditto - - - William Matchwick, 
dito - - - ‘i - = = 
Mr. Foxton, jun. of the Remem- 
brancer’s Office, for Transcripts a 69 4 
Exchequer Records’ - - - 
Stationery, as perbills - - - 10 3 
Luxmore, Messenger at the Tower - 1 1 - 
176 13 10 
£.| 1,888 3 4 
Deduct, Imprest received 1830 - = - 300 - - 
£.| 1,588 3 4 





T. SPRING RICE. 





Civil Establishments: Bahamas. 
Nova Scotia. 
Bermudas 


ESTIMATES, &amp;e. 


Prince Edward’s Island. 


Newfoundland. 
Sierra Leone. 


Civil and Military Establishments on the Gold Coast. 


Whitehall, Treasury ree | 
21 June 1831. 





Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. 

Stores for New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land for 
Convicts; Clothing and Tools for Liberated Africans at 
Sierra Leone; and Indian Presents for Canada. 

Water Communication, Canada. 

Charge of Settlement in Western Australia for the Year 1831. 

Fernando Po. 


T. SPRING RICE. 





A STATEMENT of the Estimates of the MiscetLANEOous ExpenpITuRE for CoLonrAL EsTABLISHMENTs and other Services in the 
Colonies, submitted to Parliament, for 1831, compared with the Grants for the same Services in 1830. 

















Whitehall, Treasury ~wamaeed | 
21 June 1831. 


I 




















1830. 1831. | MORE LESS. 
SS a &amp; £. s. d.| &gt;» 6a. &amp; &amp; @ 
Civit EsTABLISHMENTS: Bahamas~ - - . - 3,040 - —- 2,940 — | - - - 100 - - 
Ditto - - - - + Nova Scotia - - ° 10,445 - - 6625 - -| - - + {3,820 - = 
Ditto - - - + + Bermudas - - - - 4,000 - - 4,000 - -| 
Ditto - - - - - Prince Edward’s Island - 3,820 - - $320 - -| - - °- ~~ 
Ditto - - - - - Newfoundiand - - - 11,261 - —| 11,261 - - 
Ditto - - - - ~- Sierra Leone - - - 10,180 - —- Re te tegen: = 8 « 450 - = 
New Brunswick - - - 3,600 - - - - - cis « [9600 -- 
Civit and Mititary EstTaBLisHMENTS on the Gotp Coast - 4,000 —- — 4,000 —- — 
Society forthe Propacartion of the GospetinForr1cn Parts | 16,182 - -—| 16,182 - - 
Stores for New Sours WALEs and VAN DieMEn’s LaAnp for 
Convicts; Clothing and Tools for Liberated Africans at 
Sierra Leone, &amp;c.  - + + - - - - - | 47,500 -— =| 47,500 - - 
Water Communication, CANADA - - - - - |163,000 - -|296,000 — — |133,000 - — 
£. 277,028 - -|401,558 - —-|133,000 - -|8,470 - - 
8,470 —————— 
SETTLEMENT in WESTERN AUSTRALIA - - - ° - . -| 8805 - - ~~ —— 
FERNANDO Po - - - ° ° - - - - - - -| 37154 - - °s6,507 = — 
£. | 463,607 - - 
Note.—The Estimates for the Settlements on Western Australia and at Fernando Po are omitted from the cowparison, because the Estimates for 1831 make provision in both 


cases for Expenditure incurred in 1830. 


‘T. SPRING RICE. 








p&amp; 2 WILL. IV.  .-° Miscellaneous Estimates. 1055 

















Appendix, 
(84. \—ESTIMATE of the Charge of defraying the Civil Establishment of the Banama Istanps, in addition to eo 
the Salaries now paid to the Public Officers out of the Duty Fund, and the incidental Charges attending the same ; 7 (B.) 
from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December 1831. 


25° Juni 
Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and 





all other Deductions.- —~— 











continued. 
i " 564. 
rea Journa rr 4 
App1Ti0ONAL Salary to the Governor - - i er ee ee a ae ae” 800 - - 
Chief Justice - - ~ - - - - - : . - - i ‘ 500 —- — 
Two Assistant Judges, at £.200 perannumeach - -~ - - - ‘ - m 400 - — 
Secretary and Clerk of the Council —- - ee! me oe aS eG . 150 - - 
Attorney General J a: ie i ae ie ee a ie i ce ie 150 - = 
Provost Marshal - - - ° » . = a s ys i Ki ~ a 
Surveyor General of Lands - - - “ ws és ‘ _ “ ei - ee 1f0 - = 
Minister - - - = - - - ‘ ° 70 - - 
Minister at wr woe Send — Elcsthere ° - - * ‘ « 2 70 = - 
To Thomas Harris, Esquire, for the Maintenance of the Female Children of the late 
E. RWegg, ayers, Sumaty ey eet aa J — of the ay of 
Florida - - —_— = 
Agent # = °F - - - ~ - - - - - - - 150 - - 
Contingencies ° ° - - . - - . - - - - - * 200 -— — 
£. 2,940 - _ 











— 


(95) ESTIMATE of the Charge of defraying the Civil Establishment of Nova Scorra, in America ; from 
the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December 1831. 


——Six Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty-five Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 











me « &amp; 

Saxuary of the Lieutenant Governor - - © - - - . ae 
Secretary, Registrar and Clerk of the Cai - - ~ “ . 9 - ~ 

Surveyor General of Lands - - - - - - - - - “me - ~ 

Treasurer - - - - - © - « * - “ - Se 

Allowance of the Bishop - - - - - - - - - - ~ - 2,000 - — 
to a Prothonotary - - - - - - - - - ° es ak ag 

Minister of the Church of Scotland - - - - - - - - - - 75 = = 
Salary to the Archdeacon - - - - - - aw « 
To the Governor of omg College, for the Expenses of that Institution _- « - a 
Ag ent - - - - - - - - $00 =&lt; = 
Surveyor Geivend of Cape on - - . Oa Pa. i 
For the Support of an Establishment.on 1 Sable Island for Shipwrecked Mariners - 400 ~ - 
4 6,625 - - 














(86.\—ESTIMATE of the Charge of defraying the Civil Establishment of the Islands of Bermupa, in America; 
from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December 1831. 


Four Thousand Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 














jS - « 

ADDITIONAL Salary of the Governor -  -_——- oe. ee te he oa wee gee - « 
Salary of the Chief Justice - - - - - - - ~ « - a iin. « 
Colonial Secretary - - - - - ° ” e “ . a 

Attorney General - - - - - - ° « ~ * . goo «+ ~ 

Archdeacon - - - - - - - - o - . a 

£ 4,000 ~ 











(87..—ESTIMATE of the Charge of defraying the Civil Establishment of Prince Epwarn’s IsLAND, in 
America ; from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December 1831. 


—— Three Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. —— . 








«© 
Satary of the Lieutenant Governor - - - - - - - - - - 000 - — 
Chief Justice - - - os . . - m a * 700 + - 
Attorney General - -  - - - - 200 - - 
Secretary, Registrar, and Clerk of the Council - . - - - 150 - = 
Provost Marshal - - - - - - - - - - 100 = — 
Minister - - - - - ° « - . - ° . — e 
Surveyor General of Lands - - - - - - ° “ « ee 
Clerk of the Crown, and Coroner - ° - “ - . ™ ‘ go - - 
Agent - - - - - - - - - ae © 166). = 

Allowance to the Reverend Aineas Mac Eachern, ieee Catholic Missionary i in Prince 

Edward’s Island, Cape Breton, &amp;c. in reward of his meritorious services - - - 50 - 
Pension to C. D. Smith, Esq. late Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward’sIsland - = - 500 - - 
For Contingencies - - - - - - - - - = - i3j0 - - 
&amp;. 3,320 - — 
sth 














Appendix, 
(B.) 
25° Junii 
continued. 





Journal, p. 564. 


1056 


Miscellaneous: Estimates. 











A 1881, 





- A pinnae of the Charge of defraying the Civil Establishment of the Island of Newrounptanp;, 
from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December'1831) | 6°’ | 


Kleven Thousand Two Hundred and Sixty-one Pounds :—Clear of Fees; and all other Deductions... 























&amp; a &lt;€ 

Savary of the Governor - . - - - - - - - - - - 3,000 - - 

Governor’s Secretary - - - - - - - - - - §00 -— = 

Chief Justice - - - - - - - - - - 1,200 —- - 

Three Assistant J udgés, at £.700 per annum each - - - - - 2,100 — - 

Attorney General - - - - - - - - - - 450 = - 

Clerk of the Supreme Const - ae i a 400 —- = 

Marshal - - - - - - - - - - - 50 - - 

Gaoler - - - - - ° - - - 36 - - 

Judge of the ‘Admireliy - - + = + ee ---»* 500 - — 

Surveyor of Lands - - - - - - - - - . 300 - - 

Schoolmaster . - - - - - - ~ - - - 2-- 

Allowance to a Sheriff - - - teat -.) = e&lt; @ i: 400 —- -— 

Salary to the Archdeacon - 7 2£| 2£ = ee Le Le goo - = 

Clerk of the Central Circuit Court - - - - - - - 250 —- - 

Ditto - Northern - ditto - - - - - - - - 200 — - 

Ditto - Southern - ditto - - . - - - - - 200 —- - 

Ditto - Labrador - ditto - - . - - - - - 200 = - 

Sheriff of Labrador District - - - - - - - - - 150 - - 

Clerk of the Council - - - - - - - 200 - = 

Allowance to C. Coote, Esquire, late Supreme Surrogate and Chief aagpaatte at — le ae 
John’s, in consideration of his long and able Services - 3 

to Two Clerks attached to the Someiany, at £. 200 per annum each - 400 = — 

Agent . - . . - - - - - - - - - 100 + - 

£.| 11,261 — - 

(89.)—ESTIMATE of the Charge of defraying the Civil Establishment of Sterna Leone; from the 
ist day of January to the 31st day of December 1831. 
Nine Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Ten Pence :— 
Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions.—— 

i: a &amp; 

Saary of Lieutenant-Governor - ears © aon’ 3 cae te iia 2,000 —- - 

Chief Justice. - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,500 - — 

King’s Advocate - - - - - ° - - ~ . . f00 - - 

Colonial Secretary - - - - - a - - 600 - = 

ist Writer - - - - - = - - - - - « 400 — - 

ad ditto - - - - - - - - - - - - 300 - - 

3d ditto - - - ~ - - - - - - - - 250 - - 

4th ditto “+ - - - ~ - - - - - 200 — - 

Colonial Chaplain - - - - = = = «© -#£ = « 500 — - 

Colonial Surgeon - - - - - - - - - ~ 500 = - 

Apothecary = - - - - - - - - - - - © Is ini 

Agent - - - - - i a a i i a 200 -— - 

Allowance to the Lieutenant Governor of the Settlement of Bathurst in the River Gambia 800 - - 

Secretary eee ee a ee ee ae Bh: feo 

Collector and Accountant - - - - - - a - ~- 

Commander of M‘Carthy mae, | at 78 s. 2 ry Lgl diem - - « 130 15 10 

Public Buildings - - - - - 1x0 = -« 

Surgeon - - - co . - - - - - - - 400 - - 

Chaplain - - - - - - 2 2© 2 #2 = « hm * 

£. 9,730 15 10 














(90.)—ESTIMATE of the Charge of defraying the Expenses of the Forts of Care Coast CasTLe and 
Accra; from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December 1831. 








Four Thousand Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 








(91.)\—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required by the Society for the Propacation of the Gospet, in aid of 
the Expense of the Society in the under-mentioned Colonies; for the Year 1831. 








Uprer and Lower Canada 


Nova Scotia ° ° n ‘ “ a “ 
New Brunswick - ~ * m 3 i. 
Newfoundland - - « . “ " 
Prince Edward’s Island - - - - - 


Cape of Good Hope - - 


Salary of the Secretary of the Reslistntienl Board 
Allowance for Clerk and Office - - 


ae 


Sixteen Thousand One Hundred and Eighty-two Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions —— 


£. 
7,000 
45333 
6 


wn 
7 


&gt; 
1,000 
333 
200 
500 
150 








SV CSET EM 


16,182 





It is proposed that the Salary of the Secretary to the Ecclesiastical Board, and the Allowance for a Clerk, should be 


discontinued from the 1st January 1832. 
Colonial Department, 


31 December 1830. 


R. W. HAY. 


~ = 


S: 





1&amp;2 Witt. IV. Miscellaneous Estimates. 1057 











a ee ee, ee ) Appendix, 
(92.)—AN ESTIMATE of theSum.that, may be: required, in the Year 1831, to defray the Charge of providing (B.) 
Stores for,. New, South Wares and Van) Diemen’s Lanp; for Convicts; Clothing and Tools for liberated ee 
Africans at SIERRA LEoneE; and Indian Presents for Canapa. 25° Junit 
Forty-seven Thousand Five Hundred Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. a 








Journal, p. 564. 








(93.)-AN ESTIMATE of the Sum which will be wanted, in the Year 1831, for improving the Water Commu- 
nication between Monrrear and the Ortawa, from the Orrawa to Kineston, and from Lake Erte to 
Lake ONTARIO. 

—Two Hundred and Ninety-six Thousand Pounds:—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions.—— 

















Tue estimated Expense of these Works, exclusive of the Works at St. Ann’s Rapids, of &amp; «ad 
which no Estimate has yet been received, is  - - - - ° * os - | 1,044,952 - - 
Towards which there has already been granted and applied - - - - - =| 605,765 - - 
The Amount required at the close of 1830, to completethe Works- - - - -| 439,187 - - 
Amount of the Estimate for 1831 Hiya ew LH oe ow oH hoe 296,000 - — 
To be granted in future years - - - €. 143,187 - — 

Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, ) , 

gth June 1831. J T. SPRING RICE, 





(94.)—ESTIMATE of the Sum which will be required to defray the Charges of the SETTLEMENT in 
Western AustrALtA ; for the Year 1831. 


—Twenty-four Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-five Pounds:—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 


oe 





























£. s di £. 8. de 
Satary of the Governor - - - - = - - - - - - 800 - - 
Colonial Secretary and Acting Treasurer - = = = =  e 400 = - 
three Clerks to ditto; 2 at £.75 each, and 1 at £.50 - - - - 200 - = 
Messenger, Secretary’s Office - - - - - - - - 2- - 
Surveyor General - - - - - - eo a - - 400 = — 
two Assistant Surveyors,at £.200each - - - - = = = 400 - — 
a Draftsman, at £.150, and a Clerk, at £.50 - - - - - - 200 - = 
the Storekeeper, at £.200, and his Clerk, at £.50 - - - . - 250 - - 
the Colonial Chaplain - -~— - - - - - - - = 250 - - 
the Colonial Surgeon - - - - - ~ - ~ ° ‘ 273.15 - 
Harbour Master - - - - - - ~ « és “ ‘ ae = « 
Advocate General - - - - - - - - - - 200 - - 
Civil Engineer - - - - - - - - ~ - - 100 - = 
Pay of 10 Artificers; 1 at 6s. 3d. and 9 at 5s. 6d. per working day - - = = 871 9 9 
Allowance of 10s. per diem to Officer commanding the Troops -  - -  - = 182 10 - 
Torat Cuarce, Civil Establishment - -/| - - = - 4,652 14 9 
Probable Cost of 12 months’ Supply of Provisions - = = = = = =] 5,2 6 
Ditto - - - ditto - - - - Medicines, Instruments, &amp;c. - - ~ ~ a : oa 
For Buildings, Stores, Contingencies, Incidental Charges, &amp;c. about - - - =| 2,000 - = 
For British Silver Money to be sent to the Colony ee ae 
12,399 9 6 
Totat C for 18 - &lt;-] - ‘“ 
HARGE for 1831 17,052 4 3 
Arrears of former Years not yet provided for : 
Salary to the Governor, from ist June 1829 to 31st December 1830 &gt; = *. @) Qe oe 
to Harbour Master, from ditto to ditto ~- - - - - - - - 158 6 8 
to the Advocate General, from 26th December 1829 to ditto - - - - 208 15 4 
tothe Civil Engineer, from 16th May 1829 toditto - - - - - - 163 = 33 
Arrears of Allowance to Officer commanding the Troops, from ist January to 31st De- 
cember 1830 -  - - - = = = = - @%4- oe oe 182 10 = 
Torat Cuarce for Arrears of Salaries - - - £.| 1,979 5 72 
Repa ent to Navy-office for Stores supplied to the Colony in 1829, by H.M.S. Challenger 264 16 3 
For Provisions forwarded by the Victualling Office in 1830 - - - = -= =] 5,598 15 8 
Totat CuHarcGE for Arrears - - - =&lt; 7,842 17 6 
Tota Sum to be provided for in 1831 - - - - -=£.| 24,895 1 9 








Colonial De en Howick, 


11th March 1831. 
VOL. 86. 





Part II. i2N 





Appendix, 
(B.). 





25° Junii 


continued. 


Journal, p. 564. 


1058 








Miscellaneous Estimates. 

















(95.}\—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required for the Establishment at FERNANDO Po ; for the Year 183, 


—— Thirty-seven Thousand One Hundred and Fifty-four Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions, —_ 








LIEUTENANT-CoLONEL Nicotts, Super- £. s. d. 

intendent and Military Commandant = = - 800 - - 
Captain Becroft, Sub-Superintendent, Har- 

bour-Master, and Magistrate - * 365 - - 
Lieutenant Stockwell, Superintendent of 

Works, and Magistrate - - - 200 - — 
Ensign Smellie, Magistrate - - 3 0-~- 
Captain Beattie, Commander of the Colonial 

Schooner, and Magistrate - - - 200 = - 
Mr. Butler, Colonial Surgeon, and Magistrate 282 17 6 
Mr. Creighton, Assistant-Surgeon, invalided, 

to be replaced - . - - - 136 17 6 
Mr. Priaulx, ditto - - - - - 136 17 6 | 
Three Serjeants of Royal Marines, one at 5s. 

per day, and two at 4/o - - - - 237 5 - 
Three Corporals, at 2/o per day each - 109 10 = 


One Drummer, at 2/3 - - = = ghiags | 


Twenty Privates, at 0/9 - - - ~ 273.15 - 
Six Clerks, in three classes; three at 5/0, one 

at 3/0, and two at 2/o per day - - 401 10 — 
Fifty Petty Officers and Seamen, in four 

Classes ; three at 8/o, two at 4/o, twenty- 

three at 3/o, and twenty-two at 2/0 -| 2646 5 - 
Two European Carpenters, at 5 0 per day each 182 10 - 
Thirty Native ditto, in five classes ; one at 

3/6, five at 2/6, five at 2/o, five at 1/6, and 

fourteen ati/o— - - - - - 866 17 6 


Two European Sawyers, at 5/0 per day - 182 10 - 
Thirty Native ditto, in five classes; six at 
2/6, six at 2/o, six at 1/8, six at 1/4, and 





six at 1/0 - - - - - 939 15 =~ 
‘Two European Smiths, at 5/o om day - 182 10 - 
Three Native ditto, at 2/o per day - ° 109 10 = 
Two European Masons, at 5/0 - - - 182 10 - 





Colonial ree} 
31st December 1830. 





— — — ——— 


Seven Native Masons, in four classes; one 
at 2/6, two at 2/0, two at 1/6, and two at 


1 ~ - - - - - - 


Twelve Shingle-makers, in four classes, one 
at 2/6, two at 2/o, three at 1/8, and six at 


1/4 - - - - - . - 
One European Wheelwright, at 5/o per day 
One Native ditto, at 2/o per day - ° 


One European Stone-cutter, at 4/o per day 
Two Native ditto; one at 2/6, and one at 2/0 
Two European Coopers, at 6/o per day each 


Five Native ditto, in three classes; one at 

2/6, two at 2/o, and two at 1/8 o « 
One European Baker, at 2/6 per day - - 
One European Butcher, at 3/0 per day - 
One Gardener, at 2/6 perday - - - 
One hundred Labourers, at an average of 

i/o perdayeach - - - + = 


Total Cost of the Establishment for 1831 


Victualling 296 persons, at £.20 per annum 
each - - - - - - - 
Furnishing Houses for Mixed Commission 
Court - - - - - - 
Wear and tear of the Colonial schooner - 
Cost of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores - 


Propvosep ExPENDITURE for 1831 


To make provision for expense of Provisions 
and Stores purchased and forwarded to the 
Island in 1830 —- - - - - 


ToTAL - - £, 


A. 183); 


Se 


[foto am 





12,107 19 11} 


~~ _ 


37.154 16 6 








R. W. Hay. 





Sir, Downing-street, 13th January 1831. 

I am directed by Viscount Goderich to acquaint you, for the 
information of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, that, in 
compliance with the desire expressed by their Lordships, that 
the Colonial Estimates for the ensuing year should be prepared 
with as little delay as possible, the whole of such Estimates as 
this Department is called upon to supply, have, with one excep- 
tion, been completed, and are transmitted to you in a separate 
Letter of this date. The Estimate thus excepted is that for the 
establishment of Fernando Po; and upon this subject Lord 
Goderich has felt no small difficulty, in the midst of the financial 
embarrassments of the country, in coming to the decision that it 
is necessary to apply to Parliament for so large a sum as the 
maintenance of the establishment will require. 

The Lords Commissioners are no doubt aware of the reasons 
which first induced the Colonial Department to recommend that 
the Courts of Mixed Commission for the adjudication of all 
cases of infraction of the Treaties for the Abolition of the Slave 
Trade should be removed from Sierra Leone to Fernando Po; 
those reasons were chiefly grounded on the alleged superiority 


of the climate of Fernando Po over that of Sierra Leone, and | 


upon the advantage which the proximity of the Island to the 
seat of the Slave Trade would afford in saving a large proportion 
of human lives, which would otherwise fall a sacrifice to the 
length of the voyage from the Bight of Benin to Sierra Leone. 
The Island was said to possess great varieties of climate, from 


the inequality in the elevation of the ground, as well as to offer | 


the utmost variety of produce; and it was considered not im- 


probable that a Settlement might be gradually formed there | 


which would facilitate the measure of withdrawing the esta- 
blishment of government from Sierra Leone, and furnish a very 
eligible spot for the location of the slaves who might hereafter 
be liberated under the adjudication of the Courts of Mixed 
Commission. 

The difficulties made by Spain in acceding to the removal of 
the Courts of Mixed Commission to that Island, have for a 
length of time retarded the completion of that arrangement ; 
those difficulties have been finally, however, overcome, although 
it is proper at the same time to observe, that the occupation of 
the small portion of the Island upon which the British Establish- 
ment has been placed is only agreed to by Spain for the temporary 
purposes of the Courts of Mixed Commission. 

nder the circumstances of so uncertain a tenure, Lord Gode- 
rich would feel great doubts as to the propriety of expending 








any considerable sum in completing and keeping up the esta- 
blishment now formed in the Island, if a Select Committee of 
the House of Commons had not, during the last Session of Par- 
liament, so strongly recommended the removal of the Courts of 
Mixed Commission to Fernando Po, that his Lordship considers 
himself scarcely at liberty to adopt a different view of the sub- 
ject from that which has been deliberately formed by a body of 
persons selected by Parliament for the purpose of determining 


a question of so much importance. 


Under these circumstances, his Lordship has directed me to 
desire that you will lay before the Lords Commissioners the 
accompanying Estimate, as containing the particulars of the 
establishment at Fernando Po, and of the probable cost of 


maintaining it during the ensuing year. 


I am, Sir, your most obedient humble Servant, 


T. Spring Rice, Esq. 





Copy of Treasury Minue, dated 24th June 1831. 


Reap Letter from Viscount Goderich, Secretary of State for 
the Colonies, dated 13th January 1831, upon the subject of the 
Estimate of the probable Expenditure for the establishment at 
| Fernando Po. 

Write to Mr. Hay, for the information of Lord Goderich, that 
my Lords, having fully considered his Letter, transmitting the 
Estimate of the probable Expenditure at Fernando Po, are of 
opinion, that it will not be proper to expend a large sum of mo- 
ney in the establishment of Fernando Po until the claim of the 
Spanish Government shall have been abandoned, and that the 
possession of the Island, on the part of Great Britain, shall be 
of a permanent and not of a temporary character. The Com- 
mittee of the House of Commons do not refer to the circum 
stance of Fernando Po being a possession of the Spanish Crown 

Mr y Lords will therefore lay before 
Parliament the Estimate prepared by Lord Goderich, they de- 
sire Mr. Hay will immediately call his Lordship’s attention t 
the necessity of making, without delay, some final arrangement 
on the subject, in order to avoid the heavy and increased ex 
which must of necessity be incurred in maintaining esta l 
ments at Sierra Leone and at Fernando Po, at the same 


in their Report ; and although 


for the same purpose. 








ee 


1&amp; 2Witt. 1V. Mis 

















——— 


1059 








(96. CIVIL CONTINGENCIES. 





An Account of the Sum expended under the Head of Civil Contingencies, in the Year 1830; viz. 


N° 1.—Extraorpinary Disbursements of Ministers at Foreign Courts, and Consuls. 


N° 2.—Presents to Persons of Distinction, and Ministers of Foreign Courts. 


N° 3.—Expenses of entertaining and conveying Persons of Distinction, Ambassadors, Governors, &amp;c. 


to their respective places of destination. 


N° 4.—Expenses defrayed by Officers of the Household, not being part of the Civil List. 


N° 5.—Various Public Services. 


An Estimate of the Amount required for 1831. 





Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, ) 
21 June 2831. J 


—_—_— 


T. SPRING RICE. 





(96..—-AN ACCOUNT of the Sum expended under the Head of Civit ConrinGencizs, in the Year 1830, 





Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, 
21 June 1831. S 





One Hundred and Thirty-eight Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty Pounds and One Penny. 





-T. SPRING RICE. 


DETAIL of the Items composing the above-mentioned Sum of £.138,920. 0. 1. being the Total Amount of the Expenditure. 


N°1.—ExTRAORDINARY DIsBURSEMENTS OF MINISTERS AT FoREIGN CouRTs; 


Together with Outfit and Equipage. 
FRANCE: 


Viscount Granville, in reimbursement of the expenses incurred by him in removing himself, family | 
and effects, from Paris, on the termination of his last embassy to the King of France, | 


in the year 1828 . - - o 


His Excellency Lord Stuart de Rothesay, His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo- | 


tentiary at the Court of France ; in reimbursement of the expenses incurred by His 
Excellency in his journey from London to Paris, with his suite, as well as in the 
transport of his baggage and effects, in the year 1828, exceeding the amount cf 
Salary due to him during the period of his journey - - - £.732 3 - 
Ditto - for Post-office charges and couriers, expenses of the Chancery of the 
embassy, wages to the servants in care of the ambassadorial house at 
Paris, and allowances to be paid attaché and chaplain to the embassy, 
in the four quarters ended goth June 1830 - - - - 1,631 16 7 





AUSTRIA: 
Hlis Excellency Lord Cowley, His Majesty’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the 











Court of Austria; for post-office charges and couriers, allowances to the paid attaché | 
and chaplain to the embassy, expenses of putting his household into mourning on the | 


occasion of the death of his late Majesty George the Fourth, and expenses incurred 


by His Excellency whilst attending the Emperor of Austria at his coronation at | 


Presburg ; in the four quarters ended goth September 1830 - - 


Russia: 


His Excellency Lord Heytesbury, His Majesty’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 
at the Court of Russia; for post-office charges, allowances to the paid attaché to the 


embassy, and wages to the chancery messenger at St. Petersburgh, in the four quar- 
ters ended goth September 1830 - - ' 


- = - = - 


PRUSSIA: 
George H. Seymour, esquire, His Majesty’s late Secretary of Legation at the Court of Prussia; in 


reimbursement of expenses incurred by him in his journey, as well as in the transport | 


of his effects from Berlin to London, on his removal from the mission at Berlin, | 


exceeding the amount of salary due to him during the period of his journey - . 
Sir Brook Taylor, His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of 
Prussia: for post-office charges, and allowances to the paid attaché to the mission, 
in the three quarters ended 3oth June 1830 - : ° 


SWEDEN: 


Lord Bloomfield, His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of 
Sweden ; for post-office charges and couriers, in the four quarters ended goth Sep- 
tember 1830 = - - - - - - : - 


DENMARK: 


Peter Browne, esquire, His Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Denmark; for post office 
charges, in the two quarters ended 31st March 1830 - . 


The Right Honourable H.W.W. Wynn, His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- | 


tentiary at the Court of Denmark ; for post-office charges, in the two quarters ended 
30th September 1830 - - - - - m * . 


BAVARIA: 


Lord Erskine, His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of 
Bavaria; for post-office charges, in the three quarters ended goth June 1830 


FRANCFORT: 


Henry Unwin Addington, esquire, late His Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary at Francfort; in reim- 
bursement of the expenses incurred by him in his journey from Francfort to London, 
as well as in the transport of his effects from Francfort to London, on the termina- 
tion of his mission, exceeding the amount of salary due to him on his arrival - 

George W. Chad, esquire, His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at 
Francfort ; in reimbursement of the expenses incurred by him in the journey of 
himself and suite, and in the transport of his effects from London to his post at 


Francfort, exceeding the amount of salary due to him during the period of his 
journey - - - - - . - ° 


, - - - £.229 13 6 
Ditto - for post-office charges, expenses of a journey performed by him on His 

Majesty’s service, and allowance to the German Secretary to the mis- 

sion, in the three quarters ended goth June 1830 - - - 360 13 8 





John Milbanke, esquire, His Majesty’s Chargé d’ Affaires at Francfort ; for post-office charges and 
couriers, and in the allowances to the German Secretary to the mission, in the quarter 
ended goth September 1830 ~—-- - - - - - 








| &amp; « a4 

| 

| 1,814 17 7 

| 

| 2363 19 7 

| 

| 

| 
7617 #1 
670 - 8 
105 11 10 
142 3 7 
127 16 - 














i « &amp; 
4,178 17 2 
1,827 19 - 


1,402 10 9 


74617 9 
249 1 «G 
247 15 5 
178 14 6 
879 7 9 


(continued.) 


Appendix, 
(B.) 
25° Junii 


continued. 


Journal, p. 564. 





Appendix, 
(B.) 


25° Junii 
continued, 


Journal, p. 564. 


1060 Miscellaneous Accounts and Estimates. 











(96.)—Sum expended under the Head of Civil Contingencies, in 1830—continued. 





N° 1.—Extraordinary Disbursements, &amp;c.—continued. 


NETHERLANDS: : 
His Excellency Sir Charles Bagot, His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 


at the Court of the Netherlands; for post-office charges and couriers, allowances to 
the paid attaché and chaplain to the embassy, additional allowance of house-rent, in 
consequence of the double residence of the court at Brussels and at the Hague, and 
expense of putting himself and suite into mourning on the occasion of the death of 
his late Majesty George the Fourth, in the four quarters ended goth September 1830 


SwiTZERLAND: - 
The Honourable George Edgecumbe, His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires in Switzerland ; for post- 
office charges, in the two quarters ended 31st March 1830 - - ‘ e 


The Honourable Algernon Percy, His Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary in Switzerland ; rm post- 


office charges, in the quarters ended goth September 1830 - - - - . 
Saxony: 
Edward M. Ward, esquire, His Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Saxony ; for post- 
office charges, in the four quarters ended goth June 1830 - - - - ° 
WIRTEMBERG: 


Edward Cromwell Disbrowe, esquire, His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- 
tentiary at the court of Wirtemberg; for post-office charges, in the four quarters 
ended goth September 1830 - - - - - - - - % M 


SPAIN: 

Henry Unwin Addington, esquire, His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleniputen- 
tiary at the court of Spain; reimbursement of the expenses incurred by him in his 
journey to his post at Madrid, as well as in the conveyance of his effects from London 
to Madrid, exceeding the amount of salary due to him during the period of his journey 

Ditto - for post-office charges, allowance to the paid attaché to the mission, expenses of a jour- 
ney to Aranjuez during the residence of the court there, and expense of a journey 
and residence at La Granja whilst attending the court there, in the three quarters 
ended 30th September 1830 - - - - ° . pa - ia ss 


PoRTUGAL: 

C. A. Mackenzie, esquire, His Majesty’s acting Consul-General in Portugal ; in reimbursement of 
expenses incurred by him in preparing for his departure, and on his journey to Portugal, 
to take charge of the commercial interests of his Majesty’s subjects in that country - 

Ditto - for allowances to the courier, and to the boatmen originally employed on His Majesty’s 
service, and attached to the embassy at Lisbon, and for his own allowance, at the 
rate of £.2,000. per annum, from 28th August 182g to the 5th July 1830, in the 
three quarters ended goth June 1830 - += - -* 2 2 2 «- - 


NAPLES: 
Ihe Right Honourable William Noel Hill, His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- 
potentiary at the court of Naples; for post-office charges and couriers, in the four 
quarters ended 3oth September 1830 - - - - - o - 3 “ 


Tuscany: 

Lord Burghersh, His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the court of 

Tuscany ; for post-office charges and journies performed by his Lordship on His 

Majesty’s service, in the four quarters ended goth June 1830 - - - . 

The Honourable John Bligh, His Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Tuscany ; for post- 
office charges, one quarter to 30th June 1830 - - - - . ° 


SARDINIA: 
The Right Honourable Augustus Foster, His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- 
potentiary at the court of Sardinia; for post-office charges and allowance to the 
Vaudois chaplain at Turin, in the four quarters ended goth September 1830 - - 


AMERICA: 

The Right Honourable Charles Vaughan, His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- 
potentiary in the United States of America; for post-office charges and couriers 
and allowances to the paid attaché to the mission, and to His Majesty’s packet agent 
at Boston, in the four quarters ended goth September 1830 - - ‘ . 


CONSTANTINOPLE: 

The Right Honourable Sir Stratford Canning, late His Majesty's Ambassador at the Sublime Porte : 
reimbursement of expenses connected with the public service, including the sum of 
£.57, which he paid to the Oriental secretary for losses and expenses incurred whilst 
in the performance of public duties subsequently to the 1st April 1829 - - ° 

His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Robert Gordon, His Majesty’s Ambassador at the 
Sublime Porte ; expenses of a diamond snuff-box presented in His Majesty’s name to 
the Netherlands’ Consul-General at Smyrna, in acknowledgment of the services which 
he had rendered to British subjects during the period in which British interests at 
Smyrna had been placed under his protection, in consequence of the interruption of 
our relations with Turkey - - - - - - - - £.396 18 8 

Ditto - for postage of letters and couriers; expenses of the first dragoman; re- 
pairs of the palace at Constantinople since July 1829; salary to the 
architect Peverata; pension to the widow Dendrino; allowance to 
the paid attaché to the embassy; reimbursement to the two former 
ambassadors to the Porte for certain articles of plate left by them 
with the embassy to render the service there complete; and expenses 
incurred by Captain Mitchell in conveying Turkish plenipotentiaries 
to Rodosto; in the five quarters ended goth September 1830 - - 2,554 8 5 























George H. Seymour, esquire, His Majesty’s Secretary of embassy at Constantinople ; reimbursement 
of expenses incurred by him in his journey, and in the transport of his effects from 
London to his post at Constantinople, exceeding the amount of salary due to him 
during the period of his journey - - - - - - . * “egies 


PREVESA : 
William Meyer, esquire, His Majesty’s Agent and Consul-General at Prevesa; reimbursement of 
expenses incurred by him during the time he was intrusted with a mission to the 
Grand Vizier at Joanina - - - - - - - ~ . ° » 


GREECE: 

E. J. Dawkins, esquire, His Majesty’s resident in Greece; reimbursement of the expenses in- 
curred in forwarding official correspondence, allowance to the paid attaché to the 
mission, expense incurred by him in the removal of himself and suite from Egina to 
Argos, and allowance to the British Vice-consul at Napoli, in the four quarters ended 
goth June 1830 - ~ - - - - - - - — - 


— REIMBURSEMENT OF FEES ON SALARIES: 
e Amount issued to reimburse his Majesty's Ministers residing at Foreign Courts, the fees paid 
at the Treasury and Exchequer Offices, on the receipt of thei ti salari 
the half-year ended 5th January 1830 2) att ame , - : en : ws ™ 











esate 
£. s. d £. a 2 
. ye 1,170 9 10 
7318 6 
56 7 1 
130 5 7 
= a 130 16 3 
+ -« 229 14 6 
346 - 4 
887 18 
u s 1,233 18 9 
57 16 8 
1,885 7 6 
1,943 4 2 
m = 570 12 8 
490 19 1 
107 3 4 
598 2 5 
fo 267 13 3 
~~ ° 1,373 10 6 
155 8 5 
2,951 7 1 
73 5 3,183 18 11 
- . 104 11 2 
- *s g96 16 5 
- + 3,557 19 2 












1 &amp;2Witx. lV. '’Miscellaneous Accounts and Estimates. 1061 














(96.)—Sum expended under the head of Civil Contingencies, in 1830—continued. Appendix, 


4 









































—_—_—- (B.) 
No, 1.—Extraordinary Disbursements, &amp;¢e.—continucd. serene HN 
REIMBURSEMENT ON FEES ON APPOINTMENTS: £8. d. £, s d. 25° Junii 
mount issued in reimbursement of the legal Fees and Stamps paid upon the appointment of . 
“nee Gordon, G.C. B. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the ‘Ottoman Porte 332 g 6 oe 
Henry Unwin Addington, esq. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid - goo 11 - Journal, p. 564. 
George William Chad, esq. Minister Plenipotentiary at Francfort Nate - - = “ - 217 i8 - — 
George Hamilton Seymour, esq. Secretary of Embassy at Constantinople - - ° a = 148 38 = 
The Hon. W. T. H. Fox Strangways, Secretary of Legation at Naples e a ne a Fa 96 G - 
Lord Albert Conyngham - - - - = + ditto - - at Berlin - - - ° « 96 6 - 
The Hon. John Duncan Bligh - - - - - ditto - - at Florence - - - - ° 04 3 6 ae 
OutFir AND EquipaGce or Ministers, &amp;c. At Foretcn Courts: — 
The Hon. George Edgecumbe; to provide for the expense of his outfit and equipage on proceeding 
to undertake his mission as Secretary to His Majesty’s Legation at Florence - - 5 - - 
George Hamilton Seymour, esq. - - ditto - - ditto - as His Majesty’s Minister resident 
to the Grand Duke of Tuscany - - - - - - - - - - Son - « 
George William Chad, esq. - - - ditto - - ditto - as His Majesty’s Envoy Extra- 
. ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia - - - - - 1,000 - — 
Thomas Cartwright, esq. - - - - ditto - - ditto - as His Majesty’s Minister Pleni- 
potentiary to the diet of Francfort : - - - - - . - - ieee = « 
Viscount Granville - - - - + - ditto - - ditto - as Ambassador Extraordinary to 
the King of the French - - - - - - - - - - 1“ 2,000 -— — - 
No. 2.—PresENts to Persons of Distinction, and Ministers of Foreicn Courts: “— = * 
Present from His Majesty to the Austrian Chancery, on the exchange of the ratifications of a con- 
vention signed in London on the 21st December 1829, between The King and the 
Emperor of Austria - - - - ° - ° - - ° - . 1,000 -— - 
The expenses incurred in the purchase and shipment of horses sent as a present from His Majesty 
to Rajah Runjeet Singh, King of Oude - - - . - - - - 945 7 - 
The amount issued to provide presents for the four Pachas of Damascus, Tripoli, Aleppo and Acre, 
and the Officers of their Courts, on the appointment of a Consul General in Syria - 500 - - ém 
ccciiie . 445 7 - 
No. 3.—Expenses of entertaining and conveying Persons of Distinction, AMBASSADORS, 
Governors, &amp;c. 
For the Conveyance of the following Persons to their destination on the Public Service ; 
the amount being in each case fixed by the Lords of the Admiralty ; viz. 
On the recommendation of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs : 
For the conveyance in H.M.S. Druid, to Pernambuco, of Mr. Cowper, His Majesty’s Consul at 
that place, and his family - - - - - - - - - - - . 198 - - 
Ditto - - in H.M. sloop Britomart, to St. Michael’s, of Mr. Read, His Majesty's Consul 
General at the Azores, and his family - - - - - - - - - - - go - - 
Ditto - - in H.M. sloop Alacrity, from Smyrna to Enos, of Mr. Duveluz, His Majesty’s 
Consul at Adrianople, and his family - - - ° - ° ° ° - - - ae 
Ditto - - ditto - - - - - from Poros to Egina, of Mr. Cartwright, His Majesty’s Consul 
General for Turkey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 110 —- 
For having, on board H. M. sloop Rifleman, afforded passages in the Levant, in August and Sep- 
tember 1829, to Mr. Stephen Pisani and Mr. Frederick Pisani, attached to the British Embassy 
atthe Porte, and to Monsieur Prosper Baligot, a French naval oflicer charged with despatches - 25 10° - 
For having, in the years 1827 and 1828, afforded passages on board H. M. S. Cambrian, to 
the undermentioned persons ; viz. 
Mr. Elliott, Oriental Secretary to the Embassy at the Porte, from Smyrna to Cyprus, and} 
afterwards from Smyrna to Carabusa - - - - - - - - 7 -| 
Mr. Buchanan, attaché to the Embassy from Smyrna to Cerigo - - - - - 176 5 = 
Mr. Guidici, British Vice-Consul at Scio, and his family, from Scio to Smyrna - - 
Mr. Vidova, acting British Vice-Consul at the Dardanelles, from Smyrna to Cerigo - - 
For the entertainment of his Excellency Sir Robert Gordon, His Majesty’s Ambassador at Con- 
stantinople, and his suite, on board H. M.S. Blonde, in the Bosphorus, for a few days in the 
month of July 1829 - = a ee. a ee 49 - - 
For the conveyance, in H. M. sloopWeazle, from Corfu to the Dardanelles, of Mr. Seymour, Secretary 
to His Majesty’s Embassy at Constantinople, and another gentleman attached to that Embassy = - 74 = = 
Ditto - - in H.M.S. Scylla, from Corfu to Smyrna, of the Chevalier de Vial, his most Catholic 
Majesty’s Minister to the Sublime Porte - - - - - - + - - - 60 - - 
Ditto - - in H.M.S. Blonde, from Constantinople to Napoli di Romania, of some Commissioners 
appointed by the Ambassadors of the three Allied Powers to be present at the evacuation of Greece 45 - - 
Ditto - - in H. M. sloop Wasp, from Egina to Napoli di Romania, and back, of Mr. Dawkins, 
His Majesty’s resident in Greece - - - - - - - - - a 54.10 — 
Ditto - - in H. M. sloop Camelion, from Egina to Napoli di Romania, of - ditto - - 50 - - 
Ditto - - in H.M.sloop Rifleman, from Napoli di Romania to Malta, of Monsieur Jervoise, 
one of the Secretaries of the Russian Embassy at Vienna - - - = - le 12 - - 
Ditto - - in H.M. sloop Musquito, from the Dardanelles to Corfu, of Captain Airey, Aide-de- 
Camp to the Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, charged with a despatch to His 
Excellency from the Ambassador at Constantinople ; and from Egina to Abydos of Mr. Lander, 
the British Vice-Consul at the Dardanelles - - - - - - - . - - 6G gs - 
Ditto - - in H.M. tender the Hind, between Constantinople and other places in the Levant, 
of Captain Anstruther and Mr. Thurlow, attached to the staff of the Lord High Commissioner 
of the Ionian Islands, and of the Baron de Kuster and M. de Bosjiovich, attached to the Prussian 
Embassy at the Porte +) 2 -  e  ae ae e 6 . + «8 13 10 —- 
itto - - in H.M. sloop Pelican, from Zante to Patras, of Mr. Crowe, His Majesty’s Consul at 
thelatterplace - - - © 2 © 2© © © © © © “© © - aa 
Ditto - - in H.M. sloop Wolf, from Malta to Smyrna, of Mr. Brant, His Majesty’s Consul at 
the latter place, and from Smyrna to Beyroot, of Mr. Abbott, His Majesty’s Consul at Beyroot, 
with his family - - - ~ - - - - - ~ - - ~ - - 104 10 — 
Ditto - - in H.M.S. North Star, to the West Indies, of Sir Robert Kerr Porter, His Majesty’s 
Consul in Venezuela, and of Charles Mackenzie, esq. appointed His Majesty’s Commissioner 
of Arbitration at the Havannah, under the Slave Trade Restriction Treaty with Spain - - —- - 
Ditto - - inH.M.S. Mersey, from Jamaica to Hayti, of Mr. Schenley, His Majesty’s Consu 
in Hayti, with Vice-Consul Schenley and clerk ~ - - - - - - - - 48 6 - 
ito - - in H.M. sloop Herald, to Carthagena, of Mr. Turner, His Majesty’s Envoy Extra- 
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Columbia, with his family and suite ~ - - - 393 - - 
Itto - + in H. M.S. Forte, from Rio de Janeiro to England, of Senor F. G. de Silva and 
Senor J. da Rocha Pinto - - - - - - = - - - - - : 114 = - 
ito - - in H.M.S. Sapphire, from - ditto - toditto - of Baron Antonini, His 
Neapolitan Majesty’s Charge d’ Affaires for the Brazils  - - - - - - - - 126 10 - 
Dito - - in H.M.S. Briton, to Belize, of Mr. Dashwood, His Majesty’s Consul in Guatemala, 
and his family - ‘ o rs Re a “ ° - . - - ~ - - Sere * 
Itto - + inditto - - from this country to Lisbon, of Mr. Mackenzie, to replace 
Mr. Matthews, His Majesty's Consul General at Lisbon, and of the latter to England -  - 11010 — 
Ditto - . in H.M. sloop Pelorus, from Smyrna to Algiers, of Haggi Halie Effendi, Agent and 
Consul at Smyrna for the Dey of Algiers, and charged with a special firman from the Porte to 
the Dey, with his suite - + - - - - - - - - - ~ - - 205 - - 
£. 2,071 6 —- 
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Appendix, 
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25° Juni 
continued, 


Journal, p. 564: 


1062 _- Miscellaneous Accounts and Estimates. 


A. 183}, 





(96.)—Sum expended under the head of Civil Contingencies, in 1830—continued. 











No. 3.—Expenses of entertaining, &amp;c. Persons of Distinction, &amp;c.—continued. 
On the recommendation of the Secretary of State for the Colonies : 

For the conveyance in H. M.S. Shannon, from Trinidad to Barbadoes, of Colonel ie &amp; 
Farquharson, late administering the Government at the Island of T rinidad, and of 
Mr. Wright, Assistant Secretary to that government for a few days - - - 24 - - 

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Findlay, Lieutenant-Governor of the Settlement, and 
its Dependencies in the Gambia, to defray the expense of the passage of himself 


and suite to that settlement - - - - - - - - ~ - joo - - 
For the conveyance in H. M. S. Ariadne, of Mr. Rendall, who has been appointed 

to act as Lieutenant-Governor of the settlements on the Gambia, to that river - 44 - - 
Ditto - - in - - ditto - of Lieutenant-Colonel Findlay, who has been ap- 

pointed Lieutenant-Governor of Sierra Leone, from the River Gambia to that place 21 - - 
Ditto - - in - - ditto - of Mr. Jeficott, who has been appointed Chief 

Justice at Sierra Leone, to that settlement - - - - - = - 57 - - 
Ditto - - inH.M.S. Galatea, to St. Vincent’s, of the Right honourable Sir G. 

I. Hill, appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the said Island = - - 108 15 - 
Ditto - - in H.M.S. Rattlesnake, from Algiers to Malta, of the families of His 


Majesty’s Agent and Consul General, and of the British Vice-Consul at Algiers 145 10 —- 
Ditto - - in H.M.S. Revenge, from Malta to Algiers, of the family of Mr. St. 


John, His Majesty’s Consul General at Algiers - - - 67 10 - 
Ditto - - in H.M. sloop Rose, from Halifax to Bermuda, of the Bishop of Nova 

Scotia and suite - - - - - - - - - ; . - 6o - - 
Ditto - - in H.M.S. Mersey, from Barbadoes to Demerara ana Trinidad, of the 

Bishop of Barbadoes and Archdeacon Parry - - - - - - - gi - - 
Ditto - - in H.M.S. Slaney, during a visitation to Turk’s Island, New Pro- 


vidence, and other parts of his Lordship’s diocese of the Bishop of Jamaica andsuite 316 10 - 
The Reverend T. H. Lawrence, to defray the expense of his passage to Barbadoes, 


as one of the stipendiary Clergy of that diocese - - - - - - 33 6 - 
The Reverend J. L.Gillden - - ditto - toJamaica, as - ditto - - 60 - - 
The Reverend G. D. Hill - - ditto - to - ditto -as - ditto . - 60 - - 
Major-General Codd, late Superintendent at Honduras, to defray the expense of his 

passage to this country - - .- ante - - - - += g00 =—- = 


- 





No. 4.—Expenses defrayed by Officers of the Household, not being part of the Crvit List. 


In the Department of the Lord Chamberlain, for Furniture, &amp;c. supplied to certain Public Offices, &amp;c, 
and for other Services not forming a part of the Civil List, in the year ended 5th July 1830. 
The amount expended for furniture, ironmongery, matting, papering, lamps, &amp;c. for Public Offices 
in Whitehall and Westminster, and for the Tower, from the 5th July 1829 to the 5th July 1830 
Ditto - - - forrobes, coliars, plate, &amp;c.for Knights, of the several Orders, chain and badge for 

Marshal of the ceremonies, pictures for His Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople and for the 
Governors at Jamaica and Tobago, silver boxes for the Great Seal, collars of S. S. for Serjeants 
at Arms, and tabard mantle, &amp;c. for Heralds, from the 5th July 1829 to the 5th April 1830 - 
Clothing for Trumpeters and kettle drummers, and standards for the three Regiments of Life 
Guards, and the household drummers, triennial allowance to serjeant trumpeters, and toeight house- 
hold trumpeters, badges for His Majesty’s Watermen, &amp;c. in the half year ended 5th July 1830 - 


Ditto - - - for furniture for His Majesty’s yacht, the Royal George, in the quarter ended 
5th January 1830 e.. - = ae eee ee” - « “ ” 2 “ 
Ditto - - - ditto - + Royal Sovereign, in the quarter ended 5th April 1830 - - 


No. 5.—Vakious Pustic SErvIcEs. 
For Salaries and Expenses of the under-mentioned Commissions; yiz. 

The Commission for inquiring into the state of His Majesty's Settlements, the Cape of Good Hope, 
Ceylon and Mauritius ; on account of salary and contingent expenses = - - ° - - 

The late Commission for inquiring into and reporting upon the administration of Criminal Law in 
the West Indies; on account of salary and contingent expenses - - - - - - 

The late Commission for inquiring into the state and condition of certain captured Africans in the 
West Indies; balance of account - + - + - - - - - - - - 

The late Commission for inquiring into the collection and management of the Revenue in Ireland, 
and the several establishments connected therewith, and into certain other Revenue Departments 
in Great Britain ; on accouut of salary to secretary and clerks, and incidental expenses - - 

The Commission for inquiring into the practice, &amp;c. of the Ecclesiastical Courts; on account of 
expenses - - 7 - - - - - - - - - + iin eed 

The Commission for inquiring into Fees in the Courts of Justice ; on account of incidental expenses 

The Commission for carrying into effect the Convention signed at London on the 29th September 
1827, between His Majesty and the United States of America, stipulating the reference to the 
arbitration of a friendly Sovereign, of the disputed points of boundary under the fifth Article of 
the Treaty of Ghent - - - - - - - - - 

The Commisson for carrying into effect certain stipulations relative to the demarcation of the 
Boundaries of the new State of Greece, agreed upon between the Plenipotentiaries of the Allied 
Powers, parties to the Treaty signed at London on the 6th of July 1827 - - - - : 

The late Commission for inquiring into the Receipt of the Revenues collected within His Majesty's 
several colonies and foreign possessions ; remuneration to a clerk, and travelling expenses of 
Mr. Blair, from and to Scotland, to attend the Commissioners - - - - - - 

The late Commission for inquiring into the charges of managing and collecting the Revenue within 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; salary to secretary, and incidental expenses - 

The Sub-commissioners,of Records and their assistants, in reward for the duty performed by them 
in methodizing the Public Records, under the orders of the Commissioners on Public Records, 
as recommended by those Commissioners - - - - - - - ° o « 

The amount paid on account of R. Lander’s Expedition of Discovery to Africa - - - 

The amount paid on account of the late Mission of Timbuctoo, under the direction of Major Laing - 

‘The amount paid for relief of certain distressed Spanish subjects residing in this country, wholly 
without the means of subsistence, who had been employed with the British army, or under British 
authorities in Spain, or who had otherwise rendered service to our military operations in that country 

The expenses of Sheriffs’ convictions and over-payments in the year ended 5th January 1831 - 

The amount issued in reimbursement of the expenses incurred for Coals and other necessaries pro- 
vided for the Court of Common Pleas, in the years 1829 and1830 - - : - 

Ditto - - - to defray the incidental expenses of the Record Office in the Tower, for one year 
and a half, to the 5th January 1830 - - - - 


Ditto - - to defray the incidental expenses of the office of the Chief Bailiff of the Tower of 
London, for the year ended 5th April 1830 - - - 


Ditto - - - to pay the Fees un passing declared Accounts and compensation to Officers of the 
Exchequer, in lieu of fees - am. - - : - 


Ditto - - - todefray the contingent expenses of the State P. fi f 
Aidt togieeiee er g f Pp e Paper Office, for one year and 


Ditto - - - to defray the expenses of the prison ofthe Marshalsea and Palace Courts, for the 
year ended Christmas 1829 - - - . a - 


Ditto - - - todefray the expenses incurred for attendance, medicines, nurses, surgical in- 


struments, &amp;c. in the infirmaries of the King’s Bench and Fleet Prisons, for the year ended the 
24th June 1830 - - - . e 


Ditto - - - to defray the contingent expenses of the Lottery Office, in the year 1830 + - 


























SS «= &amp; 
1,723 11 — 
725 7 =} 
2,717 § 11 
4,308 10 4 
27 6 3 
35 9 &gt; 
79324 9 11 
1,758 14 § 
167, § 5 
1,400 - = 
193 13 6 
100 = - 
5,200 - — 
1,000 -— - 
68 - - 
266 10 1 
6,039 11 1 
116 3 9 
250 —- - 
15,920 - — 
5,227 17 10 
94 16 6 
594 - 10 
459 § 11 
4.298 13 
2,683 14 
394 8 5 
422 6 2 
1,200 - 





3:794 17 - 


7,813 18 4 





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No. 5.—Various Public Services—continued. &amp;- a &amp; 
The amount issued on account of the expenses of the Royal Gallery of Pictures in Pall Mall - 1,261 15 —- 
Ditto - - - to C. Babbage, to enable him to complete a machine for the calculation of various ‘ 
aie «§ + ete ee ee et! oe ea ee. A ae 
-— - - - for printing advertisements in the Gazette, of Bank Notes of £.1, in circulation, 
under the provisions of the Act 7Geo.IV.c.6. - = = - - ? - - - 6 6 - 
Ditto - - - to G.Backway, in discharge of his claim to compensation for loss sustained by 
him in consequence of the sale of the City Canal to the West India Dock Company - - mga + 
Ditto - - - onaccount of the expenses of the entertainment of the King of Wirtemberg and 
a Se eS ee | 
a. - - +  todefray the expense of printing the observations taken by Mr. Rumker, at the 
Government Observatory at Paramatta, New South Wales - - - ° e - e 213 7:10 
Ditto - - - to defray the charges incurred in carrying on the publication of the zoology and 
botany of the countries traversed by the Land Arctic Expedition, under the command of Captain 
Sir J. Franklin - i ee ee ee oa - = 
Ditto - - - todefray the expenses incurred in publishing the Natural History of the late 
expedition to Behring’s Straits - - - - - . e ° ° e . s 81 5 - 
Ditto - - -  todefray the expenses of a survey of Fochaber’s Bridge, in the county of Banff - 439 16 - 
Ditto - - - on account of travelling and other contingent expenses of J, Richards’s mission of 
survey in North America - . - . - - - . - ° ° « e 500 - - 
Ditto - - - to defray the expenses attending the installation of his Majesty the King of Wir- 
temberg, as Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter - - . - - - ° 439 3 4 
Ditto - - - topay the fees on investing His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex with the 
Order ofthe Thistle - - «= - + -  - ith oe a MI - - 
Ditto - - - to pay the fees on the nomination of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, to be 3 
a Knight Grand Cross of the most honourable Order of the Bath - - - - - - 386 7 10 
Ditto - - - to pay the fees on the nomination of the Duke Bernard of Saxe Weimar, to be a 
Knight Grand Cross of the most honourable Order of the Bath - . a = = * 330 11 2 
Ditto - - - to discharge the expenses incurred for a set of standard weights, forwarded to | 
Dublin - - - - - - - - - - - . « ° “ - | 2015 - 
Ditto - - - for one year’s salary to the goth June 1830, to the resident surgeon, and for the 
cost and carriage of medicines supplied for the sick poor in the ScillyIslands - - -  - 114 - 11 
The expense of the mail-boat at the Bahamas, from 25th June 1829 to the 26th September 1830 - 557 18 9 
The expense of passing under the Great Seal a commission for inquiring into the practice, &amp;c. of the 
Ecclesiastical Courts - - ° - - - - - - - - . - - 21217 8 
The expenses of passing - - - ditto - - - ditto - - - - additional Commissioners 
for ditto - = - - - - * - os - - - 133 18 8 
Ditto - - - - - ditto - - ditto - - appointing ten Commissioners for inquiring into 
the state of the several parochial benefices in the respective dioceses in Ireland - - - 179 3 8 
Ditto - - - - * under the Seal appointed to be used in place of the Great Seal of Scotland, 
a commission extending the time for the Commissioners for visiting the Universities and Colleges 
of Scotland tomake their report - - - + + + += «© «© «# «© -« 55 17 6 
Ditto - - - - - ditto - - - = + ditto- - - - - a renewed commission, appoint- 
ing twenty-one Commissioners for visiting the Universities in Scotland - - - - : 5616 - 
Ditto - - - - - under the Great Seal, a commission appointing the present Board of Com. 
missioners for the Affairs of India - - - - - “a - - - - a 125 16 8 
The amount issued to defray the rates and taxes of the India Board Office - - ~ - - wy * 
Sir Thos. E. Tomlins, remuneration for compiling and printing an Index to the Statutes passed 
respecting Ireland, prepared and completed to the end of the last Session - - - - a- 
Sir Robert Chester, in lieu of the per centage which the Master and Assistant Master of the Cere- 
monies formerly received upon presents made by His Majesty to Foreign Ministers, &amp;c. in the P 
ear 1829 - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - io «= 
ROW. Pickevood, esq. Chief Justice of St. Kitts, remuneration for the discharge of Judicial Duties 
at the Island of Anguilla, for one year, to gth November 1829 . - - : - - 200 - - 
Thomas Hine, esq. Solicitor on the part of the Commissioners appointed to inquire concerning 
Charities in England for the Education of the Poor, per Act 59 Geo. III. c. 91, bill of costs 
incurred in the conduct of proceedings in the Court of Chancery, in eighty-three causes insti- 
tuted by the said Commissioners - - - - . . ° . . * ‘ ‘ 1,279 14 1 
T. N. Wittwer, esq. Accountant to the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, for having 
acted as accountant on the part of the Public in investigating the accounts between the Public 
and the East India Company, in conformity with the recommendation of the Committee of the 





House of Commons in the year 1805, in conjunction with William Wright, esq. on the part of 
the said Company, for the year ended 5th Sept. 1829 - - - - - - - e 400 - - 
T. Nettleship, for making up and publishing in the London Gazette weekly returns of the average 


price of brown and muscovado Sugar, and for the expense of advertisements and other incidental 
charges, for the year ended 5th August 1830 - - - - * ‘ » 400 - - 


T. Wyon, esq. Chief Engraver of His Majesty’s Mint, for engraving, &amp;c. seals for the signet, sign 


manual, and cachét furnished for His Majesty’s three Secretaries of State, and privy seals for 
England, Scotland and Ireland - - - - : - - ~ ° ° " &gt; . 263 18 3 


The Right Honourable James Edward Earl of Malmesbury, the amount due to him on his account 


as Governor of the Isle of Wight, for the year ended 5th April 1830, as certified by the Auditors . 
of the Land Revenue - - - - - - . - ° ; es . ie ; 364 - 4 


L. C. Lescene, part of amount awarded as a com 


pensation for losses sustained by his deportation 
from Jamaica, inthe vear 1823 - - - - = * = -#= 2 -# «-# = 4,000 - - 
J. Escoffery - - - - ditto - - - - ditto - - - - ditt® - - - - - 1,000 - - 


The amount paid for expenses in proving the claims of Lescene and Escoffer . - - - 312 13 10 


J. Gonville, compensation in full of all demands fer losses sustained by his deportation from 
Jamaica, in the year 1823 - 








A " i. he 2 a e " te » 1,500 -— = 
Lord Brougham, net amount payable to his Lordship upon his appointment as Lord Chancellor, the 
usual allowance payable upon the appointment of a Lord Chancellor, being £.2,000 gross, or 
£.1,843. 13. net for outfit - - - - - - - - + - - - - 1,843 13. - 
Sir A. B. King, allowance in lieu of supplying the public departments in Ireland with stationery, 
three quarters to 5th January 1831 - = = = 1875 - = 
The amount of fees paid at the Treasury and Exchequer - - co - - -€ «© &amp; 3,763 17 - 
ToraL Payments in Great BRITAIN - - = - - £. 
SERVICES PAID IN IRELAND. 
The amount issued to defray the expense of Stationery supplied to the several public offices, in the 
half year ended the sth Aprit 1830 - ° . - . ° : . . ' “ 1,598 5 1 
Simon Brigley, Secretary for the management of fountains in the Earl of Meath’s Liberties ; his 
salary, for the year ended 10th October 1830 - - ° - - - - - - 18 9 4 
James Hendrick, Treasurer for ditto ~ - - his salary forsametime - - = - - 2713 8 
e Directors of the Grand Canal Company, for water supplied to the fountains in the Earl of 
Meath’s Liberties, one year to 8th August 1830 - - - - - -« « «| - 110 15 4 
Mw. N. Mahon, for rent of ground at the Grand Canal Harbour, for supplying the fountains with 
water, one year to ist May 1830 - - - - - - - - - - - - 23°41 
The salaries of the secretary and clerks of the General Board of Health, and for incidenal expenses 


of the Board, year to 10th October 1830 - 





? ss , = 339 g 1 











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(B.) 

i aed ~ 
25° Junii 
continued. 

Jéurnal, p. 564. 
83,512 16 7 








128,424 2 3 





Appendix, 
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continued. 


Journal, p. 564. 








1064 Miscellaneous Accounts and Estimates. 











(96.)—Sum expended under the head of Civil Contingencies, in 1830—continued. 











No. 5.—Services paid in Ireland—continued. 


The Directors of the Cow-Pock Institution, in aid of the funds of that Institution - - - 
The salaries and incidental expenses of the Commissioners for the New Valuation of Houses in the 
City of Dublin, for three quarters to 10th October 1830 - - ° - - ° ° 
William Woodman, veterinary surgeon 2d Dragoon Guards, expenses in inspecting horses of the 
Constabulary Force at Limerick, Tralee, Cashel and Carrick-on-Suir —- 7 - - - 
The amount of fees paid to the Clerk of the Crown and manager, ae ining writs to mene a 
temporal peer, in room of the late Marquis Headford - 
The Rev. Evan Johnson, Chaplain to His oy s ape at Ringsend, salary for half a year to 
24th December 1829 - - - 
More, for salaries of the Clerk and Sexton i in said Chapel, ana for coutingent expenses, for one year 
to 25th March 1830 - - - - - - - - . - - - - - 
Messrs. Kiernan &amp; Hunt, state apothecaries, amount of their account, one year to 31st December 
&lt;&lt; ea a Oe a ee ae Sra hg hae ape 
The salary of the Parliamentary Record Clerk, one year to the 10th October 1830 - - - 
W. Cusack, secretary to the Commissioners for the erection of Lunatic Asylums, for salaries and 
incidental expenses, one year to 24th September 1830 - - - - - - - - 
The Governor of the House of Industry, on account of expenses incurred for support of Fever 
Patients in the Hardwick and Wellesley Hospitals, for nine months to 31st March 1830 - : 
Paid to the Governors of the Meath deat 08 and County Dublin Infirmary, on account of fever 
patients in said Hospital  - - 2 ae - - - .- = - - 
Paid to the Treasurer to the Shelter for Females discharged from Prison, being in aid of the insti- 
tution - - - * - - - - - - - ~ - - - - 
Major Miller, Inspector General of Police, Munster District, allowance for travelling expenses, for 
a year and a quarter to 10th October 1830 - - - - - - - - - = 
Major Warburton, ditto - - - - - - = Westerndistrict - - mm, for a year to 10th 
October 1830 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
Sir John Harvey - ditto - - - - + + Leinsterdistrict - - ditto, for same time - 
The amount issued to pay the Clerk of the Parliament for ommyng and wears; = Acts 
of Sessions 182g and 1830 - - - - . - - - - 
Paid for rent of premises on the City Quay, formerly occupied as a public ‘coal yard, one year to 
29th September 1830 - - - - - - - - —~ ae - - - 
Sir William Betham, Ulster King at Arms, in lieu of a silver cup, to which he was entitled for pro- 
claiming the accession of His most Sacred J Majesty William the Fourth - - - - - 
Ditto - - - - to defray the expenses incurred for Riband of the most illustrious Order of 
St. Patrick, for the use of the Grand Masters, Knights and Officers, &amp;c. - 
The Archbishop of Dublin, Chancellor of the Order of St. Patrick, upon the delivery of the Collars 
to the Marquis of Drogheda and Waterford, and Earl of Cary sfort, to Ulster King at Arms - 
Paid for Tithe, for that portion of the Phoenix Park which is ia the parish of St. James, one year 
and half to 1st November 1830 - - - - - - - - - - - - 
Mrs. Talbot, allowance for a house in the Pheenix Park, one year to 5th January 1830 - - 
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, poms on letters with the National Debt 


Office, one year to 5th July 1830 - - - - - - ° “ © é 
James Mahon, compensation awarded him for an tii on his land, which became ne- 
cessary for the purpose of improving the turnpike-road from Ennis to Gort —- - ° ° 
Sir James Riddall, for furnishing Corn Returns, one year to 29th September 1830 - - - 


The expense of passing patents revoking letters patent appointing Sir Jonah Barrington Judge of the 
High Court of Admiralty in Ireland, and also revoking the Commission on Records in Ireland - 
John ‘Ebbs, Deputy Clerk of the Council, in lieu of apartments in the Council omen, one year to 


5th July 1830—- - - - - - - - - - - “ = a8 
Ditto - + - = ditto - - - allowance to buy Mourning on the demise of his late Majesty 
John Bartholomew, for expenses attending the Castle chapel, en by directions of Govern- 
ment, one year to 30th April 1830 - - - - ° » m ‘ ‘ 
Ditto - - - - allowance to buy Mourning on the demise of his late Majesty - 
Paid the Ringers of Christ’s Church, St. Patrick’s and siearaiatin Church, - ringing funeral bells 
on the death of his late Majesty - - * 
Sundry persons, as of His Majesty’s bounty, for the years 1829 and 1830 i. - - * 


Tota ExpenpDiTuRE for the UNITED K1inGpom 


Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, 
2ist June 1831. 





121 





aes 

s. d £. sd. 
5 9 
18 
18 9 
6 2 
6 2 
14 4 
18 5 
8 6 
7 3 
4 8 
17 2 
13 10 
5 -_ 
i5 - 
18 5 
- 
10 6 
- ss 
18 8 
7 8 
4 8 
15 - 
16 8 

10,495 17 10 
- £.| 138,920 - 1 











T. SPRING RICE. 





(97..—AN ESTIMATE of the Amount that will probably be required to defray the Expense under the 


head of Crvit ContincencieEs; for the Year 1831. 





—— Eighty Thousand Pounds. 


EXPLANATION OF THE ESTIMATE: 


























£. » @ 
BALANCE unissued at the commencement of 1830. - . - - - - - - - 73,880 i 2 
Grant for 1830 - . - - - - - - - - - | 160,000 — 
Amount received from the Winkel establishment, Berbice, the expenses moving formerly been paid 
out of thisfund - - - - - . - - ° ° . - . . 233 5 6 
234,113 10 8 
Expenditure in 1830, as stated in the preceding Account - - - - - - - - | 138,920 - 1 
BALANCE - - - - - &amp;£. | 1 310 7 
&lt;r 955193 7 
Estimated expense of Special Commissions in the disturbed districts, and for 
rewards - - - - - - - - - - - £.25,000 - - 
The amount due to Messrs. Rundell &amp; Bridge, for presents made in the year 
1830, by His Majesty’s command, to the Ambassadors and Ministers of 
Foreign States - - = ._ se 2 Se USCS 6,870 19 - 
31,870 19 — 
Applicable to Expenditure of 1831 *_ -— . 2 * = 63,322 11 7 
Estimated Expenditure of 1831 - - - - - = -{ 143,000 - - 
Unprovidedfor - - - - «+ &amp;. 80,000 - - 


Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, 
21st June 1831, 











T. SPRING RICE. 





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; Appendix, 
(98..--AN ESTIMATE of the Sum which will be required for defraying the ExpenpiTure of the po 
Esta BLISHMENT of the British Musreum : ; for the Year 1831. (B.) 
—Fourteen Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 25° Junii 
Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, | samen 


24 June 1831. J T. SPRING RICE. Journal, p. 569. 





PARTICULARS OF THE FOREGOING ESTIMATE. 


EsTIMATED ExPENDITURE from Christmas 1830 to Christmas 1831. 




















ge «4 
Orricers’ Salaries of the Old Establishment —- - - - - - ~ a a eae 

Ditto - - for ExtraServices - e ‘ ‘ si 1,950 - - 
Wages, Board Wages, and Extra Pay of Attendants and Servants - - - =] 3,00 - - 
Salaries of the Librarians and Attendants of The King’s Library - - - » " 60 + « 
Officers’ Salaries and Banksian Library and Collections - - o * “ “ “a. =. 
Attendants on Stoves - - - - - - - « ~ - ‘ ‘ a ws 
Rent and Taxes - - * ° ‘ * . * ; 675 - - 
Bookbinding, mening of MSS. a and Portfolios - - - ~ “ - _ ‘ = 
Stationery - - - - - - « “ as 2 jn « &amp; 
Coals, Coke and Faggots - - - ole - - - ° ° —— asm 
Candles and Gas-Light Company - - - - - - = - i De &gt; roe 
Incidents for sundry Articles of domestic use, Freight of Packages, &amp;c. - - - a 
Repairs, fitting up Shelves, &amp;c. not paid by the Board of Works - - - - ‘ as « 
Purchases in Natural nny and preserving the same - - ~ o ~ ° 950 - - 
Cabinets for Coins - + - - - - . + - - ~ ‘ a 
Purchase of Coins and Medals ° - - - - ~ « “ * - * — « « 
Purchase of Antiquities = - « - - m o - P ig ‘ Sa si in 
Drawings from the Athenian Marbles ~ - - - - - - - ° a 
Engravingsfrom - - ditto - - - ~ ~ « ~ - . w - &lt;= 
Printing Description of Athenian Marbles - - ~ - . af an «= &lt; 
Purchase of Foreign Books, and of MSS.; and continuing “the Works in progress . 

The King’s Library, and that of Sir sennge ane - - «¢ « — == 
Purchase of Prints - - - - “ « “ e . “a. « 
Continuation of Classed Catalogue - - - - - - - - - - ae 
Law Expenses - — - ~ ~ - - - ° “ « “ Re. « 
Treasury Stamp on the Parliamentary Grant - - - . - - - 226 

; 17,307 2 6 
Estimate for the Fifth Quarter - - - - 4.326 15 7 
21,633 18 1 
Deduct, Balance in hand - - - - - - 7,182 19 8 
Sum to be provided - - - £.| 14,450 18 5 
(99. AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to provide for the Payment of certain SALaries, ALLOWANCES, 11° Julii. 


Pensions, and Services heretofore paid out of the Civit List for England and Ireland, the Hexepirary Journal, p. 643. 
Revenves of the Crown in Scotland, and the £. 4% per cent. Duty, but for which no Provision has been made in 

the Civit List of His preseat Majesty ; from the periods to which the said Services were severally last paid, to 

the 5th day of July 1831. 


Two Hundred and Forty Thousand Pounds :—Clear of Fees and all other Deductions. 
(£. 240,000.) 








Whitehall, Treasury "" T. SPRING RICE. 
11 July 1831. 





(100.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum which may probably be required to defray the Expense to be incurred on 30° Augusti. 
account of Their Masestizs’ CoroNATION. Journal, p. 802. 





——Fifty Thousand Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 


Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, | ? T. SPRING RICE. 
30 August 1831. f 





(101..\—AN ESTIMATE to provide for the Amount due under the head of Criminaxt ProsecuTionsin 6° Septembris. 


Ireland, on the 1st January 1831. Journal, p. 830. 


-——Twenty-seven Thousand Five Hundred and Ninety Pounds :— 


To be issued without Fee or other Deduction —— 





Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, | T. SPRING RICE. 
6 September 1831. 


VOL. 86. 


Part II. 12P 























Appendix, : 

"B) (102.).—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to defray the Expense incurred, and to be incurred in 1831, jn 
carrying on the Rerarrs and ALTERATIONS at Winpsor CasTLE, and in providing FurNn1TURE for the Castle ; 
and of the Sum required towards the Amount which is wanted to defray Debts incurred for Work done on 
Contracts entered into for Buck1ncuam House, previous to the appointment of the Select Committee of 
The House of Commons, 


27° Septembris. 
Journal, p. 872. 





WINDSOR CASTLE, 



































£. 8 ad, 
Tue Amount of the Expenditure for the Building, which has already received the sanction] eae 
of Parliament - - - - - - - - - - - - - 594» 
The additional Sum which has been sanctioned for Additional Works by the Report ofthe\| .~~ 0559 _ 
Select Committee of The House of Commons, in the Session of 1830,is_—- - -J 77 ~ 
For the BuitpING - - - - 771,000 - - 
£ s d. 
The Amount already granted for Furniture, is - - - - ,267,000 - - 
The further Amount required to defray the Charger} i alee P 
already incurred,is = - . . 5» ..% 
Towards which is to be applied the Amount of Fees} 
ljeducted by the Lord Comberton: s Office from the 1,550 - - 
[Tradesmen - - - « we _f 
; : 3,670 g 2 
The further Amount required for New Rooms - - - ~ e| 30000 &lt;- « 
For FuRNITURE - - ~ -| 280,670 g 2 
The Amount which has been already granted for the purchase of Land and Housesis = - 33,500 — — 
Tora Sum required - - - - - 11,084,170 9 2 
The Amount already granted being -| 894,500 - - 
There is still required - - £./190,670 g 2 ; 
On account of which it is proposed to grant in 1831,— 
For the Build:ng, as recommended by the Select Cameniiies “ .- &amp;« 
1830 - - - ~ « ts - vi 50,000 — — 
To pay the Charge sheed jammed for Pesniters bas ual the 
Grant - . og - 4 * 3,670 9 2 
For Furniture required for new Rooms - — - - - «| 10000 = — 
63,670 g 2 
Leaving to be granted in future years according to the 
Report of the Select Committee of 1830 - - - *} =| tere =~ 
BUCKINGHAM HOUSE. 
The Amount required towards defraying the Charge incurred of Debt for Works done 
and Contracts made prior to the appointment of the Select Committee in 1831, is ‘I 100,000 - - 
Winpsor Castle, asabove - - - - 63,670 9g 2 
To be granted in 1831 - - - £.| 163,670 g 2 











One Hundred and Sixty-Three Thousand Six Hundred and Seventy Pounds Nine Shillings and Two Pence :— 
Clear of Fees, and all Deductions. 








Whitehall, Treasury _ 


27 September 1831. Edward Ellice 





28° Septembris. (103..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to provide for the Payment of certain SaLaries, ALLOWANCES, 

Journa, p. 877. Pensions and Services, heretofore paid out of the Civil List for England and Ireland, the Hereditary 
Revenues of the Crown in Scotland, and the 4% per Cent. Duty, but for which no provision has been made 
in the Civit List of His present Majesty, from the period to which the said Services were severally last 
paid, to the 10th day of October 1831. 








One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds :—Clear of all Fees, and other Deductions. 





Whitehall, Treasury _ T. SPRING RICE 


28 September 1831. 





Journal, p.876. (104.)—AN ESTIMATE of the additional Sum required to complete the Wonks at the Royat CLARENCE 
VicruaLLinc YaArD at Gosport, beyond the Sum of £. 20,000, which was voted on the EstimarreE of the Nav¥ 
for the present Year. 








Twenty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty-seven Pounds. 





Victualling Office, | G. A. Chetwynd Stapylton. 
28 September 1831. J ryt Briggs. 
. ecombe. 





1066 Miscellaneous Estimates. A. 183]. 


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Miscellaneous Estimates. 


1067 








CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS: 


PROTESTANT Charter Schools. 
Schools and Education. 
Foundling Hospital of Dublin. 
House of Industry, &amp;e. 
Richmond Lunatic Asylum. 
Hibernian Society for Soldiers’ Children. 
Hibernian Marine Society. 
Female Orphan House. 
Westmorland Lock Hospital. 
Lying-in Hospital. 

Dr. Steevens’s Hospital. 

Fever Hospital, &amp;c. Cork-street 





ESTIMATES:—IRELAND. 


Hospital for Incurables, 

Roman Catholic College, Maynooth. 

Royal Dublin Society. 

Royal Irish Academy. 

Commissioners of Charitable Donations and 
Bequests. 

Belfast Academical Institution. 





MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES: 
Board of Works for Civil Buildings, &amp;c. 
Chief and Under Secretary’s Offices, &amp;c. 
Household of the Lord Lieutenant, &amp;c. 
Vice-Treasurer’s Office. 








(105.)—-GENERAL ABSTRACT. 


Office of Teller of the Exchequer. 

Printing Proclamations, &amp;c. 

Criminal Prosecutions, 

Non-conforming and other Dissenting 
Ministers. 

Salary to Lottery Officers, 

Inland Navigation, 

Police and Watch of Dublin. 

Commissioners of Judicial Inquiry. 

Board of Public Records. 


» Employment of the Poor. 


Commissioners of Public Works. 


CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES, IRELAND: 


Amount of the Expense in 1830; and of the Sums proposed to be voted in 1831. 


Appendix, 
(B.) 


18° Augusti. 





Journal, p. 766. 








CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 


ProtesTANT Charter Schools 
Schools and Education = - 
Foundling Hospital - = - 
House of Industry, &amp;c. - 
Richmond Lunatic Asylum 
Hibernian Society for Soldiers’ Children 
Hibernian Marine Society - 
Female Orphan House - 
Westmorland Lock Hospital 
Lying-in Hospital - - 
Dr. Steevens’s Hospital - 
Fever Hospital, Cork-street 
Hospital for Incurables = - 
Roman Catholic College - 
Royal Dublin Society - 
Royal Irish Academy - 
Board of Charitable Bequests 
Belfast Academical Institution 
Royal Cork Institution - ~~ 
Association for discounterancing Vice 
Society for the Education of the Poor 


ISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 


Board of Works for Civil Buildings - 
Chief and Under Secretary’s Office 
Household of the Lord Lieutenant, &amp;c. 
Vice-Treasurer’s Office - - - 
Teller of Exchequer’s Office - 
Printing Proclamations and Statutes 
Criminal Prosecutions - 
Non-conforming and other Ministers 
Salaries to Lottery Officers - 


Inland Navigation - - -~ = 
Police of Dublin - - . . 
Commissioners of Judicial Inquiry —- 
Board of Public Records - -  - 
Employment of the Poor - - - 

ommissioners of Public Works- = - 
Public Works - - - - - 
































Grant, 1830. a Increase, Decrease. 
mx an @ x « @ q n# «4 x «2 
- = =| Go ~+&lt;-| 6m - ~-] + - =) ee = 
- - -| - - - | 30,000 — =| 30,000 - - 
- - - | 30,900 - —| 27,824 - -] - - - 3,076 - - 
- - - | 21,295 - —]| 20,200 — -| - - - 1,095 - - 
- - - 6,700 - =- 1,388 - -—-j - ~ - 5.312 - = 
._ « @) fo * &lt;i ee eee ll ee eS 
- - - 1,400 - - 1,268 -—- —] - - - 132 - — 
- - - 1375 - - 1291 —- =-—| - - - 84 - - 
- - - 3,060 - - 2,900 — —| - - - 160 - = 
- - - 2,591 - - 2,000 — =| - - - 591 - - 
- - - 1676 - - 1,578 - =| - - - g8 - - 
- - - 3,860 - - 2,860 = -/| - - - 1,000 - = 
Puc Mrs el 465 - - 465 - - 
- - - 8,928 - - 8,928 = - 
- - - 7,000 —- — 5,500 - —| - - - 1,500 - - 
- - - goo - - 300 - — 
- - - 700 - — 700 - - 
- - - 1,500 - — 1,500 - - 
- - - 6o0e - - - - - - - 600 - - 
- - - §,000 - — - - ~ - - 5,000 — = 
- - - | 25,000 - -]| - - - - - - 25,000 - = 
. - | 14,098 - -—]| 12,900 = -| - ~ ¥ a 
- - - | 25,527 2 6] 30,419 = 10 1,891 18 4 
- - - | 17,235 9 1]| 16,379 14 1] - - - 855 15 - 
“ -~ «2 Si -t srw. F* 3°) THE ae Pe 
. - ~ 1,680 - - 1,680 - = 
~ - - 4,600 - — 4,600 - ~ 
- - - | 50,000 — -} 50,000 - — 
- - - | 21,741 15 -| 21,741 16 - 
- - - 740 6 2 47915 5| 7 ° - 269 10 9g 
- - - 5,300 - —- 2,650 - -| - - - 2,650 - = 
- - - | 23,000 —- =| 20,853 - -—] - - - 2,147 - - 
- « w=) fae © €) gaee- -t* - * 3.544 6 2 
- - - 2,909 - - 1,000 - -—| - - - 1,909 - - 
- - - - ~ - 40,000 — — | 40,000 —- — 
~ - - - - 1,100 —- - i20e - = 
- -| 11,000 - -| - - - - - - 11,000 - = 
Tora, - - - £. (334,707 18 11 |333,931 5 4] 72,991 18 4/| 73,768 11 11 
72,991 18 4 
Decrease in 1831 - - - &amp;. 776 13 7 


Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, 


18 August 1831. 


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T. SPRING RICE. 











Appendix, 
(B.). 





18° dugusti 


continued, 


Journal,.p. 766. 


Miscellaneous Estimates. 




















CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 


(106.j)—ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in aid of the Expense of supporting the 
Protestant Cuarter Scuoots of IneLanp; for the Year 1831. 








Five Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-four Pounds :—Clear of Fees and all other Deductions, 








S -s« &amp; 
Diet of 609 Children, at 4d. each per diem, for the first half year, to end 5th July 1831 1,837 3 - 
Diet of 509 Children for the second half year, to end 5th January 1832, on the supposition 

that 100 Children will have been disposed of between those periods - . “ 560 18 8 
Clothing 609 Children, at £.2. 4. each - - - - - - - . - 3339 16 — 
Fuel for seven Boarding Schools - - - - - - - . - : 420 - = 

Ditto for five Day Schools - - . - - - . - - 39° - = 
Soap and Candles for the Boarding Schecle . ~ - - - - - 225.- = 
Books of Instruction and Stationery, including Books for Apprentices - - - - oP. +&gt;. 
Furniture and Bedding for seven Boarding Schools - - - . - - ° 100 = - 
Salaries to ten Catechists for the first half year, and to seven Catechists for the second 

half year - - - - - - - - - - - - 179 19 7 
Salaries, Gratuities and Allowance for Diet to Masters and Mistresses - - - - 587 12 11 

Ditto - - ditto - - ditto - - to Ushers and Usheresses - - - - 446 - - 
Annuities to Masters and Mistresses, Ushers and Usheresses, superannuated ; or compen- 

sated on the suppression of their respective Schools - - - ° « 823 7 8 

Ditto - to two Officers on retirement from Office, after long service - 326 &gt; - 
* Apprentice Fees, at £.10 with each Boy or Girl apprenticed to Trades, payable by 

Instalments. The first payment of £.5 to be made upon the Indenture being perfected 1,100 -— - 
Bounties to Apprentices on serving their Terms faithfully, and final Gratuities to Boys and 

Girls upon being given up to their Parents or Friends . - - - - - 1,200 - = 
Medicines and Medical Attendance for the Boarding Schools - - - - “ =m rr - 
Carriage of Children from Country Schools to Dublin - . - - - - . os. - &gt; 
Carriage of Goods to Boarding Schools, and of Articles from suppressed Schools - - 49 - - 
Salaries of the Officers of the Society - - - - - - - - - - 611. 7 8 
Law Expenses - - - - - - - - - 150 - - 
Repairs of the Schools, inclading ‘the Architect’s Salary 7 - - - - &lt; 200 = = 
Wages and Diet of Servants _ - - - - - 275 =- - 
Rents of the Schoo] Lands and~ Houses, payable by the Society - &lt; 862 8 2 
Various Incidental Expenses within the Schools, witane by the Affidavits of the Masters, 

and certified by the Local Committees - - ~ - - - 1590 - - 

£. 12,787 13 8 
Rent of the Society’s Estatés, one year net - - - - - - - - - 918 lo 1 
Rent of the School Lands, payable by the Masters - - - - - - 452 13 4 
Trustees of Erasmus Smith’s Annual Grant towards support of Sligo School - - 230 15 4 
Interest on Baron Vryhouven’s cas ares of £. 56, 666. 13. 4 in the Three per Cent. 

British Funds . - - - - 7700 - — 
Dividend on £.40,000 Four per Cent: sohinied to Three- enda-bell per Cent. - - 400 -— - 
Interest on four Dunleer and six Kinnegad Turnpike Debentures of £. 50 each, late 

currency - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ 24 9 2 
* Amount of Fxpenditure saved, in consequence of the contemplated increase of Appren- 

tice Fees ‘and Bounties not having been carried into effect during the year 1830 - = - 266 10 - 

£. 6,992 17 11 
Wanted to complete the Estimate - - - 5179415 9 
£. 12,787 13 8 














* N ote.—In order to carry into effect the object of His Majesty’s Government, in disposing of the Children in the 
Charter Schools as fast as possible, it was proposed, with the concurrence of Lord F. Leveson Gower, to increase the 
Apprentice Fees from £.7 to £.10, and of Bounties from £.4. 10. to £.7. This measure was not carried into effect, 
in consequence of the delay in receiving the Parliamentary Grant; therefore the Society now give credit for the sum 
which this advance was likely to amount to. But as it is proposed to adopt the measure in the current year, it is therefore 


estimated for accordingly. 


15 January 1831. 


H. R. Dawson, Dep’ Chairman. 





ScHoo;s, and for the Advancement of EpucaTion. 


——tThirty Thousand Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 





(107..—ESTIMATE of the Sum necessary to enable the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to issue Money in Aid of 





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‘ 


A dix, 
(108.)-AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required to defray the Expense of the Founpiine Hospira in "B) a 
“Destin, for the Year 1831 ; calculated to maintain in the House 1,040 Children of Six Years old and upwards, 


and 4,145 Children, or thereabouts, at Nurse in the Country. 18° Augusti 
_—T wenty-seven Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-four Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. dential 












































Journal, p. 766. 
No. &amp;«d. £ s. d. 
1, | Provisions for 1,000 Children, calculated at 23d. per day each - = - | 4,182 5 10 
Ditto - for 40 Females of advanced age, employed in the laborious works of -~ 6 
House, which the oe are unequal to, at 6d. derday each -  - = 
Ditto - for 34 Masters, Mistresses, Orderlies, and Servants, at 11d. per day - 568 15 10 
, 6.116 1 8 
2, | Clothing - - ° - ? . " 6 - - - - -| - - - | 2,085 - - 
Miscellaneous Expenses; viz. 
Se i i 450 = - 
4 Candles and Soap - - - = - - - - - - ~ - 163 - = 
5. | Lighting with Gas - - - - - - - - ~ - - - 11015 4 
6. Lamp Oil ~ - 7 = = &gt; - - o = - - 30 — 
7, | Bibles, School Books, and Stationery - - - - - - . - - 275 - - 
g, Advertising Pi &gt; - - - - - - ~ - ™ - 30 ae 
9. Medicines, Wine, &amp;c. - - - - - « “ o “ ‘ 7% - = 
10. | Bedding, Straw, Brushes, Tin-ware, Tubs, Ironmongery, &amp;c. - - - 284 = - 
11. | Contingent Disbursements - . - - a le “ ‘ 99 7 9 
12. | Apprentice Fees ; viz. 1,508 3 1 
Apprentice Fees payable on the Children being bound, suppose 300 children, 
at£.1 each - - - - - - - - - - - } _— 
Clothing for 300 Children on being bound, at £.1. 1.each_  - - - - 315 - - 
Clothing for 438 Children on the expiration of the first year’s Apprenticeship, ) 
at £.1. 1. each - “ a » . a ‘ A ‘a s -f 459 18 = 
Clothing for 321 Children on the expiration of the second year’s Apprenticeship, | 
at £.1. 1.each~ - - - * s ‘ a - a i m 337 1 - 
Premiums payable to 158 Children on serving their Apprenticeship faithfully,) 
at £.2 15. 44. each - - - « o - ao * ie J 437 9 3 
, , a 1,849 8 3 
13. | Salaries and Wages to Officers, and to Masters, Mistresses, and Orderlies in the ‘i 
Schools, and Servants in the House - - - - = « ° — * - == | 2,095 9 
14. | Retired Allowances to Superannuated Register, Housekeeper and Schoolmistress - | - @ a 266 3 3 
15. | Retired Allowances to three late Collectors of Taxes - - - - - en“ . s 65 = - 
16. | Repairs, &amp;c. of Buildings - - - - - + - - - - oF a . ‘ 461 10 9g 
17. | Nursing Children in the Country ; viz. 
Calculated at the rate of £.5 per annum for 113 Infants, under one year old - 565 = = 
at the rate of £.3. 5. per annum for 943 Children, from one to five = 
years old - - - . - - - - - _f, 3064 15 = 
at the rate of £.3. 15. per annum for 3,089 Children, from ~ — ee 
years upwards - 7 - - - - - - « 5°93 15 = 
15,213 10 — 
Tota. Amount of Expense - - -| -« - £. |28,660 6 2 
Deduct therefrom : 
Rent of Estate - - - - - ° - *- . - - 106 411 
Also the Amount received during the year 1830, on the admission of 146 os . a 
at £.5 each - - - - - - - - - - - - - — © 
836 411 
Ba.ance of Estimate - - - - - £./27,824 1 3 
8 sana ties} John Pomeroy, Chairman. 





(109..\—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in aid of the Expense for supporting the House of 
Ivpustry in Dusxin, the Lunatic Department, and the Turee Genera Hosrirats attached ; for the 


























Year 1831. 
——Twenty Thousand Two Hundred Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 
No. &amp;e2.d iS a « 
1. | For the Diet of 940 Aged and Infirm Paupers, including Nurses and Assistant 88 
Nurses, at the rate of 3d. per head per day - - - - . - ‘} — . 
For Clothing, Bedding, Furniture, Coals, Soap, Candles, Oil, Medicines, and N eet 8 
Wages for this Class, at £.1. 18. 4. per annum - - - - ® Bei 
6,090 8 4 
2. | For the Diet of 473 Idiots and Incurable Lunatics, and 49 Keepers, Nurses “ — 
Assistant Nurses for this Class, at the rate of 3 3d. per head per day - =f HN SF 
For Clothing, Bedding, Furniture, Coals, Soap, Candles, Oil, Medicines, vat aa 
Keepers’ and Nurses’ Wages, at the rate of £.2 17. 6. perannum - - _ te” 
x2 6 
3- | For the Diet of 144 Patients in the Hardwicke Fever Hospital, and 20 Nurses, | — ? 
Assistant Nurses, Laundry Servants, Porters, &amp;c. at the rate of 4d. per head 997 13 
per da “i . J ved . 
For Clothing, Bedding, Furniture, Coals, Soap, Candles, Oil, Medicines, and es x 
Nurses’ Wages to this Class, at £4 peramnum - - - -— = _ 5 
1,653 13 4 
_ Carried forward - = - - £,/12,023 7 11 





VOL. 86.——Part II. 12 Q 





Miscellaneous Estimates. 














Appendix, 














(B.) 


18° Augusti 


continued. 4. 


Journal, p. 766. 





a 


18, 


19. 


20. 









































House of Industry, Dublin,| 
8 January 1831. J 








(109.)—Estimate of the Sums that will be required for supporting the House of Industry in Dublin, &amp;¢.—continued. 
| Pr 
&amp; «a € ee 
Brought forward - - - - - [12,023 7 1, 
For the Diet of 82 Patients in the Whitworth Chronic Hospital, and 14 Nurses, ies Th 
Ward Maids, Porters, &amp;c., at 4 3d. per head per day - 57 ™ 
For Clothing, Bedding, Furniture, Coals, Soap, Candles, Oil, Medicines, and Nurses’ . 
Wages for this Class, at £.4. 12. 6. perannum~ - - 444 7 — 
| For the Diet of 120 Patients in the Richmond Surgical Hospital, and 18 Nurses, 8 
Ward Maids, Porters, &amp;c., at the rate of 44d. per head per da - - 944 9 
For Clothing, Bedding, Furniture Coals, Soap, ‘Candles, Oil, emotes, and Nurses’ 618 6 
Wages for this Class, at £. 7. 1. 7. per annum - - - 97 192 7 4 
For the Diet of 26 Sturdy Beggars, at 23d. per head perday - -~ - - 98 17 1 
For Keepers’ Wages and Diet, for Straw, Coals and Furniture - - - - go - - ‘ 
188 1 l 
For the Diet of 41 Menial Officers, requisite for the Institution at large; viz. : 
— Bakers, Laundry, Kitchen, Store and Office Servants, sine Mes-'} 342 18 11 
—e Gardener, &amp;c., at 54d. per head perday - - . - - 
For Wages, Clothing, Bedding, and Furniture, for 51 of this Class at the rate of de agit! ee 
£.11 per head per annum - - - - - - - - - +} 4 
903 18 11 
(1,927 Persons.) : 
For Rent and Taxes - - . * - » - - * - 655 7 8 
keeping in Repair the several Departments of the Institution - . - 850 =— - 
Coals for Boilers, Bakehouse, Laundry and Offices —- - - - - 180 -— - 
Soap, Candles, and Lamp Oil, for - ditto . - - - - - 80 = = 
Books, Printing and Stationery - - . - 110 — — 
Furniture for the Dining Halls, Kitchen, enn Laundry ah Offices - 150 = - 
Premiums to the Aged ‘and Infirm Poor, the Children and harmless Lunaties,) 
for making and repairing the Clothing and Bedding, and for other Works wed 130 - - 
the Institution - - - - - - - - - - 
Tobacco and Snuff for the Lunatics, Idiots, and Infirm Poor - - - 140 - - 
The contingent Expenses of the Institution; viz. Burial Expenses, Horse and 
Cart Expenses, Law Costs, Freestone, Brooms, Spinning Wheels, Viaticum to 250 —- — 
Convalescent Patients returning to the Country, Apprentice Fees, Xe. &amp;e. J 2.545 7 8 
Trusses and Bandages for the Ruptured Poor of Ireland, per order of ~s dint We 184 12 4 
vernment - - - - - - - - - - - =| 
For the Support of a Dispensary for the Relief of the Sick Poor of the North-west 
District of the City of Dublin; viz.— 
For Salary to Two Medical Inspectors, at £.46.3s. = - - - 92 6 - 
Ditto - to One Porter, One Messenger, and One Surgery ‘Maid - - 55 8 - 
For Medicines, Calico, Flannel, and other Miscellanies - ° - * 276 18 6 
424 12 6 
For Salary to One Governor of the Establishment = - - . - - 461 10 8 
Ditto - to One Register, Accountant, and Paymaster - - - - - 260 - - 
Ditto - to One Steward and Providore - - - - = - 184 12 4 
Ditto - to One Assistant ditto ditto - - - - - - 60 - - 
Ditto - to One Superintendent of the Cothing _ Bedding g, and Clerk in the) 
Office - - - . - - - - 117 6 4 
Ditto - to One Housekeeper - = ee 73.17 - 
Ditto - to One Superintendent of the Lunatic Department, and his wife - 107 1 8 
Ditto - to Two Physicians, at £.168. 9. 4. - - - - - - - 336 18 8 
Ditto - toTwo - ditto - £. 92.6.2. - - - - - - + 184 12 8 
Ditto - to Three Surgeons - £. 84. 4. 8. - - - - - - - 252 14 — 
Ditto - to One Apothecary - = = = = = - - = - 107 1 8 
Ditto - to One Assistant Apothecary - - - - - - - - 80 - - 
Ditto - to Two Chaplains, Protestant and Roman Catholic - ~ - - 147 14 — 
Ditto - to One Matron of the Hospitals - = = = = - 70 3 - 
Salaries - - - - —| 2,443 12 - 
For Pension to the Rev. Thomas Gamble, a retired Governor since the year 1800 - g2 6 2 
Ditto - to Susanna Free, retired Superintendent of the Bedford Anpom - 32 6 4 
Ditto - to Maria Clarke, retired Assistant Housekeeper - - ra 23 1 8 
Ditto - to Three of the Five retired Governors since 1820, at £. 138. 9.4. - 415 8 - 
Ditto - to Four Superannuated Servants; 3 at £.15.andiatf#.10. -  - 55 - ~ 
Pensions - - - - 618 2 2 
FUNDS applicable : 22,354 17 10 
Probable Amount of the Net Profit on the Labour of the Poor for the Public - 100 - - 
Ditto - Amount of the Net Profit on rearing Pigs from the Offal - - 11g - - 
One Year’s Dividends on Baron seyeowes 3 Legaey “ £.1 fas. 10., 34 per 
cent. Consols - - - rt 56 8 8 
One Year’s Interest on General oy on’s Legacy of b 1 Agi. 10. 6., 3 an cent. | 
Government Stock - =a - 
One Year’s Interest on Thomas Barry's Legacy of £. 1496. g. 10., 34 per 
cent. Government Stock - rh 52 7 6 
363 8 2 
Net Sum required forOne Year - - - £. {21,991 9 8 








T. N. Edgeworth, Governor. 











1&amp;2 WiLL. 1V. Miscellaneous Estimates. 1071 


—————— 


A ; 
(110.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in aid of the Expense of supporting the ppendix, 


Ricumonp Lunatic Asyium; for the Year 1831. (B.) 
——One Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty-eight Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 





18° Augusti 








1.—ESTIMATE for the Sum necessary for the Support and Maintenance, from 5th January to 11th March continued. 
1831, of 99 Patients in the Ricamonp Lunatic Asy.um, being the number exceeding that authorized 
by the Act of 11 Geo. IV. c. 22. nasal cade 
Expense of gg Patients from 5th Jan. to 11th March 1831, being 65 days, a. «a &amp; 
(calculated at the rate of £.2,420. 11. for 365 days) = - ease - 431 1 1 








2.—ESTIMATE for the Sum necesary for the Support, from 11th March 1831 to 5th January 1832, of 
51 Patients in the Ricumonp Lunatic Asytum, being the number now in the Asylum from places 
for whom the counties comprising the district cannot be assessed. 


Expense of 51 Patients, from 11th March 1831 to 5th January 1832, being | fs £ 
300 days, (calculated at the rate of £.1,164. 5. 9. for365 days) - “7 956 18 - 





This Estimate for 51 Patients is made on the calculation of the number being extended to 300 Patients, 
being the extent of the accommodation that the Asylum can afford. 

And as this additional number of Patients does not involve an increase of Establishment, the Expense is 
reduced from £.24. g. to £.22. 16. 7. per head. 


Dublin, 18 April 1831. W. Wainright, Sec. 





(111.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in aid of the Expense of the Higerntan Soctery 
for the Care of Soldiers’ Children ; for the Year 1831 ;—calculated to maintain 500 Children in the House. 





—Six Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty-three Pounds :— Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 

















| . oe &amp; 
For Provisions - - - - - - - . - - - - - -) Sle = 
Clothing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1016 — — 
Furniture, Bedding, Xc. - - . - - - - - - ‘ ~! 165 = - 
Coal, Candles and Soa - - + = - or, - = - _ os = 
Stationery, School Books, &amp;c. — - - -  - « - - - « - 197 - - 
Infirmary Expenses - - - - - = 2 2 2S 2 #£ © 85 - = 
Repairs and Casualties of Buildings —- . - - - - - - ° a « 
Miscellaneous Expenses - - - - - - - - - - - Me =&lt; « 
Salaries, Wages and Allowances to Officers and Servants —- - = = -  - 1,400 — - 
Superannuated Allowances to retired Servants = - - - - - - - - 5015 8 
£ 6,603 15 8 
Deduct, 

Average Income arising from Interest on Government Stock and Incidental Receipts 280 —- - 
Amount of Estimate Net — - - - - - - -| 6,323 15 8 

Dublin, 11 January 1831. John Byng, Vice-President. 





(112..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in aid of the Charge of the Htnernran Marine 
Society in Dusutn ; for the Year 1831. 


One Thousand Two Hundred and Sixty-eight Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions -—— 


























CHARGE. 4 aad 
Diet for One Hundred Boys” - - - - - - - - - - - | 780 - - 
Clothing - - - - - - - - - “ ‘“ a ‘ «| 270 - - 
Repairs and Furniture - - - ~ - - - - . - - - | 200 - = 
Soap and Candles - - - -_ - - - - - - - - - | es + 
Coals - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - a - + 
Rent - - - - - - - - ‘ - - . - - | $201 «G6 
Books, Stationery and Printing - — - - = - - - - - a ie, 
Outfit of Boys apprenticed - - - - - - - - - - - gi - - 
Apothecary - -~— - ye 2 a Se i 20 - - 
Incidental Expenses - - - - - - - : - . - - - 42 - - 
Law Expenses - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ic + = 
Insurance - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 12 6 
Salaries, Wages and Allowances - - - - - . - - - - - | 560 io - 
Superannuation Allowance to the late Chaplain to the Institution - - - - 2 | 4O - - 
Like to the late Nursetender - - - -~— = - - = - = = | it = « 
a | ; 
£. 2,298 4 - 
FUNDS. | X at 
Dividends on £.7,938. 9. 3- Bank Stock - - - - - - - - | 714 9 2 
Interest on £.3,000. - - £.3% percent. Government Stock - -~ - - - 105 - = 
D° - on £. 96. 18.6.new- - - - - - ditto - - - ° - - 3 7 10 
D° - on the late William Burton, Esq. and the late Lord Ponsonby’s Bond - - 2211 4 
Rent of Lands in the County of Carlow - -~ - - - - - - - 13,19 6 
D° of Ground on Rogerson’s Quay - - - - - = - - 133 13 3 
Like at rear of the Nursery o 6 Linn. Fm 7 7 8 
Annuity bequeathed by the late Richard Cranfield, Esq. a Fo ee a 4.12 4 
Probable Amount of Subscriptions - - -— - wie. 2g a 25 - - 
Funds - - ~ - £. 1,030 l 
Wanted to meet the Charge - - - - £. 1,268 2 11 
£ 2,298 4 - 








Robt. Dudley Oliver, Vice-President. 








Appendix, 
(B.) 


18° dugusti 


continued, 


Journal, p. 767. 


1072 


Miscellaneous Estimates. 

















(113.)—-AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in aid of the Expense of the Femare Oxrpyay 
House, Crrcurar Roap, Dustin, for the Year 1831 ;—for One Hundred and Sixty Children. 


——QOne Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety-one Pounds :— Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions, —_ 


























x ne @ 
By Expense of Diet, at 43d. each Child per day - - - - - - - 1,156 13 1 
Clothing, at £.1. 15. per annum each Child - £.280 - - 
Ditto, more for Ten to be apprenticed - - - 1710 - 
. 297 10 - 
Furniture and Repairs, including Sheets and Blankets, Dairy and wren me x 
Utensils - - ° - - - - - - ~ - 3 - 
Salary, Wages and Allowances - - - - - - - 395 15 10 
Books, Printing and Stationery - - - - - - - @- « 
Coals - - ~ - ~ - - - - - - - 70 - - 
Soap, Candles, &amp;c. - - - - - - - - - ° 30 - - 
Incidental Expenses for Sick, Sea-bathing, Medicine, Scouring Blan-1 _*- 
kets, &amp;ce. - ° - - - - - ° - - x —— 
Rent and Taxes - - . - - - - - - - 136 - - 
ToraL - - - €. 2,300 18 11 
ESTIMATE of FUNDS to meet the above Expense for like Period. 
mi «a @ 
Amount of Donations and Subscriptions - - - - - - - - - &lt;&gt; = 
Produce of Charity Sermon - - - - - - ° ° 190 - - 
Produce of Work done by Children - - o ~ * “ * — « «&lt; 
Produce of Butter sold - - - - “ « “ ‘. " ee 
Produce of Kitchen Stuff sold - - - - - - - « Re 
Interest on Government Stock - - - - - - « “ 21215 6 
Collection in Chapel - - - - - - - - - i we ~ 
On Account of a Bequest by the late George Burroughs, charged on his Estate - = - 69 4 7 
Amount of Interest on Government Stock, allocated to the Female Orphan House, out i 
the late Dr. Barrett’s Charity _ - «- »« |_— + *-£-* © 37 5 
Totrau Funds - - - - - - &amp;, 1,009 5 1 
Dericiency of Funds - - - €. 1,291 13 10 
£. 2,300 18 11 








E. La Touche, V. P. 
Alexander Knox. 
Charles Dickinson. 


A. 183), 


aE 





(114.)—AN ESTIMATE of the probable Expense of supporting the Westuortanp Lock Hospitat; 
for the Year 1831. 











Two Thousand Nine Hundred Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 














a  «@ 

Sataries and Wages - - - - - 659 15 5 - - The same amount as last Year; it is to be 
observed that the Nurses and Servants are not 

provided with Provisions by the Institution. 

Annuity to late Apothecary - - - = 6412 3 ' The same as last year. 

Provisions for 160 Patients, at £.7. per head -| 1,120 —- = Ditto. 

Medicines, Wine, Lint, Tow, Poultice, Meal, Lard, )| . . 

Lemons,&amp;e. - - - = - = J _— « &lt; Ditto. 

Coals - - - - - - - - 200 - — Ditto. 

Candles, Soap, and Lamp Oil - - - 46 - - Ditto. 

Bedding - - - - - - - 50 = - - - The same as last year, to replace those 
articles unfit for use, the medical treatment of 
the Patients in a great degree occasioning the 
decay of the Bedding. 

Straw - - - - - - - - | 50 - - The same as last year. 

Washing - - - - - - . - | 175 - - Ditto. 

Coopers’ Work, Tin Ware, Brushes, Floorcloths,]| Di 

Trenchers, Knives, Forks, &amp;c. - - . us 7 6 =a. 

Repairs, &amp;c. of Buildings - - - - - 120 -— - Ditto. 

Stationery and Advertising - - - = 20 - - Ditto. 

Rent - - s - - - - 18 g 2 Ditto. 

Miscellaneous Expenses - - - - - 50 = = Ditto. 

Tora Estimate - - £.| 2,961 4 4 








The Governors having made reductions in the Estimate submitted for the Year 1830, amounting to £. 349, they find from 
the experience of the past year, grounded upon the actual expenditure of the Institution, that they cannot frame an Estimate 
for the current Year 1831, upona further reduced scale. 


There is besides a probability of advance in the price of provisions above the present Contracts. 


Dublin, 
8 January a 


J. Hendrick, 
Accountant. 


\\ 


-_ ocd fs fe 








)&amp; Q@Wit. IV. Miscellaneous Estimates. 1073 
































——_=_ = 
Appendix 
(115.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in aid of the Expense of the Ly1nc-1n-Hospitat, (B.) 
DuBuIn ; for the Year 1831. 
} 18° Augusti 
—Two Thousand Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. a 
continued. 
ae Journal, p. 767. 
F.xpeenseE of 2,400 Patients, at 16s. 8d. each per annum - - - - - = 2,000 —- =— 
Salaries, Wages and Allowances - - - - - - - ° . ™ 628 9 3 
Ground Rent of Hospital and Gardens &lt;= &gt; =» ww «+ &amp; @&amp; Ss 184 12 4 
Sundry Works and Repairs - - - - - - - &gt; ma = 490 - - 
Maintenance and Education of Six Female — - - - - - - 110 15 4 
Interest payable on Debentures - = - - - ee 406 3 1 
Fees to the Foundling Hospital with Deserted alee - - - - - " go &lt;- - 
Expenditure - - - - &amp;, 3,870 - - 
AcTuAL INCOME: £. s. d. 
Interest on Rowley’ s Bequest, in 33 per cent. Stock - - - 51 16 6 
Ditto - Daniel’s - ditto - - ditto - - - - 27 13 10 
Ditto - Barrett’s - ditto - - ditto - - - - 1115 
Ditto - Strattan’s - ditto - - ditto - - - - 35 17 2 
Ditto - Bushe’s - ditto - - ditto - - - = 229 3 3 
Ditto - 761/.12s. ditto - - - - - - 26 13 2 
Dividend on Mr. Bushe’s Bank Stock - - - . 27:17 7 
Bed Money, averaged for the last three yam ee lh 82 14 - 
Ground-rents - - - - - - 223 16 1 
£ 817 6 7 
CasuaL INCOME: 
Benefactions, averaged for the last three years - - - - 16 3 7 
Profit on Chapel - - - - - - - - - 100 - —- 
Ditto - Gardens - - - - - - - - - 230 - - 
Ditto - Public Rooms - - - - - - - - 462 - - 
Tora Expenditure - - - £. 1,624 10 2 
Short of Expenditure - - - £. 2,245 9 10 
3,870 - - 











N. B.—A Decrease has taken place in the Expenditure of £.166. 13. 4. in consequence of the average number of Patients 
being reduced to 200 from last Estimate, and an Increase has taken place in the actual Income of £. 176. 13. 3., being the Interest 
on the remainder of Mr. Bushe’s Legacy in the 3 3 per cents. ; and a further Increase of £.36. 6. 1. has occurred in the rents, being 
also a partof Mr. Bushe’s Legacy ; as also £.27. 17. 7. arising from Dividend on £.276. 18. 6. Bank Stock. Thus the Estimate 
for the present year shows a reduction of £.345. 19. 7- 


5 January 1831. Annesley, Chairman. 





(116.)-AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in aid of the Expense of Dr. Stevens’s Hosprrat, 
Dusuin; for the Year 1831. 


——One thousand Five Hundred and Seventy-eight Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions, 








Provisions: viz. £ 5. d. 

Bread, Meat, Meal, Milk, Potatoes, &amp;c. - - - - - - - . 1,281 7 6 
Consumables ; viz. 

Coals, Soap, Candies, Oil, &amp;e. —- - - - :° - ° . ” ° - -- 
Medicines ; viz. 

Drugs, Lint, Surgical Instruments, Wine, &amp;c. ~ - - - - - - 640 8 - 
Furniture, Repairs, &amp;c. viz. 

Blankets, Sheets, Shirts, Carpenter, Bricklayer, and new [ron Pallisades- —- - 1,160 5 6 


Establishment ; viz. 











Officers’ Salaries and Servants’ Wages, &amp;c. - - - - - - - - 690 - - 
£ 4,181 1 - 
£. s. d. 
Intereston 34 percent Stock - - - - - = .= 427 3 1 
Ditto - 4 - -ditto - - - - - - * 9 5 - 
Net Rental, average last three years = - - - - 2,166 11 10 
2,603 - - 
Sum required to defray Yearly Expenditure - - - &amp;. 1,578 1 - 








J.S. Rochfort. 
John Crampton. 
A, Colles, 


VOL. 86. —Part II. 2R 





Vinn 





Appendix, 
(B.) 
18° Augusti 
continued. 


Journal, p. 767. 








1074: Miscellaneous Estimates. 











(117.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in aid of the Expense of the Fever Hosprtay and 


Houss or Recovery, Cork-stTREET, DuBLIN ; for the Year 1831. 


A. 183], 


— Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions,——_ 






































£ s. d. mi ad 
Rent and Insurance - - - ~ » - ° i ol * . x - + « 
Maintenance of Patients’ - ~ ~ e we “ « ‘ -| 1,746 - = 
Maintenance of Servants - - - - « * ‘ wo m 409 - — 
265 - - 
House Bedding, Furniture and Clothing = - -  - - . -| - -  - 264 - - 
Salary of Dr. William Stoker = - - - - - - ~ - 92 6 4 
Ditto - Samuel Robinson - - - - - - - - 92 6 4 
Ditto - John O’Brien - - - - - ° - - g2 6 4 
Ditto - Richard Grattan - . - - - - - 92 6 4 
Ditto - Pat. Harkan - - - - ~ ~ ~ - - g2 6 4 
Ditto - John O’Reardon’ - - - ° - “ ~ 92 6 4 
Three of these Physicians are employed attending the patients in the wards of the 
Hospital, and are called “ Intern Physicians ” ; 
The others visit the applicants for admission into the Hospital, to ascertain their fit- 
ness for hospital treatment, and order when necessary their habitations to be white- 
washed ; these are called “ Extern Physicians ” 
The Physicians perform these duties alternately every two months. 
Beside the foregoing six Physicians, there are two temporary Physicians appointed 
without salary, who are called on to attend when any of the permanent Physicians are 
unavoidably absent from sickness or other cause, or in cases of unusual increase of 
patients by reason of epidemic. 
x oa &amp; 
Salary of Surgeon Leonard Trant -_ £= £s ££ © 2 * 55 7 8 
Apothecary, John Hale - - - ° - - - - g2 6 4 | 
Assistant Apothecary, Pat. Lawless - - - - - —= e Y 
Register, James Montgomery - - - . ° . 138 9 4 | 
Collector, Henry Harris, 4 per cent. say - - - - 15 - - | 
Housekeeper, Margaret Topham - - - - - - 69 4 8 
Assistant Housekeeper, Harriet Topham - - - 20 - - 
Wages of Nurses and Servants, &amp;c.  - - - - - - - 277 14 = - 
Coals, Candles and Soap_~- - ° - - - - - - - - - 485 - - 
Stationery, Printing, &amp;c. &amp;c. - - - . - - - - - - - 6a - - 
Medicines - - » © “ és ‘ « o “ ~ ts * a =a « + 
Wine and Spirits - - - - - - - - - - - - - e277 - - 
Incidental Expenses - - - - - - - - - - = - - a te 
Whitewashing the Habitations of the Poor - - - - - - . - . so - - 
Repairs - - ° - e ~ “ « ™ - ‘“ . e ~ o e77 - - 
Cost of Coffins - - - - - - - - . - - - - - a .&lt;« « 
f. 5,360 ——= 
Funds applicable to the above : 
Parliamentary Grant - - ° - - - - - ° ° - - ° 3,860 - - 
Deficit. to be made up by private Subscriptions, and the annual Income arising from : 
Legacies bequeathed to the Hospital - - - = - - - - - - 500 - - 
£.| 5,360 - - 
Dublin, 27 January 1831. By Order of the Managing Committee, 


James Montgomery, Registrar. 





(118.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in aid of the Expense of the Hosprrat for 
IncurABLEs at DuBLtn, for the Year 1831; calculated to maintain not less than 82 Patients, the number 


at present provided for. 








Four Hundred and Sixty-five Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 











Sa ¢&amp; 
For Provisions - - - . - - - - . - - - - - | 850 15 7 
Clothing -_ - - - Fe - | 188 12 4 
Furniture, Bedding, &amp;c. &amp;c. - - - - - - - - - - | 36 18 5 
Rent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 85 12 3 
Coals - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “A 67 9 3 
Soap, Candles,&amp;c. - = - - - - ee 32 - - 
Repairs of Building = - - - - - - - - ~ - - - 70 - - 
Salaries and Wages_~ - - + ee © ©. ee mh 146 17 4 
Miscellaneous Expenses, Medicine, Medical Assistance, extra Allowance to Patients, }| 8 

Funeral Expenses, Stationery, kc. - - = = - - - "} — o 
Toran - - - -£!| 1,61017 5 

Deduct the annual permanent Income arising from Funded Government Stock, Interest) 6 
on Legacies, Grand Jury Presentments, casual Donations, estimated at ~ -/ wae . 
Balance necessary to complete the Estimate - - - - £. 498 11 4 








W. D. La Touche, Chairman. 


Arthur M‘Guwire, 


A. Richey, Reg* and Acct. J. Digges La Touche, 
3 Jan. 1831. Thomas Herbert Orpen, 


Alex. Bayley, 


| Governors. 








YIIM 





1 &amp; 2 Witt. IV. 





Miscellaneous Estimates. 





1075 








Appendix, 
(1 19.) —AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required on Account of the Expense of the Roman (B.). 
Catuotic Cottece at Maynoorn; for the Year 1831, —_—_— 
_—Fight Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-eight Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions, 18° Augusti 
continued. 
SuBSISTENENCE, including Commons, Coal, Candles, Furniture and Repairs for 250 Stu- £. 8.  d. Journal, p. 767. 
dents, at £.23 each - - ° - n pe a fe } 67690 | - 
Commons and Allowance for 20 Scholars on the Dunboyne Establishment, at £.55 “| 1,306 -* &lt; 
| £-- # 
One President - ° « « “ ‘ ‘ a “ Sw « 
One Vice President - - - - - - - - 160 - -« 
One Dean - - - - - - - - - - 122 = = 
One Junior Dean - - © - . i x " a a i: é 
One Prefect of the Dunboyne Establishment - - . - 122 - = 
One Ex-Bursar - - ° - _ - ° ° * ~ mee 
One Superan. Professor - - - - - ° “ « aa 
One Sacred Scripture and Hebrew - - - - - - 122 = = | 
One ist Professor of Theology - ° - ° ws ‘* ~~ oe 
One2d - - - of - ditto - - - - - - 122 = ms 
One 3d - - - of - ditto - ~ - - - - « a a. 
One Mathematics and Natural Philosophy - - . ‘ as «ws 
One Logic - : - = = - - - - - | we - « 
One Rhetoric - - - - - - - ‘ o | a as 
One Greek and Latin - - - ° ° ée ‘i e “Zs “= -« 
One Vice of French and English Elocution - - - - | 12 6 - - 
One — ofthe Irish Language - - - - - - | 12 =- = 
One Secretary of the Trustees and Treasurer - - - « | 73,10 - 
One Physician - - - - - - - - ° | 52 10 = 
One Agent - -— - - ~ - - - - 276 18 4 
One Music Master and Sacristan - - - ~ ° . woe - 
Commons of 16 Masters, at £.25 each - - - - - 400 - -— 
Salaries and Commons - - - -— - 3,033 7 4 
Toran Charge - - - - 9,883 7 4 
From which deduct Rent of the Dunboyne Estate - 455 10 - 
More Admission Fees from Students- - -— - 498 17 4 . 
954 7 4 
TorTat unprovided Charge - - - - £.| 8099 - = 


January 13, 1831. 











x 























Matthew Flanagan, 
Secretary to the Trustees. 











(120.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required on Account of the Expense of the 





One Assistant Secretary 


One Registrar and Housekeeper 


Roya Dusutn Society; for the Year 1831. 


Establishment : 





Establishment 


Botanical Department : 


One Professor of Botany 
One Head Gardener = - 
One Under Gardener - 
Labourers - - - 
Rents and Taxes - - 


Repairs of Buildings - 


Coals and Candles, Conservatories 


Purchase of Plants and Contingencies, Manure, &amp;c. - 


Botanic Department 


Botanic Garden 


Carried forward 


ditto 
ditto 
ditto 
ditto 
ditto 











mS «. @ &amp; « ¢&amp; 
276 18 5 
184 12 4 

- - 461 10 9g 
276 18 § 
92 6 § 
—_— - * 
400 = - 
106 - - 
190 - - 
136 17 - 
159 - - 

e - | 1,382 1 10 

- - £.| 1,843 12 7 


Five Thousand Five Hundred Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 

















Appendix, 
(B). 


18° dugusti 


continued. 


Journal, p. 767. 








Miscellaneous Estimates. 



































| a &amp; @ £. d. 
Brought forward = "PF TEL OT pea yyy 
Agriculture and Planting : | 
For promoting Husbandry, and, by means of Experiments, Essays, &amp;c.}, 
ac uiring and diffusing practical Information and useful Knowledge, | . _ rs oo andl Seale 
=p me general on and inpeovement « “&gt; i 
| 
Drawing Schools : | 
Four Masters; viz. Figure, Architect, Ornament, and Modelling = - | 369 4 8 
Advancement of the Arts, Premiums to Pupils in Schools - - | 200 - - 
One School Porter, and Clothing - - - - - - - | 40 - - 
Expenses of Living Figure for Pupils in Schools - = = | 60 - - 
Purchase of Models, Casts, and Contingents in Schools - - - | 150 - - 
Drawing and Modelling Schools - - ‘ | - - ° 819 4 8 
Chemistry : 
One Professor - - - . - - - - - *, 276 18 5 
One Assistant - - - - - - - - - - | g2 6 "2 
One Porter, and Clothing - - - - - - - - | 60 - - 
Chemical Expense of Analysis, purchase of Apparatus and Contingent iii, os ms 
in Laboratory - - - - - - - - - -J| 
Chemical Department - - -| - - 629 4 7 
Mineralogy : 
One Professor - - - : - - - - - - 276 18 5 
Mineralogical Surveys - - - - - = = = “ 176 - le 
Purchase of Minerals, and Contingent Expenses ° « " ‘ 200 - - 
Mineralogical Department - - -| - . - 651 18 5 
Natural Philosophy and Museum : | 
One Professor of Experimental Philosophy - ~~ - - = = 184 12 4 
Purchase of Apparatus and Models - - - - * 00 - « 
One Museum Porter, and Clothing - - - - » 64 12 - 
Purchase of Specimens, and Contingents in Museum ~ - o as « « 
Natural Philosophy and Museum - - ole - A 549404 
Library Department : | 
One Librarian - - - = = = - = 184 12 4 
One Library Porter and Clothing - - - - - e - i. ws 
Purchase of Books, Transactions of Society, Periodical Publica- 
tions, Ke. - - - - - - - - - - 7 - - = 
Library Department - = - -| - ° - 714 12 4 
Miscellaneous : 
Rents, Taxes, and Insurance for House, Laboratory and Schools, Kildare-street - - 800 - - 
Repairs - - - - ditto - - - - ditto - - - - ditto - - - - 150 .- - 
Furniture - - - ditto - - - - ditto - - - - ditto ~ - - « 50 - - 
Coals and Candles - ditto - - - - ditto - - - - ditto - - - ° i60 - = 
Servants, Messenger, Gate and Hall Porters - = - -_ - © © © &amp; -@ 140 - 
Clothing forditto - - - ditto - - - - - * - ‘ . i ru -' - 
Printing, Stationery, and Advertising Premiums and Lectures - - - «= « 200. - .- 
Statistical Surveys, towards completing Two Vols. this Year - ~ - e 300 - - 
Improvements in Manufactures, Premiums for Economical Inventions, Promotion of | 
the Arts - - ° a &gt; . at pe = s : . J 500 - - 
Tora. Estimate - - £. | 8,037. 16 11 


Royal Dublin Society, 
10 January 1831. 











P. Wilson, 
Registrar. 








weieaa 


{&amp;2Wixt. IV. Miscellaneous Estimates. 1077 




















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—_— - —— 





(121. )—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in aid of the Expense of the Royar Iris AcADEMY : ; 
for the Year 1831. 


Three Hundred Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 











STaTEMENT of the Expenditure of the Royal Irish Academy ; for the Year ending 5th January 1831. 





























Rent, Taxes, and Insurance of House * ° &lt; m A &gt; . . n = z " 
Coals and Candles - ° . * ‘ ‘ . - 3 . " - se 
Repairs, Painting and Glazing, Ke. a in se a ee al” 18 7 a 
Premiums - . s 5 es t 2 . i 139 7 10 
Bouks and Printing, “Vesdiens of Salads Manuscripts - - é e p = . 22717 7 
Salaries - - - - - - - ~ ‘“ an ‘. 4 “ -. a 202 19 6 
Advertisements of Premiums, &amp;c._ - - - - - . m n . ‘ 1317 - 
Contingencies, Carriage, Per-centage on Collection, &amp;c. —- - ~ ~ ‘ ‘ 21 1 7 
£. | 802 6 1 
ESTIMATE of the probable Expenditure, Income, and the Sum required for the Support of the 
Royal Irish Academy, for the Year 1831. 
| . 
Rent, Taxes, and Insurance of House - - - - - - m . i = ct . 
Coals and Candles - - “ ds - ‘ . Poe as ss 
Repairs, Roof, New Book-chelves, Glazing and Painting - - ~ . — sak ae 
Salaries: Treasurer, Two Secretaries, Librarian, Assistant ditto, Clerk, Housekeeper, 
and Servants Te ee ae ee . = / 204 - 
Per-centage on Collection of Subscriptions - - - - - - « : 710 — 
Books, Binding, &amp;c. - - - - - - - - - - - ~ ee ai. 
Printing Transactions and Scientific Papers - - ° ° * ‘i z ‘ 150 - = 
Stationery, Advertisements, Postage - - - - ° “ . . . — 15 a 
Premiums from Cunningham Fund - - - - - - - ~ m - | a « 
Probable Income : £. | 811 10 — 
Admission Fees, Life and Annual Subscriptions - - - “ - £180 = - 
Interest on £.3,150., 3 per cent. Stock - - - " - “ 94.10 — | 
Ditto - 1,500,33ditto - - - - - - - - 52 10 — | 
Treasury Allowance for Rent and Incidents - - - - - 14617 8 | 
One Year’s Rent of Stable - - - - - - ° . a os et 
| 464 17 8 
Sum required for 1831, to balance” - - £. _— 4612 4 
| : 
114 le me Thomas Herbert Orpen, 
10 January 1831. Treasurer. 


Appendix, 
(B.) 


18° Augusti 
continued. 


Journal, p. 767. 








(122..\—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required to defray the Expenses of the Office of the 
Commissioners of CuariTABLE Donations and BequEsts ; for the Year 1831. 








Seven Hundred and Eighty-Eight Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 











£. . a 
Law Expenses, calculated at - - - - - - . - - - ° 500 7 - 
Salary of Secretary to the Commissioners - . - - - - - 184 12 33 
Messenger - - - - - - - - - 9 4 73 
Advertisements published once a que in the Dublin mamegegem, at ae 6d. for a a 
insertion = - - - - = &gt; T 
Dublin Gazette taken in for the use of the Board, calculated at - - 7 9 = 
——— Scrivenery, Postage of Letters, Printing, Coals, Candles, and sundry i inci- 
dental Expenses, which, depending on Contingencies, cannot be precisely ascertained | 65 17 6 
but it is estimated that at the lowest they will amount to - - - e" @ @ 
£. 788 1 8 





Rd. Down &amp; Connor, Chairman. 


Board Room, } William P. Mathews, Secretary. 


11 January 1831. 





(123.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required to defray the Expense of the BeLrFast ACADEMICAL 
InstTiTuTION ; for the Year 1831. 





One Thousand Five Hundred Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions, 




















 o» &amp; 
~~ Professors’ Salaries, as specified by the Commissioners of Education pagey, and . 
pproved of by His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant . &gt; ‘ = « 
For epairs of Buildings, purchase of Books, Apparatus, Museum wan other necessary 
items connected with the Establishment " te ‘ “ — = 
1,500 - - 
For additional Buildings for Class-rooms, and Apertmnapte for Lahoutery. and for Che-} per 
mical and Anatomical Preparations  - - - oJ ’ ne 
TotaL - - - &amp;. 3,500 - —- 
10 January 1831. Signed by order of the Managers and Visitors of the 


Belfast Academical Institution. 
Joseph Stevenson, Secretary. 


VOL, 86.-——Part II. 128 





Appendix, 
(B.) 





18° dugusti 
continued. 


Journal, p. 767. 

















1078 Miscellaneous Estimates. | A, 183}. 











(124.)—ESTIMATE of the probable Expenditure of the Boarp of Works in Ireland, for the Year 1831 « fo, the 
several Buildings within His Majesty's Castle, (except those allotted for Ordnance purposes), the Law Courts and 
Offices, and Nine other Public Buildings or Offices ; the Buildings, Gardens, and Pleasure Grounds occupied by 
the Lord Lieutenant, Chief Secretary, Under Secretary, and Lodge Keepers in the Phoenix Park, and the upholding 


and continuing the Improvements of the said Park. 





Estimated Expenditure according to the annexed detailed Statement  - - . - £.12,587 


Add, Salary of the Secretary heretofore defrayed out of the Civil List - - - - 313 


ee 


£. 12,900 





—-—Jwelve Thousand Nine Hundred Pounds ;---—-Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 




















Salaries, Wages, Gardens, Roads, Contingencies, 
and Repairs. and Furniture. including 
Lodging Allowances. Pleasure Grounds. Rent and Texes. 
SALARIES AND WAGES: &amp; «st f.-a @ &amp; «. &amp; a. ¢ a4 &amp; ad 
William Murray, Architect and Inspector of 





Civil Buildings - - - - - ° 443 1 O) 





Lancaster Bridge, Supervisor of Accounts - 138 9 4] | 
Bryan Bolger, Measurer of Works - - - 180 - - 
Charles Slow, Overseer of Gardens, &amp;c. Phenix 
Park - - - - - - - 184 12 4/|°- - « - ° ‘ - - o Bx a " 
FE. R. Bullard, Messenger to Board of Works - 4112 - 
Judith Kenny, Office cleaner to ditto - - 96 8 - 
James Kelly, Superannuated Water Engine ‘ 
Keeper in Phenix Park - - - - 27 6 - 








LODGING ALLOWANCES: 


























William E. Handcock, Deputy Clerk of the Paper]| 6 | 
Office - - - - - - -f| a IH aS a 5 . _ |. . S 
Joseph Quinlan, Horse-shoer to the Lord Lieu-]} 45 “ee 
tenant - - sy sa ™ “J . | 
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OFFICES: 
Account Office, Foster-place - - ~ ° ° _ * 2010 —| - - - a Ze 4 a 
Board of Works Office, Talbet-street - -| - - - 15 - -|] - - - i383 - - 150 10 + 
‘ Architect and Inspector of Civil Buildings’ 

Office - - - - - -| - - - 710 -| - - - 4-- 1390 -— - 
Castle Chapel tft - - - | - - - 30 - -| - - - 24 - - 1612 4 
Castle Chaplain’s Apartments - - -| - - - a - - - 5 - - - as 4 
Castle Yards ‘including Guard Houses) - - - - 308 - - 42 - - 12- - 420 18 4 
Civil Office - - - - - - - - “ 40 - - - - - 29 - - “ “ = 
Constable of Dublin Castle’s Lodge - a “ i B= « - ‘i ‘i ‘ . mar! é . 
Council Chambers and Offices - - -| - - ° @ = «j - - - 3 - — fe é &gt; 
First Chaplain’s Apartments - - “| - - - 30 16 -| - - - 14—- - |- - ‘ 
Lord Lieutenant's ditto - - - ee - - 632 6 -| - - - 3 - = |e - ° 

Ditto - - First Aid-de-Camp’s Apart- | 

Be ments, Upper Castle-yard -| - - s7 -~ @| - « - a 
os Ditto - - Aid-de-Camp’s Apartments, | 
= Lower Castle-yard = - -| - - - 40 - -| - - - 14- - /- ; ° 
oO Ditto - - Chamberlain’s - - ditto -| - - ~ — a - - 6 = = Fo - e 
Z Ditto - - Comptroller's - - ditto -/| - ~ - 39 - -| - - - 2 =- = |e © ‘ 
P= Ditto - - Gentleman Usher's ditto -| - - - co = «| - - ° ma me oe - “ 
~ Ditto - - Master of the Horse’s ditto - | - - - 49 - -| - - - 12 —- — |- - - 
= Ditto - - Steward of the Household’s d°? | - - - 30 - -| - - - 90 - - [- ° 7 
Keck, Mr., Keeper of the Civil Office - - - - 4 =- =| - - " Sie me wes 2 “3 4g 
Principal Secretary’s Apartments - -| - - ° 100 —- ~| - - - nn - r* 

Ditto Private Secretary’s ditto - -| - - - 64 7 . - - 90 5 - |- - - 
Under Secretary’s - - ditto - -| - é . 100 7 7 - ~ X wm - « x 2 J 
Record Tower and Stores - - -| - - - 20 - =—| = - = Gio — 7't 2 i 
Sirr, Ch‘ H’ - - - Town Major - -/| - - - 10 —- -| « - i é.. ~ -}-e - is 
Taylor, Mr. - - - Clerk in Civil Office -| - - - 70 = -| - - - eo 2s ‘Pan'l w m 
Treasury Chambers and Offices - - | - - - 18 -— -! - - - 19) [be “ @ 
War Office - - - ° - -| - - - ee er " = Whiced Whe - 5 

- Yeomanry Office - - - - -| - * ~~“ 10 - =| = - ° B twice RM t= é 
Four Courts and Law Offices - - - - - - e 456 1 - | - - - go - - 250 2 
Irishtown Church - - - - : -| - ~ ‘ 8 - | - - am S = = ¥« = i 
New Record Buildings, Prerogative Court and 

Offices - . - - : : -| - - - 40 - -/ - - - |. - -} &gt; 48 18.55: 
Phenix Park, repairs of Roads, Boundary Walls, 

Fences, Gates, Lodges, &amp;e. -| - - a 278 15 -| 1,448 - - |- ‘ - | 249-13. - 

Ditto - - Lord Lieutenant's Lodge - -| - ~ - |2,082 7 7) - ° * 4719 6 310 - 

Ditto - - ditto - Demesne and Gardens - ° e mm &amp; - ‘i 43110 —- e ne ae fs m 

Ditto - - ditto - Private Secretary’s Cottage | - - © 65 19 1 34 9 - |- . ot 22 - 

Ditto - - Principal Secretary’s Lodge - -| - - - 13111 - Os . sb 9g 1 6B | 310 - 

Ditto - - Under Secretary’s - ditto - - - - - 411 9 - 57 - - 77:14.- | 310 - 
Hibernian School Church - - - -| - . &gt; Be © ol « ° - Ss « r . d 
Slow, Charles, Deputy Bailiff of the Pheenix 

Park House, in Chapelizod - - -| - _ - 24 2 8| = " an i - | ‘ S - 
£.| 1,108 2 3 |5,906: 1 11} 2,093 19 - | 79915 - 11,279 6 4 























TOTAL, 
Se 
£ a € 
1,051 9 2 
| 
| 
56 13 1 
| 
36 10 - 
178 10 - 
142 10 = 
| 79 12 4 
10 - - 
78218 4 
| &gt;&gt; 
purl Bom 
41 - - 
44 16 
667 6 - 
aS 
54 - 
42 - 
| 64 - - 
30 - 
61 - - 
| 60 - - 
24 - - 
120 - - 
154 12 - 
15. 7 7 
2610 - 
10 - - 
go ~ 
99 &lt; 
44 as 
5-7 
796 3 3 
26 - - 
88 18 5 
1,976 8 - 
2,133 17 1 
431 10 - 
102 10 1 
g2o 7 6 
549 13 - 
5 = = 
24 2 8 
11,187 4 6 














1&amp;2 Witt. 1V. —- Miscellaneous Estimates. 1079 






































a + 
(124.)—A detailed Estimate of the probable Expenditure of the Board of Works, &amp;c.—continued. Appendix, 
—aot ot i s Sl) TO! PbO Beano Ww to (B.) 
1" anneal Sealers ial Rebit Sittens:'e nel Poutingsnsics,, 6+ ai 
. 4 irs. ardens, &amp;c. ‘urniture. ‘ nelading =~ AL, 
MILITARY OFFICES’ : Wages. 7 Rent and Taxe i ae 1 ° e 
Without the Castle. i ead ud : HA i 8 Augus te 
, Be Be B.S EP OR 8 RN a Peer ee eh ee a continued. 
Adjatant General’s Office ‘ - - -|- » of a a Fs , JL, WOh eicc P 7 * spent Journal; p,.767. 
Military Account Office - - - ele ° «| ah oe = +4 4 dts ” ps 283 511 313 5 11 
Quarter-master General’s Office - - - - ae we ow Be é ot a we 625 48 1 5 
fsther Connor, Allowance granted to her in con- i] 
sequence of her husband having been killed in || - - -|- - -|- « ole « e 1617 - 1617 - 
the execution of Public Works - - - | 
£. | - - -| gi = - |- - -} 206 —- - 306 5 4 | 4293 5 4 











Civil Buildings. Military Offices, 



































RECAPIiTULATION; 
x ««¢&amp; &amp; £24 ¢€ 
Salaries, Wages and Lodging Allowances - - - - - ° - . 1,108 2 3 ony 
Repairs - = _ + * * 1, © «= | © of gaa Ouse gi - - 
Gardens, Roads and Pleasere Grounds - - - - - ° i R 2,093 19 - a 
Furniture - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - 799 15 - a 
Contingencies, including Rentand Taxes - - - - - - - f 1,279 6 4 306 5 4 
Civil Buildings - - ~- -{ 11,187 4 6 423 5 4 
Military Offices - - - - 423 5 4 | 
Tete, «6 « © 11,610 g 10 
Deduct net produce of Sale by Public Auction of old Furniture - + - 133 =— 6 
. 11,477 9 4 
Add, Estimated Expense of extra Works done and in progress of execution nl es 8 8 
for completing the fitting-up the New Registry Office, King’s Inn -.* | 
Ditto, of fitting-up Waiting-room and Office for the Lord Chancellor, 1,109 18 8 
and also the Old Registry Office for = ee and caeemaamaniens off 269 - - | 
the Court of Chancery - - - - ° 
GENERAL Toran - - - £.| 12,587 8 - 
Board of Works Office, ones R. Robinson, Sec. 
13 January 1831. William Murray, Arch* and Inspector of Civil Buildings. 





(125..—-AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required to pay the Salaries and other Expenses of the Curer 
and UnpDER Secrerary’s Orricres and APARTMENTs, and other Pustic Orrices, in Dustin Cast ce, &amp;c. ; 
also, for Riding Charges and other Expenses of the Deputy Pursuivants and Messengers attending the said 
Offices ; also, Superannuated Allowances in the Chief Secretary’s Office ; for the Year 1831. 


——Thirty Thousand Four Hundred and Nineteen Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 

















~~ a 
Salary of Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant en a a a) 
Under Secretary in Ireland - - - - - - - - - - - 1,789 - — 
Ditto - - in England - 1150 = = 
First Cierk and other Clerks and Actindentni in ae Chief ; Secretary’ s “Office i in Ireland 7152 § 8 
Ditto - - - - - ditto - ---+-+- = - - - - in England 1,891 - 4 
Deputy Keeper of the Signet —_- - - - - ohne Iie « 
Deputy Clerks and Assistant Clerk of the Council - - - ° - ie 985 6 4 
Usher to Council Chamber - - - - - - - - - 266 10 4 
Door Keeper - - - - - - v 3 2015 4 
Keeper of Council Office i in en of Lodging - - - - - - 7 my M s2°o-B- «. 
Amount of Salaries heretofore charged on the Civil List - - - £.] 18,823 6 - 
Disbursements by Office Keeper : 
Civil Department, Chief Secretary’s Office - - - - - - - . 3,230 15 5 
Military ditto - - - - ditto - - - - ~ - - - . - 3231 6 
Chief Secretary’s Office in London - - 2,600 - — 
To pay Fees in England on His Majesty’s sation for the i issue of Money from the- Treasury 
of Ireland, for Public Services’ - nt 6 
To pay Fees on the Lord Lieutenant’s Warrants ¢ on His Majesty's s Letters for i issuing Money | 9? , 
from the Treasury of Ireland for Civil Expenses — - - - n 
Council Office, for Expense of Postage of vaameee and Newspapers - - - - - 184.12 4 
Deputy Pursuivants and Messengers - - - - -  - 2,584 12 4 
Superannuation Allowances, viz. 
William Gregory, Esq. iate Under Secretary in the Chief Sismenoey? s Office, 
who siege upwards of 25 years in the Public Service, and being 69 yous 
of age; seven-twelfths of his Salary and Emoluments_~ - £.1,460 8 1 
Deduct the Aniount of Mr. Gregory’s Pension formerly paid from the Civil hint 445 - - 
1,015 8 1 
Charles Crowe, Esq. third Clerk in the Civil Department of the said Chief Secretary’s Office, m 
who served 40 years, and has been rendere incapable of discharging the duties of his as 
Office by a failure of his sight, oe of £.540. 11. -F the anmage net amount of his | 332 13 4 
Salary and Emoluments - - - - 
His Majesty’s Printer, including £. 16. &lt; formerly paid to ius — Civil List - - - 2,732 5 8 
31,919 - 10 
Deduct the Average Amount of Fees heretofore received 7 the raed Camanany,. which -_ 
now to be carried to the Credit of the Public - —- - - - - nt 
Amount tobe voted - - - £ 30,419 - 10 














1080 . Miscellaneous Estimates. A. 183], 








\\ 





Appendix, : : 

(B.) (126.)\—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required to be granted, in the Year 1831, to defray the Charge of Salaries for 
the Arrenpants and OrricExs of the Housenoxp of the Lorp Lreurenanr of IneLanp, and certain other 
18° Augusti. Officers and Services, formerly charged on the Civil List in Ireland. 


. —- ——Sixteen Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-nine Pounds Fourteen Shillings and One Penny —_ . 


. ‘Journal, p. 767. - Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions, 

















&gt;» &amp; &amp; 
Six Aides de Camp to the Lord MMoutenant, £.161. 18. 4. each - - - - 971 10 = 
Steward of the Household - - = = = - - 2s = = 595 19 4 
Comptroller of the Household - - - - - - - - - - - 413 13 4 
Gentleman Usher - - - - - - - - - - - - 200 ~— - 
Chamberlain - - - - - - - - - - - - 200 = =€ 
Gentleman of the Pidiianber - - - - - - ~ - - - - 184 12 8 
Two Gentlemen at large, at £.128. 18. 8. each - - - - - - . 257.17 4 
Master of the Horse - - - - - - - - - - - - 200 - - 
Ulster King at Arms - - - - - - - - - - - - 7513 4 
Athlone Pursuivant - - - - - - - - - - - - 1114 —- 
Dublin Herald a 1217 4 
Cork Herald - -— - -. - = = eee 1217 4 ( 
Three Pursuivants, at £.26. 2. 8. each - - - - - - - - - 78 8 - 
Battle-Axe Guards, Pay and Clothing - . - - - . - - - 2,373 6 8 
Chaplain to the Castle of Dublin - - - - - -  - - - 184 12 8 
Reading Clerk - - - = - - 4110 - 
Organist and Master in the Chapel, including @ an Allowance vas £. 147. 16. 8. wed Sin} 240 3 8 
Singing Boys - - - 
Two Singing Men, at £.37. 0. 4. och . - - - &gt; ° - » ii 
Keeper of the Chap el - - - - - - - 98 - - 
Private Secretary ns the Lord Lieutenant, for himself and Clerks - = = - 829 - 8 
First Serjeant - - - - - - = = - - - = - 132 16 4 os 
Second Serjeant - = = - = = = = - = = = = 88 1 = 
Third Serjeant - - - - - - = = - = = - - 43 18 4 ( 
Attorney General - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - 235 12 - 
Solicitor General - - - - - - - . - - - - - 235 12 - 
King’s Advocate - - - - - - - - = - - - 177 11 8 
Solicitor in Criminal Cases - - - - - - ~ - - - - 87 - - 
Clerk ofthe Pipe - - - = = = = 5 5 2 2 5 = 271 10 8 
Comptroller of the Pipe - - - - - 403 10 = 
President of the General Sessions of the Peace for the County of Dublin - - = 713 10 10 - 
The Keeper of the Curragh of Kildare - - - 289 11 8 
Fifteen King’s Plates to be run for in Ireland; one at £.92. 6. 2., feu at é 105; and) , -. — ( 
ten at £.106. 4. - - - - - - - - - - - -{ 074 . 
Concordatum - = - - - - - - ee - -| 447618 8 
Keeper of the Phcenix Park, including Under Keepers and Gamekeepers’ Salaries - 229 3 4 
Bailiff of Phenix Park - - - - - - - - - - : - 712 — 
Under Bailiff of ditto - - - ~ - - - - - - - 4515 8 
Porter of Dublin Castle - - - ~ - - - - - - - . 33 1 4 
£.| 16,379 14 1 








Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, 
12 June 1831. } 





(127.)—A_ Detailed ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required to defray the Charge of the Office of the 
Vice Treasurer of IrELanpD; for the Year ending 5th January 1832. 





Five Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty-four Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. —— 











&amp; 24 
Vice Treasurer - - - - - - - - : - . - - 1,200 - = 
First Senior Clerk - - - - = = = = = = 2 = = 765 - - _ 
Second Ditto -J J bis Office is abolished on the death of the late holder, and the nee ee 

of £.784. per annum made a saving. (1 

First Assistant Clerk - - - - - : - - - - - 684 6 2 
Second ditto - - - . . - - - - - - - - 42315 - 
Third ditto - - - - - - - - - - = - 423 15 
Fourth ditto - - . - - - - - - - - - - - 42315 - 
First Junior Clerk - . - - - - - - - - - - - 210 15 5 
Second ditto - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - 162 10 - 
Third ditto - - ~ - - - - - « © - “ . 146 - 7 
Fourth ditto - - - - - - - - - - - ~ 115 - - 
Keeper of the House of Receipt - - - - - - - - - - 10115 4 
Housekeeper - - - - - - - - - - « 92 6 4 
Three Servants - - - - . - - - - - - - 75 7 8 
Two Messengers - - - - - . - - ° - - - - 148 2 8 

234 10 2 

Incidental Expenses, say - - - - = = © = -« ; Ae = 
£.| 5,534 10 2 








Vice Treasurer’s Office, Dubin mead | 


18 January 1831. John Smith. 


The Expense of this Office previously to the arrangement lately made for the discharge of the duties by the Vice Treasurer in 
person, was £.7,657. A Reduction of £. 2,645 per annum has therefore been made in the Expenditure by that new arrange- 
ment, and by the abolition of the office of Second Senior Clerk. A further saving of £.1,000 per annum has been made in the 1 
English Treasury Establishment by the abolition of the office in that establishment, formerly held by the present Vice Treasurer. 





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(128. )—A detailed E STIMATE of the Sum that will be required to defray the Charge of the Office of the 


Tetten of Hrs’ MaAyesry’s ExcurQuer, in reland ; for the Year ending 5th January 1832. 


— —One Thousand Six Hundred and Eighty Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 




















OFFICE | Salary per Annum 
| 

| gq 2 d 

Tevier of the Exchequer - - - - « ‘ 2 ‘ ‘ 2 z a ae 
First Clerk - - - - - - - - « ‘ “ m . -| 300 -. - 
Second Clerk - - - - - - - - - - - - “é hy 200 = Fa 
Third Clerk - - - iS - - - - - - - ma - m4 100 = a 
Messenger . - - - - - - - - . ~ - : m 80 = pm: 
£.!| 1,680 - —- 





Teller’s Office, Dublin Castle, | 


3 February 1831. J Wilham Dunne, Teller. 





—_ 


(129.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Expense of Printing Proctamations, and other Matters of a Public Nature, 
in the Dublin Gazette and other Newspapers in Jre/and; and for the Printing and Publishing Eight Hundred 
Copies of the Sratures, for the use of the Petty Sessions, individual Magistrates, and other Public Authorities 


in Ireland; for the Year 1831. 








Four Thousand Six Hundred Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 





George &amp; John Grierson. 


Appendix, 
(B.) 

18° Augusti 

continued. 


Journal, p. 767. 








— 


(130. ne ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be necessary to defray the Expense of Criminat Prosecutions, 


and other Law Expenses, in Ireland; for the Year 1831, 


——-Fifty Thousand Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 








Trish Office, April 20. C. W. Flint, 





(131.).—ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be necessary to defray the Expense of Nonconrormine, SEcEDING 


and Prorestant DissentinG Ministers, in Ireland; for One Year, ending 5th January 1832. 


——Twenty-one Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty-one Pounds Fifteen Shillings :— 
Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 





Viz. | 
NoncoONFORMING Ministers - - - - - - - - - - al £.: s. ad 
Seceders - - - - - = = = = 5 5 2 = = =) 21,744 5 = 
Protestant Dissenting Ministers - - - - - - af 
Minister of the French Church of St, Peter's s, Dublin - 5 = £= = = =] 17 1¢ - 





Tete, set «= - - €,! 





Dublin Castle, January 1831. W™ Gossett. 


N. B.—In this Sum is included the several Sums charged on the Civil List heretofore, but which it is now 
proposed should be added to the annual Grant made by Parliament, viz. 





= 

Nonconforming Ministers - - - - ~ - - - - - * -' 5599 1 4 

Seceders - - - - - - - - |. 1,273 17 8 

Minister of the 4 Chavel St. Peter’ s, Dublin - - - - &gt; - - 17, 10 #10 
| 

£. 6,881 9 10 








(132.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required to pay the Salaries of the Lorrery Orricens 
Ireland; for One Year, ending 24th June 1831. 





Four Hundred and Seventy Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Five Pence :— 
Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 





} 


i mw ad. 
Joun Pace, Surviving Commissioner - .- © © (© ©. © «© ©] Moye «4 
Ditto - - as Certifying Commissioner - - - - - - - - . 92 6 2 
Edward Fitzgerald, Clerk - - - - - = = = = = .- = 5 7 8 
William Cadge - ~ - 
Sir E. Stanley -  -,; Clerks, at £.46.3.1. - - - - .* .« - - 138 9 3 
Ralph H. Crawford -J 


— ———_—————- ———_— - —__ 


£. 470 15 5 

















Decrease, from last Year’s Estimate ; viz. £ ae 
John Norris Thompson, Stamp Master &lt;= 2 -« - = - - 223 7 #8 
William Deey = ss am “ a . - = mf ‘~ ” - = - 46 3 1 
ia 
£ 269 10 9g 
John Page, Surviving Commissioner. 
VOL, 86.— Part IT. 12 T 


. in 








Appendix, 
(B.) 
18° Augusti 
continued. 


Journal, p. 767. 





1082 


Miscellaneous Estimates.  _ 








A. 183}. 





(133..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required for the Maintenance of the several Navicatioys 
in charge of the Directors of IntAND NAvicarton ; forthe Yéar 1831. © 


——Two Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Pounds :—Clear of Fees,, and all other. Deductions,— 





. ; PAE ee 
MaInTENANCE of the Upper Shannon Navigation from Lough Allen to Lanesborough - 435 lo 8 
Buoys and Beacons on Lough Derg” - - - - - - | 24 - - 
River Maig Navigation - = ._ 2« «+ * «© © «@f 53 14 - 
Tyrone and Maghery Canals . - - - - - - | 296 g 11 
Establishment of the Board and their Officers - - - - ° ~ o -| 3.184 14 2 
Allowances of Engineers - - - - - = = = = = (2 =} 1,050 = - 
House Rent, Taxes and Repairs - - - - © - ° - - - 7 276 18 54 
Postage, Stationery, and Contingent Expenses, including Incidents to Engineers - - 100 — - 








To this must be added, in pursuance of the Orders of Government, communicated to this 
Board by Mr. Gregory’s Letter of 16th August last, the Sum of £.116. 2. 8. the amouut 
awarded by inquisition to Bryan Colo, in the year 1814, for land taken for the extension // 
of the Royal Canal, and which amount was not paid at the time, for the Reasons stated | | 
in the Board’s Representation of 4th June 1830 : - - - - - 


116 2 8 








£.| 5538 9 103 





Navigation —} 
12 January 1831. J W. Searight, Secretary. 





ACCOUNT of the Expenditure of the Directors General of Inland Navigation, for the Year 
ending 5th January 1831. 


£. ss. d. 
For Inland Navigation - = = eee ef 8381 130 Gk 
Roads and Bridges - = = = 6 ee elle le | (6,056 1 10 


Fisheries (since 1st September) = - - - - - - - - . -| 3416 4 9g 





£) 17,853 19 113 








Navigation Office3, 


12 January 1831. M. D. Manning, Accountant. 





(134..—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in aid of the Expenditure for the Poxice and 
Warcu EstasiisHMents of the Ciry of Dustin District; for the Year 1831. 


—Twenty Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-three Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions.—- 














| Watch 
eeome: Pane Soteee. | Establishment. TOTA ‘. 
aiid 
| £. | £. £. 
House Tax - - - - - ~ - - -|- ° o/ 8,400 8,400 7 
Carriage Tax - - - - - - - ° - od hea ” «1 5,200 5,209 
Ditto - Fees and Fines - - - - - . -\- - - 1,200 1,200 
Divisional Offices - ditto =- - = = = = =| 800 |- -- = 800 | 
Pawnbrokers’ Licenses - - . - - - - -i- . ° 4,430 430 
Publicans’ - ditto - - - - - - - dt tn ° §00 §00 
Old Clothes, &amp;c. ditto - - - - - - - -|- - - go go 
Balance ; being the Sum which will be required from the], - . 
Public, in addition to the above Taxes - - * 21,087 21,087 
£.| 21,887 19,820 41,707 
EXPENDITURE: ms 
Rents - . . - ° . ° - . : : 500 378 878 
Taxes - - - - - - - - - - - 160 60 220 ( 
Repairs - : : . . - ° - - 400 200 600 
Stationery and Hue and Cry - - - - - - - 403 1,015 1,415 
Law Expenses o - ° - - ° - » “ 800 o i ” 800 
Newspapers and Advertising - - - - - - - 60 ~ © é 60 
Salaries and Pensions - - - - - 2 ‘« 10,748 972 11,719 
Weekly Pay - - - - - - - - . - 8,422 13,476 21,898 
Coals and Candles - - . - - - - - 600 369 969 
Clothing - - - - - - - ° - - 650 476 1,126 
Accoutrements - - - - ~ ° - - - 100 - - - 100 
Horses - - - - - - - - - - « 50 ‘ “ = 50 
Forage - - - - - - - - - - - 702 - ~ - 702 
Incidents - - - - - - ° - - - 950 220 1,170 
£.| 24,542 17,165 41,707 
Head Office of Police, ae Fred. Darley. Henry Chas. Sirr. 
8 January 1831. John C. Graves. John Tudor. 




















John C. Lees, Receiver of the Public Offices. 











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Appendix, 
(135.)— AN ESTIMATE, of the Sum that will be required to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Commiss1owEks (B.) 


for making Examination into the Duties, SaALartes and Emo_uments of the several Officers, Clerks and 


Ministers, of Justice in Zreland ; for the Year 1831. 18° Augusti 

















° . continued. 
__—Three Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-four Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. Foe nine 
ournal, p. 707. 
£. s. d 
Five Commissioners, Salary £.1,200 each per annum - - - . » ai 6,000 — - 
One Secretary - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ 461 10 9} 
First Clerk - - - - - - - - - - ~- - = 138 9 2 3 
Second Clerk - - - - - - - - - - ° - ena -L° 
One Messenger - - - - - - - ~ - m ‘ i 46 3.1 
One Porter - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - ‘ | 46 3 1 
Rent of Office - - - - - - - - - - - “ “ “ | “6 + - 
~ 
7,052 6 2 
Contingent Expenses for Fuel, Stationery, Scrivenery, Parchment, &amp;c. of a fluctuating om 
amount to be added, about’ - - - - - - - * “ i 4 _- 








By Order of the Commissioners, 


Office of Inquiry, Dominick-street, | 


G. Fetherston H. 
3 January 1831. j 


Sec’ to the Commissioners. 





(136.\—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum necessary to be provided, in the Year ended the 5th January 1832, for carrying 
on the Recorp Works not yet completed. 


Qne Thousand Pounds. 








Irish Office, London,) : = 
20 April i831. J C. W. Flint. 





(137.)—AN ESTIMATE of the Sum required for the EmpLroymenr of the Poor, and Relief of Distress in 
certain Districts in Jreland. 





Forty Thousand Pounds :—Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 





Whitehall, Treasury — 


18 August 1831. T. SPRING RICE. 





(138.)--AN ESTIMATE of the Amount which may be required for the Salaries of intended Commissioners of 
Pusxic Works, in Jre/and; for the Half Year ending 5th January 1832. 





CHAIRMAN” - - - - - - - - £.500 


Two Junior Commissioners, £.300 each = - - - 600 





£.1,100 





—Qne Thousand One Hundred Pounds: — Clear of Fees, and all other Deductions. 


Whitehall, Treasury a 


18 August 1831. T. SPRING RICE. 














Appendix, 
(B.) 


13° Septembris. 


Journal, p. 837. 








1084 


Miscellaneous Estimates. 


A. 1831, 














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as 


(139.)—COPY of MINUTE of the BOARD OF, TREASURY, on the Subject of the 


Irtsnh MisceELtaNeEous Estimates. 





Copy of Treasury Minute, dated 31st December 1830. 


My Lords read the Report from the Committee on Irish 
Miscellaneous Estimates for 1829. se! 

My Lords read also the Report on Charitable Institutions in 
Dublin for 1830. 

My Lords read also the Correspondence between the Irish 
Government and the Officers of the Charitable Institutions and 
Public Departments in Ireland of 1830. 

My Lords read the following passage from the Report of the 
Select Committee of The House of Commons appointed to con- 
sider the Irish Miscellaneous Estimates :— 

« Resolved, 

“ That it is expedient to bring such of the Estimates as may 
hereafter be presented to Parliament for the Miscellaneous 


- 
- 


- 
“ 


“ 


subject to the responsibility of which Department, it is the 
opinion of the Committee, that they should be in future sub- 
mitted to the consideration of The House.”’ 

In furtherance of the object so recommended, and with a view 
to effect every reduction that can be made consistently with the 
Public Service, and to put the Irish Government in full posses- 
sion of the views which, as at present advised, My Lords enter- 
tain on the subject of the Estimates alluded to, though without 
seeking absolutely to control the discretion which it is expedient 
to leave to His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, My Lords pro- 
ceed to the examination of the separate Classes of Service. 


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~ 


CHARTER Scuoot.s. 


Wuen My Lords consider, that so long back as in the month of | 


June 1825, the decision of the Government and of Parliament 
was communicated to the Incoporated Society, and all further 
admissions to the Charter Schools were Kea pi it does not 
appear that a sufficiently rapid progress 

towards attaining the object recommended by the Committee of 
The House of Commons, namely, the total cessation of the Par- 
liamentary Grant, leaving the future support of these Establish- 
meats to their private funds. The Committee recommended 
that measures should be taken for the removal of 300 Children 
annually, and the plan suggested by the Society for binding as 
Apprentices 430 only in four years, does not appear justified by 
the reasons suggested in the Correspondence between Mr. Otway 
and Lord F. L. Gower. It would also seem advisable, that in 
proportion as the number of Children is reduced, the number of 
Establishments should be reduced likewise, and the Expense of 
Salaries and Maintenance of Buildings thereby saved to the 
Public. In effecting this change, My Lords desire that no 
recommendation for the grant of Superannuation Allowances 
chargeable on the Public may be made for their Lordships’ con- 
sideration, without a due attention both to the length of service 
and the personal claims of the parties. The Salaries on the 
Establishment would also seem to call for some revision; an 
annual payment of £.541 for the Secretary, Clerk and Registrar, 
appearing disproportioned to the present scale of these Institu- 
tions, and still more so to that scale by which it is intended that 
they should be regulated hereafter. The Allowance of £.200 
per annum to a retired Secretary seemed to require some peculiar 
circumstances for its justification. My Lords suggest, as the 


best mode of dealing with these Establishments, on which so | 


large a. sum as £.800,000 has been expended since the Union, 
that a precise Estimate should be made of the number of Child- 
ren which can be maintained in an economical manner on the 
private income of the Charity, and that it should then be ascer- 
tained what is the earliest period at which the Establishment 
can be reduced within those limits. When these facts are 
ascertained in laying before Parliament such Estimate as may 
be actually necessary for 1831, it may be also shown that an 
Institution condemned on principle, shall cease to be a charge 
on the Public as soon as circumstantes will permit, and at a 
definite time. From the principles laid down by high ecclesias- 
tical authority, examined before the Commissioners of Education 
in 1825, My Lords anticipate that the sum of £.258 charged in 
the Estimate for Catechists, may be spared, without depriving 
the Children on the Establishments of that religious instruction 
which it would still be the duty of the Clergy to afford to such 
Public Charitable Establishments as are within their respective 
Benefices. 


FounpuinGc HospPirTAt. 


Tue Foundling Hospital of Dublin, having been considered 
by the Committee of The House of Commons as failing both for 
the Preservation of Human Life and the proper Education of the 
Children admitted, it is necessary to adopt such a course as may 
lead, with the least possible delay, to the cessation of the Par- 
liamentary Grant. By the Act of 1822, the number of admis 
sions was reduced, in 1829, from 2,000 to less than 400; and 
all admissions have for some time past ceased altogether. It is 
therefore a matter which requires explanation, why the Parlia- 
mentary Grants should not have diminished in a proportion much 
more considerable than they have done, more particularly as it 
is stated, on'the authority of the Governors of the Hospital, that 





as as yet been made | 


a demand exists for the Children as Apprentices ; a definite 
time should be fixed, and that at as early a period as possible 
when the Charge for the Foundling Hospital may be excluded 
from the Estimates; and as the reduction of numbers take 
place, a reduction of Salaries should also _be enforced, the Sum 
now charged under this head appearing disproportioned to the 


| present scale of the Foundling Hospital. 


HiperniAn MiuitAry Scuoor. 


Durine the three years ending the 5th January 1804, the 
Effective Force serving in Jreland amounted to 23,927 men, ex. 


_ ceeding very nearly by 2,000 the average number in the three 


_ years ending January 1830. 
Services of Ireland under the direct control of the Treasury, | 


During the former period, the 
average number of Children supported in the Hibernian Milita 

School, was 288, on an Estimate of £.3,987, whilst in the latte; 
the number has been 599, and the Charge has been upwards of 
£.6,500. The reasoning by which this is explained, seems to 
My Lords rather to account for than to justify this increase 
There can be no doubt that if the relief held out by any Charity 
is indefinite, the claims upon such Charity will become indefinite 
also; and it will therefore become expedient to fix a maximum 
to this Establishment, which ought not to be exceeded in future 
years, and gradually to bring down the number of Children jn 
the School within such ascertained numbers. My Lords having 


| under their consideration the Report of the Select Committee 


| 
| 








of The House of Commons, on the subject of the Irish Miscel- 
laneous Estimates, in which it is recommended that the Hiber. 
nian Military School should be brought under the direct contro] 
of the Military Department, in the same manner, and voted in 
the same Estimates, with the Military Asylum in England, are 
pleased to direct that a communication be made to the Secretary 
at War calling his attention to the subject, and requesting to 
know whether he sees any objection to the adoption of the 


_ principle so recommended. 


MaRiNE ScuHoou. 


Tur Select Committee having stated in their Report, that they 
cannot recommend the continuance of the Parliamentary Grant 
to the Hibernian Marine School, and the discontinuance of all 
admissions having been ordered by the Letter of Lord F. L. Gower, 
of the 31st July 1829, My Lords hope that not only a reduction 
in the Estimate may take place, but that a period may be defi- 
nitely fixed when all Parliamentary aid may be withdrawn, and 
this Establishment may be left dependent on its private income. 
It will be expedient to transmit with this year’s Estimate a 
Statement of the probable time when this charge upon the 
Public may be discontinued. 

With respect to the Charities under mentioned, viz. 

Lying-in-Hospital. 
Steeven’s Hospital, 
Fever Hospital, 
Hospital for Incurables, 
House of Industry. 
Westmorland Lock Hospital. 
My Lords read the Reports of the Commissioners appointed 


| on the 10th of August 1829, by His Grace the Lord Lieutenant 








of Ireland, and adopting the principles laid down by the Select 
Comumnittee, that “ the Claims which such Charities have upon 
Parliament are, the proved utility of the Charity ; the improba- 
bility of its maintenance from Private Funds only ; the Contn- 
butions of local Funds raised by subscription or taxation, and 
the strictest economy in Salaries and other Expenses.” My 
Lords can only leave the application of these general rules to 
the discretion of the Irish Government, in a full confidence 
that they will not be lost sight of in the preparation of the Esti- 
mates for these several Services. 

My Lords call the attention of the Irish Government to the 
economical recommendations made by the late Commissioners, 
and express their hope that these may lead to such reductions 
aS are not inconsistent with the charitable objects for which 
these Hospitals were founded, and have been supported. 


Dustin Royat Socigety. 


Tue principle laid down by the Committee of The House of 
Commons has been to make the existence of local Contribution 
the test of the utility of an establishment like the Dublin Society, 
and the condition to be uniformly insisted on, in order to Jus 
tify a Grant of Public Money. With this view it was suggestet 
that the attendance on the Lectures of this Society should ceas¢ 
to be gratuitous, and that any Lectureship which did not ar 
nually produce £.200 at the least, should be suppressed, = 
the professorship should be abolished, and the salary struc 
out of the Estimate. In this opinion, My Lords entirely concur, 
and feel it expedient that in future the Accounts shoul . 
rendered, and the Estimates founded upon the principle so lai 
down. In carrying this principle into effect, y Lords are not 
only desirous of increasing the Funds of the ociety, but rs 
ascertaining that those who attend those Lectures provided ® 








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the Public expense, are persons who are really desirous to profit 
by the instruction communicated. The necessity of excluding 
from the Publications urchased out of Parliamentary Funds 
for the use of a Scientific and Literary Society, all oe 
and works of a similar description, is most properly insisted on 
by the Committee, and is fully adopted by My Lords. My 
[Lords also consider it worthy of serious consideration whether 
a larger total sum of Private Contributions might not be ‘ob- 
tained, if a lesser sum than thirty guineas were required as the 
Fee upon the admission of Members. 


Royat Irisn AcApEmy. 


Auruoven the sum voted annually for the Royal Irish 
Academy, is in its amount unimportant, and has been approved 
of by the Committee, My Lords being still desirous of enforcing, 
as far as practicable, the principle of Local Contributions, are 
not prepared under any circumstances to sanction an Estimate 
for this Institution, unless the Receipts from private Funds in the 
year preceding have amounted to £.200 at the least. 


Boarp or Works. 


My Lords consider that the Expenses carried on under the 
authority of the Board of Works, exceeding, as they have done, 
the sum of £.600,000 since the Union, require much examina- 
tion and economical revision. The sum of £. 3,000 and upwards 
for Gardens, Roads and Pleasure Grounds, requires reduction, 
and the Salaries and Lodging allowances should also be re- 
viewed, both with respect to their amount and to the principle 
on which they are supported. 


Ir1su OFFIce. 


My Lords have read that‘ portion of the Report of the Com- 
mittee which relates to the Irish’ Office in London, in which it 
is recommended to the Government to consider whether the 
continuance of the Irish Office on its present system be neces- 
sary, and whether it may not be practicable to adopt.measures 
with regard to it which may effect a diminution of the Public 
Expenditure, without detriment. to the Public Service. My 
Lords also read the Evidence of Mr. Goulburn and Sir Charles 
Flint on this subject, adverting to the Expenses of the Office, 
which exceed £.5,000 annually, and tothe unimportance of those 
duties by the discharge of which its continuance has been 
defended. My Lords are pleased to direct that the Chief Secre- 
tary for Ireland be requested to move the Lord Lieutenant, in 
order to obtain: His Excellency’s opinion with respect to the 
best mode of carrying into effect the immediate abolition of the 
Irish Office in London, without prejudice to the communications 
between the Home Department and the local Government of 
Ireland, and to other branches of the Public Service. 


STATIONERY. 


My Lords advert with satisfaction to the arrangements 
already made or in progress for the more economical supply of 
the Public Departments in Ireland with Stationery. My Lords 
fully concur in the recommendation of the Committee, that the 
Allowances or Commutations for Stationery heretofore issued to 
the Household of the Lord Lieutenant should be discontinued. 
My Lords are. of opinion, that the supply of Articles of Sta- 
tionery, through the Office of King’s Printer in Ireland, should 
cease, and that Binding and similar work, not coming within 
the terms of the Patent of King’s Printer, should be furnished 
through the branch of the English Stationery Office now esta- 
blished in. Dublin, in order to ensure the supply on the most 
economical terms. - My. Lords are also desirous of being in- 
formed, before the Estimates’ for the ensuing Quarter are framed, 
whether any consideration has been given ‘by the Irish Govern- 
ment to the reduction of the’ expenses of printing and publish- 
ing the Dublin Gazette, which now yields an annual net profit 
to the Patentee of £.1,680. Under the recommendation of the 
Select Committee, My Lords confidently expect to find a very 
considerable reduction made in the Estimate for printing and 
providing the Statutes. 


CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS. 


Wirn a view to the importance of the subject, and to the 
magnitude of the Sums annually voted for the Expenses of Cri- 
minal Prosecutions in Ireland, which, since the Union, have 
amounted to upwards of £.800,000, My Lords, are desirous that 
the recommendations of the Select Committee should be strictly 
adhered to, that the Accounts and Vouchers should be annually 
submitted to the Examination and Audit of the Commissioners 
of Public Accounts; that the Expenses of Witnesses should, 
under the provisions of the Act of the 55 Geo. III. c. 91, be paid 
by Grand Jury Presentments, and not at the Public Charge, 

th when the Crown does, and when it does not prosecute ; 
and that all Charges should be excluded from these Accounts 
which do not fairly come under the description of Public Cri- 
minal Prosecutions. 


Pouice or DvuBLIN. 
My Lords consider the principle laid down in the Report of 
the Select Committee to be correct, in recommending that the 
xpenses included under the Head of “ Police of Dublin,” 
should in future be borne in equal parts by the Public and by 
1Funds. At the present moment all deficiencies of Local 
unds are supplied by the Public, so as to complete the Esti- 


VOL. 36. Part II, 











mate, a principle which deprives those who are locally concerned 
in the Establishment of all adequate interest and motives for a 
vigilant Collection of the Revenue, or an economical administra- 
tion of the Funds raised and voted. My Lords also advert to 
the observations of the Committee respecting such Magistrates 
as may be occupied on official Duties, which may be found 
inconsistent with their duty as Magistrates; and in order to 
guard against such inconvenient occurrences, My Lords are 
desirous that there should be submitted, with the Annual Esti- 
mate, a Statement of any such Cases, whether relating to the 
Recorder, the Aldermen, Sheriffs Peers, or other Magistrates, in 
order that the same, if necessary, may be brought under the 
notice of Parliament. 


Commission or JupiciAt Inquiry. 


My Lords advert to the fact, that the Expenses incurred under 
the head of the Commission of Judicial Inquiry held in Ireland, 
amount to a Sum double the Amount of the Expenditure in 
England, and four-fold the Expenditure in Scotland; and con- 
sidering that the Select Committee recommended in 1829, that 
the operations of the Commissioners should be brought to a 
termination with as little delay as possible, My Lords are bound 
to state that, as at present advised, they would recommend the 
exclusion of this Charge from the Estimates for the ensuing 
year. 


Recorp Commission. 


My Lords are desirous of being informed, whether the recom- 
mendation of the Select Committee has been carried into effect 
in the preparation of an exact.Esfimate in detail of the Works 
in progress,. bat not completed, under the authority of the late 
Record Commission of Ireland. Whilst it would be at all times 
inexpedient to sanction or to continue Works which were unim- 
portant to the Law, the History and the Antiquities of the 
Country ; yet should there be cases where considerable Expenses 
have been incurred, and Works are actually in progress, if the 
proposed publications be of admitted public utility, it is worthy 
of consideration whether, under due authority, and subject to 
proper economical checks, they should not. be prosecuted and 
brought toaclose.'*. © ie ‘iii 


Pusiic Works AND .BoarpD or INLAND NaviGATion. 

ReEAp Report of the Select Committee ‘on the State of the Irish 
Poor, Session 1830. My Lords do not at present feel themselves 
in a situation in which they can express an opinion with respect 
to the Sum which it may be advisable to vote for Public Works 
in Ireland, nor can they do so without being in possession of the 
Amendments to the Laws on this subject which are suggested 
by the Committee of 1829, and by the Reports of last Session. 
My Lords consider that this important subject is one which 
cannot fail to occupy the early and anxious attention of the Irish 
Government. When means have been devised to establish a 
fixed and responsible authority, which can report upon the expe- 
diency of Works suggested by Grand Juries, and other Bodies 
locally interested, when adequate means are provided for framing 
economical and scientific Estimates and Specifications, when the 
faithful execution of Works approved of, and a strict audit of 
Accounts can be relied on th enforced, My Lords will resume 
the consideration of this branch of the subject with a view of 
deciding upon the amount of Estimate which it may be expe- 
dient to submit to The House of Commons. My Lords include 
in these observations the Estimate for the Board of Inland Navi- 
gation, the continuance of which Establishment on its present 
scale, and with its present duties, appears to them wholly inde- 
fensible. PT a LE. eer 

EDUCATION, — 

Reap Reports of the Select Committees on Education in Ire- 
land. . Without adverting to many circumstances which are not 
strictly of a financial nature, my Lords feéel-it impossible to 
come-to any definite opinion on the subject: of the Grants for 
Schools, which it may be expedient to introduce into the Irish 
Estimates for 1831. The consideration which must determine 
the case is the possibility of adopting some system in the dis- 
posal of the sums voted for the Encouragement of Education, 
that may be generally acceptable, and can be administered on 
principles of liberal and impartial justice. If such a plan can be 
adopted by the Irish Government, My Lords will revert to the 
subject, with every disposition to sanction such an Estimate as 
may be consistent with the extreme importance of the subject ; 
but in the absence of such a system, it is worthy of the most 
serious reflection, whether it may not be advisable to withdraw 
all Grants whatever, except such as may be necessary for the 
printing of School Books, and furnishing School requisites, and 
for establishing a Model School or Schools for the Instruction 
of Masters, without religious distinctions of any kind whatever. 

Write: to the Chief: Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, trans- 
mitting a Copy of this Minute, for the informaiion of His Excel- 
lency, and acquainting him that this Minute was adopted by 
My Lords, with the intention of placing before His Excellency’s 
attention, the views which, as at present advised, they are dis- 
posed to entertain, fully sensible that the result of the inquiries 
as in the exercise of His ewer discretion may be made, 
are still necessary, in order to give My Lords the means of making 
a final decision upon this branch of the Public Service. 


Whitehall, Treasury C —— 


10 September 1831. T. SPRING RICE. 


12U 


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13° Septembris 
continued. 


Journal, p. 837. 











Appendix, 
(D.) 


27° Julii. 


Journal, p. 703. 


5° Octobris. 
Journal, p. 893. 


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' (D.)—STATE PAPERS. 





(141.)—PROTOCOL of a Conrerence held at the Foreign Office, April 17, 1831, between the Plenipotentiaries 


of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia ; and Note addressed by the Plenipotentaries of Austria, 


Great 


Britain, Prussia, and Russia, to the Plenipotentiary of France, on the 14th of July 1831. 


N°1. 

Protoco. of a Conference held at the Foreign Office, the 
17th April 1831, between the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, 
Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia. 

THE Plenipotentiaries of Austria, of Great Britain, of Prussia, 
and of Russia, having met, have directed their attention to the 
Fortresses constructed since the year 1815 in the kingdom of 
the Netherlands, at the expense of the four Courts, and to the 
determinations which it would become necessary to take with 
respect to these Fortresses, when the separation of Belgium 
from Holland shall have been definitively effected. 

Having carefully examined this question, the Plenipotentiaries 
of the four Courts were unanimously of opinion, that the new 
situation in which Belgium would be placed, with her neutrality 
acknowledged and guaranteed by France, ought to change the 
system of military defence which had been adopted for the 
kingdom of the Netherlands; that the Fortresses in question 
would be too numerous, not to make it difficult for the Belgians 
to provide for their maintenance and defence; that, moreover, 
the unanimously admitted inviolability of the Belgian territory 
offered a security which did not previously exist; finally, that 
a part of these Fortresses, constructed under different circum- 
stances, might at present be razed. 

In consequence, the Plenipotentiaries have finally decided, 
that as soon as a Government shall exist in Belgium, recognised 
by the Powers taking part in the Conferences of London, a Ne- 
gotiation shall be set on foot between the four Powers and that 
Government, for the purpose of selecting such of the said 
Fortresses as should be demolished. 

(signed) Esterhazy. Wessenberg. 
Palmerston. 
Bilow. 
Lieven. Matuszewic. 





N° 2. 


Nore addressed by the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, Great 
Britain, Prussia, and Russia, to the Plenipotentiary of 
France. 


Foreign Office, July 14, 189), 

THe undersigned, Plenipotentiaries of the Courts of Austria 
of Great Britain, of Prussia, and of Russia, being desirous to 
give a further proof of the reliance which they place on the dis. 
position shown by the Government of His Majesty the King of 
the French for the maintenance of the general peace, think jt 
their duty to communicate to the Prince de Talleyrand the an- 
nexed Copy of a Protocol which they have issued upon the 
subject of the Fortresses erected since the year 1815 in the 
kingdom of the Netherlands. 


The undersigned see no objection to giving the same publicity 
to this Protocol as may be given to the other acts of the Nego- 
tiations which have taken place since the month of November 
1830, on the affairs of Belgium. 


They take this opportunity to renew, Xc. 
(signed) Esterhazy. Wessenberg. 


Palmerston. 


Biilow. 
Lieven. Matuszewic. 











(A.) 
(142..—PAPERS RELATIVE TO PORTUGAL. 


COPIES of the Representations made by His Majesty’s Command to the Government of Portugal, concerning the 
Insults and Injuries to which His Majesty referred in His Most Gracious Speech from the ‘Throne, and of the 
Answers received from that Government, containing a compliance with His Majesty’s demand of satisfaction ; 
together with Copies and Extracts of Communications between His Majesty’s Government and His Majesty’s 
Consul-General at Lisbon, reletive to the English Expediton to the Tagus. 





LIST OF PAPERS. 


Correspondence with J. R. Matthews, Esq., 1828-1829. 


No. 1.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
No. 2.—Lord Dunglas . 
No. 3.—J.R. Matthews, Esq. 
No. 4.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
No. 5. The Earl of Aberdeen 
No. G.- Lord Dunglas . 
No. 7.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
No. 8.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
No. 9.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
No. 10.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
No. 11.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
No. 12.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
No. 13.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
No. 14.—John Backhouse, Esq. 
No. 15.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
No. 16.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
No. 17.—Lord Dunglas . 
No. 18.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
No. 19.—Lord Dunglas - 


to Lord Dunglas - 
to J. R. Matthews 
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to Lord Dunglas - 
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to Lord Dunglas 
to Lord Dunglas 
to Lord Dunglas 
to Lord Dunglas 


to Lord Dunglas - 
to Lord Dunglas - 


to Lord Dunglas - 


to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
to the Earl of Aberdeen 


to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 


to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 


to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 


- Lisbon, 11 July 
Foreign Office, 16 July 
- Lisbon, 19 July 
- Lisbon, 21 July 
Foreign Office, 23 July 
Foreign Office, 30 July - 
- Lisbon, g August 
Lisbon, 19 August 
Lisbon, 23 August 
Lisbon, 30 August 
Lisbon, 6 September — 
Lisbon, 8 September — 
- Lisbon, 20 September — 
Foreign Office, 24 September — 
- Lisbon, 27 September — 
- Lisbon, 27 September — 
Foreign Office, 1 October — 
- Lisbon, 4 October — 
Foreign Office, 8 October — 
D9f No. 20. 


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LIST OF PAPERS—continued. 


. 20.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. 





No - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 11 October 1828. 
No. 21.—Lord Dunglas - = toJ.R.Matthews,Esq. - - - ~- Foreign Office, 15 October — 
No. 22.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - . Lisbon, 18 October — 
No. 23.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 25 October — 
No. 24-—J. IR. Matthews, Esq. + to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 25 October — 
No. 25.—J. R. Matthews, Fsq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 31 October — 
No. 26.—The Earl of Aberdeen - to J. R. Matthews, Esq. : - - - Foreign Office, 5 November — 
No. 27-—Lord Dunglas - - to J. R. Matthews, Esq. . : - Foreign Office, 5 November — 
No. 28.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 8 November — 
No. 29.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - ~ - - - Lisbon, 8 November — 
No. 30.—The Earl of Aberdeen - to J. R. Matthews, Esq. — - - -  « Foreign Office, 15 November — 
No. 31.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 15 November — 
No. 32.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 15 November — 
No. 33.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - toLordDunglas- - - + - - -«- Lisbon, 22 November — 
No. 34.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - ~ - - - Lisbon, 29 November — 
No. 35.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to the Earl of Aberdeen - - - - - Lisbon, 2g November — 
No. 36.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - . . - - Lisbon, 29 November — 
No. 37-—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 6 December — 
No. 38.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - : - - - - - Lisbon, 6 December — 
No. 39.-——-The Earl of Aberdeen - to J. R. Matthews, Esq. - - ° - Foreign Office, 10 December — 
No. 40.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 13 December — 
No. 41.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - . - - . - Lisbon, 13 December — 
No. 42.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - toLordDunglas- - - - - «= «- Lisbon, 20 December — 
No. 43-—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - tothe Earl of Aberdeen . - - - Lisbon, 22 December — 
No. 44.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 31 December ~— 
No, 45-—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 31 December — 
No. 46.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 31 December — 
No. 47-—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to the Earl of Aberdeen . : - - - Lisbon, 1 January 1829. 
No. 48.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - toLord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 5 January — 
No. 49.—J- R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - ° - - Lisbor, 5 January — 
No. 50.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 10 January — 
No. 51.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - ~ - - - - + Lisbon, 24 January — 
No. 52.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - toLordDunglas- -~— - - = + = Lisbon, 24 January — 
No. 53-—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 24 January —- 
No. 54.—Lord Dunglas - - toJ.R. Matthews, Esq. - - - - Foreign Office, 5 February —- 
No. 55-—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 7 February — 
No. 56.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - . - - - - Lisbon, 7 February — 
No. 57.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 7 February — 
No. 58.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 14 February — 
No. 59-—J. R Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - : - - - - Lisbon, 14 February — 
No. 60.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 21 February — 
No. 61.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - ° - - Lisbon, 21 February — 
No. 62.—J. RK. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 21 February — 
No. 63.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - = - - - - Lisbon, 24 February — 
No. 64.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 2 March - — 
No. 65.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - . - - - Lisbon, 7 March - - 
No. 66.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - . - Lisbon, 26 March - — 
No. 67.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunyias - - . : - - - Lisbon, 21 April - — 
No. 68.—J K. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - . - Lisbon, 25 April - — 
Ne. 69.—J. R. Matthews, Esy. - to Lord Dunglas- — - - &gt; aie - . Lisbon, 23 May - — 
No. 70.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 30 May - — 
No. 71.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - . - - - Lisbon, 6July - — 
No. 72.—J. R. Matthews, Fsq. - to Lord Dunglas - : . - . - - Lisbon, 18 July - — 
No. 73-—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to the Earl of Aberdeen . . - - - Lisbon, 25 July - — 
No. 74.—J. R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 25 July - — 
No. 75.—J: R. Matthews, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - 2 Lisbon, 1 October — 





CORRESPONDENCE with J. R. 


\ ae 2 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received July 18.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, July 11th, 1828. 


| Bee leave to enclose to your Lordship copies of the cor- 
respondence that has taken place between the Minister of 
Foreign Affairs and myself, in consequence of a despatch com- 
municated to me by Captain Sartorius, of His Majesty’s oo 
Pyramus, and addressed by Lord Aberdeen to Sir Frederic 
Lamb, directing me to claim Sir John Milley Doyle. 
_ I wrote without delay to Viscount de Santarem, on the 7th 
mst.,a note, of which a copy is under N° 1, claiming Sir John 
Milley Doyle, as a British subject against whom no delinquency 
was proved. On the gth, in the morning, having received no 
acknowledgment of it, and fearing it might be attended with the 
same fate as others that remain unanswered, [ waited upon Vis- 
count De Santarem, and delivered to him the Notes, N° 2 to 5, 
telating to Sir John Milley Doyle, and other British subjects in 
confinement, making at the same time my best efforts to convince 
his Excellency of the importance to be attached to a direct claim 
made by order of the British Government. He required the 
steam-boat to be detained till twelve o’clock to day; but his 
answer, of which N° 7 is a translation, reached me last night, 
and I have deemed it incumbent on me to refute it with an ex- 
planatory protest under N° 8. 

I hope the course I haye adopted will meet with your Lord- 
ship’s approbation, and that Y shall be honoured with further 
instructions for my guide in this case. 


I have the honour, &amp;c. 


(signed) 


J. R. Matthews. 


Mattuews, Esquire, 1828—1829. 


Enclosure 1 in N° 1. 


J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount De Santarem. 


Sir. Lisbon, July 7th, 1828. 


I nave had the honour of addressing your Excellency on the 
subject of the imprisonment of Sir John Milley Doyle, and other 
British subjects, and the last of my communications, of the 
16th ultimo, has uot been favoured by your notice. I have 
represented the importance of these cases in language so urgent, 
that I had hoped it would have averted the necessity of troubling 
your Excellency again on the subject. Sir John Milley Doyle, 
however, after 20 days confinement in a secret dungeon, is still 
detained in prison, as are also the other British subjects, without 
any charge being brought against them. ‘The usual privileges 
established by our Treaties have been overlooked, and the laws 
of the country exceeded, in the severity of their treatment. 

I am now ordered by His Britannic Majesty’s Government, to 
claim Sir John Milley Doyle as a British subject against whom 
no delinquency has been proved, and I fully trust that his re- 
lease will not be refused, were it even deemed necessary for him 
to quit Portugal immediately. The severe punishment inflicted 
on these British subjects by their long confinement exciting the 
anxiety of the British Government, leads me to expect your 
Excellency will enable me to transmit without delay a favour- 
able determination on these cases. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





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5° Octobris 


continued. 


Journal, p. 893. 














1088 


State Papers. 


A. 183). 





peut sft % s&gt;dimclosure 2 in N° 1, 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 
Sir, Lisbon, July gth, 1828. 


Own the 7th instant I had the honour to acquaint your Ex- 
cellency, that I was ordered by His Britannic Majesty’s Govern- 
ment to claim Sir Jolin Milley Doyle, as a Briush subject 

inst whom no delinquency has been proved, fully trusting 

t his immediate release would not be refused, were it even 
deemed necessary for him to quit Portugal without delay. 
I have this day waited upon your Excellency to state that the 
Meteor steam-vessel will be detained .till to-morrow night to 
convey to Great Britain your pir gare answer. 

The violation of every right and privilege in this case will not, 
I hope, be attempted to ‘be screened by a process at law so 
made up as to prevent that exercise of the authority of the Juiz 
Conservador, which, if duly applied at first according to Treaty, 
must have protected Sir John Milley Doyle from such unjusti- 
fiable persecution, which becomes subsequently quite nugatory. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c 
(signed) 


J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure 3 in N° 1, 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, July gth, 1828. 


Mr. Wit11am Young, a half-pay cornet in the British Wag- 
gon Train, has been confined in prison ever since the beginning 
of June last, without any charge being brought against him. 
Should he be detained on the imaginary ground of opinion, I 
must beg leave to remark, that such a basis is wholly unjustifiable, 
and whatever may be the course further adopted with him after 
the violation of our Treaties by his arrest, and the non-interven- 
tion of the Judge Conservator, no legal process, made up sub- 
sequently in another court of justice, can do away the effects of 
this unwarranted persecution. I trust, therefore, your Excel- 
lency will enable me to acquaint His Britannic Majesty’s 
Government, that Mr. William Young has been set at liberty. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure 4 in N° 1. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Si, Lisbon, July gth, 1828. 


On the 4th instant Mr. John Hargreaves Cobham, after hav- 
ing been robbed and insulted by a mob, was thrown into the 
— of the Limoeiro. I had the honour to address your Excel- 
ency on this subject on the 5th, yet no charge lies against him, 
and he is still confined in prison; this severity towards a British 
subject, belonging to an established house of commerce in this 
town, is as marked as it is unjustifiable, and I hope your Excel- 
lency will enable me to acquaint His Majesty’s Government that 
Mr. John Hargreaves Cobham has been set at liberty. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure § in N° 1. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, July oth, 1828. 

Tne confinement in jail of Mr. Rospigliosi, a British subject, 
ever since the 6th ultimo, because a fanatic mob chose to style 
him malhado, and attempted to destroy him, is a case of such 
flagrant injustice, that, after the tated applications I have had 
the honour to direct to your Excellency, causes serious surmises 
as to the object of such persecution. I therefore trust your 
Excellency, considering the impression made by this case, will 
enable me to acquaint His Britannic Majesty’s r Reaetace that 
Mr. Rospigliosi has been set at liberty. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R, Matthews. 





Enclosure 6 in N° 1. 
Viscountde Santarem to J. R. Matthews, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Sir, Lisbon, July 10th, 1828. 


Havine taken the orders of His Majesty to answer the notes 
addressed to. me on the gth instant, complaining that some 
British subjects were kept in custody, and oe anew their 
release, I must acquaint you, that measures of public safety, 
taken.in.the moment of a violent crisis, and grounded on ev 
right, caused the imprisonment of those individuals who had 
become suspicious; I can, however, at the same time assure 
you, that their trials being legally instituted before the compe- 
tent court of justice, according to the treaties and privileges 
granted to the British nation, may produce the desired effect 





. th t h e . . . e - , 
meee to invert the order of criminal justice. jn this 
I avail myself of this unity to repeat the i 
my consideration nn . ee ¥ 
God € you, . 


(signed) iscount de Santarem, 





Enclosure 7 in N° 1, 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem, 


Sir, » ~ Lisbon, 10th July 1808, 

I nave the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Excg| 

lency’s note of this day, in answer to mine of the 9th instant. 
which refers to one of the 7th instant, in which, by express orde. 
of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, I claim Sir ohn Mille ; 
Doyle, as a British subject against whom no delinquency a 
been proved, also in answer to three notes of mine relating to 
other British subjects now confined in jail. 
_ Your Excellency states, that measures of public safety, taken 
in the moment of a violent crisis, and grounded on every right, 
caused the ss ngcaams &gt; of those individuals that had bec? 
suspicious. Can any situation, Sir, upon such a basis, justif 
the confinement of any person for twenty days in a solitary _ 
geon, and his subsequent detention in prison? And does not 
the condition of Sir Yehe Milley Doyle being made to quit Por. 
tugal, expressed in my letter of the 7th, by order of His Britannic 
Majesty’s Government, sufficiently remove any such plea for his 
detention? Instead of lawful measures, your Excelleney may 
see, from the moment of his arrest to this day, that there has 
been nothing but a series of infractions of those articles of our 
Treaties which I have formerly quoted, and even breaches of the 
law of this country, by the severity used_towards this prisoner. 
and the trial itself, mentioned by your Excellency as instituted 
in a competent court of justice, is so ordained as to prevent Sir 
John Milley Doyle from sheltering himself from that pressure of 
injustice which the very appointment of a judge conservator was 
framed by. our Treaties to avert. 

Your Excellency’s note of this day places me therefore under 
the unpleasant necessity of protesting solemnly against this de- 
tention of British subjects in prison on a mere charge of sus- 
picion, and against the refusal to deliver up Sir John Milley 
Doyle to me after the formal claim made by order of His Britannic 
Majesty’s Government, to whom I again, with deep regret but 
firm trust, find myself obliged to appeal. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 2, 
Lord Dunglas to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 


(Extract.) Foreign Office, 16th July 1828. 


You will keep your Government informed of all the political 
events of importance which may occur at Lisbon, and you will 
continue to watch over the interests of British subjects, using 
your best endeavours to secure to them, upon all occasions, the 
rights and privileges to which they are entitled under the existing 
Treaties between the two countries. 


I am, &amp;c. 


(signed) Dunglas. 





N° 3. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received August 4.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, July 19th, 1828. 


I BEG leave to acquaint your Lordship, in virtue of an order 
from this government, the British Judge Conservator has called 
into his own Court the trials of those British subjects that have 
been arrested on supposed political grounds. He will therefore 
wee a sentence in the first instance, to be confirmed or altered 

y the superior tribunal of the Relacao. 

The advantage resulting from the strong remonstrances that 
have been called for by these cases will be the adoption at last 
of part of the course laid down by our Treaties. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 4, 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received August 4) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 21st July 1828. 
BY my enclosures in my despatch of July 11, your Lordship 
may have observed that I preteaied inst the refusal to deliver 
up Sir John Milley Doyle to me, ‘stating that I appealed "his 
with firm reliance to His Britannic Majesty’s Government. his 
step has had the effect. of drawing the trials into 


British Conservatorial Court. But it will be a work of much dif- 
ficulty to alter the tendency of these trials, which like all ae 





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of this nature, may be decided according to the impression the 
Government takes of the case, and there is not a Judge who 
would venture to act here in ‘direct opposition to this feeling. 
Much, therefore, may depend upon the communications I may 
find myself authorized to make to this Government on the subject. 


I have the honour to be, Kc. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 5, 
The Earl of Aberdeen to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 


(Extract.) Foreign Office, July 23, 1828. 


You have already been dirécted by Lord Dunglas’s letter of 
the 16th instant, as well as by instructions addressed to Sir 
Frederick Lamb, His Majesty’s late Ambassador at the Court 
of Lisbon, and’ dated on the 28th of June and goth instant, to 
daim, for those British subjects who are now under arrest in 
Portugal, the full benefits to which they are entitled by the 
Treaties concluded between the two kingdoms. If the offences 
with which they are charged should be beyond the province of 
the Judge Conservator, they have still an ag Sarg aes right 
to'a speedy and impartial trial according to the laws of Portugal. 
His Majesty's Government have learnt with deep concern that 
the British subjects to whom I have referred are still detained 
in anhealthy and loathsome places of confinement, not only 
without having been brought to trial, but even without having 
been furnished with any act of accusation, contrary to the esta- 
blished laws of Portugal, and to the plainest dictates of justice. 
it would appear that, if even the exertions of the Judge Conser- 
vator could be useful, we might expect them to be so in watching 
over proceedings of this nature. 

At all events, you will again seriously remonstrate against a 
petseverance in the course which has hitherto been adopted with 
respect to these persons. Should they be found upon trial to 
have been guilty, it is no doubt fitting that they should suffer a 
punishment proportioned to the offence. 404° the just sen- 
tence of known laws, administered in mercy, His Majesty has no 
wish to interpose, but it is not less His Majesty’s inclination 
than it is his op! to extend his protection to the meanest of his 





subjects against the effects of arbitrary and vexatious oppression. 
I am, &amp;c. 
(signed) Aberdeen. 
N° 6. 


Lord Dunglas to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
(Extract.) Foreign Office, goth July 1828. 


Lorp ABERDEEN, however, cannot but consider the treat- 
ment which Sir J. Doyle, and Mr. Young and others, have ex- 
perienced at the hands of the Portuguese government, as most 
arbitrary and oppressive, and therefore of such a nature as fully 
to justify the remonstrances which have been made against it. 

ou will intimate to M. de Santarem that your Government 
will watch over the safety of these individuals with unceasing 
vigilance and anxiety; and that it will require full and complete 
satisfaction and reparation for any injuries contrary to the laws 
of Portugal which they may have already sustained, or to which 
they may hereafter be subjected. 

I have only further to add, that you will, in conformity with 
the intimation which you are hereby instructed to make to 
M. de Santarem, use your constant and best endeavours to pro- 
cure for the individuals above referred to a speedy and impar- 
tial administration of the laws of Portugal; and you will report 
to me, for Lord Aberdeen’s information, b every packet, the 


tesult of the steps which you may have taken in pursuance of 
these instructions. 





I am, &amp;c. 
(signed) Dunglas. 
N° 7. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to the Earl of Aberdeen.—(Received 
August 24.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 9th August 1828. 
Since the British Judge Conservator has called the trials of 
these British prisoners into his own Court, we have the satis- 
faction of contemplating their probable issue within the time 
Prescribed by the forms of the law followed in these cases; and 
cue a little delay had appeared in the beginning, I have the 
satisfaction of acquainting your Lordship, that one of the four 
British subjects (Mr. Hargreaves Cobham) has been released 
and set at liberty, and that I am in expectation of the Maltese, 
Mr. Rospigliosi, being also shortly discharged from gaol. There 
will:then remain Sir John Milley Doyle and Mr. Young, whose 
have been accelerated as fr racticable by the Judge 
ervator, and are now in their course, 
Cases indicative of the feeling entertained against the British, 
th on the part of Government-and on that of its adherents, 
cur but too frequently. 


On the 17th ult. a Field Officer of the police guard, nding 
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with an orderly dragoon, met, at the entrance of the town, a per- 
son riding, whom he discerned he could not.mistake as an En- 
glishman, who happened to be walking his horse quietly towards 
Lisbon. The officer rode at him without provocation, and wnex- 
pectedly struck him with such violence:as to. break. one of his 
ribs. Though the sufferer was Sir Augustus West, well known 
as a gentleman of quiet and inoffensive habits, the perpetrator 
of so cowardly a deed remains. as yet unpunished. 

On the 8th instant, a oung man of the name of Richard 
Reeves was roused out of his sleep and conveyed to prison, 
without any motive being assigned for it. It is true that I suc- 
ceeded in getting him out the same evening; but these cases 
may serve as specimens of the disposition towards us of the 
party now in power. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Ne 8. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Sept. 5.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 19th August 1828. 


I sre leave to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship’s 
despatch of the goth ultimo, enclosing an extract from a report 
of His Majesty's Advocate-General, relating to the right of 
reclaiming certain British subjects detained in prison at Lisbon. 

In obedience to the commands of the Earl of Aberdeen, 
I have directed, to Viscount de Santarem, a note, of which the 
Enclosure is a copy. Such an intimation must, in the present 
state of these trials, have a most beneficial effect towards pre- 
venting any torpid delay in the proceedings, which is to be 
feared as much from the customary course of things in this 
country as from the indisposition against the parties. 

From the progress of these trials, however, and from the con- 
stant stimulus thus kept up, I am encouraged to hope that they 
will be concluded at the end of this month. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure in N° 8. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 18th August 1828. 


Tue arbitrary and oppressive treatment experienced by Sir 
John Milley Doyle ie Mr. Young, in the first days: of their 
imprisonment, having excited the most serious astonishment and 
solicitude of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, I have it in 
command to intimate to your fxcalleney, that the British Go- 
vernment will watch over the safety of these individuals with 
unceasing vigilance and anxiety, and that it will require full and 
complete satisfaction and reparation for any injuries, contrary to 
the laws of Portugal, which they may have already sustained, 
or to which they may hereafter be subjected. 

The long detention of these British subjects in prison, arrested 
merely for supposed crimes of intention, calls, Sir, for your 
Excellency’s interference to obtain that speedy and impartial 
administration of the laws which may, at the close of their 
imprisonment, avoid any aggravation to the indignities practised 
upon these unfortunate individuals at the period they were put 
under arrest. 

I have the honour to be, Kc. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° g. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—( Received Sept. 8.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 23d August 1828. 


I nave the honour to enclose a translation of the sentences 
passed on Sir John Milley Doyle and Mr. Young by the British 
Judge Conservator. They pass this day into the Tribunal da 
Relacao, where it is expected they will be confirmed without 
much delay. Upon these grounds I have ventured to state, in 
my former reports upon these cases, that these British subjects 
would be released before the end of this month. 

Sir John Milley Doyle is sentenced to leave Portugal in eight 
days after his release from gaol, with costs. 

Mr. Young is sentenced to sign a bond not to meddle directly 
or indirectly with the political questions of this country, and 
to costs. 

Should any satisfaction or reparation be “henceforward re- 
quired in these cases, where our Judge Conservator, who has 
been one of the most active agents in favour of the establishment 
of Don Miguel, has consulted perhaps more the impression of 
this Government than a just interpretation of the laws, it is ‘at all 
events essential to obtain the release of the parties from prison 
with the least delay possible, and without appeal for the present, 
leaving it hereafter to be established whether the sentences are 
grounded on the evidence, and what is the degree of undue 
severity that has been practised upon these British subjects. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 


P. S.—The 
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P.S.—The Tribunal of the Relagao has referred these trials 
to a temporary Tribunal of the Casa da Supplicagao, instituted 
on the 15th instant for State Crimes. , 





N® 1o.. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Sept. 11.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 30th August 1828. 


Tne court of justice, instituted to supersede the Relagao in 
the trial of political cases, is a commission of the superior tri- 
bunal ofthe Caza da Supplicacgao. A similar court was _estab- 
lished some years ago, called the Tribunal d’Inconfidencia, and 
styled the Political Inquisition. Among the present judges is 
seen the name of one of the false witnesses in the trial of the 

eers, before the dissolution of the chambers. The third meet- 
ing of this new court was this day. In the two first, legal forms 
were absurdly introduced, so as to prevent any decision on the 
appeals made on the sentences passed by the Judge Conservator 
on Sir John Milley Doyle and Mr. Young; and I regret much 
to have to acquaint your Lordship, that to-day these cases were 
not even brought forward, notwithstanding no plea of that 
nature could be alleged, notwithstanding the strong remon- 
strances made by me to this government by order of His Majesty’s 
Principal Secretary of State, against any unnecessary deviation 
from the course of the law of Portugal, and the consequent de- 
tention in jail of these British subjects, and notwithstanding 
the different private communications I have made on this sub- 
ject, (the last of which I beg leave to enclose under N° 1 and 2). 
The sentence passed in these cases are mere emanations from 
the superior government ; and, as your Lordship may have per- 
ceived, I have not neglected to express the deeply-interested and 
anxious solicitude of His Majesty’s Government for the speedy 
conclusion of these trials, in the full expectation that some im- 
portance would be attached to the intimations of the British 
Government, and some value put on the friendly disposition of 
the same. How far that has been the case may be better ap- 
preciated by the result than I can pretend to represent. 

I can conscientiously state, that every thing that can be 
devised, by verbal and written communication, has been resorted 
to by me to obtain a speedy conclusion of these trials ; but, 
a rooted hatred in the party that now governs against everything 
protestant and British, leads this government on to venture the 
greatest chances, in the expectation of blinding our understand- 
ing with subterfuge, or of surprising our generosity. 

Some weeks, l regret to state, must now elapse before I can 
again hope to see Sir John Milley Doyle and Mr. Young re- 
stored to liberty. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 





(signed) J. R. Matthews. 
N° 11. 
J.R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Sept. 13.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 6th September 1828. 


I nave the honour to acquaint your Lordship that the trials 
of Sir John Milley Doyle and of Mr. Young are concluded. The 
Commission da Supplicacao has not confirmed the sentences of 
the British Judge Pamoaneter. Both Sir John and Mr. Young 
are to be sent afloat to-morrow on board the packet, probably, 
and are condemned to leave Portugal. The case is severe with 
Mr. Young, who has a family in this country. 

The correspondence, of which the enclosure is a copy and 
translation, will show that nothing but the conviction of going 
too great lengths with His Britannic Majesty’s Government 
would move the government of this country, notwithstanding 
the remonstrances and intimations made through me by com- 
mand of His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State. 

The account | have given above of the sentences passed upon 
these British subjects has reached me this night through a pri- 
vate channel ; for my applications to the Minister of State for 
information on the transactions of the Commission have produced 
me none whatever, though the extraordinary meeting of this 
Commission, in virtue of the decree, was concluded at about one 
o’clock this day. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 11, 


J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 
Sir, Lisbon, 3d September 1828. 
THREE months have nearly elapsed since I first had the 
honour of addressing your Excellency on the imprisonment of 


Sir John Milley Doyle and Mr. Young. After of nl exer- 
tions on my part, the Judge Conservator, supported by a decree, 


ventured to call into his own cuurt the trial of these British sub- 
jects, where, notwithstanding the inventive faculties of the wit- 
nesses collected against them, no crime has been attached to 
Mr. Young, and Sir John Milley Doyle is charged with a mere 
criminality of intention. 








In the supposition that it is strictly legal, that cases, wh 
no crime can be substantiated, should pass the revision of a es 
rior tribunal, your Excellency will be pleased to remark that th 
Judge Conservator passed his sentence on each of these Cases : 
the 20th of August last, in full time to be revised by the Rel, 4 
cao, which court referred it (inconsistently with the course a 
templated, at least by our Treaties) to a new commission. Thi, 
commission sat three times before the close of the term, and the 
trials of these British subjects were not even taken into co : 
sideration, by which neglect a wanton persecution of odether 
month’s imprisonment is practised upon these individuals, as nh 
meeting of this commission is expected till the 20th instant. . 

I have unremittingly made every effort to convince your Ex. 
cellency of the great importance that His Britannic ajest ’g 
Government must attach to the fate of these British subjects fe 
the expectation that it might be worth the consideration of the 
Portuguese government to secure, by expedition, the friend] 
disposition of the British Government, and that an importane, 
so unequivocally expressed would not be thrown aside. This 
want of courtesy to a Government who can do all to oppose, as 
well as all to favour, has produced that direct and positive cay 
timation I had the honour to make, by command, to your Excel. 
lency on the 18th ultimo. Yet that communication, eyen has 
been treated with neglect; for, as these British subjects ‘ten 
then known to be without crime, there was a full and fair Oppor- 
tunity to prove, by the conclusion of the trial, that some regard 
was paid to the earnest anxiety and open declarations of the 
British Government. To the existence of an opposite spirit wil] 
naturally be attributed this obstinate prolongation of imprison. 
ment for a period not intended to be less than to the 20th instant 
and supposed legal forms, or pretended judicial etiquettes, wil] 
make but a bare cloak for these delays, where it is known that 
in cases of this nature, every decision is an emanation from the 
superior government. It is with deep regret that I perceive that 
I have not succeeded in impressing upon your Excellency the 
necessity of bringing these trials to an immediate conclusion, or 
in making you sensible of the unavoidable consequences of com- 
promising the British Government with the public ; I will, for 
the present, therefore, limit my request to the favour of your 
Excellency’s interference to obtain, what cannot well be denied 
in justice under their circumstances, that Sir John Milley Doyle 
and Mr. Young be allowed to come out on bail; and any security 
that can reasonably be expected will be given for their appearance 
when required. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 11, 


The Viscountde Santarem to J.R. Matthews, Esq.—( Translation.) 


Sir, Lisbon, 6th September 1828, 


In answer to your note, in date of the 3d instant, I must ob- 
serve to you, that however subject to the judicial power these 
British subjects may be who form the object of your said note, 
this ministry, and that of justice, have held the most frequent 
communications relating to these individuals, and all tending 
entirely to better their actual situation. The definitive order 
passed to the Chancellor, who serves as the Regidor, which ap- 
pears by the copy under No 1, for the trials of these individuals 
not to be delayed, on any account, beyond legal necessity ; and 
the other to the same Chancellor, as by copy N° 2, that notwith- 
standing the holidays, the tribunal of the Caza da Supplicagao 
be opened extraordinarily, to take cognizance of, and to judge, 
the appeal that was made by the Judge Conservator in that 
instance, in conformity with the laws of the kingdom, will show 
you how much the government of His Majesty has desired to 
shorten the conclusion of those pending trials. 

As for the last part of your note, I will make it known to the 
Minister of Justice, as it is a subject foreign to this depart- 
ment. 


God preserve you, 


(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 





Sub-Enclosure in No. 11.—(Translation.) 


To John de Mattos e Vasconcellos Barbosa de Magelhaes. 


Palace of Necessidades, 
Most illustrious and excellent Sir, 1st September 1828. 
Tue King our Lord is pleased that the criminal trials of the 
two British subjects, J. M. Doyle and W. Young, that were 
referred to the Caza da Supplicagao, should, on no account 
whatever, be delayed beyond the legal term; which I commum- 
cate to your Excellency for your knowledge, and that it may 
put into execution. 
God preserve your Excellency. 
(signed) Luis de Rio Mendouca. 





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Sub-Enclosure in N9 11.(Translation.) 
To John de Mattos Vasconcellos Barboso de Magelhaes. 


Palace of Necessidades, 2d September 1828. 


No 2.—The trials of J. M. Doyle and W. Young having gone 
up, by appeal, from the British Conservatorial Court to the 
Caza da Supplicagao, the King our Lord is pleased that, not- 
withstanding the actual holydays, the said trial should continue 
and be judged, opening for this effect extraordinarily, if it be 
sigue’ the Caza da Supplicacgao, which, by order of the same 
august Lord, I communicate to your Excellency for your know- 
ledge, and that you may give the necessary orders for this royal 
determination to be executed. 


God preserve your Excellency. 
(signed) Luis de Rio Mendouca. 
A true copy. 
Antonio A. d’ Abreu. 
Castello Branco. 





No 12. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Sept. 16.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 8th September 1828. 


I nave the honour to transmit herewith to your Lordship 
a translation of the sentence passed on Mr. William Young, by 
the Commissao da Supplicagao ; that of Sir John Milley Doyle, 
which is said to be similar, not having yet been sent to me. 
Both sentences were executed yesterday, by a scrivener accom- 
panying the two prisoners separately on board His Majesty’s 
packet the Magnet, where they enjoy free security under the 
British flag. 

As I have reason to expect that, in the analysis of these trials, 
the sentences will not be found grounded on evidence, conse- 
quently not in conformity with the laws of Portugal, and as in 
the energetic sense of continued solicitude on the part of His 
Britannic Majesty’s Government, on the subject of these trials, 
] intimated, by order of His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 
State, to the Portugnese Government, that full and complete 
satisfaction and reparation would be required for any injuries, 
contrary to the laws of Portugal, which these British subjects 
might have already sustained, or to which they may hereafter be 
subjected, I beg leave to acquaint your Lorship, that I shall feel 
it incumbent on me to protest against these sentences, so that 
the right of reclamation hereafter, if found necessary, may in 
no way be invalidated. 

I have, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure in N® 12. 


Sentence passed on Mr. William Young, by the Tribunal styled 
the Commissao du Supplicagao.—(Translation.) 


Lisbon, 6th September 1828. 


DecreEp in Relagao, &amp;c.—That it was not well judged of 
the Dezembargador Judge Conservator of the British nation to 
condemn the prisoner William Young only to sign the bond men- 
tioned in his sentence; they revoke, having seen the acts or 
papers of the trial, as it is proved by the same, and by the 
witnesses of the summary enquiry, that the accused had publicly 
spread false and alarming news in the town of Rio Maior, on 
the occasion that the faithful troops were marching by there, in 
the direction of this capital, persuading that other faithful troops 
in the capital had taken the part of the rebels, from which very 
contrary consequences might have arisen to the service of the 
said Lord, affecting the good spirit of the loyal troops; it is evi- 
dent that the prisoner must suffer a punishment corresponding 
to his crime. 

Therefore, they condemn the prisoner to sign a bond never to 
return to these kingdoms and its dominions, and that he shall 
be conducted as a prisoner on board ship, to be taken out of 
this Kingdom, under the penalty of being punished according to 
the laws of the kingdom, if he returns to it or its dominions, 
and to pay costs. 





(signed) Soveral. Castro Henriques. 
Ornellas. Macedo. 
Carneiro.  Patha. 
N° 13. 


J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Sept. 30.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 20th September 1828. 


I nave the honour to transmit to your Lordship a copy of 
the correspondence that has passed between Viscount Santarem 
and myself, on the arrest of a British subject, Mr. Marcos Ascoli, 
a merchant, established at Lisbon, who, on leaving this port for 
Gibraltar, with due passports, was taken out of the vessel and 
Imprisoned in the tower of Belem, and from thence immured in 
@ secret dungeon, to criminate him, if possible, by insiduous 
questions. No communication whatsoever is allowed him either 
with his friends or his family since the 14th instant, nor can any 
surmise be made on the cause of such unjustifiable severity. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed ) J. R. Matthews. 





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Enclosure 1 in N° 13. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 16th September 1828. 


Mr. Marcos Ascoli, a British subject, established in Lisbon, 
having taken out his passports in due order, was proceeding to 


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at Belem he was taken from the vessel and imprisoned in the 
tower. This extraordinary proceeding was communicated to me 
some hours after the arrest on the 14th instant, when I applied 
immediately to the police for information, and it is only this 
morning that I have been able to obtain the certainty of the 
order for his arrest not having proceeded from the police but 
from the Secretary of State’s hited. I lose no time therefore 
to apply to your Excellency, that you may be pleased to ac- 
quaint me with the motives which can have caused so unprece- 
dented a measure, after Mr. Ascoli had gotten his regular pass- 
ports, and had fulfilled every form required by law before the 
public authorities, and why a British subject in the act of leaving 
this country should be thus detained. The violence committed 
thereby against every apparent principle of internal administra- 
tion as well as of public law, convinces me that your Excellenc 
will favour me with every information as to the motives of dk 
a measure, and will cause, if possible, the necessary orders to 
be given without delay for the release of Mr. Marcos Ascoli. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 13. 
Viscount de Santarem to J. R. Matthews, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Sir, Foreign Office, 16th September 1828. 


To be able to obtain the necessary information respecting the 
imprisonment of Mr. Marcos Ascoli, British subject, which 
forms the subject of your letter in date of this day, I require 
you should tell me by which of the Secretaries of State the 
order for his imprisonment was issued, as it was not by the 
police. 

God preserve you. 
(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 





Enclosure 3 in N° 13. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 18th September 1828. 

Tue Intendant-general of Police having referred me to the 
Offices of State for the source of the imprisonmont of Mr. Marcos 
Ascoli, your Excellency, in answer to my application, requests 
me to point out that office of the Secretaries of State from which 
this order emanated. On a new application at Belem, this 
British subject is stated to be imprisoned at the order of the 
Intendant-general of Police, when at his office nothing is to be 
known about the case. 

I need not represent to your Excellency the effect that must 
be produced on his Britannic Majesty’s Government by this 
apparent mode of trifling with the liberty of a British subject, 
who has duly fulfilled every call of the laws of this country, and 
obtained his regular passports ; but who is now, I find, without 
known motive, confined in a secret dungeon, secluded from his 
family and friends, for the purpose of extorting answers from 
him, so as probably to criminate him by coercion, 

If every means of administrative security, without violation of 
Treaties, were not at the disposal of this Government, through 
the British Judge Conservator, some plea might be adduced for 
persevering in the course adopted; but your Excellency must 
permit me to remark, that it’ could hardly have been expected 
that after the anxious solicitude so recently evinced by His Bri- 
tannic Majesty’s Government in two known cases, I should, in 
my efforts to obtain any knowledge on the imprisonment of 
Mr. Marcos Ascoli, or to have any communication with him, be 
subjected to such a system of elusion. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 14. 
John Backhouse, Esq. to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 


Sir, Foreign-office, 24th September 1828. 


I am directed by. the Earl of Aberdeen to enclose to you the 
copy of a letter which he has received from Mr. J. H. Noble, 
representing the circumstances under which his son has been 
arrested and imprisoned by the Portuguese authorities at Oporto ; 
and, referring you to the instructions conveyed to you by Lord 
Aberdeen’s directions on the 30th July last, [ am to desire that 
you will require from the Portuguese government, for Mr. Noble, 
a speedy and impartial administration of justice, and that you 
will report to me the result of the steps which you may take in 
Mr. Noble’s behalf. 

I am, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. Backhouse. 











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.. ..,. Enclosure in Ne 14. 
Mr. J. Hé Noble to the Earl of Aberdeen. 


Blandford Place, Pall Mall, 
My Lord, 24th September 1828. 


By the.post of this morning I have learat, with very great 
ise, and anxiety, the imprisonment of my son at Oporto; 
a copy of his letter to my brother in the Home Department, 
making this communication, I beg leave to lay before your 
Lordship, and to assert, which I can confidently do, that my 
son, who is just entering into life, has invariably kept himself 
entirely free from all interference in the late political struggles 
in Portugal. 

The arrival of the Marquis of Palmella, and the other indi- 
viduals from this country, naturally excited the curiosity of a// 
descriptions of persons, and my son may, as he says, have formed 
one among the many English and other foreigners who were 
collected on that occasion; but if this be the charge against 
him, as he was informed by a Portuguese lady it was, all who 
were present, foreigners as well as natives, were equally amena- 
ble to the Algada. 

Under these circumstances, I lose no time in applying to 
your Lordship for that protection which, as a British subject, 
I feel my son is entitled to claim ; and I am persuaded that the 
representation of so gross an outrage as has been committed by 
an officer of the Portuguese Government upon an unoffending 
Englishman, will meet with every possible attention from your 
Lordship. 

Your Lordship, I think, cannot but be aware of the state of 
the law courts of Portugal, even in ordinary times, and that at 
such a moment as the present, even less of justice and of equity 
can be expected, more particularly in cases of political charges, 
which may arise from personal motives, the names of the ac- 
cusers not being divulged. 

Your Lordship wall naturally imagine the anxiety of mind 
under which I labour; but I have some relief in placing my son’s 
case under your Lordship’s protection. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) John Hatt Noble. 





Sub-Enclosure in No. 14. 


Mr. C. H. Noble to R. H. Noble, Esq. 


Oporto Prison, 
Mr. dear Uncle, 13th Sesunied 1828, 

You will be surprised to see from whence this letter is dated, 
but without any comment I will plainly tell you my story. 

Last Wednesday, as [ was going to make an entry of the brig 
Kingscone at the Consul’s office, a person came to me, and, ask- 
ing me if | was Mr. Noble’s son, he begged me to accompany 
him and another person to the presence of the Algada, who 
wished to speak to me. I believed what the man said, and 
accordingly I went with him, until I came near this place, and 
then he asked me if [ could read Portuguese, and handed me 
at the same time an order for my imprisonment. I protested 
oo it, but without any hope of doing the least good thereby. 

e order was from the Alcada, instead of coming from my own 
Conservator, as our Treaty specifies, and without knowing what 
is my crime, although this is the third day. 

The Algada told a Portuguese lady my crime was “ coming 
from Leca the day the /ate heroes entered in the Belfast, and 
that I have four witnesses against me.” Every body until lately 
could go five leagues out of the city without a passport. Leca 
is about one and a half, so that cannot do me much harm; but 
here I shall be detained until an order comes from England 
4 my deliverance, the same as for Sir John Doyle and Mr. 

oung. 

The Consul has behaved well from all accounts, and used 
very strong language. To-morrow morning I am to be removed 
to the castle at St. John’s, which will be better than this 
dirty place. 

I need not add more, as you will know what had best be 
done in London, and I trust you will use your influence to 
get me liberated.. Pray excuse the writing, as it is penned on 
my knees. 

: I am, my dear Uncle, &amp;c. 
(signed) § Charles Henry Noble. 





N° 15. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received October 9.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, September 27, 1828. 


I REGRET to have to acquaint your Lordship that Mr. Charles 
Henry Noble, the son of Mr. John Hatt Noble, now absent, was 
arrested at Oporto on the 10th instant, by order of the Algada, 
sent thither, in virtue of a rent decree, to take cognizance of and 
to try crimes of a political nature. Subsequently to this occur- 
rence, the whole property of Mr. John Hatt oble has been 
sequestered by order of the same Alcada, and an injunction laid 
upon his partner not to divert any of his goods or chattels. 

The absence of a British Judge Conservator at Oporto, by 








the erasure of. the. name of Mr. Alexander Moraes S 

from the list of judges, makes it more difficult to rescue the 
from the grasp of a tribunal which, in the very decree of its ing 
tution, is stated to have to pay itself from. the confiscations A 
may a. and it will be an ungrateful task to form: a cor: f 
opinion of its. merits without the.decisidn. of our magist correct, 
his sentence in the first instance... , Our, Magistrate, by 


It has been submitted to me, how far, under.the present cove 
ment of Portugal, the, appointment of a new,Ju Cen et 
at Oporto might lead to an.indirect compromise of Teco aes 
de jure. Without, venturing: to, decide, the..question, tr oo 
merely expressed an opinion that,the appropriation of one of the 
judges to a parbonlak service by: the. prince or,soxereion of the 
country could not moye the, question, as it. wasnot done in rela.’ 
tion to the commission of, a he sovereign, .as.40, the case of 
an cxegeagee ae a; consul io Naira pees will bee to 

ay the point before your, ip, . 1 may. epat 
meet the queries of the British ate, at Spine aon they 
discover a magistrate not absolutely devoted in. blind obedience 
to the will and dictates of the government of this country, and 
they should wish to elect him, 7 

I beg leave to enclose copies of two notes I have written to 
Viscount de Santarem on the subject of the.arrest of Mr. Charles 
Henry Noble, and on the sequestration of the father’s property 
to which I have had the verbal answer, that an account of the 
transaction had been asked of the Algada at Oporto. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure 1: in N° 15. 


J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem.” | 
Sir, Lisbon, September 15, 1828, , 

I am informed from Oporto that on the +oth instant Mp, 
Charles Henry Noble, the son of Mr. John:Hatt Noble, whois 
absent, was there arrested and conveyed to the Relagao jail, by 
order of the president of the Algada. 

It is with deep regret that I see in the arrest of so younga 
man a continuation of the same principle of action which has 
already excited the earnest solicitude and animadversion of 
His Britannic Majesty’s Government in the eases of Sir John 
Milley Doyle and Mr. Young. I trust, therefore, your Excel- 
lency will be pleased to take into consideration the importance 
of this event, and will avert, by the early release of this youth, 
who can have no connexion with the politics of this country) the 
repetition of those intimations of the British Government, which’ 
can have but a most serious tendency. ; 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosare 2 in. No..1§. 


J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. °”' 

Sir, Lisbon, September 22; 1828.. 
Since I had the honour of addressing your Excellency \on the 
subject of Mr. Charles Henry Noble, imprisoned at Oporto, 
I have ascertained that he is a minor, and acknowledged as such 
by the same Algada that ordered his arrest. Any further deten- 
tion of a British subject under these circumstances must inevit- 
ably throw reflections on the proceedings of this government 
which it is the interest of your Excellency to avert. It is fair, 
therefore, to surmise that your Excellency will be pleased to 
forward the means of causing Mr. Noble, jun. to'be set at liberty 

without delay. Jy 
As to the sequestration of the property of Mr. John Hatt 
Noble, reported to me by the post of this day, your Excellency 
must be pleased to remark, that so hasty and unjustifiable a 
measure on the property of a British subject, who has not sworn 
allegiance to the government of this country, will involve many 
a serious question, and is as inconsistent with precedent as It 18 
with the dictates of public law, and more particularly so, when 
the date of the period for which the charges are supposed to 
be made, would justify obedience to that order of things acknow- 
ledged by all Europe, and not then publicly disavowed by the 
overnment of this country through the means of any public 


ocument. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Ne 16. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received October 9.) 


My Lord, —.”.—  “Libonr,'27th September 1828. 


FinDinG my written communications respecting Mr. Maroos 
Ascoli to produce no. effect towards releasing him from the sectet 
dungeon, Touen upon the Intendant- general of Police, under 
whose order I at once discovered that he was; and after many 
remonstrances, I obtained from.him, on. the.22d instant, that he 
should be taken out of the dpngesn that day, or the followmg at 


latest; that he would write to the magistrate at Belem to finish 


his questions forthwith, and that the whole trial should be sent 
to the British Judge Conservator. On 


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On the 24th the relatives of this unfortunate British subject 
applied to see him, but in vain. I claimed the execution of the 
promise of the Intendant-general of Police, and received an im- 
mediate answer, that the eeces had not yet finished the 

‘aestions he had to-make, and that in consequence he could not 

‘released from the dungeon. t 
vép his corfitins’ ‘ty ‘statement of a system of torture being 
adopted here to extort answers from prisoners that may crimi- 
nate them atid others, even in the face of the most solemn pro- 
mises ; this may prove that the ostensible government of this 
country is without authority, and that the system of persecution 
soceeds from a toot of which the Intendant of Police is a prin- 
cipal pratich; ‘and’ this will show the euietaate a of ap- 
plications, evén Of the tenour of those I hesitate not to make to 
them. ‘The only document I have been able to obtain from this 
ostensible government, after this Mr. Ascoli has been lingering 
14 days in a secret dungeon, is a note from Viscount Santarem, 
of this day’s date, to acquaint me that the Minister of Justice 
fad, on the 24th instant, written to the Intendant-general of 
Police, to request information on the motives of his arrest. 

[ regret also to have to state, that the trial of Rospigliosi is 
not yet concluded, and that he has been transferred to an infe- 
rior prison, at the castle of San Julian. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. | 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 17. 
Lord Dunglas to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 


(Extract.) Foreign Office, 1st October 1828. 


Your despatch of the 20th September has been received, in 
which you enclose your correspondence with the Viscount de 
Santarem respecting the arbitrary arrest of a British subject 
named Marcos Ascoli. I am directed by Lord Aberdeen to ac- 
quaint you, that he approves of the steps which you have taken 
in this transaction, and to desire that you will repeat your 
representations to the Portuguese government, until this gentle- 
man shall have been brought to trial. 

If he should be brought to trial and acquitted, or if he should 
be liberated from prison without any charge having been brought 
against him, you will require, in the name of your Government, 
ample compensation for the unjustifiable proceedings which have 
been adopted towards him, and you will not cease to claim such 
compensation until it shall be granted. 

I enclose to you a copy of a representation which Lord Aber- 
deen has this day received from Mr. Noble, giving further details 
of the harsh measures which appear to have been pursued by the 
authorities of Oporto towards his son, and also announcing the 
sequestration of his property. I have only to refer to the in- 
structions which you have already received on this case, and 
by which you are directed to do all in your power to procure 
for Mr. Noble a speedy and impartial administration of justice. 

You will take the opportunity of informing the Viscount de 
Santarem, that His Majesty’s Government will not permit that 
British subjects should be injured with impunity, and that if both 
satisfaction and compensation are not speedily given in every 
case in which you have been, and are now, directed to demand 
them, orders will be given to exact by force that satisfaction 
which the Portuguese government have refused to grant to your 
tepeated remonstrances. 

In.order that there may be no doubt of the intentions of His 
Majesty’s Government upon this subject, you will read this de- 
spatch to the Viscount de Santarem, and will furnish him with 
Mop of it if his Excellency should express a wish to that 
ettect, 

I am, &amp;c. 


(signed) § Dunglas. 





Enclosure in N° 17. | 
Mr. John Hatt Noble to the Eatl of Aberdeen. 


Blandford Place, Pall Mall, 
My Lord, 1st October 1828. 


I am extremely concerned to acquaint your Lordship, that 
persecution is now carried to the greatest extent in Portugal. 
_ Not content with the imprisonment of my son in the common 
ail of Oporto, without his being heard, or any reason assigned 
orit, as I informed your Lordship in my letter of the 24th ultimo, 
the Algada (special commission) has, in the same illegal way, 
directed my property to be sequestered, and officers put the 
order in force on the 16th of last month, without, as far as I can 
learn from, my letters, haying given the least notice to my 
family, without the necessary tier from the individual acting 
as British Conservator,’ anid without the necessary assistance of 
the’ British ‘Consul,’ as’ sp ally ditected in the various Treaties 
een this country and Portugal.) © 
once more throw myself on your Lordship’s protection, and 
T'trust that ‘this gross butraye'on' the property of a British sub- 
ject will claim that immédiate attention it requires. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed)... ) John Hatt Noble. 


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N° 18. 
J.R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Oct. 23.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 4th October 1828. 


I bec leave to transmit herewith to your Lordship a copy of 
a note I sent on the ist instant to Vicount de Santarem, on the 
detention of Mr. Marcos Ascoli, a British’subject, now immured 
since 22 days in a solitary dungeon, for the acknowledged 
purpose of extorting answers from him, and also a OP of one 
4 the same minister on the further imprisoriment of Mr. Rospi- 
gliosi. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 18. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem: 


Sir, Lisbon, 1st October 1828. 


I nap the honour to state to your Excellency on the 25tli 
ultimo, that the Intendant-general of Police, notwithstanding 
the Spe given to me on the 22d that Mr. Marcos Ascoli 
should be released from the secret dungeon on the 23d at latest, 
and that his trial should, without delay, pass into the British 
Conservatorial Court, had acquainted me, without further expla- 
nation, that the questions to be made to this British subject 
prevented his being released from the dungeon, arid trusting to 
the effect of that interference which your Excellency then stated, 
and which you have since confirmed in your note of the 27th, 
to have undertaken through the ministry of justice, I have been 
in daily expectation of the result of this compromise of the go- 
vernment of this country in a matter affecting so immediately its 
foreign relations. Yet this persecuted individual is, after 19 
days confinement in a secret dungeon, still detained in the same; 
in spite of all my applications grounded on Treaties, in spite of 
the very laws of Portugal, and in defiance of those remonstfances 
so earnestly and so energetically made by His Britannic Majes- 
ty’s Government: 

In the execution of my public duties, I have conscientiously 
taken every means to obtain the fair application of the laws, and 
to avert the serious consequences that must arise from such arbi- 
trary acts of persecution, and the mode of trifling with the liberty 
of British wh sere that has evidently been followed in this case; 
and I need not represent to your Excellency the effects of the 
dismaying facility with which formal promises are set aside, and 
of the apparent contempt with which those Conventions. aré 
treated that are held sacred amotig nations, on the grounds of 
which, connected with the due execution of the laws of Portugal, 
the British Government has lately, in so unequivocal and solemn 
a manner, expressed its positive determination- 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(sigaed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 18. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon; 4th October 1828. 


Ir is with much regret I have again to appeal to your Excel- 
lency on the subject of Guido Rospigliosi, a British subject, 
who, on supposed crimes, has been confined in prison ever since 
the 5th of June, tind condemned by the Judge Conservator, but 
whose trial, instead of being concluded by the Commissao de 
Supplicagao, as might have been expected from the earnest 
remonstrances of the British Government, appears to be set 
aside; this unfortunate prisoner having been removed from the 
Aljube into a damp prison at Fort St. Julian. tll 

This aggravation of persecution practised upon His British 
Majesty’s subjects appears so extraordinary, after the repeated 
declarations of the Batish Government, that it is impossible ‘to 


account for such proceedings on the ground of expediency ; your 


Excellency must therefore see that they can only be considered 
in the light of a dereliction of every principle of regard and 
good faith towards the British Government, arid as a determi- 


nation to delay and pervert justice for purposes that become self- 


evident. 

The speedy conclusion of this trial can alone remove part of 
this impression, which I hope your Excellency will be pleased to 
accelerate by every means in your power. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;e. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N°1 9 
Lord Dunglas to J. R.. Matthews, Esq. 


Sir, Foreign Office, 8th October1828."'* 


I_ am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to acknowledge the 
receipt of your despatches to the 20th September, inclusive. — 

His Majesty’s Government continuing to receive further repre- 
sentations on the subject of the arrest of Mr. Noble at Oporto, 


I am directed by Lord Aberdeen to refer you to your i 


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of 24th ultimo and 1st instant, :ditecting you not to cease to use 
our best endeavours to procure for this. gentleman a speedy and 
impartial administration of justice. 
, 190 F have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) § Dunglas. 





N° 20. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Oct. 24.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 11th October 1828. 


I wave the honour. to enclose to 8 Noi Lordship copy and 

translation of a note I received from Viscount Santarem on the 

subject of Mr. Marcos Ascoli, in date of the 6th instant, ac- 

quainting me that an order had already been issued for the 

transmission of his trial to thé British Judge Conservator, con- 

i implying his release from his secret dungeon at 
elem. 

Notwithstanding the repeated assurances, however, of the 
Intendente of Police of the 23d ultimo, and the above-mentioned 
communication on the part of the Government of this country, 
this individual is at this date still confined in the same dungeon, 
and all communication with him forbidden. 

A copy of my answer follows; and it is much to be regretted 
that the personal liberty of British subjects should be thus at 
the mercy of the arbitrary sway of one part of the Government, 
though this occurrence exposes the disunion and the inefficiency 
of the other. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure 1 in No. 20. 


Viscount Santarem to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
Sir, Lisbon, 6th October 1828. 


AccorDING to information I have received from the Minister 
of Justice, relative to Marcos Ascoli, British subject, on whose 
imprisonment you have written to me, I can inform you, that 
this individual being involved in a process with other Spanish 
criminals, with whom he has had relations, he has been ordered, 
with his process, to be delivered over to the Judge Conservator 
of the British nation. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) = Viscount Santarem. 





Enclosure 2 in No, 20. 


J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount Santatem. 
Sir, Lisbon, 9th October 1828. 


Ir falls to my unpleasant duty to acquaint your Excellency, 
that the order which you were pleased to say, in your note of 
the 6th instant, was already given, to transter the trial of Mr. 
Marcos Ascoli into the hands of the British Judge Conservator, 
has either not been given, or is disobeyed, for Mr. Ascoli is 
still in the Segredo; and I am informed, by application at the 
prison, that he is still detained there on the order of the Intend- 
ant-general of Police, who, more than a fortnight ago, gave me 
his solemn promise he should be released from his dungeon the 
next day. 

As your Excellency cannot help perceiving the dignity of your 
own station compromised by so elusive a system of irony as has 
been practised in this case, | deem it sufficient to bring this to 

our Cnowielge to obtain the execution of the order by which 

r. Marcos Ascoli is to be placed in the hands of the British 
Judge Conservator. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





No 21. 


Lord Dunglas to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
Sir, Foreign Office, 15th October 1828. 


I am directed, by the Earl of Aberdeen, to acknowledge the 
receipt of your despatches to 27th September inclusive. 

In consequence of a despatch from Mr. Consul Crispin, rela- 
tive to the arrest, at Oporto, of Mr. Noble, jun., and to the 
sequestration, by order of the President of the Judicial Commis- 
sion established in that city, of the property of Mr. Noble, sen., 
Lord Aberdeen desires me again to call your attention® to both 
these transactions. 

The sequestration of the property of a foreigner, in the absence 
of any known criminal accusation against him, appears to be a 
measure of great hardship and injustice. You will tose no time 


in ae bringing these cases, in their strongest light, before 
M. de Santarem, and will point out to him the injustice in de- 
laying to produce the charges which, according tu the laws of 
, may justify the measures which have been adopted 
oble and his son. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. ; 
(signed) § Dunglas. | 


Portu 
towards Mr. 





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Ne 2a, 
J. R: Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Oct, 24.) 


( Extract.) Lisbon, 18th October 1898, 


I Bee leave to offer your Lordship my thanks for the despatch 
you did me the honour to write to me,on the, 1st inst. directin 
me to communicate it to Viscount;Santarem, and to fumish hi 6 
__ a copy of it, should his: Excellency exptess @ wish to, that 
effect. bs te 

In an interview | had yesterday, by appointment, with Vises, 
Santarem, I fulfilled “en of a sdabip’s instractions,. her’ 
ing the day previous sent to.his Excellency the notes, a copy'of 
which I beg leave to enclose;.on.the subject of Mr. Maicgs 
Ascoli, Sir Augustus West, and, Guido Rospigliosi, beso, 
leave to state, that the basis, of the accusation of the latter is an 


| anonymous paper, without date, which may have been framed 


since his arrest, and adeclaration of one witness among sixteen : 
on which our Judge Conservator, one of the most active agents 
of the present government of this country, has not hesitated to 
sentence him to costs, after four months’ imprisonment, and to 
be sent out of the country. 

To prevent British interests and persons becoming the victim 
of this, the use of the language of — firmness will be 
proper, which your Lordship’s despatch now more fully autho- 
rizés me-to bring into action. 

The effect of the communication of that despatch will, I hope 
be as lasting as its immediate results have been satisfactory. 
I intimated to Viscount Santarem, that if Mr. Ascoli was stij] 
detained in the secret dungeon at the departure of the packet 
I would not answer for the consequences of protracting a system 
so unintelligibly absurd, and so offensive to a Government from 
which they had all to fear and all to hope. He again repeated 
that he had, on his part, done and would do every thing in his 
power to bring this affair to its so pw conclusion; but as for to. 
morrow, it was extremely difficult to take any measures. [ stated 
he would have to answer for the consequences. » He talked of 
a Council of Ministers, which may have beensuddenly convened 
and held last night; and the first result of your Lordship’s des- 
patch is a communication from Viscount Santarem, which has 
reached me this morning, of which, and of its enclosures, [ beg: 
leave to transmit a translation. 

Not trusting to these declarations, after such a series of evasive 
falsehood as has been practised with me in this case, I have re- 
quested Mr. Philipps, British Vice-Consul at Belem, to try to 
communicate with Mr. Ascoli; and he reports to me that he was 
admitted to see him, having been released from his solitary 
dungeon this morning at nine o’clock; and at his request Mr. 
Ascoli wrote to me the letter, of which I beg leave to enclose 
a . 

T : person who gave the masonic insignia to Mr. Ascoli, for 
the purpose of denouncing him, is known to have been in, the 
pay of the police, and to have been the cause of other unfor- 
tunate individuals having thus been deprived of their liberty. 
I will investigate this case thoroughly, and strictly carry int 
execution the instructions contained in your Lordship’s des- 
patch. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews, 





Enclosure 1 in No. 22. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 16th October 1828. 

Tus contempt with which my representations, in favour of 
Mr. Marcos Ascoli, have been treated by the tissue of tergiver- 
sation practised in the face of all my attempts to obtain the legal 
trial of this British subject, detained in a secret dungeon for 
more than a month, is of a nature unprecedented in well-ordained 
governments, and such as to draw upon it the most serious atten- 
tion of His Britannic Majesty’s Government. 

The plea of resting: an illegal and arbitrary proceeding upon 
the non-execution of orders by inferior departments of the 
State, will not hold good, and can only be considered in the 
light of a determined intention to offend, by a repetition of 
infractions of our Treaties and privileges by the government of 
this country. 

The detention of Mr. Marcos Ascoli in a secret dungeon 1s 
not only a violation of the above, but also a wanton abuse 0 
the laws of Portugal, productive of the most serious detriment 
to the individuals that are the victims of it, and to their 
families. 

I am therefore instructed to acquaint. your Excellency, that 
His Britannic Majesty’s Government will not, permit { 
British subjects should be injured with impunity ; and that, | 
both alleles and compensation are not speedily giveo ™ 
every case in which I. have. been, and am now, directed to ae- 
mand them, orders will be given to exact, by force, that satis 
faction which the Portuguese government have refused to grant 
to my repeated remonstrances. 


I have the hanour to be, &amp;c 
(signed) 


TR. Matthews. 


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Enclosure 2 im No. 22. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount Santarem. 
Sir, ! ‘Lisbon, 16th October 1828. 


Ir appears that the British ers Conservator has condemned 
to exile from this country Mr. P. Guido Rospigliosi, upon an 
anonymous denuncia, and the evidence of one single witness 
among sixteen, who had nothing to depose against hum ; and his 
sentence has been confirmed by the Commissao da Supplicagao. 

Without entering into the motives that:ean have caused a pro- 
ceeding 80 foreign to the usual practice ofthe courts of law, where 
the eoincidence of more than one witness'is required, I must beg 
Jeave'to request that no delay may: take place, even in this mode 
of restoring to liberty this injured individual, to avoid the exten- 
sion of the period of suffering to which he has been exposed by 
his long imprisonment since the gth of June last. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure 3 in N° 22. 
_ Viscount Santarem to J. R. Matthews, Esq.—(Translation.) 
Sir, Lisbon, 18th October 1828. 


I TRANSMIT you copy of a despatch addressed to me b 
the Minister of Justice relative to Mr. Marcos Ascoli, a Britis 
subject, and copy of the order sent by that Minister to the In- 
tendant-general of Police, directing him to execute the royal 
orders in the most faithful and exact fulfilment of the Treaties. 

From the terms in which the said order is couched, you will 
observe how desirous His Majesty’s Government is to put an 
end to the irregularity with which, in an inferior department of 
the Ministry, this business has been carried on. 

I had further to apprize you, that I have received, under date 
of yesterday, from the Prime Minister (whom I had also ad- 
dressed), the certainty that the said Marcos Ascoli was already 
at the disposal of the British Judge Conservator as reclaimed by 

Ou. 
’ God preserve you, 
(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 





Sub-Enclosures in Ne 22. 
_The Minister of Justice to Viscount Santarem.—(Translation.) 


a Secretary of State’s Office for the Affairs of Justice. 
ir, 

In satisfaction to your Excellency’s letter of to-day’s date, 
just received, enclosiny a translation of a despatch from Lord 

unglas to.the British Consul in Lisbon, dated 1st instant, re- 
Jative to the British subject Marcos Ascoli, I have the honour 
to reply to your Excellency, with the enclosed copy of the 
Aviso, which I have this moment transmitted to the Intendant- 
general of Police, respecting the said Marcos Ascoli; and on the 
subject of the further matters treated of in said despatch, I 
shall answer your Excellency on another occasion. 


God preserve your Excellency. 
(signed) § Lwis de Rio de Mendouca. 





A communication from the Minister of Justice to the Intendant- 
General of Police.—(Translation.) 


Palace of Nossa Senhora das Necessidades, 
17th October 1828. 


His Britannic Majesty’s Consul in this Court having repre- 
sented, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that 
the British sabject, Marcos Ascoli, who was imprisoned by your 
order, and who, in the Aviso addressed to you on the goth Sep- 
tember last, you were ordered to transfer with his respective 
process to the British Judge Conservator, is still in prison, (se- 
cret dungeon), at your orders, without having fulfilled that royal 
determination. As His Majesty cannot but consider the said 
Tepresentation of the British Consul to be well founded, he is 
pleased that you do, without fail, in the course of to-morrow, 
fulfil the orders contained in the said Aviso of the 30th Septem- 
ber. His Majesty blaming you severely for the abniealaies 
with his royal orders, they being particularly on an_ object 
which you are well aware interests the honour of His Majesty, 
that it may not be said that, even in matters of the least conse- 
ee His Majesty does not enforce the execution of the 

Treaties stipulated with foreign nations. His Majesty, more- 
Over, orders that you report to me in the course of to-morrow, 
Without fail, that you have punctually executed the orders given 
you in this Aviso, 

God preserve you. 


(signed) is de Rio de Mendouca. 





Enclosure 4 in N° 22. 


Mr. Marcos Ascoli to R. Matthews, Esq.—(Tanslation.) 
Sir, Belem: Prison, October 18, 1828, 


HAviNG no crimes to fear, and never having meddled with 
the political affairs of Portugal, 1 imagined my person, my pro- 
erty, and the inviolability of my letters guaranteed by our 
Creaties. For that reason, I determined to take my passage for 
Gibraltar, on board a Portuguese ship; but, unfortunately, I 
have been the dupe of this fisM A 

Now I am in prison; and having been thirty-fourdays in 
secret confinement, it was impossible for me to address you, to 
inform you of the details of what has occurred since the mo- 
ment of my arrest. 

On Sunday the 14th of September the police came on board 
and took me, with my baggage, to the house of the Minister 
at Belem. He desired me to give up all my correspondence to 
him. I did so; and it contained several letters of recommenda- 
tion that I had received for English merchants at Gibraltar, and 
IT am very sure that nothing was said in them relating to politics. 
Having been undressed, I was searched even to my boots, and 
the same was done with my boxes and my chests ; in short my 
clothes and mattresses were unstitched, and everything over- 
hauled. After that thorough search, a small parcel was found 
shut and sealed, the contents of which I knew not. On openin 
it, I perceived a small collection.of masonic ornaments, whick 
I had received from M. Angelo Marty, master of short-hand, 
to take to Gibraltar; and he, as I have learnt, was the very 
person who denounced me to the Intendant of Police. The Mi- 
nister, having seen the ornaments, made it a pretext for com- 
mitting me to prison. I gave him to understand that it was an 
arbitrary act ; in short, on the fourth day he came to put ques- 
tions to me relative to the discovery of the ornaments, and to 
a supposed correspondence, to all of which I replied. On the 
gth day he aguin came to interrogate me, and I spoke to him 
somewhat more strongly, saying to him, that the power of force, 
not my crimes, kept me in prison, on which occasion, seeing me 
decided, he put the questions to me on the following 


‘Accusation. 


ist. That I had been treasurer of the Lodge Vertu, in Crucifix- 


street. 


Answer. I am entirely ignorant of the existence of that lodge. 


2d. That 1 must give an account of all masonic, carbonari, 
and communeros papers. 

Answer. Being ignorant of the existence of the lodges, I am 
also ignorant where these papers are to be found. 


gd. That I held frequent meetings at my house: what persons 
were there, their names, and abodes. 

Answer. I never had meetings at my house, unless the com- 
pany of some of my friends be considered as such. 


4th. That a a, og had been formed to assassinate the 
King, or to poison him. : 
Answer. I am entirely ignorant on that subject. 


5th. Who were the persons who in the month of July wished 
to attack the palace of the King and to stab him? 


6th. Who were in correspondence with the prisoners in’ the 
tower of St. Julian to effect their escape? 


7th. Where were the 200 muskets hid which belonged to the 
8th Chasseurs ? 


8th. In short, that endeavours were made to throw the town 
into complete anarchy. 


My dear Sir, my hand is all of a tremble ; I am still very ill ; 
six pieces of gold have been taken from me; mv baggage is 
still in their power; and here am I ew cast into prison. 
[ will shortly give you more explicit details. 

I thank you for all the trouble you have had with me as well 
as my dear family. 





N° 23. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—( Received Nov. 6.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 25th October 1828, 


I nave the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lord- 
ship’s despatch of the 15th instant, and to enclose a copy of 
two notes I have written to Viscount de Santarem, on British 
subjects arrested, and particularly on the case of Mr. Charles 
Henry Noble, and the sequestration of the property of his 
father. 

I beg leave to acquaint your oe that Mr. Rospigliosi 
will to-morrow be put on board of an English vessel bound to 
London, by the officers of justice, in execution of his sentence 
to leave this country. Ue 

The case of Mr. Marcos Ascoli is now before the. British 
Judge Conservator. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. . 


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...Enclosure 1 in N° 2g. 


’ J. Re Matthews; Esq: to Viscount de Santarem. 
eae Lisbon, 20th October 1828. 


I wave. the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Ex- 
celleney’s note of the.17th instant, with enclosures, relating to 
the orders issued for the removal into the common jail of Mr. 
Marcos Ascoli after his unjustifiable detention in a small secret 
dungeon for 34 days. j 

In conformity with: the object of my instructions, I beg leave 
to request your Excellency will be pleased to inform me, pre- 
vious to the departure of the packet, at what period I may 
acquaint His Britannic Majesty's Government that the conclu- 
sion of the trial of the above British subject, and of all other 
His Britannic Majesty’s subjects confined under political pleas, 
may be contemplated, and whether the restitution of the gold 
me property illegally taken from Mr. Ascoli, of which he has 
been deprived during his confinement, though required even for 
his nourishment, is not intended to take place forthwith. 

In requesting this information, your Excellency will perceive 
that it is expected with positive certainty, and not according to 
the system of judicial or administrative evasion previously 
adopted, unless this Government wishes to provoke the unavoid- 
able consequence of such a ———e. 

I beg leave to call your Excellency’s attention to the note 
I had the honour to address to you on the gth instant, respect- 
ing Mr. Charles Henry Noble, and on the sequester laid on his 
father’s property : I have there made it clear that the basis laid 
down by the President of the Algada is inadmissible by any 
foreign government, and I beg leave to repeat to your Excel- 
lency, that His Britannic Majesty’s Government have expressed 
the most earnest solicitude in this case, and expect that it will 
be, without further delay, brought to a fair and unbiassed con- 
clusion, without increasing the compensation for injuries caused 
by imprisonment and by the sequestration of the property of 
these British subjects. 


I have the honour to be, Ke. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 23. 


J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 
Sir, Lisbon, 25th October 1828. 


Tue silence your Exccllency preserves on the note I had the 
honour to address to you on the 20th instant, lays me under the 
necessity of urging into your most serious consideration the 
points therein mentioned, upon which His Britannic so 
Government entertains an anxiety so expressed and decided as 
to leave no more room for evasion or doubt. 

To prevent those measures being carried into effect which 
appear to be decided upon, this Government should be pene- 
trated with the conviction that the trials of all British subjects 
arrested in this country should invariably be proceeded upon 
without the unjustifiable delay followed hitherto, and without 
the attempt to establish a criminality, as in the case of Mr. 
Noble, and of his father’s property, upon a false basis, upon 
a principle inadmissible in public law and rejected in toto. 

I would beg leave to suggest the propriety of recommending 
to the President of the Algada at Oporto, to separate the trial 
of His Britannic Majesty’s subjects from all others, and to be 
particularly cautious how he attempts to proceed with Mr. 
Charles Henry Noble, and with the property of his father, and 
to accelerate the conclusion of the trial of that young gentle- 
man, upon a principle that may not draw upon this country the 
operation of that foxce for compensation and satisfaction of 
which your Excellency has had an intimation, and which never 
has as yet been held forth in vain by His Britannic Majesty’s 
Government. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 24. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Nov. 6.) 


( Extract.) Lisbon, 25th October 1828. 


Tue system of persecution of this Government continues the 
same, and, 74 -prisoners of different classes were landed three 
days ago from the Algarves, to be confined in the crowded jails 
of this metropolis, = 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 26. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Nov. 14.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 31st October 1828 


In an interview I lately had with Viscount Santarem, His 
Excellency expressed great doubts respecting the conclusion of 
= trial of Mr. Charles Henry Noble according to my expressed 

esire. 





Being fully convinced of the prejudiced indisposition agqj 
anything British of every win at of this sa ae ex art 
perhaps, Count Louzaa and Viscount Santarem having rejected 
as inadmissible the charge of high treason laid against tha 
British subject, and being in possession of a statement by him. 
self how he spent the days in which he was said to have given 
money to the soldiers of Peter IV., that enables him to prove an 
alibi. My accounts from Oporto bringing no symptoms of mea. 
sures being taken to accelerate or even to proceed upon the trial 
of that gentleman, notwithstanding the communication of your 
Lordship’s despatch of the 1st instant to Viscount Santar 
| have thought it incumbent;on me to, write the note, of which 
I beg leave to enclose a copy,.to the Minister of Foreign Affairs 
that Mr. Charles Henry 7A le. mayynot, be. the victim of that 
hostile feeling brought into action with impunity under the coyer 
of the inferior departments of the State. 

I hope your Lordship will not find the language of my note 
too strong; but with such a government as ehian severed into 
secret sources of power, acting in different directions, but all 
harmonious in any attempt to use us slightingly, it becomes 
necessary to convince them that their shortsighte licy is ex. 
posed to the extent of the limited trust it has pleased His Majest 
to place in my hands; for I should consider that it would be the 
duty of a person who was invested with a representative cha- 
racter to use much more forcible lanzuage, where there is so 
unprincipled and determined a tendency to sophistry and eva. 


sion. 
I have, &amp;ec. 


(signed). J, R. Matthews, 





Enclosure in N° 25. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 30th October 1828, 


THE sequestration of the property of a British subject in the 
absence of any well-grounded accusation, and the detention in jail 
of the son of that individual without bringing him to a fair and 
impartial trial, unbiassed by those prejudices which tend to dis- 
turb the peace and urbanity existing between nations, are mea- 
sures of severe hardship and injustice. The charges brought 
forward by the President of the ‘Algada at Oporto against 
Mr. Charles Henry Noble will, I am fully confident, fall to the 
ground in the mind of your Excellency, as they must before 
any upright understanding, after the perusal of the plain and 
simple statement made by that young gentleman, a copy of 
which I beg leave to enclose, as to the manner in which he spent 
his time on the days that the charge is laid against him of 
arg distributed money to the soldiery. The witnesses men- 
tioned could prove an alibi so positively as to stamp as false and 
treacherous any attempt to substantiate that charge. The charges 
against him are however inadmissible on other grounds. 

Any further delay in the conclusion of the trial of Mr. Charles 
Henry Noble will therefore become a dangerous experiment, 
while tending to injure British subjects with impunity, under 
the plea of judicial obstructiuns glaringly introduced to cover 
intentions of a different nature. 

His Britannic Majesty’s Government are now fully aware of 
the course pursued in other instances, and cannot be expected 
to overlook such tergiversation as was exposed in the case of 
Mr. Marcos Ascoli, through the instrumentality of the inferior 
departments of the State. 

he offended dignity of that Government has spoken without 
reserve as to such low artifices in the intimation I had the 
honour to direct to your Excellency on the 16th instant ; and if 
a very different were le of action be not adopted with British 
subjects, and fo woe | at Oporto as well as at Lisbon, without 
further delay, the determination of the British Government is 
taken ; and your Excellency must expect that immediate justice, 
satisfaction, and compensation, will be obtained by other means, 
for the wanton injuries done to the persons and property of 
British subjects, and for the disregard shown to His Britannic 





Majesty’s Government. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 
N° 26. 
The Earl of Aberdeen to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
Sir, Foreign Office, November 5, 1828. 


Ir is with much regret that I feel myself under the necessity 
Fonts addressing you respecting the treatment of certain of 
His Majesty’s subjects in Portugal. 

It is difficult to comprehend the motives which can induce 
the Portuguese government to persevere in their neglect of our 


repeated and urgent remonstrances against their infraction of 


Treaties, as well as their violation of the dictates of common 
justice and humanity. But be these motives what they may, 
the British Government can no longer patiently submit to guch 
indignities ; and that protection Bhi His Majesty 1s accus- 
tomed to afford to the ‘méanest of his subjects in every art 0 
the world, will assuredly not be denied to those who may happe? 
to be the victims of oppression in Portugal. 


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It is not intended that any immunity should be claimed for 
British subjects beyond that which is secured to them by existing 
Treaties and by the laws of, Portugal. These, however, have 
been openly violated’ im ‘several instances, and although such 
yjolations have been madé the subject of repeated remonstrances, 
His Majesty's Government have’ possibly abstained longer than 
Could‘be strictly justified’ from taking the most suitable mea- 
gures of redress. ““Some'consideration might perhaps be due to 
the utisettled’ Condition’ of the Portuguese government, and to 
fhe appréhérision attenditig a state of political change and con- 
gine ae niapeenipaacadlectetaar Micellar ae ofr 
'-Jt'is unnecessary here to particularize the’ various instances of 
oppression which have formed’ the ‘subject of my previous de- 
spatches; but'the case of Marcos ‘Ascoli has been attended with 

e most flagrant injustice. He appears to have been immured 
in a secret dungeon for 34 days, notwithstanding your having 
claimed him upon the day of his arrest, and, what is most extra- 
ordinary, notwithstandmg'the Intendant of Police had assured 
you on the eighth day of ‘his confinement that he should be 
jiberated on the suceeeding day ; and notwithstanding, also, that 
M. de Santarem had himself on the 22d day of his confinement 
addressed to you'a ‘wntten declaration that he had actually 

iven orders for his release to the Intendant of Police. 

{ do not enter into a consideration of the charge itself, trifling 
and futile, even if true; although it would appear to have been 
made under circumstances of gross dishonesty and corruption. 
But nothing can justify the cruel treatment which this person 
has received. The reprimand conveyed to the Intendaut of 
Policé by the Minister of Justice is no reparation for the suffering 
inflicted upon the individual in question, nor for the neglect 
with which the remonstrances of the British Government have 
been received. ) 

I am to instruct you, therefore, upon the receipt of this de- 

spatch,; to reqaest an audience of M. de Santarem, at which, 
should Marcos Ascoli be stillin confinement, you will demand 
his immediate liberation, as well as full compensation for the 
wrongs Which ‘hé ‘has‘endured. In addition to this, you will 
require that the Intendant of Police should be made publicly re- 
sponsible for having been guilty of wilful oppression against a 
subject of His Majesty, m direct disobedience of the orders 
which it has been stated that he had received. 
' Should this not be the consequence of such gross disobedience, 
it would be impossible to believe that an order was given to him, 
such as the nature of the circumstances required, and such as 
the communication made to you by the Viscount de Santarem 
induced His Majesty’s servants to believe had been done. — 

It is to be hoped that the Portuguese Government will not 
hesitate to comply with the just demands of His Majesty, but 
will see the necessity of pursuing for the future a conduct more 
consistent with the spirit of our Treaties, and with the amicable 
relations of the two countries. But should this unfortunately 
not be the case, and should your representations remain for thirty 
days not complied ‘with, you will then report to me, for the in- 
formation ‘of iis ‘Majesty’s Government, and you will, at the 
sinie time, communicate to. the British merchants and others, 
His Majesty’s ‘subjects at Lisbon, that you have done so, in 
order that’ they may be prepared for those measures to which 
His Majesty will be compelled forthwith to have recourse, for 
the purpose of obtaining that reparation which he will have 
vainly expected from the Portuguese Government. int 

You will make this statement to M. de Santarem explicitly, 
but with all the courtesy and respect due to the Minister of a 
Government by which, until we shall have proof of the contrary, 
it is impossible to believe that justice will be finally denied 
to ns. ; 

“You will also deliver to M. de Santarem a copy of this 
despatch, 
Iam, &amp;c. 


(signed) Aberdeen. 





N° 27. 
Lord Dunglas to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 


Sir, Foreign Office; November 5, 1828. 


In reference to that part of the Earl of Aberdeen’s dispatch 
to you, of this date, in which you are directed to demand the 
immediate liberation of Marcos Ascoli should he be still in con- 
finement, as well as full compensation for the wrongs which he 
has endured, I am directed by his Lordship to inform you, that 
should there be any question as to the amount and nature of the 
compensation, you are authorised to state to M. de Santarem the 
expectation of His Majesty’s Government that a sum of money 
should be granted to Marcos Ascoli, at the rate of eight dollars 
4day for the time during which he remained immured in the 
secret dungeon. 

I:am, &amp;e. 


(signed) § Dunglas. 





Ne 28. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Nov. 17.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 8th November 1828. 


T xc leave to refer to that part of your Lordship’s despatch of 
€ 1st October ult., where I. am instructed to require compen- 


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sation as well as satisfaction for injaries done to British subjects, 
through unjust persecution by the present government of this 
country. ' 

To determine any amount of compensation for the parties so 
injured, and to be enabled to-claim it ‘so positively as toventertain 
grounded hopes of recovering it, I:take the liberty'to submit to 
ae Lordship, whether the specifie sums that may be demanded 

y the sufferers ought not to be approved of by His Britannic 
Majesty’s Government, before I make my application’ here for 
the same to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 29. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—( Received Nov. 17.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 8th Nov. 1828. 


In my dispatch of the 11th October, I had the honour to 
mention to your Lordship the impunity with which the inferior 
authorities avoid executing the orders of the superior government 
of this country, so as to expose the great weakness of the mi- 
nistry, and the influence of that secret power which, through 
the police department, overrules and compromises the dignity 
and character of the government itself, forming an imperium in 
imperio, and a labyrinth traced on a basis of bad faith and 
duplicity. I have a proof in hand where a British subject, im- 
prisoned in a banking case, which in any other country would 
have merely subjected him to be detained as a witness, has been 
within this last fortnight refused to be given up to the British 
Judge Conservator by a magistrate of the police, though several 
notes from the Minister of Foreign Affairs have assured me that 
orders had been sent to that effect; and one of this day encloses 
to me copy of a reprimand, dated two days ago, from the Mi- 
nister of Justice to this magistrate for hisremissness. Still the 
order is not executed at this hour, and the police has not given 
up this British subject to the Conservator. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 30. 
Lord Aberdeen to Mr. Matthews. 


Sir, Foreign Office, 15th November 1828. 


Wiru reference to that passage in my despatch of the 5th 
instant in which I state the expectation of His Majesty’s Go- 
vernment that, in addition to the ample reparation to be made 
to Marcos Ascoli for the personal wrongs inflicted upon him, 
the Portuguese government will make the Intendant of Police 
publicly responsible for the wilful oppression of which he has 
been guilty towards a subject of His Majesty. 

In order to remove any doubts which you may entertain re- 
specting the precise object of His Majesty’s Government, I have 
now to instruct you to inform M. de Santarem, that they require 
that the mark of displeasure with which the Intendant of Police 
shall be visited by the government of Portugal for his unwar- 
rantable conduct on the occasion in question, shall be conveyed 
to that officer in so public a manner as unequivocally to mani- 
fest the sentiments of the government. 





I am, &amp;e. 
(signed) Aberdeen. 
N*sl. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Nov. 27.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 15th November 1828. 


Havina been informed, about three months ago, of the inten- 
tion on the part of this government to involve Mr. A. Norton, 
Deputy British Consul at Vianna, in the persecution then car- 
ried on at Oporto, I took those measures which led me to hope 
that he would not be comprehended in it. , 

An order to arrest him has, however, been lately issued, as 
appears from a letter from Mr. Norton, and his imprisonment 
would actually have taken place had the bad state of his health 
not made it dangerous. I beg leave to transmit herewith, to 
your Lordship, a copy of this letter of Mr. Norton, which I en- 
closed in a note to Viscount Santarem, remonstrating against 
the arbitrary injustice of such a proceeding, after a previous 
satisfactory explanation had apparently set this matter at rest. 

I have as yet had no official answer; but his Excellency has 
informed me verbally, this day, that orders have been issued to 
suspend all measures against Mr. Norton for the present. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 


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Enclosure 1 in N° 31. 
J.R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, November 11, 1828. 


I wave the honour to enclose a copy of a letter I have re- 
ceived from Mr. Norton, British Deputy-Consul at Vianna. By 
its contents your Excellency will discover an unjust and injudi- 
cious display of party spirit, very incautiously directed. 

To attack a British Deputy-Consul for any passive political 
opinion he may be supposed to entertain, is a proceeding which 
bears more the features of a political persecution than of the due 
interference of justice for the security of the State; and to 
threaten to punish a man because they choose to infer, from the 
conduct of persons who are in relationship with him, that he 
holds the same doctrines, and may commit some crime, is perse- 
cution of the most barefaced nature, and such as the dignity of 
the British Government can never overlook, and will rigorously 
resent; particularly when the subject chosen to gratify the ty- 
rannical folly and insidious malice of some concealed individuals 
is a man of known probity, of upright demeanour in private life, 
and as such entrusted with the interests of His Britannic Ma- 
jesty’s Government in the district where he resides. 

I had hoped, by the private communications I have had with 
your Excellency on this matter, that it was set perfectly at rest ; 
but the attempt still to keep a sword suspended over the head of 
such an individual, invested with that character, bears all the 
appearance of an act of defiance to His Britannic Majesty’s 
Government, after the positive intimation that British subjects 
are not to be injured with impunity. 

If so natural an inference is to be done away, I doubt not but 
your Excellency will be pleased to give me unequivocally that 
ussurance as to the security of Mr. Norton, which will enable 
him to fulfil his duties without alarm, and to explain to me how 
a threat to imprison a person, invested with his character, can 
thus be held out to him, without confronting him with his ac- 
cusers, and without any regard to public law. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 31. 
A. Norton, Esq. to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 
Sir, Vianna, November 6, 1828. 

Since my addressing you on the 1st ultimo, in reply to your 
letter of the 25th of August last, respecting the charge made 
against me to the Portuguese government, I have not had the 
honour to hear from you, I therefore concluded that, through 
your interposition, it had been most satisfactorily explained and 
setiled. However, I am now most credibly informed, that an 
order has reached this place from Lisbon, to one of the authori- 
ties here, to imprison me; and I understand that it has not al- 
ready been carried into effect from the fear of its endangering 
my life in the present state of my health. I am further informed, 
that a certificate, by a medical person, of one, and the other, has 
been sent to Lisbon to require further instructions, 

Thus situated, I must once more beg leave to address you 
upon this very distressing subject, and at a moment whilst 
labouring under severe indisposition, brought about by exerting 
and exposing myself on the coast to the rigours of the weather, 
in the execution of my public duty, whilst saving the property of 
Government, in the case of the wreck of the Manchester trans- 
port, and from which I have never recovered. 

I will not now trespass on your time with a repetition of what 
I have already assured you more at large, that of having ever 
refrained from intermeddling with political affairs, as matters so 
contrary to my disposition, and interfering with my commercial 
concerns, which, with my consular duties, have left me no time 
for entering into what could not concern me; at the same time, 
that I was most fully sensible that the situation I have had the 
honour to hold never could warrant my acting in any shape con- 
trary to the established laws. 

If, however, some of those who, by intermarriage, became 
connected with my family, have been accused of any such devi- 
ation, as being less affected, one being now in prison, and the 
others absent, it is necessary for me to observe, that they have 
long since lived separated from me, consequently I am in no 
way accountable for their actions; and if any attempt be brought 
forward to endeavour to criminate me on the score of affording 
protection to the unfortunate, or held by something more than 
the common impulse of humanity, it has been in receiving under 
my roof my exposed and defenceless children. 

Twenty-six years’ residence at this place is a fair criterion for 
judging of my conduct and disposition. I defy the voice of 
truth to say, that, during this long residence, I have done any 
act contrary to that of a peaceable individual, or in contraven- 
tion of the laws, or, I may further say, that could possibly 
induce me to screen myself for protection under my public 
character. 

To your feelings and consideration will I then submit my 
case, and of what may be the result, if, in my present state of 
health, whilst yet unheard, a most severe mandate is carried 
into force, myself most likely cast into a common jail by the 
machinations of malice and falsehood, and thus deplorably left 





——— 


to dwell on a situation no less humiliating to me in : 
character than degrading in my public sibention, ~ 

But in my appeal to you, Sir, I confidently look forward f; 
redress in this vant and perilous situation, for the withdraw; “4 
of this unjust order—unjust, because I earnestly solicit you wilt 
demand my accusation, when I do-pledge myself most clearly ¢ 
prove mine own innocence, whilst I expose the infamy of others, 
whosoever they may be, who thus have sought to injure me hy 
a reer maars ssn infamous as they are groundless, Py 

rowing myself under your protection, in obtainin 
the justice’ sak ePlict dninng 
I subscribe myself, &amp;c. 
(sign ) Andrew Norton, 
British Deputy-Consul at Vianna, 





N° 32. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Noy, 27.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, November 15, 1828, 


Mr. Joun Acuitar Macronon, whom I have alread 
several times extricated from the persecution of the active, but 
concealed, part of this government, has been again confined in 
jail by order of one of the minor authorities of the police, upon 
the same original charges for which he had as often been previ- 
ously released. 

As Mr. Macrohon is supposed to be in affluent circumstances 
some attribute these repeated arrests to his being a subject of 
pecuniary advantage to the minor magistrates. 

Considering the barefaced nature of this proceeding, I wrote 
to Viscount de Santarem the note of which I beg leave to 
enclose a copy; and I have had the satisfaction to see, 24 hours 
afterwards, that Mr. John A. Macrohon has been placed in the 
hands of the British Judge Conservator. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure in N° ga. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, November 12, 1898, 


Tue contempt with which the authorities of this government 
treat the personal liberty and the property of British subjects is 
now become so prominent, that a day is hardly allowed tw elapse 
without my having to acquaint your Excellency with some 
injury, through shameless duplicity, or with some direct viola- 
tion of our Treaties. 

I have this day a violent instance of the latter, in the confine- 
ment in prison once more of Mr. John A. Macrohon, who has 
been arrested, without any delinquency, by a common alcaide, 
and without any previous communication or order from the 
British Judge Conservator. 

The repetition here of those articles of our Treaties that are 
specifically and distinctly inserted to avert such acts of tyranni- 
cal persecution, would be quite unncessary, after the frequent 
occasions that [ have had to quote them, on account of similar 
infractions with this same person. 

If Mr. John Macrohon is not set at liberty, without any de- 
lay, on bail, and is not proceeded with according to our Treaties, 
I beg leave to acquaint your Excellency, that you will impose 
upon me the peremptory duty of informing His Britannic 
Majesty’s Government, by the very earliest opportunity, that 
the just and dignified remonstrances and intimations made by 
them, on account of this unwarranted system of persecution of 
British subjects by the government of this country, are treated 
with defiance and contempt, as they have produced no effective 
alteration in those measures which ought to be so ordained as to 
prevent the Treaties in existence from being trampled on by the 
minor authorities on every occasion. 


1 have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 33. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Dee. 5,) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, Nov. 22, 1828. 


I RECEIVED, on the 16th instant, the despatch your Lordship 
did me the honour to write to me on the 5th; and I obtained an 
audience from Viscount de Santarem on Monday the 17th. _ 

After quoting the trials pending, and the acts of vexation 
lately committed against British subjects, I delivered to his 
Excellency a copy OF oor Lordship’s despatch, demanding the 
immediate liberation of Marcos Ascoli, and the public respons 
bility of the Intendant of Police for having been guilty of wilful 
oppression against a subject of His Majesty, in direct —_ 
ence of the orders which it had been stated that he had recetvec. 
M. de Santarem then referred me to the 21st instant, yesterday , 
to give me the result of the deliberations of the Ministry on -_ 
despatch ; but I received yesterday morning a note, postpomlis 


our interview till Monday the 24th, which decided me to er 

















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ase aaa 


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State, Papers. 


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to the Viscount the note of which I beg leave to transmit 


: Tthad the immediate effect of his sending an invitation to me 
to call upon him this afternoon. rem 

M. de Santarem appeared with my note in his hand, with some 
loose papers, on which appeared some memoranda. He stated he 
had received my note; but for the purposes of ministerial con- 
sultation he thought I might withdraw it, particularly as it was 
written in the supposition that I should not see him till after the 
departure of the packet; he commented on the words “ tyrannical 

ersecution,” and q oted the mild and conciliating style of your 
Fordship’s despatch. I begged leave to draw his Excellency’s 
attention to the xs distinct division of my note, observing that 
in the part of it which related to himself, he could see nothing 
but what was expressive of the personal respect I entertained for 
his high rank and known learning; but that the expressions 
alluded to referred to that concealed power which, through the 
police department, seemed to riot with impunity in continued 
violations of our Treaties, and had, in spite of the remonstrances 
of the ministry itself, perverted the laws to persecute its victims ; 
that I could not withdraw my note, as [ thought it essential a 
document should remain of the state in which British subjects 
were placed at the particular date of which your Lordship’s de- 
spatch came under the consideration of the Portuguese ministry. 
He then read a memorandum, the principal points of which he 
stated had been agreed upon in a Council of Ministers, and 
which he had not had time to frame into the shape of a note, 
but would do so in the course of next week. 

It purported, that the principle laid down by your Lordship’s 
despatch was, that British subjects were to enjoy in Portugal 
all the immunities and privileges secured to them by Treaties 
and by the laws of the country, and that every thing would be 
done consistently with the dignity of this Government to meet 
the views of the British Government on this point, by the trans- 
mission of the privileges to the authorities. 

That measures would be taken publicly by the Gazette to 
make all magistrates responsible for the execution of the laws in 
deference to those privileges and immunities, and that the In- 
tendant of Police would be comprehended therein. 

That the best desire existed to meet the views expressed in 
your Lordship’s despatch, and that within the time mentioned 
every measure would be taken to avoid the- recurrence of those 
proceedings that had excited such unpleasant correspondence, 
and that the question of compensation would be subsequently 
considered. 

I stated that I would report to your Lordship the principal 
features of his Excellency’s communication, but that I would 
reserve to myself to enter more fully upon the subject after I 
had been honoured with the official note he had been so good as 
to mention he intended to send to me in the course of the ensuing 
week. 

Should the measures demanded by your Lordship not be taken 
by this Government within the time required, | shall strictly 
adhere to the course laid down for me. 


1 have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure in N° 33. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 21st November 1828. 


Ir is with much regret that I see by your Excellency’s note of 
this morning that the interview upon which I had so much relied 
is deferred from this day till Monday next. 

It will not, I hope, be considered irregular on my part to 
remind your Excellency, that it was on the 17th that I was 
honoured with an audience by your Excellency, in which I de- 
livered into your hands a copy of a despatch from Lord Aberdeen, 
in date of the 5th of November instant, demanding the imme- 
diate liberation of Mr. Marcos Ascoli, the charges against him 
being so futile as not to justify his detention under any circum- 
stances, and claiming full compensation for the injuries inflicted 
upon this British subject ; demanding also, that the Intendant 
of Police should be made publicly responsible for having prac- 
tised wilful oppression against a British subject in opposition to 
orders stated to have been transmitted to hia by the Minister of 
Justice; and generally expecting that the Government of this 
country will pursue a conduct for the future with British subjects 
more consistent with the spirit of our Treaties. 

I entertained the hopes that your Excellency would have 
enabled me, before the sailing of the packet, by some positive 
measure, to prove that the Government of this country was now 
fully aware of the erroneous nature of the policy followed to this 
day, and that the just and honourable demands of the British 

overnment had been met without disguise. I will not despair 
of such assurances being reserved for me on Monday next ; but 
in the mean time, what is the result that I have to offer to His 
Britannic Majesty’s Government, of their well-grounded and re- 
peated remonstrances against the system of subterfuge and per- 
Secution established against British subjects ? 

In Lisbon, after keeping Mr. Philip Macrohon five days in a 
Secret dungeon, and fifteen more in the common prison, it 
appears by the deeds of his trial that an order is wah out for 





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his imprisonment, and though the Judge Conservator, after 
another fortnight’s confinement, has confirmed the unjust im- 
ptisonment by the Corregidor, yet the Judges of the Duden, 
when appealed to, declare they cannot do less than set him at 
liberty, there being no grounds whatever for any accusation. 

Mr. John Macrohon is once more thrown into prison upon an 
order which had been annulled by his repeated enlargement in 
the other different times he has ‘been persecuted by the police 
department. 

r. Philip Macrohon is now free upon the most honourable 
acquittal, which exposes the base attempt to defame a man’s 
character: after five days Mr. John Macrohon is out on the 
homenagem or liberties of the castle, due to British subjects ; 
yet the department of the police has not hesitated to refuse to 
renew the permits of the residence of these British subjects 
upon my certificates and requests, documents which I am under 
the necessity of enclosing to your Excellency, claiming in the 
name of the Treaties between our countries that protection for 
British subjects, the refusal of which under pending circum- 
stances becomes an insult. 

Mr. Marcos Ascoli, notwithstanding the mere futile charge of 
masonic insignia being found in his baggage, when leaving the 
country, is still in jail, and on such a plea every attempt is 
made to criminate and ruin this British subject. 

At Figueira the same system of persecution seems to be en- 
couraged, A devassa has been opened against the British resi- 
dents, of which eight recur to me for protection in a memorial, 
where they express their natural dread of those subsequent 
measures of unjust imprisonment and extortion which follow 
such secret proceedings with the greatest impunity. 

At Oporto, from the deficiency of the instructions sent by 
the Government of this country to the Judge in whose hands 
the trial of Mr. Charles Henry Noble has been placed, how to 
pass his sentence, the bringing in of the strong proofs of that 
gentleman’s innocence so interrupted, and he continues still, 
a two months and a half, incarcerated among murderers and 
elons. 

At Vianna, Mr. Deputy-Consul Norton, against whom an 
order of imprisonment has been issued, and withheld only on 
account of the dangerous state of his health, notwithstanding 
the perfect vindication of his conduct from ‘all political inter- 
ference, remains without any written security for the safety of 
his future existence, though holding a situation under the arms 
of Great Britain. 

Thus your Excellency perceives that it is evident to the 
world, that wherever there are British subjects in Portugal, the 
arm of persecution weighs heavily over them with impunity, 
and that I have nothing to offer to His Britannic Majesty’s 
Government as a proof that the remonstrances communi- 
cated to your Excellency in Lord Dunglas’s despatch of Octo- 
ber ultimo have been productive of any general measures of 
justice, or that the despatch of Lord Aberdeen of the 5th 
instant has been yet taken into consideration, since even so 
recently the police department has refused to two British sub- 
jects that protection secured to them by Treaty, for the sole 
purpose, probably, of practising anew their tyrannical persecu- 
tion over these individuals, by getting the minor officers of that 
department to arrest them for being without that document, 
py the superior officers of the same have arbitrarily denied 
them. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 34. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Dec. 8.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 29th November 1828. 


I sxe leave to acquaint your Lordship that Mr. Marcos As- 
coli sent in his defence to the British Judge Conservator, on 
the 2oth instant, and having strong reasons to believe that, 
owing to the absence of crime, that Magistrate and this Go- 
vernment are much embarrassed how to frame a sentence in a 
case of such flagrant injustice, so as to avoid exposing their 
practices; knowing, also, from my experience of the indisposi- 
tion of a part of this Government against us, that every formsic 
delay bed subtle evasion would be resorted to, to avoid or put 
off their compliance with the just demand of His Majesty’s 
Government for the immediate liberation of that British subject, 
I have deemed it expedient, in order to hasten his release, to 
write this day to Viscount de Santarem the note, (of which I 
have the honour to enclose a copy), in the full conviction that 
the term of thirty days could not apply to the demand for 
“ immediate liberation,” which I was instructed to make by the 
despatch the Earl of Aberdeen did me the honour to direct to 
me on the §th instant. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 


Appendix, 
(D.) 
5° Octobris 


continued. 





Journal, p. 893. 











Appendix, 
(D.) 


5° Octobris 
continued. 


Journal, p. 893. 








1100 State Papers. 


A, 183]. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 34. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, November 29, 1828. 


Havine, by order of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, 
demanded, on the 17th instant, the immediate liberation of Mr. 
Marcos Ascoli, as well as full compensation for the wrongs 
which he has endured; and, having on that day left with your 
Excellency a copy of a despatch from the Earl of Aberdeen to 
that effect, in date of the 5th of this November, I must beg 
leave to notice, that Mr. Marcos Ascoli is still kept in confine- 
ment now, 12 days since that claim was made; and that it is 
incumbent on me to acquaint His Britannic Majesty’s Govern- 
ment that their demand for the immediate liberation of Mr. 
Marcos Ascoli has not been complied with. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 35. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to the Earl of Aberdeen.—(Rec. Dec. 8.) 
(Extract.) Lisbon, 29th November 1828. 


As a specimen of the little respect shown hitherto by the 
inferior magistrates of the police to the decrees of the Minis- 
terial Government, I venture to add copy of a note I was under 
the necessity of writing to Viscount de Santarem, on the trial 
of a British subject being withheld from our Conservatorial 
Court after 45 days imprisonment. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. - 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure in Ne 35. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 27th November 1828. 


I ec leave to lay before your Excellency an example of the 
manner in which the decrees or avisos of this government are 
carried into effect that relate to the execution of our Treaties. 

Notwithstanding the orders contained in the avisu addressed 
to the Intendant of Police by his Excellency the Minister of 
Justice, in date of the 10th of July last, for him and his delegates 
to remit to the British Judge Conservator, “ as culpos dos mes- 
mos subditos Britannicos no estado em que se acharem ea res- 
pieto d’aquelles que nao tivessem ainda culpa formada, os Papeis 

ue devessem servir de baze para se ches formar,” the Juiz do 
Jrime do Bairo do Castello, has, in the face of these positive 
instructions, retained in his hands a devassa, taken out against 
a British subject called John O’Brien, who has thus been re- 
tained in prison 45 days, as appears by the enclosed commit- 
ment, without the papers relating to his case having been trans- 
mitted to the Judge Conservator, or his being placed at the 
orders of the same in the prison of the Limoeiro. 

I will not here repeat to your Excellency the complaints 
I have unfortunately had such frequent occasion to make, of 
the impunity with which the avisos, or orders of the government, 
are neglected and violated, that relate to the execution of our 
Treaties ; but I will merely take the liberty to draw your serious 
attention to this undeniable fact, as a provision against such 
culpable omission, and to request the favour of your Snadiones's 
interference, that due course be given to the proceedings relating 
to John O’Brien without further delay. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 36. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Dec. 8.) 
( Extract.) Lisbon, 29th November 1828. 


I BEG leave to transmit to your Lordship a copy of a repre- 
sentation made by several Vice-Consuls in the port of Setubal, 
on the arrest of the Vice-Consul of the Hanseatic Towns by the 
Royalist Volunteers, and a mob led on by the Spanish Vice- 
Consul and his brother-in-law, a colonel of Volunteers. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure in N° 36. 


A Representation addressed to the Military Governor of St. Ubes, 
by the Consuls and Vice-Consuls of Foreign Nations residing 
in that Town.—(Translation.) 


St. Ubes, 25th November 1828. 


Most Illustrious and Excellent Sir, 


Tue undersigned have the honour to represent to your Excel- 
lency that scarce a day passes without their receiving informa- 
tion that the royalist volunteers of this town intend to insult and 


-in the Lisbon Gazette is perfectly satisfactory ; 





i 
arrest them. They have not as yet given credit to such re 
being Conscious that they have not committed any dim 


make them forfeit the protection of the laws, which is more 
cially due to them in attention to the offices that the h hae 
agents of foreign Sovereigns, and which protection thes Oe ag 
reigns afford towards the Portuguese Consuls within then 
dominions. The undersigned again repeat that such re ov 
would not intimidate them, had they not witnessed what ha 
occurred in the person of the Vice-Consul of the Hanseatic yet 
town of Hamburgh, who it appears has been, without any s on 
rior order, or attention being paid to his privileges, arrested. 
escorted through the streets as a public spectacle, and a 
wards incarcerated in the dungeon of the common jail. “ 
__ rhe undersigned seeing this example in the person of th 
Vice-Consul (who, though a Portuguese, exercises his office 
under a patent from the government which he serves, and + 
firmed by the Portuguese government, granting to him the ane 
privileges as if he were a foreigner), cease to consider themselv« : 
from this moment secure in their personal liberty, unless a 
Excellency takes the most efficient measures on this adien 
otherwise they will find themselves under the hard necessit of 
quitting their posts, which would create a very disagreesti 
sensation in the countries for which they act, and would ston 
great detriment to the commerce of this port, as no fore; 
would consider his property secure in a country where ¢ 
Consuls are not protected.- 

The undersigned, as such, request your Excellency will be 
pleased to take such measures as you may deem expedient, and 
hope that your Excellency will in answer assure them of the 
protection of the executive authorities of this town, of which you 
are the worthy commandant. 


ner 
eir 


The undersigned avail themselves of this opportunity, &amp;c, 


(signed) John Herlitz, Swedish and Norwegian Consul. 
Joaquim O’Niell, Vice-Consul for France 
Russia, and the United States of America. . 
Francis Beerens, Vice-Consul for Prussia. 
Henry O’ Niell, Danish Vice-Consul. 
Emanuel F. Rego, British and Hanoverian Vice- 
Consul. 





N° 37. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Dec. 15.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 6th December 1828, 


BecG1NG leave to refer to my despatch of 29th November as 
to the non-compliance of this government with the demand for 
the release of Mr. Marcos Ascoli, I have now the honour to 
state, that the advocate of that British subject having been im- 
prisoned, and much time lost in the appointment of a new 
lawyer to make his defence, Mr. Ascoli has not yet been set at 
liberty, for it is intended to save the decorum of this govern- 
ment, as verbally expressed to me by Viscount Santarem, and 
~ eagaae him only after going through the forms of the courts 
of law. 

I have also received verbal assurance that the liberation of 
Mr. Charles Henry Noble is in early contemplation. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 38. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Dec. 15.) 
(Extract.) Lisbon, 6th December 1828. 


In the written communications I have thus far been under 
the necessity of directing to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 
I have had to combat the violent action of a secondary power 
in the State, acting frequently in defiance of the ministry, and 
which, from its unattainable position, has required a double 
force of expression to penetrate to it, so as to check the deter- 
mined spirit of persecution with which it has contemplated to 
visit British subjects. 


[I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 39. 
The Earl of Aberdeen to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 


Sir, Foreign Office, 10th December 1828. 


I nave to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 2gth ae 
mo, enclosing copies of three decrees, enjoining the judicia 
authorities of Portugal to observe. the, rights and privileges 
secured to British subjects by Treaties which have been = 
lished by the Portuguese government,.in consequence 0 the 
representations which I authorised to, make to the Viscount 
de Santarem, in my despatches of the 5th and 15th November. 


As a general rule of conduct, the publication of these decrees 
and if the Por- 
tuguese government had taken this step three months ago, His 


Majesty's 








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State Papers. 


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=. 


Majesty’s Government would have had nothing to ask but the 
due execution of the decrees thus promulgated. 

As the government of Portugal, however, have long perse- 
yered in their neglect of general remonstrances, and have waited 
until His Majesty’s Government have been compelled to select 
a particular case, respecting which you were instructed to make 
a specific demand, it is absolutely necessary that this demand 
should be.complied with. The measure now taken by the Por- 
tuguese government, however satisfactory in general, has no 
reference to the particular case of Marcos Ascoli, and it is there- 
fore impossible to,accept.it in lieu of the reparation which you, 
in obedience to the orders of your government, have demanded 
for the injuries. done to that person. ‘a 

| repeat that no immunity is claimed for British subjects be- 

ond that which. is.secured to them by existing Treaties, and 
by the laws of Portugal. But when injustice is committed, 
reparation must be made; and it would be a fatal error on the 


art of M. de Santarem were he to imagine, that because the | 





demands of the British government have been moderate, and | 
urged with the consideration and respect due to an independent — 


government, His Majesty was therefore less anxious about their 
success; OF, if necessary, less determined to enforce them. 
The cruel and illegal imprisonment of Marcos Ascoli renders 








soner is deprived of his judge, who is made to withdraw upon 
the convenient plea of ill health, and on the gth December inst., 
a substitute appears to act for him, who is,one ofthe; judges of 
the very State Commission instituted to obey the dictates of the 

overnment, and whose sentence will, of course, be confirmed 
by his colleagues. “ive 

Mr. Ascoli has already been by this judge condemned to costs, 
and to be exiled for ever from this country, whereby. his esta~. 
blishment is ruined, and misery entailed upon. his. wife, five 
children and relations ; because, on his leaving this for Gibraltar, 
with due passports, some masonic insignia were found in his 
baggage, placed there by a Spaniard, a spy of this police, at 34 
milrees per month, having taken outa certificate as such, that it 
might serve as a recommendation to him in Spain, whither he 
has repaired ; and who has, by the evidence in the trial, boasted 
of being revenged on Marcos Ascoli, by getting him into trouble, 
in return for his refusal to lend him more money. 

Upon these futile grounds has the government of this country 
thought it expedient to follow up the system of persecution 
against an industrious British subject, and has, in the face of the 
dignified remonstrances of His Majesty’s Government, ordained 


| a tissue of duplicity, upon which a colouring of judicial pro- 


his immediate liberation indispensable, even if he should be | 
found guilty of the trifling offence which is laid to his charge ; 
and in order to prevent discussion and delay, a moderate sum | 


as compensation -has been specified, which must be paid to him 
forthwith. 

The decrees which comprise the future responsibility of the 
Intendant-general. of Police in that of all other public function- 
aries, do not satisfy the just expectations of His Majesty’s Go- 
vernment. The conduct of this officer must be publicly cen- 
sured. In consideration, however, of the desire shown by the 
Portuguese government to meet the views of His Majesty’s 
Government, both by the publication of the decrees in question, 
and also by the prompt and satisfactory manner in which justice 
was done in the case of Mr. James Barker (as reported in yours 
of November 29th to Lord Dunglas), His Majesty’s Government 





will not insist upon any particular severity in the reprimand to | 


be conveyed to the Intendant-general of Police ; it may be done 
in the way most acceptable to the Portuguese government, but 
it must be public and sufficient to show that the just demands of 
Great Britain have been complied with. 

I cannot but express my sincere regret that the measures 
recently adopted by the Portuguese government should have 
fallen short of what might reasonably have been expected. His 
Majesty’s Government selected a case of manifest injustice, and 
the reparation which they demanded was moderate, because they 
trusted that it would thus have been afforded without hesita- 
tion; and, because, if not affurded, they were determined to 
enforce that demand. It is to be hoped that what is required 
may still have been performed by the Portuguese government 
before the arrival of this despatch; but should this unfortunately 
not be the case, you will deliver a copy of it to M. de Santarem, 
and in three days after having so done you willinform me of the 





result ; should you be able to communicate to His Majesty’s | 


Government that their expectations have been realized, the 
intelligence will be received with the utmost satisfaction ; but 
if not, they are perfectly prepared and determined, without fur- 
ther delay, to carry into effect those measures which are neces- 
sary to ensure the most ample redress. 


Iam, &amp;c. 


(signed) § Aberdeen. 





N° 40. 
J.R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Dec. 22.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 13th December 1828. 


I nap the honour, in my despatch of the 6th December, to 
state, that Viscount Santarem had mentioned to me, that the 
government of Portugal was desirous, in the case of Mr. Marcos 
Ascoli, merely to save their decorum, by going through the forms 
of the courts. A very different intention may, however, be in- 
ferred from what has taken place. 





On the 17th November ult., the Portuguese government were, | 


by the copy of the Earl of Aberdeen’s despatch, in full posses- 
sion of the sense of His Majesty’s Government on the subject of 
Mr. Ascoli. Yet, on the 20th, the defence of that British sub- 


ject being nearly concluded by an advocate, who had conscien- | 


tiously taken up his case, this lawyer is, without any known 
charge, taken from his house and family, and immured in jail, 
with many other victims of the arbitrary system of the day. 
his gentleman has written to me, to express his inability to 
_ at the motive which thus brings ruin on himself and 
amily, without it be his having humanely undertaken the de- 
fence of this British subject, as his accusers are persons employed 
in the office of the scrivener of the British Conservatorial Court, 


where he was under the necessity of going to look into the trial, | 


and investigate many points not freely communicated. Another 
advocate ia: consequently obtained; he is instructed in the nature 
of the ‘case; the final defence'is prepared, and the expectation is 
entertained ‘of being at last set at libérty&gt; by such a-sentence of 
the British Judge: Conservator ‘as ‘must be sconfirmed. by the 
State Commissao da Supplicagao; when, on-a sudden, the pri- 


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ceedings would appear to be purposely thrown that the demand 
for his immediate liberation may be evaded with seeming right, 
and refused ; and that, by bringing him in guilty, all grounds 
for censure on the conduct of the Intendant of Police may be 
done away with. 

As the tenor of my instructions from the Earl of Aberdeen 
rests upon the open acts of this government, and not upon their 
artful evasions, | shall feel it incumbent on me to carry those 
into execution, if, by the 17th instant, different measures are 
not adopted corresponding to the attention due to the British 
Government. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 41. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Dec. 22.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 1ath December 1828. 


LITTLE prospect remains for the measures required taking 
place in the small space of time that remains between this and 
the 17th instant, the period when the 30 days granted will 
expire. I have done every thing that can be practised, con- 
sistent with the dignity of the British Government, to excite the 
determination towards an honourable conclusion ; but the cen- 
sure to be passed on the Intendant-general of Police seems 
to have met with insurmountable opposition. An intention 
was manifested at first to screen the eccndawe: by the produc- 
tion of a series of orders for the release of Mr. Ascoli from his 
dungeon, the disobedience of which would have criminated the 
Corregidor of Belem, and caused him to experience a dismissal 
similar to that of the magistrate of the castle; and Viscount 
Santarem stated to me yesterday, that he would send me some 
satisfactory documents, but nothing has reached me at this 
hour, half-past 10, p. m., which leads me to infer, that the sen- 
tence passed on Marcos Ascoli has defeated that purpose. 

The two essential points required by the Earl of Aberdeen 
remain, therefore, as yet in statu quo, viz. the censure on the 
Intendant-general, and the liberation of Marcos Ascoli. 

Were I to attempt to describe to your Lordship the degree of 
impunity with which the magistrates dependent on the police 
department pursue a system of extortion throughout all Portugal 
by ransoming the most opulent classes of their districts, I should 
hardly be credited ; the towns, even in the immediate vicinity of 
Lisbon, offer instances of inexplicable persecution, tending to 
increase the unpopularity of the government, and, if to that be 
added the feeling excited by the daily arrests in Lisbon, and by 
the growing misery from the paralysis all branches of trade have 
received, it would become a subject of wonder how such a degree 
of oppression can be borne. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 42. 
J.R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Jan. 4, 1829.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 20th Dec. 1828. 


I sxe leave to transmit herewith to your Lordship copy and 
translation of a letter from the British Vice-Consul at Tavira, 
Mr. Manoel Baptista Bombazina, complaining of his having 
been taken from his own house to a disgusting dungeon on the 
29th of May last, without any legal form or charge substantiated 
against him, and of his having been since conveyed to the castle 
of San Julian, where he has been prevented from making his 
situation known to me. This has now been done with some 
risk ; and I delivered on the same day [ received his application 
a copy of the same to Viscount Santarem, with the request, that 
his trial should be, without delay, brought before the Judge 
Conservator. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. ' 

(signed) J, R. Matthéws: 


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Enclosure in N° 42.—(Translation.) 
Mr. Manoel Baptista Bombazina to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 


Subterranean Prison of St. Julian’s of the Bar of Lisbon, 
Sir, Lisbon, 9th Dec. 18238. 


By the enclosed document you will perceive, that I have the 
honour to be one of the faithful subjects of His Britannic Ma- 
jesty, in the quality of his Vice-Consul at the port of Tavira, 
Kingdom of Algarve, the duties of which I am persuaded I have 
fulfilled with exactitude. Notwithstanding the royal confirma- 
tion which the same document exhibits, and the publicity with 
which I have exercised my office in that port, the magistrates 
and other authorities of that city, and of the kingdom of Por- 


granted to English subjects (besides the many prejudices which 
must have arisen to British commerce), in the violent and tumul- 
tuous arrest of my person within my own house on the 29th of 
May last, without any legal form or crime being proved against 


me, contrary to all right, both public and private, the law of | 


; , d i ith irit of our Treati 
nations and of this country, and by my having been incarcerated _ uet more consistent with the spiri ur treaties and with 


| the amicable relations of the two countries, and that should 


in a horrid and loathsome dungeon incommunicable ; and latterly, 





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immured in a subterraneous prison of the castle of St. Julian, | 


where, up to the present time, I have been confined in the same 
rigorous and incommunicable state ; this is the cause that I have 
not sooner made these occurrences known to you, and which 
even now I am only enabled to do amidst great difficulties ; and 
I at the same time request that you will be pleased to take such 
measures hereon as justice policy and treaties demand. 
God preserve you. 
lam, &amp;c. 


(signed) M. B. Bombazina. 


N° 43. 


J. R. Matthews, Esq. to the Earl of Aberdeen. 
(Received January 4, 1829.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 22d Dec. 1828. 
In obedience to the orders conveyed in your Lordship’s 





despatch of the 5th of November ult. received by me on the | 


16th of that month, I obtained an audience from Viscount de 


Santarem on the following day, 17th, and, delivering to his Ex- | 
cellency a copy of that despatch, I represented, with the courtesy | 


and respect due to a Minister of State, that, notwithstanding 
the repeated remonstrances of His Majesty’s Government, those 
immunities which were secured to British subjects by existing 
Treaties, and by the laws of Portugal, continued to be openly 
violated, and that whatever consideration might be due to the 


‘unsettled condition of the Portuguese government, and to 


the apprehensions attending a state of political change and 
convulsion, nothing could justify the various instances of op- 
pression that had been repeatedly practised upon them, and that 
the case of Mr. Marcos Ascoli particularly had been attended 
with the most flagrant injustice. The charge against him being 
considered as trifling and futile, even if true, | demanded the 
immediate liberation of Mr. Ascoli, as well as full compensation 
for the wrongs which he had endured. In a subsequent con- 
versation with Viscount de Santarem on the delay in his release, 


I was assured that the Portuguese government wished to save | 


their decorum, and to go through the forms of the courts of law 
in the trial of this British subject. The imprisonment of the 
advocate of Mr. Ascoli, and the secession of the British Judge 





a 


that, in addition to the ample reparation to be made to 
Ascoli for the personal wrongs inflicted upon him, the 
Government required that the mark of displeasure wit 
the Intendant of Police should be visited by the gover 
Portugal, for his unwarrantable conduct on the occasion in 
question, should be conveyed to that. officer in so public a manner 
as unequivocally to manifest the sense of the government, 

By the only official paper published in Portugal, which I be 
leave to enclose under N® 3, the Gazeta de Lisbao, from the 
17th of November ult. even up to this day, 22d December, it jg 
evident that no public mark of displeasure from this govern. 
ment or censure has been passed on the conduct of the — 
ant of Police as required by the British Government; nor haye 


Marcos 
British 
h which 


nMent of 


. ; - | I i icati at effect fi 
tugal, appear to have violated all the laws, treaties and privileges | received any communication, to th ct irom the Porty. 


guese government. 

I also acquainted Viscount Santarem that His Majesty’s oo. 
vernment further hoped that the Portuguese government would 
not hesitate to comply with the just demands of His Maj 


. ° est 
but would see the necessity of pursuing for the future z a 


this unfortunately not be the case, and should my representa. 
tions remain for 30 days not complied with, I was instructed to 
report to your Lordship for the information of His Majesty’s 
Government, and at the same time to communicate to the 
British merchants and others His Majesty’s subjects at Lisbon 
that | had done so, in order that they might be prepared for 
those measures to which His Majesty would be compelled forth- 
with to have recourse, for the purpose of obtaining that repara- 
tion which he would have vainly expected from the Portuguese 
government. 

The necessity of adopting for the time being more prudential 
measures appears to have been felt by the Portuguese govern. 
ment, as the decrees published in the Lisbon Gazette of the 
25th November ult. and up to the 2d and 6th December inst,, 
evidently imply. 

Many evils have been thereby averted from our countrymen, 
and the impending arrests of many British subjects in different 
parts of Portugal has been thereby suspended ; for I have not 
been able as yet to obtain any written certainty that the orders 
for their imprisonment had been definitively withdrawn. 

These avisos or ministerial decrees thus published may be 
considered as prospective acts of justice. No retrospective 
measure of satisfaction or reparation, as publicly required b 
His Majesty’s Government, relating to the conduct of the In- 


_tendant of Police or to the liberation or Marcos Ascoli, has 





Conservator on the plea of illness, has caused a very unexpected | 


delay, after the demand made for his immediate liberation. 

I have the honour to enclose, under No. 1, a copy and trans- 
tion of the sentence passed in the first instance on Marcos 
Ascoli, on the 11th of December instant, by the Judge Substi- 
tute, Acting British Judge Conservator; and Viscount Santarem 
mentioned to me on the 16th instant, that he expected it would 
be confirmed without delay. This, however, has not taken place 
at this date. By this sentence, your Lordship will be enabled 
to perceive the correctness of my former statements, and that 
this British subject is condemned to be sent out of this country 
on a charge of having made use of the masonic insignia found 
with him, which is not proved in evidence; therefore, not 
grounded in the laws against freemasonry, I beg leave to enclose 
under No.2. Nor did any flagrante delicto case justify his 
arrest, as he was leaving the country with regular passports in a 
Portuguese vessel, His informer, Angelo Ramon Marti, who 
delivered these masonic insignia to him with the masonic letters, 
is lately returned from Spain, but being a spy of the police, is 
allowed to be perfectly at large, though, according to the 
—— laid down, he is much more criminal than Marcos 

scoli. 

The demand for the immediate liberation of Marcos Ascoli 
has, therefore, not been complied with, even within the 30 days 
allowed. 

In further obedience to your Lordship’s instructions, I ac- 
quainted Viscount de Santarem, on the 17th November last, that 
His Majesty’s Government required that the Intendant-general 
of Police should be made publicly responsible for having been 
guilty of wilful oppression against a subject of His Majesty, in 
direct disobedience of the orders which, it had been stated, he 
received. 1 also subsequently acquainted Viscount de Santarem 








been communicated to me or to the public by the government 
of Portugal. 

My representations not having thus been duly complied with 
within the 30 days allowed, the unfortunate contingency fore- 
seen by my instructions has occurred, and made it incumbent 
on me to acquaint the British merchants and others His Ma- 
jesty’s subjects that I had reported these facts to your Lord- 
ship, and I beg leave to annex, under N° 4, a copy of the 
statement I have read this day to about 6o of the principal 
British merchants and residents, that they be aware of the 
solicitude of His Majesty’s Government for their welfare and 
personal security. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 44. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Rec. Jan. 28, 1829.) 
( Extract.) Lisbon, 31st December 1828. 


Tue British Vice-Consuls at Villa Real and Tavira, unfor- 
tunately confined in prison, are, as far as I can learn, the mere 
victims of private revenge and of blind revolutionary tumult, 
evidently sanctioned by this government, through the protrac- 
tion of their sufferings in close confinement for so many months. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 45. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Rec. Jan. 28, 1829.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 31st December 1828. 


Taxine the liberty of referring your Lordship to my des 
atch of December 20, I beg leave to enclose copies and trans- 
lations of the correspondence that has taken place respecting 
Mr. Manoel Baptista Bombazina, British Vice-Consul at Tavira, 
imprisoned in the Castle of St. Julian. F 
he government directs the Intendente de Police to put into 
execution, in favour of this prisoner, the privileges gran to 
British subjects. The Intendente declares his almost total ig- 
norance of the case, and that neither this Vice-Consul nor any 
other of the prisoners from the Algarves were ever placed at his 
orders or disposal, and refers to the government, to which I again 
appeal, without animadverting on the extraordinary manner 0 
treating matters of this importance when the power of imme- 
diate justice rested originally in them. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. . 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 











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Ne 46. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—-(Rec. Jan. 28, 1829.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 31st December 1828. 


J pec leave to enclose to your Lordship, under N° 1, copy 
and translation of the sentence passed on Marcos Ascoli, on 
the 2oth December inst., by the Commissao da Supplicagao, 
confirming the sentence of the Judge Conservator, comdemning 
him to banishment from this kingdom, though no clear proof is 
adduced of the existence of any criminal correspondence among 
his papers. The hieroglyphic letters mentioned under Nos. 7, 
8, g, are three letters, which I have seen, written in Hebrew to 
Jewish merchants at Gibraltar, very plainly, and not with a 
simulated imperceptible alphabet ; therefore affording no grounds 
for the stated suspicions. 

I beg leave to annex, under N° 2, a statement of the actual 
expenses incurred, and of the presumed pecuniary losses sus- 
tained, by the unjust persecution Mr. Ascoli has suffered, in the 
event of its appearing peer that full coupensanen and repara- 
tion should be claimed. In this no specific sum is quoted for 
the days he was confined in the secret dungeon. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 47. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to the Earl of Aberdeen. 
(Received January 28.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 1st January 1829. 


THE aviso or ministerial decree of the 30th December, in- 
serted in the Gazeta de Lisboa of the 31st, which I beg leave to 
enclose, with a translation under N° 1, is, I presume, meant as 
the reprimand to the Intendente-general de Police demanded by 
His Majesty’s Government. 

I have received an official note from M. de Santarem, in date 
of yesterday, 31st December, of which I have the honour to 
enclose a copy and translation under N° 2. 

Thus situated, it becomes incumbent on me to acquaint your 
Lordship that, Marcos Ascoli remains in jail at this hour (ten, 
p.M.), without any intimation whatsoever having been made to 
him since that of his sentence. A sum of 48 milreis, about ten 
pounds, was given to him last night by an officer of police, in the 
name of a person he knows not, nor does he the object for which 
that money was delivered to him. 

. Mr. Ascoli intends to follow up the usual course of appeals as 
practised in this country, that he may neglect no means to avoid 
the ruin impending on his family by his banishment. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Ne 48. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Jan. 28.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 5th January 1829. 


I nave had the honour of stating previously that Mr. Marcos 
Ascoli is determined to avail himself of every chance offered by 
the law of this country, and to appeal against the sentence of 
banishment, which would entail ruin upon him and his family. 
The sound part of the judicial authorities, among which is the 
very President of the State Commission, are strongly of opinion 
that there is no basis in law upon which such a sentence can be 
grounded ; and, as the general feeling is, that the transaction is 
arbitrary and disgraceful, a hope is still entertained that the sen- 
tence may be repealed, and that he may be acquitted. 

I have found out that the 10 moidores (about 10/.) paid to 
Mr, Ascoli by an officer of the police, who now disavows it, were 
actually intended as a compensation and reparation to be made 
on the part of this government for the injuries suffered by this 
persecuted individual; but as this sum would barely pay his 
passage to England, the injustice thereby offered to him is evi- 
dent. Mr. Vice-consul Bombazina is still in the lower prisons 
of the castle of San Julian, though his wife, on the 24th ultimo, 
sent certificates from all the courts in the Algarves that no charge 
laid there against him. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 49. 

J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Jan. 28.) 

My Lord, Lisbon, 5th January 1829. 
,_IN obedience to the orders conveyed to me in your Lordship’s 

despatch of the.18th of December ultimo, I waited upon Vii 
count Santarem, and expressed to his Excellency the satisfaction 
with which His. Majesty’s Government have received the infor- 
mation of the publication of the decrees in the Lisbon Gazette of 
the 2d and 6th of December, and their confident hope that the 
ortuguese government, by continuing to act in this spirit, will 
Prevent the necessity of a recurrence to those remonstrances on 








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the part of Great Britain, which His:Majesty’s Government have 
recently been compelled to make, in order to obtain that justice, 
which the subjects of His Majesty are entitled to claim from the 
government of Portugal. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 50. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Jan. 23.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 10th January 1829. 

I APPLIED, on the 16th ultimo, to Viscount Santarem to ob- 
tain that the British Vice-consul at Tavira, Mr. Manoel Baptista 
Bombazina, whose imprisonment had been concealed from me 
till that day ever since the 29th of May, should be removed to 
the castle of Lisbon, and placed in the hands of the British 
Judge Conservator, as is practised in similar cases. 

Being referred to the Intendant-general of Police, that officer, 
on the 31st ultimo, refers me again to the government; and this 
day I received from M. de Santarem a note, with enclosures, of 
which I beg leave to enclose a translation, by which it appears, 
that after applying to the Minister of Justice his Excellency has 
addressed a note to the Minister of War. 

In obedience to my instructions. I limit my interference on this 
subject to verbal applications. 

he British Judge Conservator, Antonio Thomas da Silva 
Leitao, has reassumed his functions. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 50. 
Visconde de Santarem to J. R. Matthews, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Palace of Queluz, 10th January 1829. 


Havine received from the Minister of Justice the answer, as 
per enclosed copy N° 1, to the official letter I had addressed to 
him in consequence of your reclamation in favour of Manoel 
Baptista Bombazina, Vice-consul of your nation at Tavira, and 
prisoner in the castle of St. Julian, I herewith transmit to you 
the enclosed copy of an official letter I have just written to the 
War Minister, to enable me to give a final answer to the said 
reclamation, as the reception of that prisoner in the above-men- 
tioned castle was in consequence of an order passed by a military 
authority. 


(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 





Sub-Enclosure A. in N° 50. 
The Minister of Justice to Viscount Santarem. 


January 7, 1829. 


ACKNOWLEDGING the receipt of your official letter of the 3d 
instant, accompanying the translation of a despatch from the 
British Consul-general, dated the 31st December last, request~- 
ing the observance of the privileges granted to Englishmen in 
Portugal in favour of the Vice-consul of the same nation in 
Tavira, Manoel Baptista Bombazina, a prisoner in the castle of 
St. Julian ; I have the honour to acquaint your Excellency, that 
the Intendente of the Police having been ordered, on the 23d 
December last, to observe in this matter the orders he has re- 
ceived, or if he had any reasons to the contrary, to represent it 
immediately, in case the said Vice-consul was a prisoner under 
his authority, all which in the same date I acquainted your Ex- 
cellency ; in answer to your official letter of the 18th December, 
the Intendente represented that the said prisoner was not at his 
disposal, and officiating in consequence through my department 
to the Chief of the Major-general’s Staff, to pass the necessary 
orders to the Governor of the said Castle, to declare at the order 
of which authority he was a prisoner; the said Governor an- 
swered, that the order for his reception was delivered to him 
from the military commanding officer of the province of Estre- 
madura. Not being consequently a prisoner by order of any 
civil anthority, I believe the regular course to be adopted in this 
affair is for your Excellency to address officially the War Minis- 
ter, to have the said Vice-consul removed to one of the prisons 
of this city, to be put at the disposal of his Judge Conservator. 


(signed) Luiz do Rio de Mendouca. 
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 10th January 1829. 
(signed) Jose Maria de Sales Ribeiro. 





Sub-Enclosure B. in N° 50. 
Viscount Santarem to the War Minister. 


Secretary of State’s Office for Foreign Affairs, 
My Lord, 10th January 1829. 


al HAVE the honour to transmit to your Excellency a copy of 
an official letter I have received from the Minister. of Justice, 
respecting 


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which were termed hieroglyphical characters in the sentence. 








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respecting Manoel Baptista Bombazina, British Vice-consul in 
Tavira, who was already the object of the letter I addressed to 
our Excellency on the gd instant, and to request your Excel- 
oad will enable me to answer the British Consul-general, who 
claims the known privileges in favour of the said individual. 


(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 


Secretary of State’s Office for Foreign Affairs, 10th January 
1829. 


(signed) Jose Maria de Sales Riberio. 





N° 51. - 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Jan. 28.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 17th January 182g. 


I sec leave to enclose a copy of the sentence passed upon 
Marcos Ascoli on his appeal, confirming the former sentence of 
banishment, and condemning him to the additional costs. 

Thus have vanished all the hopes I ventured to express in my 
despatch of January 5, and the principle laid down by this go- 
yernment from the beginning of this case has not been diverged 
from, notwithstanding the urgent remonstrances and considerate 
proceedings of His Majesty’s Government, and the evident ab- 
sence of crime. 

Mr. Ascoli states to me in a recent letter, that his confinement 
of four months in prison having completely paralysed his mer- 
cantile business, he has exhausted in the maintenance of a large 
family, and in the unavoidable expenses of the law, all the ready 
money he had by him, and that nothing remains to him now but 
goods or merchandize, which he must part with at a great loss 
to support his family ; he is therefore quite a ruined man, and is 
about to apply to the benevolence of the British residents here 
to raise a moderate sum to enable him to pay the costs, and 
leave this country for England by an early opportunity. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure in N° 51. 


Final Sentence of the Special Commission of the Relagao on the 
Appeal of Marcos Ascoli to that Tribunal.—(Translation.) 


Lisbon, 13th January 1829. 


DecipeEp in the Tribunal of the Relagao, &amp;c. That notwith- 
standing the embargos, folio 45, which, from their nature and 
contents, they do not admit, the embargoed sentence shall be 
carried into execution, the prisoner to pay the additional costs 
thereby incurred ; and they do not accede to the prayer of the 
petition, folio 50, and the 8th article, because even by the tran- 
slation requested * the allegation therein contained should be 
proved, the sentence would still subsist in full vigour on other 
grounds therein stated. 





N° 52. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas. —(Received Jan. 28.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 17th January 1829. 


Tue excesses of the Royalist Volunteers, which had ceased 
for some time past, have been renewed by acts of cruelty in the 
streets of Lisbon in broad day as well as at night. They are 
supposed to have been excited by some reported plot of a rebel- 
lion, which is stated to have failed from want of energy, union 
and pecuniary means ; and some of our countrymen have unfor- 
tunately been the victims of the violent spirit that has shown 
itself abroad. 


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Enclosure 1 in N° 52. 


Representation from Mr. P. J. Mac Kinna, a British 
to the Duke de Cadoval. 


Lisbon, 15th January 1820, 
Most Illustrious and most Excellent Senhor, 


To your Excellency, as Colonel- 

alist ‘ond I addvons this lather ; aoe oe Roy- 

’ cei ’ ellenc 
a nobleman of honour and proper military feelings, I hope +4 An 
— due consideration. ies. 
n company with two gentlemen, a Frenchman an 

I, who am a subject of His Britannic Majesty, was a. 
the square near the Exchange about sun-set last Sunday. i “4 
ing had no quarrel nor dispute with the people of this onan a 
I and my companions expected no molestation, when a part 3 
six or seven persons, chiefly in the dress of the Volunteer Ro “ 

lists, openly, wantonly and hostilely insulted and assaulted = 
When unknown armed men draw their swords against mtined 
individuals, it becomes the duty of the latter to defend thei 

lives. I was engaged in hurling to the earth a Volunteer Ro : 
list, who struck at me with a naked sword, when I received 4 
serious wound in the face from one of his associates ; some of 
whom struck at my companions, and by a blow bruised the 
shoulder of the French gentleman. On seeing a party of the 
main-guard approaching from the other side of the square those 
bullies fled. ‘e, however, with the assistance of the serjeant 
and his guard, succeeded in arresting the Volunteer Royalist 
who struck at me, and was easily recognized from his back beine 
marked with the dirt from the ground on which he was thrown 

Even against the guard did he draw his sword, as the soldiers 
and my friends and I can testify. In the guard-house he stated 
to me his name as de Cunha; but afterwards, on being taken 
before the magistrate of the Bairo do Roscio, Senhor Semblano 

he gave it as da Costa, and mentioned other circumstances con- 
nected with his holding an appointment as Escrivao, &amp;c. to the 
Senate of Lisbon ; all which that magistrate, as 1 understood 

wrote down in the document before him. As I could not say 
that he was the man who wounded me, this volunteer was set 
at liberty. 

Those two gentlemen and I were not the only foreigners in- 
sulted and assaulted on that evening. I know several highly 
respectable British residents who have been most grossly mal- 
treated. In fact it is a general accusation made against the 
Volunteer Royalists, that their abuse and attacks are in a creat 
measure levelled at those persons whom they suppose to be Bri- 
tish subjects. 

From such assailants we do not expect redress; they, as mere 
ruffians, are beneath our notice ; but your Excellency, as Colo- 
nel-general of the Volunteer Royalist Corps, must feel your 
honour involved in the conduct of those who are responsible for 
their acts solely to your Excellency, and, acting from a sense of 
justice, will promptly inflict on them some strong mark of disap- 
probation and punishment. 

For this unaccountable conduct, as well towards French and 
British subjects, some satisfaction is undoubtedly due from Vo- 
lunteer Royalists ; besides, in this instance, the infraction of 
military discipline is evident to all the world. In Oporto the 
Conde de San Lorenco has caused to be reduced to the ranks a 
serjeant who spat in the face of an Englishman. Without hav- 
ing given any provocation was [| insulted, and so seriously 


subject, 


| wounded as to confine me for three days to my room, which has 


hitherto prevented me from offering these facts to your Excel- 
lency’s notice. 

I have the honour to be personally acquainted with the 
British Consul-general ; and I shall remit to him a copy of this 
letter, in order that it may be laid before the British Govern- 


| ment. 


I beg leave to lay before your Lordship copies of two letters | 


I have received from British subjects that have been assaulted 
and injured by the lawless bands that have thrown the whole 
town into alarm and dismay. 

These outrages have generally been committed within the 
sight of the patroles of police guards, which remain as passive 
spectators of these scenes, which recall to mind those of the 
revolutionary sabreurs of France ; and if the suffering party has 
not the good fortune of being in the vicinity of a guard of regu- 
lars or militia, he is sure to find no protection in the military 
police. 

It is therefore naturally inferred, that as these acts of 
anarchial cruelty are practised with the full sanction of that mili- 
tary force which receives its immediate orders from the effective 
government of this country, the low ruffians engaged in these 
transactions may be secretly instigated to undertake them. 

I have delivered copies of the above-mentioned letters to Vis- 


count de Santarem, expressing at the same time my conviction | 


that these acts were 
secret government of this count 


order and personal security throughout the town. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





* Allusion is here made to the translation of the three Hebrew letters 


ractised with the full connivance of the | 
; and that the only means of | 
removing that impression was to bring to immediate punishment | 
the known perpetrators of these outrages, and to re-establish | 


With sentiments of due deference and consideration, I beg 
leave to subscribe myself, &amp;c. 


(signed) P. J. Mac Kinna. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 50. 
Mr. Donald Munro to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 


Sir, Lisbon, January 16, 1829. 

I nec leave to inform you, that on the evening of Sunday the 
11th instant, at about half-past six o’clock, while peaceably leav- 
ing the Praga do Commercio, at the entrance of Rua Augusta, 
in company witl Mr. William Roberts, we were met by a party 
of upwards of 12 persons, the greater number in the uniform of 
the Royalist Volunteers, and wearing swords, the remainder in 
plain clothes, and carrying large sticks, who, without the small- 
est provocation on our part, pushed Mr. Roberts violently against 
me (who then succeeded in escaping); and when I had walked 
forward a few yards, one of them in uniform, with a deal of abu- 
sive language, struck me with a stick, or, I rather think, a sword, 


on the back of the head, and knocked off my hat. While in the 


act of picking up my hat, several of the Volunteers drew their 
swords and rushed upon me; and being without any means 0 
defence whatever, I was compeiled to trust to flight for my 
safety, and with difficulty escaped by way of Rua Augusta, 
several of the party, with their swords drawn, continuing to pul- 


had nearly reached the Rua dos Retrozeiros, 
which 


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which you know to be the second division of the street first 
mentioned. ; ‘ ; 
A distinct statement of the affair may be serviceable to you in 
your public character, and to our fellow-countrymen, who are 
exposed to similar treatment, and on that account I have laid it 
before you. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) Donald Munro. 





Ne 51. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Feb. 3.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 24th January 1829. 

I pxEG leave to acquaint your Lordship, that the same packet 
which conveys this to England takes Mr. Marcos Ascoli, he 
having been delivered on board, judicially, in pursuance of his 
sentence. ‘ . . si 

The enclosed account is of the charges incurred in addition 
to those I transmitted in my despatch of December 31 of last 

ear. 
y I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





V° 52. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Feb. 3.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 24th January 1829. 


Havine exhausted every argument with Viscount Santarem 
as to the removal of the British Vice-consul of Tavira from the 
risons of San Julian to those of Lisbon, to be there placed in the 
hands of the British Judge Conservator, I regret to have to 
remark, that it becomes useless for me to make any further ap- 
plication in favour of this individual, for the same neglect with 
which every transaction has been attended which I have of late 
had the misfortune to have with this government is shown for 
the crying claims for justice of this individual, confined since 
May last, notwithstanding the decrees published in the Gazeta 
de Lisboa, and the repeated verbal assurances of right; and it 
is rather an aggravation of this proceeding, that M. de Santarem 
should assure me every week that he has done every thing in 
his power to pe:suade the government of the propriety of over- 
looking and giving way in minor points, and of acceding to my 
just demands ; since the delay in solving any one question dis- 
plays the unequivocal determination of the government of Portu- 
gal to refuse that common justice, 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) 


J. R. Matthews. 


N° 53. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Feb. 14.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 31st January 1829. 
Week after week passes without my being able to obtain 


the British Judge Conservator, though I have produced to this 
government certificates from all the courts of law in the Al- 
garves that no crime or charge whatever lays against him, and 
that he is not named even in any law suit of a political nature ; 
yet this individual, thus unequivocally proved innocent, has been, 
with several hundred others in similar circumstances, kept a close 
prisoner since May last. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 


Ne 54. 
Lord Dunglas to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 


Sir, Foreign Office, February 5, 1829. 


_ Wiri reference to your despatch of the 17th ultimo, enclos- 
ing copies of two letters which you have received from British 





for the purpose of enabling the British Consul and residents to 
leave a country where it will be evident that no Treaties are sufli- 
cient to protect them from insult and aggression. 


lam, &amp;e. 


(signed) Dunglas. 





N° 55. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Feb. 19.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 7th February 1829. 


On the 5th of November last your Lordship did me the ho- 
nour to write to me, that should there be any question as to the 
amount and nature of the compensation for the wrongs Marcos 
Ascoli had endured, 1 was authorized to state to M. de Santarem 
the expectation of His Majesty’s Government that a sum of 
money should be granted to Marcos Ascoli, at the rate of eight 
dollars a day, for the time during which he remained in the 
secret dungeon. And I beg leave to remark, that the question 
of compensation was never brought forward hy the Portuguese 
government; and all my efforts have tended (unfortunately in 
vain) to obtain the liberation of Marcos Ascoli on the demand of 
His Majesty’s Government, expecting that compensation would 
then be agitated as a matter naturally consequent upon it. As 
the sentence to costs and exile has been put into execution, 
I trust His Majesty’s Government will see the correctness of 
my having, till now, limited my communications on the amount 
of compensation to the verbal statement, that eight dollars a day 
were the sum demanded for the time Marcos Ascoli was con- 
fined, as above stated. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure in N° 55. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, 


7th February 1829. 

I am also instructed to take the same occasion to acquaint 
your Excellency that His Britannic Majesty’s Government, 
whilst they consent to receive the decree of the 31st December 


_ last as a sutticient expression of the disapprobation entertained 


by the Portuguese government of the conduct of the Intendant 
of Police, are determined to insist upon the payment of the com- 
pensation to Marcos Ascoli, which I was instructed by the Earl 
of Aberdeen’s despatch of the 5th of November last, and by Lord 
Dunglas’s despatch of the same date, to demand from the Por- 
tuguese Government. 

His Britannic Majesty’s Government are not at present pre- 
pared to dispute the justice of the sentence which has been 
passed on Marcos Ascoli; all that they ever contended for was, 
that he should have a fair trial before a legal tribunal, according 
to the forms secured to British subjects by Treaties; and this 
appears by my despatch to have been granted. 

But whether he be innocent or guilty, His Majesty’s Govern- 


_ ment consider themselves justified in demanding, for Marcos 





It é \ ; | Ascoli, the compensation to which he is so fully entitled, in con- 
that the British Vice-consul of Tavira be placed in the hands of | 


sequence of his unjust confinement in a secret dungeon fora 
longer time than ever, in the most aggravated cases, 1s allowed 
by the laws of Portugal. 

I am further directed to inform your Excellency, that if the 
10 moidores given to Marcos Ascoli by an officer of the Police, 
who has since disavowed it, were intended as compensation for 
the injuries suffered by Marcos Ascoli, that this cannot be looked 
upon in that light by His Britannic Majesty’s Government; and 
that they are resolved to persist in the demand, which I was in- 
structed by Lord Dunglas’s despatch of the 5th of November 
last, to make to the Portuguese government; namely, that a sum 
of money should be granted to Marcos Ascoli, at the rate of eight 
dollars a day, for the 34 days during which he remained im- 
mured in the secret dungeon. 

I take the liberty to remind your Excellency, that on the day 
I had the honour to deliver into your hands a copy of the de- 


| spatch of the Earl of Aberdeen of the 5th of November, I men- 


tioned verbally the sum of eight dollars a day, as demanded for 


_ the 34 days Marcos Ascoli was so confined; and | now beg 


subjects, stating that they and others have been assaulted and | 


injured by the Royalist Volunteers in the streets of Lisbon, 


within sight of the patroles of Military Police, who remain pas- | 


Sive spectators of such excesses, | am directed by the Earl of 
Aberdeen to desire that you will again bring the subject before 
the Viscount de Santarem. You will represent to his Excel- 
lency, that desirous as His Majesty’s Government are to put 
faith in the promises and assurances which you have so often 
received from him, they cannot longer affect ignorance of the 
fact, which is becoming daily more notvurious, that the Portu- 
guese government have not the power, even if it be their inclina- 
tion, to secure to His Majesty’s subjects in Portugal the observ- 
ance of their acknowledged rights and privileges. 


You will therefore acquaint M. de Santarem, that if these | 


excesses should continue, and the Portuguese government should 
still be unwilling or unable to repress them, His Majesty’s go- 
vernment may shortly he compelled to send ships to the Tagus, 


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leave to re-state, that in the despatch alluded to, Lord Dunglas 
expressly authorises me to declare to your Excellency the ex- 
pectation of His Britannic Majesty’s Government that a sum of 
money should be granted to Marcos Ascoli, at the rate of eight 
dollars a day, for the time during which he was immured in the 
secret dungeon. 
I have the honour to be, Xc. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 56. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.— (Received Feb. 19.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 7th February 1829. 


I Bee leave further to state, that no crime or prosecution 
whatever being discovered to exist against Mr. Manoel Baptista 
Bomibazina, 

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Bombanina, British Vice-consul at Tavira, he is expected to be 
set at liberty in a few days. Some hundred Portuguese indivi- 
duals in similar cireumstances remain still confined in the pri- 
sons of San Julian. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) 


J. R. Matthews. 





N° 57. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Feb. 19.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, February 7, 1829. 

In my despatch of the 17th pean I had the honour to en- 
close to your Lordship copies of two letters from British resi- 
dents in this city relative to outrages committed by individuals 
of the corps of Royalist Volunteers ; and I have now the honour 
to transmit to your Lordship herewith, a copy and translation of 
a letter from the Duke de Cadaval to Viscount Santarem, and 
which has been transmitted to me by his Excellency on the same 
subject. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure in Ne 57. 


Duke de Cadaval to Viscount de Santarem.—(Translation.) 
Sir, Lisbon, January 31, 1829. 


On receiving your Excellency’s despatch of the 2oth instant, 
accompanying another of the English Consul-general in this city, 
which enclosed a representation of Mr. Donald Munro, a British 
subject, complaining of having been insulted and maltreated by 
some Royalist Volunteer soldiers on the 11th instant, I imme- 
diately proceeded to make the necessary inquiries, and although 
the said representation affords no clue to discover the aggres- 
sors, I availed myself of some slight explanations in a private 
letter addressed to me by another Englishman, who also com- 
plained of similar insults on the same day, but could only collect 
from it, that the latter had been carried before the criminal Cor- 
regidor of the Bairo do Rocio, with one Costa, an employé in 
the senate, and soldier in the company of the same senate, who 
was not considered by the complainant as the aggressor, but onl 
brought as a witness; and when questioned by the said Corre- 
gidor if he knew the authors of the riot, he answered, no. 

In view of this exposé [ can only beg of your Excellency to 
transmit to me (in case of there being furnished to you) any fur- 
ther explanations that may lead to the discovery of the delin- 
quents, as in that case your Excellency may depend they cer- 
tainly will be punished as good order requires. But | have to 
remind your Excellency, that besides the four battalions of Roya- 


list Volunteers in this city, there are 10 companies of Urban | 


Royalist Volunteers, and one of the Senate, which are not under 
my command. 


(signed) § Duke de Cadaval. 





N® 58. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Feb. 22.) 
(Extract.) Lisbon, February 14, 1829. 


I nave the honour to enclose copy and translation of a note 
I have this day received from Viscount de Santarem. By it 
your Lordship may be pleased to observe, that the Portuguese 
government has acceded to the demand made by His Majesty’s 
Government of a compensation of eight dollars a day to Marcos 
Ascoli, for the 34 days he was confined in the secret dungeon, 
and for which he 1s to apply to the Portuguese Consul in London. 
I will not venture any comment upon the resource of attributing 
to the Intendant of Police the delivery of the 10 moidores as a 
compensation to Ascoli ; and I will leave to your Lordship to infer 
what the principle of action of a government raust be that is 
ready to seize every opportunity to show its indisposition to 
Great Britain by a series of petty vexations, and to treat the 
generous moderation and forbearance of His Majesty’s Govern- 


ment with a neglect, in which some can find a matter of puerile | 


triumph, which makes them anxious to conceal their shame of 
any concession when urged by the most imperious necessity. 

hough they have ceded at last in the case of Marcos Ascoli, 
I should not conscientiously perform my duty did I not state 
that I am fully convinced that, notwithstanding the publica- 
tion of the decrees in favour of British and foreign subjects, the 
reprimand of the Intendaut of Police, and the punishment of one 
Magistrate, when others were equally guilty, we may expect a 
repetition of the same transactions. 

Your Lordship will therefore form a correct opinion whether 
those coercive measures, which have till now been suspended by 
the superior generosity of His Majesty’s Government, on the 
natural supposition of some unity of foresight and of rational 
policy in the present government of Portugal, may not prove the 
only effective means of averting a repetition of the troublesome 
and inconsiderate vexations they have not hesitated to support 
with every evasion, and of impressing a seuse of international 
decorum by dictatorial means, where the dignified remonstrances 
of delicacy and honour had so tardy and small an effect. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





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Enclosure in N®* 58. 


Viscount de Santarem to J. R. Matthews, Esq.—(Translation,) 


Sir, 12th February 1829, 

Tue Portuguese government having, in consequence of the 
claim of the British Government, made in the despatch of Lord 
Aberdeen of the 10th December of last year, which you commy. 
nicated to me, condescended to the desire of the Government of 
His Britannic Majesty, as it is clearly shown by the note passeq 
to the Intendant-general of Police, and published in the Official 
part of the Lisbon Gazette of the 31st of the said month, order. 
ing equally that a compensation should be given by the police 
to the British subject Marcos Ascoli, the Portuguese govern. 
ment was persuaded, by the terms of the said despatch of the 
Earl of Aberdeen, that they had fully condescended to hj; 
demand. 

As an ulterior event however occurs, which you communicate 
to me in your note of the 7th instant, that a larger sum was 
required, the Portuguese government, to give to His Britannic 
Majesty’s government every proof of how much they desire to 
conclude this business, will give the necessary orders that their 
agents in London do deliver to the said Marcos Ascoli the re- 
mainder of the sum that you mentioned in the said note, because 
the individual in question is now in that country, and it is neces- 
sary for that object that he should apply to the Consul-general 
of Portugal in that city. 


God preserve you. 
I am, &amp;c. 


signed Visconde de Santarem. 
D&gt; 





N° 50. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Feb. 22.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 14th February 1829. 


In an interview I had yesterday with Viscount de Santarem, 
I represented to his Excellency the very extraordinary sensation 
that must be produced by the detention of the British Vice- 
consul of Tavira in prison, under the immediate order of Dom 
Miguel, after he had been, on the 5th instant, declared innocent 
by the British Judge Conservator. I made use of every argu- 
ment to obtain the liberty of this respectable man, kept a pri- 
soner so unjustly since May last. 

Notwithstanding the conviction his Excellency appeared to 
be in of the propriety of my statements, he was only enabled to 
assure me that he would write to endeavour to obtain his release. 

I have however the satisfaction to acquaint your Lordship, that 
the Vice-consul of Tavira was this day set at liberty, and that he 
has since called upon me. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 





(signed) J. R. Matthews. 
N° 60. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received March 14.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 21st February 1829. 
In obedience to the orders of the Earl of Aberdeen I have 


_ again brought before the Viscount de Santarem the subject of 


the excesses indulged in by the Royalist Volunteers, as appears 
from the enclosed copy of a note I wrote to his Excellency on 
the 17th instant, reciting nearly the whole of your Lordship’s 
despatch of the 5th instant, and prefacing it with the details of 
the outrages committed by the individuals of that corps at Setu- 
bal, where they have been allowed either to arrest or drive away, 
without any legal motive, the principal inhabitants of that town. 
The British Deputy-consul writes to me, on the 19th instant, 
that he is still obliged to keep in doors, and is making arrange- 
ments, such is the uncontroulable sway of the mob of Royalist 
Volunteers, to leave Setubal on the 23d instant, as the assurances 
of the Military Governor, and of the Colonel of the Royalist 
Volunteers, have not been sufficient to protect a most respect- 
able man, holding a high situation in the customs of that town, 
from being dragged to jail from his own office on the false accu- 
sation of his singing constitutional songs. A greater or lesser 
degree of anarchy prevails unfortunately almost every where; 
and the government may some day find it more difficult than 
they expect to check this holy fire of royalism, as it has been 
termed by them, and which they consider expedient to entertain, 
thus giving to this government, called absolute, many of the 
features of a riotous democracy. No excesses have been com- 
mitted of late at Lisbon. 
I have, &amp;c. 
(signed ) J. R. Matthews. 

P. §.—Recent accounts from Algarve state the continuance 
of tumultuous outrages and arrests being still committed in that 
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Enclosure in N® 60. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount Santarem. 


Lisbon, 17th February 1829. 


Ir is with great regret that I have to recall your Excelency’s 
attention to the excesses committed by the Royalist Volunteers 
at Setubal. Not contented with having illegally arrested the 
agent of the British Deputy-consul, as well as other agents, and 
keeping him confined in prison, with the fall sanction of the 
Jocal authorities, that he may undergo the persecution and ruin 
of an unjust trial, they have insulted and threatened the brothers 
of that gentleman ; and the British Deputy-consul himself is 
now placed in such bodily fear as not to venture to leave his 
house, being threatened at the same time with a formal accusa- 
tion on false evidence, as customary, in which those foreign 
Vice-consuls are comprehended, who have been long since driven 
from their homes by this same party, that a specious plea may 
be given for the outrage of arresting them. But who are the 
individuals who, in an important sea-port, within a few miles 
from the seat of government, are allowed to spread terror among 
the superior class of the industrious inhabitants, and into whose 
hands the local authorities have abandoned the government of 
the town under the strongest appearances of every superior sanc- 
tion? They are, Sir, a Thomas de Aquino, the workman of a 
shoemaker, Felicio, a barber, Pedro Juzi da Silva, a shoemaker, 
and some more of the same class, lately in penury and want, but 
now well protected and provided. These are supposed to be 
instigated by Vasco Manoel da Oliveira Banha, Lieut.-colonel 
of the Royalist Volunteers, by Joao Jozi de Faria, a scrivener, 
and Joaquim Pedro Gomez de Oliveira, a clerk in the Post-office; 
and the whole of these appear sanctioned by the Juiz de Fora, 
the immediate officer of this government, without which this state 
of things could not thus last with impunity. 

It is difficult to understand the policy of fomenting such a 
system of pointed hostility ugainst the wealthier part of the in- 
dustrious population as is now evinced in Setubal, and has been 
in the Algarve ; but such a state of anarchy, at the doors almost 
of the metropolis, calls imperiously for the serious consideration 
of this government, if the maintenance of that order and personal 
security is intended which is the object of established law. 

I had the honour to lay before your Excellency the insults 
offered, and the outrages lately committed against British sub- 
jects at Lisbon by the Royalist Volunteers in the presence of the 
patroles of the Police-guard, and I transmitted copies of those 
statements to His Britannic Majesty’s Government. 

I am, Sir, directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to bring the sub- 
ject again before you, and to represent, that desirous as His 
Majesty’s Government are to put faith in the promises and 
assurances which I have so often received from your Excellency, 
they cannot longer affect ignorance of the fact, which is becom- 
ing daily more notorious, that the Portuguese government have 
not the power, even if it be their inclination, to secure to His 
Majesty’s subjects in Portugal the observance of their acknow- 
ledged rights and privileges. I am therefore to acquaint your 
Excellency, that if these excesses should continue, and the Por- 
tuguese government should still be unwilling or unable to repress 
them, His Majesty’s Government may shortly be compelled to 
send ships to the Paes, for the purpose of enabling the British 
Consul-general and the British residents to leave a country, 
where it will be evident that no Treaties are sufficient to protect 
them from insult and oppression. 


I have the honour, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N°’ 61. 
J.R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—-(Received March 14.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 21st February 1829. 


Iv answer to your Lordship’s despatch of the 5th instant, re- 
minding me in the case of Mr. Bombazina, Vice-consul at Tavira, 
that, unless some alvara or decree exists, by which persons acting 
as British Vice-consuls in Portugal, although Portuguese sub- 
jects, are entitled to the privileges of subjects of Great Britain, 
His Majesty’s Government cannot interfere to prevent the laws 
of Portugal taking due course with a subject of that kingdom, 
I beg leave to enclose translation of a decree of the 2d of May 
1812, enacting, that no Cartas de Privilegio (a parchment docu- 
ment made out to British subjects only under the High Chan- 
cellor’s seal, and enumerating the principal privileges of that 
nation,) be delivered to any persons whatever named Vice-con- 
suls, before they have been approved of by the Sovereign. 

Now Mr. Bombazina was in possession of his Exequatur, and 
ofa Carta de Privilegio, as a British subject ; and being thereby 
acknowledged by this government to be entitled to the privileges 
of the same, J hope the Earl of Aberdeen will approve of my 

aving interfered to obtain his liberation. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure in N° 61. 


Decree of the 2d of May 1812, whereby Cartas de Privilegio, as 
to British Subjects, are granted to all persons when approved 
of as British Vice-consuls.—(Translation.) 

Tue Prince Regent, our Lord, orders it to be declared to you, 
that Cartas de Privilegio are only to be granted to individuals 


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continued. 


who shall be nominated Consuls or Vice-consuls of any foreign Jeurnal, p. 893. 


nation in this kingdom of Portugal, when their respective nomi- 
nations have been confirmed by His Royal Highness, which 
I communicate to you for your information and guidance. 


God preserve you. Palace of the Government, 2d May 1812. 
(signed) Miguel Pereira Forjas. 
Joaquim Antonio d’Araujo. 
Fulfilled and registered in all the offices of the Conservatorial 
Court, the original remaining in that of Feliz Joze de Carvalho. 


(signed) 


Araujo. 





N° 62. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received March 14.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 21st February 1829. 

I BEG leave to acquaint your Lordship, that I have received, 
at a late hour this night, a satisfactory note from Viscount San- 
tarem in date of this day, on the subject of the excesses com- 
mitted at Setubal by the Royalist Volunteers, related in my 
despatch of February 21, transmitting to me copies of an order 
sent by the Duke of Cadaval, as Colonel-general of the Royalist 
Volunteers, to the Colonel of that corps at Setubal, making him 
responsible for the imprisonments made by the volunteers of his 
regiment, without superior injunctions ; and of another order by 
the same, turning out of the said corps the three men that had 
made themselves most conspicuous in the outrages that have 
taken place in that town. 

The unusual promptitude of these measures proves a better 
disposition towards justice and tranquillity, at the same time that 
it shows the obligation conferred by entering sometimes into the 
minor details of these occurrences, as the wn means of bringing 
truth and the real state of these cases before the ministers of this 
government. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 63. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received March 14.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 24th February 1829. 


THE system of arrests still continues here, and extensive au- 
thority is given to certain individuals to take up the persons they 
may suspect. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 64. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received March 17.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 2d March 1829. 


THE state of this country cannot be expected to vary as long 
as the elements of its government are the same. It becomes 
every day more undeniable, that the views of those ministers who 
are put in evidence are obstructed by the indirect efficacy of that 
party in which alone power is vested, and that the determination 
of carrying through a certain system is not to be altered by any 
lateral impressions that may, through foreign agents, cause it for 
the time being to swerve from the straight course laid down. 

To illustrate the above J will beg leave to refer to my despatch 
of February 21, where I allude to the copy of an order trans- 
mitted to me of the Duke de Cadaval, to dismiss from the Roya- 
list Volunteers three individuals as having distinguished them- 
selves in the arrests and the insults offered to the respectable 
inhabitants of Setubal. The battalion was drawn out, and the 
ceremony performed of dismissing these men from the service ; 
but the following day they were seen in full uniform in riots, 
and the principal leader of the three in full dress, in compan 
with the ae authorities, and in the presence of some of their 
officers. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 65. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received March 17.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 7th March 1829. 


A GREAT political effect appears to have been determined 
upon here, and the following five individuals were hung yester- 
day, and their heads are still sticking upon spikes in one of the 
most public squares of the town, to the terror of the inhabitants : 

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Brigadier-general Moreira, Lieutenant Ferreira Braga, Lieu- 
tenant Vellez Barreiros, alias Perestrello, Cadet Scarniche and 
Midshipman Chaby. The son of Brigadier Moreira was made 
to be present at the execution, and to see his father’s head stuck 
on the spike, also to walk three times round it ; his mother has 
since expired with grief: and the father of one of the sufferers, 
of sixteen years of age, has destroyed himself. 

It is difficult to reconcile such severity with the charges 
brought forward in the sentence, as the fact of their having been 
all implicated in the rebellion planned for the gth of January 
last, is not proved. An execution of a similar nature is expected 
to have taken place at Oporto on the same day. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 66. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas—&lt;(Received April 6.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 26th March 1829. 


I see leave to enclose to your Lordship a copy of a note 
I addressed to Viscount Santarem, on his acquainting me that 
the exequatur granted to Mr. Basilio de Oliveira Camossa, Bri- 
tish Vice-consul at Aveiro, was annulled, requesting that what- 
ever penalties he may have incurred should be the result of a 
sentence grounded on the laws of Portugal, and that his trial 
should be proceeded upon in the British Conservatorial Court, 
as in other similar cases; and copy of the answer of the Minister 
of Justice to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, refusing to grant 
him what is due to him as Vice-consul. Without further pro- 
ceedings on this subject be deemed expedient by your Lordship, 
I shall not persevere in my request; but I cannot omit calling 
your Lordship’s attention to the spirit that has dictated the note 
of the Minister of Justice, prejudging the question in the face of 
right and precedent. 

The tribunal of the British Judge Conservator at Oporto being 
a Portuguese court, there can be other meaning given to his 
statement, “ that another court is better authorised,” except the 
unguarded concession, that it is well known that the sentences 
of the Alcgada are to emanate from the superior government 
alone, and not from a fair interpretation of the laws, at the same 
time he throws a reflection on the Conservatorial Court, which 
is, as a point of justice, undoubtedly honourable to the magis- 
trate that holds the place of Judge Conservator at Oporto. 

Instead of answering my request, he confirms the above sup- 
position by persisting in the act of injustice of visiting Mr. Ca- 
mossa with one of the penalties of the law before trial, and thus 
arbitrarily delivering him over to the tribunal of the Algada, over 
which he exercises a direct controul, so as to leave no doubt on 
the result of the trial. 

The principle thus exposed throws much light on the judicial 
proceedings of this country. 
I have the honour to be, Xe. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





_ Enclosure 1 in Ne 66. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount Santarem. 
Sir, Lisbon, 11th March 1829. 


I HAVE received the note your Excellency did me the honour 
to write to me in date of yestesday, —— me that the 
exéquatur of Mr. Basilio de Oliveira Camossa, British Vice- 
consul at Aveiro, was annulled in consequence of a charge of 
rebellion being brought against him. 

As by the private information I have received on the motives 
of the absence of Mr. Camossa from Portugal, I have every 
reason to believe that personal and local enmity has obliged him 
to withdraw to avoid that licentious and ill-grounded violence 
which has destroyed his house and property. I will venture to 
submit to your Excellency whether it would not be more-conso- 
nant with the common principles of equity that he should be 
fairly tried in a competent court of justice, so that any penalties 
he may be subject to, or any measures expedient to be taken in 
this matter, might be grounded on the sentence of law. 

I therefore beg leave to request that, as in the case of Mr. Al- 
meida, British Vice-consul at Villa Real de San Antonio, the 
proceedings of Mr. Basilio de Oliveira Camossa may be remitted 
for trial to the British Judge Conservator at Oporto. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 66. 
Viscount Santarem to J. R. Matthews, Esq.—(Translation). 
23d March 1829. 


In answer to your official letter of the 11th instant, respect- 
ing the ex-Vice-consul of your nation in Aveiro, Basilio de Oli- 
veira Camossa, I transmit to you the enclosed copy of an official 
note that I have received from the minister of justice, replying 
to the communication which I made to him upon your requi- 
sition concerning that individual. 

God preserve you, &amp;c. 
(signed) Viscount Santarem. 


—— 


4 Sub-Enclosure in Ne 66. 


The Minister of Justice to Viscount Santarem.—(Translation ) 


20th March 1829, 
[n acknowledging the receipt of the official note which 

Excellency addressed to me in date of the 13th instant, pm 
the translation of another that your Excellency received from th 
British Consul-General at this court, in which he requests th r 
the process of the late Vice-consul of his nation in Aveiro Basile 
de Oliveira Camossa, the exequatur of whose nomination «. 
Vice-consul has been annulled in consequence of his hay; i 
been accused of rebellion, should be remitted to the British Judes 
Conservator at Oporto, your Excellency requiring of me . 
enable you conveniently to reply to the said Consul ; 
I have the honour to state to your Excellency, that the said 
Basilio de Oliveira Camossa shall and must be tried in a foe 
still better authorised than that of the said Conservator, which 
is that of the Alcada, ordered to the above mentioned cit of 
Oporto, and the exequatur of his commission having been Ao 
celled, and he being no longer English, it is not therefore pys- 
sible, without offending justice, to make an exception in id 
to him, by withdrawing his trial from the competent court, ‘ 


Luis Do Rio de Mendouca, 


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No. 67. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received April 30th.) 
(Extract.) Lisbon, 21st April 1829, 

I wave used my best exertions to obtain the repeal of the 
sentence for expulsion from Portugal of Mr. Noble, junior, which 
was confirmed by the accords on the two appeals, (copy and 
translation of which I beg leave to enclose), and I entertain the 
best hope that I shall not be unsuccessful. 

| wrote privately without delay to Oporto, to prevent the 
hasty embarkation of Mr. Noble, junior, whose friends seem 
anxious that he should forthwith be removed from prison ; and 
I should expect that another letter from me, which must have 
been received at Oporto on the morning of the 16th, must have 
suspended his intended embarkation, so that an opportunity 
might still be given to the dilatory proceedings of this govern- 
ment, increased by a change in the ministry of justice, to spare 
him an ignominious exile. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed ) J. R. Matthews, 





Enclosure 1 in N° 67. 


Decision of the Tribunal of the Relagao at Oporto, on the 
first Appeal of Mr. Charles Henry Noble, against their 
Sentence, ordering him to be exiled from Portugal— 
(Translation). 

Oporto, 4th April 1829. 

Decripep in the Relagao, that notwithstanding the appeal, 

which on consideration of the proceedings on his trial is inadmis- 
sible, the sentence appealed against is to remain in full force, 
and the appellant is to pay the increased costs. 


(signed) Carneiro. Camara Lime. 
Sareiva. Marinho. 
Menezes. Duarte. 
Magalhaens. Almeida. 
Mexia. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 67. 


Decision of the Tribunal of the Relagao at Oporto, on the second 
appeal of Mr. Charles Henry Noble.—(Translation). 


Oporto, 7th April 1829. 
Decipep in the Relagao, that notwithstanding the appeal, 
which from the matter it contains, and on the consideration 0 
the proceedings on his trial, is inadmissible, the sentence ap- 
pealed against is to remain in full force, and the appeilant is to 
to pay the increased costs. 





(signed) Carneiro. Camara Lime. 
Sareiva. Marinho. 
Menezes. Duarte. 
Magalhaens. ‘Almeida. 
Mexia. 
N° 68. 


J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received May 7+) 


My Lord, Lisbon, April 25th, 1829- 
I reGRET to have to acquaint your Lordship, that the hopes 
I had expressed in my despatch of the 21st instant, and which 
Viscount Santarem had led me to entertain, that I should be 
furnished with some cae: communication for this packet 


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M. de Santarem informed me yesterday, verbally, that no repeal 
of the sentence for exile had taken place, and that the difficul- 
ties of obtaining it were very great. 

Considering it idle to deem this proceeding any less than a 
refusal, after having thus deluded the protracted hopes of a re- 

eal, | have deemed it expedient to acquaint Mr, Consul Crispin, 
by this day’s post, that | can no longer take upon myself to 
encourage the delay of Mr. Noble’s embarkation. 

[ represented to M. de Santarem the aggravation of severity 
with which the magistrates, acting under the sanction of go- 
yernment, meant to impress upon this British subject the igno- 
miny of an unjust sentence, as —_— by the enclosed copy of 
a correspondence of Mr. Consul Crispin. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 68. 
John Crispin, Esq. to J. R. Matthews, Esq. 


Oporto, Tuesday, 21st April 1829. 

On Sunday night, drawing near to 10 o’clock, I received 
a letter from Mr. C. H. Noble, dated the preceding day, the 
18th instant, enclosing a copy of his representation to the acting 
Juiz Relator, and the reply ; as also, of his second application, 
and the second reply ; and he then requested I would move in 

inting out the injustice of such a decision, and seeking relief. 

Under other circumstances the course of Mr. Noble would 
have been to appeal to the Relagao, and I should have recom- 
mended to him thus to proceed; but after what has transpired 
in that court, and that it would sit only after Easter term, it 
a peared to me there could be no other means of a plying for 
the justice he sought against a decision, or what | might call 
an extension of sentence, of that court, but by my applying 
officially to the Governor of Justice. This I did yesterday, 
without retrospect to what has transpired, which I studiously 
avoided ; and therefore in my exposé I stated, “ under these 
circumstances he continues to feel himself aggrieved, and has 
recurred anew for my official intervention touching this matter 
only, which [ have now executed by this application.” 

o this plain statement I have now received an answer of 
a nature that is worthy of the recent proceedings ; though I will 
confess, not expected. I do not wish to prolong such a corres- 
pondence, but shall reply to the latter. 

Of the paper relating to what has transpired on the subject, 
I beg to transmit four enclosures, and to draw your attention 
particularly to the contents of my representation to the Governor 
of Justice, and his reply. 

This —? was favoured with your private letter of the 
18th instant, which Mr. Page and Mr. Kurat both read, as far 
as related to Mr. C. H. Noble, and they told me they would 
mention it to Mrs. Noble and her son. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) § John Crispin. 





Sub-Enclosure A. in No. 68. 
Mr. Noble to J, Crispin, Esq. 


Porto Prison of the 
Sir, Relagao, Saturday, 18th April 1829. 
_I rake the liberty of troubling you with copies of two peti- 
tions that I made to the Ouvidor do Crime and Juiz Relator. 

In the first petition I requested an order to allow me to pro- 
ceed on board the brig Oporto, Captain Martin, my friends 
having, in conformity with the sentence of the Senate of the 
Relagao of this city, taken my passage on board of that vessel. 

he answer, as you perceive, is, that he will not allow me to 
quit this prison until the same vessel weighs anchor. 

In the second petition I lay before the judge the obstacles 
which appear in such a proceeding, and requesting him to order 
me to be delivered to the captain of the vessel. To this the 
judge answers, “ I have already decided.” 

You are well aware that the vessel may weigh anchor, and in 
alf an hour afterwards be the other side of the Bar. 

Now, Sir, how can it be expected that, in half an hour, 
Ican obtain all the necessary papers, officers, &amp;c., and reach 
the vessel ere it has left the river; but all this proves what 

Wrote you in my last letter, viz. “ that I have been fixed upon 
as an object of persecution ;” and I plainly see that they are 
determined to annoy me in every way they can. 

I have therefore to request you will use your influence in 
ag out to the judge the cruelty and injustice of such an 
nswer, 

What makes me hasten my departure is the near approach of 

summer heat, which has already commenced, and the num- 

my companions being so great that I dread the conse- 
{ences even another week may make in my health. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) Charles Henry Noble. 


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Sub-Enclosure B. in N° Go. 
J. Crispin, Esq. to the Governors of Justice. 


Oporto, April 20, 1829. 

In consequence of Charles Henry Noble, a British subject, 
having requested my official intervention respecting a new cir- 
cumstance that has occurred in the execution of the sentence 
preferred against him, I have the honour to request your Excel- 
lency will be so good as to take into due consideration what 
I am going to state, and to apply to it the necessary measures 
forthwith, 

The said Charles Henry Noble was condemned, by sentence 
of the Relagao, to be expelled this kingdom and its dominions, 
signing a bond in prison to return no more, under penalty of 
being transported to the estates of India in case of contraven- 
tion ; and in the execution of the sentence, they determined he 
that he should be conducted, under escort, to the ship in which 
he was to be conveyed. Charles Henry Noble in consequence 
petitioned the magistrate, acting in the absence of the judge, 
to order the gaoler to deliver him over to the officer of the Court, 
who was to accompany him on board the ship called Oporto, 
Captain Martin, ready to sail for England; but was answered 
that he would be removed “ on board when the vessel should be 
weighing anchor, under charge of the competent officers, until 
he is out of this port.” He rejoined, but with no better success. 
Under these circumstances he finds himself aggrieved, and has 
again applied for my official intervention as far as regards this 
circumstance only, and which I am now to fulfil in this manner 
Your Excellency will perceive that in the answer of the offi- 
—- magistrate, a notorious violence is done to the said 
British subject ; for in the first place, the sentence by which he 
is condemned having simply f can that he would be con 
ducted under escort to the vessel that should convey him, pre- 
cludes any deviation from it, in the whole or in part; it seems, 
that in conducting the said British subject under arrest to the 
ship destined to convey him out of the kingdom, the sentence 
would be fulfilled in the only manner it could legally be done. 
In the second place, it being nearly impossible to mark the exact 
time in which the vessel may be weighing anchor and ready to 
proceed over the Bar, so as to insure his removal at the proper 
moment; and in the event of any unforeseen contingency oc- 
curring to detain the vessel after his being put on board, the 
consequence would be his being remanded to prison, &amp;c. 
Finally, no inconvenience can result to the execution of the sen- 
tence by the prompt removal of the said British subject on board, 
because he would subject himself to the penalties attached by 
any infraction of his sentence. 

This being doubtless the case, I hope your Excellency, as 
governor and principal magistrate, will order the sentence to be 
executed in the manner prescribed, and that the said British 
subject be removed on board the vessel above referred to without 
delay. 

a the justice of the case, there are motives of humanity 
which would urge a compliance with this request, as his ~~) 
confinement in prison may have the worst effects upon his 
health, already seriously injured by it; and as your Excellency 
never denies to any the former, and ever attends to the call 
of the latter, | have the best grounded hope in the ready adop- 
tion of the necessary measures to ensure the object of this appli- 
cation. 


(signed) § John Crispin. 





Sub-Enclosure C. in N° 68. 
The Governor of Justice to John Crispin, Esq.—-(Translation.) 


Oporto, April 21, 1829. 

I rEcEIVED your letter yesterday evening, at an hour and on 
an occasion when it was not in my power to give you an answer, 
boing a day on which I[ must holda levee of all the ministers of 
this city and Relagao. 

In therefore answering you now, I have to state, that even 
supposing it appears in some measure that the demand of Charles 
Henry Noble is well founded, f cannot grant it, or give any in- 
structions on such an object, without hearing the judge of the 
process, to enable me to order him to report. It is necessary 
that application should be made to me in form on behalf of 
Charles Henry Noble, that I may, on sight of the petition, and 
report of the judge thereon, to decide on what may be conform- 
able to justice, or what the equity of the laws permit. This is 
what I have at present to answer on the subject of your letter. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) Ayres Pinto Du Louza. 





Sub-Enclosure D. in N° 68. 
Petition of Mr. Charles H. Noble. 


Cuar_es Henry Nos-e, of the British nation, confined in 
the prison of the Relagao, represents, that the sentence being 
about to be put in execution, by which he is banished these 
kingdoms, under pain of being transported to India should he 
return, prays your Lordship will issue an order to the gaoler of 


the 
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the prison, to deliver up the petitioner to the prison solicitor, 
and the scrivener of convicts, that they may, with the competent 
officers, accompany the petitioner on board the ship Oporto, 
Captain Martin, mm A will sign the usual bond. 


Order of the Judge. 


Let the (Alvara) order be passed, and the petitioner conveyed 
on board the ship referred to, when she is weighing anchor, 
accompanied by the competent scrivener and officers, outside the 
harbour, the said scrivener certifying that the petitioner has 
effectively departed, and the master signing the usual bond, 


(signed) § Negrao. 





Sub-Enclosure E. in N° 68. 


Mr. Charles H. Noble’s Reply. 


Tue vessel is on the point of sailing, the petitioner has paid 
his passage, and as your Lordship has desired the order to be 
granted only when the vessel is weighing her anchor, the scri- 
vener demurs passing it: in such case it will be impossible ever 
to verify his departure, because the vessel on weighing anchor 
will sail immediately, and neither the scrivener or officers will be 
ready at the moment to convey petitioner on board, nor will the 
vessel wait for him after her anchor is up, it being sufficient that 
the vessel being now loaded and ready to sail, the petitioner 
should be delivered to the captain, on his signing the necessary 
documents. 

Petitioner therefore prays you will order his delivery on board, 
in the terms of his sentence. 


DeEcISION. 


I have already decided. 
(signed) Negrao. 





N° 69. 


J. R. Matthews, Esq. to the Earl of Aberdeen. 
(Received June 17.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 23d May 1829. 

On the 21st instant, the day of the receipt of the despatch 

our Lordship did me the honour to write to me on the 13th 
instant, I wrote to Viscount de Santarem the note, of which the 
enclosed is a copy. 

I waited upon his Excellency yesterday, at 12 o’clock, at his 
request. He read to me the rough copy of a despatch he said he 
had written to Visconde d’Asseca in London, purporting that the 
sentence passed on Mr. Charles Henry Noble was annulled, and 
all the penalties attached thereto abrogated; and that he had 
merely to arrange the judicial forms with the Minister of Justice. 
He offered to zive me a written acknowledgment of my note, if 
I required it; but observed, that it would be more satisfactory 
for me to have a conclusive and definitive answer for the packet 
that was to sail after this on the goth inst. 

To this I agreed. He remarked that, consequently, Mr. C. H. 
Noble would be able to return to Portugal, and that the effects 
of the sentence would be done away; but such was the import- 
ance he attached to his not returning at present, that he seemed 
to hold the concession as conditional for his not returning for 
some months, and that, at all events, he could not show himself 
here before these judicial forms were gone through and completed. 

I remarked, that after such a determination, it was to be hoped 
that no hesitation or reserve would hereafter paralyze the effect 
of the measure, and I did not doubt to give it as my opinion, 
that in the present state of the public mind it might be desirable 
for Mr. C. H. Noble to be absent from Portugal for some time. 

I infer that M. de Santarem must have had some intimation 
of your Lordship’s intention to address this government peremp- 
torily, or that their measure was already decided upon, after see- 
ing the tenour of the communication I made in virtue of the 
despatch I received from Lord Dunglas, in date of the 15th ult. 


I have, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure in N° 6g. 


J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Lisbon, 21st May 1829. 

I nave the honour to acquaint your Excellency that His 
Britannic Majesty’s Government have learnt with surprise, and 
with very great regret, the failure of the remonstrances made to 
the government of Portugal, in order to procure a reversion of 
the unjust sentence which has been passed upon Mr. Charles 
Henry Noble, at Oporto, after having been acquitted by the 
Judge Conservator. 

The outrage committed against that British subject stands 
now vated by the unjustifiable sequester of the property of 
Mr. Noble at Oporto. ; 

Without hereby prejudicing those claims that must arise out 
of the arbitrary aK a practised in the previously-mentioned 
case, I must beg leave to state that this measure is wholly inad- 
missible, and that I have received peremptory orders from His 


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Britannic Majesty’s Government to demand, and I do theres 
demand from the Government of Portugal, that the sequester 
that has been laid upon the property of Mr, Noble at Oporto * 
removed forthwith, not doubting but that your Exeellenc will 
be so good as to see the propriety of using that expedition ; 
this case which will enable me to transmit your definitive nite 
by the packet which takes the mail on the day after toomorrow.. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c, 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





N° 70. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received June 17.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, goth May 1829, 


I nave the honour to transmit herewith translation of a note 
I have received this evening from Viscount Santarem, in answer 
to that which I directed to his Excellency on the 21st instant, in 
obedience to the orders contained in your Lordship’s despatch of 
the 13th instant, to demand the removal of the sequester laid on 
Mr. Noble’s property. 

In an interview I had yesterday with M. de Santarem, he as. 
sured me that he would cause communications to be made to His 
Britannic Majesty’s Government to that effect, and that directions 
should be sent to M. Sampayo, the Portuguese Consul-general 
in London, not to refuse Mr. C. H. Noble a passport to come to 
Portugal, if required. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure in N® 70. 
Viscount Santarem to J. R. Matthews, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Sir, Palace of Queluz, 29th May 1829, 


In answer to the note you addressed to me, in date of the 
21st instant, on the subject of Charles Henry Noble, and on the 
taking off the sequester laid on his property, in virtue of the 
sentence pronounced against him, it becomes me to acquaint 
you that Fou authorized by the Most Faithful King, my august 
Master, to combine with the Minister of Justice, the judicial 
form to carry into effect the sovereign resolution, which his 
Majesty has taken, revoking the penalties that were imposed b 
the above-mentioned sentence ; the result of which I shall not 
delay in communicating to you that it may be transmitted to 
His Britannic Majesty’s Government. 


God preserve you, &amp;c. 





(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 
N° 71. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received July 17.) 
(Extract.) Lisbon, 6th July 1829. 


To prevent the imprisonment of British subjects on their 
arrival in Portugal, on the plea of some small irregularity in their 
otherwise correct passports, I have been under the necessity of 
framing a reply to the note transmitted to me by Viscount 
Santarem, in answer to that I directed to his Excellency, on the 
arrest at Belem, of David Anthony Stoddart, and enclosed to 
your Lordship in copy with my despatch of 28th June. 

It is grievous to find the Minister of Justice sanctioning such 
proceedings after the numerous remonstrances made by me by 
order of His Majesty’s Government, as to the respect due to the 
geivilegee wisely secured by treaty to protect British subjects 

rom such arbitrary measures. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed). J. R. Matthews, 





N° 72. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received 31st July.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 18th July 1829. 


On the 27th May last, I received from the acting British 
Deputy-Consul at Figueira, the information that a British sub- 
ject, John William Serjeant, a friend of his, was then confined 
in the prison of the University of Coimbra, having been arreste 
on the 14th of July 1828, by the Juiz de Fora, of Figueira ; I re- 
quested Viscount de Santarem either that this British subject 
should be liberated, or that, in conformity with our Treaties, his 
trial should be referred without delay to the Judge Conservator 
at Lisbon or Oporto. 

On the 1st of June ultimo, I transmitted to his Excellency 2) 
original petition of the said Serjeant in the Juis de Fora Tentug™, 
proving that the summario of his case had been transmitted &lt; 
original to the Minister of Justice in August 1828. In the : 
expectation that the verbal assurances J had received from thé 
Viscount that this case had been forwarded in its due course, 
I did not again apply to his Excellency till the 29th of 7 
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request had not been attended to, and I enclosed a petition from 
the said Serjeant, praying to be removed to the prisons of Oporto, 
under the jurisdiction of the Judge Conservator, and not trans- 
ferred elsewhere. tbe 

This prisoner has, however, been transferred to Almeida instead 
of Oporto. I have this day received from Viscount de Santarem 
the answer I beg leave to enclose in copy and translation, to 
which I have added an extract of a Royal Decree annulling all 
acts of innovation, decrees, laws, &amp;c. of the Cortes of 1820, by 
which the act of conformity called naturalization not performed 
according to the laws of the kingdom of Portugal is rendered 
null and void ; and as in the same document Mr. Serjeant de- 
clares and protests never to bear‘arms against the King of Great 
Pritain, he cannot well have forfeited his allegiance, as by the 
said decree this act of conformity before the Corporation of 
Figueira is-even annulled. I shall, therefore, repeat my request 
for the trial of this Mr. Serjeant to be referred to the Court of 
the British Judge Conservator. 


I have the honour, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure in N° 72. 
Viscount de Santarem to J. R. Matthews, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Sir, Lisbon, 18th July 1829. 
Havine before me the official notes which you addressed to 
me, in dates of the 27th May and 2oth June last, relating to 
John William Serjeant, a prisoner in the gaol at Coimbra, I must 
reviously remind you of the cause of the delay that has occurred 
in the decision on his reclamation, which does not fall in any 
way upon the Portuguese authorities. The said individual hav- 
ing committed an act of naturalization to a Portuguese vassal on 
the 14th April 1823, in which he expressly declared that he 
never claimed the privileges of a British subject, and that he 
always travelled with a Portuguese passport ; and having lastly, 
in the year 1828, taken up arms against the government of his 
Majesty, and commanded a guerilla corps, which he employed 
against the existing government, he was in consequence impri- 
soned and prosecuted by the Algada of Oporto, without having 
declared himself to be a British subject, until the 6th of May 
last, when, to obtain protection from His Britannic Majesty’s 
Government, which he had voluntarily renounced in 1823, he asked 
and obtained the “‘ Carta de Privilegios” of an Englishman, in 
date of the 29th May last. Under these circumstances, the 
necessary orders were issued to verify his identity, to enable him 
to be placed at the disposal of the Judge Conservator, in case 
he shall be found to be an Englishman, according to the actual 
legislation of this country. : 
In the face of all these contradictions, so soon as I obtain the 


decision of the competent ministry, I shall advise you, and the | 


requisite orders will be issued. 
I have, &amp;c. 
(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 





Sub-Enclosure in N° 72. 


Extract from a Royal Law, dated 4th June 1824, annulling all 
Acts of Innovation, Decrees and Laws from the self-named 
Cortes.—(Translation.) 


Article I. 


Tue said Cortes being destitute of all authority, sovereign 
and legislative power, all innovations, decrees and laws emanat- 
ing from them, are null and of no effect ; and I order, that in no 
time whatever they shall be quoted and alleged either in courts 
of justice or thereout, nor incorporated in any code pf laws 
emanating from the illegitimate authority of the Kings of these 
kingdoms, under such penalty as I may be pleased to inflict on 
the transgressors of this my royal determination. 





N? 73. 
J.R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.-—(Received 15th Aug.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 25th July 1829. 


I BEG leave to enclose copy of a note I addressed to Viscount 
Santarem, transmitting a petition from John Joseph de Fragoas, 
a native of Gibraltar, a prisoner since the 25th of August last 
year, praying to be brought to trial before the British Judge 

onservator. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 

(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure in N* 73. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 


_ Sir, Lisbon, 20th July 1829. 


I nave the honour to enclose herewith copy of a petition 
sent to me by John Joseph de Fragoas, affirmed by the Deputy 


ritish Consul at Faro to be, as he states himself, a native of 





Gibraltar, consequently a British subject, who, having been ar- 
rested at Olhao on the 13th of June 1828, was set, at, liberty, by 
General Palmeirin, Governor of the Algarves, but was subse- 
quently again taken up, and has been a prisoner. since the, 25th 
of August of last year. . 

He is now confined in the prison of Fort St. Julian, without 
knowing why he should thus be deprived of his liberty, and 
why his mparee! should have been seized. 

deeply regret that any circumstance should have, till now, 
prevented my being made acquainted that this British subject 
was thus kept in prison without a trial; and I lose no time to 
request your Excellency will be pleased to take the necessary 
measures, that he may, without further delay, be placed at the 
order of the British J udge Conservator, that his cage may be 
investigated, and he be restored to his liberty and property. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Sub-Enclosure in N 73. 


Petition of John Joseph de Fragoas, addressed to J. R. Matthews, 
sq- 
Prison, No. 131, 
Fortress of San Julian, Lisbon Bar, 29th June 1829. 

Joun Josepnu pe Fracoas, a British subject, (and mar- 
ried to a female subject of the same government), a native of 
Gibraltar, where he served in the Royal Arsenal, in the works 
of the fortifications, for 13 years, “ as an overseer.” The peti- 
tioner passed to this capital with the corresponding passport of 
the Secretary to Government in May 1826, which passport 
remains in ted possession. The petitioner having proceeded 
to establish himself with his family at the town of Olhao, king- 
dom of Algarve, and as in the occurrences which took place in 
Algarve many persons were imprisoned, the petitioner was ar- 
rested on the 13th of June last year; and as he proved, by 
documents, to the general commanding in Algarve (Palmeirin), 
that he had always been obedient to the Portuguese government, 
he ordered him to be released; but unfortunately the petitioner 
was again taken up on the 25th August of the said year, and 
conducted to the gaol of this court, and thence to that of this 
fortress, having previously taken from him his property; and 
until the present time the petitioner does not know the cause of 
his imprisonment. 

The petitioner therefore prays that you will, as Consul of his 
nation, interpose, that he may enjoy the rights which beiong to 
him in the British conservatorial court, that the petitioner may 
be liberated, and that his house, &amp;c. may be restored to him; 
and should he not be permitted to reside in this kingdom, the 
petitioner begs to be furnished with a passport for Gibraltar, 
where his family now remain. 


(signed) 


John Joseph Fragoas. 





N° 74. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Aug. 15.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 25th July 1829. 

I BEG leave to enclose herewith, under N* 1 and 2, copy of 
my correspondence with Viscount de Santarem to obtain that 
Mr. John William Serjeant should enjoy the privilege of being 
tried by the British Judge Conservator. I have succeeded at 





last. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 
Enclosure 1 in N° 74. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 
Sir, Lisbon, July 20, 1829. 


Your Excellency’s note of the 18th instant assigns motives 
for the delay in acting upon the request contained in mine of the 
27th May and 29th of June last, on the subject of Mr. John 
William Serjeant ; yet the investigation made to prove this indivi- 
dual tobe a Fudegnns and not a British subject, appears, on your 
Excellency’s own statement, not to have been successful, as the 
only discovery thereto seem to be an act performed by him be- 
fore the corporation of Figueira on the 14th April 1823, in con- 
formity to ro laws of the Cortes of 1820, to enable him to hold 
certain employments. In this act, however, he resérves and 
protests against his being made at any time to bear arms against 
the King of Great Britain. 

Now it is universally known that, by the decree of the 5th of 
June 1824, all innovations, decrees and laws of that period were 
not only annulled, but that it was even made criminal to quote 
them, as appears by article 1st, of which I annex a copy. 

An act of naturalization, to be valid in Portugal, must there- 
fore be performed according to the laws previous or subsequent 
to those times, and with having done this Mr. Serjeant is not 
even charged. Thus he is before the law of Portugal, what he 
was previous to the act, a British subject. — a 

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As he has not renounced his allegiance to his lawful Sove- 
reign, I am under the necessity of confirming my former corres- 
pondence on this subject, and of repeating without further delay, 
as there can be no alternative in the case, that all I have required 
for this said Serjeant is a fair trial according to the laws of Por- 
tugal, and that the charges laid against him may be investigated 
before the British Judge Conservator, in conformity with our 
Treaties, begging leave to remark, that since my request to that 
effect, instead of being sent to Oporto, he was on the 4th of July 
lodged in the gaol of Vizen, on his way to Almeida, the prisons 
of which place he expected to reach on the gth instant. 


I have, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 74. 
Viscount de Santarem to J. R. Matthews, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Sir, Lisbon, July 4, 1829. 

I TRANSMIT to you a copy of an account of the President of 
the Algada of Oporto, in date of the 14th instant, by which it 
appears that the said magistrate ordered the process of John 
William Serjeant to be placed at the disposition of the British 
Judge Conservator, in consequence of the Carta de Privilegios, 
which has been ultimately presented to him ; thus deciding com- 
petently any doubt that might arise about his naturalization in 
the presence of the legal formalities, which were not compre- 
hended, as you erroneously thought, in the letter of the law of 
the 5th June 1824, upon the analysis of which I do not desire to 
enter into discussion with you. 


I am, &amp;c. 
Viscount de Santarem. 


(signed) 





Sub-Enclosure in N° 74. 


Report from the Algada of Oporto to the Minister of Justice at 
Lisbon.—(Translation.) 


Oporto, July 14, 1829. 

Havin, on the 23d of June last, reported upon a petition of 
John William Serjeant, found to be impleaded in the juridical 
inquiry of rebellion, taken in the city of Aveiro, and in the town 
of Figueira, and a prisoner in the gaol of Coimbra, that it ap- 
peared to me he should not be considered a British subject, so as 
to enjoy the privileges conceded by Treaties to English mer- 
chants ; and another petition of the said Serjeant being yester- 
day presented to me, with.a charter of compilation of the pri- 
vileges of the said nation, granted to him by the Dezembargador 
Conservator of the British in this court, on the 29th of May last 
and by the Chancellor on the 4th of June following; 1, upon sight 
of these, decided, ordering his process, together with the charges 
exhibited against him, to be transferred to the court of the Bri- 
tish Judge Conservator in this city, as he requested ; it appearing 
to me that, notwithstanding my report, the said transfer cannot 
be delayed, in presence of the daha of compilation of privileges 
passed to the said Serjeant, because he is proved to be a British 
subject, and is therein declared to be such. 


God preserve your Excellency. 


(signed) Victorino Jose Cerveira Botelho Do Amaral, 
President of the Algada. 





Enclosure 3 in N° 74. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 25th July 1829. 
I nave the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Excel- 


lency’s note in date of yesterday, enclosing the report of the Pre. 


sident of the Algada of Oporto of the 14th instant, that he had 
already sent the proceedings of the trial of John William Serjeant 
to the British Judge Conservator, while difficulties were being 
made at Lisbon to grant that act of justice. 








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This certainly leaves no doubt upon the nature of the legal 
formalities of the said act of naturalization, of which your Exol 
lency showed me, on the 17th instant, a copy enclosed in a on % 
munication from the Minister of Justice, an quoted in your note 
of the 18th, as a ground of objection. 

This act being performed in virtue of the decrees of the Cortes 
of 1820, and not in conformity with any other legislation, your 
Excellency will be pleased to remark that I am not mistaken jn 
taking the liberty to assert that it is removed by the repealin 
law, which is sufticiently explicit not to require that discussion 
which your Excellency states you will not condescend to ente; 
into with me. 

I have the honour, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. R. Matthews, 





N° 75. 


J. R. Matthews, Esq. to John Backhouse, Esq.—(Received 
- 17th October). 


Sir, Lisbon, 1st October 1829. 


Beceine leave to refer to my despatch of July 25, I have 
the honour to enclose herewith a copy of a note I have this day 
addressed to Viscount de Santarem, in consequence of a letter 
I received, in date of the 28th ultimo, from Mr. John Joseph 
Fragoas, acquainting me that he is still confined under ground 
at the Tower of St. Julian, without being allowed to see an 
one ; renewing my application for that justice for which I have 
been suing for months past, and which his Excellency assured 
me, so long ago as the 20th of August last, was determined to 
be granted, and that his trial was referred accordingly to the 
British Judge Conservator. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. R. Matthews, 





Enclosure in N° 75. 
J. R. Matthews, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 1st October 1829. 


On the 10th of September ultimo, I had the honour to address 
your Excellency as follows: 


“ It was on the 20th August ult. that your Excellency did me 
the honour to acquaint me that the necessary order had been 
sent to the Regidor da Caza de Supplicagao, to transmit to the 
British Judge Conservator the trial of John Joseph _Fragoas ; 
but I have in vain tried all the channels to discover why that 
order has not yet been obeyed, and why another month’s impr- 
sonment should be wilfully inflicted upon an individual, proved 
to be a British subject by the certificates I have already trans- 
mitted, and who, though born of Portuguese parents, cannot, by 
the laws of this country, be a Portuguese, as his father and 
mother left Portugal for Gibraltar without that licence by which 
alone their rights, as such, could be claimed. 

“ T therefore most earnestly renew my request, that all fur- 
ther delay to act in conformity with our treaties, be removed, 
and that Mr. Fragoas’s trial be sent to the British Judge Con- 
servator.” 


I have, moreover this day received a letter from Mr. Fragoas, 
in date of the 28th ult., acquainting me that he is still confined 
under ground at the tower of St. Julian, without being allowed 
to see any one; and he again appeals to me for that justice for 
which I have been suing for months past, and which your Ex- 
cellency informed me, so long ago as the 20th of August last, 
was determined to be granted, and that his trial was referred to 
the British Judge Conservator. ; 

It was therefore with deep regret, that in the last communi- 
cation I have now the honour to make to your Excellency, I have 
to appeal to those motives it has been so often my duty, unfor- 
tunately, to bring forward, to obtain the execution of our treaties, 
and to have here to renew my application for the fulfilment of 
what had so formally been promised to me. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
J. R. Matthews. 


(signed) 








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LIST OF PAPERS. 
Correspondence with C. A. Mackenzie, Esq., 1829—1830. 
No. 1—The Earl of Aberdeen - to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - - - - Foreign Office, 28 August 1829. 
No. 2.—Lord Dunglas - - to C, A. Mackenzie, Esq. - - - - Foreign Office, 18 November — 
No. 3.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 20 November — 
No. 4.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - ~ Lisbon, 5 December — 
No. 5.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - ° - = Lisbon, 12 December — 
No. 6.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to the Earl of Aberdeen - - - - - Lisbon, 12 June - 1830. 
No. 7.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - toLordDunglas- -~ - - -°-  . © Lisbon, 26June - — 
No. 8.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 10 July - — 
No. 9.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 24 July - — 
No. 10.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lurd Dunglas - - - . - - - Lisbon, 31 July - — 
No. 11.—The Earl of Aberdeen - to C.A. Mackenzie, Esq. - = - - Foreign Office, 3 August — 
No. 12.—Lord Dunglas - +  toC. A. Mackenzie,Esq. -~ - - - Foreign Office, 4 August — 
No. 13.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - toLordDunglas- - - = = - - - Lisbon, 7 August — 
No. 14.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - i ek ee - = Lisbon, 11 August — 
No. 15.—Lord Dunglas - - toC. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - - - - Foreign Office, 18 August -- 
No. 16.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - tothe Earlof Aberdeen - = - - « = Lisbon, 19 August — 
No. 17.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 25 August — 
No. 18.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - ° - - - Lisbon, 26 August — 
No. 19.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - . : - - Lisbor, 28 August — 
No. 20.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - Lisbon, 4 September — 
No. 21.—John Backhouse, Esq. - to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - - - - Foreign Office, 8 September — 
No. 22.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to John Backhouse, Esq. - - - - - Lisbon, 11 September — 
No. 23.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 18 September — 
No. 24.—John Backhouse, Esq. - to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - - - - Foreign Office, 22 September — 
No. 25-—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 25 September — 
No. 26.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - . - - Lisbon, 8 October — 
No. 27.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 8 October — 
No. 28.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - ” - Lisbon, 23 October — 
No. 29.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 30 October — 
No. 30.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - Lisbon, 20 November — 
No. 31.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - + - - - - - Lisbon, 25 November — 
No. 32.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Lord Dunglas - - - - - - - _ Lisbon, 1 December — 
No. 33.—Sir George Shee - - to. A. Mackenzie,Esq. - - - = Foreign Office, 7 December — 
No. 34.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to John Backhouse, Esq. - - - - - Lisbon, 11 December — 
No. 35-—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Viscount Palmerston - - - . - Lisbon, 11 December — 
No. 36.—C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. - to Sir George Shee - - - - - - Lisbon, 23 December — 
No. 37.—J. Meagher, Esq. - - to Sir George Shee - - - - - . Lisbon, 31 December — 





CORRESPONDENCE with C. A. Macxenzie, Esquire, 1829—1830. 


N° 1. 
The Earl of Aberdeen to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. 
(Extract.) Foreign Office, 28th August 1829. 


His Majesty’s Government have had reason to complain of 
the tardy and reluctant attention which, in several instances, 
has been paid to the representations of His Majesty’s Consul- 
general. They feel that the honour and dignity of His Majesty’s 
Crown would be compromised by the want of that full and effi- 
cient protection which His Majesty’s subjects are entitled to 
expect in Foreign States; and they are determined to afford 
such protection, to the utmost extent which may be authorized 
by the law of nations, or by the y mie provisions of any Treaty. 
Some forbearance may possibly have been shown by His Ma- 
jesty’s Government in consideration of the disturbed state of the 
country, and the weakness of the existing authorities ; but what- 
ever may be the disposition of His Majesty’s Government to act 
with forbearance towards that of Portugal, His Majesty cannot 
permit the persons or property of His subjects to be insulted or 
injured with impunity. 

Iam, &amp;c. 


(signed) § Aberdeen. 





N° 2, 
Lord Dunglas to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. 


(Extract.) Foreign Office, 18th November 1829. 


His Lordship has desired me to refer you to the Despatch of 
7th May to Mr. Matthews, in which was conveyed the opinion 
of His Majesty’s Government, founded upon that of the Law 
Officers of the Crown, that the attempt to levy a duty of 30 per 
cent. upon goods imported in foreign ships, is not justified by 
the Treaty of 1810, but that it is contrary to its spirit and 


meaning, as understood and hitherto acted upon by the Govern- 
ment of Portugal. 





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It does not appear that there is any thing in the Treaty from 
which it is to be inferred that the very general terms of the 
XVth Article (by which the goods and manufactures of Great 
Britain are admitted into the ports of Portugal on the payment 
of 15 per cent.) were meant to be restricted and limited in their 
application to such goods only as shall be imported in English 
vessels. And it is clear that the practice which has prevailed 
until April last, when the Portuguese government, for the first 
time, imposed a duty of 30 per cent. on British goods imported 
in foreign bottoms, tends to confirm the view thus taken by 
His Majesty’s Government. 

You will therefore, in the event of M. de Santarem’s answer 
being unfavourable, again represent to his Excellency that His 
Majesty’s Government cannot acquiesce in the continuance of 
a charge which they conceive to be at variance with the spirit 
of the existing Treaties. 


(signed) Dunglas. 





N° 3. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Dec. 3.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 20th November 1829. 


ViscounT SanTAReEM has just written to me begging that 
my visit of to day may be deferred till to-morrow evening, when 
I shall not fail to urge the fulfilment of all his previous promises, 
and state my determination to bring the a of my com- 
plaints of the negligence shown here by such repeated evasions, 
if they are not remedied, before Lord Aberdeen next week ; their 
practice here of vain promises is as absurd as their banking 
system, in support of which a capital is advanced and afterwards 
withdrawn. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 








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N° 4. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Dec. 20.) 


Lisbon, 5th December 1829. 


I RENEW (but in vain) my entreaties to bring the unfortunate 
cases of Mrs. Story and Fragoas to trial; Viscount Santarem 
has seconded me as far as is in his power, but hitherto without 
success. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c 


(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 
N° 5. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Dec. 24.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 12th December 1829. 


I REGRET to communicate to your Lordship, that the state- 
ments sent to Viscount Santarem respecting the commence- 
ment of the trials of the two British subjects Mrs. Story and 
John Joseph Fragoas, reported by me in October, were only 
made for the purpose of deceiving his Excellency, as I found 
out that our Judge Conservator was denied all access to the 
parties, and that the Minister of Justice, or some of his minions, 
were determined to resist every attempt for their release. Having 
procured every requisite proof that the reports sent to me were 
correct, I wrote a note to Viscount Santarem, and to prove to his 
Excellency the interest I took in the subject, I waited on him at 
his hotel on Wednesday, and claimed his particular attention to 
repair the gross injustice committed by the shuffling and cruel 
agents of the Department of Justice. He fully admitted my 
right to make the representation and to claim his assistance, 
promising to despatch a messenger instantly to the Duke of 
Cadaval, and likewise to state the case befure his colleagues at 
their meeting on Thursday. 

I had the satisfaction of seeing his Excellency yesterday, and 
learning that orders had been given immediately to have the 
two individuals sent to the prison of St. George, and to be there 
solely under the orders of the British Judge Conservator. 

I len the honour of transmitting to your Lordship a copy of 
my note, and hope that a copy of the order given for the trans- 
fer of the prisoners will be sent to me to day, as promised, to 
accompany this statement. 

There is no singularity in the state of this country so striking 
and lamentable to an observer as the mal-administration of 
justice: the unhappy extent to which party zeal and passion have 
been permitted or encouraged for the persecution of rich and 
poor, exceeds all belief ; no man appears more sensibly alive to 
the horrors accompanying this state of things than Viscount 
Santarem ; he assures me that he has very often risked holding 
his situation by the force of his representations; by his state- 
ment, the evil is abating; but he admits that there are now 
4,700 persons in prison, exclusive of the enormous number 
called “ Pronunciados,” or individuals with acknowledged in- 
formations hanging over them. I have had some curious details 
given to me on the number of these persecuted Portuguese ; but 
not being able to give the statement as correct, { defer entering 
into the subject at present. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) CC. A. Mackenzie. 


P. S. Saturday afternoon.—I have just received Viscount San- 
tarem’s note, informing me of the orders having been given for the 
immediate removal of the prisoners to the castle of St. George, 
and I have the honour of enclosing a copy and translation of the 


said note. 
C. A. M. 








Enclosure 1 in N° 5. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Viscount Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, gth December 1829. 


TuE undersigned has the honour to acquaint his Excellency 
Viscount Santarem, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 
that the two British subjects Mrs. Benta Adelaide Story and 
John Joseph Fragoas, so long detained in rigorous confinement 
by order of the government, have again found means to inform 
the undersigned, that all his representations in their favour, and 
all the promises made to him respecting their removal into the 
prison of the British Judge Conservator’s Court, have been 
unfounded and neglected. 

The undersigned can no longer hesitate to protest most for- 
mally, in the name of his Government, against such a violation 
of promises made to him, and such a protracted, if not inten- 
tional, refusal of the privileges secured by Treaty, and which are 
justly valued, beyond any other advantage in this country, by 
British subjects. op 

The period of three months has been allowed to expire since 
Mrs. Story was put into prison. Mr. Matthews applied fre- 


quently for her removal, as a British subject, to the proper place 
for her trial. His representations were treated with neglect. 
The undersigned has likewise performed his duty, by renewed 
demands for her privileges ; and on the goth October the under- 
signed was informed, by the perusal of a paper, that the trial 
had commenced, which circumstaance the undersigned — 
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nicated to Lord Aberdeen. It now appears, to the mortificatj 
of the “undersigned, that the unfortunate woman is stil] Be &gt; 
in the prison at Torres Vedras, and instead of being int 
she is at this moment as ignorant of the charges against her as 
at the period of her arrest. hile 
John Joseph Fragoas’s case is almost similar in respect to hi 
remaining unnoticed, after such repeated applications in his 
favour, and in the same useless communication of his trial hayj " 
been stated as commenced, without the requisite remoyal to th 
proper prison having taken place. , 
The steps taken by the British Government in the case f 
Marcos Ascoli, and the statement made in the newspaper ik 
of the 6th of December 1828, cannot and must not be forgzotte ” 
the neglect and indifference shown in the present cases are “i 
excusable, as the political circumstances of the cretmment 
were more embarrassing in the former period. 
The undersigned will, by the next packet, submit a full state 
ment of these unpleasant relations to bis Government, if he yo 
not receive before Saturday morning a proof that the function. 
aries concerned in these cases, in the Department of Justice 
having been called upon, and obliged to execute the re =. 
site orders for the immediate removal of Mrs. Story and Juha 
Joseph Fragoas to the prison of the Court of the British Judge 
Conservator. = 


The undersigned begs to offer, &amp;c. 
(signed ) 


C. A. Mackenzie. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 5. 
Viscount de Santarem to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Secretary of State’s Office for Foreign Affairs, 
December 12, 1829. 


Viscount SANTAREM has the honour to present his com- 
pliments to Mr. Mackenzie, and to acquaint him, that orders 
were yesterday issued by the Minister of Justice to the Inten- 
dant-general of Police, for the immediate removal of Benta Ade- 
laide Story and John Joseph Fragoas, British subjects, from 
the prisons in which they are confined to those of the Castle of 
St. George, in this capital, at the disposition of the Judge Con- 
servator of the British nation. 


Viscount de Santarem avails, &amp;c. 





(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 
N° 6. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to the Earl of Aberdeen.—(Received 
June 26.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 12th June 1830. 


I REGRET to inform your Lordship, that this feeble Govern- 
ment is more occupied in directing arrests and punishments for 
the distribution of the Papers from Terceira, than in anything 
else. Viscount Santarem complained that some Englishmen 
were accused of assisting the discontented party, and said that 
he would send to me a paper on the subject next week. I asked 


1 if there were no means of rousing his government to act with 


more spirit and dignity for the general welfare. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenze. 





N° 7. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received July 5.) 


( Extract.) Lisbon, 26th June 1890. 


I REGRET very much to inform your Lordship, that on Tues- 
day arrived here the English Schooner named the Ninus, taken 
as a prize by a Portuguese Brig of War, near Terceira. The 
English crew were on board, and the Captain delivered to 
me a Letter from Mr. Read, stating that the Judge of St. 
Michael’s had declared in Court that the Portuguese Officer 
was in error in taking the Ninus. Finding by the Captain’s 
protest he was conveying a cargo of salt from Figueira to New- 
foundland, and that the variable winds had led him near Ter- 
ceira, as well as that, by his ship books, he showed that his 
former voyage was in a similar track, I wrote a letter to Viscount 
Santarem stating these circumstances, and requiring his Excel- 
lency that proper precautions should be taken to examine imme- 
diately into the merits of the case, as the Portuguese officer and 
ship were responsible for the injury, delay and expenses attend- 
ing the arrest of the Ninus. I wrote to Mr. Read the same day 
to send to me, as speedily as possible, a certified copy of the 
sentence pronounced by the Judge of St. Michael’s on this case. 
Yesterday I saw Viscount Santarem, and had the satisfaction of 
learning that the Duke de Cadaval, as Minister of Marine, had 
received a full statement of the above facts ; and I hope no time 
will be lost in ordering the release of the Ninus, and the payment 
of the attendant charges. Z 

Viscount Santarem sent to me during the week two Notes, 
with Enclosures; one respecting the difficult suit of Mr. Arch- 
bold, which requires the production of some document from one 
of the Courts here, to enable me to send a satisfactory answer; 
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gend Mr. Meagher to the Intendant of Police for a passport for 
the unlucky Mr. Fragoas, who, though released from prison, was 
refused permission to return to his village and family; having 
gettled this point, he learned from the Intendant, that the inqui- 
ries made into the detail of what occurred in September at 
Figueira would not be followed up with any vengeance. Three 
Englishmen were in the enormous list of the pronunciados, but 
he expected that no harsh measures would follow. In conse- 

uence of this communication, | have not answered Viscount 
Santarem’s note, except by telling his Excellency yesterday 
that it was high time to consign to oblivion the trifling cases 
which remained of last September, that his Intendant of Police 
has given satisfactory promises on the subject, and that I hoped 
his Excellency would have more interesting matter for our dis- 
cussions. 

1 have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





N° 8. 
c. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Aug. 3.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 10th July 1830. 


Tue master of the schooner, the Ninus, having sent to me 
a copy of the judgment of the Portuguese Court at St. Michael’s, 
declaring the vessel not to be a good prize, I take the liberty of 
enclosing a copy to your Lordship; and I communicated the 
original to Viscount de Santarem yesterday, and was assured by 
bis Excellency that a Special Court was sitting for the purpose 
of investigating the details of this transaction. 

I lament to inform your Lordship, that accounts have been 
received here of two additional English vessels having been taken 
by the blockading squadron off Terceira. I mentioned the report 
to Viscount de Santarem, but must wait for more authentic 
information before I can take any measures about them. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





Enclosure in N° 8.—(Translation.) 


Copy of the Judgment of the Portuguese Court at St. Michael’s, 
in the Case of the Schooner Ninus. 


Ponte Delgada, 29th May 1830. 


ExAMINING the proceedings in the process of the British 
schooner called the Ninus, William Gibbs, master, captured by 
the commander of the brig 22d February, on the 16th of the 
present month of May, it is shown by them that said schooner 
sailed from Figueira with a passport and clearances for New- 
foundland, with a cargo of 62 moyos of salt, as is stated in the 
biil of lading, page 11. And though she was met in the seas of 
the Azores, at the distance of 11 miles from Terceira, as it ap- 
pears by the report of the captor, page 3, nevertheless, from the 
interrogatories put to the master, it is seen he had made the 
south of said island, in order to pass afterwards between those 
of St. George and Gracioza in prosecution of his voyage, he 
declaring that his intention was not that of going into the said 
island of Terceira, a declaration which is not sufficiently refuted 
by the soldiers and sailors of the crew, as per examination, page 
16; and in truth there not appearing any intention of a breach 
of blockade, which is indispensable to constitute her a good 
prize (the proof of the distance from the land not being a suffi- 
cient one), under these circumstances, and for want of other 
—= I do not judge the said schooner Ninus a good prize ; 

ut, in conformity to the law, I appeal to the High Court of the 
Admiralty, and order this decision to be published in my office. 


(signed) Joao Soares de Souza Canto Albuquerque. 
Joao Rodriguez Pavia, Assessor. 





N° 9. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—( Received Aug. 6.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 24th July 1830. 
THe government here have taken the hardy step of sending 
the case of the schooner Ninus into the Admiralty Court for 
trial, without offering one single reason for the justification of 
such a cruel measure, in opposition to the sentence given by the 
Judge at St. Michael’s, and to the lively feelings of regret ex- 
pon by Viscount de Santarem and the Duke de Cadaval. 
have the honour to enclose a Copy and Translation of the 
Notice sent to me of the above measure; the captain and crew 
of the Ninus are thrown adrift, and her cargo of salt entirely 
tuned. I lament to witness such severe measures; any further 
Tfemonstrances on my part would be out of rule, and entirely 
fruitless. 
I regret likewise to communicate to your Lordship, that the 
ay before yesterday, six Maltese money-changers were violently 
arrested by a municipal magistrate, for having their small shops 
penona Parish feast-day. I immediately applied at the Head 
olice, and to Viscount de Santarem, for their liberation, which 
was effected the same evening; but the six individuals were 


obliged to pay a fine of ten milreis each, besides five moidores 
as gaol fees. 








! am to see the parties to-day, and to inquire into the legality 
and foundation of these exactions, which appear enormous, as 
the neighbouring shopkeepers were not sithilarly treated” 

The above recital is sufficient to make my letter unwelcome ; 
but I have the distressing news to add of five, British vessels 
having been lately taken off Terceira, as your Lordship will per- 
ceive by the accompanying notice from the Vice-consul at 
Belem. Such continued injuries to our commerce must prove 
highly distressing to His Majesty’s Government; and I have 
unfortunately had to report more captures of British vessels dur- 
ing my stay at Lisbon than I had to do when employed on the 
French coast for an equal time during the late war. Viscount 
Santarem declined seeing me yesterday; and I must wait with 
anxiety till these vessels arrive here, to enable me to point out. to 
his Excellency that such results from the blockade of Terceira 
will claim the most serious attention and investigation on the 
part of my Government. 

I have the honour, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





Enclosure 1 in N° g. 


The Viscount de Santarem to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. 


Secretary of State’s Office 
for Foreign Affairs, 20th July 1830. 


In addition to what Viscount Santarem stated to Mr. C. A. 
Mackenzie on the 6th instant, respecting the ship Ninus, he has 
the honour to inform him that the Minister of Marine has an- 
swered Viscount Santarem on the 16th, that that ship must 
be adjudged in a court of justice, according to the form of the 
respective law and the Law of Nations, and to be afterwards 
disposed of as the sentence may direct. 

Viscount de Santarem renews, &amp;c. 





Enclosure 2 in N® g. 
Notice from the Vice-consul at Belem. 


Tue Diana Portuguese frigate would sail from St. Michael’s 
for Lisbon on the 12th July, with five British vessels, prizes to 
the Portuguese ships of war off Terceira. 





N° 10. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Aug. 13.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 31st July 1830. 


I YESTERDAY waited on Viscount Santarem, and found his 
Excellency very much disposed to regret and apologize for the 
ugly circumstance it was my duty to report to your Lordship 
last week. 

The Intendant of Police has been directed to furnish me with 
a report of the conduct of the inferior magistrate who ordered 
the arrest of the six Maltese; this petty tyrant has, I am in- 
formed, almost unlimited authority in his district, and is named 
the Little Miguel. As he treated the Maltese so harshly, and 
without reference to the superior magistrates, he is called on to 
repay the whole of the fine imposed on his prisoners. Viscount 
de Santarem expects that the business will be settled to-day. 

The charges against the four English subjects at Figueira pro- 
ceed slowly, but I am promised the most satisfactory result. 

Mr. Crispin wrote to me some posts ago, when I communi- 
cated to him the substance of the orders given here respecting 
the limited number of Portuguese officers to be placed on board 
the British vessels, that he was much annoyed by the Custom- 
house and contractors sending any number they pleased, and 
that our Judge Conservator there showed great indifference 
when complaints were submitted to him. I requested Mr. Cris- 
pin to address himself to the authorities by letter on the subject, 
and if not successful, to despatch — of their answers to me. 
I yesterday showed these papers to Viscount Santarem, having 
previously requested of his Excellency that copies of the orders 
issued here by the Minister of Finance might be forwarded to 
the corresponding offices at Oporto. His Excellency assured 
me that every one of his colleagues were determined to support 
the British privileges in every part of the kingdom: that orders 
had been sent to this effect to Oporto, and his Excellency agreed 
with me, that as the British Judge Conservator was likewise the 
Agent and Judge of the contractors at Oporto, which accounts 
for his partiality and indifference to our complaints, that it 
would be advisable to dismiss the said Judge, and call on the 
merchants to elect another person. I have written to Mr. Cris- 
pin to this effect, in order that a previous warning may be given 
to this personage ; but I shall not proceed any further respecting 
him until your Lordship authorizes me to do so. 

The vessels stated to have sailed from St. Michael’s have not 
yet arrived here. Viscount Santarem professes to feel the 
greatest indignation at the conduct of the officers off Terceira, 
and assures me that he has given his sentiments without reserve 
to his colleagues on the expected calls for indemnity from the 
British, Spanish and American Governments. 

1 have the honour, &amp;c. 
(signed) | C. A. Mackenzie. 


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N° 11. 
The Earl of Aberdeen to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. 
Sin,. Foreign Office, 3d August 1830. 


I ENcLosz for your information various documents connected 
with the detention and capture of .four British vessels by the 
Portuguese blockading squadron off Terceira. The capture of 
these vessels appears to be in the highest degree irregular and 
unjustifiable, and therefore demands the prompt interference of 
His Majesty’s Government. 

The operations of the Portuguese naval force have been car- 
ried on in such a manner as scarcely to constitute an efficient 
blockade. It is notorious that many vessels from London have 
reached Terceira, delivered their cargoes, and returned in safety. 
So little apprehension has been excited by the vigilance of the 
Portuguese cruizers that the same vessels have successfully re- 

eated their enterprize. 

Nevertheless the blockade has been respected by His Majes- 
ty’s Government, and when captures have been made the sen- 
tence of condemnation by the competent tribunals has been ac- 
quiesced in, whenever an intended violation of the blockade could 


fairly be presumed. Some disposition to abuse the spirit of equity | 


and forbearance displayed by the British Government has been 
observable on more than one occasion ; but for the capture of the 
vessels to which I have now referred there appears to have been 
no plausible pretext whatever. It can only be accounted for by 
the entire ignorance of his duty on the part of the officer com- 
manding, or it must be considered as a wanton violation of the 
rights of neutrals, and a gross insult offered to the Government 
of Great Britain. From whatever cause the outrage may have 
arisen, it is quite incompatible with the honour and dignity of 
His Majesty that it should be tolerated. 

In the event of the vessels in question having arrived at Lis- 
bon for final adjudication, which may probably be the case, you 
will carefully inquire into the particulars attendiug the capture of 
each, her real character and destination, and unless any new 
circumstances should come to your knowledge which may lead 
you to doubt the propriety of the resolution with respect to all of 
them, you will demand from M. de Santarem their immediate 
restitution, as well as compensation for the losses and injury 
which they may have sustained. You will further demand the 
dismissal of the officer commanding the Portuguese frigate 
Diana, as a just punishment for his cruel and unmanly treatment 
of the individuals on board the St. Helena packet, and the auda- 
city with which he has thought proper to regard officers and in- 
valided seamen in His Majesty’s service as pirates. 

Unless you should receive an official assurance from M. de 
Santarem in the course of three days that these demands will be 
complied with by the Portuguese government, you will send 
back the frigate by which this despatch will be conveyed to 
Lisbon, aud you will inform His Majesty’s Government of the 
result. You will make known to M. de Santarem that the im- 
mediate consequence of the refusal of the Portuguese govern- 
ment to do justice to these representations must be that an ade- 
quate force should be directed to the Azores, there to obtain re- 
dress for injuries already committed, and effectually to prevent 
their recurrence. 

(signed) Aberdeen. 


Enclosure 1 in N° 11. 


Mr. Consul-general Read to John Backhouse, Esq.—(Received 
July 31.) 


Consul-general’s Office for the Azores, 
Sir, St. Michael’s, 7th July 1830. 

Since my last Despatch of the 18th ultimo, reporting the case 
of the schooner Ninus, and other vessels captured by the block- 
ading squadron off Terceira, 1 have to acquaint you, for the in- 
formation of His Majesty’s Secretary of State, of the illegal cap- 
ture of two other British vessels now under arrest in this port. 

The brig Amelia, Peter Whitty, master, from Sierra Leone, 
bound to Gusriisey with a cargo of teak timber, was brought in 
here on the 22d ultimo, although the master was steering his 
direct course for England, and was not less than 1§ miles distant 
from Terceira when captured. The whole of the crew, excepting 
the master and one seaman, are detained on board the Diana off 
Terceira, The vessel is now leaky at this port, and I fear will 
prove a total loss. 

The next day, the 23d ultimo, arrived the brig Velocity, Sa- 
muel Brooks, master, from Lima ard Valparaiso, bound to Lon- 
don with a valuable cargo of seal skins, hides, cotton, Peruvian 
bark, specie in dollars, gold dust, doubloons, bars of gold and 
silyer, all consigned to oc mercantile houses in London. 
The master having been absent 20 months from England, knew 
nothing of the blockade, and was captured when steering due 
east, distant 14 to 15 miles to the southward of Terceira. 
The mail bags from South America are on board, and contain no 
doubt valuable remittances by bills from the respective shippers ; 

et notwithstanding the nature of the cargo, and the bills of 
ading and other documents clearly prove the vessel’s destina- 
tion, she has been detained on suspicion of being destined for 
Terceira, and will be sent on to Lisbon in a few days. 

I have made every effort to arrest this valuable cargo from the 


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grasp of the captors, and the Judge appointed to decide in th 
tribunal of “ Primeira Instancia” has given a sentence that 
the vessel is unjustly detained ; that she obeyed prom tly th 
orders of the frigate to bring to, when fired at, and the: = 
cargo is evidently destined for London, and not for the islend 
Terceira ; yet, notwithstanding this opinion of the J udge, an q 
peal is lodged to the Admiralty Court of Lisbon, and the wre 
and cargo must'go there to undergo a second trial; and if even 
the Admiralty Court ‘should confirm the sentence of the Jud 
here and order the vessel to be liberated, great loss will occur oy 
the hides and seal skins, which will perish from the long dela 
on board, independent of the disappointment to the merchants 
who will be kept out of the receipt of their specie and other pro- 
perty for such a period of time as it will take to decide the case 

I most respectfully beg leave to suggest the propriety of hay 
ing two English cruizers stationed, one off the west end of St 
Michael’s, the other to cruize off Fayal and St. George’s, to warn 
all English vessels passing not to approach within 50 miles of 
the island Terceira, which will prevent our trade from being ob- 
structed in this manner while the blockade lasts. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;e. 
(signed) W. Harding Read, 
Consul-general, 





Enclosure 2 in N° 11. 


Mr. Consul-general Harding Read to John Backhouse, Esq. 
(Received July 31.) 


Consul-general’s Office for the Azores, 
Sir, St. Michael’s, gth July 1830. 


In my Despatch of the 7th inst. I narrated the illegal capture 
of the British vessels therein referred to, and my apprehensions 
of further insults to our flag have been confirmed. 

Yesterday the Diana frigate returned from the blockade for 
water and provisions, bringing with her the Hon. East India 
Company’s packet the St. Helena under arrest. Lieutenant 
Warren, the acting commander, was a prisoner on board the 
Diana, and not being allowed to see him, Foam him a letter on 
His Majesty’s service, offering him my assistance ; but the letter 
was refused by the commanding officer on board the Diana, and 
sent back to me unopened, with an insulting message. Being 
thus deprived of intercourse with my countrymen, contrary to 
established treaties, I waited on his Excellency the Captain- 
general, and obtained an order to be admitted on board the Diana 
to see Lieutenant Warren, and permission to bring the invalid 
officers on shore from the St. Helena. Lieutenant Warren in- 
forms me that he was put in acting’commander of the St. Helena 
at Sierra Leone, in consequence of the murder of her former com- 
mander, Lieutenant Harrison, and the major part of her crew, by 
a pirate on the coast of Africa, and was ordered by the captain 
of His Majesty’s ship Athol to take the packet home to England, 
and deliver her up to the Hon. the East India Company, re- 
ceiving on board a number of officers invalided, and some sea- 
men, late belonging to the men-of-war of the squadron on that 
station. 

On his voyage home, passing between these islands, he met 
with the Diana frigate, who fired at them, brought them to, 
treating them with every indignity, calling them pirates, takin 
from the officers their swords and pistols, and putting them all 
under arrest, on suspicion that they were bound to Terceira, 
which Lieutenant Warren solemnly declares he had not the 
smallest intention of going to. The sick seamen were sent on 
board the frigate, from under care of Mr. Neill, late surgeon of 
the Primrose, and are still detained there under a scanty allow- 
ance of provisions, for the allowance given to the crews of Por- 
tuguese men-of-war bears no comparison to that given in the 
English navy. I have requested that all the British subjects m- 
prisoned on board the Diana may be given up to me, or else 
allowed to return to their respective ships, to assist in navigating 
them to Lisbon, whither they are all to be sent under convoy of 
the frigate. I have also demanded ail the letters on His Majes- 
ty’s service sent from Sierra Leone, in order to forward them by 
the ship Eddystone, bound to England, which vessel I have de- 
tained 24 hours expressly to take home these despatches. 

I perceive by the countenance of the Captain-general that he 
is sensible the Commodore has brought himself into a serious 
dilemma by capturing all these vessels so unjustly, but they will 
attempt to cover their arbitrary proceedings under plea of the 
orders they have from Dom Miguel to enforce a rigorous block- 
ade. I must, however, observe, as an old and experienced offi- 
cer in blockades, of Toulon, Brest, Cadiz, Havre de Grace, and 
other ports, that I never saw the rights of blockade extended in 
the manner, nor exercised with such rigour, as is done by the 
petty squadron off Terceira; and I am persuaded that my Lord 
Aberdeen will do me the justice that I am influenced by no party 
motive; and in reporting the cases that have come under my 
cognizance, I have restrained the impulse of my feelings as - 
Englishmen, and have rather palliated than exaggerated the 
conduct of the Portuguese towards British subjer and ri 
perty. I really believe that the officers of the b ockadle wont 
act more moderately if they were allowed, but there appears 
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the rights of foreign nations are trampled on in consequence of 
their gross ignorance. ¢ 
. I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) W. Harding Read. 


&gt; P:S-10th July. ‘The Margaret, of Liverpool, from Rio Ja- 
peiro, bound to Hamburgh with sugar and hides, is just anchor- 
ed, eaptuted by the Portuguese brig of war 22d February, dis- 
tant 16 miles from Terceira, when passing by the island, steering 
her direct course for the Channel. 





Enclosure 3 in No, 11. 
John Barrow, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received August 1.) 


My Lord, Admiralty Office, 31st July 1830. 

I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admi- 
ralty to request you will lay before the Earl of Aberdeen the ac- 
companying letter and its enclosure from the Master of Lloyd’s 
coffee-house, respecting the detention of four British vessels by 
the Portuguese squadron blockading Terceira, and with reference 
to my letter of this date, I am to request you will move the Earl 
of Aberdeen to take this whole case into his early consideration. 


I am, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. Barrow. 





Sub-Enclosure in No. 11. 
The Chairman of Lloyd’s to the Earl of Aberdeen. 


My Lord, Lloyd’s, gist July 1830. 
I am requested by the committee for managing the affairs of 
Lloyd’s to send to your Lordship the enclosed extract of intelli- 
ence received this day from St. Michael’s of the capture of four 
ritish vessels by the Portuguese squadron blockading Terceira. 
These ships heing homeward bound, and in the regular prosecu- 
tion of their voyage, the committee consider that there can be 
no just pretext for such proceedings on the part of the Portu- 
guese commodore ; and as the vessels and their cargoes are in- 
sured here to a considerable amount, at the regular premium, for 
the underwriters could not contemplate the risk of capture of 
homeward-bound ships by a squadron blockading Terceira, the 
committee are induced to hope that your Lordship will be 
pleased to make a represeutation to the Portuguese government 
for their immediate release, and compensation for their deten- 
tion, and also that measures may be taken to prevent such serious 
interruption to British commerce in future. 


I have the honour to be, Ke. 
(signed) W. Thompson, Chairman. 





Sub-Enclosure B. in N° 11. 


THE Velocity, Brooks, from Lima and Valparaiso to London, 
with a valuable cargo, and a large quantity of dollars, gold dust, 
and silver in bars, estimated together at near 100,000/., was 
taken by the Diana Portuguese frigate, five leagues to the south- 
ward of Terceira, and carried into St. Michael’s 23d June: 

The Amelia, Whitty, master, from Sierra Leone to Guernsey, 
with a cargo of timber, was taken 21st June, 15 miles from Ter- 
ceira, by the Diana frigate, and carried into St. Michael’s : 

The East India Company’s packet St. Helena, Lieutenant 
Warren, from St. Helena and Sierra Leone to England, with in- 
valided British officers and seamen, was sent into St. Michael’s 
gth July: and 

The Margaret, of Liverpool, Watson, master, from Rio Janeiro 
to Hambro’, was taken, 16 miles from Terceira, by the brig of 
war, and carried into St. Michael’s 10th July, and they were to 


sail immediately under convoy of the Diana frigate to Lisbon for 
adjudication. 





Enclosure 4 in N° 11. 
Messrs. Dowson to John Backhouse, Esq.—(Received July 31.) 


Sir, London, gist July 1831. 
Accompanyine this I beg to hand you a copy of a letter re- 
ceived this day from Captain Brooks of the Velocity, also of his 
protest, which explains the very undue influence exercised by 
€ captain of the Portuguese frigate in capturing that vessel 
and sending her to Lisbon. 
The anxiety produced by this capture allows me to hope that 
you will immediately lay the circumstances before His Majesty’s 
vernment. 
I am &amp;e. 
(signed) W. D. Dowson. 


Pa S.—The passengers have arrived, and are desirous of 
affording every information. 


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Sub-Enclosure C. in N° 11. 
Samuel Brooks to°W. D. Dowson? Béq’ 2"! 
Sir, - St. Michael’s, 8th July 10. 


THE enclosed is a copy of the protest'of the unfortunate busi- 
ness of the Velocity, which will point out: to you the particulars 
of our situation. 1901 ugus 

Since our arrival here, all our papers have been translated; 
and the court declared there was no just cause for detention, 
but that we must proceed to Lisbon for adjudication for a pre- 
tended breach of blockade ; this I trust you will make as public 
as possible, it being as great an act of piracy as can be commit- 
ted on the high seas. There are four other vessels in the same 
situation. Sure the Admiralty will not allow our commerce and 
flag to be thus insulted. 

Their object is to obtain forcible possession of the specie and 
other cargo, hides, cotton, bark and seal skins, which will be all 
spoiled, my ship getting great inj ury, from the inattention of the 
Portuguese crew: they have already committed plunder, and 
God knows what will become of the ship and cargo. 

My crew are still prisoners on board the Diana frigate, and 
I am to proceed to Lisbon in the Brig, with my servant only. 
The Eddystone, Captain Harrison, sails in a day or two, and my 
passengers, Mr. and Mrs. Shields, and Master Robins, go home 
in her. I beg your assistance on this occasion, and 


Remain, &amp;c. 
(signed) | Samuel Brooks. 





Sub-Enclosure D. in N° 11. 


Consul-General’s Office for the Azore Islands. 


On the date hereof, before me, the undersigned Consul-Gene- 
ral of His Britannic Majesty for the Azore Islands, personally 
appeared ‘Mr. Samuel Brooks, master, William Butler, steward, 
of the British brig, called the Velocity, of 151 tons, register 
measurement, belonging to the port of London, also Mr. John 
Shields, passenger on board the said brig, whom being duly 
sworn on the Holy Evangelists, demanded to enter this their 
solemn Protest against the parties hereinafter named, for the 
unlawful capture, seizure and detention of the said brig Ve- 
locity, with her valuable cargo, on her homeward-bound pas- 
sage to London, as hereinafter more fully detailed and set forth, 
viz. 

These appearants declare upon oath, that the said brig Velo- 
city received on board part of her cargo at Payta, in Peru, and 
the remaining part at the port of Valparaiso, consisting of 
hides, seal skins, cotton, bark, dollars, bullion, gold-dust and 
other articles, all destined for the port of London, as will more 
fully appear by the respective bills of lading, signed by the 
master, one of these appearants; and the said brig Velocity 
being loaded as aforesaid, sailed from the port of Valparaiso on 
the 19th day of March last past, and nothing material occurred 
during the voyage homewards until the 22d instant, when 
they made the Island of Pico, one of the Azores, and sub- 
sequently the Island of St. George; at this time the wind being 
W.N. W., the vessel was steering E. N. E. with all sail set, 
top-mast and lower studding-sails, when observing another 
island a-head, they altered the vessel’s course to east, to steer 
clear of it, intending to pass the land then a-head, and after- 
wards to alter their course to E. N. E., and while thus proceed- 
ing on their lawful navigation on the high seas, they were fired 
at by a Portuguese frigate, who obliged the brig Velocity to 
haul in her studding-sails, and heave to, which they did, being 
at that time about 14 or 15 miles from the Island of Terceira, 
and the master was ordered on board the said frigate, when he 
was detained by the commander, all his papers taken from him, 
and an officer with a detachment of soldiers and mariners sent 
on board the said brig Velocity, and took forcible possession of 
her, and sent all the brig’s crew on board the frigate, — 
the master and the steward, leaving only Mr. John Shields an 
his wife, with a young child named Robins, and Pedro, a Peru- 
vian, his servant, also passengers; and the said brig Velocity 
was ordered by the commander of the frigate to proceed to this 
island of St. Michael, under the pretext that she was destined 
with her cargo for the island of Terceira, under blockade by the 
Portuguese frigate, which these appearants have since learned 
was called the Diana, and in despite of all the protestations of 
these appearants that the vessel was, bond fide, bound to Lon- 
don, which the papers clearly prove, and that they had not the 
smallest intention of going to Terceira, and were merely passing 
by, at the distance above stated, and had nota cable bent, nor 
any other indications for going there ; that they knew nothing of 
any blockade of the island, and were pursuing their course across 
the Atlantic on their direct way to England : nothing has availed 
them: they were brought to St. Michael’s, where they arrived 
on the evening on the 23d instant, and are still forcibly detained 
by the Portuguese, the crew still absent on board the frigate off 
Terceira ; and these appearants are informed that the vessel will 
be sent to Lisbon for adjudication by the Admiralty Court, for 
a pretended breach of blockade : it being clear that the object 
of the Portuguese is to get forcible possession of the specie and 
other cargo on board the brig, without regard to the Law of 
Nations thus violated, and which has been several times com- 
mitted by the Portuguese squadron on other neutral vessels 

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taken by them, and now laying in this roadstead, viz. Spanish 
and American, seized under equally frivolous pretexts. , 

And because of the illegal detention of the said brig Velocity, 
and ofher cargo, as herein set forth, these appearants do hereby 
solemnly protest against the commander of the said Portuguese 
frigate, and all other parties acting under him, as well as against 
the Portuguese government, for all loss, damage, detriment, em- 
bezzlement of the cargo, and all other prejudice that may arise 
to the cargo, from the skins being heated, and spoiled by reason 
of the unjust detention of the vessel, and for demurrage of the 
ship at this port, or wheresoever else she may be ordered, until 
finally liberated, in order that the same“may be borne and paid, 
and made good by those to whom of right it shall belong to pay 
and make good the same, in time and place suitable, unto the 
owners of the vessel and cargo, and all other persons in anywise 
interested in the same. 

Thus done and protested, these appearants have hereunto set 
their hands with me, the undersigned Consul-General at the city 
of Ponta del Gada, in the island of St. Michael, this 24th day 
of June 1830. 

And unto the same I have affixed the seal of this General 
Consulate. 

Samuel Brooks. 
William Butler. 
John Shields. 


W. Harding Read, Consul-General. 


(signed) 


(counter-signed) 


Consul-General’s Office for the Azore Islands. 


I do hereby certify and attest that the foregoing is a true and 
faithful copy of the original instrument of protest made at this 
office, which original remains in the archives of this General 
Consulate. 

_ Given under my hand and seal of this General Consulate, at 
the city of Ponta del Gada, island of St. Michael, this 25th day 
of June 1830. 


(signed) W. Harding Read, Consul-General. 





Enclosure 5 in N’ 11. 


Chairman of the East India Company to the Earl of Aberdeen. 
(Received August 2.) 


My Lord, East India House, 2d August 1830. 


In the absence of the Chairman of the East India Company, 
I have the honour to forward for your Lordship’s information 
copy of a letter received this morning from the Consul-General 
for the Azores, dated at St. Michael’s, the gth ultimo, together 
with copy ofa letter, and its enclosures, from Lieutenant Warren, 
of His Majesty’s Service, detailing the extraordinary proceedings 
connected with the capture, off Terceira, of the Company’s 
schooner St. Helena, by the Portuguese frigate Diana. 

I have caused copies of these documents to be likewise trans- 
mitted for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the 
Admiralty. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) Robert Campbell. 





Sub-Enclosure E. in N° 11. 


Consul-General’s Office for the Azore Islands, 
St. Michael’s, gth July 1830. 


Honourable Gentlemen, 


Tue Portuguese frigate Diana returned to this island yester- 
day from the blockade of Terceira, bringing with her a schooner 
under jury masts, which I soon learnt to be the St. Helena 
packet, belonging to your Honourable Company, detained under 
suspicion of being a pirate. Not being allowed to go on board, 
I wrote a letter to the commander, whom I understood was a pri- 
soner on board the frigate, offering him my services, and re- 
questing him to give me every information relative to the un- 
warrantable capture of his vessel, that I might take steps to pro- 
cure his release. 

My letter was not allowed delivery to the commander, but 
was sent back with an insulting message, on which I demanded 
satisfaction from his Excellency the Captain-General, and ob- 
tained from him an order to the Portuguese Commodore to 
communicate personally with Lieutenant Warren. On going on 
board, he informed me, that having been appointed acting com- 
mander of the packet by order of Captain Gordon, of His Ma- 
jesty’s Ship Athol, at Sierra Leone, in consequence of the mur- 
der of her former commander, Harrison, and the major part of 
her crew, by pirates, on the coast of Africa, he was proceeding 
home to England with despatches, having on board a number 
of invalid officers and seamen, when passing by the island of 
Terceira, on the 6th instant, he was fired at by a Portuguese 
brig of war, and shortly afterwards boarded by a boat from the 
Diana frigate, with a number of armed soldiers and seamen, who 
demanded to see the vessel’s papers and his commission, on which 
he produced the written order from Captain Gordon, which was 
not considered satisfactory ; on this, the ship’s register, Medi- 
terranean pass, log-book, and the mail-bags for England, were 
pronase and forcibly taken away on board the frigate, and 

ieutenant Warren, with Mr. Neill, surgeon, were sent on board, 


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after taking from them their pistols and side arms. Lieutenant 
Warren, on arriving on the quarter deck of the Diana, was jp, 
sulted with the epithets of “ pirata, filho de puta,” and other 
opprobrious words, and was treated in every respect like a lies 
I have remonstrated warmly with the Captain-General and the 
Commodore on this infraction of the Law of Nations, and hainali 
treatment of British officers and seamen; but the only satisfac, 
tion I can obtain is permission for them to land here under 
parole, until sent to Lisbon to be tried in the Admiralty Court 
there on suspicion of piracy. The vessel being armed with fou, 
carriage guns, 12-pounders, with a number of small arms and 
boarding pikes, is adduced in proof of her being a pirate, ang 
that the commander has no commission from the English Go. 
vernment, nor the uniform of a British officer, and that the Admi- 
ralty pass is dated so far back as 1822, and was granted for one 
voyage only ; and further, that the packet was formerly a priva- 
teer, and had captured several Brazil vessels, which was knowy 
to be fact by several of the crew of the Diana, who had seen her 
at Rio Janeiro. 

To all this I replied, that vessels belonging to the Honourable 
Company were always licensed to carry arms for their defence 
against pirates; that the number of musquets and boarding 
pikes were not more than is usual for a vessel of her class to 
carry; that the commander had produced his written order from 
ae Gordon, appointing him to take charge of the packet 
and carry her home, and that his having no naval uniform Was 
to be accounted for, that being on half-pay, it was not custom. 
ary for naval officers to wear their uniform, except when serving 
on board in King’s ships, and that his commission was left in 
England ; and further, that the packet having been absent from 
England, employed on the St. Helena station ever since 1829, 
the Admiralty pass did not require renewal; that the vessel’s 
register clearly showed her to be British built, that she never 
was employed as a privateer, and that the assertions of the Por- 
tuguese seamen were false. I further offered to give bond in 
the name of your Honourable Company, to any amount they 
might require, for her release; and that I would get documents 
from the British Government to prove, to the satisfaction of the 
Portuguese government, that the vessel is bond fide the pro- 
perty of your Honourable Company, and not a pirate, as al- 
leged by them. But it is all in vain; the Captain-General re- 
fused to see Surgeon Neill, and Mr. Cleveland, master of the 
Plumper, who waited on his Excellency in their naval uniform; 
he tells me to be prepared for Monday next to undergo the 
interrogations before a magistrate, prior to the packet being 
sent on to Lisbon, whither she is to be sent under convoy of the 
frigate, together with two English brigs, and an American 
schooner, all laying here under detention, with valuable cargoes, 
on suspicion of being destined for Terceira. I understand that 
the Diana chased a large East Indiaman some days ago off 
Terceira, but hauled off from her on finding she was well armed; 
and, I have no doubt, if they fall in with any of your Honour- 
able Company’s ships, homeward bound, that they will capture 
them if they can. 

There being no agent for the Honourable Company at the 
Azores, specially appointed, they may dispute my authority as 
Consul-General, and agent for Lloyd’s and Liverpool, to act in 
any case of emergency ; if, therefore, your Board should think 
proper to appoint one, I tender my services gratuitously, and 
shall feel great pleasure in attending to the interests of the 
Honourable Company ; and I refer to the Secretary at Lloyd's, 
and to my agent in London, Robert Kite, Esq. 26, Bucklers- 
bury, for any information your Honourable Board may desire; 
and shall merely state, that I have served His Majesty 48 years, 
viz. 21 years in the Royal Navy, and 27 years in the Consular 
Department, and must be presumed well versed in nautical and 
commercial affairs. 

Lieutenant Warren will enclose your Honourable Board a 
copy of his log-book. Of his capture he has noted his protest 
in my office, but there has not been time allowed us to extend 
it, as this must go by the bark Eddystone, which I have laden 
with teak timber, saved from the Isabella, wrecked here last 
February, and I have delayed this vessel 24 hours expressly to 
write by her. 

I demanded the mail-bags from the Captain-General taken 
from Captain Warren, but he will not deliver them up, saying 
they must all go to Lisbon to be produced with the ship's 
papers in the Admiralty Court. I have warned his Excellency 
of the consequences that will result from these proceedings, and 
I have written to the Foreign Office, for the information of the 
Earl of Aberdeen, on all these unjustifiable captures. 

On the packet’s departure for Lisbon, I shall write to Mr. 
Consul-General Mackenzie, and press his active interference on 
behalf of these captured vessels. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) W. Harding Reed, 
Consul-Gen. and Agent. 





Sub-Enclosure F. in N° 11. 


Honourable Sir, St. Michael’s, 10th July 1810. 


I BEG leave to state that the Honourable Company’s schooner, 
St. Helena, was brought into Sierra Leone by the —— 
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St. Helena; that the persons murdered were, Captain Harrison, 
Dr. Waddell, Mr. Potter, and 10 of her crew; and that Cap- 
tain Gordon gave me a written order to refit the said schooner, 
and proceed with despatches, and the invalided officers and crew 
of the African squadron, to England. On the 6th of July after, 
having made the island of Terceira, the body of the Island bear- 
ing N. W. distant six leagues, I was fired at by a brig of war, 
who showed no colours, and almost immediately after boarded 
by an armed boat belonging to the Diana, Portuguese frigate, 
which was a-head of us, Standing towards us. I did every thing 
in my power to satisfy the officers boarding that we were pur- 
suing our course towards England, and showed them Captain 
Gatanié order to me to that effect, but without producing any 
conviction; and after having been treated with every indignity 
and insult, 1 was hurried on board the frigate, together with the 
carpenter of the Athol, boatswain of the Primrose, and the in- 
valided seamen and marines of His Majesty’s squadron at Sierra 
Leone. The surgeon of the Primrose was ordered to deliver his 
sword up at the head of a party of marines, and my pistols were 
taken from me, and carried on board the frigate. 1 made a par- 
ticular detail of the whole transaction to the British Consul- 
general at this place, who has acted with the greatest prompti- 
tude in procuring my release, and permission for the officers to 

oon shore. He has remonstrated with the commandant of the 
Cate, and protested against his unlawful conduct to the 
Captain-General, without, however, producing any effect. A full 
detail will be made to the Honourable Court of Directors, by the 
Consul-general, relative to this transaction. 


Herewith I enclose you a copy of the schooner’s log-book, and 


Remain, &amp;c. 
(signed) W. S. Warren. 





Sub-Enclosure G. in N° 11. 


Extract of the Log-book of the Honourable Company’s Schooner, 
St. Helena, from Tuesday, 6th July, and following days. 


AT day-light, steering E. N.E. the centre of the island of 
Terceira bearing N.N.W. 3? W. distant 16 miles, observed 
aship and brig on the lee bow, their lower yards below the hori- 
zon; bore away to close. At seven the brig fired a shot towards 
the schooner, without showing any colours; hoisted the English 
red ensign at the peak ; the brig fired another shot when on the 
beam, distant six miles, but observing a boat shove off from the 
ship, (a large frigate), kept the same course; at this period the 
strange sails hoisted the pendant and flag of the Portuguese 
nation ; at nine boarded by an armed boat; the officer demanded 
the ship’s papers ; the captain showed his appointment from the 
commandant of the naval squadron at Sierra Leone, which not 
proving satisfactory, he, with Surgeon Neill, (in charge of the 
invalids of the squadron on the coast of Africa), was taken on 
board the frigate ; in a short time they returned with the cap- 
tain of the frigate. After a strict examination of the ship’s 
papers, logs, despatches, some official letters, and other docu- 
ments, there was a muster of the invalids, whose invalid tickets 
were also strictly examined ; after which the holds, and other 
parts of the vessel, were visited by the captain of the frigate and 
other officers. The boat then returned to the frigate, taking, in 
addition to the captain and surgeon, the invalided master of the 
Plumper brig of war; in half an hour the boat returned to the 
schooner with the above officers and a prizemaster, the latter taking 

session of her in the name of Dom Miguel ; shortly, another 

tarrived with 12 armed marines, who were followed by their 
officer and a party of seamen. The crew and invalids were 
ordered on board the frigate, although Surgeon Neill publicly 
protested against the sick leaving the vessel, their cases demand- 
ing particular care, and one man being actually under surgical 
operation. A search was then made for arms and ammunition, 
lof which they took under special charge. Surgeon Neill’s 
sword was then demanded, which he refused to deliver, until 
being ordered by the officer of marines, at the head of his party 
under arms, to whom it was presented. ‘The captain’s private 
case of pistols was demanded, and, upon his expostulating upon 
their nights, five marines followed him down to the cabin, and 
there remained until the pistols were given up. The captain 
then desired to speak to the commandant of the frigate, which 
Was positively refused, till, after some altercation, the frigate 
was hailed by one of the Portuguese officers; after which com- 
munication Captain Warren was ordered in the boat in the most 
Insulting and fp ons manner, and has not since returned. 

Wednesday, 7th July; at one p. m., the frigate and schooner 
_ sale upon a wind, the latter exclusively under the orders of 
a former. At ten a.m. the schooner in charge as yesterday, 

® captain still on board the frigate, winds light and variable, 
ets steering towards St. Michael’s, distant about 25 


fee arsday, the 8th July. The schooner in company with the 
"gate, and in charge as yesterday. At four Pp. mM. got the small 


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Sub-Enclosure H. in N° 11. 
Consul-general’s Office for the oui Islands. 


I, rue Undersigned, Consul-general to His Britannic Majesty 
for the Azore Islands, do hereby certify and attest, that the fore- 
going is a true and faithful copy, extracted from the log kept 
by the mate of the Honourable Company’s packet St. Helena, 
Lieutenant William Smith Warren, acting commander, which 
log book is deposited, pro tempore, in the Archives of this 
General Consulate. 


Given under my Hand and Seal of Office, at St. Michael’s, 
this 10th day of July 1830. 


(signed) W. Harding Read, 


Consul-General. 





N° 12. 
Lord Dunglas to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. 


Sir, Foreign Office, 4th August 1830. 


I am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to acknowledge the 
receipt of your Despatches to the 17th ult. inclusive. 

With reference to your Despatch.of the 10th of July, on the 
subject of the case of the Ninus, I am to desire that you will 
continue to use your best endeavours to procure the speedy re- 
lease of that vessel. 





Iam, &amp;c. 
(signed) Dunglas. 
N° 13. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received August 25.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 7th August 1830. 


I saw Viscount Santarem yesterday morning, but am not yet 
enabled to state to your Lordship any satisfactory result of his 
Excellency’s promises to me respecting the repayment of the 
sums exacted from the six Maltese subjects, nor the final settle- 
ment of the police inquiries at Figueira, but I have had the satis- 
faction of receiving copies of the letters written at my request to 
the authorities at Oporto, requiring the most minute attention 
to the proper treatment of British vessels at that port. 

The Diana Government transport which put in here some 
weeks ago in distress, has been repaired and reladen, and sails 
for Bermuda to-morrow. The captain assures me that the loan 
of the Government hulk for the temporary deposit of the cargo, 
and the other facilities afforded to him by the admiral of the port 
here, led to a saving of 200/. expense. I mean to write a letter of 
acknowledgment for these civilities on Monday, to the Minister 
of Marine, addressed to Viscount Santarem. 

The four English vessels detained by the blockading force off 
Terceira arrived at Belem Castle yesterday. Some of their offi- 
cers called on me at ten o’clock last night, imagining that I could 
interfere for their immediate release, so as to enable them to 
embark on board the packet this evening for England. The 
will soon discover that this is not the country for rapid deupiteh 
of any business whatever, and I shall be glad if their departure 
can be accomplished previous to the sailing of the Britomart, 
whose arrival is just announced to me. 

Mr. Read has sent to me a full statement of the capture of the 
four vessels, a copy of which I take the liberty of enclosing, 
although I hear that ample details were sent home from St. Mi- 
chael’s. The captains of these vessels have been for two hours 
at this office, giving their protests and particular relations of their 
sufferings. 

It is my intention to write immediately a statement, founded 
on what has been communicated to me, for the information of 
the government here, summoning them to exertion ; and I mean 
to pay a visit to Viscount Santarem to-morrow morning, and 
entreat his Excellency to see the Minister of Marine without 
delay, for the purpose of concerting some arrangement to liberate 
some or all of these English vessels, whose injuries and deten- 
tion are a disgrace to the officers acting and commanding off 
Terceira. 

I anxiously look forward that my exertions may be attended 
with success, although the supineness and apathy of the rulers 
here are sufficient to disappoint every effort that can be made, 
even for their own benefit. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 13. 


St. Michael’s, 17th July 1830. 


List of British vessels under detention at St. Michael’s by 
the Portuguese squadron employed on the blockade of Terceira, 
who are ordered to proceed on to Lisbon for final adjudication, 
under convoy of the Diana frigate, viz. brig Amelia, Peter 
Whitty, master, from Sierra Leone, bound to Guernsey with 
a cargo of African teak timber, consigned to Peter le Lacheur, 
merchant in Guernsey, captured on the 21st June by the Diana 

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frigate, when distant 21 miles off Terceira, on suspicion of being 
destined for that jsland. ‘After being examined by the Juiz de 
Fora? reLwc Wireft! a efiterice in favour of the master, de- 
clafitis® theré* wad no'just #rourds for detaining the vessel; but 
ati “appeal has: ‘been tegen te Admiralty Court in Lisbon. 
Some of thé timber Hat been taken out of the vessel and sent to 
thé éastle ‘at Sty Michael's, to repair the gan-carriages (which 
they standin need 6f), without any consent of the master, or 
any Valuation fixed t6 pay for the same, in case the vessel and 
cargo should be finally restored. 
rig Velocity; Samuel Brooks, master, from Lima and Val- 

paraiso, with a very valuable cargo, bound to London, consigned 
to different mercantile houses, consisting of hides, seal-skins, 
cotton, bark, dollars, doubloons, gold dust, and silver in bars also, 
as appears by 27 different bills of lading. The master has been 
20 months absent from England, and knew nothing of the 
blockade ; he had ho intention whatever of going into Terceira, 
and was actually past the port of Angra, steering to the eastward, 
when detained, and was distant about 16 miles from the land, as 
deposed to by the captain. This vessel also, after examination 
of her papers by the magistrates, is declared to be illegally de- 
tained ; but an appeal has been lodged at Lisbon. 

The Honourable East India Company’s packet, the St. Helena, 
a schooner armed with four carriage-guns and small arms in pro- 
portion, Lieutenant William Smith Warren, of the Royal navy, 
acting commander, from Sierra Leone, bound to London, having 
on board 11 officers’ and seamen, invalided from His Majesty’s 
ships of war on the African station, as passengers ; this vessel 
was captured on the 6th July by the Diana frigate, on suspicion 
of being a pirate, the officers and men grossly insulted, their side- 
arms and pistols taken away, Lieutenant Warren kept three days 
a prisoner on board the Diana, and the sick and invalid seamen 
removed from under the care of Mr. Neill, late surgeon of His 
Majesty’s ship Primrose, and sent from the packet to the Diana, 
where they still remain. The mail bags and ship letters from 
the vessels in the African station detained, and refused delivery 
up, to send to oo by the ship Eddystone, on the 10th in- 
stant. The invalid seamen were claimed by me as belonging to 
His. Britannic .Majesty’s service, and requested to be sent on 
shore, but were refused. This vessel, after being detained 
on suspicion of being a pirate, and the Portuguese finding that 
they have brought themselves into a dilemma by her capture, 
they have since shifted their grounds of accusation, and now 
assert that she is detained on suspicion of being bound to Ter- 
ceira, which charge is equally false and absurd, as the St. Helena 
steered direct for the frigate on first seeing her, wishing to speak 
to the, Diana. The St. Helena was taken in March last by 
a pirate on the coast of Africa, who murdered the captain (Har- 
rigon) and,11 of his crew, cut away her masts, and then fired 
shot through her, endeavouring to sink her, and then abandoned 
her ;..but six of the crew having hid themselves down in the hold, 
escaped being murdered, and took her to Sierra Leone, when 
Lieutenant, Warren was appointed to take charge of her, and 
carry her home to the East India Company. She has 35 barrels 
of, capper, coin on board from St. Helena belonging to the Ho- 
nourable Company. 

‘The .brig .Margaret of Liverpool, John Watson, master, with 
a valuable cargo of sugar, coffee, hides, &amp;c. from Rio de Janeiro, 
bound to Hamburg, was captured on the gth instant by two 
brigs. of. war off Terceira, from which she was distant between 
five and six leagues, steering due east ; she showed her colours 
immediately on the first gun being fired, and shortened sail and 
hove toon the second gun: her manifest and bills of lading 
clearly show her destination to be for Hamburg, chiefly on 
British.account, This vessel is 333 tons burthen, has nearly 
§00 cases,of Brazil sugar, and 2,000 bags of coffee, besides other 
cargo, supposed to be worth more than 150,000 milreis. 





(signed) W. Harding Read, 
Consul-general. 
N® 14. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Aug. 26.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 11th August 1830. 


My occupations on Saturday last were so numerous in seeing 
the parties'connected with the four vessels just then arrived from 
S. Michael’s, despatching the ordinary packet, and receiving the 
mail by the Britomart sloop of war, that I was not able to state 
to Php Lordship the impressions made on my mind by the rela- 
tins “presented to me by the officers and masters of the four 
Vessels!’ On‘the following morning, after perusing the various 
“doctiments, T'sent ‘to Viscount de Santarem’ and requested an 
audiénee, which was granted immediately; and I represented to 
‘his Excellency in strong terms the injustice and effrontery with 
which the Portuguese cruizers had acted in taking British ves- 
sels 6n ‘the high seas; without a vestige of proper suspicion 
‘existing that they were to enter Terceira. I stated that when 
such affronts were given, and I had never heard of greater, some 
exertion Was necessary on the part of the government here to 
Yepair the injury ; that I should immediately send to his Excel- 
Téncy‘a detailed account of the treatment of the four vessels; but 
T waited on him expressly to require that an instantaneous in- 
quiry should take place here in the business ; that I should grant 








three days for this purpose, but that on Wednesday night ‘the 
mail for England should be despatched: with any account [ migh 
— base or m7 Te 7 ‘ 's , 

I found his Excelléncy in considerable agitation} hoping thes 
the government would not be accused for the acts fie 
I answered that the measures to “be adopted would »praye the 
difference ; but that he would easily perceive that! it wasp 
solemn duty not to sew a renewal of such shameful delays a 
cruel treatment as-had been put im practice (against tay re 
— in the case of the vessel the Ninus. 1 duel via 

reedom in reprimanding the insolent conduct of ,the Portuguese 
officers to the crew of the St. Helena schooner, and succeéded. in 
rousing his Excellency to feel how much | was’ justly offended 
at finding the British flag and subjects so ill-treated. | . 

I need not repeat all'our conversation. The Viscount told me 
that although his: King was absent at Caldas he would try. to 
find the Duke of Cadaval, Minister.of Marine, and that every 
effort should be made for my satisfaction. 

I soon after sent to his Excellency my letter of detail, of which 
I have the honour to transmit a copy to your Lordship. . The 
next morning early I had a line from his Excellency, begging to 
see me at 10 o'clock. I found his Excellency disposed. ta 
apologize for every thing, but only authorized to give me up the 
schooner St. Helena, on my personal assurance that she was bong 
fide a British vessel. 1 wrote the same to his Excellency imme. 
diately, as the copy N* 2 will show. 

I have exchanged a variety of notes with his: Excellency sings 
then; the perusal of N® 4, , 6, 7, and 9, will show their purport 
without my troubling your Lordship with more details. |. ... 

This morning I wrote to his Excellency my representation.on 
not having heard of any preparatory. arrangement, about; the 
other three vessels ; it was instantly answered by a request, that 
I would defer sending off the Britomart for 24: ounls to which 
I have acceded. ; 

I need not repeat my story, nor its accompanyin ret, 
Lord Aberdeen will be able eae the iemninenactl the whole 
at once. The Portuguese officers have acted most audaciously 
ill, and the government in its supineness and apathy is unwillin 
or unable to correct the daring offenders. I have desired all the 
masters and officers of the four vessels to keep notes of their 
charges and expenses, as I hope to witness a speedy repayment 
made by the Portuguese government. 

I cannot presume to imagine in what way the British Govem- 
ment may chuse to demand satisfaction for these many serious 
wrongs ; something beyond the ordinary language will | imagine 
be of use to this government in checking the unbridled. imper 
tinence of the marine officers, who not being paid (I believe at 
all) by their government, are determined to take whatever may 
_ in their way, provided no show of force is made to oppose 
them. } 

Among the notes received is one stating that.the Maltese are 
to be refunded what the police officers took from them. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. . 
(signed) “Cy. Ay Mackenzie 





Enclosure 1 in N° 14. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 8th August 1830. 


I nave had the honour to acquaint your Excellency, verbally, 
this morning, with the grievous circumstances which have come 
to my knowledge respecting the detention of the four British 
vessels which arrived in the Tagus on Friday last from St. 
Michael’s. 

I represented to your Excellency the serious consequences that 
may result from these accumulated outrages on the British flag. 
And I now submit to your Excellency a statement of the rela- 
—_ made to me by the officers and men of the four different 
ships. 

Brig Amelia, Peter Whitty, master, from Sierra Leone, bound 
to Guernsey, with a cargo of African teak timber, consigned to 
Peter le Lacheur, merchant, in Guernsey, captured on the 21st 
June, by the Diana frigate, when distant 21 miles from Terceira; 
on suspicion of a destined for that island ; after being ex~ 
amined by the Juiz: de Fora, he has given a sentence in favout 
of the master, declaring there was no just grounds for detaining 
the vessel ; but an appéalhas been lodged to the Admiralty 
Court in Lisbon. ~ Some of the timber has been taken out of the 
vessel, and sent to the Castle at St. Michael's, to repair the gaa 
carriages (which they stand in need of) without any consent of 
the master, or any valuation fixed to pay for the same incasé 
the vessel and cargo should befinally-restored. 

Brig Velocity, Samuel Brooks, master; from Lima and Valpa- 
raiso, with a very valuable cargo, bound. to London, consigne® 
to different mereantile -houses, ‘consisting of hides, seal-s 
cotton, bark, dollars, doubloons, gold dust,-and silver. in bars 
also, as appears by 27-different bills:of lading. The master has 
been 20 months. absent fromEngland, and knew nothing of the 
blockade; he had no intention whatever of going into Terceir, 
and was actually past the Port of Angra, steering to the east- 
ward, when detained, and was distant about 16 miles from the 
land, as deposed to by the captain. This vessel also, after 


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been illegally detained; but an appeal has been lodged to | 


om ma East India Company’s packet, the St. Helena, 
a schooner armed with four carriage-guns and small arms in 
rtion, Lieutenant William Smith Warren, of the Royal 
avy, actin commander, from Sierra Leone, bound to London, 
having on board 11 officers and seamen invalided from His 
Majesty’s ships of war ont he African station as passengers ; this 
vessel was captured on the 6th July by the Diana frigate, on 
suspicion of being a pirate, the officers and men grossly insulted, 
their side-arms and pistols taken away, Lieutenant Warren kept 
three days a prisoner on board the Diana, and the sick and 
invalid seamen removed from under the care of Mr. Neill, late 
surjeon of His Majesty’s ship Primrose, and sent from the packet 
to the Diana, where they still remam. The mail-bags and ship 
jetters from the vessels in the African station detained, and re- 
fused delivery up to send to England by the ship Eddystone on 
the 1oth July. The invalid seamen were claimed as belonging 
to His Britannic Majesty’s service, and requested to be sent 
on shore, but were refused. 

The Brig Margaret, of Liverpool, John Watson, master, with 
avaluable cargo of ‘sugar, coffee, and hides, &amp;c. from Rio de 
Janeiro, bound to Hamburg, was captured on the gth July by 
two brigs of war off Terceira, from which she was distant between 
five to six leagues, steering due east; she showed her colours 
immediately on the first gun being fired, and shortened sail, and 
hove-to on the second gun. Her manifest and bills of lading 
clearly show her destination to be for Hamburg, chiefly on 
British account. This vessel is 333 tons burthen, has nearly 500 
cases of Brazil sugar, and 2,000 bags of coffee, besides other 
cargo, supposed to be worth more than 150,000 milreis. 

From these circumstances, it must be evident that all the four 
vessels were never destined for the Island of Terceira, but were 
following the regular tract of their navigation, while the conduct 
of the Pomme officers in the violent interruption of these 
vessels in their tract is most highly reprehensible, and will, I am 
confident, become matter of further investigation ; but above all, 
the absurd pretence of stopping a British vessel as the St. Helena, 
with a commissioned officer of His Majesty's navy commanding 
her, who, after exhibiting his commission, his instructions and 
papers, was so barbarously treated on board the Diana frigate, 
as to be called a pirate, and have his sword wrested from him: 
this must form a distinct object for the further judgment of 
His Majesty’s Government. 


I cannot presume to imagine what may be the result of their | Captain Alexander Gordon, of His Majesty’s | Atholl, and 


indignation and irritation on learning that Portuguese officers 
have had the audacity to ill-treat the British flag and subjects 
with such unlicensed injustice and cruelty. 

As these relations have been distinctly and secretly known to 
the government here for more than a fortnight, and as the vessels 
taken can never be suspected of trading with the Island of 
Terceira, I respectfully solicit your Excellency to invite your 
colleagues in office to decide on the immediate liberation of these 
British ships, as the British Government has a right to claim 
immediate deliberation and decision, to repair the glaring injus- 
tice so flagrantly committed ; and I entreat to learn from your 
Excellency the result of the said decision of your government, 
as | mean to dispatch the packet on Wednesday evening with 
the same for England. 

I beg to renew, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 14. 


C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, gth August 1830. 


verbally this morning, to have a repetition of the statement made 
in my letter to your Excellency of yesterday, respecting the 
unjust seizure of the St. Helena at Sea, I have the honour to 
annex the same, and likewise a copy of the commission given by 
the British commanding officer on the Sierra Leone station to 
the surgeon in charge of the invalids, with his orders to proceed 
to England in the same vessel, and a report from Lieutenant 
Warren, commanding the St. Helena, to Pegtdin Johnson, his 
senior officer here. 

I beg leave to offer to your Excellency, at your desire, my 
assurance and belief that the said vessel, the St. Helena, is bond 
fide such as is stated by the commanding officer, and I consider 
her detention and ill-treatment have been cruel, unnecessary, and 
unjust. 

I must beg leave to repeat to your Excellency that the same 
imperious duty which appears toactuate the Portuguese govern- 
ment to liberate the St. 


their conduct in respect to the other three British vessels arrived 
with the St. Helena. 


I beg leave to renew, &amp;c. 
(signed) C, A. Mackenzie. 


VOL. 86. Part IT. 





elena, is equally required to influence | 








| my vessel. 
_ of the schooner and sent on board the “ee at St. Michael’s. 
In compliance with your Excellency’s wish, expressed to me | 


given you the moment I can go on board the schooner, which is 
| now at Belem. 








Sub-Enclosures in No. 14. 


Statement. 
Tue Honourable East India Company’s packet the St. Helena, 
a schooner armed with four carriag 8, small arms in 


proportion. Lieutenant William Smith Warren, of the Royal 
avy, acting commander, from Sierra Leone, bound te London, 
having on board 11 officers and seamen invalided from His 
Majesty’s ships of war on the African station as passengers ; 
this vessel was captured on the 6th of July by the Diana frigate, on 
suspicion of being a pirate, the officers and men grossly insulted, 
their side-arms and pistols taken away, Lieutenant Warren kept 
three days a prisoner on board the Diana, and the sick and 
invalid seamen removed from under the care of Mr. O’Neill, late 
surgeon of His Majesty’s ship Primrose, and sent from the 
packet to the Diana, where they still remain : the mail-bags and 
ship letters from the vessels on the African station detained, and 
refused delivery up to send to England by the ship Eddystone 
on the 10th July. The invalid seamen were claimed as belonging 


to His Britannic Majesty’s service, and requested to be sent on 
shore, but were refused. 


Copy of an Order from Captain Gordon, Senior Officer on the 
African Station, to Mr. A. Neill, Surgeon, invalided from His 
Majesty’s Ship Primrose. 


By Alexander Gordon, Captain of His Majesty’s ship Atholl, 
and senior officer at Sierra Leone. 


You are hereby directed to proceed to England in the schooner 
St. Helena, taking charge of such invalids as may be sent from 
the squadron for a passage in that vessel. 

Given under my hand, on board the Atholl, at Sierra Leone, 
the goth April 1830. 


(signed) Alexander Gordon, 


Captain and Senior Officer. 





Lieutenant W. Warren, R.N., Commander of the Schooner 
St. Helena, to Captain Johnson, His Majesty’s Ship Britomart. 


Sir, Lisbon, 7th August 1830. 
I BEG to acquaint you, that having received an order from 


senior officer at Sierra Leone, to take the command of the Hon. 
East India Company’s schooner St. Helena, to refit her with all 
despatch, and receive on board all the invalids from the squadron 
and proceed to England, we sailed from Sierra Leone on the 
16th May, and on the 5th day of July we made the island of 
Terceira, steering from about N.E. by E. and E. N. E., wind 
from the S.E. At day-light on the 6th we saw a large ship 
a-head, and a brig on the lee bow; at seven we altered our course 
to N.E. and N.E. by N., with the intention of speaking the 
frigate. At eight a boat came alongside from the Portuguese 
frigate Diana, when the officer demanded my papers. I gave 
him Captain Gordon’s order, which was not sufficient. I then 
requested to go on board the frigate, which was granted. 
I took with me the schooner’s register, license for being armed, 
and my order from Captain Gordon, when [ was sent back in 
company with Dr. Neill. The captain of the frigate came with 
us and examined every part of the ship, all papers, ship’s log- 
book, and public despatches. I was then when on board the 
Diana, when I was told that I was to be detained for piracy. 
I was to be taken to St. Michael’s, and was kept on board the 
frigate a prisoner, and treated with every sort of disrespect until 
our arrival at St. Michael’s, when | was allowed to go on board 
All the small arms and ammunition were taken out 


For further pasticulars, I refer you to my Protest, which will be 


I remain, &amp;c. 
(signed) Lt. W. Warren, R. N. 





{Enclosure 3 in No. 14. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. - 


Sir, Lisbon, 11th August 1830. 
As I have not been honoured with any communication from 


| your Excellency in answer to my representations about the three 


British vessels which arrived here on Friday last with the 
schooner the St. Helena, and as the cruel and unnecessary de- 


_ lays experienced in the examination of the case of the other Bri- 





tish vessel, the Ninus, and the total ruin of her cargo, leave me 
no hope of any prompt justice, I beg leave to state to your Ex- 
cellency, that the Britomart sloop of war will be dispatched this 
evening for England, with my letters, to inform His Majesty’s 
Secretary of State of the steps I have taken, and of the failure 
of any success regarding the liberation of the three vessels. _, 
The future consequences will be at the responsibility of the 
Portuguese government. If their officers received instructions 
only to blockade the island of Terceira, the performance of such 
a duty 
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‘a duty has been-very ‘utisuccessful. But it is to be presumed 
that orders were likewise given to them to respect the commerce 
of all nations in such a particular tract of the ocean, forming the 
most marked ‘line of communication to and from Europe. 

Such orders, if siven, appear to have been completely coun- 
teracted, ‘and five British ships, with, rich cargoes, totally un- 
suited for the island of Terceira, with their registers, papers and 
crews in'perfect order, proving their lawful pursuits, and distant 
destination from that island, have been arrested, ill treated, and 
partly plundered. On their arrival here, the government, instead 
of immediately ordering an investigation of such gross and 
elaring insults to the British flag, allows their officers to turn the 
English crews ashore, without provisions or support, and to dis- 
mantle the vessels, as if they were legally captured and con- 
demned, in direct opposition to the sentence given by the Por- 
tuguese Judge at St Michael’s, which declared that the same 
vessels were NOT good prizes. 

[ fear I have erred in submitting to remain here a spectator of 
such hostile conduct to the British Government and its subjects, 
but the time requisite for my receiving the commands of His 
Majesty’s Secretary of State is so short, that I shall hazard 
doing even what may be found fault with. 


I beg leave to offer, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





Enclosure 4 in N° 14. 
Viscount Santarem to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Secretary of State’s Office for Foreign Affairs, 
11th August 1830. 


Tue Viscount de Santarem has the honour to present his 
compliments to Mr, Mackenzie, and to acknowledge the receipt 
of his despatch of this day’s date, and laments that the local 
distance which the King his master is at not having allowed time 
for the Minister of the Marine to receive as yet the authoriza- 
tion which he supplicated, for the purpose of complying with 
Mr. Mackenzie’s reclamations, but which he expects every mo- 
ment, and calculates on receiving them in the course of this day. 
In case, however, the arrival of the said authorization should be 
delayed until a later period, the Viscount de Santarem requests 
Mr. Mackenzie will defer the sailing of the packet for 24 hours 
longer. 

Viscount Santarem renews, Xc. 





Enclosure 5 in N° 14. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Lisbon, 7th August 1830. 


Tue arrival in the Tagus of the four English vessels which 
were detained by the Portuguese cruizers off Terceira will oblige 
me to address your Excellency in terms of surprise and anxiety 
at such unexampled trials of force against the rights of nations, 
and the free navigation of the high seas; but | am compelled, 
before doing this painful duty, to entreat your Excellency’s at- 
tention to the subject of the enclosed paper, received this morn- 
ing from the British Vice-consul at Belem, in which he com- 
plains of the violent and unprovoked conduct of the Portuguese 
Lieutenant Mauricio, in command, for the time being, on board 
of the British brig named the Velocity. 

I beg your Excellency will be good enough to forward this 
document without delay to his Excellency the Minister of Ma- 
rine, who will, I feel confident, give calete to reprimand this 
officer, and have him removed from the possibility of adding 
cruelty to injustice, 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





Sub-Enclosure in N° 14. 
Mr. Philipps to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. 


Sir, Belem, 6th August 1830. 


HavinG applied personally to Lieutenant Mauricio Joze Al- 
ves, prize-master of the British brig Velocity, to communicate 
with the master of the said vessel, the officer refused, without my 
procuring an order from his superior officer ; immediately went 
on board the Diana frigate, the commander of which said there 
could be no impediment in my communicating with the master, 
so much so, that he gave me an order to the officer. On my ap- 
proaching the brig, the officer made use of most abusive and in- 
sulting language, and on my persisting to go alongside to deliver 
the order, the officer then threw a square kettle, which struck me 
with great force on the head. Soldiers were also on the gang- 
way to prevent my going on board. From the little conversation 
I had with the master of the Velocity, he has been treated in so 
asses a manner by this officer, although on board his own 
vessel. 

I have been prevented from rendering assistance to one of His 
Majesty’s subjects trom the treatment I experienced from the 
Portuguese officer in charge of a British vessel. 





—— 





I beg to transmit you the order I received to i 
the Velocity. i sient 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c.. 
(signed) Jas. Philipps, 





- Enclosure 6 in N° 14. 
Viscount de Santarem to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq.—-(Translation,) 


Secretary of State’s Office for Foreign Affairs 
11th August 1830. . 


Tue Viscount de Santarem has the honour of presenting hj. 
compliments to Mr, Mackenzie, and to acquaint him, that he h , 
just received from the Minister of Marine a communication + 
orders have been sent to the Major-general that the commander 
of the schooner be immediately substituted by another. ig 


The Viscount de Santarem renews, &amp;c. 





Enclosure 7 in Ne 14. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem, 


Sir, Lisbon, 8th August 1830. 


Havine learnt yesterday morning that among the passengers 
on board of the British schooner the St. Helena, from the coast of 
Africa, so unjustly detained by a Portuguese cruizer off Terceira 
there was a number of invalid soldiers, who were removed a 
board the Diana frigate, which entered the Tagus on Friday last 
I directed Captain Johnson, of His Majesty’s sloop the Brito- 
mart, to apply for these unfortunate persons, and take them on 
board of his vessel, where their wants would be more studious] 
attended to. 4 

Captain Johnson writes to me this morning, that he addressed 
a letter for this purpose to the commanding officer of the Diana 
who has declined giving up the invalids until superior orders are 
sent to him to that effect. I have the honour to forward to your 
Excellency a copy of this letter, and request most urgently that 
the requisite directions may be given without delay. 


I beg to renew, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





Enclosure 8 in No. 14. 
Viscount de Santarem to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Secretary of State’s Office for Foreign Affairs, 
Sir, Lisbon, gth August 1830. 

Tue Viscount de Santarem has the honour to present his com- 
pliments to Mr. Mackenzie, and to transmit to him the enclosed 
copies of two despatches which he has just received from the 
Minister of Marine, in one of which he mentions that orders 
have been sent to the Major-general to deliver to Mr. Mackenzie 
the individuals he reclaimed in his note of the 8th instant; and 
in the second, stating that the impediment had been removed to 
the delivery of the mail, also reclaimed in his note of the 7th in- 
stant, and which will be delivered with this. The Viscount de 
Santarem is very sorry there had not been time to comply with 
these objects as soon as he could have wished ; and he profits of 
the occasion to renew, Xc. 





Enclosure g in N° 14, 


The Viscount de Santarem to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq.— 
(Translation.) 


Secretary of State’s Office, Lisbon, 7th Aug. 1830. 


Tue Viscount de Santarem has the honour to present his com- 
pliments to Mr. Mackenzie, and to acquaint him, that the neces- 
sary orders have been passed to make restitution, on the gth in- 
stant, of the fines which had been levied on the five Maltese by 
an agent of the police. 

The Viscount de Santarem renews, &amp;c. 





Enclosure 10 in N° 14. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 11th Aug. 1830. 


I nave the honour to receive your Excellency’s note of this 
morning, and as I find there are hopes of superior orders arriving 
here this evening to enable the government to render some JUS- 
tice to the many injured British subjects lately conveyed here 
from St. Michael’s, I willingly accede to your Excellency’s wish 
of detaining His Majesty’s sloop of war till to-morrow’s evening 
tide. 

Lieutenant Warren, of the St. Helena, having called on me 
this morning, and observed the box of papers sent to me as the 
despatches which were put on board for His M ajesty’s Secretary 
of State for the Colonies, assures me that they are all in a ver) 


; tmy 
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desire, in writing; and I have the honour to send his letter to 
our Excellency, requesting that the described despatches may, 
without loss of time, be sent ftom the frigate to the British sloop 
of war. 
I am happy to renew, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 


Pp. S.—Some despatches have been received, and are forwarded 
accordingly. 





Enclosure 11 in N° 14. 


C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Lisbon, 11th August 1830. 


Mr. MacxeEnzteE has the honour to transmit to his Excellency 
Viscount de Santarem an English newspaper, (Evening Mail 
from 14th to 16th June,) in which there is an account given, and 
marked, of the schooner St. Helena, and which Mr. Mackenzie 
hopes will be sufficient to prove that Lieutenant Warren, ap- 
pointed to command this said vessel, is a British officer, and not 
a pirate, as the Portuguese officer has audaciously asserted. 
The newspaper is at the service of his Excellency, to be sent 
where he pleases. 

Mr. Mackenzie waits with anxiety to learn from his Excellency 
what reparation the Portuguese government means to offer for 
the exercise of the cruel detention of a British vessel, and the 
infamous treatment of Lieutenant Warren and the officers and 
crew of the St. Helena, on board of the Portuguese frigate the 
Diana, whose commanding officer was more brutal in his con- 
duct to those British subjects than any Barbaresque’s sailor 
could be. 

Mr. Mackenzie renews, &amp;c. 





Enclosure 12 in N° 14. 


C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 
Lisbon, 8th August 1830. 


Mr. Mackenzie has the honour to present his compliments, 
and to acquaint his Excellency the Viscount de Santarem, that 
26 British seamen have been inconsiderately sent ashore to his 
house this morning from the Diana frigate; the officer so com- 
manding ought to know that no proper accommodations for such 
a number of persons can be within the reach of Mr. Mackenzie ; 
they shonld have been sent on board their own vessels, and 
Mr. Mackenzie begs to have an order for that purpose sent to 
him immediately. 





Enclosure 13 in N° 14. 


Viscount de Santarem to C. A. Mackenzie, Fsq.—(Translation.) 
Lisbon, 11th August 1830. 


Tue Viscount de Santarem has the honour to present his | vessel to assist in preparing the whole for sea, as it will be ne- 


| cessary to overhaul and examine the cargoes of the vessels before 


compliments to Mr. Mackenzie, and to transmit him the enclosed 
copy of a despatch just received from the Minister of Marine, 
communicating that orders have been issued to receive on board 
their respective vessels the 26 seamen who had been sent to 
Mr. Mackenzie. 

Viscount Santarem renews, &amp;c. 


P.S. This order was never sent, and the men remain ashore. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





Ne 15. 
Lord Dunglas to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. 
Sir, Foreign Office, 18th August 1830. 

I am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to acknowledge the 
receipt of your despatches to the 31st of July. 

Lord Aberdeen approves of the steps which you have taken 
respecting the British Judge Conservator at Oporto, as reported 
m your despatch of the 31st ultimo, and directs me to instruct 

ou to authorize Mr. Crispin to call a meeting of the British 
erchants at. Oporto, for the purpose of giving them an oppor- 
tunity of expressing their dissatisfaction at the conduct of the 
present Judge Conservator, and of electing some other person 


in his stead, better qualified for discharging the duties appertain- 
ing to that office. 





I am, &amp;c. 
(signed) § Dunglas. 
N° 16. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to the Earl of Aberdeen—(Received 
September 6.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 19th August 1830. 
His Majesty’s frigate the Galatea arrived here late on Mon- 


day evening. ‘The next morning I sent an early request to see 














¥ 


Viscount de Santarem, and was answered by an. appointment 
between one and two o’clock, which enabled me previously to 
write out my letter to his Excellency from your Lordship’s 
commands, conveyed to mein your despatch of the gd instant. 

I found Viscount de Santarem in great anxiety to learn the 
extent of the wishes and demands of the British Government. 
I immediately read over to his Excellency the whole of the de- 
spatch, and H delivered to him my letter, which was but an 
extended repetition of your Lordship’s orders, as the annexed 
copy will show. 

It is but justice to Viscount de Santarem to state, that he can- 
didly and fully assented to the propriety and extent of all the 
demands made on his government. He assured me that he so 
cordially agreed in all that I urged respecting the detained 
ships, that he had acted but as my clerk in copying what I sent 
to him, adding, that he would immediately despatch a copy of 
my letter to the Duke de Cadaval. I replied that I hoped it 
would be to Don Miguel, and to all the Ministers, as time 
pressed, and a final consideration was necessary. His Excel- 
lency perfectly agreed with me, and promised so to act. 

I pointed out the value that should be attached to the various 
documents sent to me, and expressed my astonishment that so 
many days had elapsed since he had promised me verbally, and 
in writing, that the St. Helena would be given up, as my letters 
by the Britomart would show to your Lordship, and to find no- 
thing said on the subject, even after the strong terms I had 
written in to his Excellency the day before, and of which I have 
the honour to annex a copy. His Excellency answered that the 
faults were as singular as they were lamentable, but they were 
not his: | could add no more, and soon after took my leave of 
him. 

Yesterday I received a letter from an officer of the Marine 
Department, written to me to name an hour for the delivery of 
the St. Helena; I fixed twelve o’clock, and went on board 
with the Admiral of the port, who ordered the Portuguese on 
board to withdraw, and then gave up the vessel to Lieutenant 
Warren. 

As the three days allowed to government for their decision 
about the ships have nearly expired, and as I shall have in a 
few hours to communicate the result to the Captain of the 
Galatea, who is already preparing for going down to Belem, I 
shall only have to add a copy of Viscount Santarem’s communi- 


| cation to me on the important subject of your Lordship’s de- 


spatch. The total silence of the government to this late moment 
does not augur well. 

Four o’clock, p. m.—As Viscount Santarem allowed the sti+ 
pulated hour to approach without making any communication 
to me, I sent the messenger to his Excellency to inquire if it 
was his wish to receive me on my usual weekly visit; his an- 
swer was favourable, and Iam happy to inform your Lordship 
that my reception was most friendly, with the welcome intelli- 
gence that the other three British vessels were to be restored in 
compliance with your Lordship’s wishes, and the commanding 
officer of the Portuguese frigate to be dismissed the service. He 
assured me that he had encountered many difficulties in the 
task. I told him that I should detain His Majesty’s frigate, 
as the Captain had kindly assented to send fifty seamen to each 


their masters become again responsible for the property. 

His Excellency promised to me that his letter on this subject 
would be sent to me to-morrow, in time to be translated and 
copied. I hope the Galatea and the other vessels will be ready 
to sail on Thursday next, and that your Lordship will approve 
of my detaining His Majesty’s frigate to prevent any further de- 
lays and difficulties. ‘The fourth vessel, the St. Helse, is to 
sail for England to-morrow morning. 


I have the honour &amp;c. 


(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 


P. §.—-Saturday Evening.—Viscount Santarem’s messenger 
has just appeared, and a copy and translation of his letter will 
be added to this. 

Your Lordship’s original orders shall be shown to his Excel- 
lency to-morrow morning. I have the honour to annex a copy 
of the letter I addressed to Captain ny vk this day, requesting 
the detention of His Majesty’s frigate Galatea, in the Tagus, a 
few days longer. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 16. 


C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 
Sir, Lisbon, 17th August 1830. 

His Majesty’s frigate, the Galatea, arrived here yesterday late 
in the evening, and Captain Napier delivered to me despatches 
from the Earl of Aberdeen. 

His Majesty’s Government feel highly indignant at the late 
insults offered by the Portuguese cruizers off Terceira to the 
British flag, and to show to your Excellency the extent and ‘te- 
sult of such sentiments, I have the honour to transcribe for your 
information the forcible language his Lordship has addressed to 
me in his despatch. 


[See page 1116, N° 11—Earl of Aberdeen to C. A. Macken- 
zie, Esq. Foreign Office, 3d August 1830.) 
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I have likewise-the honour to transmit to your Excellency 
copies of some.of the papers sent to me by His Majesty’s Secre- 
tary’ af) ‘State; which j emierry a few of the details communicated 
to the:-British: Governmiént..:The contents of the other docu- 
ments thavé! been fally;communicated: by me already to your 
Excellenepn . yneqii.) sibat decd ors, 

1 have! only to /hope‘that‘the: Portuguese government will 
immediately adopts:the measures required by His Majesty’s 
Government, which are, immediate delivery to me of the four 
British vessels detained here, the formal dismissal of the com- 
manding officer of the Diana, who ill-treated the British officers 
and seamen of the St. Helena, and give a promise to me of a 
full payment of the expenses incurred by the injured parties. 

I need not repeat to your Excellency that the result of all my 
inquiries rag the three vessels have been, that their very 
valuable cargoes, their papers, and long voyage, prove they could 
not be destined for Terceira. 

I hope your Excellency will likewise see the propriety of my 
requiring the release of the ship Ninus, which was so unjustly 
detained by the same Portuguese squadron. 

At the expiration of three days, that is, on Friday afternoon, 
I shall dispatch His Majesty’s frigate for England, if your Ex- 
cellency is not enabled to send to me the official assurances that 
the above demands of my Government are complied with. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 16. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 16th August 1830. 


Every day since [ dispatched your Excellency’s letter to 
me, by the Britomart, for England, stating that the orders of 
your government had been given to put the schooner the 
St. Helena at my disposition, I have directed inquiry to be 
made at your arsenal, if any orders to that effect had been re- 
ceived there, and the answer sent to me by the Inspector has 
been, that the department remains in total ignorance on the 
subject. 

I entreat your Excellency, in the name of justice, and of the 
common decorum usual between friendly powers, to inform me 
what has occurred to prevent the execution of the decision of 
your government respecting this ill-fated ship. 

I likewise entreat your Excellency to inform me, after so 
many useless appeals, what can be the intention of the Portu- 
guese government respecting the other valuable vessels detained, 
belonging to British subjects, whose alarms for their large pro- 

erties have roused the whole city of London, and the wanton 
ill-treatment. of which has afflicted the better portion of the 
inhabitants of Lisbon. 

1 have so clearly pointed out to your Excellency the injustice 
of these detentions, that it is with difficulty I can refrain from 
the forcible accusations which occur to me on the authors of 
these jindignities. My respect for your Excellency’s manners 
and character stifle expressions which any spark of British fee!- 
ing might create. Here are four fine ships, worth more than as 
many hundred thousand pounds, arrested in their lawful pur- 
suits, detained six weeks after the Portuguese Judge declared 
that their seizure was unjust. The vessels are dismantled, the 
cargoes ill-treated, and liable to increasing injury ; the masters 
and crews ashore, at my expense, in despair and vexation at such 
hostile usage. 

I beg, therefore, to have an answer to this distressing repre- 
sentation, as I feel that my duty to my insulted Government 
requires of me to state fully, that the promises made to me on 
Monday, and repeated in writing on Thursday, have proved of 
no value. I intend, in consequence, to cn off the Magnet 
packet immediately with this unexpected intelligence. 


I have the honour to renew, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





; Enclosure 3 in N° 16. 
Viscount de Santarem to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq.—(Translation.) 


yy SA, if Palace of Queluz, 20th August 1830. 


Havin, conveyed to the knowledge of the king, my master, 
the despatch you addressed to me, dated the 17th instant, con- 
taining the mstructions which his Excellency the Earl of Aber- 
deen, His Britannic Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for 
Foreign’ Affairs, transmitted to you, for the purpose of demand- 
ing the delivery of the four vessels lately captured by the Por- 
tuguese squadron blockading the island of Terceira, the dis- 
missal from the command of the. commanding officer of the 
Diana frigate, and the indemnification for the losses and da- 
mages, in case it should appear that there was no just motive 
for their capture ;;His Majesty, always desirous to show to His 
Britannic Majesty that he never will approve of any proceeding 
which may not be founded on justice, much less to maintain 
any violence against the subjects of a nation so closely allied 


with Portugal by ancient and uninterrupted treaties from the: 


most remote times, has resolved to a¢cede to the ‘said demand, 








and to direct the necessary orders’ to be issued’ this dai for th 
immediate delivery of said vessels, reserving, howéver, the i he 
according to the laws’ of this‘ kingdom, to have-sentence Sul 
thereon in the Superior Coart, and which alone can decide on thie: 
legality or illegality ofthe captures °° 9) OS8T8N9 italy 
! I have the honour to be, &amp;e, 1} tod 
“sao Signed)... Veseount; de; Santarem, 


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C. A. Mackenzie, Esq to Cag tai 1. Ce Nay ier, comman sony 
His Majesty’s Frigate Galaiea, in bY Ts rus. img it 
Sir, : Lisbon, 21st August 1830, 
I HAVE great satisfaction in acquainting you that the Porty- 
guese government consents to liberate the vessels detained go 
unjustly by the frigate the Diana, off Terceira; and as it is jm. 
portant that no fresh difficulties: should occur in the immediate 
execution of fitting the three remaining vessels for sea, | take 
the liberty of requesting that you will consent to remain, with 
His Majesty’s frigate under your command, in the Tagus, for g 
few days longer. wake 
I feel great confidence in making this request. to you, fr 
tenor of Lord Aberdeen’s instructions to a on ies te Be 
likewise feel assured that the assistance you may be pleased to 
order for aiding the masters of the vessels to overhaul their ¢ar. 
goes and replace their rigging, will be duly appreciated by His 
Majesty’s Government. ’ de 
I have the honour, |&amp;c. } 


(signed). CuAcMackensie 





N° 17. * fe | 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—( Received Sept.r,) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 25th August 1830, 


Since I had the honour of writing to your Lordship by the 
Magnet packet, on Saturday last, the requisite orders (after sin- 
gular delays) were given, and put in execution, for delivering to 
me the three detained vessels, and the masters were at the same 
moment put into possession of them; the previous plan of ex- 
amining thew cargoes has been abandoned; the custot-house 
seals had been put on some of the hatches, and the English 
seamen left on board of each vessel reporting all safe ; no, more 
can be done here than taking the cargoes as they are, the 
great time and expense requisite to examine them adnate 
lost; the seamen from the frigate have renderéd’ the necessary 
assistance, and the vessels are’ so far ready for sea, as to en- 
= Captain Napier to sail for Portsmouth to-morrow morning 
early. . 

The St. Helena sailed yesterday morning, but I fear that the 
cruel delays in giving up the ships’ papers will prevent any, one 
of the three vessels starting to-morrow. I have been ‘twice 
a-day entreating to have these necessary documents restored to 
me, and likewise requiring that a supply of anchors aid cables 
should be furnished to two of the vessels, to replace those lost 
while they were in the: possession: of the Portaguese officers; 
if they do not give what is absolutely wanted immediately, a 
purchase of anchors, &amp;c. must be made for Portuguese account, 

regret very much that the captain of the frigate is thus dis- 
appointed of taking the three vessels with his frigate from the 

agus. 
thought it my duty to address ‘a letter to Viscount de San- 
tarem on the passages of his note to me about the dismissal of 
the commanding officer of the Diana, and the examination of 
the four detained vessels. 1 have the honour to transmit a copy 
of the same to your Lordship. 


I have the honour, &amp;c, 
(signed) , C, A. Mackensie. 


Enclosure in N° 17. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 
Sir, Lisbon, 22d August 1830. 


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As to the future investigation of the. cases, I.can only observe 
to your Excellency, thatthe passage. in Lord Aberdeen’s letter 
alluded to was.given as a direction for my conduct only; to 
investigate such cases. was an easy task, when their papers, 
their characters, and their cargoes, bore such convincing proofs 
that the destination of the vessels was. for distant ports, and 
that there could not exist even a suspicion that the island of 
Terceira, blockaded Or not, could ever offer the least temptation 
or inducement to alter the course of the lawful pursuits of the 
said vessels. 

Permit me to observe to. your Exeellency, that the parties 
concerned will not allow me oue moment of tranquillity until 
the three vessels are released. Tf hope this will be effected to- 
morrow morning. ; isl 

I beg leave to renew, &amp;c. 


(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





N° 18. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Rec. Sept. 11.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 26th August 1831. 


Arter I had written my letter, of yesterday’s date, to your 
Lordship, Captain Napier and the masters of the three vessels 
called-on me to say they were ready for sea, but that they could 
not proceed on their voyages without the ships’ papers. I in- 
stantly wrote a letter, and sent their protests to this effect, to 
the Minister of Marine ; and I have this morning written again 
on the subject of this unexpected and provoking injustice to 
Viscount de Santarem. The annexed copies of my letters, which 
I have the honour to transmit to your Lordship, will suffice to 
prove how anxiously | represent the grievance and claim that 
which is so unjustly withheld and denied to us. 

I shall immediately intimate to Captain Napier, that the re- 
sponsibility of keeping His Majesty’s frigate here any longer is 
too weighty for me ; and as he can give no more assistance, he 
may sail to-morrow morning. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzte. 





Enclosure 1 in No. 18. 


C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to the Duke de Cadaval, Minister of 


Marine. 


Sir, Lisbon, 25th August 1830. 


I rake the liberty of addressing your Excellency in my ur- 
gency to save time, as Viscount de Santarem informed me per- 
sonally yesterday evening that he was to spend a great portion 
of this day in official duty at Queluz. 

My duty to my Government imposes on me the necessity of 
thus intruding on your Excellency, and stating, that although 
the Portuguese government have given up the four British ves- 
sels detained off Terceira, in compliance with the wishes of the 
British government, these vessels cannot proceed to sea without 
their official papers. The masters of the vessels have drawn up 
a declaration to this effect this morning, which | have the honour 
to annex ; and Captain Napier, of His Majesty’s Frigate Galatea, 
is 80 sensible of their misfortune and ill treatment, that he con- 
sents to postpone his departure till Friday morning, in the hope 
that your Excellency will have the goodness to order the deli- 
very of these important documents, which can only be of use 
to the vessels they relate and belong to. I beg leave to add, 
but with all the respect I feel for your Excellency’s high station 
and character, that the British vessels must still be considered 
at the responsibility of the Portuguese government, and their 
expenses here must. continue chargeable to Portuguese account. 

y a letter from Viscount de Santaiem of this morning’s date, 
I find that your Excellency directs that the anchors and cables 
put on board the detained vessels may remain there; but unfor- 
tunately they are not fitted for the size of the ships ; and I en- 
treat that your Excellency will have the goodness to order a 
supply of other anchors and cables, to replace the losses of the 
same while the vessels were in Portuguese possession, or that 
proper sets may be purchased here for the account of the Portu- 
guese government, 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 18. 
ic. A. Mackenzie, Esq. ‘to Viscount de Santarem. 
Sir, . Lisbon, 26th August 1830. 
Yesterpay morning the captain of His Majesty’s frigate 
and the masters of the three detained vessels called on me to 
teport that they were ready to go to sea, but presented to me 
ioe protests afin domg'so until the registers and papers be- 
onging to’ the essels were réstored to them; these documents 
are ac owledged’ to be inthe possession of your Excellency’s 
government, and it’ is’ absolntely necessary that they should be 
— given up to the lawful claimants. 
$8 l was aware that your Excellency was at Queluz yester- 
ay; I took the liberty, in the pressure of time and of i duty, 


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to address these protests and a letter on! the subject to His’ Ex- 
cellency the Duke de Cadaval,; ministerjof thé tmarine: to 5 

I find that it is impossible'that the: vessels ‘can-saik'for theit 
destined ports without their papers. ':\The St Helenawas:in a 
different position ;.a certificate from ane; ‘would: suffiee:‘for her 
papers, as she belongs to the East India Company, goes:té Lond 
don direct, and has no cargo. But the three vessels are on 
trading voyages, their papers contain their-registers, the ‘speci- 
fication of the various consignments on” board, their valuable 
and mixed cargoes cannot be delivered, valued’ or received, 
without the original documents by which they ‘were: put on 
board ; this is so clear and evident to any man of business or 
intelligence that it need not be repeated. 1 intreat your Excel- 
lency to assist me, or I must dispatch the frigate to-morrow, to 
inform my government of the renewed injustice done to these 
British subjects. 

These British subjects have suffered enormously, two months 
unjustly detained by the Portuguese squadron and government, 
their cargoes injured, their anchors and cables lost, some of 
their sails cut in pieces and sold, their cordage cut and damaged, 
their crews cast ashore and left to my assistance, their papers 
taken from them and refused when imperiously required ; a large 
pecuniary compensation must be made to them; but these in- 
juries never can be repaid or forgotten. 1 wait with impatience 
for some satisfactory answer from your Excellency. 


“I profit, &amp;e. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





N° ig. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Sept. 13.) 


( Extract.) Lisbon, 28th August 1830. 


His Majesty’s frigate was not able to get off from her an- 
chorage on Thursday afternoon, wind and tide being against 
her after three o’clock, when I left my despatches with the cap- 
tain. 

As I fear the copy of my last letter to Viscount de Santarem 
should have been accompanied by the copy and translation of 
His Excellency’s previous letter to me, proposing passports’ or 
certificates in lieu of the ship’s papers, which are so unjustly 
and unceremoniously refused after my repeated applications for 
them, I annex what was omitted in the hurry of writing my 
letter to your Lordship. 

On board of the Margaret from Rio de Janeiro, there was a 
Portuguese trader (of respectable family here) who had taken his 
passage to Hamburgh, and had shipped a small portion of the 
cargo at Rio on his own account. This person was arrested on 
the arrival of the detained vessels, and put in prison at Belem. 
As he is a subject of the government, I answered the many apphi- 
cations made to me about his cruel treatment, that I could not 
feel authorized to demand his release. Since then I have stated 
the circumstance to Viscount de Santarem, leaving the farther 
consideration of the subject to his liberality and sense of justice ; 
the young man is liable to be sacrificed to the misfortune of Por- 
tuguese cruizers taking British vessels improperly, which are 
since restored ; but ruin attends this harmless individual, because 
the authority of the government over him is absolute. [am very 
much mistaken if it could be thought proper for me to have said 
any more on the subject. The government has a hundred ways 
of bringing charges against any individual they please, and a 
foreign agent is easily silenced when the word Portuguese sub- 
ject is pronounced. The father of the young man appears satis- 
fied. gers do no more. 

1 am very happy to inform your Lordship, that the ship’s 
papers have just appeared, with letters from the Duke de Cada- 
val and Viscount de Santarem, which show that my addréss to 
them had some effect. I have the honour to forward to your 
Lordship the originals. I hope the vessels will get off by this 
evening’s tide, and so far close a very troublesome business, 
which has not been accompanied by any single advantage to any 
party whatever, 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 


P.S. Saturday evening.—I have just seen Viscount de San- 
tarem, who asked if there was an end to my many applications 
about the four vessels. I replied there were more than | wished : 
first a reply about the dismissal of the commanding officer was 
necessary, and many etceteras, when his Excellency observed, 
that the officer was on/y to be removed from the command, and 
not to lose the uniform; I suspected, f said, as much, from his 
letter to me. 

Ci A.M. 





Enclosure 1 in N* 19. . 
Viscount de Santarem to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq-—(Translation.) 


Secretary of State’s Office for Foreign Affairs, ' 
25th August 1830. 
Viscount DE SANTAREM has the honont io present his com-. 
pliments to Mr. Mackenzie, and to acquaint bim that he has just 
received from the Minister of Marine an intimation that he has 
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issued the necessary orders to the Port Admiral, to leave to the 
English ships the cables and the anchors that are on board of 
them, and to deliver the papers belonging to the same which 
were on board the Diana. But this minister fears that the said 

apers may be annexed to the pleadings, which cannot be muti- 
ated, but may be substituted by passports which would be 
granted to them here. 

Viscount de Santarem renews, &amp;c. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 19. 
The Duke of Cadoval to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq.—(Translation.) 
Sir, Lisbon, 27th August 1830. 

On the receipt of the letter which you were pleased to address 
to me the day before eer: I immediately gave orders to the 
Major-general to replace by others more suitable the anchors 
and cables of the vessels Margaret and Velocity. 

While sending you the papers belonging to the Amelia and 
Velocity, I regret, Sir, not to be enabled as speedily to convey to 
you those claimed by the Master of the Margaret, because they 
are still at the Island of St. Michael’s, forming documents in the 
pleadings which are not as yet finished. 

I request you, Sir, to accept, &amp;c. 
(signed) Cadoval. 





Enclosure 3 in N° 19. 


The Viscount de Santarem to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq.— 
(Translation.) 


Secretary of State’s Office for Foreign Affairs, 
27th August 1830. 


Tue Viscount de Santarem has the honour to present his 
compliments to Mr. C. A. Mackenzie, and to acquaint him, in 
reply to his note of yesterday’s date, that the Minister of Marine 
has issued the convenient orders for the delivery of the ship’s 
papers claimed, which have been found annexed to the pleadings 
transmitted from the Island of St. Michael, judging, however, 
that those of the ship Margaret have not yet arrived. Orders 
have been issued in like manner about the anchors and other 
objects. 

Viscount de Santarem profits, &amp;c. 





N° 20. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Sept. 17.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 4th September 1830. 


Tue detained vessels went off on Sunday and Monday. The 
pilots who conducted them to sea have applied for their allow- 
ances at this office, but they were directed to look to the Admiral 
of the Port as their paymaster. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 





(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 
N° 21. 
John Backhouse, Esq. to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. 
Sir, Foreign Office, 8th September 1830. 


I am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to acknowledge the 
receipt of your despatches to the 21st ultimo inclusive, and to 
express to you his Lordship’s satisfaction at the general result 
of the application which you have been instructed to make to 
the Portuguese government for the restoration of the four vessels 
detained by the blockading squadron off Terceira. 

Adverting however to some of the expressions used by M. de 
Santarem in the note of the 2oth of August, in which he an- 
nounces to you the decision of the Portuguese government on 
this subject, Lord Aberdeen thinks it necessary that you should 
distinctly apprize M. de Santarem, in order to obviate all future 
misunderstanding, that although His Majesty’s Government 
cannot ‘object to any reference of the subject which the Portu- 
guese government may think proper to make to their own courts 
of law, they cannot accept any qualified promise of compensa- 
tion, but will hold the Portuguese government responsible for 
the full and equitable indemnification of the owners of the 
detained vessels for all the losses and damages sustained in 
consequence of the unjustifiable proceeding of the Portuguese 
squadron. The amount of such indemnification to which the 
parties may be equitably entitled, will, of course, form the sub- 
ject of future communications. 

I am further directed by his Lordship to instruct you to require 
that the dismissal of the captain of the Diana, and the cause of 
it, should be notified by the Portuguese government in the most 
public manner, 

I have, &amp;c. 
(signed) John Backhouse. 


——————— 
. N° 22. 


C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to John Backhouse, Esq. 
(Received September 21.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 11th September 180, 


I nave been assured that the Juiz de Fora, at Figueira has 
been removed from this office, which was promised to me some 
time ago by Viscount de Santarem, as the only way of checkin 
the incivilities and petty warfare existing against the English 
residents there. I cannot, however, procure yet the order for 
Mr. Laidley’s return to his family there. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





N° 29. 
C, A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Oct. 6) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 18th September 1830. 


I wave received a letter from the Vice-consul at Figueiras 
stating that the Juiz de Fora, and some armed men, went to the 
premises of a Mrs. Bayley, the widow of an Englishman, byt 
Portuguese born ; on the premises, or adjoining, is a magazine 
stated to be British, which the magistrate desired to be opened, 
The acting agent, William Snellgrove, refused for some time 
stating that he was a British subject, but then gave up the 
keys. For this attack he has complained. I sent his letter to 
Viscount de Santarem, and had yeterday the report made by 
the Juiz de Fora on the subject read to me by his Excellency, 
by which it appears that the said Englishman was not known 
to be such, from his neglect of not bemg properly registered at 
Figueira. I trouble your Lordship with this, and many other 
similar matters, as they may otherwise reach the office in the 
exaggerated relations of the many discontented parties here. 
I have desired inquiry to be made at Figueira into all the cir. 
cumstances of the case, 

The displacing of the Judge Conservator at Oporto meets 
many obstacles. . Mr. Crispin reported to me, that the convened 
meeting of the merchants produced only a resolution to find him 
culpable, and that I was to apply to the government to remove 
him. I answered, execute Lord Aberdeen’s directions, and send 
to me the name of the chosen successor, and | can settle the 
business here. In the meantime, the Judge writes letters. to me 
and to his friends in power here, saying that he cannot support 
the disgrace of being dismissed by the English. I replied to 
him, that it was now too late, as the Secretary of State’s orders 
must be complied with, and that he must. be aware of the incom- 
patibility of holding the office for the two conflicting parties. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 





(signed) C. A. Mackenze. 
N° 24. 
John Backhouse, Esq. to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. 
Sir, Foreign Office, 22d September 1830. 


I am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to acknowledge the 
receipt of your despatches to the 11th instant inclusive. 

Lord Aberdeen directs me again to address you on the case of 
the schooner Ninus, whose capture was reported in your despatch 
of the 26th of June. 

The seizure of this vessel appears to have been quite as irte- 
gular and unjustifiable as that of the four vessels which have 
formed the subject of your late remonstrances to the Viscount 
de Santarem; and if His Majesty’s Government had not enter- 
tained the confident hope that the Ninus would, long ere this, 
have been released, her restitution would have been demanded at 
the same time with that of those vessels. You will, however, 
immediately recal the attention of the Portuguese government 
to this subject, and demand that no further time shall be lost in 
bringing to a conclusion the case of this vessel, which, as far as 
His Majesty’s Government are informed of the facts, ought never, 
in their opinion, to have been subjected to detention. 


I am, &amp;e. 
(signed) John Backhouse. 





N° 25. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Oct. 12.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 25th September 1830. 


In obedience to Lord Aberdeen’s directions of the 8th instant, 
I delivered on Monday last an extract of the letter to Viscount 
de Santarem, respecting the dismissal of the captain of the 
Diana, and the necessary payment by the Portuguese gover- 
ment of the various charges which will be made by the owners, 
&amp;c. of the detained vessels. I had previously addressed a few 
lines to his Excellency on these subjects, as my letter of the 25 
ult. to your Lordship would show. A repetition from high au- 
thority is unhappily necessary with this feeble government, as 
every expedient is resorted to to procrastinate the execution 0 


what is considered either trivial or important. aes 
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I inquired yesterday of his Excellency what answer he had for | 


me on the subject. 


no hope that delay would relieve his government, as the conduct 
of the Portuguese officers had been tyrannical and shameful. 

_ [feel great pleasure in acquainting your Lordship that the 
Admiralty Court here have confirmed the sentence of the Por- 
tuguese Judge at St. Michael’s, in favour of the release of the 
schooner the Nimus. This second sentence may prevent any 
farther appeal, and when the Ninns is delivered up to the cap- 
tain, a statement will be ready of the various charges attending 
the detention of the vessel. 

My correspondence with Figueiras is likely to terminate very 
soon. By a report from the Juiz de Fora, it appears that the 
Englishman holding the magazine, and of whom I wrote last 
week as being compelled to give up the keys of his establishment 
on the visit of the Juiz de Fora, was never known to the magis- 
trates as a British subject. He could only speak of a passport 
dated in 1810. ‘The government is determined to require that 
all foreigners desiring to reside in Portugal must be registered in 
their districts ; which practice is, | believe, in force in all other 
countries. 

I have at last succeeded in getting permission for Mr. Laidley 
to return to his establishment at Figueiras. There has been an 
inquiry made into his character and behaviour, and the result 
does him very great credit. 

The Cygnet packet has not arrived, but is most anxiously 
looked for. 

' I have the honour, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





N° 26. 

C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Oct. 20.) 
(Extract.) Lisbon, 8th October 1830. 

I nave the honour to transmit to your Lordship a copy and 
translation of a note sent to me by Viscount de Santarem, in an- 
swer to my previous application to His Excellency, on receiving 
the complaint of our Vice-consul at Figueira, of the violent con- 
duct of the Juiz de Fora in requiring the keys of an English ma- 

zine near Coimbra. 

I mentioned the leading circumstances of this case to your 
Lordship in my despatches of the 18th and 25th ultimo; and 
I have so frequently alluded to the many unpleasant scenes which 
have occurred at Figueira, that I trust your Lordship will see 
the necessity of bringing this tiresome correspondence to a 
termination. 

The Portuguese government require that Englishmen desiring 
to reside in this country should announce such intention to the 
authorities of the towns or districts, and that they should fur- 
ther take our their Carta de Privilegios ; a document of such im- 
portance, that I wonder, as I wrote lately to the Vice-consul 
at Figueira, that any person possessing or being entrusted with 
the property of others should ever be without, more particularly 
at Figueira, where the commercial jealousies, disputes and con- 
tentions have been existing for some years. 

_ If Lord Aberdeen should be pleased to sanction these regula- 
tions, they can immediately be adopted everywhere. The prac- 
tice 1s nearly general in Lisbon already from the evident advan- 
tage derived : here, however, there are some Englishmen who 
declare they will shoot any Portuguese officer or magistrate who 
dares to approach their dwellings ; and they, like the complainant 
at Figueira, have not even a passport to show that they are 
known in this countrv ; and, after ten years’ disturbances, trust 
to the name of their own country for extraordinary indulgences, 
and boldly to defy the usual authority of the magistrates, when 
acting under the superior orders of their government. 

The dismissal of the Juiz de Fora, as promised by Viscount de 
Santarem to me, will, I trust, restore immediate tranquillity to 
a quarter where some Englishmen, as Mr. Laidley told me, have 
acted with the greatest impropriety. 


I have the honour, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 


P. S.—I take the liberty of sending an old Carta de Privilegios 
to your Lordship merely for your perusal ; and to observe, that 
iscount de Santarem’s remark, that the magazines in question 
having been let to Portuguese subjects is not denied by any let- 


- I have received from Figueira after this statement was made 
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Enclosure 1 in N° 26. 
Viscount de Santarem to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Secretary of State’s Office for Foreign Affairs, 
24th Sept. 1831. 

Viscount DE SanTAreEm having before him the note of Mr. 
ackenzie, dated the 15th instant, which accompanied a com- 
Pant made by W. R. Snelgrove, resident in Figueira, against 
* proceeding practised by the Juiz de Fora, on the 7th day of this 
a in the magazine of a property belonging to Maria Amelia 
€ Campos Belley, which are let to Joze da Costa Dinir, has the 
‘onour to reply to Mr. Mackenzie, that according to the oflicial 


His reply was, as usual, that the Council | 
was to take the matter into consideration to-day; but I left to him | 











communications which the government has received in this 
respect, it appears that the said proceeding was made in conse- 
quence of a knowledge that various persons, enemies of the State, 
assembled in one of these magazines, where, in effect, evidences 
of it were found : and judging it necessary, for the benefit of the 
same proceeding, to examine the premises underneath the said 
magazine ; at that moment an individual named William, book- 
keeper to the English Consul, arrived, (who appears to be the 
complainant) calling himself the agent of the owners of the ma- 
gazines, endeavouring, under this pretext, to hinder the proceed- 


_ Ing, and behaving to the commander of the escort which aided it 


with much insolence, provoking him, and making use of very in- 
considerate expressions. By this exact and true exposition of 
the fact, Mr. Mackenzie will learn how unfounded the complaint 
in question is. Without entering into an inquiry whether the 
owner of the magazines is or is not English, suffice that it is 
proved they are let to a Portuguese, for even in the case of the 
owner being English, the privileges appertaining to her as such 
can be of no advantage to the tenant, and consequently the said 
William was daring in trying to embarrass the proceeding, and 
much more so by the manner in which he attempted to do it. To 
prove further the injustice of the complaint, it may be added to 
the above, that the cases of apprehension of individuals compre- 
hended in the pronuncias of crimes against the State, are not only 
provided for in the laws of the kingdom, but are also declared in 
the 7th article of the Treaty of 1810. 

Viscount de Santarem cannot refrain from pointing out to 
Mr. Mackenzie on this occasion, how desirable it would be that 
the subjects of His Britannic Majesty should present, where 
necessary, the documents which prove their nationality, in order 
to prevent any person from unduly claiming to be considered as 
English unduly to obstruct judial proceedings. 


Viscount de Santarem renews, &amp;c. 





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Enclosure 2 in N° 26. 
(Translation.) 


Dona Marta, by the Grace of God Queen of Portugal and 
of Algarves, Xc. 

I make it known to all to whom this Charter of Previleges 
shall come, that Ignatius Antonio Archer, of the British Nation, 
and a merchant residing in the town of Figueira, having proved 
before my Desembargador of Appeals in this Court of the Re- 
lagao at Operto, Joachim Joze d’Andrade e Silva, Judge Con- 
servator to the said nation, he in consequence has ordered these 
presents to be granted to him, which being by the said Judge 
signed and sealed with the seal of this Court, I order that it 
shall be executed in all its contents as it is ordered by the 
Statute Laws of the Kingdom, book the 1st, title 52, paragraph 
gth, that the privileges of the English shall be observed, as also 
by the last Treaties of Peace, by which said privileges are con- 
firmed. By the 1oth and 11th Articles thereof, (1654) it is 
allowed to the said nation to trade free and secure, and that if 
once the duties are paid in a custom-house, they shall not be 
obliged to pay others in any other custom-house of these my 
kingdoms, and they will enjoy the same privileges and liberties of 
Protuguese subjects, notwithstanding their merchandize shall be 
loaded in British bottoms, this being determined by the decree 
of the 4th July 1557, and by sentence of the Council of my 
Finances, agreeably to the said treaties and decree above re- 
ferred to of the 19th August 1658; and it was determined that 
the royal solicitor of the island of Terceira should not oblige the 
British subjects to pay duties, and by the last Article of Peace, 
celebrated in the year 1654, and other decrees, they are exempt 
from paying decimas ; four and a half per cent. and other taxes 
on their trades, and it is permitted to the said British subjects 
the liberty of not paying any duties of the provisions and chat~- 
tels they shall swear are for their private use; and there being 
some dispute between the Consul of the said nation and the 
wine contractor, it was determined by a final sentence of the 
Royal Court, the solicitor of the same being present, that the 
wines which they should swear were for their own consumption, 
should be given to them free, which resolution has been put in 
practice by order of the Royal Council of my Finance. And by 
the same privileges they are exempt from the jurisdiction of the 
Senate, as determined by the sentence of the same Senate, which 
declared their Conservator was to liberate them from all violence, 
calling to his Court the proceedings, and in the same manner the 
are free from the jurisdiction of all Judges, whether in their civil 
or criminal causes, according to the gd Article of the Treaties 
of Peace, ordered to be observed by the decree of the 3d August 
1657; and they are exempt from being guardians to any persons 
against their will; and they have an Apozentadoria passiva to 
protect them from being turned out of their residences; and are 
free from all charges and services of war; and they can mount 
on_mules with a saddle and bridle, and carry offensive and de- 
fensive fire and other arms by night and day, not using them in 
an improper manner; they are not to be put in irons, nor tor- 
tured, but in case of murder; for by a decree of Philip the Second, 
my predecessor, it is to thera so permitted, that in case of being 
arrested they shall be kept prisoners in their own houses under 
homenagem, which has been determined in the said manner ; and 
in their business they shall be favoured, and in their houses no 
visits shall be made, nor be arrested without order or sanction of 
their Judge Conservator. And the officer that shall act to the 

contrary 


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contrary will incur the penalty of fifty crowns towards the Royal 
Hospital of All Saints, and in twenty for the aggrieved party. 
And ting seamen that come in their vessels, their masters 
shall not be obliged to pay them more than half their wages, and 
the other half shall be paid in England, as it has been ordered 
by: royal decree, notwithstanding the law tothe contrary. And 
allothese :privileges shall be enjoyed by their factors and servants 
tdthe number of six, (not being Spaniards); and in the same 
privileges it is declared that their bailiff only shall arrest them, 
and not by his men, and that they will enjoy all the present and 
fiitiire, privileges that may be granted to any other nation in this 
kingdom. In consequence I order all justices to have the pre- 
sent charter of privileges executed in all its parts; and the officer 
who shall act contrary thereto, and shall infringe any of the 
above privileges, by these granted to the petitioner Ignatius An- 
tonio Archer, shall, moreover the above penalties, be imprisoned, 
and the scrivener that shall accompany him will make an act of 
it, forwarding it to the scrivener that has subscribed the present ; 
all which you will execute. The Queen our Lady has ordered 
it, through Doctor Joaquim Joze de Andrade e Silva, of her Dis- 
embargo and her Disembargador of Appeals in this Court of 
the Relagao, at Oporto; and in the same and its districts Judge 
Conservator to the British Nation, subscribed by Laurengo de 
Barros Pereira, citizen of this town, and scrivener to the said 
Conservatorial Court, by the same Queen, on the 19th of Janu- 
ary 2781, &amp;c. Kc. Ke. 





No 27. 
©. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Oct. 20.) 
‘My Lord, Lisbon, 8th October 1830. 


On Tuesday last I had the honour of receiving Lord Aber- 
deen’s directions to address Viscount de Santarem, on the cruel 
delay in settling the case of the schooner Ninus, and I then 
imagined, that for once 1 might omit the performance of such 
commands, as the Court of Admiralty had confirmed the sen- 
tence of the Judge at St. Michael’s, on the vessel in question, 
by which her capture was declared illegal; but I yesterday dis- 
covered that in no single case is it allowed here to have any 
business whatever settled without repeated applications and as 
frequent disappointments. The Ninus is to be tried over again. 
The Admiralty Court has sanctioned the appeal of the captors 
on its own confirmatory judgment; and the vessel will be, I fear, 
a total wreck before her fate can be decided. 

In consequence of the above decision, I wrote yesterday a 
formal letter to Viscount Santarem on the subject, and sent to 
his Excellency a copy of the instructions given to me on the 
case. 

I have the honour, &amp;c. 


(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





No 28. 


C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Nov. 6.) 
(Extraet.) Lisbon, 23d October 1831. 


, J REGRET to inform your Lordship that I have received a 
letter from Mr. Norton, the Deputy Consul at Vianna, com- 
plaining of a forced visit from some Royalist volunteers, and of 
his having been obliged to surrender to them a gentleman, who 
gained admittance (without his knowledge) into Mr. Norton’s 
house. He likewise enclosed a complaint of the Vice-Consul 


of Caminha, relating to a more violent breach of privilege, on | 


the part of the authorities of the place, who entered the house 
of a British functionary without such apparent evidence to sanc- 
tion them. 

On the receipt of these letters I addressed copies of them to 
Viscount de Santarem, requiring an immediate inquiry into the 
causes of these violent proceedings, and requesting that orders 
should be strictly given to respect the privileges of all classes of 
British subjects ; a week or 10 days may produce an answer to 
the official inquiries now ordered. I shall minutely attend to 
the nature of such answer, and in the mean time lay copies of the 
letters reeeived from Mr. Norton before your Lordship. 

Saturday evening.—I have just seen Viscount de Santarem, 
who has so. often disappointed me about the dismissal of the 
commanding officer of the Diana. His Excellency says that it 
is,to be dispatched on Monday next, which I doubt being the 
case. (1 pressed the importance and the necessity of performing 
what was required, and what has been so often promised. Do 
it,they must, I assured his Excellency ; and | shall write a note 
to\him on Monday, to prove, that if it is so improperly delayed 
the fault is at his door. 

, I have the honour, &amp;c. 
(signed ) C. A. Mackenzie. 





‘ Enclosure 1 in N° 28. 


Mr. Norton to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. 
CB ip Vianna, 14th October 1830. 


T am sorry to have occasion to trouble you with the following 
compisints, but consider that you should be informed of the 











occurrence, in order that measures may be taken to preve 

the repetition of a similar insult towards any of His Britanaie 
Majesty’s subjects, or other persons entitled to British . 
vileges. ast 

On the 12th instant, at nine o’clock in the morning, (in eo 
sequence of a person, said to be implicated in politics, at &gt; 
from the adjoining houses to mine, through the garret-window 
unknown to me), my house was suddenly entered, without com. 

etent authority or my permission, by an ensign and four ro a 
ist volunteers. The officer ordered me to accompany hin, “ 
a prisoner, but desisted on the interference of the adjutant of th 
corps of royalist volunteers in this town, who said that I on 
not to blame in the casual entry of the implicated person. 
prevent popular tumults, I considered it prudent to deliver up the 
gentleman who had taken shelter in my house, his entry havine 
been witnessed by a considerable number of persons assembled 
around the spot. 

The enclosed is an exact copy of a letter which I received, on 
the 12th instant, from the British Vice-Consul at Caminha 
—- of the infringement of his privileges. . 

I sincerely hope that your endeavours may be able to prevent 
a recurrence of such irregular proceedings. 


I have the honour, &amp;c. 
(signed) Robert W. Norton, 





Enclosure 2 in N° 28. 
Mr. Joze Pereira Torres to Mr. Robert Norton.—-(Translation,) 


Sir, Caminha, 10th October 1890, 


You already know that in November 1828 my house was 
attacked twice, and that two strict searches were made in it, 
without any compromised person having been found there; and 
on the goth ultimo another most rigid search was therein made 
with the same result, to promote the object of which I freely 
exposed to view every corner of my house. The two first were 
made, one at day-break in the morning, the other in the night 
time, by an ensign of militia and some soldiers of his regiment, 
all persons unknown to me, without the attendance of an 
authority of this town; and the last search was effected by the 
Juiz de Ted and troops in garrison here, without paying any 
attention to my privileges as His Britannic Majesty’s Vice- 
Consul in this place. 

My conduct, I believe, is that of an honest and quiet man, 
and [ do not deny that it may be fairly investigated by an 
upright magistrate, and I trust in a few days to be able to 
prove, by documents, my assertions. I never declined receiving 
the military billetted on me, (from which I should be exempted); 
and this year, when a quantity of Indian corn was requested of 
me for the public service, | immediately delivered it, (from 
which I might also have claimed an exemption), and I was one 
of the first inhabitants of this town who voluntarily came forward 
and contributed to supply the wants of the State with what 
I could afford, and perhaps there were not four persons here 
who gave more. Such being my conduct, why am I to be so 
many times incommoded, and my house exposed to be ransacked, 
at the pleasure of any malicious person? And what advantage 
do I derive from being His Britannic Majesty’s Vice-consul, 
without any salary, in a Sea-port and a thoroughfare where my 
office subjects me to the payment of many contingent expenses 
out of my own pocket. 

Perhaps many of the inconveniences I suffer may be attri- 
butable to my having a son-in-law who is compromised, falsely, 
as I hope to show; and I beg to lay this statement before you, 
as I am resolved, rather than endure longer these vexatious pro- 
ceedings, to remove with my family to some other country, 
where I can live peaceably; but [ will not put this project into 
practice until I learn your opinion upon it, reminding you that 
{ have been many years the British ice-consul here, and have 
always behaved with that dignity and honour which become my 
office. 


In hopes of receiving your instructions, I am, &amp;c. 
(signed) Jose Pereira Torres. 





Ne 29. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Nov. 8.) 


( Extract.) Lisbon, 30th October 1831- 


Havine been disappointed again on Monday last, by not 
receiving from Viscount de Santarem any communicatien Te 
specting the dismissal of the commanding officer of the Diana, 
according to his Excellency’s frequent promises, I wrote a letter 
on the subject to him, and have now the honour to transmit 
a copy of it to your Lordship, 

The Cygnet packet has just arrived, and I am honoured by 
ad Lordship’s enpech of the 22d instant, by which I am 

appy to perceive that Lord, Aberdeen approves of what was 
submitted to his Lordship respecting the propriety of British 
subjects taking out the requisite documents to prove at once 
their nationality, and the extent of the privileges granted to them 
by the treaties with this country; 1 mean, in consequence, 


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. C. A. Mackenzie. 


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eyo? TW ? DOB Molen RB Ve, iZg2iuyi 
ag my. Mackensie;Esq? to Viscount de Santarem. 
of) ee ir * ee" Lisbon, 27th October 1830. 
“A PERIOD of 10, weeks having expired since I had the honour 
of communicating, te, your; Excellency, the orders I had received 
from my Goyernment respecting the dismissal of the commanding 
officer of. the Diana, who had violated the er due to British 
officers and to the British flag ; and as your Excellency has not 
been able,to state to me any progress made in bringing the pro- 
mise given in your Excellency’s reply to my said letter to any 
final execution, I. think it my duty not to defer any longer 
claiming, .a.third, time, your Excellency’s attention and interest 
to this subject. 

The cruel conduct of this Portuguese officer to the officers of 
the St. Helena schooner, in detaining the vessel under such 
a vain pretext as that of her being a pirate, while the com- 
manding officer showed his British commission, and the crew 
and passengers were all British subjects; of his obstinate incre- 
dulity in refusing belief to evidence that was not only sufficient 
for any man of sense, but would be convincing to any mex- 
perienced person in maritime affairs ; his audacious ill-usage in 
wresting the sword from the said English commanding officer ; 
his injurious and.angentlemanlike language to men of honour and 
character, over whom, he had but an illegal superiority of mere 
force of arms for the time ; his wanton ill-treatment of the invalid 

assengers,, In separating them from the medical officer sent on 
Poatd the St. Helena for their care and superintendence, are 
without any parallel in our period of political tranquillity. All 
these personal offences, joined to the unjustifiable detention of 
three other British vessels that could not be even suspected of 
going into the island of Terceira, have justly irritated the British 
Government, and your Excellency answered my former repre- 
sentations on the subject with the assurance of your Govern- 
ment, complying with the just and necessary punishment of the 
said officer; but I have waited from week to week without any 
effort being made by the Portuguese guyerneet to grant the 
romised satisfaction, and I request to know immediately from 
your Excellency when the Portuguese government intends to 
nut their promise into execution, as the delay is a cause of addi- 
onal disappointment. I can take upon myself to assure your 
eellency.in the name of my Government, that this promised 
piel ie the service is absolutely indispensable. 
_T beg’ leave likewise to remind your Excellency, that a period 
of seven weeks has elapsed since t had the honour of addressing 
fo you the note of the money paid by me for the maintenance 
here of the British seamen who were sent ashore so abruptly 
from the Portuguese frigate, and other vessels from Terceira ; 
and-as this expenditure was caused by the act of the said Por- 
tuguese officers, I look to the sppay ment of the amount as a 
matter of course, secured beyond a doubt by your Excellency’s 


promised engagement to repay the charges of the detained 
vessels, 


I beg leave to renew, &amp;c. 
(signed) 


C. A. Mackenzie. 





ig BOTS N° 30. 
C. A." Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.— (Received Dec. 1.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 20th November 1830. 


‘Tae Maltese subject whose violent arrest and confinement 
ina dungeon were likewise reported last week, has been put 
into the Limoeiro Prison, and is at liberty to see his friends there. 
My strong remonstrance against his ill-usage has not been 
further answered, but I hope will be next week. When arrests 
night and day harass and torment a great portion of the com- 
munity, and there is such just room for loud complaint, it is 
fortunate that the above Maltese is the only British subject in 
the list of victims and sufferers. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





N° 31. 
C, A. Mackenzie, Esq, to. Lord Dunglas.—(Received Dec. 10.) 


(Extract. Lisbon, 25th November 1830. 
The public mind here continues much agitated by the frequent 
and “éxténsive Artests of whole families, nay even of carriage 
jobmen, ‘wo, “Wwith’ drivers, mules, &amp;c., have been all latel 
‘ized ‘by 'the poliée.! Né cause is known, and as I have not been 
Voured with seeing Viscouiit’ Siintarém for néatly a fortnight, 
I Xhow little that metit§ béihg reported to your Lotdship. 
enti — poe 
. (signed) 


Part II. 


C..A. Mackenzie. 





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N° 32. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Lord Dunglas.—(Received Dec. 16.) 


d 
(Extract.) Lisbon, 1st December 1830, 


I am happy to inform your Lordship, that the society here is 
relieved from the distress occasioned by the continued: arrests of 
individuals by order of the Government. The magistrates, and 
a particular commission, have still the authority of acting in'the 
same arbitrary manner independent of the police. The excuse 
given is, that a plot was lately discovered to seize the person of 
Don Miguel at Queluz. 

The Maltese British subject whose arrest and severe treat- 
ment I had the honour of reporting to your Lordship, has been 
at last put at the disposal of our Judge Conservator. I cannot 
discover any particular reason for the delay in granting to him 
this privilege; but I suspect the Intendant of Police, and even 
Viscount de Santarem, had not the power to order the release of 
ally one imprisoned during the last three weeks. Although | 
addressed three notes to his Excellency on the subject, ond Tend 
his personal promises of redress, it was only last night that I re- 
ceived his written assurance of the requisite orders having been 
given, and this was only to avoid my sending, as I threatened, 
the full detail of the case for the information of Lord Aberdeen. 
As I hope the matter is left now to be treated after its own 
merits, the copy and translation of the above note enclosed to 
your Lordship may be sufficient. 

My correspondence with Viscount de Santarem experiences 
an unusual delay ; repeated applications for the dismissal of the 
officer commanding the Diana, and for the payment of the money 
advanced by me, are unattended. to; and the sanction of the 
Government to the nomination of the new Judge Conservator at 
Oporto, and many other subjects, are equally neglected. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





Enclosure in N° 32. 
Viscount de Santarem to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq.—(Translation.) 


30th November 1830. 

Viscount de Santarem has the honour to present his com- 
pliments to Mr. C. A. Mackenzie, and to acquaint him that the 
most decisive orders have already been given to the Intendant- 
general of the Police to have the British subject Marcicano 
put at the disposition of the British Judge Conservator, to have 
the privileges which by Treaty are granted to him executed, and 
which execution it is His Majesty’s desire to be maintained, and 
he has ordered them to be most rigorously observed. 


Viscount de Santarem avails, &amp;c. 





N° 33. 
Sir George Shee to C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. 


Sir, Foreign Office, 7th Dec. 1830. 

Wirn reference to the despatches addressed to you on the 
subject of the four British vessels unjustly detained, in August 
last, by the Portuguese squadron blockading Terceira, and more 
particularly to Mr. Backhouse’s despatch of the 8th of Sep- 
tember last, in which you were informed that it was the 
determination of His Majesty’s Government to make the Portu- 
guese government responsible for the losses and damage inflicted 
upon the owners of those vessels and of their cargoes, I am 
directed by Viscount Palmerston to transmit to you the accom- 
panying papers in “—— of the claims of the owners and 
freighters of the brig Velocity, those of the former amounting 
to 6751. 6s. 7d., and of the latter to 1,800/. 13s. gd. 

I enclose to you also copies of the reports of His Majesty’s 
Advocate-general, and of the correspondence with the parties 
thereon, as well for your information and guidance in maintaining 
the legal points of the case, as that you may be enabled 'to'con- 
vince the Portuguese Minister that these claims have not 
been admitted without being duly sifted by’ His Majesty’s 
Government. 

In the letter of the 15th November from Messrs. Newsam and 
Co. on behalf of the owners of the cargo of the Velovity, you 
will find the explanation given by them on a point tegarding the 
damage sustained by the cargo, which appeared to the King’s 
Advocate to require further investigation. 

Lord Palmerston is of opinion, that the claim of the owner to 
compensation for the loss of the skins in question is fully 
established ; and that such compensation must form part of 
the demand to be peremptorily made upon the Portuguese 
Government. 

I have only further to add, that Lord Palmerston desires you 
will take the earliest opportunity of stating these claims to the 
Portuguese government, and of insisting upon their liquidation, 
without any further delay; and that you will at the same time, 
in decisive terms, give the Portuguese minister to understand, 
that in the case of this vessel, as well as of the others similarly 
situated, His Majesty’s Government expect a punctual and strict 
fulfilment of the promise made in M, de Santarem’s note to you 


of 
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of the 20th of August last; and that consequently they mean 
to adhere to the determination to require ample indemnification 
for His Majesty’s subjects, as announced in the despatch above 





referred to. 
Tam, &amp;c. | 
(signed) G. Shee. 
Enclosure 1 in N° 33. 
Mr. Brookes to the Earl of Aberdeen. 
My Lord, London, 19th October 1830. 


I EG to introduce, for your Lordship’s consideration, my claim 
against the Portugese government, and to offer you my thanks 
for the very prompt and effectual manner in which your Lordship 
was pleased to notice the insult offered to the British flag, when 
my brig Velocity under my command was seized and sent to 
Lisbon. 

The accounts and certificates herewith are made up without 
any attempt at overcharge or unfair dealing. Indeed I have 
omitted many charges which ought to have been introduced for 
damage done to the hull of the vessel, and | beg to leave for 
your Lordship’s consideration the remuneration I ought to have 


for the anxiety I suffered during the capture. 


The following documents are enclosed to your Lordship : 


Ne 1. Copy of protest. 
2. Statement of my claims. 
3 to 7. Certificates and certified accounts. 


Feeling that it will not be needful to enter into further expla- 
nation of the circumstances which gave rise to my claim, 


I have the honour, &amp;c. 


(signed ) Samuel Brooks. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 33. 
Messrs. Newsam &amp; Co. to the Earl of Aberdeen. 


My Lord, 9, Crescent, Minories, 30th Oct. 1830. 


In behalf of others who as well as ourselves were interested 
in the cargo on board the British brig Velocity, Captain Brooks, 
when seized and detained in the course of her voyage from 
Payta and Valparaiso to London, by the Portuguese squadron 
off Terceira, and afterwards restored at Lisbon, through the 
intervention of His Majesty’s Government, we venture to transmit, 
through your Lordship, to the Portuguese government, the en- 
closed documents, which show that the loss incurred from this 
unjustifiable detention is 1,800/. :3s. gd. and which we have 
to claim from his most faithful Majesty. 

As the whole particulars of the case have been so lately before 
your Lordship, we feel it unnecessary for us to enter into details 
m the present. 

We only beg to say, that if our claim is not made in the official 
form required, or if any further information can be given, we 
shall be most happy to supply it. 

In the mean time, as the inconvenience already experienced, 
and the loss sustained, is great, we earnestly hope your Lordship 
will be pleased to give this application your earliest possible 
attention. 

Weare, &amp;c. 


(signed) Newsam &amp; Co. 





(Enclosure 3 in N° 33.) 


His Most Faithful Majesty Dom Miguel the First, King of 
Portugal, &amp;c. &amp;c. &amp;c. 


D' to F. Newsam &amp; Co. and others. 


For loss sustained by them in consequence of the seizure and 
detention of the English brig Velocity, Captain Brooks, bound on 
a voyage from Payta to London, by the Portuguese squadron off 
Terceira, as per annexed documents, viz. : 





AMOUNT 
they would have 
produced. 








mR ad &amp; « @ 

No. 1. On 2,000 seal skins to F. 
Newsam &amp; Co. - -|1,950 - -—| 582 4 8 
2. On 1,037 ox and cow hides | 683 13 9] 162 g - 
3. On 3,570 sealskins - -/2,4399 10 —| 88212 3 
4. On 265 ox and cow hides | 222 19 1 22 5 4 
Carry forward - - £.|4,696 2 10/1,649 11 3 











——— 


a a 
Brought forward - - 1,649 11 3 


Interest for 67 days, the time the 
vessel was detained, being from 
June 22 to August 28, on the 
amount the goods would have 
produced but for that detention, 


at 5° p.c. perann. 43 2 _ 














on 4,696/. 2s. 10d. - - 
‘Sr mteree een 
' 1,692 13 3 
No. 5. On bullion to A. Gibbs &amp; 
Sons, for interest - - 20 7 2 
6. Loss sustained by Mr. and 
Mrs. Shields, passengers 5513 4 
7. D° by Master Robins; and 
Servant d° - - $2 - -| 108 =~ ¢ 
ee: 
£. 11,800 13 9 
London, 30th October 1830. ee 
(Enclosure 4 in N° 33.) 


Lord Dunglas to Messrs. Newsam &amp; Co. 


Gentlemen, Foreign Office, 13th November 1830. 


I am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to acknowledge the 
receipt of your letter of the goth ultimo, claiming on behalf of 
yourselves and others, owners of the cargo of the brig Velocity, 
one of the vessels which have been illegally detained by the Por. 
tuguese squadron off Terceira, the sum of 1,800/. 135. 9d. from 
the Portuguese government, for losses and damages sustained in 
consequence of the detention of that vessel. 

I am to acquaint you in reply, that His Majesty’s Government, 
having had under their consideration the accounts transmitted in 
your letter, are of opinion that the principle upon which those 
accounts are made out is correct and ete and such as would 
be recognized and sanctioned in the High Court of Admiralty in 
cases of restitution of neutral property, decreed with costs and 
damages; and as the difference between the prices realized b 
the actual sale of the goods, and that which they would have 
brought if they had arrived in due time, and in good condition, 
appears to be certified by respectable brokers, there appears to be 
no objection to the demand in that respect ; but His Majesty’s 
Government feel some difficulty in arriving at the conclusion, 
that the whole damage to the skins was occasioned by the deten- 
tion of the Velocity by the Portuguese squadron. The skins 
would probably have sustained some damage in the earlier part 
of the voyage; and as it would therefore be scarcely just to 
throw the whole burden upon the Portuguese government, Lord 
Aberdeen directs me to request that you will furnish him with 
some further explanation upon this point prior to any application 
on his part to the Portuguese government for indemnification 
for the losses occasioned to you by the detention of the Velocity. 

I am, &amp;c. 


(signed) Dunglas. 





(Enclosure 5 in N° 33.) 
Messrs. Newsam &amp; Co. to the Earl of Aberdeen. 


My Lord, London, 15th November 1830. 


We have been honoured with a letter, dated the 13th instant, 
from my Lord Dunglas, requesting, in support of our claims for 
losses and damage sustained by us and others through the deten- 
tion of the Velocity by the Portuguese squadron, some further 
explanation as to the probability that part of the skins might 
have received some damage in the earlier part of the voyage, and 
that in such a case it would not be just that the whole loss should 
fall upon the Portuguese government. : 

In reply, we humbly beg leave to refer your Lordship to the 
affidavit of the captain, and part of the ship’s crew, attached to 
the protest, in which it is distinctly stated that they had examined 
the skins, had had them on deck, and repickled them but a few 
days before their capture, and that they were then all in good 
order; of which we think there can be no doubt, even were it 
unsupported by this evidence, from the fact of their coming 
round the Horn in the winter season, and from the precaution 
taken of keeping wind-sails down both the forward and aft hatch- 
way, and having them on deck to repickle them whenever an 
opportunity offered. 

The damage, your Lordship will observe from the documents 
transmitted to you, is affirmed to have arisen solely from heat, 
and with the evidence attached, it does not, we submit, allow of 
the shadow of a doubt, but that all the damages sustained by the 
skins was incurred after the detention, from which time, till re- 
leased at Lisbon, she was lying in an excessive heat, with her 
hatches battened down; and notwithstanding every remonstrance 
on the part of the captain as to the consequences, no steps were 
allowed to be taken to give the cargo air. -_ h 

Should your Lordship, however, be still of opinion, that t : 
bare possibility (putting aside the improbability of the case, 0 





the affidavit of the ship’s crew, which would be quite sufficiest 
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in itself to substantiate the loss at Lloyds) of some of the skins 
having been damaged prior to the seizure of the Velocity, might, 
when indemnification is applied for by His Majesty’s Govern- 
ment, occasion either cavil or delay on the part of the Portuguese 
authorities ; we beg to state, that, from the nature of the case, it 
js impossible to furnish further proofs upon the subject; and 
that rather than such a question should be a bar to a speedy 
settlement of the greater claim, we would agree to any propor- 
tionate reduction of the loss occasioned by the damage to the 
skins being made, which your Lordship should think it right we 
should accept. 
Returning our sincere thanks for the Bre 3 attention this 
affair has throughout met with from His Majesty’s Government, 


We beg the honour of subscribing, &amp;c. 
(signed) F. Newsam &amp; Co. 





N° 34. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to John Backhouse, Esq.—(Rec. Dec. 30.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 11th December 1830. 


I nave the honour to inform you, that our excellent Judge 
Conservator here has been able to make some amends for the 
iardy and vexatious manner in which the Portuguese magis- 
trates and officers of justice had treated Mercicano, the Maltese 
subject, arrested several weeks past, for having more arms in his 
warehouse than had been reported to the police on a late order 
issued to that effect. The Judge Conservator examined into the 
accusations, heard the opposing party, and liberated, in a wd 
exemplary manner, the | pers in the space of three days, whic 
is a very singular and laudable instance of judicial despatch 
here, in these times of persecution, and consequent long impri- 
sonment. , 

I received a letter a few days ago from Viscount de Santarem, 
informing me that the registers of the two ships detained at 
Terceira, and afterwards liberated, were at the disposal of the 
agent; and the Margaret, one of the vessels, has just arrived 
here from Hamburgh, happily to profit of the circumstance. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





N° 35. 
C.A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.—(Rec. Dec. 30.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 11th December 1830. 


My usual weekly visit to Viscount Santarem every Friday 
was yesterday deferred, by a note from his Excellency, to this 
day, when our conversation commenced by his assurance that 
several objects of our late correspondence, on the subjects of daily 
occurrence here, had been satisfactorily settled by him this 
morning. When the communications reach me, I shall not fail 
to report their contents for your Lordship’s information. 

I again repeated to his Excellency that he had almost ex- 
hausted the patience of the British Government, and had no 
title to calculate on the continuance of such extended forbear- 
ance. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





Ne 36. 
C. A. Mackenzie, Esq. to Sir Geo. Shee.—(Rec. Jan. 4, 1831.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 23d December 1830. 


By the last packet, I had the honour of receiving your de- 
spatch of the 7th instant, accompanied by the numerous docu- 
ments sent to me respecting the various sums of money to be 
claimed by me of the Portuguese government, on account of 
the portion of the charges already made out and approved of, 
for the detained vessels at Terceira. I hope to have these papers 
copied by Monday next, when I shall forward them to Viscount 


de Santarem, according to the spirit of the directions I have 
received, 





The government here has afforded some satisfaction for the 
complaints made by the Vice-consuls at Vianna and Caminha, 
(as was stated to Lord Dunglas in my letter of 23d October 
last), and the Minister of Justice has written twice to the Por- 
tuguese functionaries to pay every respect to the English agents. 
Unhappily the offenders were Royalists; and of late this class 
rule around them so haughtily, that a reproof from Don Miguel’s 
ministers is not considered by them as entitled to the respect 
which the orders of an absolute prince should command. 

I regret to state once more, that Viscount de Santarem con- 
tinues to treat my renewed applications for the dismissal of the 
commanding officer of the Diana, as was promised by his Ex- 
cellency’s letter, with the same indecision or indifference. I take 
the liberty of drawing your attention, Sir, to this stubborn neg- 
lect, as the honour of the British flag is concerned, and the 
fulfilment of the promises made by Viscount de Santarem can 
never, I imagine, be relinquished. Ido not fail to ‘oe out 
this circumstance to his Excellency, and he yields to the justice 
of my observations, lamenting the obstacles made by some of 
his colleagues, or by some more influential agents; and I appre- 
hend some new direction must be given to me to apes that His 
Majesty’s Government is as determined as formerly not to allow 
a man so unworthy of any command to escape unpunished for 
such a serious list of offences. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) C. A. Mackenzie. 





N° 37. 
J. Meagher, Esq. to Sir George Shee.—(Rec, Jan. 11th, 1831.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 31st December 1830. 

On the 29th instant, a Maltese subject named Francis Calleia, 
enjoying British privileges here, addressed to me a formal com- 
plaint against this government for having peremptorily and 
arbitrarily compelled him, under pain of imprisonment, to pay 
into the public depository, at an hour’s notice, a sum of mone 
equal to that which he had lately received from a debtor of his, 
on a bill of exchange due to him, without even assigning any cause 
for this violent proceeding, thus not only wresting from him the 
sum in question, but also depriving him of all legal claim upon 
his late debtor, to whom he had given a judicial acquittance on 
receiving the amount of the said bill. I deemed it my duty to 
forward this statement to Viscount de Santarem, entreating his 
Excellency’s intervention to obtain redress for the injuries al- 
leged to have been inflicted on this individual, and I shall not 
fail to acquaint you with the answer that I may receive on the 
subject. 

1 beg leave further to add, that this government have deli- 
vered up the certificates of registry belonging to the British brig 
Margaret, and the East India Company’s schooner St. Helena, 
to the agent of these vessels here. The above papers had been 
detained at St. Michael's when the vessels were seized by the 
blockading squadron off Terceira, and had not arrived when 
they were liberated at Lisbon; but the delivery of them was 

romised on Mr. Mackenzie’s application for them, as reported 
in his despatch of the 26th of August to Lord Dunglas. 


1 have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. Meagher. 


P.S. Since writing the above, I have received from Viscount 
de Santarem the answer to my note of the 2gth, above referred 
to, respecting the case of Mr. Calleia, of which I have the 
honour to transmit to you a copy and translation. 





Enclosure in N° 37. 


The Viscount de Santarem to J. Meagher, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Secretary of State’s Cabinet Office, 
‘gist December 1830. 

Tue Viscount de Santarem presents his compliments to 
Mr. Jeremiah Meagher, and acquaints him, in reply to his note 
of the 29th instant, that the necessary orders, which he yesterday 
solicited, are about to be issued on the disagreeable business in 
question, and the moment they are given he will inform him. 


The Viscount de Santarem profits, &amp;c. 


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A. 


1831. 








Correspondence with R. B. 


No. 1.—Viscount Palmerston 
No. 2.—Viscount Palmerston 
3-—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 4.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 5.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 6.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 7.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 8.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. g.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 10.—Viscount Palmerston 
No. 11.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 12.-—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 13.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 14.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 15.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 16.—K. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 17.—Viscount Palmerston 
No. 18,—R. Bb. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 19.—Sir George Shee - 


No. 20.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No, 21.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 22.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 23.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 24.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 25.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 26.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 27.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 28.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 29.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


No. 30.— Viscount Palmerston 
No. 31.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 32.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


No. 33.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 34.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 35.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 36.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 37.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 38.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 39.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 40.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 41.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 42.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


No. 43.—Viscount Palmerston 
No. 44.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 45.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 46.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 47.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 48.—R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
No. 49.—Viscount Palmerston 


LIST OF PAPERS. 


to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Sir George Shee - 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Sir George Shee - 
to Sir George Shee - 
to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Sir George Shee - 
to Sir George Shee - 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Sir George Shee - 
to R. Bb. Hoppner, Esq. 
to Sir George Shee - 
to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
to Sir George Shee - 
to Sir George Shee - 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Sir George Shee - 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Sir George Shee - 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
to Sir George Shee - 
to Sir George Shee - 
to Sir George Shee - 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Sir George Shee - 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Sir George Shee - 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Rt. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
to Sir George Shee - 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Viscount Palmerston 
to Sir George Shee - 
to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Hoppner, 


Esq., 


1831. 


Foreign Office, 


Foreign 


Foreign 


Foreign 


Foreign 


Foreign 


Foreign 


Foreign 


Office, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 

Office, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 

Office, 
Lisbon, 

Office, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 

Office, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 

Office, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 
Lisbon, 

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PLP EPEPEEEE PTET PEEP 


CORRESPONDENCE WITH R. B. HOPPNER, ESQ., 1831. 


N° 1. 


Viscount Palmerston to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


(Extract.) Foreign Office, 14th January 1831. 


Bur as in consequence of the suspension of all diplomatic 
intercourse with the Portuguese government, and there being, 
therefore, no representative of His Majesty at Lisbon, you will, 
for the present, be charged with the duty of protecting British 
subjects in Portugal, and of supporting their rights and privi- 
leges under existing Treaties between the two countries, it be- 
comes necessary to give you some instructions for your guidance 
in performing this part of your duty. 

n adverting therefore to the state of Portugal, and to its rela- 
tions with other powers, I have to desire that you will be careful 
to avoid any appearance of interfering in any political questions 
relating to the internal affairs of that country, and that you will 
observe, both in your language and your conduct, a strict neu- 
trality between the contending parties into which the nation is 
divided. 

You will not fail, in the mean time, to inculcate upon all Bri- 
tish subjects in Portugal the necessity of abstaining from all 
interference in its political dissentions, and to explain to them 
that they must abide by the consequences which might attend 
any violation, on their part, of the laws of that country. On the 
other hand, it will be your duty to keep active and vigilant 
watch to prevent any subject of His Majesty, resident in Portu- 
gal, from being treated by any Portuguese authority in any 
manner sanctioned neither by the Treaties subsisting between 
the two countries, nor by the general law of nations. In any 


instance in which the rights of British subjects may be violated, 
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you will forthwith make a prompt and energetic demand of re- 
dress, giving the Portuguese government to understand that His 
Majesty’s Government will not permit such acts to be committed 
with impunity; and if, in any such case, redress should be 
denied or delayed, you will, without loss of time, transmit a 
statement of the facts to me for the consideration of His Ma- 
jesty’s Government. 
I am, &amp;c. 


(signed) Palmerston. 





N° 2. 
Viscount Palmerston to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
Sir, Foreign Office, 14th January 1831. 


I am informed by Mr. Meagher, in his despatch dated the 
ist ult., that he has been called upon to use his intervention 
with the Portuguese government in behalf of a Maltese subject 
named Francis Calleia, who had been compelled, under pain 0 
imprisonment, to pay a sum of money into the public depen? 

t appears further, from the contents of a note from M. de 
Santarem, enclosed in Mr. Meagher’s despatch above referred to, 
that his Excellency has given directions respecting this case, 
though the purport of them is not precisely stated. 

I have to desire that you will report to me whether redress 
has since been afforded to Calleia, and if not, that you will -_ 
no time in demanding that full restitution may be made of the 
sum illegally exacted from this dividual. 

I am, &amp;c. 


(signed) Palmerston. 








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N° 3: 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received Feb. 2.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 15th January 1831. 

M. pe Santarem having fixed upon this morning to receive 
me, | waited upon his Excellency, from whom I met with an 
affable reception. Upon reading your Lordship’s letter, he 
assured me of his desire to render me every assistance in the 
execution of my office that lay in his power, and of his anxious 
wish to put an end to the —— state in which the relations 
between the two countries had continued for some time past. 
| replied that 1 was very happy to learn, upon my arrival here, 
that the greater part of the minor cases which had arisen had 
been already satisfactorily disposed of, and that I trusted there 
would be no difticulty with regard to the others: that the chief of 
these was the confirmation, by the Portuguese government, of 
the Judge Conservator at Oporto, and the affair of the captain 
of the Diana; that with regard to the latter, His Majesty’s 
Government had set them an example in the promptitude with 
which they had conformed to their wishes in the case of Lieute- 
nant Jones, which I trusted they would not be backward to 
follow. M. de Santarem assured me that, in the former case, he 
had already sent the necessary documents to the Minister of Jus- 
tice, with a peremptory demand that it should be decided. He 
avoided, however, saying anything explicit upon the other, 
neither did I expect he would, as I knew it to be one of consi- 
derable embarrassment to his government, on account of the high 
protection which that officer enjoys. 

He expressed himself much gratified with this assurance; and 
I added, that the line which Great Britain would adopt with re- 
gard to Portugal must depend, in a very great measure, upon 
themselves ; that the most effectual means of conciliating the 
other governments of Europe would be to instruct their officers 
to desist from those acts of aggression of which they had lately 
been guilty against the commerce of other nations. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;ce. 
(signed) R. B. Hopper. 





N° 4. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston, 
(Received February 2.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 15th January 1831. 


I pEEM it my duty to submit to your Lordship the accom- 

panying translated Extracts of a weekly publication issued in 
this capital by permission of the government, and printed in fact 
at the royal press, as being indicative of the violence of party 
feeling, and of the manner in which the passions of the people 
are worked upon by the prevailing faction here. The journal, 
from the 10th number of which I have extracted these passages, 
was originally published by “authority ” of the government ; the 
word “permission” having been substituted for “ authority ” 
upon the remonstrance of the French Consul resident in Lisbon 
against several passages contained in it of a most offensive nature 
to his government. 
_ The author of this print is a priest (an Augustine friar), the 
instrument of the ultra royalists, and, as your Lordship will per- 
celve, recommends, with the characteristic violence of his party, 
a general massacre of the freemasons, that is to say, of every 
man who thinks differently from himself (for such is the com- 
prehensive meaning of the word) as a proper and justifiable 
method of exterminating their political opponents ; and he else- 
where suggests that they should commence by the unfortunate 
prisoners already in their power. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure in N° 4. 


Extracts from a Periodical Journal, called (O Desengano) The 
Truth.—(Translation. ) 


To combat the freemasons, that is, the enemies of God and 
of the human race, is a very necessary thing, but one which, at 
thesame time, has become a matter of extreme difficulty. I would 
wish them to be exterminated as wolves were in England ; that 
is by killing them all in one general hunt. In England no more 
wolves remained, for as they were things that eat without being 
of any profit, and therefore did not enter into the calculation of 
the interests of the subjects of England, no one has chosen to 
take over there a couple of that useful stock ; it was enough that 
they should be driven from thence. With so good a remedy in 
our power let us not suffer such wolves to exist any longer in 
Portugal. True it is, that the diminished population of the 
kingdom, of which they so loudly complain, would remain like 
a vineyard after the vintage, with a stray bunch to be found here 
and there, as the gleaners would carry off every thing, and the 
harvest is immense. 

The idea of a general shooting is indeed original! We should 
see our balls bringing down, what the Jews saw in the desert, 
clouds upon clouds of quails falling to satisfy their hunger— 


clouds of freemasons dropping to the ground to satiate our de- 
site and glut our appetite. 


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May God kill those who tolerate the freemasons. The best 
expositors of the Scriptures have said, that when God deter- 
mined to slay the first born of Egypt, he sent the Archangel 
Michael to perform this operation, and that to relieve Jerusalem 
from its besiegers, the Assyrians, the same Archangel was in 
himself the avenging army, who in one night slew 165,000 of 
these Assyrians ; this Archangel is not dead, he yet lives, and 
may God preserve him for great deeds, and it is no small one to 
put an end, a complete end, to all freemasons, more impious 
than the Egyptians, and more barbarous than the Assyrians. 

Is not Lafitte a money exchanger? would he wish to discount 
a bill? It is better to let it alone, as he will derive no profit by 
so doing; that time is gone by. No, Sir, Mr. Lafitte is not 
a money changer, he is now the Manoel Fernandez Thomaz of 
France*. The 24 letters of Hypolito, combated and refuted in 
the “ Espectador,” declare precisely the same that has been said 
by Garret, Middosi (writers in favour of the constitutional party, 
at present out of Portugal.) But I firmly believe that certain 
brutes called Cossacks, who reside in North-street, will not allow 
the scaffolding to be raised, and let the architects+ be con- 
vinced, that even in the distressed state in which we are, should 
they, in punishment of their sins, dare to raise the first beam, it 
will immediately serve as a strangling post for them; what 
a grand ornament to their architecture. 

There has been moderation in the imprisonments; although 


the gallows might go on, without having reason to be ashamed 
of its operations. 





N° 5. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received February 8.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 27th January 1831. 


I REMONSTRATED in strong terms against the journal pub- 
lished by Padre Macedo (some extracts of which i have given 
in a former despatch), the existence of which I declared to be 
as injurious to his government, as it was insulting to common 
sense. With regard to this, M. de Santarem fully concurred in 
the impropriety of the language used by the writer, and the bad 
effect it produced, acknowledging the truth of my assertion, that 
it kept the people, who might otherwise be disposed to tran- 
— in a state of ferment, and where, as they might believe 
that every thing around them was peaceful and orderly, informed 
them of intrigues against the State of which they might other- 
wise know nothing, and kept alive a flame which, if left to itself, 
might soon perhaps be extinguished. M. de Santarem, as 
I have said, did not deny this, merely endeavouring to satisfy me 
that the publication was not authorized by his government; and 
when I refuted this by observing that, not only did it issue from 
the government press, and with royal authority, but that in this 
country every publication was subject to their controul, he con- 
tented himself with remarking, that it would be hard if they 
should not be allowed to defend themselves, when so many things 
were written and published against them. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





N° 6. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.—(Received Feb. 13). 
Sir, Lisbon, 4th February 1831. 


Wiru reference to Mr. Mackenzie’s despatch of the 12th Nov. 
of last year, wherein it is stated that a third and final sentence 
had been passed in the Admira!ty Court of this country in favour 
of the schooner Ninus, detained and sent here for adjudication 
by the Terceira squadron ; I have the honour herewith to trans- 
mit copies of a letter which I have received from Mr. Gibbs, 
master of the said schooner, and of a note which I addressed in 
consequence to the Viscount de Santarem. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 6. 
Mr. William Gibbs to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
Sir, Lisbon, 27th January 1831. 
Havine received a letter from my owner in Dartmouth, under 
date of the 18th instant, informing me that he had received in- 
formation from Viscount Palmerston, dated 3d December 1830, 
that a final sentence had been given in favour of the schooner 
Ninus, and wishing to know from me the reason that I am not 
ut in possession, and remuneration made for all damages for 
oe unjust detention, I beg to inform you, that I have been wait- 
ing with great anxiety to receive an intimation through your 
office that the vessel was given up, fully ox pecans that the au- 
thorities would long before this have communicated with you on 
this subject, and am now compelled to state that they still keep 
possession 





* This Manoel Fernandez Thomaz was the chief actor and promoter 
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"ae eager of the vessel and also of my private property, such as 
oks, charts, quadrants, &amp;c. &amp;c. which I fear, before this, must 
be ruined, I have therefore to request your kind interference 
to obtain an order for the delivery of the vessel, to enable me to 
reply and give satisfaction to my owners, for the property entrusted 
to my charge. 
I have the horiour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) William Gibbs, 
Master of the Schooner Ninus. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 6. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Lisbon, 28th January 1831. 


Tue undersigned, His Britannic Majesty’s Acting Consul- 
General in Portugal, has the honour to transmit to his Excellency 
Viscount de Santarem the copy of a letter which has been 
addressed to him by Mr. William Gibbs, Master of the British 
schooner Ninus, detained and sent into this port by the block- 
ading squadron off Terceira. 

The injustice of this vessel’s detention has already been re- 
corded, by the sentence of two tribunals of this country, and 
acknowledged by his Excellency, as appears by a note of 
Mr. Mackenzie, under date 7th October, wherein he refers to 
an assurance he had received from his Excellency that orders 
had in consequence been issued for her immediate liberation. 

His Excellency Viscount de Santarem is already acquainted 
with the opinion of the Earl of Aberdeen, that this vessel ought 
never to halve been subjected to detention, and that if His 
Majesty’s Government had not at that period entertained the 
confident hope that she would long since have been released, her 
restitution would have been demanded at the same time with 
that of the four vessels claimed and restored. That the British 
Government conceived, in fact, that orders to this effect had 
been already carried into execution, is apparent from the accom- 
panying letter, wherein it is stated, that upon application from 
the owners to His Majesty’s Secretary of State in London, for 
the intervention of the British Government on her behalf, Lord 
Palmerston had replied to them that a final sentence had been 
given in her favour, and the vessel accordingly restored ; and so 
convinced was the undersigned that this was the case, that per- 
ceiving the vessel still lying here, since his arrival in Lisbon, he 
had conceived the erroneous notion that this was entirely owing 
to neglect on the part of the master to resume possession, or to 
some mistaken-idea on his part as to the manner in which this 
should be effected. It was, therefore, with no small surprise that 
the undersigned learnt, as well from the master as from the 
consignee of the Ninus, and now clearly perceives from the 
accompanying letter, that the delay has originated entirely on 
the part of the Portuguese authorities, who continued to detain 
the vessel without respect for the decision of their own tribunals, 
or regard for the rights of British subjects. It is with consi- 
derable regret that the undersigned finds himself imperiously 
called upon again to bring this case before his Excellency 
Viscount de Santarem, and to represent to him the evil effect 
which a knowledge of the detention of the Ninus cannot fail to 
produce upon the minds of the British Government, so contrary 
to the just expectations they had entertained from the informa- 
tion which had already reached them respecting the previous 
decision of the Portuguese Government. In doing so he cannot 
but earnestly recommend the immediate liberation of this vessel, 
and the issue, without further delay, of the necessary orders to 
the officer in possession of her to restore her to her lawful owners. 
He is still willing to flatter himself that the delay which has 
hitherto penne is attributable to some mistake on the part of 
these officers as to the orders said to have been issued to them, 
and he therefore trusts his Excellency Viscount de Santarem 
will immediately make this circumstance known to the proper 
authorities, in order that no further pretext may exist for her 
continued detention. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





N°7. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.—(Received 
February 25.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 11th February 1831. 


In the interview which I have just had with the Viscount de 
Santarem, he earnestly requested me to express to your Lorship 
the satisfaction with which his colleagues had learnt the positive 
instructions sent to me to avoid on my own part, and to prevent 
in the English residents here, any interference in the political 
contest now pending in this country, and was anxious that your 
Lordship should be informed of the strict injunctions which he 
said had been given in consequence to all their magistrates to 
pay every regard to the rights and privileges assured by Treaty 
to British subjects. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





‘ N° 8. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.—(Received Feb. 9 5.) 


Sir, Lisbon, 11th February 1831, 


_ [wave the honour to transmit to you, for Lord Palmersto,? 
information, the copy of a note which I have addressed to hie 
Excellency Viscount de Santarem, requesting his attention : 
the claims which were some time since submitted to him My 
compensation for the loss sustained by the owners and freight «4 
of the ship Velocity, detained by the Terceira squadron ; s i 
by the warrant officers, passengers on board the St. Hele, 
packet. There is likewise another demand for money advanced 
in support of the British seamen landed here in an irreoy| 
manner by the Captain of the Diana Portugese frigate, which 
I have been at the same time obliged to renew, no notice having 
been hitherto taken of either of these claims by the Portuguese 
government. _— 

As it is the system of this government not even to give an 
answer to any of the notes addressed to them from time te time 
on these several claims, I am not aware that | can do any thing 
else than remind them occasionally of, and solicit their speedy 
attention to them. y 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner, 


P.S. In reference to the above, I have the honour to inform 
you, that M. de Santarem this day told me that the claims jn 
question were actually under the consideration of the proper 
tribunal, to which he had also transmitted my letter. 





Enclosure in N° 8. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 7th February 1831. 


THE instructions given by my Government to Mr. Mackenzie 
and subsequently reiterated to myself, to claim without delay, 
from that of this country, compensation for the losses sustained 
by those British subjects whose vessels were illegally detained 
by the squadron blockading Terceira, and their property injured 
in consequence, being, as your Excellency is well aware, of a 
most peremptory nature, I find myself under the necessity of 
again calling your Excellency’s attention to the letter addressed 
to your Excellency on this subject by my predecessor, under 
date the 27th December last, to which no answer has hitherto 
been received. 

Documents substantiating the claims advanced on account of 
the losses incurred by the owners and freighters of the ship 
Velocity, and the warrant officers of the St. Helena, were therein 
submitted to your Excellency for the information of the Portu- 
guese government, nor do I apprehend that any doubt can exist 
on their part as to the justice of these demands. Your Excellency 
was also at the same time made fully acquainted with the ex- 
pectations entertained by my Government of the punctual and 
strict fulfiiment of the promise held out in your Excellency’s 
note of the 20th August last, and of their determination to re- 
quire the immediate satisfaction of these claims. 

I should therefore be wanting in the duty I owe to my Go- 
vernment were I any longer to delay requesting the early atten- 
tion of the Portuguese ministry to, and in calling for theirspeedy 
decision upon, them ; considering the lapse of time since the 
occurrences which gave rise to this demand, and the period also 
when it was referred to your Excellency. 

I beg leave, at the same time, to recal your Excellency’s 
attention to Mr. Mackenzie’s letter of the 6th September, re- 
quiring the payment of a sum of money advanced for the sup- 
port of seamen put on shore here by the captain of the Portu- 
guese frigate Diana, the restitution of which sum was promised 
by your Excellency’s letters of the 20th and 21st August. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) §R. B. Hoppner. 





N° 9. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.—(Received 
February 25.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 12th February 1831. 


Arrer I had closed and sent away my despatches, I re- 
ceived the accompanying letter from Mr. O’Neill, a British born 
subject and Danish consul resident here, and transmit it for 
Lord Palmerston’s information, and as a proof of the little effi- 
cacy of the orders so confidently asserted by M. de Santarem to 
have been sent to all their magistrates to respect British nights 
and privileges. 

As there is no time to copy Mr. O’Neill’s letter, I propose 
requesting him to furnish me with a duplicate of it, which 
I shall lay before M. de Santarem, informing him that if things 
are allowed to go on in this way, and that a person, so wel 
known as Mr. O’Neill is in this city, is liable to the treatment 
he has experienced from this all powerful serjeant of Don 


Miguel, there can be no safety for me, a perfect stranger, or 
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security against insult. from him, and that, consequently, I shall 
be obliged to take refuse on board His Majest ’s frigate. Such 
a hint may possibly induce them to check this man’s career, 
which is really becoming too outrageous. I have also learnt, 
put hitherto not officially, that some armed soldiers yesterday 
entered an extensive rope walk, situated in the suburbs of 
Lisbon, belonging to Mr. Caffary, a British subject, and after 
ransacking the premises, and breaking open the desks, Ke. took 
away the director, a Portuguese, but enjoying British privileges, 
and conveyed him to prison, without the intervention of any 
magistrate whatever. is | shall also have to represent to 
Viscount de Santarem. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. . 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure in N° g. 
J. M. O’Neill to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Lisbon, 12th February 1831. 


I sec leave to represent to you the following unjustifiable 
proceeding committed on my person, which, as it involves the 
recognized rights and privileges of British subjects in this coun- 
try, will, I trust, merit your favourable consideration. 

On the morning of Thursday last, I called on my respectable 
neighbours, Messrs. Jozé Marques da Costa Soares and Co., 
Brazil merchants, who reside on the third floor of my house, 
with the view of purchasing a parcel of Pernambuco sugar. 
On my entrance I observed a corporal of police, and another 
person, in plain clothes, who appeared to be an officer of justice, 
and was about to depart, when they informed me I must not 

uit the room, but remain until a superior authority, whom they 
shortly expected, had arrived. After detaining me nearly four 
hours, during which time the strictest silence was ordered to be 
observed, this superior authority appeared, who, to my great 
astonishment, proved to be the well-known Serjeant Jozé Veris- 
simo, who immediately inquired of me who I was, and the object 
of my bein in the room. I satisfied his inguiry&gt; telling him 
also that | was a British subject, and that if he would accom- 
pany me down to the first floor I would show him my Carta de 
Privilegio, and other proofs of my holding the rank of Danish 
consul in this city. This he refused doing, and disregarding my 
remonstrances he gave me in custody to the officer of justice, 
and said I must go before the Intendant of Police, where I was 
accordingly taken and then released. 

Though I have no right here to advert to the insult thus 
offered to my public character, I feel it incumbent on me as a 
British subject to complain of the violation committed against 
me, being thus detained and conveyed through the streets of 
Lisbon like a criminal by an incompetent authority, without the 
order or sanction of our British Judge Conservator, and in total 
disrezard of my Carta de Previlegio which I offered to show him, 
though in reality I consider he had no authority to question me 
about it. 

In submitting this case to your consideration, I confidently 
hope you will be pleased to take such measures as you may 
deem expedient, as will not only prevent the recurrence of simi- 
lar outrage, but to obtain the redress this circumstance merits. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. M. O'Neill. 





N° lo. 
Viscount Palmerston to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Foreign Office, 16th February 1831. 


I nave to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, dated 
February 4, together with its Enclosures. 

From the latter I learn that the schooner Ninus, which had 
been sent to Lisbon by the Terceira squadron for adjudication, 
and in favour of which no fewer than three sentences, of which 
the last was a final one, had been pronounced by the Admiralt 
Court of Portugal, had not yet been restored to its rightful 
owners, but continued still in the custody of the officers of the 
Portuguese government, together with sundry effects the pri- 
vate property of the captain. 

I have in consequence to desire, that immediately on the re- 
ceipt of this despatch, you will address a remonstrance to the 
Portuguese government upon this subject, accompanying it by 
a peremptory demand for the instant liberation of the vessel, 
and the restoration of the property that has been detained, to- 
gether with full indemnification for all losses and damage occa- 
sioned by her detention. 

I have further to desire that you report to me forthwith the 
result of your application to the government of Portugal in 
this case. 

I am, &amp;e. 
(signed) 


Palmerston. 





N° 11. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.— 
(Received March 4.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 19th February 1831. 


I nave herewith the honour to transmit to sae Lordship 
the copy of a letter addressed to me by Mr. Sheehan, the agent 
of a respectable English manufactory in this city belonging to 
a Mr. Caffary, complaining of a gross outrage committed on the 
foreman of this establishment, in direct violation of the privileges 
— to British subjects by the seventh article of the Treaty 
of 1810. 

The aggressor on this occasion proves to be a person of the 
name of Leonardo, formerly a poatiliion in Don Miguel’s service, 
and now one of his immediate and confidential agents. This 
man, whose power is assimilated, in the district of Belem, to that 
of the notorious Verissimo in Lisbon, and whose character is, 
if possible, even worse, appears however to have felt some com- 
punctions, arising from a doubt whether he had not exceeded 
the limits of his commission, or rather lest some unpleasant 
consequence might not result to his master from his outrageous 
acts ; accordingly, he offered to deliver up Mr. Caffary’s foreman, 


whom he held in confinement, to Mr. Philipps, the British Vice- 


consular agent at Belem, and on that person’s declining such 
interference, he sent a message through him to me to the same 
effect ; but as I refused any intercourse with him, except through 
the regular channel, either on his own impulse or in consequence 
of orders from Don Miguel, he has transferred this unfortunate 
victim of tyranny to St. Julian’s, where he is now in close and 
solitary confinement. 

On receiving Mr. Sheehan’s report, I immediately addressed 
a letter to Viscount de Santarem, transmitting that, and also a 
copy of the one from Mr. O’Neill, which I had the honour to 
forward by the last mail to your Lordship in my separate despatch 
addressed to Sir George Shee. This letter, a copy of which 
I have the honour to subjoin, was forwarded to the Viscount de 
Santarem on the 14th instant. When I waited upon him how- 
ever, yeterday, he assured me that his colleagues and himself 
were in the utmost degree humiliated by the contents of m 
letter, and anxious to remove the grounds of complaint whic 
I had such just reason to advance against them by giving the 
strictest and most positive orders to prevent a recurrence of such 
violations of the treaty as those I complained of, arising from 
the employment of persons, who, as he said, were for ever com- 
promising the government. His Excellency then read to mea 
letter he had received from the Minister of Justice, in which he 
was desired to make me the most positive assurances to this 
effect in reply to my letter, and he asked me if I was satisfied 
with them; telling me at the same time that orders had been 
sent to Belem to insist on the immediate liberation of Mr. 
Caffary’s foreman. On this latter point I replied to him, that 
so far from the orders being obeyed, if sent, I had just learnt 
that he had been transferred to St. Julian’s, in consequence, 
I supposed, of my too great delicacy in refusing to accept his 
liberation at the hands of the man who had arrested him in so 
unwarrantable a manner; and that although I had nothing to 
object to the nature and extent of the orders issued by the 
Minister of Justice, I was perfectly convinced of their futility, 
as the magistrates to whom they were addressed had not the 
power to enforce them in opposition to those who had hitherto 
treated their authority with the greatest indifference. Besides 
this, I hoped that some severer punishment was to be inflicted 
upon these persons than merely telling them they were not to 
act in future in a similar manner. M. de Santarem had not a 
word to oppose to my observations. He promised to funish me 
with an answer, that I might transmit it jointly with my letter 
to your Lordship, and I have no doubt that M. d’Asseca will at 
the same time be instructed to deprecate the anger of his 
Majesty’s government, and to offer every assurance for the 
future. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed)  $R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 11. 
Mr. J. G. Sheehan to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Lisbon, 12th February 1831. 

As the representative of the house of Mr. Patrick John 
Caffary, a British merchant, many years established in this city, 
but now absent in London, I beg leave to make you acquainted 
with the perpetration of an outrage of so aggravated a nature that 
I am convinced you will see the necessity of taking such steps 
as you may deem most expedient and effectual, not only to 
obtain redress for the injury already sustained, but to insure 
protection to his property from the repetition of such unprece- 
dented violence. 

On Friday morning, 11th instant, between the hours of 10 
and 11, three armed police soldiers entered Mr. Caffary’s rope 
manufactory at Pedrougos, when, after having loaded their mus- 
kets, they proceeded to where the men were at work, and ordered 
the foreman to consider himself their prisoner ; they then forcibly 
entered one of the principal stores of the establishment, where 
a large quantity of hemp and other property to a considerable 

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amount iv doposited;'which they upset, trampled upon, and very 
materially injured; under the pretext that arms and ammunition 
were’ secreted ‘there: “They then broke open the desks which 
contained books, acedunts, and several papers of consequence, 
all of whieh* underwent’ the strictest examination. Even the 
chest containing money for the payment of the workmen’s wages 
was forced open, and the contents sfrewed upon the ground. 
Not finding, after the closest search, anything that could even 
throw. a shadow of suspicion on the man in custody, they pro- 
ceeded to acts of the most brutal violence, beating him in the 
most cruel manner with the flats of their swords ; and one of the 
party struck him with the butt-end of his musket on the head, 
which inflicted a severe and even dangerous wound. He was 
then handcuffed ; and in this state they compelled him to kneel 
down and give vivas to D. Miguel. He was then escorted in a 
more ignominious manner than the greatest criminal to the 
police guard-house, at nearly the distance of a mile ; from which 
(unless by your immediate and most energetic interference) he 
will probably soon be removed to the dungeons of Fort St. 
Julian. 

After detailing to you the cireumstances of the premises of 
a British subject being thus forcibly entered, his property wan- 
tonly destroyed, his confidential servant maltreated, the posses- 
sion of extensive and valuable property entrusted to him forcibly 
taken from him, and his life endangered; his desks, coffers, 
books, papers, every thing that ought to be held most sacred, 
forced open, seized and destroyed, you will suppose nothing 
further could be adduced to enhance the atrocity of this case ; 
but when [ inform you that all this was done at the sole and 
arbitrary will of three private soldiers, unauthorized by an order 
from any civil magistrate, or the presence of even the most subor- 
dinate civil officer; not only in violation of treaties, but in direct 
opposition to the law of the land, whose slightest forms in 
this instance were disregarded, it would be supererogatory for 
me to dwell longer on the subject or to add a word to impress 
upon you how intimately concerned are the vital interests of the 
British commercial community in this country in the decision, 
whether or not this proceeding is to be established as a principle 
and precedent to be hereafter acted upon. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) J. G. Sheehan. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 11. 
Mr. Philipps to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Belem, 14th February 1831. 


I BEc to state to you that yesterday morning I called at the 
police quarters at this place, to thank the captain of the guard 
for his civility in taking charge of a British seaman of His 
Majesty’s ship Briton, who was encountered the previous night 
in the streets out of hours. 

On my retiring from the quarters, I was accosted by a person 
of the name of Leonardo, a confidential servant of Don Miguel’s 
household, who inquired if I had called there respecting Mr. 
Caffary’s foreman, when I stated that my visit was quite on 
a different business ; he then requested I would do him the fa- 
vour to say what he was to do with said prisoner ; that he would 
give him up if | took charge of him, as when he had ordered 
the arrest of said prisoner he was not aware at the time that he 
was in the employment, or that the premises so entered were in 
the occupation of a British subject, and that he had not ordered 
the prisoner to be sent to St. Julian’s, as he had done with the 
others whom he had arrested, because he was certain that “ the 
King his master was desirous of preserving a good understand- 
ing with the British Government.” On my stating I could not 
in any way interfere, as the foreman had been illegally taken up, 
and that he ought in the first instance to have been conducted 
before the minister of police of this district, as he was in the 
employment of a British subject; he then stated that he had 
nothing whatever to do with the police, as he received his orders 
direct from, and reported his acts to “the King his master.” 
He then farther requested [ would acquaint you with the com- 
munication above alluded to, and that he would detain the said 
prisoner atthe police quarters until I made him acquainted with 


the result of my communication to you on this subject. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) § Jas. Philipps. 


syit' 





Enclosure 3 in N° 11. 
R..B. Hoppner, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 
Sir, Lisbon, 14th February 1831. 


“Wun I had the honour to see your Excellency on Friday, 


ou desired me to inform my Government that the most positive 
injunctions had. been issued to all the magistrates throughout the 


‘kingdom to, respect the rights and privileges of British subjects ; 


your Excellency at the same time stating to me, that instructions 
were sent to M.d’Asseca, to give the same assurances to Lord 
Palmerston. Your Excellency will therefore judge with what 
extreme surprise I have learnt that, almost at the same moment 
when your Excellency made me these assurances, two instances 





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—— 


should qccur affording a practical test of the little dependence 


to be placed on them. From the letters which | have herewith 
the honour to submit to your Excellency, for the information of 
your government, you will learn that not only are its orders, jf an 
such have been issued, disrespected by their own agents but 
that the rights and privileges secured to’ British Subjects « 
treaty are held in the greatest contempt, their persons subjected 
to insult and injury, their commercial establishments entepay 
and their property materially injured ;-and this not in donse. 
quence of any violation on their part of the laws of this count 
but in both the instances which it is now my’painifal duty 10 
bring to your knowledge ‘without even the shadow of a pretext 
to justify the perpetration of such outrageous acts. 

In my conversation with your Exeellency; [have more thay 
once had occasion to insist upon the danger of entrusting une 
limited power in the hands of irresponsible agents ; persons, too 
who have neither principle nor education to restrain them, and 
who are sure to make the worst use of what is in itself a most 
dreadful abuse of authority. Your Excellency denied the exist. 
ence of such agents, which I certainly was very backward to 
believe, until | unfortunately heard too many authentic proofs of 
it, to doubt so notorious a fact: but will your Excellency stil] 
continue to assert their non-existence after reading the lament- 
able and disgraceful details contained in the enclosed Papers ? 
At the time when my Government are. affording the strongest 
proofs of their non-interference in the unfortunate. struggle now 
carried on here, can your Excellency say that, in the midst of it 
the ostensible government of the country have the power and the 
will to maintain its engagements with Great Britain, and that 
however exasperated the hostile factions may be towards each 
other, the rights of British subjects are respected, and their 
persons unmolested by the predominating party ? 

That such will be the opinion of my Government, when in- 
formed of the outrages committed against subjects of Great 
Britain resident here, and on the person of a Portuguese pro- 
tected by British privilege, is what [ would certainly not encour- 
age your Excellency to believe; but I trust that the Portucuese 
government will afford me an immediate opportunity of assuring 
Lord Palmerston, that if their rights and privileges have been in. 
fringed, the persons guilty of such a gross violation of them have 
met with an instantaneous and signal chastisement, and that the 
most effective means will be resorted to to prevent the recur- 
rence of any similar infraction of the Treaty between the two 
countries. 

These occurrences, it is my duty to inform your Excellency, 
have thrown the British residents here into the greatest conster- 
nation, and they earnestly call upon me for protection; but 
what protection can I afford to others, when, if such a system is 
allowed to continue, I can scarcely consider my own person as 
safe, or my house secure against similar insults. Ifa gentleman 
so well known as Mr. O’Neill, holding, for many years, a public 
appointment recognized by this government, is liable to be for- 
cibly detained for hours, and then dragged through the streets 
like a criminal to the Intendant of Police, at the will of an agent 
whose power the Portuguese government are the first to disavow, 
as they undoubtedly have the first interest in checking it, what 
have I, a stranger here, to expect but insult and ignominy? I 
repeat to you, Sir, that if such things are allowed to continue, 
I shall be compelled to seek refuge on board His Majesty’s frigate 
in the Tagus, to secure myself against a possible aggression, 
which, as I am certain that my Government would not’ be back- 
ward in avenging it, it becomes doubly my duty to endeavour to 
avoid it; and I earnestly entreat your Excellency to use your 
influence with the Portuguese government to put an immediate 
stop to an order of things, which, as it is subversive of all good 
government, can only increase the distresses, and precipitate the 
ruin, of this unfortunate country. 

Before I close this letter, I must again call your Excellency’s 
immediate attention to the arrest of the director of Mr. Caffary’s 
establishment, that no time may be lost in giving orders for his 
liberation. As to any and what ulterior reparation may be due 
for the gross aggressions which it is my painful duty to complain 
of, this is a question for my Government to decide upon, to 
whose knowledge I shall not fail to refer these cases by the 
earliest opportunity. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





N° 12. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.—(Rec. March 4.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 21st February 1831- 
NotwitusTanpine M. de Santarem’s assurances that orders 


had been sent to Belem for the immediate liberation of Mr. Cal- 
fary’s foreman ag soon asthe goverument heard of his detention, 
and of the ill-treatment he, had experienced, 4 Jearnton Saturday 
that he was still in solitary. confinement, at St. Julians, and 
I therefore addressed a second note to his, Excellency, a CORy.? 
which I haye herewith, the honour. to. enclose,. insisting OP, DS 
liberation, and stating, that. unless I reegived. immediate, salis- 
faction on this point, ‘should be under the necessity of repre- 


senting to my Sovereign, the inutility of my. stay ina country, 


the orders of whose government were treated with contempt, ve 
by their own agents. { am happy to inform your Lordship ‘ase 





Pawn te (ee 


Cm Meu 


Ca = Of 





{ &amp; 2 Witt. IV. 


State Papers. 


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—_——— 


this second appeal produced the desired effect, and that the man 
was liberated yesterday morning. Up to this moment, however, 
though I have kept my despatch open as long as I possibly 
could, the Portuguese government have neither attempted any 
iustification of this shameful transaction, nor can I flatter myself 
that they will offer even the slightest reparation for it, beyond 
the mere restoration to his liberty of this unfortunate victim of 
the most wanton tyranny, after detaining him for ten days in 

rison, during several of which he was in a secret dungeon, and 
subjecting him to the most barbarous treatment, from the con- 

uences of which he is still, 1 understand, a severe sufferer. 

I beg leave to assure your Lordship, that so long as the au- 
thorities of this country are permitted to entertain the conviction 
that His Majesty’s Government will be appeased by the mere 
protestations of their regret for acts which are unparalleled 
among any other people pretending to civilization, neither the 
persons nor the property of British subjects can be considered as 
secure in this country, nor must we be surprised if not a week 
passes without a repetition of similar insults. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 


P.S. The accompanying copy and translation of a note which 
arrived at the moment 1 was about to close my despatches, is 
the only satisfaction I am likely to obtain here in the case alluded 
to in the preceding despatch. I have the honour to transmit 
them for your Lordship’s information, trusting your Lordship 
will approve my efforts to obtain redress for the insults offered 
to the honour and property of His Majesty’s subjects. 


R. B. H. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 12. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 


Lisbon, 19th February 1831. 


Tue undersigned, His Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General in 
Portugal, has the honour to inform Viscount de Santarem, that, 
notwithstanding the assurances yesterday given to him by his 
Excellency that positive orders had been sent by the Minister 
of Justice to Belem for the immediate liberation of the foreman 
of Mr. Caffary’s establishment, that person is still detained in 
close and solitary confinement at St. Julian’s, and to implore his 
Excellency to make the necessary representations to the proper 
authorities, in order that his sufferings may not be unnecessarily 
prolonged, in defiance of all justice, and of the express stipula- 
tion of the 12th article of the Treaty of 1810, between the two 
countries. 

Should the undersigned not receive immediate satisfaction on 
this point, he will find himself under the necessity of represent- 
ing to his Sovereign the perfect inutility of his continuance in a 
country, the orders of whose government, as officially communi- 
cated to him, are allowed to be set at nought by agents whose 
authority they themselves do not recognize, and delegated to 
them in a manner which no one is permitted to understand. 

It is with the most sincere distress that the undersigned is 
again compelled to address the Viscount de Santarem on behalf 
of this individual, but he gladly avails himself of the opportunity 
of renewing to his Excellency individually the assurances of his 
high esteem and consideration. 


(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 12. 


The Viscount de Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq.— 
(Translation.) 


Secretary of State’s Office for Foreign Affairs, 
21st February 1831. 


In reply to your note of the 19th instant, I have to acquaint 
you, that a communication I have just received from the compe- 
tent department mentions that, on the same day you addressed 
to me the above note, the individual therein reclaimed was already 
at liberty, and restored to the establishment to which he belongs, 
which could not be effected sooner, he being in the tower of St. 
Julian, three leagues distant from the capital. 


God preserve you. 





(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 
N° 13. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.—(Received March 9.) 
Sir, Lisbon, 24th February 1831. 


I wave herewith the honour to transmit to you, for the in- 
formation of Viscount Palmerston, the copy and translation of a 
note, addressed to me by M. de Santarém in reply to mine of the 
28th ultimo claiming restitution of the schooner Ninus, and 
which T received on Monday evening, too late to forward by the 
last packet. I lost no time in intimating the contents to the 
master and consignee of the said vessel,'that they might resume 
Possession of her without furtherdelay ; and as soon as a regular 


VOL. 86.—Part II. 








prone has been made by them of the amount of damage and 
oss accruing to the owners from her detention, shall not. fail. to 
make an energetic demand for indemnification, although.L much 
fear that in the exhausted state of the Portuguese treasury there 
is yery little chance of a speedy decision of this or similar claims 
that have been made upon this, government in consequence of 
the unjustifiable acts of the Terceira squadron. 


I have the honour, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure in N° 13. 
Viscount de Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Palace of Salvaterra de Magos, 21st Feb. 1831. 


Havine written officially to the Minister of Marine, in order 
to effect the delivery of the English schooner Ninus, whose cap- 
ture ‘during the blockade of the island of Terceira has been de- 
clared illegal, and against the delay in restoring which you 
addressed your note to me of the 28th January last, I have just 
received an answer from the said Minister, by which it appears 
that the delay there has been in the delivery ought to be attri- 
buted to the person interested not having petitioned the Major- 
general of the royal fleet, annexing a copy of the sentence in the 
usual form ; notwithstanding which the said Minister has already 
issued the necessary orders for the delivery to be effected forth- 
with, which | have the honour to communicate to you for your 
information. 

God preserve you. 


(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 





N° 14. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.—(Received March g.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 26th February 1831. 


Tue note from M. de Santarem, which I had the honour to 
transmit to Viscount Palmerston by the last packet, respecting 
Oliveira, Mr. Caffary’s foreman, came so late to my hands, that 
I was obliged to confine myself to the mere transmission of it. 
In my despatch I stated that he was only set at liberty on the 
Sunday morning, but it appears that M. de Santarem was correct 
in saying that he was liberated on the preceding day, as, in fact, 
he was released on Saturday afternoon. According to his ac- 
count, after remaining several days in custody at the police sta- 
tion, he was transferred to St. Julian’s, where he was confined 
during two days in a dark room, having nothing but the earth to 
lie upon, as he was without a bed, and the room was not boarded. 
On the third day of his stay there he was removed into a better 
7 and on the fourth he was released. He represents the 

ort as crowded with prisoners of all descriptions, and the sitaa- 
tion of those who have no money is most deplorable, their stffer- 
ings being enhanced by the badness of their food, which is not 
eatable. One of the persons recently confined is an unfortunate 
priest, whose only crime is acknowledged to be his having re- 
proved some soldiers whom he saw ill-treating a man they had 
just arrested, and telling them that the King did not authorize 
them to beat his subjects. 

M. de Camara, whose arrest I mentioned on a former occasion, 
was set at liberty after five days’ detention, without any charge 
whatever being advanced against him. 


(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





N° 15. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.— 
(Received March g.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 26th February 1831. 


M. pe SantTaremM having requested me to defer my visit to 
him until to-day, I waited upon him, expecting he would have 
something particular to communicate to me, as I found that he 
had not postponed his reception of my colleagues, and on enter- 
ing his apartment I told him that I had come to him with this 
expectation. He replied that he had wished again to see me, to 
urge me once more to repeat to your Lordship the assurances of 
himself and of his colleagues that every measure should be taken 
to secure to the British subjects in Portugal the enjoyment of 
their privileges, and that he would, in the course of the day, 
reply to my note of the 14th instant, and communicate to me, 
for your Lordship’s information, the instructions which had been 
sent to the magistrates and commanders of corps for this pur 
pose. He appeared rather mortified to learn that I had already 
made my report of what had occurred here with regard to Mr. 
O'Neill and Mr. Caffary’s manufactory to your Lordship; but 
I told him that I had waited till the very last moment for hig an- 
swer, and as it was with reluctance I had sent off my despatches 
without it, I should be too happy to have the opportunity of for- 
warding it by the present occasion. 

I have now the honour to transmit to your Lordship a copy 
and translation of the note which M. de Santarem promised me, 
and which is just come to my hands. It is but jast to observe, 


that 
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continued. 





Journal, p. 893. 


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that during ‘the’ last ‘week no complaint has reached me of any 
act of these ‘immediate agents of } 
I had been utidet the necessity of representing to M. de Santarem. 


on Miguel, whose conduct 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





"7 


Enclosure in N° 15. 
Viscount de Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Palace of Queluz, 26th February 1831. 
Tue moment after I had received thé official note you ad- 


dressed:to me, under date of the 14th instant, on the subject of 


the occurrences which took place with a British 9 a8 and an- 
other individual, a Portuguese employed in Mr. Caffary’s manu- 
factory, his Majesty directed that his royal orders should be 
issued by circulars to all the magistrates re) criminal cases, com- 
manding them not to afford assistance to any individual who is 
not a competent authority, in conformity with the laws. Similar 
orders having been also sent to the military authorities ; and the 
individuals who were the occasion of those occurrences, as well 
as the magistrate who lent them his aid for the purpose, having 


been reprimanded. 


These, and other measures which His Majesty determined 
upon taking, will prevent for the future the repetition of cases of 
so disagreeable a nature as those which form the object of your 
note to which I have referred. 

God preserve you. 


, (signed) Viscount de Santarem. 





N° 16. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.— 
(Received March 13.) 


Sir, Lisbon, 5th March 1831. 


I nave herewith the honour to transmit to you, for Lord Pal- 
merston’s information, copies of two representations which have 
been forwarded to me by His Majesty’s Consul at Oporto from 
British merchants resident there, complaining of the excessive 
duties levied on the articles of cotton twist and yarn, of which 
they are considerable importers; as also of the note which 
I thought it my duty in consequence to address to his Excellency 
the Viscount de Santarem, remonstrating against this infraction 
of the 15th Article of the Treaty of Commerce, which secures to 
British produce and manufactures an‘exemption from all duties 
exceeding 15 per cent. on their value. 

I beg leave likewise to enclose for his Lordship’s information 
the copy of a letter addressed to me by Mr, O’Neill, a British 
merchant residing in Lisbon, respecting a charge of 30-per cent. 
which has been demanded at the custom-house of this city on a 
cargo of English coals imported in a Swedish vessel, and of my 
note to M. de Santarem upon this subject; being equally in op- 
position to the same article of the Treaty. 

The double duty exacted on this occasion has been already 
demanded on others, on the plea that goods imported in vessels 
not British or Portuguese are not exempted by the Treaty. The 
article in question upon which the administrator of the customs 
founds his decision is totally silent with respect to the vessels in 
which British-goods may be imported. I have therefore thought 
it my duty to demand a revocation of this decision as being in 
opposition to the spirit and tenor of the Treaty, together with 
compensation for the demutrage to which the vessel is subjected 
in consequence. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 


P.S. I have since learnt that the administrator of the Cus- 
toms has put his decided negative on a petition presented by 
Mr. O'Neill for the admission of the cargo in question at the 
duty fixed by the Treaty. 
R. B. H. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 16. 


Memorandum. 


We, the undersigned, ‘beg leave respectfully to solicit the in- 
terference of His Mi: ajesty’s Consul at Oporto, John Crispin, 
Esq. in the following case. Whereas an order has lately been 
issued by the Portuguese government, allowing manufacturers 
‘who import cotton twist (Fio d’Algodao) the privilege of paying 
660 reis duties per bundle of ten pounds up to No. 20, 1,000 reis; 
from No. 20 to No. 40, 1,200 reis ; and on Turkey red twist 1,600 
reis per bundle. The undersigned are considerable importers 
of twist, and come under the denomination of dealers, conse- 
quently are compelled to pay the higher duties, which they 
consider illegal and arbitrary, and contrary to existing Treaty, 
which does ‘not give the natives an advantage in the duties over 
Englishmen ‘who import ‘British manufactured goods. It is 
almost needless to premise, that the Treaty of 1810 does not 
admit of more than 15 per cent. duties being paid on all British 
manufactures, whereas cotton twist, of low numbers, up to 20, 
is actually paying the exorbitant duty of 50 per cent., and from 
&lt;= 


—= 


No. 20 to 40, 30 per cent... The undersigned particul 
your attention to the important fact, that it is aly ee Pr 
to the year 1820, the high duties of reis 1,000, reis ideas 
reis 1,600 per bundle, have been levied, while prior to that 
period, say from 1807 to 1820, the duties were the same ag a¢ 
present paid by the privileged manufacturers;. .-» 
The undersigned contend that cotton-twist ought: not ‘to 
more than 15 per cent. ad valorem, and not even the redi 
duties of reis 660; ‘reis 800; and reis 1,070: per bundle and 
humbly beg your mediation with the Government at Lisbon. that 
in the event of their not conceding to admit cotton-twist to 
15 per cent ad valorem, that at least the undersigned shall be 
equally favoured with» the importing manufacturers, and be al- 
lowed to pay the reduced duty only. 


(signed) 
Oporto, 18th Feb, 1831. 


Average price of No.1 to 20,10 $d. per pound, and from 
No. 20 to 40, 15 2d. per pound. 


Joseph Rushton &amp; Co, 





Enclosure 2 in No. 16. 
Mr. Newton to J. Crispin, Esq. 


Sir, Oporto, igth Feb. 1831, 


Havine imported a considerable quantity of cotton yarn to 
this market, and at this moment holding a large portion in bond 
I feel myself aggrieved at not having it in my power to dispatch 
and pay pag on the same at an honest and fair valuation 
according to the 15th article of the Treaty of Commerce between 
this and our country. 

1 am the more aggrieved, because, latterly, certain Portuguese 
subjects have obtained licenses to dispatch the same article at 
one-third less duty (and even at one-third less the duty is ex- 
orbitant) while I, to expose my commodity for sale, must first pa 
a vexatious duty, exceeding 40 per cent. on the intrinsic value 
of said commodity, as from annexed statement clearly de- 
monstrates. 

Thus I am prevented disposing of an article, one of the prin- 
cipal of ‘my trade, and have actually been suffering, to the very 
great detriment of my interests, for more than two months past, 
in not being able to take out of bond the article in question, and 
this from the very apparent reason herein stated. 

Putting however all favour, privileges, or licenses granted to 
Portuguese individuals on one side, I will ground my complaint 
on the article of said Treaty of Commerce herein alluded to, 
and trust, that by a representation of the same, that my grievance 
will be attended to. 

I have, &amp;c. 
(signed) Isaac Newton. 

Copy of Invoice ‘one bale cotton-yarn, shipped in Liverpool 

per Camoens, and arrived here 29th January 1831. 


177. 100 bundles 208. water twist 
1,000lbs. at 11d. - £.45.16. 8 





Charges - - - 3.4 6 
ai a7 493i} Ro: 
Exchange at 48 d. is, Rs. 245§2091. 


The above being dispatched by me would have to pay duties 
as follows: 











Paper. Metal. Total. 
44 p'cent. Dizima - - - | 14.800 14.900 29.700 
2 — Acressimo - -| 6.400 6.800 | 13.200 
3 — Siza - - - | 9.800 | 10.000 | 19.800 
2 — Donativo - - | ‘6.400 | 6.800 | 13.200 
3 — Consulado&amp;Fragatas| 9.600 | 10.200 | 19.800 
3 — Redizima - - 1.200 2.100 | 3.300 
Emolumentos - -|- - 620 620 
Total amount vf Duties - Rs.| 48.200 | 51.420 | 99.620 

















Enclosure 3 in No. 16. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 
Lisbon, 2d March, 1831, 


Tue undersigned, His Britannic Majesty’s Consul General in 
Portugal, has the honour to transmit herewith to his Excellency 


the Viscount de Santarem the copies of two re resentations 


from. British merchants residing’ in Oporto, which have been 
forwarded to him by His Majesty’s Consul in that city,com- 


plaining of the injury inflicted on’ their’ commerce’ by ‘the ex 
orbitant duties levied ‘on’ the articles of cotton twist and yarn,” 
of which they are considerable importers, in violation’ of the’ 
stipulations of the Treaty of' 1810; by which all articles of 
British manafacture are exempted from ‘any duty exceeding 


15 per cent. on their value. 
rom the statemeitt of these merchants it appears that this 
branch of their commerce was long since exposed to duties)at 











660, 800, and’1,070 reis per bundle of ten pounds weight, and 
: w 





a ah 2h -Gi. a fet 2 Gibco, 





‘country in the Swedish vessel Reselution, in o 
‘Stupulations of the X Vth Article of the Treaty of Commerce of 


ya&amp;2 Wivt. IV. 


ae re 


—anenter 


‘ch in fact already exceeded the duty of 15 per cent., to which 
ie were liable 5 but that in. 1820 the Portuguese go- 
vernment. further augmented .the duties to..1,000, 1,200, and 
1,600 reis,.on precisely the same articles, thereby. establishing 
the extravagant rate of 50 per. cent. onthe value of the lower 
quality of goods, and.40 ‘per, cent. on the higher.‘ Annexed. to 
Mr. Newton’s' Letter (No..2,).is the: copy of an. invoice of,.100 
bundles: of cotton twist.recently, imported, with the. table. of 
the duties, to:whichit will at this moment be subject. if. dis- 

hed at the.cnstom-house, by.: which ;his. Excellency will ob- 
serve that they exceed.40: per cent,,on the; first cost, including 
rgesi mau oft tees! is Jedd sw rit 
ay undersigned 38 further informed, that by an. order of this 
overnment, Portuguese manufacturers, who, ,import the articles 
in question are Rrivleged to enter them at the original duties 
above mentioned, while the importing dealers are subjected to the 





, } 
higher rate of duties ; and that not cortent with this infraction 
of the Treaty, permission, bas been, granted to, a, Portuguese in- 
dividual to enter a quantity of cotton-twist and other goods free 
of all duties, as his Foutner Viscount de Santarem will per- 
ceive by the enclosed copy of the order passed by the Board of 
Trade on the 8th ultimo. _ 

Not only are the stipulations of the VIIIth, XVth and XVIth 
Articles of the Treaty of 1810 clearly opposed to the principle 
upon which the Portuguese government have acted in imposing 
duties so far exceeding what they are justly entitled to exact 
according to that Treaty, and beyond which it is expressly 

reed that. the produce and manufacture of Great Britain shall 
not be burthened.in the Portuguese dommions, but the under- 
signed is. under the necessity of protesting also against the pri- 
aan generally alluded to, and the above-mentioned order of 
the 8th ultimo in particular, as in direct violation of the XX Vth 
Article of the same Treaty, which stipulates that “ the com- 
merce and trade. carried.on by British subjects shall not be 
restricted, annoyed, or otherwise affected by any commercial 
company, (and in the: same spirit by any individual) whatever, 
possessing exclusive privileges and favours within the dominions 
of Portugal.” 

The ae therefore, in submitting the accompanying 
documents to his Excellency Viscount de Santarem, indulges in 
the confident expectation. that his Excellency will recommend 
them as early as he,conveniently.can to the favourable consider- 
ation of the Portuguese government, in order to remove -the 
grounds of complaint so justly urged by the British merchants 
who have appealed through the undersigned to his Excellency, 
as tending not merely to inflict a partial injury on their interests, 
but to, put an: entire end to their trade. 

The undersigned avails himself, &amp;c. 


(signed) R. B.Hoppner. 





ua Enclosure 4 in No 16. 
J. M. O'Neill, Esq. to R.'B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Lisbon, 2d March 1831. 


I rEGRET to have to inform you that my house (Torlades 
and Company) having imported a cargo of coals from Newcastle. 
roved to be the\ produce of England, in the Swedish vessel 
Resolution, Olsen, ‘master, the custom-house claims on the 
same a duty of 30 per cent., and as this is in a direct opposition 
to the XVth Article of. the Treaty of Commerce of 1810, I beg 
you will make to the Portuguese government such a representa- 
tion as you may think proper, claiming at the same time the de- 
murrage of the vessel, and other losses, which we estimate at 

10/. sterling per day. 
I remain, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. M. O'Neill. 





Enclosure 5 in N° 16. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 


-Lisbon, 3d March 1831. 


THE. undersigned, His. Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General 
in Portugal, has the honour to transmit to his Excellency the 
Viscount de Santarem the copy ofa letter which has been ad- 
dressed to him by Mr. J. M. O’Neill,. of the house of Torlades 
and Company, established in this city, complaining of the de- 
mand made, on the part of the custom-house, of 30 per cent. on 
acatgo of. coals, the produce of England, imported into this 
ition to the 


1810; "1091 ; te sees 
‘The undersigned, after, the : strictest, examination of the arti- 
im question, which expressly aceords:the admission of British 
Produeé:inté the. ports of Portugal; whether,eonsigned to British 
onPorthguese subjects, Upon paying, generally.and solely, duties 
tothe amountof 15 percents according; to their value, is en- 
tirely sat. 2 loss 40 ,conceive!uporwhat grounds the custom-house 
have exacted, this additional ‘duty; in direct. opposition to the 
tter and spirit of the Treaty ; he flatters (himself, therefore, that 
Excellency will lose no. time; in. representing the case to the 
Proper authorities, in order that this vexatious, proceeding on the 
Part.of ‘the custom-house may be forthwith annulled, and com- 


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The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity, &amp;c. 
(signed) Rt. B. Hoppner. 





No 14, 02 al 
Viscount Palmerston to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
Sir, Foreign Office, 7th March 1831. 


I nave to acknowledge the receipt of your despatches to the 
21st February inclusive, and with ‘reference to ‘that’ of the 
igth February, relating the details of the outrage committed 
upon the foreman of Mr. Caffary’s establishment, by an agent of 
Don Miguel, called Leonardo, assisted by three police soldiers, 
I have to express to you the entiré approbation of His Majesty’s 
Government of the prompt and spirited manner in which you 
demanded and obtained the liberation of the man, and in which 
you remonstrated against this violation of the laws of Portugal, 
and of the treaties between the two countries, 

You will, however, state to the Portuguese government, that 
it is impossible that His Majesty’s Government can consider 
the mere release of the man as an adequate atonement or satis- 
faction for this. most unjustifiable and unprovoked outrage, 
and that they must expect that such compensation be made 
to the man for his imprisonment and personal injuries as the 
sufferings and insults which he has undergone may appear to 
entitle him to. 

You will also state, that this fresh outrage renders it impera- 
tively necessary to require an immediate and satisfactory reply 
to the hitherto unanswered demands for the dismissal of the 
captain of the Diana, and for compensation to, the owners of 
the captured vessel. . 


(signed) 


Palmerston. 





N° 18. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.—(Received March 29.) 


Sir, Lisbon, 10th ,March. 1 831. 
REFERRING to my despatch of the 5th inst. respeeting the 


duty of go per cent. charged on a cargo of English ‘coals brought | 


to this port in a Swedish vessel, I have now the honour to trans~ 
mit to you, for Viscount Palmerston’s information, the copy and 


translation of a note and its enclosure, addressed to me by M. de! 
Santarem, in reply to mine of the gd instant, as also-the copy of ' 


a second note, which I deemed it my duty to forward to his 
Excellency on the same subject, in consequence.of the unfavour- 
able decision of the Minister of Finance. 

It is unnecessary for me to enter here into any further details 
respecting this individual case, and the arguments I have made 
use of to rebut the demand arising out of it. The instructions 
conveyed both to Mr. Matthews and to Mr. Mackenzie in the 
despatches alluded to in the accompanying copy of my note to 
M. de Santarem made it imperative on me to reply to the Count 
da Louzaa’s letter. At the same time it may not be improper in 
me to observe, that that minister is perfectly correct in. viewing 
the employment of vessels, bearing neither the British nor the 
Portuguese flag, in the commerce between the two countries, as 
highly injurious to the shipping interests of both: and although 
his decision is not borne out by the letter of the Treaty, I ven- 
ture, with all deference to the opinion of my superiors, to submit 
that it is not unfavourable to British commerce. 

While, therefore, I would not recommend in any case that the 
Portuguese government should be permitted to put, at pleasure, 
their own construction upon the Treaty of 1810, I venture most 
humbly to suggest, that in the present instance our opposition 


to them might be advantageously withdrawn, where the goods; 
consigned by foreign vessels are not addressed to bond fide Briv 


tish or Portuguese houses. This distinction is: necessary, im: 
order to prevent any foreign house from putting forward, as is 
their practice, either a single partner, or even one of their English 
clerks, as consignee, where it enables them to claim any advan- 
tage under the Treaty, which they evidently, as. foreigners, were 
not intended to enjoy: and some means might be devised of in- 
forming the Portuguese government, that that of Great Britain 
would not object to their views of. the question in dispute; /if 


instead of claiming the duty on all British goods. comingyin; 
foreign vessels, they were to confine their demand.;to,such as{ 


cannot be proved to be bond fide consigned to British; and Por- 


tuguese subjects, care being taken. to. prevent any fresh abuse, 


arising from this concession. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 4 ott 


(signed) © ‘R. By Hoppner. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 18. 


Viscount Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq.—(Translation.). »") 


Palace of Queluz, 9th March 1831. * 
In answer to your note of the gd inst. respecting the complaint 
of José Maria O’Neill, as representative of the house. of. Magnes 
X OO., 


ees. of the cargo for. 
the severe losses to. which they are.exposed ne ai aft pd oe 
which, as appears by Mx, O’Neill’s letter, they estimate. at 104 ; 


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&amp; Co., that a duty of 30 per cent. had been exacted from him 
at the Custom-house, on a shipment of coals of the produce of 
England, im in the Swedish vessel Resolution, have the 
honour to inform you, that I have received from the Minister of 
Finance, to whom I addressed myself on this subject, an official 
reply, dated the 7th instant, of which I transmit you the enclosed 
copy for your information. ° 
God preserve you. 


(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 





Sub-Enclosure in N® 18. 


(Translation.) 


Tue Acting British Consul having, in his note to your Excel- 
lency, renewed a claim similar to those urged on former occasions 
by the Consuls, his predecessors in office, at the solicitation of 
some merchants of their nation, exacting a punctual observance 
of the XVth Article of the Treaty of 19th February 1810, in con- 
sequence of a duty of 30 per cent. having been demanded on a 
shipment of coals, the produce of England, imported in the 
Swedish vessel Resolution ; I have the honour, in answer to your 
Excellency’s official letter of the 4th inst., to assure you, that 
the stipulation of the Treaty inserted in the article in question 
has not been in any way infringed, inasmuch as the admittance 
of such goods, in vessels neither British nor Portuguese, not 
being expressly declared to be allowed, it must necessarily be 
inferred from this fact, that vessels of all other nations are ex- 
cluded, for the benefit of the British and Portuguese navigation ; 
that being one of the foundations of the said Treaty of Amity, 
Commerce and Navigation: I therefore judge this motive suf- 
ficient to disprove the charge of infringement of the Treaty, 
which the Consul urges against the Custom-house, whose pro- 
ceedings are in perfect conformity with the spirit and the letter 
of the said Treaty. 

I might also refer your Excellency to my official letters of the 
31st October and 27th November 1829, in which I had the 
honour of exposing to your Excellency my ideas on a similar 
subject; but i consider it unnecessary to repeat reasons already 
known to your Excellency from the official letters to which 
I have referred, and in which I cleared up a point in dispute 
analogous to that at present existing with regard to coals of 
British produce imported into this kingdom in foreign ships. 
This is all the reply I can make to your Excellency’s official 
letter of the 4th inst. 


God preserve your Excellency. 


Office of the Secretary of State for Financial Affairs, 
7th of March 1831. 


(signed) Conde de Louzaa Dom Diogo. 


Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 
gth of March 1831. 


(signed) Jose Maria de Sales Ribeiro. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 18. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 


Lisbon, 10th March 1831. 


Tue undersigned, His Britannic Majesty’s Acting Consul- 
General in Portugal, has the honour to acknowledge the receipt 
of the note which his Excellency Viscount de Santarem has 
transmitted to him in reply to the one which he addressed to his 
Excellency on the 3d instant respecting the duty of go per cent. 
exacted at the Custom-house in this port on a cargo of English 
coals, imported in the Swedish vessel Resolution, and covering 
ne copy of a despatch from the Minister of Finance on the same 
subject. 

In this despatch his Excellency the Conde de Louzaa assumes 
that the XVth Article of the Treaty of 1810 not having expressly 
declared that British merchandize might be admitted into the 
ssa of this pingione in vessels which are neither English nor 

ortuguese, it follows as a matter of course that every other flag 
is excluded. from the privilege of conveying them on the same 
terms, in favour of the vessels of the two contracting parties. 
The undersigned begs leave to state, that nothing can be more 
inconelusive than such an argument; which, so far from being, 


as his Excellency says, according to the spirit and letter of the 


Treaty of 1810, cannot certainly be proved to be in any degree 
according to its spirit, the express stipulations of the same being, 
that British produce and manufactures shall be admitted into 
this kingdom on the payment, generally and solely, of 15 per cent. ; 
while it is a gratuitous assumption to state that it is according 
to its letter, when neither in this article nor throughout the whole 
Treaty is there a single paragraph that prescribes the necessit 
of the importation of such produce, &amp;c. being effected in British 
or Portuguese vessels alone. 

_ The stipulations of the Vth Article, which regards the naviga- 
tion between the two countries, are evidently intended to esta- 
blish the equality of the duties to which goods imported into 
either country in the vessels of the contracting parties shall be 
reciprocally liable ; but even in this article it is no where said 
that they shall be subject to a higher duty if imported in the 

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ships of any other State; neither at the time when the treat 
was concluded, nor for several subsequent years, did the Pest 

guese government attempt to put such a construction y n it 
The first time when there is any record of an additional , duty 
being demanded being in April 1829, 19 years after it had be 
in full operation. _ 

The Minister of Fiance stating in his d h that his deg; 
sion is in favour of the shipping interests of the two nations, i 
behoves the undersigned again to call the attention of is Excel. 
lency Viscount de Santarem to the accompan iN eXtracts of 
despatches addressed by desire of the Earl of Aberdeen to M, 
Matthews on the 7th May, and to Mr. Mackenzie on the 18th 
November 1829, in order to show that the English Government 
as the natural guardians of the interests of their Own country. 
do not consider this minister’s decision as favourable to its tra . 
and navigation. Great Britain, as one of the contracting parties 
has an undoubted right to complain of any determination of the 
Portuguese government prejudicial to her; the more so, ag in 
the concluding paragraph of the VIth Article of the same treat 
there is an express scene on the part of Portugal not to 
make any regulations which may be prejudicial or inconvenient tg 
the commerce and navigation of the subjects of His Britannic 
Majesty, and that this innovation has such a tendency cannot 
be denied, since it has been the subject of repeated Temonstrance 
ever since it was first attempted to be established. 

Although the undersigned is taxed by his Excellency the 
Conde da Louzaa with raising anew this question, (which hag 
however, never been decided, except on the sole authority of 
this minister) he has felt that he would have neglected his dut 
had he omitted to make these observations to his Excellence 
Viscount de Santarem, having before him the repeated expres. 
sion of the sentiments of his own government upon the point in 
dispute. In doing so, he trusts that his Exce lency will per. 
ceive the necessity of recommending to his Excellency the 
Conde da Louzaa to revise his decision upon it, which, notwith- 
standing any arguments he may have adduced in his notes of 
the 31st October and 27th November 1829 in favour of his own 
opinion, cannot be denied to be contrary to the practice which 
prevailed in the ports of this kingdom up to the period already 
mentioned, consequently to be an innovation prejudicial to the 
commercial interests of Great Britain; and, moreover, an er 
parte decision, directly opposed to the view taken of the same 
subject by His Britannic Majesty’s Government. 


The undersigned avails himself, &amp;c. 
(signed) Rt. B. Hoppner. 





N° 1g. 
Sir George Shee to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Foreign Office, 16th March 1831. 


I nave to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, dated 
the 5th inst. enclosing copies of two representations from British 
merchants at Oporto, complaining of the excessive duties levied 
in that port on articles of cotton twist and yarn, and of the re- 
monstrances which you in consequence addressed to M. de San- 
tarem, and also transmitting papers upon the subject of a charge 
of 30 per cent. which has been demanded by the custom-house 
at Lisbon upon a cargo of oe coals, belonging to Mr. O’Neill, 
imported in a Swedish vessel. 

In reply, I am directed by Viscount Palmerston to inform you, 
that his Lordship entirely approves of the course that you have 
pursued with reference to both the transactions to which you 
advert; and further, that it is his Lordship’s wish, if you should 
not, before this despatch reaches you, have received a satisfac- 
tory answer from the Portuguese government to your reclama- 
tions, that you Tose no time in repeating and pressing your 
demand. 

1 have the honour to be, &amp;c. 





(signed) G. Shee. 
N° 20. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.—(Received Mar. 29.) 
Sir, Lisbon, 19th March 1831. 


By the Marlborough packet, which arrived here on the even- 
ing of the 17th instant, I had the honour to receive your de- 
spatch of the 2d instant, with its enclosures, respecting the 
compensation due by the Portuguese government to the owners 
of the British bri Margaret, on account. of her detention by 
the Terceira squadron. I have herewith the honour to cams 
to you, for Viscount Palmerston’s information, the cop 
a note which I have in consequence prepared for Viscount San- 
tarem on this subject, and which I shall forward to his fey 
lency as soon as the accounts can be copied which it will 
necessary to submit to the Portuguese government. 


I have-the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed)  R. B. Hoppuer. 





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Enclosure in Ne 20. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 


Lisbon, 19th March 1831. 


Tue. undersigned, His Britannic Majesty’s Acting Consul- 
General in Portugal, has the honour to transmit, to his Excel- 


Jency Viscount de Santarem the accompanying copies of docu- 


ments, which have been forwarded to him by direction of Viscount 


Palmerston, with 


attention tothem. 

These papers contain the details of the losses incurred by the 
owner of the British brig Margaret, in consequence of her de- 
tention by the Portuguese squadron blockading Terceira in July 
last; and the undersigned is instructed to state to his Excel- 
lency, that the strictest attention has been paid to the inves- 
tigation of this case, with a view to limit the demand of the 
owner, as far as possible, to the real amount of his loss. His 
Britannic Majesty’s Government has been, indeed, so careful 
on this point, that the documents in question have been more 
than once submitted to the Law Officers of the Crown; and it 
is in their amended form, which has entirely met with their ap- 
probation, that the undersigned has now the honour to lay them 
before his Excellency. The amount of compensation which, in 
the present case, the undersigned is directed to claim of the 
Portuguese government, is 644/. 115s. gd. 

The undersigned has at the same time received the positive 
injunctions of his Government to repeat unequivocally to his 
Excellency Viscount de Santarem, the determination of His 
Britannic Majesty’s Government to require a strict and punctual 
fulfilment of the promise of indemnification made in his Ex- 
cellency’s note to Mr. Mackenzie of the 20th of August last ; 
and in submitting the present case to his Excellency, he is also 
desired to state to him, that in the opinion of His Majesty’s 
Government, more than a sufficient time has elapsed for the Ee 
examination of the claims connected with the cases of the 
Velocity and St. Helena, which were forwarded to his Excellency 
in Mr. Mackenzie’s letter of the 27th December last, and again 
brought under his Excellency’s notice by that of the under- 
signed of the 7th ultimo; as also the demand of indemnification 
for the support of the British seamen landed in Lisbon from the 
Portuguese frigate Diana, which the undersigned had the honour 
to renew in the same letter ; and that His Majesty’s Government 
therefore trust that his Excellency will no longer delay giving 
a satisfactory answer to them, founded as they are on the 
strictest principles of justice and international law. 


The undersigned has the honour, &amp;c. 
| (signed) Rt. B. Hoppuer. 





: No 21. 
R, B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.—(Received Mar. 29.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 19th March 1831. 


In my despatch of the 5th instant, I mentioned the promise 
made to me by Viscount de Santarem, that I should be furnished 
with a copy, for Lord Palmerston’s information, of the orders 
issued to the Magistrates and Chiefs of Military Corps, not to 
abet the agents of Don Miguel’s secret police. With this pro- 
mise his Excellency has not thought it necessary to comply ; 
nor do I conceive the document of much importance, as we 
have M. de Santarem’s written as well as verbal assurance of 
its existence, 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





N° 22. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston—(Rec. April g.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 25th March 1831. 


Ont of the several cases which I found undecided on my 
arrival here, was that of the confirmation of the Judge Con- 
servator at Oporto. 

By a reference to Mr. Mackenzie’s despatches, your Lordship 
will perceive, that in consequence of a complaint adduced 
against M. Carneiro e Sa, who, since December 1828, had acted 
as British J udge Conservator in that city, the British residents 
there were directed by the Earl of Aberdeen, in Lord Dunglas’s 
despatch of the 18th August last, to proceed to the election of 
@ new one, whose appointment Mr, Mackenzie was required to 
announce to the Portuguese government. This election accord- 
ingly took place conformably to the usual practice observed on 
these occasions ; but by an unfortunate oversight, Mr. Mackenzie 


had neglected to obtain the sanction of this government to the 
evan: M. Carneiro € S4, ‘previous to the election of the 
ew Ju 


w Judge, in an official manner, conceiving it sufficient to have 
solicited it verbally ‘of M.'de ‘Santarem, from whom he received 
the assurances that he considered the grounds of M. Carneiro 
¢ Sé’s dismiséal ‘sufficient, and the promise that his successor’s 
€xequator should be made out in due form. 


Shortly after my arrival here the case was brought to my 


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orders to submit the same to his Excellency 
without loss of time, and to claim his Excellency’s immediate’ 





notice by an application from M. de Castello Branco, the Prin- 
cipal Secretary in Viscount de Santarem’s office, for the payment 
of arrears due to M. Carneiro e S4 (his father-in-law), which 
had been stopped by Mr. Mackenzie, in consequence of his 
refusing to resign his office when called upon to do so. On 
this occasion I discovered, that notwithstanding the repeated 
promises which the Viscount de Santarem had made to Mr. 
Mackenzie, and renewed to myself on my first audience of his 
Excellency, it was not the intention of the Portuguese govern- 
ment to issue M. Oliveira’s exequatur, but to screen themselves 
under the irregularity of the mode in which his nomination had 
been infimated to them. It was further alleged by M. de Cas- 
tello Branco, that as the appointment of all Judges was irre- 
vocable, there existed no power on the part of the British 
Government to displace a j udge whose appointment had been 
once sanctioned by his Sovereign, an argument which in this 
country, where no such system prevails, is perfectly absurd ; 
and to which I only answered, by assuring him that His Ma- 
jesty’s Government would esteinly not continue to pay a stipend 
to any man who was kept in place in opposition to their wishes, 
and who had used his authority in direct opposition to the inte- 
rests of the British subjects, which it was a peculiar province 
to protect. 

Finding how the affair stood, I again spoke to the Viscount 
de Santarem upon it; and as he ‘alleged as an excuse the diffi- 
culty in which he had placed himself by his desire to comply 
with Mr. Mackenzie’s wishes on this subject, I agreed, in order 
to remove every obstacle with respect to the question, to make 
a regular written application to his Excellency for the removal 
of M. Carneiro e Sa, and the issue of the exequatur on M. de 
Oliveira’s appointment, his Excellency promising me, that if 
I thus brought the affair into its proper channel, it should be 
arranged without further loss of time. 

By the Enclosure No. 1, your Lordship will perceive that 
I did not delay putting his promise to the test, by submitting 
the case to his Excellency in due form, and several weeks having 
since elapsed without any notice of it on his Excellency’s part, 
I have thought it necessary again to address his Excellency 
upon the subject, and at the same time to bring these circum- 
stances to your Lordship’s knowledge. 

I shall feel indebted to your Lordship for any instructions 


| you may think proper to give me with regard to such ulterior 


steps as it may be necessary for me to take, in order to secure’ 
to the British residents at Oporto the enjoyment of a privilege 
to which they are so unquestionably entitled. 


I have the honour to be, Kc. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner 





Enclosure 1 in N® 22. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 


Lisbon, 15th February 1831. 


As the application of the English merchants and residents of 
Oporto for the removal of the Dezembargador, Snr Carneiro e 
Sa, from the office of British Judge Conservator in that city 
remains unnoticed hitherto by the Portuguese government, 
owing, it appears, to an informality in the mode of submitting it 
to your Excellency, I have herewith the honour to transmit to 
your Excellency the copy of a resolution, adopted at a meeting 
of the British merchants at Oporto, dated 10th September last, 
expressive of their disapprobation of his conduct on a then 
recent occasion, and their determination to elect another Judge 
in his stead, which resolution Mr, Mackenzie did not deem 
necessary then to transmit to your Excellency, as you had agreed 
with him on the expediency of the removal of this Judge; and 
1 have now the honour to request your Excellency will take the 
necessary steps for his removal, without further delay, from 
a post which he can only continue to hold in direct opposition 
to the wishes of those by whom he is paid for fulfilling its 
duties, and whose rights and interests it was peculiarly his office 
to protect. 

As the British residents at Oporto, not doubting the readiness 
of the Portuguese government to comply with so reasonable 
a request, have already, in conformity with the directions of 
Lord Aberdeen, elected a new Judge in the person of the De- 
zembargador, Siir Joao Manoel de Oliveira, whose nomination 
was transmitted to your Excellency on’ the 3d of November last, 
for the purpose of receiving the necessary confirmation, I have 
at the same time to request your Excellency’s good offices to 
obtain the issue of the usual decree’in behalf of his a pointment, 
in order that they may not continue without a’ Judge of their 
own choice, or be Jonger debarred the enjoyment of a privilege 
secured to them by Treaty, and which is of the most essential 
importance in that city, where they have so many commercial 
interests. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) § R. B. Hoppner. 


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; Englosure 2 in N° 22. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 


Lisbon, 24th March 183}. 


Tue undersigned, His Britannic Majesty’s — Consul- 
General in Portugal, has the honour to refer his Excellency 
Viscount de Santarem, to the note which he addressed to his 
Excellency on the 15th February last, respecting the nomination 
of the Dezembargador, Snr Joao Manoel de Oliveira, as British 
Judge Conservator at Oporto, and to request his Excellency will, 
without further delay, inform him of the intention of the Portu- 
guese government with regard to the confirmation of his appoint- 
ment, as he can no longer omit laying the case before his own 
Government, without rendering himself liable to the charge of 
neglecting his duty : the right of the British residents in Portugal 
to have a Judge Conservator of their own choice, being one of the 
privileges accorded to them by ancient Treaties with this coun- 
try, of which His Britannic Majesty’s Government is the most 
tenacious. 


The undersigned has the honour, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





N° 23. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.—(Received April 9.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 25th March 1831. 


ALTHOUGH they are not equally secure with regard to Great 
Britain, their conduct of late evinces a sufficiently hostile feeling 
towards the English, and a determination no longer to observe 
any measures with regard to them, let the consequences be what 
they may, and pretty strong hints have been given to the British 
residents of late, that they must not expect to continue in this 
country on the same footing as they have hitherto done, their 
ae being openly violated, and their grievances left unre- 
dressed, although the Portuguese ministry have been assured of 
the determination of His Majesty’s Government not to pass over 
any attacks upon them with impunity. A feeling of general 
dismay prevails amongst the English in consequence, and it were 
vain for me to attempt to inspire them with a confidence in their 
security which | am very far from feeling myself. 

M. de Santarem has availed himself of the circumstance of 
this being Lady-day to decline seeing me, so that I have had no 
opportunity to enforce verbally the reclamations which it has 
been this week incumbent on me to make to the Portuguese 
government on behalf of British rights and privileges. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) RR. B. Hoppner. 








N° 24. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.—(Received 
April g.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 26th March 1831. 


In my despatch of the 21st February I ventured to assure 
your Lordship, that so long as the English Government appeared 
satisfied with the excuses adduced by that of Portugal on every 
occasion of complaint brought before them of the violation of the 
Treaty of 1810, His Majesty’s subjects, resident within these 
territories, would not be secure against repeated acts of aggres- 
sion on the part of the authorities of the country, no regard being 
had to the privileges intended to be secured to them by that 
Treaty, and every frivolous pretext being sufficient to expose 
them to the most unparalleled attacks. The animosity which 
prevails here against strangers of every nation, but more espe- 
cially the English and French, the unjustifiable insult offered to 
the person of Mr. O’Neill, and the shameful outrage committed 
on Mr. Caffary’s establishment, fully warranted me in enter- 
taining such an opinion. Not the slightest excuse for either of 
these acts has been made by the Portuguese government up to 
the present period, and scarcely have they expressed any regret 
at their occurrence; M. de Santarem indeed assured me, both 
verbally and by writing, that such orders had been issued to all 
the magistrates as would prevent the repetition of any similar 
acts of violence, but the event has proved that I was not wrong 
in doubting the efficacy of such orders, which I was well assured 
would not be respected even until they could be made generally 
known throughout the country. 

It is but justice to the British merchants to say, that I have 
seen nothing in their conduct to warrant the hostile feeling that 
prevails among the ultra party here against them. Generally 
speaking, they are a highly respectable body, and though none of 
them perhaps are favourably disposed towards the present head 
of the government, I have found all those I have conversed with 
extremely moderate in their sentiments, and common prudence 
would make them cautious in giving utterance to them in any 
manner that could bring them to the knowledge of a government 
which punishes the presumption of guilt with the same severity 
as the most perfect evidence of it. Their very natural wish is, 
that things should be settled in such a manner as may permit 
them to follow their avocations without fear or molestation, and 
it must be indifferent to them whe sits on the throne of Portugal, 


provided his government be one which they can look to for 
protection and encouragement. 

The accompanying copy of a letter addressed to me by Mr 
Roberts, a respectable English merchant residing in the outskirts 
of the city, will, I am convinced, rer | your Lordship of the 
justice of the preceding remarks, and that I have formed no 
erroneous opinion of the character of this government. | im 
diately addressed the enclosed remonstrance to M. de Santarem 
and have to-day received his answer, together with the justifica. 
tion attempted by the Intendant of Police of this transaction. 
and I beg leave to observe, that ina case like the present, where 
an individual finds his house forced, and his personal safety en- 
dangered, in the middle of the night, he may be very excusable 
in not producing his Carta de Privilegios ; while in this country 
and with a police such as is established here, it is not very eas ‘ 
to believe that he could have occupied a house in any situation 
whatever for several years without the same being known to the 
competent authorities. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 24. 
Mr. Roberts to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Lisbon, 22d March 1831, 


I BEG permission to state to you an occurrence which took 
place at a very early hour this morning, and whilst it necessarily 
threw me and my family into the greatest alarm, I consider to 
be a direct and gross breach of the privileges secured to me by 
Treaty as a British subject residing in Portugal, and here recog. 
nized as such by public document. I reside in the Val de Pe. 
reira, in a quinta called Quinta do Torrinho. About two o'clock 
this morning I was forced awake by a violent knocking at my 
house door, and having risen immediately and proceeded to it, 
demanded who was there, when I was ordered to open the door. 
I replied I was an Englishman, and would not open the door until 
I knew by whose authority. 

“‘ Open the door in the name of the King,” was given from the 
outside. 

Question. I then said, “‘ Who are you 2?” 

Answer. “ Ministro, Escrivao e Tropa.” 

Question. “ Do you bring an order from the Juiz Conser- 
vador.” 

Answer. “ Abra a Porta.”—(open the door.) 

The party immediately commenced to break open the glass 
poor, outside the regular door, when I called out, that it was 
against the privileges of a British subject; to which the answer 
was, “ nao importa.”—(no matter.) r 

As it was evident they were determined to break into the 
house, and Mrs. R. and my two children were very much 
alarmed, I at last consented to open the inner door, and having 
done so, I found that the outer glass door had been partially 
forced open. Then there appeared a person in a capote (cloak), 
who said he was a Ministro, accompanied by three other persons, 
who called themselves Escrivaes and Alcaides, There further 
entered along with them about a dozen soldiers. The Ministro 
then told me he had orders to search my house, to see if there 
was any person concealed, and proceeded along with the whole 
party to search every room of the house, stable, &amp;c. Before 
their doing so, however, I stated to the Ministro that I solemn 
protested against their proceedings, as being against the Britis 
Treaty, and that I only opened the door on account of a superior 
force, to which hereplied, if I had not opened the door, I should 
have become “ reo,” (criminal,) and been made a prisoner, and 
that Englishmen had no privileges that prevented the right of 
search: a serjeant further said, that in the case of resistance 
I ought to be taken to the castle. I replied, that we had such 
privileges, and our Conservator only could make such a search 
a legal one, and that by an order direct from him. 

I then asked the Ministro his name, and to what bairo (dis- 
trict) he belonged : he replied, that if I wished to know, I might 
inquire at the Intendant of Police. I then said, that we should 

see the following day by whose order, and by what right, my 
house had been insulted. The party having satisfied themselves 
with the search, quitted my house, leaving a sentinel armed with 
musket at the door, which sentinel would not allow me to close 
ihe doors, until having spent an hour in that situation, he said, 
“Tam going away, you may shut the door now.” 

I shut the door accordingly, but until four o’clock a soldier 
remained parading the terrace, level with the door at which the 
previous sentinel had been placed. There were several soldiers 
placed at the outer door of the garden. The strong party that 
entered, in order to have more ready access to the house itself, 
broke the lock of a small gate wes | leads to the terrace I have 
already alluded to, As soon as day-break allowed me to se 
distinctly, | opened my window, tt I discovered my visitors 
departing, consisting of about 40 soldiers. The soldiers who 
I was able to distinguish when in the quinta, and about me, be- 
longed to the 16th regiment ; I observed no police soldiers. 

I have now stated to you the simple facts of the case, and 
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treaty between the two countries. It is not my business, nor 
my wish to make further comments on them, but | have the 

roud satisfaction to know that the present representation will 
receive all the attention that is due to it from a British Consul, 
anxious at heart to protect not only the peace and security of 
every countryman, but to maintain inviolable their acknowledged 
rights and privileges in a foreign country. 

I am, &amp;e. 


(signed) William Roberts. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 24. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 22d March 1831. 


Tue inclosed copy of a letter which has been addressed to 
the undersigned, His Britannic Majesty’s Acting Consul-General 
in Portugal, by Mr. Roberts, an English merchant, residing at 


Val de Pereira, in the outskirts of this city, will bring to the | 


knowledge of his Excellency Viscount de Santarem, a fresh act 
of aggression against the rights and privileges accorded to Bri- 
tish subjects by the 7th article of the Treaty of 1810, equally un- 
justifiable as those which it has been already the duty of the 
undersigned to complain of; equally opposed to the laws of 
hospitality and to that principle of moderation, which it has 
been and is the anxious wish of His Britannic Majesty’s Go- 
vernment to see re-established in this country. 

If it was the duty of the undersigned to complain of former 
aggressions on the persons and property of His Britannic Ma- 
jesty’s subjects, resident here by the sanction, and under the 

rotection of the laws of the country, as being unwarranted even 

y the presence of any public and recognized authority, how 
much more so is it incumbent on him to remonstrate against the 

resent, which becomes, by assuming a semblance of law, whilst 
it is in direct and open violation of the letter and spirit of the 
Treaty, the immediate act of the government of the country ; nor, 
after the assurances, both verbal and written, which the under- 
signed has received from his Excellency of orders being issued 
to the magistrates with regard to British residents, can it, in 
the present instance, be alleged that the aggression was com- 
mitted by them in ignorance of the protection to which they are 
entitled. 

Either the privileges accorded by Treaty to His Britannic 
Majesty’s subjects are to be respected or not: if not, the Treaty 
becomes, in fact, a dead letter, and it is better that the British 
residents should be informed at once that they must not look to 
any protection from its stipulations in their favour; and that 
every pretext, however groundless, may be alleged against them, 
to render them liable to the harassing and persecuting system 
which it is thought proper to adopt for the maintenance of the 
government. . They will then know what they have to look for- 
ward to, and may take measures either to quit a country where 
their ideas are obnoxious, and their most innocent actions become 
asubject of jealousy, or to provide by means of precaution, such 
as in the guiltless pursuit of their avocations they have never 
hitherto deemed necessary, against the consequences of their 
residence in a country where they can claim no protection, and 
where itis very apparent that they are not likely to find any. 

The undersigned cannot but feel warmly on a subject of such 
vital interest to his countrymen, to watch over whose persons 
and property he was sent to Portugal, and where he perceives 
that his presence is of so little avail for the protection of either. 
He trusts, however, that the warmth of his feelings has not be- 
trayed him into any expressions which will not appear perfectly 
justifiable in the eyes of his Government, to whose consideration 
it will be his duty to refer Mr. Roberts’s complaint, with his 
remonstrance upon it, by the earliest opportunity, and he trusts 
that his Excellency Viscount de Santarem will afford him the 
means at the same time of acquainting His Majesty’s Secretary 
of State of the views of this government with respect to the 
rivileges of His Britannic Majesty’s subjects, in order that His 

ajesty’s Government may know what measures it may be 
proper for them to adopt for their protection. 


The undersigned has the honour, &amp;c. 
(signed) RR. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure 3 in N° 24, 


The Viscount de Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq.— 
(Translation.) 


Sir, Palace of Queluz, 26th March 1831. 


Havine ordered the necessary inquiries to be made as to the 
fact which occurred with regard to Mr. Roberts, a British sub- 
ject, and which formed the object of the note you addressed to 
me under date of the 22d instant, the result has been, (accord- 
ing to the report. of the Intendant-general of Police, whereof 
I transmit you a copy inclosed), the knowledge of the individual 
i question not having complied with the laws and regulations 
of police ; in consequence of which the authorities felt that the 
could not, on his mere assertion, consider him as a British 
subject. 


Talso avail myself of this opportunity to declare to you, that 


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if on the one hand the government of his Most Faithful Majesty 
is determined to enforce, in favour of His Britannic Majesty’s 
subjects, the observance of the privileges established by Treaties, 
(as I have several times repeated to you), and to take proper 
measures against those who may infringe them, as has already 
been done by a reprimand, conveyed through the Government 
Official Gazette, to a magistrate of superior grade, and by. the 
suspension of another from the exercise of his functions ; on the 
other, it is necessary that British subjects, in order to the enjoy-~ 
ment of their privileges, should not neglect to observe the laws 
and regulations of the country. 


God preserve you, &amp;c. 
(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 


Sub-Enclosure in N° 24, 
Report of the Intendant-General of Police——(Translation). 


Most Illustrious and Excellent Sir, Lisbon, 24th Mar. 1831. 


His Majesty was pleased to command me, through your Ex- 
cellency’s order of the 23d instant, to report, with the least pos- 
sible delay, upon the representation, in which Mr. Roberts, 
a British subject, complains that the 7th Article of the Treaty 
of 1810 has been infringed in his-regard by the circumstance of 
his house in Quinta de Torrinha, at Valle de Pereiro, having 
been entered and searched before day-break on the morning of 
the 23d (22d). 

In order to know on how weak a foundation this complaint 
rests, it is sufficient to read Mr. Roberts’s representation, and 
then compare it with the Regulamento (regulations), and with the 
tenor of what appears from the books of this intendancy. Mr. 
Roberts says, “ i reside at Valle do Pereiro,” but by the proper 
entries in the books, it appears that when he applied for his 
ticket of legitimation last year, he stated his residence to be in 
the Rua dos Capelistas, No. 17 ; and if he removed it, he should 
have acquainted the magistrates, both of the district he quitted, 
and that which he entered, as directed by the 1gth section of the 
ed tit. of the Regulamento of 6th March 1810; a duty of which 
he is expressly reminded by the very terms of his ticket of legi- 
timation, in which it is mentioned that within 24 hours it ought 
to be presented to the minister of the district of his residence. 

Mr. Roberts further alleges, that he told the minister he was 
a British subject ; but as he does not state that he produced his 
Carta de Privilegios, and the case not being one in which his 
simple assertion could be relied upon, it is clear that there is no 
reason for complaint. 

In the meanwhile, in order to ascertain more minutely the 
circumstances of this occurrence, I ordered the Minister of the 
Criminal Department of the Ribeira district to report to me upon 
the subject, and by his report of this day’s date your Excellency 
will see, not only that Mr. Roberts was incorrect in his state- 
ment of those circumstances, but moreover, that not having 
shown his Carta de Privilegio, and speaking Portuguese perfectly 
well, there was no reason to suppose him an Englishman ; and 
much less so, when by the books of the intendancy, it did not 
appear that there was any individual, a subject of His Britannic 
Majesty, residing in that situation ; besides which, privileges are 
not to be observed, when the persons privileged do not comply 
with the obligations imposed upon them for their enjoyment. 


God preserve your Excellency. 
Antonio Germano da Veiga, 


In the absence of the chief officer, 


(signed) § Antonio H. D’ Abreu Castello Branco. 





N° 25. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.— 
(Received April g.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 26th March 1831. 


I BEG leave to transmit to your Lordship the accompanyin 
letter which has been addressed to me, signed: by severa British 
merchants resident here, and has only just reached my hands. 
It will, I trust, satisfy your Lordship that I have given no ex- 
aggerated account of the alarm prevailing here amongst them, 
on account of the violent measures resorted to by this govern- 
ment to maintain their authority. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure in N° 25. 


Letter of several British Merchants resident in Lisbon 
to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Lisbon, 26th March 1831. 
We, the undersigned British residents in Lisbon, deeply con- 
cerned’ at the late outrage committed under the authority of 
a public magistrate on the house of our fellow-countryman, 
Mr. Roberts, between the hours one and two a.M., by a civil 
and armed military force, are reduced at length to the necessity 
of 


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of representing to you our total want of all confidence (which 
this and other late acts have caused) in existing Treaties, and 
the ‘dangers’ to which we consider our persons and property 
exposed. ; 
“We therefore’ earnestly request that you, Sir, will do us the 
favour to forward our apprehensions to His Majesty’s Govern- 
ment, in’ the firm reliance that it will perceive the real situation 
in which we stand, and adopt such measures as are consistent 


with British honour and with British feeling. 
We have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


F. F. Shore. Benj. Elliston. 
Francis Roughton. : S. G. Walker. 
Thomas O' Keefe. Joseph Slater Platt. 
William Staley. L. M‘ Andrews. 
James Douglas. Wm. Halliday. 
John Sugnel. Thomas Shannon. 
Nicholas James. John Adam. 
George Dobson. Wm. S. Burnett. 
John Smallpiece, jun. Daniel Sharpe. 
Jno. Parley. John Augier. 
Thos. Josling C. Jauncey. 
Alex. Adam. Thomas Paige. 
Wm. Carruthers. Henry Hines. 
Charles Higgs. Robert Monro. 





N° 26. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.—( Received April 12.) 


Sir, Lisbon, 1st April 1831. 


In reference to the despatches of the 7th and 16th March, 
which Lord Palmerston did me the honour to address to me, 
I herewith beg to transmit to you for his Lordship’s information, 
copies of the notes which I immediately addressed to Viscount 
de Santarem, in obedience to the instructions therein conveyed 
to me. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) KR. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 26. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 
Lisbon, 28th March 1831. 


Tue undersigned, His Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General in 
Portugal, in selorting his Excellency Viscount de Santarem to 
the note which he had the honour to transmit to him under date 
the 2d instant, and by which he laid before his Excellency, for 
the consideration of the government of Portugal, the complaint 
of two British merchants residing in Oporto, of the injury their 
commerce sustained by the exaction of exorbitant duties on the 
articles of cotton twist and yarn, of which they are importers, 
has now to communicate to his Excelleney the orders which he 
has received from his Government, to whose knowledge he sub- 
mitted the above-mentioned documents, to lose no time in calling 
upon his Excellency for a satisfactory answer to these reclama- 
tions, which in the opinion of His Britannic Majesty’s Govern- 
ment were strictly conformable to the stipulations of the Treaty 
referred to in the note of the undersigned already alluded to. 


The undersigned has the honour, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 26. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 
Si, Lisbon, 28th March 1831. 


Havine transmitted to my Government the statement which 
I laid before your Excellency on the 14th February last, relative 
to the outrage committed upon Mr. Caffary’s premises at 
Pedrougos, by a person of the name of Leonardo, acting under 
an authority which is not recognized by the laws of any civilized 
nation, together with the remonstrance which I felt it my duty 
to make to your Excellency upon this occasion, I have received 


‘Lord Palmerston’s orders to intimate to your Excellency, that it 
is impossible that His Majesty’s Government can consider the 


mere release of Mr. Caffary’s foreman from imprisonment as an 
adequate atonement and satisfaction for this most unjustifiable 
and unprovoked outrage, and that they expect such compensa- 
tion to be made to this individual for his imprisonment and per- 
sonal injuries, as he is entitled to for the sufferings and insults 
which he underwent. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure 3 in N 26. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 


Lisbon, 28th March 1831. 


Tue undersigned, His Britannic Majesty’s. Acting Consul-. 
General in Portugal, has the honour to refer his tae nt 


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Viscount de Santarem. to the two notes which he addressed. to. 
a duty of 30 ~ ors epaee ty the Custom-hotse in this port,. 
on a cargo of English coals imported in the i a 
Resolution. , a Swedish ease 

Having submitted to his, Government a copy of the corres. 
pondence which passed between his Excellency and himself on 
this occasion, the undersigned has~received Lord Palmerston’s 
orders to repeat and press the claim which he advanced in the 
notes above alluded to, namely, that this demand should be 
forthwith revoked, and compensation made to the owners and 
consignees of the cargo in. question, for the losses which the 
incurred by the said decision of the Custom-house, in violation 
of the 15th Article of the Treaty. of Commerce of 1810. 

In acquainting his Excellency Viscount de Santarem with the 
orders so conveyed to him, the undersigned has the honour to 
renew, Kc. ! 


(signed) R. B. Hoppner, 





N° 27. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.—(Received 


April 12.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 2d April 1831, 

By the last packet I had the honour to transmit to your Lords 
ship a complaint addressed. to me by Mr. Roberts, a respectable 
English merchant resident here, together with the remonstrance 
which I had in consequence addressed to M. de Santarem, and 
the answer I had received from that minister. I also forwarded. 
to your Lordship a representation addressed to me by. several 
British merchants, which, together with M. de Santarem’s an. 
swer, reached me cnly in time to send them to. your Lordship, 
without permitting me to make such observations upon the 
latter as naturally presented themselves to me on the perusal of 
such a document. 

The futility of the reasons adduced in justification of this 
assault on the house of a quiet and unoffending person, will not 
have escaped your Lordship’s observation, and I could not,allow, 
such a pm i to pass without the reprobation it deserved, espe- 
cially seeing the mt which the attack on, Mr. Roberts’s house, 
had produced in the minds of the British residents here. ,Aex 
cordingly I addressed the note of which L have,the, honoug here, 
with to enclose a copy for your Lordship’s information, to. Viscouns 
de Santarem, and your Lordship will perceive that. I did not, pez- 
mit this.opportunity to pass without pointing. out to the gavern- 
ment the impossibility of their being allowed. to. contimug, any, 
longer the hostile system they have of late adopted with, regard 
to the subjects of His Majesty resident in this country, unless 
they are determined to exhaust the patience,.of , His.,Majesty’s 
Government, and to call down their, just.retribution upen, then, 

In addition tu the complaints which. it -has,, already.been, my. 
duty to transmit to your Lordship, others, of, a minor nature, but 
sufficiently proving this unfriendly spirit, are..of almost, daily 
occurrence here. His Majesty’s subjects are,:as your, Lordship 
will perceive by the enclosed letter, and, the note, f have, ad- 
dressed in consequence to Viscount Santarem, vexed by demands 
for the payments of a tax on commerce called the Maneio, from 
which they are expressly exempted by their Carta de. Privilegios, 
and by decrees of the Portuguese, government, issued, with this 
particular intention ; and the case of Mr. Hockly, a British mer- 
chant, as detailed in the enclosed Paper, N° 3, are a. further 
demonstration of the same feeling. 

Whilst the Portuguese government are indulging in, these 
indications of their ill-will, no steps are brought to my, know; 
ledge as being taken by them to repair the injuries which they 
have inflicted on our commerce, or the insult offered in the case 
of the St. Helena, to officers wearing His Majesty’s uniform. 
The captain of the Diana still walks the streets of Lisbon, secure 
of impunity, if not of approbation, on the part of his government, 
and the repeated demands which have been made for compensa- 
tion for the losses suffered by our trade, in consequence of his 
unjustifiable and illegal conduct, when in the command, of the 
squadron which blockaded Terceira last year, are hitherto left 
without even an acknowledgment that they have been received. 

I consider it imperatively my duty to bring this state of things 
to your Lordship’s knowledge without, further loss of time, 80 
fully am I convinced’that any longer endurance on the part of 
His Majesty’s Government will only encourage the Portuguese 
authorities in their blind and presumptuous belief that the system 
of uon-interference hitherto ,observed..with. regard. to. this coun 
try, leaves it open for them,to indulge in every unfriendly feel- 
ing towards other nations, while it will secure them against any 
measures of retaliation which might chance to compromise their 
security. - i of: a O 3s 

Not having seen'the, Viscount, Santarem. esterday, 1 waited 
on his Excellency. ta day:by appointment, whea hig, Excellency 
endeavoured to persuade me that I had taken awrong, view P 


the sentiments of -his government. towards. Great Britain, jand 
that they were. intimately, persuaded, not only.of the-adyantage, 
but the necessity of maintaiming the most.friendly relations, 41 

His Majesty’s Government... replied, that although that might 
be the opinion of some individuals of his, government, 1. was 
convinced that it was-not,the genera], sentiment ; and. that, at 
all events, my Government would form its judgment upon aye 





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and not merely upon opinions. He, however, again insisted, that 
this was the universal sentiment of all his colleagues. He pro- 
mised to give me in the course-of next week a satisfactory answer 
to the different claims which it has been incumbent on me lately 
to him. ; 
amen I have the honour to be, Xc. 
(signed) §R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 27. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 28th March 1831. 


I nap the honour to receive, on the 26th instant, your Excel- 
lency’s letter, with its enclosure, in reply to the one I addressed 
to you on the 22d, relative to the complaint made by Mr. Roberts, 
of the infraction of his privileges as a British subject, by per- 
sons acting under the orders of the Intendant of Police, and 
have transmitted it to my Government, together with Mr. 
Roberts’s statement, who will well know how to appreciate the 
justification offered by the magistrate of his violent proceeding 
on this occasion. So futile are his reasons, that I can scarcely 
deem it necessary to offer any observations upon them, to con- 
vince your Excellency that they cannot for a moment have 
altered my opinion of this transaction, in which I am further 
confirmed by the unfriendly spirit which dictated his attempt to 
maintain it. 

Mr. Roberts states in his letter that he is residing in Val de 
Pereira, while in the books of the police his habitation is entered 
as being in the Rua das Capellistas. I would ask your Excel- 
lency, whether it is contrary to the laws of this country to oc- 
cupy a second house as a summer residence, and wherein Mr. 
Roberts has transgressed its laws and regulations, when he 
assigned his fixed and permanent establishment in the city as 
that of his regular place of abode, in taking out, in conformity 
to them, his billet of residence at the police ?__ I also beg to in- 
quire whether, every time an individual moves from his house 
in town to that in the country, although only in the outskirts of 
Lisbon, it is necessary for him to notify to the Juiz do Bairo his 
intention to do so? Certainly not. 

Again, I would ask your Excellency if, in this country, it is 

ssible, or even probable, that a person should occupy the same 
ouse as a country residence for ten years together, without its 
reaching the knowledge of the police that the house in question 
was in the occupation of such an individual? Your Excellency’s 
answer must be in the negative. 

Allow me further to ask your Excellency, whether, when at 
midnight, a peaceable and timid person is disturbed in his rest, 
and roused from his sleep by an attempted forcible entrance into 
his house, against which he appeals as soon as he discovers that 
the violence is committed by persons assuming to be the agents 
of government, he is expected to be so fully master of himself 
as to fly at once to his Carta de Privilegios, as a securit against 
such an unlooked-for and alarming assault. Can your asin 
cy give me any other answer in this instance than in those I have 

ready adduced ? 

Again, I would inquire of your Excellency whether, as it is 
advanced as a charge against Mr. Roberts that he did not 
produce his Carta de Privilegios, it was not as much the 
duty of the said agents of government to demand it of him, 
when, in order to avert their violence, he declared that he was 
a British subject, and entitled to protection as such? I already 
anticipate your Excellency’s answer. 

As the Intendant of Police lays so much stress on the non- 
production of Mr. Roberts’s Carta de Privilegios, I would in- 
quire of him whether, when the house of Snr Marcicano, a 
Maltese, was forcibly entered by his emissaries, and this indi- 
vidual presented his Carta de Privilegios, any respect was paid 
to it by them? Did they not, with this document before their 
eyes, treat both him and his privileges with the utmost contempt, 
and convey him to prison, where he was detained in solitary 
confinement for several days previous to his liberation, no charge 
being ultimately substantiated against him? Is it with such 
cases as this upon record, that the Intendant of Police is to tell 
us wemust bear the consequences of not conforming to the laws 
and regulations of the country ? 

But Mr. Roberts speaks Portuguese, and consequently was not 
known to be a British subject. It is, then, in the judgment of 
this police magistrate, so unusual for a British subject, resident 
for many years in a foreign country, and being brought by his 
occupations into immediate and constant contact with the na- 

tives, to speak the language of that country: and if he does 
speak it, is there a Portuguese who, before he has uttered a 
dozen words, would not detect him as a foreigner? Besides, as 
he was able to explain himself so distinctly in the language of 
the officers who broke into his house, they could not pretend 
not to understand him when he declared who and what he was, 
any more than he misunderstood them, when they replied with 
a “nao im a 

It is needless for me to say more on this subject, but I cannot 

Ip feeling mortified that your Excellency should, by giving 
Sead sanction to such a letter on the part of the Intendant of 
Police, join with him in entertaining so mean an opinion of my 
intellects as to suppose that I can be misled by such shallow 


and groundless reasons as those he has thought proper toadduce 


in support of a wanton, and evidently premeditated, attack upon 
the house of a British subject, who had a ¢laim,.on the contrary, 
to his protection, to secure him from, molestation, : 
It is not in adducing such examples.as;those adverted to by 
ps Excellency, that His Britannic Majesty’s Government, can, 
e satisfied of the sincere intention of that,.of Portugal. to ob- 
serve the privileges accorded by ancient treaties, to the subjects 
of His Majesty resident in this country, and the. infraction. of 


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which I have now to complain of ; for they are well aware that, 
in neither of the two instances alleged, have they produced the 
smallest effect. 

This is not the observance of our privileges which we have a 
right to look to. Let it be a bona fide observance, and there will 
be no occasion to seek for trivial excuses for such repeated in- 
fringements of them, under one pretext or other. And I would 
ask your Excellency, what have the English residents done to 
forfeit the protection which they are entitled to from the Portu- 
guese government? They would not dare to commit any act 
of hostility against it. But it is conjectured that their senti- 
ments are not in unison with your’s. And may not this be a 
gratuitous supposition? Ifthe conduct of this government is 
such as it can reconcile with its own conscience, why should it 
suppose that it does not meet with the approbation of others? 
What interest can the merchants and other British residents have 
in the affairs of this country, than to see such an order of things 
established here as may secure to them protection and support ? 
If, I repeat it, the Portuguese government are, in their conscience, 
convinced that their measures are the best for the welfare of 
their country, and not merely in support of any particular object, 
of what consequence can be to them the opinion of a few foreign 
merchants ? 

But, Sir, when I look around me, among the well-organized 
governments of Europe, I do not find them supported by such 
acts of violence as that committed on the house of Mr. Roberts, 
and others of a similar nature, against which it has been my 
painful duty to remonstrate. I see every where their foundations 
cemented with the affections of their subjects, acquired and 
maintained by the justice and moderation of their principles ; 
I do not find compulsion necessary to obtain the acquiescence 
of the people in the dictates of a wise administration; neither is 
it in the order of nature, that a government, supported by vio- 
lence, can endure beyond a certain period. Its own energies 
will destroy it. 

I cannot think that, as the agent of a power friendly to the 
Portuguese nation, and which views with the deepest regret the 
lamentable condition to which this country is fast reducing it- 
self, I exceed my commission in offering these observations to 
your Excellency, for the consideration of your governmeni. I am 
only conscious of the most upright intention in doing so, and 
I entreat your Excellency to believe, that if, in the exercise of 
my official functions, I am called upon to make use of language 
such as you are unaccustomed to, and which may sound un- 
pleasing to your ears, this can only be attributed to the violent 
system prevailing here, and involving attacks upon my country- 
men, which 1 am unfortunately compelled to witness, and which 
being unexampled in their character, call for an unusual reproba- 
tion on my part, to put a stop to them before they proceed to a 
degree which shall exhaust the forbearance of my Government, 
and which I am authorized to assure your Excellency that it 
cannot and will not permit with impunity. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hopper. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 27. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Lisbon, 31st March 1831. 


Tue undersigned, His Britannic Majesty’s Acting Consul- 
General in Portugal, has the honour to transmit to his Excel- 
lency the Viscount de Santarem, the copy of a letter, with its 
enclosure, which he has received from Mr. Judah Levy, a native 
of Gibraltar, and subject of His Britannic Majesty, complaining 
of the exaction from him of 49,440 reis, on account of the duty 
called Maneio, from which he is especially exempted, not only 
by his Carta de Privilegio, but inasmuch as he is not in any line 
of business that could subject him to the payment of this tax. 

The undersigned, in laying this case before his, Exeellen 
Viscount de Santarem, flatters himself that his Excellency will 
make such representations in the proper quarters as will secure 
to the complainant an exemption from the above charge, to 
which, for the reasons already mentioned, he is so clearly en- 
titled. 

The undersigned avails himself, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. . 





Sub-Enclosure in N° 27. 
Mr. Judah Levy to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
Sir, Lisbon, 30th March 1831. 


I most respectfully beg leave to lay before you a grievance 
which is as unprecedented as it is unjustifiable on the part of 
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A few days since the collector of a tax called Maneio, notified 
me for the payment. of 49,440 reis, in which amount it is stated 
that I had been assessed, and although I have been residing in 
this city now upwards of 42 years, I never before have been ap- 
plied to for payment of any such tax; nor can it fairly apply to 
me, as I am not concerned in any trade or business whatsoever ; 
besides, in the year 1795, I applied for, and took out, my Carta 
de Privilegios, wherein I am declared free from this impost of 
Maneio, as well as other decimas or duties. 

In the year 1812, when foreigners resident in this country 
were called upon to pay the “ Contribuigao Extraordinaria de 
Defeza,” a decree was issued by the governors of the kingdom, 
dated ed July 1812, the 5th article whéreof most unequivocally 
exempts British subjects from payment of this Maneio tax; and 
a further aviso, signed by the governors of the kingdom, and 
dated the 18th July 1814, also states that wholesale British 
merchants are to be exempted from the payment of this tax, and 
which will successfully appear on reference to those official do- 
cuments, copies of which I beg leave to subjoin for your inspec- 
tion. 

This, Sir, I regret is not the only grievance of which I have to 
complain. It has been my misfortune to have had transactions 
in trade with a countryman named John Fletcher, many years 
established in this city as a British merchant, and in very affluent 
circumstances, whereby he remains owing me a considerable 
sum, arising chiefly from his suffering his bills of exchange to 
lie over in my hands protested and unpaid; and has, by his 
chicanery, and the defects of the administration of the laws of 
this country, bid me defiance at law now for upwards of 36 years 
standing, with little or no intermission; the expenses of which 
have ruined me, and reduced me to beggary and want. Another 
proof, if any is wanting, of the little regard now paid by this 
country to Treaties of Commerce, or to their own public edicts, 
avizos or cartas de privilegios, as by Treaty between this coun- 
try and Great Britain, of 1 654, one of its articles (the 7th) ex- 

ressly stipulates, that all law-suits, after being sent to the 
Relacao, shall terminate and be decided within the space of four 
months. 

Thus, Sir, deprived of my property, and reduced to penury 
and want, threatened with the sequestration of my little furni- 
ture, and being thrown into the streets, I am under the necessity 
of applying to you for protection, in the hope that you will take 
such measures as you may judge expedient to prevent my entire 
destruction, on account of this illegal assessment demanded of 
me, in violation of British privileges, and against the Royal de- 
cree of oth July 1669. 

I beg to enclose you an authenticated copy of my Carta de 
Privilegio, accompanied by a copy of the petition made to the 
superintendent of the Maneio tax, to which he has given no 
satisfactory answer. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) Judah Levy. 





Enclosure 3 in N° 27. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to the Viscount de Santarem. 


Lisbon, 30th March 1831. 


Tue undersigned, His Britannic Majesty’s acting Consul- 
general in Portugal, has the honour to transmit to his Excel- 
lency Viscount de Santarem, the copy of a letter which has been 
addressed to him by Mr. Hockly, a British merchant recently 
arrived in Lisbon, detailing the harsh measures adopted against 
him by the authorities of Elvas, acting uader orders emanating 
from this government, in consequence of which he has, without 
any adequate cause, been exposed to the ignominy of being con- 
veyed across the frontiers of the country as a criminal, and put 
to a very serious expense and inconvenience. 

It is scarcely necessary for the undersigned to make any ob- 
servations on this transaction, which, as appears by the assu- 
rance given by the Intendant-general of Police to Mr. Meagher, 
when that gentleman spoke to him on the subject, has occurred 
with the cognizance, and consequent approbation of his Excel- 
léncy. It may be justified by the spirit of the police regulations 
of this country, though it is not according to their letter ; yet the 
undersigned, viewing it in connection with other recent occur- 
rences m violation of the rights and privileges hitherto enjoyed 
by British subjects in Portugal, cannot but consider it as a ma- 
nifest proof of the unfriendly spirit now prevailing on the part of 
this government against the subjects of His Majesty, and which 
he will consider it his duty to represent to His Majesty's Minis- 
ters with as little delay as possible. 


The undersigned has the honour, &amp;c. 
(signed)  R. B. Hoppner. 





Sub-Enclosure B. in No. 27. 
Mr. Hockly to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Lisbon, 30th March 1891. 


PERMIT me to lay before you the statement of an occurrence 
that has caused me no small expense, loss of time and inconve- 
nience, owing to the unfriendly, and, as I conceive, rigorous 





treatment I have met with from the Portuguese authorities as 
a British subject, 2 

For these two years past I have been engaged in mercantile 
pursuits in various parts of Spain, travelling with a passport 
furnished me by the British Minister in Madrid, in November 
1828 ; and affairs of my house calling me to this city, I left Cop. 
dova on the 28th ultimo, with my port countersigned by the 
Spanish authorities for Badajoz, which was again indorsed there 
by the Sub-Delegado of Police for Lisbon. As I was aware that 
a Spanish Consul was established in Elvas, I expected to have 
found a Portuguese Consul in Badajos, but was given to under. 
stand there was none, and that the signature of the Spanish Sub- 
Delegado. was all that was required. 

I arrived at Elvas on the 8th instant, and on presenting m 
passport to the Corregidor, he inquired why it was not signed b 
a Portuguese Consul. I gave in answer what I have alread 
stated, that no such authority existed either in Cordova or Bada- 
joz. I was told I might retire to my inn, whither I was accom- 
panied by three officers of police, who desired me to open my 
trunks, and all my papers, which were purely of a mercantile 
nature, underwent a rigid scrutiny. After this operation was 
concluded, I received a message from the Juiz de Fora, that 
I could not be allowed to continue my journey to the capital, but 
that he would send my passport to the Intendant for orders, 
{ immediately addressed a letter to my friend Mr. Goodair, mer. 
chant of this city, who wrote me, that having made my case 
known at your office, you had sent Mr. Meagher, the Vice-con- 
sul, to cajl on the Intendant of Police to remove the difficulty, 
by whom he was assured that my passport was then in the pos- 
session of Viscount de Santarem, and that he, the Intendant, 
expected immediate orders would be given to allow me to pro- 
ceed. Judge my surprise, however, when, within half an hour 
after getting Mr. Goodair’s letter, I was sent for by the Juiz de 
Fora, who told me he had received orders from Lisbon to send 
me immediately out of Portugal, and to warn me, upon pain of 
rigorous imprisonment, not to present myself again in the coun- 
try without my passport being duly signed by some Portuguese 
authority. All remonstrances were vain, although the Judge 
himself admitted that no suspicion whatever attached to me, but 
solely this alleged informality. I was immediately handed over 
to an escort of cavalry, with directions to see me over the fron- 
tiers, who conducted me out of the town, exposed to the gaze of 
the populace, busy in their conjectures upon the nature of my 
crime. 

I had therefore no remedy but to proceed to Seville to get my 
passport indorsed, with which I returned to Elvas, a distance of 
nearly eighty leagues, and yesterday arrived here. 

I most respecttully submit to you, Sir, the unnecessary harsh- 
ness and cruelty of this proceeding. There could not be the 
least doubt of my identity. My passport has at least 100 visas ; 
aud after the assurance given by the Intendant of Police to your 
Vice-consul, I consider This order to the Corregidor to be an in- 
fraction of the 7th Article of the Treaty of 1810, which declares 
that “ British subjects shall have a free and unquestionable right 
to travel in Portugal.” 

My only object now in laying this case before you is to exhibit 
the manner in which I have been treated by the authorities of 
a nation always considered as the friendly ally of Great Britain. 


I have the honour to be &amp;c. 





(signed) Thomas Hockly. 
N° 28. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.— 
(Received April 26.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, gth April 1831. 


In my despatch of the 2d instant, I had the honour to inform 
your Lordship of the assurances given to me by Viscount de San- 
tarem that in the course of the present week a satisfactory an- 
swer would be given by his government to the various notes 
which have been addressed to him so repeatedly respecting the 
cases so long pending of indemnification for the injuries inflicted 
on the commerce of His Majesty’s subjects, by the unjustifiable 
conduct of the Terceira squadron ; for the insult offered by the 
captain of the Portuguese frigate Diana to the British officer who 
commanded the St. Helena packet; and the other complaints 
which from time to time have been-made of the vexatious pto- 
ceedings resorted to by the agents of this government against the 
persons and property of His Majesty’s subjects resident 1m, oF 
trading with this country. Theseassurances his Excellency re- 
peated to me at the interview I had with him yesterday, upon 
which occasion I again stated to him that unless bis answer was 
perfectly satisfactory, it would be superfluous for him to transmut 
it, as His Majesty’s Government was: determined no longer to 
submit to any attempts at delaying the decision of these just 
claims to which that of Portugal might. still. have recourse, ™ 
pursuance of their usual system of procrastination. I have now 
the honour to transmit to your Lordship a copy and arenes 
of the note which I have this day received from the Minister ‘or 
Foreign Affairs in fulfilment of his promise, upon: which it Is 
unnecessary for me to make, any remark, as your Lordship w 


perceive that it leaves the various questions in dispute precisely 


as they previously stood, while an indemnification is promised “ 


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the case of M. Caffary’s foreman, which will be subjected to the 
same vexatious delay as the others, whenever His Majesty’s 
Government shall state the amount to which they consider him 
entitled for the insult and injuries inflicted upon him. 

In the case of the Ninus, the documents respecting which your 
Lordship will receive by the present packet, M. de Santarem 
told me that it was the intention of his government to appoint, 
on their part, surveyors to examine the state of the vessel, and 
the injuries reported to have been sustained by her; to which 
I merely replied that there would be no objection to their doing 
so, but that I had no doubt he would find the statements cor- 
rect, as they had been drawn up swoin surveyors of the 
Senate ; and I hoped that whatever was done would take place 
as speedily as possible, as the unfortunate owner of the vessel 
had been brought to the verge of ruin by the detention of his 
yessel, and the vexatious suit he had been compelled to enter 
into in order to obtain her restitution. Here again it will be 
obvious to your Lordship that this measure is resorted to merely 
with a view of retarding their decision upon this case to an un- 
limited period, notwithstanding the injury already inflicted upon 
the owner by the detention of his vessel since the month of May 
in last year. 

As I am not aware that I can urge these cases with Viscount 
de Santarem in stronger terms than I have already done, [ must 
await your Lordship’s instructions as to any ulterior proceedings 
that may be deemed necessary with regard to them. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure in N® 28, 
Visconde de Santarem to Sir R. B. Hoppner.—(Translation.) 


Palace of Queluz, gth April 1831. 


Havine conveyed to the knowledge of His a Govern- 
ment your official communication to me under date of the 
28th March last, in which you informed me that His Britannic 
Majesty’s Government, not deeming the liberation of the indivi- 
dual belonging to Mr. Caffary’s establishment an adequate satis- 
faction, expect that an indemnification should be moreover made 
to him proportioned to the inconvenience he sustained through 
his imprisonment, His Majesty has been pleased to resolve that 
such indemnification should be made, as a demonstration of 
courtesy towards His Britannic Majesty’s Government, as well 
as a mark of His Majesty’s disapprobation of the proceedings 
complained of. 

ith regard to the other points of which your said commu- 
nication treats, His Majesty’s Government is anxiously endea- 
vouring to bring them to a final settlement, as I mentioned to 
Mr. Mackenzie in my note to him on the subject; and I hope 
I shall soon be enabled to reply to you fully. 


God preserve you. 


(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 





N° 29. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received April 27.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 15th April 1831. 

I appRessED the letter, of which the enclosed is a copy, to 
Viscount Santarem, pointing out to him the futility of his last 
notes, and insisting upon such an immediate reply as His 
Majesty’s Government had a right to expect at his hands, after 
so much delay and evasion. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure in N° gg. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 12th April 1831. 


I cannor conclude this letter without again urging your 
Excellency for an immediate answer to the different demands 
which, in the name of my Government, I had the honour to 
address to you. The orders which I have received from His 
Majesty’s Secretary of State aré’peremptorily to insist on an 
immediate and satisfactory answer to the claims for indemnifica- 
tion advanced on behalf of His Majesty’s subjects, whose pro- 
ox tar been so seriously injured by the Portuguese squadron 

ding Terceira ; to require the instant and public dismissal 
from the Portuguese service of the captain of A Diana, who, 


inthe most unofficerlike manner, presumed to insult the com-_ 
mander of the St. Helena packet, bearing His mae rey commis- | 


Sion ; for an immediate compensation to Mr. Caffary’s foreman, 
commensurate with the insult and injuries inflicted upon him ; 
and other demands affecting the non-execution of the Treaty of 
1810; to the prejudice of the commerce of His Majesty’s sub- 
ects with this country ; your Excellency’s note of the gth instant 
mg in substance merely a repetition of others transmitted by 
your Excellency as far back as the 2oth of August last, cannot 

















be deemed satisfactory on these points; nor’ can’ T, “with the 
positive instructions which I have already recéiyed from “my 
Government, await further orders from England'to again urge 
these claims, and to request that they may be dbfiiitively settled 
without further evasion or delay. Ca Sine (opto eh. 
I have the honour to be,.&amp;¢, “7 
(signed) _.R. B, Hoppner, 





N° 30. 
Viscount Palmerston to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Foreign Office, 15th April 1831. 

_ His Majesty’s Government have taken into their serious con- 
sideration all the recent insults which the Portuguese govern- 
ment have offered to the British nation, the outrages which they 
have committed upon the persons and property of British sub- 
jects, and the violations of which they have been guilty of the 
Treaties subsisting between the two countries ; and His Majesty’s 
Government feel it to be their duty to their Sovereign on the 
one hand, and to His Majesty’s subjects on the other, that they 
should instruct you to make to the Portuguese Government 
a peremptory demand for immediate and full redress. 

You will therefore proceed without delay to the Viscount de 
Santarem, and recapitulate to him the grounds of complaint, the 
details of which are stated in the accompanying paper, and upon 
which His Majesty’s Government found their present demand. 

You will state that His Majesty’s Government cannot permit 
the rights and privileges of His Majesty’s subjects to be violated 
with impunity, nor the honour of the British flag to be insulted 
without atonement. 

They therefore demand, 1st. That the captain of the Diana 
shall be dismissed the Portuguese service forthwith, and that the 
fact and cause of his dismissal shall be publicly notified in the 
next number of the Official Gazette published at Lisbon, 

2. That the magistrates or other authorities who ordered or 
executed the outrages upon Mr. Roberts, Mr. Caffary’s foreman, 
and Mr. O’Neill, shall forthwith be removed from their offices, 
and that their dismissal, and the causes thereof, shall likewise 
be notified in the next number of the Official Gazette published 
at Lisbon. 

3. That the compensation due to the owners of the vessels 
illegally captured off Terceira, for loss and damage sustained b 
them, in respect of the ships and their cargoes, shall be paid 
within a month after the receipt of this despatch. 

4. That the officer who attempted to levy upon Mr. Judah 
Levy the tax from which his Carta de Privilegios stated speci- 
fically that he was exempt, shall be severely and publicly repri- 
manded. 

5. That orders shall be given effectually to protect British 
subjects travelling in Portugal, from the molestation which was 
suffered by Mr. Hockly on his entering the Portuguese territory 
from Badajos. 

6. That adequate compensation shall be made to the several 
British subjects referred to in the accompanying memorandum, 
for the personal injuries and sufferings to which they have been 
exposed, in violation of the Treaties subsisting between the two 
countries. 

7. That the Judge Conservator, Carneiro e Sa, shall be imme- 
diately removed, in compliance with the requisition of the British 
residents at Oporto. 

You will clearly explain to M. de Santarem that these de- 
mands admit of no modification or negotiation; and you will 
require a categorical answer, affirmative or negative, within ten 
days ; and you will inform M. de Santarem whatare the reprisals 
which the naval commander of His Majesty’s ships off the 
Tagus, and off Oporto, is ordered to make, in the event of a re- 
fusal, or should no answer be given within the above-mentioned 
time. 

Should you not receive an affirmative answer at the expiration 
of ten days, you will communicate that fact to the officer com- 
manding His Majesty’s squadron off the Tagus, that he may 
carry into execution the instructions with which the Lords of 
the Admiralty have furnished him; and you will at the same 
time yourself quit Lisbon, and repair on board His Majesty’s 
ship, the Briton, giving Captain Markland notice of your removal 
three days before you actually go on board. 

You will immediately, upon the receipt of this despatch, com- 
municate to the British residents in Lisbon the contents of these 
instructions, and the contingent orders given to Captain Mark- 
land, in order that they may take such steps as they may think 
necessary for their own security, whatever may be the result of 
your application to the Viscount de Santarem. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) § Palmerston. 





Enclosure in N° go. 


Statement of Cases of Grievance against Portugal which are 
unredressed. 


Previousty to entering upon the above statement, it may 
be right to draw attention to some provisions of the Treaty of 
1810. 

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In Article VII. it is stipulated, that the subjects of each of the 
High Contracting Parties shall have a free and unquestionable 
right to travel, and:to reside within the territories of the other, to 
occupy houses, and to dispose of personal property of every sort, 
without the smallest hindrance. They shall not be compelled to 
pay greater taxes than are paid by the native subjects. They 
shall be ‘exempted from compulsory military service. Their 
dwelling-houses, warehouses, and all the parts and appurte- 
nances thereof, shall be respected. They shall not be liable to 
any vexatious visits and searches, nor shall any ereny fen 
nation or inspection of their books, smn or accompts be made, 
under colour of the Supreme Authority of the State. It is, 
however, to be understood, that in the cases of treason, contra- 
band trade and other crimes, for the detection of which provi- 
sion is made by the law of the land, that law shall be enforced, 
it being mutually declared that false and malicious accusations 
are not to be admitted as pretexts or excuses for vexatious visits 
and searches, or for examinations of commercial books, papers 
or accompts, which visits or examinations are never to take 
place except under the sanction of the competent magistrate, 
and in the presence of the Consul of the nation to which the 
accused party may belong, or of his deputy or representative. 

By Article X. his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Por- 
tugal grants to the subjects of Great Britain the rte, of 
nominating special magistrates, to act for them as Judge Con- 
servator in those ports and cities of his dominions in which tri- 
bunals and courts of justice are established. They shall be 
chosen by the plurality of British subjects resident at that place, 
and the choice so made is to be transmitted to His Britannic 
Majesty’s Ambassador, to be by him laid before his Royal 
Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal for confirmation. 

he removal of the Judge Conservator, in cases of neglect of 
duty or delinquency, is also to be effected by an application to 
his. Royal Highness, through the channel of the British Ambas- 
sador or Minister at his Royal Highness’s Court. The stipu- 
lations of Article XV. provide, that all goods, merchandizes and 
articles whatsoever, the produce, manufacture, industry or inven- 
tion of the dominions and subjects of His Britannic Majesty, 
shall be admitted into the dominions of his Royal Highness the 
Prince Regent of Portugal, as well in Europe as in America, 
Africa and Asia, whether consigned to British or Portuguese 
subjects, on paying generally and solely duties to the amount of 
15 per cent., according to the value which shall be set upon 
them by a Tarif, the principal basis of which shall be the sworn 
invoice cost of the aforesaid goods, merchandize and articles. 
The Tarif to be settled by an equal number of British and Por- 
tuguese merchants, His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, and the 
Administrator General of the Customs. 

The above are the clauses of the Treaty of 1810 that bear 
upon the grievances, of which the following is the detail. 


Case I. 


Durine the months of June and July last, the squadron 
blockading the island of Terceira, by order of the Portuguese 
government, illegally, and under various groundless pretences, 
¢aptured four British vessels, and sent them first to St. Michael’s, 


‘and subsequently to Lisbon, for condemnation. 


For these captures redress was demanded, in a despatch, 
dated the 3d of August, and conveyed to Lisbon by His 
Majesty’s ship Galatea, and it was required that the vessels 
should be restored, and compensation made to the owners for 
the losses and damages sustained by their capture. The vessels 
were restored immediately after the arrival of the Galatea, viz. 
en the 18th and igth of August; but the compensation de- 
manded has not yet been paid. One of the bias. 4 so captured 
was the St. Helena, with respect to which a gore question 
arose, in consequence of an insult offered to the Naval Service of 
England. 

his schooner had been brought into Sierra Leone by the 
survivors of a massacre committed by pirates; and Captain 
Gordon, of His Majesty’s ship Athol, commodore on the African 
Station, gave Lieutenant Warren, an officer on half-pay in His 
Majesty’s Navy, a written order to refit the St. Helena, and to 
proceed to England with despatches, and with the invalided 
officers and men of the African squadron. 

On the.i6th of July, when about 16 miles from Terceira, the 
schooner was boarded by an armed boat from the Diana. Lieu- 
teriant. Warren showed Captain Gordon’s order and the vessel’s 
papers to the commander of the Portuguese frigate, but without 
eAtect ; for after having been treated with every indignity and 
insult, he, together with the invalids, and the surgeon of His 
Majesty’s ship Primrose, in charge of the sick, was hurried on 
board the Diana. 

His Majesty’s Consul for the Azores, on remonstrating with 
the Captain General at St. Michael’s, was informed that the 
St. Helena was suspected of being a pirate, because she was 
armed with four 12-pounders, and the commander had not his 
commission or uniform. 

These circumstances were fully explained ; but, notwithstand- 
ing the explanations given, the St. Helena was sent to Lisbon 
under a charge of piracy. 

Upon the receipt of sheen statements, Lord Aberdeen wrote to 
Mr. Mackenzie, set forth in strong terms the unjustifiable nature 


of these proceedings, and stated, that from whatever cause the 
outrage had arisen, it was quite incompatible with the honour 
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and dignity of His Majesty that it should be tole 
Mackenzie was then dead to demand from M. fede 
the immediate restitution of the vessels, compensation for tna 
losses or injury that they might have sustained, and the de y 
missal of the officer commanding the Portuguese frigate Dj st 
as a just punishment for his me and unmanly treatment of : 
individuals on board the St..Helena,,.and_ the audacity ve 
which he had thought proper to regard officers and invalided 
seamen in His Majesty’s service as, pirates. 

Lastly, Mr. Mackenzie was directed to inform M. de Santa- 
rem, that in case he should not receive, in. the course of thr 
days, an official, assurance that these,demands would be a 
plied with, the immediate consequence must be, that an ade i 
force should be directed tothe Azores, there to obtain shee 
for injuries already committed, and, effectually to prevent their 
recurrence. 

This despatch Mr. Mackenzie read to,M.de Santarem, in 
a personal interview, at the same time delivering to the Viscount 
his own representation as Consul-general upon the subject. To 
the personal communication M. de Santarem replied, that he 
candidly and fully assented to the propriety and extent of all the 
demands made on. his government, and that the commandin 
officer of the Portuguese frigate was to be dismissed the seryice- 
while to Mr. Mackenzie’s note his subsequent answer was, that 
** Don Miguel had resolved to accede to the demand for the 
liberation of the vessels, and to direct the necessary orders for 
their immediate delivery to be issued ;” but M. de Santarem 
makes no further mention of the captain of the Diana. 

This answer being considered by Mr. Mackenzie as unga- 
tisfactory, he in consequence again addressed Viscount San- 
tarem on the subject, stating that it appeared to him, from the 
expressions in his note, that the dismissal was not complete, and 
insisted upon its being executed. 

To this renewed demand no answer appearing to have been 
sent, Mr. Mackenzie was instructed, on the 8th of September, 
again to require the dismissal of the captain of the Diana, and 
further to demand, that his dismissal, and the cause of it, should 
be notified by the Portuguese government in the most public 
manner. In conformity with this instruction, Mr. Mackenzie, 
on the 27th of October, addressed a detailed communication to 
Viscount Santarem, in which he recapitulated all the particulars 
of the cruel conduct of the captain of the Diana to the officers of 
the St. Helena, in detaining ce vessel under such a vain pretext 
as that of her being a pirate, when the commanding officer 
showed his British commission, and the crew and passengers 
being all British subjects ; of his obstinate incredulity in refusing 
belief to evidence that was not only sufficient for a man of sense, 
but would be convincing to any person inexperienced in mari- 
time affairs ; his audacious ill-usage in wresting the sword from 
the said English commanding officer; his injurious and ungen- 
tlemanlike language to men of honour and character, over whom 
he had but an illegal superiority of mere force of arms for the 
time: his wanton ill-treatment of the invalided passengers, in 
separating them from the medical officer sent on board the 
St. Helena for their care and superintendence ; his unjustifiable 
detention of three other British vessels that could not be sus- 
“ope even of going into the island of Terceira ; and concludes 

y assuring M. de Santarem, that this promised dismission from 
the service is absolutely indispensable. 

To this communication no reply appears to have been given, 
and in a despatch, dated the 23d of December, Mr. Mackenzie 
informs His Majesty’s Government that the Viscount de Santa- 
rem continues to treat his renewed applications for the dismissal 
of the commanding officer of the Diana, as was premiers ay 
his Excellency’s letter, with the same indecision or indif- 
ference. 

Up to the present time, that officer continues in the Portu- 
guese service. 


Case IT. 


On the 10th of February Mr. O’Neill, a British born subject, 
and a gentleman of respectability in Lisbon, called on his 
neighbours, Messrs. Jozé Marquez da Costa, Soares and Co., 
Brazil merchants, who reside on the third floor of his house, 
with the view of purchasing a parcel of Pernambuco sugar. 

On his entrance he observed a ral of police and another 
person in plain clothes, who appeared to be an officer of justice, 
and was about to depart, when they informed him he must not 
quit the room, but must remain until 2 superior authority had 
arrived. Afrer he had been detained nearly four hours, during 
which time the strictest silence was ordered to be observed, this 
superior authority appeared, and proved to be the well-known 
Serjeant José Verissimo, who immediately inquired who Mr. 
O’Neill was, and the object of his being in that room. Mr. 
O’Neill answered his inquiry by telling him that he was a 
British subject, and that if he would accompany him down to 
the first floor he would show him his Carta de Privilegio, and 
other proofs of his holding the rank of Danish Consul at Lisbon. 
This Verissitad refused to do, and disregarding Mr. O’Neill’s 
remonstrances, him in custody to the officer of justice, 
and said that he must go before the Intendant of Police; where 
Mr. O’Neill was accordingly taken. The Intendant released 
him. 


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On the rith of February last, three armed «police soldicis 


éntered the rope: manufactory of Mr. Caffary; at Pedroucgos, | 


yiear Lisbon, and’ 'took the foreman into custody. © They then 
entered one of ‘thé stores, and, under the pretext that arms and 
ammunition were‘sécreted there, they trainpled upon a quantity 
of hemp and other property to ‘a large amount, broke open 
desks contaimng botks and papers; which:underwent the strict- 
est examination, and also aichest’ im which money’ had been de- 
positéd “for ’ paymierit of the workmen’s wages,’ and’ strewed the 
contents of it on thé ground: - At last, not finding anything to 
justify event a‘suspicion of the forémai, they proceeded to acts 
of personal violence towards him. Finally, they escorted him 
jn an ignominious manner to a guatd-house'a mile from the ma- 
nufactory,’ ftom whence he was transferred to and imprisoned in 
a dungeon of Fort St. Julian. | 

Upon receiving intelligence of this outrage, Mr. Hoppner, the 
British Consul, tmmediately remonstrated ‘and demanded the 
man’s release ; but it was not until after a second remonstrance, 
in which Mr. Hoppner threatened to leave Lisbon should his 
demand be unattended to, nor until after this British subject 
had been confined 10 days in Fort St. Julian without crime or 
accusation, that he was at length restored to liberty. No repa- 
ration has yet been made to the man for his sufferings, nor to 
the British government for this flagrant violation of the rights 
guaranteed to British ‘subjects by the Treaties between the two 
countries. 


Case IV. 


On the 22d of March, Mr. Roberts, a respectable English 
merchant, “residing in the outskirts of Lisbon, addressed to Mr. 
Hoppner a letter, of which the following is an extract :—“ 1] re- 
side in the Val de Pereira, in a quinta called Quinta do Tor- 
tinho. About two o’clock this morning I was forced awake by 
a violent knocking at my house door, and having arisen imme- 
diately and proceeded ‘to it, demanded who was there, when I 
was ordered to open the door. I replied 1 was an Englishman, 
and would not open the door until I knew by whose authority. 

“Open the door in the name of the king,’ was given from 
the outside. 

“Question. 1 then said, ‘ Who are you?’ 

*9) Answer. ‘ Ministro Escrivao e Tropa.” 
Question.’ “Do you bring an order from the Juiz Conser- 


‘yvador.’ “ 


“@" Answer. ‘* Abra a porta’ (open the door). 

‘(e°"Phéparty immediately commenced to break open the glass 
oor, Outside the regular door, when I called out that it was 
‘Against the privileges of a British subject, to which the answer 
was, * niio importa’ (no matter). 

«As it was evident they were determined to break into the 

house, and’ Mrs. Roberts and my two children were very much 
alarmed, I-at last consented to open the inner door; and having 
done'so, I} found that the outer glass-door had been partially 
forced open. Then there appeared a person in a capote (cloak), 
who called himself‘a Ministro, accompanied by three other per- 
sons, ‘who ¢alled themselves Escrivaes and Alcaides. There 
further entered along with them about a dozen soldiers. The 
minister then told me he had orders to search my house to see 
if there was any person concealed, and proceeded along with 
the whole party to search every room of the house, stable, &amp;c. 
Before their doing so, I stated to the ministro, however, that 
I solemly protested against their proceedings, as being against 
the British Treaty, and that I only opened the door on account 
of a superior force ; to which he replied, if | had not opened 
the door, L should have become ‘ reo’ (criminal) and been made 
a prisoner, and that Englishmen had no privileges that pre- 
vented the right of search; a serjeant further said, that in the 
case of resistance, I ought to be taken to the Castle. I replied 
that we had such privileges, and that our Conservator only could 
make*such a search a legal one, and that by an order direct 
from him. 
- “ T then asked the ministro his name, and to what bairo 
(district) he belonged; he replied, that if I wished to know, 
I might inquire at the Intendant of Police. I then said, that 
we should see. the following day by whose order and by what 
nght my house had. been insulted. The party having satisfied 
themselves with the search, quitted my house, leaving a senti- 
nel armed with musket at the door, which sentinel would not 
allow me to close the doors until having spent an hour in that 
situation, he said; * Lam going away, you may shut the door 
now,’ 

“« I shut the door accordingly ; but until four o’clock a soldier 
remained parading the terrace, level with the door, at which the 


"previous sentinel had been placed, There were several soldiers 


placed at the outer door of the garden, The strong party that 


“entered, in order to have more ‘ready access to the house itself, 
broké the lock of a smaib gate which leads to the terrace I have | 
‘already alladed to: . Asi soon as) day-break allowed me to see 


distinctly, opened my window, when,I discovered my visitors 


“departing, consisting of about.40 soldiers. The-soldiers whom 


Twas: abie to distinguish when. in: the Quinta. and. about. me, 
elonged to the 16th regiment ; I observed no police soldiers,” 

Chis outrage produced so much alarm and indignation among 

the British subjects resident in Lisbon, that they immediately 


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, addressed to Mr. Hoppner a me 
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«- Sir, ee 8 Tashi, 26th Maken’ 1834 2" 

“ We, the undersigned, British residents ‘in. Lisbon, deeply 
concerned at the late outrage committed under the authority of 
a public magistrate, on the house of our ellow-countryman 
Mr. Roberts, between the hours of one and two, A, M., by a civi 
and armed military force, are reduced at length te the necessit 
of representing to you our total want of all confidence (which 
this and other late acts have caused) in existing Treaties, and 
the dangers to which we consider our persons and property 
exposed. 

“ We therefore earnestly request that you, Sir, will do us the 
favour to forward our apprehension to His Majesty’s Govern- 
ment, in the firm reliance that it will perceive the real situation 
in which we stand, and adopt such measures as are consistent 
with British honour and with British feeling. 


“ We have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) « F. F. Shore. 
And twenty-five more signatures. “ Francis Roughton. 
No redress has been given. “ Thomas O'Keefe.” 


Case V. 





Excessive duties have been levied in Oporto upon articles 
of British manufacture, as well as a duty of go per cent. on 
English coal imported in foreign bottoms, all in contravention 
of the Treaty of 1810. A demand has been made for the removal 
of this grievance, but the exaction still continues. 


Case VI. 


On the goth of March, Mr. Hockly, a British merchant, re- 
cently arrived in Lisbon, addressed a letter to Mr. Hoppner, the 
Acting Consul-General, to the following purport: For two years 
he had been engaged in mercantile pursuits in various parts.of 
Spain, travelling with a passport furnished by the British Mi- 
nister in Madrid, in November 1828, and the affairs of his house 
calling him to Lisbon, he left Cordova on the 28th of February, 
with a passport countersigned by the Spanish authorities, for 
Badajos, which passport was again indorsed there by the Sub- 
Delegado of Police, for Lisbon. Being aware that a Spanish 
Consul was established in Elvas, he expected to have found)a 
Portuguese Consul in Badajos, but was given to understand that 
there was none, and that the signature of the Spanish Sub- 
Delegado was all that was required. 

He arrived at Elvas on the 8th March, and on presenting his 
passport to the Corregidor, the latter inquired why it was not 
signed by a Portuguese Consul; the reply was, that ho such 
authority existed either in Cordova or Badajos. Mr. Hockly 
was then told he might retire to his inn, whither he was accom- 
panied by three officers of police, who desired him to open his 
trunks, and all his papers, which were purely of a mercantile 
nature, underwent a rigid scrutiny. After this operation, he 
received a message from the Juiz de Fora, that he could not be 
allowed to proceed to the capital, but that his passport would 
be sent to the Intendant for orders. He immediately addressed 
a letter to his friend, Mr. Goodair, merchant, of Lisbon, who 
answered, that his case having been made known at Mr. Hopp- 
ner’s office, Mr. Meagher, the Vice-consul, had been directed to 
call on the Intendant of Police to remove the difficulty. By this 
officer Mr. Meagher was assured that Mr. Hockly’s passport 
was then in the possession of Viscount de Santarem, and that 
he, the Intendant, expected immediate orders would be given to 
allow him to proceed. So far, however, from this bemg the case, 
within half an hour after the receipt of Mr. Goodair’s letter, Mr. 
Hockly was sent for by the Juiz de Fora, who told him that 
orders had been received from Lisbon to send him immediately 
out of Portugal, and to warn him, on pain of rigorous imprison- 
ment, not to present himself again in the country without @ pass- 
port, duly signed by some Portuguese authority. All remon- 
strances were in vain, although the Judge admitted ‘that! no 
suspicion whatever attached to him, and that the only objection 
was this alleged informality. He was immediately conducted 
out of the town by an escort of cavalry, exposed ‘to the paze of 
the populace, busy in their conjectures upon the natute’of his 
crime. Under these circumstances, he had no remedy but to 
proceed to Seville, to get his passport endorsed, with which he 
returned to Elvas, a distance of nearly 80 leagues. 1 219 


Case VII. 


In the month of March 1831, the collector of the tax called 
Maneio, notified a Mr. Judah Levy, a British subject, for the 
payment of 49,440 reis, in which amount it was stated. that. he 
had been assessed, and although he had been residing im Lisbon 
for upwards of 42 years, he never before had been applied to for 
payment of any such tax, nor could it fairly apply to him, as he 
was not concerned in any trade or business whatsoever, besides 
having, in the year 1795, taken out his Carta de Privilegios, 
which exempted him from the impost of maneio, as well-as. other 
decimas or duties. But besides this, in 1812, when foreigners, 
resident in this country, were called upon to pay the Contri- 





buigao Extraordinaria de Defeza, a decree was issued. by the 
noe governors 
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governors of the kingdom, dated July 2, 1812, the 5th Article 
of which exempts British subjects from payment of this maneio 
tax; and lastly, a further aviso, signed by the governors of the 
kingdom, and dated the 18th July 1814, states, that wholesale 


British merchants are to be exempted from the payment of this 


tax. 


In defiance of all these circumstanees, and of his own remon- 
strances, Mr. Levy was made to pay this imposition, against 
which Mr. Hoppner has forcibly appealed. 


Case VIII. 


In September 1830, the British merchants of Oporto having 
reason to be dissatisfied with Senhor A. M. Carneiro e Sa, the 
Judge Conservator at that port, applied, as they were empowered 
to do by the 10th Article of the Treaty of 1810, to the Consul- 
general at Lisbon, to obtain from the government of Portugal 
Senhor Carneiro e Sa’s dismissal from his office, and the nomi- 
nation of M. Oliveira in his room. Mr. Mackenzie, at that time 
His Majesty’s Acting Consul-general at Lisbon, in consequence 
addressed himself, in a personal conference, to the Viscount de 
Santarem, requesting that the dismissal of M. Carneiro e Sa, 
and the appointment of M. Oliveira, might take place. M. de 
Santarem assured him verbally, in reply, that the request should 
be complied with. 

After a lapse of time, however, Mr. Mackenzie, finding that 
M. Carneiro e Sa had not been removed, renewed his demand to 
M. de Santarem, but his Excellency, availing himself of the in- 
formal manner in which the former application had been made, 
denied that his previous promise was binding, and now refused 
his consent. 

In this state Mr. Hoppner found the question upon his arrival 
at Lisbon, and, in consequence, immediately addressed a letter, 
viz. on the 15th of February 1831, to M. de Santarem, in which 
he, in the name of the British merchants at Oporto, again de- 
manded that M. Carneiro should be dismissed, and M. Oliveira 
appointed to fill the office. 

No answer, however, being given to the application, it was 
renewed by Mr. Hoppner on the 25th of March, accompanied 
by an intimation, that if any further delay took place, he would 
be under the necessity of referring the case to His Majesty’s 
Government; but up to the present time there is every reason 
to believe that the fresh appointment has not been made, and 
that the obnoxious Judge is still continued in his situation. 





N° 31. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.—(Received April 27.) 


Su, Lisbon, 16th April 1831. 

I nave herewith the honour to transmit to you, for the infor- 
mation of Viscount Palmerston, the copy and translation of 
a note which I have received from M. de Santarem, in reply to 
my second application on the subject of the excessive duties 
levied at Oporto, on the articles of cotton-twist and yarn, im- 
ported by two British merchants resident there, by which it 
appears that the case has been referred by the Minister of 
Finance to the Board of Trade, which, unless it acts with more 
energy on this than on the cases usually referred to it, is not 
likely to come to any speedy decision upon it. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure in N° 31. 


The Viscount de Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq.— 


(Translation.) 
Sir, Palace of Queluz, gth April 1831. 


In reply to your official communication to me, under date of 
the 28th March last, in reference to another of the 2d March, 
respecting the complaint of two English merchants, as to the 
excess of duty exacted in the Custom-house of Oporto upon 
cotton-twist, the Minister of Finance has informed me that the 
subject has, according to the usual form, been referred to a con- 
sultation of the Board of Trade. As soon, therefore, as the deci- 
sions of the Board shall have been communicated to me, through 
the finance department, I will transmit them to you without 
delay. 
God preserve you. 
(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 





N° 32. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.—(Received April 27.) 


Sir, Lisbon, 16th April 1831. 


Wir _ reference to that part of my despatch to Viscount 
Palmerston of the 2d instant, alluding to a demand made on 
Mr. Levi, a British subject, for the payment of a duty called 
Maneio, I have herewith the honour to transmit to you, for 
Viscount Palmerston’s information, the copy and translation of 
a note and its enclosure, addressed to me by M. de Santarem, 


3 


A. 183), 


stating that orders had been issued to the proper tribunal to 
insure to His Majesty’s subjects the exemption from ‘this 
charge, to which they are entitled by existing Treaties, ; 
I have the honour, &amp;c. 

(signed) R. B, Foppner. 





Enclosure in N° 32. 


The Viscount de Santarem to R, B. Hopprer, Esq.— 
(Translation.) 


Palace of Queluz, 15th April 1891, 


In replying to the note which you addressed to me on the 
gist March last, accompanying a petition from the British sub- 
ject, Judah Levy, who claims to be exempt from’ the payment of 
the maneio tax, I have the honour to tell you that the Minister 
of Finance, to whom I wrote officially upon this subject, informed 
me, that on the 13th instant he issued, under the same date, to 
the Council of Finance, the order of which the enclosed js 
a copy, in order to secure to the supplicant the privileges granted 
by the existing laws, and which may justly and duly belone to 
him according to those laws. w 


God preserve you. 
(signed) Visconde de Santarem. 





Sub-Enclosure in N° 32. 


Order of the Minister of Finance to the Council of Finance,— 
(Translation.) 


Palace of Queluz, 13th April 183). 
Most Illustrious and Excellent Sir, 


Tue King our Lord has ordered me to lay before the Council 
of Finance the annexed copies of translations of an official letter 
from the British Acting Consul-general, of the 31st March last, 
and of a letter addressed to him by Judah Levi, with an original 
petition, supported by documents, in which he claims exemption 
from the payment of the maneio tax, as being a subject of His 
Britannic Majesty ; and His Majesty is pleased to direct that, 
in observance of the — laws, and of the privileges granted 
by the same, the tribunal shall secure to the supplicant those 
which justly and duly belong to him, which your Excellency 
will make known to the Council, in order that it may be put into 
execution, 

God preserve you. 
(signed) Joze Maria de Sales Ribeiro. 





N° 33. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.—(Received May 3.) 
Sir, Lisbon, 21st April 1831. 

Wiru reference to my despatches of the 5th and 10th ultimo, 
respecting a cargo of English coals imported into this country 
in a Swedish vessel, on which a duty of 30 per cent. has been 
exacted at the Custom-house of this port, { bute herewith the 
honour to transmit to you, for the information of Viscount 
Palmerston, the copy and translation of a further note which, 
with its enclosures, | have received from Viscount de Santarem, 
still insisting on the right of the Portuguese government to exact 
this duty, but upon grounds which appeared to me so untenable, 
that I lost no time in addressing the reply, of which the enclosed 
is a copy, to his Excellency. 

Notwithstanding his evident misconception of the spirit of the 
Treaty of 1810, and of the decree transmitted in the enclosed 
note of M. da Louzaa, so bent is the Intendant of the Customs, 
from whom this measure has emanated, on carrying his point, 
that I have very little hopes of being able to satisfy him of his 
error. The duty on the cargo in question is in itself but a trifle; 
nor would it be worth while to contend against the double charge 
now made, were it not for the necessity of combating the prin- 
ciple on which it has been exacted. 

The 8th Article of the Treaty, which takes from Portu- 
guese subjects all exclusive privileges of sale or purchase, to the 
prejudice of the British trader, could not, [ conceive, be deemed 
strictly to apply, except in its spirit, to the question at issue; 
but I apprehend that it is so evidently the purpose of the whole 
Treaty to establish a principle of perfect equality, as to all com- 
mercial matters between the subjects of both the parties to it, 
that even could the decree cited by the Count da Louzia be made 
to bear the construction which he has attempted to put upon It, 
and that it really did accord to Portuguese subjects the exclusive 
right of importing British produce and manufactures in foreign 
vessels, such a preference or favour would be as contrary to the 
intention of the Treaty as the exercise of any other monopoly or 
exclusive privilege whatever. As the question appears to be now 
reduced to this point, { humbly request to be furnished with the 


I may know how to conduct any further correspondence it may 
be necessary for me to have on the subject with the Portuguese 
ministry. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





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Enclosure 1 in N° 33. 
The Viscount de Santarem to Rs B. Hoppner, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Palace of Queluz, 19th April 1831. 


Havine written to the Minister of Finance upon what you 
officially communicated to me in your note of the 10th March 
last, urging the application of the provisions of the 15th Article 
of the Treaty of 1810, to a shipment of English coal imported 
in the Swedish ship Resolution, and insisting that it should 
only pay 15 and not 30 per cent. duty, as exacted at the Cus- 
tom-house, I have the honour to send you the enclosed copies 
both of the answer which the said Minister gave me on this sub- 
ject, on the 12th instant, and of the decree of the 18th October 
1810, to which reference is had, whereby you will know the 
reasons that justify that exaction. 

God preserve you, &amp;c. 
(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 





Sub-Enclosure A. in N° 33. 


Conde da Louzaa D. Diogo to the Viscount de Santarem.— 
(Translation. ) 


Financial Secretary of State’s Office, 12th April 1831. 
Most Illustrious and Excellent Sir, 


ACKNOWLEDGING the receipt of your Excellency’s official 
letter of the 2d instant, referring to the translation of an official 
note and other documents addressed to your Excellency on the 
10th ultimo, by the Acting Consul-general of England, in which 
he again urges his demand regarding the application of the 
provisions of the 15th Article oF the Treaty of 1810, to a ship- 
ment of English coals imported in the Swedish ship Resolution, 
insisting that it should only pay a duty of 15 and not go per 
cent., as has been exacted at the Custom-house, [ must say to 
your Excellency, that upon this subject I can in no way depart 
from what I have already stated to your Excellency in my former 
official letters of the 31st October and 27th November 1829, 
and in that of the 7th of last month, upon this very case which 
is now repeated, as I am intimately convinced of the reasons 
which I had in view, in declaring my opinion upon those official 
communications; and am equally so that the arguments now 
produced by the Acting Consul, besides being no more than 
arepetition of the general principle upon which, in support of 
his demand, he claims the observance of the 15th Article of 
the Treaty of 1810, are unsubstantial. The exclusion of all but 
the British and Portuguese flag for the importation of British 
or Portuguese goods, which the said Acting Consul wishes to 
deny, affirming the principles to be inconclusive upon which 
I founded the arguments I produced, has for its basis the 
5th Article of the Treaty, which limits the reciprocity of im- 
portation to Portuguese and English vessels, and therefore 
excludes those of other nations; there being even specified in 
the second part of this Article, for the better understanding of 
the said reciprocity, the descriptive quality which ought to ac- 
company the identification of the vessels, for them to be consi- 
dered Portuguese or British, which are to convey the goods, in 
order to enjoy the preference of the Treaty stipulated in the 
15th Article, which fixes the reciprocal duty at 15 per cent. 
There is, moreover, in support of this exclusion, the decree of 
the 18th October 1810, a copy of which I have the honour to 
transmit to your Excellency, which grants, in favour of Portu- 
guese subjects alone, the importation of British goods in foreign 
ships; a single and express exception in favour of the aforesaid 
Portuguese subjects, which proves, that from the commence- 
ment of the execution of the Treaty, the exclusion of foreign 
vessels was so understood, thus refuting the assertion of the 
Acting Consul, that hitherto the innovation practised has not 
been viewed as a modern interpretation. 

Therefore nothing more occurs to me to state to your Excel- 
lency upon the subject, which has been well elucidated in my 
former official letters, as by making any other reflections I should 
only repeat to the consideration of your Excellency what I have 
mentioned on the same subject in my official letter of the 31st 
October 1829; this being my opinion, by which your Excellency 
will be enabled to answer the notes which your Excellenc 
teceived from the said British Acting Consul of the 10th and 
28th March last, and which your Excellency communicated to 
me in your official letters of the 2d and gth instant. 


God preserve your Excellency. 
(signed) Conde da Louzaa D. Diogo. 





Sub-Enclosure B. in N° 33.—(Translation.) 


Palace of Rio de Janeiro, 18th Oct. 1831. 


Tr being established in the 15th Article of the Treaty of 
1810, concluded between my Royal Crown and my ancient and 
faithful Ally the King of Great Britain, that all goods, mer- 
chandize and articles of the production, manufacture, industry 
or invention of the British dominions and of British subjects, 
shall only pay a duty of 15 per cent. on entry; and it not being 
contormable with reason or justice, nor to the equality which it 
's tight there should exist in mercantile transactions, that my 














subjects should pay greater duties upon the same goods. and 
merchandize, as it would impede the increase and prosperity of 
national commerce, which I very much desire to. advance and 
promote to the benefit of public wealth and felicity, I am pleased 
to ordain that the aforesaid goods and merchandite of English 
production, manufacture, industry or invention, which on ac- 
count of my faithful subjects may be imported into the cus- 
tom-houses of the kingdom in this state of Brazil, and ultra- 
marine dominions, in national or foreign ships, shall pay on 
admission 15 per cent. only, repealing, in that part only, the 
Royal Order of the 28th January, and the decree of the 16th 
June 1808 ; these remaining in all other respects in their entire 
vigour and full observance. The Council of Finance shall so 


understand the foregoing, and cause it to be executed by giving 
the necessary orders. 


(signed) The Prince Regent Our Lord. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 33. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 20th April 1831. 

Ir is with regret that I again trouble your Excellency on the 
subject of a cargo of English coals imported in a Swedish ves- 
sel, concerning which I had the honour to receive your Excel- 
lency’s note, with its enclosures, of yesterday’s date; but 
I should be greatly neglectful of my duty were I to omit 
pointing out to your Excellency how extremely inconclusive are 
the arguments of the Count da Louzaa in support of the position 
which he assumes, and how little that Minister appears to have 
considered either the spirit of the Treaty of 1810, or even the 
purpose of the decree, a copy of which he transmits, in order to 
justify his decision. 

It is needless for me again to refer to the several Articles of 
the Treaty, which prove the justice of my demand, that the 
cargo in question should be admitted on the payment of a duty 
of 15 per cent. alone. No higher duty can be claimed on any 
article of British produce and manufacture, not expressly cited 
in the Treaty as exempted from its operation. The 5th Article 
does not go to exclude their importation in any foreign vessel, 
it merely places the vessels of the two countries on a footing of 
perfect reciprocity, which would be counteracted by the exclu- 
sive favour and privilege that the Count da Louzaa now endea- 
vours to establish on behalf of the subjects of Portugal, from an 
evident misunderstanding of the decree of the 18th October, 
which that Minister has transmitted to your Excellency, and 
a copy of which you have done me the honour to forward to 
me. The decree recites, that as all articles of British produce 
and manufacture are, according to the Treaty in question, 
exempt from a higher duty than 15 per cent. His ~ Hew! ighness 
the Prince Regeut declares that they shall not pay more when 
imported by Portuguese subjects. The object of his Royal 
Highness being evidently to place the subjects of both king- 
doms on an equal footing, as it might otherwise have been 
supposed that to British subjects alone was accorded the right 
of importation of the goods and manufactures of their country, 
upon the terms stipulated by the 15th Article of the Treaty. 

That this was the intention, and the sole intention of the 
decree cited by the Count da Louzia is so apparent, that it is 
a matter of the greatest surprise to me, that his Excellency can 
have mistaken its obvious meaning. It is the spirit of the 
Treaty to assimilate as much as possible the subjects of both 
sovereigns in all their commercial dealings, and the decree now 
adduced, so far from establishing the fact which the Minister of 
Finance endeavours to derive from it, is a most perfect confirma- 
tion of this intention. 

Under these circumstances, and as your Excellency is already 
informed of the decided opinion of my Government upon the 
question at issue, expressed upon more than one occasion, I 
cannot but trust that your Excellency will again refer it to the 
Minister of Finance, to whom alone it cannot be competent to 
alter the letter and spirit of a Treaty of so long standing, in 
opposition to the construction put upon it by one of the con- 
tracting parties, and I repeat it, to the practice which has heen 
until lately observed on the particular question which is affected 
by his decision. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;e. 


(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





N° 34. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston,—(Rec. May 3.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 23d April 1831. 

I nave the honour herewith to forward to your Lordship the 
copy and translation of a note which I have this moment re- 
ceived from the Viscount de Santarem, from which it would 
appear that the Portuguese government are at length deter- 
mined to satisfy the just claims advanced against them, for the 
injury inflicted by their squadron off Terceira on the trade of 
his Majesty’s subjects, and to accede to the demands of his 
Majesty’s government for the punishment of the captain of the 
Portuguese frigate Diana, for his wanton insult of the me 

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manies, of the St. Helena packet. M, de Santarem likewise in- 
formed, me, ‘verbally, ‘that. the-claims of the Ninus would be 
vforshwith,,satishied, here,,and that the Portuguese government 
only waite, to: know ,the. decision of his Majesty’s Ministers 
pa thar £9, the. amount of compensation due to Mr, Caf- 
fary’s,foreman,.in order also. to give full satisfaction upon that 


point, . lari ‘ " 

- Iteis, needless for me to observe to your Lordship that, if the 
Portuguese. government are acting with good faith upon this 
occasion, r~ ¢ that the orders they promise to send to their 
agent in. London for the payment of the sums demanded of them 
onthe above-account, are not in fact a new mode of temporizing 
which they have discovered, by thrusting the further negotia- 
tion of this affair upon the shoulders of their agent in London, 
it is not so much to a sense of the justice of the British de- 
mands. as to the precarious position in which they stand with 
regard to France, that we are indebted for their decision. As 
M. de Santarem only states that the orders in question will be 
sent, I shall, in the course of next week, request that he will 
communicate a copy of them to me for your Lordship’s informa- 
tion, and I shall take the same opportunity of stating to him 
explicitly the nature of the satisfaction demanded by His Ma- 
jesty’s Government with regard to the captain of the Diana, 
namely, that his dismissal, with the cause of it, is to be made 
as public as possible through the means of the Lisbon Gazette. 
With regard to Mr. Caffary’s foreman, as I could not undertake 
to fix the measure of the compensation due to him, conceiving 
the British nation insulted in his person, I shall feel much in- 
debted to. your Lordship for your instructions upon this point. 
I merely take the liberty to suggest, that as the poor man him- 
self, expects no such compensation, and as the object is not the 
amount of any sum the Portuguese government can pay, so 
much as an acknowledgment and atonement on their part for 
the insult offered by them upon this occasion, it may perhaps 
‘be right to insist that their disavowal of the act should be made 
as public as possible, in addition to any pecuniary compensation 
they may be called upon to make forit. Such a measure at 
least would be highly satisfactory to the British residents here, 
and would perhaps tend more to impress upon them a sense of 
security than any assurances to that effect, proceeding from 
whatever quarter. I may add, that it would also be gratifying 
‘to the respectable inhabitants of Lisbon generally, as it would 
show them that the illegal and unexampled conduct of the 
secret agents of this government is tis with disapprobation 
by his Majesty’s Ministers, and might be a check upon such 
proceedings in future, 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed ) kh. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure in N° 34. 
The Viscount de Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Palace of Queluz, 23d April 1831. 


In answering that part of the note you addressed to me on 
the 12th inst. respecting the claims, which by order of the Go- 
vernment of His Britannic Majesty you were authorized to 
make, I have the honour to apprise you, that as regards the in- 
demnification to the persons interested in the prizes captured 
by the Portuguese squadron blockading the island of Terceira, 
which were restored, proper orders will be sent to the agents of 
the Portuguese funds im London, to make good to the parties 
interested the said indemnifications, which may be liquidated 
itt conformity with my note to Mr. Mackenzie of the 20th 
August of last year. 

As to the dismissal of the commander of the frigate Diana, 
His Majesty has resolved to satisfy the Government of His Bri- 
tannic Majesty. 

God preserve you. 


(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 





N° 35. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.--(Rec. May 3.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 23d April 1831. 
ooWstaw already closed my despatches for this mail, when I had 
the! ‘honour to receive by His Majesty’s steam vessel, Carron, 
your Lordship’s despatch of the 15th instant, with its enclosure, 
detailing the different causes of complaint urged by His Ma- 
jesty’s Government against that of Portugal, and divesting me 
06 inaict with M. de Santarem on an immediate and full redress 
of the same. | 

(Mv de Santarem, by his note of this day’s date, which I have 
the-honour to transmit in my preceding despatch, having already 
anriounced to me the intention of the Portuguese government to 
send orders to their agent in London tosatisty the claims of the 
owners: of the yessels detained at Terceira, having also assured 
amé that the captain of the Diana should be forthwith dismissed 
‘the service; and as there is no doubt likewise of his immediate 
compliance with the other demands set forth in your Lordship’s 
despatch, I have not thought it necessary to detain the packet, 
which was about to sail, until I should have seen his Excellency, 





and have communicated. to him the instructi i . 
I mare ny been honoured by your Lordship, nt with. which 
rom the manner in which M. de Santarem expressed hime: 
in the interview I had with him to-day, I feel ay qenick 
Portuguese government will now make no difficulty with re 4 
to the amount of the compensation which your Lordship nape 
me to claim for the different individuals who, have been Hie i 
by them, The only embarrassment I feel on this points bg 
respect to the amount: but as the parties themselves are te 18 
T cannot do better than consult with them as.to what the wil 
deem a sufficient satisfaction, and insist upon this, Whee: 
does not appear to me disproportionate to the injuries inflicted 
upon them. ee: ; 
The public dismissal and disavowal of Verissimo, which I d 
it my duty to insist upon, will cost the Portuguese governinc’e 
probably, more difficulty than all the rest: but this man ha. 
exercised his calling with such insolence and cruelty, that | one 
ceive I should not fulfil your Lordship’s instructions, were | Ey 
peremptorily to insist upon it as an atonement for the insylt 
offered to Mr. O’Neill, in which he took a very principal part 
This act alone will bring down upon His Majesty’s Governmees 
the blessings of all the respectable inhabitants of Lisbon, who 
live in constant dread of this execrable tyrant; nor can I think 
that the members of the administration themselves will regret to 
see him deprived of his extraordinary powers, against which 
even they do not feel secure. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 





(signed) R, B. Hopper, 
No 36. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.— Received 
May 14.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, goth April 1831. 


In obedience to the orders conveyed to me in your Lordship’s 
despatch of the 15th instant, I lost no time in waiting upon xe 
Viscount de Santarem, accompanied by Captain Markland 
whose presence that officer and myself both conceived would 
tend to convince His Excellency that His Majesty’s Government 
were determined to carry into immediate execution their threa- 
tened measures of reprisals, in the event of any delay on the 
part of the Portuguese ministry in satisfying their just demands. 
After making his Excellency fully acquainted with the instrue- 
tions with which your Lordship had furnished me, I observed 
to him how often [ had predicted that the measures pursued by 
the Portuguese government must infallibly lead to such conse- 
quences as his Excellency now found fully verified. M. de 
Santarem stated to me, that as the Portuguese government had 
already notified their intention to comply with the principal 
demands of His Majesty’s Government; that, namely, for com- 
pensation for the vessels illegally detained off Terceira, and the 
dismissal of the captain of the Diana, so he trusted that there 
would be no difficulty in arranging the others. I begged him to 
observe that I had no power to exceed the ten days limited by 
your Lordship for the decision of his government, and that the 
moment His Majesty’s squadron should appear off the mouth of 
the Tagus, the Briton and Childers would quit their anchorage 
and join them outside the bar. M. de Santarem remarked to 
Captain Markland that there would be no occasion for this step ; 
the latter, however, replied, that his orders were peremptory, and 
must be obeyed. The fact is, that the Portuguese government, 
which have hitherto viewed with much jealousy the presence of 
these vessels, would now be glad to retain them, to avoid the 
sensation which their departure cannot fail to create among the 
inhabitants of the capital; but neither Captain Markland nor 
myself conceived that we ought to be influenced by any sucli 
consideration, or by any attempt of the Portuguese government, 
to avoid that publicity which is absolutely necessary to render 
their atonement at all efficient and satisfactory. 

On quitting M. de Santarem, I ac uainted him with my in- 
tention of addressing him a note the following morning, stating 
explicitly the demands which I was instructed to make in the 
name of His Majesty’s Government, and on Monday morning 
I forwarded to him the one of which I have herewith the honour 
to enclose a copy for your Lordship’s information. My next step 
was to call a meeting of the merchants and other British resi- 
dents, that I might fulfil that part of your Lordship’s instructions 
relative to them. In the meantime His Majesty’s ships Briton 
and Childers were actively employed in preparing for sea, by 
setting up their rigging, completing their water, &amp;c., and in the 
afternoon of Monday the Childers already quitted her moorings 
and proceeded to join the squadron off the mouth of the Tagus, 
Captain Markland, in the Briton, being still detained in making 
the necessary preparations. 

On Tuesday morning the British merchants and. residents 
assembled at my house, when I communicated to them, your 
Lordship’s instructions, as well as those which Captain Markland 
had received from the Lords of the Admiralty... Many of these 
gentlemen have, however, such large property at stake in the 


country, and the means of removing it, if it should be their 
wish to do so, are-so insufficient, that there are very few. that 
will not be compelled. to run the hazard of remaining, here, 
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Captain Markland, in His ‘Majesty’s: ship Briton, left the 
Tagus at day-break on Wedpesday morning, by which the ad- 
ministration of this country must ‘have perceived that His 
Majesty’s Government were not to be trifled with, and how 
fruitless would be all further attempt at evasion. In the inter- 
view which I had to-day with the Viscount de Santarem, as he 
ave me to understand that our demands are to be complied with, 
f explicitly stated to him that I should not be satisfied with any 
half measure, but that the account to be published in the Lisbon 
Gazette of the different cases which had arisen, together with 
the dismissal of the several persons which were to take place in 
consequence, must be most full and satisfactory ; that I could 
never permit that His Majesty’s Government should have been 
put to the trouble and expense of sending out a squadron here 
merely to obtain some half measure, but that the whole affair 
must be terminated in so complete a manner as would effectually 
secure the British Government against the necessity of having 
recourse to a similar one for similar purposes. I begged him 
clearly to understand, that to this [ had fully made up my mind, 
and that if I perceived the smallest attempt at evasion I would 
positively embark on Wednesday, let the consequences be what 
they would. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure in N° 36. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 
Lisbon, 25th April 1831. 

THE undersigned, His Britannic Majesty’s Acting Consul 
Geueral.in Portugal, has received the instructions of his Govern- 
ment to state to His Excellency the Viscount de Santarem, that 
“ His Majesty’s Government having taken into their serious 
consideration all the recent insults which the Portuguese govern- 
ment have offered to the British nation, the outrages which 
they have committed upon the persons aud property of British 
subjects, and the violations of which they have been guilty of 
the Treaties subsisting between the two countries,” have directed 
the undersigned to make to the Portuguese government, through 
His Excellency, a peremptory demand for immediate and full 
redress of the same. 

Many of the grounds of complaint advanced by His Majesty’s 
Government are of recent occurrence : whilst others, comprising 
the repeated and till now neglected demand of compensation for 
the injuries inflicted upon British commerce, as well by the un- 
just seizure of British vessels, as by the non-observance, on the 
part of the Portuguese government, of the compensation so long 
since acknowledged by the Portuguese government to be due tu 
the owners of the British vessels, captured by their squadron off 
Terceira, should, at length be paid; and, in addition to this 
tardy act of justice, that also due by the dismissal of the Cap- 
tam of the Diana should be performed. These two points being 
removed, the undersigned flatters himself that the Portuguese 
government, equally seeing the justice of the other demands 
advanced by that of His Britannic Majesty, will not hesitate in 
acceding to the same. 

‘He is commanded nevertheless explicitly to state to his Ex- 
cellenicy the Viscount de Santarem, that they none of them admit 
of the slightest negotiation or modification, and to require a cate- 
gorical affirmative or negative to them within ten days; at the 
same tinie repeating to his Excellency, that His Majesty’s 
Government’ cannot permit the rights and privileges of His 
Majesty’s subjects to be violated, nor the honour of the British 
flag to be insulted without atonement. 

n obedience to the instructions which he has received, the 
undersigned, in the name of His Britannic Majesty’s Govern- 
metit, hereby demands of that of Portugal, the immediate and 
— dismissal of the captain of the Diana frigate from the 

ortuguese service, the same to be announced im the Lisbon 
Gazette, accompanied by‘a statement that he has been so dis- 
graced in consequence of the insult offered by him to the British 
nation, by his unmanly and unofficerljke conduct. towards Lieu- 
tenant Warren, who commanded the St. Helena packet, illegally 
detained by him, and the cruelty with which he treated the 
ey officers and seamen who were passengers in that 
vessel, 

The immediate issue of orders, with communication of the 
same to His Majesty’s Government, for compensation to the 
Owners of the four vessels captured by the Portuguese squadron 
off Terceira, and restored after the arrival of His Majesty’s 
frigate, Galatea, at Lisbon. The instantaneous payment to the 
master and owner of the Ninus Of the sum claimed by him as 
ee for the ‘damages ‘and injuries inflicted upon him 
by the same squadron, and, also of the sum due for the main- 
tenance of the British Seamen arbitrarily landed from the Diana 

gate in Lisbon, and supported at the expense of the British 

Onsulate, as well as indemnification for the losses sustained by 
ae warrant Officers of the St. Helena packet. These claims 
Must be definitively satisfied within one month from the date of 

€ present note. 

An apology and compensation to Mr. O'Neill for the insult 
fered to him on the ioth February last, by his forcible deten- 
tion’ during four hours in the apartment of Messrs. da Casta 
Soares, and subsequent compulsory conveyance in an igno- 


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minious manner to the office of thé Iatendant of Police) with the 
public dismissal of the magistrate who-directed the same,and 
especially of the noted Jose Verissitho, ‘fromany ‘authority Of 
whatever nature with which he may be’ ihivéstéd, by whoxe'ordefs 
Mr. O’Neill was conveyed through the stfects like a etiminal to 
the office of the police, notwithstanding’ his féménstrinées anid 
his offer to show his carta de privilegios as a British s t. 
The dismissal of these individuals’ must’ be accompanied b 

a statement in the next number’ of thé” Lisbon Gazette of tHe 
causes which have given rise to it, and ah assurati¢e that they 
shall not again be employed in any way, or under‘any pretence. 

The public disavowal and dismissal of the man’ named Leo- 
nardo, who, on the 11th February, forcibly entered the rope-walk 
of Mr. Caffara, at Padrougos, and cruelly ill-treated the foreman 
of that establishment; a compensation, to the amount of 200 
milreis, being 20 milreis a day, for the 10 days of his imprison- 
ment ; and the punishment of the soldiers who abetted Leonardo 
on this occasion ; this case to be in a similar manner announced 
in the Lisbon Gazette. 

A public apology for the insult offered to Mr. Roberts, with 
reparation to him for the injury he sustained on the occasion of 
the forcible entry of his house duiting the night of the 21st (22d) 
March, with the dismissal of the magistrate who was present at 
and directed the same. The statement, with the apology and 


| dismissal, to be in like manner immediately made public in the 


Lisbon Gazette. 

The issue of immediate orders to the custom-house of Oporto 
to desist from the illegal demand of excessive duties levied there 
upon articles of British manufacture, and the’ same to the 
custom-house in Lisbon, especially with regard to: their demand 
of a duty of go per cent. on a cargo of British coals imported in 
a Swedish vessel. 

A compensation to Mr. Hockly for the mjury inflicted upon 
him by the arbitrary and unwarrantable manner in which he ‘was 
in the month of March last conveyed across the Portuguese 
frontiers at Elvas, and compelled to travel to Seville, being a dis- 
tance, there and back, of 80 leagues, in order to procure a‘ Portu- 
guese signature to his passport; with the istantaneous issue 
of positive and public orders to all magistrates and autlirities 
throughout the country to prevent the recurrence of any’ similar 
treatment of a British subject. 

A severe and public reprimand of the officer who attempted 
to levy upon Mr. Judah Levy, and others of His Majesty’s sub- 
jects, the duty termed Maneio, notwithstanding he claimed: #n 
exemption from it by right ef bis carta de privilegios. Ks 

The immediate dismissal of M. Carneiro e‘Sa' from theoffi¢e 
of Judge Conservator, with the recognition in that office of 
St. Joao Manoel Oliveira, who has been duly chosen by the Bri- 
tish merchants at Oporto. 

A strict and positive engagement on the part of the Portu- 
guese government that the rights and privileges accorded to 
British subjects in Portugal shall henceforth be duly observed, 
and that they shall not in future be subjected to. any-of those 
molestations which have called forth the displeasure of His 
Majesty’s Government. 

The undersigned has further the honour to inform .his Excel- 
lency Viscount de Santarem of the arrival off the coast, of Per- 
tugal of a squadron, consisting of six ships of war, which are to 
be immediately joined by His Majesty’s ships Briton, and 
Childers, now in the Tagus. If, during the space of 10 days 
from this date, all these several demands are not punctually, and 
strictly complied with, he has received the orders of His Majesty’s 
Government to give notice of this fact to the officer command 
the same, that he may carry into execution the orders wit 
which the Lords of the Admiralty have furnished him, to make 
reprisals by detaining and sending to England all vessels wear- 
ing the Portuguese flag ; and he is further. commanded, in, the 
event of such non-compliance with his demands, to quit Lisbon, 
and embark on board His Majesty’s ship Briton. 


The undersigned avails himself, &amp;e. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner 





N° 37. 


R. B. Hoppner. Esq. to Viscount Palmerston..— 
(Received May 14.) —_— 

My Lord, Lisbon, 4th»-May;i831. 
In my despatch of the goth ultimo I had the honour to‘sabmit 
to your Lordship a copy of the note which T addressed: to:Ms de 
Santarem, in pursuance of the mstructions conveyed to/mecby 
your Lordship, under date of the 15th ultimo, settitig forth the 
different claims advanced by His Majesty’s Government agamst 
that of Portugal, and demanding: satisfaction ‘for the: msults 
offered by them to Great Britain, and indemnification: for! the 
injuries they had inflicted upon the came and ‘property of ‘His 
Majesty’s subjects ; | have now the hononr to transmit, for'your 
Lordship’s information, the copy and translation of a note: which 
I have received from M. de Santatem in’ reply, together ‘with 
copies and translations of the Lisbon Gazettes containing: the 
several articles therein referred to; and I trust that the satisfac- 
tion now afforded by the Portuguese government will be deemed 
sufficient by your Lordship, and will prove a guarantee against 
a recurrence of those grievances which recently we have had 

such frequent cause to complain of. &amp; 224 ' 


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In the note, as originally transmitted to me by Viscount de 
Santarem, there were some passages to which I objected. The 
publications in, the Gazette were also incomplete. The two 
articles respecting Verissimo and Leonardo were omitted alto- 
gether ;\ atid’ ‘the ‘dismissal of the Captain of the Diana was 
accotipanied by an offensive allusion to that of Lieutenant Jones 
of the Vigilant; which gave it the appearance of an act of conde- 
scension on the part of Don Miguel to the British Government, 
7 conséquence of a similar favour conferred by the latter upon 

im. 

M. de Santarem having, at the same time as he transmitted 
this note to me, expressed a wish to see me on very urgent busi- 
ness, | waited upon him at the appointed hour, taking with me 
the Lisbon Gazette, his note, and the observations herewith 
enclosed, which I had. drawn up in an unofficial form upon it. 
I pointed out to him the omission in the first, telling him that, 
until the insertion of these articles, I could not consider the 
satisfaction required by my Government as complete. He 
answered, that his object, in requesting my visit, was to explain 
the cause of this omission, and to assure me that they would 
appear on the following day. I gave him, nevertheless, to under- 
stand, that I must actually see the articles before I could consider 
the business as settled ; I insisted on the omission of the passages 
in his note to which my observations refer, enlarging upon my 
reasons for doing so, namely, in the first clause, that it never had 
been hitherto a disputed point between the two governments 
whether articles of British produce and manufacture were liable 
to a higher duty than 15 per cent., whatever future determina- 
tion they might come to on this point: and with regard to the 
latter, that although I did not dispute the correctness of his 
doctrine, respecting the necessity of a compliance on the part of 
British subjects with the laws and police regulations of the 
country in which they resided, such observations had nothing to 
do with the present case, as there had been no wish, on the part 
of Mr. Hockly, to evade them, who, on the contrary, had strictly 
conformed with them, as far as he was able to do so; while the 
conduct of the Portuguese government, with regard to him, was 
most scandalous and unjustifiable. 

The ill-treatment of Mr. Hockly having originated in an order 
emanating from Viscount Santarem himself, it was natural that 
he should wish to justify it by the present observations ; but 
besides my objection to admit the passage on this very account, 
the tendency of this, as well as of the other which I complained 
of, was to show that the Portuguese government had only 
yielded to our demands from necessity and compulsion, and not 
from a sense of their justice ; that the British Government had, 
in fact, employed force to obtain that which they were not 
strictly entitled to; as they stood, | could not therefore consider 
these passages as satisfactory. For a similar reason I also 
insisted on the omission of the passage in the decree respecting 
the dismissal of the captain of the Diana, which refers to the 
commander of the Vigilant, Ketch. I explained to M. de San- 
tarem that there was no analogy between the two cases; that the 
dismissal of Lieutenant Jones was the voluntary act of the 
English Government, on complaint being made to them of his 
misconduct; and that the captain of the Diana was not dismis- 
sed because Mr. Jones had been, as was the natural inference to 
be drawn from the manner in which his case had unnecessarily 
been dragged forward, but because the English Government 
insisted upon it as an atonement for his own shameful conduct. 
M.de Santarem did not think this point would be conceded, 
and attempted to defend the decree as it stood. I replied that 
it must be done, and that I insisted on its republication, omitting 
the obnoxious passage. There was no use, | said, in wasting 
any words about it; my instructions were peremptory to insist 
on such satisfaction as it consisted with the honour of Great 
Britain to receive; and that unless I obtamed what I required 
I must consider my mission as at an end. 

To impress this more fully upon him, and leave him no possi- 
bility of further evasion, I addressed to him the letter of which 
the enclosed is a copy, insisting upon this point. 

Should your Lordship think that I was unnecessarily strict 
upon these points, 1 take the liberty to observe, that, with a 
government so practised in chicane as this is, it is impossible to 
be too much on one’s guard. Advantage is immediately taken 
of every little concession; every attempt was, in the present 
case, resorted to to lessen the stigma of the punishment inflicted 
upon them; and had I allowed the passage respecting Lieu- 
tenant Jones to stand, not only did it remove from that decree 
the character of a satisfaction, but the captain of the Diana 
would have been immediately reinstated, on the plea that the 
same had been done with regard to Lieutenant Jones. I could 
not permit the Portuguese government to save their own honour 
at. the expense of ours, nor allow it to go forth to the world that 
they, had granted us satisfaction because we had done the same 
by them. In this light the publication of the decree was viewed, 
net only by all the British residents here, who considered it 
rather as an insult than an apology, but even by the Portuguese 
themselves. Lieutenant Jones’s case is also not stated, and, not 
being generally known, any one might suppose that it was simi- 
Jar to that of the captain of the Diana, which it is not, nor is 
there the slightest analogy between them. His dismissal was 
the mmmediate and spontaneous act of the English Government, 
who were only called upon to punish him, which they might 
have done by merely reprimanding him; but the positive and 
public dismissal of the captain of the Diana was insisted upon 














by the British Government; and it was not until after re 
threats of their severe displeasure that it is at length, after Sev. 
ral months, tardily and relunctantly complied with. It canbe: 
therefore be permitted to appear as the uncontrolled act of th 
Portuguese government, in consequence of a similar act of . 
descension on our part; this would be now no satisfaction f; 
the insult offered by him to the British navy, in the person of 
one of its officers ; and however anxious the Portuguse govern- 
ment may be to spare the feelings of this individual, and their 
own honour, I conceive that it was not for me to allow this to be 
done at the expense ofthat of a British officer, and in a manner 
that should leave us the laughing-stock of the whole country, as 
was evident would’ be the case, from the impression made on 
every one by the publication of this decree in the form in which 
it first appeared. 

The Portuguese government having now complied with all our 
demands, I sent immediate notice of the same to Captain Mark- 
land, in order that he should return to the Tagus with his 
squadron, which I knew he was very desirous of doing, as seye- 
ral of the vessels had suffered severely during the heavy gales 
which have prevailed since their rence | off this coast. And in 
answer to the passage in M. de Santarem’s note respecting the 
payment of the sum due to the owners of the four British vessels 
captured off Terceira, I propose writing to him to desire that the 
order may be made payable to His Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for Foreign Affairs in London, which I conceive will be the best 
way of avoiding any further delay, or any fresh negotiations on 
this subject. 

By the present measure, the privileges of the British residents 
in Portugal are placed on a surer and firmer footing than the 
have been for a very considerable time past, and though their 
interests must suffer from the distracted state of this country, 
and their feelings may be harassed by the sight of the distress 
and misery that surrounds them, they will at least live hence- 
forth in the enjoyment of personal security, and be able to attend 
to their avocations without fear of individual molestation. 

If in the arrangement of this affair I shall have been found 
deserving of the approbation of your Lordship, and of His Ma- 
jesty’s Government, I shall have obtained the height of my 
wishes ; having no other object so much at heart as to perform 
my duty in such a manner as to uphold the character of the 
British nation, and secure to myself the continuance of your 
Lordship’s confidence and support. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 


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Enclosure 1 in Ne 37. 
Viscount de Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq.—( Translation.) 


Palace of Queluz, 2d May 1831. 


HAvinG conveyed to the knowledge of His Majesty’s Govern- 
ment the note which you addressed to me by order of your Court, 
under date of the 25th of April last past, demanding an imme- 
diate and plenary satisfaction for the facts of which that note 
treats, I have, in consequence, the honour to communicate to 
you, that his Majesty at the same time that he deeply laments 
those occurrences, feels a satisfaction in being able to give, as 
he does, to the British Government, every mark of his most 
complete reprobation of them. 

With regard to the first demand, of the dismissal of the cap- 
tain of the Diana frigate, his Majesty had already dismissed that 
officer by a decree of the 23d April last, according to what I an- 
nounced to you in my note of that date ; and the motives for his 
dismissal shall be immediately published in the Gazette of to- 
morrow ; full satisfaction being by this means given to this first 
demand. 

With respect to the second demand, I have also the pleasure 
of communicating to you that it remains fully satisfied by the 
expedition of orders for compensation to the owners of the four 
vessels captured by the Portuguese squadron at Terceira, and 
subsequently restored, which shall be punctually delivered to 
them within the specified term ; as also to the captain and owner 
of the Ninus, the sum claimed by him (the captain), and like- 
wise the sum due for the support of the British seamen who were 
landed from the Diana frigate, and the indemnification to the 
officers of the packet St. Helena; the amount for the vessels 
which were restored, to be paid by the agents of Portugal in 
London; and that for the Ninus, the seamen landed from the 
Diana, and the officers of the St. Helena, in Lisbon. § 

I should this very day have transmitted to you, together with 
this note, copies of those orders, had I known the person or pet- 
sons duly authorized to receive the sums in question ; this cir- 
cumstance being essential to that regularity which in such 
transactions it is the established custom to observe, and it not 
having been stated in your note. 

As soon, therefore, a8 you shall have made known to his Ma- 
jesty’s government the names of those individuals, 1 will send 
you a copy of the above-mentioned orders. 

With regard to the third demand, by which 
a satisfaction and compensation be given to J. 


ou require that 
. O'Neill for the 


insults offered to ‘him on the 1oth February last, I must declare 
to you that that act not having been authorized by any magis- 
trate, and having been committed by the standard-bearer of the 


royal guard of police; José Verissimo, that individual has been 
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dismissed from the royal service, and that his dismissal will be 

blished in the Lisbon Gazette, together with the motives which 
ed to it, as well as a declaration that he is never again to be 
employed ; and I have also to state to you, that the compensa- 
tion demanded shall be made good as soon as its amount shall 
have been specified. 

The public censure and dismissal of the individual who, on the 
11th February, violently entered the establishment of Mr. Caffary, 
being required by the fourth demand, as well as a compensation 
gf 200 milreis to the foreman .of that establishment, and the 
chastisement of the soldiers who assisted, I must apprize you, 
that the individual in question had been dismissed by the Master 
of the Horse from the service of the Royal Mews, where he was 
employed, as will be published in the Lisbon Gazette ; and, with 
respect to the compensation, orders have already been issued to 
the [ntendant-general of Police for it to be given to the foreman 
of that estabhishment as soon as he shall present himself to 
him with some voucher from His Britannic Majesty’s Con- 
sulate-general ; and as regards the soldiers, they shall be duly 

unished. 

The fifth demand, relating to what occurred with respect to 
Mr. Roberts during the night of the 21st (22d) of March, is 
fully satisfied by the public dismissal as required of the magis- 
trate who executed the commission, as you will see by the decree 
which will be published in to-morrow’s Gazette; and the com- 
pensation required shall in like manner be made good as soon as 
specified. 

To the sixth demand, his Majesty’s government accede, and 
have consequently issued the proper orders. 

In regard of the seventh demand, orders have been issued for 
the observance of the VIIth Article of the Treaty of the 19th 
February 1810, which orders are likewise to be published: the 
indemnification shall be given as soon as its amount shall have 
been specified. 

__ In reply to the eighth demand, I beg to apprise you, that un- 
der this day’s date, an order has been issued, through the office 
of the Minister of Finance to the proper tribunal, to reprimand 
the officer who exacted from a subject of His Britannic Majesty 
the impost called Maneio; and the same tribunal has been 
ordered to observe the privilege of exemption from that impost 
which the sovereigns of these kingdoms have granted to British 
subjects; which order is to be immediately published in the 
Lisbon Gazette. 

The immediate dismissal of the magistrate Carneiro from the 
situation of Judge Conservator at Oporto, and the confirmation 
in that office of the magistrate Joao Manoel de Oliveira, who 
was elected by the British merchants of that city, being required 
by the ninth demand, his Majesty fully accedes to that demand ; 
having dismissed the magistrate Carneiro e SA, for having evinced 
a want of zeal for British interests; and his Majesty has already 
caused to be forwarded to the Court of Desembargo do Pago 
the decree by which the election of the magistrate Joao Manoel 
de Oliveira is confirmed. 

This perfect compliance with every demand will afford to the 
Government of His Britannic Majesty a striking proof that his 
Majesty’s government are always — to maintain strictly, on 
their part, the rights and privileges of British subjects in Portu- 
gal; and I can assure you, that his Majesty’s government will 
employ all possible means to preclude the repetition of acts which 
might distarb the good understanding that for so many centuries 
has, without an example in the history of nations, subsisted 
between the two countries. 

' Lhope that this positive and explicit declaration may fully 
satisfy the concluding demand contained in your note. 

_ God preserve you. 

Viscount de Santarem. 


(signed) 





Sub-Enclosures in N° 37. 
(Translation.) 


Remarks of Viscount de Santarem. 


Sixth Demand. 


However, as this is a subject on which there exists a con- 
troversy, as to the letter and spirit of the Treaty, the Portuguese 
government reserve to themselves the right to treat with the 
British Government on this point, as it is established in the 
same Treaty. 


Seventh Demand. 


- Although these orders have been issued, I cannot but declare to 
you, that British subjects being by those very Treaties bound to 
the laws of the country and the police regulations,which direct that 
no foreigner, nor even a native, shall be allowed to enter or travel 
without a formal passport, a principle established by the common 


Jaws of every nation, and one of the most important regulations 


of sore which every independent nation has the indubitable 
night to enact in its territory, those established formalities can- 
not be wholly disregarded. The observance of this act of legis- 


lation, founded as it is upon the common laws of nations, is so 


‘far from being vexatious to the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, 


that after so long a series of years there has not been, up to the 
present day, a single complaint on this head. 








Decrees published in the Lisbon Gazette of May 3, 1831.— 
(Translation.) 


Palace of Queluz, 30th April 1831. 


Ir having been made known to me, that the Bachelor F. M. 
da Silva e Souza Belfort, the magistrate for criminal cases in the 
district of Ribeira, in executing a commission on the night of 
the 21st (22d) of March last, at the house of the English mer- 
chant Roberts, did not conform with my royal orders, by which 
the privileges enjoyed by British subjects in these kingdoms are 
commanded to be strictly observed, I am pleased to dismiss him 
from the above mentioned situation which he occupies in my 
royal service. The municipal senate shall thus understand and 
execute this decree. 


(With the Signature of the King our Lord.) 





(Translation.) 
Office of the Minister of Finance.) 


Palace of Queluz, 2d May 1831. 


Tue King our Lord having ordained, by his mandate of the 
13th of April last past, the observance, towards the subject of 
His Britannic Majesty Judah Levi, of the privileges which justly 
and duly belong to him, and which had been conceded by exist- 
ing laws, such mandate being issued in consequence of the undue 
exaction from him of the tribute of Maneio, from which he is 
exempt by his Carta de Privilegios; and the same August Lord 
being desirous that the laws which guarantee similar ancient pri- 
vileges granted by the monarchs of these kingdoms should have 
their full effect without any breach or violation of them whatso- 
ever, his Majesty is pleased to command that the Council of 
Finance shall summon before that tribunal the officer who thus 
acted against the law, and reprimand him for his irregular exac- 
tion, in order that in future proceedings so contrary to that law 
shall not be repeated. Which your Excellency will notify to 
the Council of Finance, that the same may be duly executed. 


God guard your Excellency. 
(signed) 
To the Count Armador Mor. 


Count da Louzaa. 





(Translation.) 


Lisbon, 2d May 1831. 
By a madate issued from the Foreign Office, under this day’s 
date, the King our Lord is pleased to command that proper 
orders be sent to the territorial magistrates to observe, with regard 
to British subjects, the dispositions of the VIIth Article of the 
Treaty, of the 19th February 1810, which I communicate to you 
for your information, and due execution in that part which de- 
volves upon you, recommending strongly to you the execution of 
this royal order, for which purpose I transmit you the enclosed 
copy of the said article of that enh 
God guard you. 
(signed ) 
To the Dr. Judge of 


Antonio Germano da Veiga. 





(Translation.) 


Palace of Queluz, goth April 1831. 
Most Illustrious Sir, 


Tue King our Lord ordains that your Excellency shall remove 
from the royal service the Standard Bearer of the Royal Guard 
of Police, Jose Verissimo, for having arrested the British subject, 
J. M. O’Neill, on the 10th of February last, violating the esta- 
blished laws, and the provisions and stipulations of the Treaties 
with Great Britain. 


God preserve your Excellency. 
(signed) 
The Count of Barbacena. 


Count de S. Lourenco. 





(Translation.) 
Head Quarters.—Order of the Day. 


Palace of Queluz, 2d May 1831. 


His Excellency Lieutenant-General the Viscount de Veiros 
has directed the transcription in this order (in consequence of 
the commands he has just received from his Majesty) of the des- 
patch which his Excellency the Adjutant-General of the Army 
addressed to him under date of yesterday, in order that the corps 
of the garrison of Lisbon and Belem may have information of 
the royal determination of his Majesty. 


Copy of the Despatch. 


Adjutant-General’s Office. 


The King our Lord, as commander-in-Chief of the Army, has 


ordered that your Excellency shall remove from the royal mo 


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the Standard Bearer of the Royal Police Guard, Jose Verissimo, 
never again to be employed in any manner nor under any pretext, 
for the Motives declared in the mandate issued from the War- 
office, dated, goth April last past, and published in the order of 
this day. 

God preserve your Excellency. ; 

Pye A - (signed) ‘ Marquis of Tancos, 
Adjutant-General. 
His Excellency the Viscount of Veines. 





(Translation.) 
Office of the Minister of Marine and Colonial Affairs. 
Palace of Queluz, 3d May 1831. 


Havine been pleased to dismiss from my royal service 
Francisco Ignacio de Miranda Everard, Chef de Division of my 
royal navy, as a satisfaction to His Britannic Majesty for the 
conduct of that individual in having, while commanding the 
frigate Diana, during the blockade of Terceira, captured the 
English packet St. Helena, which was conveying to England 
invalided soldiers of the British army, and mails with despatches 
for the Minister of the Colonies ; and also for having acted in a 
violent manner towards Captain Warren and the crew of that 
packet, I am pleased to command that it shall be thus under- 
stood, and the proper registry made of the same. 

The Council of Marine shall thus understand it, and cause it 
to be executed by issuing the necessary orders. 


(signed) With his Majesty’s Rubric. 





(Translation.) 


Objectionable Passage in the Decree published in the Lisbon 
Gazette of the 3d May, relating to the dismissal of the Captain 
of the Diana. 


Wiseine also to correspond with what was practised in 
England, in regard of the Captain of the English brig of war 
Vigilant, who was dismissed from this post, Kc. 





(Translation. ) 
Lisbon, 3d May 1831. 
Tue Groom of the Royal Mews, Leonardo, having on the 11th 
February last forcibly entered the rope manufactory of the British 
subject Catfary, arresting and maltreating the foreman of that 
establishment, his Majesty was pleased to order the dismissal of 
the said individual, and the punishment of the soldiers who aided 
him in the commission of that violence. 








Enclosure 2 in N° 37. 


Mr. Hoppner’s Observations on M. de Santarem’s Note, 
3d May 1821. 

THE printed decree, relative to the dismissal of Jozé Verissimo, 
does not state that he shall not in any manner, or under any 
pretext, be employed again. 

This is essential and must not be omitted; at all events the 
promise must be in the Lisbon Gazette, as, without it, there is 
no security that he will not in another week be acting the same 
part again. 

The remarks on the sixth demand are ill timed. Whatever 
decision the two Governments may come to for the future, at 
present no higher duty than 15 per cent. can be exacted under 
any pretext on articles of British produce and manufacture. It 
is besides inconsistent with the demand of a categorical answer 
to the present complaint: the passage must be omitted. 

The observations respecting the seventh demand are likewise 
irrelevant to the present complaint. Mr. Hockly wished to 
conform with the regulations of the Portuguese police, and could 
not, as there was no Portuguese authority either at Cordova, 
trom whence he came, nor upon the line of his road ; besides, 
his passport having been sent to Lisbon, and a respectable 
English merchant, his friend, as well as Mr. Meagher, the Vice- 
Consul, having appeared at the office of the Intendant of Police 
to vouch for his respectability, every thing required by the police 
regulations was in fact complied with. The whole passage must 
be omitted. 

The English Government demands an answer affirmative or 
negative ;, these observations, by which the Portuguese govern- 
ment wish to, throw upon the individual the blame that belongs 
to them, cannot be allowed. 

The non-dismissal of Sir. Carneiro e Sa from the office of 
Judge Conservator at Oporto, being the complaint of the English 
Government, is here omitted altogether. It is essential that it 
should be,inserted in M. de Santarem’s note, setting forth the 
reason of the same; namely, that it is for gross neglect of the 
British interests which were confided to him. The election of 
a new Judge followed as a matter of course. 

Neither the decree dismissing Verissimo, with the reasons for 
it, nor the order to dismiss Leonardo, and the statement of the 
cause of his discharge, have appeared in the Lisbon Gazette. If 


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this is not done to-morrow morning, Mr. Hoppner must consider 
his mission at an end, as both these are points which the English 
Government especially insist upon. 4 





Enclosure gin N° 37. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount'de Santarem. 

Sir, Lisbon, 3d May 1831. 
Tue decree that has appeared in the Gazette of this mornin 
relative to the dismissal of Captain Everard fromthe Portugues: 
service, not bearing the character of the satisfaction demanded 
of the Portuguese government for the ill-conduct of that indj- 
vidual, but being evidently intended to persuade the reader that 
it was issued as a return for a similar act of justice done by the 
British Government to the claims of Portugal; as moreover 
there is no kind of analogy between the cases of these two offi- 
cers; and further, as Lieutenant Jones's case has no connexion 
whatever with the present demands of the British Government’ 
and has obviously been dragged forward upon this occasion with 
a view to spare as much as possible the honour of Portugal at 
the expense of that of a British officer, I find myself obliged to 
insist upon the republication to-morrow of this decree without 
the offensive passage at its conclusion. Unless this is done 
| have the honour to inform your Excellency that [ shall not 
consider the satisfaction demanded by His Majesty’s Govern- 
ment as complete, and the Portuguese government must take 

the consequences of the omission. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 





(signed) R. B. Hoppner, 
N° 38. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.-—(Received May 21.) 
Sir, Lisbon, 7th May 1831. 


Wiru reference to my despatch of the 4th instant, addressed 
to Viscount Palmerston, I have herewith the honour to transmit 
to you, for his Lordship’s information, the copy of a letter which 
I addressed to M. de Santarem, under date the 5th instant, 
respecting the payment of the indermnifications due by the Por- 
tuguese government, the immediate liquidation of which was 
promised by his Excellency’s note of the 2d instant, together 
with his Excellency’s reply to the same. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. BL. Hoppner. 





Enclosure in N° 38. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 
Sir, Lisbon, 5th May 1831. 

In reply to that part of your Excellency’s note of the od 
instant, respecting the payment of the indemnification due by 
the Portuguese government to the owners of the British vessels 
unjustly captured off Terceira, I have to request that the order 
which, as your Excellency states, your government is ready to 
issue, may be made payable to such persons. as His Britannic 
Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign Atfairs in London may 
appoint. This arrangement will avoid any further unnecessary 
delay in the settlement of this so long pending affair. The 
owner of the Ninus being in Lisbon, the payment of his claims 
may be made in this Consular office, as also of the other sums 
due to the warrant officers of the St. Helena packet, and the 
English seamen landed from the Diana. 

With respect to the indemnification to Mr. O'Neill and 
Mr. Roberts, these gentlemen do not consider that any sum the 
Portuguese government could pay to them would afford them a 
compensation for the insult to which they were subjected. In 
order, however, to comply with the requisition of His Britannic 
Majesty’s Government, they have fixed upon the sum of 100,000 
reis each, which they propose to apply to charitable purposes, 
gag that the same may also be paid into this Consular- 
office. 

Mr. Hockly’s case differing from that of these two gentlemen, 
inasmuch as in addition to the personal inconvenience he ex- 
perienced he was also subjected to very considerable expense 
and detriment by the journey he was unnecessarily compelled to 
make, and the loss of his time that occurred in consequence, 
that gentleman wrote to me from Oporto, where he now is, that 
a less sum than 200,000 reis would not compensate him for the 
hardship to which he was exposed. This sum may, in like 
manner, be paid inthe British Consular-office. 

I cannot conclude this letter without expressing my hopes, 
that the unpleasant discussions which have attended the different 
cases that have rendered necessary the’ recent intervention of 
His Majesty’s Government being now terminated, we may rest 
assured, according'to the promises held'dut im your Excellency s 
note above alluded 4o, that there will ben necessity for the 
same in future, nor’any fresh causes to disturb the good harmony 
that ought to exist between two countries so intimately connected 
by the ties of ancient friendship, as Great Britain and Portugal. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 








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Enclosure 2 in N° 38. 
Viscount de Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Sir, Foreign Office, 6th May 1831. 


In answer to your note of yesterday’s date, I have the honour 
to apprize you, that the Minister of Finance has been made ac- 
uainted with the circumstance, that the compensations belonging 
to the ship Ninus, the officers of the packet St. Helena, and the 
seamen landed from the Diana, are to be delivered in Lisbon to 
the person duly authorized by your Consulate, and that those 
belonging to the parties interested in the other vessels are to be 
delivered in London to the persons authorized for that purpose by 
His Britannic Majesty’s Secretary of State. 

With regard to the other compensations to the British subjects 
O’Neill, Roberts and Hockly, the necessary orders having 
already been issued to the Intendant-General of Police for the 
delivery of the same, it will be effected as soon as some person 
duly authorized by your Consulate shall present himself to the 
Intendant to receive the same. 


God preserve you, &amp;c. 


(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 





N°. 39- 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.—(Received 
May 21.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 7th May 1831. 

I nave herewith the honour to transmit to your Lordship the 
copy of a letter which has been addressed to me by a large body 
of the British merchants resident in Lisbon, expressing their 
grateful sense of the prompt and efficacious manner in which 
His Majesty’s Government have come forward to protect them 
against the aggressions of that of Portugal. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure in N° gg. 


Sir, Lisbon, 4th May 1831. 
We, the undersigned British residents in this city, impressed 
with a deep sense of the gratitude we owe to His Majesty’s 
Government for the efficacious measures adopted to obtain re- 
dress from the Portuguese authorities for the violation of the 
privileges secured to us by treaties, and for the repeated out- 
rages committed on our persons and property, request you will 
do us the favour to convey to the foot of the Throne the humble 
expression of our grateful acknowledgments for His Majesty’s 
prompt and paternal protection. a 
Allow us, Sir, also to add, the assurance of our conviction, 
that to the strong interest you have evinced in the representa- 
tions you have made of our critical situation, we are mainly in- 
debted for the adoption of those decisive measures, the result 
of which we feel. confident cannot but ensure to us, in future, 
that security we have so long felt the want of, and for which 
we beg to offer you the tribute of our unfeigned thanks. 


We have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) J. W. Garland. Daniel Sharpe. 
Geo. D. Walsh. Luis Dally. 
Charles O’ Neill. Abel Dagge. 


J. M. O’ Neill. 
Gerard Gould. 

Wm. Newn. Roope. 
Charles Gould. 
Robert Ffrench Duff. 
Thomas Shannon. 
Osborne Hry. Sampayo. 
Wm. J. Barnett. 
Alex. Adam. 

Wm. Carruthers. 

W. H. Goodair. 
Francis Roughton. 
James Luke Doyle. 
Thomas Paige. 


Armand Theoph. Donnet. 


William Stuley. 
Robert Lucas. 
Edwd. Medlicott. 
J. G. Walker. 


Thos. Custance. 


Richd. Hulg Songley. 


P. M. Lagan. 
M. Slack. 


John Smallpiece, jun. 


Saml. Shirley. 


C. Farquarson, M.D. 


John Augier. 
Geo. Croft. 
John Hutchens. 
Thos. Josling. 
Chas. Jauncey. 
Jno. Parley. 
M. D. Ganning. 
George Dobson. 
Henry Wowes. 
Jas, Chs. Duff. 
John Mc.Kean. 
B. G. Elliston. 


John Eugene. John Wilby. 

Wm. Hickie. Chambers Kendall. 
L. Mc. Andrew. ‘Charles Donovan. 
Wm. Halliday. Richard Power. 
Charles Higgs. Edmond Power. 
Robert Graham, | : Nicholas S. James. 
John Adam. J. G. Sheehan. 
James Pring. J. F. Shore. 

Chas. Newman. D. Ffrench Duff. 
Joseph Slater Platt. Saml, A. Whitney. 
William Doherty. 


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N°*40. . 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.—(Received May 23.) 


Sir, Lisbon, 14th May 1831. , 

I nAvE herewith the honour to transmit to you, for Viscount 
Palmerston’s information, the copy of a note from M. de San- 
tarem, with my reply to the same, relative to the payment of the 
sums due as indemnification to the owners of the vessels de- 
tained at Terceira, as well as those claimed on account of the 
different individuals whose rights and privileges have been in- 
fringed by this Government. 

I have now the satisfaction to inform you, that these have 
been severally liquidated ; and I learn from Mr. O’Neill that he 
had received assurances at the Custom-house that the double 
— exacted on his cargo of coals would be immediately repaid 

o him. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure 1 in N° go. 
The Viscount de Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Sir, Foreign Office, 9th May 1831. 

I nave the honour to acquaint you, that having already 
passed the proper order to the Chief Treasurer of the Exche- 
quer, ad interim Joaquim Fernandes do Couto, to make due 
delivery of the sum belonging to the indemnification of the ship 
Ninus, as soon as a person properly authorized by your Consu- 
late shall present himself to the said Treasurer to receive it, that 
sum shall be satisfied to him. 

Having also issued similar orders as to the sums which are to 
be paid in London, I beg you will do me the favour to let me 
know if you mean to send any vessel to England before the de- 
parture of next packet, in order that I may transmit by it in- 
structions for the delivery of those sums to the persons autho- 
rized by His Britannic Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs to receive them, as you mentioned to me in your note of 
the 5th instant. 


God preserve you. 


(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 





Enclosure 2 in N° go. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 10th May 1831. 

In reply to the note which your Excellency did me the 
honour to address to me under yesterday’s date, apprising mé 
that orders have been issued to the Portuguese treasury for the 
payment of the sum due on account of the British ship Ninus ; 
I beg leave to mention, that in your Excellency’s note of the 6th 
instant, you stated to me that a similar order had been given for 
the liquidation of the sums claimed by the Warrant Officers of 
the St. Helena Packet, and for the seamen landed in Lisbon 
from the Diana; I have now the honour to inform your Excel- 
lency, that upon application at the Treasury, I am informed 
that this document has not hitherto been received there. 

With respect to the latter part of your Excellency’s note, 
which refers to the payment to be made in London on account 
of the four vessels detained off Terceira, it may not be amiss 
that | should remind your Excellency, that although no claim 
has hitherto been transmitted to the Portuguese government on 
account of the demurrage due for the St. Helena packet, and 
the losses sustained by the Amelia, the British Government 
consider that of Portugal equally bound to the payment of the 
same whenever the amount shall be ascertained. I am not 
aware of any intention on the part of the Commander of. His 
Majesty’s squadron in the Tagus to detach any vessel: for 
England previous to the sailing of the next packet ; but should 
he do so, I shall not fail to give your Excellency due notice. of 
the same. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) &amp;. B. Hoppner. 





N° 41. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.—( Received 
May 23.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 14th May 1831. 


I nave the honour to transmit to your Lordship the copy 
and translation of a note which has just reached me from Vis- 
count de Santarem, respecting the payment in London of the 
indemnification for the losses incurred by the vessels captured 
by the blockading squadron off Terceira, and which 1 took the 
liberty to direct might be made payable to your Lordship’s 
order, this appearing to me the most likely means of avoid- 
ing any further delay in the settlement of these long pending 
claims. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. ahecsh- 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. » 


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Enclosure in N° 41. 
Viscount de Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq.—-(Translation.) 


Foreign Office, 13th May 1831. 


I HAvE the honour to acquaint you that those persons who 
may be authorized by His Britannie Majesty’s Secretary of 
State to receive the compensation for the prizes to be paid in 
London, must address themselves to James Burn and Com- 
pany of that city, who have received orders to deliver the 
amounts. 


God preserve you. 





(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 
N° 42. 

R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.—(Received 
June 1.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 18th May 1831. 


I nave herewith the honour to transmit to your Lordship the 
accompanying original papers which I have this day received 
from His Majesty’s Consul at Oporto, conveying the thanks of 
the British subjects resident in that city for the decisive and 
successful measures recently adopted by His Majesty’s Govern- 
ment in support of the rights and privileges accorded to them 
by Treaties existing between Great Britain and Portugal. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 42. 
Oporto, Wednesday, 11th May 1831. 


Ar a meeting of the British merchants and residents in this 
city, convened by the Consul to be held this day at his office, 
for the purpose of his communicating a letter he had received 
from His Majesty’s Consul-general at Lisbon, dated the 7th 
May, and which he now laid before the meeting, stating the 
dismissal of Sir Carneiro e Sa from the office of Judge Con- 
servator, and the due instalment of his successor the Dezembar- 
gador Siir Jodo Manoel de Oliveira; and, moreover, making it 
known that the demands which the Consul-general was instructed 
by His Majesty’s Government to make upon the Portuguese 
government had been acceded to. 

Resolved unanimously,—That an Address, expressive of the 
thanks of the meeting, be forwarded to Lord Viscount Palmer- 
ston, His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs, to be laid before His Majesty’s government ; and that 





this meeting be adjourned to Friday, the 13th instant, in order | 


to prepare the same. 
Friday, the 13th May 1831. 
At the adjourned meeting, held this day, the Address having 
been read, when it was 


Resolved unanimously,—That it be adopted, and that His | 


Majesty’s Consul be requested to transmit the same. 

Resolved unanimously,—That the thanks of the meeting be 
given to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. His Majesty’s Consul-general at 
Lisbon, for the zeal and energy he has so conspicuously mani- 
fested in defence of our privileges. 

(signed) 


John Crispin. 


The Chairman having left the chair, it was 


Resolved unanimously,—That the thanks of the Meeting be 
given to John Crispin, Esq., His Majesty’s Consul, for his 
zealous aud unremitting exertions in supporting the privileges 
of British subjects ; and he be requested to transmit the Reso- 
lutions of this meeting to His Majesty’s Government, through 
the Consul-general at Lisbon. 


(signed) Charles H. Noble. 
George Knowsley. 
John Atkinson. 
George Reid. 

John Ashworth. 
Thomas H. Whiteley. 
Isaac Newton. 
William Copley. 
Thomas O' Beirne. 
John Graham. 
James Roughton. 

W. G. Roughton. 
Edward Murphy. 
William Greig. 
Alexander Cockburn. 


John T. Quilliman. 
William Willey. 
Joseph Jones. 
Robert Woodhouse. 
John Shorter. 
George Whistler. 
Edward A. Cox. 
John Macarthur. 
John Proctor. 
Richard Cooper. 
Joseph Wright. 
Thomas Reynolds. 
A. R. Sealy x 

L. H. Kingston. 
Arthur Hunt. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 42. 


To the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Palmerston, His 
Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 
&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 


Oporto, 13th May 1831. 
We, His Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects residing 
in this city, highly sensible of the protection extended to us by 


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the decisive measures which His Majesty’s Govern 

recently taken for the enforcement of the slaty and 0 ey 
British subjects, conceded by Treaties subsisting between Great 
Britain and Portugal, and which have lately been so fr sete 
violated, cannot refrain from expressing our gratitude for mtd 
security thus afforded to our persons and property in this 
country, with the full hope that by these efficacious steps, o “ 
rights and privileges will in future be strictly observed. We. 
therefore, entreat your lordship to be pleased to lay these . 


sentiments of high obligation before His Majesty’s Goverment 
(signed) George Knowsley. William Willey. 
m" John Atkinson. Robert Woodhouse. 
Thomas H. Whiteley. John Shorter, 


George Reid. 
John Ashworth. 
Isaac Newton. Joseph Wright. 
William Copley. Thomas Reynolds. 
Thomas O’ Beirne. A. R. Seaty. 
John Graham. L. H. Kingston. 
James Roughton. William Greig. 
W. G. Roughton. Joseph Jones. 
Edward Murphy. George Whistler, 
Charles H. Noble. John Macarthur. 
Alexander Cockburn. 


Richard Cooper, 
John T. Quilliman. Arthur Hunt. 


Edward A. Cox. 
John Procter. 





N° 43. 
Viscount Palmerston to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Foreign Office, 1gth May 1891, 


Your despatches by the Stanmer packet and the Carron 
steamer have been received, and I have to signify to you, in 
the name of His Majesty’s Government, their full and entire 
approbation of the able manner in which you have executed the 
instructions which I conveyed to you. His Majesty’s Govem- 
ment have observed, with great satisfaction, the firmness with 
which you insisted upon the strict performance of every thing 
which you were instructed to require from the Portuguese 
government, and the judgment with which you resisted the 
attempts made by that government to diminish the value of 
their concessions, by the manner in which they tried to announce 
them. And | have further to acquaint you, that the prompti- 
tude and vigour with which you executed your instructions 
have not been the less approved by His Majesty’s Government 
on account of the temperate tone which you adopted in your 
communications with the Portuguese government, 


(signed) Palmerston. 





N° 44. 
R. B. Hoppuer, Esq., to Sir George Shee.—(Received July 7.) 


Sir, Lisbon, 18th June 1831. 


I nave herewith the honour to transmit to you, for the infor- 
mation of Viscount Palmerston, the translation of a memorial 
forwarded to me by Mrs. Story, a Portuguese lady, the wife of 
an English gentleman, now absent. in Mexico, setting forth the 
ignominious treatment she experienced in 1829, at the hands of 
the Portuguese authorities, on the charge of having been pre- 
sent at a dinner, supposed, but without foundation, to have 
been given for a political purpose. 

This case was laid before His Majesty’s Government by Mr. 
Mackenzie, and allusion is made to it in his despatches of the 
31st of October, the 5th and 12th of December, 1829, and 2gth 
of January 1830; but the present is the first claim that has 
been advanced for any compensation on account of the rigorous 
treatment this lady was so unjustly exposed to. 

Mrs. Story’s confinement during five months, the disgraceful 
manner in which she was publicly conveyed from one prison to 
another, the sufferings she has experienced in her health in con- 


| sequence, and the pecuniary losses she sustained in effecting her 


own liberation, and that of her servants, who were subjected to 
even a longer confinement than herself, certainly appear to 
entitle her to the indemnification she seeks to obtain through 


| the intervention of His Majesty’s Government; and it is to be 


regretted that her claims were not urged at the same time as 
those recently advanced on account of other British subjects. 
I have not, however, felt myself justified in laying them before 
the Portuguese government without Lord Palmerston’s authority ; 
and in requesting you to submit Mrs. Story’s case to his lord- 
ship, I have to beg that you will have the goodness to commu- 
nicate to me his lordship’s orders with respect to it, that I may 
lose no time in carrying them into execution. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





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Enclosure in N° 44. 
Mrs. Story to R. B. Hoppner, Esq.—( Translation.) 


Lisbon, 15th June 1831. 

Mrs. Story, a British subject, begs to inform His Majesty’s 
Consul-general in Lisbon, that being on the 26th of August 
1829 at Riba Mar, for the a ri of bathing, as recommended 
to her in consequence of a fractured leg, she was, together with 
her attendant and two men servants, arrested under the govern- 
ment of Don Miguel, and on the pretence that she had been 
present at a certain dinner party. 

Having, without any reason, been conducted to the noisome 
and unhealthy prison of Mafra, from thence to the gaol at Torres, 
and next to the Castle of St. George (all at her own expense), 
she was at length declared innocent, and liberated at the end of 
five months ; her servants remaining in prison during one year. 

Injured in her health, as she is scarcely in a state of conva- 
lescence, and is unable to walk without the melancholy aid of 
crutches; injured in her property by the exorbitant expenses to 
which she was put, while at the same time she had not even an 
agent to superintend her affairs, her husband being in Mexico, 
and her brothers obliged, from an almost general persecution, to 
seek refuge abroad, Mrs. Story considers that she has the strong- 
est right to recur to His Britannic Majesty’s Government, through 
the intervention of His Majesty’s Consul, for the purpose of 
claiming from the offending government (as has been done in 
favour of other British subjects, who have received just compen- 
sation in cases much less grievous,) a compensation sufficient 
to cover all the expenses, detriments and injuries which have so 
impaired her health and fortune, and so outraged the delicacy of 
the sex. 


Mrs. Story is at present living under the protection of a bene- 
volent relative. 


(signed) Benta Adelaide Story. 





N° 45. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.— 
(Received August 8.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 23d July 1831. 

Scarcexy had I sent away my despatch, wherein I had the 
honour to inform your Lordship that His Majesty’s subjects 
resident here had generally escaped from molestation during the 
violent proceedings of the so named Royalists, consequent upon 
the arrival of the French squadron in a Tagus, when several 
complaints reached me of wanton and unwarrantable attacks 
upon them. Already, a short time previously, an insult had 
been offered to Captain Frankland, of His Majesty’s ship Dis- 
patch, in consequence of which I had taken the opportunity of 
remonstrating with M. de Santarem on the employment of a 
force of so barbarous and degrading a character as that made 
use of here to sway the public mind, and which, from the little 
controul exercised over it by the Magistracy, or rather its abso- 
lute independence of them, tends naturally rather to excite than 
to suppress disturbance. Upon his answer I felt myself under 
the necessity of making some observations; but these I delayed 
in consequence of the entrance of the French force into the 
Tagus, not wishing to add to any embarrassment which that 
event might naturally be supposed to occasion to the Portuguese 
government. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) - RR. B. Hoppner. 

P. S.—I have herewith the honour to transmit to your Lord- 
ship the copy and translation of a note just received from M. de 
Santarem, relative to the complaints above alluded to. It is 
needless for me to observe, that as in most cases of assault there 
is an utter impossibility of identifying the aggressors, who are 
protected and secured from pursuit by the police, the promise 
here given to punish them is perfectly gratuitous. 


R. B. H. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 45. 
J. Milne to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Lisbon, 15th July 1831. 

Wuite returning home, at about half-past nine on the night 
of the 14th instant, 1 was accosted by an individual of the Roya- 
list Volunteer Corps, who demanded to know who I was, and 
where I was going. On my replying that I was a British sub- 
ject, he immediately drew his sword, and cut my head most 
cruelly. I now therefore address myself to you, hoping that 
you will adopt those measures which such an outrage requires ; 
an outrage attended by the greatest distress to my family, and 
anger to myself, as well as the loss of a complete suit of deh, 
drenched in my own blood. 
This outrage being a decided violation of the promises offici- 
ally published in the Lisbon Gazette, that our rights and privi- 
leges should be respected, and our safety insured, I positively 
demand from the Portuguese government an ample satisfaction 





for such an affront, and feel confident that His Britannic Majesty 
will not allow his subjects to be thus treated with impunity. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) John Milne. 





Enclosure 2 in N° 45. 
James Robert Higgs to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Lisbon, 16th July 1831. 

I BEG leave to state to you, that on the 13th instant, Captain 
Telles of the Lisbon Militia (a noted character) publicly threa- 
tened to kill my clerk, who was standing at the door of my 
house in Rua dos Fanqueros, merely for looking at him as he 
passed. 

The imminent danger to which the most peaceable inhabitant 
is now exposed by the bands of ruffians infesting the streets is 
dreadful. The greatest barbarities are committed in the very 
presence of the police, who, instead of protecting the offended, 
take them in most cases to prison after calmly witnessing their 
ill treatment. 

The anarchy now reigning in this unhappy city is evident to 
all, and my object in now addressing yuu is to claim that pro- 
tection from violence which, through your representation, has 
been promised to all English residents in this capital. 


I have the honour, &amp;c. 


(signed) James Robert Higgs. 





Enclosure 3 in N° 45. 
Nicholas 8. James to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Lisbon, 17th July 1831. 

I BEG leave to lay before you a statement of a vexatious case 
which occurred yesterday to my Portuguese clerk, a lad aged 
about sixteen, who had been sent, as is usual on Saturdays, for 
the purpose of recovering money, and on various other errands 
caged commercial. He was accosted in Rue de Arsenal, on 

is return to my house, by three persons in plain clothes, and 
carrying bludgeons, (the principal of whom is named Sulano), 
and conveyed by them to the Police Guard at Pote des Almas. 
On his way there he was met by my English clerk, Mr. Dyson, 
who does not speak nor even understand the Portuguese lan- 
guage ; and who, surprised to see him a prisoner between those 
ruffians, asked him what he had done to bring himself into such 
a situation, and what bills or accounts he had with him? This 
question was construed by Sulano into an allusion to incendiary 
papers of some description. On receiving intelligence of his 
arrest, | waited upon Mr. Vice-consul Meagher, who readily 
accompanied me to the police quarters, and by whose inter- 
ference on behalf of the British privileges, my clerk was con- 
veyed to the British Judge Conservator previous to his com- 
mittal to prison, instead of being at once taken to the Limoeiro 
by Sulano, as intended. 

The prevarications of this man before the Conservator were 
such as to render it extremely difficult for him to understand 
the nature of the charge, which, after all, amounted to the fol- 
lowing : viz. That on Wednesday last, the day on which the 
first Supplement was issued, he (Sulano) saw the said clerk 
close to the barracks of the 4th Battalion of Royalists, talking 
with five men of that corps, and that he embraced one of them, 
saying, “This will soon be over.” This, and the question put 
to him by Mr. Dyson, appears to be the only grounds for the 
arrest. of this unoffending young man. 

Far be it from me to utter one disrespectful word against our 
worthy Conservator; on the contrary, I am convinced that he 
ordered the prisoner to the Castle as a formality with which 
he had not the power to dispense. The arrest, in the first 
instance, was unauthorized by the competent magistrate, and 
was therefore illegal; and if such unlimited authority be allowed 
to persons of this description to annoy ee meager ager een 
from private pique, and to arrest with impunity clerks of British 
subjects, it may cause serious inconvenience and loss to their 
employers. In the present case, the said clerk had taken a 
letter from me to forward to a person at St. Antonio do Tojal, 
countermanding an order which I had a few days previously 
given to purchase 1,500 bundles of onions for the Brazil market. 
It is only now I find that in consequence of this arrest the 
letter was not sent. This may cause me a loss of Rs. 160§000. 

In conclusion, I cannot help remarking the audacity of this 
Sulano, while the order was making out at the police guard for 
my clerk to be sent to the Conservator’s. On the sergeant of 
the guard remarking that it was necessary that the two asso- 
ciates of Sulano should accompany him, he answered that they 
had gone in search of other suspected persons to arrest them, 
and that he would answer for them. This was objected to, and 
the sergeant going up stairs for the captain’s decision, Sulano 
exclaimed contemptuously, that if the prisoner was not allowed 
to go with him alone to the Conservator’s, he would hire a horse, and 
intwo hours personally acquaint his Majesty with it, who would 
soon bring them to reason ; and he added, that the prisoner ought 
to consider himself fortunate in having been treated with so 


' much lenity. 
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. I haperyou wilhnot consider that:I am goimg beyond my pro- 
per liraits in, making thisirepeesentation to you, and I confidently 


_trust.you wall take;measures to. prevent the recurrence of similar 


outrages,::as;well .a8 to, obteim the immediate liberation of my 
Glee e1osto vd sousy 1} 3 
130991 svud of slauto .. + Lhave the honour, &amp;c. 
satniant of tol (signed) For Henry James, 
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Enclosure 4 in N° 45. 
José Claudio, de Toro to R. B. Hoppner, Esq, 
. Sir, Consulate Office, 4 o’clock, 18th July 1831. 


White on my ‘eturn to the office, after executing your com- 
mands, I stopped for a moment to speak to a Frenchman, when 
a police soldier, and ‘another man in plain clothes, accosted me, 
and asked me if the person with whom I had just spoken was a 
Frenchman. [ replied he was; upon which the police soldier 
laid hold of me by the collar, and struck me a violent blow on 
the mouth, which cut my lip; and his companion then asking 
me who I was, I replied that [ was your courier; upon which 
he also struck ‘me another violent blow on the back with his 
club. ''Thenthey told me that they had a mind to beat me to 
mummy, and then take me to prison, but that I might depart, 
adding, that'they knew me, and would beat me to atoms the 
first night they met me.’ I hasten to communicate this outrage, 
which’ |’ most solemnly declare to you was unprovoked on my 
part; as IT had not spoken with, or in any way offended, those 
men, but'was hurrying back to the Consulate to give an account 
of thé message on which you had sent me. 


I am, &amp;c. 
(signed) José Claudio de Toro. 





Enclosure § in N° 45. 
Mr. Gideon Lowley to R. 3. Hoppner, Esq. 
Sir, Lisbon, 18th July 1831. 


Lree@ert being under the necessity of troubling you with the 
statement of a. case of, wanton and unprovoked insult, which 
oceurred on Saturday about 8 o’clock. 

While,returning, home, I was met by a battalion of royalist 
riflemen, at, the Calgada do Carmo, I had not an opportunity 
of passing them; but knowing the excited state of the minds 
of these men, I tried to avoid them by standing aside. A boy 
in the crowd observing me, ordered me to join in the vivats to 
‘Don Miguel; and as I paid no attention to this, a soldier (I 
believe,an officer) knocked off my hat. This was followed by a 
blow. in, the. face from a man with a stick in his hand; and 
although {had then complied by standing uncovered, I received 
several bruises from an officer with his naked sword. A third 
drew, ,his. sword with great fury, when, fortunately, an officer 
interposed, and. inquired’ if I was not English, to which I of 
course replied. I was one. 

consider my life to have been in imminent danger; had it 
not.,been for the timely interference of the above officer, I cer- 
tainly should not have escaped without severe corporal injury. 

Lam further induced to make this statement, considering it to 
be:a.duty which I owe to my country, and particularly to the 
British. residents in Lisbon, in order that you may have an oppor- 
tunity of convineting, shone disturbers of the peace that British 
subjects are not to be insulted with impunity. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;Xc. 


(signed) Gideon Lowley. 





Enclosure 6 in N° 45. 


Decree ‘published in the Lisbon Gazette, of July 22d, 1831.— 
B) | (Translation. ) 


‘The extraordinary effervescence which, during the last days, 
has existed in this capital, and which has been the result of an 
enthusiasm for the defence of the sovereign and of the country, 
universally excited amongst its inhabitants by the entrance of 
the’ Frétich squadron into the Tagus, having subsided, and there 
béih shoiisitinel Pa further obstacle to prevent law and good 
order’ ee ak ring fully that vigour and influence which 
a A hit always to ‘have, it is his Majesty’s determination 
that'y ae a all the means within your reach to prevent the 
repetition of fone excesses committed during those days by 
priv: n’ divi ‘ond yainst different other persons whom they 
desittiated’ a3 bel “sth “to the revolutionary party. His Ma- 
jestly, has’ been’ itiformed ‘that these excesses were for the most 


part provoked by'Some criminal acts on the part of those against’ 


whom they were exercised, but law and justice which alone can 
form ‘the “appiness of nations, ‘and’ maintain the firmness of 
thidnlés; Will’ not ‘péermit'such cries to be punished otherwise 
thal by the competent authorities and proper means. Being 
thns’made*aeqiainted with ‘his Majesty’s determination, you 

rest ‘assuited that the ‘repetition of similar excesses will 


‘be very displeasing to'his Majesty. 
., God preserve you... , 
loos; ans 4Signedy., , Las de P. F.C, de R. Mendouca. 
Sehhor Joaquim G. da Silva Belfort. il 





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. Enclosure 7 in Ne 45. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq: to Viscount dé Santarem,\" / 
Sir, 7 Lisbon, 1st July 1834. 


Wuen LI had the-honour of seeing your Excellency.on-Mon- 
day last, L took occasion to menition the violent.conduct.of a:set 
of men armed with club-sticks, who, wantonly; and.in the most 
unprovoked. manner, attack every, person. at. lall) obnoxiougto 
them, being themselves apparently protected: by some influence 
that places them abave;the control of the constituted authorities 
of the country. ., When-power: isi inteusted to: such people, it is 
not difficult to foresee, that.at must be frequently abused, but, it 
may not be equally easy to say to what effects their violent cop- 
duct may ultimately lead. These observations, Iam induced to 
repeat to your Excellency, in coasequence of the accompanying 
letter which has been addressed to me by Captain Phillips, of 
His Majesty’s ship Ariadne, enclosing one from Captain Frank- 
land of His Majesty’s ship Dispatch, detailing a wanton out- 
rage to which the latter was‘ last night exposed when returning 
quietly to his boat. In submitting these papers to your Excel. 
lency, I have to call your Excellency’s attention to the’ fact, that 
upon Captain Frankland’s appealing for protection to. 2 mili 
authority then at hand, the latter was unable, or unwilling; to 
render him any assistance, and again earnestly to entreat your 
Excellency to exert your influence to. puta stop to so disgrace- 
ful a system of misrule, which, while it can shave no other effeot 
than that of brutifying the inhabitants: of ia. country: who-dte 
subjected to it, may involve these. who have. resort to! such 
means of coercion in difficulties. and embarrassments: which 
they perhaps neither contemplate nor will be! able to avert: when 
they come upon them. 101 


I have the honour to be, &amp;e. - 1 
(signed) R: B. Hopper. 1 





Sub-Enclosure A in N° 45. 


Captain Phillips to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


His Majesty’s Ship Ariadne, in the Tagus, 
Sir, July ist, 1831. 

I sec leave to enclose to you a report I have received: from 
Captain Frankland, of His Majesty’s ship Dispatch, detailing 
a wanton attack made upon him by some ruffians in the streets 
of Lisbon, when he was quietly proceeding to his boat. Artiv- 
ing at the moment on the spot, I have to confirm that part-of 
the statement wherein it is stated that the serjeant of police had 
allowed the offenders to escape, notwithstanding Captain Frank- 
land requested him to arrest them; and also the refusal of an 
officer, who seemed to command, although in plain clothes, and 
whom the ruffians styled Major, to give his name, and the neces- 
sity of going to the police station to find some person to whom 
the case could be brought home. 

The drivers of the carriages were alarmed, and a patrol 
was sent from the police office to see that no further insult was 
offered. 

I have, &amp;c. 
(signed) Charles Phillips, 
Captain of His Majesty’s Ship Ariadne, 
and Senior Officer in the Tagus, 





Sub-Enclosure B in N° 45. 


E, A. Frankland, Esq. to Captain Phillips. 


His Majesty’s Sloop Dispatch, .in the Tagus, 
Sir, July 1st, 1831. 

I sec leave to represent to you, that last night, towards 12 
o’clock, I was coming down the Rua de S. Roque, in Lisbon, in 
a carriage, accompanied by Mr. Ramsay, the surgeon of this 
sloop, on my way to my boat at the Caes do Sodré, when four 
or five men, armed with clubs, stopped my postilion, and, he 
says, struck him! on the neck without the slightest cause or pro- 
vocation. I immediately alighted to ascertain the motive for 
such outrageous conduct, and could discover none ; but on the 
offenders seeing me ‘to be an English officer, they begged me to 

roceed on my road. ‘As;"'Sir, you arrived! on “the spot while 
I wes expostulating with ‘these péople for such an insult offered 
me in the person of imy setvant,’ and ‘witnessed’ the difficulty 
which we met with ‘in endéavouriby ‘to make a serjeant of police, 
who arrived at’ the tite, arrest ne of the 'raffians, who oe fo 
mitted to escape, Ido ‘fot! thiitk I can add’ more to my’ ate- 
ment, than miy fequest' that! you will’ lay my’ complaint before 
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Enclosure'8 in N° 45. 
Visconde de Santarem to R, B. Hoppner, Esq.—(Translation.) 
Sir, Palace of Queluz, 7th July 1831. 

HavincG written to the Minister of Justice as soon as I re- 
ceived your note of the 1st instant, on the subject of the occur- 
rencé which took place in the Rua de S. Roque, in this capital, 
on the night of the goth June last, with Captain Frankland, of 
His’ Britannic Majesty’s ship Dispatch, I have just received an 
answer from the said Minister, under date of the 3d instant, 
acquainting me that he has forwarded to the Intendant-general 
of Police the royal order which appears by the enclosed copy, 
and which | have the honour 'to transmit to you in answer to 
your said note. ot y 

God preserve you. 


Visconde de Santarem. 


(signed) 


Sub-Enclosure C. in No. 45. 
(Translation.) 


Queluz Palace, 3d July 1831. 
Tue King our Lord is pleased to direct that you should take 
the most effectual measures within your reach to render the pro- 
tection of the Portuguese laws always efficacious, in regard of 
the subjects of any foreign government. His Majesty, who 
never departs from the rules and principles of justice, and who 
desires nothing so much as the good of the people whom Divine 
Providence has intrusted to his government and direction, to- 
wards which one of the most conducive means is the personal 
security promised by the laws, it is his Majesty’s will, that that 
security be inviolably maintained ; but that with respect to any 
foreign subjects, his Majesty recommends you to employ your 
care and diligence in causing that personal security to be ob- 
tained, not only for the general reason already stated, but 
because they, the said foreigners, being away from their own 
country, and far from the protection of their own governments, 
it is his Majesty’s wish that, for that very reason, the authorities 
should afford them most particular assistance; you are, however, 
to understand, that this recommendation which his Majesty 
makes to you is by no means to be considered as authorizing 
them to deviate from those duties which the laws of nations im- 
ose upon every individual who resides in a foreign country ; but 
that while, on the one hand, you cause your subordinate autho- 
rities to protect them effectually, as recommended to you, you 
are, on the other, to take care that they do not in any way fail 
in the exact observance of the Portuguese laws which maintain 
public and private security, inasmuch as being in Portugal they 
are, by the said laws of nations, which bind all nations without 

exception, subject to them, and obliged to observe them. 
God preserve you, ; 
(signed) Luiz de P. F. Do Rio D. Mendouca. 
Senior Joaquim Gomes de Silva Belfort. 
Foreign Office, 7th July 1831. 
(signed) Jose Maria de Sales Ribiera. 








Enclosure g in N° 45. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Si, Lisbon, 18th July 1831. 

Tue, occurrences of the past week, which made me unwilling 
in any way to add to the embarrassments of the Portuguese go- 
vernment, prevented my replying sooner to the note with which 
your Excellency honoured me on the 7th instant, enclosing an 
order from the Minister of Justice to the Intendant General of 
Police, under date of the 3d instant. 

Although written two days later than my letter to your Excel- 
leticy complaining of the insult offered.to the captain of His 
Majesty’s ship Dispatch, in the Rue de S. Roque, I cannot con- 
ceive that the order in question is intended asa reply to that 
letter. It contains no expression of regret that a scene so dis- 
prenefal as the one described by Captain Frankland should 

ave occurred in this capital, within sight of the armed police, 
ostensibly kept for the protection of its inhabitants; no dis- 
avowal of the ruffians by whom the outrage on him was com- 
mitted ; no promise that they should be sought for and 
punished. Instead of this are some common-place expressions, 
of a wish to protect strangers resident in the country, which is 
belied by facts of daily occurrence, (or which, if. it really exists, 
is a proof of the impotence of the magistrates themselves,) and 
some observations approaching to an insinuation that any troubles 
they are exposed to are brought upon,them by their own mis- 
conduct. If there is any ground. for.such a charge, it should be 
distinctly stated, that, it. may.,be, regularly, answered : if not, 
such. gratuitous. remarks, implying.a doubt in the instance im- 
mediately alluded to of the propriety,of the conduct of a British 
officer, ought, not.to be; wot Sago cannot. be permitted to pass 
unnoticed. ; ted ‘ 

On the night in, question, Captain Frankland had been dining 
at the house of Mr. Lucas, a respectable, merchant, and was re- 
turning quietly to his.boat,injhis chaise, when he was forcibly 
stopped, and his driver assaulted by a set of ruffians. Making 
every allowance for the jealousy and suspicion of a government 
so situated as is that of Portugal, it is impossible to discover in 
this transaction any thing opposed either to the laws of Portu- 
gal in particular, or to the general laws of nations, to. which 
Strangers in a foreign country are amenable. For what purpose 


VOL. 86,——Part IL 





' then is reference;made to them, in this instance? 








What. con- 
nection have they, either with the conduct of this highly respect- 


able officer, or with the ruffians who assaulted. him; unless, .as 
it appears, to show that the latter enjoy the protection of the 
very authority which appeals to the observance by others of the 
laws of the country, while it does not scruple to have recourse 
to means the most barbarous in order to maintain itself; to 
means such as must starap it with ignominy in the opinion of 


every civilized country, That such is the character of the force - 


now employed in this capital can any one deny who has wit- 
nessed the revolting scenes daily enacted during the last week 
by the misnamed Royalists? A term, which as it implies every- 
thing noble and.exalted, cannot belong to a-set of lawless bar- 
barians, alike disgraceful to humanity, insulting to civilization, 
and an opprobrium to the government which suffers their 
existence in the very capital of the kingdom. However interest- 
ing such a question may be to the Portuguese government 
itself, I shall not stop here to inquire whether the other. powers 
of Europe; when informed of the means of coercion resorted to 
in this capital, can believe in the attachment of a people who 
are kept in subjection by the employment of a force of so revolt~ 
ing a character, and tending directly to brutalize those over 
whom it is exercised. Such observations, I may be told, are an 
interference with the internal government of the country, and 
with the measures deemed necessary for its protection. My 
duty, however, is to show to your Excellency, and this you will 
perceive in the enclosed papers, how little ate is enjoyed under 
the existing system by strangers resident for commercial pur- 
poses in this country, notwithstanding the decrees published in 
their behalf, and the repeated assurances of protection which 
they receive from the government itself. . lt is on this ac- 
count that I feel myself justified in complaining of the 
employment of a force which is not subject to the ordinary 
controul of the magistrate, and that I venture to animadvert on 
the licentious proceedings of an armed rabble, who act as if they 
knew and felt that they were above the cognizance of the laws. 
Against the arbitrary proceedings of these wretches no man is 
safe: the most quiet and unoffending citizen.may become the 
victim of their unfounded allegations, and cruelty and persecu- 
tion are as certain on the one hand, as redress and relief are of 
difficult attainment on the other. To the charges contained in 
the enclosed letters, 1 beg your Excellency’s earnest and imme- 
diate attention, and that such measures may be taken as may 
secure His Majesty’s subjects resident here from the wanton 
infliction of cruelty, and an illegal and unwarrantable interference 
with their ordinary avocations. ' 

In submitting these complaints to your Excellency, there is 
still another which I cannot with propriety pass over in silence. 
I allude to the resumption of his office by José Verissimo, not- 
withstanding the decree of the goth April last,:and the solemn 
promise therein given by the government that this man should 
not again be employed in any way whatever. It is of no conse- 
quence that I cannot as yet complain of any immediate act of 
aggression by him on any British subject, I reply that we have 
no security against the lawless proceedings of a man of his 
known violence of character, wo that I have a right to claim 
protection against the possibility of an evil to which experience 
of the past, and his avowed hostility to British subjects, render 
the latter peculiarly liable. 

It is more desirable, if possible, to prevent the occurrence of 
any offensive act than to take the chance of getting it subse- 
quently redressed. On the part, therefore, of my Government, 
1 protest, in the most decisive manner, against’ the public re- 
employment of this individual; and I hold the Portuguese 
government responsible for any act of which he may be guilty 
in the slightest degree offensive or injurious to the rights and 
interests of His Majesty’s subjects. 

In conclusion, I earnestly submit to your Excellency the 
expediency of putting a stop to the violent measures now 
resorted to in the capital. 

The dignity and decorum of the Portuguese government itself 
requires that a force such as that of the so named Cacetes 
(a force repugnant to the notions of all civilized people) should 
be instantly suppressed ; that violence should not be permitted 
to usurp the place of the established laws of the country ; but 
that while the regular police of the city is quite sufficient to 
maintain its tranquillity, the peaceable inhabitants should no 
longer be exposed to the insults and cruelty of ‘these r fans, 
who now fill the streets and public places, and by their itisolent 
interference prevent the re-establishment of order, and keep up 
a state of excitement which it must be for the interest, of the 
government itself to put an end to. 

While my letter was in the act of being copied, an insult has 
been offered to the courier in the pay of His Britannic Majesty’s 
Government, of as aggravated a nature as any of the, others 
which I have before had the honour to submit, to. your Excel- 
lency, the report of which I enclose herewith, These details 
will, I trust, convince your Excellency of the urgent necessity 
of taking some decisive measures to put a stop to the state of 
license existing in the capital, from the power most, unwarrant- 
ably committed into improper hands. ( nthe general feeling 
of alarm resulting from it it is unnecessary for me.to dilate, nor 
on the pernicious consequences which must naturally. ensue, if 
the government does not exert itself to terminate, so disgraceful 
a state of misrule; and which, to reflecting minds, affords the 
strongest proof,of the absence of that affection in-the people, an 


opinion 
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opinion of which it is the wish of the Government to establish, 
from the absolute inutility of similar measures wherever the 
smallest particle of such affection is to be found. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 








Enclosure 10 in N° 45. 


The Viscount de Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq.— 
(Translation.) 


Foreign Office, 22d July 1831. 

Havine conveyed to the knowledge of-his Majesty’s govern- 
ment the two notes which you addressed to me, under date of 
the 18th and 19th instant, relative to the disagreeable occur- 
rences which took place in this capital and in St. Ubes, some 
turbulent individuals having molested several British subjects, 
his Majesty’s government regretted extremely that such acts 
should have been committed, and immediately ordered, accord- 
ing to the official communication of this date, which I have just 
received from the Minister of Justice, that for the due punish- 
ment of the parties implicated the competent authorities should 
immediately proceed to the institution of summary processes 
against them. 

With regard to the occurrence which took place in St. Ubes, 
as due reparation has already been made, and you have expressed 
yourself satisfied, nothing remains to be said by me on the sub- 
ject. As regards, however, the dismissed José Verissimo, I have 
received the fullest assurance that that individual is not filling 
any employment whatever. 

[ cannot on this occasion forbear expressing my liveliest 
feelings of regret for those occurrences. 

God preserve you. 

Viscount de Santarem. 


(signed) 





N° 46. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.—(Rec. Aug. 21.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 6th August 1831. 

Ir has been my painful duty to make your Lordship ac- 
quainted with the disorganized state of this country, resulting 
from the violent measures adopted by the government, and the 
power which has been placed in the hands of the rabble for the 
purpose of overawin the better classes. I regret to have now 
to inform your Lordship of a shameful outrage committed upon 
two of the officers of His Majesty’s ship Briton, (Mr. Fitzroy 
and Mr. Parnell), which might have been attended with the 
most serious consequences to both of them. These young gen- 
tlemen had gone on an excursion into the country, and were 
assailed in a bye-road by some of the peasantry, who left them 
for dead on the ground, after beating them most unmercifully, 
and robbing them of the little property they carried about them. 
‘The further particulars of this outrage your Lordship wili be 
put in possession of by the enclosed statement, forwarded to 
me by Captain Markland, and transmitted in a note which 
I immediately addressed on the subject to M. de Santarem, 
copies of which I have herewith the honour to submit to your 
Lordship’s attention. 

Although, frem the circumstance of the robbery of these 
young gentlemen, it would seem that the attack on them was 
made with a view to plunder, in which light I have considered 
it in my note to Viscount de Santarem, the fact of the deed 
being perpetrated by broad day-light within sight of a village, 
and that the men who commenced it were joined and assisted 
by several others as soon as the latter perceived what was pass- 
ing, is a sufficient proof that this was not the real purpose with 
which they were assailed. The outrage was indeed, as I have 
been since informed, committed under the idea that they were 
French officers, and in consequence of the language held from 
the pulpit of the village where the transaction occurred on the 
preceding Sunday, when the curate informed his hearers that 
the French fleet was in the possession of the Portuguese 
government, and that if they met with any foreigners about the 
fields or roads, these were deserters flying from the vengeance 
of the authorities, and to be dealt with accordingly. 

It is with pain that I have to state to your Lordship, that the 
prisons of the city not being found sufficient to contain the addi- 
tional victims which are sent in from all parts of the country, 
a large place has been arranged in the arsenal for their reception, 
and that the convicts and criminals have been removed from their 
dungeons to make room for such as are guilty, perhaps, of no 
other crime than having expressed an opinion as to the legiti- 
macy of Dom Pedro’s nights, or of having inadvertently given 
offence to some adherent of the present Ruler of Portugal. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure in N° 46. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 
Sir, . Lisbon, 4th August 1831. 

Tue undersigned, His Britannic Majesty’s Acting Consul- 
general in Portugal, has thé honour to transmit to his Excel- 
lency the Viscount de Santarem the accompanying copy of 
a statement, forwarded to him by Captain Markland, setting 
forth the barbarous treatment ‘experienced by two of the officers 
of His Majesty’s ship Briton under his command. 








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These gentlemen, Mr. Fitzroy and Mr. Parnell, havino gone 
on an excursion into the country, were met in a bye-way, neat 
the village of Pero Negro, beyond Bucellas, by some peasantry 
who, without the slightest provocation, assaulted and y 1 
them, leaving them, after beating them most unmervifully) for 
dead upon the road, in which helpless condition they remained 
for several hours, when they were conveyed toa neighbouring 
village, and from thence sent, under charge’ of the police)'to 
Lisbon. | 

The undersigned, convinced that the Portuguese government 
itself must feel the greatest interest in repressing such scanda- 
lous acts, is persuaded that he has only to make these circum- 
stances known to his Excellency Viscount de Santarem, in ordey 
that his Excellency should move the Minister of Justice to cause 
the strictest inquiry to be. made after the perpetrators of so 
shameful an outrage, that they may be brought to justice, and 
receive the punishment awacded by the laws of the country to 
such misdeeds ; nor, from the publicity of the act, and the num- 
ber of persons concerned in it, can there be the slightest diffi- 
culty in meeting with the culpable parties. 

The undersigned avails himself, &amp;c. 


(signed) Rk. B. Hoppner, 





Sub-Enclosure in N° 46. 
Messrs. Fitzroy and Parnell to Captain Markland. 
His Majesty’s Ship Briton, 34 August 1831, 

Axzout 5 p.m. on Monday the 1st instant, the mndersigned 
lieutenants of His Majesty’s ship Briton, haying just. gone 
through a small village, about half a league on this side of Pero 
Negro, (on a little pedestrian tour), were followed by a man, of 
whom they asked several questions concerning. the road, Having 
told them he was going to Pero Negro, they accompanied. him 
for a short distance, when he was joined by another from the 
village, to whom they also spoke with civility. When about 
500 yards from the village they observed several more men be- 
fore them, apparently attending to the grazing of cattle; and at 
this moment one of those who accompanied them laid hold of 
Lieutenant Parnell’s left arm; upon which he instantly put his 
other hand into his breast for his pistol; but before he could get 
it out both the men made a desperate attack on the two lieute- 
nants; on which seven or eight of the men in advance ran to 
support them. Lieutenant Fitzroy knocked one of the men 
down with his stick, and broke his head. Lieutenant Parnell 
also got the other man down, and took the pistol out of his 
pocket, which he cocked, and was just in the act of pointing it 
at him, when he received a blow on the head which nearly 
stunned him; the pistol at the same moment went off, but did 
not hurt any person. The whole party then beat them with 
long heavy sticks, until they supposed they were dead; and 
having taken Lieutenant Parnell’s watch and some money, and 
other trifles, from both their pockets, they went away apparently 
towards Pero Negro. 

The undersigned lay on the ground until about half-past 
seven o’clock, when a man came and helped them to get on 
their legs, and showed them the Bucellas road, where they 
arrived aboat half-past nine, and were kindly treated by a 
magistrate, and had their wounds dressed by a surgeon. 

(signed) C, Fitzroy. 
fl, W. Parnell, 


N° 47. 

R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston.—( Received 

August 30.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, :3th August 1831. 

Wiru reference to my despatch of the 6th instant, wherein 
[ had the honour to inform your Lordship of the assault on 
Messrs. Fitzroy and Parnell, of His Majesty’s ship Briton, I 
have now further to transmit to your Lordship the eopy and 
translation of a note addressed to me by Viscount de Santarem 
on that subject, together with my reply to the same. Receiving 
subsequently some ulterior information relative to the perpetra- 
tors of this outrage, I forwarded it to M. de Santarem in a note, 
of which I also have the honour herewith to enclose a copy: 
the wish evinced by the Portuguese government to persuade me 
that this shameful deed was the act of highway robbers, render- 
ing me solicitous to watch their proceedings, in order that the 
culprits may not, through their connivance, be permitted to 
escape, but may meet with the punishment they deserve. 

Having had occasion on this, and some other recent instances, 
to acquaint your Lordship with the injuries inflicted upon British 
subjects, in consequence of the violent measures adopted by the 
Portuguese authorities, it may not be deemed altogether foreign 
from this question to show the treatment experienced by 
Portuguese subject, for no other reason than because he was 
found in the society of some Englishmen. The particulars of 
this unmanly assault are contained in the accompanying state- 
ment ; to which [ have only to add, that not. feeling myself 
authorized to make official ‘application‘on behalf of this’ indi- 
vidual, being a Portuguese, I wrote a private note respecting 
him to M. de Santarem, and subsequently more than onces oke 
to him, solicititig his interference to procure the liberation of this 
unfortunate person, On these occasions M. de Santarem pro- 


mised to exert himself to the utmost to effect this purpose ; not 
only, as he said, out of regard to my application, but for humant- 


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ty’s sake; yet up to this day has this officer been allowed to 
languish in prison, prevented, from all communication with his 
family, nor to any inquiry that is made can any other answer be 
obtained than that the case shall be looked into. -1 am sensible 
that I am only intruding on your Lordship’s time, and harassing 
your feelings by laying this statement before your Lordship ; 
but having of late repeatedly spoken of the barbarities com- 
mitted here with the sanction of this government, I bave thought 
that your Lordship would not disapprove of my forwarding to 
you so well authenticated a statement of a case of which so 
many examples have recently occurred. 
L have the evr to: be, Ke. 


(signed ) R. B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure 1 in N° 47. 
Viscount de Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq.—(Translation.) 


Foreign Office, 5th August 1831. 

Wuen I yesterday received your note relative to what occurred 
in Bucellas to two British Navy officers, C. Fitzroy and H. Par- 
nell, I had just received a communication from the Intendant Ge- 
neral of Police,acquainting me with that occurrence, and inforr- 
ing me that he had immediately given orders that the utmost 
diligence should be used in discovering and punishing with all 
the rigour of the laws the individuals who robbed and mal- 
treated those officers, the Intendant himself being of opinion, 
from the nature of the fact, and its circumstances. that those 
individuals were highway robbers. 

I cannot omit expressing my feelings of regret for this occur- 
rence; and I have to assure you, that I will employ all means 
in my power in order that a prompt and just punishment may 
serve aS an example, and as a reparation for the act. 

God preserve you. : 


(signed) Viscount. de Santarem. 





Enclosure 2 in N* 47. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


(Extract.) Lisbon, August 8, 1831. 

I nave had the honour to-receive the note which your Ex- 
cellency addressed to me, under date of the 5th instant, in 
answer to my complaint of the assault on Messrs. Fitzroy and 
Parnell, of His Majesty’s ship Briton. By this I perceive 
that the Intendant-general of the Police would wish to impress 
me with the belief that this assault was committed by highway 
robbers. 

It unfortunately happens, to disprove the colouring which the 
Intendant-general of Police would give to this transaction, that 
the men who commenced the attack on those gentlemen are, if 
I am not misinformed, perfectly well known in the neighbour- 
hood where it occurred, and I hope, myself, in the course of a 
few days, to be able to furnish the Intendant-general of the 
Police with their names; unless he would himself prefer 
causing inquiry to be made for them at the Cazal do Urmeiro, 
on the declivity of the Serra do Forte Grande, Freguezia de 
Avanho: that the peasantry, who witnessed the attack on these 
two peaceable and inoffensive travellers, instead of hastening to 
their assistance, as they would have done had they fancied them 
to be in the hands of robbers, and had they not known the per- 
sons of the latter, took part with the aggressors, and after most 
unmercifully beating them, that they forgot their supposed pur- 
pose, as is evident from the few articles taken from their persons 
while they lay helpless and exhausted from the consequences of 
the ill-treatment they had experienced. 

[ have the honour, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 


Enclosure 3 in N° 47. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 12th August 1831. 

Havine hitherto received no answer from your Excellency in 
reply to the note I had the honour to address you, under date of 
the 8th instant, respecting the assault on Messrs. Fitzroy and 
Parnell, of His Majesty’s ship Briton, I now proceed to give 
your Excellency such further. information as has. reached me 
concerning this transaction. According to this, the two indi- 
viduals who commenced the attack upon these officers are the 
sons of the farmer who occupies the Cazal do Urmeiro, referred 
to in that note. These young men have been already examined 
by the judge of the village of Camodulos, and are known to 
bear the marks of the bruizes they received from the English 
officers, whom they allege to have been the aggressors, though 
they do not show how, if this were the case, they came to be in 
possession of Mr. Parnell’s watch. 

Although I can have no doubt that the police will prosecute, 
and is, in fact, proceeding with the inquiry, since I learn that 
the judicial acts are in the hands of the Dezembargador Motta 
Juiz do Bairro d’Alfama, I take the liberty of suggesting the 
propricty of conveying the two individuals in question, without 
oss of time, to Lisbon, in order that they may be confronted 
with the above-named officers, who will be able at once to prove 
their identity, and thus secure the ends of justice. ‘, 

I have the honour, to be, &amp;c.. . 
(signed), R.B. Hoppner. 





Enclosure 4 in N° 47. 


Tus is to certify, that on the evening of the. July, at 
about — o’clock in.the evening, I entered, the coffee-house 
on the Caes do Sodre, where was present Guilherme Frederico 
Marcelly, with several Englishmen. During the time we were 
there, the well-known Telles, accompanied by another man, 
both armed with thick bludgeons, came into the coffee-house, 
and, after impudently staring at every person present, walked 
away. The waiters, somewhat alarmed at the impertinent 
intrusion, closed the doors at an earlier hour than usual, and the 
above-mentioned Marcelly and myself set out for our respective 
homes. On crossing the Caes, we observed the above-named 
Telles, with about twenty more ruffians, armed with clubs and 
thick sticks; one of whom addressed an insolent sarcasm to 
me, without at all noticing my companion, who separated from 
me at the bottom of the Rua do Alecrim, and went down the 
lane that leads under the arch, whither he was immediately 
followed by the whole band of these cowardly assassins, who 
attacked him furiously with their sticks. In vain were his cries 
for help, in vain my cries for the police guard, who were quite 
within hearing: they were deafto both, and it was not until 
near a quarter of an hour had elapsed, and the’ unfortunate 
Marcelly had fallen a victim to the repeated blows of his ene- 
mies, having sunk to the ground senseless, and almost lifeless 
from loss of blood, that the guard arrived, when they conveyed 
the unfortunate man to the guard-house, where he remained all 
night without any attendance, and was next morning transferred 
to the castle, where he still is kept prisoner, whilst the das- 
tardly villains who were authors of this brutal attack were 
allowed to depart unmolested; nay, they even struck several 
blows after the arrival of the police guard ! 
(signed) 

We, the undersigned, do hereby certify, that we have been long 
acquainted with Guilherme Frederico Marcelly, a Portuguese 
subject, and know him to be a quiet, inoffensive, and peaceable 
man; and in the present state of affairs in Portugal, particularly 
studious to avoid giving offence to the authorities by the expres- 
sion of political sentiments, &amp;c.; and we firmly believe that 
nothing but his associating with the English, among whom he 
has a numerous acquaintance, from his knowledge of the lan- 
guage, and his having been aid-de-camp to several) British 
generals during. the Peninsular war, was the cause of the 
cowardly and brutal attack made on him by the ruffians who 
infest the streets of Lisbon with impunity, and of which a faith- 
ful account is annexed. 

(signed) Fro. Forrest. 
H. J. Sheehan. 
Michi. Kelly. 
Josh, Hardy. 
J. G. Sheehan. 


Henry Brown. 





J. Fhymhy. 
C..J. £, Lott. 
Thomas Grimsdick. 


Samuel Tugman. 





N° 48. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee.—(Received Sept. 8.) 


Sir, Lisbon, 20th August 1831. 
M. pe SANTAREM yesterday informed me, that the two priv- 
cipals concerned in the attack upon Messrs. Fitzroy and Parnell 
had been arrested, and that the police had hopes of identifying 
and taking up some of the others. This measure of justice 
appears also indicative of a better spirit in the government, as 
there is no doubt that great efforts were at first made to screen 

these persons from the punishment they deserve. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 





N° 49. 
Viscount Palmerston to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
Sir, Foreign Office, 25th August 1831. 

I nave received your despatch of the 6th instant, in which 
you give an account of a violent outrage committed upon Mr. 
Fitzroy and Mr. Parnell, officers of His Majesty’s ship. Briton. 

You are instructed to demand from the Portuguese govern- 
ment that it will immediately take the necessary steps for bring- 
ing the offenders to justice, and you will report the result by the 
first opportunity. 

You will at the same time state to the Portuguese govern- 
ment, that His Majesty’s Government are unwilling to think 
that there can be any just foundation for the reports which have 
reached them of the causes which have led to this, barbarous 
attack upon two officers in His Majesty’s service, His/Majesty’s 
Government will not allow themselves to think it possible that 
in any part of Europe a government can exist which could 
instruct or encourage the ministers of religion to excite the 
people to waylay and murder unoffending foreigners, who, 
believing themselves to be in a civilized country, where the 
laws and habits of society give protection to property and life, 
might traverse singly or in small numbers the roads and villages 
in broad day. ; me 

You will, however, endeavour to, ascertain what foundation 
there may be for a report which affects in so_serious a manner 
the character of the present government of, Portugal, andthe 
system by which: that country is administered ; and you will 
report to me the result of your inquiries, . . 

I am, &amp;c. 


(signed) § Palmerston. 


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PAPERS RELATIVE TO PORTUGAL. 








, (a 43.)—-CORRESPONDENCE relative tothe French Demands upon the Government,of Portugal, 


COPIES and EXTRACTS of Applications which His Majesty has received from the Govérnment of Portyyal’ in 
reference to the Demands made upon that Government by the King of the French, and to the; proceedings of the’ 
French Squadron in the Tagus; and of the Answers returned, by His Majesty’s Command, to, such Applications ; 
and of Representations made to the Government of France thereupon, and of the Answers to such Representations ; 
together with Copies and Extracts of Communications between His Majesty’s:‘Government,:and: His Majesty’s 
Ambassador at Paris, and His Majesty’s Consul-General at Lisbon, relative to the French Expedition to the Tagus, 





LIST OF PAPERS. 





Lisbon 








No. 1. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston’ - ~- - - ~ - = 4 Eebruary.18g1,. 
No. 2. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. -' - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon. -) -- - 11 February;.-— 
No. 3. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Sir George Shee - - - - - Lisbon - - - 26 February — 
No. 4 R.B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Sir George Shee - - - - - Lisbon - + -. 5 March, —, 
No. 5. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - toSir George Shee - - - - - Lisbon - - -. 12 March — 
No. 6. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Sir George Shee. - - - - - Lisbon - - - 19 March — 
No. 7. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Sir George Shee - - - - = Lisbon - - - 25 March — 
No. 8. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - + - - Lisbon - - = 2 April ie 
No. g. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Sir George Shee - - - - - Lisbon - - + 2 April — 
No. 10. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - ~- = Lisbon - - ~ |g April — 
No. 11. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Sir George Shee - - - - - Lisbon - - — g April = 
No. 12. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon + - + 11 April re 
No. 13. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Sir George Shee - - - - + Lisbon - - - 16 April — 
No. 14. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - - 23 April 
No. 15.-R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Sir George Shee - - - - - Lisbon - - + 23 Aprii ot 
No. 16. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Sir George Shee - - - - - Lisbon - - - 50 April — 
No. 17. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Sir George Shee - - - - - Lisbon - - -,.14.May — 
No. 18. Viscount Granville - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Paris - - - 20 May — 
No. 1g. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - ~- to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - - 21 May — 
No. 20. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - ~- - - Lisbon - - - 24 May — 
No. 21. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - - 28 May — 
No. 22. Viscount d’Asseca - - + ~- to Viscount Palmerston - - - - London - - ~ 1 June ~- 
No. 23; R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - - 4 June _— 
No, 24. Viscount d’Asseca - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - London - - - 7 June — i 
No. 25. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Sir George Shee - - - - - Lisbon - - - 10June _— i 
No, 26. Viscount Granville - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Paris - - - 13 June — a ( 
No.27. Viscount Palmerston - - + to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - - Foreign Office - 17 June _ S 
No. 28. Viscount Palmerston - - - to H. Hamilton, Esq. - - - - - Foreign Office - 17 June — @ , 
No. 29. Viscount Palmerston - - + to Viscount d’Asseca - - - - - Foreign Office - 18 June _ a 
No. 30. Hamilton Hamilton, Esq. - + to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Paris - - - 20 June —— 3 
No. 31. Viscount d’Asseca - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - London - - - 23 June — ti 
No. 32. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - - 25 June -- % . 
No. 33. Viscount d’Asseca - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - -. London +- - - 28 June —_ = f 
No. 34. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - ~- to Viscount Palmerston - - + - Lisbon - - - 2 July _- a t 
No. 35. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Sir George Shee - - - - - Lisbon - - + -2 July io. és V 
No. 36. Viscount d’Asseca - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - London - - - (9 July _ A I 
No. 37. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - - g July _ : t 
No. 38. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - + to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - - 10 July oo b 
No. 39. Viscount Palmerston - - - to Viscount d’Asseca - - - + - Foreign Office - 11 July ~~ % 
No. 40. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - - 12 July — 4 
No. 41. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - - 16 July - re 
No. 42. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - - 16 July — 3 
No. 43. Viscount d’Asseca - - - + to Viscount Palmerston - - - - London - - - 21 July” — : 
No. 44. Viscount Granville - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Paris - - - 22 July — 9 
No. 45. Viscount d’Asseca - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - London - - + 23 July —_— 5 
No. 46. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - - 23 July —_ i 
No. 47. Viscount Granville - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Paris - + = 23 July —_ : 
No. 48. Viscount Granville - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Paris - - - 25 July —_— 
No. 49. Viscount Palmerston - - - to Viscount d’Asseca - - - = - ForeignOffice - 26 July — (I 
No. 50. Viscount Granville - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - + - Paris - - +. 28 July — 
No. 51. Viscount Palmerston - - - to Viscount Granville - - - - + Foreign Office - 29 July —_ é 
No. 52. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - + to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - - 30 July ~= 
No. 53. Viscount Granville - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Paris - - - giduly — = 
No. 54. Viscount d’Asseca - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - London - - - 1 August — ul 
No. 55. Viscount Granville - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - + - Paris - - - 3 August — pe 
No. 56. The King’s Advocate - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - ~- Doctors’ Commons, g August — : 
No. 57: R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - ~ - - Lisbon - - - 19 August — C 
No. 58. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - + - to Viscount Palmerston - - - + Lisbon - = - 13 August —- t 
No, 59. R. B. Hoppner, Esq - - - to Sir George Shee - - - - - Lisbon - + + 20 August — fer 
No. 60, Viscount d’Asseca - - - ~- to Viscount Palmerston - - - - London -.  - - 2g August — Ju 
No. 61. Viscount Palmerston - - - to Viscount Granville - - - - - Foreign Office +- 24 August  — th 
No. 62. Viscount Palmerston - - - to Viscount d’Asseca - - - + - Foreign Office - .25 August .— pu 
No. 63. Viscount d’Asseca - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - + - - London - -- -..27 August — er; 
No. 64. Viscount Granville - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Paris - - +27 August — lay 
BbkELSRnbiintelad an 
Int 
| ye sentenced to be publicly whipped through the streets of Lisbon, ju 
R..B, Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. and afterwards to ten years’ banishment to Angola... The French lo 
« (Received February 13.) Consul-General (his countryman, although not accused of greater 
( Extract.) Lisbon, 4th February, 1831 culpability than his Portuguese companions, being alone nagar 
Aw’ aét’of unusual severity is-also threatened against a young | ‘° suffer this ignominious punishment), has made ee omit pe 
‘Frenchman of resectable parents, a M. Bonhomme, student at | CDCTe*re temonstrances against such a sentence, on ee fh. 
Coimbra, who has been for some time past under confinement | ** °”. yer to bis. country, but hitherto, withqut; producing any at 
‘there, on a charge of committing, in company with some other promise of its mitigation. ¢..1f b-viassfl 
scholars’ of that University, a breach of public decency in the I haye the honour to be, &amp;c. (E: 
cathedral church of that city, during the holy week. Notwith- oe (signed)... Ro B. Hopprer- } 
standing the improbability of the charge, and the defective Viscount Palmerston, stot 10° 99119" sen 
evidence aiduced in support of ‘it, this young man has been &amp;e. Ke. Ke. Not’s the 





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No. 2. 


R. B..Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received February 26, 
(Extract.) 


SevenAd individaals have been taken up,'but chiefly persons 
in the lower ranks of on 


hitherto without;success. 
ne ts ished oe Me 


er request; Was permitted tocaccompany him); in consequence, 
as I learn,.of the ,deposition,of a-non-commissioned officer of 
the 16th, the barracks of which regiment are directly facing 
M. Sauvinet’s house, that he saw rockets thrown off in his garden, 
Some persons also, who were assembled in a kind of tavern be- 
longing to him in the town, were arrested at the same time, no 
one being found in his house, where it had been asserted, that 
meetings had been previously held. I have mentioned, in a pre- 
ceding despateh; the ‘sentence passed upon a young French 
student at Coimbra, and this fresh arrest of an old man, seventy- 
six years of age, who has been for some years past a great invalid, 
and was not likely to have taken any share in this conspiracy, 
is an additional proof of the hostile feeling of the royalist party, 
towards the French, arising from an opinion they entertain, that 
the French are at the bottom of, and take an active part in, these 
insurrectionary:attempts,; .an opinion that also accounts for the. 
virulence of the abuse; heaped upon them, as abettors of the. 
Pedreiros, or. Freemasons, in the journals which support the 


present Government. . I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
Viscount Palmerston,, (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 
&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 
P.S.—It is with regret, that I have to inform your Lordship 
of the imprisonment oFsevetal respectable merchants, besides the 
persons mentioned in this despatch. 


eelidin 





No. 3. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee. 
(Received gth March.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 26th February 1831. 
No sentence has yet been promulgated by the commissioners 
appointed to try the unfortunate persons charged with being 
implicated in the affair of the 8th, from whence a considerable 
backwardness is supposed to exist on their part in proceeding 
with the trials. Thirty-five respectable persons, including four 
priests, arrested on account of their political opinions, were sent 
to the Trafaria on the 21st, and entered at the India House pre- 
vious to their embarkation, all persons who are transported to the 
East being, as a prelimmary, obliged to be so registered. On 
the 21st also three respéctable cloth merchants were taken up, 
but since that, no arrests.of: any consequence have occurred. 


I have the honour, &amp;c. 
Sir George Shee, Bart. (signed) — R. B. Hoppner. 


&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 





No. 4. 


R. B. Hoppner; Esq. to Sir George Shee. 
(Received March 13.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 5th March 1831. 
Tue attention of all classes is still directed to the commission 
sitting to try the persons, who, some of them. in the most unac- 
countable manner, have been implicated in the affair of the 8th 
ultimo. In order to swell the numbers of the supposed criminals, 
ersons who were arrested, several days prior:to that event, have 
Peon brought, it is said, before the, commission, but nothing 
ositive has hitherto transpired with respect to their proceedings. 
t is very generally reported, however, :that.!a considerable dif- 
ference of opinion ‘prevails among the members: the Relator or 
Judge who tries them:iu the first instance, and on whose report 
the other commissioners: pass their'sentenice, being determined to 
put the most lenient construction upon the acts of the supposed 
criminals ; while one has started this difficulty, that there is no 
law in Portugal which’ makes it criminal to throw up rockets at 
any hour of the day or night, consequently that the seditious 
intentions of the prisoners must be proved, before they can be 





any emiennted “"°'T have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
it ethae She Pa. “oie dsigned) — BR, B. Hoppner. 


vue 2oiou Dory Bop ypgnet Bay, to Sir eesre Shee: | 
(Received March 2g.y*="'™ 
(Extract.) ae ae eee mao “Liston, 12th March 1831. 
AnotHer week has pula 6 the publieation of any 
sentence on the part of the commission appointed. to investigate 


the affair of the 8th ult., and many conjectures aré formed as to 


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the origin of this delay, which some attribute.to the difference of 
Opinion asserted to exist between the military:and civil members 
ofthe same. 4 yey) 

Notwithstanding that the law of Portugal lays down, that. no 
man shall be kept in secret custody for more than three days, 
M. Sauvinet (the Frenchman whose arrest I metitidned in my 
despatch of the 11th ult., as charged with taking an active part 
on this occasion) is still detained in solitary confinement, being, 
however, occasionally transferred for examination before the com- 


_tnission. His foreman, and another individual belonging ‘to his 
_ establishment, who at the period of his arrest wéte' permitted to 


remain on the premises, in order to attend to the intetésts of the 
concern, have recently been taken up, and although both respect- 
able persons, they were bound together, with .cords,; and led 
through the streets like malefactors, the soldiers who conducted 
them to prison insulting and striking them with the flats of their 
swords on the way. The magistrate of the district in which 
M. Sauvinet resided, and to whom his examination was, in the 
first instance, entrusted, declared, it is said, that he found nothing 
to inculpate him; but the Intendant of Police insists on his guilt, 
and it is to him that this persecution is especially attributed. 
With so formidable an adversary, and the facility of obtaining any. 
kind of evidence required to prove his guilt, it is not difficult to 
foresee what is likely to be the fate of this unfortunate individual, 
in whose behalf the repeated remonstrances of the French Consul 
have been without the least avail, being met by the assertion, 
that he has become a naturalized subject of Portugal. 


I have the honour'to be, &amp;e. 
Sir George Shee, Bart. (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 


&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 





No. 6. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir Geonge Shee. 
(Received March 29.); 


(Extract.) Lisbon, ‘1gth March 1831. 
Contrary to the opinion which I, ventured to.express in my. 
separate dispatch of the 12th instant, that the commission would 
not pass sentence for the present, uponithe persons in whose trials 
they had been engaged, as being implicated/in: the affair of the. 
8th ultimo, it is with the greatest pain I have to:state that seven 
more unfortunate victims have fallen a sacrifice; six Others being 
banished the kingdom, five of whom, and amongst them the 
Frenchman M. Sauvinet, to the coast of Africa, for different 
periods. The charges brought against them, many of a frivolous 
character as well as the barbarous sentence, which has been 


literally ge in execution, you will find in the printed account 


published by authority of this Government; and I regret very 
much, that, with the exception of the latter part, it has not been 
in my power to get this paper translated in time for the packet, 
as it was not made public until yesterday, and as novone can feel 
any degree of security under a Government which, as in the case 
of M. Sauvinet, punishes a man with banishment for'ten years to 
Africa for the imputed crime of his servant, and for entertaining 
liberal ideas, and having a quantity of newspapers in his posses- 
sion; it is not difficult to conceive the consternation which in 


reality prevails here. 


I have the honour, &amp;c. - 
Sir George Shee, Bart. (signed) .- R..B. Hoppner. 


&amp;e. &amp;e. &amp;Ke. 


Enclosure in No. 6. 





(Extract.) (Translation.) 


Ir is proved against the prisoner Claude Sauvinet, by the decla- 
rations, which have been sworn to, of the accomplices Campos, 
Florencio, and Cato Martins, and of the witness on the farther 
page of folio 104, that some of the agents of the revolution in 
question met in his beer-shop in the street called Areodo Bandeira, 
No. 78; that the soldiers who had been drawn over were imme- 
diately conducted thither, that whatever quantities‘of beer and 
wine they might ask for were given them freely and gratis ;' that 
thence they went over the way to a room, up four'‘pair of stairs, 


- where the above-mentioned revolutionists used to assemble, and 


whither also beer and cake from’ the beex-shop’ ‘just alluded 
to were carried; and though the prisoner denies either having 
given authority to his cashier for such articles, or having been 
rivy to the circumstance, inasmuch as he lived,a great way off 
in the street Abarracamento, Val de Pereiro, yet,does such a 
denial not relieve him from the imputation, not only because he 
is responsible in a crime of such magnitude for whatever passed 
in that shop as its owner, but also because he has confessed in his 
interrogatories that he had been advised twice by his cashier, on 
the 7th of February preceding, to make his'¢ ‘which would 
not have happened, if the: mis-givings of ‘the cashier did not 
likewise implicate the conscience of the prisoner, which is. @é¥r6&gt; 
borated by the fact of his;having been, apprehended »while-gon- 
cealed in the upper part.of. the garret,,\as i¢,proved bythe: prot 
ceedings, folio 5 of the 
person would do; and another corroboration:may.b¢ derived froma 
the liberal ideas to which he is:so ‘partial, as!may:be 
from the: papers.that were seized in his, possessions, But:there:is 
no clear proof that the rockets were let off from the house’of this 
prisoner, or that among the papers found upon, him,/there:-were 
any establishing a premeditated revolution ; for, after examining 


those 
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those which the Intendancy sent to this commission, and which 
are specified in the dquinlin No. 9, there were found indeed a 


sreat many newspapers, but no manuscripts other than such as 
ar testimony to his republican ideas and principles. 
For these and other reasons stated in the proceedings, they, 


(the Judges) consider, as having incurred the penalties of the 


Ordenagaé, book 4th, title 6th, paragraphs 5th and oth, and those 


of 15th article of war, the prisoners Antonio Germano de Brito 


Correa, Joaquim José Pedreira, José de ne Manoel 
Luiz da Silva, Joaquim Lopes Martins, Vicente Dias de Campos, 
and Florencio Pereira da Costa; and holding the military pri- 
soners to have lost their privilege, and all of them to have for- 
feited their naturalization, they condemn in the order in which 
they have been named, to be led with halters through the public 
streets of this city to the “ Caes de Sodre” there, upon a raised 

latform, to suffer natural death for ever, by strangling, and their 
heats being cut off, the same, together with their bodies, to be 
reduced by fire to ashes, and that no memory of them may remain, 
thrown into the sea; and they, moreover, condemn them to con- 
fiscation and loss of all their property in possession or reversion, 
according to the said Ordenaga6, book 5th, title 6th, paragraphs 
gth and 16th, and to the Alvara of the 17th January 1759. 

They likewise condemn the prisoners, viz. Maximo Joaquim 
Lopes, to transportation for life ; to S. José d’Ancoje with con- 
fiscation of his property, as before stated, and to be present at the 
execution of the above-named prisoners : Joai dos Santos Oliveira, 
Jeronmyo Pinto Pereira, Antonio Manoel Goncalves, to ten years’ 
banishment ; the first to Mozambique, the second to Rio de 
Senne, and the third to the settlement of Pedras Negras ; Claudio 
Souvinet, a naturalized Portuguese, to ten years’ transportation, to 
the settlement of Massangano ; Antonio Diniz do Cauto Valente, 
to expulsion from this Kingdom and its dependencies, quitting 
the prison to go directly on board of the vessel which is to convey 
him, under arrest, on pain of being transported to the Coast of 
Africa, should he in any way contravene this sentence. 

They acquit, however, for want of proof, the prisoners, Joai 
Francisco Xavier, Maria da Carmo, Carlos Antonio Alves, Duarte 
José Ventura, Joad Duarte Correa, Rafael Possollo Nunes, and 
Vicente Ferreira Rodriguez de Souza, in order that being given 
up by the commission, they may remain at the disposal of the 
police, and they sentence them to the payment of costs. 


Lisbon, Royal Naval Council Chamber, 14th March 1831, as 


Doctor Guiao. 

Barboza. 

Nunes, Colonel. 

Silva Belforte. 

Roza, Colonel. 

Maciel Monteiro. 

Araujo Carneiro, Colonel. 


President : 





No. 7. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee. 
(Received April 9.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 25th March 1891. 


In the sentence passed on M. Sauvinet, the Portuguese autho- 
rities declare him a naturalized subject, although they have pub- 
licly abrogated all the laws of the Cortes which made him so, 





and have given up, on our reclamation, English subjects who at | 


the same period passed through forms more binding than any | 


M. Sauvinet had observed. 


They are fully aware, however, of the situation in which | 
M. Cassas, the French Consul, is left here, without any reply from | 
his Government to the many complaints which he has transmitted | 


to them, and feel convinced that they have nothing to fear from 
that quarter in the present political state of France. 

The corvette Urania, of 24 guns, and two brigs Don Pedro 
of 16, and St. Sebastian of 10, are the only vessels of war ready 
for sea; they have as yet received no orders; but two of these 
it is said will convoy the store ship Cardoza e Maya beyond 
Madeira, which has been for some time preparing for the convey- 
ance of political prisoners and convicts to the Cape de Verd 
Islands, indians and Goa; after which they will proceed 
off Terceira. These vessels will sail, it is thought, by the first of 
April, and will carry about 300 political prisoners, and 100 con- 
victs for those settlements. M. Sauvinet and the other prisoners 
condemned to transportation by the commission, have been al- 
ready removed to St. Julian’s for this purpose, and besides these, 
several other prisoners lately arrested have been conveyed to that 
fortress. 

In my despatch of the 4th February, I mentioned the sentence 
passed by this Government on a young French student of 
Coimbra, M. Bonhomme. The first part of this sentence has 
been to day carried into execution, notwithstanding the repeated 
energetic remonstrances of M. Cassas, the French Consul. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Sir George Shee, Bart. signed R. B. Hoppner. 
&amp;e. Ke. &amp;e. vorrne: Pant 











No. 8. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received April 12.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 2d April 183), 

In the course of my correspondence, I have had ‘occasion to 
inform your Lordship of the hostile feeling evinced by this 
Government against that of France, displaying itself in the 
violent and almost daily attacks upon the French nation pub- 
lished by authority, as well as in the cruel and unjust sentences 
passed upon Messrs. Bonhomme and Sauvinet without in either 
case any legal proof of the charges brought against them. 

The French Government, however, has been at length roused 
from its apparent indifference to what was passing here, and has 
sent instructions to M. Cassas their Consul, to demand an im. 
mediate and peremptory satisfaction for them. In order to give 
effect to his reclamations the Melpomene, a sixty-gun frigate 
and Endimion of eighteen guns, were commanded to proceed to 
Lisbon, and to support the steps which he is directed to take to 
obtain such satisfaction as they deem themselves entitled to: the 
Melpomene however, having met with some accident on quittine 
Brest, was obliged to put back to that port, in consequence of 
which the brig alone has arrived here. 

Your Lordship will conceive to what extent the madness (for 
I can give it no other name) of this Government has attained 
when informed that they actually hastened M. Bonhomme’s pu. 
nishment on learning that a French brig of war having despatches 
on board for M. Cassas, had been off the mouth of the river 
and was driven to sea again by contrary winds: and it is said 
that Don Miguel, on being told that her object in coming here 
was to claim the immediate liberation of this individual, replied 
“that they should have him, but with his. back well flayed.” 
Meanwhile M. Cassas has addressed a note to M.de Santarem 
calling upon that Minister, in the name of his Government, 
compensation to this individual for the personal injuries inflicted 
upon him: for reparation to the French Nation and their So- 
vereign, for this and the several other insults which for some 
time past the Portuguese Government have indulged in: for the 
liberation of M. Sauvinet, and for compensation to him, and to 
other French subjects who have been aggrieved by the unjust 
and arbitrary measures of the Portuguese authorities. In the 
case of non-compliance with these just demands, M. Cassas is 
directed to quit Lisbon, with as many of the French residents as 
think proper to accompany him, leaving to the ulterior decision 
of his Government any further steps which they may, under these 
circumstances, think proper to adopt. 

In the instructions transmitted to M. Cassas, it is right that 
I should inform your Lordship, that he is directed to make me 
verbally acquainted with the measures he may take in carrying 
them into execution ; and the commanders of the French ships of 
war are, in like manner, ordered to put themselves in communi- 
cation with those of any of His Majesty’s vessels of war they 
might find in the Tagus, and to adopt in every respect the most 
conciliatory and friendly conduct towards them. 

I have waited to the last moment before closing this despatch, 
that I might be able to apprise your Lordship whether any answer 
had been sent by the Government to M. Cassas’s note which 
reached the Viscount de Santarem’s hands on the morning of the 
29th ultimo. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 

Viscount Palmerston, (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 

&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 





No. 9. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee. 
(Received April 12.) 


( Extract.) Lisbon, 2d April 1831. 


THE commission appointed for the trial of offences against the 
State has been actively engaged since the recent executions, and 


' on Sunday last was assembled for several hours at the Palace of 








Queluz. ‘The purpose of their deliberations on that occasion has 
not transpired ; but it was, at one time, said to be, the discovery 
of some fresh charges against M. Sauvinet, or to inquire how 
far they should be able to justify their proceedings against him, 
in the event of the French brig of war Endimion, which they 
knew to be at that time off the port, being charged to claim him 
as a French subject. ; 
In my despatch to Lord Palmerston, I have acquainted his 
Lordship with the arrival of this brig, and the purport of the 
instructions brought by her to M. Cassas. Nothing can exceed 
the anger of the French at the execution of the sentence against 
M. Bonhomme, and, indeed, they have just reason for it : for, 
besides the palpable injustice done to him, and the evident inten- 
tion to insult the whole nation in his person, there cannot be the 
smallest doubt of his punishment having been hastened, in 
anticipation of the brigs’ arrival, a circumstance which greatly 
aggravates the affront thus intentionally put upon them. It is 
impossible to account for this conduct on the part of the Portu- 
guese Government. 
~ ‘The same measures are still resorted to now in the fourth year 
of Don Miguel’s power, and with as much violence as when he 
first assumed the reins of government. Several respectable ver- 


sons have been conveyed, within the last few days, to St. saps 
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room being made or them in that and the other prisons, by the 
removal of the unfortunate péople, who are embarked on board 
the Cardoza e Maya, which will sail for Africa in the course of 
a few days. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
Sir George Shee, Bart. (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 
&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 





No. 10. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received April 26.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, gth April 1831. 

By my despatch of the 2d inst., I had the honour to acquaint 
your Lordship with the arrival of the French ships of war l’Eglé 
and Endimion, for the purpose of supporting the demand which 
the French Consul was directed to make in the name of his 
Government, of satisfaction for the various insults offered to him 
by that of Portugal, especially during the last half year. 

M. Cassas not having received any answer to the note which 
he addressed, on the receipt of his instructions, to M. de Santa- 
rem, nor even an acknowledgment that the same had come to 
his hands, wrote to that Minister again on the 5th instant, giving 
him time until the 11th to transmit his reply, and announcing 
his intention to embark on the day following, and to quit Lisbon 
with as many of the French residents as should think proper to 
avail themselves of the means afforded them by the French 
Government of returning to their own country, if he should not 
by that time receive a satisfactory answer. 

In furtherance of the same object, he also summoned a meet- 
ing of all the French residents at his office, on the 7th instant, to 
acquaint them with the steps which he had taken in obedience 
to the orders of his Government, and to prepare them to accom- 
pany him in the event of the unsuccessful termination of his 
commission. 

On this occasion he informed such of his countrymen as might 
decide upon remaining here, in case he should be compelled to 
depart, that he had requested me to receive them under my pro- 
tection; and that although I was very willing to comply with 
his wishes in this respect, they must be aware, from what had 
already occurred in Lisbon, and which was known to every one, 
how very little protection I was able to afford even to the British 
residents here, and that with regard to them (the French), any 
interference on my part would be the less efficacious, as it was 
hitherto unauthorized by my Government. 

This, in fact, was the answer which I had made to him, when 
he applied to me on the subject ; and from the present amicable 
relations subsisting between His Majesty’s Government and that 
of France, I conceive that I could not with any propriety have 
refused altogether a compliance with his request. 

Up to the present hour the Portuguese Government have not 
thought proper to. notice these just and reasonable demands of 
the French; and the general opinion appears to be, that they 
will either give no answer at all, or at the last moment, an 
evasive one, in the hopes of gaining time. Had it been the 
intention of M. Cassas, as I conceive his instructions would 
warrant him in doing, to quit this Port immediately on his em- 
barkation, I should have conceived it my duty to detain the 
Packet, in order to give your Lordship the earliest notice of the 
termination of this affair; but as he proposes lingering here 
until the following Saturday, and even addressing another note 
to M. de Santarem from on board ship, to hold the Portuguese 
Government responsible for any injury that may accrue either to 
the French subjects who remain here, or to the property they 
may be compelled to leave behind them, it is not impossible that 
the former may at length open their eyes to their folly, and offer 
an atonement for their insulting behaviour. 

If any credit can be given to the various reports circulated 
here, with respect to this transaction, the Portuguese Ministers 


are, with few exceptions, not insensible to the danger of the | 


course they are pursuing, or without apprehension of its result. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
Viscount Palmerston, (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 
&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 





No. 11. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee. 
(Received April 26.) 

(Extract.) Lisbon, April 9, 1831. 

Tue attention of almost every class of people has been 
directed, during the last week, to the presence, in this port, of 
the French ships.of war, and to the object of their visit; and of 
course every kind of conjecture is formed as to the probable 
decision of this Government, with respect tu the claims advanced 
by M. Cassas. I learn, in the mean time, from this gentleman, 
that M. Sauvinet, who is still at St. Julian’s, is subjected to a 
species of constant. moral torture, with a view to elicit from him 
some information against the chiefs of the insurrectionary move- 
ment of the 8th of February; promises being made to him, on 
the ‘one hand, that his liberty will be granted to him in considera- 
tion of ‘such relations, while on the other, he is threatened with 
the execution of the sentence pronounced: against him, if he 


perseveres in his declaration of ignorance as to all the circum- 
Stances of that event. 





_ ment, an 
' guarantee to me of the efforts that you will be pleased to make 








It is evident, that in this proceeding, the Portuguese authori- 
ties have another object in view besides the mere obtaining this 
desired information, masmuch as if they can succeed in making 
M. Sauvinet implicate himself in this transaction, they thereby 
acquire a justification of their severity towards him, which at 
present is without an excuse. It may, possibly, be with the 
same view, that the police has, during the last days, redoubled 
its exertions to obtain a clue to this affair, and has arrested, and 
conveyed to St. Julian, several other individuals, in the hope, 
among the number, of at last laying their hands upon some one 
connected with it. I am assured that, in the course of the week, 
no less than fourteen individuals have been arrested; and 
amongst others who have been thus deprived of their liberty, 
are a captain and a lieutenant of the 4th infantry regiment, who 
were taken up on the 6th instant, whilst on duty, and conveyed 
to that fortress. The commission has also resumed its sittings 
since the holidays, and various are the reports which prevail, as 
to the number of persons who have been examined by them, 
previous to undergoing a regular trial, many carrying the num- 
ber as high as two hundred, of those whom they have committed 
for that purpose. When it is remembered that the decree by 
which this tribunal was constituted, declared that it was ap- 
pointed for the trial of persons taken in the actual commission 
of some overt act against the Government, it must be admitted, 
that they give an extraordinary latitude to these words; and, 
considering the spirit in which hs have hitherto acted, and the 
facility of obtaining such evidence as is admitted in the criminal 
courts of this country, the state of alarm generally prevailing 
here will not appear surprising, as in fact no man can consider 
himself secure for an instant, when any one he has chanced to 
offend may denounce him, aud he is exposed to several days’ 
confinement in a loathsome dungeon, before he has an oppor- 
tunity of proving his innocence, with the certainty of remaining, 
even after this, an object of suspicion to the police. 

The Cardoza e Maya, which is detained here at present by 
the bad weather that prevails, will sail as soon as possible, with, 
it is said, four hundred and fifty prisoners, for India and the 
coast of Africa. It remains to be seen whether an attempt will 
be made to send MM. Bonhomme and Sauvinet by her, as was 
originally intended, or whether the presence of the French ships 
of war may not produce a change in their destination. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
Sir George Shee, Bart. (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 
&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 





No. 12. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received April 27.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 11th April 1831. 

I uAve the honour to transmit to your Lordship herewith the 
copy and translation of a note which M. Cassas, the French 
Consul-General in this city, received yesterday from the Viscount 
de Santarem, by which your ne will perceive that all 
further communication between the French and Portuguese 
Governments remains for the present suspended. I have also 
the honour to transmit to your wee copies of a letter which 
M. Cassas has addressed to me upon this occasion, and of the 
answer which I felt it incumbent on me to send to that gen- 
tleman. 

I have the nonour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed ) R. B. Hoppner. 


Viscount Palmerston, 
&amp;ce. &amp;e. Ke. 





Enclosure 1 in No. 12.—(Translation.) 


Viscount de Santarem presents his compliments to M. Cas- 
sas, and informs him, that his note of the 28th of March last, 
involving questions of a diplomatic nature, and he not. being 
invested with any character recognised by the law of nations to 
enter into such communications, which are altogether alien from 
the consular functions, the Government of His Most Faithful, 
Majesty regret extremely that they find themselves in the utter 
impossibility of replying to them. 

Viscount de Santarem avails himself, &amp;c. 
1: Cunsin: (Without Signature.) 


&amp;ec. &amp;c. Ke. 


Enclosure 2 in No. 12.—(Translation.) 
Sir and dear Colleague, Lisbon, 11th April, 1831. 


Tue answer of Viscount de Santarem, which [ communicated 
to you yesterday, rendering it necessary for me to quit Lisbon 
as quickly as possible, I hasten to renew to you the request, 
which I have had the honour verbally to make to you, that you 
will be pleased officially to take under your protection the French 
who are compelled by their affairs to remain in Portugal after 
my departure. The intimate union existing between the 
English and French Cabinets, their probable concurrence to 
obtain &lt;8 gpm for many injuries from the Portuguese Govern- 

the personal sentiments which animate you, are a sure 


to give every possible efficacy to your interference in favour of 
my countrymen; and while, even at present, I take upon 
myself 


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,myself.ito che ithe interpreter. of -the gratitude of the French 

. Government towards you, 1, feel, particular, pleasure. in offering 

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ft biirecvesD ob M y Lisbon, 11th April 1831. 
Lotd-av® just received the: letter which you addressed to me, 
anfiouncing your approaching: departure. from Lisbon, and re- 
questing me to take under. my protection the Natives of France, 
who, by' reason of their affairs, may not be enabled to accom- 
pany your ton) 
ithout an order from my Government, to whom I have 
already communicated the verbal request that you made to me on 
the said subject, I fear that my interference would serve them but 
little, and might even draw on me from the Portuguese Govern- 
ment the offensive observation, that I meddled with business 
which does not concern me; nevertheless, you may be sure that 
I will willingly assist your countrymen, in cases where I think [ 
can do:so. advantageously for them; and, should they be exposed 
to vexations, arising from measures adopted against them by the 
Portuguese agents, after the departure of the French Corvette, 
and during my stay here, I will undertake to offer them an 
asylum on board the vessels of His Britannic Majesty which 
may then be inthe Tagus, until I receive the instructions of my 
Government on that subject. 


I entreat you, Sir, &amp;c. 





M. Cassas. (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 
No. 13. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee. . 
(Received April 27.) 
( Extract.) , Lisbon, 16th April 1831. 


Wnuite the French residents here are making active prepara- 
tions for their departure, the Portuguese Government are, on 
their’ part, busily taking measures to secure themselves against 
any ‘hostile*attack’ that may ensue from their deliberate insult 
of so ‘powerful ‘an enemy. ‘With this view the fortifications at 
Peniche and on the coast of Algarve, have been strengthened ; 
and ‘it is said 'to'be their intention to send to the most exposed 
parts of the Coast all the regular troops that are in garrison in 
the capital, supplying their place with the police corps and the 
royalist volunteers. 

The Cardoza e Maya has not yet sailed, and it is now said 
that her destination has been altered to India alone, and that 
she'will only touch on the coast of Africa on her return. In 
this ‘¢asé neither Bonhomme nor Sauvinet will embark on board 
Of here if the Portuguese Government. still persevere in their 
threat of sending them to their colonies, notwithstanding the 


deéniand made by the French Government for their liberation. 
rabiee iely I am, &amp;e. 

hi. Sir Geor e Shee, Bart. (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 
ott tft g PP 


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No. 14. 


“"'R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received May 3.) 
My, Lord, Lisbon, 23d April, 1831. 

I nave,the honour to inform your Lordship, that M. Cassas, 
the. French Consul-General, embarked on Monday last, the 18th 
instant, on board the French brig of war Endimion, and left this 
port. on the following day, accompanied by a hired French 
vessel, which.was chartered for the purpose, having on board 
between forty and fifty of his country people, who availed them- 
selves oi) the, opportunity thus offered to them of returning to 
France. , Previous to his departure, M. Cassas transmitted a 
noteto,the Viscount de Santarem, setting forth the various sub- 
jects, of complaint urged by the French Government against that 
of Portugal, and holding the latter responsible for the safety, 
and . lives, and property of the French who continue in this, 
counthy., port 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 


ot hi | Pb pa 
a iscount, Palmerston, 
sw 10 Kew &amp;e, &amp;ec. 
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bluow 41 bovise No. 15. 
tli A % R.'B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee. 
ron eeived 3 May) 
ti SMsiw gaits rf : Lisbon, 23d April, 1831. 
of WHRABBR gwing to the excitement occasione by the de- 
pe Mane, OL. ¢ French, or to. some, other cause, several arrests. 
ave occurred here in the course of this week; as many as 
eetngn prions having ben aken np on Thursday, and gent to 
vey ad, rom e other prisons in Lisbon. M. M. Sauyinet and 
Bopt mun have likewise been latterly treated with extreme. 
severity; ~ Bonhomme having been flogged again in the prison, 
a ough:this. punishment is not in the sentence passed against 





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- ‘This, wanton craelty) of the, Portuguese ‘Govern an 
more, extraordinary, as they certainly ae ‘at ly — 
regard fais Even prsibion -in' which they have placed  themselyex 
with France. But so blinded. ig the ultra, party in its -hatred-of 
that nation, that they. appear to imagine that all other pow 
must. participate’ in’ this feeliig, and support them ina . “ 
wherein all the wrong is evidently on eke Side. - Consi fein: 
the weakness of this country, and the exhausted’ state’ of the 
finances, it is really extraordinary to hear with what confidence 
this party talk of resisting,any hostile attack on the part of 
France, and the fone of exultation with which the speak of th, 
departure of the’ F ere ae is *cOuntrymen, althoy h 
acknowledging that it ‘will’ most’ probably lead to hostilitie 
befirsen the ys counties. byt P 
othing, of, any moment, has oecurred here; duri 
week, except eee depaetieee and I regret thar af Jest 
FepOS any, improyement inthe condition of this unfortunate 
people. 
I haye the honour to be, &amp;c. 
Sir George Shee, Bart. (signed) &amp;..Bo Hi 
3 &amp;e. Ke. Sc, . _ 


P.S. General Claudino, a distinguished officer at the time of 
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No. 16. ' 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee, 
(Received May,14.)).., 5.{) | 

(Extract.) » ov) Lisbon, goth: Aipriba8gx;'! 

M.Sauvinert, as [learn from‘his son, continues to be treated 
with extreme severity at St. Julian’s. | He/is constantly iper 
secuted with questions, tending ‘to induce: him to: ‘implicate 
M. in the affair of 8th February,: and to declare that he 
carried him money, which the latter acceptedas the: price of 
treachery to Don Miguel. f 

As the milder means they first adopted, in the hopes of: pre- 
vailing upon him to impeach others, have failed, more Vigorous 
measures are now resorted to, and the sufferings of this un- 
fortunate old man are very severe; his food is-carried to him in 
a bowl by a galley slave, and thrust before:him:on the po 
as if he were a dog ; he is allowed neither knife nor fork to-eat 
it; and although on account of his. feeble health, he: finds ‘it 
exceeding painful to stoop to the ground to reach. it, his:request 
to be allowed a table has been rejected. In common with 4llthe 
other prisoners who possess any pecuniary means, he isconig 
to contribute an equal sum to that of his own daily expense, for 
the maintenance of others of his poorer. companions: iy ‘mise 
fortune, four being the number, which he:is ‘thus obliged to sap- 
port at his charge; nevertheless, he has not been allowed:!t 
assistance of any one of the individuals whom he thus maititdins, 
being left in solitary confinement: : The jailor, Telles Joriad, his 
expressed a willingness to. alleviate: his sufferings, but) declares 
that he dare not do so without an order; which is not! te becob. 
tained. M. Sauvinet further informed me, that although the other 
priceneie are treated with great cruelty, and insulted and ill used 

y the Governor and his soldiery,, the: treatment iexperierited 
by his father is more particulaly severe than: that of ‘the other 
prisoners ; and must at all events be felt the more, from the! great 
age and feeble health of the wretched ‘old man.) 6» 01) ,19wo9 

The report of M. Bonhomme’s: shipment ‘on board! the: hast 
transport for India was incorrect ;: he is stillvat St. Julian'sy-where 
he is beat and ill treated like the other prisoners, and where'they. 
have endeavoured to get.up a new charge against him, |)9!:944' 


I have the honour to be; &amp;c. 





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Sir George Shee, Bart, (signed) 'R, B, Hoppner. 
&amp;e. Xe. Ke. - _ 
No. 17. 
R. B- Hoppner,' Esq. to Sir George Shee. 
(Received May 23.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 14th May 1831. 

I rearn from M. Sauvinet; that his father continues’ to 'be 
treated with extreme 'tigour-at St. Julian’s, notwithstanding a pro- 
mise made by Di Miguel to‘ his daughter, that he should be set 
at liberty, and that his health suffers’ so much from the effects'of 
his: confinement, that he has ‘now ‘no longer ‘any ‘hopes’ of 1 
gaining his liberty.) 9 ais oh sol fon Svs0 

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. An answer°to the French, demand for reparation and ‘satis- 
faction is required in forty-eight hours.’ If it be not conceded at 
thd expiration of that time, the French squadronwill immediately 
begin ‘capturing Portuguese ships. 

ne cts tenon, &amp; Rave the honour to be, &amp;c. 
“Viscount, Palmerston. (signed) Granville. 
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Noi't9- 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to, Viscount, Palmerston. 
.. »| (Received June 1.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 21st May 1831. 

1 uAve the honour fo inform your Lordship, that on Sunday 
last, the 15th instant, a French squadron, consisting of two large 
sixty gun frigates, a corvette and a brig, under the command of 
M. A ee appeared off the Tagus, and in the course of the 
following afternoon, the French brig of war Endimion entered 
this port, bringmg a letter from Count Sebastiani to M. de 
Santarem, to which it was understood that an answer was re- 
quired to be. given in forty-eight hours. On Tuesday morning 
Eglé the Trench corvette which has been lying here since 
M. Cassas’s departure went to sea to join the squadron. Don 
Miguel being still at Zamora, an express was immediately for- 
warded to him with M. Sebastiani’s letter; but it does not appear 
that he was joined upon this occasion by any of his Ministers, 
Count Basto being the only one of them with whom he has been 
in personal corhmunication since his departure for the country. 

Although the instructions given to the commander of the 
Endimién directed him to proceed immediately, and rejoin the 
squadron, at the expiration of the allotted time, it was well known 
that it would be out of his power to comply punctually with them, 
as the tide would not permit him to quit the river until the follow- 
ing morning; the appointed time, in fact, passed without any 
answer reaching him ; and it was not until some hours after that 
a note was conveyed to M. Monay, the commander of the brig, 
from M,.de Santarem, requesting him to prolong his stay for 
forty-eight hours more ;_ to which he replied that, his orders being 
absolute, he must proceed to sea with the first of the tide, on the 
following morning. Before six o’clock the next morning, another 
note was delivered to him from the same quarter, addressed to 
the commander of the squadron, with the same view it appears 
of obtaining a further delay: M. Monay was, however, not able 
to proceed to sea, the wind blowing right into the river, with 
aiyery heavy swell on the bar, and was detained here until to- 

y at noon. 

nthe course of yesterday, I waited upon M.de Santarem, and 
having inquired of his Excellency, whether he had any thing for 
me to communicate to my Government, he replied that he wished 
to have some conversation with me, respecting the pending affairs 
with'France,. | He then entered upon a justification of the conduct 
of the ‘Pottuguese Government with respect to M. Cassas, pre- 
mising: that he considered my situation here as totally different 
from: thatiof: the French Consul. He said that M.Cassas had 
to enter into negotiations with them, of a nature, which, 
bythe Jaw of nations, they were not bound to treat of, except 
with am accredited agent; upon my objecting the ner, omnes | 
of this, under existing circumstances, he still appeared to thin 
that France might have claimed the intervention of some other 
power, though he assented to my remark, that Spain was the only 
nation which had such an accredited agent here, as he required, 
and that there was very little likelihood, in the present state of 
the relations between the two countries, that France would have 
appealed to Spain on such an occasion and for such a purpose 
as he alluded to. 

M. de Santarem seemed to lay great stress upon the fact of 
there being no existing Treaty between Portugal and France to 
regulate the relations between the two countries. In this respect 
their position with regard to England was totally different, and, 
should the French squadron, now off the Tagus, proceed to hos- 
tilities in consequence of the reply made to them, he coufidently 
looked forward to her protection. I replied, that, with regard 
to M. Cassas, his Excellency could not deny that this gentleman 
was the agent of the French Government, in which capacity he 
had been furnished with a document, signed by Don Miguel 
himself, authorizing him to act provisionally as Consul General ; 
that as such the Portuguese Government had treated with him 
lor some time upon the very questions at issue, until all at once 
they thought proper to turn round upon him, and say they would 
have no farther dealings with him. At this time they were fully 
aware that the claims he had.advanced were in pursuance of 
Instructions emanating from his Government, and consequently 
their refusal to answer him would not fail to be considered by 
the French Ministry as a direct and deliberate insult. I did not 
pretend to know who directed their councils ; but it appeared to 
me very like insanity to seek a quarrel with a power so much 
their superior as France; the-quarrel, too, being of their own 
seeking, I was at a loss to comprehend. how they could expect 
the English Government to-embroil themselves in it ; nor could 
L say whe er ‘they Would meet with the support and protection 


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expected. | . 
‘4 de’ Sthadee again ‘alluding to°the Treaties with Great 
in, ‘informed me that “M.d’Asséea hed beeii’ mstructed’ to 
lay the Whole’ of the pending affair before your Lordship, and 


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I answered, that if such was the case, he would probably kaow 
much better than I did what were the sdcitinienewed His Majesty’s 
Government upon it. What J could say to him on this subject 
must be of very little consequence, as it could only he received 
as my private opinion, and I was the more loath to offer any upon 
it, as I neither knew in what consisted the French claims, or 
the answer they intended to give to them. M. de Santarem 
hereupon told me that the claims, with a few trifling exceptions, 
were the same as those advanced by M. de Cassas, and the 
answer they had given to the Commander of the squadron, stated 
that they had referred the whole case for the mediation of the 
English Government, requesting him to suspend his operations 
until he should receive further instructions ; but, I said, if this 
answer should not be deemed satisfactory, and the French proceed 
to hostilities, what will you do then? M. de Santarem could not 
believe, he replied, that this would occur, since the Portuguese 
Government showed no unwillingness to arrange their dispute, 
but, on the contrary, referred it to the arbitration of Great Britain ; 
and, if the French Commander acted hostilely towards them, he 
would render himself responsible to England for doing so. I told 
M. de Santarem, that, highly presumptuous as it must be in me 
to offer an opinion as to the view the English Government would 
take of this question, upon which their decision must depend, 
I could not help thinking there was a possibility of their declining 
to interfere in it at all, upon the principle, that, as they would 
not have permitted the French to prevent their deciding their 
own quarrel in any way they might think proper, so it appeared 
to me unlikely that they should meddle in one that lay entirel 
between the Portuguese and the French Governments, and uk 
the former had brought upon themselves : that the whole question 
might, in the first instance, have been most easily avoided, and 
subsequently adjusted without proceeding the lengths they had 
gone. As for any difference in the position of England and 
France, with regard to Portugal, arising from Treaties existing 
between us, I could not perceive how this in any way applied to 
the present dispute; for that they had kept up the same kind of 
commercial intercourse with France as at present existed with 
England, which was in fact the only intercourse now subsisting 
with Portugal, and, if they wantonly quarrelled with France, it 
appeared to me that no Treaty could oblige us to take a share in 
the dispute, or expose ourselves to the consequences of hostilities 
which they had voluntarily provoked. I begged him also.to 
reflect, that, although the Portuguese Government might be 
desirous of seeking the mediation of England on the present 
occasion, it by no means followed that that of France would be 
equally prone to admit it. Still M. de Santarem insisted that 
such was the nature of the engagements into which Great Britain 
had entered with Portugal, that she must join in her quarrel ; 
and though I urged my belief that a different decision might 
prevail in England, I was again obliged to repeat, that I would 
neither give him hopes, nor venture to dissuade him from enter- 
taining them, as I had no clue whatever to the opinion of His 
Majesty’s Government upon the question. For my own part, 
I said, it appears to me that the wisest thing you can do, will be, 
to adjust the dispute at once: the French commander’s instruc- 
tions are probably of a peremptory nature, enjoining him to act 
according to circumstances, and it is very unlikely that he will 
consent to keep the sea for three weeks or more until any fresh 
instructions should reach him. What, I repeat, will you then do 
if he commences hostilities? M.de Santarem now expressed his 
expectations that the English Squadron in the Tagus would pro- 
tect them in such an emergency, repeating that the French com- 
mander must take the consequences of any aggression. I told him 
that, as to any consequences, this appeared to me a most dangerous 
experiment ; that if hostilities should actually commence, they 
could not foresee where they would terminate, or what would be 
their result ; and with regard to the British Squadron, Captain 
Markland being, as well as myself, without instructions, con- 
templating any movement on the pee of the French, all that he 
could or probably would do, would be to prevent the blockade of 
the Tagus as far as regarded the British flag ; and that, until he 
should receive some positive orders to that effect, I was confident 
he would not interfere between them and the French, or take any 
steps that might draw his country into their quarrel. M.deSan- 
tarem requested me to report to your Lordship what had passed 
between us upon this occasion, which I promised to do, adding, 
that as the packet was on the eve of sailing, and, indeed, in the 
present state of the weather, no vessel could get to sea, there 
would be no advantage in attempting to send off the brig of war 
now lving here, for instructions, which I would otherwise have 
requested Captain Markland todo; besides, I conceived it would 
be far better to keep the Nautillus here for the present, to give 
your Lordship the earliest information of any hostile movement 
of the French squadron, should such be the result of his answer 
to their commander. M. de Santarem concurring with me in 
this, I promised to give him notice, should the Nautillus be 
despatched to England, that he might have an opportunity of 
writing by that vessel. 

Nothing certainly can be more extraordinary than the infatua- 
tion of the Portuguese Government, with regard to this question ; 
nothing more characteristic of the temporising system which is 
their rule of action. The courier to Don Miguel was despatched 
to him at Zamora, on Monday evening, as soon as M.de San- 
tarem was made acquainted with the nature of the French de- 
mands, nor did he return until after the expiration of the term 

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fixed for the receipt of the answer. This it was that obliged the 
Secretary of State to request of the commander of the brig to 
prolon ‘his stay, which of coursé he declined doing. The deci- 
sion, a. tan it does arrive, appears to have been either opposed to 
the French demands, or that the measure already adopted, of ap- 
pealing to the English Government, should be persevered in. Re- 
gardless, therefore, of what may be ‘the consequences, they seek, 
by an evasive answer, to postpone the day of retribution; they 


: look to England for protection, to some unforeseen chance in their 


favour. They see no danger in delay, because delay has hitherto 
been always favourable to them; and were they even certain that 
the first step of the French squadron would be to proceed to 
Terceira, and bring the troops from thence to invade them, they 
have Spain to support them by land, and the English ore 
in the Tagus, to prevent any hostile attack from the sea, England 
and Spain are both to engage in a war which Don Miguel’s 
Government has most gratuitously provoked, of the justice or 
necessity of which they pug not be persuaded, which, whether 
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successful or not, can only be productive of loss to them. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
Viscount Palmerston, (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 


&amp;e. &amp;c. Xe. 





No. 20. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received June 4.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 24th May 1831. 

ConcEivine it of importance that His Majesty’s Government 
should have as early information as possible of the intentions of 
the French Squadron off the Tagus, and not being able to learn 
any thing decisive here, the Viscount de Santarem having even, 
in answer to my inquiries, assured me that he was ignorant of 
their purpose, | determined to take advantage of the presence 
of His Majesty’s steam vessel Carron, and to go myself to the 
French Squadron, to ascertain, if possible, what proceedings they 
intended to adopt. 

Ihave now the honour to inform your Lordship, that, not con- 
sidering the Viscount de Santarem’s answer, which only reached 
M. Rabaudy in the afternoon of the 22d, satisfactory, the ships 
under his command commenced hostilities yesterday evening, the 
23d instant, by capturing sone small Portuguese coasting vessels, 
which were navigating at the mouth of the Tagus. 

The Melpomene, M. Rabaudy’s ship, not being in sight, this 
was the only information I was able to glean from the commander 
of the Cyrene, who either did not himself know, or appeared un- 
willing to communicate their plans to me. I understood him to 
say, that their hostilities would be confined to the Portuguese 

ag. 
it has been supposed by many, that the departure of His Ma- 
jesty’s ships for England, affording the most convincing proof 
to this Government that they did not remain here for their pro- 
tection, as they were themselves willing to believe, and to im- 
press upon the people of this country, would induce the Portu- 
guese Government, even now, to attempt to avert the consequences 
of their imprudent conduct towards Toast, by complying with 
the demands of the French Minister; I am inclined, however, to 
believe that this will not be the case, and that they will persevere 
in the answers they have already given. A third frigate was 
expected immediately to join the Squadron, which at present 
consists of twa frigates, two corvettes, and two brigs of war. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c 


Viscount Palmerston (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 


&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 





No. 21. 


R, B. Hopprer, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received 9th June 1831) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 28th May 1831. 

Au.tuovucnH hostilities commenced on the part of the French 
Squadron on the 23d instant, as I had the honour to inform your 
Lordship in my despatch of the 24th instant, no notice of this 
event, either — or private, was given by the Portuguese Go- 
vernment to the merchants, whose property is principally likely 
to suffer by it, until the evening of the 26th, the Secretary of the 
Marine Department, in reply to the question which was put to 
him by Siir Joao Antonio d’Almeida, one of the principal mer- 
chants here, whether, in consequence of the reported blockade of 
the Tagus, it would be safe to send any vessel to sea,—then stated, 
that in a few days every thing would be settled to the satisfaction 
of the commercial interests; thus even evading a direct and ex- 
plicit answer; and even yesterday, the Viscount de Santarem 
affected to have no certain knowledge of the capture of any of 
their vessels, although they have been taken within sight of the 
coast, So extraordinary a line of conduct naturally excites the 

reatest surprise here, and it is by no means to the advantage of 
the Government, being considered as an acknowledgment that 
they have brought the country into a difficulty which they have 
neither the strength to face, nor the courage to avow. In the 
‘mean time the commerce of Portugal receives a severe blow 
from the blockade of her ports, as must, ultimately, the revenue, 








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which is chiefly derived from this source, and the merchants 


complain of the hardships to which they are individually ex. 


posed, while the instigators of the quarrel remain untouched, and 
uninjured. 

The Government has viewed, with dismay, the departure of 
His. Majesty’s ships from the river, ovtin as | stated in my ppe- 
ceding despatch to your Lordship, persuaded themselves and their 
adherents, that they remained here for their protection. ~M,.de 
Santarem requested me yesterday to express to your Lordship 
the regret with which he and‘his colleagues had witnessed thi, 
event, and their hopes that His Majesty’s Government would 
permit the speedy return of some other vessels here, which the 
deemed indispensably necessary in the present state of affairs: 
although promisitig to’ comply with his wishes in! this réspect, 
it was of course not in my power to’ hold out any hopes to him 
that they would be complied with, being ignorant of the views, 
of His Majesty’s Government, with regard to the question at issue 
between Portugal and France. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c, 


(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 


Viscount Palmerston, 
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No 22. 


Viscount d’Asseca to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received June 1.) 


(Translation.) 
My Lord, London, 1st June, 1831, 

I nasTEN to bring to the knowledge of your Excellency the 
orders which I have received from my Government, to solicit 
the good offices of the Government of His Britannic Majesty 
with that of France, with a view to prevent the acts of hostility 
with which that Government seems to menace Portugal, The 
conduct of M. Cassas, and the armaments which are preparing 
in the ports of France, as well as the unmeasured language of 
the French Ministers, cannot but give rise to apprehensions in 
the Government of his Most Faithful Majesty. 

Your Excellency is well acquainted with the distressing 
causes which have given rise to the differences between the two 
countries. My Government has not been influenced in this 
whole affair by enmity towards the French Government; it had 
no other object than to exercise the right which belongs to every 
independent State, to administer the laws of the country with 
justice and impartiality. My Government has never refused to. 
enter into full end friendly explanation with the French Govern- 
ment, on the subject of its grievances, and to give to it such’ 
explanations as are compatible with the honour and independence, 
of Portugal. 

Deprived of all direct communication with the Court of 
France, nothing is more natural for my Government than to seek 
the mediation of its most ancient and intimate Ally, I conceive 
it to be unnecessary to recall to your Excellency the nature of 
the Alliance which exists for so long a period between the two 
Kingdoms, and the Treaties which render that Alliance binding 
and obligatory ; your Excellency knows very well, that in virtue 
of those Treaties, the subjects of His Britannic Majesty enjoy 
privileges which the subjects of no other nation possess. 

During the last three years the Government of His Britannic 
Majesty , constantly claimed the execution of the stipulations 
which guarantee those privileges; and your Excellency cannot 
deny that these obligations have been executed by my Govern- 
ment under very difficult and embarrassing circumstances, 

The honour and integrity with which the two Governments 
have constantly fulfilled their mutual engagements, afford to the 
Government of His Most Faithful Majesty every reason to hope, 
that it will find in its ally the co-operation which is necessary to, 
avoid an event of which the disastrous consequences cannot 
escape the foresight of your Excellency. Although it is, the 
disposition of the Portuguese Government to employ every 
means compatible with its honour and its interests to avert hos- 
tilities on the part of France, it is possible that the attitude 
which the French Government has thought it necessary to 
assume, may render these precautions ineffectual, and that that 
Government may attempt some open aggression against the 
independence of Portugal, 

Although Portugal might have the right to demand effectual 
succours from its Ally against violence so outrageous, neverthe- 
less in the actual state of Europe, and with reference to the fatal 
consequences that might ensue, it is to be supposed that the 
Government of His Britannic Majesty will feel it right, while 
there is yet time, to concur in the adoption of such measures as 
may prevent calamities so serious. I again repeat, Viscount, that 
the honour and dignity of the Government of His Britannic 
Majesty ought fully to satisfy the Government of His. Most 
Faithful Majesty, that those steps which it may advise the latter 
to take shall never compromise either its dignity or its inde- 
pendence ; and it is, above all, on the friendly and enlightened 
mediation of England, that the Portuguese Government rely for 


averting the evils with which the French Government menaces 


Portugal. 
I have the honour, &amp;e. ; 
Viscount Palmerston, (signed) Viscount d Asseca. 
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No. 23. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received June 14.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 4th June, 1831. 

A.ttwoucn the French Squadron commenced their operations 
against this country on the 22d ultimo, and, in the course of the 
ensuing week, had captured off this port as many as eleven 
vessels, of different sizes, a circumstance which it was impossi- 
ble to keep concealed from the public, it was not until the 31st 
that this Goverament took auy official notice of an event so 
deeply involving the commercial interests of the country: on 
that day, an Edict, of which I have, herewith the honour to 
transmit to your Lordship a’ printed copy, with an accompanying 
translation, was. affixed ‘upon ’Change, and at the door of the 
India House, and, as may naturally be supposed, excited the 
most lively interest, on the part of the mercantile body. On the: 
statement contained in this paper it will be only necessary for 
me to observe, that the Portuguese Government seem desirous, 
by this document, to imply, that the claims originally urged by 
i. Cassas, were different from those now put forth by the com- 
mander of the French Squadron, although, in fact, the difference 
‘between them, if any, is most trifling, and that they only men- 
tion the capture of one vessel, while at the same time already 
stated, a much larger number were known to have fallen into 
their hands, ‘the’ crews of several of which had been landed at 
Belem, before the publication in question. This latter variation 
from the plain fact, it is extremely difficult to account for, unless 
it were adopted with the wish to diminish the alarm which the 
circumstance of the blockade of the coast, could not fail to pro- 
duce throughout the:country; but I cannot help considering the 
document as a failure altogether, the universal sentiment appear- 
ing to be, that if the French have made no other claims than 
what are here set’ forth, they might easily, and ought to have 
been complied with, 

Simultaneously with the publication of the above Edict, an 

order was issued to the arsenal, to prepare, with all possible 
expedition, every vessel of war in the river that could be got 
ready for sea, and great activity has since prevailed in fitting 
out all the disposable vessels. Of these, the Diana, 54, and 
Perola, 44, frigates ; the Don Pedro, 18 gun brig; Don Sebastian 
of 10, and Memoria brigantine, of 6 guns, are now ready, and 
have their sea pilots appointed to them. The corvettes Don Joao 
4° of 26'; Lealdale of 26; 22d Fevereiro, 10 gun brig, and Gloria 
ditto, will be ready in'a few days. The Don Joao 6th of 74, 
requiring heavy repairs, will not be ready in less than a month, 
and the Amazona 52, in about twenty days. 
- The French force, by the last accounts, had captured thirteen 
vessels off this’ port, the crews of most of which have been 
immediately landed : they all — the extreme moderation and 
attention with which they have been treated by the captors, who 
appear anxious, by this means, to ensure similar favour to such 
of their countrymen ‘as remain in Lisbon. 

I have the honour to’ mform your Lordship, that orders were 
yesterday issued’ for calling out the militia, which are to continue 
in active service, and that a considerable movement has taken 
place’ among’ the regular corps of the army, troops and artillery 
being sent 'to different points along the coast, as far north as 
Figuera. The commanders of every fortified post have received 
instructions, on’no account to permit the French to land to 
obtain water or provisions, and, whenever they come within gun- 
shot, to fire upon-them. These measures indicate a determina- 
tion on the part of the Portuguese Government not to yield to 
the French claims; a decision in which they are encouraged by 
the intelligence ‘that has reached them, of the Toulon and Brest 
Squadrons being countermanded, and by their conviction, that 
they will confine their hostilities to the making reprisals upon 
the Portuguese commerce. Such, too, is the feeling among 
many of the merchants of this country, who complain bitterly of 
the losses and inconvenience to which they are subjected by such 
a proceeding, on the part of the French Government, instead of 
sending an adequate force to ensure the reparation of the insult 
they have received, and to punish the real authors of it. 


I heve the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 


&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 


P.S.—Since writing the above, I have been confidently in- 
formed, that no orders have yet been issued to prepare biscuit 
for the squadron, whence, and from the statements o the officers 
on board the ships themselves, it, appears that they will only 
take up a station between Belem and Caseaes, for the defence of 
the coast, in the immediate vicinity of the capital. The money 
which was in the chest of the Junta dos Juros, that is to say, the 
sum vested for the payment of the interest of the loans con- 
tracted for by this Government, has been sent into the arsenal to 
defray the extra expenses. 

. aa (signed) R. B. H. 





Enclosure in No. 23.—(Translation.) tail 
[The following has been notified to the Board of Trade, §c.] 
Most Illustrious and Excellent Sir, 


M.Cassas, the French Consular Agent, lately resident at this 
court, having addressed to His Majesty’s Government claims 


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which, at the same time that they were alien to his functions, 
were in complete contradiction to the most open’ and: repeated 
declarations of. his Government, of non-imterferenéé'in the inter- 
nal affairs of other countries, and which neither the law of 
nations nor general custom ever authorized such functionaries 
to urge; it was explained to him, that as he was ‘not invested 
with that character, established by the laws of nations, to’ make 
communications of such a nature, exceeding the consular powers, 
His Majesty found it therefore impossible to reply to his de- 
mands. Notwithstanding this answer, founded as it was upon 
principles never hitherto controverted in any country, thé Consul 
decided * returning to France, having previously convened 
the f subjects residing in the kingdom, for the purpose of 
inviting them to accompany them. To this proposal few acceded, 
the greater part remaining tranquilly under the shelter of the 
laws and authorities, whose protection was never withheld from 
those foreigners who peaceably seek the means of their sub- 
Sistence. 


Two French frigates, two corvettes, and one brig of war, having 
appeared upon the coast of this Kingdom, the commander of 
that squadron addressed to his Majesty’s Government an official 
communication, containing the following demands; viz. 

1. The liberation of Edmond Potentin Bonhomme, and the. 
abrogation of the sentence pronounced upon him; the applica- 
tion of the penalties of that sentence being considered as an, 
outrage to France. 

2. The dismissal of the judges who pronounced the sentence 
and the official publication of the act by which the sentence is 
annulled. 

3. A compensation of 20,000 francs to Bonhomme. 

4. The liberation, in opposition to the laws of the kingdom, of 
Claude Sauvinet, a naturalized Portuguese, who was sentenced. 
to ten years’ transportation to Africa, by a Special Commission. . 

. §- Acompensation of 6,000 francs to each of the two French- 
men, Gambey and Vallon, arbitrarily arrested at Oporto ;, and a 
compensation of 3,000 francs to another Frenchman, named 
Dupont, who was confined in prison in Lisbon, during one. year ;, 
all of whom were sentenced to expulsion from Portugal, in virtue. 
of a sentence by which no culpability was proved against them, , 

6. The compensation of 10,000 francs, previously claimed by 
M. Cassas, in favour of the engraver Dubois, for the injuries he 
sustained in consequence of his imprisonment. é 

7. A compensation of 20,000 frances for the French who have 


already quitted Lisbon; and for the expense of chartering , the 


ship Jumeaux; and also a compensation (the amount of which 
to be hereafter settled) to those who, having remained in Lisbon 
after the departure of the Consul, may have sustained any, 
injury. 

8 ‘The strict observance in future, of the French privilege of 
not being liable to arrest, except by an order from the Judge 
Conservator of those privileged nations, who have not an exclu 
sive conservator. 


From the moment that the French Consular Agent had incom- 
petently made these demands, his Majesty’s Government had’ 
immediate recourse to the Allies of the Crown of Portugal, with 
whom there existed arrangements of cgonventional ‘right and 
solemn Treaties, in order to treat upon this matter in a manner 
suitably to the dignity of these Kingdoms, this being an accom- 
modation admitted by the law of nations in such cases. It was 
accordingly stated, in reply to the French commander, that the 
Portuguese Government not having any person in “Paris autho- 
rized to treat upon such a business, Nm . Cassas himself not 
having been so authorized, by any conimission communicated to 
the Portuguese Government, His Majesty’s Government found 
themselves in a situation of utter inability to come to.an under- 
standing with the French Government on any of those points, 
but that wishing to bring the matter to a close, they had resolved 
to avail penne, Say for that purpose, of the mediation of the 
Allies of the Crown of Portugal, and that under those circum+ 
stances, it would neither be consonant with motives of delicacy, 
nor with the nature of such a proceeding, to give the categorical 
answer demanded. ‘That His Majesty’s Government trusted he 
would communicate this answer without delay to his own Govern- 
ment; and that any violent proceedings on his part, in opposi- 
tion to the spirit of those explanations, would be looked upon 
by all nations as an unprovoked act of aggression. 

In spite of this communication, the French ships of war: pro- 
ceeded to capture the Portuguese brig Constante from Para.) 


Under these unpleasant circumstances, the King our Lord has 
has been pleased to order the above to be communicated to the 
royal Board of Trade, &amp;c., that it may be’ published for the 
necessary purposes; and his Majesty hopes that; from the 
measures already adopted, and others which his Majesty ‘may 
deem it expedient to employ, such occurrences will shortly cease 
to take place. 

All of which your Excellency will please to make known to 
that tribunal. ; 

God preserve you, &amp;c. 


(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 
The Marquess Lord Steward. 





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“a "cor, NO» 240 
Ma’ Asseca to Viscount Palmerston. 
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‘My Lord...) ; London, 7th June 1831. 

I wave the honour to transmit to your Excellency a copy of 
@ communication which my, Government has received from the 
commandant of the French squadron at the mouth of the Tagus, 
together with the translation of the answer which my Govern- 
ment hassent. When I received the order to make you acquainted 
with this correspondence, [ was at the sanre time desired to renew 
the demand for your mediation wtth the French Government. 
Upon a matter of such great importance, I need only refer to the 
letter which I had the honour of addressing to you, dated the 1st 
of this month; and although your Excellency has constantly 
refused to employ the mediation which I have so urgently so- 
licited, I venture to hope that your knowledge of this last com- 
munication, to which I venture to draw your Excellency’s 
attention, while it shows clearly the spirit which animates the 
French Government in their late proceedings, will alter the de- 
termination which you have hitherto manifested, to refuse the 
mediation that I solicited, and may perhaps change your opinion 
upon the ady.ce which you have given to my Government, to 
accede to every thing which the French Government has 
demanded. 

The honour and independence of the Portuguese Government 
have at all times been dear to the Government of His Britannic 
Majesty; since the existence of those Treaties which bind the 
two countries to each other, and relying, as [ do, on the loyalty of 
the Government of His Britannic Majesty, I feel warranted in 
believing that, at a moment when the French Government is 
attacking each of these two principles, the Government of Por- 
tugal will not be abandoned by its ancient and intimate ally. 

he commandant of the French Squadron, paying no attention 
to the answer of my Government, in which it appealed to the 
Government of His Britannic Majesty, has proceeded to com- 
mence actual hostilities, by capturing several Portuguese vessels ; 
and the determination which he has evinced to continue these 
captures, will force the Portuguese Government to adopt some 
measures of defence, in order to fulfil its duty of protecting the 
interests of its subjects. I am ignorant of the nature of these 
measures; but, whatever they may be, they must at all times be 
justifiable, °s means of defence against unprovoked aggression. 
It is unnecessary to point out to your Excellency the position 
in which Portugal will be placed in reference to England should 
it find itself involved in a war with France, which it has not pro- 
voked, and in which it will be acting only on the defensive. It 
is to avoid complications which cannot escape your foresight, 
that the Portuguese Government appeals to the friendly media- 
tion of the Government of His Britannic Majesty, a Government 
whose honour and fidelity in executing its treaties, afford every 
reason to hope that the interests of Portugal, which are by 
Treaties placed under its defence, will be preserved on this 
occasion; as they have been upon many others. 


I avail myself, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed) Viscount d’ Asseca. 


&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 





Enclosure 1. in No. 24. 
M. de Rabaudy to Viscount de Santarem. 
(Translation.) 


On board His Majesty’s Frigate, Melpomene, 

Viscount, 19th May 1831. 

Tue Portuguese Government, in refusing to satisfy the just 
demands which M. Cassas had been ordered to present to them, 
compels the French Government at the present moment to listen 
only to its offended dignity, and to obtain, by every means in its 

wer, the reparation of wrongs which affect alike the honour of 

rance and the interests of its citizens. Previously, however, to 
its having recourse to such measures, the Government of his Ma- 
jesty the King of the French, has wished to afford a new proof 
of the moderation by which it is animated, by charging me to 
make one last attempt with your Excellency, in the hope of ob- 
taining, by means of persuasion only, the satisfaction which it 
has'a'right to demand. Itis in conformity with intentions so 
honourable and conciliatory, that I have the honour of addressing 
to your Excellency the present communication. 
ot many years past the Portuguese Government has mani- 
fested towards France, sentiments of enmity and ill-will which 
nothing can justify, and the evidences of these feelings have be- 
come more numerous since the glorious events which signalized 
the end of July 1830. But it is chiefly against the French 
established in Portugal, upon the faith of Treaties, and in reliance 
npon the law of nations, that this unjust spirit of hatred and of 
persecution has been principally displayed. Arrested under fri- 
volous pretexts, and upon vague accusations, they either languish 
in prison without trial, or they are condemned without reason to 
cruel.and infamous punishments; or if, after protracted suffer- 
ings, some individuals have been declared innocent, and have 
regained their hberty, it is in vain they demand the indemnifica- 
tion which is due to them for a detention, of which the injustice 
has been acknowledged. 














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Those Frenchmen who, during the last eight months, hay 
come to Lisbon by sea, haye been detained at Belem, upon their 
arrival, under pretences equally futile, have been treated by the 
police with a rigour quite inconceivable, and, in spite of the 
vigorous remonstrances of his Majesty’s Consul; nor has this) 
species of persecution been spared even in the case’ of at indi 
vidual attached to'the consulate itself.‘ Vidlent articles against. 
France and its Government, and scandalous’ reflections une 
Frenchmen established in Portugal; have beén inserted in’ pamph 
lets, of which‘one has been published under the special protection 
of the Chief of the Portuguése Government.’ ‘The same deely- 
mations, the same excitements to hatred against peaceable and 
unoffending strangers, ‘have’ re-echoed' fromthe pulpit: ang 
clergymen have been guilty’ of this violation of every principle 
of justice and of decency, without being silenced by the Por- 
tuguese Government, in compliance with the just demands of 
our Consul, | So far from this, the Government itself has afforded 
a clear and unequivocal proof of its hostile disposition towards 
France,—first, by sanctioning, notwithstanding the pressing 
remonstrances of M. Cassas, the unjust condemnation of Mr. Bon. 
homme, and afterwards by causing an ignominious and cryel 
sentence to be executed upon this Frenchman, without regard 
either to the remonstrances or the protests of our Consul. The 
same feelings of enmity, the same hatred against France, have 
dictated the accusation against the Sieur Sauvinet, and the 
judgment pronounced upon him, without the existence of any 
proof of the crime with which he was charged. Finally, Viscount, 
the Portuguese Government has not feared to add a new outrage 
to so many insults, by refusing to return any answer to the 
demands of reparation made to it by the French Consul at Lisbon, 
their refusal being grounded on the frivolous and utterly inad- 
missible pretext, that this agent, not being invested with the 
diplomatic character, was not qualified to make.such communi- 
cations. In this state of affairs the French Government has 
ordered me to address, or rather to renew, to your Excellency, the 
following demands : 

ist. The restoration to liberty of the Sieur Bonhomme, and 
the annulling by a special act of requalification of the sentence 
pronounced upon him, a sentence, of which the ignominous part 
was executed in spite of the remonstrances of the Consul of his 
Majesty at Lisbon, and of the many communications by which 
that agent declared that he considered the act as an outrage 
committed upon France in the person of one of its citizens. 

2d. The dismissal of the Judges who pronounced the sen- 
tence, and an official publication of the act of requalification by 
which that sentence will have been anulled. 
gdly. An indemnity of 20,000 francs to the Sieur Bonhomme. 
sthly. The liberation of the Sieur Sauvinet, declared to be a 
naturalized Portuguese in violation of the laws of the kingdom, 
and condemned by an Extraordinary Commission at Lisbon, of 
which your Excellency yourself formally admitted the incompe- 
tency,to ten years of banishment to Africa,and this in conformity 
with a sentence, of which the very terms demonstrate that not 
one of the charges brought against him had been proved, 

5thly. An indemnity of 6,000 francs to each of the individuals, 
Gamby and Vallon, arbitrarily detained at Oporto, and one of 
3,000 francs to the Sieur Dupont, detained for a year at Lisbon; 
all three ultimately expelled from Portugal, in conformity witha 
sentence containing no real charge whatever against them. 

6thly. The indemnity of 10,000 frances already demanded by 
M. Cassas in favour of the Sieur ubois, engraver, for the losses 
which he suffered in consequence of his unjust detention in the 
prisons of Lisbon. 

7thly. An indemnity of 20,000 francs for those Frenchmen 
who have already quitted Lisbon, and for the freighting of the 
ship Jumeaux, besides an indemnity, of which the amount shall 
be hte we: fixed, for those Frenchmen who remained at Lisbon 
after the departure of the Consul, and who have sustained any 
injury since his departure. 

8thly. The strict observance, in future, of the right of French- 
men to be protected from arrest, except by virtue of an order 
from the Judge Conservator of those privileged nations, who 
have not at present one specially belonging to them. 

Having now, in obedience to my instructions, presented a de- 
tailed statement of those wrongs of which France expects the 
complete reparation, I proceed to discharge another duty of my 
mission, by declaring to your Excellency, that a fresh refusal of 
satisfaction for such just demands, would infallibly draw upon 
the Portuguese Government consequences for which they would 
only have themselves to blame. I am also obliged to add, in 
the most distinct manner, that if the satisfactions that I have 
demanded, are not given formally and completely within forty- 
eight hours from the present time, it will only remain for me to 
execute the orders with which I have been intrusted by my 


Government. Accept, &amp;c. 
(signed) De Rabaudy, 
His Excellency Viscount de Santarem, Captain of the Navy. 
&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 


P. S.—The brig Endimion, which I have employed to convey 
to you this despatch, will wait forty-eight hours in the Tagus for 
the receipt of your answer, after which time it has been ordered 
to rejoin me. 





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Enclosure 2 in: No, 24. 
Viscount de Santarem to M. de Rabaudy.. 
(Translation.) 


In having the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the com- 
munication, which you have, addressed to me, dated the 15th of 
this month, and which'was delivered to me on the 16th, at six 
o'elock in the evening, by.an. officer of the brig of war Endimion, 
[have at the same time’ that of asigany 3 you in reply, that the 
Portuguese Government; not having at Paris any agent autho- 
rized to treat of matters of such high political importance as that 
which forms the, subject/of, your, communication, and not being 
aware of any diploma, which can authorize M. Cassas to exercise 
even consular functiens, but, on the other, hand, being desirous of 
coming to a good understanding with the French Government, 
and to consult amicably with it upon.a subject so. weighty, and 
of which it desires to, terminate the discussion ina manner at 
once compatible with the honour of Portugal, and the just con- 
sideration which is due to France, lost no time in addressing 
itself to jts Allies, and particularly to England, for the attainment 
of this end. 

The important, subject, then, of your communication, being 
considered with reference to the consequences which might flow 
from it, it, would, be. inconsistent, with motives of delicacy, and 
also with the, nature of the, transaction itself, to give you the 
categorical, answer, which you demand, an answer, moreover, 
which wonld be found in, opposition to the above considerations. 

The, Portuguese. Government hope that you will communicate 
this answer, as,speedily, as, possible to your Government, and that 
you will, in, the mean time, abstain from any proceeding that 
might be at,variance with principles of moderation, and which 
could only be considered by other nations as an unprovoked act 
of aggression, 
wit DL avail myself, &amp;c. 

M.'Rabaudy. 


(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 





No. 25. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee. 
(Received June 20.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 10th June 1831. 

Tue agents of this Government continue actively employed 
in fitting out their naval force, nor have they at all intermitted 
in the measures they have adopted for the defence of the coast. 
Two more line-of-battle ships have been ordered to be fitted out 
as floating batteries, to be stationed near the mouth of the Tagus, 
and several hands have been pressed along the coast for the pur- 
pose of manning their ships of war, which. are all very short of 
their complement. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
Sir George Shee, Bart. (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 
&amp;e. Re. Re. 





No. 26. 


Viscount Granville to, Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received June 16.) 
(Extract:) Paris, 13th June 1831. 
“T YRANSMITTED to you by the last messenger, a paper, in 
which it was stated that several battalions of troops had been 
embarked on bourd certain ships at Brest and at Toulon, which 
were destined for Portugal; but upon inquiries which I have 
subsequently made, and from the assurances given to me by the 
Count Sebastiani, I find that in each of the ships not more than 
eighty soldiers have been embarked, and that they were sent on 
board only for the purpose of completing their war establishment. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


' Viscount Palmerston, (signed) Granville. 


&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 





No. 27. 
Viscount Palmerston to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Foreign Office, 17th June 1831. 

I nave received your despatch, giving an account of the 

manner in which the Portuguese Government have dealt with the 
demands for satisfaction, made upon them by the Government of 
France, and Of the proceedings on both sides which have followed. 
Thave also HedBived a communication, of which I enclose a copy, 
from'the Viscount d*Assecd, asking for the mediation of England 
mm the dispute which has .ariser between the Governments of 
France and PRortagal; ,;.- 
_ His Majesty’s Government. desire that: you will lose no time 
in calling the serious attention of the Portuguese Government to 
the great and imminent dangers to which they may expose the 
interests of their country, by refisitig or delaying to offer to the 
French Government just ‘and’ reasonable’ satisfaction upon ‘the 
matters to which theirdemands relates "8" §0 4 1? 

It has been felt here that the conduct of the Portisuése Go- 
vernment, in the discussions which took place previously to the 


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arrival of the French squadron off the Tagus, has not been con- 
sistent with prudence or international courtesy; and that it has 
been ill suited to the relative situation of, Por d France. 

The Government of Portugal appear .to have held with M. Cassas 
communications of all kinds, politic as well as commercial, as 
long as M.Cassas was acting upon his own discretion, atid in 
virtue of his general instructions; but whew dt ‘last!M / Cassas 
was specifically charged by his Government as their authorized 
agent to make demands of reparation for’ injuries ‘sustained ‘ty 
French subjects in Portugal, the Portuguese Government thought’ 
fit to choose that particular moment to object to’ his’ conrpeténey 
as a channel of communication on any but'commereial’ mattets} 
and they refused to receive through him the demand which he 
was ordered by his Government to make, 

What was the meaning of this decision? Did the Portuguese 
Government think that by such an answer they could force the 
French Government to recognize Don Miguel by ‘rendering recog~ 
nition an indispensable preliminary to the reception of a demand 
for satisfaction ? 

They could hardly have entertained so strange a supposition ; 
and have imagined that they could extort by injury and offence 
a recognition which, upon deliberate consideration, had as’ yet 
been withheld. 

Did they mean merely to offer a gratuitous affront to the French 
Government, or were they conscious-of the justice of the demands 
and of their own inability to make any sufficient reply to them ? 
and did they seek merely to gain time, trusting to unforéseen 
accidents for an escape from the necessity of affording the satis- 
faction which was due? 

It was obvious that France could not allow the matter to’ rest 
there, and a Government endued with the smallest’ degrée of 


foresight must have expected, that as soon as M.Cassas’ de- 


parture from Lisbon should be known in France, measures’ would 
immediately be taken to repeat in more peremptory ternis, ‘and 
with menace in the event of refusal, the demarids which had been 
made through him. 08 

This accordingly happened; a Frencli' naval’ force’ arrived off 
the Tagus: the demands were repeated and reprisals announced 
within a specified number of hours if satisfaction were not 


afforded. What was the conduct of the Portuguese Goveriiment 
upon this? did they agree to the demands, or did they give an 
answer justifying their refusal? neither. . They contented them+ 


selves with saying that they had referred the matter to’ theit 
Allies, without knowing whether the Governments whom they so 
described, would or would not consent to undertake the mediation’ 
and upon this vague and indefinite reply, they expected thatthe 
French naval commander would disobey the orders with which 
he had sailed. anivede 

If the Government of Portugal had felt that they had any just 
reasons to give for declining to comply with the demands® of 
France, and if their only reason for not replying to M.'Cassas was 
his want of proper diplomatic character, would they not imme- 
diately upon his departure from Lisbon have sent some agent to 
Paris, to afford the necessary explanations, or would they ‘not 
have offered those explanations through the Spanish Minister at 
Pavis, Spain at least having acknowledged Don Miguel. But if 
any reasons, which are not apparent, prevented the Portugvese 
Government from pursuing either of these courses, why, did they 
not, when the French naval force arrived off the Tagus, then 
tender to the French Government, through the commanding 
officer of the squadron, that satisfaction which they felt to be 
due, and offer explanations, if they had any to give, to show that 
more was demanded of them than strict justice required. 

The Portuguese Government ought to be made aware, if it is 
not so already, that the Government of France will not content 
itself with the reprisals already made, and that if the Government 
of Portugal do not immediately give satisfaction, measures of 
more vigorous hostility are in contemplation, and will speedily be 
put in force. a 

His Majesty’s Government are perfectly aware of all the obliga- 
tions towards Portugal imposed upon them by the Treaties which 
subsist between the two countries, Treaties which are not, abro- 
gated or suspended by the present discontinuance of diplomatic 
relation between the two Governments, or by the circumstance 
that the person, in whose name the Government, of , Portugah)is 
now administered, is not recognized by the King of, England. , 

But His Majesty’s Government do not admit, that; the true 
meaning of those Treaties can compel them. blindly, to take yp 
any quarrel into which a Portuguese administration may,jn,.1ts 
infatuation plunge its country, or to defend that administration, 
night or wrong against all whom it may, choose to,injure or 
affront. His Majesty’s Government take a deep,mierest in; the 
welfare of Portugal, and would sincerely lament, any misfortune 
which might befal that country. But if those,who now,gover 
Portugal, despising all considerationsof ordimaty,pradenge, and 
neglecting and rejecting the counsels which may jbe| given them, 
rush without just grounds into a contest with a Power withwhich 
they are utterly unable to cope, upon those persons/must lie-the 
heavy responsibilty of all the calamities, which, may,ensue. ,.{.,, 

You are therefore instructed immediately to go: to M:de San- 
tarem, to represent to him all the foregoing considerations, aid to 
state to him that His Majesty’s Government earnestly counsel the 
Government of Portugal to lose not a single: day in-givinggpst 
satisfaction to France, and to assure him that every hour’s:delay 
in doing so exposes Portugal to increasing danger. ** = 

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His, Majesty’s Goyernment have no hesitation in advising the 
immediate liberation of. M.M. Bonhonme and Sauvinet. With 
respect, to, the; former, doubts are entertained of the sufficiency 
of, the,,proof| upon which his sentence was founded, and he has 
already undergone part of the punishment awarded. With respect 
to, the, second, the treatment which he has suffered has been, 
as, far,as, His\ Majesty's Government are informed, arbitrary, 
unjust and cruel. 

is Majesty's Government cannot form an opinion as to the 
amount of compensation claimed for these two individuals, but 
they, recommend the Portuguese Government to do whatever may 
be just upon that point. 

The compensation claimed for other persons is a matter with 
respect to which His Majesty’s Government have no means of 
forming an opinion, but, judging of this question from what they 
know of the eourse pursued by the Portuguese Government in 
other cases, they think it highly probable that the compensation 
claimed is justly due.. 

With respect to the removal of the Judges who condemned 
M. Bonhomme, His Majesty’s Government have not a sufficiently 
accurate knowledge of the particulars of the case to warrant them 
in pronouncing an opinion ; but they have to observe that if the 
Portuguese Government possess the power of removing Judges, 
and have exercised that power in political cases when they have 
disapproved the judgments pronounced, they have at least them- 
selves afforded a precedent for the demand now made upon them 
by France. 

The privilege claimed for French subjects in Portugal, of 
being protected by Judges Conservator of those nations who 
have such Judges, is a privilege enjoyed by the French under an 
Alvara of the King of Portugal, as far back as 1685, and the 
recent treatment of French subjects in Portugal, seems sufficiently 
to powve the importance of that protection. 

is Majesty’s Government do not know whether this privilege 
was renewed at the termination of the last war between France 
and Portugal, and whether it has been practically enjoyed by 
French subjects in Portugal during the last sixteen years. If it 
has been so enjoyed, the French Government seem entitled to 
demand its strict observance. If, on the other hand, the privilege 
has expired, and has ceased to exist, His Majesty’s Government 
cannot but recommend that it should be renewed by a fresh order 
from the Portuguese Government. 

Upon. these demands, therefore, His Majesty’s Government 
earnestly counsels the Government of Portugal to give, without 
delay, that satisfaction which may justly be due to France. 

You will be careful, in making this communication, to say and 
do nothing which shall imply any approach to a recognition of 
Don Miguel by the British Government. 
lam, &amp;e. 

(signed) Palmerston. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 





No. 28. 
Viscount Palmerston to Hamilton Hamilton, Esq. 


Sir, Foreign Office, 17th June 1831. 

I ENCLOSE a copy of a despatch, which I have addressed to 
Mr. Hoppner, upon the subject of the dispute now pending be- 
tween Deaaes and Portugal. 

I have to instruct you to communicate to the French Govern- 
ment the substance of this despatch, apprizing them also of the 
nature of the engagements on the part of Great Britain towards 
Portugal, which arise out of the Treaty, of which I send you an 
extract. 

You will at the same time state, that His Majesty’s Government 
hope that as they are using whatever influence they may possess 
with the Government of Portugal, for the purpose of inducing 
that Government to give immediately just satisfaction to France, 
the French Government may be induced to suspend, for the pre- 
sent, any measures of hostility against the city of Lisbon, or the 
territory of Portugal, which, in the present situation of affairs, 
~“— give rise to embarrassments. 

ou are further instructed to communicate to the French 
Government the enclosed copy of the sentence passed upon 
Bonhomme, which may not, perhaps, have been brought under 
the notice of that Government, and to observe, that if the facts 
therein alleged, were substantiated by sufficient evidence before 
the court, those facts may, probably, lead the French Government 
to take a different view of the conduct of the Judges who pro- 
nounced. sentence upon Bonhomme, and of the expediency of 
demanding their dismissal. 

With regard to the privilege claimed for French subjects to be 
protected by the Judges Conservator of those nations who have 
them, a privilege which appears to have been originally granted 
to the French, not by Treaty, but by an Alvara of the King of 
Portugal in 1685, you will endeavour to ascertain from the French 
Government, whether that privilege has been renewed in any 
manner, either by Treaty or Alvara, since the termination of the 
last war between France and Portugal, and whether, since that 
time, it has been practically enjoyed by French subjects in 
Portugal. 
lam, &amp;c. 

(signed) 


H. Hamilton, Esq. 
Ke. &amp;c. Ke. 


Palmerston. 





State’ Papers. 1) 41831, 


Tt LS 


P.S.—Since writing the above, I have received the commu- 
nication which Prince Talleyrand has been instructed to make 
to me, namely, that the commanding officer of the French naval 
force, destined for the Tagus, has been ordered to communicate 
with the British Consul General, and the naval officer, com- 
manding the British vessels, previous to having recourse: to an 
measures of active hostility, in order that such arrangemetits 
might be made as the safety of His Majesty’s subjects in Lisbon 
might require. (slol 





Bnéleaure iniNo. of 


[Literal Translation of the Sentence pronounced against the 
Sieur Bonhomme.] 


(Translation.) 


Lisbon, 11th December, 1830. 

Tue Court Decrees, &amp;c. (1) considering the acts of the suit 
which, in conformity to the Decree of the King, dated the 29th 
of July last, was instituted against the defendant Edmund Poten- 
tin Bonhomme, professor of the French language, bachelor, son 
of Potentin Bonhomme and Felicite Bordas, ya in France 
aged 32 years, dwelling in the Clagada da Estrella, detained in 

rison since the 18th of September last, accused, in the inquir 
instituted by the Judge of First Instance of Coimbra on the 
28th of April 1828, and renewed by an Order of the King dated 
the 5th of June last, relative to the scandalous irreverence and 
sacrilegious outrages against Divine Majesty, which had been 
committed in the Cathedral of the above city, on Holy Thursday 
and Good Friday of the said year 1828, by the accused. (2) [t 
has been proved, that the greatest profanations were committed 
in the above-named church, in the afternoon of the said days, 
and particularly in the chapel of the Most Holy Sacrament, 
opposite to the one in which, on the Holy Thursday, the sacred 
deposit is made of the said most Holy Sacrament ; into which 
several students entered, who, with the greatest indecency, and 
to the greatest scandal, threw comfits into the bosoms of public 
women, until they likewise entered into the chapel, and SE tiae 
their cloaks, and the shawls which they wore, upon the steps of 
the altar, and on the small table near it, as well as on the altar 
itself, together with the cloaks of the students, among whom 
there was one without a coat, they there laid themselves down 
with the greatest irreverence and indecency, being concealed by 
the curtains of the chapel, which are on that day closed. And 
this the treasurer of the cathedral, witness No. 6, in the first 
investigation, swears to have seen, and to be a fact which is 
tea known to him, as on entering, on the evening of the 
oly Thursday, into the said chapel, after having opened one of 
the curtains, he beheld this assemblage by the light of the 
tapers of the throne (3) which was opposite. The same thing 
is affirmed by witnesses Nos. 1 and 3, on the second inquiry. 
So indecent a manner of conducting oneself in the temple 
causing scandal to every one, the Beadle of the University went 
with Gensdarmes, in order to drive these impious wretches away, 
which they could not accomplish in consequence of their resist- 
ance, but, seconded by some soldiers, they obliged them to leave 
the church. It was then that the defendant was seen, he being 
at that time in his first year of the course of law, and that he 
was recognized as having been among those who had practised 
such detestable irreverences and such sacrilegious outrages 
against Divine Majesty, to the reproach of religion, the con- 
tempt of the holy spot, and to the general scandal of the town; 
and this the witnesses Nos. 1 and 15 of the first inquiry swear 
to have seen. Having been latterly examined respecting these 
abominable facts, the defendant replied that, on Holy Thursday 
he did not go to the cathedral, having remained the whole 
day at the house of certain Brazilians, playing l’ombre. This 
assertion, which, moreover, is ‘not proved, in conformity with 
the Ordenagag (4), would not exclude the possibility of having 
committed the crime, because his allegation, and even his credi- 
bility, according to the general principles of civil and private 
right, does not annul the proof resulting from the evidence, 
combined afterwards with the deposition of the witnesses, who 
charge the accused with being a member of the Holy Lodge, an 
association formed to outrage Divine Majesty and its holy wor- 
ship. He who commits this abbchinable crime, by which all 
that is most respectable in Christian society is insulted, shows 
clearly that he will not respect, but on the contrary, that he 
would dare to violate all laws, since he has been capable of 
violating an object of the greatest veneration, to the universal 
scandal of the Leecdiain: where the defendant has found himself 
kindly received, and protected by the laws of hospitality, For 
this, E. P. Bonhomme is condemned to be scourged in the public 
streets of this city, and to go afterwards for,ten years to Angola; 
to 50,000 reis, for expenses of the Relagad; and to the costs 

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(2) Second inquiry. a page 

(3) In Portugal, the Holy Sacrament is exposed on u throne; adorned with a hundred 
wax lights, in form of an amphitheatre, 

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No. 29- X 
Viscount Palmerston to Viscount d’Asseca. 


M. le Viscomte, Foreign Office, 18th June, 1831. 

I nave had the honour to receive your letter of the 7th 
instant, and, imreply, | beg leave tocall your serious attention to 
the great:and imminent dangers to which the Portuguese Govern- 
ment may expose the interests of their country, by refusing or 
delaying to offer to the French Government just and \reasonable 
satisfaction upon the matters to which their demands relate. 

It has been felt here, that the conduct of the Portuguese 
Government, in the discussions whieh took place previously to 
the arrival of the French Squadron off the Tagus,, has not been 
consistent with prudence or international courtesy, and that it 
has been ill suited to the relative situation of Portugal and 
France. 

The Government of Portugal appears to have held with Mon- 
sieur Cassas communications of all kinds, political as well as 
commercial, as long as Monsieur Cassas was acting upon his 
own discretion, and in virtue of his general instructions; but 
when, at last, Monsieur Cassas was specifically charged by his 
Government, as their authorized agent, to make demands of 
reparation for injuries sustained by French subjects in Portugal, 
the Portuguese Government chose that particular moment to 
object to his competency, as a channel of communication on any 
but commercial matters, and they refused to receive, through 
him, the demand which he was ordered by his Government to 
make. 

What was the meaning of this decision? Did the Portuguese 
Government think, that by such an answer they could force the 
French Government to recognize Don Miguel, by rendering 
recognition an indispensable preliminary to the reception of a 
demand for satisfaction ? 

They could hardly haye entertained so strange a supposition, 
or have imagined that they could extort by injury and offence, 
a recognition, which, upon deliberate consideration, had as yet 
been withheld. 

Did they mean merely to offer a gratuitous affront to the 
French Government; or were they conscious of the justice of 
the demands, and of their own inability to make any sufficient 
reply to them? and did they seek merely to gain time, trusting 
to unforeseen accidents for an escape from the necessity of 
affording the satisfaction which was due? 

It was obvious that France could not allow the matter to rest 
there ; it ought to have been expected, that as soon as Monsieur 
Cassas’ departure from Lisbon should be known in France, 
measures would immediately be taken to repeat in more peremp- 
tory terms, and with menace, in the event of refusal, the 
demands which had been made through him. 

This accordingly happened ; a French naval force arrived off 
the Tagus ; the demands were repeated, and reprisals announced, 
within a specified number of hours, if satisfaction was not 
afforded. 

The Portuguese Government, however, neither agreed to these 
demands, nor did they give an answer justifying their refusal. 
They contented themselves with saying, that they had referred 
the matter to their Allies, without knowing whether the Govern- 
ments whom they so described, would or would not consent to 
undertake the mediation; and upon this vague and indefinite 
reply, they expected the French naval commander would disobey 
the orders with which he had sailed. 

If the Government of Portugal had felt that they had any just 
reasons to give for declining to comply with the demands of 
France, atidt their only reason for not replying to Monsieur 
Cassas was his want of proper diplomatic character, why did 
they not, immediately upon his departure from Lisbon, send 
some agent to Paris to afford the necessary explanations, or why 
did they not offer those explanations through the Spanish Minis- 
ter at Paris? Spain, at least, having acknowledged Don Miguel. 

But if any reasons, which are not apparent, prevented the 
Portuguese Government from pursuing either of these courses, 
why did they not, when the French naval force arrived off the 
Tagus, then tender to the French Government, through the 
commanding officer of the squadron, that satisfaction which they 
felt to be due, and offer explanations, if they had any to give, in 
order to show that more was demanded of them than strict 
justice required. 

The Portuguese Government ought to be aware, if it is not 
so already, that the Government of France will not content 
itself with the reprisals already made, and that if the Govern- 
ment of Portugal do not immediately give just satisfaction, 
measures of more rigorous hostility are in contemplation, and 
will speedily’ be put in force, 

His Majesty’s Government are perfectly aware of all the 
obligations towards Portugal jhiposset upon them by the Treaties 
which subsist between the two countries, Treaties which are not 
abrogated or suspended by the present discontinuance of diplo- 
matic intercourse between the two Governments, or by the 
circumstance that the person in whose name the Government 
of Portugal is now administered is not recognized by the King 
of England. 

But His Majesty’s Government do not admit that the true 
meaning of those Treaties can compel’them blindly to take up 
a quarrel, into which a Portuguese Administration may, by its 
infatuation, plunge its country, or to defend that Administration; 





right or wrong, against all whort&lt;it' may choose°to! injure or 
affront. His Majesty’s Governmént/take'w deep’ interest’ i the 
welfare of Portugal, and would siiverely ‘lattient ary inisfortine 
which might befal that country; but, if those| who dw govern 
Portugal, despising all considerations of ordinary ‘pradeitee; and 
neglecting and rejecting the counsels which may be Piveri'them, 
rush without just grounds ‘into a contest| ‘witha! power! with 
which they are utterly unable to cope, upon thosé&gt;persons must 
be the heavy responsibility of all the calamities which may 
ensue. FOLD 10 FA 

His Majesty’s Government earnestly counsel the' Government 

of Portugal to lose not a single day in giving just satisfaction to 
France, since every hour’s delay in doing so, exposes’ Portugal to 
increasing danger. 
_ His Majesty’s Government have no hesitation in advising the 
immediate liberation of M. M. Bonhomme and Sauvinet. With 
respect to the former, doubts are entertained of the sufficiency 
of the proof upon which his sentence was founded ; and he has 
already undergone part of the punishment awarded. With 
respect to the second, the treatment which he has suffered has 
been, as far as His Majesty’s Government are informed, arbi- 
trary, unjust and cruel. 

His Majesty’s Government cannot form an opinion as to the 
amount of compensation claimed for those two persons; but 
they recommend the Portuguese Government to do whatever 
may be just upon that point. 

The compensation claimed for other persons is a matter with 
respect to which His Majesty’s Government have no means of 
forming an opinion; but, judging of this question from what 
they know of the course pursued by the Portuguese Government 
in other cases, they think it highly probable that the compensa- 
tion claimed is justly due. 

With respect to the removal of the Judges who condemned 
Monsieur Bonhomme, His Majesty’s Government have not a 
sufficiently accurate knowledge of the particulars of the case, to 
warrant them in pronouncing an opinion; but they have to 
observe that, if the Portuguese Government possess the power 
of removing Judges, and have exercised that power in political 
cases, where they have disapproved the judgments pronounced, 
they have at least themselves afforded a: precedent ‘for the 
demand now made upon them by France. 

The privilege claimed for French subjects in Portugal, of 
being protected by Judges Conservator of those nations who have 
such Judges, is a privilege enjoyed by the French urder an 
Alvara of the King of Portugal as far back as 1785; and ‘the 
recent treatment of French subjects in Portugal seems’ suffi- 
ciently to prove the importance of that protection. His Majes- 
ty’s Government do not know whether this privilege was renewed 
at the termination of the last war between France and Portugal, 
and whether it has been practically enjoyed by French subjects 
in Portugal during the last sixteen years. If it has been so 
enjoyed, the French Government seem entitled to demand its 
strict observance. If, on the other hand, the privilege has 
expired, and has ceased to exist, His Majesty’s Government 
cannot but recommend that it should be renewed by a fresh 
order from the Portuguese Government. 

Upon these demands, therefore, His Majesty’s Government 
earnestly counsel the Government of Portugal to give without 
delay, that satisfaction which may be justly due to France, and 
not to bring upon itself, and upon Portugal, those imminent 
dangers which a perseverance in refusal would produce. 


Iam, &amp;c. 


Viscount d’Asseca, (signed ) Palmerston. 


&amp;c. &amp;c. Ke. 





No. 30. 
Hamilton Hamilton, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received June 23.) 


(Extract.) Paris, 20th June 1831. 

I nap the honour, last evening, to receive your Lordship’s 
despatch of the 17th inst., relative to the dispute now pending 
between this country and Portugal; and, this morning, in ‘an 
interview with M. de Sebastiani, I executed the instructions 
which this despatch conveyed to me. 

M. de Sebastiani stated, that no measures of active hostility 
were to be adopted till after due communication and conéert with 
His Majesty’s Consul, and the officer commanding His Majesty’s 
ships of war in the Tagus; while the French squadron had on 
board neither troops for disembarkation, nor mortars’ for’ bom- 
bardment. 

The sentence passed upon M. Bonhomme had not been ‘seen 
by M. de Sebastiani, in detail, before ; the urgent demands of 
the French Government for a copy, having been invariably met 
by a refusal; but his Excellency informed me they ' had’ good 
reason to believe that many of the statements it comprehends, 
have no other foundation than the bigotry and malevolence of 
the Portuguese priesthood. : 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, Hamilton Hamilton. 


&amp;c. Ke. &amp;e. 


(signed) 





No. 31. 


Appendix, 
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continued. 





Journal, p, 893. 








Journal, p. 893. 


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No. 31. 


Viscount d’Asseca to Viscount Palmerston. 


(Translation.) 
My Lord, London, 23d June 1831. 

I Ave the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Ex- 
cellency’s letter dated the 18th instant, in answer to that which 
1 had the honour to address to you on the 7th instant, in which 
I pressed the subject of the two other notes which I had the 
honour to address to you, dated the 1st of June and 4th May. 

Permit me to enter into some details respecting the object of 
your despatch addressed to Mr. Hoppner, for the purpose of 
being presented to my Government. Having been the instru- 
ment employed by the Portuguese Government in making known 
the circumstances which have preceded and accompanied the 
differences between it and the French Government, I fear that 
some want of explanation, on my part, may have led to some error 
in the manner of viewing the question, and which may expose 
my Government to the suspicion of having some object distinct 
from that which it has entertained, of preserving the dignity of 
an independent Government, of following the laws of the country, 
and of conforming with its ancient customs, in addressing itself 
under such difficult circumstances to the Government of His 
Britannic Majesty, as to its ancient and faithful Ally. 

Your Excellency advises my Government to accede to the just 
and reasonable demands of France. I have only to repeat what 
I have already had the honour of saying, in conformity with the 
instructions which I have received, that my Government is ready 
to do, in this case as in all others, every thing which is just and 
reasonable ; and that it is upon this ground that I have demanded 
the mediation of the Government of His Britannic Majesty. 

I may be permitted to observe to your Excellency, as regards 
the charge made against my Government of having chosen the 
moment when M. Cassas presented his demands on the part of 
his Government, to declare to him that he was not competent to 
treat upon diplomatic affairs,—that this agent had never trans- 
acted any but consular business, until the month of February 
of this year, when he protested against the creation of a Com- 
mission at Lisbon. This step was not allowed; the Minister for 
Foreign Affairs returned his letter to him. It thus appears that, 
upon every occasion upon which he attempted to exceed his 
power as a Consul, the Government refused to receive his com- 
munications. M. Cassas wished to place himself upon the same 
footing as the English Consul, without considering the difference 
of the position of the two Governments towards Portugal, and 
even the personal position of the English Consul. 

As to the supposition that the Portuguese Government wished 
to take advantage of this circumstance in order to obtain recog- 


nition from the Government of France, I shall observe, that | 
nothing which had previously occurred, could create the belief | 
_ nity; it is never granted without a reciprocal advantage, and it 
| should be the result of a negotiation, and not of a demand by 


of the existence of such an intention. The Government has taken 
no step which could have indicated such a wish; and the two 
countries find themselves, in this respect, in the same position. 


Moreover, the Portuguese Government were not ignorant that | ; 
be very painful for my Government not to find, in the advice 


the French Government could employ means for obtaining expla- 
nations relative to its complaints, without those means involving 
the recognition of the Portuguese Government. 

Sending an agent to Paris did not appear the most convenient 
course, because if that agent should not be received, the compli- 
cations and difficulties would only have been increased. My 
Government, then, in addressing itself to the Government of His 
Britannic Majesty, and of his Catholic Majesty, has adopted the 
course the most honourable and the most becoming for France, 
and for Portugal, and one which the example of similar cases 
authorized it to pursue. ' 

The answer which the Portuguese Government has given to 
the commander of the French Squadron cannot be considered 
otherwise than as a very prudent means tv endeavour to avoid 
the hostilities with which it was threatened. This commander, 
not being authorized to enter into negotiation, any answer which 
did not amount to a total concession of his demands, would not 
have avoided those results; and, besides, the Government of his 
Most Faithful Majesty having reason to hope for the mediation of 
the Government of His Britannnic Majesty, which it had de- 
manded, would have been wanting in the respect due to its Ally, 
if it had taken any determination, whatever, which might more- 
over prove to be in opposition to those which its Allies might 
perhaps have adopted. 

The Government of his Most Faithful Majesty always sees 
with pleasure, the renewal and confirmation of those Treaties 
which bind it with the Government of His Britannic Majesty,— 
Treaties, of which your Excellency well knows the obligatory 
and quite peculiar nature. The existing circumstances constitute 
no exception whatever to the formal engagements of His Bri- 
tannic Majesty. The Portuguese Government is not the ag- 
gressor in the war with which the attitude of France seems to 
threaten it. It has not attacked the French territory nor its 
Government, either directly, or in the person of its representative. 
French property has been respected. There has been no infrac- 
tion of Treaties, because there exist none between the two 
nations. 

What is then the just cause that Portugal has given for these 
hostilities? And is this cause so clear, that it can relieve its Ally 
from the assistance which it acknowledges to be due to her? 
The Government is not in any of the situations which would 








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excuse an unjust war on its ‘a All that it has done wrong js 
to have punished two Frenchmen, ene of whom was naturalized 
in Portugal, and both of whom were judged according to the 
forms required by the laws and customs of the country, 

Your Excellency will acknowledge without doubt that in the 
Treaties which exist between Portugal and Great Britain, the 
greatest advantage in the commercial part falls ae That 
Portugal makes sacrifices in granting privilegés 80 e' traordinary, 
and perhaps without example, which are enjoyed by’ Britishi sub- 
jects, and that if in return no assistance is to be granted her in. 
such critical circumstances, one may be allowed’ to think that 
these Treaties are only burdensome to the country. 

You are not ignorant, my Lord, that France, at all times, what- 
ever may have been its Government, has coveted the advantace 
which England derives from its Treaties with Portagal, and that 
it will not neglect any means which may bring it nearer to this 
object. 

valthough I am not yet authorized by my Government to answer 
to the advice which you gave it, respecting the means of satisfying 
the demands of France, I may nevertheless observe to you, that 
the dismissal of the Judges who pronounced the sentences upon 
Messrs. Bonhomme and Sauvinet, would be an unjust, illegal act, 
and subversive of the judicial authority, which ‘in every country, 
whatever may be the form of its Government, is always respected. 
If there are precedents in Portugal, as elsewhere, of Judges being 
punished for their conduct, or for their private opinions, there is. 
no evidence of their having been punished collectively, for having, 
as a competent tribunal, judged the causes which have been. 
brought before them. The principle of acknowledging the au- 
thority of the decisions in such cases, is consecrated by every 
thing which maintains the order of society. 

As regards M. Sauvinet, he was a naturalized Portuguese, and 
considered himself such, until M.Cassas wished to annul his 
naturalization, making use of the specious pretence, that he had 
been naturalized under the constitutional system, and according 
to the laws which this system establishes upon the subject. Al- 
though this law, with the others of the same time, has been 
abolished, the decree of the King, which abolished them, could 
not have a retrograde effect; and it is besides clearly specified in 
that decree, that all the acts and private contracts, &amp;c. which 
had been made according to those laws which it abrogated should 
remain in force. And although his condemnation, as a foreigner, 
by a competent tribunal, may be a sufficient justification of my 
Government, I cite this fact to prove the bad faith of M. Cassas. 

I have had the honour to repeat to your Excellency, that no 
Treaties exist between Portugal and France; that they have 
ceased to exist since the invasion of Portugal by the French; 
and that every other privilege or concession has been annulled 
since that event. The privilege of a Judge Conservator is perhaps 
the most contrary to the interests of the Neary and to its dig- 


force of arms. 
I cannot refrain from stating to your Excellency, that it will 


which is given it by the Government of His Britannic Majesty, 
the means of preserving its honour and its dignity in the same 
manner, which more than one example in its history would 
authorize it to expect. And, if it yields to the suggestions of its 
Ally, in granting the demands of the French Government, then 
it will only remain for it in defending itself from those’ charges. 
which the nation will bring against it for submitting to such 
a humiliation, to state that it had placed itself completely in the 
hands of that Ally, whose honour and loyalty have at all times 
protected the dignity, independence, and honour of the Portu~ 
guese Government. 

I avail myself, &amp;c. 

(signed) 


Viscount Palmerston, Viscount d’ Asseca. 


&amp;c. &amp;ec. &amp;Ke. 





No. 32. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received July 15.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 25th June, 1831. 
Wirth tespect to the dispute with France, every thing remains 
in the same position. The French squadron, now augmented 
by another frigate and corvette, still confine themselves to the 
capture of the Portuguese vessels, having recently made some very 
valuable prizes ; but giving it out, through the prisoners whom 
they send on shore, that they war against Don Miguel and not 
with the Portuguese Nation, and that the property captured by 
them, is merely sequestrated to be again restored when the former 
shall have given them the satisfaction they require. ' 
On the part of this Government, there is,.however, no indica- 
tion of concession, and the two unfortunate French prisoners, 
Messrs. Sauvinet and Bonhomme, who figure in. the contest, have 
recently been treated with increased brutality,the former, not- 
withstanding his advanced age, being beat andiexposed. tovother 
wanton acts of cruelty; the exertions to fitreut. the Portuguese 
Squadron still continue. 4" ang 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
Viscount Palmerston, (signed) R, B: Hoppner. 
&amp;e. Xe. Ke, 





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Viscount; d’Asseca to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Translation.) 


enter into. — ; 

If one may judge by this of the justice of the other pretensions 
now made by,.the French Government, the Portuguese Govern- 
ment never was more entitled to expect the assistance of the 
Government of His Britannic Majesty, according to the precise 
engagements of the Treaties which bind the two Countries. 

I have the honour to repeat to your Excellency, that I am not 
able to answer for the decision of my Government respecting the 
pretensions, of France ; but I can nevertheless assure your Ex- 
cellency,. that if my Government should accede to them, it will 
only be out, of deference to, and perfect confidence in the Go- 
vernment of His Britannic Majesty, looking to it for the moral 
support of which it stands in need, in the difficult position in 
which it will be placed towards the Portuguese nation by such 
an acquiescence. 





Be pleased, &amp;c. 
Viscount Palmerston, (signed) Viscount D’ Asseca. 
&amp;e. Ke. &amp;e. 
No. 34. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received July 18.) 


(Extract) Lisbon, 2d July 1831. 

By the Sandwich packet, which arrived here late on Sunday 
evening, the 26th ultimo, I had the honour to receive your Lord- 
ship’s separate despatch of the 17th ultimo. 

he following morning I waited upon M. de Santarem, and 
communicated your Lordship’s despatch to his Excellency. After 
perusing it attentively, he requested me to furnish him with a copy 
of it, if possible, in the course of the day, as a Council was sum- 
moned to meet the next morning, having been probably convened 
in order to deliberate on the steps necessary to be taken in con- 
sequence of the arrival of the French Squadron from Toulon, off 
the coast of Portugal. Such, at least, | deem to have been the 
case, as M, de Santarem remarked that the packet had arrived 
very opportunely. 

M. de Santarem made no observation whatever, from which 
I could form any judgment as to the designs of his colleagues 
upon the question now brought beforehim ; neither did he express 
any opinion on the contents of your Lordship’s despatch, and the 
view taken by His Majesty’s Government of the pending contest 
between France and Portugal. He deprecated the violent lan- 
guage which had been used by the periodical writers of Portugal 
against the French nation, declaring his determination, as the 
same abuses continue, to recommend compulsatory measures, 
in order to put a stop to them. He said that it had been his 
wish and advice that both Bonhomme and Sauvinet should be 
sent out of the country, which he thought would have been 
a more proper punishment than those that had been resorted to. 
Inshort, throughout his conversation, he wished to impress upon 
me that he was the constant advocate of moderation. 

The views of His Majesty’s Government being so distinctly 
defined by your Lordshtp’s despatch, it would have been the 
height of presumption in me to have endeavoured to enforce 
them by any arguments of my own. The few remarks I ven- 
tured to make, related to the wanton cruelties still exercised at 
St. Julian’s against M.Sauvinet, whose age ought to exempt 
him from such barbarities as he is exposed to; to the exceeding 
improbability of the charge brought against M. Bonhomme; and 
the barbarous system-of police existing here, in consequence 
of which the lives of individuals are at the mercy of a set of 
ruffians, calling themselves royalists, who pretend to enforce 
a concurrence im the views of their employers, by means of their 
sticks, while, in reality, they only succeed in creating dissent 
and dissatisfaction. 

_He left me with the impression, that steps would be imme- 
diately taken to conciliate the French Government, and to pre- 
vent the continuance of further hostilities. 

Up to the latest hour that I have'been able to keep open my 
despatch to your Lordship, I have received no intimation from 
Viscount de Santarem of the view of the Government with re- 
gard to the French question. 








I have, &amp;e. 
Viscount Palmerston, (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 
&amp;e. Ke. &amp;e. 
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No. 35¢ 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to ‘Sir George Shee. 
(Received July 18.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 2d July 1831. 

I nAvE the honour to inform you, that in the course of yésterda 
forenoon, a Portuguese Merchant vessel, pursued by a part of the 
French Squadron, consisting of a line-of-battle ship, a frigate 
and a brig stood in under the guns of the fort of Cascaes. The 
captain and crew having landed to seek protection, the fort 
opened her fire upon the French ships, upon which’ the latter 
wore and gave them a broadside in succession, standing in 
a second time for the same purpose, when the fort was imme- 
diately silenced ; considerable damage was done as well to the 
batteries themselves as to the houses in the village, and about 30 
soldiers are reported to be severely wounded, to which it is added 
that five or six have lost their lives. The militia who were drawn 
out on the beach for the protection of the vessel, took to flight 
on the commencement of the firing, the vessel itself being carried 
out to sea by the boats of the squadron. She proved to be the 
Lord Wellington from Bahia in 75 days, with a valuable cargo 
of tobacco, and 14 passengers. As this is the first act of positive 
hostility that has occurred between the two Countries, beyond 
the mere detention of Portuguese vessels by the French ships of 
war, I have thought it my duty to bring it immediately to your 
notice for Lord Palmerston’s information, although it’ evidently 
results from the orders originally given to the forts along the 
coast to fire upon the French whenever they should come within 
range of their guns. 

The Portuguese squadron remain in the same state, with this 
only difference, that the line-of-battle ship, Don Joaé 6, and the 


Amazona frigate, have been declared from their leaky state to be 
unfit for sea. 





I have, &amp;c. 
Sir George Shee, Bart. (signed) — R. B. Hoppner. 
&amp;e. Ke. &amp;e. 
No. 36. 


Viscount d’Asseca to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Translation.) 


My Lord, London, gth July 1831. 

I HAVE received from my Government the confirmation of two 
acts done by the French Squadron, which I hasten to bring to 
the knowledge of your Excellency, hoping that they will merit 
your attention, in making known to you that the intentions of 
the French Government do not appear to be confined to reprisals, 
as its declarations have given reasons to be believed. 

Two Government vessels have been captured; the corvette 
Urania, and the store-ship Orestes ; the officers have been made 
prisoners ; and the French flag hoisted on the vessels. 

This act of hostility, which cannot be regarded with inifference 
by the Government of His Britannic Majesty, justifies the Por- 
tuguese Government, in the face of all Europe, and places it in 
the right, towards its faithful and loyal Ally, whose justice and 
honour guarantee to it that support, which it has at all times 
received in maintaining its honour and independence. 

Having lately had the honour to treat on this subject, in my 
letter of the 28th of June last, it is useless to repeat to your Ex- 
cellency the reasons which justify my Government in expectin 
this assistance from its Ally. I content myself with relating the 
new incident which I have just mentioned, and in venturing to 
call your attention to the serious and urgent embarrassments 
which may result from it. 

I reiterate, Kc. 
(signed) 


Viscount Palmerston, Viscount d’ Asseca. 


&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 





No. 37- 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received July 21.) 


(Extract.) ; Lisbon, gth July 1831. 

Lare in the evening of the 6th instant, three of the French 
ships of war, which had previously kept to the southward on the 
coast of Algarve, came to anchor in Cascaes Bay, and were fol- 
lowed the next morning by twelve more. A few compaiies of 
infantry, some artillery, and a squadron of cavalry from Belem 
and Lisbon, were at once put in motion, to reinforce the garrison 
of Cascaes, and the head quarters were removed to Cascaes, on 
the road between the former place and Belem. 

The French fleet, in the mean time, has taken up a position 
in a line between the Tower of St. Julian’s and the p ptewee 
at Cascaes, where they remain in the expectation, to all appear- 
ance, of some further arrivals.. One or two of the smaller vessels 
being constantly under weigh, and one of the line-of-battle ships 
having yesterday quitted the squadron, and proceeded with a 
sloop of war to the westward, — 

It was not until yesterday, that I had any opportunity of 
seeing M. de Santarem since the interview in which I communi- 
cated to him your Lordship’s despatch on the subject of the 
pending dispute with France. I observed, I said to him, that 


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his Government had not thought proper to accede to the advice © 


therein offered to them, and that now I conceived the conse- 
quences were so imminent that no further steps would be taken 
with a pacific view. M.de Santarem told me that he had drawn 
up a paper recommending compliance with the French demands, 
and the immediate release of M. M. Bonhomme and Sauvinet ; 
but that, in the midst of the efforts he was making to effect this 
desirable purpose, the change, I was aware of, had taken place in 
the ministry, and though he should still continue his exertions, 
he did not lead me to hope that he had the slightest expectation 
of success. ‘ 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, 


(signed) 
&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 


R. B. Hoppner. 





No. 38. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received July 21.) 


(Extract) Lisbon, 10th July 1831. 

I nave the honour to inform your Lordship, that yesterday, 
about noon, a vessel was perceived standing up the Tagus, bear- 
ing the Portuguese flag as a flag of truce, and at about half-past 
one, P. M., she came to an anchor opposite Belem. 

She proved to be the French brig of war Dragon, Captain 
Theodore Delaftre, from the French Squadron off Cascaes, charged 
with a despatch to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, as 
also with letters for the commander of His Majesty’s ships in the 
Tagus, and all the foreign Consuls resident here, a copy of which 
I have herewith enclosed. 

Owing to some formalities required by the quarantine regula- 
tions in this port, a delay of a few hours took place in the delivery 
of these letters; the captain nevertheless declared, that his orders 
were peremptory not to remain more than twenty-four hours at 
anchor, and consequently that he must depart at the precise 
hour of his arrival. 

I conceived it my duty to detain the packet which would 
have sailed this morning, in order to give your Lordship the 
earliest possible information of the result of this new conciliatory 
step, on the part of the French naval force; and, that the deten- 
tion might be as short as possible, I addressed the letter of which 
I have herewith the honour to transmit a copy, to Viscount 
de Santarem, and at this moment, 3 p.M., I have received his 
Excellency’s answer, which I take the liberty to send in original, 
in order that the packet may not lose the tide. 

Don Miguel, who was at Queluz, came with all speed to 
Belem, as soon as he was apprized of the entrance of the French 
brig of war, and summoned his Ministers to meet him there, he 
himself giving orders for the brig to be released from quarantine, 
and sending a boat on board to bring the captain on shore. In 
the evening, a Council of State was held at Queluz, which 
I understand was very fully attended. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c, 
(signed) RR. B. Hoppner. 


Viscount Palmerston, 
&amp;e. Xe. Kc. 





Enclosure 1 in No. 38. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 10th July 1831. 

I nave herewith the honour to transmit to your Excellency 
a copy of the communication made to me yesterday, by the 
Commander-in-Chief of the French Squadron. A similar letter 
was forwarded, through me, to the commander of His Majesty’s 
ships of war in the Tagus, and to all the foreign Consuls, resi- 
dent in Lisbon. 

As I have thought it my duty to detain the packet to-day, in 
order to acquaint my Government with the result of this step of 
the French Commander-in-Chief, I shall be much obliged to 
your Excellency for any information as to that point, with 
which you may think proper to furnish me. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Santarem, (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 
&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 





Enclosure 2 in No. 38. 


Admiral Roussin to R. B. Hoppner Esq. 
(Translation.) 


Sir, Suffren, off the Tagus, 8th July 1831. 

My arrival off the Tagus with a French Squadron, * for its 
object to demand reparations from the Portuguese Government, 
for injuries caused by it to several French citizens. 

I still hope that, yielding to those sentiments of equity, which 
are held in honour by nations in their mutual relation, these 
reparations will be granted, and that the present dispute will 
speedily terminate. 

But, should it be otherwise, a rupture being declared, de facto, 
between France and Portugal, I think it my duty to request 

ou, Sir, to apprize your countrymen of the circumstance, in 
order that they may take such precautions as may be necessary 











to avoid the effects of a war in which they should not be 
involved. 
Receive, Sir, &amp;c. 
(signed) The Rear-Admiral commanding in 
Chief the French Squadron cff 
the Tagus, 
(signed) Baron Roussiy. 
P.S.— I have the honour to request you to he pleased to trans. 
mit the accompanying letter to your colleagues in Lisbon. 
(signed) he Rear-Admiral. 





Enclosure 3 in No. 38. 


Viscount de Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
(Translation.) 


Office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 
Sir, 10th July 1831. 

Tue Government of his Most Faithful Majesty being desirous 
to prove to the Government of His Britannic Majesty the con- 
sideration in which it holds the counsels of the latter, has resolved 
to direct that Bonhomme and Sauvinet shall be placed at its 
disposal, to the end that these individuals may be given up to 
France, while on the other points a negociation will be set on 
foot through the medium of his Catholic Majesty’s Ambassador 
at Madrid. 

For your information, Sir, and in reply to your letter of this 
day, in which you requested to be made acquainted with the 
resolution which his Majesty’s Government would adopt on the 
present occasion, I have the honour to send you a copy of the 
reply returned to the note of the French Admiral, hoping that 
you will communicate it to the Government of His Britannic 
Majesty, as well as inform my Lord Palmerston, that, indepen- 
dently of the instructions lately transmitted to Viscount d’ Asseea, 
his Majesty’s Government is going to answer in detail all the 
points alluded to in the despatch of that Minister, which was 
annexed to his note of the 27th of June ultimo. 


God preserve you, 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. (signed) Viscount de Santarem. 


&amp;c. &amp;c. Ke. 





Enclosure 4 in No. 38. 
Viscount de Santarem to Admiral Roussin. 
(Translation.) 
Secretary of State’s Office for Foreign Affairs, 
Most Excellent Sir, 10th July 1831. 
Havine laid before the Government of his Most Faithful Ma- 


jesty the note which your Excellency addressed to me yesterday, 
I have the honour to declare to your Excellency, that the King 


| my master being solicitous of continuing to afford to France 


every proof of his earnest desire to put an end to the differences 
which have arisen with Portugal, has resolved to adopt the ad- 
vice of the Government of His Britannic Majesty, and to order the 
giving up of Sauvinet and Bonhomme, the French subjects lately 
condemned, and also through the medium of the Ambassador of 
his Catholic Majesty in Paris, to treat concerning these matters 
in a manner conformable with the dignity of the two nations and 
the independence of Portugal. 

I cannot omit informing your Excellency, that the disagree- 
ments which unhappily have taken place, and the unprovoked 
hostilities which have been committed, notwithstanding the 
safety and protection which the subjects of France have ever en- 
joyed from the Portuguese Government, having produced in the 
nation sentiments suitable to its independence, the Portuguese 
Government regret that they cannot consent, previous to the 
entire termination of the negociations, to the entrance of the 
squadron, so much the less as there subsists no Treaty by which 
such entrance is permitted, and far less the permanence of the 
naval forces of France in the ports of these kingdoms. 


I avail myself, &amp;c. 


Admiral Baron Roussin, (signed) Viscount de Santarem. 


&amp;ec. &amp;c. Ke. 


Certified, in the absence of the superior clerk, by 
Antonio Xavier ad’ Abreu Castello. 





No. 39. 
Viscount Palmerston to Viscount d’Asseca. 


Foreign Office, 11th July 1831. 
Tue undersigned, &amp;c., has the honour to acknowledge the 
receipt of the letter addressed to him on the gth instant, by the 
Viscount d’Asseca; but feels it his duty to state, in reply, that 
the circumstances therein mentioned make no change in the 
views and opinions of His Majesty’s Government, as expressed 
in the communication addressed by the undersigned to the 
Viscount d’Asseca on the 18th ultimo. 
The undersigned, &amp;c. 
Viscount d’Asseca, (signed) Palmerston. 
&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 





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No. 40. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received July 27.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 12th July 1831. 

I nave the honour to inform your Lordship, that the French 
Squadron commanded by Rear-admiral Baron Pas th yesterday 
entered the Tagus, and came to an anchor off Belem about five 
o’clock in the afternoon ; the Portuguese ships of war which had 
been fitted out and were drawn up in a line across the tide for 
the defence of the city, surrendering without firing a shot. 

I understand that no loss of life nor any accident was occa- 
sioned on board the French ships by the fire from the forts as 
they ascended the river, and from all that I have been able to 
learn, the loss, if any, on the part of the Portuguese, has been 
trifling. 

Immediately on coming to an anchor, the French admiral sent 
a flag of truce on shore, and having gone on board this morning, 
together with the captains of His Majesty’s ships in the Tagus, 
to pay my respects to him, I learnt that the basis on which he 
was to negotiate with the Portuguese Government had been 
agreed upon between them; but I have not been furnished with 
any further details of their proceedings hitherto. 

Veoheieg morning, shortly after it was known that the French 
force was standing up the river, I received the accompanying 
note from M. de Santarem, stating that orders had been given to 
the Intendant of Police to place M. M. de Sauvinet and Bonhomme 
at my disposal, to which I lost not a moment’s time in replying 
that 1 was not authorized to receive them, or to interfere in any 
way in the pending difference between Portugal and France, 
beyond offering the advice which I had already tendered on the 
part of His Majesty’s Government. Of M. de Santarem’s note, 
and of my answer, | have herewith the honour to transmit a trans- 
lation and copies, as also the copy of a note, which late in the 
evening I received from the commander-in-chief of the French 
forces. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 

Viscount Palmerston, (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 

&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 





Enclosure 1 in No. 40. 


The Viscount de Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
(Translation.) 


Foreign Office, 11th July 1831. 

I nave the honour to acquaint you that I have just received 
from the Minister of Justice, a communication, informing me that 
the necessary orders have been sent to the Intendant General of 
the Police, to deliver up to you, as soon as you demand them, 
the individuals Sauvinet and Bonhomme. 


God preserve you, &amp;c. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. (signed) Viscount de Santarem. 
&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 


Enclosure 2 in No. 40. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 11th July 1831. 
In reply to your Excellency’s note of this morning’s date, 
acquainting me with the notice you have received from the 
Minister of Justice, that orders had been sent to the Intendant of 
Police to deliver Messrs. Sauvinet and Bonhomme to me, I have 
the honour to inform your Excellency, that I have no instructions 


from my Government to take charge of these individuals, or in 


any way to interfere in the difference between this country and 
France, beyond tendering the advice of His Majesty’s Govern- 
ment, which 1 have already had the honour to offer in their 
name. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount de Santarem, (signed) R. B. Hopper. 


&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 





Enclosure 3 in No. 40. 


Admiral Roussin to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
(Translation.) 


Sir, Suffren, 11th July 1831. 

I nave the honour to offer you my services, to repair the 
damages which may have been occasioned to the vessels of your 
nation, in the action which has just taken place, in case the notice 
I sent to you the day before yesterday was not sufficient for them 
to remove. 

Receive, &amp;c. 


(signed) Baron Roussin. 
The Rear Admiral Commanding in Chief the 
French Squadron. 


P.S.—Now, as before, Sir, I have the honour, and the pleasure 


to request you to be pleased to be my agent, in offering my ser- | 


vices to your colleagues the consuls of all the nations. 


(signed) BR. 








No. 41. 
R.B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received August 15.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 16 July 1831. 

I nave the honour to transmit herewith to your Lordship 
a printed copy and translation of the Supplement to the Lisbon 
Gazette of yesterday’s date, in reference to the claims and satis- 
faction afforded to the French Government by that of Portugal, 
in consequence of their recent hostile proceedings, as also of two 
decrees which have appeared in the Gazette of this day relative 
to the restitution of the Portuguese vessels, captured previous 
to the actual commencement of hostilities. The convention by 
which these claims were arranged was concluded on the 14th 
instant. Some doubt existing as to the restitution of the Por- 
tuguese Squadron captured in the Tagus, and upon one or two 
other minor points, these questions are understood to have been 
referred for the decision of the French Government ; and until 
their definitive answer shall have been received, a portion of the 
French Squadron will remain at Cascaes (the ships from Toulon 
returning immediately to that station), a measure which has been 
adopted in compliance with the wishes of the Portuguese Govern- 
ment, and in order to put an end to that excitement which the 
presence of the fleet occasioned in the capital. 

Since I had the honour of addressing your Lordship on Tuesda 
last, no further overt act of hostility occurred between the a 
Squadron and the Portuguese. While the negociations were 
carried on which followed the flag of truce, sent in by the French 
Admiral immediately on bringing his ships to an anchor, every 
thing in Lisbon continued in a state of confusion bordering upon 
one of anarchy. Business of every description was at a stand, 
and the town was left to the mercy of an exasperated military 
police, and a lawless set of ruffians, who, under the pretence of 
attachment to their Government, conducted themselves with 
a disgraceful and unheard-of barbarity. During the last few days, 
several lives have been sacrificed from the wanton cruelty of 
these men; a considerable number of persons have been thrown 
into prison, some after being unmercifully beaten in the streets ; 
and many others, whose opinions were supposed not to be in 
accordance with those of the Government, have been under the 
necessity of concealing themselves, in order to escape the vio- 
lence of the predominating party. Great dismay prevails even 
now among the more moderate of Don Miguel’s adherents, and 
throughout the party opposed to him, in consequence of the 
threats of vengeance that are poured forth by the so called 
royalists, and it is feared (and from experience of the past not 
without some degree of reason) that the departure of the French 
will be followed by the persecution of all who are disaffected to 
the present system. 

The British residents are not exempt from their share of the 
ill-will at present existing here against foreigners: yet I have 
hitherto received but one complaint of a personal attack upon 
any of His Majesty's subjects. Although [ consider it my duty 
to submit this to the Portuguese Government, the individual in 
question having, according to his statement, suffered from an 
unprovoked attack, I cannot but deem him guilty of imprudence 
in unnecessarily exposing himself to danger at a moment of well- 
known and general excitement. It is hardly to be expected that, 
under similar circumstances, the best organized Government 
could be answerable for every act of insubordination committed 
by its agents: but my complaint will be directed against the em- 
ployment of a force not subjected to any kind of discipline, and 
which, while it is not recognized by the laws of the country, is the 
more reprehensible, as the individuals comprising it act as if they 


knew and felt that they are placed above their control. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) Rt. B. Hoppner. 


Viscount Palmerston, 
&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 





* 


Enclosure in No. 41. 


Supplement ic the Lisbon Gazette. 


(Translation.) 
15th July 1831. 

Tue French Government having made upon his Most Faithful 
Majesty’s Government the demand below transcribed, his Ma- 
jesty’s Government, in order to avoid the fatal disasters which 
might result from the late occurrences of the 11th instant, ac- 
quiesced in them after a negotiation. 

ist.—The immediate liberation of M. Bonhomme, and the 
repeal (by a special act of re-qualification) of the sentence pro- 
nounced against him, and executed in its ignominious part; no 
attention having been paid to the protests of his Majesty’s 
Consul in Lisbon, wherein he declared that he considered it as an 
insult offered to France in the person of one of the citizens. 

2d.—The dismissal of the Judges who pronounced the sen- 
tence, and the official publication of the act of re-qualification, 
by which it is to be annulled. 

3d.—A compensation of 20,000 francs to M. Bonhomme. 

4th.—The immediate liberation of M. Sauvinet, who, contrary 
to the laws of the kingdom, was declared a naturalized Portu- 
guese, and condemned by the Extraordinary Commisssion of 
Lisbon (although it had been declared incompetent), to ten years’ 

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transportation to Africa, in virtue of a sentence, the terms of 
which show, that no crime was proved against him. 

5th.—A compensation of 6,000 francs to M.Gamby, another 
of 3,000 to M. Dupont, arbitrarily imprisoned in Lisbon for the 
space of one year, and both ultimately expelled from Portugal, 
in virtue of a sentence, in which nothing was proved against 
them. 

6th.—A compensation of 6,000 francs, previously claimed by 
M. Cassas, the French Consul, in favour of M. Dubois, for the 
injuries he sustained by an unjust imprisonment in the Lisbon 
aol. ° 
. 7th.—A compensation to be guaranteed to M. Vallon, who 
suffered an arbitrary imprisonment of twenty-seven months in 
the gaol at Lisbon, to which he attributed the loss of 20,000 
francs, to his business during his absence ;—the amount to be 
definitively fixed according to the result of inquiries to be made 
in Lisbon. 

8th.—A compensation of 20,000 francs to those French sub- 
jects who remained in Lisbon, after the departure of the French 
Consul, and who may have sustained any injury in their persons 
or property. 

gth.—The promise of a strict observance in future of the 
French privilege of not being arrested but by an order from the 
Judge conservator of those privileged nations, who have not an 
exclusive conservator. 

10th.—The dismissal of the Intendant General of Police. 

11th.—The reversal of sentences pronounced against French- 
men for politicai crimes during the last two years. 

12th.—800,000 francs to indemnify the French Government 
for the expenses of the expedition, which became necessary in 
consequence of the non-compliance of the Portuguese Govern- 
ment with the original demands. 

13th.—The publication in the Lisbon Official Gazette, of the 
demands of France, and of the compliance of the Portuguese 
Government with them. 

14th.—The payment of a sum, to be determined between the 
two Governments, and guaranteed by that of Portugal, to in- 
demnify the French commerce for the injuries it may have 
sustained by letters of marque under the Portuguese flag, or by 
the increased rate of premium on maritime insurances, occasioned 
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DECREES. 


1.—I am pleased, at the instance of the French Government, 
to dismiss from the office of Judges, which they occupied,—the 
Judges of the Court of Requests, Francisco Antonio de Castro, 
Bernardo Carneiro Vieira de Souza Leite. Manoel Joaquim 
Barboza, and Antonio da Fonseca Lobo, and the Judges of the 
Supreme Court of Justice at Oporto, who also have authority in 
the said Court of Requests, Joao Luiz Monteiro de Carvalho e 
Oliveira and Francisco Pinto Coelho de Castro, who pronounced 
the sentence of condemnation against Edmond Potentin Bon- 
homme. Let it thus be understood and executed by the Judge 
who acts as Chancellor and President of the Court of Requests. 


Palace of Queluz, 14th July 1831. 
With the signature of the King our Lord. 


2.—I am pleased, at the instance of the French Government, 
to annul the sentence of condemnation pronounced against 
Edmond Potentin Bonhomme, that it may remain without effect 
in or out of Court, as if it had never been pronounced. 

Let it thus be understood, &amp;c. 


(Same date and signature as above.) 


3.—For motives, just and worthy of my royal consideration, 
I am pleased to exonerate Antonio Germano de Veiga from the 
post of Intendant General of the Police of the Court and 
Kingdom. 

Let it thus be understood and executed by the Count 
de Bastos, Councillor of State, and my Minister for the 
same Department. 

(Date and signature as before.) 


4.—I am pleased, at the instance of the French Government, 
to annul all sentences pronounced against Frenchmen for political 
crimes, by the Supreme Court at Oporto, from two years past, up 
to the present date. 

Let it be so understood, &amp;c. by the President of that 
Court. (Same date and signature.) 

5.—I am pleased to annul, at the instance of the French 
Government, all sentences pronounced against Frenchmen, in 
prosecutions for political crimes, by the Court of Requests, for 
the last two years up to the present date. 


Let it be thus understood and executed by the Judge 
who acts as Chancellor and President of that Court. 


(Date and signature as before.) 














A. 1831. 


DEcREES officially published in the Lisbon Gazette of the 
16th July 1831. 


_ (Translation.) 
To the Minister of Marine. 


Foreign Office, 

L 15th July 1831, 
Ir having been agreed upon in the 18th Article of the 
Convention celal on the 14th instant with the Admiral of 
the French Squadron at anchor in the Tagus, that the vessels of 
war, Orestes and Urania, captured by the French Squadron, and 
now in the port of Brest, should be restored with all their effects 
I have the honour to communicate the same to your Excellency. 
in order that your Excellency may take the necessary steps ac. 
cordingly. 


Most illustrious and excellent Sir, 


God preserve your Excellency, 


(signed) Viscount de Santarem, 
His Excellency Count de Basto. 





To the Royal Board of Trade. 


Palace of Queluz 
Most illustrious and excellent Sir, 15th July 1831. 

Ir having been agreed upon in the 18th Article of the 
Convention concluded on the 14th instant with the Admiral of 
the French Squadron at anchor in the Tagus, that the Portuguese 
merchant vessels, which were captured and conveyed to France 
should be restored, with their respective cargoes: the King our 
Lord is pleased to ordain, that the Royal Board of Trade shall 
thus publish it, in order that the parties interested may cause 
them to be brought back from Brest, where they now are, to 
such place as may be convenient; which your Exceliency will 
make known to the Board. 

God preserve your Excellency. 


(signed) = Viscount de Santarem., 
To the Marquis the Lord High Steward. 





No. 42. 


R. B Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received August 5.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 16th July 1831. 

By the two Decrees which I have the honour to transmit to 
your Lordship in my other despatch of this day's date, your 
Lordship will perceive that the agreement or convention con- 
cluded between the French Admiral and the Portuguese Govern- 
ment, contains several articles which have not here been made 
public, reference being made in them to the 18th Article, while 
only 14 are inserted in the supplement to the Gazette. Of the 
nature of these other Articles, we are therefore for the present left 
in utter ignorance, as well as of the form in which the agreement 
itself was drawn up, the persons by whom it was signed, and the 
notification necessary to confirm its validity. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, R. B. Hoppner. 


&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 





No. 43. 
Viscount d’Asseca to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Translation. ) 
My Lord, London, 2ist July 1831. 

I nave the honour to transmit to your Excellency the copy of 
a despatch from my Government, the substance of which | have 
already had the honour of communicating verbally to you. 

My Government, having been made acquainted with the con- 
tents of your despatch to Mr. Hoppner, has endeavoured to 
dissipate any false impressions which may exist as to the line of 
conduct to be pursued upon the question now at issue between it 
and the Government of France, by fully stating the circumstances 
which preceded and accompanied the demands of M. Cassas, 
whose reports have doubtless led the French Government into 
error in this affair, an error rendered more serious by the acts 
committed by the French Squadron off the Tagus. 

I trust that the solid reasoning of this document will merit the 
attention of your Excellency, and I request you will be so kind 
as to permit me to send you the copy in Portuguese, which I do 
solely through the fear of altering the sense by a translation. 


I avail myself, &amp;c. 
Viscount Palmerston, (signed) Viscount d’ Asseca. 


&amp;e. &amp;e. &amp;e. 


Enclosure in No. 43. 
The Viscount de Santarem to the Viscount d’Asseca. 
(Translation.) 


Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Sir, 

Witu your Excellency’s despatch, No. 239, I received a copy 
of the answer which Lord Palmerston gave to the note whicli 
your Excellency addressed to him in compliance with your in- 
structions, and which was dated the 7thinstant, requesting the 

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mediation of the British Government in the unpleasant disputes 
of France with us. I received at the same time from Mr. Hoppner 
the communication (of which I have enclosed you a copy) of a 
despatch from the British Minister, which in substance is the 
same with the reply given to your Excellency, 

Previous to informing your Excellency of his Majesty’s re- 
solutions concerning that communication, I am under the neces- 
sity, of going back to what antecedently took place with France, 
in order to place this unpleasant business in its proper light. 

The conduct of the Government of his Majesty, before the 
arrival of the French Squadron in the mouth of the Tagus, was 
not only distinguished by the most uncommon prudence, and 
conformable with international courtesy, but also remarkable for 
that delicacy required by the relative situation of Portugal with 
France. 

Though there does not subsist any commercial Treaty with 
France, and though very important articles, produced and manu- 
factured in France, is admitted solely in virtue of an Alvar4, 
which was maintained by a subsequent legislation resting on an 
authority that was abrogated and adjudged null and void by a 
Resolution taken in Cortes by the three estates of the kingdom 
on the 11th June 1828, yet has the Government of his Majesty 
continued to observe the provisions of the Alvara in question, to 
the most signal advantage of France. 

As soon as the Portuguese Government were informed, last 
August, of the events in France, and of the change effected in 
that country, they not only sent circular orders to all the terri- 
torial authorities, but ordered even those residing in France, to 
notify that the commercial relations would continue to subsist 
between Portugal and France without any alteration, and that 
the new flag would be freely admitted into the ports of these 
kingdoms and their dependencies. 

When, by an occurrence which has also happened in several 
parts of Europe, a pilot at the bar of Vianna do Minho refused 
to conduct the Bressane, French brig, into that port, he was 
ordered to be severely punished. 

M.Cassas who, till then, had been sent to succeed M. Blanchet, 
without any commission, aud was only tolerated from mere deli- 
cacy of the Government of his Majesty towards that of France, 
for fear of giving occasion to doubts which might have affected 
its commercial relations, or have been construed as a want of 
courtesy, though the law of nations and common usage required 
a commission, continued to be treated with the same delicacy. 
Still, however, I immediately declared to him verbally, in an 
interview which he had with me, that his Majesty’s Govern- 
ment would continue to receive his communications only on 
subjects exclusively commercial. But M. Cassas, in spite of 
these intimations, which showed our delicacy, and which he more 
than once himself acknowledged, took occasion to make to his 
Majesty’s Government representations on an infinite number of 
subjects concerning the internal administration of the kingdom, 
and on political topics; representations which, apart from his 
incompetency, were couched in terms injurious and offensive, 
that made them not only inadmissible, but also induced the 
Government, which has an undoubted right to maintain its dig- 
nity, to have recourse to remedies authorized by the law of nations, 
even in the case of functionaries of a much higher diplomatic 
rank, and far more with regard to a person, who, even if he had 
exercised his functions under a commission, was, according to 
the general law of nations, subject to the laws of the country, 
without partaking, by right, of any immunity. 

Notwithstanding a conduct so unheard of, his Majesty’s Go- 
vernment, with the greatest prudence and generosity, adopted 
the discreet method of dissembling, and of not taking any, even 
the least, step in consequence of these irregular communications. 
The Government of his Majesty possess numerous proofs of what 
I haye just been asserting, proofs which would convince the 
British Cabinet, and all Europe, of its circumspection. 

His Majesty’s Government entertains not the least doubt that 
the British Government is too good a judge not to acknowledge, 
that every foreign functionary, let his rank be ever sO elevated, 
exercises a peaceful office with the Power to which he is accre- 
dited, insomuch that, from the moment when he begins to em- 
ploy all means for degrading that Power, for offending it, and 
attacking deliberately, and without competence, the sovereignty 
vested with authority in the country to which he is accredited, 
and its religious, civil, and criminal institutions, he ceases not 
only to fulfil the most important end of international relations, 
but also offends the most solid and generally-received principles, 
which all nations, in common, have ever revered and upheld, in 
order to preserve, reciprocally, their dignity and independence. 

But, notwithstanding these ill-judged and extraordinary com- 
munications of M. Cassas, in which he attacked the Judges, their 
intentions and sentences, the courts of justice, and the ministers 
of religion, in the exercise of their functions, independent of the 
administration, his Majesty’s Government refrained, during the 
six months that the individual alluded to, thus exceeded his 
duties, from taking any decisive step, giving, by this proceeding, 
the most decisive proof of its moderation and forbearance. 

At length, on the 11th of last February, Monsieur Cassas ad- 
dressed to me the protest, of which I sent your Excellency a 
copy, wherein he maniféstly atta¢ked all principles, offended 
every decorum, and trampled tirider foot all rules of international 
correspondence. In this situation, his Majesty’s Government 
could not help checking him by a note divested of official forms, 


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because his Majesty’s Government never lost sight of the prin- 
—_ which it had laid down of not acknowledging him as law- 
fully qualified to transact affairs unconnected with the consular 
functions. 

From what I have stated to your Excellency, you will easil 
be able to convince Lord Palmerston of the truth of what 

; posane ; passed 
during the discussions to which that minister alludes. 

But, in regard to the supposition which it has been attempted 
to entertain, that his Majesty’s Government had communicated 
with Monsieur Cassas during any time of his residence at Lisbon 
on commercial subjects as well as political, your Excellency is 
authorized to declare, in the most formal and most positive man- 
ner, to the Government of His Britannic Majesty, that ever since 
the interruption of the diplomatic relations with France, his Ma- 
jesty’s Government has neither with its accredited consular agent, 
Mr. Blanchet, nor much less with Monsieur Cassas, discussed 
any subjects of a political nature, properly so called. 

As, therefore, that individual was not accredited by his Go- 
vernment with any commission communicated to the Portuguese 
Government, and was under circumstances very different from 
those of other consuls, who had all of them their formal com- 
missions and patents according to the old established rule; the. 
Government of his Majesty judged on the most solid grounds, 
that Monsieur Cassas possessed no competency to treat of any 
affair involving the contingency of a rupture, which subsequently 
took place. The sincerity of this decision of the Government of 
his Majesty, appears from the above-mentioned motives, and it 
hopes that the Government of His Britannic Majesty will do it 
the justice to admit that, acting on the indisputable incompe- 
tency of Monsieur Cassas, it could never think of compelling the 
French Government to acknowledge his Most Faithful Majesty, 
and to make the acknowledgment a preliminary condition for re- 
ceiving the representation. That the Portuguese Government 
could not possibly entertain such a notion, will be manifest to 
the British Minister for Foreign Affairs. Nor could it harbour 
any wish to offer a gratuitous affront to France, a Power to which 
it had given so many proofs of consideration and courtesy. 

The purpose of that answer, in addition to the motives just 
mentioned, was also that of displaying to France, throngh the 
medium of other impartial Powers, our reason and justice. 

The Government of his Majesty could not but anticipate, from 
the extremity to which Monsieur Cassas had carried this affair, 
from the incorrect information which he had conveyed to his 
Government, and from the pretexts he had Ronco | that the 
demands of France would not rest there, in spite of all the expla- 
nations which we, through the ministers of neutral Powers, or 
of mediators, did not fail to afford her; and his Majesty’s Go- 
vernment imagined that France would insist on part of her pre- 
tensions, but never that she would actually resort to hostilities 
so contrary to those put in practice by civilized nations. 

His Majesty’s Government on the 2d of last April, before it 
gave the above answer to M. Cassas, addressed itself to that of 
his Catholic Majesty, requesting that cabinet and its allies, to 
impress France with the justice with which Portugal had pro- 
ceeded, and to give to that power such explanations as should be 
suitable to the dignity and independence of the former. 

The demands were notwithstanding repeated, without, how- 
ever announcing any reprisals, and the French Commander, in 
the note which he addressed to me, and of which I sent your 
Excellency a copy, employed terms the most vague, concluding : 
—-“ Je dois également ajouter ici de la maniére la plus expresse, 
que si, dans un délai de 48 heures, les satisfactions dont il s’agit, 
n’ont pas été formellement et complétement accordées, il ne me 
restera qu’a exécuter les ordres qui m’ont été donnés par mon 
Gouvernement.” 

How can such a declaration be reconciled to the principles of 
the law of nations? Did it peradventure give notice of retorts, 
reprisals, or formal hostilities? It did no such thing. 

The conduct of his Majesty’s Government on this occasion, 
was not only conformable with the negotiations which it had 
previously directed to be commenced, but also in accordance 
with its dignity. 

From what I have stated, it is incontestable that his Majesty’s 
Government has exhausted all the means which, without the 
violation of decorum, were in its power, in order to convince 
France how unjust M. Cassas’s demands were, how violent, 
unusual and inadmissible the mode of making them, and how 
manifest the disqualification of such an agent to negotiate such 
an affair—what answer did France return to the explanations of 
the Conde d’Offalia? None that had any effect on her intentions. 
An unprovoked aggression, an aggression of an entirely novel 
species ensued ; she made reprisals without giving notice of 
them. After all that I have set forth, after returning to the 
French commander a reply, which, so far from being a refusal, 
evidently showed that we had not only been anxious to afford 
explanations to France in a manner the most decorous, and the 
most authorized by the law of nations, she goes on to capture, 
not only many more Portuguese properties than would be suf- 
ficient in the way of reprisals, but she also takes ships of war 
belonging to the blockade of the Azores, avowedly for the pur- 
pose of alte hostilities against us, while we are pursuing the 
enemies of Government with an armed force. 

When, therefore, the French commander, notwithstanding the 
reply given him, and containing two essential points ; first, that 
as M. Cassas could not have been allowed to discuss the matters 


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in question, and as his Majesty’s Government had no individual 
at Paris qualified'to do'so, it had by means of the Allies of the 
crown of Portugal négociated this business ; secondly, that every 
violent and unprovoked act, would not fail to be considered by 
all nations a8'an unprovoked act of aggression,—did not yield, 
but continued to capture our ships, how could he be disposed to 
yield after receiving the explanations alluded to? It is evident 
that he would do ages of the kind. 

The Government of his Majesty was not remiss, previous to 
the departure of M. Cassas, in devising the means of affording 
to the French Government the necessary’explanations by some 
agent in Paris, but General Sebastiani, as is known to his Ma- 
jesty’s Government, having received from the Spanish Ambas- 
sador, in Paris, the proposal of listening to the explanations of 
that agent, declared to that Ambassador that he would take the 
advice of ministers as to whether or not he ought to admit him. 
But the proposal of the Spanish Ambassador had, it would 
appear, no result whatever. 

‘The Government of his Majesty authorizes your Excellency to 
signify to Lord Palmerston, how much it appreciates the ex- 
pression of the interest which the British Government takes in 
Portugal, an interest so consonant to an alliance, of whose long 
duration political history offers no other example, and at the 
same time to impress his Lordship with the fact, that the Por- 
tuguese administration neither gave any offence to France, nor 
involved its country in this unpleasant contest. 

Lord Palmerston avows that Great Britain recognizes all the 
obligations imposed on her by the Treaties subsisting with Por- 
tugal, and which were neither abrogated nor suspended by the 
interruption of the diplomatic relations, adding, that nevertheless 
the British Government could not admit that the good faith of 
these Treaties oblige her blindly to espouse an unjust dispute, in 
which Portugal had implicated herself, or defend the justice or 
injustice against any whom she chose to affront. _ 

Such a policy is doubtless very provident, and in conformity 
with reason, in cases in which Portugal might gratuitously and 
capriciously have involved herself in such an unjust feud ; but 
the present disagreement with France leaves so little room for 
the application of this principle, that, on the contrary, the facts 
of the case, and my preceding observations, show that we did not 
provoke the contest. 

His Majesty, however, had determined, out of consideration 
for the counsels of the British Cabinet, to cause to be given up 
the Frenchmen referred to, when an act of the most violent hos- 
tility committed to-day by the French Squadron, whose ships 
approaching the guns of Cascaes, cut the cables and captured 
the Lord Wellington Portuguese galley, and fired upon and fought 
with the fortress of Cascaes, which act, not to take into account 
other circumstances, is a manifest attack upon the Portuguese 
territory, obliged his Majesty to order, once more, these matters 
to be referred to the council of his Ministers 

But I will not delay this despatch till enabled to transmit to 
your Excellency the further instructions of his Majesty, as well 
on the case in hand as on the explanations and the analysis of 
the French demands. 

Your Excellency is fully empowered to offer again to the con- 
sideration of the British Government, relatively to those extra- 
ordinary demands, what I enclosed to your Excellency in the 
document annexed to my despatch No. 377 of this series. 

God preserve your Excellency. 
Viscount d’Asseca, (signed) Viscount de Santarem. 
&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 





No. 44. 


Viscount Granville to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received July 25.) 


(Extract.) Paris, 22d July 1831. 

I HAVE received your Lordship’s despatch, No. 95, enclosing 
copies of despatches from Mr. Hoppner, in one of which an 
account is given of a Portuguese merchant vessel having been 
captured near the Fort of Cascaes, after the guns of that fort 
had been silenced by the fire of a French ship of the line. 

As this capture was effected by measures of more decided hos- 
tility than had before been employed in the detention of Portu- 
guese vy oe of which possession had been taken by the French 
cruizers, | was induced this morning to question, more particu- 
larly Count Sebastiani, as to the instructions which were to regu- 
late the conduct of the Admiral commanding the French Squadron 
on the coast'of Portugal. I learnt from the French Minister, 
that, after the assembling of the whole fleet at the mouth of the 
Tagus, some little time would be afforded for the Government of 
Don Miguel to signify their willingness to give the satisfaction 
required by the French Government; that, if no communication 
of that nature was received, the French fleet would force their 
entrance into the river, and take up a position near the city of 
Lisbon ; that a pause would be afforded to the Portuguese Go- 
vernment to accede to the conditions demanded by France, and 
to concert with the commander of the British naval foree, and 
with his Majesty’s Consul at Lisbon, the means of protecting the 
British property, in case the obstinacy of Don Miguel should 
necessitate the having recourse to further measures of hostility. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 

Viscount Palmerston, (signed) 

&amp;e. Ke. Ke. © 


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No. 45- 
The Viscount d’Asseca to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Translation.) 
My Lord, London, 23d hiily 1831, 


By orders from my Government, I have the honour to transmit 
to your Excellency herewith a literal copy of the note, of which 
Admiral Baron Roussin, commander of the French adron off 
the 'Tagus, addressed, on the 8th instant, to his Excellence 
Viscount de Santarem, Minister for Foreign Affairs to his Most 
Faithful Majesty. 

After the acts of unprovoked hostility which the French Go- 
vernment has, for three months past, not ceased to commit avaingt 
the Portuguese flag, by seizing indiscriminately, under the 
denomination of reprisals for pretended grievances, much ex. 
aggerated in form, but very futile and doubtful in reality, all the 
vessels found at sea which could not defend themselves, whether 
belonging to the state, or to the merchant navy; after these 
repeated reprisals, which could not be justified by the mere mani- 
festation made by Portugal, of her intention to make use of her 
right, in order to contest the magnitude and the actual existence 
of the wrongs laid to her charge, and which cannot either be 
justified by the answer addressed to Captain Rabaudy, in which 
the Portuguese Government, evincing a spirit of true conciliation 
and full of confidence in the impartial judgment of England, 
appealed in this matter to her kind mediation ; a case especially 
foreseen by the Treaties existing between the two countries: 
after the Portuguese Government, far from wishing to give to 
France any new subject of complaint or provocation, and ye 
far likewise from refusing to make to her such reparations as the 
Government of His Britannic Majesty should have found just 
and reasonable, and consequently compatible. with the inde- 
pendence and honour of Portugal, had shown itself ready to 
treat and to arrange every thing through the mediation of Eng- 
land, whose good offices I had, previously, urgently and re- 
peatedly claimed in the interviews which your xcellency had 
been pleased to accord to me, and subsequently in the written 
communications which I addressed to you, my Lord, in accord. 
ance with the positive injunctions of my Court; after all these 
circumstances, the Portuguese Government could certainly not 
be prepared for the new demands of France, specified in the 
communication of Baron Roussin,—demands, more harsh and 
peremptory, more extensive and imperious, and much more 
humiliating for Portugal, than the previous ones, and which the 
last paragraph of the Admiral’s letter, relying on the menacing 
force which he commands, renders infinitely more serious. 

The Portuguese Government, moved, nevertheless, by the 
most sincere and lively desire to contribute, on its part, towards 
putting an end to these disputes, did not hesitate to address to 
the above-mentioned Admiral, the answer, a copy of the original 
text of which your Excellency will find herewith annexed, 
together with a French translation. From it your Excellency 
will perceive that Portugal, although cruelly harassed, and re- 
duced by the imminence of the danger to the extremity of think- 
ing about her legitimate defence, in case of the aggression of the 
French Squadron, gave proof on this occasion of wisdom and 
moderation, and even*of her respect, for France, and, above all, 
showed herself true to the principles and solemn engagements 
which bind her to England, by adopting with eagerness the sug- 
gestions and counsels, which are explicitly stated in the official 
note which your Excellency was pleased to address to me, under 
date of the 18th of last month, by the liberation of the two French- 
men detained at Lisbon, and by the ready disposition of his 
Most Faithful Majesty to do, with respect to the other points, 
every thing that is just and reasonable, according to the sug- 
gestions of your Excellency, contained in the above-named official 
note, by treating with the French Government, through the me- 
dium of the Ambassador of Spain at Paris. 

It is to be hoped, my Lord, that the French Admiral will have 
recognized in the answer of my court, the conciliatory and friendly 
views with which it is animated, and that he will not have pro- 
ceeded further with his menaces, or hostilities, against our terri- 
tory; and I likewise venture to believe, that his Government will 
not refuse, through your good offices, which, in performance of 
my duty, I again in the most urgent manner solicit, to consent 
to an arrangement of our differences, according to the principles 
of law and equity, laid down in your above-mentioned note of the 
18th June, which might serve as a basis to reconcile honourably 
the points in dispute. 

if however, it should unfortunately turn out otherwise ; if the 
French Government should reject our conciliatory wishes and our 
desire to satisfy it in all that is just and reasonable, and which 
would not compromise our honour; if, in short, it should persist 
in waging upon us war to the uttermost, as threatened by its 
Admiral, Portugal, exposed to the calamities of a most unjust as 
well as tyrannical aggression of a powerful enemy, would ‘be 

erfectly justified, and would hasten to have recourse to her most 
intimate and faithful Ally, and to require assistance from it, in 
virtue of the formal and reciprocally binding stipulations of those 
same Treaties of which England has so lately herself demanded 


and obtained the entire execution, as far as regards the conditions 
favourable to herself, and which she has solemnly declared to be 
in full force and vigour, without any circumstance relative to the 
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nature as to free His Britannic Majesty from the precise obliga- 
tions towards the above-named kingdom, which Great Britain has 
imposed upon herself by those Treaties. Thus Lorfuen would 
Jearn again to appreciate, bya happy experience, the value of the 
faith and guaranty of the English nation, which has for so many 
ages been exerted in her behalf. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
Viscount Palmerston, (signed) Viscount d’ Asseca. 
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Enclosure in No. 4¥. 


Baron Roussin to Viscount de Santarem. 
’ (Translation.) 


On board the Ship Suffren, off the Tagus, 
Viscount, ‘8th July 1831. 

Tue repeated demands of the Consul of France, and the note 
sent on the 16th May to your Excellency by the Captain of the 
Navy, De Rabaudy, ought sufficiently to have explained to you 
the motives for my appearance before Lisbon. And, moreover, 
the refusal given to accede to them, having compelled the French 
Government to support them by an expensive armament, I have 
the order to add the following to the first demands :— 

ist, The dismissal of the Chief of the Police of the Kingdom. 
od. The repeal of all the sentences pronounced against the 
French for political motives. 3d. Eight hundred thousand francs 
to indemnify the French Government for the expedition rendered 
necessary by the refusal of the Government of Portugal to com- 
ply with our first demands, 4th, The insertion in the official 
Gazette of the demands of France, and of their acceptance by 
the Government of Portugal, and the publication, by placard, of 
these facts in the streets where the Sieur Bonhomme was igno- 
miniously paraded, These, Viscount, are the reparations which 
I am charged to demand from the Portuguese Government. If 
your Excellency should immediately inform me that you are dis- 
posed to treat on these bases, and that my squadron will be 
received pacifically, the present dispute may instantly terminate. 
In the contrary case, war being de facto declared between France 
and Portugal, all the consequences that will follow it, may be 
foreseen. i beg your Excellency not to defer your reply more 
than twenty-four hours, and to receive, &amp;c. 


Viscount de Santarem, (signed) 
sxc. &amp;c. Ke. 


Baron Roussin. 





Enclosure 2 in No. 45. 


Viscount de Santarem to Baron Roussin. 
(Translation.) 


Most excellent Sir, Foreign Office, gth July 1831. 

Havine laid before the Government of his Most Faithful Ma- 
jesty, the despatch which you addressed to me, dated yesterday, 
{ have the honour to declare to your Excellency that the King, 
my master, desirous of continuing to.give to France every demon- 
stration of his anxious desire to terminate the differences which 
have arisen between the two countries, has resolved to adopt the 
advice of the Government of His Britannic Majesty, by setting 
at liberty the two French subjects Bonhomme and Sauvinet, and 
to treat about the other matters through the medium of the Am- 
bassador of his Catholic Majesty at Paris, in a manner conform- 
able with the dignity of the two countries, and the independence 
of Portugal. 

I cannot refrain from informing your Excellency, that the 
differences which have unhappily existed, and the unprovoked 
hostilities which have taken place (notwithstanding the protec- 
tion given by the Portuguese Government to French subjects 
in their persons and properties) have produced throughout the 
nation, sentiments worthy of its independence. 

The Portuguese Government is very sorry not to be able to 
permit the entry of the French Squadron into the Tagus before 
the negociations be completely concluded, more particularly as 
no Treaty is in existence, permitting the French naval forces 
to. enter, and still less to be stationed in the ports of the 
Kingdom. 


I avail myself, &amp;c. 
A true Copy. (signed) Viscount Santarem. 
Viscount d’Asseca, 
&amp;e, &amp;e. Ke. 





No. 46. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received August 18.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 23d July 1831. 
NorwiTHsTANDING. the expectations that were entertained 
here by the Government, and held out by the French admiral, 
that he would immediately send back part of his force to France, 
and remove with the remainder to Cascaes, the French Squadron 
still continues at anchor off Lisbon, apparently waiting for 
answers to the questions referred to Paris, relative to the disputed 
articles in the Convention.. On the 2ist instant they restored 
to. the Portuguese Government, the ship of the line Don Joao 6, 
ving ina council of war held for that purpose, on board the 














second admiral’s ship, determined, that as she was neither com- 
pletely armed nor manned, they did not consider; heras forming 
part of the hostile line drawn up to oppose, the 


The sums claimed as indemnification by the Breach’ haye 
already been paid in hard cash on board the admiral’s ship ; 
having been partly furnished by one or two merchants holding 
Government contracts to a large amount; and by the bank of 
Lisbon, which has discounted their bills. _ ag 
, I have the honour, &amp;c. 

Viscount Palmerston, (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 
&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 





No. 47. 


Viscount Granville to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received July 25.) 


My Lord, Paris, 23d July 1831. 

Tue intelligence from Lisbon, which was this day announced 
to the Chambers in the King’s Speech, was communicated to the 
French Government by a telegraphic despatch from Bayonne. 

I have just seen that despatch. The account from Lisbon is 
dated the 13th. It states that a letter was written by the com- 
mander of the French fleet to the Portuguese Minister for Foreign 
Affairs, demanding the compliance of his Government with the 
demands previously made by France, and also the sum of 800,000 
francs to defray the expenses of the armament; that the French 
fleet had subsequently entered the Tagus; that they were fired 
upon only by one fort and by one Portuguese vessel; that the 
Portuguese ships of war had been taken possession of, and that 
the tricolour flag was floating on board of them, and that Don 
Miguel had submitted to all the conditions imposed. 

I have the honour to i &amp;e. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed) Granville. 


&amp;e. Kec. Ke. 





No. 48. 


Viscount Granville to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received July 28.) 


My Lord, Paris, 25th July 1831. 

Count Sebastiani informs me, that the Government has just 
received, by a vessel arrived at Brest, further despatches from 
Lisbon, and that it appears the resistance on the part of the 
Portuguese batteries was more serious than had been imagined, 
from what was contained in the telegraphic despatch from 
Bayonne. The loss of the French was, three killed and eleven 
wounded. The French ships were fired upon for ten minutes 
before they returned the fire. After placing his fleet immediately 
before Lisbon, the French Admiral gave two hours to the Portu- 
guese Government for the acceptance of the French conditions. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed) Granville. 


&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 





No. 49. 
Viscount Palmerston to Viscount d’Asseca. 


Foreign Office, 26th July 1831. 
Tue undersigned, &amp;c. has the atten to acknowledge the 
receipt of the note addressed to him on the 23d instant by the 
Viscount d’Asseca, &amp;c. and has only to state in reply, that it 
does not appear to him necessary to enter into any further dis- 
cussion upon a matter which seems now to be settled. 
The undersigned, &amp;c. 
Viscount d’Asseca, (signed) 
&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 


Palmerston. 





No. 50. 


Viscount Granville to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received July 30.) 


(Extract.) Paris, 28 July,1831.,;, 

Tue Spanish Ambassador called upon me this morning, for the 
purpose of communicating to me the Treaty signed on the, 14th 
instant, by Admiral Roussin and the Portuguese Plenipotentiary, 
which he had just received by a courier from Madrid, 

M. Ofalia, having given me the opportunity of taking a copy 
of the Treaty, (as it may possibly not have reached London direct 
from Lisbon,) I transmit it to your Lordship, and also a protest 
of the Portuguese Government against the retention by the 
French of the Portuguese ships of war, of which they had taken 
posession in the Tagus, together with the answer given to that 
protest by the French Admiral. 

I have the honour, &amp;e. 

Viscount Palmerston, (signed ) Granville. 

&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 





Enclosure 1 in No. 50. 
(Translation.) 


M.Casre.ito Branco, &amp;c. &amp;c. bearer of the Full Powers 
of the Viscount de Santarem, Minister for Foreign Affairs in 
Portugal, 





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baying, met, pn, .b 


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ean ie a 






ith 
wing 


and Rear Admiral the Baron Roussin 

French Government, on the other, 
d the ship Suffren, anchored in the Tagus, 
to adopt in the name of their respective Go- 
QW i ticles, guaranteeing on their honour, 


the execution of all the arrangements which they contain :— 


spur &gt;A rtictes adopted. 


Granted, twenty-four hours, it 
being eleven in the morning. 
The rest of the Article granted. 


Granted. 


Granted in twenty-four hours, 
and in eash sent on board the 
Suffren, a receipt being given. 


Granted, till to-morrow morning 
at eleven o'clock, to. be sent on 
board the Suffren. 


Granted, as in the preceding 
Article. 


Granted. It is understood that 
the legality of the claim for 20,000 
francs shall be authentically prov- 
ed; and that in no case shall it 
exceed the 20,000 francs. 


Granted, provided the whole 
amount of iademnity be previous- 
ly arranged by the two parties ; 
the, Portuguese Government de- 
clares thatthe French were objects 
of its care since the departure of 
the Consul, an assertion which 
until now, is not disputed by the 
French residents in Lisbon. 


This proposition is admitted, 
until the two Governments come 
to a reciprocal understanding on 
this point. 


Articles proposed, 
ARTICLE I. 


The liberation of the Sieur 
Bonhommme, the annulling, by a 
special act of requalification, of 
the sentence pronounced and exe- 
cuted upon him, in contempt of 
the protests of the French Consul. 


ArTICLE II. 


The dismissal, in twenty-four 
hours, of the Judges who pro- 
nounced the sentence, and the 
official publication, in the same 
space of time, of the act of re- 
qualification by which it is to be 
followed. 


Artictr III. 


An indemnity of 20,000 francs 
to Mr. Bonhomme. 


ARTICLE IV. 


The liberation of the Sieur 
Sauvinet, illegally condemned to 
ten years of banishment to Africa, 
in virtue of a sentence, the terms 
of which show that none of the 
charges brought against him were 
capable of proof. 


ARTICLE V. 


An indemnity of 6,000 francs, 
previously claimed by the Consul 
of France, in favour of the Sieur 
Dubois, engraver, for the losses he 
sustained by an unjust detention 
in Lisbon. 


Articte VI. 


An indemnity in favour of the 
Sieur Vallen, who endured in the 
prison of Lisbon, an arbitrary 
confinement of 27 months. This 
indemnity shall be 20,000 francs, 
the amount of the loss experienced 
by Vallen during his absence. 


Articte VII. 


An indemnity of 20,000 francs 
for the French who remained in 
Lisbon after the departure of the 
Consul for France, and who may 
have since suffered injuries in 
their persons or properties. 


Articte VIII. 


The assurance of the strict ob- 
servance in future, of the privilege 
of not being arrested, except by 
virtue of an order from the Judge 
Conservator of the privileged na- 
tions, who have not one exclusively 
belonging to them. 


Demands added in consequence of the refusal of the first, and of 
the armament which first gave occasion to such refusal. 


The chief of the Police of the 
kingdom, at the period in question, 
having been previously dismissed, 
the. decree pronouncing his dis- 
missal shall be publicly produced. 


_ Granted, for these trials for two 
yeats ‘past in Lisbon and Oporto. 


Granted, with a reserve to regu- 
late, at the end of these Articles, 
the period of payments. 
wobest&amp;i sb os ¢ 


ARTICLE IX. 


The dismissal of the chief of 
the police of the kingdom in 24 
hours. 


ARTICLE X. 


The abrogation in the same 
space of time of all the sentences 
passed upon French persons for 
political crimes. 


ArtTicLe XI. 


800,000 francs to indemnify the 
French Government for the ex- 
penses of the expedition, rendered 


-mecessary by the refusal of the | 
Portuguese Government to adhere 


to our first demands. 











“Articles adopted. 


Granted; the Admiral yields 
the regulation regarding the pla- 
cards, on condition that the other 
reparations demanded by France, 
and granted by Portugal, shall be 
pubhshed in the Official Gazette. 


The Portuguse Government de- 
clares that none of these causes 
exist ; nevertheless it engages to 
indemnify French commerce for 
the losses authentically acknow- 
ledged as being an effect of these 
causes. 


To guarantee the execution of 
the Articles requiring insertion in 
the Official Gazette of Lisbon, of 
the sundry repeals of sentence 
which are to be made in it, 50 
copies of that Gazette shall be de- 
livered to the Admiral, and also 
the minute in question shall be 
addressed to him previous to the 
printing. This condition shall be 
executed within 24 hours, reckon- 
ing from six o’clock in the evening 
of to-day, 24th July. 


Agreed. 


The commander has induced 
the Admiral to forego this Article, 
by formally pledgmg himself, in 
the name of the Portuguese Go- 
vernment, to make no military 
movement whatever during. the 
stay of the French Squadron in 
the Tagus. 


Granted; fixing the term of 
two months, or sooner if possible, 
for sending back the Portuguese 
merchant ships. As to the two 
ships of war, detained before the 
arrival of the Admiral in the 
Tagus, the Admiral commanding 
the squadron consents to their 
being comprised in the class of 
merchant ships detained, and re- 
stored on the samé conditions with 
them. 


Granted. 


——=—= 


Articles proposed. 
ArTICLE XII. 


The insertion within 24 hours 
and in the Lisbon Official Gazette. 
of the demands of France, and 
their acceptance by the Portuguese 
Government, and the placardin 
of these facts in the streets where 
the Sieur Bonhomme was igno- 
miniously paraded. 


ARTICLE XIII. 


The Portuguese Government 
guarantees the payment of a sum, 
which shall be determined peremp- 
torily between the two parties, and 
upon authentic documents, to in- 
demnify French commerce for the 
injuries which it may have sustain- 
ed, whether by privateers with 
letters of marque, under Portu- 
guese colours, or by the increase 
of premium of maritime insur- 
ances resulting from that measure, 
er by any. other cause duly ac- 
knowledged. 


ARTICLE XIV. 


To guarantee the fulfilment of 
Article. 13, relative to the publi. 
cation. in the Official Journal of 
Lisbon, of the reparations obtained 
by France, a French officer ap- 
pointed by the Rear Admiral com- 
manding the squadron, shall be 
present at the printing of the 
paper, to certify that it is in con- 
formity with the clauses stated in 
this Article, and 50 copies shall 
be given to him. 


ARTICLE XV. 


None of the persons who shall 
have rendered services to the 
French Squadron, shall be called 
to account for their conduct. 

The Portuguese pilots whom it 
employed shall be considered (as 
is true) to have acted under the 
constraint of force. 


ArticLe XVL 


To guarantee the entire execu- 
tion of the ‘present Articles, Fort 
Julian. shall be’ given up to the 
French Admiral, until, they be 
entirely fulfilled. 


ArTicLe XVII. 


The conditions which precede, 
being settled, the Portuguese pri- 
soners of war shall iatectiately be 
restored... The Portuguese mcr- 
chant ships detained and sent to 
France, since the commencement 
of these hostilities, shall in like 
manner be restored, the Portu- 
guese Government being burthen- 
ed with the payment to France, 
on accountable documents of the 
expenses of sequestration occa- 
sioned by the detention of these 
vessels, 


Articse XVIIL. 


To insure the payment of the 
compensation granted and ap- 
proved, it is agreed that the whole 
of: these compensations shall be 
added together, and that that sum, 
with.,the exception of that, of 
30,000. francs, allotted for the 
Sieur -Bonhomme, and another ot 
"20,000 francs conditionally award- 
ed to the Sieur Vallen, in conform- 
ity with Article VIL., shalt be fur- 


‘nished by the Portuguese Govern- 
‘ment,’ oF t 
Sdlays, ‘by! a bill: of: exchange’on 
Paris; ciscluding every guarantec, 


hit’ the ‘space! of tlitee 


ta be’ spaid :attwo months’ sight, 
and |transmitted, in duplicate. t° 
the... Admiral , commanding the 


.., squadron, 


ARTICLE 








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Artictes adopted. Articles proposed. 


ARTICLE XIX. 


At the request of the com- 
mander, the Admiral comanding 
the French Squadron engages to 
canse the greater part of the naval 
forces under his command to quit 
the Tagus as soon as the fulfilment 
of the preceding Articles shall 
have taken place, and as early as 
possible within a period of ten 
days, dating from to-day. 

All the above Articles being 
reciprocally approved, the two 
contracting parties have signed. 


Antonio S.d’ Atha Branco Castello. 
Baron de Roussin. 


(signed) 





Enclosure 2 in No. 50. 
Viscount Santarem to Baron Roussin. 


(Translation.) 
Monsieur le Baron, 

Tue Government of Portugal having neither provoked nor 
waged war with France ; having, on the contrary, in its position 
relatively to France, sought rather to avoid war by every means 
founded on principles which are authorized by the law of na- 
tions, and which have hitherto been acknowledged by all civilized 
States ; it is impossible for this Government to admit that a war 
de facto waged by France, and declared to be such by the note 
of your Excellency, dated the 8th instant, could be productive 
of the same consequences as would result from a war de jure. 
Self-defence being an indisputable right, and common to all 
nations, the Government of Portugal could not fail to oppose 
the violation of its territory when it saw the French Squadron, 
under your Excellency’s command, force its way up the Tagus. 
Therefore the Government of Portugal protests solemnly, in the 
face of Europe and of the world, against the capture made by 
your Excellency of the Portuguese ships of war lying at anchor 
in the Tagus. 

Receive, &amp;c. 

Baron Roussin, (signed) 

&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 


Viscount de Santarem. 


Enclosure 3 in No. 50. 
(Translation.) 


On board the Suffren, off Lisbon, the 14th July 1831. 

Rear Admiral Baron Roussin, commanding the French Squa- 
dron in the Tagus, has received from the hands of M. Castello 
Branco, charged with the commands of the Viscount Santarem, 
a letter from that Minister, containing a protest against the 
seizure, by the French Squadron, of the Portuguese Squadron, 
composed of eight vessels, and which struck its flag in the en- 
— on the 11th of this month. The Rear Admiral Baron 

oussin receives this protest for the purpose of forwarding it to 
his Government, but without considering it as having the power 
to destroy the rights which appear to him to have been acquired 
by his squadron over the Portuguese vessels, according to the 
usages of war admitted among all nations. 

In consequence, he reserves to himself the right of disposing 
of these vessels, without prejudice to their ulterior restoration, if 
such be the pleasure of the French Government. 


(signed) The Vice Admiral Baron Roussin. 
Viscount Santarem. 





No. 51. 
Viscount Palmerston to Viscount Granville. 


My Lord, Foreign Office, July 29, 1831. 

WueEn His Majesty’s Government received the intelligence of 
the entrance of the French Fleet into the port of Lisbon, which 
was known here on Monday last, I felt it my duty immediately 
to have an interview with the Prince de Talleyrand, and to ask 
him what were the ulterior iatentions of the French Government 
with respect to their fleet in the Tagus, and whether His Ma- 
jesty’s Government were right in concluding that as soon as the 
satisfaction demanded from Portugal, shall have been obtained, 
the French Fleet will quit the Tagus, and I added that His Ma- 
jesty’s Government were the more disposed to take this for 
granted, because, in reply to a former communication, made by 
them, on the subject of the expedition, the French Government 
had stated that the fleet carried with it no troops for disem- 
barkation. 

The Prince de Talleyrand professed himself unable to give 
me any answer, because he had, at that moment, no information 
which would afford him the means of doing so. But he appeared 
to entertain the same expectation as His Majesty’s Government, 
as to the retirement of the French fleet, whenever full satisfaction 
shall have been obtained. peal: 

I have, to-day, again repeated the same inquiry of the Prince, 
but he has not received any fresh intelligence oki can enable 


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| him to answer it, and it therefore becomes necessary to instruct 


your Excellency to request information on this subject from the 
French Government: 

His Majesty’s Government have already stated the reasons 
which induced them not to interfere in the recent dispute be- 
tween France and Portugal, but one of those reasons certainly 
was, their conviction, founded upon all their communications, 
written and verbal, with the French Government and with the 
French Ambassador in London, that satisfaction was the only 
object sought for by France, and that no occupation of any part 
of the Portuguese territory was thought of. 

His Majesty’s Government see nothing hitherto in the pro- 
ceedings of the French fleet which can lead them to suppose 
any change of plan or intention, on the part of the French Go- 
vernment ; but, in a matter of so much importance to England, 
it is essential that your Excellency should lose no time in ob- 
taining from the French Government a distinct and satisfactory 
explanation. . 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
Viscount Granville, (signed) 
&amp;e. &amp;Ke. Ke. 


Palmerston, 





No. 52. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received August 3.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 30 July 1831. 

I nave the honour to inform your Lordship, that on Monday 
the 25th instant, five French ships of the line, constituting the 
Toulon Squadron, commanded by Rear-Admiral Hugon, quitted 
the Tagus. Rear-Admiral the Baron Roussin remaining here 
with the Suffren, and the rest of the fleet. 

Although Lisbon is now comparatively quiet, the streets of 
this capital still bear the aspect of a besieged citadel; the troops, 
both cavalry and infantry, being kept continually under arms. 
While this is the condition of the capital, I regret to have to in- 
form your Lordship, that the same spirit of persecution which 
lately displayed itself in Lisbon, has spread throughout the 
Kingdom. There is scarcely a town of any consideration where 
the inhabitants have not been molested. The greatest alarm 
prevails throughout the country. In every parish, lists have been 
opened, of the real or supposed enemies of the predominatin 
system. Many — who have hitherto been considered staunc 
loyalists, have been arrested since the 11th, on the denunciation 
of secret enemies ; no one, therefore, considers himself as any 
longer safe from the consequences of an unsparing persecution, 
which has added, in little more than a fortnight, more than a thou- 
sand victims to those who already languished in the prisons of 
this city, and has sanctioned the ill-treatment, and even murder, 
of numerous inoffensive individuals. 

In my despatch of the 23d inst. I had the honour to transmit 
to your Lordship a copy of the account published by the Minister 
of Justice, of the transaction of the 11th. The French Admiral 
having complained of this, it was publicly contradicted in the 
Lisbon Gazette of the 25th, in an article which I herewith enclose. 
I regret to say, these mis-statements are merely considered as 
unsuccessful trials of skill, which only call for other and more 
efficacious attempts on any future opportunity. 

It is difficult to divine what can occasion these great military 
preparations which are evidently no longer intended to secure 
the country against the French; since the latter have most 
clearly shown that they have no other object in view, than the 
satisfaction of their demands, and their protracted stay is to be 
accounted for by the reference of some of these to the French 
Government for their further consideration. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed) KR. B. Hoppner. 
&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 


Enclosure in Mr. Hoppner’s Despatch of 2gd July, 
above referred to. 


Palace of Queluz, 16th July 1831. 

We have received from Coimbra a Royal order of the follow- 
ing tenor, printed there. 

The King our Lord commands me to inform you, that the French 
Squadron, which was at anchor outside the Bar of Lisbon, has 
this day contrived to enter, and is now anchored opposite the 
city; having suffered no small damage from our forts. 

The enthusiasm of the troops and people on this occasion was 
extraordinary ; the greatest order a | at the same time been 
observed. Every measure was taken to defend Lisbon and attack 
the enemy; no other conflict having, however, taken place further 
than that between the ships and the forts at the entrance of the 
Bar; for, the Frenchmen immediately offered to negotiate with his 
Majesty’s Government. The differences with France may, there- 
fore, be looked upon as settled. With this intelligence you are 
to dispel those other exaggerated or disfigured reports which 
the Revolutionists there (in Coimbra) may have caused to be 
circulated on this head. 


God preserve you. 
(signed) Luiz de Rio de Mendouca, 


Judge Conservator of the University of Coimbra. 
_ Enclosure 





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Enclosure in: No. 52- 
:,,) Translation of Extract, Page 704. 


AN ‘essentially incorrect statement of the occurrences of the 
11th triste, relative to the entrance of the French Squadron into 
the Tagus, having appeared in the supplement to the Oporto 
Gazette of the 76th instant, we are authorized to give the follow- 
ing résumen ‘of those facts. : 

On the'11th July, after 2'P. ., a French Squadron of 6 line- 
of-battle-ships, 3 frigates, and 3 corvettes, forced the greater Bar, 
and entered the Tagus; at 4 o’clock it anchored im line from 
Belem Castle ‘to Lishen when his Majesty’s Government having 
treated with the Admiral Baron Roussin, commander of the 
squadron, hostilities ceased, and on the 14th instant a Conven- 
tion was signed, by virtue of which France obtained the repara- 
tion she demanded. 





No. 53- 
Viscount Granville to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received August 3.) 


My Lord, Paris, July 31, 1831. 

Count Sebastiani called upon me this morning, to announce, 
that orders had been already sent to Admiral Roussin to withdraw 
the French Fleet immediately from the Tagus, without waiting 
for the completion of the payments of indemnity which had been 
agreed to by the Portuguese Government. 

The Portuguese merchant ships which had been captured, 
and which are now detained in the ports of France, Count 
Sebastiani observed were a sufficient security for the fulfilment 
of these pecuniary engagements. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed) Granville. 


&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 





No. 54- 
Viscount d’Asseca to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Translation.) 
My Lord, London, 1st August 1831. 


I nave just received, by overland conveyance, news from 
Lisbon, which puts me in possession of all that has passed there 
up to the 14th of last month. I cannot doubt that your Excel- 
lency is likewise acquainted with it. Out of respect for trans- 
actions to which it appears that my Government had already 
subscribed, | will not revive discussions upon the severe trials 
which Portugal has suffered in consequence of the unprovoked 
aggression of the French Fleet. As 3 Puctdsnees: jealous of the 
honour of my country, and as a faithful subject of a Sovereign 
who has honoured me with his confidence, I grieve, my Lord, at 
the extent of the sacrifices, and at the weight of the evil, which 
a‘cruel and revengeful enemy, presuming upon his power, has 
inflicted upon my unfortunate country; and still more deeply do 
I grieve that our ancient Ally, the powerful, the great, and gene- 
rous England, should have neglected, notwithstanding our formal 
request, and our repeated preree and pressing solicitations, sup- 
ported by Treaties, to take measures to save the Portuguese 
nation from the effect of unjust and pitiless threats which have 
been uttered against her during three months, and the dreadful 
humiliation which now overwhelms her. No one knows better 
than your Excellency that my Government has never refused to 
grant to France, by amicable means, and through the mediation 
of Great Britain, every satisfaction which might be reasonably 
deemed due to her for grievances alleged against us. Even before 
the departure from Lisbon of the acting French Consul General, 
I addressed myself to you, my Lord, requesting in the name of 
my Government the interference of His Britannic Majesty, for 
the amicable settlement of the demands of the French Govern- 
ment; and I have constantly and urgently solicited and claimed 
from you, verbally and in writing, your good offices, not to re- 
lease Portugal from the obligation she lies under, of redressing 
grievances which England, after having heard both parties, might 
have looked upon as just and well founded, for at no time have 
we etitbtsined’ such an idea, but to extend to us above all things 
that’ succour and moral protection which were assured to us by 
the -letter ‘and the'spirit of Treaties now in full force, Treaties 
which Englatid herself only lately invoked for her own advantage, 
and which undoubtedly ought formerly, and now, to protect us 
from’ ‘unjust ‘atid imperious menaces, from the exaggerated de- 
mands ‘and’ ‘hostile enterprises of all foreign powers, and more 
parti¢ulatly from those of France, which, by a wise foresight, is 
one’ of the two powers especially named and designated in those 
Treaties, ‘as ‘being the powers whose encroachments upon the in- 
dependence of Portugal were the most to be apprehended. ‘The 
measured ahswer of my Government to Captain de Rabaudy, 
and’ that ‘which ‘it ‘addressed’ at the last moment to Admiral 
Roussin, which I had the honour to communicate to your Excel- 
lency in’ my former note of the 23d July, afford a fresh and 
unequivocal proof that we have by no means refused to make 
such reparations as were compatible with honour and justice; 











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but that, on the contrary, Portugal, faithful to her old habits of 
entire confidence in her ancient Ally, and strong in the goodnes 

of her cause, and in the purity of her intentions, has yielded &gt; 
the counsels of England, with the same feelings which actuated 
her when, with her Treaties in her hand, she has constantly and 
invariably claimed, through me, the mediation and the impartial 
and distinct advice of His Britannic Majesty, in order that sh 

might conform to it without reserve. r 

Gnfortunately for us, and when we ‘are certainly free from thy 
reproach of not having pressed sufficiently our prayers and coin. 
plaints, the Portuguese nation, for the first time, for many asex 
of an alliance, rich in'so'many recollections,’ slorious for herself 
and for the British Nation; has been suddenly deserted by ithe 
Government of His’ Britannié Majesty, and abandoned to the 
most cruel and'unmerited fate. The consequences have heey 
such as loyal England cannot but lament. Lisbon has seen 
before its walls a hostile squadron, dictating to Portugal, in the 
harshest and most unmeasured terms, a law at once cruel and 
humiliating ; and the ancient Portuguese flag, which, in other 
and more prosperous times, all the power of England would have 
been employed to defend, has been torn down, and replaced b 
that flag which England and Portugal together have formerly xf 
often, so nobly, and so gloriously combated ; and, as if to humi- 
liate us still further, in signalizing more particularly the triumph 
of France over an Ally of England, the only vessels of war which 
still remained to Portugal, those venerated relics of her once 
valiant royal navy, were on the 12th of July, mercilessly declared 
by Admiral Roussin, French property; notwithstanding that 
this same Admiral, in an official communication of the previous 
evening, had pompously used these words: “ France, always 
generous, will treat on the same terms as before victory.” : 

My grief is at its height, my Lord, in writing to you these 
lines. My patriotic feelings revolt against so glaring an abuse 
of power. I conclude, by transmitting to you enclosed, a copy 
of a solemn protest of my Government, against the capture of 
the Portuguese Squadron by the French Admiral, in contempt of 
the rights of nations ; also a copy of the reply of. Baron Roussin; 
and in protesting again, as by necessity compelled, and in the 
most formal manner, in the name of my Government, against this 
act of violence, I urgently invoke the assistance and energetic 
intervention of your Government, my Lord, with the Government 
of France, to engage it to desist from this unjustifiable pretention, 
and to compel its squadron to quit the port of Lisbon without 
delay, in virtue of the stipulations of Treaties which undoubtedly 
authorize us to make this demand upon you. 

I venture to hope, my Lord, that you will not be insensible to 
the stain which our ancient and glorious Treaties receive from 
such an affront offered to the flag of a nation renowned for its 
attachment to England; and that you will not disregard those 
cries of distress, which are now brought to your ears, against 
the oppression of a Foreign force, whose yoke in former times 
you have nobly assisted her in throwing off; and finaliy; that 
your Excellency will not refuse to afford some consolation to m 
Government, by giving me a favourable answer; before the de- 
parture from England of the next packet. - 


I pray you, &amp;e, 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed) 


&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 


Vicomte d’ Asseta. 


Enclosure 1 in No. 54. 
(Translation.) 


Protest addressed by the Portuguese Government to the 
French Rear Admiral, Baron Roussin. 


Senhor Baron, 14th July 1831. 

As the Portuguese Government has neither provoked, nor 
made war against France, but, on the contrary, sought, in its rela- 
tive situation with the French Government, every means founded 
on the principles which are received by all civilized nations. 
and which hitherto have never been controverted by the law of 
nations, for avoiding it, it cannot possibly admit that an attempt 
should be made to obtain from a war de facto, waged by France, 
and declared as such in your Excellency’s note of the 8th instant, 
those fruits and consequences which result from a war de jure. 
The defence of their own territory being the indisputable and 
common right of all nations, the Portuguese Government could 
not refrain from resisting the violation of that territory when it 
beheld your Excellency’s squadron force its entrance into the 
Tagus. The Portuguese Government therefore solemnly protest, 
in the face of Europe and of the whole world, against the capture 
made by your Exeellency of the Portuguese ships of war that: 
were at anchor in the Tagus. ; 


Accept the assurances, &amp;c, ; 
(signed) Visconde de Santarem. | 


Secretary of State’s Office, for Foreign Affairs, 1 of 
12th July 1831. 


His Excellency Admiral Baron Roussin, 
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Enclosute 2 in No. 54. 
Reply of Baron Roussin, addressed to Viscount de Santarem. 
(Translation.) 


On board the Suffren, off Lisbon, 
14th July 1834. 
commanding the, French 
yadron in the Tagus, has received from the hands of M, Cas- 

Branco, charged with, the, commands, of the Viscount de 
Santarem, a letter from that Minister, containing a Protest against 
the seizure, by the French Squadron, of the Portuguese Squadron, 
composed of, eight vessels,,and which struck its flag in the en- 
gagement.on the 11th of this month... The Rear-Admiral Baron 
Roussin_ receives this Protest, forthe purpose of forwarding, it 
to his Government, but. without considering it;as having the 
power to destroy the rights which appear to him to have been 
acquired by his squadron over the Portuguese vessels, according 
to the usages of war admitted among all nations. 

In consequence, he reserves to himself the right of disposing 
of these vessels, without prejudice to their ulterior restoration, if 
such be the pleasure of the French Government. 


_ Rear-ApMmirAL Baron Roussin, 


3 
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(signed) Vice-Admiral Baron Roussin. 


Viscount de Santarem. 





No. 55- 
Viscount Granville to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received August 4.) 


(Extract.) Paris, ist August 1831. 

I TRANSMITTED to your Lordship last night, by estafette, the 
communication I received yesterday from Count Sebastiani, rela- 
tive to the orders. given by the French Government to Admiral 
Roussin, to withdraw his fleet immediately from the Tagus. Part 
of the fleet were directed to be sent to Toulon, and another part 
to Brest. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) 


Viscount Palmerston, Granville. 


&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 





No. 56. 
The King’s Advocate to Viscount Palmerston. 


My Lord, Doctors’ Commons, 9th August 1831. 

I am honoured with your Lordship’s commands, signified in 
Sir George Shee’s letter of the 1st stant, transmitting the follow- 
ing statement for my consideration and report :— 

“ On the 29th of March last, the French Government, through 
the medium of a gentleman charged with their consular affairs 
at Lisbon, M. Cassas made complaint to the Portuguese Govern- 
ment of sundry acts of injustice and oppression, committed by 
them upon French subjects, and demanded immediate redress. 

“ This redress was refused, upon the plea that M. Cassas, who 
made the application, was not an accredited agent of France. 
M. Cassas as left Lisbon, and, on the 16th of May, a French 
Squadron was sent to the Tagus, with a more formal renewal of 
the demand. The answer to this demand) also being unsatis- 
factory, reprisals ensued, viz. by the detention of all Portuguese 
merchant vessels entering the Tagus, and also of two ships of 
war encountered by the French Squadron at sea, which ships 
of war, together with the merchantmen, were subsequently sent 
to Brest. 

“ Shortly ‘afterwards a French Fleet appeared off the Tagus, 
and the commander of the force addressed to the’ Portuguese 
Government a demand for instant and ample reparation of every 
grievance, announcing that; ‘ in case of a refusal, war being de 

facto declared between Portugal and France,’ hostilities would 
be the immediate consequence. 

“ The auswer to this demand not being as satisfactory as the 
French commander considered he had a right to expect, hos- 
tilities commenced. 

“The French Fleet, according to notice, satled up the Tagus. 
They were fired at by the forts, whose batteries they silenced, but 
not by the Portuguese ships of war in the river, which, on the 
reed struck theit colours as the first French frigate sailed by 
them. 

“ The French Fleet having anchored in the Tagus, the Portu- 
guese Government’ yielded, and promised acquiescence in all 
the French demands.” The result was a Convention between the 
Portuguese Government and the Freneh Commander, by which 
it was agreed that upon the fulfilment, by the former, of all the 
obligations which the Convention imposed upon them, the mer- 
chant vessels whieh-had’ been detained, and the two ships of war 
which had been first captured at sea, should again be given up. 
The French Commander, however, now, asserts, and it would 
appear that he is supported by his Government in the assertion, 
that the ships of war whieh struck ‘their colours in the Tagus, 
Should be considered as ‘ prizes of warty and not-as vessels de- 
tained by way of reprisals, and under the first of these denomi- 


nations, insists upon retaining them. Against this retention, 





upon such grounds, the Portuguese Government have solemnlY 
protested. a 

“ They have applied to this Government fot interference in 
their behalf, and have appealed, in support, of their, claim, to 
those Treaties by which Great. Britain 1s, bound in.a just cause, 
to peqtact Portugal from aggression.” ' 

- The question, then, for my consideration, is as follows :— 

Are these Portuguese ships of war, so. capturedin the Tagus, 
legitimate prizes of war? or, in other words,.do the hostilities 
which took place in the Tagus, and.in the progress of: which, a 
Portuguese Fleet gratuitously surrendered to. the French,. entitle 
France to retain that fleet, after having received from Portugal 
complete satisfaction of all those demands, to enforce which, the 
hostilities were commenced, : 

And your Lordship is pleased to request that I would, at my 
earliest convenience, report my opinion upon the case. above 
detailed. 

I am also honoured with Sir George Shee’s letter of the 2d 
instant, transmitting the memorandum of a transaction, which 
appears in some degree to resemble that upon which my opinion 
is required. 

In obedience to your Lordship’s commands, I have the honour 
to report that the right of the French Government to retain pos- 
session of the Portuguese ships of war captured in the Tagus, 
will depend upon the terms of the Convention subsequently 
entered into between the Government of Portugal and the com- 
mander of the French Squadron. For, those ships having sur- 
rendered, after the declaration, and during the pendency of 
hostilities, although they made no resistance, are to be consi- 
dered as legitimate prizes of war, and not as seized by way of 
reprisals only, 

This latter species of seizure is resorted to, with the view of 
obtaining satisfection for injuries alleged to have been received, 
and in order to prevent the necessity of having recourse to actual 
hostilities ; and may be looked upon as a provisional measure, 
the character of which is to be determined by subsequent events. 
If the reprisals should produce a satisfactory result, followed by 
a restoration of relations of peace between the two countries, the 
property seized would be considered as having been placed under 
temporary sequestration only, and would be restored to the ori- 
ginal proprietors. But, should hostilities, once commence, the 
seizure would then assume an hostile character ab witio, so that 
those ships, which were seized before, as weli as those which 
were captured after that event, would become the property of 
the capturing State, and the title of the former owners would 
be divested. 

The Portuguese, therefore, would not be entitled to restitution 
in either case, except under the terms of the Convention; and 
the question, therefore, is, whether these are sufficiently compre- 
hensive to include those ships of war which were captured after 
the declaration of hostilities, or whether they only extended to 
those which had been seized by way of reprisals. If the latter 
should be the true construction of the Convention, I am humbly 
of opinion, that the French Government are legally entitled to 
retain possession of the ships of war captured in, the Tagus, 
although complete satisfaction may have been, received , from 
Portugal of all the demands, to enforce which the hostilities were 
commenced, a" 

The case referred to in Sir George Shee’s letter of the 2d,of 
August, as occurring at Buenos Ayres in 1829, differs from the 
present, inasmuch as the seizure of the Buenos Ayrean ships of 
war was not followed by any actual hostilities. The Convention, 
in pursuance of which the ships were delivered up, leaving the 
question of satisfaction and indemnity to be settled afterwards 
between the two Governments. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed) Herbert Jenner. 
&amp;e. &amp;e. &amp;Ke. 





No. 57. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. , 


(Received August 30.) 


(Extract) Lisbon, 13th August 1831. 
Ir has been here very generally believed, that Admiral Roussin 
had entered into a negociation with the Portuguese Government, 
for the repurchase of their vessels, which he had offered to restore 
to them for a million and a half of cruzados. The fact, however, 
is, that, having insisted on his right, according. to, all the. usages: 
of war, to retain these vessels which he, had Capented ds Open 
hostility to his Government, he promised, on the, Portuguese 
Government resisting the validity of his ety to refer. the ques; 
tion for the decision of his Sovereign, In the mean, time, he 
offered to take upon his own responsibility, to gine FAB 3 to 
the Portuguese Government at once, provided, they would place 
at his disposal four hundred of ‘the. prisoners confined at St, 
Julian’s, and elsewhere, according. to a list. which he furnished 
to M. de Santarem, engaging on, their part, and.on that, of his 
Government, that they should not take part in any hostilities. 
against the present Government of Portugal, but remain per- 
fectly neutral in the political contest in which she was engaged. 
The Viscount, though he did not at once decline the proposition, 
stated it was one which he could not admit without the concur- 
rence 


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rence. of his, colleagues andthe head of the Government, and 
M. Roussin gaye, him,twenty days (in which interval he hoped 
to receive the answer of his Government) to decide whether they 
would accept jit or not... M. de Santarem, however, took no fur- 
ther notice of, the proposal, nor in any way hinted at it, except 
when brought heweok? in conversation by the admiral himself, 
nor did-he show any disposition to accede to the terms. Mean- 
while, the decision of the French Government, with respect to 
the squadron, arrived, and the Admiral intimated his orders to 
send the ships to France... Such,a result appears to have been en- 
tirely unforeseen by the Portuguese Government, and M. Roussin 
now declared to them, that although he was no longer at liberty 
to restore the ships en the same terms as he had originally 
offered, he would still take upon himself to give them back the 
half of them, for the same number of prisoners as he had before 
stated,a proposal which the Portuguese Ministers have declined. 
After such a decision, what hopes can there be of any amnesty 
being granted, which must embrace thousands of individuals 
instead of the four hundred, whose liberation the French Admiral 
thus generously endeavoured to obtain? 

Although the capital is now in a state of tranquillity compared 
with what has existed here for some weeks past, prosecutions 
and imprisonments are still, I regret to say, very numerous, and 
the peaceable portion of the inhabitants are kept in a state of 
continual alarm. 

A fresh corps of bludgeon men has been taken into service of 
the Government, and the uniform construction of the weapon 
with which they are armed, is a sufficient indication of their 
issue from one manufactory, which is reported to be the military 
arsenal, 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, R. B. Hoppner. 


(signed) 
&amp;e. Ke. Xe. 


No. 58. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 


(Received August 30.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 13th August 1831. 
I HAVE the honour to inform your Lordship, that yesterday 
evening the French brig of war got under weigh, accompanied 
by the following Portuguese prizes:— 


Diana - - - 52 guns 
Amazona - - 50 - } Frigates. 
D° Joao l*- - 26 —- - Corvette. 
D? Pedro - - 18 — - Brig. 


The remainder of the prizes, the Perola, 48; the Lealdale, 
24; St. Sebastian, 10; and Memoria, 6, proceeded this morning 
to jou them. Vice Admiral Roussin, with the French Squadron, 
will, it is understood, quit the Tagus next week, leaving only the 
Pallas, Frigate, for the protection of such of the French inhabi- 
tants as have not been able to quit Lisbon, which they have had 
an opportunity of doing if they thought proper, the Admiral 
having publicly intimated, that he would receive on board his 
ships, and, convey to France, such of them as might wish to quit 
the country. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, R. B. Hoppner. 


(signed) 
&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 





No. §9. 
_R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Sir George Shee. 
(Received September 8.) 


Sir, Lisbon, 20th August 1831. 

I nave the honour to inform you, that the French Squadron, 
Suffren, 100,guns ;, the Pallas, 60 ; the Didon, 60; the Guerriére, 
6o ; the Syrene, 58; and the Dragon, 18 ; under the command 
of toe Adanral Roussia, quitted the Tagus on Sunday, the 14th 
inst., leaving on the station, the Melpomene, 66, Captain Rabaudy, 
and. Egle, atin Raffy, in lieu of the Pallas, as originally 
intended. 06) 4q., &gt; 

Don; Miguel himself was employed during the whole of the 
18th in,visiting, and examining the forts on the river, causing 
the heavy guns in them to be exercised, and directing that 
they should, be, supplied with whatever ammunition they might 
require.. lie ‘a90:1 

tt is, peraeny in this, country, when the Sovereign visits the 
forts, to. set, at liberty, any, prisoners that. may be confined’ in 
them,,., Don .Mignel,,on entering Fort St. Julians, ordered the 
prisoners, existing ‘there for criminal cases to be released, his 
mercy not extending to those whose offences are of a political 
nature. 


‘ fea 


{ have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Sir George Shee, Bart., R. B. Hoppner. 


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No. 60. 
Viscount d’Asseca to Viscount Palmerston. 


(Translation.) 


My Lord, London, 23d August 1831, 

Ture weeks have now elapsed singe I had the hononr to 
address your Excellency my pressmg communication, dated the 
1st instant, for the purpose of, transmitting to. you, by order of 
my Court, a copy of the solemn protest delivered by his Excel. 
lency, Viscount de Santarem, to Baron Roussin, against the 
seizure of the Portuguese Squadron, which the French Admiral 
has taken possession of in the Port of Lisbon, in contempt of 
all right and reason, and of claiming the friendly intervention 
and support of the Government of His Britannic Majesty, in 
preventing the consummation of this act of injustice and’ yio- 
lence, as well as for the purpose of inducing the French Govern- 
ment to withdraw its own squadron from the Tagus as soon as 
possible. 

Not having, as yet, received any answer from your Excellency, 
I find myself under the necessity, in conformity with the posi- 
tive instructions of my Government, of renewing to your Excel- 
lency the same demands, and I do so with the greater earnestness, 
because, on the date of the 6th instant, Admiral Roussin was 
still before Lisbon, with a great part of his squadron, without 
making any preparation for an early departure ; but, on the 
contrary, availing himself of all kinds of pretexts, and bringing 
forward pretensions, by far too unreasonable and out of season, 
such as that which is recorded in the annexed extract of a de- 
spatch from M. de Santarem, in order to prolong indefinitely 
his stay in the Tagus, in contravention of the formal engage- 
ments to which he has subscribed, and of his reiterated promises, 
and in despite of the pressing demands of my Government. 

The avowed object of the entry of the French Squadron into 
the Tagus having been at once accomplished, by the full and 
entire execution, by my Government, of the Convention con- 
cluded and signed with the above-mentioned French Admiral, 
on the 14th of July last, after the cessation of hostilities, you 
will, my Lord, without doubt, allow that it is very unjust, and 
even most revolting, that the faithful performance on our part of 
our engagements, should not have been followed by a fulfilment 
as frank and perfect, of those engagements by the Government 
of France, which can neither elude nor retard the fulfilment of 
the stipulations which enjoin the speedy departure of its squadron 
from the waters of Lisbon, without incurring the reproach of the 
most signal bad faith. 

At the moment that the French Admiral, under favourvof the 
constraint which the presence and hostile attitude of his squadron 
occasions to us, in seeking to enter with my Government into 
negociations, foreign to his public and avowed mission, for the 
purpose of securing to France, commercial advantages to which 
Great Britain alone has a right, and after he has already, by im- 
portunity, obtained some preliminary concessions, and. which 
were demanded under pretext of the disadvantage under which 
French commerce is placed at Lisbon, when compared with that 
of England, and which tend to place the commerce of France in 
Portugal, on the same footing as that.of Great Britain, you will 
not be astonished, my Lord, that \I should earnestly, and forcibly 
insist with you, with a view to the common interest of England 
and Portugal, to procure our deliverance, as soon as_ possible, 
from these troublesome guests, whose prolonged stay at: Lisbon, 
gives us, moreover, the right to suspect some.other less noble 
and loyal political end, the future development of which, might 
lead to dreadful calamities, which it is. wise and prudent to 
prevent. ' ; ' 

I will not add any further observations to those which I have 
already submitted to your Excellency in my former notes, rela- 
tive to the cruel abuse of superior force, of which my Govern- 
ment has felt, and still feels, the fatal effects, in consequence of 
the unmerited abandonment to which England has condemned 
it, by forgetting the clear and precise obligations which our 
ancient Treaties imposed upon her, of taking part with Portugal 
against so unjust.an aggression. But I cannot forbear from again 
invoking those same Treaties in fayour of my Government, and 
more particularly the second and third Articles of the Treaty of 
1703, in accordance with which I flatter myself that the Govern- 
ment of His Britannic Majesty, having become acquainted witli 
the true and actual state of affairs, will not delay taking the ne- 
cessary steps with the French Government, in order to obtain 
the restitution of the Portuguese Squadron, by protesting loudly 
against so scandalous a spoliation;’and that they will not allow 
that their ancient,Ally should, by surprise and_ violence, and in 
contempt of the law of nations, be dispossessed of nearly the 
whole of the ships.of, war which still remain to it; and Plike- 
wise flatter myself, that the Governmentof His Britannic Ma- 
jesty will feel,the expediency,»and-the absolute necessity; of 
urging and insisting upon the immediate departure of the French 
squadronifrom Lisbon... 5). |: ii 28 


I wait with anxiety for your Excellency’s reply, and, avail 

myself, &amp;e. | |” a doe iecaaeadie ui dikoes | 
Viscount Palmerston, rey (signed): ' Viscount d’ Asseca. 
Xe. Kes Ke. : i 4 


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Enclogure in No. 60. 
Viscount Santarem to Viscount d’Asseca. 
(Translation.) 


(Extract.) Palace of Queluz, 30th J uly 1831. 

An unpleasant occurrence has afforded to the admiral’a pre- 
text for a very smart altercation with’ us. 

This ‘was ‘no other ‘than the publication of 4 Supplement to 
the Correiro de Porto, respecting the events of the 11th. Though 
I might have been able to provide a remedy, and soothe the 
admiral on this subject, yet it having come to his knowledge 
that the Minister of Justice bad ‘addressed to the Conservator 
of the University of Coimbra, an exposition of these same occur- 
rences, which they printed and published there, he was extremely 
exasperated. 

He demanded the publication of the Convention of the 14th, 
with a preamble highly humiliating to us; and though he could 
not lay down any condition for the departure of the squadron, at 
the term fixed in Article 20, yet made he this departure depend 
on that publication in the Government Gazette. 

I immediately perceived the great inconvénierice that would 
result from such a publication, namely :—1. The humiliation of 
the Preamble. 2. The repetition of the publication of the satis- 
factions demanded by France within twenty-four hours, and 
which would afford fresh grounds for irritation among the people. 
3. The moral importance of satisfying the public that very great 
advantages would be obtained by the Convention, an impression 
which the above publication would destroy. 

I was therefore solicitous to offer to the admiral a dilemma, b 
which I left him the alternative, either of fulfilling the 2ot 
Article of the Convention, or of giving up the publication of the 
Convention. 

in effect, by means of the note which I addressed to him, and 
of the immediate conference which he held with me, it was agreed, 
that, instead of the publication of the Convention, with the pre- 
amble referred to, I should draw_up an article, which should be 
decorous, and should simply state facts. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount d’Asseca, (signed) 
&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 


Viscount de Santarem. 


No. 61. 
Viscount Palmerston to Viscount Granville. 


My Lord, Foreign Office, August 24, 1831. 

By the last accounts received by His Majesty’s Government 
from Lisbon, it appears, that though five sail of the French line- 
of-battle ships had left the Tagus for Toulon, there still remained 
in the port of Lisbon a French three-decker, and four large 
frigates, and some smaller vessels; and it was stated, that Ad- 
miral Roussin, who commanded that force, had made contracts 
for a month longer. 

The frank and honourable conduct of the French Government 
towards His Majesty’s Government upon the subject of the 
French expedition to the Tagus, commands the fullest confidence, 
on that subject, on the part of His Majesty’s Government; and 
the retarn of the five sail of the line to Toulon, after the object 
of the expedition had been accomplished, was in perfect con- 
formity with the intentions previously announced. 

In adverting, therefore, to the prolonged stay of the remaining 
part of the French Squadron in the Tagus, iis Majesty’s Go- 
vernment do not mean to express any feeling of jealousy or 
distrust ; but they are desirous of obtaining some explanation 
as to the intended duration, and as to the objects of that stay. 

Your Excellency is instructed, therefore, to seek for infor- 
mation on these points from the French Government, taking 
care to make the inquiry in such a manner as not to indicate 
any doubt or distrust on the by of His Majesty’s Government, 





as to the faithful fulfilment the French Government of the 
assurances given by them, with respect to the departure of the 
French Fleet from the Tagus, when the satisfaction which was 
demanded should have been obtained. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 





Viscount Granville, (signed) Palmerston. 
&amp;c. Ke. Ke. 
No, 62. 
Viscount Palmerston to Viscount d’Asseca. 
M. le Vicomte, Foreign Office, 25 August 1831. 


_ nave. had the honoar of receiving ‘your letter of the 23d 
‘ostant, in which you request the interference of the British Go- 
vernment, with that of France, to obtain the restitution of the 


Portuguese ships of war which were captared in the Tagus b 
the French Squadron. “ ie 


* 


Having given to this request the most attentive consideration, 
and having referred the question respecting this capture to legal 
authority, I have to inform: you that, a ing to the law of : 
nations, as applicable to the circumstances in which the ships 
were taken, they appear to be-good prize of war. There is, 


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therefore, no ground of right-upon which His Majesty’s Govern- 
ment could found such a representation as that which you request 
them to make. b ovt 


1 have the honour to be, &amp;e!' 
(signed)  , Palmerston. 


st Z 


Viseount d’Asseca, 
Ke. &amp;e. &amp;e. 





No, 63. 
Viscount d’Asseca to Viscount Palmerston. : 
(Translation.) 


My Lord, London, 27th August 1831. 

ALTHOUGH it is extremely painful to me to learn, by the 
letter which your’ Excellency has done me the honour to address 
to me on the 25th instant, that His Britannic Majesty’s Govern- 
ment appears to regard the representations of my Government, 
relative to the seizure of the vessels of the Royal Portuguese 
navy by Admiral Roussin, in the port of Lisbon, in a point of 
view unfavourable to our hopes, founded as they ate upon the 
public law of all nations, and still more upon the letter and the 
spirit of our existing Treaties, by which England has contracted 
the obligation, explicitly expressed, of guaranteeing Portugal 
against all hostile aggression, and against encroachments of 
every kind on the part of foreign powers, I cannot persuade my- 
self that your Government, notwithstanding it conceives,—most 
certainly erroneously,—that Great Britain is not called upon of 
right to remoustrate against this act of spoliation committed 
upon her ancient and faithful Ally, has become wholly insensible 
to our earnest solicitations. On the contrary, I cannot abandon 
the hope of soon learning from your Excellency, that His Bri- 
tannic Majesty, considering the state of constraint and suffering 
in which we are placed, with regard to a formidable Power, 
which, not content with having imposed upon us the most cruel 
conditions, at a tithe when it was boasting of its generosity to- 
wards us, now overwhelms us with an extreme moral oppression, 
as if seeking to complete our ruin; I cannot, I repeat, refrain 
from hoping that His Majesty will now hasten to employ at least 
his good offices and energetic remonstrances with the French 
Government, in order to induce it not to deprive us of our fleet, 
as such a proceeding would be contrary to the declaration made 
by Admiral Roussin, on the 11th of July, containing the formal 
agen accepted by my Government, and which had thus 

ecome reciprocally binding both upon him and, upon us, to 
treat upon the same conditions as before his entry into the Tagus ; 
and seeing, moreover, that all the demands of France, some of 
which bore the character of the most violent outrage, have been 
satisfied without any distinction or modification whatever. I re- 
peat to you, my Lord, that it is a gratification to mie, té reassure 
my Government upon this point, such is the high opinion which 
I have formed of English honour and generosity. 

There is another point, to which it is my daly again to calk 
your Excellency’s most serious attention, namely, the too pro- 
tracted stay of Admiral Roussin at Lisbon, with very consider- 
able naval force. This conduct, on his part, is another and a 
most grievous infraction of the formal er FT contracted 
by him in the Convention concluded on the 14th July; and 
what renders it more serious and more intolerable, is the anxiety 
which he manifests in urging and inducing my Court, as I in- 
formed your Excellency in my last communication of the 23d 
instant, to grant to his nation commercial advantages which 
would place the mercantile relations of France upon the same 
footing as those of England, and the importance which he at- 
taches to that object, is a circumstance which greatly annoys and 
perplexes the Government of the King, my august Sovereign. 

I should add, that, at the date of the last despatches which 
I have received from my Government, there was every reason to 
presume that the French fleet would not quit the Tagus for some 
time. Your Excellency, however, will not deny, that the longer 
the French Government persists in retaining it before Lisbon, 
the more difficult it becomes for my Government to calm the 
uneasinéss and irritation which the first aggression, and subse- 
quently the too-protracted stay and hostile attitude of the French 
in the Tagus, have excited in the minds of the people, and this 
in spite of overs effort which the supreme authority can maké 
to attain that object, and whatever perseverance it may demon- 
strate, and whatever energy it may employ i rendering effica+ 
cious those measures of severity which it has adopted for the 
preservation of the public tranquillity, for the prevention and 
repression of disorders and excesses of the populace, and for 
the assurance to all strangers, as well as to’ all peaceable in- 
habitants of every class, of the protection to which ‘they ‘are 
entitled. ‘ 

I venture to flatter myself, M. le Vicomite, that you will ac- 
knowledge the urgency of the circumstances which impel me to 
address these. observations to you, and to renew the requests 
contamed in this letter; and that, by concerting measures to 
effect the prompt departure of the whole of the French Squadron 
from Lisbon, a departure which you havea right to demand from 
France, by virtue of our Treaties, you will contribute to dispel 
the just apprehensions of my Government. 


I request your Excellency, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed) Viscount d'Asseca- 
&amp;e. Ke. Ke. ya 





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No. 64. 
Viscount Granville to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received August 30.) 


My Lord, Paris, 27th August 1831. 

i HAVE lost no time in executing the instructions contained 
in your Lordship’s despatch of the 24th instant, which I received 
this morning. 

I no sooner mentioned to Count Sebastiani, this evening, the 
wish of His Majesty’s Government to obtain some explanation 








ee 


as to the intended duration and objects of the stay of i 

of the French Fleet, which had iemduet in the Molin the 

departure of the five sail of the line for Toulon, than he said ma 

me that orders had been given some time ago to withdraw all 

the remaining ships, and that he had no doubt that at this 

eer there was not a single French pendant flying in the 
agus. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed) Granville, 


&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 





(A.) 
PAPERS RELATIVE TO PORTUGAL. 


(142.)—CORRESPONDENCE relative to the British Demands upon the Government of Portugal, 
subsequent to the 3oth August 1831. 7 





LIST OF PAPERS. 


27 August 


No. 1. R.B.Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - - - 1841 
No. 2, R.B.Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - ~- - - Lisbon - - + 27 August - — 
No. 3. R.B.Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - - 27 August - — 
No. 4. R.B.Hoppner, Esq. - - + to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - - 27 August - , — 
No. 5. Caplain Markland - - - - to SirJamesGraham,H.M.S.Briton Lisbon - - - 27 August - — 
No. 6. Viscount d’Asseca - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - London- - - 7 September — 
No. 7. Viscount Palmerston - - + to Viscount d’Asseca- - - - - Foreign Office - 20 September — 
No. 8. Viscount Palmerston - - - to R.R.Hoppner Esq. - - - + ForeignOffice - 7 September — 
No. g, Viscount Palmerston - + ~- to R.B.Hoppner, Esq. - - - + Foreign Office - g September -—- 
No. 10. SirGeorge Shee - - - - toR.B.Hoppner, Esq. - - - - Foreign Office - g September — 
No. 11. R.B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - + Lisbon - - - 10 September — 
No.12. R.B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - - 10 September — 
No. 13. Viscount d Asseca - - - ~- to Viscount Palmerston - - - - London- - - 14 September -— 
No. 14. Viscount Palmerston - - - to Viscount d’Asseca - - - - - Foreign Office - 20 September — 
No. 15. Baron Ompteda - - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - ~- - Grosvenor-place, 15 September — 
No. 16. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - - + 26 September — 
No. 17. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to SirGeorge Shee - - - - - Lisbon - -.- 23 September — 
No. 18. R. B. Hoppner, Esq. - - - to Viscount Palmerston - - - - Lisbon - + - 24 September — 





No, 1. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount, Palmerston, 


(Received, September 9g.) 


( Extract.) Lisbon, 27th August 1831. 
It becomes now my painful duty to make your Lordship 
acquainted with the very hostile feeling expressed against the 
English generally, by the Royalist or Miguellite party, since the 
night of the 21st. They say that the 4th regiment were stimu- 
lated to revolt by the English, nor could I in any way account 
for this assertion, than which nothing can be more absolutely 
unfounded, until I was assured that amongst the vivas for Don 
Pedro, Donna Maria, and the Constitution, were intermingled 
some also for the King of Great Britain, the English Ministry, 


and the English Nation. Whether this was in the hope of ob- | 


taining the assistance of the English residents, | know not; but 
I have no hesitation in saying, that not an Englishman took any 


beforehand. Ianaddition’to the twe most aguravated cases of | at 3 which I have addressed to M. de Santarem, your Lordship 


it beforehand. 
assault with which your Lordship will be put in possession by 
the enclosed documents, several other comparatively trifling 
cases of insult have occurred; but I am also informed, that these 
misnamed Royalists have visited the shops of several tradesmen, 
have ordered them to produce their English goods, which, by 
piercing them with their swords and bayonets, they have in- 
stantly rendered useless, at the same time beating and insulting 
the shopmen, and uttering opprobrious terms against the English 
Nation, and saying that they wished to be the masters here, but 
shall not. Under these circumstances, Captain Markland 
thought it would be more advisable to order His Majesty’s ship 
Dispatch to anchor off the Praga do Commercio, conceiving 
that the more immediate vicinity of a ship of war might prove a 
check, and, at all events, that in any case that might occur, she 
would be more at hand as a place of refuge, if necessary. I con- 
ceived it best at once to state to M. de Santarem the motives 
which had induced the Dispatch to change her position in the 
river ; and accordingly addressed the accompanying note, No. 5, 
to that Minister with this intent. This brought from his Excel- 
lency the demand of a more explicit explanation, accompanied 
by a remonstrance on account of a pretended infraction of the 
port regulations, to which I immediately sent him an answer, 
which | may presume satisfactory, as nothing further has been 
said on the subject. 

But to revert to the aggressions which I have had to complain 
of since the 11th ultimo,—your Lordship has been made regu- 
larly acquainted with them, and in the case of Messrs. Fitzroy 
and Parnell, of the expectations held out that the culprits should 











be punished. The others, after.a pretended judicial examination, 
seem to have been suffered to drop by this Government, nor from 
the difficulty of identifying the individuals complained of, have 
I thought there would be the slightest use in following up my 
remonstrances. The case of those two gentlemen -is different, 
because the offenders being taken, I can and shall insist on their 
punishment. Barbarous, however, as was the assault committed 
upon them, the new outrage on Mr. Graveley assumes a still 
more serious aspect. He was deliberately attacked as a British 
subject, although showing his privilege, which ought to have 
ensured him protection, and which he carried about him for that 
purpose ; and received the first blow from the officer commanding 
the detachment that assailed him, who expressly said that it was 
as an Englishman that he struck him. He subsequently received 
several bayonet wounds, one of which nearly proved mortal, and 
many blows with the butt end of their muskets, until the soldiers 
conceived they had dispatched him. 

From the above details, and the accompanying notes, Nos. 1 


will be enabled to form a faint idea of the state of alarm and 
anxiety which prevail here, not only among the inhabitants gene- 
rally, but among the British subjects, to whom this character 
has ceased to be a protection, exposing them, on the contrary, 
to violence and insult. Yet I beg your Lordship to mark how 
the case stands with regard to them. During nearly eight months 
that I have been here, not a single specific complaint has been 
addressed to me, on the part of the Portuguese Government, 
against any of the English residents. On the other hand, how 
many representations has it not been my painful duty to make 
to the Portuguese Government against the cruelty and acts of 
injustice inflicted on my fellow subjects. 

It is now only three days since an open attempt was made at 
4 o’clock in the afternoon, and in one of the inost public and 
frequented places in Lisbon (on the Caes do Sodre), to assassi- 
nate Captain Raffy, of the French corvette Eglé ; and although 
the assassin was taken in the act by some French officers, who 
ran to his assistance, and delivered into the hands of the police, 
he was suffered by them to escape; though retaken, he will pro- 
bably not be punished, and certainly not with the severity due 
to suchacrime. 

That something may speedily ‘bé done to secure the’ personal 
safety of His Majesty’s subjects, is how my earnest prayer... 


I have the honour-to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed)  R. B. Hoppner. 


&amp;e. Xe. Ke. 





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Enclosure 1 in No. 1. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 23d August 1831. 

Tue enclosed letter has been addressed to me by Mr. Graveley, 
a subject of His Britannic Majesty, and represents the cruel 
treatment he experienced from a party of so called Royalists, as 
he was yesterday morning coming to town to follow his avoca- 
tions as a teacher of the English language. 

Much as I lament the cause which has again led to the excite- 
ment of a set of men who appear neither to have the power nor 
the inclination to bridle their passions, still I cannot refrain 
from calling your Excellency’s attention to the conduct of the 
major of this corps, on the present occasion, because this man, 
from the rank he holds, is presumed to have a better education, 
and is raised above his companions in order, by his example and 
authority, to guide and control those who are subjected to his 
command. 

I have recently had more than one occasion to remark to 
your Excellency on the hostile feelings expressed by this class 
of persons against His Majesty’s subjects. The present is another 
most striking and alarming instance of it, nor since the unfor- 
tunate affair of Sunday night is it the only one that has come to 
my knowledge, as I shall most probably lee occasion to state 
more explicitly to your Excellency. The Portuguese Government 
when made aware of it, will probably think it incumbent on them 
‘to restrain this feeling ; and, as a means of doing so, it occurs to 
me, that no more efficacious method could be hit upon than to 
visit the major’s conduct or neglect, on the occasion alluded to, 
in allowing a British subject to be so barbarously assailed by 
the men under his orders, to the severest expression of their dis- 
pleasure; I also feel it my duty to require some compensation 
for Mr. Graveley,commensurate with his sufferings and the loss 
of his valuable time, to which he is exposed by the cruel treat- 
ment he has experienced ; and, in submitting these claims, and 
the cause which has given rise to. them, to your Excellency, 
I further beg leave to remind you, that the loyalty of this corps, 
however gratifying it may be to those in whose behalf it is dis- 
played, is calculated, when exercising itself in the manner de- 
scribed in Mr. Graveley’s letter, to give rise to consequences 
which it is the duty of the Portuguese Government, as I conceive 
it is also their interest, to make them understand, by infusing into 
them a spirit more congenial with the usages of civilized nations, 
and more accordant with their relations with other powers. 

Since writing the above, I have learnt from Mr. Graveley, 
that it was the major of this corps, himself, who encouraged his 
people to attack him, giving him the first blow, and saying that 
his privilege should not protect him. I therefore insist, sir, upon 
this man’s being most severely punished, for his insolent and 
barbarous conduct, which I shall not fail to represent to my 
Government in the strongest Janguage | can command. 


I have the honour to be, Xc. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 


His Excellency Viscount de Santarem, 
&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 


ea 


Enclosure 2 in No. 1- 
Charles Milton Graveley, Esq. to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Lisbon, 22 August 1831. 

On coming early this morning from: my house, at Bemfica, 
to Lisbon, I met a battalion of Royalists, commanded by a major; 
on seeing me, one of the men called out, “ Here comes a French- 
man, kill him,” and struck me with the butt end of his musket. 
Recovering from the blow, which stunned me a little, I addressed 
myself to the major, and told him I was an Englishman, and 
showed him my privilege as such, which the soldiers, on hearing, 
said, “ that is still worse, kill him.” They then struck me again 
with the butt ends of ubeir muskets on the head and different 
parts of my body, and wounded me with their bayonets, and, 
supposing they had accomplished their end, they then left me. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. (signed) Charles Milton Graveley. 
&amp;e. &amp;c, Ke. 





Enclosure 3 in No. 1. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 
Sir, Lisbon, 24th August 1831. 

ALTHOUGH cases may arise, wherein the subjects of His Bri- 
tannic Majesty, even while pursuing their ordinary avocations, 
may inadvertently place themselves in situations where they 
would be exposed to insult and aggression, the natural conse- 
quences, it appears, of the troubled state of this country, such a 
remark cannot apply to an individual who is following his regular 
business within-side of his shop. In transmitting, therefore, to 
your Excellency the enclosed complaint of Mr. Matthews de Bono, 
I do so in perfect confidence that Ensign Joaquim Antonio 
de Mattas will receive the punishment that is his due, for the 
deliberate insult offered by him to an unoffending British 


Subject. 
ubject I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed), R. B. Hoppner. 
His Excellency Viscount de Santarem, 
&amp;e. &amp;e. Kew 





Enclosure 4 in No 1. 
Mr. Bono to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Lisbon, 24th August 1831. 

I am under the necessity of laying before you the statement 
of an act of violence committed in my shop, on Monday morning 
last, by an ensign of the fourth regiment of infantry, name 
Joaquim Antonio de Mattos, who, without any provocation 
whatever, approached my partner, a Maltese, who was then 
counting money, took up a book, threw it at his face, and then 
drew his sword and struck him a violent blow on the head, and, 
after abusing him, left the shop. 

Begging your interference and protection against similar brutal 


ts of vi 
nate aS vaseenne, I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. (signed) Matthews de Bono. 
&amp;e. Xe. &amp;e. 





Enclosure 5 in No. 1. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 23d August 1831. 

I nave the honour to inform your Excellency, that, in conse- 
quence of the repeated assaults-upon British subjects, and the 
insolent language they receive from a set of lawless ruffians in 
this city, acting, apparently, under authority, though disavowed 
by the Government of the country, Captain Markland has 
ordered His Majesty’s ship Dispatch, to anchor off the Praca 
do Commercio, for the more effectual protection of His Majesty’s 
subjects, the Briton remaining at her present anchorage, for that 
of such of them as reside at Buenos Ayres. 


I have the honour to be, 


(signed) R, B. Hoppner. 
His Excellency Viscount de Santarem, 
&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 





Enclosure 6 in No.1. 
Viscount de Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
(Translation.) 


Sir, Foreign Office, 24th August 1831. 

ACKNOWLEDGING the receipt of the note you addressed to 
me, under yesterday’s date, in which you informed me that Cap- 
tain Markland had given orders for the corvette Dispatch to 
anchor opposite the Praga do Commercio, and this under the 
pretext of affording more effectual protection to British subjects ; 
and such an arbitrary step being a manifest violation of the 
regulations of the port of Lisbon of the 7th June 1811, and ed 
May of the present year, I cannot refrain from requiring of you 
to declare, with all possible dispatch, what sort of protection it 
is that you suppose the British corvette, there at anchor, will be 
able to afford to the subjects of His Britannic Majesty. 


God preserve you. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. (signed) Viscount de Santarem. 


&amp;c. &amp;c. Ke. 


Enclosure 7 in No. 1. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


Sir, Lisbon, 24th August 1831. 

HAvine received the note which your Excellency did me the 
honour to address to me under this day’s date, I hasten to inform 
you, that Captain Markland’s instructions from his Government 
being to afford protection to the persons and property of His 
Majesty’s subjects resident in Lisbon, and the regulations of the 
port of Lisbon to which your Excellency refers, relating to mer- 
chant vessels, and not prescribing any particular spot where the 
ships of His Britannic Majesty are to anchor, those of the 2d of 
May of this year referring to the ships of .war of such States as 
have no Treaties with Portugal, that officer conceives himself 
fully at liberty to place the ships under his command in any part 
of the river where, in his judgment, they would be most at hand 
for the object for which they were sent. Your Excellency re- 
quiring to know the nature of the protection which itis, intended 
that His Majesty’s ship Dispatch shall afford to British subjects, 
I beg to remind you of the troubled state of the.country,; and 
the impossibility of foreseeing what circumstances, may, arise, 
while the insults and injuries even now heaped upon, British 
subjects of which I have unfortunately bad. repeated cause to 
complain, and the threats to which they are daily exposed, suffi- 
ciently show the necessity of the step taken by Captain Mark- 
land in placing this vessel near that part of the town which is 
their chief residence and resort, to aftord them a place of refuge 
in any case that may arise. — 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 


His Excellency Viscount de Santarem, 
&amp;e. &amp;e. Xe. 





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No. 2. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 


(Received September 9g.) 
(Extract.) Lisbon, .27th August 1831. 
In addition to the representations which I have recently made 
to the Portuguese Government on the subject of the ill-treatment 
experienced by His Majesty’s subjects in this country, as referred 
to in my other despatch, of this day’s date, I have herewith the 
honour to transmit to your Lordship two other letters, with their 
enclosures, forwarded by me to. that Minister, illustrative of the 
state of Lisbon. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;e. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed ) R. B. Hoppner. 


&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 


Enclosure 1 in No. 2. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 
Sir, Lisbon, 27th August 1831. 

I am really at a loss for fresh terms in which to address your 
Excellency on the repeated insults offered in this city to my 
countrymen, which appear to increase with the complaints it is 
my melancholy duty to make of them. Scarcely a day pew 
in which some new act of aggression does not come to my know- 
ledge, and the violent and acrimonious expressions with which 
they are accompanied, have thrown His Majesty’s subjects, 
resident in Lisbon, into the greatest alarm. 

I have now the honour to transmit to your Excellency the ac- 
companying representation made to me by Mr. Dominick Duff, 
the son of one of the most opulent and respectable merchants 
of this capital, and I again earnestly call upon your Excellency 
to move the Portuguese Government to take the most immediate 
and energetic measures to put a stop to the scandalous conduct 
of a class of individuals now infesting the streets of Lisbon, and 
who, under pretext of loyalty to the Government, commit daily 
infractions of the laws of the kingdom, bring disgrace upon the 
authority of the Govérnment, and must shortly draw down upon 
it the vengeance of other Powers who have committed their sub- 
jects to the faith of Treaties, which assure to them every kind 
of protection in the pursuit of their lawful avocations. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) RR. B. Hoppner. 


‘His Excellency Viscount de Santarem, 


&amp;e. Ke, &amp;c. 





Enclosure 2 in No. 2. 


Mr. D. French Duff to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Lisbon, 26th August 1831. 

I nee leave to inform you of a most gross and unprovoked 
insult offered to me this morning by one of the lawless ruffians 
now infesting this city, named Captain Telles, who is in the pay 
of, or countenanced by the police, and who is notoriously known 
to hold every British subject in utter detestation. 

Satan binion compelled me to go into the Rue Aurea, the 
above-named person approached me in a menacing manner, and 
exclaimed that he was determined to murder and exterminate 
all the English in Lisbon. 

A duty to myself and the British community in this city, 
obliges me to lay this circumstance before you, in the hope that 
you will be pleased to adopt some speedy means for putting 
a stop to such wanton attacks, which are now becoming so fre- 
quent and alarming, as to render it unsafe for British subjects 
to go on their lawful pursuits, through the streets of this city, 
and which must continue to be the case as long as Captain 
Telles and his gang are vested with authority to insult us with 
impunity. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. (signed) D. French Duff. 
&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 





No. 3. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received September 9.) 
My Lord, Lisbon, 27th August 1831. 
Wiru reference to that part of my despatch to your Lordship 
of this date, relative to the barbarous assault on Mr. Graveley, 
I have herewith the honour to transmit to your Lordship the 
copies and translations of a uote, and its enclosure, which have 


just reached me from M. de Santarem, upon that subject. It 


is scarcely necessary for me to point out to your Lordship the 
attempt therein made to throw the blame of this insult (as M. de 
Santarem terms an atrocious act of assassination) from the major 
commanding the detachment, to the soldiers who followed his 
example, and obeyed his orders. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 
&amp;e. &amp;e. &amp;e. 











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Enclosure in No. 3. 


Viscount de Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
(Translation.) 


Sir, Palace of Queluz, 27th August 1831. 
Havine, the moment I received your letter of the 23d instant 
written to the Colonel General of the Royalist Volunteers re. 
specting the insult complained of by the British subject, Charles 
Milton Graveley, I have just received from the said Colonel Ge- 
neral the despatch of yesterday’s date, of which the enclosed is 
a copy, and by which you will perceive that a court of inqui 
has been ordered to be instituted, that the aggressors may be 
punished with all the rigour of the law. 


God preserve you. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. (signed) Viscount de Santarem, 


&amp;e. &amp;e.. Ke. 





Sub-Enclosure in No. 3. 


The Duke de Cadaval to Viscount de Santarem. 
(Translation.) 


Most illustrious and excellent Sir, 

In compliance with the Avizo, which your Excellency ad- 
dressed to me under yesterday’s date, accompanied by the de- 
spatch, in which the British Acting Consul-General complains of 
the insult committed by the Royalist Volunteers on the English- 
man Charles Milton Graveley, I have the honour to acquaint your 
Excellency that [ immediately ordered a court of inquiry to be 
instituted, that the aggressors may be punished with all the 
rigour of the military law, as they never shall be permitted with 
impunity to fail in discipline, which I wish should equal the 
loyalty and firmness of which, on critical occasions, they have 
given such proofs, as were compatible with the situations in 
which they had been posted. 


(signed) Duke de Cadaval. 





No. 4. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received September g.) 


(Extract.) Lisbon, 27th August 1831. 

I nave the honour herewith to transmit to your Lordship the 
accompanying letter which has been transmitted to me, at the 
moment of closing the mail, by several respectable merchants 
engaged in the cotton and woollen trade with this country. 

At this very moment I have received three more complaints 
of most shameful assaults upon British subjects, one of which 
has had her property to a considerable amount maliciously de- 
stroyed, while another has been conveyed to prison on the charge 
of -erecting a triumphal arch in 1826. This has been done by 
an order issued by the Intendant General of Police himself, in 
defiance of all law and justice, for what can such a circumstance, 
even if true, have to do with the passing occurrences in this 
country. With such a spirit prevailing against us, can any one, 


my Lord, be deemed in safety ? 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 





Viscount Palmerston, (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 
&amp;e. Ke. Ke, 
Enclosure in No. 4. 
Sir, Lisbon, 25th August 1831. 


We the undersigned British merchants, find ourselves under 
the necessity of troubling you, however unwillingly, with a state- 
ment of several occurrences which for some time past, and par- 
ticularly of late, have threatened very materially to commit our 
interests in this country, and which, if they do not amount to 
a direct attack on our property, are equally ruinous in their 
consequences. 

We beg leave to state to you, therefore, that several native 
merchants and shopkeepers indebted to us for property to a con- 
siderable amount have of late been arrested, not in the regular 
course of justice, nor even for crimes alleged, far less proved 
against them, but apparently at the caprice of a set of ruffians 
of the lowest description, supported by the police. There 1s 
every likelihood of this system being carried to still greater 
lengths, and we have, therefore, the strongest reason to fear that 
the majority of our debtors will be ruined, and as it is well known 
that they trade chiefly on our capital, it is evident that we shall 
eventually be the real sufferers by the excesses we complain of, 
and from which the laws of every country are bound to protect 
those who live under their jurisdiction. . 

Within the last few days, these outrages have been carried to 
a pitch hardly ever equalled in a civilized country ; armed men 
ae entered the shops of our customers, assaulting and 
wounding the owners, and destroying their property, injuries 
undoubtedly brought upon them, in a great measure, from their 
known friendship to the English. 

This morning a party of them entered the premises of a re- 
spectable shopkeeper, beat his clerks, and destroyed part of his 
property, openly assigning as their reason for so doing, that he 


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possessed British protection, to which he was entitled by his 
artner, being a British subject. 

These circumstances have naturally caused us eo alarm, not 
only from the evil they have already occasioned, but from the 
fear that they are only a prelude to direct robbery, particularly 
as the system, ef extorting money by. threats has already been 
acted. upOPs, / , I ost fe ots 

Having submitted those, grievances to your consideration, we 
have only to, add our earnest request, that you will be pleased to 
adopt such measures as you may deem expedient, for speedily 
affording us, that protection which we so much require, and 
which. we should look for in vain from the Government of this 


country. 


We have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


(signed) William Graham. 


George Ashton &amp; Co. 


Richard Hodgson &amp; Co. 


M‘Andrews Brothers. 
Staby Rushton &amp; Co. 
Thomas Shannon. 
William Carruthers. 
William Halliday. 
Smallpiece &amp; Pasley. 
Joseph Shore &amp; Sons. 


P. Proc. Thomas Slater. 


Joseph Slater Platt. 


Donald Munro. 

John Ougran. 

John Wilby. 

John Augier. 

J. W. Payant. 

Charles Tronside &amp; Co. 
H. W. Goodair. 
Joseph Elliston. 
Finnie, Medlicot &amp; Co. 
Samuel Kendall. 
Nicholas James. 
Wilkam Burnett. 


William Roberts. 
Pring Adam. 
P. Proc. Robert Munro. 


George Croft. 
George Dobson. 





No. 5. 
Captain Markland to Sir James Graham. 


(Extract.) H. M.S. Briton, Lisbon, 27th August 1831. 

I nAveE the honour to inform you, that an insurrection broke 
out in the 4th regiment of infantry in Lisbon last Sunday night. 
This regiment was denounced to the Government as being par - 
ticularly disloyal, and was intended to be disarmed on Sunday 
night in the barracks ; but being aware of it, at half-past nine 
they formed, and requested their officers to head them, and de- 
clare for Don Pedro and Donna Maria, but they refused. Two 
officers at the barrack-gate refusing their egress were shot. 
They then marched into the Rocio Square, where they were en- 
countered by the armed police and a regiment of cavalry, these 
they routed fora time, but having expended all their ammunition 
(60 rounds) by three in the morning, they commenced a retreat, 
or rather disbanded themselves ; above 500 were taken and sent 
on board hulks in the river. The loss on both sides is rated at 
more than one hundred, and very many wounded. Since then 
many arrests of all ranks have taken place, and the English are 
now particularly odious. One gentleman, Mr. Graveley, a teacher 
of the English language, on Monday morning, coming into town 
from Bemfica, was met by the royalist regiment, commanded 
by who called him a French scoundrel; he said 
he was an Englishman, and showed his Carta do Privilegio; the 
answer was—so much the worse, and the officer cut him with his 
sword on his head and shoulders, and he received also five 
bayonet wounds from the soldiers—he is alive, but very ill. We 
shall have no redress: the fact is, that no Englishman is now 
safe. 

[ have ordered the Dispatch off the Praga do Commercio for 
the protection of our merchants in that quarter, and the Briton 
is above the packet stairs, near Mr. Hoppner’s house. This 
movement of the Dispatch has given great umbrage to the Go- 
vernment, and Viscount Santarem has inquired of our Consul 
what protection I mean by placing a vessel there. My answer 
was, “ that as his Government either could not or would not 
protect my countrymen, I would; and the Dispatch should re- 
main there as a place of refuge.” 

I feel it my duty to state, that I much fear some desperate 
attempt will be made upon our countrymen, and I should recom- 
mend a stronger force being sent here forthwith : there are only 
five English vessels in the river, and the whole amount of tonnage 
is 706, so that in the event of the British Residents being forced 
to embark, | really know not what I can do. 

The French Frigate and Corvette are still here: Captain Raffy 
of the Corvette was nearly assassinated on the 24th instant, in 
the Caes de Sodré, by a sailor belonging to one of the late men- 
of-war; he secured the wretch, and placed him in charge of the 
Police-Commodore. Captain Rabaudy immediately communi- 
cated this to Viscount'Santarem, and insisted on the man’s being 
tried within 48 hours, but was answered, it could not be done 
according to the laws of Portugal, upon which the Commodore 
told him, that as a Commission was ordered to try the mutineers 
of the 4th regiment, they could institute another to try an as- 
Sassin, and if not done, he would, at the end of that time, send 
the Corvette off the Caes de Sodré to protect his people at that 
landing-place, and this day she has anchored off that place. 

‘Tis, now, nearly.a month since the brutal attack upon the 
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and it was promised ten days since, that they should be tried, 
still no further steps are taken, nor shall we have any remedy. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 





(signed) J.D. Markland, Captain. 
Sir James R. G. Graham, Bart. 
Xe. Ke. Ke, 
No. 6. 


Viscount d’Asseca to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Translation.) 


My Lord, London, 7th September 1831. 

Havine received the orders of my Government to bring to 
the knowledge of your Excellency the conduct of some British 
subjects near Lisbon, and at Vianna, in the Minho, a conduct 
which is opposed to the views expressed in your instructions to 
Mr. Hoppner, I hasten to have the honour to transmit to you 
an entire copy of the despatch of M. de Santarem on that 
subject. 

I avail myself, &amp;c. 
Viscount Palmerston, 
&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 


(signed) Viscount d’ Asseca. 





Enclosure in No. 6. 


Viscount de Santarem to Viscount d’Asseca. 
(Translation. ) 
Palace of Queluz, 20th of August i831. 

By the instructions furnished by Lord Palmerston to the 
Consul-General of England in Portugal, dated the 14th January 
of this year, and a copy of which was communicated to me, that 
Minister gives to the functionary just mentioned, the following 
directions :— 

“ You will not fail, however, to impress the British subjects 
* resident in Portugal, with the necessity of abstaining from 
** all interference in her political discussions, and to explain to 
them, that they will have to suffer all the consequences that 
“ may result to them from any violation, on their part, of the 
“ Jaws of that country.” 

The British Government transmitted these instructions not 
only to its agent in Lisbon, but also to the other Powers of Europe. 
In spite, however, of the principles which they contain, and of 
the obligations imposed, as well on that agent, as on the British 
subjects, the conduct of some of them has been, latterly, and 
more especially since the entrance of the French Squadron into 
the ‘Tagus, extremely offensive, and contrary to the laws of hos- 
pitality, and to the rights of nations. It would seem that these 
turbulent individuals wish to find pretexts for occasioning fresh 
disputes between the two Governments. From the abstract 
annexed to the present despatch, your Excellency will become 
acquainted with the scandalous conduct of excitement to a revolt 
held by a captain of an English ship. Not less scandalous was 
the behaviour adopted some days ago, not far from the coast, at 
Cintra, by several other English subjects, and which is known 
from the depositions made on the occasion, in insulting some 
Portuguese of distinction who took their dinner at that place, 
in giving utterance to horrible invectives against the Government, 
and in proposing toasts to universal liberty, and to the twentieth 
of September next, on which, by their account, Dom Pedro was 
to arrive to hurl his august brother from the throne. On the 
days during which the troops were assembled, several British 
subjects gave provocation to the soldiers, in consequence of 
which the disorders ensued, of which I informed your Ex- 
cellency. 

It is natural that Mr. Hoppner would misrepresent these facts, 
and that he would avail himself of these occurrences to continue 
to promote and stir up new disagreements. Your Excellency, 
therefore, without losing a moment, will state to the British 
Minister for Foreign Affairs, the great inconvenience that will 
result from such a line of conduct, and demand of him to issue 
to his agent the proper orders for making him comply with the 
instructions above alluded to. 


God preserve your Excellency. 


Viscount d’Asseca, 
&amp;ce. &amp;e. Ke. 


(signed) Viscount de Santarem. 





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N O. 7- 
Viscount Palmerston to Viscount d’Asseca. 


Monsieur le Vicomte, Foreign Office, 20th September 1831. 

I nave had the honour to receive your letter of the™7th 
instant, enclosing the copy of a communication from the Viscount 
de Santarem, in which he complains that the conduct of some 
Englishmen in Portugal has of late been contrary to’ the laws 
of hospitality, and to the right of nations, and'desires' you to 
request that renewed instructions may be given to His Majesty’s 
Consul-General at Lisbon, to admonish British subjects not to 
interfere in the political dissensions of the Portuguese. 

In reply, | beg to observe, that the communication which you 
inclose, does not mention the names of the individuals against 


whom 
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whom these charges are made, nor give such particulars as would 
enable His Majesty’s Government to judge of the correctness of 
the statements, or to take any effective steps upon them; and 
that, judging from the uniform propriety of conduct pursued for 
a long time past by British subjects in Portugal, and from the 
numerous and inexcusable insults and injuries which they have 
suffered, not merely from the uncontrolled license of the mob, 
but from persons in authority under the Portuguese Government, 
His Majesty’s Government see no reason, until better informed, 
to attach any weight to the vague and indefinite statements 
contained in M. de Santarem’s communication. 

If any British subjects in Portugal have violated the laws of 
that country, those laws, and the Treaties between the two 
countries, point out the proper mode of making such persons 
responsible for their acts, and it is difficult to suppose that a 
Government which has arrested and punished by imprisonment 
so many English subjects who had committed no offence, and 
had been guilty of no crime, should be unable to enforce the 
laws in any case, in which those laws had really been con- 
travened, 

I have therefore only, in conclusion, to say, that if recent 
events in Portugal lead His Majesty’s Government to think that 
any fresh instructions to Mr. Hoppner are necessary, those in- 
structions would rather seem requisite for the purpose of pro- 
tecting British subjects from aggressions, to which it is but too 
certain that they have been exposed, than to admonish them for 
misconduct, of which no proof has yet been afforded. 


I have the honour to be, Kc. 


Viscount d’Asseca, Palmerston 


&amp;e. Xe. Xe. 


(signed) 





No. 8. 
Viscount Palmerston to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Foreign Office, 7th September 1831. 
I rraNnsmit, for your information, copies of several documents 
which I have received from the India Board, relating to an 
attempt which has been made by the Portuguese Authorities at 
Macao to molest British subjects resident in that settlement ; 


and | have to instruct you to inquire of the Portuguese Govern- | 


ment whether these proceedings have taken place in consequence 
of orders from Lisbon. If they have been founded upon such 
orders, you will require those orders to be rescinded ; and if 
they have not, you will express the expectation of His Majesty’s 
Government, that the Portuguese Government will signify its 
disapprobation of so vexatious and unjust an interference with 
the subjects of His Britannic Majesty. 

You will state, that it is not necessary for His Majesty’s Go- 
vernment, upon the present occasion, to enter into a discussion of 
the nature and extent of the authority which the Portuguese 
Government really possess in the Island of Macao, nor to inquire 
how far they have any right to exercise the jurisdiction which 
these proceedings imply; but you will be careful, in the steps 
which you will take, not to say any thing which can be construed 
into an admission, on the part of His Majesty’s Government, upon 
a point which is extremely doubtful. 

You will state, that the supreme authority and dominion in 
Macao is vested either in the Chinese or in the Portuguese Go- 
vernment. If in the former, the recent attempt of the Portu- 


guese local authorities to expel the English residents, is an | 
interference wholly unjustifiable; and which, if endeavoured to | 


be enforced, must necessarily lead to consequences highly pre- 
judicial to the interests of Portugal. If the supreme authority 
and dominion in Macao is vested in the Portuguese Govern- 
ment, then the steps which have been taken by the local Portu- 
guese authorities, are in direct violation of Articles 2, 3, 6, and 
7 of the Treaty of 1810, and ought immediately to be disavowed 
and countermanded by the Portuguese Government. 

As this matter is one which essentially concerns the comfort 
and material interests of many British subjects resident in a 
distant quarter of the globe, to whom a prolonged state of un- 
certainty upon the question which it involves, must be distressing 
and hurtful, His Majesty’s Government expect an early as well 
as a satisfactory answer to the representation which you are 
hereby instructed to make. 

I am, &amp;c. 
(signed) Palmerston. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 


Enclosure in No. 8. 
H. Villiers, Esq, to John Backhouse, Esq. 


India Board, 5th August 1831. 
Mr. Hype ViLuieErs presents his compliments to Mr. Back- 
house, and transmits to him, by desire of the Commissioners for 
the Affairs of India, the copy of a letter from the Chairman of 


‘the East India Company, with enclosures, relating to the pro- 


ceedings of the Portuguese authorities at Macao, to which, 
Mr. Villiers has to request that Mr. Backhouse will call the 
early attention of Lord Palmerston. 
J. Backhouse, Esq. 
&amp;e. &amp;c. &amp;e. 


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Sub-Enclosure A. in No. 8. 
R. Campbell, Esq. to the Rt. hon. Charles Grant. 


Sir, East India House, 4th August 1831 

I uave deemed it expedient, without loss of time, to do my- 
self the honour of forwarding, for your immediate consideration 
the accompanying extract of a despatch, with its enclosures just 
received by the American ship, Thomas Scattergood, from the 
Select Committee of Supra Cargoes, in China, dated 23d of 
February. 

It relates to the conduct observed by the Portuguese authori- 
ties at Macao, in prohibiting the future residence at that settle- 
ment of all individual Foreign (including British) Merchants 
who have not the previous sanction of the Court of Lisbon. ” 

Reference is made in the letter from the Select Committee of 
the 14th February, to the Governor-General, to their previous 
despatch to his Lordship of the 12th of January. 

That letter enters so fully into a review of the nature of the 
tenure by which the Portuguese hold Macao, that I have caused 
a copy of it to be also transmitted for your information. 

I may be permitted to urge the importance of the subject 
receiving your earliest attention, and as a direct despatch for 
China will offer on Wednesday next, by the Company’s ship 
Winchelsea, it would be most desirable that the Court of Direc- 
tors should be enabled to advise their Select Committee, that 
His Majesty’s Government will take measures with the Court 
of Portugal to prevent the recurrence of proceedings on the 
part of the Portuguese authorities at Macao, which, if perse- 
vered in, cannot fail of producing the most serious collision be- 
tween the representatives of the two nations in that quarter. 

I have, &amp;c. 

Rt. Hon. Charles Grant, (signed) Robert Campbell. 

&amp;c. &amp;c. Xe. 


Sub-Enclosure B in No. 8. 


The President and Select Committee to the Court of 
Directors. 


(Extract.) Macao, February 23d, 1831. 

In a personal interview which the President had with the 
Governor, the latter showed the positive injunctions which he 
had received from the Government of Don Miguel, prohibiting 
the residence of all foreigners in Macao, without permission pre- 
viously obtained from the Court of Lisben. 

After a long and tedious discussion, which, except for our 
anxious wish to maintain an intercourse of amicable courtesy 
with the Portuguese authorities, would have been altogether 
unnecessary, the Governor, in deference to our expressed wishes, 
consented for the present to suspend the execution of his orders 
in respect to the expulsion of British residents from Macao, 





No. 9. 
Viscount Palmerston to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


(Extract.) Foreign Office, 9th September 1831. 

Tue statements contained in your despatches of August 27, 
and in those which have been received from Captain Markland, 
have induced His Majesty’s Government to send two line-of- 
battle ships to the Tagus, for the protection of His Majesty’s 
subjects resident in Lisbon. 

The Prince Regent and Asia will accordingly sail to-morrow, 
and I send this despatch by that opportunity. 

His Majesty’s Government have learnt with much concern the 
fresh instances of insult and outrage committed upon British 
subjects in Lisbon. It might have been hoped, that the Portu- 
guese Government would have learnt, from recent experience, 
that His Majesty’s Government are determined to secure to Bri- 
tish subjects in Portugal, that protection or redress to which 
they are entitled ; and His Majesty’s Government still trust, that 
the remonstrances and representations which you have made, 
will obtain protection from future aggression and punishment for 
those which are past. His Majesty’s Government have, how- 
ever, provided other means of safety in case of need. 


I am, Xe. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. Palmerston. 


&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 


(signed) 





No, 10. 
Sir George Shee to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Foreign Office, 9th September 1831. 

I am directed, by Viscount Palmerston, to transmit to you 
the annexed copy of a letter, which the Marquis of Londonderry 
has received from Brigadier-General Sir John Campbell, relating 
to matters connected with your discharge of your official functions 
at Lisbon. 

Lord Palmerston desires me to say, that his reason for di- 
recting that this document may be transmitted to you, 1s, that 


an opportunity may be thereby afforded you, of offering such 
observations 











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observations upon Brigadier-General Campbell’s statement, as 
you may be desirous of making. 
I am &amp;e. 
R. B Hoppner, Esq. (signed) 
&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 


G. Shee. 





Enclosure in No. 10. 


Brigadier-General Sir John Campbell to the Marquis of 
Londonderry. 


Now that the experiments have been tried, and have failed in 
the object of promoting insurrection against Don Miguel in Por- 
tugal, the Govenment of England might have a little mercy on 
the Portuguese, and, by withdrawing the present Consul, cease 
to persecute them any more. It must be evident, that that gen- 
tleman was mistaken in supposing that the disaffected in the 
country, had either force or spirit to take advantage of the oppor- 
tunities given them by the English and French armaments ; and 
the conduct of the army and people, on the last occasion, must 

rove that their sentiments are entirely in favour of their King. 
Faw: that these armaments were experiments made by the Go- 
vernments of England and France, and [ have no hesitation in 
considering the Consul of the former, as having been the pro- 
oser of this plan. 

If he had chosen to use peaceable means, there is not an 
article of the complaints which he made, that could not have 
been adjusted without recourse to violence ; this would be proved 


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by an instance which happened at the same time that the house | 


of Mr. Roberts was visited by the magistrate. A provincial 
magistrate having levied a tax, contrary to privilege, on an 


English gentleman, who farms a large estate near Azamburja on | 
the Tagus, and treated an Italian, his servant, with severity, he | 


complained in person to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, saying, 
that he did so in order not to join in the hostility shown to the 
Government by some others of his countrymen; this conduct 
was duly appreciated, and he received ample satisfaction by the 


punishment of the magistrate, and a message of thanks from the | 


King, for his delicacy. Iam happy to say, that only 65 out of 
800 British residents, thought proper to pursue a different 
course from the conduct of this gentleman, so worthy of an 
English one, by signing the representation of grievances for- 
warded by the Consul. 

The French, as far as I can understand, made no representation, 
and very few indeed took advantage of their Consul’s offer of 
shipping, to remove from their shops, where they continued to 
sell their eau de Cologne and other trifles, even when the tri- 
coloured flag was at the entrance of the Tagus, without the 
slightest molestation. 

Mr. Hoppner frequents the company only of those natives who 
are known to be adverse to the present Government, the prin- 
cipal persons of whom are the parents or near relations of the 
emigrant noblemen, and from the reports and opinions of these 
persons he forms his own, nor will he listen with decent patience 
to any thing that is said in favour of the King, whom, in con- 
versation with me, he attacked with the most bitter virulence, 
accusing him of crimes and immoralities, and using towards him 
the terms of monster and usurper, tyrant, and others in use by 
the newspaper writers, but surely most indecent in the mouth 
of a diplomatic agent. 

I can myself affirm that he has encouraged the hopes of the 
above-mentioned disaffected persons, by telling them of tie re- 
ports which he made to his Government, and expressing his own 
of the speedy downfall of the King; that he has entered a room 
rubbing his hands with an expression of his satisfaction, saying 
to the company, that he had sent a slap of the face to that 
rascal Santarem, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in allusion to 
a letter he had just despatched to him, and declaring that he 
hoped soon to see the usurper flying across the frontier. 

The birth-day of the Pretender to the Crown, D. Maria de 
Gloria, was chosen for a dinner on board the Briton, and there 
was firing several times in the day, which, although Mr. Hoppner 
explains this circumstance as having been in honour of himself 
and his colleague, the French Consul, it was considered by every 
person in Lisbon who heard it, as a celebration of the day. 

Don Miguel showed better taste, by refusing to put off a draw- 
ing room appointed for that day, although advised to that mea- 
sure by some officious person. 

That all hostility is in conformity to the wishes of the British 
Minister, is proved by the expressions to the agent of Don 
Miguel in this country, whom he tells, if the Portuguese wish to 
ingratiate themselves with the British Government, they must 
get rid of their King. 

This certainly cannot be considered as non-intervention : it is 
an interference to persuade the Portuguese to dethrone the King 
of their choice, and a menace of constant opposition if they do 
not do his bidding. 

It is that opposition alone that keeps alive the party opposed 
to Don Miguel’s rights in Portugal, which but for the dread of 
the dreadful vengeance he might inflict, would be annihilated 
by the banishment of a very few individuals, acquaintances of 
Mr. Hoppner, who, were it not for the exertions of the Govern- 
ment, would have long fallen victims to the rage of the people, 
who would rise and massacre them, as the liberals of Paris 
would do with respect to any there, who would dare to oppose 
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Don Miguel has been kept on his Throne by his people for 
three years, in which time three of the Kings who have refused 
to acknowledge him, have been dethroned by their people. 

He has been kept there without any exertion on his part, for 
he has lived in the greatest retirement, never taking the means 
lately so much in use by other Kings, in order to gratify the 
people, such as making addresses to them, giving flashy speeches, 
and descending to mix with them, and shake the hands of the 
common artisans. He seldom appears in public in any state; 
and when he does appear, he rather checks than encourages the 
greetings of the people. In fifteen months he reviewed the 
garrison not more than three times, and he never harangued them 
or made use of any other artifice to animate or inspirit them in 
his cause, until the occasion of the appearance of the French, 
when he placed himself at the head of the troops, and evinced 
great determination. At the procession of the Corpus Christi, 
in the beginning of June last, he rebuked the Grenadiers of the 
4th regiment, for cheering him in the presence of the host, and 
prevented the same demonstrations of adherence from the rest 
of the troops. Indeed, he takes so little pains to court popularity, 
or even to animate his party, that he incurs the suspicion of 
taking little interest in his own cause, and of desiring to retire 
from the throne to his hunting and farming, which are his only 
passions. 

As to the accusations against him of immorality and vicious 
habits, they have no foundation in truth. He neither drinks nor 
games, nor is given to women. He spends a great deal of time 
in chase, and delights in being amongst his farming men, and 
takes a creat deal of pains with his own estates. There is a rude 
sport of fighting bulls in Spain and Portugal, in which he excels 
himself, and for this he is severely criticised ; be he deserving 
or not of that, certain it is, that he shows by this amusement 
a quality which his enemies deny him, that of great coolness 
and intrepidity in danger the most imminent ; but he does not 
entirely give himself up to such amusements; for his Court is 
formed of the noble families of the Marquis of Belles and others, 
and with these he partakes of the other pastimes, such as eques- 
trian exercises, tilting, and the riding school, and scenic repre- 
sentations, and other innocent recreations. 

It is said he could prevent a great deal of the violence which 
is committed by party spirit in the country, if he chose to exert 


himself; perhaps he could, but he would have the same sort of 


difficulty, but ten thousand times multiplied, that our own gra- 
cious Monarch would have had to prevent the English mob from 
breaking the windows on the Reform Bill of such men as the Duke 
of Wellington and the Marquis of Londonderry, to whom, instead 
of revenge for past injuries, they owed a debt of gratitude for 
past services the most brilliant. 

He performs a great many acts of pure benevolence, and I have 
no fear of contradiction, when I say that he gives, if not all, the 
greatest part of the paper money which he receives from the 
Treasury for his purse, in charity. No one certainly ever ap- 
proached him with a petition, who did not go away at least 
pleased with the gentleness and kindness with which he re- 
ceived it. 

That the administration of his Government might be greatly 
amended, | am most ready to allow. The imprudence of his 
Ministers is most lamentable, but in no instance has been so 
egregiously deplorable as in their having placed confidence in 
the faith of the British Ministry. 

Spite of their breach of faith, spite of the arrogant monstrous 
aggression of robbery of their Allies, the French, they will not 
succeed in dethroning him unless they throw off the mask and 
invade the country with their forces. What new trials that poor 
people will have to undergo, God knows, but I am confident that 
intrigues in aid of the disaffected, and expeditions made, and 
headed by Don Pedro d’Alcantara, will not avail to obiige them 
to receive any other Monarch but Miguel, or try against the 
experiment of adopting one of that Prince’s or of Jeremy Ben- 
tham’s Constitutions. 

(signed) o€. 
A true Copy—Vane Londonderry. 


No. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 


11. 


(Received September 22.) 


( Extract.) Lisbon, 10th September 1831. 

I nAve the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lord- 
ship’s despatch of the 25th of August, the substance of which 
I immediately embodied in a note (copy of which I here- 
with enclose) to M. de Santarem, requiring that the persons 
who assaulted Messrs. Fitzroy and Parnell should be forthwith 
brought to justice; and for this purpose, thac they should be 
confronted with those officers. 

Since this barbarous occurrence, I have omitted no opportunity 
of keeping M. de Santarem in mind of it, and assuring him 
that it would not be permitted to pass over with impunity. 
Whenever I have brought the subject forward, he has told me, 
at one time, that the offenders had been arrested ; at another, 
that their trial was proceeding ; and latterly, that nothing now 
remained to be done but to pass sentence upon them. To m 
remark that they had not hitherto been confronted with —— 

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Fitzroy and Parnell, he replied,,that this was owing to the dif- 
ferent mode of proceeding in their tribunals, and that such con- 
frontation * waw ae required by the laws of Portugal. In this, 
however,,,J..am assured, that -hejsynot correct; that it is an 
essen jak, ae in the jugtsprudence of this country ; and as it 
is confidently asserted that, although some individuals have been 
arrested on the present charge, they are not those who assailed 
the above gentleman, I am fearful lest, some deception should 
be intended, and that my endeavours to obtain satisfaction for 
this outrage will prove abortive from the various artifices to which 
recourse will be had to evade this just demand. 

I had written thus far when [ learnt from Mr. Fitzroy that, 
having had occasion to call with Mr. Parnell upon the Intendant- 
General of Police, to thank him for his attentions to them when 
they were brought wounded and helpless to Lisbon, that magis- 
trate assured them that no trial had hitherto taken place, nor 
could, in their case, as the offenders were not yet taken, having 
concealed themselves, so that it would probably be some time 
before they were apprehended. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, R. B. Hoppuer. 
&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 


(signed) 





Enclosure in No. 11. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount de Santarem. 


(Extract. ) Lisbon, 5th September 1831. 

Tue undersigned, His Britannic Majesty’s Acting Cousul- 
General in Portugal, having reported to his Government the out- 
rage committed in the vicinity of Bucellas upon Messrs. Fitzroy 
and Parnell, of His Majesty’s ship Briton, has received Lord 
Palmerston’s instructions to demand of the Portuguese Govern- 
ment, that immediate steps be taken for bringing the offenders 
to justice ; for which purpose no time should be lost in con- 
fronting them, when taken, with those gentlemen, who will be 
able to identify them. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount de Santarem, (signed ) R. B. Hoppner. 


&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 





No. 12. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received September 22.) 


My Lord, Lisbon, 10 September 1831. 

Mr. Grave _ey, being so far recovered from his wounds as to 
be able to give mea more circumstantial account of the infamous 
treatment he experienced at the hands of a party of Royalist 
Volunteers, on the morning of the 22d ultimo, who were set on 
to murder him, by their commanding officer, as _ stated in my 
despatch of the 27th August, I have herewith the honour to 
forward these details for your Lordship’s information. 

It unfortunately happens that Mr. Graveley does not know the 
officer who assailed him. M.de Santarem asked me why I had 
not named him in my notes to him. I replied, that although it 
was generally said to be -——, this did not justify me in 
accusing him of such acrime, which, however, there could be no 
difficulty in bringing home to the real offender, as it must be 
known who had commanded the detachment especially indicated 
by the time it was on its march. 

Independently of Mr. Graveley’s personal sufferings, a serious 
injury has also been inflicted upon him by the loss of his time ; 
and at this moment he scarcely conceives himself secure from 
some further act of violence to prevent his taking any steps to 
obtain redress for the one already committed against him. 

With respect to the other complaints which I[ have submitted 
to your Lordship, I have the honour to inform you, that a pro- 
mise has been made to institute inquiry into that of Mr. Duff, 
accompanied, as your Lordship will perceive, by the enclosed 
paper, with a distinct and indignant disavowal on the part of 
the Police, of one of the leaders of the ruffians, who infest the 
streets, and are the terror of the peaceful inhabitants of Lisbon. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 

Viscount Palmerston, (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 

&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 








Enclosure 1 in No. 12. 
Mr. Graveley to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Lisbon, 9th September 1831. 

Havine had the honour to lay before you a very imperfect 
statement of the outrage committed upon me, on the morning 
of the 22d August last, and finding myself now much recovered 
from the severe wounds I then received, | beg leave to lay before 
you a full statement of the fact as it occurred, and which I am 
ready to confirm with my oath, if necessary. 

I quitted my house at Bemfica at 6 o’clock in the morning, 
and had proceeded a few hundred yards, when I met a batallion 
of royalists, commanded by a major: I had passed the com- 
manding officer, when one of the soldiers ran out of the ranks 
towards me, exclaiming, “ Kill him; he is a Frenchman, from 








Rua d;Emenda.”,, Linstantly ran to the ‘major for protection 
with my British certificate in. my hand, declaring at the same 
time that. 1 was an Kaglishman; upon which-he said “so much 
the worse,’, and stabbed me, in the back in such.a way; that, jin 
the opinion of the doctors who attended me, had, the wound been 
one-eighth of an inch deeper, it would have, penetrated into ithe 
kidneys, and been.mortal. (When L, endeavoured to. get awa 
from him, he cut;me with his;sword across the shoulder, and, 
soldiers knocked me, down with, the butt ends of their firelocks, 
On recovering; my senses, .I found myself, weltering in .bloed 
and my: seryant, who had run away, thinking I was dead. (as they 
had gone, off, leaving, me; without the least appearance of life), 
on seeing me get'up,came back, and told me that the officer had 
called out to his men, to desist, saying, “ he is dead.” I received 
seven wounds about my body, and three on my head. 
Recommending my case to. your most serious consideration, 
1 have the honour to be, &amp;c. 

(signed) Charles Milton Graveley. 

R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 





Enclosure 2 in No. 12. 


Viscount Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 
(Translation.) 


Palace of Queluz, 9 September 1831, 
In answer to the note which you addressed to me, under date 
of the 27th August last, respecting some threats used by Captain 
Telles towards the British subject, Dominick Duff, I transmit to 
ou the enclosed copy of an answer I have received from, the 
Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs, dated the 3d in- 
stant, to a note which I had addressed to him on this subject. 
I have the honour, &amp;c. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. (signed) Viscount de Santarem. 
&amp;c. &amp;c. Ke. 


Sub-Enclosure in No. 12. 


The Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs to 
Viscount Santarem. 


(Translation.) 


Secretary of State’s Office for the Department of Justice 
and Ecclesiastical Affairs, 


Most Illustrious and Excellent Sir, 3d September 1831. 

In answer to your Excellency’s note, of the gist of August 
last, accompanied by translations of papers forwarded to your 
Excellency by the British Acting Consul-General, and of a state- 
ment made to him by the Englishman, Dominick Duff, respect- 
ing the insults which he (Duff) said he had received from Captain 
Telles, I have the honour to inform your Excellency, that although 
there is no proof that the menacing expressions which form the 
subject of those papers were ever uttered, as the statement itself 
is only founded upon the assertion of the complainant, an order 
of this day’s date has, nevertheless, been sent to the Intendant 
General of Police, directing him to proceed to the necessary steps 
in this business, in conformity with the Royal Orders he. has 
received. I cannot allow the falsehood with which, in his state- 
ment to the Consul, the complainant asserts that Captain Telles 
is authorized and even paid by the Police, to commit these 
aggressions, to pass without observation ; it is absurd, and never 
could be possible ; and the very English themselves have, to the 
contrary, experienced the protection afforded to them by that 
department, even on their own simple complaints, unsupported 
by any proof. 

(signed) 
Luis de Paula Furtado de Castro do Rio de Mendoca, 
His Excellency Viscount de Santarem. 
&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 





No. 13. 
Viscount d’Asseca to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Translation.) 


My Lord, London, 14h September 1831. 

ArreEr my letter to you, of the day before yesterday, I would 
not now again occupy your Excellency’s attention, if 1 did not 
feel it necessary to discharge a duty which has been prescribed 
to me, that of informing you of the painful impression produced 
upon my Government by the two notes, which’ Mr. Hoppner 
addressed on the 23d and 24th of last August, to his Excellency 
the Viscount Santarem, relative to the’ position. which Captain 
Markland, of His Majesty’s, ship Dispatch, has chosen to take 
up in the Port of Lisbon, without the concurrence, or the previous 
consent, of the competent local authority, and without hesitating 
to break through the internal police regulations of the Port, doug 
since made public, and which expressly forbid any fordign vessel 
whatever occupying that anchorage. rf ytiat 

I will not dwell, my Lord,,upon.the groundlessness: of ‘the 
insinuations which Mr. Hoppner has thought: proper :to: cast 
upon my Government in one of the above-mentioned notes, as 
well as in former ones, going so far as to assert that, to all,ap- 
pearance, the vexatious treatment which British subjects have, 








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under the sanction of its authority. I feel certain that I need 
not occupy your Excellency’s time in repelling such an accu- 
sation, which is neither called for nor provoked by the conduct 
of my Government. Mr. Hoppner being called upon by his 
sition, and more particularly by the tenor of your instructions 
to him, of which you had the extreme kindness to allow me the 
erusal, to respect the laws and the established Government of 
Portogsl, I leave it to your Excellency to judge, whether it is 
not necessary to require that he should conduct himself in a 
manner more consistent with the orders which he has received, 
and to accompany the discharge of his consular duties, however 
difficult they may appear to him, with the same respect for the 
Government and the local authorities, which the Portuguese 
Ministers have never failed to show to him, in his character of 
agent of the Government of His Britannic Majesty. 

In confining myself to the question which forms the subject 
of the two above-mentioned communications, it is of the first 
importance that I should prove to your Excellency the incor- 
rectness of the assertions which Mr. Hoppner has advanced in 
its support; and it will be sufficient, for this purpose, to quote 
the 8th Article of the Regulations of the Port of Lisbon, of 
June 7, 1811, which runs thus :— 

“It is not permitted to any vessel to anchor near the ships 
of his Majesty, neither are they to anchor between the quays of 
Columnas and Ribeira Nova, the place destined for ships of the 
Royal Navy.” 

My Government has thought fit to command me to lay before 
your Excellency the original words of the Article above men- 
tioned, in order to prove that the reply made to Mr. Hoppner, 
in rejection of his demand, rests upon measures prescribed by 
an ancient decree, the strict observance of which has always 
been considered essential to the maintenance of the internal 
order of the port; and that it is neither an accidental innovation, 
nor the effect of any alteration in the sentiments of the King, 
my August Master, towards the Government of His Britannic 
Majesty, which are such as the respective interests of the two 
nations require, and the mutual ties and stipulations which have 
for so long a time bound them to each other. 

Accustomed as we have ever been to see, with entire confi- 
dence, the flag of the Royal British Navy flying in our ports, 
our only regret is, that this glorious flag now no longer waves, 
as in days past, the guardian signal of the independence of the 
Portuguese monarchy, and the pledge of its safety ; and nothing 
can equal the bitterness of this regret, when we reflect that we 
have never deserved so cruel a desertion, conduct unworthy of a 
great and powerful Government, whose boast it was, and among 
whose titles to glory it ranked, the calling itself truly and 
actually the perpetual Ally of Portugal, ever ready to defend it 
against all its enemies. 

But in the midst of the embarrassments and dangers which 
surround us, abandoned by England, and given up, without help 
or consideration of any kind, to the attacks and machinations 
of our enemies within and without, your Excellency will, doubt- 
less, not hesitate to acknowledge that, however disposed, how- 
ever sincere, and however anxious my Sovereign may be to 
make himself agreeable to the Government of His Britannic 
Majesty, it is impossible for him not to contest, in principle, a 
right, as singular as it is arbitrary, which Mr. Hoppner has 
attempted to establish, that the demand alone of foreign agents 
should form the rule to be followed by my Government, in 
assigning anchorage to the ships of war of their countries, in the 

ort of Lisbon. For such, my Lord, is in fact the simple and 
inevitable deduction to be made from the tenor of his official 
communications, a deduction which was only too well and too 
rigorously understood, and applied on the following day, as 
I have had the honour to inform you on the 11th instant, by the 
commander of the French naval forces, M. Rabaudy, who 
hastened to improve upon the example given by Mr. Hoppner, 
by proceeding to the extremity of taking advantage of our 
defenceless position, in order to make use of the most imperative 
language to my Government. 
evertheless, I conceive that your Excellency will, moreover, 
not hesitate to admit that, with regard to supreme authority, the 
maintenance of that which exists already, becomes the first of 
the rights of independent nations, and I must add, as regards 
Portugal, that it is at present the first of its wishes, and the 
most dear of its interests. 

I conclude the present communication, my Lord, recom- 
mending its contents, in the name, and at the express desire of 
my Government, to the particular and kind attention of the Go- 
vernment of His Britannic Majesty, together with the com- 
Eo contained in the note addressed, on the 26th ultimo, by 

iscount Santarem to Mr. Hoppner, in which he transmits to 
him documents, proving the blameable conduct recently pursued 
by divers English individuals in Portugal, to the injury of the 
public peace, and in direct violation of the laws of the country, 
to which, according to the honourable admission of the Govern- 
ment of His Britannic Majesty, contained in your Excellency’s 
instructions to Mr. Hoppner, of the 14th January last, and to 
the law of nations, all the subjects of the King, your august 
Sovereign, who reside in Portugal, owe respect and obedience. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed) Viscount d’ Asseca. 


&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 





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No. 14. 
Viscount Palmerston to Viscount d’Asseca. 
Monsieur le Vicomte, — Foreign Office, 20th September 1831. 
I nave had the honour of receiving your letter of the 14th 


instant, in which you state, that the Portuguese Government 
have received a painful impression from the communications 


_ Made to them by Mr. Hoppner, on the 23d and 24th of August, 


relative to the position which His Majesty’s ship Dispatch had 
taken up in the port of Lisbon. In reply, I have to assure you, 
that His Majesty Government have received no less painful an 
impression from the account which has reached them of those 
transactions which rendered this movement, on the part of His 
Majesty’s Naval Force in the Tagus, necessary for the protection 
of British residents in Lisbon. 

His Majesty’s Government, however, have entirely approved 
the measures which have been taken on this subject by His Ma- 
jesty’s Consul General, and the naval officer commanding His 
Majesty’s ships in the Tagus; and, in order to give more effect 
to those measures, and to afford more complete protection to 
British subjects in Portugal, two line-of-battle ships have bee 
sent to the Tagus, and two brigs of war to the Douro. 


1 have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount d’Asseca, (signed) Palmerston. 


&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 





No. 15. 
Baron Ompteda to Viscount Palmerston. 


44 Grosvenor Place, 15th September 1831. 

THe undersigned, His Majesty’s Minister of State, and of 
the Cabinet for the kingdom of Hanover, presents his complt- 
ments to Lord Viscount Palmerston, His Majesty’s Principal 
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and having by the last 
despatch from His Majesty’s Hanoverian Consul General at 
Lisbon, Mr. Scholtz, been informed of the indignities and mur- 
derous attacks foreigners, resident at Lisbon, have of late expe- 
rienced from Don Miguel’s authorities, and the different agents 
of his Government ; and, understanding from Mr. Scholtz, that if 
their insolence is not very soon checked, he considers his own 
life, as well as that of His Majesty’s British Consul General, 
and all His Majesty’s subjects, resident at Lisbon, unsafe and 
exposed to constant danger; the undersigned will be much 
obliged to Lord Palmerston, if in case Mr. Hoppner, who always 
has shown the greatest politeness to Mr. Scholtz, should receive 
instructions to quit Lisbon, and remove on board a British vessel, 
his Excellency would be pleased to authorize Mr. Hoppner to 
take Mr. Scholtz under his special protection. 


The Undersigned avails himself, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed) 


Ompteda. 
&amp;e. Ke. &amp;e. 





No. 16. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received October 2.) 


( Extract.) Lisbon, 26th September 1831. 
Wirn reference to my despatches of the 27th ultimo, I beg 
leave to transmit, for your Lordship’s information, the copy of a 
letter, which I have received from Mr. Norton, Vice-Consul at 
Vianna, respecting the offensive language to Don Miguel, said 
to have been used by the master of a British merchant vessel 
in that port. Of the other affair at Cintra, alluded to by 
M. de Santarem, no further details have hitherto reached me 


from him. I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) R. B. Hoppner. 


Viscount Palmerston, 
&amp;c. &amp;c. &amp;c. 





Enclosure in No. 16. 
Mr. Norton to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Sir, Vianna, 4th September 1831. 

I nave been honoured with your letter of the 29th ultimo, 
requesting information respecting the charge made against Cap- 
tain John Davis, of the schooner Favourite. 

I am not aware of the said master’s having made use of an 
improper language towards Don Miguel, nor do I consider it 
likely that he would do so. 

The master is not able to speak the Portuguese language, 
nor were the guards acquainted, in the slightest degree, with 
the English. ; ; 

One of the guards, by name “ Pedro Ourives,” is a notorious 
bad character, and has already implicated many poor Portu- 
guese, and, through false witnesses, has been the means of com- 
mitting them to the common gaol. I consider this affair of 
Captain Davis, to be an ill-natured intrigue on the part of the 
Royalists, who invariably wish to find any excuse to commit an 


Englishman. I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq, (signed) R. W. Norton. 
&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 





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yi q No,.17- 
OR. Bi Hoppher, Esq. to Sir George Shee. 
(Exétaots)eiscs Yo sousucisaos Lisbon, 23d September 1831. 

By His. Majesty’s,.ship, Prince Regent, which arrived here 
yesterday,| L had the: honous to receive your despatch of Sept. 9, 
together with its enclosure, containing some charges brought 
against mein the House of Peers, by the Marquis of London- 
derry, at the instigation of Major General Sir John Campbell. 

It is not, L presume, necessary for me to controvert the 
opinions of Sir John Campbell, nor to defend myself on the score 
of those which he is pleased to ascribe to me. I know not what 
right Sir John Campbell possesses to attribute to me his own 
thoughts and suppositions, nor can [ imagine that I am called 
upon to refute charges so absurd, as that the English and French 
expeditions to this country were planned by me, or undertaken 
at my instigation. 

Sir John Campbell asserts, that if I had used peaceable means 
there would have been no occasion to adjust the complaints 
I made, by violence; and he adduces a solitary instance of an 
unnamed individual, whose personal complaint, he said, was 
redressed, to prove his assertions. I beg to refer to my official 
correspondence, to show whether I have ever used other than 
peaceable means, and whether, almost in every case of complaint 
or remonstrance, I have not repeatedly solicited the attention of 
the Portuguese Government to them, pointing out the inevitable 
consequence of their indifference to my appeals. Of the instance 
he adduces, I can conscientiously say, that I never heard till 
now ; but although Sir John Campbell does not think proper to 
name this more successful individual, his allusion to the property 
he possesses, fully indicates whom he would refer to. It will 
not appear to others so extraordinary as it does to Sir John 
Campbell, that this individual does not adopt the views of the 
British residents here ; still less so, that they are not prone to 
follow his example, when it is known that he was expelled, by 
general consent, from their public assembly rooms, as is shown 
by a minute in their books, dated 16th January 1822. 

Sir John Campbell is decidedly incorrect in stating that there 
are 800 British residents in Lisbon ; 178 is the number of those 
whose names are recorded in the Consular Office, including 
clerks, natives of Gibraltar, Malta, &amp;c.; but even if his state- 
were correct, he cannot deny that the persons who signed the 
requisition are among the wealthiest, most respectable, and most 
influential of the British residents, and I dare him to say, that 
they were in any way biassed in their proceedings on the occa- 
sion he alludes to by me. 

The next charge is, that I frequent the company of those 
natives only who are known to be adverse to the present Go- 
vernment, and that I take my opinions from them. On m 
arrival here, Sir J. Campbell introduced me to the family wit 
which he is connected by marriage, and into some other Portu- 
guese houses ; and I expressed a wish to Viscount de Santarem 
to be presented to his colleagues. Although this wish was met 
with apparent cordiality, the latter never introduced me to any 
one: and, if | dropped my acquaintance with ———————~ it 
was in consequence of the hostile feeling this lady expressed 
towards the English, and the angry party spirit that prevailed 
in her house, and amongst the members of her family. As for 
the few other Portuguese acquaintances which I formed on my 
arrival here, and while it was still permitted to assemble in 
Lisbon, | dropped all intercourse with them on the entrance of 
the French Squadron, not to give any jealousy to the Portu- 
guese Government, and because, in fact, no Englishman, and 
especially myself, can associate with any Portuguese family with- 
out the chance of compromising them, and rendering them 
obnoxious to persecution. This is the case even with known 
Micuellite families. 

The next allegation is, that in conversation with Sir John 
Campbell, I made use of expressions offensive to Don Miguel, 
and that [ will uot listen with decent patience to any thing said 
in his favour. Sir John Campbell may justify, if he can, his 
making a public charge against me of any expression used to 
him in private. I do remember once saying to him, that Dom 
Miguel was but an usurper, and that he could not state any one 
act that he had done for the benefit of his country, since his 
assumption of the Government. Perhaps, Sir John Campbell 
may also recollect, that I immediately declared my regret at 
having uttered any thing that gave him pain. As to not listen- 
ing to Sir John Campbell’s praises of Don Miguel, I beg to 
remind him that we associated together for nearly three months 
after my arrival, and this it was the common topic of his con- 
versation. As my opinions did not coincide with his, I endea- 
voured to avoid all argument with him. When at length:we 
fell into one, I unhappily offended him, and this was the last I 
ever had with him on this or any other subject. 

Sir John Campbell says, that he can affirm that I have en- 
couraged the hopes of the dissaffected. To this I reply, that 
I have invariably told them, that my Government would not in- 
terfere in their quarrel ; that the English and French ships which 
were sent here, came for the sole purpose of redressing their 
own grievances ; and I have discouraged any violent language, 
by showing that it compromised those who uttered it, and tended 
in no way to advance their interests. If I made use of the ex- 
pression he alludes to with regard to M. de Santarem, it was 
not to persons whom I for a moment supposed capable- of re- 








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peating. it to him, and giving him pain, which is the only | 
in which I consider it waategl of notice. + ‘gt 
The birth-day of the pretender to the throne, Donna Maria 


- da Gloria, as Sir J. Campbell calls this Princess (I know not 


what night) was not chosen for! a dinner on board the Briton 
and if it had been, this was no act of «mine. ; It happened.onia 
Monday. | On the previous Saturday a French corvette entered 
the Tagus late: in the, evening. .The commander the next day 
called upon Captam Markland, and,afterwards upon me: Captain 


Markland told him that: it:wasnot the custom:in, the English. 


navy to fire salutes. on a Sunday, but that -he:would aaltdt him 
when he hoisted , his flag: the, following morning. -He. did! so, 
Towards the middle of the day Captain Markland called upon 
me to say, that this andi another. French: officer, with their Con, 
sul, were to dine with him, and to ask:meto meet:them.. I then 
expressed my wish to return the: visit paid to me:on the preced- 
ing day, and Captain Markland accompanied me. As: .we were 
departing, oa Markland, remarked to, me, that the French 
captain intended to salute me, upon which I[ requested him not 
to do so, saying, that I did not consider myself as\an accredited 
agent, in the present state of our relations with Portugal, and 
that in fact I had declined the salute offered me, on board the 
ships of my own country; Captain Raffy, however, persisted, 
and fired upon my quitting his corvette. \The compliment paid 
to me, Captain Markland returned to the French Consul, on his 
arrival to dinner ; hence arose the firing, it was purely accidental 
and unpremeditated, and had no more to do with Donna Maria 
than with Sir J. Campbell himself. What he-or other people in 
Lisbon chose to think of it, cannot in justice be'made a charge 
against me. It might as well be urged against’me ‘as a crime, 
that the Miguellites constantly reported that the English ships 
of war were sent to Lisbon for their protection, and to recognize 
Don Miguel, as well as the thousand other absurd reports that 
are continually in circulation in this distracted city. 

The next charge appears to me, as | now understand it, rather 
addressed to Lord Palmerston than myself, though ‘this is left 
doubtful by the paper sent to me being without date ; it is per+ 
fectly absurd as applies to me, and as gratuitous’ as the rest of 
Sir J. Campbell’s assertions, but if my conjecture is right, it 
shows, that, besides the contributions ‘from hence, Sir John 
Campbell has been assisted in London also, in ‘the compilation 
of his extraordinary production. That the paper was there com- 
piled, and not written (as might have been inferred from Lord 
Londonderry’s speech) in Lisbon, is past a doubt, as Sir John 
Campbell had already quitted this city for England long previous 
to the entrance of the French Squadron, to which he alludes in 
his opening paragraph. 

The remainder of Sir John Campbell’s paper contains the ex- 
pression of his private opinions, and may possibly have weight 
with his friends. For myself I leave them’ to work whatever 
etfect they are capable of, having only to refute his eharges, not 
his opinions. 

In conclusion, I do most sincerely regret that Sir John Camp- 
bell should have thought proper to bring forward these charges ; 
not, as Lord Palmerston must see, that it costs me any difficulty 
to refute them, but lest his Lordship’ should imagine that I am 
the troublesome person Sir John Campbell would make me appear 
to be, and that, instead of attending to my duty, I am only em- 
ployed in committing errors, from the consequences of which a 
great deal of valuable time is occupied on my account, by those 
to whose notice I do not pretend the slightest claim. I have 
anxiously endeavoured not to give offence toany one. For three 
months after my arrival I lived more with Sir John Campbell 
and his friends than with any other person here, and since that 
time, owing to the increased disturbances, following fast upon 
each other, I have lived as secluded a life as is consistent with 
my duty, which imposes upon me the task of knowing what is 

assing in this country, and of reporting it tomy Government. 

fin doing so I have been guilty of any mistakes, I should be 
most happy to rectify them; I have certainly advanced nothing 
that I do not believe to be true. I do not derive my information 
from the sources mentioned by Sir John Campbell, but if | did, 
they could not be more prejudiced than those whence he derives 
his opinions; and mine, at all events, are disinterested. 

I have herewith the honour to transmit to you, for Lord Pal- 
merston’s information, a letter which the British Residents in 
Lisbon have kindly addressed to me upon this occasion. | It will; 
I hope, be considered a sufficient refutation of every charge as 
to my general impropriety of conduct. I also enclose a copy of 


the answer which I purpose giving to these gentlemen. 
I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
Sir George Shee, Bart. (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 


&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 


Enclosure 1 in N° 27. 


Sir, Lisbon, 218t September 1831. 
We, the undersigned British residents in Lisbon, imbued 
with sentiments of profound gratitude for the zeal which you 
have exhibited in obtaining the redress of every grievance, an 
protecting our oppressed fellow subjects, deem it an imperative 
duty to declare, in the face of the world, that your exertions have 
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the appearance of a squadron to enforce the just demands of 
His Majesty’s Government on’ the Portuguese, was’ viewed with 
unmingled: satisfaction by an immense majority of the’ British 
inhabitants. 
Whilst'we duly appreciate and acquiesce in the advice which 

ou have constantly bestowed on us, to take no part in the poli- 
tical differences unhappily existing in this country, that we may 
not forfeit our clam to that protection which His Majesty’s 
Governnient is ever willing to extend to its subjects, we cannot 
refrain: from’ expressing our astonishment at the assertions of 
misinformed or malignant persons, that you have encouraged 
insults to the constituted authorities, and testifying, at the same 
time, our admiration of the judicious manner in which, as far as 
our observation permits us to know, you have discriminated be- 
tween @ vigorous interposition in| behalf of your own country- 
men, and any interference with the internal policy of the Portu- 
guese government. 


We have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


James Robert Higgs. 


signed ) 
os Robt. Inness. 


Joseph Thomson. 
James Thomson. 


G. Lowley. David Pollock. 
William Doherty. Gerrard Gould. 
Ebenezer Auther. John Ougrus. 
John Hutchens. Thomas O' Keefe. 


Geo. D. Walsh. 
Chas. O' Neill. 
Henry Laidley. 


Joseph Hardy. 
J. G. Sheehan. 


William Frazer. 


J. O'Neill. John Parsons. 
Thomas Grimsdick. Osborne Henry Sampayo. 
Saml. A. Whitney. Martin Slack. 


Robt. Lucas. 
Charles Higgs. 
Alex. Adam. 
Wm. Carruthers. 
Thos. Custance. 
Geo. Croft. 
Robert French Duff. 
Edw. Medlicott. 
Jno. E. Martin. 
W. H. Goodair. 
John Adam. 
William Staby. 
Wm. Halliday. 
L. M‘ Andrews. 
Chas. Hutchens. 
Francis Forrest. 
John Augier. 
Jas. Ellerton. 


John Cleife. 

Wm. Hickie. 

Jas. L. Doyle. 

W. H. Hickie. 

Chas. A. Payant. 
Robt. Lynch. 

Samuel Seddon. 
James Barker. 

A. Wheelhouse. 
Thomas Slattery. 
George Langdon. 

B. Ellerton. 

Pr. P. Henry James.\ 
Nicholas S. James. J 
J.W. Castantia. — 
Charles Donavon. 
Henry Ashness. 

M. D. Gallwey. 


John Wilby. Thomas Lanegan. 
Robert Graham. E. Hadley. 
J. S. Platt. Dominick J. Duff. 


Saml. Kendall. 
P.M. Layder. 
Henry Hodgson. 


John Toole. 
John M: Kean. 
M. Dove. 


Nicholas S$. James. Joseph Gally. 
Arm. Theo, Donnel. Saml. Shirley. 
F. F. Shore. Geo. Cruse. 
Charles Jauncey. William Wynn. 


Lewis Langworthy. 
Daniel Tobin. 
Thomas Shannon. 
Abel Dagge. 

Wm. Payant. 
William Roberts. 
Thomas Paige. 
Donald Monro. 
Jno. Parley. 
Charles Newman. 
Jas. Chas. Duff. 
Charles Gould. 

W. Ren. Roope. 
Chambers Kendall. 
George Dobson, 
John Ashworth. 
W. C. Morley. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Henry Cross. 
James Kerslake. 
W. Dazzibareg. 
Matheus de Bono. 
Nicolas Cartanha. 
Luiz Barbara. 
Joseph Brown. 

J. W. Garland. 
Samuel Tugman. 
John Sanguinetti. 
Charles Goodair. 
J. Fletcher. 
Michl. Kelly. 
John Milne. 

John Archbold. 
Charlas Milton Graveley. 





Enciosure 2 in No. 17. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to the British Residents in Lisbon. 


Gentlemen, Lisbon, 24th September 1831. 
THE approbation of my conduct conveyed to me by your let- 
ter of the 21st instant, which was handed over to me yesterday, 
is extremely gratifying to my feelings. Amidst the trying cir- 
cumstances in which I have found myself since my arrival in 
this country, the protection of your interests, and the mainte- 
nance of the wi A es secured to you by Treaties with Portu- 
gal, are the o jects 1 have had constantly in view ; and it is a 
source of great satisfaction to me to know that, in your opinion, 
my endeavours to attain them have not been altogether fruitless. 
But whatever may have been my wish to serve you, my efforts 
would have been paralized and of no avail, but for the prudent 
course you have steered throughout the political struggle, which 


has been so long carried on in this unhappy country. It is the 
conviction of your non-interference jin this contest ;which has 
obtained for you the protection, and for me the support of His 
Majesty’s Government ; secure of a continuance of this conduct 
on your part, and of the consequent support of my superiors, 
I too may look with indifference on the dangers with which I am 
threatened here, and while I enjoy your confidence'and appro- 
bation, I feel that I may safely despise the vile intrigues of those 





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who, from party spirit and selfish motives, would postpone your 
interests to those they connect with the country of their adop- 
tion, and who, with the same intention, have sought to mis- 
represent my motives, and to detract from my character. 

I need scarcely repeat that you will ever find me anxious to 
deserve a continuance of your good opinion, while I assure you 
of my gratitude for your present proof of it. 


Gentlemen, I have, &amp;c. 


The British Residents (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 


in Lisbon. 





No. 18. 
R. B. Hoppner, Esq. to Viscount Palmerston. 
(Received October 3.) 


( Extract.) Lisbon, 24th September 1831. 
ADMIRAL PARKER arrived here with His Majesty’s ships 
Prince Regent and Asia, on the 22d instant. 

A report having immediately circulated, that these ships had 
come out with a political purpose, and were to be followed by the 
speedy recognition of Don Miguel by His Majesty’s Govern- 
ment, I thought it advisable to affix the notice (of which I have 
the honour herewith to transmit a copy) upon ’Change, stating 
the real purpose of their mission. 

M. de Santarem, in order to satisfy me of the readiness of the 
Portuguese Government to comply with our just demands, 
showed me the proceedings which have taken place in the affair 
of Messrs. Fitzroy and Parnell. In the course of the day, he 
transmitted to me the note, of which I have the honour to for- 
ward a copy and translation, as also of the enclosure which ac- 
companied it, containing an extract from these proceedings, and 
especially the Pronuncia, which is equivalent to the true bill of 
our grand jury. By these documents, your Lordship will per- 
ceive that the culprits have not yet been taken, neither is there 
any probability of their being brought to justice. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed) R. B. Hoppner. 
&amp;e. Ke. Ke. 





Enclosure 1 in No. 18. 


Lisbon, 23d September, 1831. 
His Majesty’s Acting Consul General thinks it proper to com- 
municate to the British merchants and residents in Lisbon, that 
His Majesty’s Government, in consequence of recent occur- 
rences, has sent two line-of-battle ships to reinforce the squa- 
dron in the river, for their protection. His Majesty’s Govern- 
ment confidently expect that the British residents will not in 
any way interfere in the political dissentions of the country; 
and the Consul General feels himself justified in stating to them, 
that it is only in the certainty of non-interference that such 
protection will be afforded. 
(signed) R.B. Hoppner, 
Acting Consul General, 





Enclosure 2 in No. 18. 
Viscount Santarem to R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 


Foreign Office, 23d September 1831. 

As soon as I had received your note of the 5th instant, in 
which, in conformity to the orders of your Government, you re- 
quire, that the individuals who ill-treated Messrs. Fitzroy and 
Parnell, should be brought to trial and confronted with those 
gentlemen, I addressed a communication accordingly to the 
Intendant General of Police. 

The Intendant has just forwarded to me, as I showed you in 
our conference of to-day, the papers of the process respecting 
that occurrence, which consist of the inquiry set on foot by the 
mavistrate of the district of Alfama, of the report of the officers 
sent to arrest the accused, and of the summary proceedings of 
the magistrates of Rocio and Enxara dos Cavaleiros. By the 
copy, marked No.1, you will sce the names of the individuals 
accused, and the steps taken to arrest them ; and by copy No. 2, 
the measures that were adopted for that purpose, and what was 
done when it was found that they had absconded. The pro- 
ceedings are going to be followed up according to the laws of 
the kingdom. 

I have, &amp;c. 


(signed) § Viscount de Santarem. 


R. B. Hoppner, Esq. 





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Sub-Enclosure A: in No. 18. 
~ (Translation.) 
_ Lisbon, 12th September, 1831. 


Corx, of} am order for. the imprisonment of the persons who 
assaulted. and wounded Messrs. Fitzroy and Parnell, &amp;c. 

I order the arrest of José Francisco and his two sons, An- 
tonio and José, of the village of Camondos, parish of St. Law- 
rence d'Aranho; the scrivener to take all the necessary mea- 
surey'for their imprisonment, and forwarding the result to the 
otfiee of the Intendant General of Police. 


(signed) = _Molta e Silva. 





Sub-Enclosure B. in No. 18. 


In the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1831, on the night of the 
16th and 17th of August, at the village of Camondos, district of 
St. Lourenco d’Aranho, where I, the scrivener of the district of 
Ribeira, came, accompanied by the second alcaide and four po- 
lice soldiers, in virtue of an order from the Judge Bernardo An- 
tonio da Molta e Silva, magistrate of the district of Alfama, and 
in compliance with the order of the Intendant General of Police, 





or 


of the 12th instant, directing the arrest of José Franci 

his brother Antonio, both of the said district, on stron bag 
picion of beg implicated in the occurrence and fray which 
took place in the said village with the Englishmen Fitzroy and 
Parnell ; and having gone to the house of the said accused. 
which I was guided by the Magistrate of Santia Bt: 
who had accompanied me from this city, and taken every pres 
caution to prevent their corape the said alcaide searched the 
house carefully, but did not find them. ‘The mother of ‘the in 
dividuals sought for, said that her husband and son had Heal 
for some days absent, but that she did not know where ther 
were, nor the motive for théir flight; and on sending for the ma- 
gistrate, scrivener and alcaide of the district, Vicente Louren 0 
Manoel Theodoro dos Reis,'‘and Antonio José, and asking them 
if they knew where the parties sought for had concealed them. 
selves, they declared that they did not ; but as [ suspected from 
the style of their answers, that they knew, and would not tell 
and that perhaps they had even warned them of the search that 
was to be made for them, I ordered that those three individuals 
above named, should be arrested and conveyed to the gaol of 
this city, where they now are ; of all of which I now inform yoy 
BartHazar Gopinno DA FicuERa wrote and signed it, 





(B.) 
PAPERS RELATIVE TO PORTUGAL. 


(143.).—-CORRESPONDENCE relative to the French Demands upon the Government of Portugal, 
subsequent to the 30th August 1830. 





LIST OF PAPERS. 





No. 1. Viscountd’Asseca - - - - 
No. 2. Viscount Granville - 
No. 3. Viscount d’Asseca - - - - 
No. 4. Viscount Palmerston - - - 
No. 5. Viscount Palmerston 
No. 6. F. T. de Sampayo - 


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to Viscount Palmerston _- - - 
to Viscount d’Asseca - - - - = 
to Viscount d’Asseca - - - = = 
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No. 1. 
Viscount d’Asseca to Viscount Palmerston. 


(Received 5th September 1831.) 


(Translation.) 
My Lord, 

I wave the honour to transmit to you a copy of a letter 
which the Viscount Santarem has addressed to Admiral Roussin, 
in which he refutes the reasons given by the latter, in justifica- 
tion of his seizure of the Portuguese Squadron. The reasons 
adduced by M. de Santarem, are so strong and so just, that 
I think it unnecessary to make any further observation upon 
them, to prove that, although as a general rule, in conformity 
with the principles of the rights of nations, captures made after 
a declaration of war, are considered good prize; yet the circum- 
stances attending this lamentable eyent, do not admit of an 
application of this general rule. I venture, then, still to indulge 
in the hope, that the Government of His Britannic Majesty will 
not continue deaf to the just claims of its Ally, who, relying, as 
there was every reason to do, upon its support, in conformity 
with existing ‘Treaties, has constantly claimed, although without 
effect, its mediation between the two countries. 


I profit, Xc. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed) Viscount d’ Asseca. 


&amp;e. &amp;e. &amp;e. 


Enclosure in No. 1. 
The Viscount de Santarem to Admiral Roussin. 


(Translation.) 


I yrsrerpay had the honour to receive, and to lay before 
his Majesty, the note which your Excellency addressed to me 
on the oth instant. In that note, your Excellency acquaints me 
that you have received orders from your Government relative to 
the Portuguese Squadron, of which your Excellency took for- 
cible ‘possession on the day when you entered the Tagos, and 
states that’ your Government is of opinion that those ships be- 
long to it by all the laws of war, and that in fact they had been 
armed and prepared for fighting, having actually fired on yours ; 
that, though they had defended themselves but a short time, yet 
in such ¢ases it was not the duration which characterized the 
combat, but it was sufficient that it began; that there was 
attack and-defence, and that the Portuguese flag was struck, 
wherefore the capture had been regular, in so much so, that 
your Excellency had treated the officer and the crew as prisoners 
of war, and your Excellency concludes, that my protest rested 





on a distinction between war de facto, and war de jure; that 
you cannot admit that after the declaration of May, and the cap- 
ture of seventeen ships, after your engagement with the fortress 
of Cascaes, and after the commission you gave to your flag of 
truce on the gth July, by which you had offered the alternative 
of peace or war, there could exist the least doubt as to the rela- 
tions subsisting between our two countries on the 11th July, 
that they thus were at war, and that, as you had informed me, 
the consequences of the war could ‘have been anticipated. 

In order fully to reply to what your Excellency maintains, 
I have only to refer to the law of nations, to the common usage 
of civilized nations in such cases as those which have occurred 
between France and Portugal, and to notorious facts. 

The law of nations lays down, in regard to the reparations 
exacted by one Power from the other, when such reparations 
have been formally refused to the former, which was not the 
case in the question under review, among other remedies, that 
of authorizing (in the only case of a formal refusal) the reprisals 
of nation upon nation, in order that the Power, which deems 
itself offended may obtain, by violent means, the reparation 
which she thinks due to herself, equivalent to the value of what 
is owing to her, and she may keep the effects taken, until such 
time as she can hope to obtain justice. To make the reprisals 
just and legitimate, it is necessary that the cause of the Power 
employing such a rigorous measure, should be evidently just, 
and her debt quite clear and undisputed. 

The question respecting France, which was unhappily agi- 
tated, was not, and cannot, rigorously considered, be thet of 
regular war. 

Satisfaction and reparation were demanded; they were not 
formally refused ; still, however, the reprisals were made. But 
did perhaps, France, to constitute the state of war, publish a 
Manifesto? did she, according to the laws of nations, declare 
that the ports of these Kingdoms were blockaded? did Por- 
tugal issue letters of marque against the French commerce? 
did she confiscate, or did she, at least, employ the right of reta- 
liation on the properties of French subjects? nothing of the 
kind took place. ow can your Bibsllsicy, therefore, appeal 
to the capture of seventeen Portuguese ships, in order to con- 
sider it, according to'the above irrefragable principles of the laws, 
of nations, and to these facts, as a proof of the state of regular 
war? 

Your Excellency brings forward another ground, in order to 
deduce a regular war, and infer, thence, all the’ consequences 
which the laws of nations establish in this case, namely, the fact 
of aged engagement with the fortress of Cascaes. 

could wish that your Excellency had 7a me the neces- 
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it in support,of your pripeiples, I cannot omit repelling it, and 
appealing to all aie ‘ie whether it was not a violation of all 
the laws of, nations, Your Excellency is not ignorant of what 
are the common usages among belligerent, powers, ; 
Can the case of Cascaes ever serve as a foundation for the 
consequences which your Excellency pretends to. draw.?; Cer- 
tainly not accotding to any principle. , The case of Cascaes was 
a manifest, violation of territory. 


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After the reprisals, after unprovoked hostilities, after the unfor- 
tunate rapture of a ship at anchor, under, the guns of one of the 
Portuguese fortresses, what ground can there be alleged, with 
the view of constituting a regular, war, for your Excellency 
having despatched, a flag of truce with the declaration of the 
gth of July, in which your Excellency said, that you considered 
this wat as declated, de facto? did, perhaps (the alternative 
established by your Excellency),the Portuguese Government not 
choose to negociate with France, in order to afford her the satis- 
faction, she demanded? , Did not the Portuguese Government 
lay down as a basis on which to negotiate? How then can it be 
contended, when such an offer was made, that Portugal adopted 
thé alternative of war. _ 

Not less unfounded are your Excellency’s assertions respect- 
ing the Portuguese ships of the squadron, which you allege to 
have been prepared for engaging, and which had fired at yours. 

Is there any one in Europe but knows that Portugal, so long 
as three years ago, established the blockade of the Isle of Ter- 
ceira, and that since that time, the Portuguese ships were always 
armed? Certainly no one can dispute this fact. Is it not 
notorious, that the major portion of them was not in a situation 
to fight? If they had had orders to attack your Excellency’s 
Squadron, would they not have made sail, and arranged them- 
selves in order of battle? Did these ships fire, before they had 
been fired on’ by those of your Excellency? And if so, which 
were the Portuguese ships that fired? If they struck, this was 
in consequence of being obliged to yield to force. 

When all these facts are considered, when our right is weighed, 
can there be established a regular capture, conformably with the 
usages of war, and the laws of nations ? 

The Portuguese Government, therefore, standing upon its 
right, confirms, not only in the face of Europe, but most solemnly, 
in the face of the whole world, the Protest which.it addressed 
to your Excellency on the 14th of July last, as it does not admit 
the condition which prejudices its right. 

I avail myself, &amp;c. 
(signed) § Viscount de Santarem. 


Admiral Roussin, 
&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 





No. 2. 
Viscount Granville to Viscount Palmerston. 


(Received September 12th.) 


My Lord, Paris, 9th September 1831. 

Count SEBASTIANI, this morning, expressed his surprise at 
the assertion made in the British Parliament, and elsewhere, 
that the French Government had endeavoured to negociate a 
Commercial Treaty with Portugal. He authorized me to declare, 
that Admiral Roussin had entered into no negociation whatever 
with the Portuguese Government, regarding the commercial 
intercourse between France and Portugal. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 


Viscount Palmerston, (signed) 
&amp;e. Xe. &amp;Kc. 


Granville. 





No. 3. 
Viscount d’Asseca to Viscount Palmerston. 


(Translation.) 
My Lord, September 12, 1831. 

In obedience to instructions which I have received from my 
Court, I have the honour to transmit to your Excellency the four 
enclosed documents which contain the communications which 
passed on the 24th, 25th, and 26th of August last, between his 
Excellency the Viscount Santarem and M. Rabaudy, command- 
ing the naval forces which the French Government still maintains 
in the port of Lisbon, in the extraordinary presumption, as your 
Excellency will feel convinced on reading these papers, of exer- 
cising almost as full a command there as in a French port. 

The Portuguese Minister has hitherto in vain demanded the 
departure of the vessels of war which are under the orders of 
this officer ; instead of complying with our requests, M. Rabaudy 
has arrogated to himself the power .of issuing from the vessel 
which he commands, invectives. against my Government, and 
peremptory demands upon it; and at the same time, with a view 
to enforce the execution of these orders, taking the most hostile 
and the most menacing. position in the Port, under the pretext 
of the- commission of one single crime which my Government 
has, not, ceased to lament, and of which it immediately promised 
to punish the author with the,utmost rigour of those. very laws 
of Portugal which France has just trodden under foot, and ren- 
dered less effective by the unjustifiable aggression of her squa- 
dron, and by the protracted stay,in the Tagus of her ships of 
war, which have excited and exasperated the people to the last 


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degree, and which are.,the sole. cause,ief, thé revolt of the mili- 
tary which lately broke out at Lishonpy that revolt having been 
arranged and set on foot by communication and guilty corres- 
pondence carried on; from the’ time’of the entrance of the French 
naval force into the Tagus, with more aetivity than ever between 
the enemies of the Government at Home and abroad)! |) 0+: 

In this distressing situation in which the Portuguese Govern- 
ment now finds itself placed, persecuted as it is with unheard-of 
animosity by a formidable foreign Power, after having been sur- 
prised and attacked by it without provocation on our part, and 
presumptuously harassed and outraged by its agents before, and 
after having met with most unjustifiable and cruel ill-treatment, 
and after having been necessitated by violence to become tri- 
butary to that Power as well in money as in ships of war, and 
in sacrifices of all kinds, which have been dictated to it in con- 
tempt of all courtesy and of the acknowledged rights of civili- 
zation, your Excellency assuredly cannot but expect that my 
Court will make fresh protestations against these immoderate 
extortions, and against that abuse of power which has been 
committed to its prejudice. 

The Portuguese Government never can be persuaded that 
Great Britain will allow it to be thus punished without appeal, 
for having confidently trusted in the faith of formal engagements 
sanctioned by a long succession of Treaties between the two 
countries, which His Britannic Majesty had heretofore fulfilled 
with eagerness and fidelity on various occasions, when events 
have required their application, and which Portugal on its part 
has executed, and still continues to execute, to the full extent 
of the onerous provisions which these Treaties impose on her to 
the advantage of England. Besides, whatever is essentially 
illegal and unjust, and what, moreover, encroaches on the inde- 
pendence of Portugal, cannot but ultimately meet with the dis- 
approbation of loyal England, it is to her, better acquainted as 
she is with the nature and the importance of such matters, that 
my Government once more appeals, through me, against the 
unmerited desertion under which it is suffering; and I have in 
consequence received orders to renew its just demand upon you, 
my Lord, and to solicit in the most urgent manner the good 
offices, and the prompt and efficacious resistance, of your Go- 
vernment, as well for the purpose of obtaining from France the 
restitution of the vessels of the Royal Portuguese Navy carried 
away from Lisbon by Admiral Roussin, in spite of our protesta- 
tions, founded upon his own declaration of July 11, and upon 
the rights of nations, as for the purpose of removing from the 
Tagus, without further delay the French naval forces, which 
are still there, notwithstanding our remonstrances, supported by 
the Convention entered into on the 14th of the same month, and 
by the regulations and usages, received and respected by all 
nations. My Government indulges in the belief, that your Ex- 
cellency will not fail to acknowledge, that it is not only a duty, 
of which I acquit myself towards the Portuguese nation, in 
addressing to you its grievances and its repeated complaints, but 
that it is also aright, which it incontestably possesses, in virtue 
of the stipulations of the Treaties existing between England and 
Portugal, of claiming your moral assistance, and your effective 
support against the exactions by force, the acts of oppression, 
and the attacks directed against our independence, by the French 
Government. 

I venture to beg of you, my Lord, to have the kindness to 
bring this communication to the knowledge of the Government 
of His Britannic Majesty, trusting that they will condescend 
to take it into their consideration, and that they will do jus- 
tice to our lawful and earnest demands, and I pray you my 
Lord, &amp;c. 

Viscount Palmerston, 


Viscount d’ Asseca. 
&amp;e. &amp;e. &amp;e. 


(signed) 





Enclosure 1 in No. 3. 
M. Rabaudy to Viscount de Santarem. 
(Translation.) 


Melpoméne, 5 in the Evening, 24th August 1831. 


I nave the honour to inform yeu, that at half past three o’clock 
this afternoon, Captain Raffy, commanding the French corvette 
PEglé, while embarking at the Quay Sodré to go on board his 
own vessel, was on the-point of being cowardly assassinated by 
a Portuguese subject, who violently seized upon the arms of that 
officer, and would have infallibly killed him but for the assistance 
of a person who accompanied Captain Raffy. The individual 
was arrested by the guard of the Quay Sodré ; a written charge 
was made upon the spot by that officer, and placed in the hands 
of the commander of the post. 

Within the last few days, some English subjects have become 
victims of a similar outrage, and the defence advanced was, that 
they were mistaken for Frenchmen. To-day, that there might 
be no mistake, an attack was made upon an officer in uniform, 
the object apparently being to leave no doubt whatever as to 
the real intention. 

Although the crime was not completed, which must by no 
means be ascribed to the wish of the assassin, its intention is not 
the less evident to me, and I consider it as dishonourable to 
a nation which appears to authorize such crimes, or at least 
— not the power of repressing them, and among which, 

enceforth, foreigners cannot look for safety. 


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navi I profit, &amp;c. 
His Excellency Viscount de Santarem, (signed) Rabaudy. 


&amp;e. Ke. &amp;e. 





Enclosure 2 in No. 3. 
Viscount Santarem to M. de Rabaudy. 
(Translation.) 


Secretary of State’s Office for Foreign Affairs, 
August 24th, 1831. 

I nAvE had the honour to receive your letter of to-day respect- 
ing the crime committed at Caes do Sodré against M. Raffy, 
the commander of l’Eglé, French corvette. 

Though I was penetrated with the most poignant grief at that 
occurrence, I was at the same time glad to learn that the per- 
petrator was apprehended by an officer of the police who hap- 
pened to be on the spot. 

The individual in question shall be immediately put on his 
trial. But I must observe to you, that, as in all civilized coun- 
tries there are certain forms to be gone through on occasion of 
all criminal trials, it is impossible to predetermine any fixed term 
for its conclusion. The moment, however, that the sentence 
shall have been pronounced, I will not fail to acquaint you of the 
result 

I avail myself, &amp;c. 


M. de Rabandy, Viscount de Santarem. 


&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 





Enclosure 3 in No. 3. 
M. de Rabaudy to Viscount Santarem. 


(Translation.) 
Melpoméne, 15th August 1831. 


Tue answer to the letter which I had the honour of addressing 
to you on the 24th, has reached me this afternoon at 5 o’clock. 
I there, sir, see with astonishment, that you fix a time, which 
may be far distaut, for the punishment of a crime, of which the 
prompt expiation was indispensable for the safety of the men 
who are under my command. 

Not finding, from the dilatory mode of proceeding of your 
Government, the necessary guarantees for the repression of out- 
rages which unfortunately have been too often repeated for some 
time past, I find myself compelled, while waiting the commands 
of my King, to take measures for the preservation of my com- 
munication with the French agent, and for the effectual protec- 
tion of my countrymen. 

In consequence, one of my vessels will proceed to the anchor- 
age of Cale Sodré, where it will remain until such time as the 
assassin shall have received the due punishment of his crime. 

I have seen in the Lisbon Gazette of this day, that the usual 
formalities of proceedings are sometimes dispensed with, and 
1 cannot doubt, sir, that the same course will be followed with 
regard to the affair which is the subject of my demand, should 
your Government be desirous to afford satisfaction to France. 

In the event of your failing to use your best exertions to ob- 
tain the performance of this act of justice, without loss oftime, it 
will be clear to me that so far from repressing such disorders, 
you afford them your protection. I appeal, thereupon, to your 
honour. 

I profit, &amp;c. 
The Viscount Santarem, (signed) 
&amp;e. Ke. Xe. 


Rabaudy. 





Enclosure 4 in No. 3. 
Viscount Santarem to M. Rabaudy. 
(Translation.) 


Secretary of State’s Office for Foreign Affairs, 
26th August 1831. 


Wuen M. Durien to-day delivered to me your letter of yes- 
terday, I was just on the point of informing you that the In- 
tendancy-general of the Police had given peremptory orders to 
the proper magistrate to bring to a conclusion, within three 
days, the trial of the individual who was guilty of the affront of 
annoying M. Raffy, and to transmit the proceedings to that 
Intendancy, to the end that the law might immediately take its 
course. 

The expedition with which this matter is conducted, will 
ema | prove the contrary of the gratuitous assertions of your 
letter, which ascribes to his Majesty’s Government delays that 
have no existence. 





———— 


It. remains for me to intimate to you, that I read with the 
greatest surprise what you wrote to me concerning the step you 
were about to take, of stationing one of the two French ships in 
another anchoriug-place, than that established: by the Regula- 
tions of the Port.of Lisbon, and contrary to what 1s laid down 4 
Articles 3 and 8,of the Regulations, dated the 7th Jime.i81) 
wai 2d of May this year. \.. ; i oniean 7 

uch a proceeding being con to:all the principles, of, 
law of whi mate I forthwith: sate eipainal om a ste am 
the name of my Government. .):\: A ai Ab tauosai¥ 
bear T avail myself, &amp;e. 


M. Rabaudy, 
&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 


( RY 


No. 4.! 





Viscount Palmerston to Viscount d’Asseca, 


Foreign Office, 20th September 1831. 


Monsieur le Vicomte, 

I nave had the honour to receive your letter of the 12th in- 
stant, in which you — that His Majesty’s Government will 
interpose their good offices with the French Government, to ob- 
tain from the latter the restitution of the Portuguese ships of 
war captured in the Tagus, and an order to the French Naval 
Commander on that station, to withdraw the ships under his 
command, 

In reply, 1 beg to state, that on the first point I can only 
refer you to the letter which I had the honour to address to you 
on the 26th August. And on the second point, I have to ob- 
serve, that it is not surprising that the French naval com- 
mander should have taken, for the protection of French subjects 
in Lisbon, the same measures which the recent disorders and 


| outrages in that capital have compelled the commander of the 


British naval force to adopt, with a view to the personal safety 
of His Majesty’s subjects. 


I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 
(signed) 


Viscount d’Asseca, 
&amp;e. &amp;c. Ke. 


Palmerston. 





No. 5. 
Viscount Palmerston to Viscount d’Asseca. 


Foreign Office, 20th September 189). 


Monsieur le Vicomte, 

In the letters which I had the honour of receiving from you, 
on the 23d and 27th ultimo, you stated, that Admiral Roussin, 
who commanded the French Sciiadrén lately in the Tagus, was 
engaged in an endeavour to negociate with the Portuguese Go- 
vernment a Treaty, for the purpose of obtaining for France cer- 
tain advantages in her commerce with Portugal : this state- 
ment being at variance with other statements which His Ma- 
jesty’s Government have received officially from other quarters, 
[ shall be much obliged to you, M. le Vicdints, if you will 
inform me whether your statements above mentioned rested 
upon any precise and specific information, and whether you 
have since received any authentic report of the result of the 
nogociation in question. 

I have the honour to be, &amp;c. 





Viscount d’Asseca, (signed) Palmerston. 
&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 
No. 6. 
F. T. de Sampayo to Viscount Palmerston. 
My Lord, London, 24th September 1831. 


I nave the honour, in my capacity of Consul General for 
Portugal, to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship’s com- 
munication of the 20th instant. addressed to the Viscount 
d’Asseca, in which your Lordship requests to be informed whe- 
ther the statements made in the Viscount d’Asseca’s letters, re- 
specting the endeavours of the French Admiral to negociate with 
the Portuguese Government for certain commercial advantages, 
rested upon any precise and specific information, and whether 
the Viscount had since received any authentic report of the 
result of the negociation in question. 

In reply thereto, I beg leave to state, that, anxious to comply 
with your Lordship’s request, as far as [ am able, I immediately 
seem to make myself acquainted with the contents of the 

iscount d’Asseca’s communications made to your Lordship, 
and his official correspondence from Lisbon. ; 

From the researches into which I have entered, it appears; 
that at the time when Viscount d’Asseca called your Lordship’s 
particular attention, by his communications of the 23d and 27th 
August, to the endeavours making by the French Admiral 
Lisbon to secure commercial advantages to his countrymen, on 
the plea of the great disparity existing between the commerce 





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Jace both ou the same footing, he did so in accordance with 
the express orders of the Portuguese Government ; and if the 
Viseount did not then forward to your Lordship a copy of the 
agreement, entered into by his Excellency the Vicount de San- 
tarem and Admiral Roussin, he must have been under the im- 
pression that your Lordship could not fail to be apprized of all 
that was passing in this respect in Lisbon, by His Britannic 
Majesty’s Consul. I am more strongly induced to draw this 
conclusion, as your Lordship will have remarked, that the 
Viscount d’Asseca, in his communication of the 23d August, 
distinctly states, that Baron Roussin had already obtained cer- 
tain preliminary concessions, which could only haye reference to 
the agreement in question, and with which he must have pre- 
sumed that your Lordship was acquainted. 

Finding, however, from the tenor of your Lordship’s polite 
communication of the 2oth instant, that this is not the case, 
[ hasten to enclose to your Lordship a transcript of the authen- 
ticated copy, sent by my Government to the Viscount d’Asseca, 
of the document ne agreement above mentioned, 
signed by his Excellency the Viscount de Santarem and Admiral 
Roussin. ;, 

I hope, my Lord, that the explanation will prove satisfactory. 
desirous as | am to meet. your Lordship’s wishes on this as well 
as on every other occasion. 

I have the honour, &amp;c. 
Viscount Palmerston, (signed) 


F. T. de Sampayo. 
&amp;e. &amp;e. Ke. 


Enclosure in N° 6. 


(Translation.) 


Arrangements resulting from the Conferences held on the 
2oth and 22d of July, between the Viscount de Santarem, 
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Portugal, and Admiral Baron 
Roussin, Commander in Chief of the French Squadron. 


1. IN order to remedy the inaccuracy of the article in the 
newspapers printed as well at Lisbon as at Oporto, respecting 
what has passed at Lisbon since the 11th of this month, it is 
agreed that an exact report of these facts shall be inserted in the 
next number of that journal. 


Before its publication this report shall be communicated to 
the admiral. 

2. With reference to the necessity imposed upon French tra- 
vellers arriving at Lisbon, of remaining in the Fort of Belem, 
without being permitted free communication with the town, it 
is agreed that this custom shall be departed from in all cases in 
which the travellers present a passport countersigned by the 
Portuguese agent accredited at the port of their departure, and 
according to the regulations of the police. 

By accredited agent, is understood, not always a consular 
agent, for it may be that none may exist; but an agent admitted 
into France on the same footing as French agents shall be received 
in Portugal as representing the interests of their countrymen. 

It shall therefore be recommended to travellers from both 
countries to provide themselves, at their departure, with such 
pereports from the agents above alluded to. The fee to be paid 
or this visa, shall be the same on both sides. 

When the passports of French travellers shall not be provided 
with the visa here spoken of, these travellers shall be required 
to procure as surety, a French subject, or foreigner authorized 
to reside at Lisbon. 

5. With reference to what formerly passed at Setubal and 
Vianna, respecting the vessel La Bresanne, Viscount de San- 





tarem having communicated the explanations addressed on this 
subject to the French Consul, and to the French’ Government, 
the admiral has declared himself satisfied therewith, a 
4. Upon the representation of the admiral, upon the subject 
of the disadvantages which the French commerce suffers at 
Lisbon, the Viscount de Santarem having furnished explanations 
upon this subject, has declared, that’in the event of commercial 





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continued. 


arrangements being hereafter the subject of negotiation between Journal, p. 920. 


the two countries, the Portuguese Government agrees that such 
negociation shall be conducted upon principles advantageous 
to France, and reciprocally so for Portugal. 

5. Upon the question as to the mode in which the indemnities 
shall be paid (Art. 7 of the Convention) to the Sieur Vallon, 
and to the French who have remained at Lisbon after the de- 
parture of the French Consul, it is agreed, that when the ar- 
rangements shall have been settled between the agents of the 
two Governments, the indemnities shall be paid to the amount 
of 20,000 franes to each, in money of France if the payments 
are to be made at Paris, or in money of Portugal if they are to 
be made at Lisbon. 

6. As to the question, whether the 11th Article of the Con- 
vention imposes upon the Portuguese Government the positive 
obligation of immediately setting at liberty all Frenchmen who 
may have been imprisoned on political grounds, M. de Santarem 
answered upon his honour in the affirmative. 

7- Upon the question of what guarantee would be given of the 
protection granted to French subjects by the Portuguese Govern- 
ment in Lisbon, in the absence of a French naval force, the 
Viscount de Santarem answered upon his honour that French 
subjects should enjoy in Portugal the entire protection of the 
Government, on the sole condition that they should conform 
themselves to the laws of the country. 

‘That they should never be arrested nor prosecuted, unless in 
the case of overt act, when, upon the arrest of the delinquent, 
notice shall be immediately given to the Judge Conservator, 
whose sanction will be necessary to confirm the arrest, which 
otherwise ought to be annulled in conformity with the regulations 
of reciprocal surrender existing among friendly nations. 

In order to facilitate the arrangements contained in the pre- 
sent Article, it is agreed, that in the absence of recognized con- 
sular agents on either side, each Government shall nominate an 
agent of its own country in the towns where they may be 
required, in order to be the organ and the representative of his 
countrymen with the local authorities. 

Monsieur André Humien, a French citizen, established at 
Lisbon, having been proposed by Admiral Rossin in the character 
of French agent at Lisbon, the Viscount de Santarem expressed 
his full consent to it. 

8. Finally, it has been agreed upon again, and in confirmation 
of what was arranged by the 17th Article of the Convention, 
that the Portuguese Government engages formally not to make 
any military dispositions for the defence of the forts at the mouth 
of the Tagus during the stay of the French Squadron in that 
river. 

The Admiral eng es, that in case this note shall be signed 
on both sides before the 25th of this month, that he will on or 
before that day, according to the 2oth Article of the Convention, 
send back the greater part of his squadron to Toulon. 


(signed) The Vice-Admiral Commander in Chief,. 


Baron Roussin. 


The Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 
Viscount de Santarem. 




















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1° &amp; 2° Mill. TV. Parl. 9. Sess. 1. A. 1831. 


pr ee 


As ERCARNE ROADS; Petition for a Bill for making a Road from Ystrad to Pontymoil ; Referred toa Committee, 570. 


ABERGAVENNY Roads; Petition for a Bill for more effectually repairing the same, 545. Bill ordered, 546. Presented, and 
read, 556. Committed, 599. Reported; to be ingrossed ; 637. Passed, 644. By the Lords, with an Amendment; House 
informed, that the Amendment made by the Lords was in correction of a clerical error, whereby a Branch of Road was omitted, 
contrary to the intention of the Committee ; 682. Considered, and referred to the Committee on the Bill, 684. Report, That 

ty the Amendment was in correction of a clerical error, whereby a Branch of Road was omitted, contrary to the intention of the 

4 Committee ; Report to lie on the Table; Amendment agreed to; 696. Royal Assent, 712. 


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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS: PAGE 


Ordered. | Presented, of 
ACCOUNTS; v. AccouNTS, 157, 291, 292. ——— - || Appenpix. 
ADMIRALTY COURT; v. Accounts, 175. 

e§ AFRICAN FORTS :— 

a 1, Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Expenses of the Forts of Cape Coast rinedl 





King’s 


a and Accra, from the ist day of January to the g1st day of December 1830; printed &gt; | ,) ih 564 


564. Referred 601 - - - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 31. vol. x11.) 
: AFRICANS, CAPTURED; v. ACCOUNTS, 333. 
fe ALIENS :— 
Fe 2. Estimate of the Sum that wy | be wanted,in 1831, for paying the Salaries of "| 


King’s 


: Officers, and the Contingent Expenses of the Office; printed 564; Referred 601 -&gt; | Command. 563 1029 


(Sess. Papers, n° 28. vol. x11.) 
PS AMERICAN LOYALISTS; v. ACCOUNTS, 124. 


é ANNESLEY BRIDGE; v. Accounts, 218. 


APPLEBY BoROUGH :— 


3. Returns of the Number of Houses rated to the Inhabited House Duty of £.10 and) 
upwards, in the respective Parishes of Saint Lawrence and Saint Michael, and of the ; 
Amount of Assessed Taxes for the year 1831 in each of the said Parishes = - .! 


ARMS; v. Accounts, 164. 


ARMY :— 


4. Return of the Balance remaining unpaid on ist January 1831, upon each of the Gon 
of Parliament for Ordnance Services; and the Balance remaining in the Treasurer’s 550 770 
hands on ist January 1831; printed 770 - (Sess. Papers, n° 180. vol. x111.) f 


5- Account of the General Disbursements of the Royal Military Asylums at Chelsea, . 


sac semetab peng ITS Ke 
eens Ot. 


841 870 


4 


Isle of Wight and Southampton, for the years 1828, 1829 and 1830; printed 703 - 
(Sess. Papers, N° 124. vol. x111.) 
6. Estimate of the Charge for Guards, Garrisons, and other Land Forces, for 1831 - 561 


7. 


559 793 








of the Charge of His Majesty’s Land Forces for Service at Home and Abroad, 
(excepting the Regiments employed in the East Indies), from ist January to 31st - - §62 964 
December 1831; printed 562 - - - {Sess. Papers, n° 24. vol. x111.) if 


- -- p62 965 


Estimate; State of the Services provided for under the head of Contingencies for 967 


8. State of Expenses on account of Recruiting; Statement referred to in the es fort 
1831; printed 562. Referred 573 - - (Sess. Papers, n° 24. vol. x11.) 

















* Sess. Papers.—Sessional Papers, ordered to be printed, bearing N° 31. at the foot of the page; bound up in Vol. xu11. of the 
printed Papers of this Session, and placed in the Library of the House of Commons; &amp;c. 





VOL, 86.—(Part II.}——Sess. 1831. A 





Viind 


INDEX @o the Eienry-stxtTH Votum &amp;.—Part II. | (4:1831. 

















ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS—continued. ; 


9: 


10. 
11. 


12. 
13. 
14. 
15- 
16. 
17. 
18, 


19- 
20. 
21. 


22. 


23. 


. Abstract of the distribution of the Forces borne on the foregoing Estimates - - 


. Comparative Abstract of the Estimates for Army Services, for 1830 and 1831 ; printed 


printed 562. Referred 573 - - - (Sess. Papers, n° 23. vol. x111.) 
Account of Services incurred, and not provided for - - J “ é ‘ 
Estimate of the Charge of General Staff Officers, and Officers of the Hospitals, for | 

1831 .—_ 2s © &amp;” br Ce - © « Voi «= 
Seat of Allowances to the Principal Officers of the several Public Departments 
——— of Medicines and Surgical Materials for the Land Forces’ - - - - 
——— of His Majesty’s Garrisons at Home and Abroad 3) vomgrot 50 08 Jasnmbas 
—————~- Of the Royal Mlilttary’'College &lt;8" &lt;0 ott ve 
——-~— of the Royal Military Asylum - - - - - ° - ns : 
of Volunteer Corps - - - - - - - - © se o 
of Four Regiments of Dragoons, and Twenty-one Battalions of Infantry, for 


Service in India, and of Two Battalions of Infantry on their passage home, including 
the Troops and Companies stationed at home for the purpose of reeruiting - - 


of the Pay of General Officers, not being Colonels of Regiments - * 
of Full Pay to reduced, retired and unattached Officers - - = + 
of Half Pay and Military Allowances to reduced and retired Officers - = - 
— of Half Pay and reduced Allowances to Officers of disbanded Foreign Corps ; 
of Pensions to Wounded Officers; and of Allowances to Widows and Children 
of deceased Foreign Officers - - - - - - - - - - 
of the Charge for reduced Militia Adjutants, retired Officers of the Militia, 
and reduced Adjutants and Serjeant Majors of Yeomanry — - - ~ - - 
— of Pensions to be paid to the Widows of Officers of the Land Forces = - - 
— of Allowances on the Compassionate List ; of Allowances as of His Majesty’s 
Royal Bounty; and of Pensions to Officers for Wounds . - - - - 
— of In-Pensioners of Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals —- - - - 
— ofthe Charge of Allowances, Compensations and Emoluments, in the nature 
of Superannuated or retired Allowances to Persons, formerly belonging to Public 
Departments) - - - . - - - - - - - - - 
of Exchequer Fees in Great Britain upon Issues to be made for Army Services 


Estimate of the Charge of the Office of Ordnance for Land and Sea Service for 1831 | 


_ = 









































of the Estimates for Army Services, for 1831 - - - - ~ . 





562. Referred 573 - - - = - (Sess. Papers, N° 24. vol. x11J.) 


é 


December 1829 to 31st December 1830; and Estimate for 1831; printed 564. 
Referred 601 - - - - - - (Sess. Papers, n° 34. vol. x111.) 


. Account of the Extraordinary Expenses of the Army, incurred and paid from ait 


in Great Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations; printed 564. Referred 601 
(Sess. Papers, n° 33. vol. x111.) 


. Estimate of Sums required for the Supply of Bread, Meat and Forage, &amp;c. for the nd t| 


5. Return of the Qualifications of Deputy Lieutenants and Militia Officers; printed 725 


Abstract of the Number of Officers of each rank in the Army who have been allowed 
to sell their Commissions since January 1825 ; Returns of the Number of each Rank 
on the accession of His Majesty, distinguishing the Number on Full and on Half 
Pay; Number who have received Brevet Rank on the accession of His present 
Majesty ; and Copy of Warrants or Regulations since January 1825, giving Promo- 
tions to Officers inthe Army - - - - - - . - - - 


[So much of the above Orders as relates to the Abstract discharged, and another ordered, 790, Other Orders for these Accounts 


37: 


38. 


39- 


40. 


41. 


42. 


dischurged, 799.] 


of the Number of Officers of each Rank in the Army who have been allowed 

to sell their Commissions since January 1825; distinguishing the Number on Half 

eo ee ee 
[Order for this Abstract discharged, and other Returns ordered, 799.] 





Account of the oe taken by the War Office in investigating Abuses in mel 
Disbursement of certain Regimental Allowances and other Accounts = - - =&lt;! 


accession of His present Majesty; the Number who have purchased unattached 


Returns of the Number of Officers who have been promoted by Brevet since the 
Commissions, &amp;c. - - - - - - - A o Z S : 





tached ; the Number of Officers on Full and on Half Pay on ist January 1814 to 


of the Number of Generals, Lieutenant-Generals and Major-Generals unat- 
ist July 1831, Xc.; printed gi2 - (Sess. Papers, n° 326, 327. vol. x11.) ! 





of Staff Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, &amp;c. in each District ; the Number of 
Recruits raised, and the Total Annual Expense, from 24th December 1828 to 


of the Number of Recruiting Districts in the United Kingdom ; of the Number 
ist January 1831 &gt; = © «© © © @© © © «© «@ 


1831, requesting authority for repairing the Floors of the Magazine at Priddy’s Hard ; 
with Copy of the Treasury Minute thereon; printedgoo -- - - -— = 


Copy of a Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, dated 28th sti 
(Sess. Papers, N° 311. vol. x11.) - 


. Returns, showing the Number of Half Pay Officers of the Army employed in any peti 


Office paid by Government - - 





the Isle of Wight, Southampton, and Hibernian School, since their first Establish- 
ment to 31st December 1830, &amp;c. - - - - - a as a 


V. Accounts, 343- 


of the Total Expense to the Public of the Royal Military Asylums at sablst| 


ARTHUR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR; v. ACCOUNTS, 374. 
ASSESSED TAX COLLECTORS; v. AccounrTs, 310. 


ASSESSED TAXES; v. Accounts, 3, 263, 264, 265, 305, 318. 
AUSTRALIA; v. Accounts, 282. 
BAuHAMA ISLANDS; v.AccownTs, 282. 

- BALLAST OFFICE CORPORATION; v. Accounts, 165- 





Ordered. 


661 
«661 


King’s 
Command, 


King’s 


Command. 


King’s 
Command. 


by Act. 


784 


79° 


798 
799 


846 


897 


goo 


997 


923 


Presented. 





562 


564 


725 


gl2 


goo 








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—— 


PAGE 
of 
Aprenprx, 


968-9 
973 
ibid, 
ibid. 
ibid. 
975 
. ibid, 


976 
977 


ibid. 
ibid. 

978 
ibid. 
ibid. 

979 
ibid. 


980 
983 
ibid. 
984 


ibid. 
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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS—continued. “aralava oily Rage 
N : ‘ Ordered. | Presented, of 
Bank NOTES :— . | Aprrnprx. 
45- Account of all Promissory Notes and Bank Post Bills of the Governor and Company 
of the Bank of England in circulation at the close of business on Saturday in every rf 
week of the year ending 2d April. 1831; printed729 - -., - ow - 7 729 | 
(Sess. Papers, n° 140. vol. x111.) 
BANK OF SCOTLAND; v. Accounts, 325. | 
BANKRUPTCY Court :— \ 
46.. Estimate of the Establishment to be formed under the Act to establish a Court in Bank- 
ruptcy ; stating the Offices proposed to be created, and the Pay of each, with their] 
proposed Pensions and Retiring Allowances; printedgog - - -_— - ty 891 903 
| | (Sess. Papers, n° 314. vol. xv.) J | 
BANKRUPTS :— 
47. Accounts of the Amount of all Fees in matters of Bankruptcy, received by the Clerk 
of the Hanaper in each ofthe last Three years, terminating on 1st May in each year ;| 88 
of Sums paid by him to the Lord Chancellor and others; printed893 - - -{ . 893 
(Sess. Papers, n° 303. vol. xv.) J 
48. Return of the Amount of Fees received by the Commissioners of Bankrupt in London | 
respectively, for the years 1828, 1829 and 1830; of the Expenses of the Office of 8 1 
the Secretary of Bankrupts upon the average of Three years, ending 1 March 1830; 99 9°3 | 
printed 903 - - - - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 314. vol. xv.) 
— V. Accounts, 219. 
BEER; v. AccounNTS, 225. 
: BELGIAN FORTRESSES; v. Accounts, 367. 
2 BERMUDA; v. Accounts, 282. 
; BILLS; v. Accounts, 113, 153, 281, 372, 365, 366. 
: BLANCHFIELD AND BYRNE; v. Accounts, 192, 
a BoARD OF Works; v. Accounts, 381. | 
a BRAZIL; v. Accounts, 107. | 
cS | 
i BREVET; v. Accounts, 36, 39. | 
A BREWERS; v. Accounts, 226. 
rc Brics; v. Accounts, 246. 
Fs BRISTOL Poor; v. Accounts, 287. 
: BritisH Museum :— 
M 49. Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required in 1831, on account of the New King’s 62 . 
ef Buildings ; printed 564. Referred 601 - (Sess. Papers, n° 27. vol. x111.) Command, 5 “— 
S 50. of the Sum which will be required for defraying the Expenditure of the ’ 
Establishment for 1831; printed 564. Referred 601 - - - -— - + King’s 6 6 
; Command. 504 1005 
: (Sess. Papers, N° 31. vol. x111.) 
a BROWNE, COLONEL; v. Accounts, 257. 


BUCKINGHAM PALACE; v. Accounts, 379. 
BusHe, Mayor; v. Accounts, 204. 

BUTTER ; v. Accounts, 159. 

iJ BYRNE; v. AccounTs, 192. 

i CALEDONIAN CANAL; v. ACCOUNTS, 324. 
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY; v. Accounts, 258. 





CANADA CROWN REVENUES :— 


51. Copies of all Communications which have passed relative to the appropriation of the 
Crown Revenues and other financial arrangements between the Governors of Upper | | by Address 
¢ or Lower Canada, and the Legislatures of the two Provinces; printed662 - - i a 662 
: . 


(Sess. Papers, N° 102. vol. x1x.) 
CANADA WATER COMMUNICATION; v. Accounts, 296. 


CANDLES AND Wax; v. Accounts, 131. 











CAPE OF Goop Hore :— 


52. (Copies of Representations which have been addressed to His Majesty’s Government in 
the present year, from the said Colony, respecting the Duties on Cape Wine, and po 
other Dispatches from the Governor on the subject; printed 662 - - of 19 er, 4 


(Sess. Papers, N° 103. vol. xvii.) 


Te Be CPR RR a 


— V. Accounts, 331. 
CAPE WINE; v. AccouNTS, 340, 345. 
CAPTURED NEGROES; v. Accounts, 336. | 
CHANCERY CouRT :— 
53- Returns of the Names of the Masters in Chancery who have retired on Superannuation 











Allowances since November 1830 to the present time, their Ages at the period of 
retirement, the amount of Superannuations, &amp;c.; printed 740 - - - - 

(Sess. Papers, n°158. vol. xv.) | 
of Persons appointed Masters, from ist January 1815 to ist January 1820, 
with their Ages at the time of their Appointment; similar Returns since 1st January | 
1820; the Number of Reports sent out of each Master’s Office; and, of Masters 708 740 
who have retired since 1st January 1815; printed 740 - - - 


(Sess. Papers, N° 158. vol. xv.) 
55- Copy of Minute made in Chancery respecting the retiring Salaries of Masters Roupell ’ 
and Martin; printed 763 - ' ° - (Sess. Papers, n° 158. vol. xv.) 75° 763 


56. Return by the respective Masters, showing the Number of Receivers’ Accounts referred 80 
to each of them during the last Ten years, and the Number now under supervision - 7. 


CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS; v. ACCOUNTS, 193. | 


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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS—continued. , outs HATA im AK ah RAGE, » 6 
-boinsestd | .betsb10 Ordered. | Presented of 
GGMARITIES : —| aw H Neda Oh 
57- Return of the Numbérvefi faformations filed in. the Courts of Equityby the :Attomey yoo (lo Yo esiqad 
| SGenerpl atcthe} i 6f: the, Commissioners appointed te taquire : SE vE5BGen ooFQl | 
| Charities in England andW ales ; « printed»791' (Sess. Papers, N° 215. vol. xv,) eS Gite ot 
58. Copy of the Tweety (laiech Report of the Commissioners of Charities); ., printed 830. + f Ib orp3at tk 
” = Papers, Nt agh.¥ _ — Beda B30" . 
CuartrekScu p08} v. |Avcounts, 174, 193. it Diss toes of biag 
CHELSEA HosPITAL,; 4. Accounts, 5, 26, 44. P 
sd : RE iD) to eli mi Th} to —-—~--—. [12a 
CHOLERA MOR BUS :— : Bt lingA dia bas 
59. Copies or Extracts of all Information thereupon communicated to His Wa a 4 te ie pink 
Government, and Names of Persons appointed as a Board of Health 5 printéd tt Y by edad 78 a 
(Sess. Papers, N°'49. ite Ls 7 st songs 
CHURCHES :— 4 ——— 
60. Return of all Applications made to His Majesty’s Commissioners for building new}, Ayatts Sey 
Churches for a declaration of Perpetual Patronage ; _ printed 643 - chy Address 643 
(Sess. Papers, N° 88. vol. xv.) { ai 
. Eleventh Report of Commissioners for building New Churches; printed 919 -\~ .- ‘. 
(Sess. Papers, n° 336, vol. 1x,) bs _ 919 
CiviL CONTINGENCIES :— 

62. Account of the Sum expended under the head of Civil Contingencies in 1830, and ~~ 

Estimate of the Sum required for 1831; printed 564. Referred 601 - - - mug’ &lt; 564 1059-64 
(Sess. Papers, N° 25. vol. x111.) 
Crvit List :— ai 

63. Estimate of Sum required to provide for the payment of certain Salaries, &amp;c. heretofore pe aes 

aid out of the Civil List for England and Ireland, &amp;c.; printed 643. Referred 668. ng 8 PA 64R° PES 
P of P 4 ‘| Command. 4 065 
(Sess. Papers, n° 87. vol. x111.) Le fPav0D 

64. Account of the Charges for the Civil Government of the United Kingdom, heretofore __ a 
defrayed from the “Civil List in England and Ireland, and from the Hereditary | ¢,. 980) 750 \ 1066 
Revenue in Scotland, &amp;c.; Referred, 750 - - -— - - eee eee ' 

65. Estimate of Sum required to provide for the payment of certain Salaries, &amp;c. here- a rel 
tofore paid out of the. Civil List for England and Ireland; printed 877- Referred 881. oh. , 877 

(Sess. Papers, N° 279. vol. X111.) 7 gare ) 

— V. Accounts, 277, 278, 317. 

CLERGY :— 

66. Account of the several Purchases completed by the a of Queen Anne’s Bounty, 8 = 
from 1800 to 1826;. printed 598 - ~ (Sess. Papers, n° 67. vol. xv.) *} 5°9 598 

67. ———— of the Boledan} in the hands of the Treasurer at the time of his decease ; ee 
portion has been discharged, and whether the security, if any, given by the Treasure} 673 676 
is available to the amount of Balance unpaid; printed 711 - - - - - : 

(Sess. Papers, n° 129. vol. xv.) 
CLERKS OF THE PEACE; v. Accounts, 328. 
CoALs; v, Accounts, 98, t5 
CoIN :— 

68. Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Extraordinary Expenses of] sen 
Prosecutions, &amp;c. relating to the Coin of this Kingdom for 1831; printed 564. Re- t Ring's bs 63 2043 
ferred, 601 ~ - - - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 30. vol. x111.) ie 

COINAGE; v. AccouNTS, 237, 238. 2 wb Te" 
COLONIES :— am i 

6g. Comparative Statement of the Estimates of the Miscellaneous Expenditure for Colonial F ads Gal nr tnSh- O0 
Establishments, and other Services in the Colonies, for 1831, compared with the King’s |, 564 i 
Grants for the same Services in 1830; printed 564. Referred 601 ~ - ° on i 

(Sess. Papers, N° 31. vol. x111.) 

70. Return of the Date when each Colony was captured, ceded or settled, the Number 

of the Population, and whether having Legislative Assemblies - - | - rh by Aduheds |---864 -# 
Common Law Courts:— ? 

71. Estimate of the Sum required, in 1831, to defray the Expenses of the Commissioners 
appointed to inquire into the Practice and Proceedings of the Superior Courts of Kino’s 4 
Common Law, and into the lee a Ragland respecting Real Property ; printed 564. Cimmand. }: &gt; 54 1059 
Referred Go1—- - - (Sess. Papers, n° 30. vol: x11.) {| ; 

72. C opy of the Third Report. of the Aitetinianin of Inquiry tuto. the: Practice and if 

roceedings of the Superior Courts of Common Law; _ printed.653 “oe + by Address. 653 
(Sess. F APPT N°.92, Toh, X-) Y 
Commons, HOUSE OF :— | 
73- Account of Amount of Expenses paid by the Treasury, on account of Select Com- 
mittees, and Committees of the whole House, since the end of the °year 1800; ; 759 870 
_ printed 870 - — = a - (Sess. Papers, n° 273- vol; a ; 
— V. Accounts, 259, 260. 
CONSTABLES; v. Accounts, 188. 
CONSTABULARY; v. ACCOUNTS, 210. qaai io afnuoolA 
CoNnsuULS :— wal bststa ovbd dais sakd to 
74. Estimate of the Sum which may be wanted for the Salaries of His Majesty's Consuls} altid taal alt 
Generals and Consuls for 1831; printed 564. Referred 601 - tiers i :}, Commend pb 9B 1046 
(Sess, Papers, n° 39., vol: mithy ys ea 
— V. Accounts; 76. ojait foogravifl mort bafioqxs 
CoNvICTS :— O16  hetaieg gFr ylol pia of 
75- Estimate of the Sum Which may be wanted to defray the Expens rn Fleece a nO ais toesiqod .We 
confining, maintainihg and employing — at Homie and at Berth da, fot 198 pe O83 FO3 1043 
printed 564. Referred 601 - - yar bey N* $0, HOE Pri ts a TOMPNE Hoes 
isoU d-254 to +.onf itu duo 
Conway BRIDGE; v. AccouUNTS,, 234... a hangs ais viediy alt a pre 
Cork TRADE AND SHIPPING ;'% ACCOUNTS, 96: : ¢ state | 








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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS—continued. at 
CORN :— , 


‘been made by His Majesty’s Consuls abroad, and have not yet been laid before: 
the House; printed 613° &lt;\' «- - &gt;= (Sess. Papers, n° 72. vol. xvim) 


77. Return ofthe Number of Persons appointed and now acting to make Returns of Sales 
of Corn under 7 &amp; 8 Geo. FV..c: §85; stating the Places where residing, the Salaries 
paid to each, and from what Fund paid; printed559 = - - © = wf? 

(Sess. Papers, n° 37. vol. xvit.) 


of the Number of Quarters of Foreign Corn imported between 5th April 1830 
and 5th April 1831; printed 657 - - (Sess. Papers, n° 97. vol. xvi.) } 


79. Accounts of the Total Quarters of vorwign Wheat that have paid Duty for Home Dat 





78. 


sumption in the United Kingdom under Act 9 Geo. IV. c. 60, and amount of Duty 
received thereon; printed 702 - - (Sess. Papers, n° 120. vol. xvil.) 
of the Quantity of Foreign Wheat entered weekly for Home Consumption in 
the United Kingdom, with the rate of Duty ; and of the Quantity imported in each 
Quarter from the passing of the Actg Geo. IV.c.60; printed740 - -  - 
(Sess. Papers, n° 155. vol. xvit.) J 
81. Account of the Average Price of Corn per Quarter in England and Wales, for the year) 
ending December 1830; printed.705 - (Sess. Papers, N° 125. vol. xvii.) f 


CORONATION :— 


82. Estimate of the Sum which will be required to defray the Expense to be incurred on 
account of Their Majesties’ Coronation; printed 802. Referred 802 - - ; 
(Sess. Papers, n° 216. vol. x111.) J 


80. 





CORPORATE TOWNS; v. Accounts, 173. 

CourT oF. EXCHEQUER; v. Accounts, 126, 127, 316, 322. 
CourT OF SESSION; v. Accounts, 319, 320. 

CourRTS OF JUSTICE; v. AccounTs, 184, 194, 199. 
CourTS OF REQUEST; v. AccouNTS, 300. 

CounTY RATES :-- 


83. Clerks of the Peace for each County in England and Wales to — an Account of 
the latest Valuation of every Parish, &amp;c. upon which County Rates were laid in 
their respective Counties immediately preceding the Act 55 Geo. III.c.51 - = ~- J 


— V. Accounts, 284, 285. 





CRIMINAL, INFORMATIONS :— 


84. Return of all Applications made in the Court of King’s Bench, for leave to file Criminal | 
Informations against Justices of the Peace in England and Wales, from 1st January - ' 
1830 to ist January 1831; printed660 - (Sess. Papers, N° gg. vol. xv.) 


— V. Accounts, 180. 
CRIMINAL LUNATICS :— 
85. Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Expense of confining mt 





maintaining Criminal Lunatics, for 1831 ; printed 564. Referred 601 - - 
(Sess. Papers, n° 29. vol x11.) 
CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS; v. AccoUNTS, 200, 323. 


Crown LANDS; v. Accounts, 216. 


Customs :— 
86. Account of Exports and Imports from Waterford, during each of the last Fifteen) 
years; printed 554 - - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 17. vol. xvii.) 


87. Return of the Eastern and Western Limits of the Port of Lyme, the Out-stations and} 
Number of Officers employed in the collection of the Customs, &amp;c.  - ~ - s 


of the Number of Vessels and their Tonnage that entered Inwards and cleared 
Outwards from the Port of Strangford, during each of the last Three years - - 

89. ——— of the Official Value of Goods warehoused in the Port of London for the 
Years 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829 and 1830, and Goods actually in the 7 


88, 





Warehouses on 5th January 1831; printed 740 - -  - 
(Sess. Papers, n° 152. vol. xvi1.) 
go. Account of the Number of Dozen Pair of Habit Gloves, &amp;c. imported, with the} 
Amount of Duty paid thereon, during the years 1828, 1829 and 1830; and the 
Quarter ending 5th April 1831; printed 657 (Sess. Papers, N° 96. vol. xv11.) J 


gi. Return of the Quantity of Lead and-Lead Ore imported and exported from 1st J aave} 
1830 to ist January 1831; printed614 - (Sess. Papers, n° 75. vol. xvii.) 


92. Account of the Number and Tonnage of Ships and Vessels that entered Inwards and 
cleared Outwards from the Ports of Newry and Dundalk, during each of the last Ten i 
ee Ae. Seek a ee te ee a ae re ee 

93- Returns of the Total Quantity of Soap, distinguishing hard from soft, exported from 
Great Britain to Ireland in the year 1830; and the Total Quantity exported from 
Great Britain to all parts of the World - - - _ - od a atom 

94. General Statement of Imports and Exports for the year1829; printed740 - -) | 

(Sess. Papers, n° 153. vol. xv1t1:) 

95- Accounts of Imports into and Exports from the Port of Cork, on Articles severally) | 
exceeding the Amount of £. 500, during each of the last Six years ; and the N cet 
of Ships that have entered Inwards and cleared Outwards from the Port of Cork in | 
the last Fifteen years; printed 874. - - (Sess. Papers, n° 283. vol. xvit.) 


96. Return of the- Quantity of Sugar entered under the provisions of the Act 9 Geo. IV. 
c. 93, and continued by 1 Will: IV. c. 72; and of the Quantity of refined Sugar, &amp;c. 
exported from Liverpool, Bristol and Glasgow, in each Quarter, from 5th July 1828 
to 5th July 1831; printed 810 - - (Sess. Papers, n° 225. vol. xvit.) 


97. Copies of all Orders, from, the, Treasury. by which. Duties have been raised on tek 








,@uthority of a Resolution ofthis House since 1st January 1800; together with the 

Resolutions on which they were founded - -. - - - = - &gt; = 

98. Account of the Prices of Sea-borne Coals in London, on 1st May, 1st June and 1st 

July, in each of the years 1830 and 1831; distinguishing the several kinds of Coal ; 
printed 746 - - - - - - (Sess. Papers, n° 165, vol. x vil.) J 





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535 


551 


559 


573 


587 


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645 


653 


722 


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727 


737 


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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS— continued. . 


Customs—continued. 


99. Return of the different Persons appointed to Situations in the Departments of nee 
Customs and Excise during the last Twelve months,&amp;c. —- - - - - 


100.———- of the Quantity of Silk Gauze Ribbands imported for Home Consumption, with 
the Amount of Duty, from 5th July 1826 to the latest period to which it can be 
furnished ; printed 753 - . . (Sess. Papers, n° 168. vol. xv11.) 

of the Official Value of British and Irish Manufactures and Produce, and of 1 
Foreign and Colonial Produce and Manufactures, exported and imported, wr a 
year ending x 5th January 1831 - - - - - - - - 
— of the Amount, in Official and Real Value, of all British Exports to Frbinée! in) 
each year since nOngi ; and, of Imports, so far as the same can be made up ; serene 
773 - - - - . - (Sess. Papers, n° 189. vol. xvit.) 


— of the Quantities of unrefined Sugar retained for Home Consumption in = 
United Kingdom, during each of the years ending 5th January 1815 to 1831 (both | 
inclusive ; distinguishing British Plantation, Mauritius, East India and Pessign{ 
Plantation Sugar; printed 922 - - (Sess. Papers, N° 340. vol. XVIL.) 


104. Returns of the Number of British and Foreign Vessels that entered Inwards and 
cleared Outwards, at the Ports of the United Kingdom, from and to the —g 
Colonies and Possessions, and from and to all Foreign Countries, sateen: § 
January 1829 and 5th January 1830; printed 859 - - - 

(Sess. Papers, n° 252. od. me 
of the Amount of the Official and Declared Value of Imports to, and Exports 
from, the United Kingdom, from and to the Colonies, and from and to all Foreign 
Countries, with the Official and Declared Value thereof, between 5th January 1829 
and 5th January 1830; printed 859 - (Sess. Papers, n° 253. vol. xvii.) 


106. Accounts of Articles imported and exported, of Silk or Silk mixed with other ge 
rials ; of all Raw, Thrown and manufactured Silks, imported and exported, rst | 
5th January 1830 to 5th January 1831; printed 859 - - - - 

(Sess. Papers, N° 255. vol. xvii.) 

107. Statements, showing, for each of the last Ten years, the principal Articles of British 
and Foreign Produce and Manufactures exported to, and imported from, Brazil, &amp;c. 
and to Foreign Free Ports in the West Indies, including Cuba and other Places _ 


108. Accounts of Manufactured Silks of the East Indies exported in the year 1828 ; of 
Foreign Manufactured Silks, not of the East Indies; and, Amount of Drawback 
paid on the Exportation of British Silk Manufactured ‘Goede - - - - 


109. Return of the Amount of Customs levied on Imports and Exports at the Ports of | 
Newhaven and Shoreham, for each of the years between December 1814 and 


January 1831; and the Gross Amount of Tonnage entered Jnwards and cleared | 
Outwards during the same period —- - - - - 





101. 





102, 





103. 





105. 





Vide Accounts, 133. 

CuBa; v. Accounts, 107. 

CUSTOMS’ APPOINTMENTS ; v. ACCOUNTS, 99. 
Customs’ REVENUE; v. Accounts, 316. 
CUSTOMS’ SUPERANNUATIONS ; v. Accounts, 185. 
DEBT, NATIONAL :— 


110. Return of the Amount advertised by the Commissioners for the Management of oe | 
Sinking Fund, in each of the last Eight Quarters; also, an Account of the actual 


- J 


Surplus of Revenue in each of those Quarters - - - - : 
DEBTORS; vy. Accounts, 150. 
DERWENTWATER ESTATES :— 


111. Return of the Amount of the Annual Gross Disbursements and Net Balance of the 
Derwentwater Estates, from the year 1817 to the latest period = - - . 


DESTITUTE, REFUGE FOR:— 


112. Estimate of the Sum required for the support of the Institution called “ The Refage) 
for the Destitute,” for 1831; printed 564. Referred 601 - 


(Sess. Papers, n° 29. a XIII.) 


DIOCESAN SCHOOLS; v. Accounts, 156. 
DISFRANCHISEMENT BILLS :— 
113. Account of the Total Amount of Expenses paid by the Treasury relative to certain 
Disfranchisement Bills; printed870 ~~ - (Sess. Papers, n° 274. vol. xv1.) 
DONAGHADEE HARBOUR; v. Accounts, 162. 
DUBLIN CORPORATION; v. Accounts, 165. 
DUBLIN FREEHOLDERS; v. Accounts, 190. 
DuBLIN, ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH; v. Accounts, 206. 
DUNDALK PorT; v. Accounts, 92. 
East INDIA :— 


114. Account of the Annual Revenues and Charges of Bengal, under the respective heads 
thereof, for Three years, according to the latest advices; with an Estimate of the 
same for the succeeding year; also, several other Accounts and Estimates relating 
to the Revenues of the East India Company; printed 534 - - - - 

(Sess. Papers, n° 4. vol. xvi.) 
115. Annual Account, made up to 1st May 1831, of the Proceeds of the Sale of Goods 
and Merchandize of the East India Company ; — 553 - - - - 
(Sess. Papers,.n° 14. vol. x1x.) 
116. Seventh Report of the Commissioners of Tanjore Debts; printed 565 = - - &gt; ae 
(Sess. Papers, N° 42. vol. x11.) f | 


117. en being Warrants or Instruments granting any Salary, Pension bo 
ratuity - - - - - ™ 


118. Copies of any Communications from and with the Governors of India, relative to an) 
acts of Slave Trading occurring within their Jurisdictions, since 1st ‘January 1828 
































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820 858 
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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS—continued. 
East INDIA-—-continued. 


119. Return of the Number of Drafts and Collections which passed through the Office of 
“ite Ne ee P 2 
the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, in the years 1805-6 to 1809-10, and | 





the Five years preceding the alterations which have been adopted in conducting the 
Indian Official Correspondence Poe RR Mens abe OD Fitter ul tert 


120. Statement, exhibiting the Number of Colleges, Schools, or other Seminaries of Edu-| 


cation, in each Zilla, under the several Presidencies of Fort William, Fort St. George 
and Bombay, for the years 1814, 1820 and 1830 Sarnt - = - -f 


— exhibiting the Number of Printing Presses licensed or sanctioned by the) 
British Govornment under the above Presidencies, and for the same years - -f 
exhibiting the Number of Periodical Publications published under the ymened 
or sanction of the British Government, under the above Presidencies, and for the 
sameyears &lt;i) Meat Me™ OO ae mw 


123. Regulations passed by the Governments of Bengal, Fort St. George and Bombay, in} 
the year 1830 - - - - - - - - - . é J -f 


121. 








122, 


— V. AccounTs, 103, 108. 
ECCLESIASTICAL INQUIRY ; v. Accounts, 169. 
EDUCATION; v. Accounts, 156. 


EMIGRANTS :— 
124. Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted, in 1831, for the Relief of Toulonese vo 
Corsican Emigrants, Dutch Naval Officers, Saint Domingo Sufferers, American 
Loyalists, and others ; printed 564. Referred 601. (Sess. Papers, n° 29. vol. x31.) J 


EMIGRATION :— 


125. Returns of the Total Number of Persons who have emigrated from the United King- 
dom to North America, in each year; distinguishing those who have gone to the 
United States and to British North America, &amp;c. - - - - - - 


ae 
ESCOFFERY, JOHN ; v. ACCOUNTS, 222. 


EXCHEQUER OFFICE :— 


126. Copy of the Report of the Commissioners of Accounts relating to the Exchequer ; 
printed 903 - - - - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 313. vol. x.) 
127. Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required, in the year 1831, to defray the 
Expense of Messengers attending the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, the Four Patent Messengers of the Court of Exchequer, and for 
Allowances to Officers of that Court, and others; printed 564. Referred 601 - 
(Sess. Papers, n° 28. vol. x111.) 
EXCHEQUER BILLS :— 
128. Estimate of the Sum required to pay Interest on Exchequer Bills for 1831 ; printed) 
564. Referred 668 - ~ - - - (Sess. Papers, n° 38. vol. x11.) 


129. Accounts of all Exchequer Bills issued between 5th January 1830 and 5th January 
1831, unprovided for; and, of all Exchequer Bills issued, charged on Supplies 1831 








unprovided for; printed 578. Referred 668 - (Sess. Papers, n° 47. vol. x11.) ‘J 


130. Return of the Names of the Commissioners appointed and now officiating for the 
Issue of Exchequer Bills, stating the Salaries they receive, the amount of Ex-| 
chequer Bills that have been issued by them, &amp;c.; printed 740 - - - = | 

(Sess. Papers, n° 154. vol. x111.) 
EXxcHEQUER FEES; v. Accounts, 28. 


EXCHEQUER INFORMATIONS; v. Accounts, 160. 


EXCISE :— 
131. Return of the Amount of Duty paid on Wax and Spermaceti Candles from 5th) 
January 1830 to 5th January 1831; and Amount of Duty paid on Foreign Wax 
imported in the last Three years; printed 554. (Sess. Papers, N° 16. vol. x vit.) J 


132. Account of all Excise Prosecutions in England, Scotland and Ireland, for the recovery 
of the Duties on Paper, for the last Fourteen years = - ae PROS - 


of the Sum paid by the Excise and Customs in each Kingdom for gh 
charometers and Hydrometers, and for Repairs in each year, from 5th July 1823 - 


134. Returns of the Names and Places of Confinement of all Persons now in Prison for non- 
payment of Penalties, or for other causes connected with the Paper Duties, &amp;c. ; 
printed 932 - . - - - = (Sess. Papers, n° 346. vol. xv.) 

135- Return of the Quantity of Common Glass Bottles manufactured in Ireland, from 5th 

January to 5th July 1831, with the Amount of Excise Duty chargeable thereon - 

136. Account, showing the Cases, Amount and Names of all Detections or Seizures under 


the Excise Laws, made upon Traders in Scotland and Ireland respectively, from 5th } 
July 1830, to the latest period - - - - - « om - . a 





Excise REVENUES; v. Accounts, 316. 
EXcIsE SUPERANNUATIONS; v. Accounts, 185. 


EXETER Roap ToLLs :— 


137- Accounts of all Monies received for Tolls upon the Exeter Road since the year 1803 | 
the Amount of Debt due from the Trust at the time the several Districts were con- ; 
solidated, and at the time the last General Annual Account was made up - iy 


EXPORTS AND IMPORTS; v. Accounts, 86, 94, 95, 102, 105, 109. 
EXPORTS AND Imports (France); v. ACCOUNTS, 102. 

Faw Ley Poor; v. Accounts, 286. 

Fee FUNDS; v. Accounts, 259, 363, 364. 

FERNANDO Po; v. Accounts, 282. 

FIRE INSURANCES; v. ACCOUNTS, 304. 

First FRUITS; v. Accounts, 196. 
Four-AND-HALF-PER-CENT. DUTIES; v. ACCOUNTS, 277. 
FRANCE; v. Accounts, 102, 292. 


VOL. 86.—(Part II.)-——Sess. 1831. 








Ordered. 


878 


goo 


goo 


goo 


by Act. 


King’s 


Command. 


838 


993 


ra ’ 
King’s 


Command. 


King’s 


Command. 


r. 


578 


688 


676 








Presented. 


yoo 


993 


563 


564 


578 


740 


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1018 


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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS—continued. 
FREBHOLDERS :— 
138. Return of the Number of'Freeholders who have exercised the Right of Voting in 


the} 
several Counties of England and: Wales, for Knights of the Shire, sinee.1811, =a 
. 


the Number resident in the several Cities and Towns, being Counties within them- 

selves; printed 740 (Sess. Papers, N* 149, 150. vol. xvi)’ 
— V Accounts, 166, 199. ee tl 
FRENCH CLAIMS :— 


139. Return of all Dividends received upon Rentes placed in deposit with the 
French Commissioners, under the Convention, N° 7, of 20th November 1815, and 


aa 


740 (Sess. Papers, N°151. vol. x vit.) 
FrENcH WINE; v. AccouNTS, 340, 345- 

FRIGATES; v. Accounts, 246. 

GALWAY FREEMEN; v. Accounts, 181. 


GAOLS :— 


140. Accounts of Expenses incurred in building, repairing, fitting and. furnishing the} 


several Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and 


fales, since the year 
1800; 


(Sess. Papers, N° 316. vol. xv.) J 


Abstract to be printed 903 
GARRISONS; v. Accounts, 6, 14. 

GLASS BOTTLES; v. ACCOUNTS, 135. 
GLOVES; v. ACCOUNTS, go. 

GoLp COINAGE; v. AccounTs, 237, 238. 


GOSPEL :— 


141. Estimate of the Sum required by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in 
Aid of the Expenses of the Society in the Colonies therein mentioned ; prime 
564. Referred 601 


(Sess. Papers, n° 31. vol. x111.) 
Gosport VICTUALLING YARD; v. ACCOUNTS, 249, 250. 

GRAHAM, CAPTAIN; v. ACCOUNTS, 191. 

GRAND CANAL COMPANY; v. AccouNTS, 179. 

GRANTHAM, MR.; v. Accounts, 167. 

GRIFFITH, RICHARD; v. Accounts, 178. 

GROSVENOR ESTATE :— 


142. Copy of the Assessment for the Poor and Police on all the Houses in Grosvenor, 
Belgrave and Eaton Squares, and the Amount paid in respect of each House ; dis- 
tinguishing how much is paid under each head - &lt; J 


GUARDS; v. Accounts, 6. 

GUERNSEY; v. ACCOUNTS, 347, 35!- 

HauF PAY; v. Accounts, 21, 22, 36, 37, 40, 43. 

HAYTI; v. Accounts, 368. 

HEADS OF SERVICE AND EXPENDITURE; v. Accounts, 361. 
HIGHLAND CHURCHES; v. ACCOUNTS, 329. 

Hitz, Str GEORGE FITZGERALD; v. ACCOUNTS, 201. 


HOLYHEAD AND HowTH Roaps, HARBOURS, &amp;c.:— 


143. Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted for 1831, on account of the Holyhead and) 
Howth Roads and Harbours; printed 564. Referred 601 - 


(Sess. Papers, N°27. vol. x11.) 
144. Eighth Report of the Commissioners appointed by Act 4 Geo. IV. c. 74, relative il 


the Bridges over the Menai Straits, &amp;c.; and the Holyhead Roads, &amp;c.; printed 
872 - - (Sess. Papers, N° 280. vol. x11.) 


145. Copy of the en of the Commissioners of the Holyhead Roads, relative to c 


origin of their Commission, the Improvement of the Holyhead Road, and the present 
Jurisdiction and Duties of the Commissioners ; printed 890 


(Sess. Papers, n* 298. vol. x11.) 


HONITON RoaD TOLLS :— 


146. Copy of the Table of Tolls collected at the several Turnpike Gates situated near the) 
Town of Honiton, Monies received, &amp;c. - " 


HOOPER AND MARTIN: — 
147. Estimate of the Sum meas for the purchase of the Pension granted by etl 


- - - = - - 


William the Third to James Waller, and re-granted by His late Majesty King 
George the Second to Charles Hooper and Philip Martin, and their Heirs ; \ printed 
664. Referred 601 


(Sess. Papers, n° 30. vol. x111.) 
Hops :— 


148. Accounts of the Duty charged on Hops grown in the United Kingdom ; the Number 
of Acres under cultivation in 1830; and the Quantity exported and imported in the ; 
year ending 5th January 1831; printed 589 - (Sess. Papers, n° 59. vol. xvii.) J 
House OF COMMONS; v. Accounts, 73, 259, 260. 
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT; v. Accounts, 153, 259, 260. 
HYDROMETERS; v. Accounts, 133. 
JAMAICA :— 


149. — of all Communications relative to the Maltreatment of a Slave named = 


illiams ; printed 662 (Sess. Papers, n° 101. vol. x1x.) 
JERSEY ; v. ACCOUNTS, 347, 351. 
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS; v. Accounts, 86, 94, 95, 102, 105, 109. 
IMPORTS AND ExPoORTS (France); v. ACCOUNTS, 102. 
InDiA BOARD; v. Accounts, 119. 
InDustTRY, House oF (Dublin); v. Accounts, 195. 
INLAND NAVIGATION; v. Accounts, 176,179. 


pa 


with the British Commissioners under the Convention of 25th April 1818°;’ printed [) 











| 
Ordered. | Presented. 
‘by Address. 740 
7 all , 9 
zi i soc 
5363 740 
by Address. goo 
| 
| 
Conrend, |» 564 
662 668 
cantede. 562 
by Act. 872 
890 890 
670 
King’s 
Command. | 504 
535 553 
Address 
"flat 662 








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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS—continued. vsustieon §GHATATIGYA STI PAGE, 





Or red, r of 
s INSOLVENT DEBTORS :— dered | Presented. * “s 
150. Returns of the Number of Insolvent: Debtots-disch from:Prison, and'the Namber} a: 7 668, aa i — 
osvho paid-Dividends, &amp;c.; printed 730: — - + (Sess. Papers, N°14)s vdlaxve fo bovavod fe of Be » 
, MAW ESNMUOY Q1i0 . - ‘3 qi tnoelie rato.gV od 
INSOLVENT DEBTORS’ CouRT:—~ |... 3 at HS: 


151. Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted, in 1831, to defray the Salaries of they. Ai Biaa - Coal 
Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, of their Clerks, and of the Gust King’s |. 6 

tingent Expenses of their Office; printed 564. Referred 601 _ - - = af | Command} 523 Wp + B29 

4 reigees per thet lyon. (Sess Papers, n° 28. vol: x1¥1.) iQ ils jopsnujea oh 

INSPECTORS GENERAL OF POLICE, y. ACCOUNTS, 210. 

INTESTATES :— . Civ gia 

152. Return of the Number of Cases, and of the Names of the Parties, in which the} 

Crown has administered to the Estate and Effects of Persons who have died intes- 
tate, leaving no lawful Issue, since the year 1800 to the present time - . J 





673 


JOURNALS :— 
153- Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required in 1831, to defray the Expense 
of Printing Acts of Parliament, and Bills, Reports, and other Papers, for the two| King’s 
Houses of Parliament; printed 564. Referred601 - - - - = - | Command. | 593 1038 
(Sess. Papers, n° 30. vol. xs1f.) 














IRELAND :— 
154. Account of all Local Dues and Taxes other than such as are chargeable to the Crown 
on the Importation and Sale of Coals in the several Ports of Ireland during each | 535 553 
of the last Three years; printed 553 - (Sess. Papers, n° 15. vol. xvii.) J 
155 of all Sums of Money advanced by Order of the Treasury, or by the Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland, for the Relief of the Poor in the Western and North 536 
i Western Districts, and the manner in which expended © - - - - J 
156. Return of the different Diocesan Schools which are under the Superintendence of 
the Commissioners of Education in Ireland; printed 663. - - + - + 551 663 
(Sess. Papers, N° 106. vol. xv.) 
157. Nineteenth Report of the Commissioners for Auditing the Public Accounts in) aa hs 
Ireland ; printed 553 - - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 12. vol.’ x.) f y Acte. bo 593 
158. Annual Report of the Commissioners of Education in Ireland, to His Excellency the is 
Lord Lieutenant; printed 553 - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 13. vol. x11.) } by 553 
159. Account of all Compensations made to Weighmasters of Butter in the year 1830. - by Act, 1... 654 
160. Return of all Informations filed in the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, during the saan | 
Three years, for Recovery of Penalties under the Excise Laws; printed 729 - - oe } 729 
(Sess. Papers, n° 136. vol. xvii.) J 43 
161. Estimate of the Sum that will pony be required in 1831, to Tig rt Expeme) rome 
of Works now executing at Port Patrick Harbour; printed 564. Referred 601 Connind, 562 1020 
(Sess. Papers, n°27. vol. x111.) 
162, ————— of the Sum that will probably be required, in 1831, to defray the Expense oe 
of Works now carrying on at Donaghadee Harbour; printed 564. Referred 6014 | get, | 562 1021 
(Sess. Papers, N° 27. vol. x111.) 
163. Return of all Sums of Money bequeathed for the benefit of the Poor in Ireland, of 
which the several Municipal Corporations in that Country have been consttuied 584 
Trustees or Guardians - - - - - - - - reg A. 
164. Account of the Number and Description of Arms registered at the several non | 
Sessions in each and every County, from ist January 1828 to. ist June 1831, 623 792... 
distinguishing each year; printedg34 - (Sess. Papers, N° 347. vol. xvii.) J 


165. Returns of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Ballast Office Corporation (of 
Dublin) towards the Expense of maintaining Light Houses, to 5th January 1831 ; 
of the Gross Sum collected at each Port in Ireland on account of Light-House 636 702 
Dues, &amp;c.; and, Correspondence relative to the Erection of a Light-House between 
Dunmore and Cork Harbour; printed 702 — (Sess. Papers, N° 118. vol. xvii.) 


| 166. Return of the Number of. Freeholders in the different Counties of Ireland, “primed 





S| up to ist May 1831 ; distinguishing the £.50, £.20 and £.10 Freeholders; printed 
RE eS et eee a - (Sess. Papers, n° 183. vol. xvii.) 
167. Copy of the Report made to the Irish Government by Mr. Grantham, on the ee | 
gation of the River Shannon - - - = -# = = = = = 


of the Appointment of the present Clerk of the Peace of the ‘County | 


636 772 


636 





Limerick, and also a Certificate of his Age at the time of his appointment to that 
Office ; printed 712 - - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 130. vol. xv.) 
169. First Report of Commissioners, of Ecclesiastical Inquiry; printed 653 - - — - 
’ (Sess. Papers, n° 9g. vol. 1x.). 
170. Account of Sums received by the Commissioners of Stamps, for the year oniling): 
5th January 1831, for Stampson Marine Policies in Ireland; printed 702 - = = 
(Sess. Papers, n° 122. vol. xvi.) J 
of Sums advanced 6ut.of the Consolidated Fund on the recommendation “+ 


648 702 
by Address. 653 


655 702 





171. 
with the sanction of the Irish:Loan Commissioners ;_ printed 772 m oS) 9 Bee 
(Sess. Papers, N° 184. vol.-xvit.), 


172. Return of all Sums of Money expended within the last Seven years, on the al 


655 772 


Roads in each and every County in Ireland, by the direction and under the control 
of Supervisors, and subsequently levied by Grand Jury Presentments ; printed 791 
(Sess. Papers, N°211. vol. xvii.) 
of the Number of Freemen created in each Corporate Town in Ireland 
returnifig’ Members; to:\Parhament, from 1st —_ 1820 to July in -the present»: 670 10} 94782 4 
“year; printed 782 («ir =) = = (Sess. Papers, n° 200.. vol. xvi.) iieW 


of the Total Number of Children in the Charter Schools of Ireland, in ms 





655 791 





173- 





174. 29.9 
years 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829 and 1830, distinguishing. the different years; 680 | 740% Horr) 
printed 740 - - - - - = (Sess. Papers, N°157. vol. xv.) 

175. Account of the Names and Description of Causes which have been tried and ad- 
judicated in the Court of Admiralty in Ireland, since the ist day of August last, 
the Number of Causes entered for Trial, &amp;c.; printed 782 - « « » a 


(Sess. Papers, n°. 201. vol. xv.) 


682 782. 


























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iments for Public Works and Salaries « - - - - - - - 




















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INDEX ¢@o the E1rguty-stxtH VotumeE.—Part Il. © (4-1831, 
ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS—continued. . EA PEADE, it 
r . ted. 
IRELAND—continued. mt ae =. 
176. Return of the Amount of Tolls received from the several Works on the River Shannon, 
under the Directors General of Inland Navigation, during the last Ten years; 684 760 
printed 760 - - - |- - - (Sess. Papers, N°175. vol. XVII.) 
177. of the Amount of Vestry Assessments in each and every Parish in Ireland, in) 
Easter Week, in the present year; distinguishing the purposes for which such} 695 
Assessments were made - - - - . ° a * “ = _f 
178. Copy of the Report on the Roads made at the Public Expense in the Southern District) 
of Ireland, by Richard Griffith, Civil Engineer; printed 702 - ~ é xa | 696 702 
(Sess. Papers, n° 119. vol. x11.) J 
179. of Agreement between the Directors General of Inland Navigation and the Di- 
, rectors of the Grand Canal Company, under which the Navigation of the Shannon 
from Athlone to Portumna, was conveyed to the Grand Canal Company ; printed 760 7'9 760 
(Sess. Papers, n° 175. vol. xvii.) | 
180. Return of Applications for leave to file Criminal Informations in the Court of King’s 
Bench, against Justices of the Peace, from 1st a 1820 to 31st December 722 760 
1830; printed 760 - - - - (Sess. Papers, n°176. vol. xv.) f 
181. of those Catholic Freemen of the Corporation of Galway, who have yl 
elected or admitted since ist April 1831 ; distinguishing those who are engaged in 722 772 
any Trade, Mystery or Handicraft ; printed 772 (Sess. Papers, n°185. vol. xvi.) 
182. ——— of the Receipt and Expenditure of the Undertakers of the Lagan Navigation) 
Company, during the last Seven years; printed 791 - - . - - =) 728 791 
(Sess. Papers, N°212. vol. xvit.) J 
183, ———— by the Registrar of each Diocese, in Ireland of the Number of Parishes, the) na 
Tithes of which are the Property of Laymen - - - - « ‘ “f 73? 
[To be laid before the House forthwith, 923.] 
184. Copy of Twenty-first Report of Commissioners of Courts of Justice in Ireland; by Address. 237 
printed 737 - - - - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 146. vol. x.) 
185. Returns of Officers of Excise in Ireland who have been superannuated and are eal | 
receiving Pensions or Retired Salaries, specifying the Date of such Superannua- 739 915 
tions, &amp;c. . - - - - - - - - . - - - 
186. Accounts of the average annual Amount of Tolls collected at Londonderry Bridge, . 
under several Acts - - - - - - ° * ° a . “| 747 
187. Return of the Names of all Stipendiary Magistrates in Ireland, with the Dates of their) 
Appointments, the Names of the Counties in which they have served, and the 748 
amount of Salary received by them - - - - - - - « eo 
188. of all Superannuations granted to Constables and Sub-Constables of Police) 8 
in Ireland, stating the Periods of Service, and Cause of their Superannuations -f “4 
189. Copy of the Memorials of certain Persons paying County Cess in the Queen’s County.) 
presented to the Grand Jury of the County assembled at Maryborough, at the!. 748 
Summer Assizes of 1830, and Spring Assizes of 1831 + - - - " “ 
190. Return from the Clerk of the Peace of all registered Forty-shilling Freeholders of the 6o 791 
County of the City of Dublin; printed 791 (Sess. Papers, n° 213. vol. xvi.) } 7 / 
191. Copies of all Indictments sent up to the Grand Jury of the County of Wexford, agpinat) 
Captain Graham, at or previous to the Lent Assizes, for Murder, and other Papers 762 810 
connected therewith; printed 810 - - (Sess. Papers, N° 221. vol. xv.) J 
192, Copy of the Record of Conviction and Judgment thereon of Messrs. Blanchfield and 
Byrne at the Lent Assizes for the County of Kilkenny; printed 810 - = - + 762 810 
(Sess. Papers, N° 222. vol. xv.) 
193. Estimates of the Expense of supporting the Protestant Charter Schools, and other 
Charitable Institutions in Ireland, with General Abstract of Amount of Expense in King’s 66 
1830, and of the Sums proposed to be voted in 1831; printed 767. Referred 774 | Command 7 1067-84 
(Sess. Papers, N°177. vol. x111.) 
194. Copy of a Letter, dated 26th January 1831, from the Chief Secretary of Ireland, to the) 
several Courts of Justice, as to the suggestions of the Commissioners of Judicial 772 791 
Inquiry; printed791 - - - = (Sess, Papers, N° 214. vol. xv.) s 
195. — heal dotnging al Rapeuse wl the ane of mney, we. ain. cee tey 773 774 1069 
196. Copies of the Case and Opinions of the Law Officers of the Crown in Ireland, on the 
subject of the Revaluation of the Benefices to the First Fruits Fund; printed 780 by Address. 780 
. (Sess. Papers, N° 195. vol. xv.) J 
197. Return of the Name of every Parish in Ireland in which an Agreement has been =) 88 
under the Tithe Composition Act - - - - ~ - . - - 7 
198. Copy of any Minute of the Treasury on the subject of the Irish Miscellaneous Esti- 804 837 
mates for 1831; printed 837 - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 235. vol. x11.) 
199. Copies of any Answers received to a Letter dated 26th January 1831, from the pad 
Secretary of Ireland to the several Courts of Justice, as to the suggestions of the! 810 
Commissioners of Judicial Inquiry - . - - - - - - -{ 
200. Estimate to provide for the amount due under the head of Criminal Prosecutions in Kine’ 
Ireland on ist January 1831; printed 830. Referred834- - - - -b |e %8*, | 830 1065 
(Sess. Papers, n° 230. vol. x111.) J 
201. Return of Sums advanced by the Treasury to Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, during me) 
last Six years of his holding the Office of Vice-Treasurer in Ireland; Copies of all 830 
Accounts and Vouchers for Disbursements for the same period, &amp;c. = - - J 
202. of the Lord Lieutenants of Irish Counties appointed under the recent Act for 
that purpose ; specifying those resident in their respective Counties ; printed 865 834 865 
(Sess. Papers, n° 264. vol. xv.) 
203. Copy of the Depositions taken before the Coroner’s Inquest on those who were killed) 
at Newtownbarry, on the 18th of June last; printedg28  - - - - - 837 928 
(Sess. Papers, n° 342. vol. xv.) if 
204 of Report made to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland by Brigade Major Bushe 
respecting the Affray at Newtownbarry ; printed 840 - . - - | by Address. 840 
(Sess. Papers, n° 241. vol. xv.) 
205 of the Memorials of Tax Payers of the Queen’s County at the Summer Assizes 
of 1830, and Spring and Summer Assizes of 1831, complaining of excessive Assess- 854 
































1c2W.IV.] INDEX ¢éo the Ercury-s1xtTH Votum £.—Part II. 


ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS—continued. 


IRELAND—continued. 
206. Accounts of the Sums expended by the Trustees of the Parish of Saint 











. PAGE 
Ordered. | Presented. of 
Aprrenpbix, 


Dublin, in erecting, &amp;c. the Parochial Church, each year since the commencement 
of the Building; and the Number of Houses subject to Church Rates and Minister’s 
Money in 1805, 1810, 1815 and 1828 - - - - - . - -. 
[To be laid before the House forthwith, 921.] 

207. Copy of the last Report of the Visitors of the College at Maynooth - = = | by Address. 870 

208. Copies of Letters of the Master of the Rolls of Ireland, addressed to the Right} 
honourable Robert Peel and others, and of the Answers thereto; printed 879 —- \. 

| (Sess. Papers, n°287. vol. xv.) 

209. Copy of Treasury Minute of 21st March 1828, on the subject of the Compensation 
to the Lagan Navigation Company, in consequence of the repeal of the Duties | 
formerly levied within the Lagan District, for the benefit of the Company ; printed | 884 goo 
goo - - - - - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 312. vol. xvi.) 


210. Return of the Constabulary Police of Ireland during the last year, containing nl 


857 


by Address. 879 





Pacers a. 





Number and Distribution thereof in each County, and of all Expenses incurred on 
account of the Inspectors General of Police, &amp;c. during the last year - - = - 


2.11. Copy of the Memorial of James Nowlan and others, to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, ) 888 28 
regarding the conduct of the Magistrates of the County of Wexford - - -f 9 


212, Returns of the Number and Amount of the Debentures issued by the Undertakers of 
the Lagan Navigation Company, and of the several Sums paid for Interest raw teed | 
the last Seven years, ending in January 1831 - - - - - - a 
213. Copies of the Orders of the Master of the Rolls, bearing date 14th November 1827 
and 24th January 1831, in relation to the Office of Secretary of the Rolls Court ; ; 
printed 928 - - - - - - (Sess. Papers, n° 344. vol. xv.) J 
215. Return of the Number of Stamps issued to each Newspaper in Ireland during each 
Quarter, from 5th January 1800 to 5th October 1831 - - - - - - tia 
4 216. Copy of Treasury Minute respecting the Improvement of the Crown Lands in Ireland 903 932 
P 217. Copies of Letters addressed by the Master of the Rolls to Viscount Melbourne, and 
of the Answer thereto; printed 906 - (Sess. Papers, N° 322. vol. xv.) 
218, Return, stating the period when Annesley Bridge was commenced, and when finished 5] 
the Original Estimate, and the Sums expended on it ; and other particulars relating 
to the said Bridge - - - - - - - - - - - | 


219. Returns of Fees received by the Commissioners of Bankrupt in Dublin, for the Years) | 
ending 31st March 1829, 1830 and 1831 - - - - - - - 7 


} — V. Accounts, 26, 33, 44, 63, 64, 65, 86, 88, 92, 93, 95, 101, 132, 133, 135, 136, 225, 
230, 231, 277, 278, 308, 339, 343, 344- 


JUDICIAL INQUIRY; v. AccouNTS, 194, 199. 





by Address. 906 





gli 





g28 





ids i 





JUSTICES OF THE PEACE; v. Accounts, 180, 





Perea ere es 


KILMAINHAM HOSPITAL; v. Accounts, 26. 
LAGAN NAVIGATION; v. Accounts, 182, 209, 212. 


LAND REVENUE :— 


220. Eighth Report of Commissioners of His Majesty’s Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, 
being their Second Annual Report; printed 768 - = = = = 2b | by Act. 768 
(Sess. Papers, N° 179.) 

LAND T'AX; v. Accounts, 306. 


Law CHARGES :— 


221. Estimate of the Sum that may probably be required, in 1831, to defray the Expense King’s 
of Law Charges; printed 564. Referred 601. (Sess. Papers, N° 30. vol. x 111.) Command. 563 1043 


Law Courts ; v, AccounrTs, 71, 72. 





LEAD AND LEAD ORE; v. Accounts, 91. 


LESCENE, LouIS CELESTE, AND ESCOFFERY, JOHN :— 
222. Estimate of the Sum required to be granted to make good the Losses sustained by 
Louis Celeste Lescene and John Escoffery, in consequence of their removal from 
Jamaica in the year 1823, by order of the Duke of Manchester, the Governor of that 
Island; printed 564. Referred 60: - (Sess. Papers, n°go. vol. x111.) 


LIGHTHOUSES; v. Accounts, 165, 321. 


King’s 


Command, 564 1050 


LIMERICK CLERK OF THE PEACE; v. Accounts, 168. 


LIVERPOOL BUILDING :— 


223. Estimate of the Amount required, in 1831, upon account of the Building now erecting) | King’s 
at Liverpool; printed 564. Referred 601 - (Sess. Papers, n*°27. vol. x11.) f | Command. 562 1022 


LONDONDERRY BRIDGE; v. Accounts, 186. 
Lorpb LIEUTENANTS; v. AccounTs, 202. 
Lorps, HouSsE OF; v. Accounts, 259, 260. 





Lyme (DorseET) Customs; v. Accounts, 87. 


MALT AND BEER :— 
224. Accounts of the Number of Bushels of Malt charged with Duty in the United King- 
dom, from 10th October 1829 to 5th January 1831; and the Amount of Das 
thereon; printed 589 - - - - (Sess. Papers, n° 58. vol. xvi1.) 


~ of the Number of Barrels of Beer exported from England and Scotland to 
Ireland, from England, Ireland and Scotland to Foreign Countries; and of | 


535 553 


225. 








535 553 





Number of Barrels chargeable to the Excise Duties, from 5th January 1830 to 
10th October 1830; printed 589 . - (Sess. Papers, n° Go. vol. xvul.) 


226, Accounts of the Number of Brewers, Retail Brewers, Licensed Victuallers, and Inter- 
mediate Brewers in Great Britain, and of the Number licensed in the United 


é 536 | 553 
Kingdom; printed 589 - “- + - (Sess. Papers, n° 60. vol. xvii.) 














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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS—continued. 


MALT AND BEER—continued. 

227. Return of the Number of Quarters of Malt made, and charged with Duty, Rate and 
Amount thereof im each, Kingdom, in the half year betwixt 10th October 1829 and 
5th April 1830, and betwixt 10th October 1830 and 5th April 1831 ; printed 729 | 

(Sess. Papers, N° 137. vol. XVII.) 

228. Account of the Number of Bushels of Malt charged with Duty in the United Kingdom, 
from 5th January 1830 to 5th July 1831, distinguishing England and Scotland, and 
the Amount of each period; printed810 - (Sess. Papers, n° 224. vol. xvil.) 


of the Gross and Net Amount of the Malt Duties in Scotland for each of wih 


229. pees gh 
last Twelve years, distinguishing the Amount of Drawback' paid in each years? 





printed 773 - . - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 187. vol. xvilI.) 


of the Number of Bushels of Malt manufactured from Barley and from Bear 
or Bigg in Scotland, from 5th January 1830 to 5th January 1831 ;’atid the Nuimber | 
of Bushels imported from England and Ireland for the same period, and other ) 





230. 


Accounts relating thereto - - - - - - 
of the Number of Bushels of Malt charged with Dutyin England, Scotland and 
Ireland, in each year from 1825 to 5th January last; Number of Bushels imported 
or brought from England, Ireland or Scotland respectively to each of the three 
Countries ; and Number of Bushels used in Distillation in Scotland and Ireland - 
of the Total Quarters of Malt made and Total Duty charged thereon, with the 
Rates of Duty in each Kingdom, from 10th October 1827 to 10th October 1831 * 


231. 





232, 





MALT SPIRITS; v. Accounts, 346, 349, 350- 
MANCHESTER, DUKE OF; v. Accounts, 222. 


MARGATE HARBOUR :— 
233. Accounts of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Margate Harbour Company, from 
6th April 1830 to 6th April 1831 ee - ee eee Ses " 
MARINE INSURANCE; v. Accounts, 170, 303. 
MARINES; v. Accounts, 242, 248, 251. 
MARTIN, MR.; v. Accounts, 55. 
MartTIN, PHILIP; v. Accounts, 147. 
MASTER OF THE ROLLS (Ireland); v. Accounts, 208, 213, 217. 
MASTERS IN CHANCERY; v. AccounTs, 53, 54, 55» 59- 
MavRITIUS; v. Accounts, 103, 331. 
MayNootH COLLEGE; v. Accounts, 207. 
M‘Hve, DENNIS; v. Accounts, 254. 


MEDICINES; v. AccounTs, 13. 
MELBOURNE, VISCOUNT; v. Accounts, 217. 


MENAI AND Conway BRIDGES :— 

234. Accounts of the Sums paid into the Exchequer, in the year ending 5th January 1831, 
towards the repayment of Loans advanced for building the said Bridges ; and also 
the Sum paid into the Exchequer for Tolls received; printed 773 eS 

(Sess. Papers, n° 188. vol. xvit.) 
METROPOLIS RoaDs :— 

235. Fifth Report of the Commissioners of the Metropolis Turnpike Roads north of the 

Thames; printed 565 - - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 41. vol. x11.) } 


MILITARY ASYLUMS; v. AccounTs, 5, 15, 44- 


MILITARY CANAL:— 
236. Account of Rates and Tolls, and Receipts of Money and Disbursements, for 1830 —- 


MILITARY COLLEGE; v. AccounTs, 15. 
MILITIA; v. AccounrTs, 23, 35- 


Mi1nT :— 

237. Estimate of the Sum that may be required to defray the Extraordinary Expenses of 

the Mint in the coinage of Gold, in the year 1831; printed 564. Referred 601 i 
(Sess. Papers, n° 30. vol. x111.) 

238. Accounts of the Quantity of Pounds Weight of Standard Gold received into the Mint, 
from 15th July 1831 to the latest period; of the Value of Gold Monies coined ; of 
Silver Coin melted in each Quarter, from 31st December 1829 to the present time; 
and a like Account of Gold Coin; printed 737 (Sess. Papers, N°147. vol. x11.) J 


MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES :— 


239. Comparative Statement of the Estimates of the Miscellaneous Expenditure for Public 
Works, &amp;c. submitted to Parliament for 1831, compared with the Grants for the| 
Referred 601 - - - -— = -| 
(Sess. Papers, n° 29. vol. x111.) 


240. Comparative Statement of the Estimates of the Miscellaneous Expenditure for = 


same Services in 1830; _ printed 564. 


of a Miscellaneous nature, submitted to Parliament for 1831, compared with the 

Grants for the same Services in 1830; printed 564. Referred 601 - - - 
— V. Accounts, 69. (Sess. Papers, N° 29. vol. x111.) 
MONIES IN THE EXCHEQUER; v. AccounrTs, 301, 302. 


_ MONTREAL AND OTTAWA :— 

241. Estimate of the Sum which will be wanted, in 1831, for im roving the Water Com- 
munication between Montreal and the Ottawa, from the Ottawa to Kingston, and 
from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario; printed 564. Referred 601 - - 

(Sess. Papers, N°31. vol. x111.) 


Navy :— 
242. Estimate of the Charge of Wages and Victuals for the Seamen and Marines to serve 
ih His Majesty’s Fleet for 1831; printed 564. Referred 573 - - © - 
(Sess. Papers, n° 26. vol. x11#.) 
— of the Ordinary of the Navy for 1831; printed 564. Referred 573 - } 
(Sess. Papers, n® 26. vol. x111.) 





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78 


748" 


by Act. 


748 
by Act. 


by Act. 


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by Address, 








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772 


565 


688 


563 


737 


562 


563 


564 


564 


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— ' _ 7 - 
AGGOUNTS AND PAPERS—continued. , HBG4S. tangxtUOe 
: rdéred. nfed, “| U of)! 
Navy—contitiued. * E Beh mes hfe . Arreypix. 
244. Estimate of the Charge of Works,in His Majesty’s Yards, and for the Payment of} nrg Pre ct tur gg 
the Hire of Transports, for 1831;, printed 564. Referred 573 9 - 0 =) = OY BBS 0956 y \ ie 
ect dod Sn or saa ; (Sess. Papers, n° 26. vol. xitr.) j _ ‘oo a 
245. — ~ of the Debt of His, Majesty’s.Navy, to gist December 1830 - - - 561 © 
246. Account of all Twenty-eight-gun, Frigates and Ten-gun Brigs at present in the British) 
| oiNavy; also, similap,,Aceount,-of those;-now. building for the Public Service; 
q printed 759 = | steve lovey cote 97 (Sess. Papers, n° 170, vol: xvi) 
: 247- Returns of the Numberjof;; Midshipmen promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in the} | 
year 1830; of Lieutenants,to be Commanders ; of Commanders to be Captains, ‘ 798 896 | 
&amp;e.; printed 896 - - - + - (Sess. Papers, n° 306. vol. x111.) J | 
of the Number:of ;Gentlemen appointed to First Commissions in the Royal 
Marines ; of the Number of, Officers on Full and on Half-Pay; the Number 798 896 
brought from Half Pay, to Full Pay; and of Officers who have been allowed to sell | 
their Full-Pay Commissions ;_ printed 896 - (Sess. Papers, n° 307. vol. x11.) 
249. Estimate of the additional Sum which will be required to complete the Works at the 
Royal Clarence Victualling Yard at Gosport; printed876-  - - - -\ | King’s 
(Sess. Papers, N°281. vol. x111.) Command. 
250. Copy of the Correspondence between the Commissioners of the Admiralty and the 
Commissioners of the Victualling Office, respecting the Works now in progress | | 
in the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard at Gosport; printed 876- - = - -( | 876 | 876 | 
(Sess. Papers, n° 282. vol. x11.) | 
251. Returns of the Number of Half-Pay Officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines 
employed in any Civil Office paid by Government, &amp;c. c+ + - = 
— V. AccounTs, 343. 





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248. 





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NETHERLANDS :— 


252. Return of the Total Sums contributed by Great Britain for the erection of Fortifi-| 
cations in the Netherlands, in fulfilment of the additional Articles of the Con- 784 | 
vention between Great Britain and the Netherlands, dated 13th August 1814 - if 


New CHURCHES; v. Accounts, 60. 








NEWFOUNDLAND :— 


253- Account of all Expenses incurred for the Government House at Newfoundland, up to) 80 
this time, and other Accounts relating thereto - - - - - - -J / 


— V. Accounts, 282. 

4 NEWHAVEN PoRT; v. Accounts, 109. 
NEWRY PoRT; v. AccounrS, 92. 

*4 New SoutuH Wa.Les:— 


254. Copies of the Depositions taken before the Sydney Bench of Magistrates against\ | by Address €62 
Dennis M‘Hue, for perjury; and other Papers relating thereto - = - ose Pe 
of the Royal Instructions to the Governors of New South Wales, Van Diemen’s} 
Land, and Western Australia, as to the mode to be adopted in disposing of Crown /- 
Lands; printed 914 - - - - (Sess. Papers, n° 328. vol. x v1.) J 

1 — V. Accounts, 281. 











255- 


by Address. O14 


NEWSPAPERS; v. ACCOUNTS, 215, 311. 
NEWTOWNBARRY ; v. ACCOUNTS, 203, 204. 
NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSES; v. ACCOUNTS, 321. 
Nova ScoTIA; v. Accounts, 282. 














OFFICIAL, HOUSES :— 
256. Return of all Public Offices, and Official Houses occupied by Public Officers, or for| | 


Public purposes, in and contiguous to London and Westminster, with certain | 897 
: | | 

ORDNANCE; v. AccounrTS, 4, 9, 42- 

Orcey, Mr. Brook T. | 


257. Copies of the Date of the Appointment of Mr. Brook T. Otley, as Trustee for the , 
ES Crown in settling the affairs of the late Colonel Browne, Agent for Recruitin | | 
3 Copy of the Letter of his Appointment; and Statement of the Balances due to the 817 
Public by the late Colonel Browne at the time of his decease - | 


exceptions therein mentioned - - - - 


OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITIES :— ; | 


258. Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted, in 1831, to pay the Salaries or Allowances 


a granted to certain Professors in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge 
‘ printed 564. Referred 601 + .,-. + 





4 King’: ‘ 
- (Sess. Papers, n° 28. vol. x111.) &lt; [Poth 583 alias 
PAPER; v. ACCOUNTS, 132, 134. 
PARLIAMENT :— 
259. Estimate of the Sum, that. may be wanted to defray the Charge for those Salaries of ; 
the Officers of the House of Lords, and of the House of Commons, and of Pensions | 
for Retired Officers of the Two Houses, which are paid at the Treasury ; and of the King’s 9p 
Amount which will be required in aid of the Fee Funds of the Two Houses ; printed| | Command. 562 need 
564. Referred601 - - = - - (Sess. Papers, n°28, vol. x11.) | 


— of the Sum that will probably be required to-defray the Expenses of vl 


TLE LEE Sy 
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260. 





Houses of Lords and Commons for the year 1831; printed 564. Referred 601 
— V. Accounts, 153, 372. (Sess. Papers. n° 28. vol, x111.) 


PARLIAMENTARY..REPRESENTATION +— 


261. Copies of Applications (not already laid before Parliament) made to His Majesty’s 
~ atte that any: City,Town or District should be continued in, or admitted 
to, the Right of sending Members to Parliament ; printed 597 - - ~ -{ | by Address. 597 | 

lavise of sani z (Sess. Papers, n° 64. vol. XVI.) 
of further Informations-touching the Amount of Population, and the Number 
and value of Houses(ini Towns or Districts now sending Sines to Parliament, "| 


Combnas|:, 56% 51 ibid 








262. 





proposed, in the Reform Bill, to send Members to Parliament ; . printed 603 } ue 603 


: : si - (Sess. Papers, n° 68. vot. xv1.) 




















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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS—continued. 


PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION—continued. 
263. Account of the Total Amount of Assessed Taxes for each of the years ending 
5th April 1829, 5th April 1830 and 5th April 1831, for Places sending Members oh 
Parliament; printed 61g -. - - - (Sess. Papers, n° 6. vol. xv1.) 


264. of the Total Amount of Assessed Taxes in each of the years ending 5th = 





1828, 1829 and 1830, levied on the Places contained in Schedule (C.) of the Bill 
(last amended); similar Account for Places in Schedule (D.) of the Bill; printed 
636 - - ~ - - - - - (Sess. Papers, n* 84. vol. xvr.) 
265. ——— of the Total Amount of Assessed Taxes in each of the years 1828, 1829 ay 
1830, levied on Places contained in Schedule (F.) of the Bill; printed 702 - — - 
(Sess. Papers, N° 121. vol. x v1.) J 
266. Return of the Population (according to the last Census) of the Parish or Parishes in 
which any City, Borough or Cinque Port in England and Wales, now sending 
Members to Parliament, is wholly or partly situate, &amp;c.; printed 672 - - 
(Sess. Papers, n° 108. vol. xvi.) 
267. Returns of the Population (according to the last Census) of Boroughs and othe 
Places not mentioned in Schedules (A.) (B.) or (F.) of the Reform of Parliament 
(England) Bill; printed 672 - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 108. vol. xv1.) 


of the Population (according to the last Census) of all such Towns mt 





Districts in England and Wales as are proposed in the Reform Bill to send Mem- 
bers to Parliament in future; printed 672 - (Sess. Papers, n° 108. vol. xv1.) 


269. Copies of further Applications made to His Majesty’s Government, that any City, 
Town or District should be continued in, or admitted to, the Right of sending 
Members to Parliament - - - - - - - - - » . 

270. Return of the Number of Resident Electors in each of the Boroughs named in 
Schedule (B.) of the Bill; printed 725 - (Sess. Papers, N° 134. vol. xv1.) 

of the Population of Fifty-six English Boroughs, the Population of which) 
stands lowest in the Census of 1831; printed 766 (Sess. Papers, n° 178. vol. xv1.) 

272. Account of the Number of Houses in the several Towns in Wales specified in is 





dule (F.) of the Bill, together with the Population of the same from the last 
Returns; printed 788 - - - = (Sess. Papers, n° 207. vol. xv1.) 








273 of the Population, under the Census of 1821, of each County in England and 
Wales, exclusive of the Population of each City, Town or District which 1s to snl 
Members to Parliament, &amp;c.; printed 788 - (Sess. Papers, n° 208. vol. xvi.) 

274 


Wales, exclusive of the Population of each City, Borough or Town which now 
sends a Member to Parliament; printed 788 - (Sess. Papers, N° 209. vol. x v1.) 
275. Return of the Population, according to the Census of 1821 and 1831, of all Cities or | 
Towns in England exceeding a Population of Ten thousand, to which it is not 
intended to give Representatives ; printed 832 (Sess. Papers, N° 233. vol. x v1.) 


PEEL, RiGutT Hon. ROBERT; v. Accounts, 208. 


of the Population, under the Census of 1821, of each County in England nm 


PENITENTIARY [HOUSE:— 
276. Estimate of the Sum that will probably be oo in 1831, to defray the Charge of 
the Establishment of the Penitentiary at Milbank; printed 564. Referred Gor.) 


(Sess. Papers, n° 28. vol. x111.) 
PENSIONERS :— 


277. Return of Pensioners on the Civil List of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the 
Four-and-Half per cent. Duties, whe have signified their intention of declining to 
receive their Pensions in future, and Pensions which have ceased by the death of 
the Possessors in the present year ; printed 915 - (Sess. Papers, N° 334. vol. x111.) 


PENSIONS :— 


278. Account of all Pensions on the Civil List of England and Ireland, and on the Here- 

ditary Revenue of Scotland on 22d November 1830; printed 932 ‘Te 
(Sess. Papers, N°315. vol. 1.) if 
— V. AccounTs, 22, 24, 147, 277,317. 
PILOTAGE :— 


279. Return of all Sums received by the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond 
from the Thames River Pilots, for the year ending 31st December 1830; and, 
Return of the Names of Pilots at present holding Licenses; printed 708 - 


(Sess. Papers, n° 126, vol. xvii.) 
280. Account of Receipts and Apprepriation of Surplus Rates of Pilotage oie! ~ 


PLANTATIONS :— 
281. Estimate of the Sum that may be required, for 1831, to pay. Bills drawn from New =| 


Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, on account of Expenses incurred at those 
Settlements for Convicts; printed 564. Referred 601 = - - - 

(Sess. Papers, n° 30. vol. x111.) 
282. Estimates of the Charge of defraying the Civil Establishments of the Bahamas, Nova 
Scotia, Bermuda, Prince Edward’s Island, Newfoundland, Sierra Leone, a 


Australia and Fernando Po, for 1831 ; printed 564. Referred 601 - 
(Sess. Papers, N° 31. vol. x111.) 


— of the Charge of providing Stores for the Engineer Department in New 
South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, for Convicts’, &amp;c.; printed 564 = - 


Referred 601 - . - - - - (Sess. Papers, n° 31. vol. x11.) s 
POLICE; v. Accounts, 188, 210. 


Poor; v. AccouNTS, 155, 163, 284 to 288. 
Poor RATES :— 


284. Overseers of the Poor of every Parish, Township or other Place in England =| 


283. 





Wales, to prepare an Account of Money levied for Poor Rates and County Rates, 


in the year ending 25th March 1831, upon every such Parish, Township or other 
Place maintaining its own Poor ee oo Tee ee 


285. Churchwardens and Chapelwardens of every Parish and Chapelry in England and 
Wales to prepare an Account, showing the Amount of Money received by them for 


Church Rates, Poor’s Rates, &amp;c. for the year commencing at Easter 1830, and 
ending at Easter 1831 - - - 














Ordered. | Presented, 
by Address. 61 3 
636 636 
643 7028 
by Address. 67 1 
by Address.| 671 
by Address.| 671 
by Address. 688 
by Address. 725 
by Address. 7 66 
by Address. 788 
by Address. 788 
by Address.| 788 
hy Address. 832 
Command. | 563 
by Address. 915 
by Address. 932 
676 | 681 
by Act. 681 
Pd 563 
Commend, | 584 
Commend. | 594 
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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS—continued. 
Poor RaTEs—continued. 

286. Copy of the Resolutions passed and the Regulations made for the Allowance to the 
Poor, at a Meeting of Magistrates acting in and for the Division of Fawley, in the 
County of Southampton, at Petty Sessions, 31st August 1822; printed 781 - 

(Sess. Papers, n° 199. vol. xvi.) 

287. Account of the Number of Houses in each Parish of the City of Bristol; distin- 
guishing the Number in each Parish separately assessed to the Relief of the Poor 
at £.15 and under £.25, and above £.25 - - . - - 


288. Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of every Parish, Township or Place, | 


England and Wales, to prepare an Account of the Total Amount of the Valuation 
upon which the Rates for the relief of the Poor are assessed for the year ending 
25th March 1831 - - - - - - - - - 


[Order for presenting this Return discharged, 929.] 


POPULATION :— 


1821 and 1831, with the Annual Value of Real Property in 1815; printed 934 - 


289. Comparative Account of the Population of Great Britain in the years 1801, 1811, 
(Sess. Papers, n° 348. vol. xv1i1.) 


Port Patrick HARBOUR; v. Accounts, 161. 
PORTUGAL; v. AccounTs, 371. 

Post OFFICES; v. Accounts, 308. 

PRINCE EDWARD’S ISLAND; v. Accounts, 282. 
PRIDDY’s HARD; v. AccounrTs, 42. 

PRINTING, v. AccouNTS, 153, 356. 

PRINTING AND STATIONERY; v. Accounts, 356. 
Privy CoUNCIL OFFICE; v. Accounts, 364, 366. 
Promissory NOTES; v. Accounts, 45. 
PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL; v. AccouNTs, 141. 


PROTESTANT DISSENTING MINISTERS :— 


290. Estimate of the Amount that may be wanted, in the year 1831, for paying the usual 
Allowances to Protestant Dissenting Ministers in England, &amp;c.; printed 564, Re} 


ferred Gol - - - - - - (Sess. Papers, n° 29. vol. x111.) 


PuBLIc ACCOUNTS :— 


291. Papers laid before the Select Committee on Public Accounts in the last Session ; 
printed 565 - -“ *  * - (Sess. Papers, n° 40. vol. xiv.) 
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (FRANCE) :— 
292. Copies of any Reports received at the Treasury respecting the mode of keeping the 
Public Accounts in France; printed 614, 879 - - - - - . + 
(Sess. Papers, n°* 78, &amp; 289. vol. x1v.) 
PuBLic BUILDINGS :— 
293. Estimate of the probable Amount that will be required for Repairs, &amp;c. of Public 
Buildings, for Furniture, Xc. for 1831; printed 564. Referred 601 - - - 
(Sess. Papers, N° 27. vol. x111.) 
PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE :— 


294. Account of Public Income and Expenditure for the Four years previous to 5th 
January 1831, of the Public Income and Expenditure, according to the Form 
ordered in the late Parliament on 21st December 1830 and 7th February 1831 


PuB.ic OFFICES; v. Accounts, 256. 


PuBuic RECORDS :— 


295. Estimate of the Amount that may be required in 1831, to defray the Expenses in- 
curred under the Direction and Management of the Commissioners of Records i 
printed 564. Referred601 - -— - 


5 
(Sess. Papers, n° 30. vol. x11.) 
PuBLic WorKS; v. Accounts, 205. 


Pusuic Works’ EXPENDITURE :— 


296. Copy of Treasury Minute, and other Papers, upon the subject of giving to Parliament 
a more early and effectual Control over the Expenditure for Public Works, abroad, 
as recommended by the Select Committee appointed to consider the Water Com- 
munication in Canada; printed 662 - 


— V. AccowunTs, 239. 
QUARANTINE :— 
297- Account of the Number of Vessels placed in Quarantine in the United Kingdom a 


(Sess. Papers, N° 100. vol. xvi1.) 


each of the past Five years, ending 31st December 1830, and since 1st January 1830, 
and other Returns relating thereto (so far as regards Great Britain) ; printed 810 - 
(Sess. Papers, n° 226. vol. xvul.) 
298. ————— showing the mode in which the Fee of £.5. 14. 6. 
each Vessel from Quarantine is appropriated ;_ printed 788 


(Sess. Papers, N° 206. vol. xvii.) j 


paid for the release of | 


QUEEN ANNE’S Bounty; v. Accounts, 66, 67. 
QUEEN’S CouNTY; v. Accounts, 189, 205. 
REAL PROPERTY ; v. AccouNTS, 71, 289. 


RE-APPOINTMENTS TO OFFICE :— 


299. Copy of the Regulations fixed by the Lords of the Treasury for preparing Letters 
Patent or other Instruments upon re-appointments to Office, or to Grants after-the 
demise of his late Majesty, in conformityto1 Will. IV.c.4g  - - - &lt;j 

RECORDS; v. Accounts, 295. 

RECRUITING DISTRICTS; v. Accounts, 8, 18, 41. 


REFUGE FOR THE DESTITUTE; v. ACCOUNTS, 112. 





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Ordered, 





757 


77° 


g08 


by Address, 


King’s 
Command. 


552 


605 
879 


King’s 
Command, 


753 


King’s 
Command. 


662 


732 


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642 





Presented. 


781 


934 


563 


565 


614 
879 


562 


564 


662 


810 


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lo Astagett | .bsiehnO Orderede | Presented. of 
REQUEST, COURT OF (SOUTHWARK) :— bs 9 —-C Ababb aang, 
300. Return, showing the Number-of Persons committed tothe County Gaol.of Surrey;and) | © rdeowisH |p 
othe Borough. Compter, by the Southwark Court of Request,.in execution for Bet } by Address;,} | B40 
since 2nd August 1823 ; « printed 840. _-=,- | (Sess, Papers, n° 240. vol. xv.) 
Revenues | a So ; , ee ; 
301. Account of the Total Amount of Money which, on 5th January 1831, was in the). peg de ie 
Exchequer, or remained to be received on account of Ways and Means ;' printed’ “| 578 A 578 } 
578. eferred, 705 - - - - (Sess. Papers, n° 46. vol. x111.) J PO RPC 
302. showing the Amount of -Monies in the Exchequer, and remainifig® to "bej |}? © &lt;°f PE 
received on 31st January 1831; printed 578. Referred 668 = 0. ty tyoatth fay b83 do BBs iho 
(Sess. Papers, N° 47. vol. x11.) : 
303. ———— of Sums received by the Commissioners of Stamps during the year ending | SP SINAC i 
§th January 1831, for Stamps on Marine Policies ; printed 614 = (20 Yes 8S UP BBBO plsoBige foo: 
(Sess. Papers, n° 76.' vol. x vit): J 19 
304. ofall Sums paid into the Stamp Office for Duty on Insurance from Fire, iy OL 
London, for the Quarters ending severally on 25th March, 24th June, 29th Sep- 
tember and 25th December 1830; printed 614 - - - - - - L 588. 614 
(Sess. Papers, N° 77. vol. xvu1.) 
305. Copies of the Cases which have been stated and signed by the Commissioners of Go5 ), 
Assessed Taxes; printed 605 - - (Sess. Papers, N° 70. vol. Xvit.) &gt; a. 723 fil 
306. Statement of Expenses incurred under the Acts for the Redemption and Sale of the go 8 oy 
Land Tax from 5th April 1830 to 5th April 1831 - - - - - ‘} egy 7 
307. Return of the Number of Inspectors of Taxes in the United Kmgdon, stating the} ; 
Names, Date of Appointment and District of each, and the Salary and Allowances he A 
received by each, in the year 1830; printed 753 . - - . - - 737 753 
(Sess. Papers, n° 167. vol. xvii.) 
308. Account of the Amount of Revenue collected at each Post-office in the United; 
Kingdom (excluding London, Dublin and Edinburgh), with the Names of the Post- 922 
masters, Clerks and others employed, for the year ending 5th July 1831 ~—  - - * 
309. — of the Amount of Money in the hands of each Distributor of Stamps in the 
United Kingdom, upon the first of each month, in the year ending 5th July 1831 ‘I dl 
310. ———— of the Amount of Money in the hands of each Collector of Assessed Taxes in 
the United Kingdom, upon the first of each month, in the year ending 5th July vgn 922 
311. Return of the Number of Stamps issued to each Newspaper in Great Britain ; specify-| 
ing the Title of, and the Amount to, each Journal, and distinguishing England 929 
from Scotland, for the year ending 5th October18g1 - - - - - - f 
— V. Customs, 86 to109. DEBT, NATIONAL, 110. EXCISE, 131 to 136. IRELAND, 
170, 215. 
RICHMOND BRIDGE :— 
312. Richmond Bridge Cash Account - - - - - - - - - by Act. 744 
RoaDs; v. Accounts, 172. / 
_ RovpPe.t, Mr.; v. Accounts, 55- 
Rye Port; v. Accounts, 109. 
Saint JAMES, WESTMINSTER :— 
313- Returns of all Sums of Money received from the Commissioners of Woods al 
Forests in respect of deficiency of Poors’ Rates ; and, of Monies paid by the Vestry 632 | °° 714 
to the said Commissioners - - - - wri, - a a “ J 
SAINT Mary, NEWINGTON :— 
314. Account, showing the Amount of Money levied upon the Parishioners of Saint Mary, 
Newington, under the Act for building Two New Churches in that Parish  - * 7'9 861 
SALARIES :— 
315. Comparative Statement of the Estimates of the Miscellaneous Expenditure for Sala- he 
ries, &amp;c. submitted to Parliament in 1831, compared with the same Services for 18303; | (Ai”®*, 562 
printed 564. Referred 601 - - - (Sess. Papers, n° 29. vol. x11.) J rc Ovaa 
SCOTLAND :— 
316. Estimate of the Sum required, in 1831, to defray Charges in Scotland heretofore paid 
out of the Hereditary Revenues, or out of the Customs and Excise Revenues, in King's 6 
their progress to the Exchequer; printed 564. Referred 693 - - -  &lt;-f{ { Command. 50% 
(Sess. Papers, n° 32. vol. x111.) 
317. Account of Pensions granted out of the Civil List for Scotland, from 20th June 1830 re 61 
to.20th June 1831; printed 614 - - (Sess. Papers, n° 79. vol. x11!.) \ by Act. 4 
318. Copies of Cases stated and signed by Commissioners of Assessed Taxes ; printed 614 te 614 
(Sess. Papers, n° 80. vol. xvii.) ha 
319. Account of Expenses of the Agent before the Court of Session in Scotland, in causes 
relating to Tithes, Church Patronage and Peerages; printed 702 - - + by Address. 702 
(Sess. Papers, n° 325. voli.xv;) 
320. Copy of Warrant granting Compensation to the Macers of the Court of Session. '- by Act. 702 
321. Abstract of Accounts of the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses 9-9 -- &gt; - by Act. 702 
322, Copy of the Accounts rendered by the Sheriffs and Stewards in Scotland to the Court 
of Exchequer, for 1830; printed 729 - (Sess. Papers, n° 138. vol. xv.) } by Address. 729 
323, +—» of the Accounts of Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions carried on in the Name 
and Authority of the Lord Advocate as ee a A f fi osama ins 729 
324. Twenty-seventh Report of the Commissioners of the Caledonian Canal,; .. printed 753)... =e 
(Sess, Papers, n° 169. yoloxi1.)) } he Ms ite 793 
325- Copy of the Charter granted to the Bank, of Scotland, together.with Copies:of:the}mf, bis ;: 
Petition for the said’Charter, and of the Report of the Law Officers ofthe Crown} by Address. | 862 
thereupon; p rinted 862 4° 4 o (Sess, Papers, N® 257-. VORXINe) rod enfrVE oeit Yo 0A 
326. Account of the Population of the several Counties of Scotland; printed SGigisl basfegel at bish sod 
(Sess. Papers, n° 258.-vol. xvi.) ” by Address)» 864 
327- Copy of the Report recently made to His Majesty, bya Royal Commission-of: Inquiry): 
imto the State of the Universities of Scotland ; peel os &gt; ds ; 1" a, MK? by Address.) QOO 
(Sess. Papers, n° 310. vol. x11.) 

















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SCQTLAN D—continued. - 


328, Returns relating to the Officesof: Sheriffs Depute, Sheriff Clerks, Clerk of the Peace, } © 
and Keeper-of the Register of Sasines, in each County in Scotland $' “printed 905 ‘} my 

(Sess. Papers, n° 321. vol. xv.) 
329. Sixth Report of the Commissioners of Highland Churches; printed 915 - + 


(Sess. Papers, n° 330. vol. 1x.) 
— V. Accounts, 96, 132, 133, 136, 161, 225, 228, 229, 230, 231, 277, 278, 308, 339, 343, 
344 346. 
SEAMEN’SWAGES; v. ACCOUNTS, 242. 
SECRETARIES OF STATE; v. Accounts, 364, ,366. 


SECRET SERVICES :— ; 


330. Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted for His Majesty’s Foreign and other Secret 
Services for 1831; printed 564. Referred 601 - (Sess, Papers, N° 30. vol. x111.) 


‘SHANNON NAVIGATION; v. Accounts, 167, 176. 
SHERIFF CLERKS; v. Accounts, 328. 
SHIPPING; v. Accounts, 88, 92, 104. 
SHOREHAM PoRT; v. Accounts, 109. 

SIERRA LEONE; v. Accounts, 282. 

‘SILK; v. Accounts, 106, 108. 

SILK GAUZE RIBBANDS; v. Accounts, 100, 
‘SILVER COINAGE; v. Accounts, 238. 

SLAVE POPULATION :— 


331. Return from all the Slave Colonies belonging to the Crown (including the Cape of 


Good Hope and the Mauritius), of the Number of Slaves imported and exported, by /- 
License or otherwise, &amp;c.  - - - - -- ‘ a a af 


4 


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King’s 
command. 


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of last 
Session, - 





_ 332. Copies of the Custom-House Returns of the Number of Slaves brought into haere | 
or removed from it, specifying the Place from and to which they were so removed 





333- of Reports made to His Majesty’s Government, ftom the Governors or other 
proper Officers in the different Slave Colonies belonging to His Majesty, respecting 
the State and Treatment of Africans condemned to His Majesty, under the Acts 
abolishing the Slave Trade, since 16th October 1828; printed896 - -  - | 

(Sess. Papers, n° 304. vol. x1x.) 

334- 





longing to the Crown; and, of any Reports made to His Majesty’s Secretary of 
State for the Colonies upon that subject; printed 896 - - 


(Sess. Papers, N° 305. vol. x1x.) 


of the several Orders sent to the Colonies for emancipating the Slaves a 


SLAVE TRADE :— 


335. Estimate of the Sum which may be wanted to make gooa the Deficiency of the Fees 
in the Office of the Registry of Colonial Slaves in Great Britain, for 1831; printed 
564. Referred 601 - - - - - (Sess. Papers, n° 28, vol. x111.) 

of the Sum which may be required to defray the Expense incurred for | 


Support of Captured Negroes, &amp;c. for the year 1831, under the Acts for the Abo- 
lition of the Slave Trade; printed 564. Referred 601 - - - 


(Sess. Papers, n° 30. vol. x111.) 
337. ——— of the Sum which may be wanted, in 1831, to pay the Salaries and p pried 





336. 


Expenses of the Commissioners for preventing illegal Traffic in Slaves; printed 
564. Referred 601 - - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 30. vol. x111.) 


— V. Accounts, 118, 369, 370. 
Soap; v. A€counrs, 93. 
SOUTHWARK ; v. AccounTS, 300. 
SPIRITS AND WINES :— 


338. Accounts of the Total Number of Proof Gallons of Spirits that paid Duty for Home 
Consumption in each Kingdom; also, of Rum, Brandy, Geneva, and all other 
Foreign Spirits, that paid Duty in each Kingdom; _ printed 589 

(Sess. Papers, n° 61. vol.xvu.) J 

339. Returns of the Number of Imperial Proof Gallons of Spirits distilled in each Scitnl 


exported from Scotland to England, from Ireland to England, and from Scotland 


to Ireland, &amp;c. printed810 - -.- - (Sess. Papers, n° 223. vol. xvut.) 


340. Accounts of the Quantity of French, Cape and other Wines remaining, Duty paid, 
in the entered Stocks, on 5th January 1830 and 1831; and Amount of Duty paid 
on each description of Wine in the years 1829 and 1830, and the Quantity per- 
mitted out of Stock; printed 657 - - (Sess. Papers, n*g8. vol. xvul.) 


- of the Total Imperial Proof Gallons of Spirits in Bond, from 5th January 
1826, and imported since then, to 5th January 1831, &amp;c.; printed 915 - . 
(Sess. Papers, n° 333. vol. xvit.) } 
342. Return of the Quantities.and Descriptions of Wines on which any Duties, in addition 
to those imposed by Law, have been demanded or received, from 20th July last “= 
the present time, and the Amount so demanded or received; printed 859 - - | 
(Sess. Papers, n° 251. vol. xvi.) 
343. Returns of the Amounts of British, Colonial and Foreign Spirits, which paid the 
Home Consumption Duty for England, Scotland and Ireland, from 1821 to 1830 | 
inclusive ; and Amounts used in the Army and Navy, not Duty paid; printed 773 { 
M (Sess. Papers, n° 186. vol. xvi.) 
_ 344- Account of the Number of Gallons of Spirits distilled, and upon which Duty has 
been paid in England, Ireland and Scotland, in each year, from 1825 to 5th Ja- 
nuary last - - - - - - - - . &gt; - m 
345- Return of the Quantity of Cape, French and other Wines, on which Drawback was 
allowed on Exportation, between 5th January 1830 and 5th-January 1831°; printed 
859—= ir: * ~ -: =: =. . (Sess. Papers, n° 254. vol. xvii.) 





341. 





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by Address. 


by Address. 


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King’s 


Command, 


King’s 
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727 


728 


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820 








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662 


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896 


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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS—continued. . PAGE 
, Ordered. | Presented, | -— 
SPIRITS AND W1INES—continued. aesusine 
346. Returns of the Quantity of Malt it oni distilled North and South of what was] 
formerly the Highland Line in Scotland, from 10th October 1823 to oth Detaber 826 
1830, and from 10th October 1830 to sth July 1831 - - J 
347. Return of the Number of Imperial Proof Gallons of Guernsey and aia Spirits 
imported into, and that paid Duty in England in the year ending 5th January, 826 915 
1831, and remaining in Bond on 5th July 1831; printedgi5 — - ) 
(Sess. Papers, N° 331. vol ie 
348. of the Quantity of Corn Wash distilled by each Distiller, and of Spirits 
produced, stating the Name of each Distiller, in each yar, from 10th ci 841 
1827, separating each Kingdom - - = - ewe ie 
349- of the Quantity of Malt Spirits distilled by each Distiller, upon which 
Drawback was payable under 4 Geo. vs c. 94, ~~ 6 tec: wes C. 88, in oir arn 841 
from 10th October 1827 - = - 
350. Account of the Imperial Proof Gallons of Corn, Grain or Malt Spirits in aa u on} 
5th January 1826, —_ bonded since aaaah to 5th rey 1831, eg Geo, f 885 
CO -.4% art. PR 
351 of the Imperial Proof Gallons of siete and Jersey Spirits ip tieadl, 
bonded, and that paid Duty, at the Port of London, from 5th head 1831 to ~ 80 ; 
latest Date the same can be made up; printedg15 - 3 915 
ll Papers, N° 333. eA xvii.) 
352. of Sums due to the Excise under 4 Geo. IV. c. 94, and 6 Geo. IV. c. 80, for 
Spirits produced, being short of the charge of Gravity of wee, Ke. ; or  aepe goo 
taken to recover the same, the Amount recovered, &amp;c. - oi 
353- Return of Sums due to the Excise for additional mnie of “— and 4a per Gallon go2 
on Spirits, under 1 Will. IV.c.49 - - - z 
STAINES BRIDGE :— 
354- Account of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Tolls collected on Staines Bridge by Act. 768 | 
STAMP DUTIES; v. ACCOUNTS, 170, 215, 303, 304, 309, 311. 
STATE PAPER OFFICE :— 
355. Estimate of the Sum that may be required, in 1831, to defray the Expenses of the , 
State Paper Office ; padre g 564. Referred 601 ° Fan ded 563 1031 
(Sess. Papers, N° 98, vol. — 
STATIONERY :— 
356. Estimate of the probable Expense of providing Stationery, Printing and Binding for i 
the Public Departments of Government, for 1831 ; printed 564. ‘ Referred Gor | Comaina, | 568 1038 
(Sess. Papers, N° 30. vol. x11I.) 
STEAM VESSELS :— 
357- Return of the Number of Vessels propelled by Steam, that have been employed, 
and are now employed, or building, under the orders of Government, since the 929 
period in which such Vessels were in use by Government ; specifying their Ser- 
vices, Tonnage, &amp;c. . - - - - - - - - - e 
STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES; v. Accounts, 187. 
STRANGFORD PorT; v. Accounts, 88. 
SuGaR; v. Accounts, 96, 103. 
SUP ERANNUATIONS :— 
358- Comparative Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous Expenditure, for Super- 
annuation and Charitable Allowances submitted to Parliament for 1831, componeet King’s 563 
with the Grants for the same Services for 1830; printed 564. Referred 601 Command. 
(Sess, Papers, n° 29. vol. x111.) 
359- Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Charge of the Allow- 
ances or Compensations granted as Superannuations or Retired Allowances to 
Persons formerly employed in Public Offices or supine, or in the Pulse Poe od 563 es 
Service, for 1831; printed 564. Referred 601 - - - 
(Sess. Papers, N° 29. vol. xu.) 
360. Copies or Extracts of the Minutes of the Board of Treasury (subsequent to the last 
Session of Parliament) concerning the Superannuation Allowances to er 757 773 
Persons in the several Departments « of Government ; printed 773 - 
(Sess. Papers, N° 190. vol. x1) 
SUPPLY :— 
361. Abstract of the Amount voted by Parliament for Supply under the several Heads of 
Service, in each of the years 1829, 1830 and 1831; of abe Amount expended ie in 899 
1829 and 1830; and Estimate for 1831 = - - - - 
SURREY, SHERIFF OF; v. Accounts, 382, 
TANJORE DEBTS; v. Accounts, 116. 
TAXES, INSPECTORS OF; v. ACCOUNTS, 307. 
TITHE COMPOSITION ; v. AccounrTs, 197. 
TITHES :— 
362. Return of the several Parishes in England and Wales in which Commutations of 
'Tithes have been authorized under any Act of Parliament. - - - - - 526. 
[Order for presenting this Return discharged, and Address instead thereof, 540. (Vide Appnesses, '77:)] vy 
TITHES AND PEERAGES; v. Accounts, 319. 
TRANSPORTS; v. ACCOUNTS, 244. 
TREASURY :— 
363. —"-y of he es that may on required to make good the Deficiency of the Ree 
und in the Department o sa Bajonty's Treasury for 1831 ; printed soa. (King's: 4! 
Referred 601 —- ~1 +9 - (Sess. asus, N° 28. vol. X11.) Kempen. it 593, _ 
364. Ditto - - - - in the ene of His Majesty’s Home Secretary of State ; of 
His Majesty’ s Foreign Secretary of State; also, for the Colonies ; and, of His King’s ", 
Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council for 1831 ; printed 564. Referred 601 Command.|  §63 1027 .. 


(Sess. 


apers, N° 28. vol. x1ir.) 





























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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS—continued. 
TREASUR Y—continued. 


Messengers’ Bills in the Department of His Majesty’s Treasury for 1830; printed 

564. (Sess. Papers, n° 28. vol. x11.) 
366, Ditto - - - - in the Departments of His Majesty’s Home Secretary of State; of 

His Majesty’s Foreign Secretary of State; also, for the Colonies; and, of ‘ 


365. Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to defray the Contingent Expenses ve 


Referred 601 - _- - - 


Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, &amp;c. for 1831; printed 564 - 


(Sess. Papers, n° 28. vol, x111.) 
— V. AccounTs, 259. 


TREATIES :— 


&amp;c. respecting the Belgian Fortresses ; and Note addressed by the said Plenipo- 
tentiaries to the Plenipotentiary of France, on 14th July 1831, with Translations ; 
printed 703 - - - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 123. vol. xx.) 


368. Copies of Communications from ‘the British Consuls of Hayti, relative to the ont} 


_ 367. Protocol of a Conference between the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, Great oe 





and Social State of that Island - = - i eee 
369. Correspondence with the British Commissioners respecting the Slave Trade (Class A.) 
370. with Foreign Powers upon the same subject (Class B.) - 
371. Papers relating to the Affairs of Portugal - - - - - = = -= 
371+ Further Papers relating to the Affairs of Portugal - 2- - = = } 


TURNPIKE RoAD BILL FEES :— 


372. Estimate of the Sum that will probably be required, in 1831, to defray the —— of) 
paying the Fees due and payable to the Officers of the Parliament on all Bills for 
continuing or amending Turnpike Road Acts; printed 564. Referred 601 - 


(Sess. Papers, N° 30. vol. x11I.) 
VACCINE ESTABLISHMENT :— 


373- Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Expense of the National Vaccine 
Establishment, for 1831; printed 564. Referred 601 -  - - + 


(Sess. Papers, n° 29. vol. x111.) 
VAN DIEMEN’S LAND AND NEW HOLLAND :— 


374- Copies of the Correspondence between Lieutenant Governor Arthur and the Secretary 
of State for the Colonies, on the subject of the Military _— lately carried on 
against the aboriginal Inhabitants of Van Diemen’s Land and New Holland ; 
and, of the Instructions for promoting their religious and moral Improvement ; 
printed 864 - - -— = - (Sess. Papers, n* 259, 261. vol. xvi.) 

— V. Accounts, 281, 283. 
VESTRY ASSESSMENTS; v. Accounts, 177. 
VicE-TREASURER OF IRELAND; v. ACCOUNTS, 201. 
VICTUALLING DEPARTMENT; v. ACCOUNTS, 249, 250. 
VICTUALS; v. AccouNTS, 242. 
UNIVERSITIES; v. ACCOUNTS, 327. 
VOLUNTEER CORPS; v. AccounrTs, 17. 
WAREHOUSED GOoDs; v. Accounts, 89. 
WATERFORD TRADE AND SHIPPING; v. Accounts, 86. 


WATERLOO BRIDGE NEW STREET BILL:— 


375- Estimate of the Expenses to be incurred under the Waterloo Bridge New Street Bill | 


distinguishing the Amounts to be borne by the Public, and by Private Parties; 
printed 611 - - - - - - (Sess. Papers, N° 71. vol. x111.) 
Wax; v. AccounrTs, 131. 


West INDIES; v. AccounTs, 107. 


WESTMINSTER BRIDGE :— 
376. Four Quarterly Accounts of the Treasurer to the Commissioners of Westminster] 
Bridge, from 5th April 18g0 tosth Aprili8g1 - - - - - = =f 
WEXFORD INDICTMENTS ; v. AccounTS, 191, 211. 
Wipows’ PENSIONS; v. Accounts, 24. 


WiGcutT, ISLE OF :— 


377- Return of the Population of the Isle of Wight, according to the last Census (in so far 
as the same can be made up); printed 734 (Sess. Papers, n° 144. vol. xv1.) } 
378. Copy of the Letters Patent under which the Governor of the Isle of Wight holds that 
Office ; printed 847 - - - - (Sess. Papers, n°245. vol. xvii.) 
— V. Accounts, 5, 44. 
WILLIAMS, Henry; v. Accounts, 149. 


WinpbsorR CASTLE AND BUCKINGHAM PALACE :— 


379- Estimate of the Sum required to ene the Expense incurred, and to be incurred, in 
1831, in carrying on Repairs and Alterations at Windsor Castle, and in providing 
Furniture for the Castle ; and of the Sum wanted todefray Debts incurred for Work 
done and Contracts entered into, for Buckingham House, previous to the appoint- | 
ment of the Select Committee of the House of Commons ; printed 872. Referred 875 

(Sess. Papers, n° 271. vol. x11.) ) 

WinDusT, EDWARD :— 

380. Copy of the Warrant of Commitment of Edward Windust to the House of Correction 
in Cold Bath Fields on 17th September last, stating the Offence for which, and the 
Act.under which he was committed ; and, Copy of the Conviction and Judgment of 
the Court; printed 870 +) + = = P's 
WINE DUTIES; v. Accounts, 342.°' 
WINES; v. Accounts, 340, 342, 345: 


WooDS AND FoRESTS; v. Accounts, 313: 


(Sess. Papers, n° 275. vo 


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by Address. 


King’s 
Command. 


JS King’s 
\. Command. 


by Address, 


King’s 
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King’s 
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by Address. 


589 


by Act. 


by Address. 


King’s 
Command. 


862 





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by Address. | 





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Presented. 


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563 


793 


750 
862 
862 


893 
920 


563 


563 


864 


611 


903 


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a3 doutw ja o3aC oft castasa wor &amp; HOF ids Ordered. -|“Presented, || of 
WORKS AIPRDOEND Frei nite D ;M0isi ot rey bere] Arrgnprx. 


381. Estimate of thé Stita' that thay’ be required;‘in #831, todefray the Charge'of ‘His Ma-y | 
cont jebtyis 0 fice of Wotks5 printed 564. Referred 601 brid ; 
Gey aTn 099A “Y)—s aah . (Sess. Papers, N* 28. vol. x31.) 


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| "888. Retath bf tte Nambet of Warrants isstied by the Sheriff of the Cognty oF Surrey.) Pye! sot lous! 
© Hes loogn Wwritstof Execution against thePerson ‘or Property, from’ the po ee Courts we) ligt 
Westminster, from the foot of the last Return, made on the 18th of May 182656 BRP 3 PRO. | 
printed 840 - - - “ - - (Sess. Papers, n° 239.\Voly x¥ Ob ads evorrdevucelU | 
ryt , &gt; tarnof 10 eonival - | 
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Accounts and PApers of former Sessions, to be printed; viz. Accounts, &amp;c. referred to Committees of the whole House, 651. 


Second Report upon'the subject of the Public Accounts made 
by Messrs. Brooksbank &amp; Beltz to the Treasury, dated 24th 
December 1829; and, Copies of ;the Instructions given by 
the Treasury to the Public Departments of Government, re- 
specting the mode of keeping their Accounts, presented 25th 
February 1831; 565.—Account of the Number of Persons 

’ committed to the several Bridewells, Houses of Correction, 

‘ and other Prisons, ander’summary Process, in each Count 
of England and Wales, in each of the Sixteen years, from 1814 

. to 1829, inclusive, presented 12th April 1831; 713.—Accounts 
of the Number. of Proof,Gallons cf Spirits made from Malt 
only by every Distiller in Ireland and Scotland ; Account of 
the Number of Gallons of Wash distilled by each of the Dis- 
tillers in Great Britain and Ireland, for the years ending 10th 
October 1826 and 10th October 1827, presented goth July 
1830; 841. 


- referred to'Select Committees, 550, 684, 921. 





————— to be laid ‘before the Hotise forthwith, 921, 923. 


——— referred to a Select Committee, 750. 
——— to be re-printed ; viz. Returns — to Pensions, 
presented 2d and 7th December, and 3d’ February 1890; 


876.—Returns relative to the Four-and-Half per Cent. Duties, 





_presented 8th April 18g0 ; 876. 


Estimate, &amp;c. withdrawn, ‘and: another ordered, 


773° . 
Order for an Account -discharged, and Address 
instead thereof, 540.  P 


Orders for certain Accounts discharged, 790, 799, 
929. : 


ACTS: 


read in the House, 558, 565, 577,578, 587, 626, 671, 





683, 688, 707, 737, 763, 802, 846, 854. 865, 878, 896, go5 ; 


Asstracts, &amp;e. of Accounts, to be printed, 903. —of the Parliament of Ireland, 782, 862. 


ADDRESSES: 


Or THANKS !— 
1. Krno’s Syeecn—Resolution for an Address of Thanks to Hts Masesty for His most gracious Speech at the opening 
of the Session; Committee appointed to draw up an Address thereupon; Five to be the Quorum; King’s Speech 
referred ; 526. Address reported, and agreed to; to be presented by the whole House; 539. The King appoints 


to be attended, 540. His Answer, 549. Address of Thanks thereupon, Nem. Con. 550. 


RELATING TO A SPECIAL MATTER :— 
2. CuApLain—For conferring some Dignity in the Church upon the Reverend Frederick Vernon Lockwood, Chaplain to 
this House; Resolved Nem. Con. gog. King’s Answer, 923. 


For aDVANCING MONEY :— 

3. CLERKS AND OrriceRs or THE HousE—To the Commissioners appointed to carry) 
into execution Act 52 Geo. III, to establish certain Regulations in the Offices of the 
House, such a Sum of Money as may, with the Fees vested in them, be sufficient 
to make good the payment of the Salaries of the Officers of the-House, and for 
Allowances to Retired Officers, according to the provisions of the said Act, for the 
last and present Sessions of Parliament ; 

4. Pussic Committees, &amp;c.—For Compensation to the Clerks who have attended 
Public Committees of this House in the last and present Sessions of Parliament; and \ gog. . K1nG’s, Answer, 923. 
for preparing Abstracts of Poor Returns ; 

5. Ways ann Means—To Sir Alexander Cray Grant, Baronet, for his Services as 
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means in the last Session of Parliament: | 
To Ralph Bernal, Esquire, for his Services as Chairman of the Committee of 
Ways and Means, in the present Session; 

6. Mr. Speaker’s Secretary—To Edward Phillips, Esquire, for his Services during 
the last and ‘present Sessions of Parliament ; 4 


FoR ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS :— 

7. Arricans, Capturep—Copies of any Reports made to His Masesty’s Government from the Governors, or other 
proper Officers in the different Slave Colonies belonging to His Masesry, respecting the State, Treatment, Employ- 
mentor. complete Enfranchisement of Africans condemned to His Masesry, under the Acts abolishing the Slave 

,. Trade, since 16th October 1828, 676. Kine’s Answer, 733.—(V. Accounts, 333.) 


8. Anmy&lt;++Usual. Estimates and Account, 561. Kine’s Answer, 562—(V, Accounts, 6, 9,10.) Suppty. 


9. Brirtsa Goops—Retum of the various Rates of Duties (in Sterling Money.and British Weights and Measures) levied 
upon the principal Articles produced or manufactured in the United Kingdom, or m the British Possessions abroad, 
, }on. their, importation into Foreign Countries, 581. Kine’s Atiswer, 597. 
10} Briviba Propuce, Manuracrores and Suippinc—Statement of the. Duties payable on the principal Articles of 
British Produce and Manufactures in the Ports of France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Russia, Prugsia, Denmark, Sweden, 
.,.,jHolland. and the United States of America, 935. 

144;Ganapa,.Crown RevEnurs—Copies of all Communications which have passed between the Governors of Upper and 
Lawer Canada, and the Legislatures of the Two Provinces, relative to the Appropriation of the Crown Revenues, &amp;c. 

642. Kine’s Answer, 653.—(V. Accounts, 51.) ; aes ‘a Pag ' 


12. Canapa Waste Lan ps—Copy of the Report of Mr. Richards to the Colonial Secretary, respecting the Waste Lands 
' 1a the Canadas, and Emigration, 838. K1ine’s Answer, 862. — 


13. Carz or Goop Hore—Copies of Representations which have been addressed to His* Masesty’s’Government in the 
_ present year, from the said Colony, respecting the Duties on Cape Wine ; and Copies or Extracts of any Dispatches 

\ ‘from the’ Governor of the said Colony on the same subject, 656. _Kine’s Answer, 662.—(V. Accounts, 52.) 
14. Cnarities—Analytical Digest of Reports made to Parliament by the Commissioners for Inquiringoeoncerning Chari- 
Le tess! 999.0 Kirn o's Answer,'733.) H st Yo esiqa0D—.08 .eaaaW uTU0d was 
15- +.~&lt;Copy ofthe Twenty-fourth Report on Pablic Charities, 809.5 Kuwo’s: Answer,&gt; 8g0.--( Vaskacounts, 58.) 
16. CALERA Morsus—Copies or Extracts of all Information or Opinidris comm} hicated to Govertiiérit‘relative to the 


ature and Extent of any infectious Disease prevailing in the Eastéri ‘parts of ' Europe ; ‘and, Names of. Persons 
appointed as a Board of Health, 558. Kine’s Answer, 578.—( V. AccounTs; §9.) 





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ADDRESSES—continued. BA RTS 


17. Cotontes—Return from each Colony or Foreign Possession of the British Crown, stating the Date at which each 
Colony or Possession was captured, ceded or settled, the Number of Population; distinguishing Whiteiftom Coloured, 
and Free from Slaves, at the latest period) 744,’ Kine’s Answer, 780,(\V. ACCOUNTS 70-)) homie 


18. Common Law Cotrts—Copy of the Third Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquiré into; the Practice and 
Proceedings of the Courts‘of Common Law, 642. Kine’s Answer, 653.—(V. AccounTs, 72.) 


1g. CRiMINAL INFORMATIONS (JusTICES OF THE PEace)—Return of all Applications:made) in the Court) of King’s 
Bench, for leave to file, Criminal Informations against Justices of the Peace. in England and, Wales, in which the 
Rule Nisi, or to show Cause, has been granted, from ist January 1830 to 31st December 1830, both inclusive, 587. 
Kine’s Answer, §97.--(V..AccouNTS, 84.) : 

20. DISPENSATIONS FOR. HOLDING Benerrces—Return of all Dispensations granted under the Great Seal for ‘holding 
Two Livings or Benefices, specifying the Name of each Living, and the Counties where situated, in each of the last 
Thirty years; stating also the certified Value of each of those Livings, 854. K1ne’s Answer, 862. 


21. FreexoLpERs— Account of the Number of Freeholders who have exercised the Right of Voting in the several Counties 
for Knights of the Shire; since 1811, as have appeared upon the Poll Books; as also, a similar Return of the Number 
of Freeholders resident,in the several Cities and Towns, being Counties within themselves, in England and Wales, 
679... King’s Answer, 733.—(V. Accounts, 138:) 

22, FrienpLy Socinties—Return of the Number of Friendly Societies filed by the Clerks of the Peace of each County, 
Riding and. Division, City, &amp;e. in Great Britain and Ireland, since 1st January 1793 to the time of making such 
Return,)893. Kine’s Answer, 900. 


23. Game Laws—Return of the Number of Persons now confined in the Gaols of England and Wales, of Scotland and of 
Ireland, for Offences against the Game Laws; stating the Number in each County, the Time they have been confined, 
&amp;c. 932. 


24. Gaouis—Account of the Total Expenses incurred in building, repairing, fitting and furnishing the several Gaols and 
Houses of Correction in England and Wales since the year 1800,759. K1ne’s Answer, 780.—(V. Accounts, 140.) 


25. Grosvenor Estate—Copies of the Assessment for the Poor and Police on all the Houses in Grosvenor, Belgrave and 
Eaton Squares ; and the Amount paid in respect of each House ; distinguishing how much is paid under each head, 


657- [Order for presenting Address discharged, and Return instead thereof, 662.] 


26. Hayt1—Copies of all Communications from the British Consul of Hayti, relative to the Civil and Social State of that 
Island, since the last which were presented to Parliament, 676. Kine’s Answer, 733.—( V. Accounts, 368.) 


27. Houses RATED OR AssESSED—Return of the Number of Houses and other Buildings rated to the Relief of the Poor, 
or assessed to the Duty on Inhabited Houses, upon a yearly Value of not less than Ten Pounds, nor exceeding 
Twenty Pounds and upwards, in the Township of Bradford and other Places, 701. 


[Order for presenting Address discharged, 705.] 


28. Jamaica, &amp;c. REveNuE—Return of the Civil, Military and Ecclesiastical Establishments of the Island of Jamaica, the 
Expenses of which are defrayed by any Revenue raised in that Island, the Amount of such Expenses, and of any 
other Expenditure incurred, and of the Ways and Means for raising such Revenue, during the last Ten years, ending 
31st December 1830. Similar Return as to the other West India Colonies, 557. Kine’s Answer, 578. 


29. J gsutts—Return of the Notices or Statements which, pursuant to the Provisions of the Act 10 Geo. IV.c. 7, and the 
Schedule thereto annexed, have been delivered to the several Clerks of the. Peace in Great Britain and Ireland, by 
Jesuits and Members of other Religious Orders, &amp;c. 701. K1ine’s Answer, 733. 


IRELAND :— 
30. ECCLESIASTICAL INQUIRY—Copy of the First Report of the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Inquiry in Ireland, 642. 
Kine’s Answer, 653.—(V. AccounTs, 169.) 
31. First Frurts—Copies of the Case and Opinions of the Law Officers of the Crown in Ireland, on the subject of 
the Re-valuation of the Benefices to the First Fruits Fund, as taken on an Address to His Majesty of the 14th of 
March last, 738. Kine’s Answer, 780—(V. Accounts, 196.) 


32. JUSTICE, COURTS oF—Copy of the Twenty-first Report of the Commissioners of Courts of Justice in Ireland, 725. 
Kine’s Answer, 733.—(V. Accounts, 184.) 

33. MASTER OF THE RoLis—Copies of the Letters of the Master of the Rolls of Ireland, addressed to the Right 
Honourable Robert Peel, dated 14th April 1826, and 11th November 1828, and other Papers relative thereto, 854. 
Kine’s Answer, 862.—(V. Accounts, 208, 217.) 


34. MayvnooTH CoLLEGE—Copy of the last Report of the Visitors of the Royal College of Maynooth, 786. Kine’s 
Answer, 788.—(V. AccouNTs, 207.) 


35. NEWTOWNBARRY DISTURBANCES—Copy of the Report made by Brigade Major Bushe to the Lord Lieutenant 
of Ireland, to inquire into the truth of a Report, that the Yeomanry had fired shots in derision and triumph over the 
Roman Catholic Chapel at Newtownbarry, 789. Kine’s Answer, 830.—( V. Accounts, 204.) 


36. Jupicran AppoinTMENTS (East Inpies)—Return of the Number and Names of Persons appointed to any Judicial 
Station in the East Indies and in the British Colonies respectively, since 1st January 1801, 862.. Kine’s 
Answer, goo. 


37. Justices or THE PeacE—Return of the Number of Justices of the Peace in each County, City and Town in England 
and Wales, who have qualified ; distinguishing the Number of Clergymen and of Laymen, 872. K1Nne’s Answer, 900. 


38. Maritime TrabeE (Sussex)—Retum of the Number of Decked and Half-decked Vessels, with their Tonnage, employed 
at the Port of Rye during the years 1820 and 1830 respectively ; and similar Return for the Ports of Newhaven and 
Shoreham, and for Hastings and Brighton, 928. , 


39. Mauritius SLAvE Recistry—Copy of any Correspondence which may have taken place between His Majesty’s 
Secretary of State and the Governor of the Mauritius, respecting the Slave Registry of that Island since 1826, 675. 
Kine’s Answer, 733. ' 

40. Mint anv Co1nace—Account of the Quantity of Pounds Weight of Standard Gold received into the Mint, from 
i5th July 1831 to the present time; and of the Value of Gold Monies coined ; and of all Silver Coin of the Realm 
which has been melted at the Mint in each Quarter, from 31st December 1829 to the present’ time; and, a like 
Account of Gold Coin, 711. Kine’s Answer, 733.—(V. Accounts, 238.) 

41. Navy—Usual Estimates, 561. Kine’s Answer, 562.—(V. Accounts, 242 to 245.) 


42. New Cuurenes—Retarn of all Official Applications made to the Bishops of the several Dioceses in England and 
Wales, for their Assent to the Building of Churches and Chapels, 550. Kine’s Answer, 578. 





+= Return’of all Applications made to His Majesty’s Commissioners for Building .New;Churches, for 
iorrsa Declaration: of. Perpetual Patronage, 550. Kine’s Answer, 578.—(V. Accounts, 61.) ; , 

44. New Soutn Watzs, &amp;c.—Copies of the Royal Instructions to the Governors of New South Wales, Van Diemen’s 

27) oofband) Jand Western: Australia, as to the mode to be adopted in disposing of Crown Lands, &amp;c. 840. _K1Nc’s 
+o} sviictoAnswer, 862--—-(V. Accounts, 255.) 

45: Orrices AND Dgpvties—Return of all Offices and Appointments under the Crown in the British Dominions, the 


Duties of which are performed by Deputy, &amp;c. 764. K1ne’s Answer, 780. : 
; 46. PARLIAMENTARY 
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INDEX ¢@o the Etcury-si1xtH VoLtuME.—Part II. [4.1831. 














ADDRESSES—continued. z . 


46. PARLIAMENTARY RePRESENTATION—Return of the Population (according to the last Census) of the Parish 
ot Parishes in which any City, Borough or Cinque Port in England and Wales, now sending Members to Parliament, 
is wholly or partly situate, &amp;c. 577. Krne’s Answer, 597.—(V, Accounts, 266.) 


47. Return of the Number of Resident Electors in each of the Boroughs named 
in Schedule (B.) of the Reform Bill, 660. Kine’s Answer, 733.—(V. Accounts, 270.) 











48. Return (so far as it can be, made out) of the Fifty-six English Boroughs, 


the Population of which stands lowest in the Census of 1831, of the Forty-one Boroughs immediately above them, 
and also the Sixteen Boroughs next in order according to the Local Limits of the Returns of 1821, 721.. Kine’s 
Answer, 733---(V. AccounTs, 271.) prec 


49- - Account of the Number of Houses in the several Towns of Wales, specified 
in Schedule (F.) of the Reform Bill; and, a like Account with regard to other Towns in Wales, 727. Kine’s 
Answer, 733-—( V. Accounts, 272.) wbiretoghe a 

np — Account of the Population, under the Census of 1821, of each County in 
England and Wales, exclusive of, and distinguishing (under the head of the County in which it’ may’ be wholly or 


pee situated) the Population of each City, Town or District, which is to: send 4. Member or Members to Parlia- 
ment, under the provisions of the Reform Bill, 758. Kine’s Answer, 780.—(V, AccoUNTS, 273.) 











51. Account of the Rogen under the Census of 1821, ofeach City, Borough 
or Town which now sends a Member to Parliament, 758. 1ne’s Answer, 780.—(V. AccouNTs, 274.) 


52. Return of the Population of the Counties named in Schedule (G.) of the 
Reform Bill, according to the Census of the year 1700, with a Return of the Population of the same according to the 
Census of 1821, 785. Kine’s Answer, 788. 


53 Return of the Population, according to the Census of 1821 and 1831, of all 
Towns or Cities in England, exceeding a Population of Ten Thousand, to which it is not intended by the Reform 
Bill to give Representatives, 797. Kine’s Answer, 830.—-(V. AccouNnTs, 275.) 


54. Pensioners—Return of such Pensioners on the Civil List of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the Four-and-a 
Half per cent. Duties, as may have signified their intention of declining to receive their Pensions in future, &amp;c. 876, 
Kine’s Answer, 900.—(V. AccounTs, 277.) 


55. Penstons—Account of all Pensions on the Civil List or on the Civil Establishments of Scotland or Ireland subsisting 
on the 22d November 1830, arranged according to the order of their respective Grants, 753. Kine’s Answer, 780. 
—(V. Accounts, 278.) 


56. Poputation—Comparative Account of the Population of Great Britain in the years 1801, 1811, 1821 and 1831, with 
the Annual Value of Real Property in the year 1815, 890. Kine’s Answer, g0o.—(V. Accounts, 289.) 


57. PopuLaTIon AND TaxEs—Statement of the Population of each Town or Place in England and Wales, the Population 
of which, in 1821, exceeded 2,000; showing the County in which such Town or Place is situate; the Amount of 
Assessed Taxes paid by every such Town or Place, and the Number of Houses paying £.10. Rent, 714. Kine’s 
Answer, 733- 


58. Porrucat—Copies of Representations made by His Majesty’s Command to the Government of Portugal, concerning 
the Insults and Injuries to which His Majesty referred in His most gracious Speech from the Throne, and of the 
Answers received from that Government; and other Papers relating thereto, 798. Kine’s Answer, 830.— 
(V. AccounTs, 371.+) 


Copies of such further Papers relative to the Affairs of Portugal as may not be inconvenient to the Public 
Service, 893. Kine’s Answer, 900.—(V. Accounts, 371.1) 


60. QuUARANTINE—Account, showing the mode in which the Fee of £.5. 14. 6. paid for the release of each Vessel from 
Quarantine, is appropriated, and also stating to whom paid, and for what purposes, 776. KiNne@’s Answer, 788.— 
(V. Accounts, 298.) 


. Saint Lucte—Copy of an Address signed by certain Proprietors of the Island of Saint Lucie, dated 6th October 1830, 
addressed to his Excellency Major General Farquharson ; and, Copy ofan Address from certain Proprietors in answer 
to the above Address, with the Names thereunto annexed, 884. K1ne’s Answer, goo. 














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ScoTLAND:— 


62. BANK or ScOTLAND—Copies of the Charter granted to the National Bank in Scotland, together with Copies of the 
Petition for the said Charter, and of the Report of the Law Officers of the Crown thereupon ; and, Copy of the 
Contract of Copartnership of the said National Bank, if the same be not fully set forth in the Charter, 827. Kine’s 
Answer, 862.—(V. AccounTs, 325.) 


63. CLERKS OF THE PEACE AND SHERIFF CLERKS—Returns of the Emoluments of the Clerk of the Peace of each 
County in Scotland, during each of the last Ten years; of the Keeper of the Register of Sasines ; of the Sheriff 
Clerk of each County, &amp;c. during the same period, 841. K1ine’s Answer, 862.—(V. Accounts, 328.) 


64. CRIMINAL JUSTICE—Copy of all new Regulations between 1793 and 1829, authorizing the alterations or increase 
of the Fees payable to the Crown Agent, the Advocates Depute and other Officers, relative to the administration of 
Criminal Justice in Scotland, goo. Kine’s ANSWER, 923. 


65.. CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS—Copy of the Accounts of Expenses attending Criminal Prosecutions carried on in 
the name and authority of the Lord Advocate of Scotland in the year 1830, 590. Krne’s Answer, 597.— 
(V. AccounTs, 323.) 


66. PopuLATION—Account of the Population of the several Counties of Scotland, as enumerated in May 1831, in so far 
as the same can be made up, 846. K1ine’s Answer, 862.—(V. AccounTs, 326.) 


67. SHERIFFS—Accounts rendered by the Sheriffs and Stewards in Scotland to the Court of Exchequer of their Receipts 
and Disbursements in the Public Service, audited and passed before the Barons of Exchequer for the year 1830, 589. 
Kine’s Answer, 597.—( V. AccounTs, 322.) 


68. ——_—— Abstract Accounts of the Sheriffs and Stewards in Scotland for their Receipts and Disbursements in the 


Public Service audited and passed before the Barons of Exchequer for the years 1793, 1816 and 1819, 899. Kine’s 
Answer, 923. 


69. TITHES AND PEERAGES—Account, in detail, of the Expenses of the Agent before the Court of Session in Causes 
relating to Tithes and Rights of Patronage of Churches in Scotland for the year 1830; a similar Account relating to 
Peerages before the Court, 590. Kine’s Answer. 597.—(V. AccounTs, 319.) 


70. UNIVERSITIES—Copy of the Report recently made to His Majesty by a Royal Commission of Inquiry imto the State 
of the Universities of Scotland, 838. Kine’s Answer, 862.—(V. AccounrTs, 327.) ; 


71. SHEEP AND Horse Steatinc—Returm of the Number of Persons convicted of the crime of Sheep-stealing and 
Horse-stealing, during the years 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830 and 1831, as far as the same can be made up, 929- 


72. Stave Emancipation—Copies of the several Orders sent to the Colonies for emanci ating the Slaves belonging to 
the Crown, and of any Correspondence subsequent to that already presented to the House, between His Majesty's 
Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governors of the Colonies, or any Persons in Great Britain, in relation 
to that measure, or as to the means by which the Slaves emancipated are to be meintained, 761. 


[Order for presenting Address discharged, 765.] 


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ADDRESSES—continued. 








73. Stave Emancipation—Copies of the séyeral Orders sent to the Colonies for emancipating; the’ Slaves belonging to 
; the Crown, and of any Report (subsequent to that already presented to the House) made to, His Majesty's Secretary 
of State for the Colonies from the Governors of the Colonies in relation to that measure, 765. K1ne’s Answer, 780. 


(V. AccounTs, 334.) 


74. Sourn American Trape—Copies or Extracts from any Reports and Returns made by the British Consuls General 
and‘Consuls, to the Foreign Office, respecting the Trade of Mexico, &amp;c..557. Kine’s Answer; 578. 


75. SouTHWARK CourT or Request—Return, showing the Number of Persons. committed to’ the County Gaol of the 


County of Surrey and the Borough Compter respectively, by the Southwark Court of Request, in execution for Debt, 
since 2d August 1823, 780. Kuine’s Answer, 788.—(V, Accounts, 300.) 


76. Speci4t ComMissions-—Return of Expenses incurred by holding the Special Commissions to try Persons who were 
implicated in the Disturbances during the last winter; distinguishing the Amount paid to Counsel and Agents from 


that paid to Witnesses, 923. 


77. TiTHESs—Return of the several: Parishes in England and Wales in which Commutations of Tithes have been authorized 
under any Act of Parliament, 540..: Kine’s Answer, 578.—(V. Accounts, 526.) 


78. Toveration Laws (West Inpres)—Copies of the Laws passed by the several Colonial Legislatures for the relief of 
the Catholics, the removal of the Disabilities of the Jews, and of Foie Persons of Colour during the last Six years, 557. 


Kine’s Answer, 578. 


79. Van Diremen’s Lanp anv New Horttanp—Copies of all Corres 


pendence between Lieutenant-Governor Arthur and 


His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the subject of the Military operations lately carriéd on 
against the aboriginal Inhabitants of Van Diemen’s Land, &amp;c. 676. Kine’s Answer, 733.—(V. AccounTs, 374.) 


80. West Inpies (Epucation)—Return of all Colleges and Schools of Education, in the Colonies or West India Islands, 
with a List of the Professors and Masters severally belonging to them; and also an Account of their respective 


Salaries, 910. Kine’s Answer, 923. 


81. Wicut, Istz or—Return of the Population of the Isle of Wight according to the last Census, 732. Kine’s Answer, 


733.—(V. AccounTs, 377.) 
82. 





Kino’s Answer, 780.—(V. Accounts, 378.) 


Copy of the Letters Patent under which the Governor of the Isle of Wight holds that Office, 759° 


83. Writs or Execution (Surrey)—Return of Warrants issued by the Sheriff of the County of Surrey on Writs of 


Execution against the Person or Property from the Superior Courts at Westminster, from the foot of the last Return 
made on 18th May 1826, 780. Kuine’s Answer, 788.—(V. Accounts, 382.) 





Usual Sessional Addresses; To be considered in a Committee of the whole House, go1. 


Considered, 905. Resolutions re- 


ported, and agreed to; To be presented by Privy Councillors ; go9. Kine’s Answer,g23.—(Vide Appressés, 2 (0 6.) 
Order for presenting an Address discharged, and Return instead thereof, 662. 


Order for an Account discharged, and Address instead thereof, 540.—(Vide ADDREssEs, 77.) 


Order for presenting Addresses discharged, 705, 765. 





AckeErtey, Joseph Chamberlayne Wilkinson ; Bill from the 
Lords, to enable him to take and use the Surname of Cham- 
berlayne, 595. Read, 597- Committed, 605. Reported, and 
passed, 643. Royal Assent, 713. 


Actions. Vide Limitation of AcTIONs. 

ADMINISTRATION of GOVERNMENT and Rerorm. Vide 
' PARLIAMENT. 

of Justice. Vide IRELAND. 


Apmrratrty, Court of; Petition of Thomas Barton Lawrence, 
complaining of the Proceedings of the said Court, in a Cause in 
which he was a Party, and for Relief; To lie on the Table, 601. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. Vide PAPER. 

Arrican Forts. Vide Accounts. 

Arricans, Captured. Vide (ADDRESSES, 7.) 

AGRICULTURAL Poor. Vide Poor. 

Autens. Vide AccounTs. 

AuupAY, Joseph. Vide LiBEt. 

Aprreat CommiTTeEE. Vide Bitts. 

Arp.esy, Borough. Vide Accounts. 

Apprentices. Vide Cotron Factories. 

Arpitration; Bill from the Lords for settling Controversies 
by Arbitration, 778. Read; Day appointed for Second Read- 
ing; and Bill to be printed ; 780. Second Reading deferred, 
794, 824, 834, 853, 864, 872. Bill committed, 878. Consi- 
dered ; Reported, without Amendment ; and Day appointed for 
Third Reading, 889. Third Reading deferred ; 892, 899, 902, 
906, 910, 914, 920; 927. 

Arms. Vide IRELAND. 

Army. Vide Accounts. (AppDREsSES, 8.) 

Arrest for Dest. Vide Dest. 

Asnton Roads. Vide Liverroot. 

~ UNDER-LYNE Tithes; Petition for a Bill for settling 
disputed Rights respecting Tithes in that Parish; Referred to 
a Committee, 532. Reported ; Bill ordered ; 541. Presented, 
and read, 555. Committed, 579. Reported; to be ingrossed ; 
632. Passed, 637. Agreed to by the Lords, 667. Royal 
Assent, 712. 

AssressED TAxEs, Vide Taxes, Receivers of. 

—_- and Currency; Petition of George Hodg- 
kinson Barrow, for repeal of the Assessed Taxes; and _per- 
mitting the circulation of £.1 Notes, 932. 

Composition ; Act1 Will. IV, c. 35, relat- 

ing thereto, read; To be considered in a Committee of the 


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whole House ; 587. Considered, 602. Resolution reported, 
and agreed to; Bill ordered ; 613. Vide infra. 


AssressED Taxes Composition; Bill te continue Compositions 
for Assessed Taxes for a further term, and to grant Relief in 
certain cases, ordered, 613. Presented, 622, Read; Day 
appointed for Second Reading; and to be printed; 623. 
Committed, 634. Considered, 642. Report deferred, 647. 
Bill reported ; to be ingrossed; Day appointed for Third 


Reading; 652. Passed, 656. Agreed to by the Lords, 682. 
Royal Assent, 712. 


ATTESTATION of INsTRUMENTS; Bill for amending the Laws 
respecting the Attestation of Instruments by which Powers 
are executed, ordered, 550. Presented, and read; Day ap- 
pointed for Second Reading ; and to be printed ; 551. Second 
Reading deferred, 577, 602, 661, 687, 695, 719, 724, 728, 
749: 779, 787, 814, 825, 834, 856, 869, 886, 898, go1. 


ATTORNIES’ CERTIFICATES. Vide ScoTLaNp. 


AUGMENTATION of Benerices; Bill from the Lords for ex- 
tending Act for confirming and perpetuating Augmentations 
made by Ecclesiastical Persons to small Vicarages and Curacies, 
and for other purposes, 781. Read; Day appointed for 
Second Reading; and Bill to be printed ; 785. Second Read- 
ing deferred 814. Bill committed, 825. Committee deferred, 
834, 856. Bill considered and reported, with Amendments ; 
Day appointed for further considering Report; and Bill, as 
amended, to be printed; 869. Further consideration of 
Report deferred, 882. Report further considered ; Amend- 
ments agreed to ; and Day appointed for Third Reading ; 886. 
Passed, with Amendments, 889. Amendments agreed to by 
the Lords, 905. Royal Assent, 921. 


AUSTERLANDs Road. Vide WAKEFIELD. 


Avon and GLovucEsTERSHIRE Railway ; Petition for a Bill to 
alter the Line thereof; Referred to a. Committee, 527. Re- 
ported ; and Bill ordered; 543. Presented, and read, 554. 
Committed, 579. Reported ; Report to lie on the Table ; 630. 
Report further considered ; Bill to be ingrossed ; 663. Passed, 
677. Agreed to by the Lords, 706. Royal Assent, 712. 


AyLzessury Road ; Petition for a Bill for more. effectually re- 
pairing the same ; Referred to a Committee, 531. Reported; 
Report referred to Committee on Standing Orders; 548. 
Vide Sranpinc OrpeErs. Report, That the Parties be per- 
mitted to proceed, and to give Notices, &amp;c. 555. Report read ; 
Bill ordered ; 580. Presented, and read, 592. Committed, 
607. Reported ; to be ingrossed ; 665. Passed, 673. Agreed 
to by the Lords, 723. Royal Assent, 777. , 


F 2 


AYLSHAM 














VL RDEM te there ut y-s_xrH Vou umesePart IL. y)-f4.1831. 


AYLSHA nd, ROMER ; Petition for,a Bill for more 
res fecal Hp ing t Riek gia Bill ordered, 543. Pre- 
*geied,'dhredd, B67 "Connlted, 566." “Reported; to be 
-v huiggreased-; 6302 * Palesed; 697." ‘greed toby the Lords, 667. 
Royal Assent) Fi2.cvu vevenood 40) 


rnnoll-——4o anv “oavukaad ave ‘ 
(oat Met &amp;-o° WARW. Parl 9. Sess. 1. AL 1831. 


Baxin Trape. Vide JRELAND, 
‘Bank Notes!’ Vide Accounts. 
Bankrupt Act AMENDMENT; Act 6 Geo. IV. c. 16, to amend 
the Laws relating to Bankrupts, read; Bill to amend the 
- paid | Act; ‘lorderedy \ Presented, and read; Day appuinted 
for Second Reading; and to be printed ; 639. Second Read- 
ing deferred, 576. Bill committed, 597. Committee deferred, 
656, 705, 743, 763, 803, 843, 868, 891, 898, 902, gog. Bill 
considered; and reported; Day appointed for further consi- 
dering Report ; and) Bill, as amended, to be printed; 923. 
Banxaurtcy Court; Bill from. the, Lords for establishing a 
Court.in Bankruptcy, 874, . Read; Motion for appointing a 
day for Second Reading ; Amendment proposed, but not made ; 
Main Question agreed to; Day ee for Second Reading ; 
and Bill to be prmtéd'; 875. Order for Seeond Reading, read ; 
Motion for reading Bill a second time ; Amendment proposed, 
and made; Main Question, amended and agreed to; Day 
appointed for Second Reading ; 882. Second Reading de- 
ferred, 889. Bill committed, 891, Considered ; and reported ; 
Day appointed fot further considering Report; and Bill, as 
‘ametidel, to’ be printed ; 898. Order for further considering 
Report; reads: Bill re-committed ; Motion, That Mr. Speaker 
do foavaithe Chair; Debatethereupon, adjourned, g05. Debate 
resumed ; Question again proposed ; Motion for committing 
Bill tog Select. Committee ; Debate thereupon adjourned ; gog. 
~ Debate resumed,; Main Question, That Mr. Speaker do leave 
the Chair, agreed to; Bill committed ; considered ; Proceedings 
in Committee ; Committee report Progress ; 913. Bill further 
_considered, 919, .. Proceedings.in Committee ; Committee re- 
port Progress ; 920, 922, Bill further considered ; Proceed- 
ings in Committee, 923, Bill reported, with Amendments, 
924. Agréed!'td,” 527. Bill’ read’ the Third time; other 
Amendments’ ‘made? Bill) passed, with Amendments, 930. 
Ameudments agreedto'by the Lords, 933. Royal Assent, 935. 
Vide Accounts. 
Bankrurpts,, Vide Accounts. 
Banks, late Sir Joseph ; Bill from the Lords, for effecting a 
artition of his Estates, in the County of Lincoln ; 748. Read, 
) aly Committed, 773. Reported, and passed, 804. Royal 
Assent, 826. 


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Barxsaveogs and Saint VincENT; Bill to allow, for a limited | 


, time, theimportation of Lumber and American Flour, Duty 
_ free, into the, Islands of Barbadoes and Saint Vincent, and to 
‘“jndemnify the Governors and others for having permitted the 
\jnportation of those Articles Duty free, ordered; Presented, 
»? Read‘ithe' First and’ Second time; and committed; gio. 
« AMConsidered, and: reported ; To be ingrossed ; Day appointed 
. for, Third Reading; and Bill passed ; g11. Agreed to by the 
_,. Lords, 919... Royal Assent, 921. 
Baris. Vide Coars, &amp;c. Duties, IRELAND. 
Barinc. Vide DEAc te. 
Barren Lanp. Vide TitHEs. 
Barristers at Erections. Vide Evections. 
Barrow, George Hodgkinson. Vide Assessep Taxes and 
‘CURRENOY: - 
Barron: and,Branpon Road; Petition fora Bill for repairing 
the same; and Bill ordered, 527. Presented, and read, 541. 
Committed, 566. Reported; to be ingrossed; 630. Passed, 
"639. Agreed to by the Lords, 667. Royal Assent, 712. 
Lane Enp Road. Vide Dar.ineron. 
BAsrors Railway: Vide BirmineHwaM. 
BEATTi#’s Estate. ‘Vide Scoriann. 
Ber} Petitions’ for repeal of Act 1 Will. IV. c. 64, to permit 
2 .the-General' Sale of Beer and Cider by Retail in England ;—Of 
-—the Grand darysworn-and weet at the Lent Assizes held at 
__ Taynterm in51831.40f Justices of the Peace acting in and for 
2 tha dive? f Bathforum; 535. Of the Ministers, Church- 
__ wardens an other of Neen Solars ; To be printed, 593. Of 
a ahabivat of Wrotham and other places, 610. Of Tonbridge ; 
“a o be printed 6¥o\ § Of Licensed Victuallers in the hundreds 
23 of Dice arid Earsham (Norfolk), and Hartsmere, Hoxne and 
-¥ Waugford(Suffolk);,To be printed, 639. Of the Vicar, Church- 
oy Wendens. and others of Boldre,G50.. Of Inhabitantsof Wells; of 


a ri assembled at the Michaelmas Quarter Sessions 
s teh Saas for the county of Chester; To be — 654. Of 


Clergymen residing in the West Riding of the County of York ; 





rT , printed,,723. . Of Magistrates, Clergy and. others of . 
nen i a ah Victualier of the King’s Town 
2. 


and Parish of Majdstone, 7 5) f the Clergy, Ministers of Re- 
‘tT fon), ‘Church wardebi and’ Ifhabitants ‘of Runcorn, and its 
‘vicinity, 786. | Of Parochial Clergy’ uf the county of Cornwall 
‘and ‘didcese ‘of Exétet ; ‘Fo’ be iprinted, 788. “Of Minister, 
“Churchwardens and others ‘of Speen; To be printed, 805. 
Of, the Clergy, Chief Constable, Churchwardens and Inha- 





bitants of Burslem ; To be printed, 861... Of Ministers. and 
Parishioners of Carleton! Rode, Bunwell,  Ashwelthorpe 
Brooke and New Buckenham ; To be printed, 864: Of the 
Minister, Churchwatdens and’ Inhabitants ‘of Cannington ; 
To be printed, 891% P SDI wood noreraaaed ’ 
Beer; Petitions for continuance ‘of the’ Act=+Of Inhabitants 
of the city of Hereford, 587-; |Qf Eicensed, Ale. and Beer 
Venders of Gloucester ;. of Inhabita pi Hopsehelders and Resi- 
dents of Gloucester i, Ti _be pu te Lg 2.. Of Mechanics 
Agriculturists and“ others, of” eee tbe printed, 761. 
Of Inhabitant Householders*of Stepney, 8267 0 Of inhabitant 
Householders of Sonthwatk 5 830... of Mechanics, Labourers 
and. Inhabitants of, Reading .Te:beyprinted, 848,;, Of Retail 
' Beer Sellers of. Macelesfieldy.and other, Household, Inhabi- 
tants; Tobe printed 855-sv0rtiv seuoll aid! svisd bi 
—— Petitions, praying tor bexplaced.omal ledeliias farmas re- 
gards the hours of selling, with the, Licensed WV ictuallers ;—Of 
Retailers of Beer of Eisspabkestane; of Brewers and 
Retailers of Malt Liquor residing at Stockport ; To-beprinted, 
654. Of Persons licensed to sell Beer by Retail, resident at 
Ramsgate, Margate, Canteriuty;’ Dover, | Deal, 1and ‘places 
adjacent, 662. Of, Petty Jurors, who attended the Knutsford 
Sessions in June 1831; To be printed, 781. Of licensed 
Beer Retailers of Brighton; ‘797: Of’ Retail Brewers and In- 
habitants of Preston; of Persons acting asa. Committee in the 
name and on behalf of the Licensed Brewers and Retailers of 
Beer of London and its environs, 897... Vg 
Petitions for repeal of so much of the Act as allows Reer 
to beconsumed on the Premises where sold ;—Of Clergy) Gentry 
and Parish Officers residing in the netghbourhodd' 6f *Arandel ; 
of Inhabitant Householders of Yeovil; of M Ke To be 
printed, 686. Of Inhabitants of Wallasey, “Bn &gt; F certain 
of the Clergy of the county of Wilts, ‘and diouebe of Salis- 
bury ; To be printed, 826. Of Inhabitarit'Hdisehdlders of 
Bisley; To be printed, 864. Of Clergy of: the diocese of 
Bath and Wells; To be printed, 874.; Of the; officiating 
Clergymen of Southampton ; To be printed, 897,, Of Gentry, 
Clergy, and Inhabitants of the northern part of the hundred of 
Bassetlaw (Nottingham) ; To be printed: 903. 
Petitions for Amendment of the Act ;-—Of Inhabitants 
of Edmonton ; To be printed, 792. Of Magistrates, Clergy- 
men and Inhabitants of Lechlade, Fairford, and the Villages 
adjoining; To be printed, 894. Of Clergy and Inhabitants 
of Wigan ; To be printed, 897. HTUO 
Petitions against any further restrictive Enactments on 
the Sale of Beer ;—Of ae Dyke; of Thomas William 
Hinds ; of Stephen Mogridge ; 797. -Of Retailers of Beer in 


Manchester and Salford ; To be printed, 797. 


Petitions for placing the Retailers under the new Act 
under an equal Law with the Licensed Publicans ;—Of John 
Norton; of Thomas Stevens Burt; of William: Washington ; 
820. Of Retail. Brewers and Excise Licensed Beer Retailers 
in Reading, 847. To be printed, 848, ,Of James Edgeombe, 
of Paddington ; of Inhabitant Householders, and others, on be- 
half of James Edgcombe; of Thomas Robinson, of Padding- 
ton; of Inhabitant Householders, and others)’ én behalf of 
Thomas Robinson ; of Samuel Cheese, of Paddington; ‘of In- 
habitant Householders, and others; on. behalf of Samuel Cheese ; 
of James Bodman, of Paddington ; of Inhabitant Householders, 
and others, on behalf of James Bodman‘’; and, tf Licensed 
Brewers and Retailers of Beer in Northwich, and its Vicinity ; 
855. Of Retailers of Bromsgrove, 873. Ofdmnhabitantd of 
Birmingham, Deritend and neighbourhood, Retailers of Beer, 
go7. | 














———— Petition of Inhabitants of Stockport, against any altera- 
tion in the hours of’ selling’ Beer’ in Public. Houses’: To be 
printed, 820, ta-———S8aM 
Draweack; Petition of Samuel Fletcher, eémplaining 
of a Sum_ due ‘to: him as Drawback on Beer exported, being 
withheld, and for an inquiry) relative thereto; ‘Td lie on the 
Table, 765. 7, 
Petition of Clergy,..Magistracy, Parochial and other 
constituted Authorities in Birmingham and its vicinity, com- 
plaining of the dangerous effects of the Act on the morals of 
the Country; To lie on the Table, 907. 
Bill from the: Lords te amend Act 1 Will. IV. to permit 
the General Sale of Beer and Cyder by Retail in England, 875. 
Read ; Day appointed for Second Reading; and Bill to be 
printed ; 877. Committed, 886: Committee deferred, 892, 











895, 899, 902, 909, 913, 920, 927. °° ne 

Petitions ‘agaist ;—Of Thomas “Rogers, Licensed 
Retail Beer- Seller; : White’ Cross-street, Saint .Luke’s, Mid- 
Coven § vf Liownend: Retailers a Ale and_Cider,: of the 
city of London, .and)goupties,of; Middlesex. and Syrrey ; of 
Takatiionts of Wolverhampton, Sle cae their. yicypities, 


B 
trading under the Act passed in the first year of the 1 of 
His break Maseatys ‘poh the General Sale uF Be, of 
Jolin Fryer, of Clitt-atidet, Hoxtéa$ gies “OF Tubiabitahts of 
Blockhouse; Worcestkt, for substituting thertim; for the: words 

-“ Persons payingyPeor Rates,” the words |‘f Persons: paying 


‘Land Tax, Assessed. Taxes, .or.an-annnal Rent of-15 93% 
To be printed, 932.5 POE SN QUOW edt 9 


ance of the Sabbath ;—Of Inhabitants of “Bury Saint 


_ Edmund’s ; 





ce 











c- Pettis fat provi thefeift forthe Batley observ. 








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Edmund's ; ‘of Churchwardens, Sidesmen, and Constables of 


.. Newe s-under-Lyme the Potteries, and neighbourhood ; 
and, of Inkabitants of London, and teh vicinity ; 910. 

BEERALSTON Borough. Vide ELections; | 

Rairasv Bridge» / Vade In euann. t ai 

Harbour. Vide Inerano: = 

mh AR tery Road.” “Vide Tite eel 

stad, AMER Railway, Vide TRELAND. 

Buneium Bonsresses,. )Vide-Agvounrs! 9.03 

Bevetu wy ‘Motiol’ for prexentiag® an ‘Address to His Majesty, 
‘for Copy” of al the: Protedobcand Aer Documents relating 
to the Conferéhces‘on the Affairs “of Bélgium, which can be 
laid before this House without detriment ‘tothe Public Ser- 
vice; and, by leave,'witlidrawm; BAG ees 

BENEFICES. : Vide AvdwEN TATION: | 


BILLS: 7 ape — 
ApPLicATIONS! for Priiate, Bills ; viz.— For 
BRIDGES. Vide {RELaND ( BELFAST.) 


CHURCHES, |&amp;e,) Vide Grosvenor Cuarpet-——Liver- 
poon'((S?.. BRIDGETT'S.) 

DRAINAGE.” Vide Eav Brink ——- Fropincuam—— 
ScoTLAND (Leven )}——Went. 

Hargours, Videlperann (BELF4sT)——Scotianp 
(ROTHESAY)+-—SourTHaMrton. 


Highways. Vide Aytespury, AYLSHAM AND CRoMER 
_——BaArton AND Brannon, Brackmoor Vate—— 
CHELTENHAM, CiRBNCESTER ANDWooTTON BassetTT, 
CrepiTon, aND CuvupLeIcH DARLINGTON AND 
Barron Lane/Enp, Dean Forest, DoncASTER AND 
Tapcastér, Durwam anv Suorrtey Bripce 
ExeTER Frome Hanpswortn, Huppers- 
FIELD AND WoopuHEAD [IRELAND (BELFAST AND 
ANTRIM-—+DROGHEDA ENNIS AND GALWAY) 
—— KipWwELLy Lancport, LivERPOoOL AND 
Prescot, Luptow, Lynn (East Gate), Lynn 
(Soutn Gate), Monmoutn —— Norra SHIELDs 

Rucspy aNpn WaArRwICck Saint ALBAN’s AND 
Sovrn Mims ScotLaND (FORFARSHIRE —— 
GORBALS STATUTE LABOUR —— KINROSS-SHIRE 
—— STIRLINGSHIRE ) —— SUNDERLAND TEIGN- 
| MOUTH,AND Dawuisun, THORNSET AND STOCKPORT 
oot WAKEFIELD AND AvsTERLANDS, WAKEFIELD 
“In68)°Wanwick anp Norruampton, WENpover, 

OWisb ect AnD THorNEY, Wotvernampton, WooLer 
AND BREAMISH-, 















































IMPROVEMENTS. |. Vide.Scottanpn (EDINBURGH, 
: GLASGow,) : 

INCLOSURES. Vide Frerrysringe —— Hatton —— 
Rigby aN-Kewdar——Lanovey Rotusury—— 
... WookvERcorT, 


“‘Neviearions AND RAILWAYS. Vide Avon AnD 
{GiovcesrErstire —— Birmincuam anp BasForp, 
Botton AND Leicn, Braprorp AND LEEDs 
“CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD, CHESTER AND TRAN- 
MERE—— FESTINIOG IRELAND (BELFAST AND 
CAVEHILL——DUBLIN AND KINGSTOWN-—KIL- 
KENNY AND WaTERFORD——ULSTER) KENNET 
—+—LivERPOOL AND CrorRLTON—— MANcHueEsTER, 
Botton AND Bury, MANcHESTER AND SowERBY 
Bripce —— ScotLand (POELOC AND Govan 
RUTHERGLEN )——SHEFFAELD AND MancnEstTER—— 
WARRINGTON AND NEWTON, 

Poor. Vide BirnminGHam Norwicn. 


Various MATTERS. Vide AsHtTON-UNDER-LYNETITHES 
GENERAL STEAM NAvicgaATION——IRELAND (GALWAY 
Docks, GRAZIERS’ 

_ INLAND, Navigation. COMPANY) Lancton’s 

Patent, Lancosm-County Buitpincs, LiuaANeLiy 
Tirnes—uNozeep AND MusTaPHaNAGuR, ZEMINDAR 
or-&lt; Btoréany (Dondek Monicrpat Gorern- 

‘si wen HidhLanp Society, or Lonpon— 
Writers roTHE SIGNET Wipows’ Funp)—Tower 
Hameets SMAu Dsats+—West Inp1a Dock Com- 
PANY ;s0Woredsten: Gounty Hatu—— Yorksnire 
cy Pa reoand Lire: Insobiance Companys 

Bit ite BiLts; brought’ froin thé Lords ; viz-— For 
Dane ae Vide KinnaiRp—— Le FevrE——TROWER, 
URTON 7 























VOL. 86.—(Part II.) ——Sess. 1831. 





aN 
EsTaTEs, Vide Banks, be hia og “°C xwtWoX; Crewe 
—— Epwarps —.— JsHepwooy, Lpeta hn), (CorK, 
Bisnop . Pi ME ne Att: Ped man 
(Beattie, BucHANAN, BuTE,°Manevts\:ox— 
HAMILTON AND BRANDON, DUKE or——Moray 
OswALD——SINCLAIR, \LORD)}+~—Tuompson, 
TUCKFIELD. 





if aT VIIA AF 
NATURALIZATIONS. Vide DE Capystiio Dssvicnes 


ErzEeRoptT FLATHMANN RE BELER——LE- 
VYSSOHN Ramig, ~ 














Various. Vide AckerLey’s NamME-—~ BIRMINGHAM 
GRAMMAR ScHooL GooDLakeE’s’ Name-———W art- 
son’s Name. 








Pustic Bitts. Vide Assessep Taxes Composition, 
ATTESTATION OF INSTRUMENTS Banxrvupt Act 
AMENDMENT, BARBADOES AND Saint VINCENT, 
BuckincuaM House Garpen Wart~t——Canap1An 
Revenve, Cannu&amp; Douries Rupgar, Canine ‘Map- 
Ness, Cuarnities Inquiry, Coats, Coat, &amp;c. Doris, 
Conso.uipATED Funp, Cornwatt (Ducuyor)Leaszs, 
Corporate Funns, Corron Facrorirs AVPREN- 
tices, Crown Lanp Inctosure, CurtEsy of Enc- 
LAND, Customs AND Excise Oatus, Customs Ma- 
NAGEMENT Dean Forest Bounparixs;, Dower 

Eccuesrasticat Lanns Excuance, ExcweQuer 

Birts——F ines anv Recoveries, Fravps, Statute 

OF Game, GENERAL ReEGistTER —— HAcKNEY 

Coacnes, Hicuways, Hors INcLosurE Acts 

Tit tes, INHERITANCE. ; 


IRELAND (ARrMS——CLaRE County Pre- 
SENTMENTS, COMMISSIONERS OF Accounts——D1s- 
TILLATION——EDUCATION, EMBANKMENTS——GAL- 
WAY FRANCHISE, GRAND JURIES——HOSPiT4ALS—— 
JUDICIAL OFFICERS, JURIES, JUSTICE, ADMINISTRA- 
TION OF—— MASTER OF THE ROLLS, MILITARY 
ACCOUNTS —— PARLIAMENT, REFORM OF, PUBLIC 
WorKS——REGISTRATION OF DEEDS——TOBACCO 
GrowTH PROHIBITION—— VALUATION——WHITE- 
BOY OFFENCES.) 




















Kent, Ducness oF Lasourers’ Hovse Rents, 
Lanptorps, LiaBitiry or, Lanp Tax Dovusre As- 
SESSMENTS, Law (Courts oF) FEEs, LIMITATION OF 
Actions, Liverproot FRrRancuisE, LonDon. Fresu 
Wuarr, Lunatics Miuitia,  Miniria\;Baacors 
Suspension, Minr——OatTus nEFore 'THE~'Lorp 
STEWARD, OUTLAWRIES PaRruiaMENT, REFORM 
or, Poor AcricuLTuRAL, Poor Retier, Poor Set- 
TLEMENT, Pustic Works——QUEEN’S Dowrr— 
Roman CarTuo.ic CHaritiEs. 











ScoTLanp.— (DEPUTY LIEUTENANTS——-P AR- 
LIAMENT, REFORM OF——TURNPIKE ROADS.) 





Sewers, STEAM VESSELS, SuGAR REFINERY, SURPLUS 
Ways AND Means——Taxes, Receivers or, Turn- 
PIKE Acts ConTINUANCE, TURNPIKE TOLLS REGULA- 
TION VESTRIES Watertoo Bripce New 
STREET —Wineg, WITNESSES IN Equity. 1 








Pustic Bits, brought from the Lords.» Vide ARBITRATION, 
AUGMENTATION oF BENEFICES——Bankguproy Coprt, 
Beer——Cuorcuts Buiupine AcT AMENDMENT, CON- 
STABLES, SPECIAL——-DECREES IN) (/EQUET Yr ECELE- 
SIASTICAL Courts ConTEMPTS-—+INTERP LEARE B+— 
IrnELAND (BakING TRADE, BURNING" Panp— 
Lorp LievTENANTS——PaTENT GRANTS “POOR 
SuB-LETTING ACT——UNION OF. Pisiavie ——— LU- 
NATIC COMMISSIONS Money) year ent cts, Re- 
PEAL, Monsey Payment? of WaGes++-Puuragities 
REGULATION, Poor, Presoniption-“.Seoruann( EX- 
CHEQUER CourT REGULATIONSPRiNe Witte 
in Common Law Covsne THe Gees are NS, 
Titnes ON Barren, LANDeW of) oni! on noWty” 


BILLS: Resolutions saainge hes time for. rege Five Peti- 

tions, Bills, and Reports 0 ills, 525. MAS a calens 90 
Resolution. relative to the Praca, on: Bills 'pre- 
sented) in the last Session,.and renewed in th Se Pecan aon ; 
525. Resolution of 12th, April 1831, Tener ecuniary Pe- 
nalties, made a Standing Order, 534,, Vide Hose. STAND- 
ING ORDERs. 


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BILLS—continued. 

to be printed, as amended, 641, 670, 694, 701, 743, 
748, 759, 763; 773 790, 829, 831, 836, 839, 853, 862, 869, 
883, 892, 906, 923. 








as amended by the Lords, 786. 


to be printed at the expense of dne of the Parties, 
893. 





— brought from the Lords; To be printed, 577, 733, 


, , 760, 780, 785, 786, 840, 860, 865, 875, 877, 879, 
ba,” bee, 906, a 921. As amended, 869, 898. 





amended by the Commons, 
691, 771, 839, 869, 877, 901, 906, 924, 930. 
Committed to Select Committees, 576, 597, 636, 681, 
683, 687, 695. 
————. Re-committed, 621, 622, 641, 663, 664, 677, 748, 
755» 773» 783, 787, 832, 853, 862, 876, 886, go5. 
service of the Order of the House in the case of 


Divorce Bills upon an Agent, to be deemed good service, 659, 
791; upon a Returning Officer, 854. 





Order for referring a Petition for a Bill to a Com- 
mittee, read and discharged, 591. 


—_—. 





Order of leave for a Bill read, and discharged, 564. 


Order for Second Reading of a Bill, discharged, 750. 
Order for the House to resolve itself into Committees 
on Bills, discharged, 636, 656, 683, 687. 
Time enlarged for presenting a Bill, 606. 
withdrawn, 624, 750. 
First Reading ofa Bill, put off for three months, 905. 
— Second Reading of Bills put off for six months, 739, 
770, 803, 804, 820. 
— —— Committee on a Bill, put off for three months, 908. 
amended on further consideration of Report, 726, 
838, 842, 843, 845. 
upon Third Reading, 625, 634, 642, 644, 648, 663, 
664, 673, 677, 681, 689, 695, 696, 697, 706, 707, 721, 729, 
734,740, 794, 814, 825, 829, 846, 856, 876, 878, 879, 887, 
889, 891, 906, 917, 930. 
—, amended by the Lords, 682, 704, 714, 718, 742, 748, 
766, 769, 781, 784, 865, 874, 878, 898. 
Amendment made by the Lords to a Bill; Referred 
to the Committee on the Bill, 684. 


Amendment made by a Committee, disagreed to, on 
further consideration of Report, 726. On Third Reading, 887, 
930. 

















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Amendments proposed to be made upon further con- 
sideration of Report, but not made, 787, 838, 839, 842, 843, 
844, 845. Upon the Third Reading, but not made, 814. 


——_———— Amendments made by Committees to Bills, amended, 
838, 839, 841, 842, 843, 930. 

—_—_——— Amendments proposed to be made to Amendments, 
but not made, 838, 839. 

Upon Motion, That a Bill from the Lords be com- 
mitted to a Select Committee; Debate thereupon adjourned, 
909. 

——-— Upon Motion for reading the Order of the day for the 
Second Reading of a Bill; Amendment proposed; Debate 
thereupon adjourned ; 611. 

Upon Motion for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee upon a Bill; Amendment proposed, but not made ; 
749, 759- 

———_—— Upon Motion, That Mr. Speaker do leave the Chair ; 
Amendment proposed, but not made, 755. 


—_———— Upon Motion, That Mr. Speaker do leave the Chair : 
Debate thereupon adjourned, 905, 909, 913. 


Upon Motion, That a Bill do pass; Debate thereupon 
adjourned, 856. 

—&gt; Upon Motion for reading a Bill the second time ; 
Debate thereupon adjourned, 895. 


Upon Motion for reading a second time Amendments 
made by a Committee to a Bill; Amendment proposed, and 
made; 641, ; 


Proceeding on Third Reading of Bills, adj 
644, 876. Resumed, 648, 879. 8 adjourned, 


Sessional List of Members to serve on Committees on 
Petitions for Private Bills, and on Private Bills; To be printed, 
572- 











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Private Bills; Resolutions of 28th November 1826 
respecting Appeals on Private Bills; and, of 15th February 
1827, tespecting the Bond or Obligation to be entered into for 
Payment of Costs, read; Committee of Appeals on Private 


‘Bills appointed, 541. Vide Mancnester and Sowersy 
BripceE Railway 


—— Copy of Bull, and of Order for Second Readi 
served on Returning Officer, 854. . eading, to be 











—— Proceedings in Committees uf the whole House on 
Bills, 647,651, 656, 660, 674, 679, 683, 686, 704, 707; 709, 
714) 720, 724, 728, 731, 738, 739 742» 745» 749) 753, 759, 
766, 769, 771, 781, 785, 786, 789, 799, 808, 812, 816, 821, 
828, 831, 853, 880, 888, 913, 919, 920, 922. 923. 

——_——- Counsel to be heard at the bar upon the Third Read- 

ing of a Bill, 887. ; 

Bills brought from the Lords, containing Clauses im- 
posing Pecuniary Penalties; the attention of the House called 
thereto by Mr. Speaker, 836. Vide Money PayuMen’ or 
Waces. GAmeE. 


Bill sent from the Lords, with Amendments, some of 
which were disagreed ‘to; Committee appointed to draw u 
Reasons to be offered to the Lords, 868. Vide Lunarics. 


— Vide Crauses, ComMiITTEES. | ELEcTIOoNs. 
House. Instructions. Lorps. ORDERS. QUEsTiIoNs 
Neg. Speaker. STanpinc Orpvers. Suppty. 


BirKENHEAD Railway. Vide\CuEesTER, 


BirmMincuam and Basrorp Railway; Petition for a Bill for 
making the same; Referred to a Committee, 531. Reported ; 
Bill ordered; 543. Presented, and read, 554. Committed, 
580. Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Eastern 
Branch of the Montgomeryshire Canal, against; Referred, and 
Counsel ordered, 588.— Petitions of Owners of land, mines and 
minerals, lying within 1,000 yards of the Birmingham Canal 
Navigation ; of Samuel Tertius Galton, and others, of Birming- 
ham ; of Owners of land in Birmingham ; of the Company of 
Proprietors of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal Naviga- 
tion, against ; Referred, and Counsel ordered ; 599. Petition of 
Owners and Occupiers of lands in Birmingham, and in the 
several Parishes of Harborne and West Bromwich, complain- 
ing that the present Bill is not for the same purpose as the 
Bill introduced last Session, and that their assent has not 
been obtained to the present Bill, 623. To lie on the Table, 
624. Committee discharged from proceeding on the Bill; 
Bill withdrawn ; 624. 


GraMMAR Scuoo ; Bill from the Lords, to en- 
able the Governors of the Free Grammar School of King Ed- 
ward VI. in Birmingham to erect a School House and other 
accommodations on a new Site, and to extend the objects of 
the Charity, 640. Read, 643. Committed, 658. Reported, 
with Amendments, 691. Agreed to, 692. Passed, with 
Amendments, 715. Amendments agreed to by the Lords, 727. 
Royal Assent, 777. 
Poor; Petition for a Bill for altermg and amend- 
ing Powers of Act; Referred to a Committee, 571. Reported; 
Bill ordered ; 580. Presented, and read, 592. Committed, 
608. Petitions of Commissioners for improving the Town of 
Birmingham; of Inhabitant Rate-payers of Birmingham, 
against; Referred, and Counsel ordered, 631. Petition of 
Inhabitant Rate-payers of Birmingham, im favour, 631. Bill 
reported ; to be ingrossed ; 685. Passed, 692. By the Lords, 
with Amendments, 781. Considered, 783. Agreed to, 784. 
Royal Assent, 826. 
Bisnors’ Courts. Vide IRELAND. 


Biackmoor VALE Roads; Petition for a Bill to continue and 
amend Act; and Bill ordered; 544. Presented, and read, 
554- Committed, 580. Reported; to be ingrossod ; 623. 
Passed, 632. Agreed to by the Lords,704. Royal Assent. 712. 

Buss, George. Vide Cuurcues Buitpinc Act AMEND- 
MENT. 


BLoMEFIELD, Thomas William. Vide CuuRrcnes. 
Bocs. Vide IRELAND. 


Botton and Leicu Railway; Petition for a Bill to amend 
Acts, 528. Referred toa Committee, 529 Reported; Bill 
ordered ; 547. Presented, and read, 556. Committed, 580. 
Reported; Report to lie on the Table; 637. Report further 
considered ; Bill to be ingrossed ; 672. Passed, 677. Agreed 
to by the Lords, 703. Royal Assent, 712. 

Mecnanics Instirution. Vide Paper and Ap- 

VERTISEMENT DuTIEs. 


Railway. Vide MANCHESTER. 


Braprorp and Leeps Railway; Petition for a Bill for making 
the same; Referred to a Committee, 530. Reported ; Bill 
ordered; 546. Presented, and read, 559. Petitions of 
Bankers, Merchants and Traders residing at Manchester ; of 
Wool Growers and Wool Dealers residing in Canterbury and 
its neighbourhood ; of Manufacturers and others, Inhabitants 
of Pudsey ; of Dewsbury ; of Bolton ; of Batley ; of Bramley ; 
of Yeadon and Guisley; of Farsley; of Birstall; of Holbeck, 

and parts adjacent, in the borough of Leeds; of Horsforth 

and Ravden ; of Eccleshill ; of Ossett; of Worsted Spinners, 

Merchants, Wool-staplers, Manufacturers and others residing 

in Bradford (York); of Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers 

and others residing in the town and neighbourhood of Leeds ; 
of Farmers and Wool Dealers a in Ipswich, in favour, 

571. Petitions of Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders and others, 

















of Louth; of Merchants, Manufacturers and. Inhabitants of 

Norwich ; of Manufacturers and Inhabitants of Cleckheaton ; 

of Merchants, Bankers, Shipowners and others of Kingston- 

upon-Hull ; of the Dock Company of Kingston-upon-Hull ; of 

Wool Growers and Wool Dealers residing in Rye ; of Rarmens 
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Braprorp and Leeps Railway—continued, 
and Wool Dealefs residing in Stowmarket ; of Inhabitants of 
Hunslet ; of Manufacturers and Inhabitants of Kirkstall; of 
Inhabitants of Horbury ; of Farmers and Woolstaplers residing 
in Thetford ; of Inhabitants of the city, bail and close of Lin- 
coln; of ‘Wool Growers and-Wool Dealers residing in Sand- 
wich, in favour, 579. Petitions of Woolstaplers and Farmers 
residing in} Winchester ; of Manufacturers and Inhabitants of 
‘Amaley ; of Gildersome, Drighlingtonand Tong; of Liversedge; 
of Alverthorpe; .of Inhabitants of Bowling and Bierley ; of 
Morley ; of Inhabitants of Kingston-upon-Hull, and Owners 
of Steam Vessels plying between Selby, and Kingston-upon- 
Hull; of Samuel Taylor, of Mirfield, Attorney-at-Law, in 
favour ; 580., Bill committed, 581. Petitions of the Dowager 
Marchioness of Hertford; of Inhabitants ,of Houses, and 
Tenants or Occupiers of lands and tenements in Holbeck, 
against; Referred, and Counsel ordered; 598... Petitions of 
olders of Shares in the intended Railway ; of Samuel Clap- 
ham, against ; Referred, and ‘Counsel ordered, 605. _Peti- 
tions:of John Varley; of Edward Wilkinson ; of Ralph Henry 
Brandling, against; Referred, and Counsel ordered ; 631. 
Power to Committee to send for Persons, Papers and Records, 
644. Petition of Joseph Ingram, against; Referred, and 
Counsel ordered ; 649. Time enlarged for Committee to report, 
684. Petition of John Brooke and John Edward Brooke, 
against; Referred, and Counsel ordered; 696. Bill reported; 
Report to lie on the Table; 833. 


BraNpDON BripceE Road. Vide BArron. 


Brazitian Captures; Motion for presenting an Address 
to His Majesty, for Copies of all Communications that 
have passed between the Foreign Office and the British 
Legation at Rio de Janeiro, relative to the Claims of British 
Merchants, for indemnification for the illegal capture of their 
Ships by the Brazilian Squadron in 1826 and 1827, off 
Buenos Ayres, &amp;c.; Question Neg. thereupon ; 674. 

Petitions complaining of the illegal 
capture of property by the Brazilian Squadron in 1826 and 
1827, and praying for redress; of Hugh James Sanderson, 
of Liverpool, Merchant ; To be printed, 858. Ofseveral British 
Merchants residing in London; To be printed, 929. 

BreamisH Roads. Vide Woo.Ler. 


Bristot Cuarities; Motion for laying before the House a 
Return, in detail, of the various Bequests for Charitable pur- 
poses in the city of Bristol, and, by leave, withdrawn, 589. 

Vide VEsTRIEs. 
Brirish Goons. Vide (ADDREsSES, 9.) 
Museum. Vide Accounts. 


—~ Propuce, Manuractures and Suippine. 
(ADDRESSES, 10.) 

Brompy Drainage. Vide FRoDINGHAM. 

Brown, late Henry; Bill from the Lords for enabling his Trus- 
tees to sell certain Shares in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Na- 
vigation, &amp;c. 656. Read, 658. Committed,672. Reported, 
and passed, 709. Royal Assent, 717. 

Bucuanan’s Estate, Vide Scor.anp. 

BuckxincuamM House GarpEen WAtxLz; Bill to repeal so much 
of Act 7 Geo. IV. as relates to the Assessment of the Fence or 
Wall of the Garden belonging to Buckingham House, ordered, 
550. Presented, and read ; Day appointed for Second Read- 
ing ; and to be printed; 551. Committed; 576. Considered ; 
and reported, without Amendment ; to be ingrossed ; and Day 
appointed for Third Reading; 587. Passed, 597. Agreed to 
by the Lords, 632. Royal Assent, 638. 

Patacr. Vide Winpsor Castle. 

Road. Vide WENDoVER. 

Buut-Baitine ; Petition of Inhabitants of Mary-le-bone and 
Paddington, praying that the Bull may be declared to be 
within the provisions of the Act 3 Geo. IV. c. 71, to prevent 
the cruel and improper treatment of Cattle; To lie on the 
Table; and to be printed ; go3. 

Burninec Lann. Vide IRELAND. 

Bury Railway. Vide MANCHESTEX. 


Bute, Marquis of, Estate. Vide Scornanp. 


1° &amp; 2° Will.IV. Parl.g. Sess. 1. 


Cane Borough. Vide Evections. 


Cameron, Nathaniel; Bill from the Lords for vesting in Trus- 
tees certain Estates in the county of Glamorgan, in trust, 
to sell the same, under the direction of the Court of Chancery, 
704. Read, 705. Committed, 720, Reported, and passed, 
747. Royal Assent, 777. 


CAaMPSALL DrAinace. Vide WEnr. 


Canapa Crown Revenves. Vide Accounrs. 
DRESSES, 11.) 

Lower; Petition of His Majesty’s most faithful Sub- 
jects, the Commons of Lower‘Canada, in Provincial Parlia- 
ment assembled, respecting the Tenure of Lands in the said 
Province, 915. To lie on the Table ; and to be printed ; 917, 

———— Petition of His Majesty’s dutiful and loyal Subjects, 
the Commons of the Province of Lower Canada, in Provincial 





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VOL, 86.—(Part I].)——Sess. 1831. 


Parliament assembled, complaining of certain grievances, and 
praying for redress, 916. To lie on the Table; and to be 
printed; 917. 

Canapa, Uprer; Petition of His Majesty’s faithful Subjects, 
Inhabitants of the Province of Upper Canada, complaining of 
Grievances, and praying for redress; 917. To he on the 
Table ; and to be printed ; 918. 


— Waste Lanps. Vide Accounts. 





(ADDRESSES; 

12.) 

Canapian REVENUE; Act 14 Geo. III. ¢. 83, relating thereto, 
read; to be considered in a Committee of the whole House; 
565. Considered, 577. Resolution reported, and agreed to ; 
Bill ordered ; 587. Vide Infra. 

—— Bill for establishing a Fund towards de- 
fraying the Charges of the Administration of Justice and 
support of the Civil Government, within the Province of 
Quebec, in America, ordered; presented, and read; Day 
appointed for Second Reading ; and to be printed ; 587. Com- 
mitted, 597. Committee deferred, 625, 634, 661, 670, 687, 
695, 710, 720, 725, 732, 737, '749- Bill considered, and re- 
ported, without Amendment ; and Day appointed for Third 
Reading; 755. ‘Third Reading deferred, 770. Bill passed&gt; 
775. Agreed to by the Lords, 827. Royal Assent, 861. 

Canp.e Duties RePeat; Bill to repeal the Duties of Excise 
and Drawbacks on Candles, ordered, 725. Presented, and 
read ; Day appointed tor Second Reading ; and to be printed ; 
740. Committed, 749. Considered, 756. Reported; to be 
ingrossed; and Day appointed for Third Reading; 759. 
— 763. Agreed to by the Lords, 778. Royal Assent, 

26. 

Canine Mapwness; Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine 
Madness, ordered, 583. Presented, and read; Day ap- 
pointed for Second Reading ; and to be printed ; 589... Second 
Reading deferred, 602, 632, 641, 670, 687, 695, 705,.719, 736, 
749,779; 775» 794, 824, 834, 836, 854, 860, 865, 898, 913. 

Carr of Goopv Horr. Vide Accounts. (ADDRESSEs, 13.) 
WINE. 

Wine. Vide Wine. 


Caruite, Richard; Petition of Richard Carlile, praying the 
House to institute an inquiry into the conduct of the Re- 
corder of the City of London on two Trials in which the 
Petitioner has been concerned ; and for an Act for the better 
regulation of Juries and their Verdicts; to lie on the Table; 
722. To be printed, 785. 


Caruis_e City. Vide ELectTions. 
CarMARTHEN Borough. Vide Execrions. 
CARPENTER, Richard. Vide LiBet. 

Carriaces. Vide Omnisus. 

Castie Rising Road. Vide Lynn (East Gate.) 


CuHain CaBues; Petition of Richard Porter, William Porter 
and Robert Porter, of the city of Carlisle, Bar-Iron and 
Chain-Cable Manufacturers, recommending Cables made. at 
their Manufactory; to lie on the Table; 914. 


CHAMBERLAYNE’s Name. Vide ACKERLEY. 


Cuancery, Court of; Petition of James Innes, complaining of 
delay in that Court ; To lie on the Table; 598. 


— Vide Accounts. 
CuapLain. Vide (AppDREsSEs, 2.) 
Vide Accounts. 








CHARITIES. (ADDRESSES, 14, 15.) 


—-— Inquiry; Bill to revive the Powers of the Commis- 
sioners for Inquiry into Public Charities, ordered, 828. 
Presented, and read; Day appointed for Second Reading; 
and to be printed; 830. Second Reading deferred, 836. 
Committed, 853. Committee deferred 862. Bill considered, 
872. Reported; to be ingrossed ; and Day appointed’ for 
Third Reading ; 876. Passed, 878. Agreed to by the Lords, 
891. Royal Assent, 921. 


Cuarity Letrers. Vide IRELAND. 





CuELTENHAM Roads; Petition for a Bill for more effectually 
repairing and improving the same; and Bill ordered; 528. 
Presented, and read, 543. Committed, 570. Reported’; to 
be ingrossed ; 607. Passed, 615. Agreed to by the Lords, 
667. Royal Assent, 712. 

Cuester and BirKeNHEAD Railway; Petition for a Bill for 
making and maintaining a Railway from Birkenhead to 
Chester; Referred to a Committee, 528. Reported; Bill 
ordered ; 547. Presented, and read, §57-. Committed, 588. 
Petition of Thomas Walker and Mary Walker, that, their 
Names may be erased from the Subscription List ; Referred, 
607. 





— and Tranmere Railway; Petition for a Bill. for 
making the same, 532. Referred to a Committee, 533. Re- 
ported ; Bill ordered; 579. Presented, and read, 589, q 


Cuina Trape. Vide East Inp1A. 
Cuiprinc Barnet Road. Vide Saint ALBAN’s. 
Cuotera Morsus. Vide (AppREssEs, 16,) 
CHORLTON Railway. Vide LivERPoo.. 
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Cu baaitdu Rodd. »VideiCrepiton, TEIGNMOUTH. 
Soom kaa a : 
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—1— Pe Thomas William Blomefield, and others, 
aaa) complain ir: Hf Uy, Woeapale for the increased po- 
. -Pplahion &gt;) 40. lie on-th Table, 253; To be printed, 770. 
Buirpane. Act AMENDMENT; Billfrom the Lords 

to amend Act for building and promoting the building of addi- 
ditional Churches in — Parishés, 758. Read; Day 
»l appoimted for Second ‘Reading; and Bill to be printed; 760. 
\ecaitaieeéd 77g. Petition of George Bliss, Clerk, that the 
-oC@hapebof Sennicots may be excepted fronr the operation of 
the Bin; To be printed, 785. Committee deferred, 801, 804, 
814; 825, 892; 834, 837. 854, 857, 860, 862. Bill considered ; 
and reported, with Amendments; Day appointed for further 
considering Report ; and Bill, as amended, to be printed ; 869. 
Report further considered; Amendments agreed to; 882. 
Day appointed for Third Reading, 883. Bill read the Third 
time; other Amendments made; Bill passed, with Amend- 
ments; 887. Amendments agreed to by the Lords, 898. 
Royal Assent, g21. 


Cuurcn EstTaBLISHMENT; Petition of the Reverend Thomas 
Smith, of the city of London, for a Reform therein ; To lie on 
the Table, fico. 


ere Vide IRELAND. 
Lands. Vide IRELAND. 


LiturGy ; Petition of Thomas Thrush, for expunging 
the Athanasian Creed from the Church Liturgy, and that the 
Bible may be established as the “ Parliamentary authority 
in matters pertaining to Religion ; To lie on the Table, 723. 


- Prorerty; Petition of Thomas Henry, and J. Styles, 
Chairman and Seeretary of the Westminster Union of the Work- 
ing Classes, praying that the Princess Victoria may be pro- 
vided for out of the Revenue of the Bishopric of Derry, offered ; 
Motion, That the Petition be brought up; which Motion not 
being seconded, the Petition was not received ; 735. 


Vide LRELAND. 


Cirencester and Wootton Bassett Road ; Petition fora 
Bill for more effectually repairing and improving certain 
Roads leading to the Town of Cirencester, 565. Bill ordered, 
566. “Presented, and read, 579. Committed, 606. Reported ; 
to be ingrossed ; 677. Passed, 690. Agreed to by the Lords, 
713. Royal Assent, 717. 


Civit CoNnTINGENCIEs. Vide AccouNnTs. 


——- GovERNMENT CuarcGes ; Select Committee appointed 
to consider the Charges for the Civil Government of the 
United Kingdom, heretofore defrayed from the Civil Lists of 
England and Ireland, the Hereditary Revenues of Scotland, 
and the Four and Half per Cent. Duties, and remaining to be 

rovided for; to send for Persons, Papers and Records ; 
Five to be the Quorum; 750. Accounts referred, 750. 
Members added, 790, 865. Power to report Minutes of 
Evidence ; Report to lie on the Table ; and to be printed ; 


919- 























SupP.y. 


List. Vide Accounts. 
CLARE County PRESENTMENTS. 





Vide IRELAND. 


CLAUSES: 


committed to a Committee of the whole House, 





729. 

added on the Report of Bills, 839, 846. 

offered to be added on further consideration of 
Report; brought up, and read the first time; and Day ap- 


ointed for further considering Clause; 802. Further con- 
sidered, and added, 810. 


added on further consideration of Report, 803, 











810, 842. 





added on Third Reading 729, 740, 832, 856, 

876, 878, 879, 930. 

ntt+—+— offered to beadded on Report ; withdrawn; 842. 

ui offered to be added on Report ; Motion for bring- 

ing itupi; Question Neg. thereupon; 846. 

——_—_——— offered to be added on Third Reading; Motion 
for ‘reading’ “Clause a second time; Question Neg. there- 
upon ; 814. 








Vide INSTRUCTIONS. 

Crekey, “Vide Accounts. 

CLERKENWELL,,, Vide PanocniaL Taxes. 

Cuprk or THE Crown ;-his Deputy to attend and amend 
:bloturps, 678, 6665:72 59 743- 


vt ath cay -attends and amends: Returns, 578, 
»°' 665, 726, 741- 
—— -~- ‘to attend and give the House infor- 
whe mation. relating ty ‘the Writ for Great Grimsby, 758. Attends, 
ati gerd crotl8 . 
PRE 0 Vide Erections. Great Grimsby. 
SPEAKER. : 


——_— or tne House; To direct the Printing of the Jour- 
nal, 558. 

















Coats; Bill for regulating the:Vend and_Delivery ; of Coals 
in London, Westminster, .and_ other places, ordered ; Pre- 
sented, and read ; Day appointed for Second Reading ;, and 
to be printed ; 558. Petition of Coal Whippers in the Port of 
London, for additional Provision ; To lie on, the Table&gt; 590. 
Second Reading deferred, 597.’ | Bill committed; 603&gt;&gt;-Com- 
mittee deferred, 641. Petition’ of Principal’ and Labouring 
Land Coal Méters and Clerks; Officers; arid Persons eniployed 

- in the Land Metage of Goals for brakiiner et Suttey, against; 
To be pririted, 655. “ Committée” deferred’ 669, 679. Order 
for considering Bill m a Committee of the:wtidle House, read, 
and. discharged.;., Bill committed, to a, Select. Committee ; 
Power. to send, for Persons, Papers, and Records ;..Fiye to be 
the. Quorum ; 683. , Petition of Inhabitants of Uxbridge, 
against ; ‘To, be printed, 754... Petition of Journeymen, Coal- 
measure Makers of London, for Provision for-their Families, 
in the event of the passing of the Bill, 754... Bill reported ; 
Day appointed for further considering Report ;_ and Bit, as 
amended, to be printed; 759.. Further consideration of Re- 
port deferred, 775. Order for further considering Report, 
read ; Bill re-committed to former Committee, 787. Bill re- 
ported, 829. Day appointed for further considering Report, 
830. Report further considered ; Bill re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House ; considered ; and;Day appointed 
for Report ; 832. Bill reported ; to be ingrossed; and Day 
appointed for Third Reading ; 834, Passed, 837. By the 
Lords, with Amendments, 874. Considered, and agreed to, 
$84. Royal Assent, 890. 

— Vide Surrey Coat METERs. 


Coat, &amp;c. Duties; Bill to discontinue or alter the Duties of 
Customs upon Coals, Slates, Cotton Wool, Barilla and Wax, 
ordered, 612. Presented, and read ; Day appointed for Second 
ores, and to be printed ; 642. Committed, 656. Com- 
mittee deferred, 661, 670. Bill considered, 675. Reported ; 
to be ingrossed; and Day appointed for Third Reading ; 
680. Passed, 683. By the Lords, with an Amendment, 748. 
Considered, and agreed to, 752. Royal Assent, 776. 


Meter’s EsTaABLisHMENT. Vide IRELAND. 


Coats ; Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Ives ( Huntingdon), for 
Repeal of the Duties thereon; To lie on the Table, 549. 








Coin. Vide Accounts. 
Cotonies. Vide Accounts. (ADDRESSEs, 17.) 
CoMBINATION. Vide WorKMEN. 


CoMMISSIONERS oF AccouNTs. Vide IRELAND. 


ComMMISSION OF THE PEACE; Petition of St. George Lyster, 
of Stamford, stating his opinion in respect of Clergymen being 
placed in any Commission of the Peace; To lie on the: Table, 
872. 





Vide Justices or THE PEACE. 


COMMITTEES : 


— Grand Committees appointed, 523. Vide Grirv- 

Justice, Courts oF. RELIGION. TRADE. 
— Select Committees appointed——To draw up an 
Address of Thanks, 526, (v. ADDRESSES, 1.)——To consider 
the Charges for the Civil Government of the United Kingdom, 
750. (v. Civin GoveRNMENT CHarceEs.)——To consider 
the possibility of making the House of Commons more com- 
modious, and less unwholesome, 737, (v. Commons, House 
oFr.)——To examine how far the at ad of this House may 
with the most conveniency see Their Majesties’ Coronation, 
and what Orders be observed therein, 793, (v. CORONATION.) 
To inquire into the present state of the Affairs of the East 
India Company, 583, (v. East Inp1a CompaNny’s AFrPraiRs.) 
——To inquire into the nature and extent of the King’s 
Printers in England, Scotland and Ireland, 583, (v. Kina’s 
PrinTERs.)}——To inquire what Temporary Laws of a Public 
and General Nature are now in force, and what have expired, 
&amp;c. 538, (v. Laws, Ex prrtnc.) To inquire into the effects 
produced by allowing a Malt Drawback on Spirits, 825, (v. 
Matt DrawsaAck.)——To prepare Estimates of the Charge 
of the Disembodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
1831, §97, (v. Mixittia.) To. inquire into the expediency 
of admitting the use of Molasses in the Breweries and Distil- 
leries of the United Kingdom, 596, (v..Mouasses.)——Of 
Privileges, 524, (v. PRiVILEGES.)-—+—To inquire into the best 
mode of giving efficiency to Secondary Punishments, 662, 
(v. SECONDARY PUNISHMENTS.)——To Whom shall be re- 
ferred all Reports from Committees on Petitions for Private 
Bills, in which it shall. be stated ‘that ‘any of the ‘Standing 
Orders have not been complied with, 535, (0. Stanpine 
Orpers.)——To inquire into and to; report upon the propor- 
tion of Tolls which ought to be imposed upon Coaches and 
other Vehicles propelled by Steam or Gas upon Turnpike 
Roads, 680, (v. ienmes CarR1Aces.)+-+To take into-consi- 
deration the. frequent calamities by Steam Navigation, and 
the best means of guarding against their occurrence, 827; (v. 
Stream NavicaTion.)——To inquire into ‘fhe’ commercial 
State of the West India! Colonies; 896, (vu. West: Inpta Co- 
LONIES.)—-+—To inquire into matters connected with Windsor 
Castle and.Buckingham Palace, 550, (v. Winpsor CasTLe 
and temthentinn: &amp; peyey 








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COMMITTEES—&lt;ontinuéd?') 9°08 
——_————. make no Report. Vide Kine’s Painters. Laws, 
_Exririne. Posyic Works. Iretanp (SALARIES TO 
COMMISSIONERS.) Wust Invi Cotontts. 
-——— of the wHoxe House, appointed to consider various 
Acts, 587,(v. AssessED Taxes Composition.) —505,(u. Ca- 
4 RADIAN REVENVE.)—-§78,635,(v.Customs;DurTtes,)—854, 
. (v. Customs’ ManacEeMENT.)—578, (v. Excise Durigs.)— 
ai 671, (2. ACK NEX.CoAcHEs,)—688, (v. SUGAR REFINERY.) 
ott Messages, 7293). Vide Kino. 
Ju Motions, 821, (0. BArRristErs AT ELECTIONS.)— 
736, (v. Game CeRrTIFicATEs.)TRELAN D,'587, (v. PUBLIC 
ORKS.)—683, (6.'PuBLIC ‘Works, SaLanres To Com- 
“ MISSTONERS:)—687, (v. Pustic Works, Great Britain.) 
uils40, (4) SUPPrY.yo'* 20F ohaod ae 
———~ Other Matters, 719, (v. Kent, Ducness or.)— 
642, (v. QUEEN’s DowgR.)—586, (0. Ways AND Mrans.) 
Usual Orders relating to Committees, 524. 
To report Opinion, 888, 896, 
To report Opinion from time to time, 535. 











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‘To report Proceedings and Opinion, 668. 
——+ To report Proceedings and Opinion from time to 
time, 524. 
--— To report Proceedings from time to time, 558. 
— To adjourn from place to place, 558. 
—--— To report Observations, 538, 583, 662, 761, 825, 
82.76) | 


——~ oe To report Observations and Opinion, 768. 
and Minutes 








of Evidence, 583. 

To report Minutes of Evidence, 761, 825, 870, 908, 
915, '919:~-From time to time, 583, 684. 

To send for Persons, Papers and Records, 524, 
535, 538, 550 583, 596, 607, 632, 638, 643, 644, 662, 673, 
677, 681, 683,.718, 750, 761, 825, 827, 896. 
— All to have Voices, 524. : 

Five to be the Quorum, 535, 638, 550, 583, 595, 
597, 636, 641, 662, 680, 681, 683, 687, 695, 737. 750, 825, 
827, 896. 


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Three to be the Quorum, 597, 868. 
—__——— To sit, notwithstanding Adjournment, 538, 865. 
-— All Committees to sit, notwithstanding Adjourn- 
_ ment, 625, 635, 687. 

—— Report Progress, 647, 651, 656, 660, 674, 679, 683, 
686, 698, 704, 707, 709, 714, 720, 724, 728, 731, 733, 735, 
739, 743» 745, 749. 753, 755» 759, 763, 766, 769, 772, 782, 
785,737,790, 801, 808, 814, 817, 824, 829, 886, 888, 913, 
920, 922. 

—— Discharged from further proceeding on a Bill, 624. 


——- To examine, in the first place, how far Orders for 

giving Notices, &amp;c. have been complied with, 555. 

. Time enlarged for receiving Reports on Bills, 684, 
685, 688, 690, 691, 697, 729, 741, 768, 802, 847, 863, 866, 877. 

——-——n+-++-+ Leave given to Committees to sit and proceed, and 

) tooreport on a certain Day, 663, 664, 677. 

uti.) Proceedings in Committees of the whole House, 

578, 596/601, 611, 633, 641, 646, 680, 698, 723, 781, 821. 
—_——-—— Instruction to. a Committee to receive a Clause, 897. 


Common Law Courts. Vide Accounts. (ADDREsSEs, 18.) 
Suirs. 

Commons, House of; Select Committee appointed to consider 
the possibility of making The House of Commons more com- 
modious and less unwholesome ; Five to be the Quorum ; 737. 
Members added, 747. Power to Committee to send for 
Persons, Papers and Records; and to report Observations 
and Minutes of Evidence; 761.. (nstruction to inquire in 
what manner adequate accommodation can be best afforded 
for its Members; 834. Power to report Opinion ; Report of 
Resolutions and Minutes of Evidesce; 896. To lie on the 
Table; and to be printed; 897. Report from Select Com- 
mittee, read; Day appointed for taking the same into further 
consideration, 905. 

—— Vide Accounts. 


CompLaint made to the House, of a printed Newspaper, in- 

tituled, “ The Times,” of the 7th and 8th September, as con- 
taining an, Account of the Debates of this House, and a gross 
~ misrepresentation of its, Proceedings, in breach of the Privi- 
































leges of this House ; Motion for bringing John Joseph Lawson, » 


.... the. Printer and Publisher thereof, to the bar; Question Neg. 
ji thereupon; 835-0 ..7 w : 
(OnPERENCE. Vide Lunatics Bris 
‘CoxsoLipaTep Funp, Vide Ways and Means, and Biius 
in SuPeLx. eel ae 3 

ConsTABues} usual Orders relating to them, 524. 

— Special ; Bilt’ from ‘the: Lords for amending the 

Laws relative to their appointment, and for the better pre- 

_.servation of the Peace, 882. Read Day appointed for Second 





VOL. 86.—(Part I1.)--—Sess. 1831. 


Reading ;‘ and Bill to be :printedsb884. bSedond Reading de- 
ferred, 887. Bill committed,,.889,., Considered,;, and Day 
appointed for Report; 898. ted,.with Amendments ; 
Amendments agreed to; oor Dit 4 €d for Third Read- 
ing, 902, Billread the T ine t the other Aime ditiet} nade ; 
Bill passed, with Amendments 9 62° Amendments ‘breed 
to by the Lords, 912) " Réyab As nity ges 0% ——— 
Consuts. Vide Accounts. ase agatha ge no 


101 797 bass 

Convron, Board of; Motion, relative to-the Salary of the: Pre- 
sident of that Board ; Motion, That the Administration of the 
Affairs of India imposes upon the President of the said Board 
laborious and peculiar duties; Question, Previous, Neg. there- 
upon; Motion, That it does not thereforeappear-expedient to 
this House, that the said Salary should be: reduced to, the sum of 
£.3,500 proposed in the Report of the, Committee appointed 
ta consider of the Reduction of, Salaries;,. Question! Neg. 
thereupon ; 878. 


Convicts. 


ls OF 


Vide Accounts. 
Cork, Bishop of, Estate. Vide IRELAND: 


Corn. Vide Accounts. 


— Importation ; Acts 1 &amp; 2 Geo. IV. ¢. 87, 6 Geo. IV. c. 65, 

and g Geo. IV. c. 60, relating thereto, read; Motion; That the 
House do resolve itself into a Committee to-consider of the 
said Acts; Question Neg. thereupon; 846. 

—-—— Laws; Petitions for the repeal thereof;—Of Inhabitants 
of Stockport ; To be printed, 559... Of£ Inhabitants.of. Cropper- 
street, Manchester ; To be printed, 60,... Of Inhabitants of 
Great and Little Bolton ; 'To ke printed, 654, -.Of, Manufac- 
turers, Traders, Artisans and Inhabitants of Leicester, 666. 
Of Inhabitants of the county of Gloucester, 686. “Of Tnha- 
bitants of Oldham ; of Blackburn ; of Working’ Classes of the 
Metropolis, in Public Meeting assembled in Portrian Miurket- 
pace; To be printed, 693. Of Inhabitants of Macclesfield ; 

o be printed, 703. Of Inhabitants ‘of Hurdsfeld: To be 
printed, 711. Of Inhabitants of Manchester !’Y6 be printed, 
738. Of Thomas Henry, Chairman,: and Joseph Styles, Se- 
cretary, of the Westminster Union of the. Working Classes; 
Motion, That the Petition do lie: upen.the Table ;, Motion and 
Petition withdrawn; 738. OF Inbabitants. of, Preston;) 748. 
Motion, That the Petition do lie uponithe Table; Question Neg. 
thereupon; 749. Of Inhabitants of Sutton (Chester),, 752. 
Of Denton and Haughton; To be printed, 752. :; Of Inhabi- 
tants of Kidderminster, 797, Of Inhabitants of Coventry ; 
To be printed, 835. Of Inhabitants of London and West- 
minster; To be printed, 929. iM 

Vide MAcHINERY. 


and East Inp1a Cuarrer; Petitions for the 
repeal of the Corn Laws, and against the renewal of, the East 
India Charter ;—Of Inhabitants of Leslie (Fife); To be 
printed, 572. Of Single and Married Women of Crapper- 
street, Manchester ; To be printed, 660. if 


Corn watt, Duchy of, Leases ; Bill to enable His ‘Majesty to 
make Leases, Copies and Grants of Offices, Lands ane Here- 
ditaments, parcel of the Duchy of Cornwall, or-aimexed to 
the same; The King’s Consent signified, and Bill ordered ; 550. 
Presented, and read; Day appointed for Second Reading ; 
and to be printed ; 558. Committed, 577. Considered, and 
reported, without Amendment ; To be ingrossed § ‘and ‘Day ap- 
pointed for Third Reading; 587. Third, Reading: deferred, 
590, 602, 613, 622. Bill passed, 625. Agreed to, by the 
Lords, 651. Royal Assent, 712. 

Coronation ; Select Committee appointed to examine how 
farthe Members of this House may, with the most conveniency, 
see Their Majesties’ Coronation, and what Orders be observed 
therein ; and to report the same to the House, 793. Member 
added, 804. Report of Resolutions, 807. To Tie on the 
Table; and to be printed ; 808. 


Vide Accounts. Crown Desrors, House. 











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SpeaKER. Suppty. se 


Corporate Funps; Bill to prevent the application of Cor- 
porate Property to the purposes of ‘Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament, ordered, 551. | Presented, and_read ; 
Day appointed for Second Reading’; and to(be printed 5:557- 
Committed, 577. Committee deferred, 602.,, Bill considered, 
612. Reported; to be ingrossed ; and Day a pointed for 
Third Reading; 622. Third Reading deferred, 625, 661, 
Bill passed, 687. ' hi ve ee 

Cotton and Sitk Facrorirs ;_ Petitions. for. yestricting the 
hours of labour therein ;—Of Inhabitan: : Pittecteshttt: To 
be printed, 589. Of Operative Cotton Spinners atid’ 6thérs' em- 
ployed in the Cotton Factories in’the county of Renfrew ; 
of Operative Spinners and others employed; -spumitg of 
Cotton Wool into» Yarn! in! 'Manchester ; 592. Of Over- 
lookers employed in the Worsted Spinning Mallsof Bradford 
(York); of invabitants of Arbroath ; of Overlookers, Opera- 
tives employed in) the rearingyyt finishing of W oollens in 
Leeds ; of Operatives employed in the Woollen, Flax, Linen, 

Worsted, Cotton. and Silk Mills and Factories in Lees; of 

Inhabitants of Dundee; To be printed, 593- 


--. Factories APPRENTICES; Bill. to repeal the Laws 
relating to Apprentices and other young Persons employed 


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Cotron Facrorigzs Apprentices Bit~—continued, 
in Cotton'and other Mills and Factories, and to make further 
rovisions in lieu thereof, ordered, 613. Presented, and read ; 
Day appointed for Second Reading ; and to be printed ; 614. 
Second Readitig’ deferred, 634. Petition of Inhabitants of 
Bradford (York) in favour, 640. Bill committed, 642, Con- 
’ sidered, and reported ; Day appointed for further considering 
Report; and Bill, as amended, to be printed ; 670. Petition 
of Woollen Manufacturers of Aberdeen, against; 0 be printed, 
703. Report deferred, 709. Petitions of the Authorities, 
Clergy, Merchants, Manufacturers and Inhabitants of Man- 
chester; of Inhabitants of Glasgow and neighbourhood, con- 
nected with Cotton Mills and Power-loom Factories, in favour ; 
To be printed, 710. | Petitions of Operatives in the employ 
of Messrs. Hindes &amp; Derhams, Worsted Spinners, Dolphin- 
holme, near Lancaster ; of Overseers of the several townships 
adjacent to Dolphinholme Worsted Mills, against; To be 
printed ; 711. Petition of Overlookers of Factories in the 
neighbourhood of Keighley in favour; To be printed, 723. 
Petition of Manufacturers, Mill-owners and other Persons 
interested in the Woollen Trade resident. at Huddersfield, 
against; To be printed, 723. Petition of Persons employed 
in Cotton Manufactories at Disley, in favour, 728. Petition 
of Messrs. Hindes &amp; Derhams ; To be printed, 735. Further 
consideration of Report deferred, 716. Petition of Operative 
Spinners and others employed in the spinning of Cotton 
Wool into Yarn in Ashton-under-Lyne, in favour; To be 
rinted, 747. Further consideration of Report deferred, 756. 
Petition of W. Christie, Chairman of the Dundee Political 
Union, against, 770. Further consideration of Report de- 
ferred, .775, 824, 856, 864. Order for further considering 
Report, read; Bill re-committed ; considered ; 876. Reported ; 
to be ingrossed ; and Day appointed for Third Reading ; 878. 
Passed, 889. Agreed to by the Lords, 905. Royal Assent, g21. 
Petition of Overseers and others, em- 
ployed at, or immediately connected with, the Spinning Mills 
of Dundee, for extending to Scotland the provisions of the 
said Bill; ‘To lie on the Table ; and to be printed; 928. 
Petition of Throwsters and Manufacturers 
interested in Silk Mills and Factories in-the county of Essex, 
for exempting the Silk Trade from the operation of the Bill; 
To lie on the Table, 765. 
— Yarn; Petitions for a protecting Duty on the im- 
portation of Cotton Yarn ;—Of Cotton Weavers of Hasling- 
den, 667. Of Cotton Weavers of Accrington ; of Operative 
Cotton Weavers of Standish; 811. Of Whittle-le-Woods ; 
To be printed, 811. Of Operative Cotton Weavers of 
Leyland; To be printed, 815. 


County Rates. Vide Accounts. 
CovERDALE, John. Vide Turton’s Divorce, 


Crepiron and Cuupteicn Road; Petition for a Bill for 
making and maintaining the same; Referred to a Committee, 
542. Presented, and read, 561. Committed, 591. Reported ; 
to be.ingrossed ; 665. Passed, 673. Agreed to by the Lords, 
704.,,, Royal Assent, 713. 


Crews; late Joseph ; Bill from the Lords, for vesting in Trustees 

_ a legal Estate which, upon his death, escheated to His Ma- 
jesty ‘and the Lord Bishop of Bangor, 792. Read, 796. 
Committed, 815. Reported, and passed, 843. Royal Assent, 
861. 

CrimInaALInrormations, Vide Accounts. 


x JusicEs OF THE Peace. Vide 
Accounts. (ADDRESSES, 19.) 


- Laws; Petitions for abolishing the punishment of 
Death for offences against property ;—-Of Inhabitants of Hali- 
fax; To be printed, 534. Of New Ross (Wexford); To be 
printed, 643. Of Inhabitants of Winscombe, 686. Of Ma- 
gistrates, wep Gentry and others of Stockport, 726. Of 
Inhabitants of Exeter ; ‘f'o-be printed, 726. Of Inhabitants 

‘ of Youghal; To be printed, 740. Of Inhabitants of Carlisle ; 
of Brigham, Greysouthen and Eaglesfield ; of Cockermouth ; 
of Truro; of Falmouth ; To be printed, 770. Of Inhabitants 
and Landholders of the Baronies of Saint Mullins and Idrone 
East:(Carlow) ; To'be printed, 795. Of Inhabitants of Selby; 
To be.printed, 811. Of Inhabitants of Burnsall and Kirkby 
Malhamdale, 8:31. 


Lunatics. Vide Accounts. 
CriPeLicare. Vide Titnes. 
Cromep, Roads, Vide AxLsuam. 

















Crown Dgsrors; Motion for presenting an Address to His _ 


Majesty, praying His Majesty to grant an Act of Grace to all 
rown Debtors, on the approaching Coronation ; and, by leave, 
withdrawn, 827., 

—+--+- Lanp Inclosure; Bill to enable Churchwardens ana 
Overseers. to inclose Land belonging to the Crown for:the 
benefit of, poor Persons negiding, ip the Parish in which such 
Gipen Land is.situated ; The 

ill ordered ; .presented;; 927... Read the First and Second 
time ; and ommitted ;. 928, Considered, 930. Reported ; 
to be ingrossed; and Day appointed for Third Reading; 931. 


Passed, 931. Agreed to. by the Lords, 933. Royal As- © 


sent, 935. 


ing’s Consent signified ; and ° 











Currency. Vide Assessep TAxKEs. 


Curresy of EnGiaNnp; Bill-to amend the Law relating 
thereto, ordered, 596. Presented, and read; Day appointed 
for Second Reading ; and to be printed; 778. Second Read- 
ing deferred, 801, 839, 882. Bill committed; 841. Commit- 
tee deferred, 905, 913, 927- , 

Customs. Vide Accounts. 


Duties, Acts relating thereto, read; To be considered 
in a Committee of. the whole, House; 578.. Committee de- 
ferred, 586. Acts considered, 601. , Resolution reported, 611, 
Aareps to, and Bill or Bills ordered, 612. Vide Coat, Xe. 

UTIES. ‘ 





Acts relating thereto, read; Tobe considered 
in a Committee of the whole House; 635,, Considered, 641. 
Report deferred, 647, 652. Resolution reported, and agreed 
to; and Bill ordered; 656. Vide Wine Dutikzs. 


ManacGemMEntT;~Act 6, Geo. IV. c. 106, relating 
thereto, read; To be considered in a Committee of the whole 
House ; 854. Act Considered; Resolution reported, and agreed 
to; Bill ordered; 857. Vide Infra. 


Bill to amend so much of Act 
6 Geo. IV. c. 106, as allows certain Fees to be taken by Officers 
of the Customs, ordered, 847. Presented, and read ; Day 
appointed for Second Reading ; and to be printed ;872.. Com- 
mitted ; Considered, and reported ; Day appointed for further 
considering Report, and Bill, as amended, to be printed ; 883. 
Report further considered ; To be ingrossed; and Day ap- 

inted for Third Reading; 889. Passed, 892. Agreed to 
be the Lords, 905. Royal Assent, 921. 


and Excise Oatus; Bill to abolish certain Oaths 
and Affirmations taken and made in the Departments of the 
Customs and Excise, ordered, 550. Presented, and read ; 
Day appointed for Second Reading; and to be, printed ; 558. 
Committed, 577. Considered, 602. Reported; To be in- 
grossed ; and Day appointed for Third Reading ; 612. Passed; 
622. Agreed to by the Lords, 667. Royal Assent, 712. 











1&amp; 2°Will. IV. Parl.y. Sess. 1. A. 1831. 


TyARLINGTON and Barton Lane Env. Road; Petition 

for a Bill for making the same, 527. Referred toa Commit- 

tee, 528. Reported; Bill ordered; 544. Presented, and 

read, 560. Committed, 588. Reported; Bill re-committed ; 

664. Reported; to beingrossed ; 677. Passed, 681. Agreed 
to by the Lords, 706. Royal Assent, 712. 


Davies, Owen; Petition of Owen Davies, complaining of his 
Arrest for vending printed Cotton, called Berthold’s Political 
Handkerchief, and praying that the Law on that subject may 
be speedily declared ; To lie on the Table, 931. 


Dawuisu Road. Vide TEIGNMOUTH. 


Deac te versus Barine ; Motion for presenting an Address to 
His Majesty for Copy of the Indictment in the Prosecution 
against Mr. and Mrs. Deacle, and other Papers connected 
therewith ; Question Neg. thereupon, 682.. - 


Thomas and Caroline; Petition of Thomas and Caro- 
line Deacle, complaining of allegations made against them 
respecting their connection with the late Disturbances in the 
County of Hants, and praying. for Inquiry; To lie on the 
Table, 773. Motion for printing Petition ; withdrawn, 792. 
Petitions praying the House to 
cause an investigation to be made into the matters com- 
plained of in the Petition of Mr. and Mrs. Deacle on 22d 
August last ;—Of the Deputies, Secretaries and others, of the 
various Branches of Trade and Manufactures of Nottingham, 
841. Of Inhabitants of Maidstone ; of Warborough; 844. 
Of Cranbrook ; of Leamington/Priors; 847. Of Inhabitants 
of Wingham ; of Wolverhampton ; of Morpeth; of Eye; of 
Boston; 855. Of Inhabitants of Battle; of Manchester; of 
Warwick; of Winchester; 861. Of Inhabitants of Royton, 866. 
Of Inhabitant Householders of the city and suburbs of Win- 
chester; and, of the Clergy, Gentry and Yeomanry residing in 
the immediate neighbourhood thereof; 871. To lie on the 
Table, 872. Petition of Subscribers on behalf of the North- 
western Branch of the National Union, Castle-street, Oxford 
Market; Motion, That the Petition do lie upon the Table; and 
Notice being taken, that the Petition did not appear to be the 
Petition of the Subscribers on behalf of themselves, but on 
-behalf of a Branch. of the National Union, Motion and Petition 
withdrawn; 872. Of Inhabitants of High Wycomb; of 
Louth (Lincoln) ; of Thomas and Caroline Deacle; 872. Of 
Inhabitants of Tonbridge ; of No. 5. District, Manchester; of 
Newton and Failsworth ; 885. 








Motion, That a Select Com- 
mittee be appointed to inquire into the Facts stated in the 
Petition of Mr. and Mrs.'Deacle, presented to the House on 
the 22d day of August last;' and to'report their Observations 
thereupon to the House, 861. Motion withdrawn, 862. 
Motion, That ai Select Com- 
mittee be appointed, to inquire into the allegations contained 
in the Petition of Mr. and. Mrs. Deacle; as affecting the con- 
duct of Mr, Bingham-;Baring, a Magistrate of Hampshire; 
Question Neg. thereupon, $72. 





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Dean Forest ; Bill for ascertaining the Boundaries thereof, and Presented, and read, 554. Committed, 581. Reported ta 
for inquiring’ into the Rights and Privileges claimed by Free . be ingrossed; 630, Passed, 636. Abteed to by the: Lords, 
Miners, cay for! other Vw sare nny pe 560. Presented, 667. Royal Assent, 712. 5 TP soit ai 2 bus 

_ and read; appointed for Second Reading; ‘551. “Com- | IIOGGsS YGht 
mitted, nnd: Ballito tbe. peinted, 576. ° Considered Sia. Bit DOWER3, = Bp Amendment of Sai law mlshag Buses 

. Ye-committed ; Instruction to make provision for the payment Second Reading = ereiren ben onintidle 78 ecoed R adi vid 
of a Salary to one of the Commissioners, and for the Expense deferred, 801 839 882. . Bill tit a d. Bon Cohwen se 

- of carrying thisAct into execution, out of the Revenues arising defersed. 905, 913, 927 eg — t 

. from the property of the Crown; (The King’s Recommendation D : M tse Re : ; he 
signified); and Bill considered; 621. Reported; to be in- ~OWNHAM MARKET oad. Vide Lynn (South Gate.) 

_ grossed; and Day appointed for Third Reading; 625.. Passed, Doyix, Stephen. Vide IrELann, 
634. By the Lords, — a 9 sage 682. Considered, Dpocguepa Roads. Vide IRELAND. 

. and agreed to, 713. Royal Assent, 717. ‘ ; : 

Roadls Petition for 4 Bitt cdebntinye and amend Dupin Cuurcn (Saint George’s.) Vide IneLAanp. 


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- Act; and Bill ordered; 528. Presented, and read, 543. Railway. Vide Ines oye 
 Comtnitted, 570. Reported ;:to be ingrossed ; 689... (The ———— Royat Society. Vide Inexanp, 
King’s Consent signified); “Bill passed, 696. Agreed to by -———— University. Vide IRELANp, 
_ the Lords, 713. Royal Assent, 717. Durry, John Charles. Vide PArutament, Reform of. 
Dunpee MunicrpaAt GovERNMENT. Vide ScorLaNnnD 
DEBATES : . ; 
adjourned, 570, 603, 611, 625, 633, 796, 856, DuruamM Road. Vide SUNDERLAND. it 
895, 905, 909, 913, 921% ———— and Snottey Bridge Roads; Petition for a Bill for 
farther sjourne 621,694, 001,670,710, 736, are Fetus repaing ad improving the same; ond Bil 
e ans » 507. € , 5 ‘ mitted, 613. 
758, 759+ 775» 782, 794, 802, 825, 827, 834, 835, 837, 8395 Reported ; to be ingrossed; 637. Passed, 654. Agreed: to 
854» 857 858, 909, 920, 927. by the Lords, 682. Royal Assent, 712 i 
resumed, 586, 625, 841, 858, 860, 898, 909, ea od?P- 
- 913. Dyson, George. Vide REAL Property Commission. 
Motion for adjourning Debates withdrawn, 715, : 
_ 779, 793, 860, 896, 898. 
Ridetives ie — 1° &amp; 2° Will. IV. Parl. 9. Sess. 1. A. 1831. 
Bog ere fica Lig: F’aseMEnT or Borat. Vide Inexanp. 





Dest, Arrest for; Petition of Edward Farrell, that Arrests for EAST INDIA :— a oie 
Debt under Mesne Process may be extended to the Sum of —— Cuina Trane; Petition of British Subjects in China, 























100/.; To lie on the Table, 729. for the permanent residence, at Peking, of a Reptesentative of 
Petition of George Richards, for abolishing the ede &gt; — the interests of his countrymen, §81. 

Law of Imprisonment for Debt; To lie on the Table, 907. : “SO RSOR Chg Fuse, 573. rhe 
Polition.ot Jessa Tomudhenl Vsheen, fa-sn 7 Deccan Prize Money; Petition of Captain Richard 
_ inquiry into the Laws relating thereto; To lie on the Table, ~ John Tabois, of the 12th Regiment of Madras Infantry, come 
- 992. : plaining of delay in the payment thereof, 902. To lie on 

Imprisonment for; Petition of George Ingham, com- the Table, 903. - 
plaining of his imprisonment, and praying for amendment of Cuarrer; Petitions against the renewal thereof ; 
Lord Ellenborough’s Act; To lie on the Table; and to be —Of Inhabitants of Leslie (Fife); To be printed, 572, . Of 
printed ; 754. Merchants, Ship-owners, Tradesmen and Inhabitants of 
— National; Petition of Edward Harris, for relief from Greenock ; Referred to the Select Committee on East. India 
the charge thereof, 914. To lie on the Table, 915. Company’s Affairs, 589. Of the Mayor and Aldermen of 
Vide Accounts Kingston-upon-Hull ; To be printed, 600. Of British, Native 
: : : and other Inhabitants of Calcutta; of Merchants, Bankers, 
Desrors; Motion for the House to resolve itself into a Com- and others, of Glasgow ; of the Dock Company at Kingston- 
mittee upon a certain day, to consider of an Address to His 


, upon-Hull; of Inhabitants of Muirkirk; of Merchants, 
Majesty, for an advance of a sum of Money for the Dis- Bankers and others, of Kingston-upon-Hull; Referred, 677. 
charge of Persons imprisoned for Small Debts; Question Vide Corn Laws 
Neg. thereupon, 827. _ ——— Company’s Arrairs ; Select Committee appointed 

Dents. Vide Smatt Depts. . on the present State of the Affairs of the East India Company, 

De Carvatuo, Custodio Pereira; Bill from the Lords for his and to inquire into the state of Trade between Great Britain, 
Naturalization, 601. Read, 605. Committed, 624. Re- 


the East Indies, and China; and to report their Observations 
ported, without’ Amendment, 649. Passed, 664. — Royal thereupon to the House; to send for Persons, Papers and 





' Assent, 713. Records ; and to report the Minutes-of the Evidence taken 
Deccan Prize Money. Vide East Inp1a. before them from time to time; Five to be the Quorum ; 
Decrees in Equity; Bill from the Lords for the better exe- 583. Petition referred, 589. Member added, 614. Petition 


ferred, 667. Petiti fe ; , 
cution of Decrees and Orders made in the Courts of Chancery Moisi aia on tp he red, 677 _ Fugees + a pe 
and Exchequer in England and Ireland, 878. Read; Day $6 e-on'the Tekad: aad te the piinitedls got. , . 
appointed for Second eading ; and Bill to be printed ; 879. Mintites of Wiitence tsk : a 
Second Reading deferred, 891, 899, 902. 744 te? ) ence taken before the Select Com- 

mittee on the Affairs of the East India Company, in the last 
Deeps Recistry. Vide GENERAL REGISTER. 


; Session of Parliament, ordered, 583. Presented; To be 
De Lunatico InqurrEenpdo. Vide Lunatic Commissions. 


printed ; 590. 
Deputy LizevTENANTS. Vide ScoTLanp. Granp Juries; Petition of Hindoos, Parsees, &amp;c. 


DeRWENTWATER EstaTEs. Vide Accounts. ane hs ™ East a ond acme the pore 
ged ty’s. Subjects, being 
DestituTE, Refuge for.. Vide Accounts. a OREPAT, TOS. TQMGRIRG &lt;; SEF SUR jects, being 
° aa atives of India, eligible to serve on Grand Juries, and to 
Desvicnes’ Peter, Hubert y Gouge» Bill Re. - Bossy introduce and ovals the Trial by Jury, in.civil cases, in 
for their Naturalization, 596. Read, 597. Committed, 005. His Majesty’s Courts of Justice at the Three Presidencies iti 
Reported, and passed, 654. Royal Assent, 713. India, 805. To lie on the Table; and to be printed; 806: 
‘DisFRANCHISEMENT Bits. Vide Accounts. Referred to Committee on East Company’s Affairs, 887, 
Disiey Road. Vide Stockport. 


Hurcuinson, Bury; Petition of Bury Hutchinson, 














Dispensaries. Vide IRELAND. rs age piste a rf top, tone Ind, COPHnY. 

. ' in preventing the payment of a De rom the Rajah of 

mente for holding Benerices. Vide (ADDRESSES, Travancore ; To lie on the Table and: to be printed +! Gob! 

pes Vide g i —— Narives of Inp1a; Petition’ $f Christiatis, Hin- 

eve ee . BARE EEN Re 10S KOREA: doos and others, natives of His Majesty’s' Territories’ * 
istREss. Vide IRELAND. 


India and Inhabitants of the Island of Bombay, for extension 
and MAcHINERY ;: Petition of unemployed Carpen- of Civil Rights and Privileges, 806. To lie on thé Table } 
ters and Joiners of the Metropolis and its Vicinity, complain- and to be printed; 807. Referred to'Committee:on East 

ing of Distress and.of Injury from the ‘ise of Machinery ; To India Company’s Affairs, 887. ) rata 
lie on the Table ;\ and: to be printed; '757.. ———— Nozeep and MustarHanacur, Zemindar of; 
——_——' Vide Macminery, | &gt; Petition for a Bill for providing for the discharge of 'a claim 
and Taxation; Petition of the Labouring Poor of _in respect of Monies advanced by the late Jaiies Hodges, on 

Gedney, c aining of distress, ‘and for. reduction of Taxes; security of the Lands of the late Zemindar of Nozeed and 
To lie on the Table; and to be’ printed ; 693. . Mustaphanagur, 566. Referred to a Committee; 567. 
Doncdsrer and TADcASTER Road ; Petition for a Bill for -—-——— Petition of James Arthur Murray, for leave to. with- 
repairing and improving the same, 546. Bill ordered, 547. draw his former Petition; Petition (presented 27th June), 


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EAST INDIA—continued. 
read ; Order for referring it to a Committee, read, and dis- 
charged ;, Petition withdrawn; 591- 

— Petition for a, Bill for providing for the discharge of 

a claim in respect of Monies advanced by the late James 
Hodges, on security of the Lands of the late Zemindar of 
Nozeed and Mustaphanagur, 591. . Referred to a Commitiee, 
592- Reported; Bill ordered; 603. Presented, and read, 
605. Day appointed for Second Reading, 636. Second 
Reading deferred, 665. Bill committed to a Select Com- 
mittee; Power to send for Persons, Papers and Records; 
Five to be the Quorum; 681. Petition of the United Company 
of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, against ; 
Referred, and Counsel ordered, 682. Time enlarged for 
Committee to report, 688. Members added, 718. Time 
enlarged for Committee to report, 729, 768, 780, 802, 847, 
863. Member added, 863. Power to Committee to sit, not- 
withstanding any Adjournment of the House, 865. Time 
enlarged for Committee to report, 866, 877. Bill reported ; 
to be ingrossed; and Day appointed for Third Reading ; 885. 
Petition of the United Company of Merchants of England 
trading to the East Indies, against; To be printed, 887. 
Third Reading deferred ; United Company of Merchants of 
England trading to the East Indies; To be heard by their 
Counsel at the Bar, 887. . Minutes of Evidence and Proceed- 
ings of the Committee, with a Chronological Index of Papers, 
ordered ; Presented ; and to be printed at the expense of one 
of the Parties; 889. Bill to be printed at the expense of one 
of the Parties, 893. Third Reading deferred, goo. 

- Piverim Tax; Petitions for the suppression thereof; 

—Of the Bailiff and Inhabitants of Hemel Hempsted; To be 

printed, 908. Of Inhabitants of Stafford ; To be printed, 915. 

Of Protestant Dissenters of Reading ; To be printed, 923. 


: Vide Accounts. 
East Watton Road. Vide Lynn (South Gate.) 
Eav Brink Drainage; Petition of the Aldermen and Burgesses 


of Grantham, against the Bill of last Session; To lie on the 
| Table, 567. 


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(No. 1.); Petition for a Bill for im- 

, proving the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens called 

edford Level; Motion for referring Petition to a Committee ; 

_. Debate thereupon adjourned; 570. Order for resuming De- 
bate, read, 586. Petition withdrawn, 587. 


Eau Brinx Drainage (No. 2.); Petition fora Bill for! im- 
sae the Drainage of the Great Level of: the Fens called 
ford, Level, 577. Refecrs.te.m, Commies: 578. Re- 
ported; Bill ordered; 581. _ Petition of, William Eagle 
against the introduction of the Bill, 588... Bull presented, and 
read, 591. Committed; Power to Committee to send for 
Persons, Papers and Records; 607. Petitiow of Owners of 
Lands lying within the operation of the Eau Brink Acts of 
Parliament ; of the Mayor and Aldermen of Newark, against ; 
Referred, and Counsel ordered, 608. Petition of Owners of 
Lands lying within the operation of the several Acts of Par- 
liament, commonly called The Eau Brink Acts, against; Re- 
ferred, and Counsel ordered, 638. Time ‘enlarged for Com- 
mittee to report, 685. Bill reported, 734.' Report to lie on 
Table, 735. Report further considered ; Bill to ™ ingrossed ; 
757- (The King’s Consent signified); Bill passed; 761. 
Agreed to by the Lords, 798. Royal Assent, 826. 
EcciestastTicaL Courts Contempts; Bill from the Lords 
for enforcing the Process upon Contempts in the Courts 
Ecclesiastical of England and Ireland, 860. Read; and Bill 
to be printed; 865. Second Reading deferred, 870, 878, 
884, 887, 898, 901, g06, g10, gi4. Bill committed, 920, 
Committee deferred, 922, 927. 
~ Lanps ExcuancGe;. Bill to authorize Ex- 
changes of Lands and other Possessions of certain Ecclesias- 
tical Corporations, ordered, 539. Presented, and read; Day 
appointed for Second Reading; and to be printed; 551. 
Second Reading deferred, 559. _ Bill committed, 625. Com- 
mittee deferred, 651,661. Bill considered, 670. Report 
deferred, 675, 680, Bill reported ; to be ingrossed ; and Day. 
appointed for Third Reading ; 683. Passed, 687. 


EpINBURGH IMPROVEMENT. Vide ScorLanp. 





Epvucation. Vide IRELAND. 


Epwarps, John; Bill from the Lords to effect an Exchange of 

_ Lands between him and Harriet Averina Brunetta Herbert, 
an Infant Ward of the Court of Chancery, 633. Read, 636. 
Committed. 644. Reported, and passed, 634. Royal As- 
sent, 713. 

Exrcrion by Battor. Vide Par.iaMENT, Reform of. 
IRELAND. 


Evective Francuise. Vide PARLIAMENT, Reform of. 





ELECTIONS: 


CONTROVERTED. Vide Peritions, Infra. 
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS :— 


For regulating the mode of proceeding with respect to Petitions, questioning the Returns of Members, and touching 


Privileges and Elections, 524. 


Resolution respecting the method to be observed when several Petitions complaining of undue Elections or Returns 


are offered to be presented at the same time, 536. 
PETITIONS :— 


Orders for considering certain Election Petitions, discharged, and other Days appointed, 626, 633, 660, 688, 707 


737&gt; 744+ 


Orders for considering certain Election Petitions discharged, the Parties not having entered into a Recognizance, 


630, 663, 672, 676, 677, 689, 794. 


Order for considering an Election Petition discharged, no Parties on either side appearing, 804. 


Consideration of an Election Petition deferred, in consequence of the Name of a Memb i 
ember who voted at th 
being left on the Reduced List, 707. Wide Dunas infra. . ecaimaueeel 


Election Petitions received from Ireland, 603, 617, 626, 628, 742, 817. Vide BANpDon Bripce, CoLEerAINE 
Dusuin City (No.1.), Dustin Ciry (No. 2.), Wexrorp County (No.1.), Wexrorp County (No. 2.) ; 

Petition for enlarging the Time for entering into a Recognizance, 648. 

Petition for substituting another Surety, and enlarging Time for Recognizance, 920. 

Motion, That leave be given to substitute another Surety; Debate thereupon adjourned, 921. 

For extending the Time for taking Petitions into consideration, 650, 659. 


eae of Re merry ye bee ng praying that a Day may be fixed for the hearing of the Carmarthen 
Election Petition, at a sufficiently late period to enable the Sheriffs, Magistrat d s i 
interfering with their duties at the prow tx To lie on the Table, 615. Geren Sn Povo Ped, without 


Petition of the Roman Catholic Freemen of Londonderry, to be relieved from the obligati f taki h of 
Allegiance previous to the tender of their Votes at Elections; To lie on the Table, 635. ite a oF ee 


Petition of Electors of Northampton, complaining of the use made of the Barracks at the last Election, and for an 
inquiry relative thereto; To lie on the Table; and to be printed ; 639. , 


Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens and Inhabitants of Cricklade Saint Sampson, 


complaining of the nomination for 


Members for that Borough and Hundreds being propounded in Church, and praying for the abolition of the practice ; 


To lie on the Table ; and to be printed ; 679. 


Petition from Dublin, complaining of the conduct of the Sheriffs of that City in the then pending Election ; Noti 
‘ tion ; Notice 
being taken that such allegation was matter for an Election Petition only, Petition withdrawn, 756. Par, 


Petition of Richard Gurney, of Tregony, that measures may be adopted for reviewing the decigion and Report of the 
Select Committee. on the Tregony Election in Session 1830, and that he may be released from the liabilit ic pay the 


Costs and Expenses awarde 


to be paid by him, 795. Motion, That the Petition do lie upon the Table; Debate 


thereupon adjourned, 796. Further adjourned, 825, 827, 835. Debate resumed ; Question again d. That 
the Tetition do lie upon the Table ; Motion and Petition, ‘by leave, withdrawn, 841 te 202 apa proposed, 


Petition of William Kertland, of No. 135, Capel-street, Dublin, complaining of certain rei affecting his character 


by persons who gave Evidence before the City-of Dublin Election Committee, and praying 


Table, 816. 


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Petiriéns—continued. oral se , Gue. | 

: eon of Electors of the Borough of Hertford, complaining of oppression and tmdue i 
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tition of Electors of the Be ford, « ilerfereics on tie part of the 
arquis of Salisbury, in consequence of the independent exercise of theit Elective Franchise Ht’ the’ late General 
_| | ‘Election; To lie on the Table; and to be printed ; 859. ! BSIOM 1 

(vw COMMITTEES :—~ 7) PAIS ¢ a j TWH dqsteu M bas boasoW 
A; UName of ‘a’ Member left ‘on the Reduced List for trying the merits of an Election Petition; who, having Voted at the 
“9 Bleetion; was declared ineligible to be a Member of the Committee; Consideration of: Petition deferred; 407; Vide 

: SDVUBIAIN, Infra) neo 8 trate! 6954 

. ta) j gous MYO 13 : 

RECOGNIZANCES#% 5.4.0 boiies vino:  oyi'] 

Sixth, Seventh and Highth| Sections of Act g Geo. [V. c. 22, and Resolution of the House of 16th, February 1829, 
relating to Recognidances, read, §38. ; 
COMMISSIONERS (IRELAND :)— |, 
Lists of Barristers at. Law. who;have consented to act as Commissioners under Act 42 Geo, III, c. 106, relating to 
Controverted Elections in Ireland, received by Mr. Speaker, 605, 689. 


SOITeST 1 MEBIO £ 
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RETURNS:— 

Notice being taken by a Member that there was a mistake in the name of the Person returned at the last Election for 
Newport (Hants), Deputy Clerk of the Crown ordered to attend immediately with the Return ; Deputy Clerk of the 
Crown attended accordingly, and amended the Return ; Persons at liberty to question the said Election or Return by 
presenting a Petition within fourteen days, 578. 


That the Sheriffs of the County of the Borough of Carmarthen were not justified by the circumstances, as proved, in 
having made no Return to the last Writ, 741. 


Notice being taken, that no Return had been made to the Writ for the Election of two Burgesses to-serve for Grimsby, 
although the Election had taken place and was finished, Deputy Clerk of the Crown ordered to attend! forthwith ; 
Deputy Clerk of the Crown attended accordingly, and gave the House information relative to the issuing of the said 
Wnit ; High Sheriff of the County of Lincoln and Returning Officer of Great Grimsby to attend ;.758,:; Order (16th 
Angust) for attendance of High Sheriff of Lincoln, read; Letter exculpating the Sheriff and, transmitting ,the Writ, 
delivered in, and read; Order for the attendance of the High Sheriff, discharged ; 762. Order, for the attendance 
of the Returning Officer, read, 768. Called in, and examined ; Mayor and Town Clerk of Great Grimsby, to attend 
on a future day; 769. Order for their attendance read ; Town Clerk called in, and made a Statement; Mr. Acton 
called in, and made a Statement ; Order for their further attendance discharged ; 778. 


Amended, 578, 665, 726, 741. 
Declaration, That Mr. Steuart did not intend to defend his Return, 626. Vide JenpurGn, infra. : 


SPECIAL REPORTS :— 

Relative to the absence of a Member, 689.—Respecting treating at the last Election for Great Grimsby, 715.—Re- 
specting Bribery and undue influence at the last Election for the City of Dublin, 734.—That the Sheriffs ‘of the 
County of the Borough of Carmarthen were not justified by the circumstances, as proved, in making the Special 
Return to the Crown Office, dated goth April 1831, &amp;c. 741.—That the Election of Mr. Steuart for the Burghs of 
Jedburgh, &amp;c. was vexatious, 741. 


Liverroot Writ; Resolution of last Session respecting Bribery in that Borough, read; Notice taken that Forty 
Members were not present ; the House adjourned ; 590. Motion for issuing Warrant for a new Writ in the room of 
John Evelyn Denison, Esquire, who has made his Election to serve for the County of Nottingham, 624. , Debate 
arising thereupon, Entry in Journal [29th March last] for deferring the issuing of the Warrant for anew Writ read ; 
Debate thereupon adjourned ; 625. Motion for issuing Warrant fora new Writ ; Debate thereupon adjoumed ; 633. 
Petition of Bankers, Merchants and Inhabitants of Liverpool, that a Writ may issue ; to lie on the Table; and to be 
printed; 792. Petition of James Benson, a Freeman of Liverpool, for the speedy decision of the House thereupon, 
797. Motion, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant for a new Writ; Amendments proposed, and made; Main 
Question, as amended, agreed to as follows :—‘ Resolved, That this House doth agree in the Report made on the 
26th day of March last, by the Select Committee on the Liverpool Election Petition, which states)!‘ That gross 
Bribery and Treating prevailed during the late Election for a Burgess to serve in Parliament for the Borough of 
Liverpool.’—Resolved, That such Bribery and Treating require the most serious consideration of the House ;” Bill 
ordered ; 821. Vide Infra. , 


Motion for issuing Warrant for new Writ; Amendments proposed, but not made ; Main Question agreed to ; new Writ 
accordingly; gog. Vide Writs. 


BILL, &amp;c. relating to ELections, &amp;c.:— 

LivErPooL FrancuiseE; Bill to prevent Bribery and Treating in the Election of Burgesses to serve in Parliament 
for the Borough of Liverpool, ordered, 821. Presented, and read; Day appointed for Second Reading; and to 
be printed; printed Copy of Bill, and Copy of the Order for reading the said Bill a second time, to be served upon 
the Returning Officer ; 854. Second Reading deferred, 869, 872, 876. Committee put off for three months, go8. 


Petition of Free Burgesses of Liverpool, against; ‘To lie on the Table ; and to be printed ; 





931- 

Barristers AT Erections; Motion for the House to resolve itself into a Committee to consider of providing for 
the payment of the Barristers employed in revising Lists of Voters at Elections; The King’s Recommendation sig- 
nified ; Motion considered ; Proceeding in Committee ; 821. Resolution reported, and agreed to; and Instruction 
accordingly; 828. Vide PARLIAMENT, REForm oF (England) Buu. 


PETITIONS relating to ContTROVERTED ELECTIONS; viz. aT 
Banpon Bripce Borough ;, Petition of Lord Viscount Lowther, complaining of that Election,;, Day appointed for 
taking it into consideration ; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for Persons, Papers and Records; 742. Order 
for considering Petition read; and no Parties appearing on the part of the Petitioner, nor on the part of the Sitting 
Member, Order for considering it discharged ; 804. hee 


Beeratston Borough ; Petition of James Borley and Richard Humphrey Toll, complaining, of that Election, 603. 
Day appointed for taking it into consideration; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for Persons, Papers and 
Records ; 605. Petition of James Borley for time to provide another Surety, one of his proposed Sureties having 
declined entering into his Recognizance ; Day appointed for considering Petition ; Petition to lie on the Table; and 
to be printed ; 648. Petition considered ; Motion, That James Borley be called to the bar, to verify the matter of 
the said Petition; Motion, by leave, withdrawn; 649. Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that James Borley and 
Richard, Humphrey Toll had not entered into a Recognizance in respect of their Petition ; Order for considering it 
discharged ;: 663, ts t9Ast yaisd 

Cane. Borough, (Right.of); Petition of George Page and others, complaining of the Determination of the Select 
Committee of the goth, of November 1830, touching the Right of Election for the said Borough, 566: -Day appointed 
for taking .it into,consideration; and. Mr, Speaker to issue his Warrants for Persons, Papers and-Records ; 705. 

Consideration, of Petition, deferred, 737. 

CaRLISLE City; Petition.of Matthew Armstrong, Joseph Peel, and others, Electors, complaining of that Election, 619. 
Day appointed for taking it into. consideration; and Mr, Speaker to issue his Warrants’for: Persons} Papers and 
Hoses ; 620.. Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that Matthew Armstrong,’ Joseph Peel, and othérs, had not 
entered into a Recognizance in respect of their Petition; Order for considering it discharged ; 676. 

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ELECTIONS—continued. : 


PETITIONS relating to ConTROVERTED ELEcTIONs—continued. 


CARMARTHEN Borough; Petition of John George Philipps, Esquire, and others, Electors, complaining that no Return 
‘! dad beeh made to the Writ, 615. Day appointed for taking it into consideration; and Mr. Speaker to issue his 
Watrants for Persons, Papers and Records; 617. Petition considered, 696. Committeeappointed, 697. Report, 
That the Sheriffs were not justified by the circumstances, as proved, in making the’ Special Return to the Crown 
Office, dated goth April 1831 ; Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrant for new Writ; 741. Vide Writs. ; 


Co.eraiNe Borough; Petition of William Taylor Copeland, Esquire, complaining of that Election; Day appointed 
for taking it into consideration; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for Persons, Papers and Records; 603. 
Petition of John Jackson, Agent to William Taylor Copeland, Esquire, for postponing consideration of Petition, 659. 
Consideration of Petition deferred, 660. Petition considered, 706. Committee appointed, 707. Report, That the 
Sitting Member is not duly elected, &amp;c.; That the Petitioner is duly elected, &amp;.; Deputy Clerk of the Crown to 
attend, and amend the Return; 725. Return amended, 726. 


Dusuin City (No.1.); Petition of James Scarlett and others, Freemen, complaining of that Election, 628, Day 
appointed for taking it into consideration; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for Persons, Papers and 
Records ; 630. Petition considered, 706. Reduced List delivered in; and Notice being taken that the Name of 
a Member was left on the Reduced List who had voted at the last Election for the said City, Act 9 Geo. IV. c. 22, s.21, 
read; and it appearing to the House, that the Proceedings in relation to the Ballot for the said Committee 
were informal, in consequence of the Name of a Member who had voted at an Election being placed on the 
List of Thirty-three Members, which was delivered to the Parties to be reduced, for the purpose of forming a Com- 
mittee to try the merits of the said Election, consideration of Petition deferred; 707. Parties called in; Order for 
considering Petition read; Motion, That the Reduced List reported yesterday, of Members to serve on the 
Committee for trying the merits of the said Petition, be now called over, and that the Members upon the said 
List be sworn at the Table to form the said Committee; Question Neg. thereupon ; Motion, That the Ballot for 
a Committee to try the merits of the said Petition, be adjourned till a future day, and, by leave, withdrawn; Petition 
again considered ; 708. Committee appointed, 709. Report, That the Sitting Members are not duly elected, &amp;c.; 
That the last Election for the said City is a void Election ; Special Report respecting Bribery ; Minutes ordered ; = 
sented ; to be printed ; 734. Motion for issuing Warrant for a new Writ; Motion for adjourning Debate ; Question Neg 
thereupon ; Main Question agreed to; new Writ accordingly; 734. Vide Writs. Entries in Journal (10 Decem- 
ber 1779 and 25 April 1809, in relation to the interference of Ministers, or other Servants under the Crown of Great 
Britain, at Elections) read; Report from Select Committee (made 8th August) read, as follows :—* Resolved, That it 
appears in evidence, adduced before the Select Committee appointed to try and determine the merits of the Petition 
of James Scarlett and others, severally complaining of an undue Election and Return for the City of Dublin, that 
a system of creating fictitious Freeholds within the City and County of the City of Dublin, has been fraudulently 
and illegally carried on; that such Freeholds have been supported by perjury, and certain Votes qualified thereby 
have been notoriously bribed ; 778.—Resolved, That such a system is a great violation of the purity of Election, and 
a direct infraction of the law of the lund ;” Motion, “ That it is the duty of the Law Officers of the Crown in Ireland 
to take immediate measures for the purpose of punishing the Persons concerned in these illegal and unconstitutional 
practices,” and, by leave, withdrawn; Motion, That the Law Orficers of the Crown in Ireland be directed to take 
immediate measures for the purpose of bringing to justice such persons as may have been guilty of bribing Voters 
at the last Election for the City of Dublin; Amendment proposed; Debate arising thereupon, Motion for adjourning 
Debate, by leave, withdrawn ; Main Question agreed to; Motion, ‘‘ That it appears in evidence taken before such 
Select Committee, that official influence in Ireland was unduly exercised in favour of, and with a view to aid and 
assist in, the Election and Return of Robert Harty, Esquire, aud Louis Perrin, Esquire, for the said City of Dublin, 
in the present Parliament ; and that it is the opinion of this House, that such undue exercise of official influence was 
a gross violation of the Privileges of this House, and a direct contravention of the Law of Parliament, as declared 
in the Resolutions of this House ;” Question Neg. thereupon, 779. 


(No.2.) Petition of Frank Thorp Porter, Maziere Brady, and others, Voters, complaining of that 
Election, 817. Day appointed for taking it into consideration, 819. Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for Persons, 
Papers and Records, 820. Petition considered, 860. Committee appointed, 861. Report, That the Sitting Members 
are duly elected, &amp;c. 907. 


Guiascow, &amp;c. Burghs; Petition of Kirkman Finlay, Esquire, complaining of that Election, 609. Day appointed 
for taking it into consideration; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for Persons, Papers and Records; 610. 
Petition considered, 680. Committee appointed, 681. Special Report respecting the absence of Mr. Maule, 
(a Member of the Committee); a Medical Person examined ; Mr. Maule wth ; and leave given him to absent him- 
self from any further attendance on the Committee ; 689. Report, That the Sitting Member 1s duly elected, &amp;c. 702. 


Great Grimssy Borough ; Petition of Rees Howell Gronow and Henry William Hobhouse, Esquires, complaining 
of that Election, 536. Day appointed for taking it into consideration ; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for 
Persons, Papers and Records; 537. Petition considered, 643. Committee appointed, 644. Report, That the 
Sitting Members are not duly elected ; that the last Election for the said Borough is a void Election, &amp;c.; Special 
Report respecting Treating; Motion for issuing of new Writ; Debate arising thereupon; Motion for adjourning Debate 
withdrawn ; Main Question agreed to; new Writ accordingly; 715. Vide Writs. 


Jepsureu, &amp;c. Burghs; Petition of Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, Baronet, complaining of that Election, 551. 
Day appointed for taking it into consideration; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for Persons, Papers and 
Records ; 552. Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that he had received a Declaration from Mr. Steuart, the Sitting 
Member, that he did not intend to defend his Return; Consideration of Petition deferred,626. Petition considered ; 
Declaration of Mr. Steuart read ; Committee appointed; 738. Report, That the Sitting Member is not duly 
elected, &amp;c.; That the Petitioner is duly elected, &amp;c.; Deputy Clerk of the Crown to amend the Return; 741. 
Return amended, 744. 





Monmouth Borough ; Petition of the Marquis of Worcester, complaining of that Election ; Day appointed for taking 
it into consideration; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for Persons, Papers and Records; 537. Petition 
considered, 643. Committee appointed, 645. Report, That the Sitting Member is not duly elected, &amp;c.; That the 
Petitioner is duly elected, &amp;c.; Deputy Clerk of the Crown to amend the Return ; Return amended ; 665. 


NortTHAMPTON a (N° 1.); Petition of Sir Robert Henry Gunning, Baronet, complaining of that Election ; 
Day appointed for taking it into consideration ; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for Persons, Papers and 
Records; 610. Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That Sir Robert Henry Gunning had not entered into a Recog- 
nizance in respect of his Petition; Order for considering it discharged ; 672. 


(N° 2.); Petition of Sir Robert Henry Gunning, Baronet, complaining of that Election, 621. 
Day appointed for taking it into consideration; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for Persons, Papers and 
Records ; 622. Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That Sir Robert Henry Gunning had not entered into a Recog- 
nizance in respect of his Petition; Order for considering it discharged; 676. 


PemBroke County; Petition of the Honourable Robert Fulk Greville, Sir Richard Bulkeley Philipps Philipps, Ba- 
ronet, and others, Freeholders, complaining of that Election, 608. Day appointed for taking it into consideration ; 
and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for Persons, Papers and Records; 609. Consideration of Petition de- 
ferred, 633, 688, 744. Petition considered, 843. Committee appointed, 844. Report, That the Sitting Member 
is not duly elected ; That the last Election for the said County is a void Election, &amp;c. ; 863. Special Report respect- 
ing the conduct of the High Sheriff; To lie on the Table; Minutes of Proceedings, and Evidence taken before the 
Committee, ordered; Presented; to be printed ; 864. Motion for issuing Warrant for new Writ; Motion, That 
the House do adjourn, and, by leave, withdrawn; Main Question again proposed, and, by leave, withdrawn ; 865. 


rag That the Writ be not issued before a certain day; Question Neg. thereupon; New Writ accordingly; 866. 
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ELECTIONS—continued. 


PETITIONS relating to ContTROvERTED ELEcTIONS—continued. 


PeTeRsFiELD Borough; Petition of John Ogle and Henry Marsh, Esquires, complaining of that Election ; Da 
appointed for taking it into consideration; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for Persons, Papers and Records ; 


537- Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That John Ogle and Henry Marsh had not entered intoa Reeognizance in 
respect of their Petition; Order for considering it discharged ; 630. 











RoxsurGu County; Petition of Sir William Francis Eliott, Baronet, complaining of that Election ; Day appointed for 
taking it into consideration; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for Persons, Papers and Records; 619. Pe- 
tition of Sir William Francis Eliott, that the time for taking the said Petition into consideration may be enlarged ; 650. 
To lie on the Table; and to be printed; 651. Motion considered ; Motion, That the consideration of the Petition 


be deferred; Question Neg. thereupon; 674. Petition considered; 680. Committee appointed, 682. Report, 
That the Sitting Member is duly elected, &amp;c. 684. 


WALLINGFORD Borough ; Petition of William Seymour Blackstone, Esquire, complaining of that Election, 894° 
Day appointed for taking it into consideration ; and Mr. Speaker to issue Warrants for Persons, Papers and Records ; 
895. Petition of William Seymour Blackstone, Esquire, for substituting another Surety ; and for enlarging time 


for entering into Recognizance ; 920. To lie on the Table; and to be printed; g21. Motion, That leave be given 
the Petitioner to substitute another Surety ; Debate thereupon adjourned ; 921. 


Wexrorp County; Petition of John Pearson, and others, Freeholders, complaining of that Election, 617. Day 
appointed for taking it into consideration ; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Wosheuts for Persons, Papers and Re- 
cords ; 619. Another Petition of John Pearson and others, Freeholders, 626. To be considered at the same time ; 
and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for Persons, Papers and Records ; 628. Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, 
That the first-mentioned Petitioners had not entered into a Recognizance in respect of their Petition; Order for 
considering it discharged ; 677. Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That the second-mentioned Petitioners had not 
entered into a Recognizance in respect of their Petition ; Order for considering it discharged ; 689. 


Weymovutnu and MetcomsBeE Recis Borough; Petition of William Devenish, James Aldridge Devenish, and others, 
Voters, complaining of that Election, 754. Day appointed for taking it into consideration; and Mr. Speaker to 
issue his Warrants for Persons, Papers and Records; 755. Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That William 

ie Devenish, James Aldridge Devenish, and others, had not entered into a Ricugsielee in respect of their Petition, 794. 

Order for considering it discharged, 795. 





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Dublin City 


Higham Ferrers 


4 FOR WHAT PLACE. 


IN THE ROOM OF 





Perrin, Esquire - - - 


Charles Pepys, Esquire - - 


Robert Harty, Esquire, and Louis 


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ON WHAT ACCOUNT. 





Armagh - - -  - =| Lord Viscount Ingestre - -  - | Steward of Chiltern Hundreds; 758. 
Bandon Bridge - . - - | Lord Viscount Bernard - - - | Steward of Chiltern Hundreds; 638. 
Bletchingley - . -  ~- =| Charles Tennyson, Esquire - - | Made his Election for Stamford; 638. 
—p es yo John George Brabazon}) s+ oward of Chiltern Hundreds ; 649. 
4 Cambridge County - - - | Lord Francis Godolphin Osborne —- | Steward of Chiltern Hundreds; 911. 
é Carmarthen - - - -|- - - - - - - | No Return having been made to the last 
if Writ; 741. 
a Cashel - - - - - | Mathew Pennefather, Esquire - - | Steward of East Hendred; 639. 
4 Derby County - - - - | Lord George Cavendish - - - | Now Earl of Burlington ; 833. 
‘. Downton - - - - - | James Brougham, Esquire - - | Steward of Chiltern Hundreds; 653. 
e} Dorchester  * - -| Lord Ashley - - -— - - | Steward of Chiltern Hundreds; 879. 
Ys Dorsetshire - - - - | Right honourable John Calcraft - | Deceased ; 837. 
; Drogheda - - - - - | John Henry North, Esquire - - | Deceased ; 895. 


Void Election ; 734. 


Flint - - - - - | Sir Edward Pryce Lloyd, Baronet - | Now Baron Mostyn; 838. 
Forfarshire - - - - | The Honourable William Maule - | Now Baron Panmure; 833. 
; Great Grimsby - - -  - | George Harris, Esquire, and John . Bi 
Villiers Shelley, Esquire - } Vers Renato; 786, 
Higham Ferrers - - - - | Lord Viscount Milton - - -| Made his Election for the County of 


Northampton ; 624. 
Steward of Chiltern Hundreds; 866. 


Liverpool - - -  -  -| John Evelyn Denison, Esquire - §- | Made his Election for the County of Not- 
tingham ; 909. 
Louth - - . - - | Alexander Dawson, Esquire - - | Deceased; 832. , 
Malton - - -  - — =| Right honourable Francis Jeffrey - | Made his Election for Perth, &amp;c. District 
of Burghs ; 624. 
. Malton - - - - - | William Cavendish, Esquire - - | Steward of Chiltern Hundreds; 855. 
5 Meath - - - - - | Sir Marcus Somerville, Baronet - | Deceased; 664. 





Milborne Port - 


Richard Lalor Sheil, Esquire - 


Made his Election for the County of 


Fs Louth ; 630. 

i Newport (Cornwall) - - - | Jonathan Raine, Esquire - - - | Deceased; 624. 

3 New Ross - - - - - | Charles Tottenham, Esquire - - | Steward of Chiltern Hundreds ; 714. 

FF Okehampton - - - - | William Henry Trant, Esquire - - | Steward of Chiltern Hundreds; 631. 

fs Peebles - - ~ -  - | Sir George Wesanieiee, Sineuet - | Deceased ; 667. 

3 Pembrokeshire - - -  -| Sir John Owen, Baronet - - - | Void Election, 866. 

E Poole - - - - - — Honourable William —— Steward of East Hendred; 870. 

; _Spencer Ponsonb - “ - 

3 Reigate - - - - =| Sir Joseph moan | orke - - -| Deceased ; 624. 

2 Roscommon - - - - | Owen O’Conor, Esquire - ~ - | Deceased ; 630. 

. Sutherland - - . - | Sir Hugh Innes, Baronet - ~ - | Deceased ; 768. 

4 Tavistock - - - - =| Lord John Russell - = - - -| Made his Election for the County of 

a Devon; 624. 

3 Tavistock - - . . - | Lord Russell - - - - Steward of Chiltern Hundreds; 920. 

: Wallingford - - - - | William Lewis Hughes, Esquire - | Now Baron Dinorben ; 835. 

Westbury - - - - - | Henry Hanmer, Esquire - - - | Steward of Chiltern Hundreds ; 633. 
Wexford County - - =| Arthur Chichester, Esquire -  - | Now Baron Templemore ; 837. 


Weymouth and - 
Melcombe Regis 
Winchelsea - 


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VOL. 86.—(Part IT.) 








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} Richard Weyland, Esquire = - 





Stephen Lushington, Esquire - 





Made his Election for the County of Ox- 
t ford; 645. 
Made his Election for Ilchester ; 632. 





MemBeErRs. ORDERS, 


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INDEX éo the Etcury-sixtu Votume.—Part II; 





EmpangMe|ng. Vide Ire.ano. 

Emiepa nts’ Vide'Aceotnts. |” 

EmMickATION} Petitions for’ aid 3—Of Inhabitants of Kilfian ; 
To, hi ‘printed, bg. “Of Henry Story, 662. 

A Petition’ of William Parker, of Passage West, 

Ireland, containing certain suggestions on the subject of 

Emigration, and for an Examination of the same; To lie on 

the Table, 667. 

- Petition. of Inhabitants of Stockport, against the 
plan proposed in the Bill of last Session, enabling Parishes to 
morte their, Poor Rates for furthering emigration; To lie 
on the Table, 931. 

— Vide Accounts. 

Ennis and Gatway Road. Vide IRELAND. 

Enratts. Vide Scortanp. 

Eeuity. Vide Decrees, WITNESSES. 

Escorrery. Vide LEscENeE. 

Erzeropt, Christian; Bill from the Lords, for his Naturali- 
zation, 860. Read, 860. Committed, 866. Reported; and 
passed; 893. Royal Assent, 921. 

Evipence ; Usual Orders relating thereto, 524- 

~— Vide MinuTEs. 

ExcHeEQuerR. Vide Accounts, 

—- Bitts. Vide Accounts. Ways anv MEans, 

and Bitits 1In SupPLy. 

—-- Court Recuiation. Vide ScoTLanp. 

Excise. Vide Accounts. 

Cot.tectors. Vide IRELAND. 

Duties; Acts relating thereto, read ; To be considered 
in a Committee of the whole House, 578. Committee deferred, 
586. Acts considered, 601. Report of Resolution deferred, 
612. Day appointed for receiving Report of Resolution, 635. 
Report of Resolution deferred, 661, 670, 675, 687, 695, 699, 
710, 720. Resolution reported, and agreed to; Bill ordered ; 
725. Vide Canpye Duties Repeat, 

Oatus. Vide Customs. 


Exeter Roads; Petition for a Bill to amend Act for repair- 
ing the same, 542. Bill ordered, 543- Presented, and read, 
559- , Committed, 581. _Two Petitions of Inhabitants of the 
city of Exeter, against ; Referred, and Counsel ordered ; 607. 
Petition of the Portreeve, Bailiff and principal Inhabitants of 
Honiton, against; Referred, 622. Bill reported; to be in- 
grossed; 638. Read the third time; Further Proceeding ad- 
journed ; 644. Proceeding resumed; Bill passed; 648. By 
the Lords, with an Amendment, 766. Considered, and agreed 
to, 771. .Royal Assent, 777. 

Roap Totus. Vide Accounts. 


Exprrinc Laws. Vide Laws. 





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F ARRELL, Edward. Vide Dest, Arrest for. 

Fees. Vide Law Courts. 

Ferrypripce (York) Lands; Petition for a Bill to inclose; 
and Bill ordered ; 530. Presented, and read, 546. Committed, 
572- Reported ; to be ingrossed ; 630. Passed, 637. Agreed 
to by the Lords, 667. Royal Assent, 713. 

Festinioc Railway; Petition for a Bill for making the same ; 
Referred to a Committee ; 533. 

Fines and Recoveries; Bill for the abolition thereof, ordered, 
596. Presented, andread ; Day appointed for Second Read- 
ing; and to be printed; 887. Second Reading deferred, 905, 
913. Bill committed, 927. 

Fire INsurRANCE; Petitions for the reduction of the Stam 
Daties thereon;—Of Henry Wakefield, 765. Of Inhabitants 
of the vale of Berks; To be printed, 855. 

Vide IRELAND. 

Fisneries. Vide IRELAND. 


Fisnery Bounties. Vide IRELAND. 





FLaTHMANN, Herman Henrich; Bill from the Lords for kis 
Naturalization, 766. Read, 780. Committed, 794. Reported 
and passed, 844. Royal Assent, 861. 


Frax Serb. ' Vide IRELAND. 


Fiert Pirson; Warden of. Vide Orpers. PriviLeces. 
SPEAKER. 

Frour ; Petitions against importation of Foreign Flour ;—Of 
Corn Millers and Corn-Mill Proprietors in Liverpool; To be 
printed, 593. Of Owners and Occupiers of Corn Mills in the 
town and neighbourhood of Halifax, 640. Of Owners and 
Occupiers of Corn Mills in Stockport, 651. Of Owners and 
Occupiers of Corn Mills in Rochdale ; in Manchester; in 
Warrington.; of Corn-Millers and Corn-Mill Proprietors in the 
counties of Sussex and Hants; 657. Of Millers and Corn- 
Milf Proprietors in Boston; To, be printed, 678. Of Corn 
Millers, Corn-Mill Proprietors and Corn Dealers of Burnley ; 
To be printed, 710, Of Corn Millers.of Cork; To be printed, 

48. Of Owners and Occupiers of Corn Mills in Chester ; 
o be printed, 827. 








FootmMeEn ; Usual Orders relating to them, 524. 

Footpatus. Vide Hicguways. 

ForFARSHIRE Roads. Vide ScoTLanp, 

France, Vide Tonnace Duties... 

Fravps, Statute of; Bill to amend the, Provisions. thereof, 
ordered, 550. Presented, and,.read; Day appointed for 
Second Reading ; and-to.be, printed; 651. Secdnd Reading 
deferred, 577, 602, 661, 687, 695, :719, 724, 728, 749, 770, 
787, 814, 825, 834,856, 869, 886, 898, go1. 

FREEHOLDERS.. Vide Accounts, .(ADDRESsEs,'21.) 

Qualification.'! Vide Frevann: 





-Frenecn Craims. Vide Accounts. 


Fresu Wuarr. Vide Lonpon. 


FriEnpLy SociET188; Petitions for amendment of Act;—Of the 
Presidents, Secretaries and, Members. of the under-named 
Friendly Societies ; that is to say, The United Provident So- 
ciety, meeting at the Spread Eagle, Limehouse Causeway ; 
The Provident Union Society, meeting at the Reverend Mr. 
Stevens’s Chapel, Meard’s-court; The Friendly Society, 
meeting at Spitalfields Chapel, Church-street ; The Amicable 
Society, meeting at the Pitt’s Head, Tysen-street, Bethnal- 
Green ; The Christain Benefit Society, meeting at Eagle-street ; 
The Second Society of Carpenters, meeting at, the Hole-in- 
the-Wall, Fleet-street ; The Provideat Society, meeting at the 
Reverend George Burder’s, Fetter-lane; and, The Hope So- 
ciety, meeting at The King’s Arms, Poland-street; To be 
aye 893. Of the Friendly Societies of Birmingham ; To 

e printed, g10. Of Honorary Members of the Provident 
Society of Corsham, 915. 


Vide Accounts. (ADDRESSEs, 22.) 


Frop1incuam (Lincoln) Drainage; Petition for a Bill for in- 

’ closing and draining Lands; Referred to a Committee, 532. 
Reported; Bill ordered; 555- Presented, and read, 570. 
Petition of Sally Smith, against ; To lie on the Table; 579. 
Bill. committed, 614. Petition of Sally Smith [presented 
28th June] referred, and Counsel ordered; 638. Petition 
of Earl Beauchamp, against; Referred, and Counsel ordered ; 
644. Bill reported; To be ingrossed ; 664. Passed, 672. 
By the Lords, with Amendments, 714. Considered, and agreed 
to, 715. Royal Assent, 777. 





Frome Roads ; Petition for a Bill for repairing and improving 
the same, 541. Bill ordered, 542. Presented, and read, 554. 
Committed, 580. Petition of Inhabitants of Warminster and 
its vicinity, against, 598. Referred, and Counsel ordered, 599. 
Bill reported ; To be ingrossed ; 685. Passed, 702. Agreed 
to by the Lords, 758. Royal Assent, 777. 


1°&amp; 2° Will. 1V. Parl.g. Sess.1. A. 1831. 


Gatway Docks. Vide IRELAND. 

— Francuise. Vide IRELAND. 

Game; Bill to amend the Laws in England relative to Game, 
ordered, 596. Presented, and read; Day appointed for 
Second Reading ; and to be printed ; 597. Second Reading 
deferred, 611, 635, 642, 647, 652, 656. Committed, 661. 
Committee deferred, 670, 675, 695, 699, 710. Considered ; 
Committee report Progress ; 736. Instruction to Committee 
to make provision for imposing Duties on Certificates to 
deal in Game, 739. Bill further considered, and reported ; 
Day appointed for further considering Report; and Bill, 
as amended, to be printed; 743. Further consideration of 
Report deferred, 756, 763, 766, 770, 776, 787, 794, 802. 
Report further considered; Amendments agreed to; Clause 
added; Motion, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; Motion, That the House do adjourn; Question 
Neg. thereupon; Bill to be ingrossed; and Day appointed 
for Third Reading; 803. Bill passed, 814. By the Lords, 
with Amendments ; Day appointed for considering the same ; 
878. Order for conitdiaies Lords Amendments read; Mr. 
Speaker acquainted the House, that he had examined the 
Amendments, and that he considered they fell completely 
under the Resolution of the House made in the beginning of 
the Session, respecting interference in Money Clauses, as 
affecting the Privileges of this House; Amendments consi- 
dered ; 880. Agreed to, 881. Royal Assent, 890. 


CertiFricaTes ; Motion for the House to resolve itself 
into a Committee to consider of imposing Duties on Certifi- 
cates to deal in Game; Motion considered ; 736. Resolu- 
tion reported, and agreed to; Instruction accordingly ; 739. 
Vide Game, supra. 

Laws; Petitions for the repeal thereof;—Of James 
Hamerton, 640. Of the National Union of the Working 
Classes, Bethnal Green 875. 


—~— Petition of St. George Lyster, Esquire, for altera- 
tion thereof; To lie on the Table, 722. 














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himself and Clerk as Under Sheriff, to,procure the Jury to try 
the said offence, and praying for the interference of the 


House ; To lie on the Table ;° 792.’ 
Gaots. Vide Accounts.’ (ADDRESSES; 24.) 


Gewrraw RecisTEeR ; Petitions against a plan of a 


ee oe ag | for Deeds ; of Landholders and Inhabitants 
of Yeovil; To lie-on the Table; 535. 

- Bill for establishing a General Register 
for all Deeds and Instruments affecting Real Property in 
England ‘and: Wales; ordered, 596. Presented, and read ; 
Day appointed for Second Reading; and to be printed; 858. 
Second Reading deferred, 889. 


- Petitions against;—OfPeersofthe Realm 
and Freeholders. of the county of Northumberland; To be 
printed, 859. Of Land-owners and Inhabitants of Bridg- 

_ water ; To be printed, 885. Of Land-owners and Inhabitants 

‘of the county of Somerset; of the city of Lincoln, and of 
the adjoining parishes of the county; and, of Landholders of 
Caistor; To be printed, 888. Of the Mayor, Bailiffs and 
Burgesses of Liverpool; To be printed, go3. Of Freeholders 
and others, Owners of Real Property in the vicinity of 
Stokesley, 911. Of Owners of messuages, lands and tene- 

’ ments in the neighbourhood of Cockermouth; To be printed, 
g22. Of Freeholders and Owners of Real Property in Darling- 
ton; Gainford; West Auckland and Saint Helens Auckland ; 
Heighington ; and, in Hurworth; To be printed, 932. 

Petitions against the Bill of last Session ;— 

Of Freeholders and Inhabitants resident in the parts of Hol- 

land (Lincoln), 640. Of Owners of Real Property in Barns- 

ley; To be printed, 711. 

Stream NavicatTion Company; Petition for a 
Bill for incorporating the said Company ; Referred to a Com- 
mittee, 548. Reported; Bill ordered; 578. Presented, and 
read, 606. Committed, 630. Petition of the Master, War- 
dens and Commonalty of Watermen and Lightermen of the 
River Thames, against; Referred, and Counsel ordered, 664. 
Bill reported; to be ingrossed; 692. Passed, 706. By the 
Lords, with Amendments, 748. Considered, and agreed to, 
750. Royal Assent, 777. 

Gitsert, John. Vide INsotveNtT Desrors. 

Guiascow Improvement. Vide Scorianp. 

Grass. Vide IreELaANp. Scor.anp. 

GLouceEsTERSHIRE Railway. Vide Avon. 


Goop.takeE, John Surman; Bill from the Lords to enable him 
to take and use the surname of Surman, 633. Read, 644. 
Committed, 664. Reported, and passed, 690. Royal Assent, 
713. 

GorBALs STATUTE LABour. Vide ScorLanp. 

GosrEL. Vide AccounTs. 

Grain. Vide ScoTLAND. 

Granp Juries. Vide EastINp1A. IRELAND. 

Jury Laws. Vide IRELAND. 

PRESENTMENTs. Vide IRELAND. 

Graziers’ STEAM Marine Company. Vide IRELAND. 

Great Grimssy Borough. Vide ELEcTions, 

Green, George. Vide Hackney CoacueEs, 

Greic, William. Vide WINE. 

Grievances ; Grand Committee appointed, 523. 

Grosvenor CuAPEL; Petition for a Bill for establishing a 
Chapel of Ease, to be called Grosvenor Chapel, in the Parish 
of St. George, Hanover-square; Referred to a Committee, 
549- Reported; Bill ordered; 570. Presented, and read, 
579. Committed, 606. Reported; to be ingrossed; 639. 


Passed, 644. Agreed to by the Lords, 667. Royal Assent, 
712. 


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Estate. Vide Accounts. (ADDRESSEs, 25.) 
GunuovuseE Drainage. Vide Fropincuam, 

Gunninc, George. Vide PARLIAMENT, Reform of. 
Gurney, Goldsworthy. Vide Sream Carriaces. 


4 &amp; 2° Will. IV. Parl.g. Sess.1. - A.1831. 


HACENEY Coacues; Acts relating thereto, read; To be 
considered in a Committee of the whole House; 671. 
Considered, 675. Resolutions reported, and agreed to; Bill 
ordered; 680. Vide Infra. 
Bill to consolidate and amend the 
Laws relating to Hackney Coaches and other Carriages ; 
ordered; 680. Instruction, That Provision be made in 
the Bill to transfer the management of the Duties on 
Hawkers and Pedlars in England to the Commissioners of 
Stamps, 720. Bill presented, and read; Day appointed for 
Second Reading; and to be printed; 721. Second Reading 
deferred, 732. Bill committed to a Select Committee, 736. 
. Five to be the Quorum, 737. Member added, 744. Petition 
. of George Green and Charles Saggers, in favour, 754. Petition 
of George Shillibeer for introduction of a Clause authorizing 


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Sess. 1831, 


the Omnibii to run in the -Metropelis'by unvarying routes 
through the principal Streets, and for,regulating the, Duty 
thereon ; Referred, 769. Bill eee re-committed,to a 
Committee of the whole House; and Bull, peiamanded fo be 
printed; 773. Committee deferred, 793-8 1, 804: Bill con- 
sidered, 809. Reported, 814.’ To “be ingrossed; and ,Day 
appointed for Third Reading ; 815. Passe : , 825. Agreed to 
by the Lords, 858. Royal Assent, 8617. 9°92 
Hackney Coacnes. Vide Omnigus CARRIAGES. 
Licenses; Petition of Proprietors of 
Hackney Coaches, praying, that before any steps are taken 
for throwing open the trade of Hackney Coscher. time may 
be afforded to try the efficacy of the late arrangements ; To 
lie on the Table ; and to be printed; 679. 
Hamitron and Brannon, Duke of, Estate. Vide ScoTLanp. 
Hancock, Walter. Vide Steam CARRIAGES. 


Hanpvsworrtu Roads; Petition for a Bill for more effectually 
maintaining and improving the same, 531. _Bill ordered, 532. 
Presented, and read, 541. Committed, 571. Reported, 613. To 
be ingrossed, 614. Passed, 631. Agreed to by the Lords, 
697. Royal Assent, 712. 

Harrietp, Mary. Vide Turesninc Macuines. 

Harris, Edward. Vide Dest, National. 

—— George. Vide GAME ProsEcuTIONs. 


Harron (Warwick) Lands; Petition for a Bill to inclose, 530. 
Bill ordered, 531. Presented, and read, 543. Committed, 
571. Reported; to be ingrossed ; 607. Passed, 654. Agreed 
to by the Lords, 697. Royal Assent, 713. 

Hayti. Vide Accounts. (AppREssEs 26.) 


HeseE er, Bernhard; Bill from the Lords for his Naturalization, 
596. Read, 597- Committed, 607. Reported, and passed, 
649. Royal Assent, 713. 

Hewirt, George Goodman. Vide Justicss of the Peace. 

Hicuianp Socrety of Lonpon. Vide Scorianp. 

Hicuways; Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
to Highways in that part of Great Britain called England, 
ordered, 550. Presented, and read; Day appointed for Se- 
cond Reading; and to be printed; 557. Second Reading 
deferred, 588. Bill committed to a Select Committee; Five 
to be the Quorum ; 597. Members added, 613. Bill reported ; 
Day appointed for further considering Report ; and Bill, as 
amended, to be printed; 701. Petition of Inhabitants of 
Rochdale, against, 709. Further consideration of Report 
deferred, 710. Petition of Members of an Association for the 

rotection of ancient Footpaths in the veins. of the city of 

Vork, against; To be printed, 717. Petition of Thomas Hopkins, 
Chairman of the Association for the preservation of ancient 
Footpaths, against, 722. Further consideration of Report 
deferred, 724, 732. Petition of Inhabitants of Rochdale, 
against [presented 5 August]; To be printed; 735. Second 
Reading of Bill put off for six months, 739. Petition of 
Thomas Hopkins, against [presented 24th August]; To be 
printed, 781. 

Hock.iFrrEe Road. Vide AyLEsBury. 

Homan, Joseph Townshend. Vide Liset. 


Homes, William. Vide Erection by Batxot, and Private 
Bitt ComMItTTEEs. 


Hotyueap and Howru Roads, Harbours, &amp;c. Vide Accounts. 
Honiton Road Tolls. Vide Accounts. 
Hooper and Martin. Vide Accounts. 


Hops; Act 42 Geo. III. c. 38, relating thereto, read ; Bill to regu- 
late the payment ofthe Duties on Hops, ordered; Presented, 
and read; Day appointed for Second Reading; and to be 
printed ; 893. Committed, 899. Considered, 902. Reported ; 
to be ingrossed ; and Day appointed for Third Reading ;_go06. 
Passed, g10. Agreed to by the Lords, 930. Royal Assent, 
935- 











Vide AccounTs. 
Horxins, Thomas. Vide Higuways. 
HospitTaAts. Vide IRELAND. 


‘HOUSE: 


sworn by the Lord Steward and his Deputies, 521. 


— attends the Lords Commissioners, in the House of 
Peers, appointed to open the Parliament, 521. To signify 
the King’s Approbation of Mr. Speaker elect, 522. 
elects a Speaker, 522. 
— attends His Majesty at the opening of the Session, 
523 
— In the House of Peers, to hear the Royal Assent to 
Bills, 717, 935- ‘ 
attends His Majesty at the Close of the Session, 935. 


Usual Orders and Resolutions of, touching Privi- 
leges and Elections, 524. Vide CommMi1TTEEs. CONSTABLES. 
Exvections. Evipence. Foormen. Letrers. Mem- 
BERS. Prers. PosTMASTER GENERAL, PRAYERS. 
Priviteces. SERJEANT. SPEAKER. STRANGERS, VOTEs. 
WITNESSES. ; 


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HOUSE—continued. | ; 
att Resolutions of, limi ink the time for receiving Private 
Petitions, !Bills;and Reports of Bills; To be printed, 525. 
———— Resolution of, relative to the proceedings on Bills 
esented in the last Session, ahd ‘renewed in the present 
Session, a i j P 
Kitt, At of 12th April 1831, That in any Bill 
which, having passed the House of Lords, shail be sent down 
to this. House for their concurrence, or in any Bill which, 
having*passed this ‘House, shall be returned by the Lords with 
Amendments, it, shall appear that any Pecuniary Penalty or 
Forfeiture is thereby imposed, varied or taken wer he 
ver shall, before the Second Reading of such Bill or 
Amendments, report to the House his opinion whether the 
object thereof be to impose, vary or take away any Pecuniary 
Charge or Burthen on the Subject, or whether the same re- 
lates only to the punishment or the prevention of offences ; 
and the House shall thereupon determine whether it may be 
expedient in such particular case to insist upon the exercise 
of their privilege to originate all such ‘provisions respecting 
Pecuniary Penalties or Forfeitures, read; To be a Standing 
Order; 534- 


Resolutions of, relative to the mode of proceeding 
with respect to Orders of the Day, and Notices, 538, 651. 


Resolutions of, That it appears in evidence, ad- 
duced before the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the merits of the Petition of James Scarlett and 
others, severally complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the City of Dublin, that a system of creating fictitious 
Freeholds within the City and County of the City of Dublin, 
has been fraudulently and illegally carried on, that such Free- 
holds ‘have been! supported by perjury, and certain Votes 
qualified thereby have been notoriously: bribed, 778.—That 
such a system is a great violation of the purity of Election, 

and a direct infraction of the Law of the Land, 779. 

—-— Resolutions of, That this House doth agree in the 

Report. made on, the 26th day of March last, by the Select 

Committee.on the Liverpool Election Petition, which states, 

“ That gross Bribery and Treating prevailed during the late 

Election for a Burgess to,serve in Solent for the Borough 

of Liverpoo].”—That such Bribery and Treating require the 

most sérious consideration of the House, 821. 

—~ desires a Conference with the Lords, 874. 

resolyés, at rising, to. adjourn to a certain time, 
649,...To a certain day, 565, 603, 625, 635, 661, 687, 714, 
834, 863,865, 882, 898. 

sits, post Meridiem, 540. 

———= sits till after Twelve, 680;—till Half an hour after 
Twelve, 688, 768, 879 ;—till near One, 614, 657, 721 ;—+till 
One, 588 ;—till after One, 527, 678, 725, 733, 788, 857, 858, 
884,;—till.a Quarter of an hour after One, 605, 740 ;--till Half 
an hide after One, 708, 729, 802, 804 ;—till near Two, 684, 746, 
7577 793» 779 778, 830, 837, 893 ;—till Two, 663, 671, 696, 
744s 782, 825, 840, 847, 887 ;—till after Two, 623, 636, 653, 

79,702,737 759 758, 786, 843, 854, 865, 890, 903, 907;— 
till near Half an hour. after Two, 705, 794, 815 ;—till Half an 
hour after Two, 643,835, 872 ;—till near Three, 710, 780, 870; 
—till Three, 877, 921;—till after Three, 598, 810, 897, goo, 
910,915 )'928 ;—till near Five, 626 ;—till after Five, 860 ;— 
till after Seven, 648. 

adjourns for want of Forty Members, 590. 
— to be called over; Members not attending, to be 
sent for in custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms, 844. 
——++—— Call of the House deferred, 855, 863, 871. Called 


over, 900. 
interrupted in their Proceedings by a Message 
from. the Lords’ Commissioners, 637 ;—by Messages from The 
King, 717, 9385- 
gives leave to a Member to attend at the Lords 


773: 
grants leave for Notices to be given of the applica- 
tion ‘for a Private Bill by Advertisement, 555. 


——___ + Motion for the House to adjourn; Question Neg. 
thereupon, 647, 803, 913. 
————— Motion for the House to adjourn; withdrawn, 647. 





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——-———- the attention of the House called by Mr. Speaker to 
a Bill ftom the Lords, on account of its importance, 836. To 
Amendments made by the Lords to a Bill, 880. 

— &gt;To he present at the solemnity of Their Majesties’ 
‘Coronation in’ Westminster Abbey, 792. 

-—++—tnri met at,8 a.m. and proceeded to Westminster 
Abbey, 832. 

——-— Vide Accounts. (AppRkssEs, 2 to6.) CrLerK 
on THE House Coronation, Kine. Lorps. Mem- 
BERS, Questions Neg, Sergeant. Speaker, 

7+ of Commons. Vide Commons. 
— Rents. Vide Lazovurers. 











HovsEs RATED or Assessep, Vide accounts. (ADDRESEs, 
27.) ri} 7 r 

Huppersrietp and: Woopueap Road; Petition for a Bill for 
improving aod maintaining the same; and ‘Bill ordered ; 540. 





Presented, and read, 581. Committed, 606... Petitigs of In- 
habitants of Hepworth; of Wooldale; of Honley; and, of 
Fulstone, against; referred; 615.°. Petition of Trustees of the 
Wadsley and Langset Turnpike Road, against ; Referred, and 
Counsel ordered, 61'5. Bill reported : to be el 68. 
Passed, 697. Agreed to by the Lords, 713. Royal Assent, 714. 
Hutcuinson, Bury. Vide East Inpta, CAA ALAS 


Hutton, Joseph... Vide PARLIAMENTS. | 


1° &amp; 2° Will. 1V. Parl. 9- Sess. 1. A. 1831... 


Jackson, Josera. \Vide/LaANDLoRD and TENANT. 


Jamaica, Vide Accounts, (ADDRESSES, 28,). 

Jzerrery, Peter, Vide Lonvon Brive £. 

Jesuits. Vide Accounts. (ADDRESSES, 26.) “' 

IncLtosure Acts Titzes; Bill for remedying Defects in the 
Titles to Lands allotted or taken in Exchange under Inclosure 
Acts, ordered, 590- Presented, and read; Day ‘appointed 
for Second Reading ; and to be printed ; ‘614. Second Read- 
ing deferred, 634. Bin committed, 642. Committee deferred, 
661, 687, 705, 719, 724. Bill considered, and ‘reported ; 
Day appointed for further considering Report; and -Bill, as 
amended, to be printed ; 743. Further consideration of Report 
deferred, 775. Petition of Freeholders ‘ani Inhabitants of 
Warfield, Binfield and Easthampstead, against,'781.’ Petition 
of Freeholders and Inhabitants of Windlesham ‘and Chobham, 
against; ‘lo be printed, 781. Petition of Freehdlders and 
Inhabitants of Sandhurst, Yateley and Eversley, against, 486, 
Further consideration of Report deferred, 787,804, 831.- Order 
for further considering Report ‘read ; Bill re-committed’; ¢on- 
sidered, and reported ; Day appointed for further considering 
Report; and Bill, as amended, to be printed; 853. Further con- 
sideration of Report deferred, 856. Report further considered ; 
Bill to be ingrossed ; and Day appointed for Third,Reading ; 
862. Bill read the third time; further; proceeding) thereupon 
adjourned ; 876, Resumed, and Bill passed, 879. - 

Incuam, George. Vide Dest. 

INHERITANCE; Bill for the Amendment of the Law relating 
thereto, ordered, 596. Presented, and read; Day appointed 
for Second Reading; and to be printed ; 778. wre Read- 
ing deferred, 801, 839, 882. Ban: committed, 891. Com- 
mittee deferred, 905, 913, 927- 

Intanp Navication Company. Vide IRELAND. 

Insotvent Dexstors. Vide Accounts. 

Court. Vide Accounts. 

(Isle of Man); Petition of John 'Gil- 

bert, a Prisoner for Debt in the Gaol of Caxtlerushen} ‘in’ ‘the 

Isle of Man, for Amendment of the Law relating ‘to Insolvent 

Debtors ; To l'e on the Table, 765... : “id 


Inspectors of Taxes. Vide TAxes, Receivers of. 


INSTRUCTIONS : 











To a Committee, to report) Opinion 
from time to time, 538. ery 
To. a Committee to, sit en a certain 
day, and proceed upon the Matter referred to them, 668,, 

To Committees to hear Counsel and 
examine Witnesses, 639, 761, 786, 815. 

To Gentlemen appointed ‘to prepare 
and bring in Bills to make Provision, 622, 720, 833.! 


To Committees of the whole’ House 
on Bills to make Provision, 621, 739, 828. ' 


To Committees on. Bills to make 

















Provision, 624, 672. 





- To Select Committees, to inquire 
into certain Matters, 670, 718, 834. oe 

- - To aCommittee of the whole House 
to receive a Clause, 897. 





- Motion for an Instruction to a Com- 
mittee, Question Neg. thereupon, 674. 
-- Vide Questions Neg, 
InsTRUMENTS ATTESTATION, Vide ATTESTATION, 
InsurANCE ComPANigs; .Vide, IRELAND, 2). 
INTERPLEADER; Bili from the Lords to enable Courts of Law to 
give Relief against adverse Claims made upon Persons having 
no imterest in the'subject-of sueh Claims, 778. Read ; Day 
appointed for Second Reading ; and Bill &lt;b Hoe printed ;°780. 
Second Reading deferred, 794,824; 834; 853; 864;'872. . Bill 
committed, 878. &gt; Considered } and re , without Amend- 
ment; and Day ee ee for Third Reading; 88g. Third 
Reading deferred, 892;' 899,962, °906;'910;' 914,920: ° Bill 








passed, 927. Royal Assent;.935.))° 
Intastates. Vide Accounts: ~~ 
Jones, Thomas. Vide Junres, Special. bayer pnt 
IsHeRwoop, late Thomas w; Bill fro _the, Lords for 
vesting certain parts of his Estates aig Pahl be sold, 

714. Read,714. » Comiditted, 721. ' Reported; and-passed, 

753» Royal Assent,:777. o 008M oblodseso! 





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JOURNALS: | 


To be printed, 558. 








- Entries therein read, 625, 693, 778. 








Vide Accounts. Supp iy. 


IRELAND : 
———. (ACCOUNTS.) ‘Vide COMMISSIONERS OF. 


(ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.) Vide Jus- 
TICE. . . Pd 


(ANTRIm ROAD.) Vide: BELFAST. 

(Arms.)' Motion, That leave be given to bring in 
a Bill to regulate the Emportation of Arms. into Ireland ; 
Debate thereupon adjourned; 603, Further adjourned, 634, 
661, 670, 719- Day a poli for resuming Debate, 719. 
Debate further ‘a atk d, 736; 756, 759, 775, 782, 794, 
802,825, 834, 837, 839, 854, 857- 





- Acts 47, Geo. III, sess, 2, c, 54,50 Geo. IIT. 
c..100,.and.19 Geo. [V. ¢,.47, to prevent improper Persons 
from having Arms, in Ireland, read; Bill to revive the said 
Acts, and to indemnify Persons for acting since the expiration 
thereof, ordered, 865... Presented, and read ; Day appointed 
for Second, Reading; and to be printed; 870.. Committed, 
876.; Committee deferred, Ree Bill considered, 891. Re- 
ported ;, to be ingrossed,; and Day appointed for Third Read- 
ing; 895.., Passed, 899, Agreed to by the Lords, gig. 
Royal Assent, 921. 


—++— (BAKING TRADE.) Petition of Journeymen Bakers 


of Navan, for an’ Act to prohibit their employment in the 
night-time ; To he onthe Table, 830. 





—- Petition of the Corporation of 
Waterford, that thé City of Waterford may be placed within 
the operation of any Bill which maybe brought into the House 
for regulating the Baking Trade of Ireland; To lie on the 
Table, 878. 




















Bill from the Lords to regulate 
the Baking Trade in Ireland, 905. Read; Day appointed 
for Second Reading ; and Bill to be printed; go6. Second 
Reading deferred, 913- 


(BANDONBRIDGE BorouGH#.) Vide ExeEctTions. 


(BARILL4.) Petitions against reduction of Duty 
thereon ;—Of Magistrates, Clergy, Landholders, Merchants 
and Freeholders of the counties of Galway and Mayo, and 
the county.of the town of Galway; To be printed, 693. Of 
Inhabitants of Errismore, 735. Of the Land Proprietor and 
Inhabitants of the Island of Feenish, on the west coast of the 
county.of Galway ; To be printed, 928. | 


— (BANFIELD, Andrew.) Vide SUB-LETTING ACT. 

(BELFAST BRIDGE.) Petition for a Bill for erect- 
ing a Bridge over the River Lagan at Belfast ; Referred to a 
Committee, 549. Reported; Bill ordered; 555. Presented, 
and read, 560. Committed, 591. Reported ; to be ingrossed ; 
639:' ' Passed, 644. Agreed to by the Lords, 682. Royal 
Assent, 712. 








—— (BELFasT HARBOOR.) Petition for a Bill for the 


Imptovement thereof; Referred to a Committee, 549. Re- 
ported; Bill ordered ; 555- Presented, and read, 560. Com- 
mitted, 591. Petition of the Sovereign, Burgesses, Ship- 
owners and others of Belfast, against; Referred, and Counsel 
ordered, 615. “Power, to Committee to send for Persons, 
Papers and Records, 643. Petition of John Kennedy, against ; 
Referred, 657. Petition of Charles Wye Williams, Esquire, 
against, 682, Bill reported ; Report to G onthe Table; 689. 
Day appointed for further considering Report, 715. Report 
further considered ; Bill to be ingrossed; 724. Passed, 729. 
By the Lords, with Amendments, 769. Considered, and agreed 
to, 773- Royal Assent, 777. 

( BELFAST AND ANTRIM ROAD.) Petitionof Mem- 
bers of the Doagh Reform Committee and others, complaining 
of the Expenditure and Tolls on the said Road, and for an 
Inquiry ; To lie on the Table, 931. 





——— (BELFAST AND CAVE HILL RaiLway.) Peti- 


tion for a Bill for making and maintdming the same; Referred 
to a Committee, 565. ‘Reported; Bill’ ordered ; 588. Pre- 
sented, andread, 590, Committed; G14..\: Petitions of Land- 
holders and Farmers of :the county: of Down\; of Merchants, 
Ship-owners and Inhabitants.of Belfast';:of Owners of estates, 
Landholders and Inhalitants of the county of Down, in favour ; 
614. Petition of the Marquis of Donegal and others, against ; 
Referred, and Counsel ordered }.66%.:- Power to Committee to 
send for Persons, Papers atid Records,.677. Petition of Trus- 


‘tees of the Turnpike Road from Belfast to Antrim, and from 


Belfast to Copeland Water,: agamst;. Referted, 682. Time 
— for Committee to report, 685, .Petition of Henry 
Joy Holmes, against; 708. ..Bill reported; Report to lie on 
the Table; 721. . 


——— (Bircu, John.) Vide MALT SprRirs. 
———--+ (Brsnops’ Cour?s,) Petition of Lardhdlders and 


Householders of the Manor of Castle’ Graee, for their abolition ; 
To lie on the Table, 717. 


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———— (Boes.) Petition of Inhabitants:.of the-distriét. of 


Erritt, in the county of | Resconinion;: foraid: td enable them 
to reclaim the Waste Lands ofthat! distrieti;‘To tie! on the 
Table ; and to be printed ; 863.0 4., soituioos : 
(BripGes.) | Vide RoaDs. | IN92914 
(BuRNING LAND.) Bill from the Lords to provide 
against the setting aside, for want of form, Convictions for 
Offences in Burning Land, 798. eke ing 


351 —— 


——— (CASSIDY, John.) Vide Maur SpiRits.. 


(Cave Hitt Rartway.) Vide BELFasr. 


— (CHARITY LETTERS.).. Petitions complaiming of 
the privilege of receiving Letters free of Postage, having Fien 
withdrawn from the Religious and Charitable Institutions of 
Ireland ;—Of the Ministers and Elders of de Fouebatarion 
Church of Ireland, commonly known by the name of the Ge- 
neral Synod of Ulster; 678. Of Inhabitants of Broughshane ; 
To be printed, 711. 


(CHurRcH ESTABLISHMENT.) Petition of Inha- 


bitants of Maghera and Killelagli, for the abolition thereof ; 


To lie on the Table ; and to be printed ; 535. 


(CHurRcH ESTABLISHMENT AND EDUCATION.) 
Petition of Inhabitants and Householders of Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne, for the abolition of the Church Establishment, the dis- 
continuance of the Grant to the Kildare-street Society, and 
the continuance of that to Maynooth College;,929.. To lie 
on the Table ; and to be printed ; 930, 


(CHurRCcH LanpsS.) Petitions; raymg that the 
Church Lands in Ireland may be taken by Government, that 
the people of Ireland may be exonerated from the’ payment of 
Tithes, Vestry Taxes, Church and Poor Rates ;—Of Roman 
Catholic Inhabitants of Navan; To be printed, 835. Of In- 
habitants of Killusty ; To be printed, 841. 93 


— (CHurcH PROPERTY.) Petition of John Valentine 
Nugent, of Waterford, for placiny Church Property in the 
hands of the Government, to pay theréout the Ministers of 
the Established Church, and towards the support of the Poor ; 
721. To lie on the Table, 722: ; 


(Cuurcu RATES.) Vide TITHES. 


(CLARECOUNTY PRESENTMENTS.,).Bill. to enable 
the Treasurer of the county of Clare to, levy eertain Present- 
ments, ordered; Presented, and read ; Day appointed for Second 
Reading ; and to be printed ; 802. Committed, 814, Consi- 
dered, and reported, without Amendment ; to be ingrossed ; 
and Day appointed for Third Reading; 824. Passed, 832. 
Agreed to by the Lords, 860. Royai Assent, 861. 


(CoAaL METERS’ ESTABLISHMENT.) Petitions 
against the abolition thereof ;—Of the Masters, Wardens and 
Brethren of the Guild of Merchants, Dublin; To be printed, 
593- Of Owners and Masters of Coal Vessels trading:to the 
Port of Dublin; of the Corporation of Coopers, Dublin ;\ of 
the Fraternity of Felt Makers, Dublin; To be printed ; 711. 
Of the Corporation of Tailors, Dublin ; To be printed, 730. 
Of Ship-owners and Ship-masters trading to the: Port of 
Dublin; To be printed, 784. Of Merchants, Traders; Citi- 
zens and Inhabitants of the City of Dublin; To be printed, 
811. Alar 





Petition’ of 





the Chamber of Commerce of Dublin, against its’ contmu- 
ance, and for removing restraints on the importation and 
unlading of Coal, 767. To lie on the Table, 768. 








Petitions for 
granting Compensation to the Coal Meters’ in the event of 
the abolition of the Establishment ;—Of the Corporations of 
Smiths; of Weavers; of Barbers; of Bakers; of Butchers ; 
of Cooks; of Carpenters ; of Chandlers, Soap-boilers, &amp;c. ; 
of Shoemakers; of Tanners, of the city of Dublin; of Timothy 
Smith and John Allen, 835. Of the Coal Meters of the city 
of Dublin; of the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Commons and 
Citizens of the city of Dublin, in Common Council assem- 
bled ; To be printed, 835. Of the Corporation jof Cutlers, 
Painters, Stainers and Stationers of. Dublin; To be printed, 
838. 

: (COLERAINE BorouGH.) Vide ELEcTIoNs. 


(COMMISSIONERS OF ACCOUNTA Agts p2 Geo. 3. 
c. 52, and 56 Geo. 3. c. 98, relating thereto read 5, Bil ty Breed 
the same, ordered; Presented, and read ;, Day appointed for 
Second Reading ; and to be printed; 802. Committed, 814. 
Considered, and Day appointed for receiving Report ; 824. 
Reported; to be ingrossed; and Day appoiited” for’ Third 
Reading; 829. Passed, 832. Agreed to by the Lords, 862. 
Royal Assent, 861. GP Xo 


—-—_ (Cork, Brsuop or, Es747#:) Bill from the 


Lords to repeal part of Act 32 Geo. ILI. relating to, a portion 

of Lands tulonipthy to the See of Cork ange Read, 835. 

Committed, 840. Reported, and passed, 866.’ Royal As- 

sent, 871. 
(CorK.) Vide NavaL DEPOT... «3 
(DEEDS.) Vide REGISTRATION. 


(DisPENSARIES.) Petitions‘ for Amendment tof 
Act 50 Geo. III, c. 47, 80 a8’ to make it imperative: on 
Grand Juries to present in aid of Dispensaries ;—Of the 

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IRELAN D-—-contineed. 
Committee of the Clara Dispensary ;‘ of the Committee and 
Subscribers, ito, the;,General, Dispensary for the Barony ‘of 
Gallen, Mayo 3.To. lie on the Table, 931. 


(DISTILLATION.) Bill to consolidate ‘and amend 
‘the Laws for'suppressing: the illicit making of Malt and Dis- 
tillation | of «Spirits;' ordered; 550. Presented, and read ; 
Day appointed: for Second Reading ; and to be printed ; 587- 
Committed; 611. «Committee deferred, 641, 670, 695, 719, 
245.732. 737%,.739».750 775» 780, 782, 794, 802, 804, Sug, 
B34, 836, 3. 856, ,864, 869, 883, 892, 895, 899. Bill 
considered, and reported; Day appointed ‘for further con- 
sidering Report; and Bill, as amended, to be printed ; go6. 
Further consideration of Report deferred, gog. Report further 
considered ; Bill to be ingrossed; and Day appointed for 
Third Reading; 913. _Passed,g17. Agreed to by the Lords, 
930. . Royal Assent, 935- 








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Petitions for repeal of Clause in 
the Distillery Act, granting a Drawback on Malt, and against 
the increasing introduction into Ireland of Scotch Whiskey ;— 
Of Thomas Haughton, of Carlow, Distiller, 758. Of Distillers 
of Maryborough Collection ; To be printed, 761. 


Vide MALT SPIRITS. 


(DisTRESS.) Petitions complaining thereof ;—Of 
Samuel Fletcher, 655. Of Inhabitants of Aughagour, 717. 
Of Magistrates, Land-owners, Clergy, Merchants and Free- 
holders of Galway; To be printed, 761. Of Inhabitants of 
Clara and its vicinity ; To be printed, 825. Of Inhabitants 
of Louth (Lincoln) ; To be printed, 993. 


(DISTRESS AND Poor Laws.) Petition of Mem- 
bers of a Committee appointed by a Public Meeting of the 
‘Inhabitants of Birmingham, for an immediate inquiry into 
the state of Ireland, and for the adoption of measures to 
render the property of that country available to the main- 
tenance of its Poor, 908. 


(DoyLe, Stephen.) Vide Post OFFICE. 


(DroGHEDA Roaps.)' Petition for a Bill for 
repairing the Mail-Coach Road from Drogheda to the City of 
Londonderry; and Bill ordered, 567. Presented, and read, 
581. Committed, 606. Reported; to be ingrossed; 689. 
Passed, 697. Agreed to by the Lords, 778. Royal Assent, 
826. 

(DupBuin City.) Vide Evections. 


(DUBLIN AND KINGSTOWN RaAILiwary.) Peti- 
tion for a Bill for making and maintaining the same; referred 
to a Committee, 557. Re orted; Bill ordered; 561. Pre- 
‘sented, and read, 571. Committed, 599. Petition of the 
Chamber of Commerce of the city of Dublin, in favour, 658. 
Petition of Sir David C. Roose and Robert Simpson, Esquire, 
against; Referred, and Counsel ordered, 659. Petition of 
the Court, of Directors of the Grand Canal Company, against 
(prepented 13th April); Referred, 685. Time ce then for 
Committee to report, 6go. Bill reported ; Report to lie on 
the Table ; 702. Report further considered; Amendments, 
with an Amendment to one of them, agreed to; Bill to be 
ingrossed, 726. Passed, 734. Agreed to by the Lords, 798. 
Royal Assent, 826. . . ' 


(DusLin Rovaw Society.) Petition of the 
Royal Dublin Society, for continuance of the Parliamentary 
Grant, 877. To lie on the Table; and to be printed; 878. 


(DuBLIN, SAINT GEORGE'S, CHURCH.) Peti- 
tion of Parishioners of Saint George, in the city of Dublin, 
for the production of Papers and Accounts relative to the 
building of the Parish Church, with an Account of the 
Monies received towards the same; To lie on the Table; and 
to, be printed; 879. 


(DuBLINn UNIVERSITY.) Petition of Inhabitants 
of Whitechurch, praying that the dignity of Scholarship be 
opened; without distinction of Sect or Creed, and for an 
inquity into the income of the said University ; To lie on the 
‘Table; and to be printed ; 768. 


(EaseEMENT OF BuRIAL Act.) Petition of Ro- 
man ‘Catholic Inhabitants of Ratoath for the repeal thereof, 
761. ‘To lie un’ the Table, 762. 


— — (EDUCATION); Petitions against any further Grant 
_ to the, Kildare Street Society ;—-Of Inhabitants of Tralee, 557. 
OF, [nhabitants of Kilfian ;, To be printed, 557. Of Guardians 
of Saint . Patrick's Free Schools, Kingstown; of Roman 
Gatholic Inhabitants of Saint Catherine, Dublin; To be 
printed, 589. Of Catholic Inhabitants of Ballycoog, 601. 
. ‘Of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Saint Mary’s, Athlone; of 
Rynagh and Banagher; To be printed, 646. Of the Roman 
., Catholic, Clergymen of the diocese of Derry,.655. Of Inha- 
_ bitants of the united parishes of Kilconnee, and. Aughrim ; 
of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Charleville ; To be printed, 
655. Of Inhabitants of Castledermot ; of the united parishes 

















of Cadanistown, Mylerstown, and other places; of Ardagh and. 


Moydow ; of ‘Lismore and Ballyduff; of Carrickbegg and 
Windgap; of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Cappoquin, 
666. Of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Greenagh; of 
Churchtown; of Mourn-Albey; To be printed, 673. Of 
Householders of the parish of the Holy Trinity, Waterford, 











678. Of Roman Catholic Clergymen of the diocese 
(presented 14th July) ; To be a 686. Of Aa ee 
. P.. of, Mountmelick’ and* Castlebrack ; of Inhabitants of 
Maryborough ; ‘To be printed, 686. Of Roman Catholi¢ In- 
habitants of the united parishes of Kilmacabea and Kilfach- 
nabeg; of Cove.and the Great Island (Cork); of Inhabitants 
of Macroom ; of Ahina ;. of Parishioners of Liscarrall’ of In- 
habitants of Donoughmore ; of Roman Catholic ‘Thhabitants 
of Kilshannick ; To be printed, 697. Of Catholic Inhabitants 
of the parish of Castlelyons } of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of 
the united parish of Kilbolan ; of the Union of Kilworth; of 
Errigal Trough ; of Inhabitants of the parish of Attymass ; 
717. Of Roman Catholics, Clergy and Laity, of the town of 
Carrick-on-Suir} of Baltinglass; of Borrisoleigh ; of the united 
parishes of Ballynakiil and Kilerean ; of Freshford, Tulleroan 
and Three Castles ;* of Parishioners of the united parishes of 
Emlafad and Kilmorgan ;.To be printed, 717. Of Roman 
Catholic Inhabitants of the Union of Dunshaughlin and Cul- 
trummer ; of Inhabitants of the united parishes of Caragh and 
Prosperous ; of the barony of West Muskerry’ of Gentry, 
Clergy, Free and Landholders in Kiltobride ; 721. Of Roman 
Catholic Inhabitants of Clonenagh ; of the Roman Catholic 
Pastor and Parishioners of Listowell; To be printed, 721. 
Of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Roscarbery and Kilkeran- 
more, 728. Of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Mallow; of 
Clonpriest; To be printed, 730.. Of Roman Catholic Inha- 
bitants of Rathvilly ; of Faithlegg; of Powerstown; of Lis- 


$3&gt; 
ronagh; 735. Of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Ardfield 





and Rathbarry ; of Youghal; 739. Of Inhabitants of Raloo; 


of Kilwaughter; 740. Of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of 
Dungarvan; To be printed, 746. Of Inhabitants of Larne, 
Inver and Glynn, 746. Of Inhabitants of Garrocloyne; of 
Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the united parishes of Sta- 
mullen, Moor Church and Julianstown ; of. Inhabitants of 
Navan; of Skreen and Rathfy; 748. Of Roman Catholic 
Inhabitants of Ballinakill; of Clergy of Portarlington, Emo 
and Killenard; of Roman Catholic Inhabitants’ of Bally- 
duff; of Temple Michael, Kilcockin and Kilwatermoy ; of 
Inhabitants of Portlaw; of Crook and Kilsaint Nicholas; of 
Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Batlerstown; of Inhabitants 
of Trinity-without-Waterford ; To be printed, 748. Of Roman 
Catholic Clergymen and Parishioners of Seskinane; To be 
se 757- Of Inhabitants of Ahabologue; of Duleek ; of 

oman Catholic Inhabitants of Kilgarf, Desart, the Island 
of Kilnagross, Templequinlan and Temple Omalus ; of Inha- 
bitants of Tynneryland and Benekerry; 757.: Of Roman 
Catholic Inhabitants of the united parishes of Tramore aud 
Carbally ; of Caher; of Clogher; of Newry; of Inhabitants 
of Clonmel ; To be printed, 757. Of Inhabitants of Kilma- 
looda, 761. Of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Ratoath; of 
the Roman Catholic Rector and Inhabitants of Duagh ; To 
be printed, 761. Of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Conna ; 
To be printed, 765. Of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the 
united parishes of Callan, Coolagh, Mallards-town and Tul- 
lomain; of Inhabitants of Monaghan; of Bortis; of White- 
church ; To be printed, 768. Of Roman Catholic Inhabitants 
of Kilcash and Gammonsfield ;° of Roman Catholic Clergy 
and Inhabitants of Killymard ; of Inhabitants of Clondrohid ; 
of Clergymen and Inhabitants of Kells; 776. Of Roman 
Catholic Inhabitants. of ‘Thurles; of the Governors and 
Trustees of upwards of Thirty Roman Catholic Orphan So- 
Cieties in the City of Dublin; of Bishops professing the Roman 
Catholic Religion in Ireland ; To be printed 776. “Of Tnha- 
bitants_ of Goresbridge, 780.. Of Inhabitants of Magourney, 
796. Of Parishioners of Timoleague; of Roman Catholic 
Clergy and Inhabitants of Donegal ; To be printed, 796. Of 
Inhabitants of Dunleckny, Augha, Sliguff and Lornm ; ‘To be 
printed, 802. Of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of New Ross; 
‘fo be printed, 805... Of Inhabitants. of the united parishes of 
Johnstown and Walterstown; To be printed, 812. Of Roman 
Catholic Inhabitants of the united parishes of Allen and Mil- 
town; of the united parishes of Castle Carberry, Dunfierth 
and Arkle ; of the united parishes of Monasteraris, Ballybur- 


~ ley, Bally-mac-William and Croghen; of Roman Catholic 


Clergy and: Laity: residing im the Roman Catholic district 
of Myross; '817.:° Of Inhabitants of Granard; ‘of Roman 
Catholic Clergy and Laity residing in the Roman Catholic 
district of Castlehaven ; To be printed, 817. Of Roman Ca- 
tholic Inhabitants of the sted parishes of, Ballyclough and 
Kilbrin; of Roman Catholic Clergy and Laity. of Newmarket 
(Cork); To be printed, 825. Of.the Very Reverend John 
Spratt; of Roman Catholic, Inhabitants of Rolistown and 
Oldtown; of Inhabitants of Tubrid, Tullihurton and White- 
church; 830. Of Inhabitants of Longford, Templemichael 
and Ballymacormick ;‘ of Householders of the united parishes 
of Rosmire and Kilbarrymeaden; 855. Of Inhabitants of the 
united. parishes of Lady’s Island, Caron, and Saint Margaret's ; 
To be printed, 910. ? . 
Petition of Catholic Inhabitants of the Union of Tin- 
tern, Rosegarland ‘and Inch, that a part of the Funds granted 
for the purposes of Edacation may be committed to the charge 
of their Prelates, for the Education of the Catholic Poor of 
Treland, 887.5. 2% emmron L MAORMELG secs 
(EpucaTIon.) Petitions for continuance of Grant 


to the Kildare Street Society ;—Of Inhabitants of Desertlyn ; 

. To be printed,’656. “ Of Ministers and Elders of the, Presby- 
terian Church in Ireland, under the name of The Synod of 
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( EDUCATION )—continued. 


Belfast Sunday School Union; of Clergy, Landholders and 


Inhabitants of Killinchy ; of Killileagh; of Kilmood; To be 
printed, 659. Of Gentry, Clergy and Inhabitants of the county 
of Kerry; of Ministers of the ae Methodist Connexion 
in Ireland; of Inhabitants of Delgany ; of Landholders and 
Inhabitants of Carrigallen and Drumreilly ; of Inhabitants of 
Edgeworthstown ; To be printed, 697. Of Thomas Augustine 
Finigan ; of Friends of the uneducated Poor, and of Educa- 


_ tion, residing in Belfast and its vicinity ; of Ministers, Leaders, 


Stewards, and the Male Members of The Methodist New 
Society, and others of the congregation, who usually meet for 
Christian worship in Refuge Chapel, Lisburn; To be printed, 
703. Of Inhabitants of Castlecomer; To be printed, 711. 
Of Land Occupiers and Householders of Saint John, Sligo; of 
Inhabitants of Drumeliff ; of Glenlough ; 730. Of Inhabitants 
of Bandon and its neighbourhood; of Tullyhurk ; of Magis- 
trates, Clergy and Resident Landholders of the western part 
of the county of Cork; of Inhabitants of Killesher; To be 
piped. 730. Of Clergy, Landholders and Inhabitants of 

oughinisland; of Inhabitants of Inch; To be printed, 735. 
Of Inhabitants of Urney, 747. Of Persons resident in Stra- 
bane ; To be printed, 747. Of Inhabitants of Loughgilly, 761. 
Of Minister, Pe rckwardcus and Parishioners of Aughaloo ; 
To be printed, 773. Of Inhabitants of Mountmelick ; of Pro- 
testant Inhabitants of Ballymacormick ; 810. To be printed, 
811. Of Inhabitants of the Union of Manor Hamilton; To 
be printed, 820. Of Catholic and Protestant Inhabitants of 
Tomregan ; To be printed, 837. Of the Belfast Sunday and 
Daily School Society ; of Schoolmasters residing in Belfast ; 
of Inhabitants of the district of Glenwherry ; of Ballyclare ; 
of Ballynure; of Cairn Castle; of Clergymen, Freeholders 
and Inhabitants of Ahoghill; 840. Of Inhabitants of Glenarm ; 
To be printed, 870. Of Inhabitants of Coleraine; To be 
printed, 891, 





Bill for the Establishment and 
Maintenance of Parochial Schools, and the advancement of 
the Education of the People in Ireland, ordered, 737. Pre- 
sented, and read ; Day appointed for Second Reading ; and to 
be printed ; 879. Second Reading deferred, 895, 899,906. gog. 
Vide CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT. 








MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. 


———— (ELECTION BY BALLOT.) Vide PARLIAMENT, 


REFORM OF. 


~— — (ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.) Vide PARLIAMENT, 


REFORM OF. 


—— (EMBANKMENTS.) Petitions in favour; Two Peti- 
tions of Landholders in Ireland; 572. To be printed, 573. 
Of Landholders in Ireland, 592. 








Bill to empower landed Pro- 
prietors in Ireland to sink, embank and remove Obstructions 
in Rivers, ordered, 613. Presented, and read; Day appointed 
for Second Reading ; and to be printed; 666. Petitions of 
Proprietors and Landholders of Street and Granard ; of Land- 


holders of Killucan; of Landholders in Ireland, in favour; 


666. Bill committed to a Select Committee ; Five to be the 
Quorum; 695. Members added, 730. Bill reported; Day 
appointed for further considering Report; and Bill,as amended, 


_ to be printed; 790. Report further considered ; Bill to be 


ingrossed ; and Day appomies for Third Reading; 846. Pe- 


tition of Proprietors o ater Mills in and around the county 


- of Dublin, against; To be printed, 855. Third Reading de- 


ferred, 858, 862, 865, 869. Bill passed, 876. By the Lords, 
with Amendments ; considered, and agreed to; g19. Royal 
Assent, 935- 


(ENNIS AND GALWAY RoaD.) Petition for a 
Bill for maintaining and improving the same, and Bill or- 
dered, 554- Presented, and read, 613. Committed, 643. 
Time enlarged for Committee to report, 741. Bill reported ; 
Report referred to Select Committee on Standing Orders; 745. 
Vide SranpiNG OrveErs. Report, Thatthe Standing Orders 
ought not to be dispensed with; Bill re-committed to former 
Committee; 783. Petition of Inhabitants of Ennis, against ; 
To lie on the Table, 844. Bill reported; Report to lie on the 
Table ; 877. 

- (Excise CoLLecTors.) Petition of Pro-Collect- 
ors of Excise for increase of retired Allowances brought up, 
and read, and, by leave, withdrawn, “703. 

(Fire INSURANCE.) Petition of the Directors of 


_ the Patriotic Assurance Company of Ireland for reduction of 


Duty on Policies of Fire Insurance ; To lie on the Table, 817. 
—— (FISHERIES.) Petition of Fishermen of Helvick, 


"against the Order issued by the Board of Inland Navigation 























relate to the import and inspection of Flax Seed ; To lie’ on 
the Table ; and to be printed; gogee!) 41) ty soi hin 


——— (FLAX SEED.) Motion, That leave'be given to’ bring 
in a Bill to regulate the importation thereof ‘into’Ireland, ‘and, 
by leave, withdrawn, 910, LalTath, 
(FREEHOLDERS’ QUALIFICATION ACT.) \Petition 
of Inhabitants and Landholders of the: Barony of Saint Mul- 
lins and Idrone East (Carlow), for the repeal or amendment 
thereof; To lie on the Table; and to be printed; 795. 


(GALWAY Docks.) Petition for leave to present 
a Petition fora Bill to amend Act for making and maintaining 
the same ; Referred to a Committee, 658. Reported, and leave 
given; Petition presented accordingly; Referred to a Com- 
mittee ; 664. Reported; Bill ordered; 672. Presented, and 
read, 681. Committed, 690. Reported; Report to lie on 
the Table ; 715. Report further considered, 740. Bill to be 


ingrossed, 741. Passed, 754. Agreed to by the Lords, 773. 
Royal Assent, 777. 





— GALWAY FRANCHISE.) Petitions for provision in 
the Reform of Parliament (Ireland) Bill, for the peculiar 
Franchise of Galway ;—Of Protestant Freemen of Galway ; 
To be printed, 600. Of Landholders, Clergy, Merchants, 
Freeholders, Freemen, Householders, Tradesmen .and Inha- 
bitants of Galway; To be printed, 645. Of Magistrates of 
Galway, 650. Of Protestant Freemen and Inhabitants of 
Claddagh; of Carro Brown; of Protestant Parishioners 
of Rosecom ; 655. Of Protestant Parishioners of the Vicarage 
of Shruel, 667. Of the Roman Catholic Prelate and Clergy of 
the Wardenship of Galway ; ‘lo be printed, 679. Of Pro- 
testant Freemen and Freeholders of Menlough, 686. Of 
Members of the Irish Bar, 695. Of Members of the Irish Bar 
connected with Galway, 717. To lie onthe Table, 718; Of 
Roman Catholic Magistrates of Galway ; To be printed, 722. 
Of Protestant Freemen and Inhabitants of Newtownsmith, 723. 
Of the Roman Catholic Prelate and Clergy of the District of 
Galway; of Prot« tant Freemen and Freeholders of Saint 
Nicholas, Galway; 728. Of Protestant Freemen of Galway, 
739. Of Protestant Burgesses of Galway, 746. Of Roman 
Catholic Inhabitants of Newtownsmith, 757. Of Protestant 
Freemen and Inhabitants of Merchants’ Quay, Galway; To 
be printed, 761. Of the Roman Catholic Prelate and Clergy 
of the Wardenship of Galway ; To be printed, 765. Of Pro- 
testant Freemen and Inhabitants of Ballindooley ; of the 
Chamber of Commerce of Galway ; 767.. Of: Roman Catholic 
Prelates and Clergy of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh, 776. Of 
Protestant Inhabitants of Bohermore, 781. Of Protestant In- 
habitants of Nun’s Island; To be printed, 811. Of the Ap- 
prentice Freemen of Galway of the Roman Catholic reli- 
gion, 826. Of Protestant Freemen of Galway, 830. Of Resi- 
dent Roman Catholic Freemen of Galway ; To be printed, 830. 
Of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Saint Nicholas, Galway ; 
of Protestant Freemen of the county of Galway, 833. Of 
Protestant Merchants and Traders of Galway, 835. Of Mer- 
chants, Traders, Tradesmen and Inhabitants of Galway, 877. 
Of Merchants of ‘Galway; of Resident Magistrates, Free 
Burgesses and Protestant Freemen of Galway ; To be printed, 
890. Of Land-owners, Merchanis and others of Galway ; 
To be printed, 904. Of Land-owners, Merchants, Freemen 
and Freholders of the Vicarage of Clare Galway; To be 
printed, go8. Of the Mayor, Sheriffs, Freemen and Free 
Burgesses of the Corporation of Galway; of the Fifty-Pound 
Freeholders, and Ten-Pound Householders of Galway; of 
Landholders, Clergy, Merchants, Freemen, Householders, 
Tradesmen and Inhabitants of the Town and Corporation of 
Galway; 911. Of Merchants, Land-owners and others of 
Newtownsmith ; of the Roman Catholic Prelate and Clerg 
of the Diocese of Kilfenora; of Ten-Pound Householders of 
Galway; 923. Of Resident Free Burgesses and Inhabitants 
of the Town and Corporation of Galway, 928. Ofthe Cham- 
ber of Commerce of Galway, 931. Of Land-owners, Mer- 
chants and others of Galway, 934. 





———= Act 4 Geo. I. c. 15, of 
the Parliament of [reland relating thereto, read; Bill to re- 
peal so much of the said Act as limits the Franchise created 
by that Act to Protestants only, ordered, 782. Presented, 
and read; Day appointed for Second Reading; and to be 
printed ; 788. Committed, 804. Committee deferred, 825, 
829, 832. Bill considered, and reported; Day appointed for 
further considering Report; and Bill, as amended, to be 

rinted; 836. Further consideration of Report deferred, 843. 
Report further considered ; Bill to be. ingrossed; and Day 
appointed for Third Reading; 854. Third’ Reading deferred, 
860. Bill passed, 869. Agreed to by the Lords, 919. Royal 
Assent, 921. 


proiibiting the use of Trawl Nets ; To lie on the Table; and 
to be printed ; 873. 





(GALWAY-ROAD.) Vide ENNIS. 


___ (Fisuery Bounties.) Petition of Fishermenand ————— (GIRVIN, Jumes.) Vide GRAND JURY PReE- 
Fish Curers .of Dingle for the revival thereof; To lie on the ‘SENTMENTS. 
Table, 718. ( ———. (GLASs.) Petitions for reduction of Duties thereon ; 
———— (FLanaGan, Thomas.) Vide ToLLs AND Cus- —Of Magistrates, Clergy, Landholders and Merchants of 
Sy 


TOMS. Galway; To be printed, 646. Of Magistrates, Clergy and 
———— (Fuax SEED.) Petition of Merchants of London- Landholders of the Barony of Ballynahinch (Galway); To 
derry for re-enacting such parts of Act 6 Geo. IV. c. 122, as be printed, 761. Ofthe Barony of Moycullen (Galway), 931. 


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——_——— (GorceEs, H.) Vide PARLIAMENT, REFORM 
OF. 

(GRAND Juries.) Acts relating thereto, read ; 
Bill to repeal the provisions of several Acts relating to the 
Presentments of} Money for Public purposes by Grand Juries, 
and to make more effectaal provisions relating to such Pre- 
sentments, ordered, 878. Presented, and read; Day ap- 
pointed for Second Reading ; and to be printed ; 907. 


————- (Grand Jury LAws.) Petitions for the revision 

thereof ;—Of Landholders of Clara ; To be printed, 721. Of 
Landholders and Householders of the county of Tippe- 
rary, 735- vai 
(GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS.) Petition of 
James Girvin, complaining of the present mode of expending 
the County Assessments in Ireland, and submitting a Plan for 
the remedy thereof; To lie on the Table, 678. 


(GRAZIERS’ STEAM MARINE COMPANY.) Pe- 
tition for a Bill to facilitate intercourse by Steam Navigation 
between the Western Coast of Ireland and Great Britain; 
Referred to a Committee, 554. Petition of Owners of Sail- 
ing Vessels belonging to the Port of Drogheda, against; To 
lie on the Table, 598. Petition reported ; and Bill ordered ; 
599. ‘Time enlarged for presenting Bill, 606. Petition of 
Proprietors of Steam Vessels, against, 636. Petition of Mer- 
chants, Traders and Inhabitants of the counties of Galway 
and Roscommon, for exemption from the liability to pay the 
Shares subscribed for by them towards the said Undertaking, 


771. 
(GRIMSHAW, Robert.) 

TION COMPANY. 
(HAUGHTON, Thomas.) Vide DISTILLATION. 


———— (HITCHCOCK, Samuel.) Vide PETIT SESSIONS. 


(HosPiTaALs.) Acts 50 Geo. III. c. 103, and 
7 Geo. 1V. c. 74, relating thereto, read; Bill to amend an Act 
passed in the Parliament of Ireland, in the fifth year of his 
Majesty Aang George the Third, ‘‘ for establishing Public 
Hospitals in Ireland,” ordered; Presented, and read; Day 
appointed for Second Reading; and to be printed; 854. 
Second Reading deferred, 860. Bill committed, 869. Com- 
mittee deferred, 886. Bill considered and reported, without 
Amendment; to'be ingrossed ; and Day appointed for Third 
Reading ; 889. Passed, 892. Agreed to by the Lords, gi2. 
Royal Assent, 921. 
—— (INLAND NAVIGATION COMPANY.) Petition 
for a Bill for enabling the Irish Inland Navigation Company 
to sue and be sued, 556. Referred to a Committee, 557. Re- 
ported; Billordered; 561. Presented, and read, 571. Com- 
mitted, 599- Petition of John Redfoord Davis, against ; Re- 
ferred, and Counsel ordered, 615. 
(INSURANCE COMPANIES.) Petition of Henry 
Lanauze, of College Green, Dublin, Stock Broker, and other 
Persons, that all Insurance Companies, not incorporated or 
recognized by Act of Parliament, be compelled to register 
their Deed of Copartnership in the Courts of Chancery in 
London and Dublin; To lie on the Table; and to be printed ; 
890. 








Vide LAGAN NAVIGA- 





— (JuDICcIAL OFFICERS.) Act 1 &amp; 2 Geo. IV. 
c.44, to exclude Persons holding certain Judicial Offices in 
Ireland from being Members of the House of Commons, read ; 
Bill to amend the same, ordered, 737. Presented, and read; 
Day appointed for Second Reading; and to be printed ; 744. 
Order for Second Reading discharged ; Bill withdrawn ; 750. 


(JURIES.) Vide GRAND JURIES. 








Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws 
relative to Jurors and Juries in Ireland, ordered, 674. Pre- 
sented, and read; Day appointed for Second Reading ; and 
to be printed; 717. Committed, 736. Committee deferred, 
758, 753, 775» 782, 794, 824, 836, 856, 869, 882, 892, 899, 
902, 999. 

(JUSTICE, ADMINISTRATION OF.) Bill for the 
Improvement thereof, ordered, 688. Presented, and read ; 
Day a iin for Second Reading ; and to be printed; 695. 
Second Reading deferred, 710. Bill committed, 724. Com- 
mittee deferred, 728, 736, 739, 756, 763, 775, 782. Pe- 
tition of the Chamber of Commerce of the city of Dublin, 
for inserting a Clause in the Bill to prevent the Court of 
Conscience from adjudicating upon the Coal-meters demands 
for Fees on ‘Coal imported mto Dublin ; To be printed, 788. 
Committee deferred, 794, 804, 809. Bill considered, 814. 
Report ‘deferred, 825, 832, 834, 837, 843. Bill reported; 
Clause'added ; Clause offered; Motion for bringing it up ; 
Question Neg. thereupon ; Bill to be ingrossed ; and Day ap- 
pointed for Third Reading ; 846. Passed, 856. Agreed to 
by the Lords, 874... Royal Assent, 890. 


- (KERTLAND, William.) Vide Evections. 
(KILDARE PLACE Society.) Vide EDUCATION. 
(KILKENNY AND WATERFORD CANAL.) Pe- 








titions for the adoption of measures for completing the said 
Canal, or for the construction of a Railroad from the city of 
Kilkenny to the Sea;—Of Inhabitants of Kilkenny ; To be 
printed ; 873. Of New Ross, 887. 


————. (KILMORE.) Vide TITHEs. 











(KING, Sir Abraham Bradley.) Vide Ktn@’s Sr4. 
TIONER. 
— (Kin@’s STATIONER.) Petition of Sir Abraham 
Bradley King, Baronet, praying for compensation in lieu of 
his Patent: (The King’s Recommendation signified ;) 593. 
To lie on the Table; and to be printed; 595. Referred to 
Committee of Supply, 601. 

(KINGSTOWN RAILWAY.) Vide DUBLIN. 


— (LAGAN NAVIGATION COMPANY.) Petition: of 
Robert Grimshaw, of Belfast, for inquiring into the appro- 
priation of the Grant to that Company; To. lie on the Tible 


733- 
(LANAUZE,, Henry.) 
PANIES. ' 
(LEARY, John.) Petition of the Children of John 
Leary, late of Rossa, near Doneraile, complaining of his Trans- 
gee and for remission of his Sentence; To lie on the 
able ; and to be printed ; 855. 


Vide INSURANCE Com- 





Motion for presenting an Address 
to His Majesty for Copies of all Communications between the 
Irish Government and Baron Pennefather, on the subject of 
John Leary, convicted of a Conspiracy to murder, at the last 
Special Commission, held in the County of Cork, and, by 
leave, withdrawn, 871. 

(LONDONDERRY RodAD.) Vide DROGHEDA. 

(LORD LIEUTENANTS.) Bill from the Lords to 
provide for the better Order and Government. of Ireland, by 
Lieutenarts of the several Counties, Counties of Cities, and 
Counties of Towns therein, 674. Read, 676. Second, Read- 
ing deferred, 687. Bill committed, 695. Committee de- 
ferred, 710, 732, 736, 739- Order for Committee, read; 
Motion, That Mr. Speaker do leave the Chair; Amendment 
proposed, but not made; Main Question agreed to; Bill con- 
sidered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment ; 
and Day appointed for Third omen 8 755- Third Reading 
deferred, 766,770. Order for Third Reading, read ; Amend- 
ment proposed, but not made; Main Question agreed to; 
Bill read the Third time; Amendments made; Bill passed, 
with Amendments; 771. Amendments agreed to by the 
Lords, 778. Royal Assent, 777. 





Motion for presenting 
an Address to His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased 
to direct the removal of such of the newly-appoimted Lord 
Lieutenants of Counties in Ireland, as are not resident in 
their respective Counties, and, by leave, withdrawn, 895. 

(MALT Spirits.) Petitions for an alteration in 
the present system of Malt Regulations in Ireland ;—Of John 
Cassidy, 730. Of Distillers in Londonderry, 764. Of John 
Birch, 776. Of Michael Molloy, 840. 








— Vide DISTILLATION. 
(Massy, Hugh Dillon.) Vide Roaps. 

MASTER OF THE ROLLS.) Petition of the Right 
honourable Sir William M‘Mahon, Baronet, Master of the 
Rolls of Ireland, relative to his claim of right to appoint a Se- 
cretary, 848. To lie on the Table; and to be printed; 853. 
Bill to enable the 

















Master of the Rolls of Ireland to try the Title claimed by 
him to appoint a Secretary for the Rolls Court of Ireland, 
ordered, 892. Presented, and read; Day appointed for Se- 
cond Reading; and to be printed; 893. Second. Reading 
deferred, go6. 


(MayNnooTH COLLEGE.) Petitions against con- 
tinuance of the Grant to the said College ;—Of Inhabitants of 
the city of Aberdeen ; of the Minister and Congregation of 
Long Acre Episcopal Chapel; two Petitions of Land-owners 
and Inhabitants of the county of Armagh ; To be printed, 449. 
Of Protestants resident im Glasgow; To lie on the Table; 
Motion for printing Petition ; Question Neg. thereupon ; 674. 
Of Land-owners and Inhabitants of Portadown; To be 
printed, 677. Of Land-owners and Inhabitants of Seagoe ; 
of the county of Armagh; 730. Of Inhabitants of Bristol ; 
To be printed, 760.. Of Protestants of Ireland; To be 
ported, 802. Of Clergymen of the Diocese of Ardagh; To 
e printed, 810. Of Ministers, Elders and Members of Con- 
gregations of the Presbytery of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; To lie 
on the Table; Motion for printing Petition ; Question Neg. 
thereupon ; 833. 
Vide Suppty. 
(MiLiTarRy AccounTs.) Act 52 Geo. III. c. 51, 
to provide for the more speedy examination, controlling and 
finally auditing the Military Accounts of Ireland, read ; 
Bill to repeal the same, ordered; Presented, and read; Day 
appointed for Second Reading’; and to be printed ; 896. Com- 
mitted, 899. Considered, and reported, without Amendment ; 
to be ingrossed; and Day appointed for Third Reading ; 902. 
Passed, 906. Agreed to by the Lords, 930, Royal Assent, 
935- 








— (MOLLOY, Michael.) Vide MALT SPIRITS. 


— (NavaL Depot, CorK.) Petition, of Inhabitants 
of Cove, the Great Island. and its vicinity (Cork,) for the re- 
establishment of a Naval Depot in that Harbour, and the erec- 
tion of a competent Dock or Slip; To lie on the Table ; and 
to be printed ; 697. 





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IRELAN D—continued. 


(NEWTOWNBARRY.) Motion for laying before the 
House Copies of such Information as His Majesty’s Govern- 
ment may have received relative to the late Affray at New- 
townbarry, in the county of Wexford, and, by leave, with- 
drawn, §96. 





Vide YEOMANRY CorRPS. 
—__——— (NUGENT, John Valentine.) Vide CourcuH PRo- 
PERTY. 

—++— (O'DONNELL, James.) Vide SUB-LETTING ACT. 
—— (PARISHES.) Vide UNION oF. 

— (PARLIAMENT, REFORM OF.) Petitions in favour ; 
—Of Inhabitants of Duleek, 572. Of the High Sheriff, No- 
bility, Clergy,,Gentry, Freeholders and Inhabitants of the 


county of Meath; To be printed, 572. Of Inhabitants of 
Mullingar, 592. 








- Petitions against ; 
—Of the Guild of Merchants of Dublin; of the Masters, 
Wardens and Brethren of the Guild of Merchants, Dublin; 
To be printed, 593. 

Bill to amend the 
Representation of the People in Ireland, ordered, 596. Pre- 
sented, and read ; Day appointed for Second Reading ; and 
to be printed; 596. Second Reading deferred, 641, 695, 731, 
755» 787 824, 856, 869, 898, g20. 








Petitions for Ad- 
ditional Representation ;—Of Clergy, Gentry and Freeholders 
of the barony of Gallen; of Inhabitants of Westport; To be 

rinted, 534. Of Inhabitants of Islandeady ; of Aughagour; 
Tro be printed, 873. 





Petition of the Provost, 
Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided 
Trinity of Queen Elizabeth, near Dublin, for assimilating the 
Elective Franchise’ for the said University with that exercised in 
the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; To be printed, 592. 
Petitions against ;— 
Of Proprietors, Landholders, Freeholders and Inhabitants of 
the county of Westmeath, 610; To be printed, 611. Of the 
Dean and Chapter of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin; To 
be printed, 711. Of the Corporations of Tailors ; Weavers ; 
Saddlers, &amp;c. (Dublin); To printed, 729. Of Artisans, 
Artificers and Mechanics of Galway ; To be printed, 762. Of 
the Corporation of Barbers and Surgeons of Dublin, 765. 


Petition of Hamilton 
Gorges, Esquire, for the insertion of a Clause in the Bill ex- 
tending the Elective Franchise to Copyhold Tenures in Ire- 
land, in like manner as in England ; To be printed, 655. 
Petitions in favour; 
—Of the High Sheriff, Foreman and Members of the Grand 
Jury of the county of Galway at Spring Assizes 1831, 655. 
Of Inhabitants of Mallow; ‘To be printed, 673. Of Inhabi- 
tants of Carrickmacross ; To be printed, 703. Of Gentry, 
Clergy, Freeholders and Inhabitants of Ballinrobe ; To be 
printed, 923. 














Petition of disfran- 
chised Forty-shilling Freeholders of Balbriggan, for restora- 
tion of the Forty-shilling Franchise to the counties in Ireland, 
660. 





Petitions in favour 
of Election by Ballot;—Of the Nobility, Clergy and Free- 
holders of the Queen’s County; To be printed, 722. Of In- 
habitants of Navan; To be printed, 874. 

Petition of_ Inha- 
bitants of the united Parishes of Skreen and Rathfigh, for 
extending to Ireland the Provisions of the Reform of Parlia- 
ment (England) Bill; To lie on the Table ; and to be printed ; 
929. 


FRANCHISE. 


(PAROCHIAL CHAPELS OF EASE.) Petition of 
Inhabitants of the district of Lisnadill, for repeal of Act 
11 &amp; 12 Geo. III. c. 16, relating thereto ; To lie on the Table ; 
and to be printed ; 718. 


(PATENT GRANTS.) Bill from the Lords to revive 
and continue expired Commissions, Appointments, Patents 
and Grants in Ireland, 573. Read; Day appointed for 
Second Reading ; and to be printed; 577- Committed, 596. 
Considered; Reported, without Amendment; and Day ap- 
pointed for Third Reading; 603. Passed, 613. Royal Assent, 
638. 





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—_—— 


(Petit SESSIONS.) Petition of Samuel, Robert and 
James Hitchcock, and Denis Cremin, for the abolition thereof ; 
To lie on the Table, 890. 


(Poor.) Petition of Bishops professing the Roman 
Catholic Religion, for a legal Provision for the Poor, 741 ; 
To lie on the Table ; and to be printed; 742. 





Motion, That it is the opinion of this 
House, That it is expedient and necessary to institute a legal 
provision for the Poor of Ireland ; Previous Question pro- 

sed; Debate arising thereupon, Motion for adjourning 
Debate withdrawn ; Question, Previous, Neg. thereupon, 793. 


VOL. 86.—(Part II.) Sess. 1831. 








(Poor.) Bill to make provision for. the Relief of the 
Poor in Ireland, in certain cases, ordered, 815., Presented, 
and read; Day appointed for Second Reading; and to be 
printed; 840. Second Reading deferred, 872, 895, go6. 


— (Poor Laws.) Petitions for establishing Poor Laws 
in Ireland ;—Of Inhabitants of Ross (Hereford) ; To be 
printed, 623. Of Whitechurch ; To be printed, 673... Of In- 
habitants of the royal burgh of Annan; To be printed, 693. 
Of Citizens of Waterford; To be printed, 703. Of Inhabi- 
tants of the city of Dublin, 735. Of Landholdersof Dromara; 
To be printed, 735. Of Inhabitants of Dewsbury ; of Leeds; 
of Halifax ; To be printed, 747. Of Kilmanaghan ; of House- 
holders of Saint Michan, Dublin; To be printed, 761., Of 
James Christie, of London, 764. Of Householders of Saint 
Ann, Dublin; of Richard Smyth, Chairman, and Daniel 
Kinahan, Secretary of a Meeting of the Citizens of Dublin ; 
To be printed, 764. Of Inhabitants of Corsham; To be printed, 
771. Of Inhabitants of Chippenham; To be printed, 798. 
Of Inhabitants of Seir Kyran ; To be printed, 811. Of Inha- 
bitants of Knottingley ; To be printed, 815. Of Inhabitants 
of Moate, 840. Of the Eastern Branch of the National 
Union, in Public Meeting convened; To be printed, 866. 
Of John Hamilton; of Saint Ernan’s (Donegal); 931. Of 
Richard Smyth, Chairman of a Meeting of the Inhabitants of 
Dublin; To be printed, 931. 














Vide DISTRESS. 


—— (Post OFFICE.) Petition of Stephen Doyle, and 
others, complaining of the insecurity which exists in the 
transmission of Letters containing Money through the General 
Post Office of Ireland ; To lie on the Table; and to be printed ; 
723. 





(PROTESTANT POPULATION.) Motion for laying 
before the House, a Return of the Number of Protestants of 
the Established Church in each and every Parish in Ireland ; 
and, by leave, withdrawn, 596. 


— (PuBLIc WorKS.) Motion for the House to resolve 
itself into a Committee, to consider of enabling His Majesty to 
authorize Advances on of Loan, to a limited amount, for 
local purposes ; (The King’s Recommendation signified) } Mo- 
tion agreed to; Matter to be considered in a Committee of 
the whole House, 587. Considered, 596. Resolution reported, 
and agreed to; Bill ordered ; 602. Vide Infra. 





Bill for the extension and _pro- 
motion of Public Works in Ireland, ordered, 602. Instruction 
to make provision for authorizing an advance of Money towards 
the making or repairing Roads and Bridges, and other Public 
Works, 622. Bill presented, and read; Day appointed for 
Second Reading ; and to be printed ; 643. ‘Committed, 661. 
Committee deferred, 687. Bill considered, and reported ; Day 
apointed for further considering Report ; and Bill, as amended, 
to be printed, 694. Further consideration of Report deferred, 
710, 732, 736, 749. Order for further considering Report 
read ; Bill re-committed; considered ; Committee report pto- 
gress, 755. Committee deferred, 775, 782, 794, 802, 804, 809, 
834, 836. Bill further considered ; Proceedings in Committee ; 
853. Report deferred, 860. Bill reported ; to be ingrossed ; 
and Day appointed for Third Reading ; 865. Third Reading 
deferred, 876. Bill passed, 878. Agreed to by the Lords, 
905. Royal Assent, 921. 





-— Vide ROADS AND BRIDGES. 








Motion for the House to resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider of making Provision out 
of the Consolidated Fund for the Salaries of the Commis- 
sioners under the Bill for the extension and promotion of 
Public Works in Ireland; (The King’s Recommendation sig- 
nified); Motion agreed to; Matter to be considered in a 
Committee of the whole House ; 683. Considered, 687. 


(REGISTRATION OF DEEDS.) Act g Geo,-IV. 
c. 57, to provide for the regulation of the Public. Office for 
registering Memorials of Deeds, Conveyances and Wills, read- 
Bill to amend the same, ordered; 683. Presented, and 
read; Day appointed for Second Reading ; and to be printed ; 
810. Second Reading deferred, 856, 864. Bill committed, 
869. Committee deferred, 878. Bill considered, and _re- 
ported; Day appointed for further considering Report; and 
Bill, as amended, to be printed; 889. 











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Petition of Clerks 
employed in the Office for the Registration of Deeds in the 
City of Dublin, to be placed upon the Establishment; and 
for Provision in the event of ill health, old age, or infirmity!in 
the Public Service; To lie on the Table; )and to be  print- 
ed; 870. ft 

— (Rivers.) Vide EMBANKMENTS. 


—§—(Roaps.) Petition of Hygh Dillon Massy, Foreman 


of the Grand Jury of the county of Clare, at Summer Assizes 
1831, praying that the Act 4 Geo. IV. for repair of Roads, be 
nivel, that Grand Juries may have the Power of control 
and examination ; To lie on the Table, 931. 


(RoavDs AND BRIDGES.) Motion for the House 
to resolve itself into a Committee to consider of authorizing 
the Advance of Money towards the making or repairing 


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IRELAN D—continued. 
‘(ROADS AND BRIDGES )—continued. 
Roads and Bridges, and other Public Works; (The King’s 
Recommendation signified); Motion agreed to; Matter to be 
considered in a Committee of the whole House; 603. Con- 
sidered, 613, Resolution. reported, and agreed to; Instruc- 
tion accordingly; 622. Vide PuBLIc WorRKS, supra. 


—— (Routis.) Vide M4sTER OF THE ROLLS. 
(Roman CATHOLIC BisHoPs.) Vide Poor. 


——_—— (RomAN CATHOLIC MARRIAGES.) Petitions for 
legalizing Marriages performed by Roman Catholic Clergy- 
men between Persons of their own communion and Protest- 
ants ;—Of Roman Catholic Clergymen of Navan ; and, of I[n- 
habitants of Navan; To be printed, 812. 


Petition of In- 
habitants of Kildalkey, for the repeal of the Laws which at 

resent affect Roman Catholic Marriages; To lie on the 
Table, gil. 


(SHANNON River.) Petition of Inhabitants of 
Moyarta and Kilballyowen, for the construction of a Safety 
Harbour at Carrigaholt, on the River Shannon ; To lie on the 
Table ; and to be printed; 645. 

— (Soap DrawBack.) Petition of Soapmakers of 
Cork for the repeal thereof; To lie on the Table; and to be 
printed ; 904. 
— (SUB-LETTING AcT.) Petition of Andrew Ban- 
field for the repeal thereof; To lie on the Table; and to be 
printed; 551. 











- —— Petition of James O’ Donnell 
and William Reynolds, of Grafton-street, Dublin, praying 
that in the event of any modification of the Sub-letting Act, 
the provisions thereof may not extend to Houses or Premises 
in Cities or Towns; To lie on the Table; and to be print- 
ed; 765. 








Bill from the Lords to repeal 
Act 7 Geo. IV. respecting the Assignment and Sub-letting 
of Lands and Tenements, and to substitute other provisions 
in lieu thereof,828. Read; Day appointed for Second RKead- 
ing; and Bill to be printed ; 840. Second Reading deferred, 
856, 869, 882, 892, gol. 

(litHE COMPOSITION AcT.) Petition of Bene- 
ficed Clergy of the Diocese of Leighlin, that the said Act 
may be made compulsory, and for a decisive enactment 
on the subject of Tithes; To lie on the Table; and to be 
printed ; 780. 

(TITHE Laws.) Petitions for alteration thereof ;— 
Of Protestant and Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Ballymac- 
william ; of Tithe-payers of Harristown; To be printed, 761. 
Of Tithe-payers of Clough ; To be printed, go8. 














(TiITHES.) Petitions for the Abolition thereof ;— 
Of Parishioners of the United Parishes of Kilcock and Clon- 
curry, 667. Of Landholders of Kilbragh, Railstown and Kil- 
connell, 718. Of Inhabitants of Raheen ; To be printed, 830. 
Of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Saint Mary, Youghal; To 
be printed, 8go. 





Petition of Inhabitants of Kilmore, for the 
regulation of Tithes in that parish ; To lie on the Table ; and 
to be printed ; 717. 

~ Petitions complaining of the opposition to 
the payment of Tithes;—Of Beneficed Clergymen; To be 
printed, 646. Of Beneficed Clergymen of the Dioceses of 
Ossory, Leighlin and Ferns; To be printed, 894. 








— (TITHES AND CyuURCH RATES.) Petitions for the 
abolition thereof ;—Of Tithe-payers of the united parishes of 
Graig and Ullard; To be printed, 758. Of Roman Catholic 
Inhebitanth of Navan; To be printed, 874. Of Tithe-payers 
of Knockbreda, 930. 

— (TITHES AND Poor.) Petitions for abolishing the 
system of compulsory Taxation, and for appropriating the 
Church Temporalities to the support of the Poor ;—Of Tithe- 
payers of Lea; of Citizens of Cork ; To be printed, 796. 


(TITHES AND VESTRY ACT.) Petition of Inha- 
bitants of Balloa and Rathoe for alteration of the Tithe 
system, and for repeal ofthe Vestry Act ; To lie on the Table ; 
and to be printed ; 534. 


Vide CHURCH LANDS. 


———— (Topacco GrRowTH PROHIBITION.) Bill for 
repealing so much of several Acts as prohibits the growth of 
Tobacco in Ireland, ordered, 577. Preventéd, and read; 
Day appointed for Second Reading ; and to be printed; 578. 
Committed, 602. Committee deferred, 612. Bill considered, 
622. Report deferred, 625, 641,647,656. Reported; to be 
ingrossed; and Day appointed for Third Reading, 661. 
Passed, 669. Agreed to by the Lords, 73c, Royal Assent, 


777° 











(TOLLS AND CusToms.) Petition of Thomas Fla- 
nagan, for the appointment of a Select Committee on that 
subject ; To lie on the Table, 884. 








(TRADE, BoarRD OF.) Petitions for the establish- 
ment of a Board of Trade in the city of Dublin for the pro- 
motion of Public. Works ;—Of the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Com- 
mons and Citizens of the City of Dublin, 757. Te be printed, 
758. Of Jonathan Sisson, one of the Representatives in the 
Common Council of the city of Dublin for the Corporation 
of Weavers ; To be printed, 879. 

(ULSTER CANAL.) Petition )for.a Bill to amend 
Acts for making and maintaining the samej Referred to a 
Committee, 556. | Reported ;. ‘Bill, ordered ;.:561..' Presented, 
and read, 571. Committed, 658.::Petition’ of Owners and 
Occupiers of Land and Merchants in the county of Mona- 
ghan, adjoining the Line of the proposdd Canal, against, 671. 
Bill reported ; Report to lie on the Table; 689. Report fur- 
ther considered; Bill to:be ingrossed ; 718, . Passed, 721. 
Agreed to by the Lords, 742. Royal Assent, 777. 


— (UNION OF PARISHES.) Bill from the Lords to 
amend Act 7 and 8 Geo. IV. relating thereto, 731. Read; 
Day appointed for Second Reading ; and Bill to be printed ; 
733- Second Reading deferred, 743, 756,763. Order for 
Second Reading read; Amendment proposed, and made; 
Main Question, as amended, agreed to; Second Reading put 
off for six months; 770. 


(UNION WITH [RELAND.) Petitions for the repeal 
thereof ;—Of Porters employed by the Wine and Grocery 
Establishments in the city of Dublin; To be printed, 549. 
Of Inhabitants of Collumbkill, 572. Of Inhabitants of Abby 
Lara, 600. Of Inhabitants of Drogheda; To be printed, 6oo. 
Of Richard O’Moran; To be printed, 611. Of Working 
Coach-makers of Dublin; To b rinted, 646. Of Inha- 
bitants of Newcastle (Limerick) ; of Parishioners of Abington; 
657. Of Artisans, Mechanics, Tradesmen, and Inhabitants 
of Belfast, 578. Of Literary Teachers residing in Dublin; 
To be printed, 718. Of Letter-press Printers of Dublin; of 
Linen and Cotton Corduroy Dyers, Dressers and Finishers 
of Dublin ; To be printed, 721. Of Inhabitants of the united 
Parishes of Baldoyie, Howth, Kilbarrack, Saint Dologh and 
Portmarnock, 730. Of Nailors of Dublin; of Inhabitants 
of the manor of Grange Gorman; To be printed, 762. Of 
Operative Boot and Shoemakers of Limerick, 767. Of Inha- 
bitants of the parishes of Saint James ; of Saint Mary, Dublin; 
To be printed, 778. Of Inhabitants of Raheen ; To be printed, 
830. Of Inhabitants of Longford, Templemichael and Bally- 
macormick ; of the united parishes of Loughmore and Castle 
Iney; of Street; To be printed, 866. Of Inhabitants of 
Cappoquin; of Working Jewellers of the city of Dublin; of 
Inhabitants of Castledermott; To be printed, 890. 
(VALUATION OF IRELAND.) Act 5 
Geo. IV. c, 112, relating thereto, read; Bill to amend an Act 
of the seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, for making provision for the uniform 
Valuation of Lands and Tenements in the several Baronies, 
Parishes and other Divisions of counties in Ireland, for the 
purpose of the more equally levying of the Rates and Charges 
upon the same, ordered, 802. Presented, and read ; Day ap- 
pointed for Second Reading ; and to be printed ; 840. Second 
Reading deferred, 856. Bull committed, 864. Committee de- 
ferred, 869,883, 887. Bill considered, and reported ; Day ap- 
pointed for further considering Report ; and Bill, as amended, 
to be printed ; 892. Further consideration of Report deferred, 
899. Report further considered ; Bill to be ingrossed; and 
Day appointed for Third Reading ; go2. Passed,go6. Agreed 
to by the Lords, 930. Royal Assent, 935. 

—— (VESTRIES ACT.) Petitions for the repeal thereof ; 
—Of Landholders in the parish of Taney, 646. Of Roman 
Catholic Inhabitants of Lismore; To be printed, 686. Of 
Inhabitants of Raheen; To be printed, 792. Of T. O’Brien, 
of Cork; of Payers of Parish Cess in Monasterevan ; 797 
Of Dissenters of Knockbreda; To be printed, 816. 
— (WATERFORD CANAL). Vide KILKENNY. 
-——_—— (WeExForRD County.) Vide Evections. 
(WexFrorD MaGistrRacy.) Motion for laying 
before the House a List of the Gentlemen holding the Com- 
mission of the Peace in the county of Wexford on the 1st day 
of August 1831, and, by leave, withdrawn, 771. 


(WuiTeBoy OFFENCES.) Act 15 &amp; 16 Geo. III. 
c. 21, of the Parliament of Ireland, to prevent and punish 
tumultuous Risings of Persons, and for other purposes, read ; 
Bill to amend the same, ordered, 862. Presented, and read ; 
Day appointed for Second Reading ; and to be printed; 870. 
Committed, 876. Considered, 883. Day appointed for receiv- 
ing Report, 884. Bill reported; to be ingrossed ; and Day 
appointed for Third Reading ; 886. Passed, 891. Agreed to 
by the Lords, 912. Royal Assent, 921. 
(Wine DUTIES.) Petitions agaist imposition of 
additional Duties on Wines in Jreland ;—Of Wine Merchants 
of the city of Dublin ; To be printed, 645. Of Merchants of 
Londonderry, 764. i 

(YeEomANRY CoRPS.) Petitions complaining of 
the late massacre at Newtownbarry, and for the adoption of 
measures for disarming or disbanding the Yeomanry of Ire- 
land;—Of James Hurley, 592. Of Inhabitants of the city 
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Petition ; Question Neg. thereupon ; 745. Of Inhabitants of 
Carrick-on-Suir ; To be printed, 758. Of Inhabitants of New 
Ross, professing the Protestant Religion; of Inhabitants of 

_ New Ross; To be printed, 786. Of Inhabitants of Paulstown, 
790. Of Inhabitants of the united parishes of Dunleckney and 
Ballinkillen; To be printed, 802. Of Inhabitants of Leighlin 
Bridge; To be printed, 827. Of Roman Catholic Inhabitants 
of Navan; To be eee 830. Of Landed Proprietors, Free- 
holders, Householders and Inhabitants of Carlow, of all deno- 
minations ; of Inhabitants of Enniscorthy ; of Newtownbarry 
and Kilmashal; of Kilmore, Kilturk, Tomhaggard and Mol- 
rankan ; of Lady’s Island, Caron and Saint Margaret’s; of 
Kilrane; of Tacumshane; To be printed, 833. Of Inhabitants 
of Annadown ; To be printed, 841. Of Inhabitants of Strad- 
bally ; To be printed, 855. Of Inhabitants of Belfast ; To be 
printed, 866. Of Inhabitants of Dunshaughlin; To be printed, 
$74: Of Inhabitants of Gorey ; of Templeshambo ; of Adams- 
town; of Catholic Inhabitants of the Union of Tintern, Rose- 
garland and Inch; of Inhabitants of Clonmore; of Duncor- 
mack, Killag, Kilcoan, Kilmannon and Ballyconick, in the 
barony of Bargy ; of Kilrush and Askamore ; of the Union of 
Clone ; of the united parishes of Glanbryan, Edermine and 
Ballynaslaney ; of Taghmon; of Oulart; of the united pa- 
rishes, of Carnagh and Cushenstown; To be printed, 885. Of 
Inhabitants of Athy, 887, Of Inhabitants of Raheen; To be 

rinted, 890. Of Inhabitants of Kildalkey, g10. Of Inhabi- 
oem of Killigny and Chapel; of Roisdroit and Temple- 
scoby); of Barntown; of Ferns; of Killmuckridge and its 
Union; of the united parishes of Maglass, Ballymore, Kill- 
inick and Sharthmon ; of Wexford ; of the county of Wex- 
ford; To be printed, gio. 





Vide NEWTOWNBARRY. 
- Vide Accounts. (ADDRESSES, 30 to 35.) ELrc- 
TIONS. SUPPLY. 





Jupician ArppoinTMEN'sS (East Indies.) Vide Accounts. 
(AppDREssEs, 36.) 
Orricers. Vide IRELAND. 


Juries. Vide IRELAND. 

Spectat; Petition of Thomas Jones, of Stafford, Attor- 
ney-at-Law, complaining of the mode of appointing Special 
Juries, and of injustice in a cause in which he was a party ; 
To lie on the Table, 792. 

Justice, Administration of. Vide IRELAND. 

Courts of; Grand Committee appointed, 524. 

Justices of the Peace; Petitions for amendment of such 
Laws as permit the Expenses of Justices to be paid out of 
Public Money, on any reversal of their decrees, and to make 
them more easily amenable for improper conduct ;—Of George 
Goodman Hewett; and, of Francis Watts ; 897. 

Vide Accounts. (ADDRESSES, 37.) 

CoMMISSION OF THE PEACE. 














° &amp; 2° Will. TV. Parl. g. Sess.1. dA. 1831. 


KENNET Navigation; Petition fora Bill to alter and amend 
Acts; Referred to a Committee, 527. Reported; Bill or- 
dered; 543. Presented, and read, 554. Committed, 579. 
Reported ; Report to lie on the Table; 630. Report further 
considered ; Bull to be ingrossed ; 663. Passed, 677. Agreed 
to by the Lords, 778. Royal Assent, 826. 


Kent, Duchess of; Bill to enable His Majesty to make Pro- 
vision for her, and for her Royal Highness the Princess Alexan- 
drina Victoria of Kent, ordered, 727. Presented, and read ; 
Day appointed for Second Reading ; and to be printed; 732. 
Committed, 736. Considered, 739. Report deferred, 744, 
750, 756, 759,770. Bill reported, 775. To be ingrossed ; 
and Day appointed for Third Reading; 776, Passed, 782. 
Agreed to by the Lords, 805. Royal Assent, 826. 


Kipwetty Roads; Petition for a Bill for. repairing and im- 
proving several Roads within the Kidwelly District; and Bill 
ordered ; 568. Presented, and read, 579. Committed, 607. 
Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of land, and Trustees 
of the Three Commotts District of Roads in the county of 
Carmarthen, against, 614. Referred, and Counsel ordered, 615. 
Petition of George Wilkinson, Faquite, against; Referred, and 
Counsel ordered; 636. Petitionof James Henry Shears, against; 
Referred, and Counsel ordered; 638. Petition of Inhabitants of 
Llanelly, against; Referred, 665. Bill reported; to be ingrossed ; 
690. Passed, 696... By the Lords, with Amendments, 742. 
Considered, 744. Agreed to, 745... Royal Assent, 777. 


KitKENNY and WaTERFORD Canal, Vide IRELAND. 


‘KING* &gt; 
-— His Proclamation for dissolving the Parliament, and 
declaring the calling of another, 519. 
Message from His Commissioners, to attend them in 
_ the House of Peers, appointed to open the Parliament, 521. 
+~ His Letters Patent for opening and holding the Par- 
liament, 521. 











VOL. 86.—(Part IT.) Sess. 1831. 


——— — Directs a Speaker to be chosen, \\j29)\»—C 4 ASS 
His approbation of Mri Speaker elect, sigtiified, 523. 
— Message from, to attend Him: inthe House of: ‘Peers, 
at the opening of the Session, 523.’ tsbrorreons 1 
— His Speech at the opening of the Session, reported by 
Mr. Speaker, 525. Resolution for an Addfess thereupori; 526. 
Vide (ADDRESSES, 1.) nay 


— Appoints to be attended with the' Address of Thanks, 











540. 





— His Answer to Address of Thanks, reported by Mr. 
Speaker, 549. 

————-~ His Speech to be considered, 539. Considered, and 
Motion for a Supply, 540. Vide Suppiy. 


———-— His Recommendation signified to Petitions, 595. To 
Motions, 587, 603, 621, 683, 687, 821. 

———— His Royal Assent given to Bills by Commission, 637, 
712, 776, 826, 861, 871, 890, gai. In Person, 717, 935. 

His Consent signified to Bills, 638, 659, 696, 761. 

To Motions, 550, 927. . 

So much of His Speech as relates to Reform of Parlia- 

ment, read, 558. Vide Partiament, Reform of. 


So much of His Speech, of 14th April last, as relates 
to making Provision for the Queen, read, 642. To be consi- 
dered in a Committee of the whole House, 642. Considered ; 
Proceedings in Committee; 646. Resolution reported, and 
agreed to; and Bill ordered; 652. Vide QuEEN’s Dower. 


—-——— Message from, for making Provision for the Duchess 
of Kent, and the Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent; 
Message to be considered ; 719. Considered, 723. Resolu- 
tion reported, and agreed to; and Bill ordered; 727. Vide 
Kent, Duchess of. 

—— Directs Mr. Speaker to give Notice to the House, 

that He had appointed a Gallery for the House in Westminster 

Abbey, at the solemnity of the Coronation, 792. 

— His Speech at the close of the Session, 935. 


KinG’s Printers ; Select Committee appointed to inquire into 
the nature and extent of the King’s Printers in England, Scot- 
land and Ireland, and to report their Observations and Opinion 
thereupon, together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them ; to send for Persons, Papers and Records; Five 
to be the Quorum ; Reports on Public Expenditure (1810) ; 
on Printing and Stationery (1822); on Printing (1828); and 
Minutes of Evidence taken before Select Committee on Print- 
ing, in Session 1830-31, referred ; 583. 

STaTIONER. Vide IRELAND. 


Kinnairp, Hugh; Bill from the Lords, to dissolve his Marriage 
with Ann his now Wife, 766. Read, 785. Committed; In- 
struction to hear Counsel, and examine Witnesses; 815. Bill 
considered, and reported,835. Passed,840. Royal Assent, 861. 

KirxBy-1N-KENDAL ( Westmorland) Lands; Petition for a Bill 
to inclose ; and Bill ordered; 527. Presented, and read, 541. 
Committed, 567. Petition of Sherbroke Gell, and others, 
against ; Referred, and Counsel ordered, 637. Bill reported ; 
to be ingrossed; 663. Passed, 672. Agreed to by the Lords, 
704. Royal Assent, 713. 

















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1° &amp; 2° Will, 1V. Parl. y. Sess. 1. A. 1831. 


T ABOURERS’ House Rents; Bill to prohibit the practice 
of paying the House-rents of able-bodied Labourers out of 
the Poor’s Rate, ordered, 642. Presented, and read; Day ap- 
pointed for Second Reading ; and to be printed ; 648. Second 
Reading deferred, 683, 710, 732, 749, 787, 794, 836, 839, 
868, 872, 876. ‘Bill committed, 879. Committee deferred, 
886. Bill considered, 892. Report deferred, 895, 901. 
Lacan Navication Company. Vide IRELAND, 
LANpLorD and TENANT; Petition of Joseph Jackson for alter- 
ation of the law relating thereto; To lie on the Table ; 737. 
Lanp Revenue. Vide Accounts. / 
Lanp.orps, Liability of; Bill for better rating =Tenements 
under a certain Annual Value, ordered, 584. Presented, and 
read ; Day appointed for Second Reading ; ‘and t6 be printed ; 
587. Second Reading deferred, 634, 656, 661, 674, 68097705, 
719, 724, 743. Petition of Owners of Tenements in Man~- 
chester, against ; To be printed, 747. Second, Reading put off 
for six months, 803. oe 
Lanp Tax. Vide Lanp Tax Dous_e AssEssMENTS,,, TAXEs, 
Receivers of. hei 
————-— Dovs.ie AssessMeNTS; Acts relating thereto, 
read; Bill to explain and amend the same, in so far as they 
impose Double Land Tax on Roman Catholi¢s, ordered, '577. 
Presented, and read; Day appointed for ‘Second Reading ; 
and to be printed; 587. Committed, 602. ‘Committee. de- 
ferred, 613, 634, 661, 687, 695, 719, 724, 732, 7377 730)249- 
756, 770, 787. Bill considered, and reported ; and Day ap- 
pointed for further considering Report; 790.° Report further 
considered ; Bill to be ingrossed; and Day appowifed’ for 
Third Reading; 801. Passed, 804. Agreed to by the Lords, 
858... Royal Assent, 861. ~ « 
Lane.ey (Warwick) Lands; Petition for a Bil] to inclose; ‘and 
Bill ordered, 530. Presented, and read, 543. Committed, 571. 
Reported, 
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INDEX to the E.euty-stxtH VoLtume.—Part Il. (4. 1831, 





Reported ; to be ingrossed ; 607. Passed, 654. Agreed to by 
the Lords) 697.) Royal Assent, 713. 

Lanévor?r Roads') Petition for a Bill for amending certain 
Roads in the County! of Somerset, and for placing them under 
ihe vate Of the Trustees ot the Langport, Somerton and Castle 
Cary Roads; and: Bill ordered, 541. Presented, and read, 
55420 Committed, 580. Reported; to be ingrossed; 664. 
Passed, 67g. Agreed to by the Lords, 704. yal Assent, 
71360 

LANGTON, John Stephen ; Petition fora Bill to amend Act for 

‘ vesting and securing to him certain Profits and Emoluments 
for a limited time ; Referred toa Committee, 570. Reported ; 
Bill ordered ; 579. Presented, and read, 598. Committed, 
614. Reported ; to be ingrossed ; 658. Passed, 672. Agreed 
to by the Lords, 703. Royal Assent, 712. 


Laviz, Germain. Vide Trower’s Divorce. 


Law, Courts of, Fers ; Act 11 Geo. IV. and 1 Will. IV. c. 58. 
relating thereto, read; Bill to explain and amend the same, 
ordered; 621. Presented, and read ; Day appointed for Se- 
cond Reading; and to be printed; 622. Second Reading 
deferred, 634, 642, 661, 670, 695, 719, 724, 728, 749, 756, 
775. Bill committed, 780, Committee deferred, 794, 801, 
804, $25. Bill considered, and reported; Day appointed 
for further considering Report; and Bill, as amended, to be 
printed; 829. Further consideration of Report deferred, 836. 
853. Order for further considering Report, read ; Bill re- 
committed ; considered, and reported ; Day appointed for fur- 
ther considering Report; and Bill, as amended, to be printed ; 
862. Report further considered ; Bill to be ingrossed ; and 
Day appointed for Third Reading; 872. Passed,876. Agreed 
to by the Lords, 894. Royal Assent, 921. 

Cuarces. Vide Accounts. 


Lawrence, Thomas Barton. Vide ApmMirALty Court. 





Laws, Exprrine ; Select Committee appointed to inquire what 
temporary Laws ofa public and general nature are now in force, 
and what have expired, &amp;c. ; To report Observations ; To send 
for Persons, Papers and Records; Instruction to report Opi- 
nion from time to time, which of them are fit to be revived, 
continued, or made perpetual; Five to be the Quorum, and 
to sit, notwithstanding any adjournment ; Report of 8th No- 
vember 1830, referred ; 538. 

Lawson, John Joseph. Vide CompLainr. 

Leary, John. Vide IRELAND. 

Leeps Railway. Vide Braprorp. 

Le Fevre, Samuel; Bill from the Lords, to dissolve his Mar- 
riage with Mary his Wife, 748. Read, 753. Committed ; 
Instruction to hear Counsel, and examine Witnesses; 7. 
Bill considered, and reported, 783. Pussed, 786. Royal 
Assent, 826. 

Leicu Railway. Vide Botton. 

Lescenge and Escorrery; Motion for laying before the 
House, Copy of the Report of the Commissioners of Legal 
Inquiry, on the Claims of Lescene and Escoffery, in 1826 and 
1827; and, by leave, withdrawn, 765. 

Vide Accounts. Suppty. 

Letrers ; Usual Orders relating to Members’ Letters, 524. 

Leven Drainage. Vide ScorT.anp. 


Levyssoun, Edward Henry; Bill from the Lords, for his Na- 
turalization, 723. Read, 725. Committed, 738. Reported, 
and passed, 768. Royal Assent, 777. 

Liasixity of LaNpLoRDs. Vide LANDLORDs. 


Lise; Petitions — to the Law of Libel ;—Of Joseph 
Townshend Holman; To be printed, 837. Of William Car- 
penter, 844. Of Joseph Allday, 928. 


Liserty of the Press. Vide Press. 


Limitation of Actions; Bill for the Limitation of Actions 
and Suits relating to Real Property, ordered, 596. Pre- 
sented, and read; Day appointed for Second Reading ; and 
to be printed ; 778. Second Reading deferred, 801, 839, 882. 
Bill committed, 891. Committee deferred, 905, 913, 927. 

Linco_n County BuiLpines; Petition for a Bill to enable 
the Justices of the Peace for the County of Lincoln to 
purchase the Castle of Lincoln, and for converting the same 
into a County Hall, Courts of Assize and other Tadldings ; 
Referred to a Committee, 532. Reported; Bill ordered ; 
544. Presented, and read, 560. Committed, 588. Re- 
ported; to be ingrossed; 690. The King’s Consent sig- 
nified, 696. Bill passed, 697. Agreed to by the Lords, 714. 
Royal Assent, 717. 

Lirerary Societies; Petition of the Literary, Scientific and 
Mechanical Institution of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, complain- 
ing of the want of legal protection for the Property of Lite- 
rary Sotieties and Book Clubs, and for the repeai of Laws 
which fetter. the Press; To lie on the Table; and to be 
printed ; 678. 

Liverpoos Francuise. Vide Evections. 

Wrir. Vide Exections. 

—————. Buitvines. Vide Accounts. Supp ty. 


— and Cuor.ron Railway; Petition for a Bill for 
making a Railway from Liverpool to Chorlton; Referred to 

















a Committee, 548. Reported ; Bill ordered ; 566. Presented, 
and read, 571. Committed, 599. 


Liverrooy and Prescor Roads; Petition fora Bill for more 
effectually repairing and improving the Roads from’ Liverpool 
to Prescot, Ashton and Warrington, 547. Bill ordered, 548. 
Presented, and read, 556. Committted, 580. Reported ; to 
be ingrossed ; 657. Passed, 663. Agréed to by the Lords, 
704. Royal Assent, 712. ee * 

Sarnt Bripcett’s Cuurcn; Petition for a Bill 
for endowing the same ; Referred toa Committee, 529. Re- 
ported ; Billordered; 556, Presented, and read, 572. Com- 
mitted, 599-, Reported ; to be ingrossed ; 677. Passed, 685. 
By the Lords, with an Amendment, 748. onsidered, and 
agreed to, 760... Royal Assent, 777, 1 

LiuaneELLy Titugs; Petition fora Bill for extinguishing Tithes, 
and customary Payments in. lieu of Tithes, and. for making 
compensation in lieu thereof; Referred to. a) Committee, 568. 
Reported ; Bill ordered; 579. . Presented, and read, 591. 
Committed, 638. Petition of the Earl of Cawdor, against ; 
Referred, and Counsel ordered, 663. Petition of Proprietors 
of land in Llanelly, against, 665, Referred. and Counsel or- 
dered, 666. Bill reported; to be ingrossed ; 692, , Passed, 707. 
By the Lords, with Amendments, 742. Considered, and agreed 
to, 745. Royal Assent, 777. 

Lonpon Bripce; Petition of Peter Jeffery, stating that a 
considerable settlement has taken place in the Piers of the 
New London Bridge, and praying for an inquiry; To lie on 
the Table, 827. ; 











Fresu Wuarr; Bill to enablethe Commis- 
sioners of His Majesty’s Treasury to make a conveyance 
thereof, ordered, 892. Presented, and read; and Day ap- 
pointed for Second Reading; 893. Committed, 895. Con- 
sidered, 899. Reported ; to be ingrossed ; and Day appointed 
for Third Reading; go2. Passed, goq. Agreed to by the 
Lords, 919. Royal Assent, 921. 

Recorder of. Vide Car.i ve, Richard. 


Lorp LiguTENANTS. Vide IRELAND. 





Lorps ; Request that the House will give leave to Pryse Pryse, 
Esquire (a Member), to attend a Committee at the Lords; 
Message considered ; and leave given him to attend ; 773. 

— Request that the House will give leave to Edward Mi- 

chael Conolly, Esquire (a Member), to attend a Committee 

at the Lords; House will send an Answer ; 773. 


Request that the House will give leave to Edward 
Southwell Ruthven, Esquire, William Nugent Macnamara, 
Esquire, James Beowiie, Bognise, Thomas Wyse, Esquire, and 
Richard More O’Ferrall, Esquire (Members), to attend a 
Committee at the Lords ; House will send an Answer, 821. 


Message to; requesting that the Lords will communi- 
cate Copy of the Minutes of Evidence given by two Wit- 
nesses before the Committee on Turton’s hee Bill, 79°. 
Report, That the Message had been delivered, and that the 
Lords had communicated the same, 793. 


— Message to; requesting that the Lords will communi- 
cate Copy of the Report, and Minutes of Evidence taken be- 
fore the Select Committee appointed to consider of the Poor 
Laws, 809. Report, That the Message had been delivered; 
and that the Lords: had communicated a printed Copy of the 
said Report, and Minutes; To be printed, 812. 

— Conference desired with the Lords, concerning the 
Amendments made by their Lordships to the Lunatics’ Bill, 
874. Lords agree to a Conference, 875. 


—-— Request Copy of Report from Select Committee on the 
Affairs of the East India. Company; House will send an 
Answer ; 930. 


- STEWARD administers the Oaths to certain Members, 
and makes a Deputation for swearing the remainder, 521. 
his Deputation, 520. 

Vide Oatus before Lorp Stewarp. 


Luptow Roap; Petition for a Bill for improving and main- 
taining the Road from Ludlow to Orleton; and Bill ordered, 
555. Presented, and read, 565. Committed, 588. Petition 
of Trustees for executing the Acts mentioned in the Ludlow 
Road Bill for additional Provision ; Referred to a Committee, 
659. Reported; Report referred to Select Committee on 
Standing Orders; 664. Vide Stanpinc Orpers, Report, 
That Provision be permitted to be made, pursuant to the prayer 
of the Petition of the Trustees for executing the Acts men- 
tioned in the Ludlow Road Bill; and Instruction accordingly , 
672. Bill reported, and re-committed, 677. Reported, 681. 
To be ingrosséed, 682. Passed, 685. Agreed to by the Lords, 
713. Royal Assent, 717. it 

Lunatic Commissions; Bill from the Lords to diminish the 
inconvenience and expense of Commissions in the nature of 
Writs De Lunatico Inguirendo, and. to. provide forthe better 
care of Persons of unsound mind, 885. read: Day, appointed 


























for Second Reading; aud Bill to be printed; go6. Second 
Reading deferred, 910, 914,,920, 

Lunatics; Acts'g Geo. [Vs c..41,/and 10 Geo: IV. c. 18, re- 
lating thereto, read ; Bill for regulating the Care and Treat- 
ment of Insane Persons in England, ordered, 558. soaaies, 

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and read; Day appointed for Second Reading ;:and to be 
printed 569. Committed, 577.. Considered, 597. Report 
eferred, 603. Reported ; to be ingrossed ; and Day appointed 
. for Third Reading ; 634... Passed, 642. By. the Lords, with 
Amendments, 784. Bill to be printed, as amended by the 
Lords, 786. Day appointed for considering Amendments, 
829. Consideration thereof, deferred, 831,864. Lords’ Amend- 
ments considered, 866. Several of them agreed to, 867, 868. 
Several of them disagreed to, 867, 868. Committee ap- 
pointed ta draw up Reasons to be offered to the Lords at a 
Conference, for ‘disagreeing to such of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships, as this House’ hath disagreed to ; 
Three to be the Quorum, 868. Reasons for disagreeing 
to the Lords’ Amendments, reported, and agreed to; Con- 
ference to be desired withthe Lords; 874. Lords agree to 
a Conference, and appoint the same immediately ; Managers 
appointed ; Conference held ; and reported, That they had 

left the Bill and Amendments with their Lordships, 875. 

Vide Lorpbs. 


Lyww (East Gate) Road; Petition for a Bill for more effectually 
repairing the Roads from King’s Lynn, and for making a new 
Road at Castle Rising, and Bill ordered, 560. Presented, and 
read, 568. Committed 599. Reported, 630. To be ingrossed, 
631. Passed, 637.° Agreed to by the Lords, 667. Royal 
Assent, 712. 

(South Gate) Road ; Petition for a Bill for more effec- 

tually repairing and improving the Roads from the South 

Gate in King’s Lynn, into East Walton, Narborough, Stoke 

Ferry and Downham Market, and Bill ordered, 560. Pre- 

sented, and read, 568: Committed, 599. Reported; to be 

ingrossed, 630. Passed, 637. Agreed to by the Lords, 667. 

Royal Assent, 712. 


Lyster, Saint George. Vide Commission of the PEace. 


1° &amp; 2° Will. 1V. Parl.g. Sess.1. A. 1831. 


Macuinery. Vide DistREss. 


and Corn Laws; Petition of Weavers of Padi- 
ham, for a Tax on Machinery, and for repeal of the Corn 
Laws, 673; To lie on the Table; and to be printed ; 674. 


Maur; Petitions for repeal of the Duties thereon ;—Of Land- 
owners and Occupiers in Wadhurst; of Inhabitants of Northiam 
and Beckley; of Householders and Inhabitants of Bower; 732. 
Of Agricultural Labourers of Earl Stonham and Creetings ; 
of Stonham Aspal, Stonham Parva, and Mickfield, goo. 

and Beer. Vide AccounrTs. 


Drawzack; Select Committee appointed to inquire 
into the effects produced by allowing a Malt Drawback on 
Spirits, and to report the same, together with their Observa- 
tions thereupon ; to send for Persons, Papers and Records; 
to report Minutes of Evidence; Five to be the Quorum; 825. 
Members added, 843, 847. Members discharged from further 











attendance, 847, 857. Members added, 857, 870. Power to - 


report opinion ; Report of Resolutions and Minutes of Evi- 
dence ; to lie on the Table ; and to be printed; 888. 


Spirits. Vide IRELAND. ScorTLanp. 
MANCHESTER Railway. Vide SuEerFieLp. 


Bouton and Bury Railway; Petition for a Bill 
to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Canal Naviga- 
tion from Manchester to Bolton and to Bury, to make a Rail- 
way from Manchester to Bolton and to Bury ; Referred to a 
Committee, 547. Reported; Bill ordered ; 556. Presented, 
and read, 560. Committed, 588. Reported ; Report to lie on 
the Table; 623. Report further considered ; Bill to be in- 
grossed; 657. The King’s Consent signified ; Bill passed ; 
659. By the Lords, with Amendments, 742. Consideved, 
and agreed to, 760. Royal Assent, 777. 











and Sowersy Bripce Railway ; Petition fora 
Bill for making the same; Referred to a Committee, 529. 
Reported ; Bill ordered; 546. Presented, and read, 559. 
Petitions of Inhabitants of Liverpool; of Merchants, Manu- 
facturers, Farmers and others, resident in or near to Leeds ; 
of Persons resident in or near to Halifax ; of Corn Merchants 
and Millers of Sowerby Bridge, Hebden Bridge, and divers 
places in or near the Vale of ‘odmorden ; and, of Manufac- 
turers, Land-owners and others in or, near Sowerby Bridge, 
in favour, 580. Bill committed, 581. Petitions of Inhabitants 
of Selby ; and, of Merchants, Manufacturers and Inhabitants 
of Dewsbury, in favour; 588. Petitions of Inhabitants of Roch- 


dale; of Burnley and Colne ; of Milnrowand Littleborough ; of ~ 


Manufacturers and Inhabitants of Heywood; of Manufac- 
turers, Farmers and others, of Newton, Moston, Chadder- 
ton, and other places; of Land-owners and Inhabitants of 
Hopwood and Middleton; and, of Merchants, Manufacturers 
aad other Inhabitants of Manchester and Salford, in favour, 
590. _ Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the Calder 
and Hebble Navigation; and, of the Company of Proprietors of 
the Rochdale Canal, against; Referred, and Counsel ordered, 
$99. Pétition Of Merchants, Manufacturers and others of 
Bradford, in favour, 599; To lie on the Table, 600. Peti- 
tions of Owners or Oceupiers! of \Mills or Factories si- 
tuated on or near the banks of the Rochdale Canal, 606. 
Of Trustees of the Turnpike Road from Rochdale to Halifax 


VOL. 86.—(Part IT.) ——Sess. 1831. 


and Elland; of the Reverend James Airmytage: Rhodes, 
against ; 606. Referred, and Counsel ordered; 607. ‘Petition 
of Surveyors of the Highways im Manchester; against ; Re- 
ferred, and Counsel ordered, 624, | Petition of Bankers and 
Corn Merehants, Woolstaplers and,-others of Wakefield, in 
favour, 631. , Bill reported ; Report tojlie on the, Table; 659. 

Mancuester and Sowersy Brivce Railway; Petition of 
Subscribers to the proposed Railway, against certain Votes 
of the Committee on the Bill, and praying to be heard 
before a Committee of Appeal; Day appointed for further 
consideration of the Petition; Petition to be printed; 666, 
Consideration of Petition deferred, 672. Petition consi- 
dered ; Referred to Committee of Appeal; Day appointed 
for Ballot for Committee of Appeal; 682... Minutes of Evi- 
dence taken before the Committee to be printed at the expense 
of the Parties, 685. Order for Ballot for Committee of Ap- 
peal, read ; Petition of the Reverend James Armytage Rhodes, 
for postponing Ballot; Entry in Jodrnal (18th July) of 
the presenting of the Petition praying for the said Com- 
mittee of Appeal, read; Resolution of the House of 15th 
February 1827, respecting the bond or obligation to be en- 
tered into, read; Bond or Obligation entered into by the 
Parties (23d July) read :—And it appearing that the said Bond 
or Obligation had not been entered into within two days after 
the said Petition had been presented, as required by the said 
Resolution ; Order for-Ballot for Committee of Appeal dis- 
charged, 693. Petition of Subscribers to the proposed Rail- 
way, explaining their reasons for not having entered into their 
Recognizance within two days after presenting their Peti- 
tion ; and again praying for the appointment of a Committee 
of Appeal; Motion for bringing up Petition; Motion and 
Petition, by leave, withdrawn, 707. 

Maw, Isle of. Vide INsotvent Desrtors. 

MarGate Harbour. Vide Accounts. 


Marine INsurANcE; Petitions for repeal of Stamp Duty on 
Policies of Marine Insurance ;—Of the Association of Under- 
writers and Insurance. Brokers in, Glasgow.; To be printed, 
564. Of Merchants and Ship-owners of Fowey; To be 
printed, 589. Of Ship-owners and Merchants of Sunderland, 
598. Of Merchants, Ship-owners and others, of Rye; of 
Tralee; To be printed, 600. Of Ship-owners and Merchants 
of Cardiff, 613. Of Ship-owners of Liverpool, 635. Of 
Merchants, Traders and Ship-owners, of Londonderry; To be 
printed, 635. Of Merchants, Traders, and Ship-owners of 
Galway ; To be printed, 646. Of Merchants, Ship-owners 
and others, interested in the Trade and Commerce of the Port 
of Gloucester; of Ship-owners of Wexford; To be printed, 
653- Of Merchants and Ship-owners of Youghall, 655. Of 
Glasgow; To be printed, 655. Of Merchants sha Ship- 
owners of Milford, 660. Of Merchants and Ship-owners of 
Dundalk ; To be printed, 674. Of Merchants, Ship-owners, 
and Traders of Plymouth; of the Chamber of Commerce of 
Greenock ; To be printed, 710. Of Merchants and Ship- 
owners of Belfast; 732. Of Merchants and Ship-owners of 
Bideford ; To be printed, 739. Of Merchants and Ship- 
owners of Saint Ives (Cornwall); To be printed, 746. Of 
Gentry, Ship-owners and Merchants of Beaumaris, Carnar- 
von and other places, 752. Of Ship-owners of Newcastle, 
residing in North Shields; of the Chamber of Commerce of 
Limerick; To be printed, 764. Of Merchants, Ship-owners, 
Tradesmen and others, of Falmouth ; ‘To be printed, 771. Of 
Ship-owners, Merchants and Tradesmen of Whitehaven, Har- 
rington, Workington and Maryport, 815. To be printed, 
816. Of Merchants, Traders, Ship-owners and Underwriters 
of Newcasle-upon-Tyne, 866. Of Merchants and Ship- 
owners of Barnstaple; To be printed, 928. 

— Vide Scorbanp. 

Maritime TRADE(Sussex). VideAccounts. (ADDRESSES, 38.) 

Martin, William. Vide Accounts. 

Master of the Rotts. Vide Iretanp. 

Mauritius. Vide Sucar Duties. 


Vide Accounts.) {Av- 








— Suave RecistTry. 
DRESSES, 39.) 


Maynootn Cotiece. Vide IRELAND. 


MEMBERS : 


List of, returned to serve in Parliament, de- 





livered to the Clerk of the House, 521. 





Oaths administered to; them by the, Lord 
Steward, and his Deputies, 521. , 





Take the Oaths, 523. 





To withdraw during the. time any,Matter of 
Privilege relating to them is in Debate, \524, 
— not to bring Strangers into the House; 524. 








usual Orders relating to their Letters, 524. 





a Member left on the Reduced List to serve 
on an Election Committee who had voted at the Election, 
declared ineligible to serve on such Committee, 707. Vide 
Evections, DuBLin. 





Declaration from, that he did not intend to 
defend his Return, 626. Vide Erections, JepBuRGH. 


Chosen 





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MemBeEans—continued. 

Chosen for two Places, make their election 
for which they will serve, 624, 630, 632, 638, 645. 

have leave of Absence, 636, 653, 657, 666, 
716, 746, 758, '768, 782, 794, 802, 835, 837, 843, 847, 854, 
861, 863, '866, 872, 873,877, 879, 885, 893, 894, 897. 

Leave given toa Member to attend the Lords, 














tenis .—— discharged from any further attendance on 
Committees, 636, 847, 857. 

added to Select Committees, 558, 613, 614, 
636, 668, 680, 696, 699, 718, 740, 747, 753, 790, 804, 832, 
835, 843, 847, 855, 857, 858, 859, 865, 870. 

To Committees on Bills, 613, 718, 730, 








744, 863. 





——- a Member excused from serving on an 
Election Committee, on account of its interference with pub- 
lic business, 708. 


— a Member informs the House, that there 
was a mistake in the name of the Person returned at the last 
Election for Newport (Hants); Return amended, 578. Vide 
CLERK OF THE CROWN. Exvections, Newport. ( Hants.) 
excused from an Election Committee on 
account of illness, 689. 
have leave to make Motions, it being after 
Twelve of the clock, 857. 
committed to the Fleet Prison for Contempt 
of the Court of Chancery, 668. Vide PriviLeces. 
SPEAKER. 

















~not attending call of the House, to be sent 
for in custody of the Serjeant at Arms, 844, 855, 863, 871. 
Names of Members ordered to attend call of 
the House, called over and several, of them excused, 900, 902. 
Names of Members absent at Call of the 
House, reported, and ordered to attend on a future day, 902. 
—— A Member having presented a Petition, 
and notice being taken that there were certain erasures therein, 
and the Member who presented it being called upon by Mr. 
Speaker to account for the same, stated, that he had made 
those erasures, considering the language of the Petition too 
strong, 748. 














discharged from attendance in their places, 
920. 





Motion for laying before the House a Re- 
turn of the Members returned to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment, and the Places for which they are returned ; giving in 
one List the Names of the Places, and in another the Names 
of the Members, in alphabetical order; and, by leave, with- 
drawn, 635. 





-—- That a Member have leave of absence ; 

Question Neg. thereupon, 863. 

Vide Lorps. OaTHs BEFORE THE LorD 
Srewarp. Orpers. Privireces. Questions Neg. 
SERJBANT. SPEAKER. 

Menai and Conway Bridges. Vide Accounts. 

Merropo.is and Tower of Lonpon ; Motion for presenting 
an Address to His Majesty for Copies of Papers remaining in 
any of the Public Offices tending to show the extent of the 
insurrectionary movement expected to have broken out in the 
Metropolis on the gth of November last, and other Papers re- 
lating thereto ; Question Neg. thereupon, 888. 

Potice. Vide WinTLE, Jacob. 

Roads. Vide Accounts. 

Mitirary Accounts. Vide lreLanp. 

—Canal. Vide Accounts. 
Miuiria. Vide Suppty, and Bixts in Suppty. 


Batiots Suspension ; Bill to suspend, for a limited 
time, the making of Lists, and the Ballots and Inrolments for 
the Militia of the United Kingdom, ordered, 621. Presented, 
and’ read ; Day appointed for Second Reading; and to be 
printed, 622. Committed, 634. Committee deferred, 642, 
648. Bill considered; and reported; Day appointed for further 
considering Report; and Bill, as amended, to be printed; 653. 
Report further considered; Bill to be ingrossed; and Day 
appointed for Third Reading ;656. Passed, 662. Agreed to 
by the Lords, 682. Royal Assent, 712. 

——_——— Estimates ; Select Committee appointed to prepare 
Estimates of the Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for 1831; To send for Persons, Papers 
and’ Records; Three to be the Quorum; 597. Members 
added, 614. Reported; Report to lie on the Table; and ‘to 
be printed ; 634. Report referred to the Committee of Sup- 
Ry ; The King’s Recommendation having been signified ; 668. 

ide Suprry. 

— Vide Accounts. 

Mint; Bill to reduce the Salary of the Master and Worker of 
His Majesty’s Mint, ordered, 577. Presented, and read; 
Day appoirited for Second Reading ; and to be printed; 578. 
Committed, 602. Considered, 612. Report deferred, 622, 
635, 642, 648, 653, 656. Bill reported ; to be ingrossed; and 
Day appointed for Third Reading ; 661. Passed, 669. Agreed 
to by the Lords, 703. Royal Assent, 712. 














— 








Mint and Cornace. Vide Accounts. (ADDRESSES, 40.) 


Supp.y. 


Minutes of Evipence taken’ before Election Committees, 


ordered ; Presented ; To be printed; 734, 864. 





taken before Select Committees. in 
the last Session, ordered, 583. Presented; To he, printed ; 
690, Ordered, 922. Presented; To_lie omthe. Table; 
928. : ' 





Given by Witnesses at. the Bar of the 
House of Lords .on a Bill, to be. received asigood Evidente, 
792. Referred to a Committee ofithe whole House, 793. 





of Committees in’a former Session ; 
Referred to Select Committees, 558,583, 584.’ 








of a Committee .in a former Session ; 
Referred to a Committee of the whole House, 695. 





taken before Committees on Bills, to 
be printed at the expense of the Parties, 685, 893. 





and Proceedings of the Committee on 
a Bill to be printed at the Expense of one of the Parties, 
889. 








Vide ComMITTEES. 


MIsceLLANEous SERvicEs. Vide AccounTs. 
Mircue.t., John. Vide Postrace. 
MotassEs; Select Committee appointed to inquire into the 


expediency of admitting the use of Molasses in the Breweries 
and Distilleries of the United Kingdom, &amp;e.; To send’ for 
Persons, Papers and Records; Five to be the» Quorum 

Member added ; Report 17th Feb. 1807, and the: several Re- 
ports made in Session 1808, referred, 5g6. “Member ‘added, 
613. Reports of former Sessions referred, 626. ©‘ Petition’ re- 
ferred, 635. Member discharged from further attendance; 
Members added; 636. Petition referred, 676. Power to 
report Minutes of Evidence from time to time, 684. Report 
to lie on the Table; and to be printed; 684. Petitions re- 
ferred, 685, 699, 710, 711, 718, 722, 732, 733,740, 741, 748, 
752, 758, 762, 764. Power to report Observations and 
Opinion, 768. Petitions referred, 771, 781, 786, 787, 788, 
792, 795, 811, 816, 817, 855. Second Report, 889. To lie 
on the Table ; and to be printed; 8go. 


Petitions against the use of Molasses in the Brew- 
eries and Distilleries of the United Kingdom ;—Of Scottish 
Distillers ; Referred to the Select Committee on Molasses, 
635. Of Owners and Occupiers of land in Soham, 666. In 
Royston; To be printed, 666. Of Growers of Corn in the 
neighbourhood of Bungay ; of Halesworth ; of Harleston; of 
Tenants and Occupiers of land in the county of Haddington ; 
677. Of Patrick Stead; To be printed, 684. Of Members of 
the Norfolk Agricultural Society; Referred, 685. Of Corn 
Factors, Malt Factors, Sellers of Malt and Corn in Mark-lane ; 
To be printed, 696. Of Members of the West Lothian Agri- 
cultural Society; Referred, 609. Of Merchants, Factors and 
Buyers of Corn in Dundee; of Scotch Distillers; To be printed, 
703. Petitions [presented 20th and 22d July]; To be printed, 
709. Petition of Growers of Corn in the neighbourhood of 
Framlingham; Referred, 710. Petitions [presented 18th, 21st, 
22d, 25th, and 27th July]; Referred, 711.. Petition of Brewers, 
Owners of land and Growers of corn residing in or near Great 
Yarmouth ; of Owners and Occupiers of lands in the hun- 
dreds of Freebridge Lynn, Freebridge Marshland and the 
vicinity; in the hundreds of East and West Flege 5 in the 
hundred of Brothercross, in the county of Norfolk ; in the 
county of Hertford; and,.of Owners and Occupiers of lands, 
Merchants and others residing within the county of Cam- 
bridge; Referred, 718. Of Freeholders, Justices of the Peace 
and Commissioners of Supply of the County of Edinburgh ; 
of Farmers in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh; of Farmers 
frequenting Dalkeith market; of Magistrates of the Royal 
Burgh of Burntisland; Referred, 722. Of William Hay, 
Preses of a Meeting of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of the Royal Burgh of Inverkeithing; Referred, 732. 
Of Farmers, Maltsters and others of Alloa; of Freeholders, 
Commissioners of Supply, Justices of the Peace and Heritors 
of the county of Linlithgow ; of Farmers in the neighbourhood 
of the Burgh of Burntisland ; of , Kirkcaldy ; of the. Western 
District of the county of Fife; Referred, 733. Of Farmers in 
the District of Kelso ; of Proprietors, Farmers and others, of 
Melrose; Referred, 740. Of Owners of land and Growers 
of corn in the hundred of South Erpingham (Norfolk); of 
Owners and Occupiers of land in the county of Norfolk ;. in 
the eastern part of the county of Kent ; and, of Ash; Referred, 
741. Of the High Sheriff and Grand Jury of the county of 
Denbigh; of Maltstersof Ware; Referred, 748. Ofthe High 
Sheriff and Grand Jury of the county of Flint, Referred, 752. 
Of Noblemen, Freeholders, Justices of the Peace, and Com- 
missioners of Supply-of the county of Haddington ;+ Referred, 
758. Of Corn Merchants and Corn Factors of Leith; of 
Proprietors and Occupiers of land an the:county,of Kinross ; 
Referred, 762. Of Farmers in Northumberland and Tweed 
Side, attending Coldstream market ; of Christopher Middle- 
mass, Presiding Magistrate of the royal burgh of Dunbar ; of 
Maltsters and others in Bishop Stortford ;.of Owners and 
Occupiers of land and Maltsters. in Saffron Walden pone of 

rowers 

















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Mo.assEs—continued. Ret 
Growers of Grain on’both sides of the River Tweed frequenting 
the market of-the, town of Berwick, and of Corn Factors 
‘and Corn Merchants in the said town; Referred, 764. Of 
Owners and Occupiers of land, and others engaged in the 
trade and consumption of Barley in Colchester; To be printed, 
764." Of Inhabitants of several parishes in the vicinity of 
. Dover; Referred, 771. Of Landholders of the county of Perth; 
of Farmers growing Barley in the neighbourhood of Perth; 
of Proprietors: and Farmers’ growing Barley in the Carse of 
_ Gowrie, in the vicinity of Dunkeld; Referred, 781. Of 
Owners and Occupiers of land, and others, in Biggleswade ; 
Referred, 786. _Of Freeholders, Justices of the Peace, Com- 
missioners of Supply, and Heritors,of the county of Caithness ; 
Referred, 787. &amp;f Farmers frequenting Jedburgh market ; 
' of Landholders of the county of Kincar ine 3 Referred, 788. 
Of Maltsters and Brewers residing near Warrington; Re- 
ferred, 792. Of Robert Abercrombie, Preses of a Meeting of 
Landholders of the county of Banff; Referred, 795. Of 
Owners and Occupiers of land in the vicinity of Bury Saint 
Edmund’s; of Maltsters and Corn Merchants residing in 
Ipswich, Woodbridge, Stowmarket, and adjoining places; of 
Agriculturists, Merchants and Maltsters, residing in Ipswich ; 
Referred, 811. Of Farmers and others in and around Fraser- 
burgh; of Farmers and Occupiers of land in the vicinity of 


Dunse; of Owners and Occupiers of land, and others engaged ' 


in the trade and consumption of Barley, in Sudbury, and its 
vicinity ; Referred, 816. Of Maltsters of Dudley ; Referred, 
817. Of Owners and. Occupiers of land interested in the 
gon of Barley, at a Public Meeting held at Chelmsford ; at 

ochford ; of the county of Essex ; of Inhabitants of Witham ; 
of Owners and Occupiers of land in Braintree ; Referred, 855. 
Of Farmers and Occupiers of land in the upper district of 
the county of Roxburgh; To be printed, 894. Of Magis- 
trates, Clergy and Landed Proprietors in the county of Wig- 
town, 911. 

Petition of Distillers in Scotland, in favour of ad- 
mitting the use of Molasses in the Breweries and Distilleries 
of the United Kingdom; Referred to the Select Committee on 
Molasses, 676. 

Vide Scor.anp. 


Money Payment Acts Repeat; Bill from the Lords to 
repeal several Acts, and parts of Acts, prohibiting the payment 
of Wages in Goods, or otherwise than in the current Coin of 
the Realm, 731. Read, and Day appointed for Second Read- 
ing, 733. Second Reading deferred ; and Bill to be printed ; 
743- Second Reading deferred, 759, 763, 785. Bull com- 
mitted, 794. Considered; Reported ; and Day appointed for 
Third Reading; 836. Third Reading deferred, 853, 856, 
860, 865. Bill passed, 891. Royal Assent, 921. 

of Waces; Bill from the Lords to prohibit 
the payment, in certain Trades, of Wages in Goods, or other- 
wise than in the current Coin of the Realm, 731. Read ; and 
Day appointed for Second Reading; 733. Second Reading 
deferred; and Bill to be printed; 743. Second Reading 
deferred, 759, 763, 785. Bill committed, 794. Order for Com- 
mittee, read; Motion, That Mr. Speaker do leave the Chair; 
Amendment proposed, but not made; Mr. Speaker (in pur- 

" suance of the Standing Order of the House of the 22d cay of 
June last) called the attention of the House to certain Clauses 
of the Bill which imposed Pecuniary Penalties, and gave it 
as his opinion, that the same related only to the prevention or 
punishment of Offences; Mr. Speaker further stated, that 
the Bill, having been read a second time with the understand- 
ing that the Debate on the principle of the Bill was to be 
taken on the Motion for The Speaker leaving the Chair, he 
had postponed these observations to this period; whereupon 
the House, in this particular case, determined not to insist on 
their privilege of originating all such Pecuniary Penalties ; 
Main Question agreed to; Bill considered; Reported, with 
Amendments; Amendments agreed to; Clause added; and 
Day appointed for Third Reading; 839. Third Reading de- 
ferred, 854, 857, 860, 865. Motion for reading Bill the Third 
Time ; Amendments proposed, but not made; Main Question 
agreed to; Bill passed, with Amendments, 891. Amendments 
agreed to by the Lords, 894. Royal Assent, 921. 

Monmovuta Borough. Vide ELecttons. 


Roads ; Petition for a Bill for repairing and im- 
proving the same; and Bill ordered, 530. Presented, and 
read, 545. Committed, 599. Reported; to be ingrossed ; 
632. The King’s Consent signified; Bill passed, 638. Agreed 
to by the Lords, 667. Royal Assent, 712. 

MonrreAt and Ottawa. Vide AccounrTs. 

Moray’s Estate. Vide ScoTLanp. 

Motions withdrawn, 584, 589, 596, 635, 649, 682, 707, 708, 


727, 735» 738, 745, 765, 766, 771, 779, 789, 824, 827, 
841, 862, 865, 871, 872, 895, 910, 912. 

















Suppe.y. 


1°&amp;2 Will. IV. Parl.g. Sess. 1. A. 1831. 


N arporovucu Road. Vide Lynn (South Gate.) 
Natives or Inp1a. Vide East INpIA. 


Nava Depor (Cork.). Vide IRELAND. 


VOL. 86.—(Part II.)——Sess. 1831. 


a qT: “ : , _ 
Navy. Vide Accounts. (ApDRESSEs)"4n.) Suppry. 
NETHERLANDS, Vide Accounts.) °°? 
, PISS IW ¥3g t Ll 
NewcastTLeE-uPon-Tynet Road. Vide Norra Suiesps. 


New Cuvrcnes. Vide Accounts.» (ADDRESSES, 42, 43: 
NEWFOUNDLAND; Motion for presenting af Address to His 
_ Majesty, that He would be graciously. (pleased to grant to 
His ancient and faithful Colony of Newfoundland, a Consti- 
tutional Legislative Government, similar to those enjoyed by 
His Majesty’s other North American Colonies, Xc. ; Previous 


Question proposed; Previous Question aud Motion with- 
drawn ; 838. : 


a 





Vide Accounts, 

Fisuertges; Petition of Merchants and 
others of Waterford, complaining of the distressed state of 
the Newfoundland Fisheries ; To lie on the Table ; and to be 
printed ; 838. 

New Soutn WAtts. 





Vide Accounts. (ADDRESSES, 44 ) 

NeEwspaPeERs; Petitions for the repeal of the Stamp Duty on 
Newspapers, Pamphlets, &amp;c. ;—Of Julian Hibbert, Chairman 
of a Meeting at the Rotunda, Blackfriars-road, 754. Of 
Members of the First Birmingham Co-operative Society ; of 
John Russell, Secretary to the Lisson-grove Co-operative 
‘Trading Association ; of Persons employed at the Rolls 
Printing Office, Fetter-lane, 768. Of Workmen in Glasgow ;, 
To be printed, 768. Of Edward Hancock, 798. Of Edward 
Thomas Craig, President of the Manchester Owenian Co- 
operative Society, 811. Of Members of the Clerkenwell 
Parochial Reform Union, 930. Of Journeymen Shoemakers 
of Northampton, 932. 

——-- Vide PAMPHLETs. 

NewrTon Railway. Vide WARRINGTON. 

NEWTOWNBARRY. 





Vide IRELAND. 
Nortuampton Borough. Vide ELections. 
Road. Vide Warwick, 


Norra Surevips Road; Petition for a Bill for more effectually 
maintaining the Road from thence to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 
'539- Baill ordered, 540. Presented, and read, 546. Com- 
mitted, 572. Petition‘of Inhabitants of Chirton and Preston, 
against; Referred, 672.. Time enlarged for Committee to re- 
port, 685. Bill reported; to be ingrossed; 719. Passed, 726. 
Agreed to by the Lords, 792. Royal Assent, 826. 

Norton Drainage. Vide WENT. 


Norwicn Poor; Petition for a Bill for their better manage- 
ment; Referred to a Committee, 561. Reported, 580. Bill 
ordered, 581. Presented, and read, 590. Committed, 606. 
Petitions of Rate-payers of the parish of Saint Peter, South- 
gate; of the Churchwardens, Overseers and Rate-payers of 
the parish of Saint Peter-per-Mountergate ; of Inhabitants 
and Rate-payers in the parishes of Saint Gregory ; Saint 
Edmund ; Saint Lawrence; Saint Peter-of-Hungate; Saint 

- Julian; and, Saint Benedicts, in the city of Norwich; of 
Inhabitants assessed to the relief of the Poor in the Parishes 
of Saint John-of-Sepulchre ; Saint Michael, at Coslany; in 
the hamlet of Lakenham; in the parish of Saint Helen and 
hamlet of Thorpe, in the city and county of Norwich; of 
the Mayor, Sheriffs, Citizens and Commonalty of the city 
of Norwich, in Common Council assembled; of the Go- 
vernor, Deputy Governor, Assistants and Guardians of the 
Poor of Norwich, and liberties of the sane; of the Governor, 
Deputy Governor, Assistants and Guardians ef the Poor of 
Norwich; of Payers to the Poor’s Rates of the parish of 
Saint Martin, in Norwich, against; To lie on the Table, 635. 
Power to Committee to send for Persons, Papers and Records; 
638. Petition of Payers to the Poor Rate in the parish of 
Saint Michael-at-Thorn (Norwich), against; 649. Petitions of 
Inhabitants and Rate-payers in the parish of Saint Peter-of- 
Mancroft ; in the hamlet of Heigham; of Payers to the Poor’s 
Rates in the parish of Saint Simon and Saint Jude; of Rate- 
payers of the parish of Saint John Maddermarket; of Payers 
to the Poor’s Rates in the parish of Saint George-of-Tombland ; 
of Rate-payers of the parish of Saint Lawrence ; of Inhabit- 
ants of the parish of Saint George-of-Colegate; of Inhabitants 
and Rate-payers in the parish of Saint Stephen, in the city 
of Norwich, against; referred, 649. Petitions of the Mayor, 
Sheriffs, Citizens and Commonalty of the city of Norwich, in 
Common Council assembled; of Payers to the Poor’s Rate of 
the parish of Saint John of Timberhill, in the city of Norwich, 
against; Referred, and Counsel ordered, 649. Petitions of 
Rate-payers of the parish of Saint Peter-of-Hungate; of 
Saint Peter-per-Mountergate; of Saint Simon and Saint 
Jude; of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint John-of-Timber- 
hill; of Saint Edmund; of Inhabitants and: Occupiers of 
houses, lands and tenements in the parish of Saint Michael- 
at-Thorn; of Saint Stephen; of Saint Clement; of Saint’ 
Julian; of Saint Michael-at-Plea; in the hamlet of Laken- 
ham, in the county of the city of Norwich, in favour; 649. 
Petition of the Governor, Deputy Governor, Assistants. and 
Guardians of the Poor of Norwich, against; Referred, 
and Counsel ordered, 649. _ Bill reported; to be ingrossed ; 
681. Passed, 6g7. Agreed to by the Lords, 742. Royal 
Assent, 777. 


NozeeEp, Zemindar of. Vide East Inpb1A. 


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, WE 2Will. TV.’ Parl, 9. Sess. 1. A, 1831. 
ATHS ;&gt; Petitions: for: diminishing the number required to 
‘(de&gt; takem in! matters. relating to the Public Revenue, in 
Judicial | Peodeedings,‘ in Courts of Justice, and in Public 
Offices ;++Of William Townshend, Chairman of the Committee 
of ithé&gt;Ptotestant (Society for the protection of Religious 
‘Liberty; To ibe! printed, 646. Of Thomas Parkin; To be 

inted, 887... Of Baptists of Brown-street, Salisbury, 922. 

o be printed, 923. ’ 

before the Lorv Stewarp; Bill to repeal so much of 
certain Acts as requires certain Oaths to be taken by Mem- 
bers of the House of Commons before the Lord Steward or his 
Deputies, ordered ; presented, and read ; Day appointed for 
Second Reading ; and to be printed; 539. Committed, 551. 
Considered ; Reported ; to be ingrossed ; and Day appointed 
for Third Reading; 558. Third Reading deferred, 602, 651. 
Petition of Lieutenant-General William Thornton, against, 
650. Bill passed, 679. Agreed to bythe Lords, 703. Royal 
Assent, 712. 





Orrices and APPOINTMENTs. Vide AccounNrTs. 


DRESSES, 45.) 
Orriciat Houses. Vide Accounts. 
Omnisus CarriacGEs; Petition of Omnibus and Coach Pro- 
rietors plying for hire within five miles of the General Post 
Office, or reduction of Duty thereon, and that they may be 
allowed the privilege of taking up Passengers in the Streets ; 
To lie onthe Table; and to be printed; 831. 


Vide Hackney Coacues, 


(Ap- 





ORDERS: 





Usual made, touching Privileges and Elections, 
to prevent Disorders, and relating to Members’ Letters, &amp;c. 
524.) Vide ‘Committees. ConsTaBLes. ELEcTions. 
Evipence, Foormen.’ Letters. Mempers. PEers. 
PostMASTER-GENERAL. Prayers. PRiviteces. Ser- 
JEANT, SpEAKER. STRANGERS. Votes. WITNESSEs. 
STANDING, read, 534. 

made STANDING, 534. Vide House. Sranp- 
inG ORDERS, 

of a futare Day, discharged, 588, 636, 709, 827, 
847; 863, 887. 

for referring a Petition to a Committee, dis- 
charged, 591. 

for Accounts, &amp;c. discharged, 790, 799, 929. 
for Accounts discharged, and Addresses instead 




















thereof, 540. 

an for the House to resolve itself into a Committee 

on Bills, discharged, 636, 656, 683, 687. 

for the Second Reading of a Bill, discharged, 750, 

for the Attendance of Members, discharged, g20. 
: for consideration of Election Petitions discharged, 

630, 663, 672, 676, 677, 795- 

for consideration of Election Petitions, deferred, 

§26, 633, 660, 688, 707, 737, 744. 

for presenting Addresses to His Majesty, dis- 

charged, 705, 765. 

for presenting an Address to His Majesty, dis- 

charged, and Return instead thereof, 662. 

to Warden of the Fleet Prison, to bring a Member 

in his custody to the Committee of Privileges, 668. 


-—— for High Sheriff of the County of Lincoln and 
Returning Officer of the Borough of Great Grimsby, to attend 
on acertain Day, 758. 
+ for Attendance of High Sheriff of the County of 
Lincoln, discharged, 762. 
++ for Attendance of the Mayor and Town Clerk of 
the Borough of Great Grimsby on a certain Day, 769. 
uit iu for their Attendance, discharged, 778. Vide 
ELecrions. , 
wane for certain Returns to be made forthwith, 921, 


























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——- to Law Officers of the Crown in Ireland, to take 
immediate measures for bringing to Justice such Persons as 
may have been guilty of bribing Voters at the last Election 
for the City of Dublin, 779. Vide ELecTions, 
+—r=-=71+4 to, Marshal, of the King’s Bench Prison, to bring 
a Person in his custody to the Committee of the whole House, 
on, % Divorce Bill, 795. 

Orxporb, late William; Bill/from the Lords for vesting an un- 
‘divided moiety of a Freehold Estate, in Liverpool, in Trustees, 
for the’ benefit of his infant Son and Heir-at-Law, 723. Read, 
725. Committed, 734.' Reported, '763. Passed, 764. Royal 
‘Assent, 777. 

OnteTon Road. Vide’ Luptow. » 

OswAun’s, Estate, Vide Scor.ann. 

Orcey, Mr. Brook T., . Vide Accounts. 





Outtawntes; Bill for the more effectual preventing ‘Clandes- 
tine Outlawries, read;| 523. 


Oxrorp and Camsrivee UNiversiriEs.' Vide Atcounys. 
Suppiy, é L a 


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i° &amp; 2° Will. IV. Parl. 9. Sess, 1, A. 1831. “a0 


PAMPHLETS; Petitions complaining of certain, Proseeutions 
for vending unstamped Pamphlets, and for the repeal of 

all Laws which have for their object restraints, upon Opinions ; 
—Of the Industrious Classes of the Metropolis, ‘im’ Public 
Meeting assenibled ‘at ‘the Rotiindti “Blackfriars, 820. Of 


Inhabitants of Saint ‘Mary-le-boné ;‘ To be printed, 840.” 

Vide NewsPapeks 9° 0°!” 

Paper and AnvEeRTIsEMENT, Dourizs,; Petition of Members 

of the Bolton Mechanics’ Institution, for the;repeal, thereof 
To lie on the Table; and tobe printed ; :747+! 
Parkin, Thomas: Vide Oatus. 


PARLIAMENT; Proclamation for dissolving the Parliament, and 
declaring the calling of another, 519. 
Letters Patent, authorizing Commissioners to 
open the Parliament, 521. 
Opened by Commission, 521. , 
Prorogued, 9365- 
Prorogued by Commission, 936. 
Vide Accounts. 
—- Reform of; Petitions in favour;—Of George 
Gunning ; To lie on the Table ; Motion for printing Petition, 
withdrawn, 534. Of Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders and 
Inhabitants of the county of Denbigh : SP Tahabitants of the 
united parishes of Ballycalian, Killmanagh -and ‘Killaloe ; 
of Inhabitants of Kinclaven; of Inhabitants’ of New 
Deer; of Common Councilmen and Inhabitants of the ward 
of Bassishaw; of Inhabitants of the ward of ‘Bridge; of 
Inhabitant Householders and Rate-payers of the ward of 
Castle Baynard (London), 534. Of Operative Silk Weavers 
of Spitalfieds; ‘To be printed, 534. Of the Reform Com- 
mittee of the Royal Burgh of Nairn, 557. Of Inhabitants of 
the united parishes of Maglass, Ballymore, Killinick, and 
Sharmon, in the county of Wexford; of Owners and Occu- 
piers of land and Inhabitants of Cawston ; and, of the Working 
Classes of Aberdeen; To be printed, 557. Of Gentlemen, 
Clergy, Freeholders and Inhabitants of the county of Den- 
bigh (presented 22d June); To be printed, 572. 


Petitions against the Bill of the last Session ;— 
Of: Burgesses and Inhabitants of Appleby; of Freemen: of 
Durham, residing at Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead, 
and Seaham; of Inhabitants of Castlecomer ; To be printed, 534. 


Petition of Thomas 8S. Bailward, Sheriff of the 
county of Somerset, in favour of the Bill of last Session; To 
be printed, 551. 
Petitions for additional Representation ;— Of 
Inhabitants of Llanrwst, 534. Two Petitions of Freeholders 
and Inhabitants of the county of Carmarthen; To be print- 
ed, 558. Of Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Chesterfield, 
564. Of Inhabitants of Llangefni; To be printed, 564. 
Petition of Inhabitants of Llanrwst éideemti: 22d June) ; 
To be printed, 570. Petition of Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of Chesterfield (presented 25th June); To be: printed, 
572. Of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Countil of ‘the 
royal —_— of Cupar; To be printed, 592. Of Inhabi- 
tants of Stockton and Norton, and the township: of Bil- 
lingham, 598. Of Inhabitants’ of Newbury and hanilets of 
Speenhamland and Greenham; To be printed, Goo. Of 
ayor, Bailiffs and Burgesses of Hedon in Holderness; of 
Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders 'and Inhabitants of the county of 
Merioneth ; To be printed, 611. Of Inhabitant Householders 
of Christchurch, Surrey ; To be printed, 622. Of Inhabitant 
Householders of Taunton Saint Mary Magdalen; of Inhabi- 
tants of Brigham; To'be printed, 635. Of Inhabitants of 
Gainsburgh, and 1ts hamlets, Morton, Walkerith, and East 
Stockwith ; To’ be printed, 640. Of Inhabitants of Saint 
Pancras; of Inhabitants, Freeholders, Copyholders and Lease- 
holders, of North Durham ; of Inhabitants of the Staffordshire 
Potteries ; To be printed; 644. | Of. Members of the Com- 
mercial Society of Tuam &gt; To be printed, 645. Of Magis- 
trates, Gentlemen; Clergy, Freeholders and Inhabitants of the 
Isle of Wight; of Inhabitants of Louisburgh ; of Aughawal; 
To be printed, 650. Of Churchwardens and Overseers of 
Christchurch, Surrey, 655: Of Inhabitants of Whitehaven, 
and adjoining township of Preston ; Quarter; of Resident 
Householders of Saint John-in-Beverley ; of Inbabitant House- 
holders of Preston-Quarter, Whitehaven ; To be:printed, 655. 
Of Grand Jurors annelled for! the county of Carmarthen, 
at the Summer Assizesyi8g1 ;0'To be printed, ‘710! Of 
Tradesmen and Inhabitants of Llanerchymedd ; of Bodedern ; 
729. Of Inhabitants of Cardiff; of the Corporation and Ten- 
pound Householders of Cowbridge’ ;- Referred | to. the! 'Gom- 
mittee of the whole House, 730. | ‘Of the: Lord Provost; Ma- 
er and Town Couneil of Perth; of Inhabitants of Perth ; 
0 be printed, 793.2 Petitions from Cardiff; and from Cow- 
bridge (presented 5th:August); To be printed, 733: Of Mer- 
cantile Planvos of Ciabetsifis 55 Of Inhabitant pene 
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PaRLIAME NT—continued.. 


of Merthyr Tydvil; Referred, 738. Of Bankers, Merchants and 
others, of Sculcoates, 739. Of the Kensington and Hammer- 
smith Branch of the National Union, and Inhabitants. of that 
nen in Public Meeting assembled ; To be printed, 
795- c2r WW ot pase ‘ 

— Petitions for continuance of Elective Franchise ; 
Of Freemen ‘of the’ city of Durham, resident in and near 
‘London’; To be printed, bat. Of Poor Voters of Taunton; 





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mda Ait thd G05M orf) ta, eagaslO uss0i 
+—-— Bill, (se, much of His Majesty’s Speech as relates 
to Reform of Par Sate ), rea me eee a Representa- 
tion of the People in England and Wales, ordered, 558. Pre- 
sented, and read ; Day appointed for Second Reading ; and to 
be printed ; 562. Order for Second Reading tread; Amendment 
proposed; ‘Debate thereupon adjourned 5; 671. Further ad- 
journed, 621. Debate resumed; Bill committed ; 625. Order 
for Committee read; Petition of Burgesses and Inhabitants of 
the Borough of Appleby: (presented 22d June), praying, that 
they may be heard by their counsel or agents against certain 
arts of the Bill, read; Motion, That the said Petition be re- 
erred to the Committee, and that the Petitioners be heard by 
their counsel or agents, and be permitted to produce evidence 
before the said Committee, in respect of the facts stated in the 
said Petition; Question Neg. thereupon; Motion, That Mr. 
Speaker do leave the Chair; Debate arising thereupon, Mo- 
tion for adjourning Debate; Question Neg. thereupon; Ques- 
tion again, proposed, That Mr. Speaker do leave the Chair; 
Motion, That the House do adjourn; Question Neg. there- 
upon ; Question, That Mr. Speaker do leave the Chair; De- 
bate arising, thereupon, Motion, for adjourning Debate ; 
Question Neg. thereupon; Question again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do leave the Chair; Motion, That the House 
do adjourn, withdrawn; Question again proposed, That Mr. 
Speaker do, leave the Chair ; Debate arising thereupon, 
otion for, adjourning Debate; Question Neg. thereupon ; 


~ Question again proposed, That Mr. Speaker do leave the 


Chair ;, Motion, That the House do adjourn; Question Neg. 
thereupon ; Question again proposed, That Mr. Speaker do 
leave the Chair; Debate arising thereupon, Motion for ad- 
journing Debate; Question Neg.-thereupon; Question again 


. propose, That Mr. Speaker do leave the Chair; Motion, 


hat the House do adjourn; Question Neg. thereupon ; Ques- 
tion, That Mr. Speaker do leave the Chair, put, and agreed 
to; Bill considered in Committee; Proceedings in Com- 
mittee; Committee report Progress; 647. Bill further 
considered; all Petitions, Accounts, Returns and Papers 
relative to the details of the Bill, referred; Proceedings 
in Committee; Committee report Progress; 651. Petition 
of Inhabitants of Thirsk ; of Bishop’s Castle; Referred ; 
Bill further considered ; Proceedings in Committee; Com- 
mittee report Progress ; 656. Bill further considered ; Pro- 
ceedings in Committee ; Committee report Progress; 660. 
Petition referred, 667. . Petitions referred, 673. Order for 
Committee read; Motion; That it be an Instruction to the 
Committee, that’ the Boroughs inserted in Schedule (A.) 
and Schedule (B.) be considered, with regard to their Popu- 
lation, from; the last Census, and not from that taken in 
1821; Question Neg. thereupon; Bill further considered ; 
Proceedings in! Committee ; Committee report Progress ; 674. 
Petitions: referred, 678.:' Bill further considered; Proceed- 
ings in Committee ; Committee report Progress; 679. Peti- 
tions referred, .683. Bill further considered ; Proceedings in 
Committee; Committeereport Progtess; 683. Petitionreferred, 
686. Bill further considered ; Proceedingsin Committee ; Com- 
mittee report Progress ; 686. Order.for Committee read; Peti- 
tion referred ;'697. Bill further considered ; Proceedings in 
Committee; Committee report P 3698. Petitions re- 
ferred, 704. Billfurther considered ; Proceedings in Committee ; 
Committee report Progress; 704. Petitions referred, 707. Bill 
further considered ; Proceedings in Committee ; Committee re- 
port Progress; 707. Order for Committee. tread; Amend- 
ment proposed, and withdrawn; Main Question agreed to ; 
Bill further considered ; Proceedings; in’ Committee ; 709. 
Committee report Progress,:710: | Bill further considered ; 
Proceedings in Committee; Committee report Progress ; 714, 
720, 724, 728, 731; 733: Petition referred, 738. Bill fur- 
ther considered ; Proceedings ii Comniittee ; ‘Committee re- 
port Progress; 739, 742, 745.'746-. Motion for the House 
to resolve itself into a Committee, to.consider further of the 
Bill; Amendment proposed; but not made; Main Question 
agreed to’; Bill further iconsidered ; Proceedings in Com- 
mittee ;) Committee ‘report Progress; '749, 753- Motion for 
readitig the Order of the Day for the House to resolve itself 
into ‘x! Committée, toy considér further of the Bill, 758. 
- Amendment ‘proposed,  but:not made; Main Question agreed 
to; Order for the House! to. resolve itself into a Committee 
read;' Motion; That, it be:ani Instruction to the Committee on 
thé Bull, that: they do make. prdvision therem for the return to 
this House of ‘Menibers to represent ‘certain Colonies and Fo- 
' ie Possessions of His Majesty ;-Question’ Neg: thereupon ; 
Bill further considered; Proceedingsim Committee; Committee 
report: Progress ; 759+.) Bill: further: considered; Proceedings 
in Committee; Committee report Progress ; 762; 763, 766, 760, 
772. Committee deferred, 779. Bill further considered; Pro- 


VOL. 86.—(Part IT.) ——Sess, 1831. 


ceedings in Committee ; Committee report Progress; 781, 785, 
787, 790, 799, 808, 814, 816, ,.. Bill further cqmsidered; Pro- 
ceedings in Committee ; 821. Committee report Progress, 824. 

Instruction to Committee to make /provision forthe: payineut | 
of the expense incurred by the Barristers.employed in revising 
Lists of Voters at County, City andi B ph Elections; B28. 

Bill further considered; ' Proceedings «am:' Céiittees: B28. 

Committee report Progress, 829. Bill further considéted 5 ‘Pto- 

ceedings in Committee ; 831. Bill reported 5: Day appointed 

for further considering Report ; and Bull; as )amended;»to: be 

printed ; 831. Report further considered ; Amendments:(with 

Amendments to several of them), agreed to ;; 838... \Day ap- 

pointed for further considering Report, 839. Report further 

considered ; Amendments (with Amendments ;to. several of 
them) agreed to; other Amendments made; and Day ap- 

pointed for further considering Report; 843. Report further 

considered ; Amendments proposed, but not made; 844. 

Other Amendments made; Schedule (L.) added; 845. Bill 

to be ingrossed, and Day appointed for Third Reading, 846. 

Bill read the Third time ; Clause added ; Amendments made ; 

Motion, That the Bill do pass; Debate thereupon adjourned , 
856. Debate resumed, and further adjourned, 858. Debate 

resumed ; Motion for adjourning Debate withdrawn ; Bill 

passed ; 860. 





Vide Barristers at ELections. IRELAND. 
ScoTLanpD, 





Bill; Petitions in favour ;—Of Parishioners, 
Householders and Inhabitants of Bangor; of Inhabitant House- 
holders of Saint Mary, Rotherhithe; To be printed, 564., Of 
Inhabitants of Marlborough, 621. Of iechables and Inha- 
bitants of Gosberton ; of Leverton; 646. Of Protestant Dis- 
senters of Boston, 654. Of Inhabitants of Arnold 5,To .be 
oe, 654. Of Inhabitant Householders of New Shoreham ; 

o be printed, 660. Of Inhabitants, Householders of Harwich, 
673. Of Inhabitants of Aldborough’; To be printed; 673. Of 
Inhabitants of Castle Carey, 693. ‘Of Thomas’ Emery, Chair- 
man of the Newport (Monmouth) Patriotic Society, 716. ‘To 
be printed, 717. aTeas 


Bill; Petitions against ;—Of. Deputies from the 





Working Classes in Manchester ; To be printed, 592. Of Re- 
sident Bachelors and Under Graduates of the University of 
Oxford ; of Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, Freeholdets arid’ Inha- 
bitants of the county of Berks; To be printed, 600. Of 
Capital Burgesses and Burgesses of Bishop’s Castle ;“of Re- 
sident Freemen of Queenborough; of Free iteunen of New- 
castle-upon-Tyne, resident in Sunderland ; To be printed, 622. 
Of the Portreeve, Burgesses and Inhabitants of Great Bedwin; 
of the Mayor, Aldermen and Capital Burgesses of Harwich ; 
To be printed, 642. Of the Mayor, Aldermen, Freemen and 
Inhabitants of Helleston ; To be printed, 645. Of the Bailiff, 
Jurats, Freemen, Electors and Inhabitants of Seaford ; of In- 
dependent Voters and Inhabitants of Hindon; To be printed, 
650. Of Inhabitants, Burgesses, Freeholders and -others, of 
Thirsk ; of Inhabitants of Bishops’ Castle; To be printed, 
654. Of Inhabitants of Chippenham, 670, To be printed, 
671. Of Bailiffs and Burgesses of Eye; of the Portreeve, 
Burgesses and Inhabitants of Great Bedwin ; Referred to the 
Committee of the whole House, 673. Of Inhabitants of 
Cockermouth ; of Householders and Freemen of Woodstoek ; 
of the Mayor and Corporation of Plympton Earle, and Inhabi- 
tants of Plympton Saint Maurice and Plympton Saint Mary ; 
Referred, 673. Of Free Burgesses of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 
To be printed, 678. Of Reatenes in Strabane ; To be printed, 
709. 





Bill; (Petitions respecting certain details of the 
Bill) ;—Of the Bailiffs and Aldermen, Free Burgesses and Free 
Brothers, of Morpeth; of Free Brothers of Morpeth ; To be 
rinted, 600. Of Burgesses and Inhabitant Householders of 
esau (Monmouth); of Monmouth; of Usk; of Bailiffs and 
Burgesses of Montgomery ; To be printed, 613. Of Richard 
Potter, Chairman of a Meeting of the Merchants; Manu- 
facturers and other Inhabitants of Manchester; To be printed, 
623. Of Owners and Occupiers of land. in the vicinity: of 
Hitchin; To be printed, 625. Of Freeholders and. Inhabi- 
tants of Petersfield, and of the parish of Buriton, and.tithing 
of Sheet; of the Mayor, Aldermen and Inhabitants of Guild- 
ford; To be printed, 642. Of the Governor, Deputy Gover- 
nor, Assistants and Guardians of the, Poor of the city and 
county of Exon; To be printed, 645... Of Magistrates, Free- 
holders and others of Lichfield, 649., To be printed, ‘050, Of 
Freeholders, Farmers, Graziers and Occgpiers, of, li a in 
Wrenbury Division, in the hundred of Nantvich ; in the 
Western Division of the hundred of ‘Bucklow Sapa 3, To 
be printed, 650. Of Freemen and Friends of the risitig Ge- 
neration of Coventry ; ‘To be printed, 61. ‘Of GW ona; 
of James Cox, Chairman of she Manchester! Pélitical Union 5 
654. Of Inhabitants of Saint’ Mary-le-bone; To: be! printed, 
654. Of John Ashton, Chairman ofa Meeting»of the! Inha- 
bitants of Coventry; of Burgesses; Householders: arid Inha- 
bitants of Tenby; To be printed, 660. Of Freeholders, 
Farmers, Graziers and Occupiers. of landsin the Divisions of 
Lleyn and Eifionydd (Carmarthen); Referred to, the Com- 
mittee of the whole House; 667. Of Job Lousley, Chaifman 
of a Meeting of the Friends of Agriculture assembled at 
Newbury ; 

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&lt;tpitinued, * °° | , 
B nted, 678." Of Electors of Minehead; of 


’ 


whury ; To be printed, 678.\ Of Elect 

‘the Mayor, Furats and Commonalty of New Romney ; of Inba- 
bitants of” vad ‘of the Mayor, Corporation and Electors of 
‘Tre: eee eferred, 68 . Of Inhabitants of Ilsington; Re- 
= y "Petitions 0 the Mayor, Jurats and Commonalty 

. of New Romney ;\ of Inhabitant Householders of Lydd (pre- 
sented 2{ t July) ; To be printed, 688. Of Inhabitants of Ware- 
ham; "To be’ printeil, Oo5. “Of Andrew G.C. Tucker, Doctor.of 
Laws ; Referred, 697. Of Inhabitants of Winchelsea; To be 
printed, ‘704. Of Inhabitants of Bridport ; of the Mayor, 

- Aldermen; Capital and Free Burgesses of Sudbury ; of Inhabi- 
tants of Chelsea; Referred, 704. Of the Mayor, Alderman, 
Common Councilmen, Clergy and Inhabitants of Congleton ; 
of Electors of Dorchester; Referred, 707. Of Owners and 
Occupiers of land, and Persons connected with Agriculture, in 
the hundred of Derllis (Carmarthen) ; of Freemen of the city 
of Exeter; To be printed, 726. -Of the Members of the Na- 
tional Reform Association of Saint George, Bloomsbury ; To 
be printed, 730. Of James Cox, Chairman, and Archibald 

_ Prentice, Secretary, of the Manchester Political Union; To 
be printed, 735. Of Inhabitant Householders of Swansea ; 
To, be printed, 758. Of Freemen of Sandwich, resident in 
Margate, 760. Of Apprentices serving within the Borough 
of Newcastle-under-Lyme ; To be printed, 762. Of Inhabi- 

- tants of Saint Alban’s, 780. Two Petitions of Inhabitants of 
Bury, Lancaster; To be printed, 781. Of Inhabitants of 


Newport, Monmouth ; To be printed, 788. Of Charles Pear-- 


son, of No. 3, New-street, Bishopsgate, in the city of London, 
788,. Of Freeholders and Farmers in Leath Ward (Cumber- 
land;) To be printed, 788.. Of Magistrates and Town Coun- 
cil of the Burgh of Selkirk ; To be printed, 788. Of Edward 
Willson, of King-street, Soho ; To be printed, 789. Of James 
Whittle, Chairman of a Meeting of Inhabitants of No. 4 Dis- 
trict in the Town of Manchester ; To lie on the Table; Motion 
for printing Petition, withdrawn, 817. Of John Perkins, of 
Manchester, 817. Of Hugh Wilkinson Renshaw, Chairman 
of a Pablic Meeting of the Inhabitants of London Road, Man- 
chester, 831. Of the Mayor, Aldermen and others, of Kid- 
welly; To be printed, 835. Of William Parr, Chairman of 
a Public Meeting held in No. 2 District of Manchester; and 
. of Francis Redfern and Alexander Sedgwicke,838. Of George 
Fuller, a non-resident Freeman of Canterbury, 840. Of the 
. Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Huntingdon; To be 
rinted, 855. Of Farmers, Graziers and Occupiers of land 
in the hundred of Pirehill South (Stafford), 911. 





_ 


Petition of Inhabitants of Arbroath, complaining 

’ of frivolous and vexatious delay in passing the Bill, offered, 
and, by leave, withdrawn, 752. 

+. Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the 

. Edinburgh Political Union, praying the House to accelerate 

-'as much as possible the progress of the Bill, 754. 








r- Petition of Inhabitants of Rye for expediting the 

Bill, and praying the House to — a strenuous resistance 

* to those upholders of corruption, who, under frivolous pretences, 

‘ waste the time of the House, offered, and, by leave, ‘with- 
rawn, 780. ; 





Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Clement Danes, 
Middlesex, for the adoption of such means as shall appear 
best calculated to support His Majesty’s Government, and to 

romote the ultimate success of that measure of Reform which 
= already received the sanction of the House ; To be printed, 
gol. 





Petition of John Charles Duffy, for the Disfran- 
_ chisement .of the Bishops, on account of their Votes against 
the Bill, offered, and, by leave; withdrawn, 929. 





Petition of A.H.Simpson, Chairman of a Meeting 
of the Inhabitants of Paisley, complaining of the rejection of 
thie Bill by the other Branch of the Legislature ; To lie on the 
Table, 929. 





, Petition of the Council of the Birmingham Po- 
litical Union, for an Address to His Majesty to create 
’ Peers} to ensure the passing of the Bill; To be printed, 


033 





Petition of J. Clayton, for an Address to His Ma- 
jesty to create such a number of Peers as may be necessary 
for carrying’ the’ Bill through the. House of Lords, and that 

Archbishops and Bishops may be disqualified from sitting and 

voting»; Motion, That. the Petition do lie upon the Table, 
935- 

a1 Motion, That the Order of the day, (for the Com- 





mittee, on the Reform of Parliament (England) Bill,) do take 
‘precedence.of Publie Petitions, Notices of Motions, and other 
Orders; on, each day, on, which it may be appointed ; and, by 
leave, withdrawn, 682. 








+ Petitions in favour of Election by Ballot ;—Of 
’ Electors of Preston; To be printed, 551. Of Inhabitants of 
Bolton-le-Moors;, To be printed, 558. Of Inhabitants of 
Cropper-street, Manchester; of Inhabitants of Macclesfield ; 
To be printed, 592... Of the Working Classes of Blackburn ; 
To be printed, 611... Of Inhabitants of Leeds, 620. To be 
. printed, 621. Of the Working Classes.of Manchester ; To be 
printed, 632. Of Operatives of Bradford (York); To be printed, 





640. Of the Working Classes of the Metropolis, ‘assembled 
at Portman Market ; To be printed, 645.) Of Inhabitants of 
Chorley, 654. Of a portion of the untepresented ‘part of the 
Community, agreed to at a Public. Meeting held near the 
_ Union Room, Huddersfield ; To be printed, 667. Of Inhabi- 
tants of Stockport ; To be printed, 674. Of Inhabitant Elec- 
tors of Preston; Referred to the Committee of the whole 
House, 685. Of the Working Classes denominated the 
Bethnal Green National Union; To be printed, 693. Of Ed- 
* ward Curran, Chairman, ‘and William Wise, Secretary of the 
National Union of the Working Classes, in Public Meeting 
assembled at the Rotunda Tavern; To lie 6n the Table; Mo- 
tion for printing’ Petition, withdrawn; of Inhabitant House- 
- holders of Ovenden; To be printed,:762.. Of, Henry Black- 
burn, Chairman, and Joseph D, Styles, Secretary, of the 
Westminster Union of the Working Classes; To be printed, 
798. Of Thomas Gledhill, Secretary of the Halifax Political 
Union, 866. 





and Private Bill Committees; Petition of William 
Holmes, Mayor of Arundel, in favour of Election by Ballot, 
and complaining of the Proceedings of a Committee on a 

' Private Bill’ in the last Parliament; To lie on the Table, 
768. 





Petition of the Teignbridge Agricultural Associa- 
tion against Divisions of Counties; To be printed, 657. 
Petition of Inhabitants of Coventry, complaining 
of obstruction to the measure from an interested Mimority of 
the House, brought up, and read, and, by leave, withdrawn, 
* 709- 








Petitions for expediting the Bill;—Of the Pro- 
vost, Magistrates and Town Council of the Royal Burgh of 
Linlithgow ; To be printed, 727." Of Inhabitants of Bradford 
(Wilts); To be printed, 737. Of the Parochial Reform Union, 
Saint James, Clerkenwell, 820. Of Electors of Stamford; To 
be printed, 847. 

Petition of the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow, pray- 
ing the House to pass the Bills with as little delay as possible, 
brought up, and read; and Notice being taken, thet there 
were certain erasures therein, and the Member who presented 
it being called upon by Mr. Speaker to account for the same, 
stated, that he had made the erasures, considering the lan- 
guage of the Petition too strong; Petition, by leave, with- 
drawn ; 748. 


—— Resolution, “ That, while this House deeply la- 
ments the present fate of a Bill for amending the Representa- 
tion of the People in England and Wales, in favour of which 
the opinion of the Country stands unequivocally pronounced, 
and which-has been matured by discussions the most anxious 
and laborious, it feels itself called upon to reassert its firm 
adherence to the principle and leading provisions of that great 

_ measure, and to express its unabated confidence in the inte- 
grity, perseverance and ability of those Ministers who, in in- 
troducing and conducting it, have so well consulted the best 
interests of the Country,” go1. 


PRivILEGE oF; Motion, “ That the course 
adopted by a certain portion of the Householders of the 
parish of Saint James, Westminster, in holding out the threat 
of withholding the payment of the Rates.and Taxes, is a daring 
violation of the Privileges of Parliament, and a most improper 
attempt to intimidate its Members in the discharge of. their 
duty, mischievous as to example, and pernicious as to effect 
and precedent,:912. Amendment proposed, but not made ; 
Main Question again proposed, and,. by leave, withdrawn, 

913. 

















Rerorm oF, Biils; Petitions against the Bills 
of last Session ;—Of the Reverend Sir Harcourt Lees, Baronet, 
557- Of the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the Uni- 
versity of Oxford ; of the Mayor, Burgesses and Householders 
of Marlborough; To be printed, 557. 
Petition of Henry Dunlop, 
* Chairman, and Thomas Davidson, junior, Secretary of the 
Glasgow Reform Aissociation, praying the House to pass the 
- Bills to amend the Representation of the People; without 
mutilation or curtailment; and-with the least-pussible delay ; 
To be printed, 827: 


PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION, Vide Accounts. (Ap- 
DRESSES, 46 fo 53.) 


PARLIAMENTS; Petition of Joseph Hutton, that Parliaments be 


alternately holden ia England, Scotland:and Ireland ; To lie on 
the Table, 645. feud 


ParocuiAt CnAprts of East.’ Vide IrEtanp. 

— Taxes; Petition of Inhabitant Householders of 

‘ Clerkenwell, for relief; To lie on the Table; and to be printed ; 
932. a4 TMAH; 

Patent Grants. , Vide IRELAND. ) 

Peace. Vide Commission oF. \Sésticks: aed 

Peers; Usual Orders relating, to their interference.at Elections, 
524. iasCl wonUH) (as onon 

PemBroxeE: County. « Vide\ELections: 

PeniTenTiany House. Vide Accounts. 








PENSIONERS, 











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Pensioners. Vide Accounts, (ADDRESSEs, 54.) 


Penssons; Petition of Inhabitants of Chichester for the abo- 
lition of the present Pension List, 932. To lie on the Table, 933. 
‘Vide AccounTS. (ADDRESSES, 55.) 


and Law of PrimoceniTurE; Petition of Members 


- of the Political Union, and other Inhabitants of Leamington 


Priors, for abolishing Pensions, and the Law of Primogeniture ; 
To lie on the Table, 904, 


PerersrieLp Borough. Vide Evections, 


PETITIONS : 

‘ - Resolution, limiting the time for receiving 
Petitions for Private Bills, 525. 

Resolution relative to the proceedings on 


Bills presented in the last Session, and renewed in the present 
Session, 525. 











for additional provision, 590, 606, 659, 754, 
760, 788. 





for leave to withdraw a Petition for a Bill, 591. 


for leave to present a Petition for a Bill after 
time limited, 658. 








referred to Select Committees, 589, 635, 
667, 676, 677, 682, 685, 699, 710, 711, 718, 722, 723, 732, 
733 740, 741, 748, 752, 758, 762, 764, 771, 781, 786, 787, 
788, 792,795, 811, 816, 817, 837, 855, 858, 873, 887. 

: referred to Committees of the whole House 
on Bills, 651, 656, 667, 673, 678, 683, 685, 686, 697, 704, 
730, 738, 871, 885. 








referred to Committees on Bills, 682, 760. 


withdrawn, 587, 588, 591, 703, 707, 709, 
748, 752, 768, 780, 786, 841. 
consideration of Election Petitions dis- 








charged, 630, 663, 672, 676, 677, 689, 795. 





oe deferred, 
626, 633, 660, 688, 707,737, 744- 
of a former Session, referred to Committees 





on Bills, 673, 685. 





withdrawn on account of certain erasures 
therein, 748. 





Motion for printing Petitions; Question 
Neg. thereupon, 674, 745, 833: 





withdrawn, 


5345735» 792; 817, 872, 908, 929. 





for referring a Petition to a Committee; 
Debate thereupon adjourned, 570. 





for bringing up a Petition, which Motion 
not being seconded, the Petition was not received, 735. 





That a Petition do lie upon the Table; 
Motion and Petition withdrawn, 738. That a Petition do lie 
upon the Table ; Debate thereupon adjourned, 796. 





Upon Motion, That a Petition do lie upon the 
Table; Debate interrupted by a Message from The King, 935. 


Public Bills. Vide Cnurcues’ BuILpING 





Acr AMENDMENT.—Coats. Cotton Factories’ Ap- 
PRENTICES.--GENERAL REGISTER.—-HACKNEY COACHES. 
Hreuways.—Incrosure Acts’ Tittes, IRELAND (JUS- 

-\7IceE, ADMINISTRATION OF.— PARLIAMENT, RE- 
ForM or.)—Lanptorps, Liasitiry or. LiverPoo.r 
FRANCHISE.—PARLIAMENT, RErorm or. Poor. Poor 
SETTLEMENT. —QuvueEeEN’s Dower, ScoTLtann (PARLI- 
AMENT, REFORM OF.)—WINE. 





relating to Pustic Money. Vide Irr- 

Lanp (KING’s STATIONER.— Royat DUBLIN So- 

CIETY.) 

Matters of a Public Nature. Vide Apmiratty Court, 
AssEssep TAXxeEs AND CusreNncy--—Beer, BRAZILIAN 
Captures, Butt Baitinc.—CANnapbA Lower, Canapa 
Uprer, Caruite, Cuain Casres, CHancery (Court 
or), Cuina Trave, Cuurcnes, Cuurcn Estasuisu- 
MENT, Cuurcn Lirurcy, Cuurcu Property, Coats, 
CoMMISSION OF THE PEAcE, Corn Laws, Corn Laws 
AND East Inp1a CuHarter, Corton AND Sitk Fac- 
TORIES, COTTON YARN, COVERDALE, CRIMINAL Laws. 
—Davies, Deacte, Dest (Arrest ror), Dest (Im- 
PRISONMENT For), Dest (NATIONAL), Deccan Prize 
Money, Distress AND MacuiNery, Distress ann 
TAXxATION.—— East InprA Crarter, Evection spy 
Bator, Evections, ELective Francuise, Emicra- 
TION.—FirE INsuRANCE, FLour, Frienpiy Socie- 
TIES.—GAME Laws, Game Prosecutions, Granp 
Juries 1x. Inpta.— Hackney Coacu Licenses, 
Hutcuinson.—Inso_ventT Dentors, Iste or Man, 
IRELAND (BAKING TRADE, BARILLA, BISHOPS’ 
Courts, Boes.—CuHARITY_ LETTERS, CHURCH Es- 
TABLISHMENT, CHUR€H: ESTABLISHMENT AND 
EpucaTION, CHURCH LANDS, CHURCH PROPERTY, 
CoaL METERS. — DISPENSARIES, DISTILLATION, 
Distress; Distress AND Poor Laws, DuBLIN 
(SAINT GEORGE’S) CHURCH, DUBLIN UNIVERsITyY. 
—EASEMENT OF BuRIAL. ACT, EDUCATION, Em- 
BANKMENTS, ExcisE COLLECTORS.—FIRE INSUR- 


VOL. 86.—(Part II.) —— Sess 1831. 





ANCE, FISHERIES, FISHERY BoUNTIES, FLAx SEED; 
FREEHOLDERS’ QUALIFICATION. AcT.— GALWAY 
FRANCHISE, GLASS, GRAND JURY, Laws, GRanv 
Jury PRESENTMENTS.—KILKENNY, AND WaTeEr- 
FORD CANAL. — LAGAN, Na¥IGATION, ComPAny, 
Leary.—MALt SPIRITS, MASTER. OF THE ROLLS, 
MayNnootH CoLLeGe.—NavaL Depot, Cork.— 
Poor, Poor Laws, Post OFFICE.—REGISTRATION 
oF DEEDS’ OFFICE, Roaps, ROMAN CaTHoLic 
MARRIAGES.—SHANNON RIVER, SOAP’ DRAWBACK, 
SUB-LETNING AcT.— TITHE CoMPOSITIQN. Acr, 
TITHE LAWS, TITHES, TITHES AND CHURCH RaArTEs, 
TITHES AND Poor, TITHES AND VESTRY ACT, TOLLS 
AND CusToms, TRADE (BOARD OF.)—UNION VeEs- 
TRIES’ AcT.—WINE DUTIES.— YEOMANRY CORPS.)— 
Juries (SPecrat), Justices OF, THE PEAcE.—Lavir, 
Lawson, Lise, Literary SocietTies:—MAcHINERY 
AND Corn Laws, Matt, Marine Insurance, Mo- 
LASSES.—NaTives OF [Np1A, NEWFOUNDLAND FisHeE- 
ries, Newsparers.—Oatus, Omnisus CarriaGes.— 
PaMPHLETS, Paper AND ADVERTISEMENT DutTikEs, 
ParuiaAMENTs, Parocnuiat Taxes, Pensions, Pen- 
SIONS AND Law or PRIMOGENITURE, PiLGRiM °Tax, 
Potanpb, PostaGe, Press (LipeRTY OF THE).—Qua- 
RANTINE.—REAL Property Commission, RELIGIOUS 
OBSERVANCES,RELIGIOUS OPINIONS, RRMEDY AGAINST 
THE Hunprep Act, Roman Catuotic MarriaGes.— 
SABBATH, Savincs Banks, Scor,tanp ( DISTILLA- 
TION.— ENTAILS.—GLASS, GRAIN.— LIGHT HOUSE 
Dues.— Matt Spirits.— SHEEP Dogs, Soap, 
STAMP DUTIES), Suaw, Stavery, Smartt Depts, 
STATIONERY Orrice, Sream Boats, Sream Car- 
RIAGES, STEON, STOCKDALE, SuGcar Durtigs, Sugar 
REFINERY, Surrey Coat Meters.—TaxatTion, Tav- 
Lor, THRESHING Macuines, .Tives, TiLes. ann 
States, Timber Duties ano. Taxation, Tirnet 
Laws, Tires, TRANSUBSTANTIATION.—VESTRIES.— 
West Inpia Property, Wine (Care), Win t te, 
WorkMEN (CoMBINATION OF.) 





Pitcrim Tax. Vide East Inp1a. 
Pitrotace. Vide AccounTs. 
Piantations. . Vide Accounts. Swuppty. 


Priuraities Reautation; Bill from the Lords to restrain 
and regulate the holding of Plurality of Dignities and Bene- 
fices by Spiritual Persons, 871. Read; Day appointed for 
Second Reading ; and Bill to be printed; 887. -Second read- 
ing deferred, 898. 


Potanp; Petitions for the adoption of measures to procure for 
the Poles a cessation of Hostilities; of Thomas Henry, Chair- 
man, and Joseph Styles, Secretary, of the Westminster Union 
of the Working Classes; To lie on the Table ; Motion for print- 
ing Petition, withdrawn ; of George Shadforth Berkeley and 
George Wilkinson ; 753. Of Friends to Humanity and Jus- 
tice; To be printed, 797. Of Inhabitants of Westminster ; 
To be printed, 830. Of the National Reform Association 
meeting at the Crown Tavern, Museum-street, Bloomsbury ; 
To be printed, 847. 


Motion for presenting an Address to His Majesty 
for Copies ar Extracts of such Information as may have 
been conveyed to His Majesty by the Cabinet of Russia, 
and by the accredited Agents of the late de facto Govern- 
ment of Poland, concerning the cause of the War which 
has been waged in the latter Country ; also, showing how far 
Neutrality appears to have been preserved by the States bor- 
dering on Poland, especially Prussia:—also, of such Media- 
‘tion between the Belligerents as may have been adopted, 
contemplated or proposed by His Majesty, or by His Ma- 
jesty’s Ally the King of the French, in conjunction or other- 
wise ; and of the Assurances (if any) which may have been 
conveyed to His Majesty by the Emperor of Russia, whether 
before or since the capture of Warsaw, in respect, to the just 
observance in future of the constitutional rights, nationality 
and independence of the Kingdom of Poland, as guaranteed 
by the Treaty of Congress of Vienna, and other diplomatic 
acts of that period ; and, by leave, withdrawn, 912. 


Potioc and Govan Railway. Vide Scor.anp. , 


Poor; Bill from the Lords to amend the Laws for the Rélief 
and Employment of the Poor, 784. Bill to: be: printed, 786. 
First Reading put off for Three Months, go5. G&amp;e 

Petition of Benjamin Wills, Honorary Secretary of the 

Labourers’ Friend Society, for provision therem empowering 

Parishes to occupy as much Land for the employment’ ‘of the 

Poor as the necessity of the case may require, and that late 

metropolitan and other parishes may occupy land ‘at°a® dis- 


tance not exceeding ten miles from the same; To. lie.on the 
-. Table, 817. 


Bill for bettering the condition of the Agri¢ultural Poor, 
ordered, 905. Presented and read; Day ' appointed’. for 
Second Reading; and to be printed; 928. 
— Act 59 Geo. 3, c. 12, for the Relief and Employment of 
the Poor, read; Bill to amend the same, ordered ; go5, 
Presented, 

















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Poor-—continued, 
Presented, and read; Day appointed for Second Reading ; 
and to be printed; go7. Committed ; and considered; gog. 
sea aly? to be ingrossed; Da Sprout’ for Third Reading, 
and Bill passed’; 911. Agreed to by the Lords, 919. Royal 
‘Aksent. 921. — 
Poor, Vide IneLanp. 
+ Laws... Vide IRELAND. 
Rates. Vide AccounTs. 
—+- Revier. Vide [re.anp. 


SETTLEMENT; Bill to alter and amend the Laws of 
Settlement by Hiring and Service, ordered, 583. Presented, 
and read; Day appointed for Second Reading ; and, to be 
printed, 587. Second Reading deferred, 647, 661, 724, 736, 
756, 782, 794. Second Reading put off for six months, 804. 
Petition of the Governor, Deputy Governor, Assist- 
ants and Guardians of the Poor of Norwich, in favour, 650. 


Petitions against ;—Of the Churchwardens and 
Select Vestry of Liverpool, 716. Of Directors of the Poor of the 
united parishes of ‘Saint Michael and the Holy Trinity, Co- 
ventry, 746. Of Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor 
of Leeds ; of Halifax; To be printed, 747. Of Inhabitants 
of Blackburn; To be printed, 761. Of Churchwardens and 
Overseers of the Poor of Ashton-under-Line, 770. Of Wake- 
field ; To be printed, 773. Of Directors of the Poor of the 
several parishes in the city of Worcester, 781. Of Inhabitants 
of Dursley, 786; of Uley ; of Wotton Underedge; 811. To 
lie on the Table, 812. 


Porunatrion, Vide Accounts. (AppREssEs, 56.) 

and Taxrs. Vide Accounts. (ADDRESEs, 57.) 
Porter, Messrs. Vide CHAin CABLEs. 

Portucat. Vide Accounts. (AppREssEs, 58, 59.) 


PosracE; Petition of John Mitchell, of Bolton, that all Notices, 
Letters or other Matters, which may be sent to Creditors 
through the Post Office, as proceedings in the Insolvent 
Court, may pass through and be delivered free of expense ; 
To lie on the Table, 703. 


PostMAsTER GENERAL; Usual Orders relating to him, 524. 
Post Orrice.. Vide IRELAND. 
Prayers; Usual Orders relating thereto, 525. 


Preece,! William; Bill from the Lords for affecting an Ex- 
change of Estates in the County of Hereford between him and 
the Dean and Canons of Windsor, 651. Read, 653. Com- 
mitted,671. Reported, and passed,692. Royal Assent, 713. 
Prescot Road. Vide LiverPoot. 


Prescription ; Bill from the Lords for shortening the time of 
Prescription in certain cases, g19. Read; Day appointed 
for Second Reading; and Bill to be printed; 920. Second 
reading deferred, 922, 927. 


Press, Linerty of the; Petitions for repeal of Laws affect- 
ing the Liberty of the Press, and the diffusion of Knowledge; 
—of Members of the North Western District of the National 
Union, Mary-le-bone ; To be printed, 581. Of the National 
Union of the Working Classes, Castle-street, Oxford Market, 
590. Of William Harris, Chairman of a Meeting of the Jour- 
neymen Cordwainers of Bristol, 873. Of the National Union 
of the Working Classes, Bethnal Green; To be printed, 873. 
Of James Mee, Chairman of the Finsbury Division of the 
National Union of the Working Classes, 897. Of Friends to 
the diffusion of Knowledge among the People, resident in 
London; To be printed, 897. 


PRimMoGENITURE, Law of. Vide PENsIoNs. 
Private Birt Committers. Vide ELection by BALLort. 
PrivitEGe of PARLIAMENT. Vide PARLIAMENT. 


Priviteces; Committee of Privileges appointed ; all to have 
Voices; to report Proceedings and Opinion from time to 
»'time ; arid to send for Persons, Papers and Records ; 524. 
—~ Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Letter from the Lord Chancellor, informing him, 
‘that’ he had committed Mr. Long Wellesley (a Member) to 
the “Fleet ‘Prison, for contempt of the Court of Chancery ; 
and also a Letter from Mr. Long Wellesley onthe same sub- 
| jects ithe, said Letters, with the subject-matter therein con- 
tained, referved|to a Committee of Privileges to examine the 
matter thereof, and to report their Proceedings, with their 
Opinion thereupon ; Instruction to Committee to sit and _pro- 
ceed upon the Matter referred to them; Warden of the Fleet 
Prison, or other Officer in whose custody the Member may 
be, to bring him to the said Committee, from time to time, as 
‘oftewiashis:attendancé shall be thought necessary; and 
Mr.Speaker to issue his Warrant accordingly ; Members added ; 
668. Report to lie,on.the Table’; and to be printed ; 701. 


_— — (Pecunrary Penarries.) Resolution of the 
‘House of 12th April 1831, relating thereto, read; To be made 
*‘@ Standing Order; 534. Vide House. Stanpinc ORDERs. 


PRoTEsTANT DissentinG Ministers. Vide Accounts. 
—.._—~- PorpuLation. Vide IRELAND. 
Prorestrants.’ Vide Reticious OBSERVANCES. 





























Pustic Accounts. Vide Accounts. 








(France.) Vide AccounTs. 


——-~ Buirpines. Vide Accounts. SupPLty: 


Business; Resolution relative to Orders of the Day 
and Notices, 538. oe 





— Motion, That in this present Session of 
Parliament, all Orders of the day set down in the Order Book 
for Wednesday, shall be disposed ‘of ‘before the House will 
proceed upon any Motions of which Notices shall be entered 
in the Order Book, and, by leave, withdrawn, 635. 





























Motion, That in the present Session of Par- 
liament all Orders of the day. set,down.in, the Order Book for 
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, shall be disposed of before 
the House will proceed upon any Motions of which Notices 
shall be entered in the Order Book; Amendment proposed ; 
Amendment and Motion, by leave, withdrawn ;_ 789. 


Vide House. Parutament, Rerorm or. 
Income and Expenpiture. Vide Accounts. 
Orricers. Vide SALARIES. 

Recorps, Vide Accounts. 


-— Works; Motion for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, to consider of enabling His Majesty to authorize 
the issue of Exchequer Bills, to an amount to be limited, for 
Public Works in Great Britain, upon due security given; 
the King’s Recommendation signified ; Motion agreed to; 
&gt; wiped Ay eta in a Committee of the whole Honse ;s 

7. Considered, 694. Resolution reported, and agreed to ; 
Bill ordered, 699. Vide Infra. ra 


— Bill to amend several Acts passed for authorizing the 
issue of Exchequer Bills, and the advance of Money for car- 
rying on Public Works and Fisheries, and employment of the 
Poor, and to authorize a further issue of Rischucuer Bills ‘for 
the purposes of the said Acts, ordered, 699. Presented, and 
read ; Day appointed for Second Reading ; and to be printed ; 
771. Second Reading deferred, 782. Committed, 794. Com- 
mittee deferred, 801, 804. Considered, 809. _ Reported ; to 
be ingrossed; and Day appointed for Third Reading; 815. 
Third Reading deferred, 825. Bill passed, 829. Agreed to 
by the Lords, 860. Royal Assent, 861. 


— Vide IRELAND. 
— Expenpiture. Vide Accounts, 


°&amp; 2° Will. 1V. Parl. 9. Sess. 1, A, 1831. 


UARANTINE;; Petitions for relief from the payment of Fees 

upon the release of Vessels from Quarantine ;—Of Ship-owners 
of Dundee ; To be printed, 746. Of Ship-owners in London; To 
be printed, 776. Of Owners of Vessels belonging to the port of 
Montrose, employed in the Trade between Great Britain and 
Russia, 797. Of Merchants and Ship-owners of Montrose ; 
To be printed, 826. Of John London; To be printed, 874. 





Motion, That it is inexpedient to, subject Vessels 
placed in Quarantine to the payment of the Fee of £.5. 14. 6. 
for their order of release by the Lords of the Privy Council; 
Question Previous, Neg. thereupon, 827. 





Vide Accounts. (AvpREsSEs, 60.) 


QuEEN’s Dower; Bill to make Provision for the: Queen, in 


case She shall survive His Majesty, ordered, 652; Presented, 
and read; Day appointed for Second Reading; and. to be 
printed ; 671. Committed, 675. Considered, 680. Reported ; 
to be ingrossed ; and Day appointed for Third Reading ; 683. 
Passed, 687. Agreéd to by the Lords, 713. Royal Assent, 
717. 

Petition of Members of the North Western 








Union against, and for an Act granting an Annuity to the 
Widows of Operatives and their Orphans, offered, and, by 
leave, withdrawn, 768. 


QUESTIONS : 


— Amendments proposed to be made thereto; Debate 
thereupon adjourned ; 611, 905, 909. 


——_— Amendments proposed to be made thereto, but not 


made, 625, 638, 749, 755» 759» 775» 779, 836, 864, 868, 875, 
891, 892, 898, go9, 913. 

Main, put, 625, 638, 709s 715) 734, 749% 755» 
759» 771; 775» 779» 836, 864, 868, 875, 891, 892, 896, 898, 
909, 913- 


————_— Amended, 641, 770, 821, 882. 


Amendments proposed to be made to Questions, 


withdrawn, 638, 709, 789, 824, 835. 





again proposed, 647, 865, 913. 





and withdrawn, 865, 913. 


Questions passed in the NEGATIVE; viz. 

That. certain, Words. proposed) to be; left out of 
Questions, stand part thereof, 641, 770, 821, 882, 

That the Petition of the Burgesses and Inhabi- 


tants of the Borough of Appleby (presented 22d June) be 16: 
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QuEsTI1ONS—continued. 
ferred to the Committee of the whole House on the Reform of 
Parliament (England) Bill; and that the Petitioners be heard, 
by their Counsel or, Agents, and be, permitted to produce 
Eevidehes before the said Committee, in respect of the facts 
stated in the said Petition, 647. 


For adjourning a Debate, 647. 
That the House do adjourn, 647, 803, 913. 

For printing Petition of Protestants resident in 
Glasgow, against ‘continuance ‘of the Grant to Maynooth 
College, 674. teil] 

—— For deferring consideration of the Roxburgh Elec- 
tion Petition, 674. ; 
For presenting an Address to His Majesty, for 
Copies of Communications that haye passed between the 
Foreign Office and the British Legation at Rio de Janeiro, 
relative to the claims of British Merchants for the illegal 
capture of their Ships by the Brazilian Squadron, in 1826 
and 1827, off Buenos Ayres, &amp;c. 674. 


That it be an Instruction to the Committee on the 
Reform of Parliament (England) Bill, that the Boroughs 
inserted in Schedule (A.) and Schedule (B.)be considered with 
regard to their Population from the last Census, and not from 
that taken in 1821, 674. 


——_—_—__—— For presenting an Address to His Majesty, for 
Copy of the Indictment in the Prosecution against Mr. and 
Mrs. Deacle, and other Papers connected therewith, 682. 


That the Reduced List (reported on the preceding 
day) .of Members to. serve on the Committee for trying the 
merits of the City of Dublin Election Petition, be called over, 

. ‘and that the Members upon the said List be sworn, at the 
Table, to form the said Committee, 708. 


For adjourning Debate upon Motion for the issue 
of a new Writ for the City of Dublin, 734. 


For printing a Petition from Waterford, complain- 
ing of the Massacre at Newtownbarry, and praying for the 
_disarming of the Yeomanry Corps in Ireland, 745. 


—- That the Petition of Inhabitants of Preston for the 
repeal of the Corn Laws, and cautioning the House against 
refusing to take the matter into consideration, do lie upon the 
Table, 749. 


—— That it be an Instruction to the Committee on 
the Reform of Parliament (England) Bill, that they do make 
provision therein for the Return to this House of Members to 
represent. certain Colonies and Foreign Possessions of His 
Majesty, 759- 

For reading Bills a second time, 770, 882. 


That it appears in evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Dublin Election, that official influence in 
Ireland was unduly exercised in favour of, and with a view to 
aid and assist in, the Election and Return of Robert Harty, 
Esquire, and Louis Perrin, Esquire, for the said City of Dublin 
in the present Parliament; and that it is the onion of this 
House, that such undue exercise of official influence was a 
gross violation of the Privileges of this House, and a direct 
contravention of the Law of Parliament, as declared in the 
Resolutions of this House ; 779. 


— For reading the second time a Clause offered to 
be added on the Third Reading of a Bill, 814. 

— That certain Words proposed tu be added to or 
left out of Bills, stand part thereof, 814, 842, 843. 














—_—— —_—. 




















— For the House to resolve itself into a Committee 
upon a certain day, to consider of an Address to His Majesty, 
for an advance of a Sum of Money for the discharge of Per- 
sons imprisoned for Small Debts, 827. 


For printing Petition from the Presbytery of 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, against continuance of the Grant to 
the College of Maynooth, 833. 

— That the Printer and Publisher of the Times 
Newspaper do attend the House upon a certain day, 835. 











That certain Words be inserted in Amendments 
made by Committees to Bills, 839. 
—— That a Clause stand part of a Bill, 843. 
That the Borough of Aldborough, Yorkshire, be 
inserted in Schedule (A.) of the Reform of Parliament (Eng- 
land) Bill, 843. 
That the Borough of Evesham, Worcestershire, 
be inserted in Schedule (A.) of the Reform of Parliament 
(England) Bill, 843. 

That certain Words stand parts of Schedules (D.) 
and (F.) of the Reform of Parliament (England) Bill, 845. 
— For bringing up a Clause offered to be added on 
the Report of a Bill, 846. 
That a Member have leave of Absence, 863. 
That the Writ for the Election of a Knight of 


the Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the County 
of Pembroke, be not issued before a certain day, 866. 























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——_——~— That this House doth agree with the Lords in 
certain Amendments, 867, 868. 


—— That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire 
into the allegations contained in the Petition of Mr. and 
Mrs. Deacle, as affecting the conduct of Mr. Bingham Baring, 
a Magistrate of Hampshire, 872. 


—————— That it does not appear expedient to this House, 
that the Salary of the President of the Board’ of Control 
should be reduced to the Sum of £.3,500, proposed in the 
Report of the Committee appointed to consider of the Re- 
duction of Salaries, 878. 


— For presenting an Address to His Majesty for 
Copies of Papers remaining in any of the Public Offices, 
tending to show the extent of the Insurrectionary Movement 
expected to have broken out in the Metropolis on the gth of 
November last; also, of any Arrangements or Plans of Ope- 
ration for putting down the same by force of arms, so far as 
these may be communicated without detriment to public 
safety; also, Return of Expenses for movement of Troops 
collected to be in readiness to act against the People on that 
occasion, or incurred for any additions to the defences of the 
Tower, towards increasing the cannon and musket fire capable 
of being brought to bear from it against the surrounding 
streets or buildings, 888. . 





QueEsTION, Previous, and Motion, withdrawn, 838. 


Questions, Previous, passed in the NEGATIVE: 


That, with a view of more speedily relieving the 
Country from a part of its burthens, the Expenditure in Pub- 
lic Offices should be carefully revised, and, regard being had 
to the present Value of Money, the amount of all Salaries to 
Public Officers should be reduced to that which they received 
in the year 1797, 596. 


—-— That it is the opinion of this House, That it is 
expedient and necessary to institute a legal Provision for the 
Poor of Ireland, 793. 


— That it is inexpedient to subject Vessels placed, in 
Quarantine to the payment of the Fee of £.5. 14. 6. for their 
order of release by the Lords of the Privy Council, 827. 


— For the House to resolve itself into a Committee, to 
consider of certain Acts relating to the importation of Corn, 
846. 














— Relative to the Salary of the President of the Board 
of Control, and the laborious and peculiar Duties imposed 
upon him, 878. 


QUESTIONS resolved in the AFFIRMATIVE: 


— That certain Words proposed to be left out of 
Questions, stand part thereof, 625, 749, 759, 775, 779, 836, 
864, 868, 875, 891, 892, 898, 913. f 
—— That Mr. Speaker do leave the Chair, 647, 765, 
886, 913. 








For the House to resolve itself into a Committee 
upon a Bill ona certain Day, 710. 


— That certain Words be inserted in, or added) to 
Questions, 641, 770, 821, 882. 

to Bills, 842. 

— For reading a Bill the second time, g20, 

For reading a Bill the third time, 679. 

That certain Words stand part of a Bill, 787, 814, 








—— 





842, 843. 
That a Select Committee be appointed to examine 
how the Members of the House may, with the most con- 


veniency, see Their Majesties’ Coronation, and what Orders 
be observed therein, 793. 


That certain Words stand part of Amendments 
made by Committees to Bills, 838, 839. 


That the Borough of “ Downton, Wilts,” stand 
set of Schedule (A.) of the Reform of Parliament (England) 
ill, 843. 











—————— That certain Words proposed to be left. ont; .of 
Schedules (A.) and (B.) of the Reform of Parliament (England) 
Bill, stand part thereof, 844, 845. tro 


That certain Words be inserted in Schedules’ (D.) 
and (F.) of the Reform of Parliament (England) Bill, 845. 


That certain Words proposed to be left out of Sche- 
dule (D.) of the Reform of Parliament (England) Bill, stand 
part thereof, 845. ateearee 


—————— That a Bill do pass, 860. 
For agreeing with the Lords, inan Amendment, 














831. 


That, while this House deeply laments the present 
fate of a Bill for amending the Representation of the Dargie 
in England and Wales, in favour of which the opinion of the 
Country stands unequivocally pronounced, and which has 
been matured by discussions the most anxious and laborious, 
it feels itself called upon to re-assert its firm adherence to the 
principle and leading provisions of that great measure, and to 
express its unabated confidence in the integrity, perseverance 

and 


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Quastroms—continued. ae " eit ie 
and abili those Ministers, who, in introducing and con- 
. ducting ie eve ao well consulted the best Interests of the 
*’ Country, goi. 3sS"% “tit | 


id? om 2beoa ies 


re t; Mr, Speaker doissue his Warrant for a new 
Wnit for the Borough of Liverpool, gog. * 


“Te 2° Will. IV. «Parl. 9. Sess.1. A. 1831. 


RAMI, Charles Francis; Bill from the Lords for his Na- 

turalization, 682. Read, 684. Committed, 692. Re- 
ported, and passed, 715. Royal Assent, 777. ' 

Rea. Prorerty, Commission ; Petition of Thomas Swin- 
burne, uire, and George Dyson, Gentleman, against the 
adoption of any measures founded on the Reports of the Com- 
missioners for inquiring into the Law of Real Property ; and 

raying, That the Commission may be dissolved ; To lie on 

the Table ; and to be printed ; $47. 

RE-APPOINTMENTs to Orrice, Vide Accounts. 

Receivers of Taxes. Vide Taxes. 

Repuction of Sarariges. Vide SALARIEs. 

Recoveries. Vide Fines. 

Rerorm. Vide ADMINISTRATION of GOVERNMENT. 


of PARLIAMENT. Vide PARLIAMENT. 
ScoTLAND. 


REGISTRATION of DEEDs. Vide IRELAND. 
RELIEF of the Poor. Vide Poor. 
Reticion.;, Grand Committee appointed, 523. 


Reviciovs OsskRvANCES; Petitions complaining of Protest- 
ants holding Civil and. Military situations under the Crown, 
being compelled to engage in the Services of the Roman Ca- 
tholic Church;—Of Inhabitants of Sligo, 908. Of Inhabitants 

_ of Westham, Hailsham, Eastbourne, Willingdon and Wilming- 
ton; To lie on the Table ; Motion for printing Petition, with- 
drawn; 908. Of John Boyd, Mayor and Chairman of a 
Meeting of Inhabitants of Coleraine ; To be printed, go8. 


Opinions; Petition of Inhabitants of London and 
its vicinity, forthe repeal of all Laws which prevent the free 
and uncontrolled discussion in matters pertaining to Religion ; 

\ To lie on the Table; and to be printed; 817. 


RemeEpy against the Hunprep Act; Petition of Owners 
and Occupiers of Lands in the County of Southampton, for 
the Amendment thereof; To lie on the Table; 859. 


REPORTS : 


IRELAND. 





Time limited for receiving Reports on Private 


Bills, 525- 


8 





of former Sessions, referred to Select Com- 
. /Mittees, 538, 584, 626. 


- — To be printed, 565. 

Referred to Select Committees, 548, 614, 745. 
Read again, 580. 

Time enlarged for receiving Reports on Bills, 


684, 685, 688, 690, 691, 697, 729, 741, 768, 802, 847, 863, 
866, 877. 


. To be printed, 634, 684, 701, 870, 871, 888, 
889, 897. 904, 908, 915, 917, 919. 
Rezeqvuesr, Court of. Vide Accounts. 


RESOLUTIONS : 
To be printed, 525. 























of a former Session, read, 534, 541, 
59°, 693. 





Postponed, 783 


Made a Standing Order, 534. 
House. Stannine Orpers. 


Revenus. Vide Accounts. 

‘Rrenarps, George. Vide Dest, Arrest for. 
Rieusonp Brive. Vide Accounts. 
Roans.. Vide IRELAND. | 

mw and Bripces. Vide IRevanp. 


Roman Catiotre’Cuarities; Bill for the better securing 
“the Chatitable’ Donations and Bequests of His Majesty’s 





Vide 


“Subjects'in England and Wales, professing the Roman Ca- 
thofle Rékivioti ordered, 551. Order of leave for Bill dis- 
dh ar ped; and another Bill ordered ; 564. Vide Infra. 


Se er Bill for the better securin 
the, Charitable Donations and Bequests of His Majesty's 


“ys jects in Great Britain, professing the Roman Catholic 
eligion, ordered, 564. Presented, and read; Day appointed 
oar Second Reading ; and to be printed; 565. Committed, 
602. . Comnnittee Sierret 634, 641, 661, 670, 687, 695, 
0», 719; 720, 725, 736, 749, 756, 766, 775 824, 836, 
43, 860, 865, 882, S92, gio 901. 11m (Ohi he" 
— . Marriaces; Petition of Churchwardens 
,)- tattid. Overseers of the Poor of Leeds, for legalizing Marriages 





FP 
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} 





—-—— (DerutTy LIfureNnantfs.) 


in Roman Catholic Chapels in England, between Parties who 
profess the Roman Catholic Faith; To lie on the Table; and 
to be printed ; 747- 
Roman Catnotric Marriaces. Vide IRELAND, 
Catnotics. ‘Vide Lanp Tax, . 


Rotusery (Northumberland). Lands; ; Petition for ‘a Bill, to 
inclose ; and Bill ordered; 531. ‘Presented, and read, 547: 
Committed, 579. Reperinsh ;, to be ingrossed ;, 658... Passed, 
664. Agreed to by the Lords, 704... , oyal Assent, 713. 

Rornesay, &amp;c. Harbour. . Vide ScoTLanD,. 

Rortusay Castue. ‘Vide SteAm Boats, 


Rucsy and WArwicx Roads) Petition for a Bill for more 
effectually repairing the same; and Bill ordered; 561. ' Pre- 

- sented, and read, 580. Committed, 608. , : 

Russet, John; Petition’ of John Russell; complaining of his 
son having been taken to the Station House by a Serjeant of 
Police, for playing with his hoop on the pavement, and of the 
conduct of one of the Magistrates of Mary-le-bone Police 
Office, before whom he was taken ; To lie on the Table, 893. 


RvuTHERGLEN Railway. Vide ScoTLanp. 





1° &amp; 2° Will. TV. Parl. 9. Sess. 1. A, 1831. 


SABBATH ;Petitions for the better observance thereof ;——-Of 

Inhabitants of London, engaged in various Trades; of Inha- 

bitants of London; To be printed, 811. Of Inhabitants of 
London, engaged in various Trades ; To be printed, 841. 


Saccers, Charles. Vide Hackney CoacueEs. 


Saint ALBan’s and Soutn Mims Road; Petition fora Bill 

. for more effectually repairing the Road from the Pondyards 
to Chipping Barnet ; and Bill ordered ; 527, , Presented, and 
read, 556. Committed, 579. Reported; Report to lie on 
the Table; 664. Report further considered ; Amendments 
agreed to; Clause offered to be added; and read, the first 
time; Day appointed for further considering it; 802. Clause 
further considered, and added; Bill to be ingrossed ; 810: 

' Passed, 817. Agreed to by the Lords, 858. Royal Assent,861. 








James, Westminster. Vide Accounts. PArR.iA- 
MENT, PRIVILEGE OF. : 
Luciz. Vide Accounts. (ApDDREsszs, 61.) 


——— MARrrTIN-1IN-THE-FIELDs. 
—— Mary, NewIneron, 
- Vincent. Vide BARBADOEs. 
Satariges. Vide Accounts. 


to Pusiic Orricers; Motion, That, with a view of 
more speedily relieving the Country from a part of its burthens, 
the Expenditure in Public Offices should be carefully revised, 
and, regard being had to the present value of Money, the 
amount of all Salaries to Public Officers;should be reduced 
to that which they received in the year 1797; Question, pre- 
vious, Neg. thereupon, 596. 


Repuction of; Minutes of the Proceedings of the 
Committee in the last Session, ordered, 922. Presented; to 
lie on the Table; 928. 


Savincs Banks; Petitions for alteration of Act 9 Geo. IV. 
relating thereto ;— Of Patrons, Trustees and Managers of the 
Bank for Savings established at Blandford Forum, 559. Of 
Lord Stourton, and the other Trustees and Managers of the 
Knaresborough Savings Bank, and of the Branch Banks of 
Ripon and Wetherby, 640. Of Officers and Managers of the 
Prescot Bank for Savings; To be printed, 657. Of Officers 
and Managers of the Brighthelmstone Bank for Savings, 662. 
To be printed, 663. Of Trustees, Managers and Officers of 
the Sevenoaks Bank for Savings, 684. Of the Trustees and 
Managers of the Hungerford Bank for Savings ; of Officers 
and Managers of the New Ross (Wexford) Bank for Savings ; 
To be printed, 805. 


SCOTLAND: 


—__—— (ATTORNIES’ CERTIFICATES.) Vide STAMP 
DUTIES. | 

—__—— (BeartTIE, late Thomas.) Bill from the Lords, for 
Sale of part of his Estates, 633. Read, 636. Committed, 648. 
Reported, and passed, 688. ‘Royal Assent, 713. 


— (BucHANAN, late John.) Bill from the Lords, for 

enabling his Trustees to sell certain portions of his Estates, 

667. Read, 676. Committed, 690. Reported; and passed ; 
719. Royal Assent, 777... : 

———— (BuTE, Marquis of.) Bill from the Lords, for. effect- 
ing a partition of certain Estates belonging to him and the 
Marchioness of Bute, and others, 841. Read, 843. Com- 
mitted, 857. Reported, with Amendments; Amendments 
agreed to; 877. Bull paced. vite Amendments, 879. Amend- 

.. ments agreed to-by the Lords, 882, Royal Assent, 890. 

(CLACKMANAN RoADS:;) Vide KINROSS-SHIRE. 

Bill to indemnify 


Vide VEsTRIEs. 
Vide Accounts. 








Persons who have acted -as Deputy Lieutenants in Scotland, 
- without due Qualification, ordered, 551. Presented, and read; 
Day appointed for Second Reading ;. and:to be printed; 55!- 


Committed, 














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SCOTLAND—continued. 
Committed, 558. ,,Considered, 562. . Reported ; to be in- 
grossed; and Day appointed for Third Reading; 577. Passed, 
587. Agreed to by the Lords, 621. Roal Assent, 638. 


— (DISTILLATION,) Petitions against the use of Mo- 
lasses in Distillation, and the Repeal of the Malt Drawback ; 
Of Distillers from Malt in the county of Caithness; To be 
printed ; 863. Of Distillers, Maltsters, and Farmers in the 
county of Stirling ;' To be printed; 904. 

(DUNDEE MuNIcIPAL GovERNMENT.) Petition 
for a Bill for extendizg the Royalty of the Burgh of Dundee, 
and for amending the Sett of the said Burgh, 569. Referred 
to a Committee, 570, Reported ;; Bill, ordered; 580. Pre- 
sented, and read, 611. Day.appointed for Second Reading, 
644. Committed, 653. .Reported; to be ingrossed; 690. 
Passed, 696. Agreed te by the Lords, 731. ‘Royal Assent, 
777 

————— (EDINBURGH IMPROVEMENT.) Petition for a Bill 
to alter and amen Act, 540. Referred to a Committee, 541. 
Reported ; Bill ordered; 555. Presented, and read, 561. 
Committed, 588. Petitions of the Dean and Faculty of Ad- 
vocates ; of Proprietors and Occupiers of Houses in Edinburgh, 
against; Referred, and Counsel ordered, 638. Two Petitions 
of Proprietors or Tenants of houses in Edinburgh, in the 
neighbourhood of the works now in progress for the improve- 
ment of the said city; of Subscribers, lately Proprietors of 
land and houses in: the lines of the south and west Approaches 
now in progress for the improvement of the city of Edinburgh, 
and now Creditors of the Commissioners ; of George Combe, 
Writer to the Signet; of George Combe, Writer to the Signet, 
and Misses Margaret Combe and Beatrice Combe, residing in 
Portland-place, Edinburgh, in favour, 638. Petition of Pro- 
prietors and Oecupiers of houses in Edinburgh, against ; Re- 
ferred, and’ counsel ordered, 672. Time enlarged for Com- 
mittee to report, 691. Bill reported ; to be ingrossed ; 707. 
Passed, 709. Agreed to by the Lords, 731. Royal Assent, 
777: 











(EXCHEQUER CouRT REGULATION.) Bill from 
the Lords, for making Provision for the Dispatch of the 
Business now done in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, 
742. Read; Day appointed for Second Reading; and Bill to 
be printed; 744. Second Reading deferred, 756, 775, 780, 782, 
785, 794,824, 832, 834, 837, 854, 864, 869, 853, 887, 889, 892. 
Motion for reading Bill a second time; Debate thereupon 
adjourned 895. Debate resumed; Question again proposed ; 
Amendments proposed ; and a Debate arising thereupon, Mo- 
tion for further adjourning Debate, withdrawn; Main Question 
agreed to; Bill committed, 898. Committee deferred, go1, 
906, 919. 
~—+—+ ( ENTAILS.) Petition of Tenants of Birse, for amend- 
ing the existing Law of Enfails ; To lie on the Table, 598. 


— (Frre Roaps.) Vide KINROSS-SHIRE. 


--— (FORFARSHIRE RoADS.) Petition for a Bill for 
amending and keeping the same in repair, 568. Bill ordered, 
569. Presented, and read, 580. Committed, 608. Reported ; 
to be ingrossed ; 637. Passed, 648. Agreed to by the Lords, 
735- Royal Assent, 777. 


(GLasGcow, &amp;c. BURGHS.) Vide Evections. 


— (GLASGOW IMPROVEMENT.) Petition fora Bill 
to amend Acts; Referred to a Committee, 545. Reported ; 
Bill ordered ; 556. , Presented, and read, 566. Committed, 
598. Reported ; to be ingrossed ; 631. Passed, 644. Agreed 
to by the Lords, 704. Royal Assent, 712. 


—— (GLASS.) Petition of Joseph Ranson, Manager of 
the Perth Glass Company, That in the event of a Drawback 
of Duty being allowed on the stock of the Wholesale Mer- 
chant, a similar allowance may be granted to the Retailer, in 
all cases where his stock shall exceed £.500 in value; To lie 
on the Table, 598. 

(GORBALS STATUTE LABOUR.) Petition fora Bill 

to amend Act for regulating the conversion of the Statute 

Labour in the Barony of Gorbals; Referred to a Committee, 

544. Reported; Bill ordered; 559. Presented, and read, 

565. Committed, 599- Reported; to be ingrossed; 632. 

Passed, 644. Agreed to by the Lords, 674. Royal Assent, 712. 

(GovaN RAlLway.). Vide PoLLoc. 

(GRAIN.) Petitions for amending the Law of Scot- 
land respecting the purchase of Grain ;—Of Purchasers and 
Sellers of Grain in, the Saint Andrew’s District of the county 
of Fife; To be printed, 535. Of the Edinburgh Farmers’ 
Society, and other Tenants of land in the county of Mid- 
Lothian, 597. 

(HAMILTON AND BRANDON, DUKE OF.) | Bill 
from the Lords, to enable him atid the heirs of Entail of the 
Lands and Barony of Kinneil, to charge the Lands gained 
from the Sea with the Experises laid out in gaining the 
same, 640. Read, 643. Committed, 658. Reported, and passed, 
690. Royal Assent, 713) 0. &gt; | 

—____— (HIGHLAND Socrery oF LONDON.) Petition 

“ for a Bill to amend ‘Acts for incorporating them; Referred to 
a Committee, a a Bill ordered; 606.: Presented, 
and read, 615. mitted, 639.2 Reported 5 to be ingrossed ; 


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688. Passed, 733. Agreed to by the Lords, 769. Royal 
Assevt, 1775.14:: a: oilw potenti exude te acd hon 
—_—— (Jepsurch, 3¢. BORGHS) Vibe BiveH ORY 
—— (Kinross-su1RE RoaDS.) Petition, for a, Bill for 
more effectually making and repairing ners Rédads in the 
counties of Fife, Kinross, Perth “and ‘Cl cktishen:-and-Bill 
ordered, 572. Presented, ‘and’ read, #792 Cotnniitted, 606. 
Reported ; to be ingrossed ; 639. Passed, 648. Agreed to 
by the Lords, 792. Royal Assent, 826% 6 9 Sh) 
——~— — (LEVEN DraINAGE,) Petition for a Bilkto amend 
and extend Powers of Act for draining and preserving Lands 
situated on the River Leven ; Referred to a Committee, 572. 
Reported ; Bill ordered; 579. Presented, and read ; 597. Com- 
mitted,606. Reported, 663. To be ingrosséd, 664. Passed, 
677. Agreed to by the Lords, 706. Royal Assent, 712. 
——— (LIEUTENANTS.) Vide Deputy LIEUTENANTS. 
—— (Licut-House Dues.) Petition. of Ship-owners 
residing at, and trading to and from, the Firth of Forth, for a 
reduction thereof; To lie on the Table, 797. 
(Matt DRAWBACK.) Vide DISTILLATION. 
—(MaLTSPIRITS.) Petitions for the abolition of the 
Drawback allowed under Act 4 Geo. 4, upon Spirits made 
from Malt only ;—Of Scottish Distillers ; To lie on the Table ; 
and to be printed; 722.. Of Corn Distillers in Scotland; To 
be printed, 816. 
Vide DISTILLATION. 
—_— (MoLASSES.) Vide DISTILLATION. 


(MorAY, James.) Bill from the Lords for vesting 
certain Estates belonging to him, in Trustees, to sell the same, 
and to apply the price arising therefrom ‘in paynient of the 
Debts affecting the said Estates, 706. Read, 708... Com- 
mitted, 720. Reported, and passed, 746. Royal Assent, 
777- 
































(OSWALD, Richard.) Bill from the Lords to exone- 
rate his Trustees for advances of Money made’ by them, 704. 
Read, 705. Committed, 720. Reported, and passed, 746. 
Royal Assent, 777. . 
(PARLIAMENT, REFORM OF.)' Petition of Noble- 
men, Freeholders, Justices of the Peace; Commissioners of 
Supply, and Heritors of the county of Forfar, against the Bili 
of last Session ; To be printed, 573. 














Petitions in favour ; 
—Of Inhabitants of Lochwinnoch; of . Kilmacolm,;,,of., Kil- 
barchan; 589. Of Kenmore; of Dull; of Killin; of Loudoun ; 
of Blairgourie; of Fortingall; of Weem; of Balquhidder; of 
John Graham, Deacon of the Shoemaker Incorporation of 
Perth; of the Sheriff, Freeholders, Justices of the’ Péatce, 
Commissioners of Supply, and Heritors of the county of 
Dumbarton; of Magistrates and Town Council of the royal 
burgh of Auchtermuchty; ofthe Subscribers deeply interested 
in the prosperity of Inverness, 597. Of Heritors and House- 
holders of Campsie; To be printed, 597. ~ Of .the Royal 
Burghs of Scotland in Convention assembled ; To be printed, 
863. 





Bill to amend the 
Representation of the People in Scotland, ordered ; Presented, 
and read; Day appointed for Second Reading ; and to, be 
printed; 603. Second Reading deferred, 647, 652, 683,707, 
732, 756, 787, 824, 856. Order for Second Reading read ; 
Motion for reading Bill a Second time ; Amendment proposed, 
but not made; Main Question agreed to; Bill committed, 
864. Considered, and reported; Day appointed for further 
considering Report ; and Bill, as amended, to be printed, 869. 
Petitions referred, 871, 885. Order for further-eonsidermg 
Report read, 885. Bill re-committed ; Considered ; Com- 
mittee report Progress; 886. Bill further considered ; Pro- 
ceedings in Committee; Committee report Progress ; 888. 
Committee deferred, 895, 901. 
— Petition of Inhabi- 
tants of Denny, in favour; To be printed; 613:--—-— 
Petitions respecting 
certain Details of the Bill ;—-Of Burgesses of the royal burgh’of 
Lauder; To be printed, 623. Of ‘Members jot the ,/Lown 
Council of Jedburgh; To be printed, 656, Of Noblem 
Freeholders, Justices of the Peace, Commissioners of upply, 
and Heritors of the county of Peebles; ‘To be' printéd) 922. 
Of Magistrates, Town Council and Burgessés ‘of: the-royal 
burgh of Anstruther Easter;,.To be, printed, 793.. .Of, the 
Provost, Baillies and Councillors of the royal burghyof, Kirk- 
cudbright ; To be printed, 778. Of Freeholders, Commis- 
sioners of Supply, Justices of the Peace and, Henitors.of, the 
county of Cromarty; of F resholders, Meio: -ommigaigners 
of Supply, and Justices of the Peace of the county of Elgin ; 
of Magistrates and Councillors. of the ynited roya ures of 
Fortrose and Rosematky; of the Provost, Magistrates; and 
Town Council of the royal burgh of Forres; To be printed, 
816. Of Noblemen, Freeholders, Commissioners of Stipply 
and others of the county of Selkirk; To be ‘printed, 833." Of 
Sir John Maxwell, baronet, Chairman, and George Gardner, 
Secretary, of the Renfrewshire Political Union ; To be printed, 
857. Of the Royal ae of Scotland ‘in Convention assem- 
bled ; of Magistrates; Town Councik and- Burgesses -of the 
‘-. royak burghs of Crail, Anstruther Eastery Anstrather Wester 


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INDEX to the Ercutry-s1xtH Vorume.—Part Il.) [4. 1831. 








SCOTLAN D—continued. 


( PARLIAMENT, REFORM OF )—continued. 
and, Pittenweem, and,Managers and Burgesses of Kilrenny, 
constituting the East of Fife District. of Burghs ; of Magis- 
trates, Town Coancil and Burgesses of the royal burgh of Pit- 
tenweem, one of the burghs constituting the east of Fife Dis- 
trict of Burehs;of Magistrates and Council of the royal burgh 
of Crail; of Burgesses and Inhabitants of the royal burgh of 
Kilrenny 5 of Landholders and Householders of the county of 
Dumbarton ; To be printed, 863. Of Trustees of the late James 
Schaw, of Preston; Referred to the Committee of the whole 
House, 871. Of Heritors, Freeholders, Justices of the 
Peace, and Commissioners of Supply, of the county of Ross; 
of Magistrates, Town Council and Hctacholdeve of the burgh 
of Forfar; To be printed, 873. Of Robert Hunter, of Lunna, 
one of the Proprietors and Inhabitants of Zetland; Referred, 
885. Of James Johnstone; To be printed, 885. Of Sir 
George Stuart Mackenzie, Baronet ; of Inhabitants of Kelso ; 
of the Provost, Magistrates and Council of the royal burgh of 
Tain, 888. Of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Council, 
and of the Deacons of the Incorporated Trades of the royal 
burgh of Lanark ; To be printed, 888. Of Proprietors and 
Occupiers of houses, &amp;c. in the town of Hamilton, of the value 
of 104. of yearly rent and upwards; To be printed, 896. 
Of the Magistrates, Town Council and Burgesses of the 
burgh of Anstruther Wester, 911. 





Petitions for additional 
Representation ;—Of Proprietors of the Shetland Isles ; of the 
Very Reverend the Principal and the Professors of the Uni- 
versity of Edinburgh ; ind, of the Chancellor, Rector, Prin- 
cipals and Professors of the University of Saint Andrew’s ; 
To be printed, 863. 

(PERTH RoaDs.) Vide KINROSS-SHIEE. 


——(PoLLoc AND Govan Raitway.) Petition for 
a Bill to amend Act‘ referred to a Committee, 545. Reported ; 
Bill ordered; 570. Presented, and read, 579. Committed, 
614. Petition of Proprietors, Feuars and Inhabitants of the 
barony of Gorbals, against; 631. Petitions of the Lord 
Provost, Magistrates and Council of the city of Glasgow ; of 
the Convener, Trades Bailies, Collector, Deacons and Visitor 
of the Incorporated Trades, and other Ordinary and Extra- 
ordinary Members of the Trades’ House of the city of Glas- 

ow; of the Royal Incorporation of Hutcheson’s Hospital, in 
the city of Glasgow; of Robert Mungal, and John Humphry 
Mungal, residing at Muirhouses of Gorbals ; of James Cross, 
and Alexander Cross, Seed Merchants, Glasgow, and Tenants 
of part of the barony of Gorbals ; and, of Owners and Occu- 
piers of lands through which the proposed extension of the 
Polloc,and Govan Railway will pass, against; Referred; and 
Counsel ordered ; 631. Bill reported; Report to lie on the 
Table, 684. Report further considered ; Bill to be ingrossed, 
718. Passed, 721. Agreed to by the Lords, 748. Royal 
Assent, 777. 


———- (RANSON, Joseph.) Vide Guass Duriss. 


(RoTHESAY HARBOUR, &amp;c.) Petition for a Bill 
for,improving the same, 544. Referred toa Committee, 445. 
Reported; Bill ordered; 561. Presented, and read, 566. 
Committed, 599. Reported ; to be ingrossed; 648. Passed, 
658. Agreed to by the Lords, with Amendments, 704. Con- 
sidered, and agreed to, 706. Royal Assent, 717. 


(RoxBuRGH CounNTY.) Vide ELEcTIONs. 


— (RUTHERGLEN RaAILway.) Petition for a Bill 
for making and maintaining the same; Referred to a Com- 
mittee, 565. Reported; Bill ordered; 580. Presented, and 
read, 588. Committed,615. ‘Reported ; Report to lie on the 
Table, 648. Rept further considered ; Bill to be ingrossed ; 
685. Passed, 690. Agreed to by the Lords, 714. Royal 
Assent; 717. 


: (SuHeep Dogs.) Petition of Shepherds of Tweedale, 
&amp;¢! for repeal of the Duty thereon; To lie on the Table, 797. 


' — (SINCLAIR, Lord.) Bill from the Lords to empower 
the, Judges of the Court of Session, in Scotland, to sell parts of 
the entailed Lands and Barony of West Nisbet, for payment 
“of Incumbrances affecting the same, 640. Read,643. Com- 
mitted,664. Reported,690. Passed,6g1. Royal Assent, 713. 
——— (SOAP,) Petitions for the repeal of the Duties 
, thereon 37 Of Soap-makers in Glasgow and its neighbourhood ; 
and, of William, Taylor, soap manufacturer in Leith ; 655. 
aul: ¢§ramPp DUTIES.) Petitions for repeal of Stamp 
Daties on Certificates taken out by Attornies, &amp;c. ;—Of Pro- 
eurators before the | Sheriff Court of Berwickshire, 729. Of 
Attornies, Writers and Notaries Public in the royal borough 
of Montrose, 797. 


als (STIRLINGSHIRE RoapS.) Petition fora Bill for 
making and ‘repairing the same ; and Bill ordered, 545. Pre- 
sented, and read, 560. Committed, 588. Reported; to be 
ingrossed; 681. Passed, 68g. Agreed to by the Lords, 713. 
Royal Assent, 717. 
+—_—— (TurNPIKE Roaps.) Bill for amending and making 
more effectual the Laws concerning Turnpike Roads in Scot- 
land, ordered, 651. Presented, and read; Day appointed for 
Second Reading; and to be printed; 578. Committed, 597. 


























Order for Committee, read, and discharged; Bill committed 
to:a’ Select Committee; Five to be the Quorum; 636. Bill re- 
_ ported, and re-committed toa Committee of the whole House ; 
and to be printed, as amended ; 748. Considered, 769. Report 
deferred, 775, 780. Bill reported, and Day appointed for fur- 
ther considering Report, 782, Report further considered ; Bill 
to be ingrossed ; and Day appointed for Third Reading; 787. 
Pased, 794. By the Lords, with Amendments ; Considered ; 
g04. Agreed to, 905. Royal Assent, 921. 
(WRITERS. TO. THE, SIGNET! Wivows’ Funp.) 
Petition for a Bill for better raisigg and securing the Fund 
established for making Provision for the ,Widows. of the 
Writers to His Majesty’s Signet, Scotland; Referred to a 
Committee, 544. Reported; Bill’ordered ;, 556... Presented, 
and read, 571. Committed, 605. , Reported, 863. To be 
ingrossed, 654. Passed, 658. ‘ Agreed to by the Lords, 704. 
Royal Assent, 712 : , 
Vide Accounts. 
SupPLy. 








(Appresses, 62 to 70.) Exre- 
TIONS. 





ScunTHorPeE Drainage. Vide FrRopINGHAM. 


SECONDARY PuNISHMENTS; Select Committee appointed to 
inquire into the best mode of giving efficiency to Secondary 
Punishments ; To report observations ; to send for Persons, 
Papers and Records; Five to be the Quorum; 662, Members 
added, 680, 753. Power to report Minutes of Evidence ; 
Report to lie on the Table; and to be printed; 870. 


Secret Services. Vide Accounts. 


SERJEANT: 





Usual Orders to him, 524. 


Sent with the Mace to summon Members, 
643, 680, 696, 706, 708. 738, 804, 844, 860, goo. 

To take into custody all persons presuming to 
press or come into the Galleries in the Abbey Church at 
Westminster, appointed for the House to witness the solemnity 
of Their Majesties’ Coronation, 793. 











SETTLEMENT of the Poor. Vide Poor SeErrLemMEnNT. 


Sewers; Act. 13 Eliz. c. g, relating thereto, read; Bill. to 
amend the same, ordered; Presented, and read; Day ap- 
pointed for Second Reading; and to be printed ; 763. 

SHANNON River. Vide IRELAND. 


SuAw, Joseph; Petition of Joseph Shaw, complaining of acts 
of oppression and injustice on the part of Richard Simpson, 
Esquire, a Magistrate of the county of Stafford ; To lie on 
the Table, 792. 

Sueep Docs. Vide ScoTLanp. 


and Horse STEALING. 
DRESSES, 71.) , 


SHEFFIELD and MancuesTerR Railway; Petition for a Bill for 
meking the same ; referred to a Committee; 529. Reported ; 
Bill ordered ; 546. Presented, and read; 559. Committed, 
581. Day appointed for receiving Report, 624. Bill re- 
ported ; Report to lie on the Table; 631. Report further 
considered; Bill to be ingrossed; 666. Passed, 673. By 
the Lords, with Amendments, 748. Considered, 750. Agreed 
to, 752. Royal Assent, 777. 

Suietps Road. Vide Nort Surerps. 

SHILLIBEER, George. Vide Hackney Coacues. 

Suotiey Brince Road. Vide Duruam. 

Sitk Factorigs. Vide Corron. 

Simpson, Richard. Vide Suaw, Joseph. 

Sinciair’s, Lord, Estate. 

States. Vide TILEs. 


SLAVE EMANCIPATION. 
72, 73+) 


Stave PoputaTion. Vide Accounts. 
Stave Trape. ‘Vide Accounts. Sucar REerinery. 


Stavery; Petitions forthe Abolition thereof ;—Of Inhabitants 
of Holywell and Needingworth, 549. Of Inhabitants of Gil- 
lingham, 559.' Of Inhabitants of Bluntisham-with-Earith, 
564. Of the United Associate Congregation of the Secession 
Church, Melville-street, Glasgow ; of Inhabitants of Rattray, 
597. To lie onthe Table, 598. Of Inhabitants of Burton 
Agnes; of Kilham; of Langtoft; of North Burton; of Wold 
Newton, Thwing and Octon; of Harpham and Lowthorp; 
of Foxholes and Petterwinks 640. Of Primitive Methodists 
worshipping at Keighley ; of Baptists of Farsley ; 655. ‘Of 
Female Baptists of Longford (Wilts), 660. Of Inhabitants 
of Lismore; of Winscombe; 686. Of Proprietors, , Land- 
holders, and others of the counties of Angus and Kincar- 
dine; of Banff; 'To’be ‘printed, 697. Of the Provincial 
Synod of Caithness and Sutherland; To be printed, 748. 
Of Inhabitants of Killarney.;, To be printed, 830... Of :Mem- 
bers of the Political Society, of Warwiek, go4. Of the 
Rector, Churchwardens and Inhabitants of Satwell;..To-be 
printed, 928. ys 

Vide Accounts. 





Vide Accounts. (Ap- 


Vide ScoTLAND. 


Vide Accounts. (ADDRESSEs, 


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Smarc Depts; Petitions for a summary and less ‘expensive 
mode of recovering Smali Debts ;—Of Tradesmen and Inha- 
bitants of Broadway, 559. Of Tradesmen and Inhabitants 
of Ilminster; To-be printed, 762. Of Traders of Brighthelm- 
ston; To be printed, 887. 


Smitn, Thomas.’ Vide Cuurcn EstasiisHMENT. 

Soar. Vide Scortanp, 

DrawBack.. Vide IRELAND. 

Sourn AmERIcaAN TRADE: Vide Accounts. (ADDRESSES, 74.) 


SouTHAmptTon PikER; Petition, for a Bill for erecting and 
maintaining the same; Referred to a Committee, 528. Re- 
ported ; Bill ordered ; 548... Presented, and read, 554. Com- 
mitted, 579: Reported; to be ingrossed; 623. Passed, 631. 
Agreed to by the Lords, 667. Royal Assent, 712. 

Soutn Mims Road. Vide Saint ALBan’s. 


SoutnwarKx Court of Regurst. Vide Accounts. (Ap- 
DRESSES, 75.) 


Sowersy Bripce Railway. Vide MancuesTer. 


SPEAKER: 








The Right Honourable Charles Manners 
Sutton unanimously chosen, 522. Approved by The King; 
Reported to the House, That he had made the usual claim of 
Privileges, 523. 





takes the Oaths, 523. 





Back-door of his Chamber to be locked up 
every morning, 524. 


To open Letters directed to the House, 525. 








To appoint the Printing of the Votes and 
Proceedings, 525. 





— Reports His Majesty’s Speech at the opening 
of the Session, 525. Resolution thereupon, 526. Vide 
(ADDRESSES, 1.) 





Acquaints the House, that he had received 
from the Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, Lists of 
Barristers who had consented to act as Commissioners under 
Act 42 Geo. III. c. 106-605, 689.—That he had received a 
Letter from the Deputy to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, 
inclosing an Election Petition, 626. Vide Wrxronrp 
County.—That he had received a Declaration in writing, 
that Mr. Stewart did not intend to defend his Return, 626, 
Vide Erections. JEpBURGH.— That he had received a 
Letter froma Member making his Election for which place he 
will serve, 624. That certain Petitioners had not entered 
into a Recognizance in respect of their Petitions, 630, 663, 
672, 676, 677, 689, 794.—That he had received a Letter 
from the Lord Chancellor, informing him that he had com- 
mitted a Member to the Fleet Prison for contempt of the 
Court of Chancery, 667.—That he had received a Letter from 
the. Member thus committed, 668. Vide Privitecrs.— 
That. His Majesty had been pleased to direct him to give 
notice to the House, that he had appointed a Gallery in 
Westminster Abbey for the House at the solemnity of Their 
Majesties’ Coronation, on Thursday the 8th of September, 
but that he thought it not so convenient for the House to 
bear any part in the Proceeding, 792. Vide Coronation. 
House. Kine. SERJEANT. 





To issue his Warrants for Persons, Papers and 
Records, upon the hearing of Matters of Petitions, com- 
plaining of undue Elections and Returns, 537, 552, 603, 605, 
6o9, 6140, 617, 619, 620, 622, 628, 630, 705, 742, 755, 820, 
895-—To the Warden of the Fleet Prison, to bring a Member 
in his custody before a Committee, 668. Vide Priviteces. 
—To the Marshal of the King’s Bench Prison, to bring a 
person in his custody to the Bar, 795. Vide Turron’s 
Divorce. 





To license the Printing of the Journal, 558. 





Reports the Names of Members absent at the 
Call of the House, 900, 902. 





Calls upon a Member to account for certain 
erasures in a Petition which he had presented to the House, 
748. 





Calls the attention of the House to a Bill from 
the Lords, on account of its importance, 836. Vide Monry 
PayMENT of WacEs. 





Calls the attention of the House to certain 
Amendments made by the Lords to a Bill, 880. Vide 
GAME. 





Came to the House at 8 A. m. and proceeded 
with the Members to Westminster Abbey, 832. 





SPECIAL Commissions. VideAccounts, (AppREssEs, 76.) 

ConstTaBLes. Vide CoNSTABLES. 

Juries. Vide Jurizs. 

Spraits.and Wines. Vide Accounts. 

Sprinc Guns; Bill from the Lords to permit the setting of 
Spring Guns and Man Traps, in certain cases, 860. Read; 
and Bill to be printed; 860, ‘Second Reading deferred, 865, 
869, 876, 883, 892, 895, 899, 906, 910, 913, 920, 927. 


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Starnes Bridge. Vide Accounts. 


Stamp Duties. Vide Accounts. ,Fik® INsurancs.. IRE- 
LAND. Marine INsuRANCE. . NEwspapers.. PAPER 
and ADVERTISEMENT DuTikEs. Press, Lipgrty of the. 
ScOTLAND. 


Stranpvinc Orvers; Select Committee appointed; to whom 
shall be referred all Reports from Committees on Petitions 
for Private Bills, in which it. shall be stated that any ofthe 
Standing Orders of this House have not been complied 
with; To report opinion from time to time; tojsend, for Per- 
sons, Papers and Records; Five to: be the Quorum; 535. 
Report on Aylesbury Road Petition, referred, 548. Re- 
solution reported, and agreed to, That in the case of the 
Aylesbury Road Petition, the Parties be permitted to pro- 
ceed, and to give Notices, Xe. 555. Report on Petition of 
the Trustees of the Roads leading to and from Wolverhamp- 
ton, for additional provision in Wolverhampton Roads Bill, 
referred, 614. Resolution reported, and agreed to, That. in 
the case of the Petition of the Trustees of the Wolverhampton 
Roads, for additional Provision in Wolverhampton Road Bill, 
Provision be made pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition, 
624.——Report on Petition for additional Provision in. Lud- 
low Roads Bill, referred, 664. Resolution reported, and agreed 
to, That in the case of the Petition of the Trustees for addi- 
tional provision in the Ludlow Roads Bill, Provision be made 
pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition, 672. Report 
on Ennis and Galway Road Bill, referred, 745. Resolution 
reported, That in the case of the Ennis and Galway Road Bill, 
the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with, 783. 

Resolution of 12th April 1831, That in any 

Bill which, having passed the House of Lords, shall be sent 

down to this House for their concurrence, or in any Bill which, 

having passed this House, shall be returned by the Lords 
with Amendments, it shall appear that any Pecuniary Penalty 
or Forfeiture is thereby imposed, varied or taken away, The 

Speaker shall, before the Second Heading of such Bill or 

Amendments, report to the House ‘his opinion, whether the 

object thereof be to impose, vary or take away any Pecuniary 

Charge or Burthen on the Subject, or whether the same re- 

lates only to the punishment or prevention’ of offences ;-and 

the House shall thereupon determine whether it may be expe- 
dient in such particular case to insist upon, the exercise of 
their privilege to originate all such provisions. respecting 

Pecuniary Penalties or Forfeitures, read, and made a Stand- 

ing Order, 534. Vide House. 


STraTE Paper Orrice. Vide AccounTs. 
STATIONERY. Vide Accounts. 




















OrricE; Petition of John Williams, of Cornhill, 
for the abolition thereof; To lie on the Table; and to be 
printed ; 776. 

SraruTe of Fraups. Vide Fravups. 


Stream Boats; Petition of Gentry, &amp;c. of Beaumaris, Carnar- 
von, Bangor and Conway, respecting the loss of the Rothsay 
Castle Steam Boat, and for a law, that Steam Boats be 
licensed periodically, and that no License be granted or re- 
newed except upon a Certificate of the sea-worthiness of the 
Vessel; Referred to the Select Committee on Steam Navi- 
gation, 858. 

CarRiAGES; Petition of Goldsworthy Gurney, ‘for 
lacing Steam Carriages on the same terms as to Turnpike 
olls with Horse Coaches; To lie on the Table; and to be 

printed, 650. 





Petition of Walter Hancock, that no 
excessive and prohibitory Tolls on Steam Carriages may be 
allowed to be imposed by any Turnpike Acts introduced into 
the House; To lie on the Table, 678. To. be printed, 679. 


Select Committee appointed to quire into, 
and to report upon, the proportion of Tolls which ought to be 
imposed upon Coaches and other Vehicles propelled by Steam 
or Gas upon Turnpike Roads; and also to inquire into, and to 
report upon, the rate of Toll actually levied upon such 
Coaches and other Vehicles, under any Acts of Parliament now 
in force; and to report their observations thereupon to the 
House; Five to be the Quorum; 680. Power to send for Per- 
sons, Papers and Records ; Instruction, That they have power 
to inquire generally into the present state and future prospects 
of Land Carriage, by means of wheeled Vehicles’ propelled by 
Steam or Gas on common Roads, and to'report upon the pro- 
bable utility which the Public may derive therefrom ; Member 
added, 718. Petition of Walter Hancock (presented, 20th 
July), referred, 723. Member added, 740, _ Power to .repart 
Minutes of Evidence ; Report to lie on the Table; and tobe 
printed ; 908. 
— Encines; Motion for laying before the House a Return 
of all Steam Engines made use of in Great Britain and Ire- 
land, &amp;c. and, by leave, withdrawn, 584. 
NavicATIoNn ; Select Committee appointed to take 
into consideration the frequent calamities by Steam Naviga- 
tion, and the best means of guarding against their recurrence ; 
and to report their observations thereupon ; To send for Per- 
sons, Papers and Records; Five to be the Quorum; 827. 
Members added, 832, 835. Petitions referred, 837. Mem- 
ber added, 855. Petition referred, 858. Members — 
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Stream NavicaTion—continued. 

858, 859, 865. Petition referred, 873. Power to report 
Minutes of Evidence; Report to lie on the Table; and to be 
printed ; 915. 

——— VesseEts; Bill to regulate the Navigation of Steam 
Boats and Vessels upon certain parts of the River Thames, 
ordered, 719. Presented, and read ; Day appointed for Se- 
cond Reading ; and to be printed ; 745, 756. Second Read- 
ing deferred, 770, 793, 810. Second Reading put off for six 
months, 820. 





Petitions against;—Of the Mayor, Jurats and 

Common Councillors of Gravesend and Milton; and, of the 

Directors of the Gravesend and Milton Steam Boat Company, 

768. 

— Petitions in favour ;—Of Thomas and Charles 
Lucy; of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames; 
To be printed, 805. Of the Master, Wardens and Common- 
alty of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the 
River Thames; To be printed, 819. Of the Vicar, Church- 
wardens, and others, of Greenwich, 810. Of Lightermen and 
Owners of Craft, to the amount of Twenty thousand Tons ; 
To be printed, 815. Of the Citizens and Freemen of the city 
of London, called Fellowship Porters; of Merchants, Ship- 
owners, Woodmongers, and others, interested in the Navigation 
of the River Thames ; To be printed, 820. Petitions (presented 
2d, 3d and 5th September) referred to the Select Committee on 
Steam Navigation, 837. 

+ Petition of Cadogan Williams, submitting a 
plan by which the safety of Steam Vessels may be increased ; 
Referred to the Select Committee on Steam Navigation, 873. 


Vide Accounts. 


Sreon, Samuel; Motion for presenting an Address to His Ma- 
jesty, for Copies of all Correspondence that has taken place 
between the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the 
High Sheriff of the County of Hertford, and others, relative to 
the causes of the delay of the respite or general reprieve of 
Samuel Steon, who was ordered for execution on the 27th 
of July last ; and, by leave, withdrawn, 745. 


Vide ScoTLanp. 











STIRLINGSHIRE Roads. 


SrocKkDALeE, John Joseph; Petition of John Joseph Stockdale, 
complaining of the conduct of the late Chief Justice of the 
Court of Common Pleas, 893. To lie on the Table, 894. 

Petition of John Joseph Stockdale, 

complaining of the difficulties he has encountered in his endea- 

vours to petition the House; To lie on the Table, 894. 





Stockport Road. Vide Tuornsetr. 

Stroke Ferry Road. Vide Lynn (South Gate.) 

Srrancers; Usual Orders relating to them, 524. 

Sus-LetTine Act. Vide IRELAND. 

Sucar Duties; Petition of His Majesty’s faithful and loyal 
Subjects in the Mauritius for Reduction of Duties on Im- 
portation of Sugar from that Island ; To lie on the Table; and 
to be printed ; 764. 

Rerinery; Act 10 Geo.IV.c. 49, to continue the Provi- 

sions of an Act to allow Sugar to be delivered out of Warehouse 

to be refined, read; To be considered in a Committee of the 

whole House, 688. Committee deferred, 695, 719, 724, 736, 











739, 755, 775» 793, 824. Order for Committee, read; Motion, 
That Mr.Speaker do leave the Chair; Amendment proposed, 
and withdrawn ; 835. Another Amendment proposed, but not 
made; Main Question agreed to; Act considered, and Day 
appointed for receiving Report of Resolution; 836. Report 
deferred, 839, 843, 847, 862. Motion for reading the Order of 
the day for receiving Report; Amendment proposed, but not 
made ; Main Question agreed to; 875. Order read; Reso- 
lution reported, and agreed to; and Bill ordered; 876. Vide 
Infra. 


Sucar Refinery; Petition of West India Planters, Merchants 
and others, interested in the British West India Colonies, that 
the House will not proceed with the proposed Bill, until a 
Select Committee shall have cael the effect thereof on 
the Petitioners, and on the continuance of the Foreign Slave 
Trade, 711. To lie on the Table ; and to be printed; 712. 


Petitions against renewal of the Act ;—Of 
West India Merchants and Planters residing in Glasgow, 735. 
To be printed, 736. Of the President, Vice-President and 
Directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Ma- 
nufactures, 747. Of J.T. Alston, Chairman of a Meeting of 
the Merchants of Liverpool engaged in Trade with the East 
Indies; To be printed, 758. Of West India Planters and 
Merchants residing in Bristol; To be printed, 764. Of the 
Association of West India Merchants and Planters residin 
in the City of Dublin; To be printed, 798. Of West India 
Planters and Merchants residing in Liverpool ; To be printed, 
820. 





Bill to continue the Provisions of the Act to 
allow Sugar to be delivered out of Warehouse to be refined, 
ordered,876. Presented, and read; Day appointed for Second 
Reading; and to be printed; 879. Motion for reading Bill 
a second time; Amendments proposed, but not made; Main 
Question agreed to; Bill committed ; 898. Committee de-: 
ferred, 901, 906, 910. Order for Committee, read; Motion, 
That Mr. Speaker do leave the Chair; Motion, That the 
House do adjourn ; Question Neg. thereupon ; Question again- 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do leave the Chair; Debate 
thereupon adjourned ; 913. Further adjourned, 920, 927. 


Petition of West India Planters and Merchants 
of Liverpool, for provision therein to prohibit the exportation 
of any article whatsoever made from Molasses, as a substitute 
for the export of the product of Foreign Sugar ; To be printed, 
897. 

Suits in Common Law Courts; Bill from the Lords to di- 
minish the Expense and prevent the Delay of Suits in the 
Common Law Courts at Westminster, 633. Read; Day ap- 
pointed for Second Reading; and Bill to be printed; 780. 
Second Reading deferred, 794, 824, 856, 869, 882, 892, 895, 
913, 920. 

SUNDERLAND Road; Petition for a Bill for more effectually 
repairing and improving the Road from Sunderland-near-the- 
Sea to the city of Durham; and Bill ordered; 567. Pre- 
sented, and read, 613. Committed, 637. Reported; to be 
ingrossed; 688. Passed,725. Agreed to by the Lords, 748. 
Royal Assent, 777. 


SuUPERANNUATIONS. Vide Accounts. 
Vide Accounts. 








Supp.y. 





SUPPLY: 


MOTION fora Supply ; To be considered in a Committee of the whole House, 540. King’s Speech referred, and Motion 
considered, 558. Resolution reported, and agreed to Nem. Con., 561. 

To be considered in a Committee of the whole House, 561, 576, 597, 602, 612, 625, 634, 641, 651, 661, 669, 679, 

687, 694, 705, 710, 719, 724, 732, 737» 744» 750 756,763, 779 774 752, 787, 793, 803, 814, 825, 832, 834, 836, 843, 854, 


857, 860, 865, 868, 875. 


Considered, 573, 601, 633, 641, 668, 669, 693, 774, 793, 802, 834, 868, 875, 88. 


Petition referred, 601. 


Accounts, Estimates, &amp;c. referred, 573, 601, 668, 774, 802, 834, 875, 881. 


Reports deferred, 641, 647. 


Upon the Question, That Mr. Speaker do leave the Chair; Amendment proposed, but not made, 868. 





Proceedings in Committee, 573, 601, 633, 641, 668, 669, 693, 694, 774, 793, 803, 834, 868, 875, 881. 


Resolutions of the Committee of Supply ;— Relating to, 

















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ORDNANCE—continued. 


* Expense of Master Gunners in Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey and) 
rland- - - -  - St Oh oe 


For the Corps of Royal Engineers, and Sappersand Miners- - -. - 


ae a — of Artillery for Great Britain, Ireland and the Colonies, | 
or 1831 - Ps le! elle ee 


For the Royal Horse Artillery - é ‘ z ™ “ } . P 
For the Field Train Department a u é ai ¥ &amp; é 2 
For the Medical Establishment - “ ‘ g u ss . a 


For Civil Officers, Rroteenens and ponte # the ee ae: Academy at) 
Woolwich - - ae 


For the Secnlaentones and AY of Mohali and Barrack Works) 
and Repairs - -— - o.) * aor te aed : ; 


For Ordnance and Barrack Works and epson - - - - - - 
For Barrack Masters’ Expenditures - - - - - - - 
For Military and Civil Contingencies, Stores, &amp;c. oN TiO Iie 
For Ordnance Services not provided forini8g0 - - - - -— = 
For defraying the Charge of the Military Store Branch a ee ee oe 
For Treasury and Exchequer Fees - - - - - -: 


For Charge of the Office of Ordnance, on account of Allowances to Superan-) 
nuated, Retired and Half Pay Officers, and for Pensions to Widows, &amp;c.  -J 
For ditto - to Persons late belonging to the Office of Ordnance, and to the) 
Barrack Department = - - - - = - - - &lt;J 


For Treasury and Exchequer Fees on the amount of the Military and Civil) 
Superannuated Estimate for 1831 —- - - - - - . es 


£: 


NAVY, &amp;e. 


28 June 1831: 


That 32,000 Men be employed for the Sea Service, for Thirteen Lunar 
Months, from ist January 1831, including 10,000 Royal Marines : 


For Wages for Ditto - - ~ - ¥ o pe 
For Wages of Officers and Men for Vessels in Outen: - - - - 


For Salaries of ae -— Cainges upenete of the Admiralty Office for) 
1831 - - i : . 5 J -{ 


4 


For ditto - of the Navy Office - “ ‘ * * 4 “ i 


For ditto - of the Navy Pay Office - - - - - - - 
For ditto - of the Officers, and the gee Expenses of the Scientific | 

Departments of the Navy - - - ~ « is on 
For ditto - of His Majesty’s Yards at a . - . - - - 
For Victuals for 32,000 Men employed for the Sea Service - - - - 


For Salaries of Officers and Contingent Expenses of Foreign Yards = - - 
For Wages of Artificers and Labourers - - - - * ‘ “ 
For Timber and other Materials - - - - - “ . ‘ 
For Repairs and Improvements in the Dock Yards - stk: os. - 
For Pilotage and other Contingencies ee ee ee a oe ee 


For the Charge of the Transport Establishments and van for ae aon’ 
Victualling Stores - - - - - - - =f 


For Hire of Packets - - - - - . . " 
For defraying the Expense of Ships building at nae i for 1831 . . 


For Half Pay to Naval Officers - - - ” ‘ ‘ 
For Pensions and Allowances to Naval Officers, their Widows and Relatives - 
For Bounty to Chaplains - = - ak Oe, eit BOT £6" noe oie 


For Out-pensioners of Greenwich Hospital - - - - - - - 
For Superannuations to Commissioners, Secretaries, Clerks, &amp;c.  - - - 
For Freight of Ships for Conveyance of Troops, Stores, &amp;c. - - - - 


For ditto - for Conveyance of Passengers, Stores, &amp;c. to the Swan River, and| 
other places - - = - - - - - - - =, , off 


For conveying Convicts to New South Wales - - - - -— = 
For Bounty for Capture of Piratical Vessels - - - - - - 
For Salaries of Officers and Contingent Expenses of the Victualling Office - 
For ditto. - of the Victualling Yards - - - - - - - - 
For ditto '- of the Naval Medical Establishments - - - - 7 
For Medical Stores and Provisions —- - - -2¢ - - i * 
For Provisions to Officers and Men of Ships in Ordinary 
For ditto - to Officers and Men of the Yard Service afloat - - 2 se 
For expense of New Works of the Victualling and Medical Departments - 
For Half Pay, Pensions and Superannuations to Medical Officers, Pursers) 





and Clerks, and to the Widows of Medical Officers and Pursers ° - J 
For Provisions for Troops and Garrisons on Foreign Stations, and for the Con-| 
vict Service - - - - - - " " 7 - " " } 
£, 
Sess. 1831. Q 


£. Sci *the 


5y2tO aw oe 
3 BOR a mae 1 vo 
278,436 - = 


96,216. .- - 
1,229 - 4 
9.218 - = 


32402 = - 
64,200 - = 


95.783 - - 
64,389 —-. - 
146,219 - -=- 
27,974 -. - 
69,930 ,.-  - 
il ag 


297,116 - -— 
60,115, - - 


— 








1,410,017) SS «“2 





1,081,600 ~ - 


75,110 ae _ 


40,305 11 1 


49,299 2 7 
29,929: - 8 
20,162 16 3 
82,249 10 - 
603,200. - -— 
21,211 —- = 


534522 4 4. 
810,000 - 
98,000 
59,590 a, 1. 


! 
} 


25,000 —- — 
24,040 -) = 
25,000 —- — 

782,000 — 

246,058 5 

1,300 - 

249,200 

155,995 17 10 

136,800 - - 


bow | 


| 


3,000 


88,500 - - 
3,380  — 
30;050 ~=--- 
63,363 ; 
24,242 7 8 
30,000 - - 


31,611 9 -— 
8,557.18 - 
86,457 -  - 


157,576..10 — 






































INDEX ¢@ the E1rgury-s1xtH Votume.—Part II. . [4. 1831. 
Reported, and Agreed to. | sy pPpLY—continued. Sums Granted. 
Page ARMY: &amp;: s. d. 
re 28 June 1831: 
586. 3 That a Number of Land Forces, not exceeding 88,496 Men (exclusive of Men 
employed in the East Indies) be maintained for the Service of the United 
Kingdom, for 1831. 
586. - For defraying the Charge of His Majesty’s Land Forces - - - ~-|} 9,152,154 8 3 
586. ~ For General Staff Officers - - - - - - - . . . 124,522 8 - 
586. - For Allowances to the Principal Officers of the several Public deen a seth 
. ments - - - - - - - - - -J 103,897 4 
586. - For Medicines and Surgical Materials - - . - - - - 12,420 - «= 
586, - For Garrisons at Home and Abroad - - - - - - - - 33,835 15 10 
586. . For the Royal Military College - - - - - - - - - 5,627 19 3 
586. - For the Royal Military Asylum - - - - - = - - - 19,975 12 § 
586. - For Pay of General Officers . - - - - 135,000 - - 
586. - For Full Pay for masneed, , Rotiend and Unattached Orficers of His Majeny s) 
Forces - ‘s ° all 95.300 - = 
586. - For Half Pay and Military siniaieinni to Reduced ond Retired Officers - 697,800 - -—- 
586. - For Half Pay and Allowances to Officers of Disbanded Foreign Corps - 91,300 - -— 
586. - For Pensions to Widows _ - - - - - - - . - - 147,778 - - 
586. - For Allowances on the Compassionate List - - - - - 180,619 - - 
586. - For defraying the Charge of Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals - - =] 1,996.986 7 3g 
586. - For Superannuation Allowances - - - - - - - - - 53369 6 5 
586. - For Exchequer Fees - - - - : - - - - - 32,0008 = — 
26 July: 
698. - For the Extraordinary Expenses of the Army for 1831 - ° - - 550,000 - — 
698. : For the Commissariat Department -  - - - - - = - 393,043 - - 
£.| 7,191,803 8 9g 
MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS: 
28 June 1831 : 
586. - For defraying the Charge of Volunteer Cony in the United Kingdom of Great 
* Britain and Ireland, for 1831 - . - - eat - 7 189,803: 19 8 
586. - For Allowances to Reduced Local Militia Adjutants,&amp;ce. - - -— - 27,174 § - 
26 July : 
699; Bill ordered there-] : i . i 
upon, 699. f For the Disembodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland, for 1831 = - - 351,360 5 1 
V. MILITIA, infra. . £. 568,938 9 9 
MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES, &amp;c.: 
4 July 1831 : 
612 ° To defray the Expense of the Bririsu Museum - = - 2 2] 14,450 - - 
612 . For Works and Repairs, &amp;c. of Pustic Buitpines - - - - | 73,800 - —- 
612 - For Works executing at Port Parrick HarBour- - - - . - 4,770 - - 
612 “ For - ditto - at DonacuapEE HarsBour - - - - - - | 4,000 - -— 
612 “ For New Buildings at the British MuszumM~ - - - - ~ - 12,000 - = 
612 “ For Expenses of the Hotyneap and Howrnu Roaps and Harsours - - 4,700 - — 
612 ms For Expense of erecting a Custom Housr, &amp;Xc. at LiverPooL - . - 25,000 - = 
612 ‘ For Salaries and Allowances to Officers of Lorps and Commons - - 43,200 - - 
612 ‘ For Expenses of Lorps and Commons” - - - - - - - 31,900 - - 
For the Fee Funp in the Departments of the— 
612 . TREASURY - - - - - - - - - ° © 45.400 - —- 
612 a Home Secretary of STATE - - - - - - - ~ 11,137 - - 
612 ‘ Foreien Secretary of STATE - - - - - - 15,709 - - 
612 ~ Secretary of State for the CoLonigs = - - - - - - 16,475 - - 
612 - Privy Councit Orrice, and Committee of Privy Councit for 18.66 ne 
TRADE - - - - - - - © ° - 7 * _— 
612 ‘ For ContinGent Expenses and Messencers’ Bitts in the Department 7 ae 
of the Treasury - - - - - a . . om wee 
13 July: 
652. . For the Charge of Rerirep ALLOWANCEs or SUPERANNUATIONS to Persons 15,798 10 - 
formerly employed in Public Offices or Departments, for 1831 - —- } : 
For Contincent Expenses and MessencGers’ Bixts in the Depart- 
ments of the— 
652. - Home Secretary of State - ete oR wel sae - 8373 - - 
652. - Foreicn Secretary of State - - - “ « * hig: - - 
652. - SecreETARY of State for the CoLonigEs - - - - - - 8,430 - - 
652 - Privy Councit, and Committee of Privy Councit for TRADE - 2,880 - = 
652. - For Expenses of MEssENGERs attending the First Lord of the Treasury and] 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Four Patent MesseNGers of the 2,800 - - 
Court of Exchequer, &amp;c. - - - - - - - - a 
652. . For Salaries to Professors in the Universities of Oxrorp and CAMBRIDGE - 958 5 - 
































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Reported, and Agreed to. | sl) PPLY—continued. Sums Granted. 
Poge MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES—continued. ae 
a“ 
652. - For Salaries of Commissioners of INsotveNT Destors’ Court - - . 13,156 - - 
652. - For Superintendence of ALIENS re ae ae ae 3856 - - 
652. - For PENITENTIARY House at MiLBaNk Piet i Ree wee ce 8,565 - - 
652. - For Orricr of Works -~— - a a me, - - 11,269 - - 
652. - For making good the deficiency of the Fez Funp in the Office of er a =&lt; 
of CoLoniAL SLAVEs in Great Britain - - - . - ° - 
652. - For defraying Expenses of the Srate Paper Orrice - = = = — - 
652. - For TouLoneEsE and Corsican EMIGRANTS - - - - - - 15,920  - = 
652. - For NaTIoNAL VaccINE EsTaABLISHMENT - - - - = - — ~~ = 
652. - For Reruce forthe DestiruteE - - - - - = = = — 
652. - For Crim1inau Lunatics ee ee ee ee ee ee 3939 - - 
652. - For Protestant Dissentine Ministers, &amp;c. . - - + . 5612 - - 
19 July: 
674. . For the Payment of certain Savariges, ALLowancgs, &amp;c. not provided for in 
the Civil List of His present Majesty - - - - - - ‘} ee * * 
674. - For Forer1en and Secret Services - - - - .- - - 41,0c0 - - 
674. - For Printing Acts,&amp;&amp;. - - - - «© - - - 3: = 104,300 - - 
674. “ For STATIONERY, PRINTING, X&amp;c. - - - - - . - - 129,471 - - 
674. ° For Gotp CoINAGE - - - . - - - - - - 15,000 - -—- 
675. ~ For Mint ProsEcuTions - - - - - - - - - 8,000 - - 
675. e For Law CuarGEs - - - - . - - - - - . 15,000 - = 
675. « For confining and maintaining Convicts - - - - - - 108,165 - - 
675. - For Expenses under Act for the ABoxiTion of the Stave Trape - - 25,000 - -— 
675. - For Salaries and Expenses of the Commissioners for preventing ILLEGAL} ae 
TRAFFIc in SLAVES - + - - - - - - - of 19450 
675- - For Bitts drawn from New Soutu Wa tes - - o - . - 120,000 - -— 
675. - ~_ — =— f the Faneeat, for seating ” onuning Teena at. « 
675. - For Expenses of Law CoMMIssioNERS - - - - - - - 29,900 - - 
675. - For the Purchase of the Pension granted by Will. III. to James WALLER,) 
and re-granted by Geo. II. to Cuartes Hoover and Puitie Makin, and $ 1,846 3 - 
their Heirs - - - - - - - . “ . ‘ “ 
675. - For Commissioners of Pusiic Recorps - - - : - - 10,500 - — 
675. e — oe like amount of Sure a ES granted for he fon, o any preceding | aocoe00 -  - 
26 July : 
608. - For Consuts GENERAL and Consuts”s- - - - - - . saie5.-°&gt; - 
698. - For defraying certain Cuarces in Scor.anp, heretofore paid out of rd 
Hereditary Revenues, or out of the Customs and Excise Revenues, in its 39,8385 - - 
progress to the Exchequer - - - - - - - - - 
ae - ¢ . 
| Ooh. =| a ( Fog. deaaig the Chass ot hehcrcie Batemans 7 - =| ago = - 
a 698. ’ © | Ditto - - - - of Nova Scotia - - - - 6625 - - 
698. - - Ditto - - - . of Bermuda - - “ . . a - = 
: 698. - - Ditto - -  - = of Prince Edward’sIsland - -~— - 3320 - = 
; 698. - =&lt; | Ditto - = = = of Newfoundland - - - = 11,261 — 
‘ 698. . = | Ditto - +  - = ofSierraLleone- - - - - 9,730 15 10 
é 698. - For defraying the Expense of the Forts at Carr Coast Cast e and Accra, 
4 for 1831 wy ia - * % © oe ° — - = 
698. ~ For propagating the GosPpEL - . - - - - - - - 16,182 - - 
608. - For Ene1nzEER DepartMENT at New Soutn Wates and Van DieMeEn’s\ 
. LAND - ae - ~ « “ me o i ~ e - a 47,500 ¥ an 
3 608. - For defraying the Charge of the Civi EstasiisHMeENT of Fernanpo Po - 7154 - - 
. 698. - For defraying the Charges of the Settlement in Western AusTRALIA - 24,895 - - 
i 699- - For improving WaTER ComMMUNICATION in CANADA - - - - 296,000 - -— 
i 23 August : 
779. - For making good the Losses sustained by Lovis CeLeste Lescene and 
Joun Escorrery, in consequence of their removal from Jamaica, in 1824) 11,276 19 5 
by order of the Duke of Manchester, the Governor of that Island = - - t 
779- (Ireland.) | For Expense of Protestant Cuarter Scnoois -- - - - = 6794 - = 
5 779. D° For the Founpiine Hospita * ' » . ‘ . . om 27,824 - - 
779-  D° For the Hovusx of INpustry - - - - - - - . - 21,2000 - - 
779. D° For the Ricumonp Lunatic AsyLumM - - - - = = - we - 
779. D° For the HiperNiAN Soctety for Sotpigrs’ CHILDREN - - - - 6g93 = - 
779. D* . For the HineRNIAN MARINE Society - -- +. - - 1,268 - - 
779. D° For the Femate OrpuHan House - - - - = = =| = a 
779. D° For the WestMoRLAND Lock Hospita - - - - - — ~~ - 
779. D° For the Lyinc-In HospitaL -—— - - - . -&lt;— - . - —— = 
779. D° For Dr. Sreevens’s Hospirar etre tle Pel! Sr Yl eG 1,578 =) + 
779. D° For the Fever Hospitau ee a” eT ee ee ee 2,860 - = 
779. D° For the Hospitat for INcuRABLEs - - - - - - - - 7% + - 
30 August : 
801. D° For the Royat Dusuin Society - - - - ~ - - - §500 —- — 
801. D° For the Roya Ir1sH ACADEMY - - - ° - - - - 300 - = 














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T ; 
INDEX to the Ereuty-s1xtH Votume.—PartII.. [4.1831. 
Reported, and Agreed to. | SUPPLY—continued. Sums Granted. 
Page , 
MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES—continued. £. s. d. 
poten, 
801. (Ireland.) | For the Boarp of CHariTABLE BEQueEstTs ~ - - - - - 700 - - 
801. D° For the Betrast ACADEMICAL INSTITUTION” - - - - - - 1500 =- - 
801. D° For the Boarp of Works - - - - - - - - . 12,900 - - 
so1. D° For Salaries and other Expenses of the Cuier and UNpDER Sacraravisey 
Orrices and APAKTMENTs, and other Pustic Orrices in DuBLin 30,419 - = 
Cast Le, &amp;c. - - - - - - - - - - _f 
1 September : 
809. - For defraying the Expenses of Their MasestiEs’ CORONATION - - - 50,000, - — 
809. (Ireland) | For the Salaries of the ATTENDANTs and Orricers of the HousEHso tp of 16,379 14 1 
the Lorp LiguTENANT of IRELAND - - . - - - } 379 4 
809. D° For the Vice-TREASURER’s OFFICE . - - - - - - — *..&gt; 
809. D° For the Orrice of the TeLLer of the Excuequer - - - - - 1,680 - - 
809. D° For PrintTinG ProcLAMATIONS - - - . - - - - 4,600 - — 
809. D° For Criminau Prosecutions - - - - - - - - §0,000 ..- - 
809. D° For Non-ConFrorRMING MINISTERS - - - - - - . - 21,741 15 =- 
809. D° For Lotrery Orricers - - © - - - - - - - 479 15 5§ 
809. D° For the Expense of INLAND NAvicaTions - - - - - - 2,650 - - 
809. D° For the Poxice and Wartcu EstastisuMENTS - = = = = 20,853 - - 
809. D° For Commissioners of JupiciaL INQuIRY  - - - - - - 3,784 - - 
8og. D° For Recorp Works - - - - - - - - . - 1,000 - - 
809. D° For EmpLoyMent of the Poor, and Reiger of Distress - - © 40,000 —- -— 
809. D° For Salaries of Commissioners of Puspitic Works - ° - - . ie «= ~ 
12 September : 
836. D° For Crim1INAL ProsEcuTions - ° - - - - - - . 27,590 - -— 
836. D° For Epucation - = i A a a ee 30,000 - — 
28 September : 
874. D For Roman Catuouic CoLtece at MAYNootTu - - - - - oo 
29 September : 
878. - For Expense incurred and to be incurred in 1831, in carrying on the Repairs 
and Alterations at Winpsor Cast Le ; and in providing Furhiture, and on 
account of Debts for Work done, and Contracts entered into, for BuckiNe- | 163,670 g 2 
nam House, previous to 15 February 1831 - - - - -~— =| 
3 October : | 
885. - To provide for the Payment of certain Salaries, Allowances, Pensions and) 
Services heretofore paid out of the Civit List for England and en, &amp;e.'| 190000 - -— 
and not provided for in the Civil List of His present Majesty - -}| ; 
885. - To complete the Works at the Royat CLarence VicTUALLING _— at| 
Gosport, in addition to the Sum of £.20,000, already voted on the Estimate 7 
of the Navy for the present Year - - - - - - - -{| 27657 - = 
€. | 4707,807 6 11 
CIVIL CONTINGENCIES: | 
4 July 1831: 
612. ‘ For defraying the Charge of Civil Contingencies for 1831 —- - © wt 80,000 -—- -=- 
£. | 80,000 - -—- 
EXCHEQUER BILLS: | 
19 July 1831: | 
675. - To pay off and discharge Exchequer Bills issued pursuant to several Acts for 
carrying on Public W — -_ reauatee, and for ee J ne 38,800 - -— 
Churches” - - - a . e a 
675. - To pay off and discharge aaa Bills - - ~ - - - - | 25,577,600 -— - 
£. | 25,616,400 — - 
&amp;. ” &amp; 
ORDNANCE - - - - - - - - - - 1,418,817 - - 
NAVY - - - - - - - - - - - 5,842,894 1 8 
ARMY - - - - - - - - 7,191,803 8 9 
MILITIA AND VOL UNTEERS - - - - - - 568,338 9 9 
MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES ~~ - - - - - - 4,707,807 6 11 
CIVIL CONTINGENCIES - - - - - - - 80,000 - -—- 
EXCHEQUER BILLS” - - - - - - - - 25,616,400 - -= 
ToTaL - . - £. 45,426,060 6 3 








WAYS AND MEANS FOR RAISING THE SUPPLY: 


TO be considered in a Committee of the whole House. 586, 597, 603, 613, 625, 634, 642, 651, 661,670, 680, 687, 695, 705, 


710, 720, 730 by 732s 737» 744» 75» 755; 753, 770, 776, 782, 787, 794+ 804, 814, 825, 832, 834, 837, 843, 854, 857, 860, 865, 
iQ, 76 ’ 3: 





— considered, 705, 832, 885. 


Accounts, &amp;c. referred, 705. 
Proceedings in Committee, 705, 832, 885. 


CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEE oF Ways AND MEANS; Vide (AppREssEs, 5.) 








1&amp;2W.1V.] IN DEX ¢@o the EtGuty-si1xtH Votum r.—Part II. 














Resolutions of the Committee of Ways and Means :—Relating to, 








Reported, and Agreed to. 





Sums to be raised. 











GRANTS: 
Page 
om 28 July 1831: &amp;. = dd. 
708; Bill ordered. | For raising the sum of £. 13,616,400 by Exchequer Bills, for the service of 
V. EXCHEQUER BILLS, { ae «ok se Se ee ae a ae ge ee a ne = on 
708; Bill ordered. For issuing and applying the Sum of £.93,561. 17s. -$d. being the Surplus 
V. SURPLUS WAYS AND of the Ways and Means granted for the years 1823, 1825, 1826, 1827, 93.561 17 - 3 
MEANS, infra. J} 1828,18egandi8go - - - - += = 2+ - - of 
8333 en eee, 9 September : 
ingly ; tbid. For applying the Sum of £.8,000,000 out of the Consolidated Fund - -| 8,000,000 - — 


VY. SURPLUS WAYS AND | 
MEANS, infra. 

889; Bill ordered. | 
V, CONSOLIDATED FUND, 


infra. J 





BILLS: 


4 October : 


For issuing the further Sum of £.1,800,000 out of the Consolidated Fund - 





1,800,000 - - 








CONSOLIDATED FUND; Bill to apply a certain Sum out of the Consolidated Fund for the Service of 1832, ordered, 889. 


Presented, and read; and Day appointed for Second Reading, 893. Committed, 895. 


Instruction to receive a Clause of 


Appropriation, 897. Bill considered, 898. Reported ; to be ingrossed ; and Day appointed for Third Reading; go1. Passed, 


g04. Agreed to by the Lords, 930. Royal Assent, 935. 


EXCHEQUER BILLS; Bill for raising the sum of £.13,616,400 by Exchequer Bills, ordered, 708. Presented, and read; Day 


appointed for Second Reading; 710. Committed, 720. 


Considered, 725. Reported; to be ingrossed; and Day appointed 


for Third Reading; 728. Passed, 732. Agreed to by the Lords, 748. Royal Assent, 776. 


M1vit14; Bill to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and Contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia 
in Great Britain and Ireland, ordered, 699. Presented, and read; Day appointed for Second Reading; 729. Committed, 


736. Considered, 739. Reported; to be ingrossed; and Day appointed for Third Reading ; 744. 


to by the Lords, 766. Royal Assent, 776. 


Passed, 746. Agreed 


SuRPLUS Ways AND MEANS; Bill to apply the Surplus of Ways and Means, and a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, to 


the Service of 1831, ordered, 708. 


for Second Reading; &amp;40. 


Reading ; 854. Passed,857. Agreed to by the Lords, 866. 


Instruction to make Provision for issuing and applying the Sum of Eight Millions out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 833. 
Committed, 843. Considered, 846. 


Bill presented, and read ; Day appointed 
Reported ; to be ingrossed; and Day appointed for Third 
Royal Assent, 871. 





SurMAn. Vide GooDLAKE. 


Surpius Ways and Means. 
Bitts in Suppty. 

Sunrey Coat Meters; Petition of Labouring Land Coal 
Meters for the county of Surrey, to: be placed on the same 
footing as the Labouring Land Coal Meters of London and 
Westminster; 564. To lie on the Table, 565. 

— Vide Coats. 


Vide Reat Property Commis- 


Vide Ways and Means and 





SwiNBuRNE, Thomas. 
SION. 


1° &amp; 2° Will. IV. Parl.g. Sess. 1. 
"TADCASTER Road. Vide Doncaster. 


TaxAaTIioNn; Petitions for reduction thereof;-—-Of Inhabitants 
of the city of Bath; To be printed, 757. Of John Wilson, 
Brass Founder in Paisley, 932. 

Vide Distress. Timper Duties. 

Taxes. Vide PARocuiat. 


— Receivers of; Bill for transferring the Duties of Re- 
ceivers General of the Land and Assessed Taxes to Persons 
executing the office of Inspectors of Taxes, ordered; pre- 
sented, and read; Day appointed for Second Reading; and 
to be printed; 708. Committed, 724. Considered, 736. 
Reported ; to be ingrossed ; and Day appointed for Third 
Reading; 743- Third Reading deferred, 749, 756. Bill 
passed, 759: Agreed to by the Lords, 778. Royal Assent, 
826. 

Taytor, Robert; Petition of Julian Hibbert, praying the House 
to address His Majesty to grant His gracious Pardon to the 
Reverend Robert Taylor, now imprisoned in Horsemonger- 
lane Prison, for having preached a Sermon in his own Chapel, 
explanatory of that allegorical interpretation of the Scriptures 
which he imagines to be the truth; To lie on the Table, 686. 


Petitions for remission of the Sentence passed 
upon him ;-~- Of Inhabitants of Bolton-le-Moors; To be printed, 
754. Of Nottingham; To be priuted, 776. Of Macclesfield; 
To be printed, 746. Two Petitions of Inhabitants of the 
Metropolis and its vicinity; of Manchester and Salford ; To 
be printed, 817. Of Inhabitants of the Metropolis; To be 
printed, 826. Of Inhabitant Householders and others of the 
Metropolis and its vicinity; To be printed, 831. Of the 
Eastern Branch of the National Union; To be printed, 837. 
Of Inhabitants of Clapham, Battersea, Wandsworth and 
Weybridge, 840. Of Huddersfield; To be printed, 861. Of 


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Members of the Finsbury Division of the National Union of 
the Working Classes ; 874. To lie on the Table, 875. Two 
Petitions of Inhabitants of the Metropolis, 891. Of Inha- 
bitants of Birmingham ; To be printed, 904. Of Inhabitants 
of Stockport ; of Richard Carlile; of Robert Welsh, Chair- 
man, and Joseph Styles, Secretary, of the National Union of 
the Working Classes, Vincent-square, Westminster; 930. 
Of Inhabitants of Bristol, 934. 

Tay or, Robert; Petition of Robert Taylor, complaining of his 
imprisonment in Horsemonger-lane Gaol, and praying for 
his liberation; To lie on the Table, 897. 


Te1igNMoutH and Dawiisu Roads; Petition for a Bill to 
amend Act for maintaining the Road from Teignmouth to 
Dawlish, and for making Roads from Dawlish to Chudleigh ; 
and Bill ordered, 542. Presented, and read, 561. Com- 
mitted, 591. Petition of Charles Hoare, Esquire, against ; 
Referred, and counsel ordered ; 600. Bill reported; Report 
to lie on the Table ; 659. Report further considered ; Bill to 
be ingrossed ; 665. Passed, 673. Agreed to by the Lords, 
704. Royal Assent, 712. 


Tuompson, late Beiisy ; Bill from the Lords for exchanging 

— of the Freehold Estates devised by his Will for other 

reehold Lands, 706. Read, 708. Committed, 720. Re- 
ported, and passed, 747. Royal Assent, 777. 

Tuorney Road. Vide WisBEcu. 

Tuornsett and Stockport Road; Petition for a Bill for 
making a Road from Thornsett to Furnace Colliery, within 
Disley ; referred to a Committee, 531. Reported; Bill 
ordered ; 556. Presented, and read, 560. Committed, 589. 
Reported ; to be ingrossed; 624. Passed, 632. Agreed to 
by the Lords, 667. Royal Assent, 712. - 


Tuornton, Lieutenant-General William. Vide Oatus BE- 
FORE THE LorpD STEWARD. TRANSUBSTANTIATION. 


Turesnine Macuines; Petition of Mary Harfield, for com- 
pensation for the destruction thereof; To lie on the Table ; 
and to be printed; 837. 


Turusn, Thomas. Vide Cuurcn Litrurey. 


Tires; Petition of Tile-makers of Kingston-upon-Hull, for 
_ repeal of Duty thereon; To lie on the Table, 623. 


and Suates; Petition of Tile-makers in the vicinity of 
the Metropolis, that the Duties on Slates may be continued, 
or that the Duties on Tiles may be repealed; To lie on the 
Table, and to be printed ; 754. 

Timber Duties and Taxation; Petition of Shipwrights of 


the River Tyne, complaining of the Duties on Timber,. and 
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INDEX. to the Eteury-sitxruH VoLtume.—Part II. (41831. 











TimBer Duties—eontinued. 
for relief from Taxation; To lie on the Table; and to be 
printed ; 797. 
Tirue Compositions; Billfrom the Lords for facilitating and 
encouraging Compositions for Tithes, 905. Read; Day ap- 
ointed for Second Reading; and Bill to be printed; 921. 
weer Reading deferred, 927. 


Act. Vide IRELAND. 


Laws; Petitions for alteration thereof ;— Of Inhabi- 
tants of Langammarch, Llanllonvell and Lianwrtyd, 572. 
Of Inhabitants of Milborne Port; To be printed, 572. Of 
Landholders and Occupiers of the eastern part of the county 
of Berks ; To be printed, 598. Of Inhabitants of Llanafan 
Vawr, and other places, 621.. Of Landholders, Land Occu- 
piers and Inhabitants of the county of Suffolk, goo. 


Titnts; Petition of Inhabitant Householders and others of 
Saint Giles-without-Cripplegate, for re eal of Act 7 Geo. lV. 
c. 54. regulating the Tithes of that Parish; To lie on the 
Table, 534. 

Petitions for limitation of time, beyond which no right 

to Tithes in kind shall be established ;—Of Land-owners and 

Occupiers of land in Dillicar and Docker; To be printed, 

651. Of Land-owners and Occupiers of land in Kentmere 

and Hugill; of Land-owners within Skelsmergh ; of Kirkby- 

in-Kendal; To be printed, 654. Of Land-owners within 

Strickland Kettle ; of the township of Halton; of Grayrigg ; 

To be printed, 714. Of Land-owners within Old Hatton ; 

To be printed, 784. Of Land-owners and Occupiers of land 

in Nether Staveley and Over Staveley ; To be printed, 932. 

Vide Accounts. (AppREsSES,77.) IRELAND. 

—on Barren Lanp; Bill from the Lords for explaining 

Act 2 &amp; 3 Edward VI. for payment of Tithes, 828. 


Tosacco GrowTu Prouisition. Vide IRELAND. 

ToLerRATION Laws (West Indies.) Vide Accounts, (Ap- 
DRESSES, 78.) 

Touts and Customs. Vide IRELAND. 


Tonnace Duties (France); Motion for presenting an Address 
to His Majesty for Copies or Extracts of Correspondence be- 
tween His Majesty’s Government and the Consul General ot 
Paris, relative to the Tonnage and other Duties on British 
Vessels in the Ports of France, subsequent to the Convention 
of 26th January 1826 ; and, by leave, withdrawn, 766. 


Tower Hamuiets SmMAutu Depts; Petition for a Bill to ex- 
plain and amend Acts for the more easy and speedy recovery 
thereof; Referred to a Committee; 560. Reported; Bill 
ordered; 580. Presented, and read, 588. Committed, 649. 
Time enlarged for Committee to report, 688, 697. Bill re- 
ported; to be ingrossed; 709. Passed, 715. 

——— of Lonpon. Vide Merropo.is. 

















TowNsHEND, William. Vide Oarus. 

Trapve, Boarp or. Vide IRELAND. 
Grand Committee appointed, 524. 

TRANMERE Railway. Vide Cnester. 


TRANSUBSTANTIATION; Petition of Lieutenant-General Wil- 
liam Thornton, that in future every King and Queen of this 
Realm, on succeeding to the Crown, may be released from the 
obligation of making and subscribing the Declaration against 
Transubstantiation; To lie on the Table; 686. 


Treasury. Vide Accounts. 
Treaties. Vide Accounts. (AppREssEs, 26, 58, 59.) 


Trower, Charles; Bill from the Lords to dissolve his Marriage 
with Amelia Catherine, his now Wife, 611. Read, 615. Com- 
mitted; Instruction to hear Counsel and examine Witnesses ; 
639. Petition of Germain Lavie, agent for Mr. Trower, re- 
specting the service of the Orders of the House upon the Agent 
of Mrs. Trower; To be printed, 639. Day appointed for 
considering it, 653. Petition considered; service of the 
Order, and Copy of the Bill,on Mr. Baker to be deemed 
good service ; Minutes of Evidence taken in the last Session 

of Parliament, and other documents, referred; 659. Bill 

considered, and reported without Amendment, 672. Passed, 

682. Royal Assent, 713. 


Tuckrie.p, Joan; Bill from the Lords, for enabling the Cor- 
oration of Exeter to sell two Houses in Saint Stephen, 
xeter, vested in them, and to purchase other Estates for the 
erformance of the charitable purposes of her Will, 651. 

Read, 653. Committed. 665. Reported, and passed, 707. 
Royal Assent, 717. 

Turnpike Acts Continuance; Bill for continuing, for a 
limited time, the several Acts for regulating the Turnpike 
Roads in Great Britain, which will expire at the end of the 
present Session of Parliament, ordered, 577: Presented, and 
read; Dayappointed for Second Reading; 578. Committed, 
587- Committee deferred, 597, 603. Bill considered, 613. 
Reported ; to be ingrossed; and Day appointed for Third 
Reading ; 622. Passed, 625. Agreed to by the Lords, 651. 
Royal Assent, 712. 

— Roap Bitu Fees. Vide Accounts. 
Roads. Vide Scor.tanp, 


Turnpike Totts Reeuration ; Acts relating thereto, read ; 
Bill to exempt from Toll Cattle driven on Turnpike Roads to 
or from. Pasturage, ordered, 626, . Presented, and. read ; Day 
appointed for Second Reading; and to be printed; 653. 
Committed, 670. Order for considering Bill in Committee 
of the whole House, read, and discharged ; Bill committed to 
a Select Committee; Five to be the Quorum; 687. Bill re- 
ported ; Report to lie on the Table; and Bill, as amended, to 
be printed; 763. Bill re-committed to a’ Committee of the 
whole House, 776. Considered, 782. Report deferred, 785. 
Bill reported, to be ingrossed; and Day appointed for Third 
Reading; 787. Third Reading. deferred, 804. _ Bill passed, 
832. Agreed to by the Lords, 859. Royal Assent, 861. 

Turton, Louisa; Bill from the Lords, to dissolve her Marriage 
with Edward Miehell Turton, her now Husband, 773: Read, 
776. Committed; Instruction to hear Counsel and exa- 
mine Witnesses, 786. Petition of John Coverdale, agent for 
Mrs. Turton, respeeting the service of the Orders of the 
House upon Charles Bowdler, the Proctor of Mr. Turton ; 
House informed, that John Inskip, Clerk to Mr. Bowdler, 
attended at the door, he was called in, and stated, that 
Mr. Turton had informed him, that he had appointed 
Mr. Bowdler to be his Proctor, and to accept the service of 
Notices, and to do whatever might be necessary in his be- 
half; service of the Order, and Copy of the Bill, on Mr. Bowd- 
ler, to be deemed good service; 791. Petition of John Co- 
verdale, respecting the absence of a Witness (Dr. Russell,) 
and the Evidence given by him and General Browne at. the 
Bar of the House of Lords, and praying, that such Evidence 
may be received as good Evidence by this House, 791. 
House informed, that Mr. Gaitskell, Clerk in the Privy Coun- 
cil Office, attended at the door, he was called in, and stated, 
that Dr. Russell had been sent by Government to Russia, to 
investigate the Cholera Morbus; House also informed, that 
Mr. Hayward, the agent for the Bill, attended at the door, 
he was called in, and stated, that he knows that Dr. Russell, 
who was examined in the House of Lords, is the same Dr. Rus- 
sell who has since been sent to Russia; Evidence given by 
Dr. Russell and General Gore Browne, at the Bar of the 
House of Lords, to be received as good Evidence by this 
House ; and Message to the Lords, that they will be pleased to 
communicate the same ; 792. Minutes of Evidence communi- 
cated by the Lords; and referred to Committee of the whole 
House on the Bill ; 793. Order to Marshal of the King’s Bench 
Prison to bring a Person, in safe custody, to the Committee 
of the whole House on the Bill, in order to his being exa- 
mined as a Witness, and so from time to time, as often as_ his 
attendance shall be thought necessary ; and Mr. Speaker to 
issue his Warrant accordingly; 795. Bill considered, and 
reported, 815. Passed, 817. Royal Assent, 826. 


1° &amp; 2° Will. 1V. Parl. 9. Sess. 1. A. 1831. 


VACCINE ESTABLISHMENT. Vide Accounts. 
VALUATION. Vide IRELAND. 


Van Diemen’s Lanp and New Soutn Wangs. Vide Ac- 
couNTs. (ADDRESSES, 79.) 

Vestries; Bill for the Regulation of Parish Vestries, ordered, 
698. Presented, and read; Day appointed for Second Read- 
ing; and to be printed; 709. Committed, 736. Committee 
deferred, 775, 793, 824. Considered; and reported; Day 
appointed for further considering Report; and Bill, as amended, 
to be printed; 839. Order for further consideration of Report, 
read; Bill re-committed; 876, Considered; Proceedings in 
Committee; 879. Day appointed for receiving Report ; 
880. Report deferred, 886. Bill Reported ; to be ingrossed ; 
and Day appointed for Third Reading; 889. Motion for 
reading Bill the third time; Amendment proposed, but not 
made; Main Question agreed to; Bill passed; 892. By the 
Lords, with Amendments, 933. Considered, 933. Agreed 
ta, 934. Royal Assent, 935. 

Petitions against ; of the Rector, Vestrymen, Church- 
wardens, and Governors and Directors of the Poor of Saint 
James, Westminster ; To be printed, 765. Of Vestrymen of 
Saint Mary-le-bone; To be printed, 781. Of the Vicar, 
Churchwardens and Vestry of Saint Pancras; To be printed, 
884. 

Te Petitions in favour ; of Resident Inhabitants and Oc- 

cupiers of Premises in the parish of Saint Augustine ; of Rate- 

payers of Temple or Holy Cross, Bristol ; ‘Vo be printed, 776. 

Of Inhabitants of Saint Mary’s District, Mary-le-bone ; To be 

printed, 820. Of John Savage, 844. Of Henry Revell, 

Chairman of a Public Meeting of the Rate-payers of Saint 

Pancras, 879. ' ; 

Petition of Householders of Saint Martin-in-the- 

Fields, complaining of the misapplication of the Rates of that 

rish, and for relief; To lie on the Table; and to be printed; 
31. I ost a 
—— Petitions that the city of Bristol may not. be exempted 








from the operation of the Bill;—Of rated. Inhabitants. of the 
parish of Saint Philip and Jacob ; of Rate-payers of the central 
arishes of Saint John, Saint Leonard. and Saint Ewen; of 
Resident Inhabitants and Occupiers,of premises in the parish 
of Saint Stephen ; of Rate-payers of the parish of Saint Mary, 
Redcliff ; 











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1«2W.1V.}. INDEX to the E1cuty-sixtuH Votum r.—pPart II. 











VEsTRIES—continued. 
Redcliff; of Householders, Rate-payers and Inhabitants of 
the parish of Saint Thomas ; of the parish of Saint James, in 
the city of Bristol ; To be printed, 873. 

Vestry Act. Vide IRELAND. 

Uutster Cana. Vide IRELAND. 

Uwion with Irec.anp. Vide IRELAND, 

-of Parisnes. Vide IRELAND. 

Vores and Procegpines; To be printed, 525. 





1° &amp; 2° Will. WV. Parl.g. Sess.1. A. 1831. 
WAKEFIELD, Henry. Vide Fire INsuRANCE. 


— and AusTERLANDs Roads; Petition fora Bill 
for maintaining the same ; and Bill ordered, 529. Presented, 
and read, 546. Committed, 572. Petitions of Occupiers of 
lands and premises in Almondbury ; of Inhabitants of Hud- 
dersfield ; of Occupiers of a certain mill and lands in Almond- 
bury; of Sir John Ramsden, Baronet, against; Referred, and 
counsel ordered ; 639. Petition of the Company of Proprietors 
of the Calder and Hebble Navigation, against; Referred, and 
counsel ordered, 644. Bill reported ; to be ingrossed ; 666. 
Passed, 673. Agreed to by the Lords, 713. Royal Assent, 
717. 








Ixcs Road; Petition for a Bill for making a 
Road from Kirkgate to Westgate; Referred to a Committee, 
572. Reported; Bill ordered; 599. Presented, and read, 
606. Committed, 632. Reported; to be ingrossed; 665. 
Passed; 673. Agreed to by the Lords, 703. Royal Assent, 
712. 

WatvincrorD Borovucnu. Vide ELecrions. 

Watsatt Road. - Vide HANDsworTh. 


Warrinecton and Newton Railway; Petition for a Bill for 
extending the line thereof to Norton; Referred to a Commit- 
tee, 548. Reported; Bill ordered; 555. Presented, and 
read, 560. Committed, 589. Power to Committee to send 
for Persons, Papers, and Records, 632. Petition of Share- 
holders in the Warrington and Newton Railway, against; 
Referred, and counsel ordered, 639. Petition of Mayor, Al- 
dermen and others, of Wigan; of Dealers in Iron, and Owners 
and Lessees of coal mines within the parish of Wigan, in fa- 
vour, 654. ‘Time enlarged for Committee to report, 6go. Bill 
reported, 702. Report to lie on the Table, 703. Petition of 
Sir Richard Brooke, Baronet, that no further proceedings 
may be had on the said Bill, 725. To be printed, 726. Fur- 
ther consideration of Report deferred, 726. Report further 
considered ; Bill to be ingrossed ; 738. » Passed, 74¢. 

Roads. Vide LiverRPoo.. 

Warwick Roads. Vide Rucsy. 


—and NortHampton Road; Petition fora Bill for 
repairing and widening the same; Referred to a Committee, 
543+ 

Wartertoo Brince New Street; Bill to empower the Com- 
missioners under Act 7 Geo. [V. to make and form a New 
Street from the Strand to Charles-street, Covent Garden, and 
to widen the North end of Bow-street into Long Acre, and for 
other purposes, ordered, 550. Presented, and read ; Day ap- 
pointed for Second Reading ; 551. Bill committed to a Select 
Committee ; Five to be the Quorum; 576. Billreported, and 
re-committed to a Committee of the whole House, 622. Bill 
considered, 626. Reported; Day appointed for further con- 
sidering Report ; 634. Bill, as amended, to be printed, 641. 
Bill re-committed to a Select Committee; Five to be the 
Quorum; 641. Power to Committee to send for Persons, 
Papers, and Records; Petitions for and against the Bill, 
presented in 1830, referred ; 673. Bill reported, 756. Report 
to lie on the Table, 757. Day appointed for considering Re- 
port, 837. Report further considered; Bill to be ingrossed ; 
and Day appointed for Third Reading; 843. Passed, 853. 
By the Lords, with an Amendment, 862. Considered, and 
agreed to, 865. Royal Assent. 871. 

Vide Accounts. 


Watson, Wenman Langham; Bill from the Lords, to enable 
him to take the Name and use the Arms of Samwell, 714. 
Read, 714. Committed, 725. Reported, and passed, 753. 
Royal Assent, 777. 

Warts, Francis. Vide Justices of the Peace. 


We tester, Honourable William Pole Tylney Long. Vide 
Members. Priviteces. SPEAKER. 


Wenvover Road; Petition for a Bill for repairing and im- 
proving the Road from Wendover to Buckingham, and Bill 
ordered, 531. Presented, and read, 548. Committed, 598. 
Reported ; to be ingrossed ; 665. Passed, 673. Agreed to 
by the Lords, 713. Royal Assent, 717. 

Went (York) Drainage; Petition for a Bill for draining 
and improving certain Lands within the Parishes of Nor- 
ton, Campsall, &amp;c, 599. Referred to a Committee, 530. Re- 
ported ; Bill ordered; 554. Presented, and read, 567. Com- 
mitted, 637. Petition of Lord Hawke, against ; Referred, 
and Counsel ordered, 654. Bill reported; to be ingrossed ; 
685. Passed, 689. Agreed to by the Lords, 714. Royal 
Assent, 717. 








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WestGATE Road. Vide WAKEFIELD INGs. 


Wesr Inp1a Cotonies; Motion, That a Select Committee 
be appointed to inquire into the Commercial state of the 
West India Colonies, and to report their Observations and 
Opinion thereupon to the House ; Debate arising thereupon, 
895. Motion for adjourning Debate, withdrawn; main 
Question agreed to ; 896. Vide Infra. 


Select Committee appointed to in- 
quire into the Commercial State of the West India Colonies, 
and to report their Observations and Opinion thereupon, to 

; the House ; Power to send for Persons, Papers and Records ; 

_ Five to be the Quorum; 896. - Reports and Papers (24th 
July 1807, 16th November 1830, 7th February 1831, and, of 
the present Session) on the use of. Molasses in the Breweries 
and Distilleries of the United Kingdom; Referred, 921. 

Dock Company; Petition for a Bill to con- 

solidate and amend Acts for making the West India Docks; 

Referred to a Committee, 533. Reported ; Bill ordered ; 547. 

Presented, and read, 559. Committed, 581." Reported; Re- 

port to lie on the Table; 632. Report further considered ; 

Billto be ingrossed ; 665. Day appointed for Third Read- 

ing; 682. Third Reading deferred,687. Bill passed, 695. 

By the Lords, with Amendments, 718. Considered, and 

agreed to, 726. Royal Assent, 777. 


Property ; Petitions that no infringement on 
West India Property may be sanctioned, unless full and com- 
plete indemnification shall have been previously secured ;—Of 
Planters, Merchants and others of the Island of Nevis; of 
Inhabitants of His Majesty’s West India Colonies; 639. To 
be printed, 640. Of Merchants, Linen Drapers and other 
Persons residing in Newry, 678. 

West Inpigs, Epucarion. Vide Accounts. (AppRESSE8, 
80.) 


WestMINsTER Brince. Vide Accounts. 











Westwoop, James. Vide Game Prosecutions. 
Wexrorp Macistrracy. Vide IRELAND. 


Weymoutn and Metcomse Recis Borough. Vide Evec- 
TIONS. ps 

Wuitesoy Orrences. Vide IRELAND. 

Wicut,Is.te or. Vide Accounts. (ApoREssEs, 81, 82.) 

Wi uiams, Cadogan. Vide Steam VEssEts. 


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—— John. Vide STATIONERY OFFICE. 


Winpsor Caste and BuckiInGHAM PALace; Select Com- 

_ mittee appointed to inquire into matters connected therewith ; 
to sendYor Persons, Papers and Records; Five to be the 
Quorum; Papers (presented 15th February 1831, by His 
Majesty’s Command) referred; 550. Members added; Pa- 
pers referred ; Power to report Proceedings, from time to 
time ; and leave to adjourn from place to place; 558. In- 
struction to Committee to inquire whether the Building now 
erected for a Palace, may not be more advantageously applied 
to other public purposes, and to what purposes, 670. Report, 
To lie on the Table; and to be printed; 871. Second Re- 
port; To lie on the Table; and to be printed ; 917. 





Vide Accounts. 
Suppty. 


Winovust, Edward. Vide Accounts. 
——-— Ellenor; Petition of Ellenor Windust, complaining 
of the imprisoment of her Husband, for having sold a copy of 


Berthold’s Political Handkerchief, and for his release ; ‘To 
lie on Table, 862. 


Wine; Bill to equalize the Duties thereon, ordered, 656. Pre- 
sented, and read; Day appointed for Second Reading; and 
to be printed ; 727. Second Reading deferred, 732, 736, 
750. Order for Second Reading, read; Amendment pro- 
posed, but not made; main Question agreed to; Bill com- 
mitted; 775. Committee deferred, 793, 824. Petition of 
William Greig, of the city of London, and the Cape of Good 
Hope, Merchant ; and, of Merchants trading to that Colony, 
=— (so far as respects the increase of Duty on Cape 

‘ine); To be printed, 830. Bill considered, 831. Report 
deferred, 834. Bill reported ; to be ingrossed ; and Day ap- 
pointed for Third Reading ; 835. Third Reading deferred, 
839. Bill passed, 846. Agreed to by the Lords, 882. Royal 
Assent, 890. 








— Cape; Petition of Merchants and others engaged in 
the Trade to the Cape of Good Hope, against the proposed 
increase of Duty on Cape Wine; To lie on the Table; and 
to be printed; 671. 


- Motion for laying before the House a Copy of the au- 
thority under which His Majesty’s Board of Customs have 
proceeded to levy additional Duties upon all Wines, not 
French, delivered out of the Warehouses or from the Quays, 
for Home Consumption, on and since the 20th day of July 
last; and, by leave, withdrawn, 727. 


Vide IRELAND. 








WinTLeE, Jacob; Petition of Jacob Wintle, complaining of an 
assault committed upon him by two of the Metropolis Police 
Force, and for redress ; To lie on the Table, goq. 


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INDEX ¢@o the Etenty-sixtuH Votume.—Part II. [4/1831: 











Wiszecu and Tuorney Road; Petition for a Bill for repairing 
the same, 548. Bill ordered, 549. Presented, and read, 557- 
Committed, 588. Reported; to be ingrossed ; 691. Passed, 
697. Agreed to by the Lords, 713. Royal Assent, 717. 


Witngsses; Usual Orders relating to them, 524. 


— Vide Great Grimssy Return. 
Divorce. 


TuRTON’s 














in Equity; Bill for the better Examination, in 
Ireland, of Witnesses in Suits in the Courts of Equity in 
England, ordered, 891. : 


Wo.xvernamrTon Railway. Vide Brrmincuam. . 
Roads; Petition for a Bill for repairing and 
improving the same, 571. Bill ordered, 572. Presented, and 
read, 581. Committed, 605. Petition of Trustees of the 
Roads leading to and from Wolverhampton, for additional 
Provision; Referred toa Committee ; 606. Reported; Report 
referred to Select Committee on Standing Or:'srs; 614. Vide 
StanpinG Orpers. Report, That Provisio: be permitted 
to be made, pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition; and 
Instruction accordingly; 624. Bill reported; to be in- 
grossed ; 636. Passed, 644. Agreed to by the Lords, 693. 
Royal Assent, 712. 


WoopuEaD Road. Vide HuppERSFIELD. 


Woo ter and BreamisH Roads; Petition for a Bill for conso- 
lidating the Trusts, and improving and maintaining the same; 
and Bill ordered, 571. Presented, and read, 590. Committed, 
606. Petition of William Pawson, Esquire, against; Referred, 
and counsel ordered; 615. Bill reported; to be ingrossed ; 
649. Passed, 653. Agreed to by the Lords, 682. Royal 
Assent, 712. 


Woo tvercot (Oxford) Lands; Petition for a Bill to inclose ; 
and Bill ordered, 530. Presented, and read, 543. Committed, 
571. Reported; to be ingrossed; 657. Passed, 663. Agreed 


to by the Lords, 766. Royal Assent, 777. 





(END OF PART JI) 





Wootton Bassett Road. Vide CIRENCESTER. 


Worcester County Hatt; Petition for a Bill for erecting a 
County Hall, Courts of Justice, and other Buildings ; Beferred 
to a Committee, 527. Reported; Bill ordered; 543. Pre- 
sented, and read, 556. Committed, 579. Reported ;_ Bill re- 
committed ; 663. Reported; to be ingrossed ; 677. Passed, 
681. By the Lords, with Amendments, 718. Considered, 
and agreed to, 726. Royal Assent, 777. 


Workmen, ComBinaTion of; Petition of Inhabitants of Saint 
Helen’s, Lancaster, complaining of the present defective state 
of the Law regarding Combination amongst Workmen; To 
lie on theTable; and to be printed ; 657. 


Works, Orrice of. Vide Accounts. 
Writers to the Sicnet Wipows’ Funp. Vide Scortanp. 


Writs of Execution (Surrey). Vide Accounts. (Ap- 


DRESSES, 83.) 


1° &amp; 2° Will. WV. 
YARN. Vide Corrow. 


Yromanry Corps. Vide IRELAND. 


YorksuHireE Fire and Lire Insurance Company; Petition 
for a Bill to enable them to sue and be sued in the Name of 
their Secretary, or of any one of the Directors; Referred to a 
Committee, 533. Reported; Bill ordered; 554. Presented, 
and read, 567. Committed, 599. Reported; to be ingrossed ; 
677. Passed, 681. Agreed to by the Lords, 703. Royal 


Assent, 712. 


Parl.g. Sess.1. A. 1831. 


1° &amp; 2° Will. 1V. Parl.o. ~ Sess.1. A. 1831. 
7ZEMINDAR of Nozerep. Vide East Inpra. 











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